THE GREAT February BEGINS Monday Morning, and will prove attempted. It will establish for and will make strong claims for your consider though an innovation here, have been a regular feature with all big city stores for years and we say with much pride that it is our belief that with the characteristic progress of Greenville and this store, that we too can make our a big success and thus pave the way for bigger and things. THE WHITE SALE will be the greatest saving the stores history. Full details will appear in Monday's Reflector. WITCH Will AND SAVE C L L GREENVILLE, N. C. AND North Carolina. THE FUNNY PUFFER. A r, of the Salt Sn la th. The funniest little follow in salt water is the puffer, or Fishermen call hint the When he is swimming around at ease with nothing to alarm him ha looks queer trough, for skin of abdomen is all loose and and he such a tail and little tins and inch a big, cornered head he looks entirely absurd. His mouth, instead of being big and gaping, as most mouths are. is only a tiny round hole at the end of a pointed. conical snout. Out of this circular mouth protrude his teeth, like those of a rabbit, lie would I about as homely a fish as could ho made if it were not for the beautiful orange yellow and silver colorings that play all over him. queer as he lien he i at em, it is only when he is frightened or excited that ho becomes really funny. If he is hooked, for instance, he cornea to the surface grinding those teeth so that I lie be heard a good feel away, and then as soon as the hand him he begins to grunt hoarsely, with each grunt he swells a bit till within a few momenta he has puffed himself so full of air that he i quite round and firm, like a ball. So thoroughly does he distend him- self with air that When the fisher- men hurl him at the water with all their force, as they often do, he will bounce like a rubber ball. If be dropped into the water after blow- himself full of air he floats on . lightly as thistledown, and be will stay that way until lie has as- sured himself that danger has gone by. He does the same when he is by other fish, and as he oats almost entirely out of water, with only a little bit of his hard, spiny body sunk under the surface, very few fish can hurt him once he is inflated. The Doctor They Wanted. A little girl sent in n hurry for the doctor the other day, and when she reached the steps of the physician's office she found there a doctor of divinity, the pastor of the h which she attends. my little said the minister, who recognized the child, the matter Nothing don't know for said the girl. we can't find my ten- ball high or low. and we think maybe the baby's swallowed exclaimed the rev- gentleman, much amused. so want the doctor Well, I'm a doctor. Won't I The little girl eyed him a moment in a brown study, as though the idea was new and might be good, she -aid at last, shaking her head with decision. want a doctor hut practices, not one that A Humorist's Peculiar Habits. The late loll Nye replied as fol- lows to a correspondent who in- about his habits of work and the weather la such that I cannot exercise in the open air I have a heavy pair of dumbbells at mi lodgings, which use for hold- the t open. also belong to an lie lull a pair of Indian clubs red handles. owe much of my r health to this. I do most of writing in a lifting posture or in an autograph album. When am not engaged in though I am i in from its c. c t . I am very genial and in ho thrown a are not so to I it ion. In tho morning nil , in the even- i and at night we Tho First Doctor. There is no subject whoso history has more of curious interest than that of medicine. Its origin is far back in the mythical period, where the i- nothing strange. The physician, whose name mi passed down tradition to the Greeks, . . I lie belonged race m p. as . and hall horse. So the Ural physician a veritable horse dot-tor d and no i con. Modern M. however, have no to blush this apparently humble . for was an honor to bis prof n. fie f I of care in a Mi. ;. i .