Eastern Reflector

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Plan of the Immigration Promoter. If plan . t the Slate Depart-1 men i i to the various commercial and of into. for the promo- Hod f immigration Glenn will lie asked to fix a date for a meeting to his organization. Mr. T. K. secretary the State Board of issued h circular letter in regard to the send one to every commercial and Industrial In the State, and to each of tie railroad companies The letter outlines and explains the of the News and O server. WHAT Smash Trust Ne-v Yolk. Jan. whole- ale fresh has dropped chills it Will to cents December. is due in the South and Southwest, re- tailing in large the lot Jan. the receipts in the market doubled, as the I been restricted by high anew i i I that about thirty of nil were being refrigerator at New higher pike ., The result a disastrous. these goods are now being pressed for sale at to cent. On The Tree In January. The record for the late to be held by Mr. It. J. Davis of county. He brought one day last w two small red which he took from one of his trees the day This tree, be says, bore a couple dozen as second crop of which these two was a part They of the Ga- is a as sear capable of curing the majority of diseases as it is Modern Science to produce Bro makes pure blood is a but the result of the the greatest chemists the At the first symptoms of fatigue headache or backache, which are often the forerunners of disease, send for your physician if you will, but, if you take you may And that by the time he has answered your call, that the symptoms have disappear- ed. Use as direct ed. Live a temperate life. If you become ill while so doing, we will pay any doctor s bill on de- proof illness. We don't want you a cent, however, until we have the bottle for you Fill the coupon under this advertisement and mail it to us, taking care to write your name and ad dress plainly, and will tend you without any cost to you whatever full size package to try No matter what your trouble is, write ions Address New York. I. Wooten will give ms personal guarantee that will receive a fie-- ,. you send Cr upon. COUPON. . . State. . Street address. . My disease la. If you think Bro at once, or if yen have used it. it is to be had at all first class druggists. Special sale by J. L WOOTEN. M. SCOTT CO., Wholesale Agents for the State of North Charlotte. N. C. White Goods SALE A Sale You Will Talk About or Many Years to Come. BIG VALUES Fire in Richmond. d, Va., Jan. IS An morning lire destroyed the Richmond Type and Foundry, seriously damaged printing department of the Everett Company, and slightly damaged the hotel. loss about coveted by insurance. More Rural Routes. The rural mail delivery to enlarge and improve in county. On the 15th a route was at and on the first February another route will be served Stokes, making two from that point. This gives the county a total of Wise buyers. Come early. This Sale embraces every de j pertinent in this Store. For a number of days we have beet receiving and assorting cases cases of New Spring Goods . .-.,, Arranging Mock place ourselves ready for days of quick Best Calico fie, m a which we Checked , M, low. A I V s and Clots Best A. F. C W are prepared. early and heavy purchasing, to If ml Best Sea Island offer value- we know will not be duplicated. Look where yon will, price with value-then come here. CORSETS. WHITE GOODS. Of Interest to the In the February is much of housewifely inter. Isabel Gordon household serial called Pro- and its Delicious receipts onions an I cakes and desserts are supplement- led by an Interesting and Instruct article on and panes are extremely Gardening and furnishing are other topics of particular In- in the Home. The only way to leave the bad is to cleave to the good. A Big Cloth for Boys Suit- now going W Lawn fie A Full Line of MensA Boys a all Linen Collars Id A Ladies Mixed Extra Fast ii Lisle Thread doz and Heavy Ribbed price Plain mid welted Piques COMFORTS Closing all nu to at the price of Closing out all up to at the small price of Wide White at this sale Yard Heavy Canton Flannel to Best Grade Bleach now at BLANKETS A Few more Extra Size Bed Blankets New Wool Blankets Bought Before the Advance at Your Own Price A Good Jean Corset hooks in white only Medium with Hose Trimmed good quality of Hose Supporters attached A Beautifully Made Corset med with Fine Lace, I value now going at GENTS WEAR n all Styles and Colors, Plenty to Select From CLOTHING. CLOTHING. Special Prices in Men's, Youths and Boys Clothing HATS HATS HATS At Your Own Price. GLOVE, GLOVES Men's Work Driving ii Golf Fine Dressed and dressed Kid Gloves 1.37 Shoes for Men Women and Children It Will Pay You to Visit our Millinery Department LISTEN. Since purchasing the interest of W. H. Ricks in this business I have decided to add another line. Therefore I want to reduce my present stock of Groceries to about one half. In to do this we offer for CASH, for days, my entire Stock of high grade CANNED GOODS, BREAKFAST CEREALS, HEALTH FOODS, NUTS, CHINA WARE, PICKLES, ALSO MIXED PICKLES S Etc., AT COST. Thanking all for a liberal patronage during the past year and especially during the Xmas trade. I am your friend, JNO. K- RICKS- We can Furnish FURNITURE Your House from Top to Bottom and will Give You Right Prices. Store THE EASTERN D. J. WHICHARD, Editor and Owner. and Friday. ONE DOLLAR PER YEAR IN VOL No. GREENVILLE. PITT COUNTY. NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY. JANUARY 1906. No. Extravagant Longing. I'd like to have sufficient wealth To ride to yonder tow There buy myself two And pay for right down. I'd to vi-it a wild as it may Be able at the second hour To me some cream I'd like to own a cake of ice I would, my sufficient money left To buy a ton of coal. I'd to keep a root Slate shingled o'er my Ami buy slut in yonder plot To test in when I'm dead. ITEMS. THREATENED BY ANARCHISTS ANOTHER NOT SO MANY CASES. PERSONAL MENTION OVER THE STATE. But the Court is Kept Busy. Cases re not being run through Glenn Among Intended A freight Train Now Victims. Operating. Wane,, the Coast Line is -how- quit his week, because is News and J a disposition to do something ones Ob-Hive the -f way, but. the court is kept busy his. P.,, Jan. 24.- section, fa the the Harder problems years to passenger train, the j capital coming this weeK a j was put on wrath inn might adopt m daily between Tarboro The rial of Sylvester Barrett, Mid whom with Jerry Cobb the for and return gives grand jury returned a true bill for the admirable Now an Constable at U. . i I I., I.- I . N. O. Jan. A. B. Mil is visit- O. Q. Calhoun, Mrs. of Halifax, is visit- her daughter, Mrs. Geo. H. Cote. Pete colored, had the misfortune of being accidentally shot S Painful not necessarily n serious wound. Mrs. Fred Harding, of Washing, ton, was tin- guest of her sou, B. L. Hull, Mrs. John B. Smith is very sick with typhoid fever. Mrs. Adams, who been a sufferer for a long time, died Sunday. The burial took place Monday Several of the young men this place attended services at Pleasant Hill Sunday. Misses Edwards tie Denton, have the Mis H. H. Stanley, left Monday for their home in- Or- While made many who were loath tin-in have. Mrs. Cox. of- Greenville, who has been friends here, left for In me Tuesday morning. Misses ma and Bailey on Pine strew Sunday. J. was town night. at Methodist Sunday e Lodge No. A. F A. M., meets. fourth Thursday veiling. welcome . all visiting brethren. Years The of the Frank -Young, Monday, of. seven years in the for shoot- at Mr. v. D. was later to twelve years. Long learned that after Mr. the the went get a pistol and bad time to think over it return to the store the From tin- Judge deemed that the punishment st be heavier. have attain league. t. has been put on I was set for Thursday toil. blackmail and I Tarboro early the mo. n-1 morning and a special of -U the lives of for aid return the ordered. Only official-in the United States. day. This is known as a t In. -i-i n through freight, tic Utters mid cars to and from the different me ere in t be route. the regular local Line lot of Work and will cause Bruce, last August, and which had shipments to be handled with , with the plain- in and ii itch. f.-u ii of son of Ohio, hi a , Include tin- H North n. oil -I Hi- bin sudden , I be tried now as Cobb has not been Judgment was taken several This against the Atlantic arising from wreck at Dally Higgs went to this trial of Lou James for burglary that was M i- This through freight is put on j u . day afternoon did not get to the the view running it through . . . jury until late Tuesday. reason when Of Those and Coming. in Carolina. John G. of Warren- morning. ton, committed suicide by -hunting J. went up the road himself. Tuesday afternoon. Henry a Russian Jew, W. M. Lang returned Tuesday was and in his afternoon from Winston. P. T. Anthony returned Tues- A arrested in day noon from Ayden Prov,, the robber of the at Elmore, in G G. returned . . imam a young white J returned man the Greene county. i New London, Stanley unify, . T , hie to hi- cell and fatally Lucy Johnson returned . -1. . t. t burned. from Ayden. , . ,, ,, , , the Virginia Carolina Mrs. C. Forbes -e ; Co., will build a factory limed Tuesday afternoon from at Durham. Florida special on the Dr. M. I Fleming, of Hamilton, I Atlantic Line was wrecked came in Tuesday evening and left Saturday afternoon. shipments of this character are being handled, we hope there much business as to in increased I variant continuance. The if-i-said to come from in- . will come on soon or known as the liter fertilizer shipments lire over f avenue, this will make need for rough freight. Then another N; J. n which has l. en h The the the Timi- silk riots many were slain by anarchists who ears the blame the sills then on were today j for season comes dose alter to -be followed by a new cotton crop. M hoop up and keep the going. OPTIONS CLOSED. had nut at noon today. Moore made a bleak the illegal selling whiskey at Bethel. There were several again.