B TAIT A IN ALL Us My Spring & Summer N ovale are the prettiest ever shown in GREENVILLE. erin wi 6 Mens $ 8.50 Suite for $ 5.00 9.50 1806 ‘e 10.50 “ 3 7.00 © iv 6 11.50 &< 66 8.00 * 24260 a 9.00 es 13.50 re 6 19.00 Youths $3.50“ “ 200 “ $5.00 é ‘“é 3 50 “e. 6.50 6s “ 4.50 6c 8.00 sé é“ 5.75 Boys $1.15 “ “.. 85 bid 2.00 ‘+. “6 1.25 a omer 1" We haye the above Suits in all|: sizes and the goods have no eqtta} for _ money, Bie —We have a fall line of— . i = in the latest obeys Wo car Ye ) eittt of Zieglar Bros. Fine Shook" i. P. Reed Fine Shoes, Bion F. A ynold’s Fine Shoes. a iw Ate er i We wre ins itio - Baye . cpl a oa ff neti Lie 9 aes - Weather Crop Bulletin. Raveien, N. C. Monday, April 27. The reports of correspondents of the Weekly Weather Crop Bulletin, issued by the North Carolina State weather Service forthe week ending Saturday, : April 25 1896, indicate very favorable ions... The teraperature continued yhigh until Wednesday, when cool- er weather set in, but the temperature has); below the normal. Showers 2 oceiirred on the 2ist, and pretty heavy rains on Friday, 24th, with some_hail, but only slight damage in two or ‘three |; counties.. ‘The rain-fall, greatest in the east, has’ been of incalculable benefit, and has broken the drought every—}: where, except in a few western coun. ties. ? week. : “RASTERN DISTRICT. favorable. The breaking Vo ¢ |all crops, has put farmers in good sp vir ot jits, and they are working with evergy.| Seeds already planted will now sprout-| Farmers are now planting cotton as|' rapidly as possible. Corn where up is looking well, and some young corn has been plo wed for the first time. Trans- planting tobaceo has begun, Gardens and vegetables, which were injured |most by drought, are backward, but {rain will bring them out considerably. Setting out cabbage, collard, tomato |plants;ete., is prugressing. Planting rice has just begun, Much complaint about potato-bugs which are very nu- merous, CENTRAL DISTRICT. ‘Rain on two days ended the.drought, whigh continued almost unabated up to the 24th, and, though many places did}. not receive quite sufficient rain, there | Was enough fo put new life into vegeta- ‘| tion and to cause seeds to germinate. Seme damage by hail was reported in Anson and Roekingham counties. Cotton planting now making more rapid progress; in south cotton ts being chopped ; stand irregular. Some young corn has been worked, and planting of remaining crop is being pushed, Win- ter oats are thin ; spring oats: have im- proved. Tobuceo plants are plentiful, though damage i is reported by insects ; a few farmers took advantage of g004 season to commence transplanting. The appearance of potato bugs, cut worms and chinch bugs is reported. WESTERN DISTRICT. There was more than the nor-| mal amount. of sunshine during the} Reports this week are generally. us ‘ ks fe ie mT en a il hart drought just in time, greatly benefiting!" \a ‘lings that fill. the columns of our district were less in amount than in and corn is reported at many places} and planting is making good progress. Potatoes are up and bugs beginning their destructive work. Clover is doing well. In the north-west counties break- ing land and preparations for corn is making good headway. On the high plateaus in the mountain section the woods are just showing green. ing oats, Irish potatoes, garden stuff, etc., is progressing, while the condition of fruit seems exceptionally good. d to note that The Free ree meabville Reriector have 1 mbiguous terms on the nee x Hetorm i in our jury system. Where the jury system is i froud, have. caused the HOME ned ie not only onthe pare OF other portions of the State, and a few|# counties are still suffering from drought} but as a whole crops have been greatly, |@ benefited.. A good stand uf both cotton} Plant-| == * Having ‘ask EE the well selected = myx stock of Higgs Bros. consisting _} ——— of a complete and stylish line nt GS NOTIONS LOTHNG TSS BEAUTIFUL LINE OF SLIPPERS JUST RECEIVED, & Will sell all at COST for next 30 days. AAA Come get some of the great bargains. - . TO THE MASSES: = (0) We doubtif you ever saw a more comprehen- oe sive line of fine Silks, Dress =ow a . Goods and Trimmings, Capes, Suits, Laces, Embroideries, Clothing, Wash Goods, % Jete., than we are showing. All the novelties for the ANONE ¢ editors, but all the friends of guod government and lovers of just- ice betore the law are beginning to de- mand that the guilty be punished and the innocent acquitted. It is some” times true, that when the miscrrriage of justice, which come ‘under the im- mediate observation of the indignant parties calls forth the strongest con- demnation, but is