- , which i- more than can be said of hi- followers. Qualifications. Mi Winthrop-Brad- i i, our anew tors did in the May flower, as I, and marry nu know why they did Mr. de . I'll tell you, They wet tin kind people who Si. which, he strode haughtily from the Life. AN OLD ADAGE SAYS tight purse Is a heavy Sickness makes light purse. The LIVER Is the seat of nine tenths all disease. to the root the whole met- thoroughly, quickly safely unit restore the action of the to normal Give tone to the and solid flesh to the body. No Substitute. THE INDUSTRIAL ADVANCE. Between 1880 and 1905 the South Increased the number of Its Cotton spindles from to the ion of cotton in its mills from to bales. To boon readers that on its face may convey much meaning, but h now force when is remembered that Now land and all the country outside of tho South in i. bales, or six times as much the South, and in bales, or but a few thousand bales more than tho South. Between 1890 and tho South quadrupled Its consumption cotton, while Now England increased Hr cent A now of the meaning of the tons of iron produced is gained when it is remembered that this is nearly much pig iron the entire country made in 1880, that the tons of bituminous coal now mined in the South, and annually increasing, is tons, or per cent. more than the output of coal for the United States years ago. All that been accomplished in Southern mate- rial which can be measured by dry statistics is, however, as nothing compared to the value of the experience gained, the capital accumulated, and the of power and strength as against weakness and hopelessness of years ago. If from Mount Mitchell the highest of the Kooky bird's-eye view of the South could be had, there would soon B mighty, resistless, onward movement of a people who, struggled amid the darkness of the wilderness with no pillar of lire to guide ed in body and mind by the hard but victorious light, have at last come in sight of the Promised Land. No longer moving west- ward as heretofore, the tide of population would seen to be turning southward. The bard died veterans of tho struggle for industrial once are seen to be drawing re-enforcements from this incoming tide. Capital, the greatest coward of earth, joins the procession, and the South. beggar no longer, invites the world's surplus money seeking the most profitable field for it not with a beggar's plea, but with the right to We are pendent, can stand alone, we have accumulated enough money and experience to assure a groat and steady advance; but no vast Is the field, so .-sure are tho returns, that we bid the world a welcome, that all ma- share in the utilization of our and in the consequent wealth to be created. the South to all mankind, is a region of which earth bus no duplicate. Does statement seem too Examine it a moment.- From Booth's by Richard II. Edmonds, In the American Monthly Review of Reviews tot February. January SELLING 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. FORBES, Notice All persons ale hereby forbid muter penally of the to contract give employ in or shelter SODS, A nine Slot ks and mi- Allen without Jackson Mrs. Luckiest Man m Arkansas. the luckiest man in Ark- writes H. L, Stanley, of Bruno, the restoration of my wife's health after live years of continuous coughing and bleed from tho lungs; and I owe my good fortune to the world's greatest medicine, Dr. King's New Discovery tor Consumption, which I know from experience will cure consumption if taken in time My wife improved with first bottle and twelve bottles completed the cur NOTICE TO CREDITORS. The Clerk of Superior of Pitt County having issued Letters to me, undersigned, On the 17th. of Jan., on the estate of It. k. Mayo, deceased, notice is hereby given to all persons indebted to the estate Immediate pay- to the underpinned, and to all creditors of said estate lo present their claims properly authenticated, to the undersigned, within twelve months after the date of this notice, or this notice will lie plead in bar of their re- This the of Jan., G, A. on the Estate of R. E James, NOTICE TO CREDITORS. Having duly Qualified before the Court Clerk of Pitt county as administrator of the estate of Mis. M, B, real, deceased, notice is hereby given to all persons Indebted to the estate to make immediate payment to the undersigned, and all the estate must present the undersigned on or Cures the i before the 17th, day of January. 1907, worst coughs and colds or money j be plead in bar of a, lay f Jan., 1906. and trial W. I. b free. of Mrs. M. k. real -.