} ~: Caa¥AFTERNOON (EXCEPT SUNDAY)We desire 4 fe correspondent atgweery postoffice in the cov aty, who willpend in brief items of NEWé as it occursTe each neighborhood, Write plainlyand oniy ob one side of the paper,ST eementdlesLiveral Cemmission ou supscrip-ion :ates paid to agents.¥| mhatinasaiaeWrpnespTy, VecemBer 25, 1296.Pee 088£ mmmnceceneennmmmneme eee« THE CHRISTMAS, SPIRIY,maa NEThe Greatest Happiness Will ComeFrom Giving Happiness toOthers.oWe must not allow ourselves te for-got the true meaning of the Christmasspirit,� writes Edward W. Bok of oTheChristmas That Lies Between,� in the~ December LadiesT Home Journal. o1twill tring happiness to us just in pro-portion as_we bring happiness to oth"ets. To some the day will this yearbring other than happy thoughts ormemories. Sorrows are harder to bearon festul days than at any other time.But no sorruw should crush the Christ-mas spirit from our hearts. It is not inthe amount that we do, or are able todo, that we shall find happiness forcureelves and for others. ~The sim plestpleasures and acts ofiiimes make th®hearts of others overflowing with happiness. To fail to do something be-@ause you feel othat you annot domauch is wrong.. What seems ever sotrifling to you may make some littleheart sing all day long, which but toryou unghi pass the day without a noteof happiness. DonTt grow impatient ofthe Christmas myth or legend. Keep italive. God knows we have few enoughideals in these investigating days ofeurs. Let us not disturb the Clirisimastraditions. [tis a duty to ourselves toAeep this day as unlike auy other. Andwe can only do this !y fanningTintofiiine the smouldering embers of theChristus spirit, which is in every oneef us. God implanted it there. Itwas good that we shou'd have it, orHe would not have given it to us. Inchildhood the fire. burned brightly@ough within us; ix old age the liz btet Cliristmas will reflect in our facesand our natures.But in the meantimeWe must keep the spirit alive, so that itmay low the warmer and _ softer inOld age. Let us have an old time mer.ry Christmas this year; a real, old-tash-Joned, happy one. Let us make every-body: forget that there is anything inthe world but good-tcllowship and happy laughter, To tie sick let us bring Sorgettuloess of pain; to the sorrowful,the sweet bali of consultion; t) the: poor, 4 suggestica of the greater mate"ial blessings which are ours. Then, uswe bring light to other eyes, color toother caceks, happiness to other hearts,we shail be happy ourselves. ~TheChristmas spirit will keep alive withinws. Our years must be spanned, notwi ha Christmas ateither end, but withoan unbroken bow of happy Yuletides,the centre brighter even than tie bigin-Bing and the end. Living memoriesMus? intertwine and link together thegolden curl and the snowy lock. Thenwe will live in the full richness of thehristmns that lies between the Yule-u that I went into oneof aid the retiredseer 2 in gatisng rates are liberal and can beapplication to the editor or atat its father,ye - « «+ $8,0¢} 1 doubt if he would have been eny way;ne a ees pe but he was thinking of something elseee eei livered in town by carriers without | NOW. -Just lying there and looking up.oFlow the man caine to be fixed inthat way, all alone vith that child, Icould not even guess. Wite just diedmaybe, but there he was and thinkingof nothing else ino tae world, aud thechild was the pititullest- looking littlechild I ever saw.oWhat the unan wanted was to havelle told me hisname; andt he doctorTs name,and whereme go for tue doctor.u.¢erstand, but I whanged away onthe doctorTs door till I heard him openhis window. I told him what waswanted,oThen I went my way. Id lost ahight, but what of that ??"New YerkSun.paMESSAGE TO CHRISTIANS.Bishop Cheshire Speaks True WordsTouching Christians,Dear Brethren :At this happy Christmas Season maynot put aside the things which unhap.piy divide us, and with all respect,loveand christian humanity, speak from myeart to yours ?memNext Friday is Christmas Day. Intimes past some good people have scru-pled to recognize this day as our iordTsbirthday. But, leaving out all ques"tlons with reference to the particular.day of ChristTs birth and Bethl hem,aillour