ae, ~*eS ore ; 2~ everything.Poa ener oe ae % ired as second-class mail matter._ SURSCRIPTION RATES.0 1 2 year, & o « ° $3.06ye month, ~ . o 20~ E wee kK. - � gd 10Delivered in town by carriers withouta cost.~pad on app!the officeco¥cates are liberal and can becation to the editor or atbalowe desire a tive correspondent atoye ; postoffice inthe covaty, who will~ gend in brief items of NEWS as it occursoth each neighborhood. Write plainlygad only on one side of the paper.ee| eal~Frivay, Arriz 16, 1897.omen"-ANEW WAY TO CURE TOBACCO.[ eenenmendlDr. R. M. Norment told the Robe-sonian man a good story Saturdayafternoon about anew method of curingtobacco. Last year a whice man and anegro raised a crop of tobacco jointly.oWhen the weed was ripe the white mancut his part first and put 1t in the barnto eure it. He cured by the latest andmost approved methods, having athermometer in the barn by which totest the temperature and keep it right.While the tobacco was being cured the- ~eolored:man was an interested spectatorFof the proceedings and closely watched. He eaw the white mango into the bain and consuit his ther-a: *4id« "taby the regulptionmometer and then saw him take out oradd to the wood in the furnace, as thecase might be. In due time the tobaccoWas cured and taken away and thenegro brought in his crop. The ther-mometer had been removed by the~ white man, but this did not at al]frighten or discourage the darkey. Heohad only gotten a gimpse of it once inawhile and came to the conclusion that itwas a pair of draw balances, With thisbelief in his mind he procured otherbalances and hung them up where thethermometor was before. This done.- the fires were starved and the curing"began. Remembering what he had seenthe white man do the darkey didlikewise. He went inside the barn andconsulted his balances to ascertain theer tamperature, added to or decreased the& :i.quantity of wood as he thought nécg"sury and did everything else just fiehad seen it done, Everything went off allright and his tobacco was finallytaken away cured. Luter on both menbrought their tobacco to market and'» gold it. That of the white man, cured! : rocess, bruugat 8cents a pound, while haat of the darkeysold for 14 cents a poundsThis isa true bill. Now.who dares tosay that the black manTs methodof curing is not the best? The Robe-sonian isnTt enough of a farmer to giveadvice, It simply tells the story andlets others draw their own conclusions."Lumoerton Robesoniaa.ee croremeneemenMost people, and The Landmarkalong with them, have been under theimpression that when the goyerncrpardons a man out of the penitentiaryhs the mere act of granting the pardonBY; ~~ restored the subject to citizenship. Alawyer informs us that such is not thecase. Thus the statement in a recent+ i jgsue of this paper, made on authoritya ~ gonsidered perfectly relinble, that Gov.o+ sRussell-was pardoning colored convicts: just before their terms expired in orderto restore them to citizenship proves bean error, ~The Landmark neverpurposely does anybody an injustice andwe make the correction gladly."- Statesville Landmark.ie *: stive and ubiquitous drummer.ara, eat a Cacare guarantee |ones, and her faithfulness and devotionto my mother. My earliest recollectionsare of a large white table cloth spreadupon the store room floor and ourMammy upon her knees before a largecone of white oloaf s»gar,� which witha stout knife and hammer she wascutting into little blocks for the sugardish. If little lumps flew off on thefloor it was ours to scramble for. °When the Union army surroundedus oMammy� was the last to leave us.Only when her husband and childrenhad all departed did she come in cryingbitterly to kiss us all around ogoodbye.� Her husband having threatenedto get another wife if she loved the| white foiks better than him, When theYankee soldiers crowded into her neatroom they said to her oOld woman youarea tool to stuy here and cook fo,these people (cook having gone), denTtyou know you are free?� oUmph ideshe replied, oI didnTt need for such asyou to tell me I was free I was freelong *tore you come here, the LordJesus Christ made me tree from thejaw of sin and death, Now you goalong Tbout your business and ITll tendto mine.�She had long been subject to severesore throats which my mother alwaysmopped and tended carefully, but soon,after her husband took her to Washing-ton she was taken sick with one of thoseattadk and neglect made it fatal. Shepassed away bitterly regretting that shelett her old home, saying: ~Old misswould cured her.