-, Hardware. For C Stoves Ranges, Heaters Pumps, Guns, Am- munition, One and Two Horse Steel Plows, Heat Cutters and In fact anything in Hardware come to H. L. CARR REWARD A reward will be paid for in- formation eon vial parts or parties who l gates open or damage to gates or fence around stork law territory, or who i the fence so that and horses J It. sec Sins that make you loose your head have the same effect on your heart. The sharpness of the serpent's tooth is nothing to compare to tho ravages of the tooth of time; Harry II. W I LAWYERS, curl Always -ON- Hand. of Framing x ft. Also German Siding, Ceiling and Partition and all kinds dressed lumber necessary for building a house complete. Hills cut to or,, on short notice. Greenville Lumber Veneer Co OUR AYDEN DEPARTMENT. J. M. BLOW, Manager and Authorized Agent- -o AYDEN, N. C. Ar for Daily we take receiving sub- and writing receipts for those in We have a list of all who receive their mail at this office. We also orders t a job H Tripp had the misfortune Wednesday lo lose an book, charges to the of about . Our and art squares are finer limn the finest, and Tyson. J. M. Moore has had of those trips down the road. We; do bow many tome folks are beginning to interested Our specialties are, staple and Fruits and Com Dry good, Notions and Shoes. for Hi own Clothing, made to dual measurement. Troy which, win called deliver- ed hanking past hoping to serve you the future. F. G. Co. J. J. Sou have just received another car load of Ell- wood wire your buildings by painting them with Harrison, Town County lead and full line colors, kept at J. B. Smith A Bro. A full supply of Trunks Telescopes, Grips, Satchels and Suit Cases, at J. B. Smith A Bro. Old Fashion Hand-made I'm Paw Gum Bread Trays at J. B Smith Bro. J. Savage made a Dying visit Wednesday business. Cannon and Tyson invites your attention to their car load of stoves and heaters. We call your attention to out line of Cannon and Tyson. Mir. B. C. Coward has returned from a recent visit to Snow Hill. fold clasp pin. Pie sign Bx C. it. A suitable reward for it will lie paid by C. L. Cannon at drug Ayden, N. C. Buy your furniture of Cannon Tyson, they have the best and cheapest. . La lest styles cloaks and wrap for Debates and Ladies also a nice hue of Zephyr tors at J. B. Smith it Bro. Cannon and have the strongest line of dress goods shoes For a nice present boy a novel- clock at J. W. It is appreciate for any occasion, A mil ill line of crockery, glass ware, fancy lamps, and tinware lit J B Smith Bro i u.-l t lull lb of 1-rd it I bay iii i. n u. Lilly Co W, H, i of tin-en A full line of trunks, valise-, , hand , ml suits Case- K Bro lee v I c. i a I always keep on hand a line feed at prices. Such as hay, oats, corn, seed meal and brand and ship Frank Lilly A Co. G, returned Wednesday evening from a business trip up the road. Dixon, an old colored man who was raised and lived all his life in this section, but no living in or near killed another colored man and is now in jail. There a festival at and the killed was was whipping the his hot when the homicide took place. cars cotton seed, will pay highest cash price, don't sell your seed until yon see me. Lilly Co. Go to E. E. Go's new market fresh meats, sage, fresh fish. Buy your Felt Mattress at Can- A they have tho best. Miss Lucy of who has her Mrs. W. M. Edwards, left V to visit Kinston. V. paper Pomps with or joints and pipe at J. B. Smith Bro. ii, i. i i i. . . I I . . . ,. 1.1- i hem. ., , ,., J A. and hive on h visit to on ii her hide Tar i visited old Lome, last Wednesday, We Saw ail l i ii it many of our old Ii Minis, a good lime. . seemed glad and e were glad to see them it is not In lie long before our i r. We being hi i ml ii . . i ample i u I I . Chinese Should Wear whirls. . j Farmer quotes Mi in-lid H- r saying the would ad crop the if Ting Fang stated At It d he said to H my people used em ton as your people d every should Id one i eh Is Ill QUEER ENGLISH LAWS. . .- of I The cut can in the country the the church, the court of justice- i even can do anything, said Lord when prime minis- turn a man a woman or a woman into a But, add writer the Grand Magazine, it. is often I ml the statute., i W. Ii i it v. an crop the South , . found in acts of is Why not begin a propaganda to; statute for rebuilding of induce every Chinaman to length- jail. The bill us orig- , ii . drafted provided that prison- In- one inch Ir would be ,,. , i i i , , should be confined in the old a patriotic movement and in make such mi additional demand I committee u clause was added lo the for that it wood I effect that new prison should be be for i constructed out of the material of Mr. Mr. Miss has accept ed a position with W. E. Get the Cox planter the best the market at J. B. Smith Brr We have moved in store of J. H. Bynum West street just north of the Carolina House. Our golds are all new as our entire old stock was burned in the recent fire. We will G. L. luck to kg to have our friends as well as the general call and see We know we can please NOVICE. My sou William Jenkins, having left my home my the said William col., being a minor, this is to warn any and persons giving food or em- to him and those doing so will be prosecuted according to law. This January 19th 1906 