ore. © gand in brief items of NEWs as if occursiEVERY AFTERNOON (EXCEPT SUNDAY).~Bowered as second--luss mail matter.We ya st ltGa woth «- « «(0+ =One week. ce AN aDelivered in town by carriers withoutextra cost,- as it flew slow'y ac Oxs the fielu,the bridge he no doubdt haa to- Ke dropped his hook in the waterbed 1t, he pulled it in and lo andposed to have gone in there when |BAwyFay watts. wir.ius. pieSURSCRIPTION RATES.A~lvertisng rates are liberal and can bead on application to the editor or at |he office -ee okosccsieneadaaadWe desire x leva correspondent atavery postofiice inthe covaty, who willfa each neighborhood, Write p lainlya 1d oniy on one side of the paper.sanacccrinenctmtetiaratetFray, Jung 11, 1897.A FISH STURY.The following ave clipped fromthe Hillsboro Observer and wethink a remarkable occorrence.Mr. Darell Riley, a farmer livingnear Hillsboro, while he and hisson were working in a field alongside the old Lyon mill pond sometime ago, his altention was at-racted to a large hawk sailingaround closelo the ground andpond. The hawk at last made adagt down, and when he arose hewent up very sicwly with some-thing in his claws, cud Mr. Riteysupposed it to be aw rabbit it hadcaught. It wasevilent that theweight of what it had was aboutas much as it could well manage,not at a great height, Mr. Rileyand his sov shouted at it andmade a great fusx, and the hawkdropped what it had, and youngRiley went to see what it was,when lo and bshold he found it10 be achub,weighing about threepounds. They carried it howeand it made them a good supper.M:. Riley is known to be a truth-fal man. What will Dr. Blacknellthe proprieton of the hotel say tothis? [ would Jike to hear fromhim. Is there another county inthe State that has hawks that willcatch-fish for the farmer while heis in his field at work ?Oh, yes, Jones counry hashawks of such bature, and farthermore they not only cateh fish,butthey some time catch chickens forthe farmer while he is iu his fieldat work.Resding the above fish storyreminds us of one related in oarhearing recently, and we think itwi!l cap anythilg in the line of atruthfa} fish story that may comeoit tis season, and shows thatoar fish are up to date, by takinga liking to otangle foot� as themajority of the coming generationd». Itran as follows ;A gentleman who had yisttedtown on one occasion, purchaseda jug and had 1t filled with whis-key. Onhis return home in theevening he had to cross over &creek on abridge, and while onsimple the conten's of the jugaid see if it came up to standard:aid while he was sampling it helot it fallin the water and thereit stayed for some time. Sometime afterwards a gentleman wentfishing, and on crossing this samebricge decided to try his luck.and pretty soon something nab-behold he han caughta jug. Onexaming into the matter he foundzaside the juga cat fish he sup-small, and the fish mustpit and stayed iu ther~it bad grown so that itget out, and that whened his hook in the wateryn in the mouth of theWy There is ~more of trath thanIsnTt m the Wood, xfaaapoetry in the following from theGormantown (Pa.) IndependentGazette, as Many newspaper mencan testify to: !Tne more a newspaper man®xerts his ability to please thepublic, the more good he does forthe town, the more charitable bebecomes, the more he 18 criticisedsays an exchange. Yea, verily,the man who can run & Dews-;aper without being criticised,censured and threatened hasnever beenfound. Heisa barrenidealty, beautiful to think about,but incapable of taking on mor-tality, and associating with vulgarhumanity. Itis impossible for anewspaper man to please every-|body as it 1s for everybody toplease him, and the sooner hemakes uphis mind to this stub-porn fact the vetter for everybodyconcerned. If he works for thepublic good, he receives privatecensure, 1f he compliments merit,he is censured by jsalous demer-its; if he approves morality, he iscursed by i:amortality ; if he triesto be fair, he 18 condemnel bythe unfair, if he makes a mistakefew are found to overlook it, orapologize for him. No matterhow innocert nis purpose, howstudied his writings, he is pickedto pieces, misrepresonted, ma-ligned, ridiculed, and seldom everdefended. He works hard forbread and butter, while other menwax rich around him. He writesto the queenTs taste for nothing,and is threatened with a libel suitor a duel if he records a drunkenspree of the bridegroom = sixmonths afterwards. Yes, it isimpossible for a newspaper manto please everybody. As well attempt to chain a cyclone or ~lassothe furious ligh{ ning.In short it isnTt in the wood.- ace ncomneA Church Story.Not very many years ago, in acountry church in the west ofEagland, the rector, preachipgwith great earnestness for homemissions, took for his text, oTeedme with food convenient for me.