%di,vHARD, Editor.AETERNOON. (EXCEPT SUNDAY).pidgeKi..cred as seeond-ciuss mail -matter.mee.SURSCRIPTION RATES.~oCne year, * � ~ $3. oFne month, - . * 2Nne week. f sollMi Delivered in town by. carriers withoutae extra cost.Advertisng rates are liberal: and can be~ad ou application to the editor or atshe officeWe desire a live correspondent atavery postoflice inthe covnty, who willsend in briet items of NEWs as it occurs- fp each veighborhood. Write plainlyand oniy on one side of the paperssiemens ts camctpenit nineteen at ek eineJag ncnLiverai Commission on suoscrip-jon 1ates paid to agents.nesti: epnncheninon singe sciains tet naeePenn eee _"Fray, November 20TH, 1896.a LL TTT TT CTAW OLD BALE OF COTTONIt Was Kept for Generations But Waskinaliy SoldThe Augusta. Ga, Evening~News says there was recently sold~Gn that city what was probablythe oldest bale of cotton in theworld. The cotton was grown inLaurens county, 8. C., in 1834 byan old man by the name of Watts,The cotton, though old, wassnowy white and not the leasttinged with yellow. It was acuriosity to the cotton men of to-day and «tracted considerableattention. The bale was of usuaisize aud was packed in a coarse,home-made cloth, woven fromold rags into asheet. The tieswhich held the bale together weremade from grape yines and wereas bard and taut as rawhidewent.thongs. The cotton has been inthe family ever since it was madeand dumped from the cottonpress into the yard. It was thentaken into the old barn, where itbas been safe sheltered from theweather for more than sixty vears.Mr. Watts, though fairly a richplanter, refused to sell the cottonat any price. Qld man Watts,after his erop was ginned andbaled, in 1824, set one bale asidefrom the entire lot, saying to hisgon at the time: oIl may beapoor man when 1 come to die,and in case I am I want that baleof cotton (pointing to that par-ticular bale) sold and the proceedsused to defray my funeral ex-penses.� The years rolled by, hecontinued to add to his wealth,and when he had lived liis allotedtime he was pretty well tixed inthis worldTs goods, and the cottonwas left unsold. Some time be-fore WattsT demise he took oc-cusion to rewark to his son thatin case the cotton was not used,to keep 1t in the family, guarding96 carefully, and not to sell underany circumstances except for fun-ral. expenses....The. bale wasomore careful'y watched by himthan his father. Mr. Watts, Jr.Was industrious and when he_erossed over the river it was not. Piatra li to dispose of it to paythe expenses of the funeral. Be-fore the young man died he madea wil! to.his sister and in thac wil|it was hisT éxpressed wish that_ $he precious bale be disposed of | ._ only for the purpose ot obtainingomoney to ~pay her funeralT ex-penses, if it be necessary. Whensitton was not sold. Miss Watts_ Fecently died intestate, and when: the final winding up of her estate: she died she was wealthy and thewho could hold a plow or a cra-REFLECTORdle or a scythe, and knew enoughto sow avd plant and reap at theproper season, could farm. Allthere was to do was to plant corpand sow wheat and grass seed,harvest and market them. Theanimals that were bred did notamount to much, anvhow. In theEast, the local butcher wouldcome around aud buy the calves,and, a8 & Gow was a cow, it didnot make any difference how longshe lived. The business wasdead easy, as far as managementIt was then al] work andno management; but now themanagement is the principalthing. The farmer must think,~and think hard. He finds it nec-essary to diversify his crops morethan ever, and heis ofien ataloss to decide in what directionto doit. Hehas brains to com-pete with, both on and off thefarm. Bogus butters, cotton seedoil, lard, and adultsrations of |~every one of his products thatcan be adulterated, are placedside by side with his productionsin the market; and it is no usefor him to grumble about it.While he 1s grumbling the otherfellows get the money. He mustnot grumble but think ard plan.He must recognize the fact thaiagricultural pursuits, like otherlines