� We shall surelymeet her oup there� where she is intruth free from sin and washed white inthe biood of the Lamb, among thefaithful around His throne."Ex. ceemidreniieeiiereenenadingsstantamemiantaiaaialdA Matter of Buttons.are. What is more, I always knewhow toactthe gentleman. Take myword for it, you stick to John Barley-corn and he will bring you to just thesame placeI am.� Struck with hiswords, the gentleman set down hisglass and turned to luok at him. Hiseyes were bloodshot, his face bloated,his boots mismatched, his clothingGithy. oThen it was drinking thatmade you like this?T oYes, it was;and it will bring you to the same ifyou stick to it.� Picking up his un-touched glass he poured the contentsupon the floor and said, oThen itTs timeI quit,� and Jett the saloon never toenter it again."Classmate,|A Big Goid Find,Frank Delk, ot Jones Mine,Randolphcounty, was in town Monday andtold the editor that A. B. Fuller, ofTabernacle township, found a thousanddollars in gold last Sunday morning.Saturday wight Fuller dreamed offinding money ata certain spot on hisplantation and Sunday morning he wasso impressed with the dream that hetook 4 mattock and vent to the placehe dreamed of and commenced to digand at once found one thousand dollarsin gold, consisting of 10, 20 and 30dollar coins. The meney is supposedto have been buried away more than ahundred years ago by some old miser.Fuller is no doubt the happiest man inRandolph county today."LexingtonDispatch.nnn sateen "|Baptists, See Here !fhe Southern Baptist Conventionmeets this year in Wilmington, N. C.,May 8th. Nuw, you want to go to thisconvention, and you also wart to go instyle andc mfort. ~There is only onegood firstclass line from the ~South andSvuuthwest to Wilmington, and that lineis the Seaboard Air Line, which rufsthe finest and fastest trains in the Southand makes the lowest rates of anyRESOURCES.Tans and Discounts $41,761.19Over Drafts 133,275Premium on Stock 1,000.00Due from Banks 38,567.54Furniture and Fixtures 1,500.00Current Expenses 285,52CashItems 2,652.12Cash on hand 25,875.38Total $112,974.50pune a a a: ee8 gas aes oe a oe wes and high minded, my friend. 1} sotto= enerated | venture to say that I am of just as g00d | ern 4 TemeETT OF| your readers. \ I need not dwell on Ber! education; and betore I took to}FERNOON (EXCEPT SUNDAY). | untiring care for and love to us little) dink was just as respectable as youLIABILITIES,Capital stock paid in $23,000.00Surplus and Profits 2,332.66Deposits subject to Check 85,691.14Due to Banks ' . 432.36Cashiers Checks ortstanding 863.34Time Certificates of Deposit 355.00Total $112,974.50We study carefully the separate needs of our patrons. aad shall be glad to haveyour account, promising every accommodation consistent with good banking,"Wehavealarge @STOCK OFGOODSjust arrived. Comeandsee us.OATS, AY AND FOUHALIY.7 AMdC COBB & oOa |: ~UNDERTAKERS,MRL, ORR ADscam) voice estontWe haye just received :4' newhearse and the nicest line of Cof-fins and Caskets, in veed, metal_lic and cloth ever brought toGreenville., We ai prepared to Jo embalm-ing in al: its forms.Personal atiention given to con-ducting funerals ard bodies en-trested to our care will receiyeevery mark of respect.Oar prices are lower than ever,_. We do not want monupoly butinvite con petition._ We can be found at any and alltimes in the Juhn FlanaganBuggy CoTs building.BOB GREENE &CO.JLOODPrimary. 8e¢drummer of this country is~igreat. ~Phere are 18,000 of him, andofhe epends about $800,000,000 a yearJping the railroads, hotels, etc, te get1. We niight get along withoutinstitutions, but not. without theoHave you ever noticed,� asked Sny_der, the calculating barber, accordingto the Chic: go. Record, othe recklessextravagance shown by tailors infinishing a coat? Well, just take aJuok at your coat. Ona each sleaveyou'll find three buttons wnich areabsolutely unnecessary. Now, youmay think that thisisa trivial affair,but my figures prove the contrary, I |caleulate that in the United States'|thers are probably 29,000,000 suchgoats in existence.YouTve probably never stopped to con-sider the enormous number this is.295 miles in height. Allowing a valueot 5 cents per dozen, by my figures themoney thus thrown away, if investedit? No wonder people talk about hardtimes. But thatTs not all. Accordingaround the earth, with enough left overto reach from here to Carson City-The cost of this, at 4 cents a spoolwould be sufficient to pay a saloonkeep-ers license for two years, with thebartendersTs salary thrown in. Now,we'll say that it takes three minutes tosew these bustons on. At this rate, bymy figures, it would take 100 personsworking ten hoursa day, just ~threeand one-half yeara to do the workAnd the money expended in workingthe superflous buttonholes in coatlapels would turnish the Cuban insur-gents with gunpowder enough to blowup the whole island, Bay Rum?