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Of RACE
QUESTION
below was wot us by
It prominent and
of Few mud it gives a good
Mi of how the thinking men of
fin c to look upon
rue
Let us r first the
of mm. v hat is it It is a
series- of great pulse-beats, whose
flood his
fixes its life. if i dammed
tort t the mountainside, it
the has
it stagnant for generations
and d the world its
sweep. Theories, creeds and in-
hallowed by age are
cast ms rubbish on the scarred
bills mark its
The old world has been
and a new one has. in the
dawn of the twentieth century,
The is
the new century with the imperial
crown the ages on his brow and
of the in his
hand.
The old fought against
in their courses -the re-
tide the con-
of supreme nationality
and world mission.
The young South greets the new
era and glories in its manhood.
He his voice in the cheers of
triumph which are ushering in
White Man.
Our dimmed of local
W e dream of the con-
quest of the of
steel have knit State to Slate.
Steam and electricity silently
transformed forces
earth, annihilated time and space,
and swept the barriers the
ocean from the path of
men. The steam shuttles f com-
have woven continent to
con ti Dent.
I believe that Almighty G d has
raised up our race in this world-
crises to establish and maintain
for weaker races, as a for
civilization, f civil
and religious liberty and all
of good government.
la this hour of crisis, our
and Stripes that has
never been defeated and never
will be, has been raised over ten
millions of semi-barbaric black
men in the Philippines.
we repeat the farce of reverse
the order of nature, and make
these people out If
not, why should the African here,
who is our equal, be allowed
to imperil our A crisis
in the history of
human race. Tue nation
gird her loins and show her
right to master the
future or be mastered in the
struggle. New questions press
upon us for solution. What is
ii today in the dawn Being bad all the time is
of the twentieth Our W
city governments are A stitch in time often lot
by the Negro vote. His of embarrassment.
insolence and crime threat He who loves runs away
ens our womanhood not I will have fewer bills to pay.
White mat.
The African ha.- held
this globe for
years. He hat never taken one
progress, except as
slave of a superior race. I
and San Domingo, be rose
in insurrection and butch-
thousand white men.
and a
ago. He bus ruled the e
beautiful islands since. Did be
make progress with
the White In-
fore him was only
yesterday we received report- of
the discovery of
He L had
trial the Northern States of this
Union, every facility of
and progress, and he has not
man who his added
a feather's weight to the progress
of the Union. Nations are made
by men, Dot by constitutions
and paper ballots. We are rot
free because we can vote. We are
been use or
denied th-
dared might of kings,
freemen. We grant the lbs
right to life,
of if he can be
happy with exercising kingship
over the race, it
dragging us flown to bis
But if he find
in lording it a
ace, let h in for another
which to rule. is
not room for both us on
this continent. We will it
out on this line, if it takes a
years, two hundred, five
hundred, or a thousand. Ii took
Spain eight ex-
the Moors. When the time
comes the Ai can do in
one decade what the Spaniards
did in eight centuries.
I Man, really q e-
in equality, prove it by
your daughter to a Negro in
marriage. That is the test.
and race pride are the
ordinances of life. The
Saxon race is united and has en-
upon its world mission.
This is a white man's govern-
conceived by white men,
and maintained by white men
through every of its history
and the God of our fathers it
shall be ruled by white men
the archangel shill declare
that time shall be no longer
Will Build New Factory.
The John Flanagan Buggy Co.
has from Mr. R. It.
Planting the properly corn-
of Fourth streets,
containing about half a. m re.
Mr. E. O. Flanagan tells us
the purpose of the company
purchasing this property is to
erect a three-story brick factory
building thereon. It is a
location for such a factory.
only in the nth, where a white
Woman is unsafe and liable to in.
of the hellish kind, but
t is f.-t in re; sing in our North-
of a matrimonial agency
pay their money and take their
choice.
Even when a girl doesn't lilt
en, States. Shall we longer .,. have , t,.
ate Negro Inspector of while it with some man who
would be out another
ii she didn't go.
and allow our children to
be obliged with
. or public .-
the Will c Kan's
race, lour and
in has come
whet n i lie in might,
break l. d us to
. trike down t,,
i t power, and r
to ii i their birth-
right, which received, a price
legacy, from om fathers. I
in to our I
to do His work in history. What
other races failed to do, we
in this continental fork in Owner flan get Sam
Stealing is a bald I i
i. piers i i
tin -t, v m
. in
red i in fifty girl
k in a new i
mill ii. it. i i, i .
w A p to . . in .
F. O.
STRAY TAKES
I have take n one gild h i .
black k r b .
about no pounds, ii under
oil mi right
pestilence,
did, wild beasts and savage
horded, until out of it all it has
grown the mightiest nation in the
world. Is Negro worthy to
by proving property and paying
charges.
Near Race Track,
Greenville N. C.
and
Our Buyers have returned from the Northern Markets and
in a few days our store will be crowded with
New Fall and Winter
you are invited to see.
Our stock will be complete in every department, our buy-
have been careful to provide th- best and newest In each
lice represented in our large collection Merchandise, as
usual a high standard of quality has been maintained and the
lowest prices consistent therewith will prevail.
We Have Just Opened a
small shipment of Long
Black Silk Gloves.
should call early before sizes are broken up.
Watch this space for announcements of new arrivals each
few days. Visit this store often and keep an eye on our new
showings.
V.
JG
rUE EASTERN REFLECTOR.
J WHICHARD, Editor and Owner.
and Friday.
ONE DOLLAR PER YEAR
No.
GREENVILLE, Pin COUNTY. NORTH CAROLINA TUESDAY. SEPTEMBER 1906.
NO
JACKSON NOT POOR. TOO
VALUE PLACED ON
HUMAN LIFE.
The Great Statesman Had More
Early Advantages Than Most.
Verily we must abandon the
belief that Andrew Jackson be-
longs to the class of American
youths who rode to fame and
fortune by their own efforts,
aided by help of family and
friends.
Never did he taste the bitter
cup of physical want, of hunger
and cold, of helpless spirit
breaking poverty. Never was
be home and loyal
friends and a sufficiency of the
comforts of life. Never was it
bis lot to suffer that humiliation,
that mortification, that inward-
bleeding wound which the proud
nature writhes under when thorn
is no money in the pocket, no
change clothing for the body,
no welcoming light in any win-
in all the world as the liar-
a day its end and
wretched night comes on.
Poverty Why Andrew Jack
on never his whole life had a
genuine what the cruel
word
Pew men have been more
indebted to the
gent affection of a self
Few sons of poor
parents have had such
ages as were bis lot; a few lads
of poor parents ever did such a
amount of manual labor.
Compared to the rugged, self-
taught Benjamin Franklin. Rog-
Sherman, Abraham
Andrew Johnson, Sam Houston,
Francis Marion and Nathaniel
Greene, the boy ho d of Andrew
Jackson almost assumes the
of been cast up-
on beds of
Tom Watson, in his magazine for
September.
ALMOST A WOT AT HAMLET
Difficulty Conductor and N-
Incites Whites and Blacks.
Sr-pt.
and last in-tit It looked as though
a real riot was inevitable there.
White blacks were armed
with pistols and
everything in hue
that could be had Animation
was order d all Hie
ton- for an uprising was made.
The the tr able, all
I can learn, began Jays
age. M hen Pup, Bl, a freight
com whose inn i from here
f U a a train
John got
s C.
Bel i i the
go on p I cars and release
the hi , .
When U wont u lop
order- of the ho began
to curs i engineer and
and it is slated that
Bell threw a rock at
When so
or in, the
tor drew
on Li baud,
ran and r
conductor and bad
suspended from the service
c After a thorough
however, the
reinstated.
rs In
Hotel
l-pin as rel iii d
i along
nine impudent .
; much a is
. others who came
Hi-is ere knocked
LOAN FUNDS
ii i
and d
I I.
mi
up as
What authority to allow bail
has in a ease where a
by him to
gate a homicide finds that a
person did the killing
does not declare that there were
any extenuating or cir-
connected with ac-
of the Where the
is to have occurred
under circumstances which
it to be a case of In
the first or in the second degree
baa he power to do anything more
than issue a commitment for
accused Does the give him
the tight to grant the accused
privilege of bail in such cases Is
not such proceeding solely within
the jurisdiction of the judges of
the superior and of the supreme
who can determine by a
on a writ of habeas corpus
tier it is a bailable case
of 1905 section
declares that many persons as
are found by
of the coroner's jury be
taken and delivered to the sheriff
and committed to and
same section provides for the co.-
making a report of his pro-
next term of
Can coroner
do anything but send to jail or dis-
charge
Admitting, however, that there
is law for the coroner fixing
amount of bail for a person
found by his jury to be
responsible for the death of
another he should have regard to
the nature of homicide and
fix the in a sum in keeping
with the character of the of-
That being so, does it
not strike our readers that n-
five hundred dollars is a very
small bond to require in a case
where the victim was shot down
without provocation; in fact,
while acting in the capacity of a
peace maker We feel sure that
most who the
before the coroner's jury
in this city last Friday or who
read it in the papers yesterday,
surprised to learn that bail
had been fixed for the person
charged w that crime at the
astounding low figures of twenty
live hundred dollars.
Too little value is put life by
our people. Homicide is not re-
with the horror that it
should be. Men with little prov
-c with nine at all shoo
a The deed
a slight sensation for a day;
i he is to trial after
the cannot any longer lie
nut is
acquitted or allowed to submit lo
a grade of homicide much below
the one the lac in the case
it to lie and a light is
Imposed. it
that this placing of small value
I life by a to
increase disregard for
among the people When
slates o rs by their official act-
that think lightly
they help to make life
wore unsafe and are Ina
for the lei ling
which Rained
n rue awn ma
they have the right to take the
of life and death in their
own right to draw
the ever bandy pistol and shoot
to avenge a wrong or an
nary one. Wilmington
For Needy Students,
Greensboro, N. C, Sept.
State Superintendent of Public
Instruction Joyner suggests a
to needy girls seeking
as most, suitable form of
testifying regard for
Di. and the form of
most suited to bis desires
he be beard to speak.
Mr. Joyner, just as be was
the train for this
speaking of the proposed
bronze statue to he erected to the
memory of Dr, on col-
campus, said he be
glad to contribute to such a test
and then
ever else is done by a grateful
people to memory of Dr.
I knew bis will well
enough to know that one thing that
would please most would be
the establishment of a large loan
fund at the college that so
well to aid young women of limited
in North Carolina to secure
the education and the power and
Messing that be gave bis life lo
make possible for
COLE CIRCUS.
MEMORY OF
down as fist as they came.
of the race
threat f
k . etc., made.
T in . fl of
white p.,. to make
quite
a amber armed Hi m
any i
in Tuesday,
. 2nd.
The Selfish Man.
The one who from
the rest of mankind, one who
has talent and uses the same for his
own individual aims and desires,
the one who plays to the galleries
always looking for and seek
praise for himself; is the man
who is a and has no
rightful place in the progress of
world and the scheme of life. Look
over field of action in any de-
athletics, sci-
society, you will
find that unless those engaged
share unselfishly in the management
and all work together, destruction
follows. In politics the man who is
looking for his own interests alone
is the one who will Boon be out of
a job.
In athletics the individual who
possesses talent skill in some
particular branch, and uses the
same for the applause of the grand-
stand will sooner or later
the team on he
In the business world,
when a man begins to think
that talents the safe-
guard his film, ignore
ideas aid plans,
follows; and in the social life
the
is a distinct
Journal.
Unsurpassed in the Show Line.