-t W. J. Janus and John James was convicted In two cases and three others were continued, was vie A number of prominent ; people of Bethel as witnesses testified that illegal of liquor there had been bad. was sentenced to jail for six mouths. James was also sentenced to prison for six Ha- victims. In each ii tunics the victim had refused to pi-v over money black mailers, i In list of marked men Governor Glenn's name is the only Southern executive mentioned. BURGLARY IN SECOND DE- Sentenced to Year In Wednesday night co Depot Site. options taken recently upon property here on which to locate the depot for Raleigh Pam- Sound railroad expired on Wednesday, and we are told by months. Over both of them was in other to visit J. R. Moore, cases. his morning. of who has been spending a few days left morning. United States Attorney Harry Skinner returned from Raleigh Tuesday evening. Mis. I. A. Pittman of came in this morning to visit her Mrs. W. R. Smith. Mrs. Harry Harding, who has been visiting Mrs. F. C. Harding, left this morning for Charlotte. B. C. Copeland, Columbia C, who superintended the eon- b mot ion of the water works here last spring, came Tuesday Pullman cars were ditched, yet only a few of the passengers ere A freight train wrecked at the same spot the night before. T. K. secretary of the board of agriculture, is statement that nor Glenn will, late In . r early a rail for convention to be held in Raleigh to be attended by from all organizations and the movement. GENERAL NEWS. SUPERIOR COURT. List of the Cases Tried. Friendly Howard and Cornelius Mr. L I. Moore who U interested Newsome, escaped con j n and acting for the that not Frank Young, with dead- weapon with intent to kill pleads guilty, sentenced to for twelve years. Dally Jan. Sheriff Edwards, of Snow Bill, j was here today. G. G. went the road . . . t he options were closed and deeds for the property. This property selected for the depot site located on Dickinson extends across the jury in the case of Ninth street id the old on tot Ninth Mo. and was given f Mi. Moore also tells us mat work j for m Jerry Cobb to the jury just before adjournment is being, pushed rapidly on the j the Raleigh Pam Joe dead Sound road, and he thinks it weapon, plead guilty, lined J S. Higgs tori Wednesday evening H. S. spent today at arid A, of Frank Young, carrying of ed weapon pleat's guilty, judgment returned a true of the Tuesday evening and lie day night. When was rendered there some between conn-el and the court as to whether the verdict should be accepted or set will reach mouths. Greenville in of Removed From Brain. Pa., Jan. three inches in length, was today removed from in the brain of John Winston, t n. M. Preston Gotten Woolen. The diet as by he jury was his morning at opening of con it Judge Long in years the prison at hurt As to Cotton to the Acre. We copied Thursday from The defendant was represented , it. the trial A. Sugg, the Statement that last year Mr. N. Shaw, of county, raised thirty bales of cotton on six acres. The Observer has told of some large yields of cotton in this county France And nary presided at a cabinet N. at the Hospital here. An W made to draw out by means of a powerful magnet, the steel so firmly the w resort to knife. operation- s the patient u to be doing well. Died. The of Mr. and Mrs. Sam Flake evening and was at family a few from town. that he had received a from Ambassador to the effect that the United consider a French naval Vi In lobe a violation of the France, it is pointed out, thin- has her hands free, but the for the as not lake decisive until of M. th others of one production of two bales on an acre, Now comes The Newton Enterprise and tells of Mr George of having made four bales of pounds each on two and n half acres; and is further westward than any county ill tho that grows any cotton at all. We all talk-and with good reason- of great progress North Carolina in all lines of endeavor, but the t, in tow-. Mine Lizzie U cm. this Mrs. J. G. Mr. and Mrs A. J. Wednesday morning from Mrs., C. J. Forbes, went to La- Grange, this morning visit her daughter Mrs. G. B. W. Hadley. Hurtling. The editor a few hours in Kinston Tuesday. That town is pushing right ahead in street and is setting a pace that of the wreck cases against the At- ought to be fast to Coast Line which had been low. Kinston is a enterprising and costs. J. H. , assault with deadly weapon, both guilty, fined and costs. . Charlie carrying con- weapon, pleads guilty, costs. divorce was and judgment wast entered la another Happenings of Interest Over the Country. An ex on the Brazilian turret ship near Rio Janeiro, killed out of a crew of Kentucky has caught the fever and a was lynched at Hop- Sunday night. Miss Pauline claiming C, her home, arrested in Kansas City for going around disguised as a man. Greenville, C, is excited by the discovery of a rich gold in near that city. A Plymouth Rock hen at show in Boston sold compromised. TUe grand jury having ed its work was discharged for the term. Judge Long complimented them for their efficiency and Don't forget the and cents goods at The Store. Mr-, Hardy, aged thanked them the assistance years, mother of H. B. they have rendered the court. A POPULAR COMPANY. They Delight Greenville People, The little folks were delighted with the given by the Co., in the opera state is improving in nothing so home, evening, as wall much as in its agriculture. It has M reception held by the been but a few years since a bale company after play ill which cotton to then refreshments were Old at small patches specially prepared and regarded as greeted by an immense indeed it was j the largest the engage- Now it doesn't attract any lid presently, if our This engagement of improve their it, the Co., here. ill I the tho j They our people that O Rack, may a hearty . Observer. Hardy, died Tuesday at lat- home Raleigh, It has been only ten days since Mr. Hardy lost his wile, and his friends through- out the state with him in this double New garden teed at the Racket store of A. U Ellington A Co. A dispatch from Cape Beale the Steamer Valencia, of San Fran been wrecked near there and one hundred people Nine survivors have reached Cape lighthouse. J. F. King went to Norfolk today to buy a car load of horses mules. He says if you Io see something good in that line call at his stables near live Points when he gets back. Where Lynching Would be Excusable. A man who will curse over the phone is exceedingly short on manners. He a misfit and a moral standpoint. The pin lie would be at the number who do this. It is bud enough to swear over the phone when talking to another man, but when one pitches and curses the operator at the central office there should be some law to tit the case. He might rig up some kind of an excuse when talking for instance, in a jocular vein to a when he gets mad because be can- not gel proper connection, when it is known that it is not the fault of the operator, and goes to her it is about time be was taken out and To show bow unreasonable a man can be, we recall an instance happened one Sunday some time ago. A man called up a certain reside mi central rang the and no ore answered. The man yelled at her again and still no one an then he cursed her not satisfied with up the chief operator and her for failure to get the number he ed. Next day it was ascertained that residents or the house he wanted were not at home during entire day. Right here is the where he needed killing. We it by everyone of the ladies at Record.

JANUARY THE BANNER KITE GOODS MONTH Find GREENVILLE'S GREAT DEPARTMENT STORE prepared to meet your requirements in this line of Merchandise. Our first shipment of Man's m often M bin Leavenworth, fused allow III on his v. id-, female iron tile, he Maya c m eluded lo ii Electric wife i- s-i Kick, H lea l t- I'll. Hull five h ill tailed to . Alt-r diking i -h it .-i tin J. L. surprise is to -i Hie neighbor invited. Son Lost Mother our through it I my Moth write K. B. of Mn. For the live year-, however, nil the sign ill i i r cold. I have Dr. King's Few for e n Inn saved We from Hi- l i h was a sad hut he that must neglected, how to cur-- It, Quickest re i I f-i colds awl at T. Woolen. --1-1 -r. bottle free. My Friend, it Worth Suppose St-p aid See ii K 1903. Joe lake pleas- I lit hi girl of i case . f , meal ., Sue i tenth Ii . . I , ml ,, i ., , , , , j I . o of it She. not of it for HI J. W. COBB N. C. Publishers and Printers We have an entirely new on which patents pending, whereby we can reface old Brass Col mini and Head Rules, pt. and thicker, and make i lie-in fully as good as now and any unsightly knobs or feet on the bot- I Oil. I Not Quite How often you can yet a thing null or screw driver or lacking. Have a good tool box and be prepared for emergencies. Our line of tools is all you could desire, and we will sue that tool box does not lack a useful article. Of Course You get Harness, Horse of J. R Corey PRICES I Solacing Column regular lengths defacing L. S. and Head inches in each and over per lb; New Goods HAS IT EVER OCCURRED TO YOU How Many People Can Reach Without leaving your own office are here and ready for your inspection. We are showing some splendid values, a few of which we mention. FINE WASH CHIFFON or French Lawn, in. wide, the best value on the market In plain wash material for yd in. PERSIAN LAWN, smooth fine count goods, for yd Finer grades for to yd in. INDIA LINEN, to yd PLAIN from to yd in. PLAIN WHITE LAWNS from to yd Beautiful Sheer HANDKERCHIEF LINENS in wide, from to yd ART LINEN, Round Thread, in wide for yd IRISH LINEN, in wide to yd Heavy Soft Finished DRESS LINENS 1-2 yards wide for 1.00 yd Fine quality soft sheer figured MADRAS small neat designs from yd Our LACE and EMBROIDERY Stock are full of good things as usual. We always carry a complete assortment in this line and it will be to your interest to look through our showing. J. R. J. IS A DOOR TO YOUR BUSINESS NO TELEPHONE IS LOCKING Tilt DOOR Can You Afford It LEI OUR MANAGER TALK it over with you. For Rates TO MANAGER or Home Telephone and Telegraph Company, A sample of refaced Rule, wile full will be cheerfully sea on application. Printers Supply Co Manufactures of Type and Printing Material M. SOUTHERN Steamboat Service. Steamer L. leaves daily at ii a. in. for Greenville; leaves Greenville daily at in. for Connecting at Washington with Norfolk Southern Railroad for Norfolk, Baltimore, Philadelphia, New York, and all other North, a Norfolk with all m , order freight via Norfolk, care Norfolk Southern R. R. Sailing subject to change without notice. J. J. CHERRY, Agent, Green- ville, N. C. H. C. General T. and f. Agent, Norfolk, Va. M. K. KING, V. P. D. W. IN And Provisions Cotton Bagging and Ties always on hand Fresh kept urn- In stock. Country Produce Bought and Sold D. W. North Carolina. How Is Is your pulse weak, too slow, too fast, or does it skip a beat Do you have shortness of breath, weak or hungry spells, or choking spoils, palpitation, fluttering, pains around the heart, in side shoulder; or hurt when lying on left side If you have any of these symptoms your heart is weak or diseased, and cannot get better without assistance. Dr. Heart Cure Strengthen weak hearts, and rarely ever fails to cure heart disease. Try it, and see how quickly you will find relief. lit, I down in i by my ll I my Sly i m in., up I i tn one- than norm and led no- h-art or hi tin. alt up In boil to from I sent for five of Dr. Heart Cure, and by His I nil t entirely cured, i feel better l have for year, I am to do any kind of work on my farm, told me Hint If It been for Dr. Heart Cure would now be In my U T. Ky. Dr. Heart Cure la by your will the bottle will benefit. If It he will refund your money. Miles Medical Co., Ind WHAT IS A MUMMY A Chapter of Information About Some Egyptian When a member Egyptian family died nil the put on and from baths, mid delicacies of all from forty to days, to the rank of the person deceased. Death one put an end to all dis- that prevailed in life, and slave were subject the law. The record of the life of the de- ceased had to he examined by a tribunal of forty-two judges before he could be given burial with his ancestors. If the deeds of hi life proved that he eras worthy of burial Ilia body was carried across the lake, of which each province one, was there permitted to if the judges found him worthy, even though he belonged to the highest he could not be buried with his ancestors. The body was returned to his relatives and was buried on the side of the opposite to the burial place of the just. The belief of the Egyptians in a future state of existence gave rise to the practice of embalming the dead. They wished to carefully the body, so that the soul upon its return to its former abode at the end of all things might it ready for its reception. Bodies were em- in three different ways. The most expensive and magnificent method was used upon the bodies of kings and other persons of dis- rank, the cost amount- to a talent of silver, or A number of persons were em- ployed in the of embalming, and they were treated with re- Plied. They filled the cavities of the body with myrrh, cinnamon, spires and many kinds of sweet smelling drugs. After a certain time had elapsed the body was swathed in lawn lets, which