soon. ‘forgotten as age casts its mantle over the crime. What is needed, 1s constant agitation before the people, until there is such a moral sentiment awakened in behalf of jury reform, that our legisiators will be forced to enact into law such a system the destruction of our republic. Who can be surprised at the: many lynch-| big dailies, when there is hardly a probability of the guilty being punished at all? Lynch-law-is danger- ous and should not be encoutaged: at any time and upoa any party— regardless of the nature or character’ of ‘the offence. Should such a law, become ’ ‘popular, mobs will be organized and the innocent will suffer for the crimes of the ; guilty But what will prevent. the’ dangerous law from becoming popular? As much as ali may wish to see the pritoner tried before the civil courts how ‘can't wish be gratified when our civil courts fail to punish crime ?—Washington Watch- Tower. # If you want Ice Cream, Soda Water’ Milk Shakes, Coco Cola, Lemonaae The showers which occurred in this as will remedy the evil that, threatens} &% Spring, all the correct up-to-date effects for ag Summer. You will wonder at the « magnitude, and open your eyes in astonishment at the be- wildering variety you have to select from. (0) = RICKS & TAFT. Gy | SLIPPERS ad ee RUN DOWN AT THE HEEL. SPLIT AT THE TOR. BUSTED AT THE INSTEP. TORN AT THE SOLE. Which of the above troubles have your Slippers? (0) LARS. S ~- SLIPPERS ‘Ate piace mi a reliable mhanay rurhy who guarantee every pair. (0) , | them ) WORE Tit ERS = axvesure to please. ‘We have them in every size and style, Some vii the infants, some for the grandmother, ull intermediate sizes and widths. - Try our line, plenty of style and variety to select from. Syn Why not try Lang Sells Cheap. and Sherbets call on Morris Meyer. Postofiiée Corner. thing. 7 am ‘not dutisfied to be merely better than other Globisinsa: hat oth alers are doing. Ith | ily 0 myown business. I sell t “ec uy ” ids 4 re 7 . Bh astviove: are absolutely sorreet, ‘The fit auntie £ : ou shall de must be elegant or I take the Suit back. “ ie Bay 3 Ie attention is devoted Waly” e very best | ll decide whether or not you getit:. Doe oh Neither of us want more — is fair, co eI c hog the editor or, at nes epee l ‘Commision on iddtishrio- seers to agents, . " Wopwnspar, Aran. 297, 1896. North Carolina boysare “twirling the hickory” with great success this season. At Danville, Va. the University 0 University uf Virginia club and defeat- ed them in a score of 16 to 6. This victory gave the North Caroling boys the championship, of the South. The - Wake Forest club also met the club of Furman ‘University, of South Carolina at ‘Greenville, §.-C., and defeated them ina score of 10 to 2. Soit goes with out saying that North Carplina can play ball. —_—_—_—— It ever there wis a time in the} history of Democracy when wise, coun, ‘cils should prevail it is now. “There is the greatest necessity for concerted _ action on the part of the Democrats Duty not only to the party but to. the country should shape the conduet of every true patriot. ‘Let us rise’ Above factional quarrels and personal 4it- ferences and Ipok only to the “common good. No equivocating ; nog raddling} of“important questions; no ‘dikkering with the enemy; no compromising of - principle for the sake of office. Let us ‘summon our best judgment to the task before us and we will not only ~ pueceed, bat posterity will ‘bless’ ‘us for : ‘our t work-—Darham Sun. | hy a ; G . as fs st ‘money | is the life blood of Co iinérde, thé ‘feeble pulse. ‘of the ‘patient. now indicates a weakness, that] ite cannot much longer survive, if ‘tae “prese teonditiows continue to ‘be. jae. p y ed. vo The quack doctors of financial ‘sons he 80 humerous and ignorant that 3 lof relief, they only further em- 3 the situation. Dr. Carlisle on taking’the legal ‘tender notes} sean, while another says a mean eontraction ot the that ‘ what: We Want is é ‘trouble with us site country is kept j in “& peo of re} asia and unrest, sah "halt | would 3 | ‘have boys, or it must shut up shop. 25 | eration from somebody’s home for raw | material, some of these factories must vill is the notice we might reud over every distillery, brewery and dramshop. One : North Carolina base ball club met the , tos and its dinky Jueky I'm “in heating, or ‘To Parents.