A very large crowd attended
Cole United Show in
Greenville Thursday, and the
verdict of all that it was
cleanest and best circus that has
been here. It does not seem
that this aggregation of per-
formers be surpassed. The
bareback riders, tight
wire lists, trapeze performers
and trained were
their feats. There were a
number of clowns and their capers
was a source of constant amuse-
menagerie was large
and some of specimens
rate and valuable, lot
of never seen.
lie handling such a
. It is man
strictly on business
There is a place for every
man and each one is exactly in his
place at the right time. j
Mitchell, press agent of
the circus, is one of the
of clever gentlemen,
calls on newspaper people and
extends them every courtesy, but
takes pleasure in showing
explaining interesting
SUPERIOR COURT.
ShootS Negro.
Mi T.; L. Bland, of
hotel Herbert Mu-
head, were before the
mayor Thursday. Mr.
ii to keep off hi
times, as the Int.
persuaded Mr.
to leave him. Mr.
Bland finally told him he caught
points in the handling of great
show.
With such record as Cole
Brothers are
rill their circus
they come this way another sea-
ITEMS.
N. C. 1906
aid
spent
with relatives
Belle has
sick list the past
few days.
Miss Bessie Harris, of is
visiting Miss
K. T. Langston family, of
spent Sunday his
brother, O. H.
J. A. spent and
with friends near Farm-
ville.
Misses Kate Chapman and Hat-
tie of
Miss Eva Langston Saturday and
went to
yesterday.
G. L. Carr, of Snow Hill, was in
the neighborhood Tuesday.
Hi i Langston and sister, Miss
away attending the F.
W B. T. of Ayden.
Dull went Snow Hill
Monday and returned
Misses Hattie and Carrie
Smith spent Saturday and Sunday
with Misses and Vesta
Mr. and Mrs. Fred of
Scow Hill, spent Sunday with
their parents, Mr. and Mrs
Governor Glenn Requested to
Inaugurate This Movement.
Greensboro, N. C, Sept.
following address to the
of North Carolina was issued
To people of North
Charles Duncan
mo-i in many things that make up
for the of State,
has his work. He has
himself to his
selfish lite will bean
to children. In view of
all he bas done, and all that
he been to we believe
hat lei people should take
immediate action to perpetuate his
memory. Let us cast in bronze
his noble form and face, let
bis statue keep guard over the
Institution which be brought into
being and made great.
We the gov-
-talc to appoint a
to take in charge plans
for n and creation
such a statue, we request
to receive and ac-
knowledge subscriptions to a fund
to be raised for this purpose.
George T. Winston,
W. H. Osborne
C. G. Wright.
K F. Wharton,
Daniels,
Z. V. Taylor,
I H. Robertson.
K.
Scales,
Andrew Joyner,
B.
E. J. Justice.
him on his again be
him. again
went and Mr
Bland proceeded to pat his word-
execution. He twice,
bat neither shot took effect.
mayor hound over to
court a flit bond each.
Body Mount Bee rel.
Mill Move to
Dr. H. O, Hyatt will move from
to Wilmington on Got,
1st, to establish office I here
lie has bought the record books of
patients, practice and good will of
Dr. W, V. Galloway, the eye. ear,
throat who
will retire to his farm Edge-
comb county.
Haywood Jones, of Wharton,
after spending few days with his
Mrs. U.
returned to his n
Miss Maud who
has been spending
with her aunt. Mrs. K. K.
has returned tr her home near
Aurora.
in Three
Suffers Second Fire Loss
Months.
N. C, Sept.
the second time in past three
months property of Mr. J. B.
Dunn, by fire.
morning of July 4th his
residence on Dennis street was
completely destroyed, entailing a
loss to of two
thousand dollars. Again on Fri-
day morning bis saw mill about
four miles, was
burned. His loss in this
is estimated at about five hundred
Mr. says that
fire was probably occasioned by
the being left
open and the Mind which
during night Mowing the
sparks to the shavings around the
mill, thus to
t be mill sheds. The Hie occurred
about o'clock the
Pawnee Bill's circus comes
next
The Kb.
A kiss is a proposition.
Of BO use one, yet absolute bliss
to l lie gels n
nothing, the young man In- to
d it and the man his to boy
it. baby's the lover's
privilege, the in To
a wiling to lied
woman, hope, and to maid,
charity.
Ono of the things you can't
buy on credit is experience.
Signs of Deterioration of Character.
When you are satisfied with me-
When C. ill I Ml
trouble
When do not feel troubled
by a peer d work, or when a
j. i I yen at
it i.
When o are to do a
thing st fir expecting
to do i. later.
n you i untroubled
in the of system-
less surrounding- yon
might remedy,
When you can listen without u
protest to stones.
When your begun to
cool, and you no longer
the same standard of
that you once did,
in u you do not at .-
eat your mother, as you o,, ,
did, b ill at ease with her.
When you begin to think
lather is an old logy.
When begin to
with people whom yon would not
think of taking to your home, and
whom you would not the
members of your family to know
bat you
September in Session
The following cases have been
disposed of since last
John Lewis assault
deadly weapon, guilty.
Ed Avery, assault, pleads guilty,
judgment suspended.
Ed burglary,
pleads
Dock Daniel, assault
weapon, pleads guilty, sentenced
to jail months to be assigned to
Made,
carrying conceal-
ed on. pleads guilty, sen-
i months jail to be as-
signed to minis.
Josh Williams, assault with
deadly weapon, pleads guilty-
sentenced to jail months to be
assigned to roads. ,
Bill Phillips, larceny pleads
guilty.
Laura Murphy , larceny,
sentenced days in jail.
W. by man and Eddie
Barnhill. affray, plead guilty.
James Taylor, assault with
deadly weapon, pleads guilty.
sentenced to jail ti months to be
to roads. In another
case judgment was suspended
behavior.
Hedgepeth, larceny,
sentenced to jail months to
be assigned to roads.
Spicer assault
deadly weapon, pleads guilty, sen
jail to be ass
to road. In three other cases mat
h judgment was suspended
good behavior.
William Rives, assault an high
way, guilty of simple assault.
Sylvester peddling with
out license, pleads guilty, fined
and cost.
T. B. Cherry, assault, pleads
guilty, sentenced to jail
to be assigned to roads.
Morris, assault with
weapon, sentenced three
months in jail to be assigned to
roads.
Joe Applewhite, carrying con
weapon, plead- guilty,
lined and
Alfred assault with
weapon, guilty, judgment
of
Simon Hooks, l with
deadly weapon, In
another against e
ant be was found sen
fenced to days in jail lo be as-
signed to roads
Joe d Griffin,
aft y, lie
and hull costs,
tin c
Drank an, in
dead y we I. gin
J k Davis, i- ripe I.
pleads i in
dining b
to pay
With
i -tin,
Frail
.-l i v
I e
Its
hill, If h
ll mail i U i id. I; . i- -Is.
Id Wei I
sen I
jail lo in- o o i
a of
I I
beat
tiara
-is and
n in
. in
a same
.-,
v.
James Bell fur home burning
war . , e years, In for
Judgment was suspended
during good behavior.
John Lewis Williams for assault
deadly weapon,
red In to tie
assigned to roads.
William Ward w nit
sentenced lo jail for months to
be assigned to roads.
-a
II
i-
L J;
At
i Hi
the old Huguenot had
bin eye, with u last c of
t tr-ii ill be pi. lied the
flooded bent over him.
left nil love rather than
yield to cried, think you
you overcome me now
Franciscan started buck tie
words, his bard, suspicious eyes
shot from He to the weeping
arc
,.
Po not wrangle a
who Is He
In a voice us fierce as his own.
n man who is sold
Amos Green solemnly.
As lie spoke the old man's fare had
relaxed, his thousand wrinkles had
been smoothed suddenly out as an Invisible baud bad named over
them, and his head fell back against
the Adele remained motion .
With her arms still clasped round i
Deck and her cheek pressed against his
shoulder, she fainted.
raised his wife and bore
her to the of one of the la
dies who had already shown them
some kindness. A brier order was
en that the old merchant should be
In the river that night, and
then, save for a who fas-
the round him. mankind
had done its for
With the survivors, however, it was
different, and when the Hoops were all
disembarked they wt re muttered In a
little group upon the deck, and tin
of the suit decided upon
what done with them. He
was a good humored, ruddy
Cheeked man. hut saw with
apprehension the Franciscan War
walked by his as he advanced
along the deck and exchanged a few
whispered remarks with him.
shall be to. good It
shall be seen said the officer
patiently. am a zealous servant of
the holy
trust that you are. SI, de
ville. With so devout a governor a
M Pen it might be an ill
thing even In this world for the
of his lid to be
The soldier glanced angrily at his
companion,
I have you remember, fa-
said he. if faith is a virtue
charity Is no less Then, speaking
In W is Cap
Savage of
d Master Amos
ion of N.
And
. of
I Master Mariners
tier. race Span hi-
Paul Cu thing, all of
sett.
Is the a- orders flint all
whom in i led shall conveyed
oil -lit. trading brig Hope, which
is ship with the while paint
line within the hour for the
A bras t y broke fr Hie
lit . of
so to their homes.
I In y y In gather to-
tic . . which they
had the wreck. The
put in his pocket and
topped across to whore
in. a, tit bulwarks.
is i be done with asked
De
are to confined to the ship
until she sills, which Will In a week
at the
are to be carried home In her
and handed over to the governor of
to be sent back to Paris.
Those are M. de
left with
n few blunt words of sympathy, bill
the friar still paced the deck, with u
furtive glance him from time to
time, and two soldier- who were
upon the poop passed and re-
passed within n few yards of bin.
They had orders evidently to watch
his As he stood gating
his Attention was drawn by
Wish of ours, and large boat full of
men passed underneath
where be stood
it held the New who
were being conveyed to the ship which
was to take them home. There were
the four seamen huddled together, and
there In sheets were Captain
Savage and Amos UNTO con-
versing together and pointing to the
hipping. The face of the old
Puritan and the features of the
were turned more than p
his direction, but in fare
well and kindly wave of the band
came back to the lonely exile, He
stooped his face lo bis arms and
an Instant into a passion of
be raised again die brig
had hoisted her anchor was tack
lug under full caucus out of the QUO
bee basin, bunk was next
to u porthole, and it was his custom to
keep this open, as the I e Which
the was done for the crew
close to him and Die was hot and
heavy. That night he found It
to sleep, and he lay tossing under
his blanket, thinking over every
. , means by which they might be able
get n from this cursed ship. Hut
a if they away where could they
to then All Canada was sealed to
The woods the south were
lull of ferocious Indians. The English
settlements would, it was true,
Hi to use own religion
but could bis wife and he
without a friend, strangers among folk
who spoke another Had Amos
II true I them, then in-
all would well, lint he
bad deserted them.
was the gen-
of the river he suddenly
I a sharp, clear Perhaps
t mis solar or In- j
Then it came eager,
summons, lie sat up and stared
a .; Ii certainly have
no from the op. u porthole.
,. led his cheat with a little
tip and. rolling off. rattled along the
lie up. caught a
from a hook and flashed it upon
was the missile which
had him a little
A; he II up and looked closer at
It a thrill passed through him. It had
been his own. and he had given it to
Green upon the second day that
he had met him,
This was a signal, then, Amos
Green had not deserted them, after all
He himself, all In a
Then the figure of a I
friar.
with excitement, and went upon deck
It was pitch dark, and he could see no j
one. but sound of regular footfalls ,
somewhere in the fore part of the ship
i showed the sentinels were
there.
The guardsman walked over to the
side and period down into the dark-
lie could see loom of u boat.
is he whispered,
Unit you. Do
bail- come for
bless you.
lour wile
but can rouse
Hut catch this cord.
