we suppose it would nok be very| reform i is in the matter of ware-tobacco instead of waiting for itte cometo market to be sold di-rect~on its merits on the floor.~his custom of buying ia thecountry has been going on forseveral years, thongh at the out-set of the warehouse business,}oSH RSCRIPTION RATES.~ O eur. - - 2 * $3.00O30" ~month, he ee 7 and for many years thereafter,week. . - Og gis: P aieaced in town by. carriers withou: | this was not the case, nor 18 ib he| ekora eos. case on some markets now forand can beA~vertisng rates are liberalad ou application to the editor or atBae offices"We desire a live eorrespondent atevery. postoftice inthe eounty, who willgand in brief items of NEWS as it occurslo each neighborhood, Write plainlyaad oniy on one side of the paper.the warehousemen to purchaseany tobacco in the coun'ry.~If all tobacco was sold by theproducer on the warehouse floorfarmer would prevail and hewould be the gainer, besides itwould be more satisfactory to allinterestedintheaggregage. Onereason that it is objectionable isthat the same tobacco the dealersbuy of the farmer at the barndoor is put on the floor and theprice is pushed to a nigher priceby said ouyer than the farmerwho did not sell in the countryand put his tobacco on the flooris able to get for his sold thesame day, and this naturallycreates dissatisfaction.We thing that mach jcomnplaintwould be hushed rp if tobaccowas again sold in eyery instancedirect by the farmer on the ware-house floor. Such a couise itstrikes us would redown to thebenefit of farmers and warehouse-men, and indeed to the dealersgenerally. Ofcourse concert ofaction on the part of all ware-housemen in this territory wouldbe required to accomplish theresult suggested.We turcw out these sugges-tions for what they are worth,balieving at the same time that itwould be to the interest of all tobring about a reform in thismatter."Oxford Ledger.A BAD P&RAUTIIE,The CharlotteLonaNee~WEDNESDAY, JONE 30, 1897.oHow Now?�L, T, MANN.I simply rise to ask if anyonecau tell me hew it has come topass that preachers conceivethemselves at liberty to addressa public assembly in & ven of~ow. innuendo, ilbred ribaldry,and positive, downright vuigarity.Tt is a shameful fact, that put-lie deliverances from both pulpitand platform are frequently buithe opening of the intellectualaud moral charnel-house of thespeaker,s hidden life, aud therecTamation and bringing to newof some carrion fiela of pastcharacter, out of which issues apawful stench, disgusting torefinedsonsibilities, and sickeving todecent moral taste. 8Of all men we think preachersought to be purast. In the vastrealm of trath apprehended bythe huwan mind, that part of itregarded as peculiarly the fieldof the preacher 1s the purest audmost eunobling of all its proyin-ces. It so, how then can hecome from this fiela bearing tohis hearers nothing but garbage,that reeks with ifs rottenness, re-pels with its stench, or attractsonly to involve and deyelop ailthat is vile, and to perpetuate itshateful contagion of filth.lf preachers persist in thinkingaud talking as they please, re-gardless of every principle opropriety, then decent mer, andespecially decent women, wili becompelled to say with Bishep|Dunean: oThank God Tam notcalled to hear you.� Moreover,the good women of this land oweitto themselves as a matter ofseli-respect, toleave, in a body,apy public assembly in whichtheir modesty is affronted ardObserver ofter from which every paper iaNorth Cerolina suffers more orless, but which affecty, probably,the daily newspapers most"the| praciice indulged in sv exten-® i sively of borrowing subscribersT| papers; of habitually using theproperty of another and frequent-ly to the anneyance aud incon-veulence ef the Cwuer,The prac~ice sometimes workstwo ways against theScme who borrow wouldscribe if they eouldnTt borand oneée ina wile w paying suk-3criber, One who appreciates thepaper and is really anxious tohave it in bis home, becomes sosub-row,their sex insulted by the low,BS ig fae e worn out and disgusted with thecoarse, lunguags aud illustra- : ine; borrowing babit that he stopstious, toat frequently corrupt thesermon and iar the services ofGodTs hauso.Yo shame that such writing asthe