—The saloon must Can’. you turnish one? The saloon is a great, strong factory. Unless it can get about 2,000,000 boys every gen- "| close down, and the money in’ the e pub: lie treasury grow less, : berries Two MILLION ors!! family outof every five in the world Heel Seed What It Would Do, ar bo The money paid for one glass of beer would pay for one loaf of bread. The money paid for one glass of whis- key would pay for one pound of beef. The money paid for two glasses of beer would pay for one peck of pato- toes. “The money paid for two glasses of | whiskey would pay for one ‘bound of coffee, The money paid for three glasses of beer would pay for a. quarter of a wee of tea, The ‘money paid for three glasses of whiskey would pay for: 4 dressed fowl. The money paid for’ four glasses of beer would pay for two dozen eggs. The money paid for four glasses of whiskey would pay for three pounds of butter. The money paid in one month for two glasses of beer a day would pay for a ton ot coal. : The money paid i in one month for two glasses of whiskey a day: sould pay for a suit of clothes. - A Cold Water Story. Somewhere lives a farmer of such so- cial habits that his.coming home: intox- icated Was once no’ unusual thing.’ His wite urged him in yain to reform. «Why, ' he would say, “I don’t like to break « off, ‘at onge. 5. it ign t wholesome, The best way ig alwag fo get us.d to a thing by decrees’ yuu know.” 4V ery | well, old man,” his helpmeet’ would te- join, “see how it you don’t full into @ hole one of these days, when you can’t take care of yourself, and nobody near ‘fo take you out.” Sure enough, as if to verify the prophecy, a couple of days after, returning from a glorious _ frolic, the old fellow reeled inty his own well, and after a deal of uséless scrambling shouted for “thelight of his eyes” to come and help him-out. “Didn't -T} tell you so?” said the good pol, shows ‘her ge over the eda . eu ‘vesgot into a fe at tal, —}you might have drowned.” “Well,” she continued after a pause, letting down the bueket, “take hold”, and up| he came higher at every turn of the windlass, until, the oli lady’s grasp give from themandle, down be went + had ne allowance on his marriage, in spite of his important position in the direct line. The deaths which lost| | money to the royal family were that of| |’ must contribute one boy to keep up the} time of her marriage. By the death of the duke of Clarence his brother and! sisters gained in income, as the $180,- 000 a year voted for the prince of ‘Wales's ‘children continued all thé ‘same. This provision must serve them during the present reign, whether their)’ state be married or single, with chil- dren or without. The duke of York ‘ the late prince consort, whose yeatly $150,000 ceased; that of Princess Alice, whose $30,000 a year, as queen’s daughter, was not continued to her German children, and that of the duke of Albany, whose $125,000 a year, as quéen’s son, dropped immediately, and was but partly replaced by $30,000 a year from: the nation to his widow. - pew apes ooceey a Twenty-Five Cents to Carry Your Wheel on a Train. The railroads in the Sonthern Pas- senger Association will charge 25 cents hereafter for carrying a bicycle in the baggage car. This is a uniform rate for all distances. ‘The roads have been considering this question for a long time. Wheelmen argaed that a bicycle is personal baggage just as a trunk, and thefore should be carried’ free. But the road answered that it is more trou- ble to handle bicycles.. They are bulky and unless packed are in danger of fall- ing down and being injured. Then bi- cyeles have diminished the number or} passengers, some claimed, but this is hardly true of Southern lines, ‘or not to much extent. It is true ‘probably in in the north. At the meeting of the rate committee of the Southern Passen- ger Association on Tuesday this ques- tion was finally decided by fixing the} uniform: ¢harge of 25. cents on’ each bicycle. checked ona passenger ticket. —Salisbury Herald. Go hie<- D. S. Smith’s —FOR YOUR— GROCERIES. EVERY THING FRESH AND NIOE. JUST RECEIVED A NICE LOT OF GRITS, HOM- INY, DRIED APPLES AND PEACHES, CANNED PEACH- ES, TOMATOES, APRICOTS AND PEARS, AND IN. FACT EVERY THING USUALLY KEPT IN A FIRST-CLASS GRO OERY STORE. Semcon eee yeas, aa it was made a life grant at the} SAM, M. SCHULTZ, PORK SIDES &SHOMLDERS thelr nterest to get our prices befere pu. chasing elsewhere. speak era teal n-allits branches, . . always ut Lowgst Mancer PRE: we buy direct from Manufacturers, ena bling youto buy at one ntet. dlote stock of always onhasd and sold up prices tosult the t imes. Our sold for CASH therefore, having no risk to tun, we sell at a close margin. Because an old style hat never shows the wearer to be up to date. |"; is in and embraces the yery latest styles and shapes of new Pattern Hats. Shirt Waists, Stamped Linens, |: Embroidery Silks, Rib bon Collars and other hew goods. ever EDI rs With every factlity for sact Banking Business. This Bank solicits} ths tctnase at couperaitne: pesawes aot ness of r € persons a firms. Ten«ering all the aaa that are.usually. ed-by-a well conduc- eed esd obliged t house, a remitted sande and at rowest-rates.. ESTABLISHED 1875. VARMERS AND MEKUHANTS BUY their year’s supplies will tind FLOUR, COFFEE, SUGAR RICK, TEA, &c. TOBACEO SNUFF AICIGARS A com FURNITURE oods areal! bought and » Me SCHULTZ reenville. N Cc ‘MY SPAN STO I also have a lovely display of My entire stock is preihor than (OHN F. STRATTON Seen CHLNERATED. ag an pty hi ey i A: aw lo each per pearl | fis yrs te a cect | i fags him ais || Bitter, per lb | Tors.