No- pull up th
the line which
was thrown to and on drawing It
up found that It was attached too
ladder at the lop with two
tool hooks lo catch on to the
lie placed them In position and
then made his way very softly to the
cabin amidships the quarter,
which had allotted lo his wife. In
ten minutes Adele had dressed and.
with her valuables in a little bundle.
had slipped out from her cabin. To-
they made their way upon deck
once inure and crept aft under the
Shadow of the bulwarks. They were
almost there when stopped
suddenly and ground
bis clinched t
them and Hie rope
in a dim
the grim Attire of a
Hut was
II was sale lo l.-l
had been . of quid
prompt Was I .
friar at the hi
him and
dangerous i i to .
man pulled Into
the th n
be
him by .
the other's cowl was push l back, mil
Instead of the harsh ires of the
ecclesiastic lie saw with
the shrewd gray eyes and
strong, stern f ice of
At the same instant another
over the the warm
hearted Frenchman threw himself
the arms of Amos Green.
all said the young hunt-
disengaging himself with some em-
from the other's embrace.
got him In the boat, with a
buckskin glove Jammed Into his
I . ill l l
I,
mi
so
man whose cloak Captain
there has put round him.
He came on us when you were away
your lady. Is the lady
she
quick as you can. then, for some
one may
Adele was helped over the and
seated In the stern of a birch bark ca-
The three the lad-
and themselves down by a
rope, while two who held the
paddles lushed silently from the
ship's ride shot swiftly up the
stream. A minute later a dim loom
behind them and the glimmer of two
yellow were all that they could
see of the St.
a paddle. Amos, and I'll take
on said Captain Savage, stripping
off his monk's felt safer In
on the deck of yon ship, hut It
help a
hope, that all Is well
with said Amos.
I can hardly understand want
has happened or whore we
can
lid you not expect us to come back
ion.
did not know what to
now. surely you could not
think that we would leave you without
confess that I was cut to the
by
feared Hint you were when I
looked at you with the tail of my eye
ind saw you so blackly over
Hie bulwarks us. Hut If we had
been seen talking or planning
would have been upon our at
what did you
left the brig last night got
ashore on the side, arranged
for this canoe and lay dark all day.
Then tonight we got alongside mid
roused you easily, for I knew where
you slept The friar nearly spoiled all
when you were below, but we gagged
and passed him over the
it Is glorious to be free once
And where are we
there you have me. It Is this
way or none, for we can't get down to
the sea. We must make our way over-
land as best we and we must
leave a good stretch between Quebec
and us before the breaks, for,
from what hear, they would rather
have a Huguenot prisoner than
By the eternal, I
cannot see why they should make such j
a fuss over how u man chooses to save
his own
All night they toiled up the great
river, straining every nerve to place
themselves beyond Hie reach of
suit. By keeping well Into the south-
bank and so avoiding Hie force of
the current they sped swiftly along,
for both and were
practiced hands with the paddle, and
the two Indians worked as though
they were wire and whipcord Instead
of flesh and blood. When at last morn-
broke and the shaded Imper-
Into gray they were fur out
of of Hie citadel and of all trace
of in handiwork. Virgin w In
i.- in many autumn
dross right down to the river's
edge on either side, and the center
was a little island.
passed here said De
remember marking that
great maple with the blaze on Its trunk
when last I went with the governor to
Montreal. That was In
day. when the king was first and the
bishop
The redskins, who had sat like
cot I a without a of ex-
upon their set, hard faces,
pricked up their ears the sound of
that name.
brother has spoken of the great
said one of them, glancing
round. have listened to the
of evil birds who tell us that he
will never come
Is with the great white
answered Do have myself
men him in his council, and he will as-
come across Hie great water If I
his people have need of
Tin- Indian shook his head.
ratting month Is past, my broth-1
said he. speaking in broken French. I
ere the month of the bird laying
has come will lie no man
upon this river save only behind stone
then We have heard little.
Have the broken out so fierce-
The waved his hand along the
whole southern and western horizon.
are they not The woods are
rustling with They are like a
lire among dry grass, so swift and so
these devils are indeed unchained they
will need old back if they
are not to be swept into the
was an enemy of the church, and
the right of the foul fiend In this
said u voice from the bottom
of the
It was the friar, who had succeeded
In getting rid the buckskin
sud belt with which the two Americans
hail gagged him.
should we take
asked Amos. Is but weight for
us to carry, and I cannot see we
profit by bis company. Let us put him
have him maybe In front of us,
warning the said old
that Island,
He can hail the first of
his folk who
They shot over to the Island and
landed the friar, who said nothing, bat
with his eye. Tl left
with him a small supply of biscuit and
of Hour to last until be should be
picked up. Then, having passed a
bend In the river, they ran their canoe
ashore In n little cove, where they laid
nut their stock of provisions I
ale ii breakfast while discussing
The Cleanest
Chew Made
If you could see how
SCHNAPPS is made
and the delightfully
appetizing aroma of
the thoroughly
cured, well ma-
which it is
cover the
AYDEN DEPARTMENT.
M. BLOW, Manager and Authorized Agent-
. . C. -.-.
M v
-t I ;
tobacco of
made, you would dis-
for the big between SCHNAPPS
and its imitators.
SCHNAPPS is clean The Id i
are as clean as the cleanest tobacco
in manufacture is scarcely touched human
special machinery to st leaf
and produce clean chewing tobacco.
When such scrupulous care is taken with the choicest
selections of tobacco from America's finest chewing to-
districts, can you wonder that SCHNAPPS is so
satisfying, so pure, so appetizing and
different from chews that pretend to be as good
Expert tests prove that this superior tobacco requires
and takes a smaller amount of sweetening than any other
has a wholesome, stimulating and satisfying
effect on chewers.
Be sure the letters on the tag and under the tag spell
The Reynolds Company is under the
direction of the same men who have managed it since
1875, and who have made the chewing tobacco
a life-study.
There are plenty of plugs that look like Schnapps, with-
out the same satisfying chewing qualities.
J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO COMPANY
H, C.
a authorized fur Daily
we take
pleasure receiving sub-
and writing receipts for
arrears. We have a list
II who receive their mail at
office. We also take orders
job
S. Moore and
where they
been.
e have on me
will be glad to make
on same.
J. Ii.
u is attend-
the session of St.
at
or can apples, corn
atone, apply to K K
i.
e ate in upon
Greenville if we ate
short in our items,
t think us altogether
his lea us oil will
you about it. This
In en a
u short thing with but we
afraid the
At I expect to be New
for about two weeks office
he closed Aug. till
Sept. 3rd. J. W.
will and
-on and binder sewing machine
H. A.
JOHN A RICKS
Sticks.
HEADQUARTERS FOR
GENERAL
ii Co.
the is an
lo the it
t the of we are
to.
o any who are need of a cook
e we can it to bib interest
us as we have bought a solid
load, and expect them to arrive
t week. Cannon Tyson.
me glad to note many of
farmers will have their cotton,
j an a clear surplus
his year's owing to the
prices their lo
crop. Then under
i can bold
cotton for reasonable
e.
women I ruin J. R.
way way at J.
Bro. next to Hotel.
If m need of t plow
gel our pi ices
J. K, Co.
full supply of Lu, grain, hull
cotton seed meal, bran, ship stuff,
you always on hand, Cannon and Tyson
Buy the vertical
life, mowing machine,
J. K.
Co.
Our slippers must go, the
is well advanced. The prices now
will interest the most economic buy-
Cannon and
J. J. Edwards Sou will move
into their new ibis
week.
For a nice boy a novel-
clock at J. W. Taylor's. It is
for any occasion,
to give satisfaction.
J. K. Turnage Co.
For in improved
call to see us we
will be pleased to you
J. it. Co.
E. Co's new
market for beef, fresh meats,
sage, and fresh fish.
For good e ten cents
to see us. J. K, Co
Having consolidated the two stocks of H. A. and John A.
store we are prepared to furnish our customers anything needed In
Dry goods and groceries
We will carry an up-to-date
Hats, Shoes, dress goods, Notions, Sc.
In Groceries we will have at all a fall line or the very best goods, no
the staples like
Meat, Flour, Sugar, coffee, but all kinds
canned goods, the finest
GREENVILLE, N. C,
ft
Lena of
came
here on the train to
Littleton Fen
your
. Taylor, xi
n, i-
work if
ed.
H. Garris
to visit I. is
sick. He
rather serious.
is now com-
and we will have
inspect n- ck before
J. V.
.- Pauline
alien i ion
. i
to do
want be
i. from
a. he
. who is
her c Midi
tell, Of All On
C. N
Don't .
trial.
J. N.
left this
at Ahoskie.
K. -I carry
id and can
-fore
A Co
nod
Mary had a little lad
Whose face was fair,
because ho hid a drink
Of Mountain Tea.
So e
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.
Having
lit . i-
hf HUM Wick
lo i In to I .
StatS to th
all claims
the tar
on or the day of
or notice will plead of
day
W, CLARK,
of Wick
i the
In
banish pain
Mo
PILL-
t v
, .,
For Sale by J. W. BRYAN
Come in and examine my
CORN PLANTERS, GUANO SOWERS, DISC
HARROWS, SMOOTHING HARROWS, ONE
AND TWO HORSE STEEL PLOWS, WIRE
FENCE FOR FARM OR GARDEN AND WASH-
MACHINES.
Yours to
we a Stock
y goods dies- n d
R. . a Co
. n fill
feed I
B Mb hi mils, e in,
I , In ii -i
hi,, stuff. ; . Hit c
me-. n I,,.,,,
III II
to make i for other
mill in Ii mi u are
ft very el up I ii- in
move
i he way on
TO THE Of AND MEMBERS.
No. A K
N. 1908.
We committee
to draft resolutions respect lo
of our deceased bi
Edgar the
Whereas, it a
and kind Heavenly to
move our mids An. 5th,
1906.
we bum-
admission to i be will of Him
be it
resolved,
1st. That our lode bas lost
the
community an and
citizen, his friends a con-
genial companion.
2nd. Wt our heartfelt
syrup ml. i widow and only
child in the
3rd. a page he inscribed
upon the minutes our lodge
sacred to his u cony
of tin-e lie his
family, The and
Km ml t for pi b-
J.
lay J cm
M. Blow,
H. L.
The Hardware Man. J
After Marriage
men to th.
fully paid-up policy n,
ii nip days
were e of paying
cot. pi in e .-.-m-
and I i. ,
h d i nag cuts e-e
. i . Hover like . . ii.
The i n In an h
on main-
i- r keep i p .
; . any m, u.
policies j Ii cause
ill I
IV. Now is time lo get
lino fir your money.
A nice one horse farm
c es more or s
th h f
i i ,
out hot . and
of o
J. i
K. C.
put a price of these ; l-i .
is t to assume
that is
-o of This is a d id-
fol granted of what
should be made pulsing mid
word and deed,
is lime of
log this story j ii is often the wine
life and Inspiration tonne
n thirsting f, link-
on thin
r en.
h, i i
ion. c t m d j r one coming
. .-loll- i fol With
delicate . f
ell. el Hi , cut -o lb
the t is .
utter m
lover in
husband and the i
wife. But in . o. so. T . l-
quarrel, it not m
two make it a i- not j
wile alone who needs
ons sweetness of concentrated cox-
lot who
built on the tight line- have me
If Aim missed circus limit
The will firs
y. u Gelling till e o
ii do
Conn is moving i
jail Senses. I.
case will do Hi
i . in v.
little drunk, lines-.
s.
The
same hunger for loving tn The
and kindly loving. j will be short out
Com is a vessel of premise Several of
hat is wrecked on the shoal will speak this
of Courtship
two mates without a captain; mar-
in. i becomes two
without a Ii
October
TO THE AND MEMBERS
OF LODGE NO.
A. F . A. M.
Whereas it has cur ail-
wise Providence to remove fros
our Lodge, May 23rd, 1806, out
highly esteemed much
loved brother, L. C.
I e it
That though grieved hi
our loss, in bum-
submission to the will of
things well
2nd, That we lost a faith-
member, Masonry one of it-
strongest re, aid the e
an hone-l, upright c
MO.
w we feel his
loss so keenly, we will
memory, and emulate hi
That we to i e-
family of our
brother sincere sympathy,
pray that God in bis all-i-e
Providence may sanctify this
i to their good.
