xae*s. te"-"~ulineatitinies4R.234 acres of land inAIT, REFLECTORT dock 1 50, R E Mizelle -§ 00, Ma jes on yee= 5 == Ss "_|_ The-falio érs for gen-| Zeuo L as and Doa Gilliabscriptiog 2S cents per Phonth| jai weweby nations a ott issued:|tcr W.S. Forbes wéreeee % = list taxes for 1894...ntered il matter.|. Charles Skinner 58 50, M B/}!!8t taxes fo =| Beker ie Allee Warnes 18 p04y Ordered: that oWane Smith beERY APTERNOON (EXCEPT sunpDay)|B 8 Sheppard 22 15, -3 -L Little /pait or a cow svuld by" EEfhe Southern Baptist Con-ation me~ in Washingtony yesterday. There areanf three thousand delegatesi visitors present. This 1%largest delegated ecclesias-ilbody inthe world. Theremany noted men present.eral important measures arecome. before the -bedy,ong which are the Baptistung PeopleTs Societies, andquestion of union with therthe:n Convention."""" Eas~he Executive Committee ofState Fair met in Raleighthe evening of the 8th. It} declared that no fair couldneld uuless a sufficient sim;ich 18°$3,000, could be raisedpay premiums. Secondly,t the Raleigh people shoulde this amount. Col. J. S.r, the President, subscribed |) of the amount. A com-ee was appointed to raise3 30.amount and see if the rail-| ogwift- Creex and Contentneais would give a rate of one/Stock Law Territory"Henry; per mile.Sa"co ac"MMISS.ONERTS MEETWNG.EENVILLE, N. C., May 6th, '95.¢ Board of Commissionersitt county met this day, pres-UC Dawson, chairman, T FE, Leonidas Flemiug, Jesse L..h, S. M. Jones.efoltlowing orders fer pau-were issued.irtha Nelson 2 00, H D SmithJacob McLawhorn 1 50,y Moore 3 50, Susan BrileyLacinda Smith .!50, Henris 2 50, John and Hettie An-8 300, Kenneth Hendersoniza Edwards 150, Carlosam 200,J HAH Bibb 200,y Dail 209, Sam and Aunor 5 00, Alice CorbettVives 1 50, Alex Har-90, Winifred Taylor 6 00,t Staton 150, John HamW 8 Parker 200.3 G Nel.50, Winnie Chapman 1 50,oo 1 50, J W Criap1 50,Williams 3 50, John Crispfife 150, Jas Lenz 9 00,a Heathly 15°, Edwin Hadd787 85, L.A White 1-30,.H F Keei36 08, Joun Flanagan 140, H TKing 1030, W E Proctor 8 42, .JWismae 145d | Ipdecn 45,9B Biatiock 5 75, KR M Starkev ©W R Parker 16 50, J A Bullock975.BS Sheppara 18192, R MMoye 2 00, Out. Coke'1 30, W ©Vinson 10 70, J L Robijnsvn 1 50,J H Enbanks 60; W M: Brown10 48, Joka H ing 386¢, E AMoye 20 65, RB W King 129 05, BW King 40 50, R W Ring 99 60,W Eb Bagwell 31 05, S RK. Ross21 50, E A Moye 64 89, O M Bernard 1460,R W King 34 35,R T':Hodges 30, B W. Edwards 80,Levi Blount 15, WJ Parker 15, JL Fleming 125, B_S SheppardHiggs Bios.them to: : the Treasnrer, thisamount being the excess for damages.on said cow,of J. W. Crisp a$5 00.and paid on bythe paaper ordernd wife be wadeOrdered thatMAKING AXES4 Business Once Carried On bythe Village Blacksmiths.T #43 -But labor-Saving Machinery Has RobedTinem of Their Monopoly anJ Adreatiy~Cheapensd the Peeduction"aAananterior Article Made.Within the memory of men nowjas follows:be releasedWhite 25 00, A R Holton 2 95.J L Smith and L Fiemiog were~appointed as committeewith Sheriff.Ordered.that Skinner and: Latham be released from payment oftaxes On the. J L Daniel land inGreenville townsbip, L. A Weath:ington land, one town lot knownas MaishFalkland townshir, Spam land inBelvoir sewnuship, Walston. Jandin Belvoir township. and Reasonland; also the following lauds ofLatham T& Skinner were reduced |Jordan Cherry landto $85, Bullard aud Jarvis jand to¥Y | #P50, Corbett laud one tract to$700 and the other to $400 andthat A J Corvett be released fromtaxes on same.Ordered that the land of E. T.1400, Fannie Tucker 1 50, oes ge be reduced from $9.5 toOrdered that Fred Cox be re-leased from payment of taxes onoue horse and $150 charged tohim in Swift Creek township...Ordered that land of H. C. Har-ris in Pactolus township be re-uced from $600 to $300.bat Samuel Cantonlot,Oraetred tfro3 42, J J Laughinehonse 50, J JElks 60, Jov Smith 62, Jason. Joy-ner 390, RL: Joyner 1 80, ~Luk-Hemby 65, L B Mewvorn 87, vp CGSmith 95,C P Gaskins 102, WMcLawhorn 89, J AT Lang 77.Robt Killebrew 50. McG Holliday62, JD Cox 50;E F Poreman 50, Dr B T.15 00, Dr C OT'A ~Laughinghouse15 00, J A Lang 245, Wm Swith§ 25, D J Whichard | 20,J F Miller 2.25, Edwards & Breaghto:,16 00, WB Wilson 60 00, W MKing 12 96, C Dawson 380, T EKeel 3 70, Leonidas Fleming 11 3uJesse L Smith 280,8S M JonesRott Pilgreei 65,Coxto settieCorbett land inliving, the manufacture of axes wasquite generally carried on by coun-try blacksmiths, who employed thetime when regular work was dull inmaking axes to sell customers, saysHardware. A good ~tool was re-quired to stand in hard and frostedtimber, and not every blacksmithwas able to do the worir. Those whopossessed the most skill found thedemand for their axes increasing,and so it came about that the Mmiscel-lanedus work of the shop was aban-doned by an oceasional wielder ofthe hammer, who devoted his timelargely to the production of his spe-cialty. He soon found that themountain. streamlet hard by the oldshop could be harnessed by means ofan o~overshot� wheel, to drive a triphammer to lessical force and to increase his output,and thus by degrees the modern~Shop was elaborated.Until the power hammer came in to-en his outlay of phys-|_3ag in favor.among man-ufacT t each method has itsIn early wimes n@ attention was~| paid to finish. The one great aimwas to produce av ax which wouldneither break nor bend when thiaenough to chop easily. Clearly then,as now, the best maker of axes wasthe oneT who could bring about thisresult; but strife amony. manufac-turers to secure trade, and the de-sire of buyers to getT nicely-tinishedgoods, has gradually led to the pro-duction of tools. which are beautifuland sometimes good, It is not to beimplied that beauty of finish neces-sarily implies inferiority of quality.~On the contrary, some makers studvto combine in a hizh degree boti,quality and finish; but. the decidedtendency of the trade has been oflate to please the eye, and. at thoSame time produce somethiug scheaply that, if dealers could be de-ceived, would enable the deceiver tobook large order%.Se marked has been the decline iaprices at which axes have been sollduring the past decade that thecause must. be sought, in part, out-side of the fact that materials ar,cheaper and that labor-saving ma-chinery lessens cost of production.Often cheaper and unsuitable ma-terials are used, and machine meth-ods- of manufucture are adopted,which are not warranted, some evengoing so faras to make axes en tirelvof soft steel, give them a nice finishand sell them to. those who will have@xés very cheap.YSON,}~ :B F. TsAttorney and Counselor at-Law,Greenville, Pitt County, N.C.Practices in all the Courts ;Ciyil and Criminal Business Solicited.Makes a special of fraud diyorce,dam-ages, actions to recover land, and col-lections..punching a small hole through a barof iron, and then graduall y enlargedtoform, the eye of the ax, or the barof iron was hammered thin in twoplaces, after which it was folded to- |gether'so as to bring these cavitiesuse the ax was formed either b¢}|:r4Prompt and careful attention givenall business. .Money to loan on approved security.Terms easy.Je Hy BLOUNT., Je L. FLEMINGLOUNT & FLEMINGATTORNEYS-AT-LAW,opposite each other to formT the eye.In either case, as soon as the eye:~was formed, the cast steel was |welded on to form the bit or cuttingpart of the ax, and the blades andhead were given - their respectiveshapes, to conform tothe customer'sdesign, according to the workmanTsability... mi ksIt being difficult to puasch a holestraight through a thin, wide bar ofiron;-that: method of forming the eyewas not greatly used, and was alto.gether abandoned as power hammerscame into usé* and all axes wéreoplated� under the hammer. (A fewshops continue to make _axesturers of importance now2m payment of tax-eye either by the use ofber Tolls or bymcens'¢f Danches |Thebunch seemsafter this ~mantiér, but all manufac-| |an form the}&~and settlement of claitGREENVILLE, N. C.Bee" Practice in all the Courts.~-. GC. LATHAM HARRY SKINNEHi ATLAM & SKINNER,4ATToRNEYs~aT-LaW@,GREE- VILLE. N.C.THOS. J_ JARVIS.JARVIS & BLOW,ta ; : éATTORNEYS-AT-LA Ww,GREENVILLE, N.C.ALEX. L. 8SH Practice in lithe Courts.Jobn E. Woodard.. F. O. HardinWilson, N.C. Greenville, W. esOODAKD & HARDING, .: _ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW,Greenville, N.Special attention. iven to coilectiuns