.aes - mall secon emapesiensn . rs ternige aang Tt hod_ 1,000,000cngANOON (excEeT SUNDAY)5 sda igen linn iii yn, iti hstines aleone 7 second-class mail matter.==ee SURSCRIPTION RATES.ne year, - $3 OFf@ month,oone week. - rr- Delivered in town by exrriers withou!oxtra cost.Advertisng rates are liberal and can bevad on apptication to the editor or atibe officeash ot Ae ~aSol = 5s a: '~ . * asWe desire a tt? sptcerpondent atavery postoffice in the covnty, who will_gend in brief items of NEWs as it Occursfo each neighborhood. ,Write- plainlyaad only on one side of the paper.- Lerai Commission on subscrip-fon rates paid to agents. -otTurspay, December 81H, 1890.~What the Fieures Show.~The New Orleans Times-Vemocrat, which makes a specialty cfcollecting and analyzing statisticsof timely interest, has turned itsattention to the official figures ofthe last election. It will be Jan-gary before the official votes ipall the State are proclaimed, buTThe Times semoerat has securedthe official totals, and p-esentsthem in this shape:McKinly 7,044,884Bryan 6,452.218Palmer 116,698Levering 104,427Bentley 10,678Matchett 9,942Total vote 13,732,404McKinleyTs plurality 592,666These figures make certain sey-eral things of more than passinginterest. For instance:2. That there was no popularlandslide in behalf of McKinley.2. That the plurality of the Republican candidate was not thepredicted,nor the 800,000figured out by the eastern pres-,but only 592,666.3. It is not the largest plurali-|'ty ever received by a candidatefor the presidency, being belowGrantTs in 1872, but little overhis in 1868, aud but [ittle overLincolnTs in 1860, and BuchananTsin 1856,4. That the tanular nistementinvented by the New York Worldand made the basis of ali news-paper estimates is an arrant fake5. That the Democratic party,represented by those who voted- for its presidential candidate, wasdefeated by a very narrow mar-gin, und6. That the party is _ strongerand in better fighting trim todaythan it ever has been after a de-feat.Our readers may sum thesethings up to suit themselves,They are simply the irresistible @onelusion to be drawn from thefigures comp'led by The New Orleans Times-Vemocrat, which will_ Rot vary from those to be official-dy, promulgated to the extent of~One-half of 1 per cent."Atlanta2 oeatonae to the financial situation.paniah Government in Cuba: pues of the island for ho satjfor Justice| law requires the oI-rkf the Sux ship.o: :°y December, 1896, :Spain on account of Cuba for 1895 is .seen to have reached the sum of $94,000,000. The proceeds of the popularloan of $50,000,000 recently floated inSpain, or so much thereof as has notbeen reqnir:d to pay obligations past| due, will hold out at the most only fouror five mouths; and siace .Cuba hasbeen exhausted as a suurce of rev enue,and the huge sums consumed by warexpenses cannot be obtained by increas.ed taxation in Spain, the onl resurt ofthe Spanish Government must be anew loan. If the foreicn bankers shallprove as obdurate in the future as theyhave in the past th Spanish Govern-ment will svon have to choose betweenthe a'terzative of national bankruptcyor the abandonment of Cuba."Phila-delphia Record.en ERE OE ER A AB OEDAccording to the St. LouisGlobe-Democrat, President-electMcKinley will probably haye twoof the bandsomest horses everseen in Washington. ~The lateGeneral Joseph T. Torrence, ofChicago, possessed as fine a stable of horses a8 was owned ipthe Windy City. It was the GeneralTs intention before his deaththat two magnificest brownhorses, the best watched pair iahis stables, should be presentedto Mr. McKinley to ride behindto thé Capitol on inaugurationday, mm the event of his election.The General left no written willto this effect; but it 18 said thathis daughter, Mrs, Magoun, whohas come into possevsion of cheestate, will probably carry outher fatherTs wish and present thehorses to the President-elect,wnd that thev will take theirplace in the White House stableson the 4th of March. .