4th. That a copy these
be spread upon mil
of i he a copy be seal
the family of deceased, and
a copy sent to each the Greenville
Reflector, and Orphan's Friend
for publication.
J J. Edwards,
W. Taylor, C Com.
J. M. Blow.
After missing sales a day for the
warehouses had
all they could handle
School
Stationery
Now is your time save
money by coming for
children's school requisite
tablets, pens, era-
we have also a great assort-
of
note paper for use
all tints plain or hemstitch-
ed
The mainstay of social
M. M. SAULS,
AYDEN, N. C.
I a in th- mi
-I t ill ii . ,
i ,;. i L. Joy in-1
I Hit. Hit i
fat
in i;
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a of II. ,
in t hi in,. ,
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tin-
ii u Hit v. tit
in
Mm- i n I
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NO TO
II i it . i f of Flit r.
ii in
u I . tn t-r, t n 13.1,, jay of . I
of
in id- Is nil ,
hi I III- I nil- , i.- I. . ; .
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,, the ,
Mm d if of ;, n.-
In-- will id bar
day . I 1406
K.
an
Dr. Joseph Dixon.
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON.
nil., i lints .-i
N. C.
Nice mt new
pens,
elf, Bi l
On day
Kit i hi Fin in vi lie, is.
lame, set with pearls
i r ii lie null i.
pM N.
aw
have taken up one black
about pound
no earmarks. Owner
by paying charges.
in
F D K.
d aw
FREE
To sufferers of Kidney, Liver
Other
say a bottle and i
it cure we will
your We say .
full size free bottle of
and if it benefits you.
use SOL until
This entitles
to a bottle SOL at
DRUG
Only a limited number of bottles
given away. Don't
to test
SOL.
THE BANK OF
AYDEN, N. C.--
At- th. business Jane.
Loans and I mil-.
Si
Furniture I . i alt i .
Due from Hunks, ;
Cash 89.80
Gold Coin,
Hank -t and
. 6,048.00
Total,
LIABILITIES.
Capital stock paid in, s
I Surplus fun I
I less
ex,. ., 720.81
Dividends unpaid .
Deposits subject to check, 11,002.18
Total, j t.-; .
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, off
COUNTY OF PUT,
I, J. R. Smith, Cashier of the above-named do ., .
that above statement is true to the best of my and
J. It. SMITH,
u to
me, Ins 22nd . I
Notary Public
J. R. SMITH
DIXON
R. C. CANNON.
Mt
the r them was
I -pr to or to
i .
j do you of
yonder. asked young
t lie None.
Tue adventurer over
two little of which
, up against the red
sky. don't like said be.
least It proves tint they
are on th-.- side of the
lit his pipe from s
paper, are on tins
said he. crossed to the
you never told us How do
know that they crossed, why
did you not tell
did not until I saw the fires
over
how did they tell
An Indian papoose could have
said impatiently,
the trail do without
an They have object, then.
In showing that smoke If their war
parties were over yonder there would
lie no their braves
have crossed tho river. And
could not over to the with-
out seen from the
they may he the woods
round We may he In
cried lie hi None.
De cast n glance round him
at tree trunks, the fading
foliage, the smooth sward
with long evening shadows
it. How difficult it was to real-
that behind all this beauty there
lurked a
that a man alone might well shrink
from It. fur more one who had the
man whom he loved walking within
hand's touch of I it was with s
long heartfelt sigh of relief he
saw n wall of stockade iii the midst
of a Hearing In front of him,
with stone manor house rising
shove It. a line from the stockade
were a dozen cottages, with cedar
shingled roofs turned up In the Nor-
man fashion, which dwelt the
under the protection of the
At either corner s
mall brass cannon peeped through an
embrasure. As they passed the gate
the guard Inside closed It and placed
bags wooden bars Into position. A
little crowd of men. women and
were fathered round the door of
the and n man appeared to
lie seated high hacked chair
the threshold.
know- my said the
young man. with a shrug of his
will have It he has
r left his Norman castle and that be
is ill the Seigneur de la None, the
man within a day's ride of
of the richest blood of Nor-
He Is now taking his dues
yearly oaths from his tenants.
He would not think It becoming. If
he governor himself wen- to visit him,
to pause In the middle of so a
But. if it would inn-rest
you may -top this way wait
he has You. madame, I
take at to my mother, It yon
.-i he so kind to follow
was. to the Americans
list, n novel one A row of
w mien children were
round a semicircle, the men
and sunburned, the women
and clean, with white caps up-
i beads, the children open
round eyed, awed an
Hill by the reverent bearing of
elders. In the on his
licked carved chair, there elder-
man, very stiff and erect, with
solemn face. He was a
ii. figure of a man. and broad.
large, strong clean
a Mid deeply lined, a bilge beak of a
. . and strong, shaggy eyebrows,
arched right lip lo the great
which he wore fell long, as
had been worn in bis
On bis wig while
ult, cocked one side, with
red streaming It. mid
e won a of colored
with silver neck ill i pock.
which was very
bough It bore shins of baring been
i and mended more than once,
rose, his son.
returned, took He by the
he, is . do
. you may remember
. years Quota
The bowed much con
are extremely to lay
both yon sen-.
inn
are my friends, monsieur. Tills
a M. Arms and
My wife is Ir . i
. In t i
i. . her
am Ii hi Ii in in
I the mini, with a Low n
you very Will
sir, for it is c lo it
men c N i
i of It, Ibo -Is
iii ii I fat her mat i If l
of one of In N . ion of i
ill . which is one of
In in you are
tie threw his arms I e
The young was only i i
delighted to
an
will nil Intrude your
said be.
De, down lo Lake
we In n day or two to be I
to
-i. i of shall be
; as long as you do me the hon-
or to here. It is
cry day I em my -s lo n
man with blood his veins. Ah.
sir, that Is fee most in my ex-
for who la with f
talk in e
and hungry.
Come up me to
loon, we if ,.,,.
can find for your refreshment
piny If I remember right
my skill Is leaving me. and I
. Kiel be lad to try a band two-
with
was high sod
strong, built frame-
of w The large Iron clamped
.- through they w-as
for musketry Are an i led into a
of an-l
which the beets, carrots, potatoes,
cured meat, dried and
i winter supplies were placed. A
winning stone staircase led
through n bags kitchen. Hugged and
. from which branched the rooms
of the servants, or retainers, as the
old nobleman to call
Above this again was principal
suit, centering iii the dining hall,
j huge fireplace and rule homemade
, furniture. The seigneur explained that
be bad already supped; but. having
lowed himself he persuaded into
Joining tin in. he ended by eating more
than Savage and drinking
; than I'll
i days were spent by the
of
would very
willingly have spent longer,
for quarters were and
the warm, but already
rods of autumn were turning brown,
they knew how suddenly
snow cams In those
and how Impossible It would be lo fin-
their Journey If winter were once
fairly upon them. The old
had sent his scouts by hind by
but there were no signs of the
upon eastern bank, so that It
was clear that had been
Over on other side, bow-
ever, the gray plumes of smoke still
streamed up above the trees us n sign
their enemies were not very far
off.
The refugees were rested now and
refreshed and of mind about push-
lug
am not frightened. and I
nm quite rested said Adele.
shall be so much m ire happy
we are the provinces,
for even now how do we know
that dreadful friar may not e ens with
orders to drag us buck to Quebec and
It was indeed very possible that tho
vindictive Franciscan, when satisfied
that they had not to Montreal
or remained at Three Hirers, might
seek them bunks of the
lieu. The seigneur was friendly, but
the seigneur could disobey the gov-
order. A great stretch-
lug all the way from Versailles
to hung over them, even here In tho
heart of the virgin forest, ready to
snatch them up carry them back
into degradation.
But the seigneur and his sou,
knew nothing of their pressing
sons for haste, were strenuous in
He the oilier way. and In
this they were supported by the silent
have seen my little said
the old nobleman, with a wave of his
ring covered hand. Is
not what I should wish It. but. such
It Is. It Is most heartily yours for
the winter If you and your comrades
would honor me by remaining. As to
madame, I doubt not that my own
dame and she will find plenty to amuse
occupy which reminds
that you have yet been
go to mis-
tress Inform her that I request
her to be so good as to come to us In
ball Of the
was too Reasoned to he
easily Startled, but ii v s
taken aback when the lo whom
the old nobleman always referred In
terms of exaggerated proved
to be as like a full blooded Indian
squaw as the ball of dais was to
a French barn.
mo to present yon. M. de
the Seigneur de Ste.
Marie solemnly, my wife. Onega
la None do Ste Marie
by right of I this
retaining In . right
the her m the
side of the Hill f
My I en-
to Is to
remain with us s
Al Ion leave Illy at
p In ; -el
lug her v I He
, Inn I of hold
lie for i ill ii . ill
. ,. . ml ,.
r line in more .
I .
are full of
C was more
I I
. other v
Sure I j
be able I
tn.
than
any
of
I'd In
I ; j
he hit
.-.-. I
v to d lie
go how
can I expose Ii r lo per. s I
. In v. -r. l-it you
i my word for It, sir. that It
Is no
know . things
i in said Hie seigneur.
you advise my friend to
do, sin. he Is so set upon gelling to
the provinces before win-
Is said
In there Is in-
fer, woods are safer than the
river, for the reeds full of cache.;
canoes, Five from here is
Of miles
beyond that of We will go
. ON
Tr.
F-W
an I
f east
In the office at N. C, hi second class matter,
A desired never post office in Pitt and adjoining counties.
WE ARE ONE.
Froth in to fiction
U .-KIT.
That h- disaster
Hong Kong, i
-i and
of destroyed
T-E . THE
The l of I
J ;
nine hid id-1
of
the
i th question i-i for
Cuba, is ,,, ,,.,
ctn the insurgent, r, social circle, at the from
But tin.-ix- i promise as to the train, in the new-
how long they be quiet. j papers and everywhere,
re cook. It
, , . . I that those who
Bank burglars are somewhat i ,
In dread of
bold in Michigan. A of L,
eight, heavily armed and masked that the cooks
went to a small town in broad of a league.
daylight where attacked I society, how they shall
and robbed a bank of about r
dollars.
hue electric
em In f ;
and a i-
he are
around the depot,
yet tr is and
frequently hear
ab a. t
Line to ii e
in the o u
;. i P. He
. I mi f
Lu w hare eve
id i
how .; lamp- a--
and Hi in j
j H its d hi
w lie
are
ah
to pin
electric ti e r,
farmers of section do
not know what they are missing
treat the
will tn certain hours i-i
morning, and hew no
attitude feet if
the employer have a r i
about late I
of which the employers
ti at He
, and
. or i .,, I . roll
do kitchen
Hut why
ii rem i
I w ii d i to send all
neighbors w id that
painful
B t i he. d the d
I have your
not
i c i vi. to
his c Mk
Si- wealth.
Ti is i- be idea exactly.
why will submit b
all the time
in and do lo
it, b what pussies most.
c are or
and of them Mme go a.
mil do about i- they
If re and
the no
of the Farmers Cons
. , . , of d labor would
ed Tobacco Company, o have,
,, . , . , ,, do a little in then
several letters lately to Mr.
interest, the whole
Joyner from farmers in,
, ,. he inside a week.
parts of North
and this thing cooks walking
begging him to go to their f
O. L.
other
and organize the farmers m
out of their job without notice
the consolidated movement, One
party writing to him stated that
if he d go to that section
ninety rive per cent of the far-
would at once pin the
movement. Watch our
as to the
would be at an
Auditorium talk is having its
annual revival in Raleigh.
Secretary Taft told the Cubans
that they must either get quiet
future of this or be annexed.
Company. It is on solid ground
and the men at the head of i
proposes to keep it there.