were glued together with a kind of thin gum, and then crust- ed over with costly perfumes. By mode of embalming the shape of the body, the lineaments of the face, the eyebrows and eyelashes were preserved in their natural per- Bodies thus embalmed are what we now call Egyptian mum- mies. Greek Humor. When, Salamis, Xerxes in full High for Asia, and the over- crowded vessel, so the story ran, was laboring in the storm, Xerxes, getting frightened, asked the cap- whether there was any chance of safety. said the captain, the ship is lightened of fin of its whereupon Xerxes, tinning to the Persians, ex- claimed, is the time to show your loyalty to your king, for on you my safety And with- out n word the well trained courtiers made obeisance and leaped into the Thus unburdened, the shin rived at the land, whereupon Xerxes presented the captain with a golden crown for having saved the king's life and ordered his head cut oil for having t lie death of so many noble Persians. The Old Ac An cruet old gentleman whose hair was fast turning silver, entered a crowded street ear. He was ob- proud of his years and car- himself well. As ho grasped u strap a fussy, woman rose and gentleman her with the thank think of on old I . . ; . out any i . i between our n The woman I street. The old ; red the elderly lie declined I couldn't I scat to ll hide with- Ills Union Ho No one can tell such lushing of the and the pupil- iii funny idea in t;. head, but his u r i- it yet. lie n, nils schools in the t on teacher was quizzing her geography. After she bad ed questions and received factory replies she asked what a vol- was, went the boy's hand, end his face beamed with delight. i- it. volcano is just like a sheen, only its hair Isn't so was the Startling reply. Journal. Thorn. you children, yes You know Robin- Robinson him very What's that got to do with going to tell you. Ho and have fifty-one between are you talking about You must be I What do u quits correct; he lives on one side the orphan I the Why Not Own a Ho REAL ESTATE IN GREENVILLE ISA Safe investment Secure a Good Location while there is to do so at Prices and on Easy Terms. I have that splendid property, just east of the town limits in South Greenville, into convenient lots for home-seekers and will sell them on easy terms. There is no better location for homes anywhere around Greenville. High elevation, level, and convenient, being only a few minutes walk from the business part of town. This property is just outside the corporate limits, yet those who reside there will have the benefit of the graded school, and be as near to the churches, end depot and as are the people in many parts of the town, being only three hundred yards from Five Points, nice neighborhood adjacent to the property. Talk it over with me and let me show you these desirable lots. No better time than NOW to buy. Greenville will grow rapidly in the next few years and property will be higher. Catch the opportunity before it is too late. Call on or address SAM WHITE, Greenville, N. C. mm hi , DID HIVE TOO PRICE CUT IN HALF Never heard of a man who did. It's about this date trousers get house-sprung, shiny threadbare--about this time when the wear comes or when they're ragged round the bottom. A pair of our new Perfect Fitting TROUSERS at or will give you almost a now Suit Effect. KEEP THE NAME IN TROUSERS REVIEW OF COSMOPOLITAN WOMAN'S HOME COMPANION THE AMERICAN FARMER THE DAILY REFLECTOR . I OR cents a button RIP Frank Wilson, The King Clothier. COTTON SEED, MEAL AND HULLS. FEED STUFFS. I am paying the highest market price, for Cotton Seed in any quantity. I Cotton Meal and Hulls, in car lots or less, sacked or loose, to suit purchaser, or exchange I'm-Seed at warehouse. HAY. CORN, OATS. BRAN, PHIP STUFF all kinds iced constantly on hand. Lima In Oar lots. Car of Golden Seed Oats to arrive, also Whit and Black Oats, Red Ku-t Oat-. I had a near for this line. cm to h f the same stand by Johnston Bros . p. V JOHNSTON. . . A All Review of Reviews Cosmopolitan Woman's Home Companion American Farmer Eastern Reflector We a are very be- able tin pub- Ushers of those well mag sires to offer a subscription for i year at tins have d tied to lot readers . advantage of the n in order to got quickly a Of paid in advance rs Don't This Of let The Reflector Is Read By Everybody reach, and it reaches people to J for what they wain. If yon have what they want advertise ii and you are sure U get a part of their money. Reviews of Reviews Many other are desirable, and you may prefer this or that fiction and art publication, bat the Review of is Sub- American men and men are to p the times and going to take the shortest cut which is lie Review of The Cosmopolitan Woman's Home A leading for years With the recent change of owner ship it been improved. It is far better in every and aims to in the field Every year or so there's one notable advance in the forward movement among the many mag This year it is Cos The Woman's Borne Com pi i inn is for every member of ti. . Hy bright, ea; cultured, home loving woman i- an ideal entertainer helper in a thousand ways; but the fathers ind brothers and sons join in its perusal by the fireside; children eagerly turn to the pages that are written for them. The American Farmer is the leading Agricultural paper an I pertains to fanning, live stock and poultry raising. Every farmer should have it you gel all tour these papers with Daily a tor or all tour year tor 98.00 mi

THE EASTERN REFLECTOR AND O. J. and There's Danger In It. Tunned in the post office at Greenville, N. C as second class matter, Advertising rate made upon application. A correspondent desired at every post office in Pitt and adjoining counties in to fiction NORTH FRIDAY JAN. 1906 Greenville now has eight regular This talk of the government cm a day That is coming on ting oil the free delivery root ., where the people do not show The Greene investigation of the what a poll the crow until they off had No the ground hog is laughing at the prophet and wait until his tr comes A regular is raging out West and the tail end of it may be expected to switch down this way. If all Mrs Duke says about him true, the president the tobacco trust made anything els.- hut a good husband. capacity of Durham jail is t It be needed Mather are some around that town Another train added to facilities of the towns down this way increases that mud m advantages. Governor Glenn is credited with Buying have but one ambition, and that is make North Carolina a good He is doing that. Mrs Chadwick raises a kick at hit lo take her turn at the Ohio penitentiary. Not quite as . job is the bankers. The -lump in cotton futures doe not seem warranted by the report, but the fellow who puts up his money has to take on tho other fellow's game. The officers promise the next State fair skill be clean, in regard to fakirs and side shows. We have hear that promise before, in fact it comes annually about time i f year. thing served by the route should be thinking about. To the people of the rural districts these mail delivery routes are the greatest convenience of modem times, they have been put in opera- it would be a lo discontinue them. The plan of the government is to such as handle than pieces of mail per month. The people can help increase the of the routes by getting all who do not already have them to put up mail boxes and then sub- scribe to newspapers and let- so as to make more pieces of mail to handle. Be Sure You Are Right. Every helps, and every prisoner sentenced by the courts to work on the roads is something in that direction, but it will take a long time to get good roads in that Until the people become thoroughly aroused as to tho need of good roads and are to pay something for them, there will not worthy the name. The President is going at the thing right when he ordered the correction of the abuses in the gov- printing office, provided he does not let the r execution. If there ever was a pi ice where extravagance runs riot, it is in that same government print p, Enough money la wasted re every year on nun printing lo run several in printing establish men .- If all ii,. free tie routes the s , they should go to taking more newspapers so to give more mail fir tic carriers to handle. It is I the department is considering plans to discontinue all routes that handle than packages a month. The routes are a great he p to the people, and they should enough interest not to allow any to be discontinued. sure you are right and go is a saying that is far i n its way lo becoming a classic, for it is alive with truth and enriched the experience of every impulsive man, woman and child that ever, at any time, hastily commenced e doing of anything. Here is a woman win seam without being sure that all is right, that the ends match, that the proper Mil, placed together, or that r thread is of the correct color or When the work is done perhaps; half she finds . wrong. If she could simply now begin to do it right, the trouble would be a slight one, but valuable moments must be spent in ripping apart in order to commence all over again. In all conditions of life the undo- of what has been wrongly a large share. A faithless em- a man who works for wages Only, does bad work; to stop him in his work and get rid of him is ac. e with trouble y. II next man could go on with work, take it up at the point at which tie other loan was forced to improve its character, his employer would be glad. no, that ill most be torn th.-t work may have a chance. A dressmaker carelessly makes a gown, the carelessness of temper and money to her employer Neither of these, people cared to be sure that they were right began, and probably did not care very much for the result- that sure to follow. lint it is on the conscientious forker that the rule has the effect. to do well, but In the excitement enthusiasm of the moment haste i- called upon to serve, and haste being hut a very poor servant, the work certain chances of wreck. Pages must be re-written, long col- i f ledgers reviewed, the work the needle, undone, the rob- bed clear, perhaps with tears, and I the worker is free to start If small part of tin lime taken for the undoing had been taken and applied lo the purpose being sure that the beginning was light, there is no doubt that tin road to would have been uninterrupted. It is a trite saying that each om of us has hut certainly had work, whether of intention carelessness, exerts powerful in- and conversely, good work, even though arrived at through Dent beginnings, is benign in its influence, but it is to the man or woman who starts carefully, and then, being sure that all is right, goes on triumphantly, that we respect and and me Norfolk Southern Cotton Association has resolved to reduce the cotton acreage per cent and hold the product until the price reaches cents a pound. It is a question whether the individual members are willing to do the or able to do the second. If they should succeed in their effort, the result would be a tremendous bis to the movement to raise cotton on a large scale in other parts of the Then if the foreigners began to raise cotton and the South put in a big acreage and run prices down to cents, it would be awful on the foreigners. It takes the proper climate, suitable land, plenty of labor and ample transportation facilities for cotton production I here are no doubt many countries have the climate and land but we've got them skinned to a finish ii labor and transportation. there is some cotton country with the area of the South and traversed railroads and waterways like Southern don't think there is any need to fear competition. At any rate there is no need for the