—Green. . : v. ¢. FORBES, Terk ! ever. shown in ‘Grenville’ ig sure to see my semples. All new styles, uot ab old piece in the lot. Will take pleasure in bringing? samples to your home if you will, see Bae jegeendie me at my “sed near Hum- Comeia se re M. Schultz. ‘Western Sides | Sugar cured Rams Com 4. 4 1 | Corn Meal 50 to 66 ‘| Flour, Family 4, as to 5,00° i | Lard #54 to 10 | | Oats 85 to 40 Sugar 4 to 6 : | Coffee — 15 to 25 {Salt per Sack, ® 80 to 1 75 Chickens ope 4. 10 t0 8d »| Eggs per doz Y gm, 10 to 11 | Beeswax. i , 20 Below are N ortalk “prices of cotton and peanuts for yesterday, as furnished by Cobb Bros. & ‘Cofimission Mer chants of Bere ’ OTTON. j Good Middling 7 15-16. Middling 4 11-16 Lay: ddling 7 5-1¢ dAfier y ‘(68° OTonendull | PEANUTS. Prime EG 3}. Extra Prime 3 “ancy 3} Spanish $1.10 bn Tone—tirm. | GRESNVILLE TOBACCO MARKET REPORT, tt" Sistemas BY 0. L. JOYNER. leceeseveeel bo _“ — Brighi.... .....0..4t08 eer es “RETRO Cr e%.8 to 4 Luas—Common...... ....4406 ihe ig BONY... cae 7 to 15 + Piney: s. .........12 tol8 Currers Common... ....6 to 11 “© Good .cijae 002 18$- to 90 Fine.... ......15 to 274 66 a ae uebkins ib sg : By SHEEDAUD at : 4D RSTA ag yo Greenville, MO .; Va uable Properties for sale or Rent. Correspondence svlicited, Re- fers to Mercantile taid Banking Houses of Greenville. Office on main street. HARRY SKINNER H.W. - WOR S“ WhinA & WHEDBE 5 Sueeeasors to Laman: 4 Betsnest eae. sePORN AEA iiag? 9857 faba we eee ss aie Johu E, Woodard, FI. U. Harding, Wilsony 4, L. Greenville, N.C, VODAKL & HARDING: + ATTORNLYS-ATLAW, Greenville, N. Special attention given bo oiler tions. and setidement of Cini. Bias! isogietunce ei hare oi cneuacieg.” sos onhe "Barbers, : a eet ie | meter bn | AMES A. SMITK, VONSORIAL ARTIST. | ‘@REENVILLE. N. 0 Patronage solicited. Cleaning, Dyehig i 7 ‘ae and Prot Gents Clothes a specialty é. i; ©RBERT EDMUNDS. ; FASHIONABLE: BARE BR. Special attention given to cleaning entenene sl OuAy on PENDER, TONSORIAL ARTIST, ae 8, aay. Per | vcesad tedia Naw YEE "nk and he site registered at one of leading hote in Butte, Mont. It was their first visit to the woolly west, and, under the im- pression that everything went, they sought and were granted permission to te” “ahaniipae : Ss a aa? wh » | visit the Combination gambling house. + ar = abe : 9 Ee body nd tet - & iinp gure Aa ‘| and wa e copped manipulators ie Tp Bical a = with considerable interest. She asked jA, M. PM \. M.| more questions than would ever come Leave Weldon li 55] 9 27 to the mind of a Philadelphia lawyer, "Ar. Bocyk Mt | 1 00/10 20 | but the polite attendant was on to all oe pi"! the curves, and he answered each ons ‘ so readily that the lady thought she uy kaa Ebel cee had the es down a a dead certainty. ww Rocky 1 ol: }'gegg| Thinking she’ could’ double her pin Be “Ute vat 103 | be money, she had one of her escorts as!: ’ LvSelma . 2 331 the fat, good-natured boss if she could Ly Fay’tteville) 4 3u/19 63 bet. The boss blushed and said: “Cer- Ar. Florence 7 23 8 OU tainly. " Seen re | eee _ ‘Everybody expected to see her make G2 a gentle touch on her brother or the oF count, but she didn’t. Shé opened her pas a ake niece hind satchel, and, taking out 3 pe qa la.M |@° gold-‘mounted pocketbook and Liv Wilson 208 6 20| selecting a. piece of yellow met; Ly Goldsboro | 3 10 705) al that she thought would size Lv Magnolia 4 16 8 10} up with her confidence in her abili Ar Wilmington} 5,43 | 945! ty to beat the embarrassed dealer, she tae : OM. A.M, putiton the king. Three times it won. spon and as the stack of chips that took its TRAINS GOING NOTKH place began to reach up to the veiling. ay her face was flushed with victory, and 4 98 ©. | she looked at her companion as much. uke eve ee * 3 = | as to say: “Isn’t this just glorious?” 1896. Zajz yA a The men ,who were playing “single ae ame me tie | eens mee | | copper” w ondered w hy the pretty gam- A. M.|P.M.! | ' | bler didn’t. put a copper on her bet, as Ly Ublopde de * 8 15,7 4) long as the dealer was too bashful to ly Fayetteville! 