of business, have their com-plications, and that nothing onearth but the exercise of the graymatter in his head will unrayelthem."FarmerTs Voice.Tobacco as a Disinfectant.ene nerTobacco has long been claimcdby its devotees to be a most effi-cient disinfectant, but defendersof the smoking havit, says Har-perTs Weekly, fail to make use ofthe most powerful argument inits favor. Hitherto the most thathas been claimed in favor ofsmoking was a certain subtile,beneficial effect on the digestionand a soothing effect on thenerves.It has been learned recently,from the report of investigationthe epidemic of cholera at Ham-burg, that cholera microbes couldnot exist inthe mouths of smok-ers.There were no living bacteria,after 24 hours, in cigars made upcholera germs to the cubic inch.There were no traces of microbesto be found in any of the cigarsmanufactured at Hambure inthe time of the epidemic. Themicrobes die in a half or twohours exposure to the smoke ofBrazil, Sumatra or Havana toebacco.The smoke of any cigar killsthe microbes. Experiments showthat in five minutes after begin-ning to smoke the microbes ipthe mouth are killed. Ano herfact established is that none ofthe persons employed in the to-bacco factories at Hamburg constract ohalers.Classificationn ot Criminals.In the Baptist State Conventionheld in Morganton last week Dr.J. D. Hufham offered the follow-ing resolutions which were passedby that body:oWhereas, The prison systemtion between young and old criminals, hardened offendrs ani suchuf crime, thereforehumanity, andthat there set great oe a-tion and clagaitiontiba aa thesethings.thyResolved, ~That i in he heeupdyie ® refor jeof the effects of tobacco during;with water containing 1,500,000,of the State classes ~all convictstogether,! making no discrimina-as-haye ja st entered oua career~oResolved, That patriotiem,THE HONEST FARMER.He Is Simple and Unsuspecting, But Scoopsthe Piano Drummer.oTalk all you want to about thebunco steerers and other sharpers. ofthe metropolis,� remarked a drummerthe other evening at a downtown hotelto a Star reporter, obut some of thesharpest of the sharps are to be foundin the country. Out among the fieldsand lambs ard sheep and other inno-cent things, donTt you know.�oThatTs because you donTt expect tofind such sharpness among the rurals,�explained the reporter, who was bornand raised in the country, and didnTtlike to see his fellow-countrymen li-beled.oExpecting it or not,� insisted thedrummer, othe sharpness is there, justthe same, and it is just assharp. Forinstance,� and the drummer fixed him-self for a longer heat, osome years ago,when I was a drummer in pianos, ['l!tell you what an experience Thad. Ourhouse was one of the big ones, with anadvertisement in every newspaper inthe country,and the way we sold pianoswas a caution to snakes.�oAlso a tip to alleged business menwho donTt advertise,� interrupted thereporter.oYour ~alsoT is sustained,� said thedrummer, and proceeded: oAs I wassaying, we sold pianos right and left,and, as might be expected, we pickedup a bad customer at frequent inter-vals. One of these had got a $300 pianoon a small spot cash payment, bal-ance monthly, on the strength of afarm we thought was his, also on hisgeneral reputation, which up to thistime had been as good as anybodyTs inthe community.�oLike Eve's in the garden?� venturedthe reporter.oExactly,� smiled the drummer. oIfthe devil had not tempted that hithertoexemplary female she would have comethrough in good shape, and just so withour customer. A $300 piano was morethan he could stand, and he went downbefore it. After his first payment hefailed to respond, and we waited aslong as was our practice, and then sentmail to him to return the piano, as per |contract. In due time the piano box,in as geod trim as when we sent it.came back, and we put it in stock. Amonth later it was shipped to anothercustomer, and we heard from it soonto the effect that there wasnTt anypiano there, but that the box was filledwith pieces of wood and iron of aboutthe pianoTs weight, and