South to raise cotton at cost to scare Star. The executive committee of the North Carolina branch of the South I'm Cotton Association authorized the appointment of four assistants as organizers in the State. Col. J. S Cunningham, ex president, was voted and will also be spent in purchasing a i of appreciation for his services dining his term which recently expired. The salary of the fixed at month, with for office and secretary and the of whose salary is left to the president. More than 5.000 baa so far subscribed. The committee will bold a meeting it an early date to decide as matters. The permanent office of the secretary will be located at Blah. The secretary will be required la spend all his time looking after the details of that office. BAD IMMIGRANTS. Junior Order is Opposed lo Them. Local Councils of the Junior Or of tho United American throughout the Stale have adopted stirring in re- to immigration, which will be sent to Washington, The following is a we recognize the lead upon our shores of the the vicious, the lawless, the aged, the embed the weak-minded and of poor physique, and the of the old world as a to our believe that it should be viewed with alarm by all loyal and patriotic citizens the entire country, and, notorious abuses have resulted from careless and unlawful citizenship to aliens. be it resolved, that we urge upon Senators and Col the importance of the i n of laws to restrict III nil by an increase of the a tax, the educational test, a g physical examination and a more rigid Inspection at em- it further resolved, that r urge upon Senators and men the Importance of a revision our system of naturalization confine the jurisdiction of aliens to Slates Courts, and permit no alien to Is naturalized or entitled to the of an elector until he have resided within the States two at least, and is lo intelligently and write Representative of VS introduced in Congress a authorizing the government i p-i. in the Jamestown lion, providing an appropriation for buildings, etc , aim providing for the coinage of a mil lion two-dollar silver pieces as sou the exposition company i v the cost of the bullion and re the face value of the pieces The profit, would be ii is believed the coins would salable. A MAN A Man to look prosperous should be well dressed. Clothes count for more than anything else when first are formed. Good Clothes help a man along in are no two ways a- bout it. Good Clothes are not if bought at the right place. To put if plainly, we'll say our new Suits and Overcoats are as good Clothes as any Men need wear. Our prices will rot prevent your buying for we never charge more for a garment than it is worth. We can make a Man look prosperous in short order without material damage to his purse. ft has got to be howling cold j This is once more. I in the weather. Announcement We bey; leave to announce that we are Wholesale and Retail for-s White Lead, Paints, Colors, and and Ready nixed Paints. There is no line in the world better than the Harrison line. It has behind it a reputation for honorable wares and honorable dealings. . If you use the Harrison Paints you need never worry quality. We trust that you will favor us with your orders whenever you want good paint for any Have just a car load and can give you Special Prices. Baker Hart N. C, Pulley Bowen New Shirt Waist Silks, Ladies Woolen Goods in a the latest styles and weaves. Boys and Novelty Suits. You wail I in y. in .-1 , Ultra shoes have just as snap in the m as r 86.00 shoo, and our own design r re am all tho time stylos which are later copied bf houses all i r i is tho first consideration, bull if tho slue does lit. v ill not buy it for tho alone. The fitting qualities are what is necessary to a shoe, and i. this the ULTRA Stands Preeminent Our pattern and lost D in e undoubtedly the best in their r trades. T Ht.-i Wear. LINE OF SHOES-t Pulley Bowen, THE HOME OF WOMAN'S FASHIONS REPORT OF THE CONDITION OF The Greenville and Trust Company GREENVILLE, N. C. At close of business November 9th, 1905. RESOURCES. Loans and discounts I Furniture and from Cash Gold National bank and U S Total Capital paid in Surplus Undivided profits, Bills payable Time of deposit Deposits Due to Cashiers ck Total, State of North Carolina, County of Pitt, f, It. Cobb, Cashier of tho above named bank, do swear that the above is true to the best of and belief. Subscribed and sworn I mo, tide 9th day of Nov., C. Notary Public. R. J. COBB, conn. A. WHITE This department is In J. H. FRY, who is authorized t. rep- resent the Eastern Reflector in Winterville and territory. Just by R G. Co., a load lime they will sell very cheap. Q. B. returned Another large shipment all styles and sizes aid pi icon very reasonable. Harrington Barbel A Co. White's Liniment, tally recommended h the human family, fine for perfectly balanced, com For sale by B. T. Cox Bro. Don't forget the nice furniture at A W Ange Co White's Colic and Kidney Cute, the combination kidney medicine for stock Rut a sure colic cure, at the Drug Store Galloway, of was town All colors of paint, and yellow Harrington Barber On. Don't be bail Hour when you gel at A Co cheapest line of, meat at Harrington Barber Co. International stock food horses and tie M Harrington Barber Co. was in town Sunday. Nice line of buys suits at H L. Johnson's. standard calicoes per yard, Harrington, Barber A Co. Nice Robes at Harrington Barbel Co. G. A. went to Saturday Go to H. L. for shoes, he has a nice lot jut received, hey are nice. Nice Dictate frames and A. W. Co. Call at H. L. Johnson's and ex- his Hue of Hosiery Misses Ladies Gents. A W. Co., have just received a new lot of shoes. Be BUie see them and get his prices you elsewhere. bargains pants go to H. L. Johnson's When want nice dress goods and to A. W I hey have a nice as Miss spent day her uncle. . for nice It it Kim- or snows we are all right for there are plenty of rub tier coals, shoes, and at A W Co of was in town Sunday. For nice apples, and mils go to H. L. Nice line of fresh groceries ways on hand Burner one Deed a good will and render good service just lo see or me the A. out i he Sunday If you expect to exchange your ., i for meal time by taking meal your seed when you have col ton at the Pitt Co. Oil Mill. and bis sister, Daisy were at A. At A large of t and caps idle at d newest Co. Trunks and at ion Berber Co. Shoes arc arriving daily at A. W. iv -me to get their prices buy el-i- where Farming ail kinds Barber ft Co. Miss who at for sonic lime wait- for addition to e built to her school house, returned to n Monday to be begin nor school The Pitt will pay highest price seed cotton. The A. G. 0.1 , are planters the car load. Big line of hats and caps just received, Harrington. A nice lot of halt and caps just st A v are nice be sine lo see them Tooth and Di-k Harrow Barber Co, Miss Helen who law For prices on see W. L. House. If you your laundry lo look nice and long it U. L. the steam laundry. I been visiting at R Chapman's The A. G. Cox Co. are still If,,, week, lo shipping planters and home near Grimesland. by the and ii . . . J I he are kepi alive now need any yon bad write or J by the who are hauling Try a bottle of The; a sure cure for all Kill s e it. So they ah Special puces for the Be sure to go see the nice lot, at A. W. . Co. of new furniture A. W. . , , i tanners make m by A Co. received before you buy elsewhere , ,,,.,, arrived at A. V . heaters at A. before you buy . they are Cheap. ,,,.,,.,. exchange write r phone Pitt Co.; Harrington Burlier A Oil company, their juices are II want f mat, aid want, it cheap, see A. W. night Jan. iii I lie V High sch--. I.-i. B. W . HI deliver . I ii I. It. v M . i . I . I . . -I . , ii. l, e pill, I- . CHI II I ll In be . I hi- Ii- this lie oil lime him for he is In carry Florida, Utah and man places id He sine bring with you. The for Tar Heel wheels great now, any ore nerd same ill do well to see A G Cox Mfg Co. meetings that 111-en in Hie It was Elev were s. Monday i church . several other are o join Miss Kate after Sal h y with her Mr. and Mrs. K. G. Chapman, lo- her Monday morning. Super court In Durham tan lo an end f lb death of Judge G. S. which ville. She was US oW LI leaves living Special Sale On Pictures And Chairs For Shoppers will make Special Prices on Pictures and Chairs for one week beginning MONDAY THE Lasting until SATURDAY, the 23rd. All interested in cheap Pictures and Chairs call early TODAY'S MARKETS. Wire ii Reflector. Norfolk Cotton Peanut AH BY W. A COMPANY, their cotton seed I meal at Pi it Count v ex for Cotton Strict Middling lit Middling St. Low Middling Low Middling Strictly Prime Prime Grades Make Selections Biggest Stock in Town to Select Yours A. H. Taft, DOOR TO u. Mi II. L. candies, apples a. d mil d barrel Co. Tb-y bast. drop head lowing w. hi yOU t. II.-K- I'm All farmers an and with mowers, rakes, re binders or, Barb a Grover horn town Saturday Be ION not to forget the fun i those iron bedsteads at A. W. Winterville Canning consisting of furnace, cooker, can- book-, work wan house and about one third note of laud in heart of Winterville for For particulars Dr. B. T. ox or J. P. Harrington. We offer our silver table ware. guarantee at a bargain. See us, B. Box a Try Prince George cigars at the drug store. We handle Wood's garden seed. B- T. Cox Bro, Buy a pipe from J. . at the drug store. highest. Floor oil Cloth at A W Co see their stock before you buy. Hire hue i men and II. John- son's, i L. Johnson is headquarters I for groceries. T. House, B. T. Cox and Buck from House Sunday Hew sit riving daily at A. W. Co. B. T. iV Bro. have a full line school books, papers, inks, A pea tablets, day books ledgers, account books, slates, chalk, bags Co. When in town cull to see me I i a first livery feed and -ale stables. . L. horses seven years old each, and one six old will sell cash or on as suits the purchaser. . L. House. Just It, Co., a load of salt. He sure I to gel their prices once. Nice Silk waist patents cheap at Harrington, it Co. Our meal Pitt j Oil lump my. ASH AS BY and Va. Ne York Mar. May. Liverpool Jan. May Wheat May Corn I May July May Lard July Lard A Prosperous I straps. and see what i A. W. has all the they have bringing jar- need, and here. cheap too. J. of will pay highest market price iii town Saturday. A lull line of drugs on hand at Harrington Barber A Co. L. House makes a specialty Of pipes and pipe lilting. If yon want u pair of pant- go to A Vt . On., and you Cam get cheap. Chapman will sell yon a good p iii cheap Mi too Cotton HY TO ALL. for Chickens, Geese and Tin keys. Have large to UH. G. A. Kittrell, Winterville, N. C. A new line of hats just received B. G, Chapman's Be sure to see you elsewhere. trice line Iron groceries always on hand L. Johnson's. t me a price on Mink LANIER Greenville. N. C. MARBLE MONUMENTAL WORK EVERY DESCRIPTION. Iron Fencing Sold When you get MM best fountain pen it is a Parka-. Nice HI. lit lo elm OPPOSITE GREENVILLE BANKING they will wear Otter and skins, also Cow look to yon. hides. G. A Kittrell, Most- Nannie Mary Fleming home day evening to spend Sunday with their parents House. A. W. Co. will sell you Winterville, X. C I A. Co have been j two of these large j stores sonic time, but do not sit-in tn furnish the mi needed, so they arc s so cheap yon keep . ., . platform built on the Inside of one Horn buying you only give them Of these -tores, order to out some of those nice mattresses and A new line of just re- ,, bed up higher, in the by E. G. A Co. I air we mean, not In price for they Men's and youth's pants, right down when they Sizes, at Barber Co. J should be as every thing else Is that they sell. A. GREENVILLE N. C.