�aWhy He Quit.~ee |A. professional gentleman who wasaccustomed to take his morning glass,stepped into a saloon, and going up to{annoyed by the manTs familiarity, andWith six buttons a6 _ AANAon eaca coat this makes a total of | ¥0150,000,000 buttons simply wasted. | 4Well, placed one on top of another in |a single pile, they would make a stack | 40 SE aat 5 per cent., would yield an income | %of $31,250 per annum. Surprising isn t an . .a0 citizens of Greenville and the Opetomy calculations the thread used'in | %putting on the buttons, allowing two } qcinches for each, would stretch once | xSouthwest.to serve you.city. This 3s the official route.you want to go with your friends ?railroad running from the South orDonTt be fooled into mak.ing your urrangements until you haveconsulted sne of the Seaboard Air Lineagents, who always esteem it a pleasureB. A.Newland, GeneralAgent Passenger Department, 6 Kim-ball house, Atlanta, Ga., will be glado write you or call on you, or you canapply tocny ot the representatives of | |the Seaboard Air Lius in any town orDopee A SPECIALTY ccayer,us ry Orgertiary BLOOD POISON permanent);we cured in 151035 days. You can betreated atwee bomeforsame price under same guaran-ty. Ifyou prefer to come here we willcon:' tract to pay railroad fareand hotel bills,andnoch if ve fail to cure. If you have taken mer«cury, odi © potash, and still have aches andpews Mucous Patches in mouth, Sore Throat,imples, Copper Colored Spots, Ulcers qnan7 part of the body, Hair or cf Pt ad fallinout, it is this Secondary BLOOD POISONwe rantee tocure. We solicit the most obsti-Base wouaunot cures Th tneave her eteaere. § disease habaffled the skill of the most eminent regia hicians. %500,000 capital behind our uncondisonalguaranty. Absolute proofs sent sealed onpplication. Aiton coo REMEDY CQ.303 Masonic Temple. CHICAGO, ILL.PRACTICAL9WORKER.Neel ala et Nl alOffers his services to the© public generally.ae ROOFING, GUTTERING,$2 Spouting and Stove Work,. a specialty. |Satisfaction guaranteed orno charges made. ~TobaccoFlues made in season. Shoptc in rear of 5 and 10 cent store. a);|(SOs oe See3% ee ssanieinaion eae Se= _ td aoe�Ste te ey BNaoe Be¢ = 2 A Geer3ET eeESTABLISHMD 1875.SAM. M. SCHULTZPortraits !RS. T. E. HOOKER and.ISS RUSA HOOKER||«have opened anT~ on Portraits.. All work executed by hand.and will notroughly. toll him, oI am not in thecadhabit of drinking with tramps� The Six4 oe : ies ae a j: peg Poi Lhe ;yo Por VAT daa s hethe bar called tor whiskey. A seedy |} ortraits miade ~lite ~sizeindividual stepped up to hiv and said,})oI say, osquire, cauTt you ask an unfor" | bibtunate fellow to join you?� He ~was | $| 4TSTURIO)orders &Prices of &shed on applicg- 4PORK SIDES GSHONLDERJAKMERS ANI? MEKUHANT'S BUYA. ing their yearTs supplies will tindchasing elsewhere. Oursvock is complet+u allits branches.FLOUR, COFFEE, SUGARALWAYS AT LOWEST-MARKET PRICES|. Tobacco, sr~ff &c,{ we buy diroe} from{Manufatu... 43 enlin you to buy at one proilr. A eow-cle stock of .oe . 3� sf - o ~ A- FURNITURE.Pe ee ee alan een4 4 i eT t T eel ee 4sok id@: nel\ wWwaer dat & we% ie: Harta»Bi iyAgPOISE {Vee""is now running a""uaWOOD YARDand can furnish Wood at the shortestnotice. Buys Wood by the car load.Your patronage solicited.SOL CITORS WANTED forJ Dr. ~Talmages ~TheEarth Girdled.�T or his famous touraround the world, a thrilling story ofsavage and barbarous lands. Four mil-their interest to get our prices befcre pu "lion TalmageTs books sold, and oTheEarth Girdled� is his latest and grand-~est. Demand enoromous. Everybodywants this famous book, only $3.50. BigIbook, big commissions, a gold mine torworkers. Credit given, freight paid,outtit tree. Drop all trash and sell theking of books and make $300 a month.~Address for outfit and terriory, The -|Vominion Company, Star Buildiug, Chi-i Cago,|Ll'}sarbders.~ QAMES A. SMITH,TONSORIAL ARTIST,GREENV!LLE. N. C,Patronage solicited. Cleaning, Dyeingand Pressing Gents Clothes a specialty .ri ERBERT EDMUNDS,FASHIONABLE BAREER,Special attention given to cleaningGentlemens Clothingteed - teint cee enOTEL NICHOLSON,J. A, Burexss, Mgr.Washington, N. C,This Hotel has been thoroughly renovated, several new rooms added, elec,tric bells to every room. attentive servants. Fish and Oysters served daily�Patronage of traveling puulic solicitedCREENVILLE .-The next session of the school willopen onMNDAY SEPT. 7, 18%and continue for 10 months.The terms are vs : * 9200Prmety Bui sas 92.50! ins % "ae eeC . 1 9 Mee 00