ee a ee4 ad eso xya eee, sRe er ea eeJEVERY AFTERNOON (EXCEPT SUNDAY)._ and,is now started in the other~ direction towards the high-watereee Re ie a aaa* e ee * ~PRqd~ zsalhave. your engine ready, We[omnesBurete aed as second-class mail matter.will. nnete ©... {SURSCRIPTION RATES.~ oGre yeur, 00_ Qae month: 3 week. :ye ® ps4 « 4)ee aeDelivered in town by carriers withoutextra cost. :Advertisng rates are liberal and can be.rad on application to the editor or at.~he office eekiWe desire a live correspondent atovery postoffice in the county, who will-gend in brief items of NEWS 48 it occursia each neighborhood. Write plainlyand only on one side of the paper.7)to Wepyespay, Aveust 11, 1897.ési age 2aeer* .® Senor Conovas del Castillo, theprime minister of Spain, wasrotally assassinated on Sundayby an anarchist. The murdererfired three shots at close raugeeach ot which took effect. Con-ovas lived about two hours after !he was shot and his last cry wasoLong Live Spain.� The as-sassination caused more or leasoexcitement throughout the world.[eeimeepeereeeecnnerine aaaBetter Times._prmeeThe Augusta Chronicle says~that othe tendency onT everyone hand is to proclaim - better timesoand thus Lelp the good workalong. The belief 1s general thatthe pendulum has swung to its~limit in the direction of adversitymark of, prosperity. Let every-body shove, shoulder to shoulder,and swing it high.� That is the- away to talk. Times depend verylarcely upon how people talkabout them. Thereisa familiarstory sbout & man having beenplaced ona table and made tobelieye that one of his arteriesnad been cut, a flow of waterheing arrapged at the same timeso that tne sound of its dropping~ persuaded him that it was thedropping of his blood. Thestory continues that the mangrew weaker and weaker until Ledied. There are other stories ofmen in pertect health havinggone home and gone to bed, theresult of being told by one friendrafter another, according to pre-armngement, how bad _ theylooked. itis largely so in busi-mass. It may not be that if, inbad times, everybody woudInsist that times were good theywould be good, but they would- oanquestiony bly be better; and itis certain thatif in good timeseverybody should unite and saythat tiaes are bad they wouldspeedily get bad. Indeed, one ofthe potent agencies in makingtimes hard within the past fewyears has been the universallamentation about how hard theywere. lhe tendency of. calamityhowling is bad in eyery way.Business is at present improvingbeyond a question, and every-body can hasten the return of~prosperity Happily this can bedone without putting any worknon the imagination."Chariotte4} Observer.emA Practical Test.Dom Pedro, the last emperor- ~~ ~of Brazil, was a man of practica:turn of mind, as the followingstory told of him by a Spanishnewspaper well illustrates :He once gave an audience to aPe fasheer 4 i4, wre i ~ineer,.who came toshow hime new sppliance forstopping railway engines. The @mperor was pleased with the|Tshall have it covpled to mysaloon car aud start. Whengoing at full speed I will. givethe signal to stop, and then weshall see how your inventionworks.� ane :At the appointed time all wasin readiness. The emperor en-tered his carriage, the youveinventor mounted his engite, andon they sped for several miles asfast as they could go. Therecame no signal, and the engineerbegan to tear that the emperorhad fallen asleep. Suddenly theengine came to a sharp curvearound the edge of a c.iff, when,to his horror, on the tracg direct-Jy ahead of them the engineersaw a huge bouider.He had just sufficient presenceof mind to turn tho crank of hisbruke and pull the engine upwithin'a couple of vards of thefatal block.Here the emperor put his headout of his car windcw and de-manded to knowT the cause of thesudden stoppage. The engineerpointed to the rock, and, much tohis surprise Dom Pedro, beganto laugh.oPush it on one side and goon,� he said calmly.The engineer obeyed, andkicking the ~stone, was stillfurther astonjshed to see ittumble into dust before him.It was nothing more nor lessthan a block of starch which theemperur had had made andplaced on the rails the nightbefore."HarperTs sound Table.aCost of Stopplag and Starting TrolleyCaraThere is ou old adage to theeffect that what is worth doing atall ig worth doing well. Becausewe cannot see the