AT COST AT COST As this store will go new management after March 1st, we will offer this entire stock of high grade Merchandise At Cost UNTIL JANUARY Then comes the great big White Good Sale. You can save money by coming early GREENVILLE, N. C. AND North Carolina. A NATION OF SNOBS. That I. What an English Call Hit Country. It is difficult to much about being and behaving like a gentleman, an English writer, without betraying an inward and invisible want of breeding. The which is the true word for we mean by gentlemanly should never be dwelt upon, though its absence should be de- That grace of soul, of feeling, of habit, of manner and of which should attract no at- no surprise, no is born in a person can never be acquired, although a stratum of good manners, which is all that the majority mean by is often the result of education. have the grace of said when he meant to convey that m a gentle- man, wish that more of us were in the art of This word is very English in its application. The French have no equivalent, although they are a nation of gallant men, a nation of cavaliers. The Spaniel have no equivalent, although they arc a nation of grandees. A proud- people not exist, yet the dis- between class and class in Spain are much less accentuated than in England. Through Spain we arrive at the paradox that the most aristocratic country in Europe is also the most democratic. One cannot imagine a Spaniard asking another like a gentle- for there is only one of behavior in Spain. The om- conductor, exchanging with the grandee, will ex- as much mastery of the charm- courtesies of life us his as we should call the grandee in England. cannot lite misuse of the won gentleman, because its use seem- lo me except on occasions of ceremony utterly snobbish and meaningless. hat a pity it i that we have no word like You can address any one by that ti- in Paris, from a cocker to a duke, and yon are right. The French stepping into a will address the as as readily as the will so address him. hi England we use officially, without AN OLD SAYS- light purse U a heavy Sickness makes a light purse. The LIVER Is the seat of aloe tenths of all disease. go to the root of the whole mat- thoroughly, quickly safely and restore the action of the LIVER to normal condition. tone to the system end solid flesh to the body. Take No Substitute. NOTICE I The Clerk of the Superior Court of Pitt county, having Utters of Administration to the under- signed, on the of Dec. on f. m. Whichard, ed, notice is hereby given to all per- sons to to make mediate in. i t to the undersigned, and to all creditors of said estate to present their claims Drops. IV to the twelve months after the dale of tin- notice, or this notice will an i. bar This the day of Dec. Mrs. L. M. Whichard. Adm. on M. , North I In County f SELLING plying any foolish class distinction, but we have no word for the inter- change of courtesy. Our plies superiority, the last tiling which docs. We are a nation of snobs, and it is being brought home to us by the word being arrogated by precisely the class to which we would deny it. Bank. in., closing Lovely Woman In It was close to j hour for business banks, when smartly gowned young woman en- a institution near Union square other day mid forthwith pleaded for and succeed- ed in getting a preferred position in the long and eager line of men wail- their turn at I he paying window. An usher politely inform- ed the charming one the section i- on the other She thank you. sir. but o Ion. a- I am so near next now I mind. there's a crowd re. milady finally presented in; ire the busy paying teller no el or oilier indication of ac- count forthcoming. Instead the i rent lire fumbled in t Mi . v -he asked, ii stamp here, please No V, do we f i meals No i n one of y i answer me t i i terrible i, your fa- dot .,, u rubs his i what ml he was your says the man to his little on, was the behaved hoy in town. My par- would allow mo to phi the street, they made me keep face washed and hair combed, they compelled me to In- well man- at all limes and was lo bed early every night and awakened early the next morning, My pan trained me to be a model, obedient, polite boy. Why can't you be like was at your answers the lad. would I a the use It doesn't seem to done any good in your Chicago Tribune. A. Manning, and Marv Man XV. Ii. Ford. M. O. Blount and wife Florence. Blount. R. it While- Fri. and wife Melissa lolly, John White- W. Teel, H. F. Ward and wife Julia L. G. Ford, J. J. R and wife Maggie i arson it Baker and wife Baker and Fernando Whitehurst, Against C K and wife Annie James, A. M, Jenkins, J F Bowers, w H Howe i, II. Bowers, Mo o H L, and wife Susan S Jesse W Carson, Manning, k D W A Taylor, M. C. Manning, K n. Mann- ii He. f. Ford. E. Warn, John Williams, A J and j M Manning. Moore, J Carson, Harriett ward, John T t arson I. and wife Ell- Hammond, IV j Jam s, G iv William Staton, w A and wire Bailie E. Mat- thews, J. H. Hunting F C James, S T Carson, Major Manning, Manning w o Manning, H F Manning. Carrie Davenport, last eight being minors with- out guardian, Defendant. Major Mailing who Is a defendant in tin above entitled cause, will take notice Hat a special proceeding, entitled a bat been in the Sup- Curt of County, before the incorporate a Canal Com- said defendant will further lake notice that lie is to appear Of the Superior of Pitt County, at his in on day of February 1908, and answer the petition and complaint which will Iv deposited in the of said Clerk ten days after the issuing of this And the said l will also take notice, that rails to answer said petition and within the time presented law, will the court -or the relief demanded in the petition and complaint. Given under hand, in day Dec- ember Clerk Superior This is the month you should buy. It is the month we should sell. You should buy because all lines in this store are re- from to per cent. We should sell because we should make room for Spring and Summer goods yet to come. This opportunity is a mutual one and we trust you will take advantage of the many Bargains we are now offering. These prices will prevail until Feb. 1st. C. S. FORBES, THE MAN'S OUTFITTER. to A man who is a friend only has but few friends. There are mistaken would be a mistake not to make There would e no labor troubles if every man had a job on at. NOTICE By virtue of the of sale con- In a certain deed in trust ex- and delivered by wife Louisa Greene, to J. trustee the 2nd day of mm mil duly recorded in the Deeds office of Pitt North Car- i page in ion of the assignee of the Ban. Greenville, the person entitled lo money due under said deed In the undersigned will expose ii i hi in sale before the conn house in Greenville tor cash to the -i bidder, on Tuesday the of February, the following d property to wit. id In- real In to that certain lot in the own on Washington street at the North-weal i lot number mil running a northerly with -aid street eighty-live feet, thence n easterly course parallel Fourth one hundred feet, ton line of lot number I . thence a southerly M feet to the North-east r lot number two with the line of said lot number -21 one hundred mid thirty-two feet to the one HI acre more or less, and Known a- a i art of let number eighty- -l Ill the plan the ill and being the same con- to Greene, Jr , w, It. Greene deed trow w. dated Dec. in the Register of me of Pin e in page to which need reference is herein made. Said sale is made lo need In trust. January Lit r lb, Trustee Skinner Whedbee, A reward will paid for in- to convict any party or parties who leave gate or damage to gale- or stock las ll or WhO cut die I. so that and hornet through. J It. sec A Grim Tragedy is dally in thousands mint's, Death claims, in each another victim of or But when i and Colds are properly treated, is averted I-1- of , wife Inn I and three doctors gave up. Finally she took Dr King's New Discovery for ton Coughs and Colds, which cured her and to day slit- is well and strong it kills the of all diseases Ono dose relieves. Guaranteed at and Si by J. L. Wooten, Trial bottle free. NATHAN PARKER W. C. DANCY, Practical Painters. Painting is practical work. Skill it's the same with paint miking. You know L M. mixed with gallons Linseed Oil makes enough paint tor a mode rate house-the best paint money can the L. M. Zinc hardens the L. ft M. White Lead and makes the I. ft M wear like Iron. L. A- M. and don't pay a gallon tor Linseed Oil, as do ready to use paints, but buy oil fresh from the barrel at cents, and mix with the L. M. AM. costs only per gallon. Hold by H L Hardware. For C Ranges, Heaters Pumps, Guns, Am- munition, Steel Plows, Cutters and Stuffs, In fact anything in Hardware come to H. L. CA R R NOTICE TO CREDITORS Having duly qualified before the Superior Court Clerk of county us and of Alfred deceased, no- is hereby to nil in- to the i to make Immediate to the and all persons having said i state must present the to the undersigned for on or lie fore Dee. or this Ml he plead bar of their recovery. This Mb J. of the estate of Alfred NOTICE TO Having before the Court Clerk cf Pill of the estate of John F is hereby given all indebted lo the es- to make Immediate to the undersigned, and all l said estate are to present the same to the u for payment the of Do- mow. or this notice will l plead in bar of their recover. This 1st day of December, W. II. John F. Whichard. OUR AYDEN DEPARTMENT. J. M. BLOW, Manager . -e . AYDEN, and Authorized N. C. . . A agent for DAILY we take In receiving sun- aid writing receipts for in arrears. We have a lint of all who receive their mail at thin office. We also for job of Greenville, afternoon in Our and art squares are liner than the finest, Cannon and of Greenville, beta hi re on a visit Our specialties ate, aDd Fancy Fruits and Con Dry goods, Notions and Shoes. for Wanamaker Brown Clothing, made to dual for Troy will also be called for and deliver- ed free. banking you for past patronage, and to nerve you in I be future. G. Co. William and family h n on the to relatives the portion of the county. your building by ilium with Town and County lead and full line of colors, kept at J. It. Smith Bi-o. Buy your Felt Mattress at Can- non Tyson, they have the best. Ed of has been here, and really from the of two very charming young , misses of our town we tell which was the most highly Mr. Simon or his hand- some turnout. Anyway we the he enjoyed his visit. Yon should see our line of lace curtains buying J. R. Mg V. and paper roofing, with long or short joints and pipe at R. Smith Bro. Broad cloth, Mohair, cashmere, albatross silks, lining white J R Bro Bed steads, mattresses, and double, rockers, dining and wash stands tables at J R Smith We have just received a ship- of shoes for W.