above should be called for.The time has come when some-thing must be one to eheck thistendency of the time. | suggestthat while philanthropisis areendowing chairs of history, @¢., |somerood wouwau, as an expression of her ment, and ag almeans of Ler protection, selectone of our cnurch collages, andin it, endow a chatr of Gentility,Written with a big G, Weneedtaking it himself in order to get~rid of the borrower.The Observer evidently thinksthe confirmed borrower a barunut, for it says it odespairs of itsability to say anything whichwill pierce the hide of the news~paper borrower apd it has no ap-pealitthe matter exvept to itssubscribers,T and adds:oThe good will of @ persou whowill persistently beat upon youis hardly worth the having, andthe mau who subscribes and paysfor a newspapsr, like a wan,ought not hesitate to deny toanyvody the right to read hispaper before he aud his familydo, nor hesitate to tearit up whenthey have finished with it. Wefraukly avow a ~certain amountot. personal feeling in this.~matter, being aware that thogepeople who curse this papermost generously are persons whonéver subseribe for it nor buy a~eopy of it, but borrow it fromOne yearTs eac to another frompraiter men than themselves,�' From our own experience, weeatYesi)agentlemen in the ministry as wellasscholars' We have some, butwant more." Suggestions ou ths Question ot buy-- Tobacco at the Barn Door,ohere is one practice that hasyecome almost universal in thisin by the |territory indulgedmany farmers reform isble. Itis a practice which"| difficult to corréet. This needed|hougemén sending men direct tothe barn door to buy the farmer'smore uniformity of price to theTare prepared to ~gudorg. & a8chunk of solid truth tke st tementof our contemporary that othosegenerously are persons whonever subscribe for it nor buy acopy.� Fortunately, the animusof this class 1s frequently so ap-parent that the purpose to injurethe paper falls flat or proyes ahoomerang and rebounds uponthesource of abuse.The Observer conclades itsremarks upon the subject as fol-lows:oIt is much the habit of super-cilious deadbeats to turn up theirnoses at the State papers andwonder why North Carolinacannot have great papers such asother States haye. We have nowords to waste on the deadbeats,but to honest men who pay forthis paper we wish to say thatNorth Carolioa will never have agreat paper until subscriberscease lending such as we alreadyhave. This will bring the spon-gesto terms and they will per-forcea become newspaper sab-seribers; aud this will help them,too, for they will then becomemore self-:especting anu bettercitizens.� "Winaton Sentinel. cmnaneinninmsaeeecoec al& Shrewd Swindler.One of the shrewdest swindlethas. ever struck Richmondcounty, says the MockinghamIndex, was bere for a few days inMay, got over $1,100 out of ~hecounty, took his departure andhas not been seen or heard ofsince that time. He is badlywanted by most of the schoolcommitteemen of the county andin case he can be found thingswill be made zather hot for him.But J. D. Abbot, the manthey're after, has got his moneyaud itis hardly probable that hewill want to renew his acquain-tanceship in the county of Rich-mond. Abbot claimed to repre-sent a first class chart house andwent to see the various schoolcommittees: He showed them aSunday refers at length to a mat-,~them at $37.50 and in paymentpauper. |very good chart aud sold some cftherefor he tock vouchers upontne county treasurer for themoney. In other instances At-bot asked the committecmen tothe commissioners. By someslick nooxns he worked most allthe districts and it 1s suggestedthat he resorted to forgery inseveral iustances. The sheriffdid not want to par Abbot themoney but the youchers were Inbeen several weeks since he took |the orders and got his woney batthe present whereabouis of Abbotaad the ebarts is an unsolvedmystery.Shaving Statistics,The statistician has been at itagain, The average man, he hasdiscovered, has 20 square inches ofbeard on his face. Ergo, if a manwith 20 equare inches of face shavesevery morning, he will scrape over7,300 square inchesina year, Ae.cordingly, Ho he shaves frum thetime he is 20nnti he ts 70 years oii,he will have vcs cd. 860,600 squarerehesEee?aeThe