~ rm enperassapenstemanan pennants mminteedDonTt TobaccoT Spit and Smoke YourInte Away.tn ne argentIf you want to quit tobacco us-ing easily and forever, be madewell, strong, magnetic, full of newlife and vigor, take No-To-Bac,the,.wonder-worker thas makesweak men strong. Many gain tenfounds in ten days. Over 400,000cured. Buy No-To-Bac_ fromyour own druggist, who will guarantes a cure. Booklet and sam-ple mailed tree. Ad. SterlingRemedy o�,�0., Chicago or NewYork.Jobn Wilmouth, 32 vears old,of Jersey City, called Tuesdayight on his friead, McCaley.Taey were sitting in the librarysmoking and talking abont thePrinceton-Yale football game.Wilmouth undertook to illustrate(one of the kicks made by Biard,when -be- fel), backward into achair and was dead in a few mo-ments. McCauley summoned thethe police and the body wastiken to WilmouthTs late none:It is supposed that he died ofapoplexy." ete sine,Election Notice.Whereas ab the election held inFarmville Township on Tuesday the3rd day of November, 1395, there wasan equal number of votes cast for twopersons fot justice of the Pe: ace, ihere-by causing a tie, and wh-reas in suchcases the law requires the "lerk of tieSuperior Court to call another elevtionto fill the vacancy,Now, tharefore, y virtue of «thepowers conte red upon me by the la xsof North Caro Ina, another election ish reby ordered to be held at the diffs r-rnt precinets in said Township,on Tues-day, the -2nd day of December, 1896,for the purpose of electing one J usticeof the Peace for said Township. Theprecinct Board of Kieesion, who heldthe election on Noy, 3d, 1896, will holdsaid election in their respeetive pre-cinets on the said vind day of December1896 as prescribed by law.Given under my hani this 4th day ofDecember] ,896,E. A. MOYF,Clerk Superior Court.|Election Notice.Whereas at the election held in Falk-ownship on Tuesday the 3rd dayof November, 1896, thera was an equalnumber of votes cast for two personsof the Peae+, thereby c1us-iug a tie, and whereas in such cases theriorCourt to call » ~no her «lect.on to fili thevacancy.Nev. therefore, by virtue of thepower eovlerred upon me by the lawsof Nenth Carolina, another election ishereby «dered to be held in s id Town-osday,the 22nd day of Decem-ber,1896, for the purpose of electing oneJ stice 0T ~he Peace fer said Township,The prec net Boaré of Election, whoheld tis eietion on November ird 1896| will how said election onthe said 22ndid of December = ry = byGiven under my.| A BARN THAT GREW,It Was Still Enlarging When the Smart' Man Disappeared.. oSay, stranger, how high moughtthat building be?�T asked a countri-fied looking individual as he stoodup at the towering structure there.The man of whom he asked thequestion evidently thought he wouldhave some fun with the farmer. Helooked at the latter a moment andthen said: ~~Oh, that little housethere. Oh, thatTs about 300 feethigh. But thatTs nothing to severalbuildings that are going to be putup farther up the street.�T~Shu, you donTt say so!TT exclaim-ed the farmer. ~~How high mought~some of. them buildings going tobe?T "oSix to eight hundred feet, notcounting the towers,� replied thesmart man.oShu, you donTt say so!