- ask that you see hem before buying, J. R. Turn e. and Gingham at cents pr yard, great reductions white Uppers and summer goods, at J. Smith Bro. We are shipments of day. Come to see s if you want Margins J. R. Tum- Buy your i valise, satchels Ind -ult case from Turnage. is headquarters for K. E. Co. will do all they can i please you with new line of heavy fancy Car load salt for sale by in and Tyson. Misses K Annie and of the lie High school, it from Monday morning th Mrs. Dixon. 1st I associated with father, Mr. Elias the senior of the fire, of Or N. C. The will be conduct- under the firm name of J. R. Co., and will continue at the same stand former- copied by myself. I wish to my friends for the liberal they have given me this assure them i I out every Sit this year will be to please J. R. Turnage. A full supply of Trunks Telescopes, Gripe, Satchels and Suit Cases, at J. R. Smith A Bro. Old Fashion Hand-made Paw Gum Bread Trays at K. Bro. See our line of ladies and cloaks. J. R. Turnage. held in the church Sunday in in-11 i ii i- evening by the pastor, Rev. M r. Jones. Cannon and Tyson invites your attention car load of stoves and heaters. We your attention to out line of harness, Cannon and Tyson. gold clasp pin. sign Rx N. C. on it. A suitable reward for it will be paid by C. L. Cannon drugstore, Ayden, N. C. Buy your furniture of and Tyson, they have the and Just now they tell the public road overseers are busy get ready for that glorious meeting on Saturday in February. Latest styles in wrap Misses and Ladies also a nice hue of Zephyr tors at J. R. Smith Bro. Cannon Tyson have the strongest Hoe of dress goods and town. We have received a large shipment of goods. Come to see us J. R. Turnage. Buy one of our Hawes Hats. Sold under a guarantee. R. For a nice present buy a clock at J. W. Taylor's. It is for any occasion. A line of crockery, glass ware, fancy lamps, and at J R Smith Bro For rugs, carpeting, malting see our line J. R Get the Cox cotton planter the best on the market R. Smith Brr If you want a good Mil. of flour see we sell only the best. J. R. For certain lot or parcel of land ill the town of Ayden adjoining the lots of J. F. Dixon and William con- about two acres, will be sold on reasonable terms. See or apply B. Ayden, R K. D. No. or see J. J. Hines. Mate Superintendent of Public Instruction J Y. was here a short while Saturday. Hay corn, oats, meal, hulls, lime windows nails Cross cut saws and mechanic tools at J R Smith Bro For can peaches, apples, corn tomatoes, c, apply to E. E. We have bought the grocery of and and will conduct the same Hue of business at the same store. We invite the public to call see us. We will sell as cheap as the cheapest and always the best. Give ii R. Williams. buy a second sale with doors, to not than one thousand pounds. Jackson Co. Ayden, N. C. Hi Your you are troubled with your eyes or have a difficulty obtain- suitable glasses, it matters not how difficult your case, call on J. W. Taylor, expert N. C, who has five years experience with some of the most cases. He never fails to give satisfaction or their money refunded. Over five hundred of Pitt Greene and best people to testify to his honesty and ability. Give him your eye work if you want satisfaction. i lull of anal, em I i CUM. mas trial, k Lilly I 1- n-.-l as veil as to to see i -Hie, which II JR. Tin rep A i A full line valise-, t Hid case- J R I on d h lie ll a- I prices Such as hay, oats, corn, seed meal and hulls, brand ship stuff. Frank Lilly Q. forget with Monday January 15th, w will conduct a special sale for teen days on all dry goods shoes, hats, etc. J. R. Turnage A Go. cars cotton seed, will pay highest cash price, sell your seed until you see me. Frank Lilly Co. Go to E. E. Co's new market beef, fresh meats, sage, and fresh fish. We sell and Fay stockings- J. R. Turnage Co. For carpenters ton's, grind s hemp rope pulleys, at J. R. sin in. Bro. Wear Corliss Coon-Collars. for cents. J. R. Supposed night sometime about colored Methodist church was discovered fire. The thereof was not seemingly of an nature, but more on, what is mi, posed, an odor of in origin. There had no services nor bad a lire used sometime, is that it was set fire. Two fires one week for our usually quiet little city is indeed deplorable. Him of i- will Mi. F. It II REPORT OF GRAND JURY. us M I. no . . f i., a of the iii i failed i- Ii. u- .-l flu e. I- l we infill i n SPECIAL SALE. Beginning with Monday, January 15th, we will conduct a special sale all dress goods, dry goods cloth- shoes aDd bate. These prices will prevail till Feb. 1st, This is the month you should bay. It is the month we should sell. All lines our store will he reduced from ten to twenty to per cent. Our spring and summer will soon arrive and in order to make room our stock, we have decided to conduct this This opportunity is a mutual one, and we you will advantage of the many bargains we will offer. Come to see and be convinced for yourself. J. R. Turnage Co. Dr. Joseph Dixon, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Brick Block, Bast Ayden, N. C The Only Requisite tor A Perfect Complexion arc your am a jar of Pompeian Massage Cream Soap the dirt bill absorbs soap. Tilers i in soap that is good for the n it becomes an is blocked. search, s out the ires lite dirt, an. he builds an, must go. Gentlewomen use in place face Gentlemen use it alter SO cents SI per Jar For Sale at SAUL'S PHARMACY. The II. Hi U. . it i . ,.,. ,., Hie now be M Co. II J. H. Tripp i Ii,. formerly occupied by Ml-. V. ye as a ti in store J. W. occupied by Dr. MM B. Dew, barber. hop d A. nil on U a day iii lie the the of Farm. Hie, . f Ml Tunstall Green- ville of who shot h in bringing him our made truly a day only full of excitement but gave our people lo talk shout and ponder on to what a terrible state of affairs seem to ii remedy and what is needed moat is a rigid and prompt application of that remedy lo briny, about a belief of reform morality. We been by the of the recent lire to tender thanks lo those of our who tendered finely aid in hour trouble Also to I bunk the members of the Disciple and for room goods that been raved until better could be made. Every body was everybody worked, of position and color, and the thanks of tendered. Two hers, one whom lives Ariz-ma, hail not seen each other ill ID years, recently met in New Livery, Feed and Jones, Ayden, N. C fur. Ph- any nil points. The lest and most conveyances. ices Dublin all Mo.-re Jones, lively, feed exchange N. C. G tally in Not I tin is more in denial a which ii for a s Made to the Court. I. Honor. II. F g. Judge Phi i . Superior January We, the grand the term beg to I have oil all Ms e find ii i a it of four ind uh Dr. King's Now Life They are just what you need and liver troubles Try them. At J. L Wooten's store, , guaranteed. give mi a heart. Spoiled if love Harriet Howard, of W. St, of A. O. Cox, W, New York, at one time had J. K. and C. beauty spoiled with skin trouble She had Rheum or Eczema for years, bat nothing would cure it, until I used Book A quick and sure healer for cuts, burns and sores. at J L drug store A shoemaker is a whole soled man and generally self Shivering; Fib of Ague and Malaria, can be re- and cured with Electric Hitters This is a pure, tonic of especial benefit in malaria, for it exerts a true on the disease, driving it entirely out of the sys- It is much to be preferred to Quinine, having none of this drug's bad after effects. E S. Munday, of Henrietta, Tex., brother was very low with malarial fever and dice, till he took Electric Bitters, which saved his life. At J. L. Wooten's drugstore; price guaranteed. STATEMENT. f of fur of Ufa r and of and allowed to each, for flu- year 3rd HELD T. . At n committee at at W. R. trended i, at j. R. Inn. if. day- at on at at J I. Attended u . at i m at at t W PaM Attended at on committee at at M. -tar at at 14.1 at m My sou William Jenkins, col, left in n and my and the said William Jenkins, being a this to warn any and giving hI alter, food i r em- to him and those doing so will be prosecuted to law. Thin January 19th 1900. William Si., col. Ill SI IS no North L Williams, of lbs of for the ,. Is a . i in. la my saws. Tills it i. day of H WILLIAMS. Co. com. rat co. Dentist. Greenville, M. G. OF THE BANK OF AYDEN N. At the of business Nov. 10th, 1905. Loans and Demand Loins Duo from I nils, Gold Silver Coin, National Hank notes and other U. S. notes 916,828.17 90,808.69 1,488 8,018.00 Total, 61,716.71 LIABILITIES. paid in, Surplus fund 1,000.00 Undivided less expenses, Dividends unpaid . I subject to check, 60,057.09 Cashier's 37.40 Total. STATE OF NORTH COUNTY OF PUT, I, J. K. Smith, Cashier of the bank, do swear that the above statement is true to the best of my and be- lief. ; J. R. SMITH, Cashier. sworn to before me, this 19th Jay of Nov. 1905. HODGES, Notary Public. J. R. SMITH, JOSEPH DIXON, R. H. was awl In in. of the who leave a written report to us, which report we have accepted and r-ad report is hereto an a i iii i of the grand jury for that institution. That we have visited the jail at d the convict camp is the and find the jail and convict camp a, very cleanly condition, prisoners and convicts well fed oared that the superintendent of the con- is a worthy man for that place. We recommend that berths tie placed the cells three tiers high, so that the bedding could be for by ibis means give more room the apartments. We also recommend that the cells be furnished lion or ratchet licks to make them secure. We also recommend that the inside walls the jail lie sealed with sheet to prison- escaping. That we have visited the of the of deeds the sheriff and