A High Point boy has become
insane from smoking cigarettes.
hey are usually crazy to ever
The Greensboro begin smoking the
dent of the Charlotte Observer
suggest- that
dent J. Y. Joyner is mentioned
as the probable successor of the
late Dr. C. D. as
dent or the and Indus-
trial College. Before being
chosen to his position
Prof, Joyner was connected with
th Normal and Industrial Col-
and was a with
Dr. He is thoroughly
familiar with the work of the in-
and perhaps no man in
the State is so well qualified for
this position. Should Prof. Joy-
be chosen as president of the
college It will leave a vacancy as
State superintendent, and in
that event there is not a better
man in the State to succeed him
in the latter than
Superintendent H.
of Pitt.
EDITORIAL NOTES.
Occasional
The Standard Oil Company is
now preparing to take over the
the distilleries. want
to make a corner on f oil.
Seeing the experience that he
has had with the insurrections
in congress, it is no wonder that
President Roosevelt looks upon
President as an amateur
and the t- in Cuba as of
the tea pot variety.
It has been suggested that a
joint debate should be arranged
between Mr. Jerome and Mr
Hearst. It is quite possible that
if this is done Mr. Hearst will, is
turn over the job to his
managing editor.
graphically the State of
is as different as
an i o States in the but
in and loyalty for the
we ate one. Tie
in t judge if mutter
Living in the r-gum he
t till- the eastern
aid Mingles
of It i plea-
to hut spirit
ii e ad
no live and the
to
tie and make it what it
me the fr
ll sisterhood.
We are not e hap . us a- our
nor as
boastful a our Carolina
fr d, but in all matters affecting
the and glory of the State we
are practically Solid, and is
many defenders should rise up
if her go name were as
could he found either to tie
or the S us. We never
-peak of our, State us
is is the among our S
do we look
upon those nut
in Virginia, as the
i, but in sturdy
pride we say
Carolina people are not
y those any any-
The old tail
I h strip between
i -o S is no longer in our
The knows
Our people have built cities,
farms, i
and,
belt of are
we maintain
our and d
we shall be able lo
bold our own d keep ,,, ,.,
the strongest an I mo-t
A plan for a
town that has been
worked at several pints
to our town.
The plan is as An
was reached between ail
the merchants whereby they
offered special sale
days,
merchant some special
line of goods upon which made a
lower price than usual. one
dry goods would sell
a price
would offer in
goods. One hardware
would reduce the price on plows
Every line of business
was presented and care was
en that ii. c fl i. p.
were Hi-ii ti die
the beet lead
lie by and the
was extensively
in the
the names of the and
their special Hales being in all
a-e stated. The farmers
s;,, in annul mat
and the e
pleased plan. The idea
has already been carried out in
several cities.
B. TAFT
W. H. J
Furniture Problem,
can solve it for you.
-L e a
Furniture Sale Competition is Brisk and
Furniture Sale Claims are many and loud.
WHO WHY
What There is but one
test. That best and
that offers you
our ulsters. Shame
t who underestimates the
or who would lire d
i and feeling among
n . We be brethren.
V i id we stand, divided we fall.
Prom Murphy to
. iv
v i
Friendship That
s. friendship
of the day is Inn It
exists In and as as
it ceases to be is
T c friendship that;
co same in prosperity
is to be prized, but all other kit
i matters
not , ow a m ii may
to ii right and make
of j,
loathsome reptile, worthless
i who is ready to him
down, i Ins h and
blast ambitions. The
a; d is nut
ii cm sustain
world;
to I your than lo lose
In e d
he Lowest Prices on the Want
Come and be convinced. Yours
A. H. TArT k COMPANY,
Pictures Framed to Order.
It will s ion the fashion to
baptize babies in country with
water from the Jordan. All
rich parents will doubt-
less have that distinction. A
I special from
Egypt, to the New York
Herald Company, tells us about
the It says Colonel
Clifford mil, of
Ky., president of the International
Jordan Water Company
yesterday from
where be was able to ob-
from the Turkish govern-
the sole right of shipping the
water Jordan to all parts
of wot Id for baptismal and
other purposes. The water
be shipped in casks bearing the
seal of Turkish authorities
and American consul,
t supervision of the Patriarch
of Jerusalem. will be bottled
in the United States in bonded
It done
Friday
County
The Democratic
dates will open their campaign at
Fountain, they will speak
Tuesday, Oct. 9th. They will
also speak at Bells Cross Roads, in
township,
Oct. The people should
turnout and heat the candidates
discuss the political issues, the
day.
Some women . h lo
b- of these United
of these is Miss Miry
i . I. . i, N. Y.
rut was I i be l i
a man named A
day or two before the date forth
wedding -he discovered Hint Tim-
was a scamp, but she kept
counsel On the wedding d she
mi- i in her bridal and
at the proper moment, the
of all the she
back folding curtains of
the room in walked a young
woman and her the
woman had Inn r and de-
by minister
on hand.
Miss not
want you, but your
had to walk
up to the rack. When the
was over Miss
mother took by the Him,
escorted him to the door and told
him to go and go quickly.
the guests had a big
but got none of
it. This is the and most
job we ever beard of.
Instead of hanging to him to
him, this young lady
had sense; she was not even
with hint
bin she made In so
She COUld, I lie
ed
Record.
Watch this
for our
fall
Jas F Davenport,
A young woman of St. Louis,
Mo., has been committed to the
insane asylum because
she will marry a rich man.
If this Is a sign of mental
there numerous other
who should not
be at Sun,
Every school boy kn that a
kite would not fly unless it had a
string tying it down. It is just so
in life. The man who is tied
by half a blooming
responsibilities and their mother,
will make a higher and stronger It. F. D. X
tight than the bachelor, who j
nothing to keep him Steady
i always floundering in the mud. c just like it
I you to in ed t . us hottest butt, at
lie lo up.
STRAY TAKEN UP.
We have taken up two Shoats
one black male with no ear mark
one red female with ear marks,
weight about ponds each,
Owner can get same by paying
charge. H. Ed wards Brother
C,
Save the Worry
The hot weather brings you
without to it w
r supper. such a stock of
Grocer . Canned Goods, Package
Goods, Pickles, Butter Cheese, Coffee.
Tea, Fruits, as I tho selecting an buy-
are easy and the all saved It will DO argument to
you if you visit store and I carry.
You can And me one door North of
J. B
Neat Job Printing
Our specialty.
Job Printing Office
WINTERVILLE
This department is in F. C. NYE, who is authorized to rep-
resent the Eastern Reflector in Winterville and territory
hi a i
When you sell your cotton or
bring your check to the
Bank of Winterville and start an
account with us. It pays to
have your money at work for
you. A horse that d work
Is useless so is money. We pay
interest on time
Mrs. Annie of
Miss our
Wednesday
here. She returned to
dine Thursday. She will return
to her borne at next week.
The following of W.
H. S. left Friday
at their respective Misses
Louise Fleming, Mary E. Flem-
Whichard; Eula
Hodges, Jessie Kati
Gold Warren, Dolores Mattocks
and Jasper Taylor, Taylor,
Hassell House, Savage
Richard
Jno. Stokes, of was
here Friday on
One of lines of
shoes ever exhibited can found a t
B. F. Manning Co.
Walker, Sven
Springs, was here Wednesday
Pants for f
Pants for
Pants for
Pints for
Pants for
Harrington, Barber Co.
W. F. Carroll, our best
farmers was here on business Fri-
day c.
yards Laces and Hamburg
at Come and get
, bargains.
Harrington. Barber Co.
Miss Mellie Harries, of Green-
ville, is Mollie
Bryan, to the delight her
friends.
School, tablets, pens
and ink, at a bargain at J. B. Car
roll Co's.
Quite u large number of our
people took a most delight
tin hay ride last night out to Mr
they received
grapes
All the are most cordial
invited to me and examine
the largest, line of
goods ever shown the of
Winterville at A. W.
The of Wilfred Buck and
visiting bis daughter, Erastus Oliver are wreathed in
We are special prices a boy at
on trunks, grips and hand bags u Mr-
A.
Miss Minnie is spend-
a few days Miss Hattie
We have just received a nice
line of horse collars. A. W.
Oliver's.
and line f at
prices ever offered in
Winterville at A.
The Eastern Carolina Supply-
Co has one I be prettiest
Ange and Co. j tore wagons we ever
Mn. J. K. carried out a large loan
visitor at the
Strictly grade
A new lot of the latest of flour at j. B. Carroll and
furniture just received at A. store.
Ange and Co. I
Miss this
b t , and friends.
B. i. Cox, Bro,
Mrs. tailor
Harrington
STRAY TAKEN UP.
h up , weigh-
about i. ill
and black to left ear.
Owner c-r -I by proving
property and s.
J. F. Mitt, .,
BAY UP.
I have tats
running in my field, e and
one spotted, weighing mil
pounds Both marked
round hole right,
smooth crop in left. Owner can
get same by identifying pay-
charges. B.
B. F. L. N. C.
Convention
Th
will cm e Do phi-.
i on
and October, The pub-
i- cordially to ail
the services. The
to say, they will
ate in
There will lie shoal
y fin in. II yon cm help, phone
o Mis W. M. King
c on the
A sound railroad
hive been doing some heavy j
today, The ex illusions are
The
work is being pushed forward I
rap
at
Oat Flukes,
Buckwheat,
Cotton baskets for sale by J. O.
Haggle
after from
NEW ARRIVALS
With a feeling of pride,
as well as pleasure, we now
announce the arrival of our
Men's suits for fall and
winter wear.
Our Garments are far
to the or sort
that confront you every-
where, and they come to us
directly from the workshops
of the World's most noted
Makers.
There's many a new turn
in the fall fashions, and we
feel sure will be
interested in every detail.
We shall take pleasure in
showing you all the fresh
ideas the style kinks, an-
will drop a hint by say-
that there is nothing
like making your selections
early, before the very best
things are chosen.
Very truly yours.
FRANK WILSON
. z OF
CLOTHIER
. I A full line of summer silks all
relatives in Co. ,
week. Miss Sarah Barker is j Nine Greenville
in the millinery store In her
absence. Nice at Surfing
Nicest line of shirts ever too
shown Winterville at
Barber Co.
We regret to give up William
Vincent, who has- accepted a
Fancy white all
washable, at cost.
ft Co.
Lee Evans, a Student of W. II
and little
returned
evening from Plymouth.
F of
general of the
; Telephone aid Telegraph
Co. was here Friday afternoon.
oil of condition
OF GREENVILLE.
At ill the forth
Carolina, at the close of business,
Sept 4th, 1906.
in Bethel. Bill left today to spend Sunday
was one of our most excellent with his mother.
young men. His place with Ha.-
Barber Co., will be hard
to fill.
We still have hand a few cop-
of Bibles, we are off-
lo the trade at very low
prices.
B. T. Cos,
Tho Literary Society ,
gave an excellent debate last night
Nice corned at H
ton, Co.
yards nice r lawns
voiles, lusters, Ac at cost.
Barber Co.
A nice of drugs always on hand
at I
Best of calico at cents
on the query the
of United States
should he c
Go to the drug Store of B. T.
Cox A Bro for T. W. Wood
Son's high grade and
seed.
A hue of granite and tin
ware J. B. Carroll Co.
i we -l to tin-en
villa Friday
A. G Cox bas purchased
lot near the
a-id is having the house com-
It will to tie
of the to n
AU colors of paint, and yellow
at Harrington Barber
A nice line of fancy groceries
alway- on band at J. B. Carrel
Harrington Barber Co.,
their to wait a few days
and examine their stock of good
before buying. They are in nor
them cities buying thorn.
The A. G. Cox Mfg. Co. are
making this Pitt Co.
Desk and arc in position to fill your
orders promptly.
Have you inker's new ed.
vice for fastening sun tops to any
original and
right. I will be to your interest n i i
to see hi. before your
at cents at Harrington
and Company.
Nicest and strongest line of
shoes ever offered in Winterville
at Harrington Barber and Co.
Nice line
ways Barber
Co.