�As he came down from the pulpit,well content with the effect hiseloquence had produced on thecongregation, tne disturbingthought strack him that he hadmade no arrangement for the col-lection (sure to be a liberal oneon this occasion). As be passedthrough the chancel he whisperedhurriedly to an inteiligeut choirbov, ~Go into the vestry, takethe plate you wil find on the ta-ble, hand it round to the con-gregation, and then bring it tome.T The boy departed on hiserrand, and the rector took hisplace withtn the communion rail®and gave out the offertory hymn.The last words of this hadscarcely died away when the boystood before him a plate of bis-caitsin his hand, and an apol-Ogetic expression on his chubbyface oPlease, sir,� he explained inano audible voice, oITve handedthem all round to everybuay. andnobody worTt take one !T"Lon-don Gentlewoman.s_EE RE NREEEE NEEa Peculiar Case.ecco ,A peculiar case has come to light 10Augusta, Ga. In the bg freshet ot1888, in Augusta, Mrs. Lucy Gainesand her daughter were rescued tromtheir little home, on Upper Broadstreet, by Fireman Battle. As theboat turned the cerner of Broad andeh streets it was upset. ~The~two women were rescued, but a valiseMrs, Gaines, carried was. lost. Shenever heard of it again, It containednearly nine hundred dollars, half of itin gold and silver. It was found by anegro, Neltoa.Curtis. He lett it at thend the fish on the insidewalloweditrestaurant of Mary Barney, a° negroawo.up a yard long marriage noice |:cut opening it. Mary Barney hadmore curiosity. She found the moneyand appropriated is. Curtis came backfor the valise, and she gave him theclothes ana never mentioned the mon-ey. She improved her house she wasliving in and bought other propertywith Ler ill-gotten treasure. Recently~she and her husband fell out, and shetried to keep all the property and divmiss him empty-hauded. In revengehe told tse story of her taking themoney from the valise, and legal pro-ceedings haye just been instituted forpossession of the prop3.ty she boughtwith the money. |aHE WORRIED ABOUT iT.When the weather was murky, hegazed at the skyAnd he worried ahout it,He watched tue gray cloudlets go scur-rying by,And he worned about it:o]']] bet it will rain,� he wonld say toa friend,All manner of dire disaster portend ;His lite was one fret from beginningto end,For be worried about it. .will,And he worried about it,The good he beliitled and magnifiedill,And he worried about it ;His health was nigh perfect, but then,if you plexse,He fancied he had mostly every diseaseAnd martialed his ailments in columnsof threes,And he worried about it.No doubt when he entered the worldlong ago,He wortied about 1t ;As a matter of-fact, when he n arrie |you know,He worried about iteAnd when ne depa.ts from this scenecf despair, :And mounts on light wings throT ethe:-eal air,When ushered right up to a heavenlychair,HeTll worry about it."St. Paul Dispatch.Caught.oT want to be sure I understandyou rightly,� said the iawycr, whowas cross-examining tLe locomo-tive encineer. oAt the time theaccident happened to the plaintiffat what rate were you running ?Please repeat your statement asto that particalar. ToT tad slowed down to aboutsix milesau hour,� replied theengineer.oYou are positive as to that areyou?�oVes, sir.� |oYou want the jury to ander-stand that you had slowed downto six miles an hour, do you?�oVos, sir.�oOnce again, you had sloweddown to six miles an hour, hadyou?�oYes.�oNow, sit!T thundered the law-yer, rising to his feet and glaringfiercely at the witness, odid: younot testify in your direct examina-tion that. you had slowed up?�oOf course, but""oThat willdo, sir? Gentlemen(| of the jury, thatTs our case !�And the jurymen, without leav-ing their seats, brought in a ver-dict against the railway company,There is talk of Salisbury having acity park.CharlotteTs thirteenth factory is unde"way. This one is for webbing andbackbands. *to the apple crop than was expected,expenses."Charlotte Observer.woman at 116 Marbury ~street, with- ¢ ayRok R. A. TYSON, Vice-PresTt. & -, /* REORGANIZED JUNE 15th, 1896.STATEMENTIOF THEThe Bank ofGREENVILLE, N. C.At the Close cf Business May il4th, 1897.= Reports to the agricultural depart-}ment will show more damage by frost} |.Bishop , Cheshire ~sailed for New] 9; eeYork lest week from ~Bhglaid. oHis the thdiocese contributed $600 to defray his],Bt-R.L. DAVIS, PresTt.. Je L. LITTLE. CashTrGreenvile,RESOURCES. LIABILITIES,Loans and Discounts $42,153.81} Capital stock paid in $23,090.00Over Drafts 895,293 Surpius and Profits 3,042.54Due from Banks 8,772.46 Deposits subject to Cneck 58,812.55r Furniture and Fixtures 1,505.60 Cashiers Checks ortstunding 148.10Current Expenses 1,312.04? Due to Banks 508.15Cash Items 1,839.56 5 Time Certificates of Deposit 55.00Premium on Stock 1,000.00 : aaa anaCash on hand 28.088.18 Votal $85,566.34Total $85,566.34We study carefully the separate needs of our patrons, aud shall be glad to haveyour account, promising every accommodation consistent with good banking,bdWehavealarge »STOCK UFGOODSHe had a few troubles, as human kiva just arrived. 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