be ma eenyre a eel rh= �"� aot er ' +e!sak : oe ee aleSen eedas second-class mail matter.aSUBSCRIPTION RATES.y 7 $3.00210rates are liberal and can beee tor or, atve een application to the edie office.semeWe desire a live correspondent atery fice in the county, who willn brief items of NEWS as it occursneighborhood. Write plainlyberal Commission on subscrip--rates paid to agents.~TURDAY, JANUARY 18TH, 1896.ahOUR NEEDS.WHAT CAN BE DONE TO AD-~VANCE GREENVILLE?eee+Some of the Business Men Give TheirViews.Following are several letterssent theRer_Ector in response to our recent~atticle inviting all interested to ex-press their views as to what they~thonglit could be done to advanceGreenville this year. We expected~more letters than were handed in, a8 a~number of others told us they would~have something to say on the subject,~Now that the ball is started, if the bus.ness men and others will write them, tonake such letters as these the featureof our Saturday issues for a few weeks.Let others write by next Saturday.: very one interested should have some-a thing to say.oIt Would Benefit Greenville,-'To shell or rock the street from theCourt House to J. B. Cherry & CoTsstore, then we will see how that wouldwork and could finish it on to the de-pot. Let us have two cisterns by allmeans, though we need three, one atthe Court House, one at Five Poiutsand one at the Baptist church. Assoon as we get these, YetTs have analarm bell, a large fire bell can bebought at small cost.A. J. GriFrin.on henner teThis Man Wants Funerals.Five Forks, Jan.17, 1896.Mr. Eprror: Inanswer to yourtimeVy article inviting our opinion as towhat-can be done during the comingyear for the betterment of the town, Ithink GreenvilleTs greatest need is morepublic spirit amongst the monied and usiness men, and to hold the ~TownCommissioners responsible in part fortheir short comings. The streets areap indication of a townTs progress.oShow me a town that pays no regard to-lits sidewalks and streets and ITll showyou a town whose population is for_ gelf, and whose greatest desire is to seeevery enterprise that starts up & fail-ure. ~The days of old fogyism are num-bered ~with the past- I have known_ some towns that were helped by having gome few first-class funerals, but withous a few fifth class (af they oare ratedothat high) would materially ~aid the» townTs prosperity.One good move on the way iswhether tobacco has done anythingfor Reidsville, Winston, Greensboro,being,� and a good piece of road is anlight.We have its true the moon, once a~month, and in December last we hadtwo. We want water, we donTt needit until we have-a fire. We want more,Durham and last but by no meansJeast Wilson. What would little Greer-yille have been if it had not been fortobaceo? With hope for the futare, ]am A. F.Good Roads and Streets.EpiTor Revixcton!_ White everybody is urging the needof water for the town avith which to putout fire, I want to say afew words ofinterest to every one in the county.All of us have heard the stoty of theoArkansas Traveler,� in which it is re-lated how the owner of the house witha defective roof explained that he couldnot repair it while it was raining andwhen it wasnTt raining the roof answeredall right, just as it was.In too many localities the bad condi-tion ofthe highways may be accountedfor in the same manner. Through thebusy teaming scason the farmers are toomuch occupied with other work to givethe conditi n of the. highway much at-tention. And when their busy seasonis over, so they think it isnTt worthwhile to do anything until next year. °And so owith a lick and a promise,�the roads are patched up ofor the timeaccident or the result of NatureTs kindness.Just now is a good time for the tar-mers andthe residents of the smallertowns to build their good roads, ~onpaper,� at least. |With good, correct roads in this coun-ty two-thirds of the expense of market-~ng its produce would be saved. It isworth considering. The value of farmswould be increased greatly and every-body. would be much happier.Are the farmers of the land anddwellers in the town properly improv-ing the time in educating themselvesand others in this vast important o~mat-ter?Aroads it keeps.good public road is a benefactor to Man-kind.Plan your work now and do it justas soon as you can,We have not the stone with which tomacadamize our roads and streets asmany of the western counties are doingbut we could greatly improve them byusing wide tires on wagons, carts anddrays,A wagon with wide tires heavilyloaded can be drawn 40 to 60 per cent.more easily over a soft or sandy roadthan the narrow tires we now use. Boyou believe that? If not, why not?It has been proven.Yours for more roads and better roads.L. H. PENDER.: ;neighborhood is judged by theThe man who builds aBe up and Moving.Fpiror Rer_ectTor:You ask what can be done duringGreenville. It is.a