10°53),9 40 call her down to the limit. But the Ly Selma, ¢ | 12 32 ; card had won three times and she had ar Wile ie 20)11 33 . | 20 use for an indicator that would say tr er a Qs ape oth her favorite was going to stay in the 1 ] box. The dealer got rattled; the look- > a out wouldn’t guarantee that he knew a cme (Ate | ge | ene one | | thing about the layout, and the play - i) Ae M. .~P. M.| ers overlooked case cards. There pig me ton| 9 26) i (0) wasn’t a man in the room who could Tv} olia | 10 56 8 31) have seen a freight train coming toward Ly Goldsboro | 12 05 9 40 | him if he had been standing in the mid- et, i hw 10°27 | die of a railroad track. All eyes were Wy 28 _ 4h | wavering between the king and the oo. x .-| | monument of chips and the feathered jt {S23 See and balloon-sleeved player. And they 7 A Ms A all hoped that she would win. But she. — didn’t. The last king dropped next to ; P.M. P. MiP. ‘M, {the box. ‘When the dealer commenced Ly Wilson 1 20) 11 35) 10° 32] to unpack the yyramid.and size it ur 4x R Rocky | Mt 2 17) 1211) 1] 16] in the tray she asked: “Did I lose?” vs arma | —— When told that she had she said: Epi sic 400} “Well, I had a lot of those little ivory ; things for awhile, anyway.” Go oaky nya a al She then proceeded to tip everyone in the house that looked like an employe eave Woltogs Scotland Neck Heanop Zoad éldon 3.56 p. a., Halifax 4.1 p. m., arrives Scotland Neck at 4.55 p m., Greenville 6.47 p,m., Kinston 7.45 p. fa. “ela leaves Kinston 7,20 a. ville 8:22 a. .m.-Arriyin dita at 1:00 a Bis Weldon tt 6 a laify © oP 1 Beuday- q : a is 0 Washalgbah Branch Ieate as iad 8:60'%. "mand 3:90 p'. m,’ arsives Parmele 3.5048. m., and 4.40 p. Tarboro 9.45 a. a. retur vin leaves rd 3. Fp: m4 Parmele 10. 1G 20°.) in), arrives ‘Washi iigtan a mana g. mn, 49) Cotineete: win 't Boatinnd Neck Bruadh, - ‘Tram leaves Larooty, N 0, via Albe- watle & Raleigh |... daily except Sure" ay, 46-4 50 ps fi. Sanday 300 P.M; , Plyngiith 9.00 °P. “., 3,26 p. a sotariliag 2cuVew Plygaouth daily excep’ Sondgy, 6.00 a. m., Seuday 9.30 a 'n.. wrive't ‘atboro AG. 23°ueMr'and 11. 45 trains on rain on Midland N. <3, branch Aanee Gold8boro daily, exe Sunday, 6.05 a wm. artiving Smithteld 7:30 a, m. Re- burning leaves Siithtield:s ‘00a! m,, ar- aw at. Goldshors 9.30 & any | cee in Nashville pipne leave 5: ky Mount at 4.30 P: ™,. arrive oe 3.05 p. tu., “pring Hope’ 8.30 ‘Returting leave’ Spring’ ‘Hope’ .. mm, Nashville 83y a Mm, airive at : oh Mount 9.05 4 m, dally except ‘, Tebine on Latta branch, Florence R &., leave La:ta 6.40pm, aavive’ Dunbay 7.50 Pp m, Clio 4.05 p a, Returning deave Oliot6.104m, Dunbar 6.30 a m, ig Lattu 7.50 a m, daily except Sun-’ y. Traia onClinton Branch leaves War- 4aw for Clinton caily, except SauJay, 11.10 4 m.and 8.50 p, m- Returning deaves Clinton at 7. 00a. m. and3,00 p m. 'Traia No. 78 makes close eonnection at Welton forall points daily, all rail via _Riehmone, alse at Rovky Mount with | Norfolk and CarolinagR KR for Noriolk Se poe all points North via Norfolk, | JOBN F. DIVINE, ‘General : M, EMERBON, [rattie Mana Oy 3 i Rk AUNLY. Gay Managers ms Bi Lovit Hines, Sec. & Treas ae © Always in the urket ~~ for Ti “an * pay Teena Gan’ alae also fil orders . : "Prant : er by - um ber prompt y- 6 ‘Daily | éx- tp) “Jone of the / You will do ‘nothing’ of the sort,” | and passed out, bidding good-by to éach person as she passed. “ve been managing a gambling house since ’76,” said Mr. Mooerchouse, “and that is the first time I ever went up against a geme like that."—N. Y. Recorder. OLD GLORY LIVES ON. Sateamatagpaersea sat How Perpetual Life Is Secured for the Capitol Bullding Fiags. It ‘is a question which no one can an- swer what becomes of the flags which fly ‘session after session over the two lrouses of congress. ‘Phe life of a flag | exposed at such % height to the tatter- ( ing ‘winds naturally cannot be long. Evéry ‘now and then, after a ‘storm, |! a geat rent is'seen in ‘Old-Glory,” as it proclaims from the housetop that, our ‘statesmen arc deliberating. Some- | times the edges only ‘are’ vayed. Some- times a stripe is cone, or, perhaps, half the stars may be torn away. Then in a day or two it flies again, with all its Stripes and its stars, as if it‘had Wever suffered by the storm. T asked what beeame of theold flags. Nobody knew. What do you do with them? Nothing. They are the same flags; that is, there arene new ones, The old flags are sim- ply mended. There is a patriotic poem in this,’ “Old Glory” hos’ 4 ‘pérpetiial life; that is, the “Old G lory” that presides over the capitol, When a stripe blows ‘away, ‘a new one is put in its ‘place, and the sume old flag is pulled to