William col. Tea Thousand Affected. At a mass here f miners employed by the and Iron Company, Jefferson and and lion mi; any. mid allied concerns with heir, w s i go lo i all he men and h been adjusted. It s alleged by miners is being violated, men are yesterday. Dress Broad cloth, Mohair, cashmere, albatross as to price and quality. silks, and white goods at J K Hunt n Bro Bed mattresses, springs, and double, rockers, and torn chairs wash stands dressers tables at J B Smith Mrs. Mm Smith, Green- ville, visiting the of W. C. Jackson. Calico at cents per yard, reductions while slippers summer goods, at J. K. Smith A Bro. E. E. Co. will do all they possible can to please you with their new Hue of and fancy groceries. Chills and levers are playing a in part around Ayden, have been several shakes and more are anticipated. We will not refer to the warmer period. we hope for a better change and that If the representatives from den to the meeting Greenville tomorrow are not voted the fairest of the fair, then surely the judge-.-ii that will be biased In their expression. Car load salt far sale by non and Tyson. There was a large crowd from the section here Tues- day in attendance a court. P. s. the I can now found on of railroad between office of Dr Dixon and Tripp Bro shops. I have a full supply of general and fancy groceries, confection- cigars, and tobacco. and every night n of train, call and I will you fair. P. Cannon. W. C. Jackson A Co F. Lilly to Norfolk Tues- day to visit his wife who is there in a for treatment. Lilly's many friends here hope to hear of her speedy recovery. For Sale One certain lot or parcel of land the town of Ayden joining the lots of J. F. Dixon a d William con- about two acres, which will be sold reasonable terms. See or apply B. Ayden, B. P. D. No. or see J. J. Hay corn, oats, meal, hulls, lime windows locks nails Cross cut saws and mechanic tools at J B Smith Bro For peaches, apples, corn tomatoes, ac, apply to E. E. ft On. We have bought grocery business of and and will conduct the same line of business at the same store. We invite the public to call and see us. We will sell as cheap as the cheapest and always the best. Give us a B. Williams. buy a second d sale with couple doors, to weigh less one pounds. W. Jackson Co. Ayden, N. C. Your Eye. If you are troubled with your eyes or have a difficulty in glasses, it matters how difficult your case, call on J. an expert Ayden, N. C, who has five years experience with some of the most obstinate cases. He never fails to give satisfaction or,, their money refunded. Over five hundred of Pitt Greene Lenoir in people to testify to his and ability. Give him your eye if you want satisfaction. SPECIAL SALE. Beginning with Monday, January 15th, we will conduct a special sale on all dress goods, dry goods cloth- shoes and bats. These prices will prevail till Feb. 1st. This is the month you should buy. It is the month we should sell. All lines in our store will be reduced from to twenty to per cent. Our spring and summer goods will arrive and in order to make room tor our stock, we have decided to conduct this sale. This opportunity is a mutual one, and we trust you will take advantage of the many bargains we will offer. Come to see be convinced for yourself. J. R. Turnage Co. d leaders -I the Col on Association in he going the Urging M i of the Would j add e Inch to their Shirt and all Celestials would wear shirts the South he put to it to raise enough cotton o meet the far Cotton at teen cents a pound the old. and the bill became a law before anybody detected this glaring absurdity. is the of George II. chapter which en- acts that the penalty imposed under it shall be given half t the king and half to the poor of the parish. After tho had boon pa.- d it was discovered that the penally which the act provides is transportation for fourteen years. The first was that the penalty should be a fine of On second thought parliament substituted a term of Let us agitate for longer shins penal servitude, but it forgot to for the Chinese New., and Observer. Frightfully Burned has W. Moore, a machinist, of Ford City. Pa , had his frightfully in an cal furnace. Ho applied Buck- Salve with the usual quick and perfect cure. Greatest Healer on earth for Burns, Wounds, Bores, Eczema and Piles. at J. L. Wooten's. GOODS SAVED FROM FIRE Same as of Dry Goods, Notions, Shoes Hats, Gent's and Ladies fur- goods. In fact everything kept in a first near Oak Hill, Thirty- ClaSS general nine men were employed in Store Sold at greatly and eleven have escaped ed prices. alive. At six bodies bad been recovered near the month