Prince of Wales has lenthis countenance a new hat, whichas described is none other thanthe grandfatherTs hat of thiecountry; and the swell youthswho would have scorned to wearthat venerated headgear while itlacked authority will now. fran-tically don it when decked with aLondon label"bevause itTs Eng-1ish, you know !people who curse this paper most)R A. _ TYSON, VesPra'tSTaTEMunT on ~THEe&RESOURCES.Re 26 DAVE P PietGREENVILLE, N. 0.At the Close cf Business May 14th,%1897.1a *LIABILITIES.Loans and Discounts $42,153.81 Capital stock paid in $23,000.00:Over Drafts 895,29 § Surpius and Profits 3,042.54Due from Banks 8,772.46 Deposits subject to Check 58,812.65Furniture aud Fixtures 1,505.00 Cashiers Checks ortstanding "148.10Current Expenses 1,312.043 Due to Banks 508,15Cash Items 1,839.56 5 Time Certificates of Deposit 55,00Premium on Stock 1,000.00~Cash on hand 28.088,18Total $85,566.34$85,566.34 !ATotaldWe study carefully the separate needs of our patrons, aad shall be glad to haveWehavea large ~*STOCK OFAERGOOLSjust arrived. Comeandsee us.GIALIY.licdC COBB & SOWyour account, promising every ac commodation C0: asisten with good banking.mee eeUN DERTAKERS,NERA DBETORS ADEMBALMERS.: Saenierieneti, Deas eiy. We have ,ut t received @ newhearse and. ine nicest line of Cof-fins and Caskets, in weed, metal-and cloth ever brought toGreen\ ills.We are prep..vd to {0 cmbalm-lngin wl its forms.Personal atientiou viven to conducting fueerals and bodies en-trusted to our care will receiyeevery mark of. respe9;.Oar prices are lower than ever.We do not want monupoly butee We can be foand at any and alltimes in the Juho FlanaganBuggy CoTs building.BOB GREENE & CO.®She Learned the New Names.Instead of saying ~~papaTT and~~mamimaTT? when she spoke to herfather and mother, little Paulinesaid ~ClaraT and ~~Abraham,�T forher mother called her father ~~ A bra-ham� and he called her ~~Clara.�One day PaulineTs mother tried tc |break her little daughter of this |habit. ,oYou must call me ~mammaT and |your father ~papa,T � she said; ~~not |~ClaraT and ~Abrahain.T � |The little girl tried and tried, un- ||W.til her eyes were full of tears.**T dot it,� she said atlast. ~~Mam- |ma and papa, not Clara and Abva-ham !�TaidThen she came dancing up, pr eae) |4M. Bond. J.L, FlemingRow & FLEMING,ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW.Greenville, N. CJ ractice in all the eourts,oe eer eat ain3arbers.AMES A, SMITH,'TONSORIAL ARTIST.GREENVILLE. N.C,| Patron: ave solicited. Cleauing, DyeingPressiag Gents Clothes a specialtyof her new learning.oTan tell Abr aha *bout it w hen |just sign their names to a piece;of paper as an endorsement for |||he tomes home?T she asked."(-7 HHeneCRBERT EDMUNDS,FASHIONABLE BARE KR,Special attention given to cleanins~Gentlemens Clothing,ae |proper shape and correctly | |signed aud be coald mob do) | cages: Me |otherwise. Abbot has bis $1,160) Somes Shc |but not charts have reached the | § Wee Aree he Tange |deluded purchasers and it is not! as at i 4 |~hought by many that he 1s | F hey ae . |anxious to deliver then. Lt has) his oe ate |a Be ear Festh eter * SicPethncg aeomt |4 {ESTABLISHED 1875.PORK SIDES&SHO0LDERYARMBERS ANT) MERCHANTS RUYing their yearTs supplies will tindheir inrerest to get our prices befere pul)chasing elsewhere. Ourstock is¢orapletenallits branches.PLOUR,COFFEE, SUGAX~Primary English per mo.SAN. i. Se HULT ZL Intermediate o* " o* 99| HigherLanguages (each)The work and diselpline of the 3Will be as heretofore,We ask a eontinuance of vouriberal patronage.willMNDAY SEPT. 7,| ,and continue for |) mouths.The terms are «as vollows.#2 00bedTe)te be 06#3 60$1 00s oseho!pastwoRAGSDALE,Q-AI WATS ATLOWE ST MARKET PRICE~Tcbacco, Snuff, &,we buy diroc} from Manufastue. » ontling vo! fo bus at o1e pro in? : A eo.cte stock ofFURNITURE»leis on hand and noldat t prices to suit!the times. Our tbompi etymarginto run. we sellsold wpbeayesaM SEELEY ae Grae sville N. 0}(G20 poisorEGIALTY svmez.eeEGIALTY vn" A meis permanently cured in 16 to30 yous can be treated at home forche same price undersame guaranty. If. prefer 40 come hero we will contractjee mt preninte18, Mucoustash. 7 ati havo ach~7% oo ' h, Sobought and! eians. 500.06no 1isk tons! guaranty.