The town lax books are open and
will boat the store of B. F. Man-
Co.
Iron natures
great household remedy. A con
Mineral Water. Stops
blood from cuts, in-,
Kidney trouble, com-
plaint, Female weakness, cuts
sores etc. For sale at the drug
store of B. Cox, and Bro.
Miss Nannie Nichols will have
dry good depart-
in the largo store of B. F.
Manning and Co. She will
glad to have her host of lady
give her a call.
Tho young men will do well t
see F. Manning Co., before
buying their fall hats. They are
offering special bargains on their
entire line.
Strayed Sept. one
Black one white and black
red sandy color
lb marked hole in left ear. Finder
will b to up and
Alonzo Smith
R . . D, C.
A LIQUID GOLD CURE
LAXATIVE COUGH SYRUP
RESOURCES.
THE
ORIGINAL
THE
NEW
IDEA
Tat Red Clover th Honey m
Every Bottle.
Cold or a Cough nearly always pro-
water all runs lo
eyes, nose and throat Instead of passing out
of the system through the liver and kidneys.
For the want moisture bowels
dry and cough cures
are constipating, especially those containing
Opiates. Kennedy's Laxative Honey and
Tar moves the bowels, contains no
KENNEDY'S
LAXATIVE
Relieves Colds by working out
of the system through a copious action of
the bowels.
Relieves Coughs cleansing and
strengthening the mucous membranes of
the lungs and bronchial tubes.
For Croup, Whooping Cough, La Grippe,
Influenza, Bronchitis, and all
Colds, Lung and Bronchial affections no
remedy is equal to Kennedy's Laxative
Honey Tar. Children like it.
Put up In and at the Lab-
oratory of E. C. DeWItt
Loans Discounts
Overdrafts secured
cured 1.486.441
D S. Bonds to secure-
12,800.00
0.8. Bonds 476.86
house, furniture,
and fixtures 9,275.47 I
Due from National Rank
reserve
Due from State Dunks and
Hank, rs 6,978.06
Checks and oilier cash items 660.18
Notes of other National
Banks 326.00
Fractional
nicking and cents 107.39
Lawful money reserve in
Hank,
Legal-tender notes 8,322.00
Redemption fund U. S.
Treasurer per of
141.380.88
Pulley Bowen
THE HOME OF WOMAN'S FASHIONS.
PULLEY St BOWEN
COTTON.
To Cotton
owning or Kim or
. I
i them
tie to
I ft II any f my
r-
will Hand ma Hat
of
win w
l II.
n Be
New York
Total
LIABILITIES.
Capital stock paid in 80,000.10
Undivided legs ex-
and taxes paid
National bank out-
standing 18,600.0
Due approved 1,968-60
Individual deposits subject
to check
me of deposit
outstanding
Notes and anted. 18,011.68
Certificates of deposit f. r
borrowed
Total 141,880.08
State of North Carolina,
County of
W, Cashier of the above
bank, do solemnly swear that
the above Is true to the best
of my and belief.
J. W AYCOCK, Cashier
sworn to hi fore me
tins in S,
V.
Notary
Correct Attest
II, W.
SAM T.
K A. MOTES, Jr.
Directors
STRAY
I have t up one gild hog,
hack weight
about pounds, marked
nit In ear and
In left. Owner
by proving property and paying
N.
. C.
ill-Id
Tobacco Pack Barns and Cot-I
ton Gins I
ins urea. I
Reasonable
Apply to H. A.
It is sure to pay
-mm
THE BIG STORE
Is receiving Fall Goods Daily. Stronger Line of Dr A
Goods, Clothing, Furniture and House Furnishings
than ever before. See our line before buying.
What Mm Fat, Off Oar-
man Wouldn't Stand Far.
He was a little, off
German, lie called the
grocery for purpose of paying
a bill of a few standing. Aft-
taking hit money the grocer
banded him a cigar and
you arc .
dot queried the
German.
arc square, replied
the grocer.
exclaimed
the puzzled Fritz.
you are square
the grocer.
Fritz was for a moment;
then fare flushed, and, bringing
his fist down on the counter, he ex-
I no
more you I I pay
mine pill like a and you
make u choke say I
I know
u like
choke. Mi nut you.
News.
There one
great trouble in your country in
opinion. Blood count, yon
Those having s ate in
ton or in the country to sell, or
those wishing to es-
will
do well to call on my
in N. C.
A. f
To Return, Ac.
count Coming and
Jubilee
via
ATLANTIC LINE.
Tickets on sale
aid 10th, limit
For further urination nil
on nearest Ticket A gent or torn-
with
T. C. bite
W. J.
N. C.
SOUThERN R. R. CO
N. S.
Service.
Steamer L. leaves
n dally
at a. in. Greenville; leaves
Greenville daily
at A
at Washington with
Norfolk for
Philadelphia,
New York, . n and all other
joints North. Connects a Norfolk
with nil West,
i- should order their
freight via Norfolk, care Norfolk
H ft. K.
bailing noun to change
w notice.
J. J. i Agent, Green-
ville, N. C.
General T. and
Agent, Norfolk. Va.
M. K. KING, V. P. M.
Win m i y town of fl
Pitt county, for the
and Thoma i t,,
Hi- I. I lit Ml r who dill on
of July the Town
and In n e-t of
rut Hi- a
and h or o
hum.-if ii -it i i la ran
ii h T- I
id a large. i-rT
MU IT IDS
a an-
ha a n
r. k aid i-r f-o a
ti Odd n
of of nit of
of
Thia t 3rd i.
W Mayor
El K. H
Friend, This it Worth Reading
Suppose You Stop and kc
it Wonderful
Greensboro, K. March 1903.
Mrs Joe take
that your Remedy
tint entirely cured our little girl of
a very bad MM which
covered a part of her body,
She had from
the wan old,
with years old. She
now perfectly well and I feel
that I highly of
it She not a symptom of
it for yearn.
NO in K.
Hi the In
a .-
and
Fey I lo t-r h I. t day o
January i n ii.-i-
r fl i H l N
t i k J r- pi lit- in ill
will to bl In ii if i tic l i Hunt In On VI to itII ft
i mi
II I I in m o f t i f i r
III h I i l I ill Hi- I- I i tO UH
n ti vile. In e, i M
u j i u- h. i i i
ff r i ti Jim i i
to c in k n
Peed,
It of
ft
the
the
r. the arc
an
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In i virtue,
recognized, an pi.-
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Of it i-
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will your
i not a mi
To Publishers
and Printers
We have
are we
Col-
and
ft. and thicker, in d make
them fully as good as now
and any
knobs or on the hot
loin.
PRICES
L. S
Head In
and over per
A sample i l n faced
Rule, full
will h
on n,
Printers Co
and
High Grade Mater
K.
D. W. CB,
Ami Prov-
es
You
Horse
of
Cotton Hay; . and
i . and
i K
In t ck.
Prod ties nil Sold
D. W.
O R
North Carolina.
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in
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inn
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left
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plea
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Ml
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a till
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of
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price
1.1
torn
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out
on
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about
mile i
i i
We bee leave to announce that we are
Wholesale and Retail
for
White Lead, Paints,
Colors, and and
v Ready Paints.
There is no line in the world better than
line. It hi it a
reputation for honorable wares and honorable
dealingsIf you use the Harrison Paints you need
never worry quality.
We trust that you 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
c,
what be fur
were not
Of
in
Quebec knew
well, as who did not span
New lie aces
ill
date, aid I. let him lure i return
-.- it n good of
h pro-
tor nil bin wants. In way lie
i 1.11 -1 with meat and
. . in tin-in for ten days at the
breath of life to me to
feet I and to the
mi. Ainu-.
It ha morn n hundred
i here to or Si-he-
i I the
lad. in the to walk
a . a forest
No, no; let us i water under our
keel and lean I In-
there In on y way for If.
must the river and
BETHEL BANKING AND TRUST GO.
AT N. C.
M the close business June 18th, 1906.
Loans and discounts
Overdrafts
Furniture
Due from Banks
Cash
Gold
Silver coin National
and other U. S.
Total
LIABILITIES.
Capital stock 5,300.00
Surplus fund
Undivided profits 1,174.30
Bill- livable 6.000,00
Time certificates of
deposit 2.309.50
Deposits subj. to check 32,799.21
chocks out-
standing 72.67
Certified Checks
Total
ate of North
I. H. H Taylor Cashier of tho above
swear that the above is true to tho best of my
H. H. Taylor Cashier
edge and belief.
Subscribed and sworn to be-
this day of April
ore mo
1906.
Sam. A. Gardner
Votary Public
STATON,
J. B. BUNTING,
If, O.
REPORT OF THE CONDITION
THE BANK OF FARMVILLE, FARMVILLE. N. C.
AT THE CLOSE OF -S,
Loans Discounts
1,080.00.
Due from Ii inks 10,310.81
Cash Items Is
Gold coin
Silver coin
Nat, bk notes
148,888.8
Capital stock pd in
Undivided profits
Hills payable 15.000
sub to check .
j i III. i
R. Davis, Cashier of the above-named bank, do sol,
that the above statement is true to the best of
State of North Carolina,
County of Pitt.
I, J.
swear
knowledge and belief.
Subscribed and sworn be-
fore me, this 23rd day of June
1906.
J. V. JOHNSTON,
Notary Public.
J- R. DAVIS, J
T. L. TURN AGE,
R. L. DAVIS.
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Our specialty.
Reflector Job Printing Office
right along to Lake
St.
in- close by of
is n said
i the
of lie
was in in ii.
need to skirt
It Is the only one, I It Is
t or
river who, I am sine, would help
on our said with
II
Charles de la l.
His lies on tin
a mile to south of St.
Amos. a
we Well. t
it. we shall hold last
by the
Ami for ii week the little par-
totted up the
ever to the hank, where
there were fewer The
lugs radiated out from villages,
and every pottage was with an
eye to tho military or the
whole, so the mike
a stand at all points and might finally
center upon the manor house and
the mill.
At every step In this country,
whether the traveler were on the St.
or west Upon the or
down upon the hanks of the
or south in the country of the
and of the Creeks, he would
still the Inhabitants In the same
state of dreadful expectancy and from
the Tin- as
were named by the French, or the
Five Nations, they called them-
selves, hung like a cloud over the whole
continent.
For half a century these had
nursed a grudge toward the French
since and some of his fol-
lowers had taken part with their
mies against them, liming all these
years they bad brooded III their forest
Villages, Bashing oat now again
III some border outrage, waiting
for the most part until their chance
should Come. And now It seemed to
them that It had come. They bad de-
all the tribes who might have
allied white men.
They bad They
supplied themselves good guns
plenty of ammunition from the
Dutch and of New The
long, thin line of French settlements
lay naked before them.
Such was the situation the little
party of refugees noddled along
hank the fiver, seeking the only
path which could lead them I i pence
ml to Tel ll
well knew, a dangerous road to fol-
low. All down the Richelieu were
outposts and blockhouses of the
French. The blockhouses
might hold their own. but to the little
party who bad to travel down from
one to the other the situation was full
of deadly peril. It was true the
were not war With the
English, they would discriminate
little when on the warpath, and the
Americans, even bad they wished to
do so, could not separate their
from that of their two French com-
As they ascended the St. Lawrence
they met many canoes Coming down.
U ire than ones these wayfarers
to have speech with the
but they pushed onward,
their signs and hails. From
belOW nothing overtook them, for they
paddled from early morning until late
night.
On the seventh day they rested at a
point lint a few miles from the
of the river, where a large
blockhouse, Fort Richelieu, had been
built by M. de past this,
they had no great to go to
reach the of. lie
friend of the who would help
upon their way. They hail Spent
the night upon a little Island In mid-
stream, and ill early dawn they were
about to thrust the canoe out again
from the Baud lined cove in which she
lay when growled in
his throat pointed out across the
water.