wedged solidlyinto the box. Ordinarily we would nothave been so careless, but we wererushing things, and had to neglect de-tails. Now we had to make up forthat neglect, and went after our buncofriend in the country. He lived 200miles away, and at a short distancefrom the small town to which we hadshipped the piano, which was on therailroad. Well, I got there one morn-ing about 11 oTclock, and, tackling thefirst driver I saw, I asked him if hecould take me to Jim PetersT place. Hewas a nice, honest-appearing sort of achap, and he told me Jim had movedto another place, about 20 miles away,and that I could only get there by driv-ing over five miles to another road andgo ahead on that to JimTs station. Ipaid him a dollar to drive me over, andhe told me, as I had never seen Mr.Peters, to ask anybody,and he would bepointed out, as everybody knew him.The station where he caught the trainwas only a crossing, and my driverflagged the accommodation, the con-ductor nodding familiarly to him as Jgotaboard. As the train moved off mydriver drove briskly away, and whenthe conductor came around ten minuteslater, I asked him if he knew JimPeters, and he almost toppled over onme in his surprise. ~Why-"why,T hestammered, ~that was Jim Peters driv-ing youT Then it occurred to me thatthe piano card on my satchel had givenme away, and Mr. Peters had done therest. We tried to get the piano again,Tcontinued the drummer, ~~but we lostall trace of it, and finally gave it up,and Mr. Peters, I presume, went withit.T"Washington Star.A Curious Business.~Tnereare rot many persons whowouldstay Up ore o~at ina week in the openair the \ncle year reund for the pur-pose of carn.imrafew penee. Itisa liv-Ing whic (3 followed by a few menwhose mes are execedingly smalland preenrious. In many parts of Lon-don merhets are held on: Sundays, andvery nimated are the scenes to bewitucssed. It is a very difficult taskto obtain a opiteh� in which; one canbuy a barrow or stalJ, and many stail-keepers, who are anxious that theironitches� should not be oceupied bynewcomers, hire a man to keep an all-night watch. Tho several opitches� arstemporarily oceupicd by lengths ofmorning brings the arrival of the bar-rows and stalls. In this way a mandifficulty in ~securing his opitch� inThe winter is dreaded by these night©] watchmen, but precautions are takerthat they may be made-comfortable.with a plentiful supply of tobacco anda small bottle of spirits each, are ablethese things are provided by the peoplewhose opitches� have, been secured."St. Louis Repti:companyThe Peninsular & Oriental!MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS."The oldest national flag in theworld is that of Denmark, which hasbeen in use since the year 1219."Among the éarliest specimens of| »§alphabetical: writing are the ~inscrip-| ="tions given on the monument of KingEshmurnnezer, which rival in impor-tance the Moabitic inscription of KingMesha."The oldest Jewish alphabet is sup-posed by some scholars to have been anadaptation of the Egyptian ideographs.Its earliest use in a monument is sup-posed to be the Siloam inscription atJerusalem."Astronomers calculate that thesurface of the earth contains 31,625,625square miles, of which 23,814,121 arewater and 7,811,504 are land, the waterthus covering about seven-tenths of theearthTs surface."Size for size, a thread of spider silkis decidedly tougher than a bar of steel.An ordinary thread will bear a weightof three grains. This is just about 50per cent. stronger than a steel thread ofthe same thickness."Italy has 48 per cent. illiterate peo-ple; France and Belgium about 15 percent. In Hungary the illiterates num-ber 43 per cent.; in Austria, 39 per cent.,and in Ireland 21 per cent. In Indiaonly 11,000,000 people out of 250,000,000can read and write.