timely and import-ant question and all of usshould show aninterest in this, the betterment,and im-provement of our town. Probably theclergy will dwell on the morals andtheir improvement. Butthe writer willsay right here that individually we canmake the morals of this place second tono town in the State.Now what can we do as a_ businesspeople to bring new business to ourplace? Ido not mean by this morestores, as it seems to the writer that ourmerchants handle the trade,of this townin a very satisfactory way, that Green-ville is a good place to trade at. I willsay let us all trade at home as mueh aspossible the coming year, this alonewill keep some of the money. with usaway. Try it for a year, you will likeit and probably save money.one but one full of push. Let themembership be such that it will em- :| from the. State er a ioureaccon ll nigncions cid widie.. Sins |T: Sek tapucual Unpeets sa vear|, * a es aeibe hace fenton:moans and a regular meet-| 1 WEEKLY OBSERVER. discovers to tao outer World of thenight. Anite t ae fect family superior execliunce of the Rhode Is-We want a live Town Council and ot. of the we a re toe lund turkey in firmness and sweet }.../© Hive citizens back of them. © ! .-ffrom the Legislature a ypects! . Fea-| ness of ~fests and delicacy of flavor. | ""oOur This isa de REEL wre. Remember the Weekly: Ob-| ~These colobrated birds are the prog: |offer in order to get a factory here?the coming year for the betterment ofthat in former years has béen sentWe need a Board ot Trade,not deadWhat can we as a town or individualsLet us talk these matters over and seeif anything we can do for say will help.If you know of a good thing in yourtown, talk about it. Talk about Green-ville when you are at home, when youare away, when you are on. the train,in your place of business, out of yourplace of business, in fact just talk aboutour good points at any time and in allplaces. Peopls will soon be talkingfor us. ~Treat the drummers so wellwhen they come here that they willsay a good word for us, it will count.Be sure to talk about it. :Get a hustle, make a show,Push your business, make ~er go,Let your neighbors see you're fly".Give it a push, donTt say ~ie.Keep thingTs movinT every day,Talk about it; thatTs the way.S. C, Hamitton, JR.Seca nie NRIEEL ER HARTAMrs. Pattie D. B. Arrington wasfined $25 and cost for libelling the mem-ory of the late Chief Justice W. N. H.Smith.othe Criminal Docket� were fined asfollows: R. E. Barnes $5, Guy V.Barnes $25, and R. J. Barnes $15.The Barnes Bros. who printedThe Populist National ExecutiveCommittee met in St. Louis yesterdayto decide upon when and where theTheCommittee is composed of 114 membersNational Convention will be held.butynot more than half of them will bepresent. Mr. T aubeneck, Chairman ofthe committee, said he has.no idea whowill be nominated as their candidate forPresident. He says Sibley is a splendedman, but his endorsement by the Silve:-ites is not at all binding upon the Pop-We all want to see the tobacco busi-ness, that has all ready done so much).for our little town, continue to grow.a carefully tended corncob fire, al-Some persons are prejudiced+ the flesh of the hog. Scien-omen hint of bacteria; physiciansonourie against pork, and dis-criminating fathers and mothers de-bar it from their'tables. Down south,however, no such prejudices obtain.There it is still the custom to eatiberally of backbone stew, hogTshead cheese, soused pigsT feet, scrap-brain souffle and other delecta-ble dishes, with a reckless disregardof conseqpdfices. Yards and yardsof linked black puddings and san-Rages are prepared and eaten there,and the people pronounce them good.Rows on rows of sides, hams andshoulders are swung from the raft-ers of dim smokehouses, there to becured with the wholesome fumes ofternately burning and smoldering,in accordance with the undeviatingrules. .Hog killing on the plantation isan event attended with ceremonyand excitement. Even housewivesarrange their social engagementswith reference to its demands.oWe canTt come next week be-cause we are going to kill,T a softvoiced matron will say. _oTt may thaw and you canTt kill,�Tsomebody suggests, but the mistressshakes her head, contending that itis the right time of the moon, andall will be well.The excitement begins in thekitchen when the aged pig sticker,imbued with a sense of the impor-tance of his office, goes to interviewthe cook as to the particular knives,pails and dishpans she oan spare foran indefinite time. In the beginningshe tells him that she canTt spareany, andin the end she lets himhavo everything he wants, but heacquires each article with a distinctstruggle and after a promise to bringit back when he is done with it, apromise which she knows of old hewill not fulfill. oPossessed of themurderous weapons, he is ready forthe killing.A veil may be drawn over