A large canoe was coining up the
river, flying along as quick a
arms could drive It. In the stern sat
a dark figure, which bent forward with
every of the paddles n- though
consumed to posh on-
ward. at that there
was no mistaking It. it was the
monk whom they had left
than.
Concealed among the brushwood
they their pursuers fly past
and vanish round a curve in a stream.
have done licit r flier to put
him or lo as
said
we take the ti . track.
Amos.
yet h -t i--n we .
De retinal
devil will . at the
fort and at every r i it . III
p i n fallen his
sunk i bin said
It's i good going en
no got going b o m
way. nod is I- I t one hie.
go to the h. HO it follows
we to
. . w. We can cut
., i's i I nine mil near
tills f; . i the
The friar will lone our trail then, and
we'll have no more trouble with him
if be stays, on the
nothing else for said
Captain not
my way to go by land if I can get by
water, so yon must lay the course and
keep her straight,
Is far. and It will not
long. Let us over lo the south-
hank, and we shall make a Start
if tires, lie we shall
turns to carry
monsieur, you . ml think
what a good walker I In
splendid air one go on
will cross, In a very
few they were at the other
side and had landed at the edge of the
forest. There the and
were allotted lo each man, and
Sis share of provisions of tho
aid me talk of scanty baggage. Then, having paid the
Indians and having Instructed them to
lay nothing of their movements, they
turned their barks upon the river
plunged into the silent woods.
CHAPTER XX.
Fort Louis their
right, the travelers pushed on-
ward as swiftly as they
for the sun was low in the
heavens the hushes in the clear-
In s threw trees.
Then suddenly i- they peered In front
of them between trunks the green
of sward to the blue of the
water, and they saw a In. d river
I swiftly before Amos
i and lie bad both been upon
the bosom of the before, and
It-arts as they looked
upon It, for knew that this was
the straight which led them, the
one to home and the other to pence and
freedom.
Across the river was the terrible
country, and at two poll . they
could see the of tires up
I loco the ill-, I Hey followed
track which eastern
hank. As they pushed onward a stern
I military challenge suddenly brought
I them to a stand, and they saw the
gleam of two barrels which
them from a thicket overlook-
lug the path.
are cried Cat hint.
; come you. asked an
. Invisible sentinel.
whither are you
visit id. Charles de la None,
Seigneur Of Sic.
good It Is quite safe.
i They have a lady Them
too. I greet you, ill name
of my
Two men had emerged the
hushes, one of whom have
passed as a full blooded Indian had It
been for these courteous words.
which be uttered in excellent
lie was n slight young man. very
dark, with piercing black eyes a
grim, square, relentless month which
could only have come with Indian de-
scent.
The other was undoubtedly n pure
Frenchman, elderly, dark and wiry.
With u bristling black heard and a
themselves I ,,,. ,. eager face. Leaning up m
long brown gun, he Stood watching the
party, while his companion
toward them.
will excuse our
said he. know what device
these rascals may adopt to entrap us.
fear, that yon have had a
long and very tiring Journey. My
mother Will lie very glad to welcome
you and to see to every want. Hut you.
sir. have surely seen yon
I Cried the guardsman.
name is de once
of tho regiment of Surely you
are de la None de Ste.
it Is the young man answer-
ill, holding out his hand and
In a somewhat constrained
do r you i c. hesitate,
for when yon saw me last I was ill a
very dress front this. We have
one life for forest one for the
cities, though. Indeed, my good father
will not have It so and carries
with him wherever he goes. But
It is time for our relief, and so we may
guide yon
Two men in the rude dress of
or but carry
their in a fashion which
told he senses that
were disciplined soldiers, sad sud-
appeared the scene. Young
la gave them a few curt In-
junctions and then accompanied the
refugees along the path.
may not know my friend
said he. pointing to I be oilier sentinel,
am quite sure that bis name Is
not unfamiliar to you. This is
Heth Amos and De looked
with deepest curiosity Interest
at the famous leader of de
a man Whoas whole life had
spout In pushing westward, ever west-
To be
w d
s j n i to i
bilLy-to at leis
This
strange if the oil
or style- r
Bat with
DR
of the newest per-
make; this is astonish-
to do know
that we put forth, every
to advantageous
chases and always give our
benefit of any
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Knowing
HALF OF IT.
is i if v t u; i l
Same thing when it conies to buying goods
w at to where to bay, and what you are going to pay is where t
saving comes in.
My and prices will you that this Is the place
buy in quantity.
COTTON SEED. MEAL AND HULL
Hay. Corn. Oats Bran. Ship Stall. Lime and Groceries.
When you wan; anything in this it will lie to your
see
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Leader In Lo j rices for
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BRONZE AND MARBLE ARMY.
have sometimes
complain that Great Brit-
had much to learn from
in the matter A the encouragement
given to art and the
lamp post in are artistic,
Mid an enthusiastic Scotch
at the when I
was walking along the boulevard
with him day. And he was right.
The French cannot turn out any-
thing inartistic. at-the
and character of their statues.
am the from
cannot turn a corner without
coming upon a statue, and every
has one or more
honor of people who were never
heard But it may pointed
out to those critics of England
of doing things that the French
method has its obverse. Statues es-
when they are good statues.
are certainly pleasant to behold, but
M. municipal councilor
for the St. George district of Pans,
fa up in against the
creel ion of and marble
in the thoroughfares of the aft.
He grudges the space occupied
the public promenade.- by the cm-
of the eminent. time
he says, chock the
mania which has seized our content
spring.
most
One o;
in the world, says J. A. Ed-
in tho Engineering and Mining
Journal, ha bean
in Now Mexico. It is
a spring saturated with sodium
water weighs
and pounds per
the water of this spring weighs ten
and two-thirds pounds. The
of the spring is a little over
degrees F. As the saturated
liquid overflows and cools it forms
a crystalline mass like ice, which in
the course of ages has spread into
a snow white bed of solid sodium
salts miles in extent and as level
a lake. The warm brine, Mr. Eddy
reports, is inhabited by a minute
shrimp-like organism, and a species
of plant found growing in the dry
expanse of sodium sulphate.
John Forrester, living northwest
of Moron, boasts of the fact
he has lived fifty-five years and re-
sided in Kansas since and y I
has never Wen on a train. Mr.
Forrester doe not have any
fear of riding on a train, bat
has never had occasion to ride.
times his children have made
I up a purse to have him take in
i of the Sunday excursions, but as
Our gardens, our squares
and our promenades are invaded by
innumerable images. We re-
the advance of this bronze I
marble army, which spoils the per-
of our streets and the bar- ,
Bony of our London
religious principle are against n
on the train on Sundays he ha
each time refused to take the trip
a Journal.
Rewarded t Last.
Here a woman whose sense
gratitude was not misplaced. The
wk. of IV
In biography of the via has left a legacy of 3.000 to
painter, who at one time acted I local comic paper to which she w
Swing master to Queen Victoria, a lifelong Her will
W P relates an amusing directed 1300 in
illustrating her wit. i should be spent on a
One day in the course of a I banquet, to which the staff of t.
the queen let her pencil fall to the I paper should be entertained in re.
ground. Both master and pupil I so the will
stooped at the same moment to pick I reads, many pleasant
it up, when, to the horror of Leech, spent in perusing its humorous Ml
there was a collision,
head striking that of his royal pupiL
Before he could stammer nut an
apology, however, the queen,
Mr. Leech, if we bring
together in this way I ought
to improve
Reciprocity.
As the desire to give advice to all
persons and upon all occasions
to be natural to mos; human
being, the following told M
a well known woman writer may not
be Without interest. While
at a working club a writer of
successful novels asked tho members
tow much they Mined and advised
them to put aside a certain amount
each week from their wages. A few
later the novelist's
rang, and one of the members of
the club presented herself She had
come to ask what the income of her
late adviser was and to suggest what
percentage of the same ought to be
pot in the bank.
Trivial Causes.
In most unhappy marriages th-
of evil has bean trivial. A
says, the maxim in a
married man's condition is that
band and wife be
When two persons so
Reason For Hit Joy.
decision has gone against
in. I've go to pay Miss Weber
. for breach of promise of
dear fellow, I am delight-
;. . hands
too are delighted
Excuse me. but it is
or me to, hide my feel-
I'm to her, you know.
London
Foresight.
Husband with bettor
half concerning purchase of
The lease is for year.
that's not
long enough
enough for us, b i
think of dear bale, till
ed out when he's
probably an invalid and infirm
An
otherwise truthful
sometimes ks about himself.
Marion Butler i again
in the pa I
good an opinion of each other as to j than is worthy
come together for life they will not a. can talk a stump
differ in matter of importance, ,, has against
cause y think each other , . ,
respect and . re prepared for
relief. But for
aw natters they made no Where get rich is
rations, and hence springs ll-e out thing the man
f tie home lie was smart
Comfort In That.
Jimmy
healed up yet
Don't it m
feel bad
The .-
mom I mil take a bath i a
healed t
His
to fix.
estate
, e line at g
Even a wise man money
parted
K be nor
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II, u I . , . .
n-
at
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old
was n ran with a
heir.-.
much difficulty in break
Press.
e.
i.
ii g la a bat
I, sin i
hi J n .;
Bl u
v of
. . hi and
, to in a new
I in N.
es. Apply to W. Jeffreys,
F. C. W
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EASTERN REFLECTOR.
and Friday.
ONE DOLLAR PER YEAR
GREENVILLE. Pin COUNTY. NORTH CAROLINA FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER
NO
O.
mi n
Motion for Severance Allowed
K. Barnhill Pint Put
on Trial- v
There such interest through
t the comity in what is known
tho white ease, and the
trial of it having been set for to-
day, there was a large crowd at-
and the court house was
filled when court was called to
order at o'clock. for
sides were Solicitor
L. I. Moore, Blow F. G.
James C. B.
the State; Donnell
H W. Whedbee, Julius
Brown, J. I. A. Sugg,
and S. C Wooten the
When the Solicitor called the
i there was some delay because
witnesses not answering
names. He announced
at with the presence of two more
ho were expected to arrive on
the train the State would be
to proceed, notice was
that he desired to try J. K.
hill
Mr. for the defense
ante I to lie heard to
and trying
defendant at the time, when
were in one bill of
let men I
Solicitor Moore argued that the
its witnesses and was
y to proceed as to J. K. Barn-.
but might not be ready
o certain of the defendants.
t was a right of the State to try
as and
a coarse would work no in-
wry to any defendant.
Mr. Whedbee argued it
be very unjust and
t this late day to separate and
any o e of the defendants;
bad indicted under
ill, had plead not guilty together
e tried jointly.
Gov. for the State argued
that he did not see why the de-
should raise any point as to
he be tried. If he is
be should be acquitted,
id if he is be con-
I our statutes the
has every advantage of the
ate. If the defendants are tried
ether the defense will have
challenges and the
two, while if tried singly the
will have four challenges
Hid the state two. To
can work no hardship t
for cited
decisions that
av of right for a
an it, jury to the State for th.
to have twenty four
with only two for the State.
with lour for the
two for the State will enable
e selection of a fair jury and re-
tin a fair trial which was all the
wanted.
Mr. Whedbee for stated
hat the only point matte by the
was simply an objection to
w as it existed and he thought it
ask the court to
the defendants a law
existing. The Solicitor had
the bill jointly and the de-
be tried
Solicitor Moore stated that the
me gave authority to
id in hill jointly gave him
to try nay one or more of
desired.
Judge Shaw stated he could
fee where any injustice
could lie done the defendant
by severance, and the
Lily point on which he hesitated
i the was the
expense of t or more
He allowed the motion.