� ejaculat-ed the farmer,oBut, say, stranger, howTs thepeople to get up to the top of them ?�T~~Oh, thatTs easy enough,�T saidthe smart man, thinking of the funhe was having. ~~TheyTre going tohave pneumatic tubes in them. Youget into a box, and they shoot youup to the roof in two seconds.�ToShu, you donTt say ~so!TT oncemore remarked the farmer. ~~Yourhouses donTt cover much ground,stranger, do they? Now, out in mypart of the country we go in formore land than high buildings.. Mybrother started in to build a barnonce, and that barn covered aboutas much land as all the buildings inyour town put together.�ToOh, say, old fellow,� replied thefunny person, ~~youTre talkingthrough your hat. No man couldbuild as big a barn as that.�T~~ThatTs allright,T said the farmer,ordinary barn, bTgosh. It wasnTt sobig at the start, but, you see, it tooka-growing, and before it stopped itcovered his whole farm"a wholesection, sir, about one square mile.�oIt took a-growing, did it?T re-marked the puzzled person who hacbeen having the fun. ~~Say, mister,what are you driving at anyhow?Who ever heard of a barn growing ?�T~Well, thereTs not many people,I'll admit, stranger,TT proceeded thefarmer. ~~It was the first time that[ever heard of one; but, as I saidbefore, my brotherTs barn wasnTtno ordinary barn. You see, he builtit of green hemlock, and as he wasin a hurry to get it built before har-vest, he couldnTt wait for the woodto dry out. Now, that wood was fullof sap when my brother slapped| that barn up, and when the weatherbegan to get warm the sap beganto run, and that set the wood togrowing. Well, sir, you never sawanything grow like it beforein yourlife. Talk about your big houses inthis town! Why, they canTt comparewith the way my brotherTs barngrowed. He would go to bed atnight thinking he had located thedoor of his barn all right, but whenhe\got up in the morning he wouldhave to walk a quarter of a milefarther to get into the barn to feedthe horses. It got to be monoto-nous, sir, but he stood it all rightuntil the barn began to run off hisfarm and go over Bill JohnsonTswheatfield. You see, Bill get greatstore on that wheatfield. He hadabig mortgage on his farm, and he in-tended to sell the wheat and payoffT?But the farmer stopped and foundthat he had been talking to himself.The man to whom he ~had been tell-ing the story was a block away, andto post for his wife or an extremely~mnortant ¢ &ngagement to keep. oeAn renee Battery.During a lecture on the subject ofoNovel Electrical Experiments, �T de-livered before the South AfricanPhilosophical society by A. P. Trot-ter, government electrician and in-spector, the lecturer rang up theCape Town telephone exchange andasked if any of the longer postofficetelegraph lines were clear. ThePort Elizabeth line was then con-nected up and the lecturer, observingthat with the extremely sensitiveinstruments used in the governmentcommoaly employed, and, plungingtelegraphic signalsby means of the feeble currents thusgenerated, He then asked the frontTow of the audience to join hands, | caBelow-are Norfolk |and peanuts for yesterday, as furnishedat Broadway and Ann street, gazing~but my brotherTs barn wasnTt nc |~Cotton and Peanut, :rices of cotto:GREENVILLE TOB4CC? MARKETREPORT.BY oO. L. JOYNER.Luas"Common..... ....24 to 8as Fine.... seeesraced to 14Currers"Common.......64 tol0.10 to 18oonrr aoeeESTABLISH#D 1875.SAM, M.SSHULTZPORK SIDES &SHONLDEK4 LKRMERS AND MEKUHANTS BL}ing