--The 72 races inhabiting the worldcommunicate with each other in 3,004different tongues, and confess to about1,000 religions. The number of menand women is very nearly equal, theaverage longevity of both sexes beingonly 38 years, about one-third of thepopulation dying before the age of 17."Jeroslaf I. of Russia had no teeth,having lost these valuable adjuncts tohappiness by a blow from a Turkishmace. An English traveler in thiscountry says it was commorly reportedthat the kingTs chewing was done by,the queen, who masticated all the royalfood and transferred it from her mouthto his majestyTs with a spoon.Large Fleets.The British India Steam NavigationPLESESS Mie Tasseas flect. irTt pumb 12 vers +, ren:fTOSS tonnage of 257.285COMHCANthe world.resenting acome next with 83 vessels,239 gross tonnage."ChicaroOcean.totaling 221,-~InterCotton ang reannt.Below are Norrolk prices of @ tro. W. HIGGS, Pres. /. S. HIGGS, CashierMaj. HENRY HARDING AssTt Cashier.Greenville, N.C.STCCKHOLELERS.Representing a Capital of More Than a HaltMillion*Dollars,Wm. T. Dixon, President NationalExchange Bank, Baltimore, Md.The Seotland Neck Bank, SeotlandNeck, N. C.Noah Biggs, Scotland Neck, N. ¢R. R. Fleming, Pactolus, N,.C.D. W. Hardee Higgs ~Bros.Greenville, N. C.We respeetfully solicit the accountsof firms, individuals and the generalvublie.Checks and Account Books furnished on application.1897Rambler EtveFrom now on as longas the supply last 1896Models will be $60.We are selling the AirTight Wood Heaters.by Cobb Bros.chants of Norfok -COTTON,Good Middlingand peanuts for yesterday, as& ConsmissionMiddiingLow Middling 613 16Good Ordinary 6Tone"easy.PEANUTPrime yExtra Prime atancy 2§Spanish 60 to 7Pone"quiet.tboeards, old boxes, barrels, ete., till thecan, rest content that he will have no}.the morning, after a night of slumber.A. huge fire is lighted, and the men, |to defy the inclement weather. All.We e havea fine line ofAgate ware, Tinwareand Cook Stoves. Call~aud see them.S. E. Pender & Co.."""amesGreenvilie Market.REFORT,BY oO. L. JOYNER.Luas"Common..... ....24 to §«Fine... .0006..2.7 to 14Curters"Common... ....64 told10 te 18wate DailThe Kisston Free Press will publisna Daily during the N. C. Annual Con-ference of the M. E, Church, South,which meets in Kinston Dec. 9-14, 96.)ference proceedings.Mailed daily to any address on re-ceipt of 25 cents in stamps or silver.{ae" Agents wanted ia every town.Bi celles at ~commission allowed.oKinston, X. oIt will be published Thursday, Fri-|Tday, Saturday, Monday and Treaty) nand will contain fall reports ot the Con-}:BLOOD POISONA SPECIALTY cunts'etiary BLOOD POISON permanentlycured in 16t035 days. You can be treated athome for same price under same guaranepty: if youprefer tocome here we will cg' tract to pay railroad fareand hotel Dilissandif re fail tocure. Ifyou havetaken mereCorrected by S. M. Se te' oe ok So rdBatter a co nmouth, SoreWesten tae "0° | Eithles, Copper golored spben, Cheers os1 Sides st tod oreo ebrows fallinSugar cured Hams 10 to 123 outs it Ay this Sosondary B BLOO D POISOor sO 1-* | we guarantee to cure. We solicit the mos obsti-sa n et 4() to G |] Rate cases e608 ena Fo 3e world fora~orn Mea HU to 6 fed the slcill ares disease has alwaeran fth miniy Jour, Warmily 4.25 to 2.0 | plans. $500,000 0 ca ital behind ent physi-Lard 6} toi ii Absolu te proofs sent sealedonOats ne] ddress COO MEDY CO.,Vats 35 to 4 Masonic Temple, CHIOAGO, ILL.Sugar 4 to 6Cottee 13 to 2X a II CESalt pel Sack 15 tol ie . fe : eadChickens 10 to 2 Professional QOards.Eggs per doz 124 ) :Beeswax. per 26) ""John E. Woodard, ¥. 0. Harding,oe Wilson, N.C. Greenville, N.C,GREENVILLE TOBACS- MARKET OODARD & HARDING,ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW,Greenville, N.Special attention given to collectionsand settlement of claims.Loars made on short time.John H.3malt, W.H. Long,W shington, N. ©. Greenville, N.C,MAS.L & LONG,~Attorneys and Counselors at Law.GREENVILLE, N.C,Practices in all the Courts.Sarbers.ea A. SMITH,TONSORIAL ARTIST.GREENVILLE. N. GC.Patronage solicited. Cleaning, Dyeing:and Presta Gents Clothes a specialtyHereent EDMUNDS,m i FASHIONABLE BARE EK.C4apt alia sidlyon N ICHOISON,~J. A, Burarss, Mer.Washington. N.C,This Hotel has beeu thoroiighl | idle.ceecial attention ate to cleaning, 2*