find them and books n i I the children of A brain Galloway have a guard- appointed to look after their estate. u e also recommend that a good desk be put in the office for his and the public benefit. We also recommend that the the register of deeds office where land is recorded here-in- so that citizens can more readily their deeds, etc., re corded. We also that the Hour of the sheriff's office be laid wood to make it more healthful. We also recommend that an electric light be placed at the top of the two stairways leading to the court loom. We also recommend that some seals be furnished hallway of the com t house that witnesses who are waiting to go before the in jury may be comfortably sealed. All of which we most respect fully submit. This Jan. 1806. C. D. Foreman Jury. REPORT. We your committee appointed to review the premises of the county home submit the fol- lowing report; We find the church needs proving and elevated more from ground, also some needed re- pairs lo the roof, and the grave hack of church needs some repairs by filling up graves which have caved in. And upon investigation we find pest houses in good condition, though in danger of fire should the woods get burned that surrounds them. The land under cultivation in fair condition We visited all the ii in f-m what information could they seemed to be cared for as well could be expected existing The built lags are uncomfortable the in ma s a disgrace to I he county. After viewing the situation we recommend for comfort, and appearance that it would be advisable in build should built at once I a whore the better class of i i mates could be cared for better and use best Inmate as they are best suited for. We find Mr. John A. the manager f our home, and what we could learn Mr is an to them; but we find from general that Mr . is often the of drink. This Jan. A. G. Cox, J. F. H. E. Ellis,

A NOTE OF In that old lax, thin it it belief lo pin gay mi the coal I while l in than tn H given DOOM i in . I iIi-iii- i-. you i-i-- people in mid an mid their no kindness Urn two years of our stay among them. The, that neighbor could be nod we will ever remember them must pleas- a illy huh lovingly. And our removal from their n fur good reasons and coital from their cause. We will h them for i help during the s in family last summer. full here to express our we go, we ITEMS. 0-inly superintendent J. E- man, Snow Hill, gave M a nail Pi,. of v i Mia who been visiting at the home of J. T returned to her Washington today. Dr. T. M. of spent a few titan here last week He once lived in practiced in this and bin many friend and old patrons glad sec him again. Misses Waters, of Taylor, of Nannie Taylor, paid a visit last evening. Elder K I. AIM regular appointment at Bethany last T went to Ayden to- ever back In them one day, all, aid the blessings of Superintendent them. tier, of an Interesting it is educational lecture here hut Bat- then we t of them. evening In the interest of H Now A den have graded school. An election bat received ii- i y and been called for in February on the .-in -mink our May I quest ion. Mr. is a Hum pleasant earnest, reasonable and forceful that speaker and did to home all light. Monday a movement the state. He plead b of pie came to our home and earnestly for the people to gave m ii- ii c schools I a fur them to in the conn equal to those in m my absence the towns so that will stop g the look thing I to town to educate home and on my i I will children his advice ha them for this time prow helpful to t We me almost like the man heard it. teal i the Bible, who thou h enough laid God in r v-e the iv White Goods A Sale You Will About For i Many II many Many, many thanks dear friend, blessings be upon you. B. E. Stanfield. , V. C. 20th, 1900. Greenville Boy Promoted. J. M. who has for months bean agent of Atlantic Marriage license. Register of Heeds K. William issued to the following since last WHITE. J Manning and Lucy Jone. Frank Randolph Kim COLORED BIG VALUES Bryant Hooks and a-t at a little ; Bell. Station Rocky Mount, has la-en promoted to the for the same company at John boy who made his start in this and climbing upward nu the ladder of We Con- him. warm started of the trees to In an at Via , rd pi a mile the j,,, a of p A containing of at Mis., B The 1.- is placed at J. T. Brown and Sallie Lovelace Blow and B.- Lewis H. and Evans, Jim. and Jenkins. Fernanda and Mary Windsor Daniel and Sophia W in. Allan and i Yd Best Calico A Big Line s Light i ml A. F. C Beat Sea Island Inch Penal Kc A Galilee Cloth Toys A Full Lin if Mens Buys tall Linen C liars JO A ice Come ea in this Store. receiving arid assorting CM Block to place We i begin lo -II so rm This Sale en braces ever i- a number days v-e ea upon cases of New Spring tell of nil the which we are HOSIERY Ladies Mixed Hose Extra Heavy Hot Fast Bales. The j today places the number of cotton of lbs crop Binned up to Jan. at Future declined about p. Lisle Thread doz am Ribbed Hoe WHITE GOODS. We are prepared, through value- we know where you v ill. compare price inch White is going Re price Piques sale price Plain and. welted Piques j COMFORTS Closing out all up to K at the small price of Closing out all up to at Bi the small of early and heavy purchasing, to will not be duplicated. Look with come here. AGo white- Trim Wide White at this sale Wide Heavy no to aid Best Grade Bleach- now at c BLANKETS Few more Extra Sire Bed lank-ts Wool Blankets Bought the Advance at n Price Heavy Jean Corset reeds Steel, in Length Corset with Lace med quality of Hose attached Made Corset Trimmed with Lace, 1.25 value w going at gloves Work Driving . j Golf Fine Dressed and Kid.-Gloves Shoes Children 1.37 GENT NECK- WEAR Since purchasing the interest of W. H. Kirks in this business I have decided to add another line. Therefore I want to reduce my present stock of Groceries to about one half. In order to do this we offer for CASH, day, my entire stock of high grade CANNED GOODS, BREAKFAST CEREALS, HEALTH FOODS, NUTS, CANDIES, CHINA WARE, PICKLES, ALSO MIXED PICKLES Etc, AT COST. Thanking all for a liberal patronage during the past year and especially during the Xmas trade. I am your friend, JNO. H- RICKS in all styles and Colors, Plenty J to Select From HATS HATS HATS At Your Own Price. It Will Pay You to Vis out. Millinery Department can Furnish to Bottom and will Give You Store THE EASTERN REFLECTOR. J. WHICHARD. Editor and Owner. and Friday. ONE DOLLAR PER YEAR IN VOL. No. GREENVILLE. PITT COUNTY. NORTH CAROLINA, TUESDAY. JANUARY 1906. No. SLAYERS ON TRIAL JERRY COBB SURRENDERS TO OFFICERS AT Testimony in the Case Jerry Cobb and Sylvester Barrette. Jerry the other jury found a Hue bill for murder, for the W. J. near Saturday night, on surrendered to Officer T. H. Smith Cobb, and other as in Hie case, to Greenville, reaching a o'clock. w before Judge and an the trial for Mt for this rimming both were together. There wen a large crowd in the courtroom this when case was nailed. Mr. V. O. appeared Solicitor L. I. Moore for the Slate Col. I. A. Sugg. Meters. F. f. Harding and Julius Brown Counsel for defense asked for severance the ease given them separate trials, bat this was not granted selection of the jury began. The regular jurors for the we-k first called and five of ed. The of forty h then Called. Out of these the were leaving the two of being ed. The consisted of Jesse A. Henry Edwards, Charles Dudley, J. F. Boyd, Jr., J. H J. M. William, A- B. Kittrell, J. C. Stocks, James Harrington, J. B. Jenkins and J. I. James. The first witness called was Hi;. U. NOBLES I d body said to be at bis father's home near Farmville, Sunday afternoon. in upper part of ab- four inches above navel, a inch ranged to right of middle line and Wit. extracted shot from wound which were exhibited They are shot. Hemorrhage resulting from wound caused death. Some fragments clothing were also found in shot was fired at near range. exam I was called there by These shot are all I from wound. and no through body. It wan clear, solid wound, nearly round, or little more in diameter, f know no of the The wound was from a gun almost against body. F. CASE. I was near of killing also at house it body was examined. It was r Levitt's body. He was constable of Farmville town ship. I saw Barrett bet sunset dark Saturday Hi Was driving along road d saw them and others mad, II-v stopped us from passing at t, I got off wagon with shovel o push them out of way. They i the advantage me, Cobb snatched shovel from me and began with it, broke Mr. Smith's arm knocked my thumb out of place. Cobb Barrett bad knife and pistol. I went back to Saw Wallet Lovitt there to go after I was deputized and on, also Pick Lovitt. drove by these want to Jerry house, k.