of mine, it is certain all the others the mine dead. Men Dead. Charleston, W. Va., Feb. At least men are sup- posed to have met death a mine explosion in the of the Stewart Colliers Com HORTON NOTICE DISSOLUTION. The firm id was on the of 1906, by mutual consent, F. V, Johnston inter- est Johnston In the The will con- A Gospel. The J. C. Warren, pastor Sharon Baptist Church, Be- lair, Ga , says of Electric a Godsend to mankind. It cured mo of lame back, stiff Joints tinned lb Mine staid by F. V. and complete physical collapse hi- n day Jan. 1906. K. V. Johnston. J. II. Johns Dr. Joseph Dixon, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Office Brick Block, East Railroad St. Ayden. N. C. PATENTS model, I . IN ALL COUNTRIES. direct Washington MM and often the patent. and Write or come Ninth I WASHINGTON, O. C. I was also weak it took mo half an hour to walk a mile. Two bottles of Electric Bitters have made me so strong I have just I walked three miles in minutes and feel like walking three more It's made a man of Great . est remedy for weakness and all j Stomach. Liver and Kidney complaints. Sold under tee at J L. Wooten's Drugstore Price R. L. Dentist. Greenville, N. G. The Only Requisite tor A Perfect Complexion arc your bands and a jar of Pompeian Massage Cream not i-hi the Ii nothing in , if it remains, U dirt kin -i is for becomes i- blocked. every out of the dirt, the lite an. mint u h I c i Ii use n after Price . HI pr For Sale at SAUL'S PHARMACY. OF THE BANK OF AYDEN N. At the of business Jan. RESOURCES. Loans and Discounts, i mid Fixtures Demand Loins Duo from Banks, 31,162.88 ems, Gold Com, 110.00 Silver Coin, 1,676.47 National Hank notes and other S. mites Total. Capital stock paid in. Surplus fund 1,000.00 Undivided profits less expenses, 1,331 Dividends unpaid . Deposits l Cashier's 01.75 omit the providing for the division of the spoils between the king and his indigent Again, the Darlington Improve- net of has a which it puzzle the most as- lawyer to explain. It reads, term means any building pulled or burned to or ten feet tho of the adjoining Such mistakes arc due to or carelessness. Others us amusing arise from the use or mis- use of Even the lay member tries to copy the jargon of the lawyers, and the re- frequently is that he contuses every one. including himself. One amendment proposed by such u member was worded as dog found trespassing on land unaccompanied by the registered owner of such dog or person, who shall on being asked for hi- true name and address, may be then and there destroyed by such occupier or by his But this gem of meaningless rhetoric was not passed. Peers of the realm as well as humble commons are not above lapsing into ambiguity. A certain noble lord in committee on the holdings bill put down this startling ask the government whether hey will consider the practicability of introducing some provision for alleviating the great hardship now suffered by the family of any clergy- man if he dies while occupying his as many clergymen have late- found themselves reluctantly compelled to Tho Power of Eye. It is told of Van tho great that on one while in a barroom he was ask- ed how he gained his wonderful power over animals, lie is by showing them that I'm not in least afraid of them and by keeping my eye steadily on theirs. I'll give you an example of the pow- of my Pointing to a loutish fellow who near by, he -V see that fellow He's a make him across the room to and I won't say a word lo Sitting down, ho fixed his keen, Steady eye on the man. Presently the fellow straightened himself up, rose from his seat and came slowly across to the lion When ho was close enough he drew back his arm and struck Vim a blow under the chin, knocking him clean over the chair, with the remark. Stare at Hie like again, won't London Standard. Total, STATE OF NORTH s OF PITT, I, J. K. Smith, of the hank, swear that the above statement is true to the best of and be- lief. J. K. SMITH, Cashier. and sworn to before me, this 5tH of STANCH. HODGES, Notary Public. J. K. SMITH, JOSEPH DIXON, R. C. CANNON. Directors In The is authority for the following account of the speeches delivered in lbs house of commons by elder afterward I Chill Ii is nil. I of him i once in the if commons lie a h . the words, Mr. then, observing a i ; in the audience, ho i i. k -1 around and with a loud rising in its notes and swelling into vehement anger, he is said lo have pronounced again the word three limes and, having I has quelled the house and extinguished every appearance of levity or laughter, turned round and disdainfully will laugh, at sugar . . ---------1