the head of the staff. It is the blue field and stars. If it is the bine field duced. If only a rent, it a hole, it ig pa én wnother stripe gpes, and a eeole ispdded. So on, the old portions ‘are. blown | away, the newef standing’ ‘sntil the new be comes the old in turn antl tears away, and in endless evolution the old flag lives on. It is always ‘the same flag, but from year ‘o year its entire tex- small bits take their place. no graveyard for “Old Glory. ” Tt has perfect flag, to the masthead is ‘now in emlat enon Washington Star. ” ‘Advice to a Candidate, " know hat: Pll do,” said the young candidate. “I'll lay in o big supply of a ee tobacco, and every time I meet B sisianid Tl offer: him’ a chew.” said -his manager. “You will go. out 3 without @ bif anid Horrdw'é chew'from ve u meet, Haven't cial ti gu rng that ¢ you. are under obligati 8 feels warmer toward rules tesa 4 to pets teat always in the air,” —De- | and stars that, is gone, this i repro-|. darned; if : ture is changed, and the small bits are | ' Ea blown away by the winds, and other| There is| : hie life. No one can tell when) ghee | the flagwhith floats over the senate! . | was bought, It is still a ~| but no part of what was tet drawn /Lhe Only Six-Dollar Daily.0 al} vot |of America troit Free Press. —Bob—“Ah, Jack, did your rich uncle remember you in his will?” Jack— “Yes. He inserted a clause requesting his executors to collect at once all the loans he had made me.” friend, Van Dooze, is a great practical joker, I believe?” “Yes; but he isn’t my friend any more.” “What’s the matter?” “I played a joke on him the other day.”—Chicago Record. ~~Pastor—Do you ever play with bad little boys, Johnny?” Johnny—*Yes, sir.” Pastor—“I'm surprised, Johnny! Why don't you play wtth good little boys?” Johnny —“Their mammas won’t let ’em!”—Chicago Record. —It was a very cold morning, and. Bobby came rushing into the house very much excited. “Mommer,” he cried, “there’s something the matter with me. Please send for the doctor. Um breathing fog!”—Harper’s Round Table. —The locksmith came out, looking xnobby, with’a big rose in his button- hole. His countenance was screwed into a smile, but none knew the key to his happiness. Just then a creditor appeared, and the locksmith, making a spring, bolted down the street, where, after securing shelter, he barred him- self in. ~-A certain precocious baby had been keenly watched by his fond mother, of future genius. If he scratched the furniture with a pencil, he was to be an author; if he opened a book and made a noise with his mouth, he was to be a preacher; if he imitated some action of an older person, he was to be an actor. One day he had been forcibly emptying the pockets of his “big brother,” who, struck with an idea, ran to his mother and cried: “Oh, mamma, I know what the baby’s going to be—a pickpocket!” A Genial kgotist. “Hiram,” said Mrs, Corntossal, “T don’t say ez I’m dissatisfied with what you've done in life, but when: I read about all these people goin’ to congress | . an’ doin’ great things I feel ez if we wus ‘gittin’ left inthe march of events.” “Mandy,” was the reply, “the greatest men of history is them ez wanted ter stay home an’ be let alone an’ wusn’t illowed to hev their wish. but wus forced by their feller citizens to grab hold o’ the reins of guv'nient.” “Yes; I spose that’ 8 the ense." “Well, I'm even better off’n them. I not only don’t wanter be a public man but I'm bein’ allowed ter hev my own way “ee it itetincan lida ar Star. + ee ca ager NO MORE. GOLD WEMHER, [am sow prepared to furnish Ice in any quantity, ard will keep well supplied throughout the|! summer. All orders in town de- livéted without extra charge. When you want to. be served promptly send we your orders. W..R.. LARK ER. Near Five Points. JUST RECEIVED PLL LION «Mel lla, .—A fresh line of-— Fanily : GROCERIES, ~—— Consisting of-~ Flour, Lard, Meat, Coffee, Meal, Sugar, &e., XC., &e., which IT am selling so low that it causes surprise, ore ~ Comeseume and I will _ teat you fair hae mois mt beet é ? ¢ eet ae ae terns ° - faassen its Class i in th the; State, i AES" ee =e —Well Named—"Why é vel dis = as acrobats?” “Because| | —Where He Drew the Line — Your who wanted to discover.the first signs | . dets, Slates, ee egually taught in an' Academy, Terms, both, for sullion Aid board @ AND jee : ; , gh : “wel fitted -— equipped pp er ee gS WEEKLY, : ben! idee’ ere thee ish i giyody ao ata a vier am pl sce ibsiel independent irre ' y Wey i) \ Ane enter, oe ier Cc eg Ror oc, he Jy i th naa we tog or the. ‘Btate Universi ty It pp rae ' erste ; Regent ‘lett | TH J et THE DAILY, OBSERVER B North Carolina. 