their yearTs supplies will tingtheir interest toget our prices befcre puchasing elsewhere. Ourstock is coraplet«u allits branches.FLOUR,COFFEE,SUGARRICE, TEA, &e.ALWAYS AT LOWEST MARKETTPRICES.Tobacco, Snuff &c.we buy Ciroc} from Manufa turers en-abling you to buy at one profit. A eow-he was walking as if he had a letterTbaa Dallyoffices it was not necessary to use|ordinary electric batteries for the|signaling to such a distance as Port |Elizabeth, disconnected the batterya steel knife and silver. fork into|an orange, sentple.e stock ofFURNITUREalways on hand and sold at prices to suitthe times. Qur goods are all bought andsold fur CASH therefore, having ne 1iskto run, we sell at a clore margin.S. M. SCHULZ Greenville,1 HAVE TPE PRETTIESToLINE OF "Wall Paper'ever hown in Greenville. Besure to See my samples. All newstyles, not ap old piece in the lot.Will take pleasure in bringingsamples to your home if you wilinotify me at my shop near Hum-berT a on BEDI avenue,B ELLINGTON.The Kinston Free Press will sabiaa Daily during the N. C. Annual Con-ference of the M: E. Church, Southwhich meets in Kinston Dec. 9-14, T9 6It will be published Thursday, Fri,day, Saturday, Monday and ~Tuesdayceipt of 25 cents in stamps or silver.{Agents wanted iu every town.{a7 Liberal commission allowed. "FREE PRESS,Kinston, N. ©.TAX NOTICE.All persons owing taxes to thé tby Cobb Bros. & Commission Mer-chants of Norfok- .COTTON,G ocd Middling waeMiddlirg 7 3-166-Low Middling 6 13-1Good Ordinary 64Tone"steady.: PEANUTS.Prime 2Extra Prime 24oancy . oe.Spanish 60 to 76Tone-"quiet.Greenville Market.Corrected by 8, M, Schultz. !Bntter, per lb 15 to 2dWestern Sides 4¢ tu 5}Sugar cured Hams , 10 to 124Corn 40 to 6!Corn Meal _ BC to 6FFlour, Family -§.50 to 6.25Lard 64 to 1Oats to 4Sugar 4 toéCoffee 13 to 26Salt per Sack 75 to 1 FOChickens 10 to 2FEggs per doz o124Beeswax. per «0and will contain fall cians ot Wee ateference proceedings. !Mailed daily to any address. oweeaS58 oa cepp bys Cs.Ole F rsne a if s aof og = oyWwW B ONS = aEe Pe)Bond 2 :O #f'B2 Be © &Pg toe SO& Oo & 7c$2 aaO29 45B -TAX NOTICE.Owing to the bad veather J have ex~tended the time for collecting the taxesfor 1896to the first of, January. Woucan find me Curing the remainder ofthis month in the same office I haveoccupied All persons who fail to payby .ke Ist of January will be proceededagainst as the law directs.Pay your taxes and save costs.R. W. KING, Tax Collector.34resf § a3MELISS 3 ber] =by 8 eas ° f =wT SZHS T = ¥ rsmBa sa: a4sarrs . #$s F25922 38 § £09 | tySsT &S8 Sa, 3c=) oS$ sB0 2�a er eeCon "oS SSPFoeS§ S38 Flb V2os ~, 3 &G S23 cP ;. = res At ido3 982 #2 ey =z$ 2wee: 8 2a AoO & & = qq ~ s=;soess ish mm *S58 a 3d = iwSe Sx =; e =m s "~ EySs ) S35 nm �"�s&s &8 = O inSn Sk, se" {T] =ZO as | a" 9 Se o 4S 2 Q= a & pas) aSs eS * k=4Ro zwe Se & aaS oo} aTive)~ SF ie 4~% Bg ~s+ eS °5 88s A2 8 & 7 =23 7 4's=A SPECIAL ouhSop ALT voresrmane36 days. You can treated atSee ens taA comertd ° ere we will "ag Werranteenye sbemenes e the cata oadisease hed the skill of the mostns $500,000 capital ee ateo esPANS TEoProfessional pec.~Sv estenatJohn E. Woodard ¥. CO. HardinWilson, N.C C . sca nviti«, tl COODARD & HARDING J. ATVORNEYS-AT-LAW, - Greenville, N.Special attention givert to collectionsanc settlement of claims. «= "s- .Loans made on short time.John H.smali, . W.H. Long,W shington,� N.�,� oe ge at mas N. C,MALL & LONG. ". Attorneys and Counselors | ~at Law.GREENVILIE, N.C;Practices in all the Courts.|qanof Greenville are notified tar can { a fin