the ex-eoution and the attendant ceremo-alists.IkYOUHADALOADOFWOODTOSELLand told everyman you met that you had a load otwood to sell, and every man you metwould in turn tell every man he metthat you hada load of wood to selland every man you met would in turntell every man he met that you had aoad of wood to sell, it would, in courseof time, become pretty well circulatedthat you had a load of wood to sell ;but why not cut it short-"not thewood, but the method"and place agood ad in a good newspaper and telleverybody at once. oDelays are dan-gerous,� and a good newspaper wouldstart in where the last man left off andkeep on telling everybody that you hadaload of wood to sell; or anythingelse. Try the columns of the ReriEc-TOR. .The CharlotteOBSERVER,North Carolina'sFOREMOST NEWSPAPERDAILYANDellie*{ndependent and fearless ; bimore attractive than ever. it Woffice, the club or the work room.THE DAILY OBSERVER.saanWEEKLY.randbe aninvaluable visitor to the home, theAll of the news of the world. Com-nies. The next day brings with itmore excitement. The scene is the~game corner of the yard. The fu.sage grinder is got ont, scrubbed u»~and screwed down firmly to the tirdeal table, where strong black armsare severing the fat from the lean,pink meat, carving it into olongstrips, and cutting its white pulpi-ness into smooth, equal squares, tobe rendered into lard. The long han-dled stuffer, black and shining, isset up on a stand of its own, andaround faced maid and experiencedmaumer are appointed to manipu-late it, the mistress superintendingthe delicate task of seasoning.The big black pot is filled withbubbling squares of white, and athick waisted, handkerchief turban-ed negress stands near, armed witha big strainer to drain off the lardand preserve the precious cracklings,The sable high priest who shed somuch blood at the killing is againop hand, bis head bound up in ap-proved fashion and bis hands busysoraping the pink toed feet. Thereare more pairs of feet awaiting hisbands, besides the heads to be pre-pared for the scrapple and cheese.oSomebody run and git mea band-ful ob turnips outen de pateh; disyere chine will make a fine stew,�says the cook, and then she picksout some of the spareribs for broil-ing and tells the old swineherd tohurry up with the feet so she willnot have to be the whole afternoonover them.oT dunno how ~tis, but we neversee none ob dem big calabash gourdnowadays, like we used to have forpackin down lard. It 'pears like degeed must Ta run out,TT observes thewoman at the sausage stuffer.oWell! de people all buy tin oanand jar and tTings, spendin deremoney like it wasn't hard to git;dat make de Lord stop dem big gourdfrom growin," says the pig sticker.oDatTs jist where you're right,strainer. ~o~Dey even buys broomgrass jist a-wavin at ~em in de fleld,gers."""New York Syn."j-conse ~Lurkeys,Tops."Green.... «+++:Mr. Beasely,� says the cracklingouten de store when de tall broomBich fool ways is ruination to nig-~~ REPORT. """" TTDY ©. L- JOYNER.1 to &oh b0 8.wie =«Bright.... .--o Bed......0.. A SORLuegs"Common.. - .. £406* Good............ Tto© Pine... .eee-e- 12 EONSa 6tele~oCurrers - Common.Good..... ..--124 toFine. .0s cosses ..tonites6oiCotton and Peanut, oeBelow are Norfolk pions of cottonand peanuts for yesterday, a8 furnishedby Cobb Bros. & Commission {Merchapts of Norfok :COTTON. aeGood Middling 8 3-16 .Middling 1Low Middling 7 7-16Good Ordinary LsToue"steady.. ePEANUTS. ;Prime .Extra Prime a r"ancy = SORSpanish " $l buTone" easy.Greenville Market.Corrected by 5. M. Schultz.Bniter, per lb 15 t0 26Western Sides ok was 6 we =Sagar cured Hams oe ys 1 Ha :Corn son 0Corn Meal - 50 wt oFlour, Family 3.75 to + =Lard 5g to 10Oats 37 to 7 %Sugar 4 ehCotfee 16 to 20Salt per Sack 80 to 1Chickens \23 ae .Fygys per doz 1 it LBeeswax. per" SLPLKING,RY SHE REEDenpeneengncetesOn Fifte Street near Fiveoils.~ ~ ees3 carried to any |nable rates Go |fortable Vehicles.eePassengerpoint at reasoHorses. CompeeMUSICALe11,818, 816,817 East Oth St.,New Worle -Your address, with six centjn stamy 8, tailed to our Fuartess, 11 Kitot St., dallylass. will bring you a full aeof samples, and rules for selfmeasurement, of.our jus farmous #3 pants ; Suits, $ eeOvercoatpy $10.25, and up. ,to order. Agents wanted every-where, : Rock to. ~ :innitGREENVILLEMale Academy,[oc naeenmaeennnianienlThe next session of this School willbegin onand continue for ten months.The course embraces all the branches~Yerms, both for tuition anBoys~ weil Atted and equipped forbusiness, by taking the academicpursce a bighey course, this sehvuarantees� thorqugh preMONDAY SEPA. 2, 108,ustially taught in a Agademy.. ay! d board:reasonable, - f :course alone. Where they wishiege in Neenter, wi. hi eredit, ieCaroline or the State University,te/Yeee who have haw efita wall ~or the truthfulness ¢ thieni. iman with cheracter &*