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Full line Popular Novels by best authors. ‘The Celebrated Dia- moni Inks, ail colors, and Crean: atyaatngb the best made; constantly’ on‘hand. Weare sole agent forthe Parker Founiain Pen. Nothing equals it and every businesa man should have one. Erasers Sponge. Cup, Pencil-Holders, ubber Bands, &c. Don’ t forget us when you. tationary line. 8, Mem avd ime ‘Books, | oranda ap, ted, Cap want anything i ist the : ‘The Charlotte OBSERVER, North Carolina: ‘s _ FOREMOS! NEWsPaPER; DAILY GREEN VILLE i § 3 if ¥ cA é i ty eg f ey ca a Ry & i ‘ 1 The course embraces all the branches | “All of the news of the world. Paiy'n Com : clo eo gu gee tnd ai ‘ge om i Mil OR YRTOr ayn 48 ful, stylish, up-to~date, | aorth, |AWNS, CHALLIES, _ : MATTES, WHITE GOODS, different piste nnd description. 3 they more beautiful | aa ore see our— SHIRT MAST U8 “ther are the correct styles and prices. et rennet nyon ‘HAM BURG EDGING and _ INSERTIONS, LACES, RIBBONS, FANCY BRAIDS, and al eee = ; i Lace Curtains! "Window Shades, Curtain Poles. =A lime of— - Oxford Ties for Ladies and Children that has{ never peen equalled i in heed town: Shoes, ines, for every buyer who wants an onest, reliable, wearing articles. rain. ! tality ne reer prices. |. ‘ecanand will please = M eager Ae different ath aa and Par: Jor chairs, Lounges and arior Suits, Centre ‘Tables,: Side- Boards, Dining Tables, Tin Safes, eads, Mattresses, Floor and ! amined good or eaper than ever be before. | Fa otect you akon ihe. sun. anaye Gees Saxe ] ‘hs orderé. Couches, Ibe soll wieoat | reserve on peor, le Oil Cloths; ‘Mattings of| - former: in a Mayor's’ ‘Preserves mauy a Revives many aa _ Rescues many a seat Saves many a failing busi S$ -cures oe a, _ TRAIN AND BOAT SCHEDULES. train going man Passenger and mail eid 6 147 North B ity Fre M, leavesl0:10 A, “South Bound aca arrives 2:00 P. Me —_— ssi ¥ arrives 9:50 A WEATHER BULLETIN. ‘Generally fair tonight and Thu rs. day. : "* _ MUD caxzs, —— Hoot Hons Have to bs Laid in the Sun to Dry. | : 1 las more day in April. The spring chicken crop is late. White Onion Sets at S. M. Schultz 5 eG Drinks at J. L. Starkev ‘ Bro’ 8. se ‘Shad | are quite plentiful “and retail % rpeenae gia, 8 ‘ate 4 » Wheb foe jwant.a thal’ ged ‘sinoke to Morris Meyer. The Free Press says truckers aroun d Kinston are shipping peas. Best Scant Gigaré in town “at J. L. |Starkey & Bro’s. Commencement invitations will soon be yetins: ~ hide ay felt in the mails, A ane of | Ready Made Ladies’ Shirt Waists and Skirts at Langs’s. Nothing the matter with to-day, it 7 | hus been pretty euough, Full variety Crossman’s: Vegetibel | and Flower Seeds at{J. L. sented & Bros’. ~The “Southern Leader,” still hoids the. lead as the bey 5 cent “smoke. hing equals it. (DA. Suir, — Shelburn’ 8 new store is about com. | | pleted and he will ‘begin moving in to- morrow. ' The ¢ counter railing for Greenville t suk has arrived and it will be ready | to begin business in a day or two. I ath prepared to furnish Tee Cream. to families in any quantity. Give me: Morris Merer. Between 9 and 10 o’cloek this morn. ing John Wilson, one of the convicts, ‘| at wook onthe dam: in charge of Capt. J.T. Smith, gave the. asl the , Hip find male’ his escape. Pale cae May aa 1896, to close palace Bet z Geonoz, M. he cy sais) wards are called for: Friday man 4 2:22-4. M. Going Sout! aa vitae - ~~ Htown this afternoon. -M. H. Quinerly came over trom} Sots jelastic “sappendeges, capable of being contracted or expanded by means ot os- j “Ward ia sas i ine ee ie a Pee PE * tt NGS eae Be "2 oid & ‘ Bouse ae * He ae. HOY Lik iy ke Five Points Leng for’ the second and, Cane ? W. Lee lf this womning for Lit dleton. R. Hyman left for: Sealand Neck |todday. seat é OW. M. Lang, ot Farmville, was here. _ | today. Allen Warren. went. to “Scotland | | Neck to-day. u : Joseph Staton and wile left this : morning for Norfolk. R. L. Davis, of Farmville, was in Kinston this morning. _ Miss Eliza Harding, of Centerville, | is a vildog Miss Sudie Harding. “Miss Jennie Holliday left this morn- ling for Dunn to visit relatives. Mrs. S. M. Merritt, of Atlanta, who has been spending sometime with her sister, Mrs. S. B. Wilton, left this morning. Rev. E. C. Gleen, of Morehead, is ill. We understand he is suffering from an attack of nervous prostration. ~~Newbern Journal, Our Poet, C ardenas and Golden Seal Cigars at Jesse W. Brown's. Second Ward Meeting. The Democratic voters of the Second of the. town of Greenville are requested to meet in the Muyor’s office, on Friday night, May Ist, at 8 o'clock forthe purpose of nominating a candi: date for Councilman. - Avex L, Buow, Chm. ? Married, | At 