-d at door, no one, went back an ft as Watt I stopped there and Cobb and B passed me walking side by side towards Farmville, saw no i -e pans in same direction This was or steps from where -hooting occurred. During the examination of this win took recess until At the afternoon session of the F. Case continued bis Ir are very short time after i-f-i dints passed me before gun it was between and o'clock. I saw the body of Lovitt j after, was lying on back in his clothes were scorched Dick Carr L father were in buggy. I persons through no alter gun fired, sounded people I heard de-i cry three times after I did not see gun tired. Watt was standing with me, he had a by which I recognized I also their Tragedy occurred near house. I was not present Iii-ii Barrett was arrested. went to F one o'clock Sat u r- and left about sunset. The with inroad was sue dark. Several were the road, were walk- in j. Bill and two colored nun with me. I hot drank some bat was not drunk. went buck lo Farmville after borne and lo help find ti e i I was in yards of noting and beard three shots ed. This was about miles my home, was in of Parker's use the shot fired. When be passed I halted them; m threats and beard no threats. Parker brought lantern out house. Could Dot tell u shots were from or I was of defend- ants when O. I Walter Lovitt and he was killed. He was constable and to show bun where Jerry Cobb lived. We stopped at places on the way to houses for him. and parties Bluff road. A short dis- Watt house we saw men walking in rad Lovitt told them halt that be had lain for them. Lovitt got off buggy and fired aim -t mediately. My but i stopped him back; heard men running woods. I the light near Parkers house. men were side of road next to Parker's I did not parties who did Shooting, We searched Barrett's the shooting took place about yards from Bar- Mr. Carr tired a shot at the parties running Lovitt lived only a minutes after shot. He was lying wheel track. boggy was over feel from In road. Lovitt s ff his buggy in and . in; almost in loss were live or six w Lot Farmville. I knew where all ed and went to show the way. One of the men we met the road did I did not fie gun. I saw Case after shooting I thought he was I did not see the smoke from gun but know one of two men fired it. K K. I knew Waller A S o'clock lie me to go with him I a about a after . . e some at Parker's I or men. and some I did not see them have a gnu. houses, Barrett's . did not see a in Dr. bis wife and . buggy. I saw a gun some of the were there, looked for crowd carried to the none. We down road, j shooting. I do not know if Case When near Watt Parker's j was No one Lovitt, who was buggy ahead we were front of me tell some road to halt, he stepped off of buggy. saw two men near in road, of them shot him. oil in woods and I tired a shot at them. They were over or l feet from Lovitt the fired, I was at Was not when Barrett was rested. Cross do bow many had war- rants for, be called Jerry name. We stopped one crowd road to see if Cobb was them. Later we met two men where the shooting was Case came from toward house a minute or so after the shooting. BEN BY Walter was my ton. told me be bad warrants for Bar and Cobb asked me to go with him to serve them. Several of us went Met crowd in road where some were made. We went to Barret's house, started on towards Cobb's house. Met two road near Parker's. Walter baited them stepped off buggy. I did recognize men. Gun fired almost as soon as Walter got off. I went to him as the men were running off, I tried to shoot one of them bat pistol I had would not fire. The front, t. One of them bad light coat dark coat. Cross examination My son and myself were in Dr. bug- There was a in this boggy. WATT I know AI. mi before the shooting I was standing in front of my house, within feet of road, talking to Case. Two men T had lantern and recognized them as Jerry Cobb and Sylvester Bar- It WM or Yards from shooting took place. No one else passed in the meantime. One of the had on light suit and the other dark suit. I got to where shooting occurred within a minute after gun fired. Cross was or yards from my gate to where shooting occurred. I don't know if any wad in woods or field. No else went by but these two Case and Fulford to my gate together. Case t I'd men to stop but they did i not stop. did not see them have I a gun. went to Farmville Saturday evening. Lovitt asked me to go out with to serve warrants. I went out with Case. We went to Jerry Cobb's house and found no one there, We left there and Hiring along road saw a light at Parkers stopped there. Par- came out with lantern was t liking to Barrett and Cobb came Case told them to slop as there was a warrant them. did not A minute later the tired. We and found Lovitt lying on ground. Am certain as to the Identity the men who passed. They were on side of road next to Parker's. I saw Barrett again about one o'clock that night when he was arrested. Cross saw many other colored people that evening; do know how any of them were between the time defendants passed and shooting. O. R do not know if gun was Lovitt had but .-ad be did not need it did not load it. Case told us he came up to where shooting occurred that and had just Hissed in that direction. My brother carried Walter tack to Farmville before shooting occurred. was a it which he said was Dr. Joyner's. I Sylvester Barrett. Ha came to my between and . o'clock Saturday night, knocked at my door, told me he to leave a gun there, that some parties bad been alter him. be had shot but did not know what he bad done. I took the gun went back to bed. Later I was awaken- ed by hearing dogs and some one was taken out of bis fathers Cross ed on my place, have known him since he was a boy. Cobb married Barrett's sister. R. H I was present when Sylvester was arrested. Had same tin n as now. He made to me of bis whereabouts that night. No in- was offered or made. He said he and bis started to a ball but got there and ball so went back home, w. H. SMITH. for i v ii. I, .,. Hut statement to witness. The curt ruled the out so far it applied to Barrett. Cross examined was at time k said to have taken place. two miles from I here. I have about this police and solicitor. I was here as and guard in guard Sunday shooting t ,, me. Don't know when was was hot for Barrett moved tor severance trial, deuce of H being ruled out as to Barren, the evidence was made healing of the aim was prejudicial to Barrett. This mutton was W. C. I ii member the day of homicide. I am a justice of peace war was shown I issued that it was sworn out by W. H and I gave it to Constable Walter Lovitt Just before o'clock Saturday The constable asked bis father, Henry Lovitt, Or. Joyner and R. R. Carr to go with him to serve the warrant. Cross issued warrant Saturday night, it came Hack to me Sunday morning at preliminary he , in meantime Lovitt bad been killed. held preliminary trial of Sylvester Bar Tim Hunter was i a wit- was not at the trial. ROBERT I got the warrant in my possession Sunday morning from T. ii. Smith. The paper was wet. was given cross as to names in the warrant the warrant was offer- ed as Here the Stale close its Neither of the defendants, Cobb or Barrett, offered any SYLVESTER BARRETT i U JERRY COBB YEARS IN THE I went before Justice for warrant At o'clock the attorneys be. for Cobb, Barrett Kn before the this evidence is objected to and to out, also of fight in Does not defendant-, wen; back to Farmville that night. Don't w bat time Lovitt left to warrant. Did critical. defendants that night. Have never Mies May Brooks, seen Took several i by Misses Lacy Bell and ITEMS. N. C, Jan. Joseph Smith's condition con- at Baker's bar. Court here look recess to resume session at o'clock Friday. At Friday morning session of the court the State of witnesses. TIM HUNTER. I defendants Cobb Barrett, saw them evening before killing at cross roads near Farm ville. this about half mile from Barrett's home. I left Barrett Myrtle spent Saturday and Sunday with her parents Misses Delia, Bessie, Laura and Smith spent Sunday after- noon with friends here. Johnnie Griffin of Ayden, Saturday night with Luther Mrs. Nancy Buck and family, of moved in this Tuesday. Miss Clara and brother Barrett Convicted of Murder in First Degree and Cobb in Sec- Degree. Both Take Appeal in may God have mercy your These the . sing Judge B. F. Lone in passing sent- death upon Sylvester Bar- convicted of the murder of Constable W. j. of Farm- ville date execution set on Friday, h, lie hours of a. in. mid p. m. t of in the murder was completed Friday Long made bis charge and gave the case to the jury at o'clock. A past o clock at night ringing of the court b II that a verdict had been reached. A large crowd hurried to the house and in a few moments loom was packed. A solemn prevailed as the was and the verdict The verdict was defendant Sylvester Barrett is guilty the first defendant Jerry Cobb is guilty of murder in second Barrett display ed no emotion at any time during the progress of was rot moved in the least by verdict, while Cobb smiled as if pleased that bis neck bud been saved. prisoners ordered back to jail, Long reserving pas- sing sentence until this morning. At opening of morn, for Cobb moved for a new trial, which motion was de- and be was sentenced to years in the penitentiary at hard labor. Appeal to Court far ma was taken. Counsel for Barrett also made a motion for new trial, which was denied, and sentence was passed upon to be by the neck until he is dead on the date above stated. Appeal to Supreme Court was also bis case. spent Sunday his home about dark, left Jerry at Will Barrett's, Cobb bad on cap. I saw Cobb again S o'clock at Peyton Barrett's house told me be was going to stay out of the way Monday I next saw Sunday morning ii near my He called me to come out to him. I asked him what be bad doing, that, a man was killed up the nail last night. Cobb said he did not know anything about It. Hubert Foreman came up Cobb Foreman lo go see anybody was killed. then asked to get to eat. I told him my wife said her father told her a man bad been killed he Sylvester Barrett were ac- of it. I got Cobb some breakfast I told you fellows are accused of that killing and asked him about it. He said he and dill kill a man, that Sylvester shot him. g spent Sunday afternoon with C. H. K. K. son, Harvey, and Smith went to Monday and returned Tuesday. Miss Bessie Smith a few lays of this week with Miss R. I, Corbitt filled his re- appointment at Bethany Sunday. H. J. Corbitt was the neigh- Sunday. COX'S MILL ITEMS. Cox's Mill, N. C. Jan. A basket party was given at the school house on the night of the 19th. A large and well behaved crowd was the handsome sum of was the result that will be applied to furn- room with desks and a library. Farmers of this section have killed lots of pork, a plenty to last them, with plenty of corn, fodder and hay to go along with it. Our will noon He Second to none ham, laud to eat and pretty girls. Violating Postal Laws. It seems that some people do not know that they violate the postal laws when they pack ages through the mail marked merchandise and also include writ ten letters in the packages. First class matter must be sent separate from merchandise and tilde is a of for sending letters with merchandise Fell From Gallery. An amusing accident, as long as it did not turn out seriously, hap- in the court room Friday evening. Just as Jud e Long was about to begin h s charge to the jury in the murder trial, a colored man in the gallery leaned over too far and tumbled down on the heads of on the below. No one was hurt. A man who is a friend only himself has but few friends. to