people do recognize Christn.as asbringing to mind that blessed and tun"damental fact of christianity, the eom"ing to.us of Him who is our Lord andour Saviour. I have just been reading,with great Interest, the oChristmasnumber� of the Biblical Recorder, |wave uot seen this weekTs issu. s of th-Presvyterian and Methodist papers,but I doubt not th t they, tuo, containappropriate references to the season.Ubristmmas, as a popular holiday andfestival, 1s one of the best establishedvf our social institutions, aud to thepopular mind and heart it does recailthe birth of Jesus Christ our Master o:the blessed Virgin,The werd whici I would speak to allwy chrisuan brethren, first, to taoseWho recognize me as over them in theLord, and then, with equal earnestness,but with greater r spect and humility,tothose Why do not, if they will allow meLue privilege of thus addressing them, isthis:Shall Christusas Day be sanctifiedby the word of God, and by praye*and praise, addressed to Him in Hisiouse, by His people of all names andof every kind, or shall it be whollygiven up to merely secular and sociailestivity ?Our people will all keep Christinas inOught not christianpeople to keep it as christians? Shallwe hot, first of all, keep thé feast tuHim whose love provides the means otjoy? And should not ail forms oforganized christianity seek for GodTsblessing upon the day, by endeavoringto teach all people to make the dayho'y by public worship ? Du we not41 teel the iow of this sanetitying andrestraining au. .vating influence uponthe popular ind und conscience, aswellus for th» \..oper. expression otour uwn joy 1 the Lord ?Christmas is a fact in our social life:do we not need to make it a fact in ourreligious lite ? :some tushion.i i i jI do not then address you, my dearbrethren, with any ofher teelings hanry ee OAof sin zere reshall from an open door. When LT got {do feel that I nga look at ~that door, I saw a man all} representative in this commanity of that| dressed standing leaning over a bed. 1} brancouldnTt see his face, but I could see} which especially values these holy sea-|sons, and part of whose good work has}.been to perpetuate and to popularize ;them in the life 0: the American peopic.As such 1 would fain do what I can to, fcommend them to all wy fellow-coun"trymen and bro:hers ia Christ. We~?value boly festivals, and we feel that} 4}they belong to all christian people} *We should thank Goa if we could seeanxiety on the back ot his head. Lyingin the bed wes a chiid, thin and white:and siiil, but awake aud dooxing upBacking out of the door,I ticked my lamp against the dcor jam.The man | eked up. He wasnTt seared,4 ~Come in,T he says, and I went in.oThe child looked at me as I walkedacross the floor, and then looked upagain at iis father, saying nothing, bit | all who will come aud worship with us;~4king to draw nearer at this season1 do feel that I am in a special senge1c of Christ's churh here on earthall enjoyiag benefits of tbe happyChristmas season. In our churchsan! congregations we gladly welcome| but we should still more rejoice, if, fromevery pulpit where Christ is preached,there could be proclaimed on Christmasday the blessed news of His birth audof the good gitts He br.ngs for us, andif tom every spire and tower theChristmas bells should declare to thethoughtless world that we are thus re-jeicing in Him who brings us peacefrom heaven,We all long and pray for christianit by uniting in such an effort to sauc-,tify Christmas day in the lite of ourpeople? .Praying GodTs blessings upon you,my dear brethren, and upon all ourpeople, aud asking your christian chari-ty for what I have thus presumed tesay, | am, your servent in Chr'st Jesusour common Lord and Saviour.Jos. BLouNT CRIESHIRE, JR.Raleigh, N. C., Dee. 19, 1896.2:oHOLLVALISHOD TUN4IOX MON 10 **aUD ~prom doy *esv9YD **O3 AGAMA ONVIUALS oPY *902; 30 [Yo0q pur opdoWES o8}[GSet [vIn uu £$u9 osnes jrq*ediis 10 dis Jose *281)SLSIDONUGTv�XU] [Yap] 24} av SZeIUIST) ~NOIwdIZSUOD JO aso sae Gino 0} (aagNV EV AD ATALOTOSIY4 ecooeoccoocesFREEN VILLE TORGAG OM HARK"REPORT,BY 0. L. JOYNER.PaO ieLuas"Common.. .......2h bo &wi AD, oli besesinest $0 14UuTTERS"Common...... 