State announced its
to proceed. Io the regular
jury for the week were some re-
lated to defendants and one to par-
ties on both were
who bad been
subpoenaed as a character
witness, and one bad
formed and expressed h's opinion
the defendant Barnhill were
excused. It nearly U o'clock
expressed content
with the jury and the following
were W. H. Porter,
H. B. Smith, J, H. House, D. W.
A. O. Clark. Sylvester
Boyd, J. B. A. L. Thigpen,
Adam Gaskins, J. W. Smith,
R. Corey, Frank
Just as the jury was empaneled
J. of Raleigh, and A. R
. of who
are course for arrived.
W. J, Teel. man on whom
tho attack was was the
first witness introduced and
as
I live miles southeast of
Bethel, miles from
miles from Oakley, miles
from Stoke. Eight members of
my family. About o'clock
third Sunday night in April last
the door at my house entering
bed room was broken my
wife and four little girls were
asleep in room with me. The
crash of door made loud noise. I
out my pistol. A mo-
later a hand was placed in
my face. I began shooting and
tired several times rapidly. I
was caught by elbows on each
side. I pistol against some
one and Some one grab-
bed my pistol. The parties then
dragged me across room to-
wards door. My wife jumped up
and struck matches I then saw
two men in the room. I
one of them
and all the other was
William Briley. My wife sail
are you doing here, you
Barnhill shut his
eyes to try to keep her from rec-
him. They dragged me
on towards door and in put-
ting my hands to brace against
door post dropped my pistol. I
called my boys from up stairs
and one of them handed me gun
already sprung. The two run
out of house and I tired at
them down path. Sent one of
my buys to ring farm bell and
some one tired at him with pistol
I shot again with gun in
from which pistol shots
came
B. F. Ward Bob Parker
were of neighbors to arrive.
Cannot My how many were in the
assaulting my house. We
took lanterns and guns and went
out to where the parties bad
Saw signs where they had come
up to old with and
unhitched; followed tracks where
had walked my house
to the old house where buggy
tracks were. It is about yards
from my to road. We fol-
lowed buggy tracks Indirection of
Hickory Grove, at cross roads the
turned towards Oakley.
The at that time lived
at Oakley. My son and another
party followed tracks one
buggy went in another
ion cross truck
went up to
After milking investigation In
my i hi mi I found two hats and
. one of the huts was
through. Several switches wore
found in yard. The door to my
had an ordinary knob
when open door it
one in the lock and
drew out the others.
from front porch is direct into my
Two beds and cradle
were in the room. The parties to
me had to go my
wife's feet, as I slept on back of
bed.
Cross not
told any person . not recognize
any of the parties attacking me.
A of names were called to
all of which he answered no. I
gave The an of
the attack a few days after it
curred; did not tell editor I did
not recognize any one. Mr. Ward
and Mr. Riddick came to my
soon after it occurred. One
of the followed was
specially like a mule
footed track. I did not say that
track was made by
horse. I never said it was a
Bethel and Conetoe crowd
ado attack on me. Never heard
my wife tell any one a
fat man was in the crowd. I
told that J. K. Barnhill was dead.
did not report that Briley was
shot stomach. Did not say I
put the pistol against J. K. Barn
body null fired. It was dark
I could not see who it was
against. The match was struck
by my wife after the shooting
Two men were in the room when
match was struck, don't how
ninny were first in the room. I
did not tell Zeb that if
would testify again-t Barnhill
and he could go free and
get money besides. I never tried
to overhear his
talking in H tel Bertha.
A detective was to come and
work on the case.
I went to bed about o'clock
the night of the attack. It was a
dark night until about o'clock.
There were marks on faces of men
room they had been
smutted as if made with a
found in yard
next day. I was sitting on floor
and the men were each aide of
me holding my hands and trying
to get pistol from me when my
wife struck the match. I have not
discharged any of the States wit-
I did not abuse Mrs, Julia
Ward for telling anything myself
and wife had said. I Lave talked
with some defendants witnesses
but never threatened any
the of the cross
nation court took a recess to
o'clock; p. m.
Upon reassembling of
Monday afternoon the cross exam-
W. J. Teel was
I did not tell J. A. Staten that I
did col have
said my wife did not recognize any
body. Have never said the par-
t e- blew out the matches as
fast as my wife struck the-u. I
did tell Mr. Staten that the parties
bad something on them the
color of an I carried the
hats caps to Bethel show-
ed them, but not for the purpose
of teeing they to any
one in Bethel. I had already
who the cap belonged to
exhibited hat with four holes
in it and with a pencil showed how
all the holes were made with one
I have known Barnhill since be
was a boy, it has been some or
since he moved from my
neighborhood, but had seen him
frequently. Have also seen Briley
at times. I did not see particular-
Iv how they were dressed that
except as they run off from
my house; they either had on
jumper jackets or their coat
tails pants; Barnhill did
not have anything on his head as
he ran did not tell John
or J. F. Brinkley that I did
not recognize any of them. I did
not tell Tom during recess
of today that some one blew
the matches as fast as my wife,
struck them. I did tell him that
I had been told by another party
that Barnhill had said I could not
recognize him by the matches be-
cause he blew them out
as fast at my wife struck them,
did not tell one that the
parties were driving a
I told Mr. Reddick that a man told
me that he bad said I
had told him did not recognize
anybody. said
man to me I will tell him
that he told a lie,
is witness put-
porting to be location of his house
mini- and from this he ex-
plained how he followed the
The was an hour
I got to
He told me he did not go
where with his buggy that night
I him if any hail
his horse the night before. I told
him his bad been
my house to his that
night. I did not tell that if
he said to the I would
take his word tor it. He said
there was a harness print on the
did not tell Tom
that did not to convict
of the parties. I did tell Tom
t it Zeb would tell
the truth I would do all I
could for hint.
hats cap. These are the ones
I found my loom neat bed.
is shown This
sick was found children
my After I tracked
I went lo Oakley; found
at Mr. Nelson's lied. It
was about o'clock p. in.
and Walter lived near
mill, about miles
distant.
Re-cross went to
Nelson's house in Oakley and saw
Barnhill in bed asleep. I ate din-
at Nelson's. Did not say any-
thing to Barnhill.
sirs. w. J.
I am wife of witness preceding
me. I remember night of trouble.
No one but family was in our
A crowd broke open
door, room,
my feet after my l
screamed when door broke open
and called the boys up to
come with gun. Mr. sh t
or times. en they palled my
off of bed I got too
and went t, mantle and got two
matches which I By light
of match I saw two men have my
husband on floor. One of
them looked me straight in
and shut his eyes to keep me from
recognizing him. H; was a
faced broad man. I said
are you doing here you
The boys run down stairs
with gun banded it to Mr.
Tell sprung. He went out
porch with gun, I started to
farm bell, but one of buys
got to bell with u
book she location
house room in which I hey
slept. It was with son p.
that this testimony was I
did not recognize of pat-
ties but Mr. Teel told me light
that he Barnhill
and Briley. The bate and cap
were found in our room. The
tack was found outside with the
switches.
Cross Mann-
Mr. Ward and Mr.
are out nearest neighbor. Mr.
Ward came there. do not re--
call any conversation with him or
making any statements in
Mis. Ward came to
m house early that morning and
we had some conversation, told
her they might have been
disguised, do not remember saying
anything to tier about hats mid
cap, nor of telling I did not
recognize of them. I have
talked with Mr. Riddick, never
made statements to any one about
Mr of the parties having red chin
beard. We live about mile
from Hickory Grove . church,
vice held there the Sunday be-
fore this attack, many people pa-s
ed going to
I did not notice par-
ties making attack, was too
inner-at
roads front
Oakley tracking buggies saw
the tracks they were folio I
ed, the man who looked me in they need not go fur-
face looked like something had toward They
across bis face. The took another fork of road and
full faced with lowed to
and place his chin, stable
am related to of the Cross
ants, Charlie Wynne; my
is related to Zeb
TEEL.
I am years old and
of J. A. Teel. I the sick and
carried it to house it was
hanging on a wire fence near path
leading to house.
J. I. JAM IS.
and
my father are live a mile
apart. I looked in room where the
boys in bed. They were
under the cover. him wear-
gap at Oakley at the tour-
some other boys wore
caps. also saw him wearing it
around his bar
house is across railroad from
bar. I slept in room
I remember the occasion of I to and heard
in Mr. house. I cross railroad during the
saw defendant Barnhill that day. j night. The cap was submitted to
said-he going to Hickory I the jury and hair was found inside
Grove. I also saw him at Oakley I it about a hole in top of cap.
that day coming from the old mill, j also submitted,
going in direction of Hickory I
I first saw about or
o'clock, next about o'clock. I a ice dealer in
his gate I Washington. I shipped ice to
after dark that night. told Mm Barnhill at April 14th,
I had fed his horse, he said I will first shipment made to him
give him more fodder. I
helped in I'm on
Saturday.
Cross him
going to Hickory Grove that morn-
next time I saw him he was
also going toward Hickory Grove.
live at Oakley and Barnhill left
bis horse buggy my
Do not think either was
out of stable night. I
saw Barnhill ab dinner time
next day. lie was lying on plat-
might have
coming from Sheppard's mill
when I saw him Sunday, as
travel way. Buggies
might have passed that night
without my
T. n. WILLIAMS.
I live miles from Parmele
from Oakley. I date
that assault was made at
Briley came to my house that day,
he came that morning took
dinner. In the afternoon Barn-
hill also came to my house. He
told Briley he wanted some words
with him and Briley went out
talked to him. Barnhill left
going towards Oakley. It is
miles my house to Shep-
mill. Briley my house
between and H o'clock that even-
and went ton aids he
would have gone home that way.
He hitched up bis horse before
supper.
came
this year. was shown wit-
That is a bag we shipped
ice
Cross cannot say
that this is the identical sick that
ice-was shipped to B in on
April Ice w is shipped to
other points same kind of sack.
Sacks are with consignee's
name on tag.
W. J. Teel was d d
the sack was not where his little
girl found it the day before the
and he had never seen it
before she found it. I did not nut
the in the cap, it was picked
up in my room.
miss
I know J K. Barnhill. To the
best of my belief the cap shown is
I saw wearing it
day.
HEN JENKINS.
I was at Oakley the Sunday
night Teel was attacked. I went
bar a little after sun-
set. Second time there I saw
Barnhill, Briley,
and Wynne, of these
are It was o'clock
Cross was also a
grocery stoic where the bu was,
I do not remember Briley getting
a box of tobacco to carry home. E
live in Oakley and it was nothing
unusual to see the crowd there on
Sunday night. I heard no unusual
talk, hum we'd there
with me. I think got
off the train coming from direction
of w
horse was
to lay house alone. I suppose b
went to see a young lady who M Ml . ,,,. ,,.
at house.
from the direction of the
eh and lei; in the direction of
My family was pres-
Bar hill Briley
out. Briley had a dark
DB
I date Teel was at-
tacked, I was at a my
sister's, Mi.-. Nelson, Barnhill,
I Zeb and
Wynne boarded there, there
about dark. I went to Jen-
kins about o'clock and saw Barn-
t;. ii. win
I about
o'clock I found
door broken open, showed me
hats and where pistol
ball bad struck ceiling. We look
lantern and fin racks
to old where b
bad b en slopped.
and the
that went toward Oakley,
tracks were looked
Ike had broken dew. Al Grin-
do d a folks road other buggy
hill and at the lot- tracks cut road an.
gin house putting o
away. I left Mr.
followed an on towards Oakley.
One buggy went up road
o'clock and returned to my sis- turned around Wu followed on
Did not see anything of nearly to Oakley and met Clyde
Barnhill there. I did not go and then turned back and
bed before IS o'clock and Barn-1 took another track that went to
hill nor any else came In Teel told mo ho
house during that time.
shown To best of my
knowledge it is cap.
I saw him wearing it around Oak-
I got up before sunrise next
morning. saw and
on lied saw Wynne
op the railroad. On my way
knew who two of the parties were.
He said one of the parties lived
way below Stokes. He said they
were Barnhill and B ii.-y.
next
morning when Teel told mu
of parties, hut he said from he
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