4 o'clock this afternoon at the residence of Mrs. Susan ‘Tucker, moth- er of the bride, two miles from Green- ville; Mr. J. F. Harrington’ and Miss Gaither Tucker were married by Eld. | T, N. Manning. We extend best wishes. Fourth Ward Meeting. - The Democratic voters of the Fourth ‘Ward of the town of Greenville are re quested to meet in the Court House on. Friday night, May Ist, at 8 o’clock, for the purpose of nominating a candidate tor Councilman. . W. H. Ragspare, Chm. Improving the Street. It looked like a working bee this morning among many of the close merchants, to see them out with shovels and hoes smovth- ing the clay they recently put on main street to keep down the dust. Capt, White was bossing the squad and for a while there was a lively contest between Henry Hooke, Willis Fleming and Jim White as to which could work found out it was more comfortable back in the shade. That part of the street over considerable improvement. j Bless nk ba hom Ral- the fastest. It wasn’t long before they | eigh, committed suicide by climbing’ a | ‘tree and throwing himself head first, to ‘the ground. ‘His skull was tractured. | Gol, HE. Stilley informa: us that cotton seed meal is poisonous to. hogs. | That after hogs lave been fed on it for ‘a short time it produces symptoms similar tu paralysis.—Washington Frog- ress. . | He Caught On. . A modest young Jady wanting to canis a purchase stepped in at Jim | Starkey’s and addressed him thus: “It is my desire to obtain a pair of circular cillating burnished steel appliances that sparkle like particles of: gold leaf set with Alaskan diamonds and which are utilized for retaining in proper position the habliments of the lower extremities, which innate delicacy forbids me to mention.” Jim looked puzzled for a minute but got out of the dilemma by saying; ‘I guess you can find some garters at Clark’s, right next door.” Rumors in the Air. Under the gerrymander placed upon Greenville by the last fusion Legisla- ture; the negroes virtually have con- trol of the town. By putting a white ‘man on the ticket in one of their, wards at last election the Board of Council- men was equally divided—three white men and three colored. But just what is going to be the result of the election next Monday remains to be seen. There are all kinds of rumors a3 to what the colored people are going to do to divide the offices among them- selves, and if these rumors prove true there will be a good illustration of the fruits of fusion. ‘There is too much to be done for the improvement of Green- il ec fy il Ini ht . no! pe will sell. you an A ¥ goods and low prices cah do it. : in matohlegs styles. Clothing, Notions, G ents Furnishings, in all Spring Styles. Come and see us and we will do you good. H.C. HOOKER & (0. Mice Little Zhings To haye in the house at all times, in case of unexpected yis- itors, are the Canned Goods and Potted Meats which Iam offermg: at prices at which you caunot gob them at other places. Remember ville within the next year for the town my Groceries are alwava ‘fresh: to be made a vietim of political jobbery, |and a complete stock to select: and men who are capable of adminis” | from. Call and see me. tering municipal uffairs should be. placed i in office. Wives Surprised Their Husbands. It is said that four married men, in ‘la certain, “‘sgciety town,” fixed wp a story about being called from home on. business. One ofthe men’s wives hap- pened to know there was to be & mas- querade ball that night in that town. . She didn’t do. anything but hire a liv- ery rig aud have the bill charged to her hasband. Then she drove around and told the other women what s he) ] suspected. They got mto other gar- meuts at once, drove to the ill fated town, purchased masks, and went to the. ball and danced all night. When the unmasking time came each one had her own true sweety-sweet and loving hus- band by the arm. Then the busband begged off, promising never to do 80 again. No divorce proceedings are to follow if they keep their promises. J ESSE W. BROWN, 895.00 REWARD Will be paid tothe finder if package of which the clay was placed is showing | fhrned tothis office, ney lost Saturday evening is re- s ked.. ‘Q. ea. i ,N, sl, Hats, Caps, Gents’ Furnishin, and the cheapest line of STRA MATTING in the towns ‘ly cts. to 23 cts yard. Agent for Wanamaker & Brown of Philadelphia,tailor-made Gloth- ing for Men and Boys, Biggest line of Samples you ever saw. Come and look at them and you will say it is the prettrest and cheapest line of CLOTHING yee ever sawinthetown. and no questions | H.B. GLARK. Rawls’ J sai Store, ose ifs 80. Leyart » Our: sto ck of * Lae htee ped vngth BH) Tet. us’ ar