64 toh0sear aves 40 10,383.524d oSIAVG '"1°4fd"00'000'0¢$ [e1Iduy~ON **SULJ] pue su0sseg SIqIsuodssy JO sjuUOD: o2 PUB SUO}}2I01105 83191105 pue SSOUISHG SupjuLsg jvsouepH * s}oRsULILATITIANAGTUYD~STNANSSRAD JO (V9 BHDoSoe setooe,«2 *96g1 WISI BNAr GaZINVDUORR -a NS®D oHILL o1 fF 6 3.894d-971A ~NOSAL ~V o8'igs isat)*Sea000~ezs yendey ur prey",00thejof American Silver and.lof the Ten Per. Ceni. Tax On*eeESTABLISHKD 1875.SAM. M. SCHULTZPURK SIDES G@SHOTLDERJYABMERS AND MEKUHANTS BLYing their yearTs supplies will tind jtheir interest toget our prices befcre puchasing elsewhere, Ourstock is completeu allits branches. aFLOUR,COFFEE,SUGARRICE, TEA, &e.he hvcd. and I went. 1t was late, you unity; may we not take a step towards} ALWAYS AT LOWEST MARKET PRICES.Tobacco, Snuff &c,..we buy diroc) from Manufacturers en-abling you to buy at one profit. A eom-picie stock ofFURNITURE |always on hand and sold at prices to suitthe times. Qur goods areal! bought andtold f r CASH therefore, having ne 1iskso run, we sell ats close marginS. M.SCHODLETY Q-aanviite,Cotton and Feznu:Below are Norfolk prices of ecotto.and peanuts for yesterday, as furnishedby Cobb Bros. & Commission Merechants of Norfok -COTTON.Good Middling 7hMiddling 64Low Widdlive 64Geod O dinary 5 13-164d Otic Sicauy,PEANUTS,Prime 9Extra Prine 24oancy 2Spanish 60 to 75Tone"quiet.Greenville Market.Corrected by 8. M. Schultz.Bntter, per lb 1h 10%Western Sides 42 495Sugar cured Hams 10 to 122Corn 4) to6Corn Veal Att -o 8Flour, Family 5.50 ro 6.25Lard 6310]Oats 35 toSugar 4 toG(~offee 13 to 2"Salt per Sack T5tol FvChickens 10 to 26Eggs per doz 124Beeswax. per 7TAX NOTICE.All persons owing taxes to the townme at the May-rTs office where they eancall and settle 4% 1 wo fail to pay byDee, Ist will be procee'ed against asthe law directs.Save trouble. andprov ptly.E. M. MoGOWAN, Tax Collector.To Friends andCustomers,Lt has been reportedthat I would not beinthe Mercantile Busi-ness next year. Iwantto say that isa mistake.Ishailremain in busi-ness at tne same place.Thanking you for yourpast liberal patronageand hoping to havea cuntinuance of theSame, Iam yours toserve, W.H. WHITE.THE MORNING STARThe OldestDaily Newspaper inNorth Carolina.| fhe Only Five-Dollar Daly of|. its Glass in the State.4~ Favors Limited .Coinagetate. i Dally 60 centte, agg +4 8of Greenville are notified they exn findcost by payiug| �"�arere, 86qegeop 060 U®Serleesr @2S [1] OyLE eo o ©io cr a 7.ne 4 OP ono}HB ges SGy Bets & foi CO ~a o «(Ure eyOm B58 6, (Rett, gar OsiP © Bee °eo) orOf #39Oo 2s8/natin nadia marer meer See emenn~ onet emereteoteteneantaenTAX NOTICE.Owing to the bad eatier I have ex-tended tie time for collecting the taxes.for 1896 to the first of Januiry. Youcan find me Curing the remainder ofthis month in ths same office [ have.occupied All persons who fail to payby .he Ist of January will bs proceeded:against asthe law Jirects,Pay your taxes and save costs.R. W. 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If you have taken merecury, lodide potash, and ~still have aches andpeta, Mucous Patches in mouth, Sore Throat,imples, Copper Colored Spots, Ulcers onany part of the body, Hzir or Eyebrows fallinout, it is this Secondary BLOOD POISOwe rantee to cure. Wé solicit the mos obstie«nate cases and challenge the world for aase we cannot cure.fled the skill of the mostem ten onans. #%500,000 capitad behind ~our uncondisnal guaranty. AbsoluteT 8 sent sealed onpplication. Address COO MEDY co.807 ic Temple, CHICAGO, ILL,Professional Cards.9 SeremiSarbders.AMES A, SMITH,TONSORIAL ARTIST,GREENVILLE. N. 0,Patronage solicited. Cleaning, Dyeingand Pressiag Gents Clothes a specialiy~teens si~HysrBenr. EDMUNDS,FASHIONABLE BAREER,Gentlewens Clothing.OTEL NICHOLSON, -J. A, Bura@xss, Mer.Washington, N. C,This Hotel has been thoronghly rongvated, several new rooms added, elec.tric bells to ore room. fi tten ve serVvants. Fish and Oysters séryed dailyTPatronage of traveling puuli¢ solicitedToNOTICE.| Is hereby given that a plication, will,be a fy the nextT Getisral, Amecaptyorth OCarolina, to amend the Char-Greenville «and tonmin,tr oft wa oe Ment air| change tse boundary line o Town.|. * a8. W. PERKINS,: W. M. KINSAUoo RD OO| EM MeGOWAN "Special attention given ro cleavingNe