force that pro-pels the trolley car we are apt totorget that the humble duiies ofthe motorman require 1nteili-gence. It Jooks as if he juatturned a handle and that was theend of it, but the real truth of thematter is something very different.It takes just as much electricpower to start a car as it wouldanimal power, and 1t requires lesscurrent to keep the car movingthan to start it, so that a greatnumber of starts and stops meansa large coosumption of energy.In the American Electriciantaere appears an article in whicha wjshed to pty to ope ~ eaeoDay after rcmaprow peltd he)! ~ . ,agaeg cde We| United States stamp agent at, Bepresent Their Perty. -a ~g tees, i ? o i; & @ ,~A negro has been appointedthe Postoffice Department. Hisname is John P. Green; he is aCleveland lawyer, and was ap-pointed as a personal favor toPresident McKinley.The principal office: awardedNorth Carolina, Recorder of:Deeds of the District of Colum-bia, wentto a negro, Henry r.Cheatham. The vice presidentof the National Association ofRepublican Clubs for this stateis a negro, John ©. Dancy. Awhite lady who had for yearsbeen postmistress at a little townin the eastern part of the State,was turned out @ few days agoand now @ buxom negro womanhands out the mail.Henry Rucker, a Decatur street~negro barber, bas taken chargeas internal revenue collector torthe Atianta, Ga., district.These men are fit representa-tives of the Republican party inthe South. They are better thannine-tenths of it their race andclass cast at |_ast 90 per cent. ofthe votes the Republican partyreceives in the Southern States:Bet it is the same class thatfurnishes 80 per cent. of the crim-inals that fill our priscns, ourjails and fill up tne dockets of ourcourts.-"Charlotte News._ See ae IRBicycle Froverbs.A soft saddle turneth awaywrath,The bumped child dreads theflyer.The novice and his saddle aresoon parted.needs a high gear.ItTs a poor cyclometer thatwonTs register double up hill.TtTs an ill wind that blows outof a puncture in your tire.ItTs the man without a cyclom-eter that has ~idden the greatestdistance of all.No man can hasten the passingyear, but any good rider canmake a century ru%.things; it's the little sprocketthat makes the wheel go around.Take heed of the beginnerbefore, the scorcher from be-hind, but who shall escape thebloomer girl ?" London Star." + eee ia lyCottc 1. ang Peanut,Below are Norfolk prices of cottonand peanuts for yesterday, as furnishedthe actual figures for these twoT by Cobb Bros. & Commission� Mer-cases are given. it is shownthat the cost of one stop on eachtrip of acar during @ year on a15 car line may amount to $70, orto $467 for a 100 car road; so thatifthese figures are multiplied bytwo stops at each crossing on &road cperating long lines thelarge cost is eviaeut, Carefuihandling of the controller willgave over $1,000 a year on a 15car line, and $7,000 per year on &100 car road. ~he differencebetween a careful motorman, whohas been well instructed, and acereless One may amount to from3 to 8 per cent. of the total energyconsumed. It is perfectly safe,according to its authority, to eaythat 10 per cent. of the energy~oan be saved by more carefulhandling of the controller, whilecent. could be saved withoutdoubt. The maxim of everymotorman should be: oUse thebreak as little as possible anddrift as much as possible.� Theemployment of skilled motormencapable of understanding themechanism they handle wouldresult in a saving to the trolleycompanies, even a higher ealarywere paid the men, and at thesamé time add much comfort toon most roads at least 15 perthe passengers "Savannah News. |chants of Norfolk -COTTON,Good Middliug 8}Middling 8Low Middling 7Good Ordinary 6 15-16Tone"irm| PEANUTSPrime %Extra Prime 2}�"�ancy "28Spanish 60 to JTone"quiet.Select Female School.~The next session of this school willbegin onMONDAY, 6th OF SEPTEMBER,The terms are as follows:Primary Eng ish, per mouth $2 00Intermediate * ae 2 30Higher AP gute A $3 00Tanguages (each) ~*' $1 00Music including use of nstrument $3 00No deduction for joss time except incase of sickness of as much as oneweeks duration.The instruction is thoreugh in a'l itsbranches. The moral tone and intel-lectual influences are unsurpassed, Thediscipline is mild but positively firm,For further particalars see or addreas,- MRS, ALFRED FORBES,| Greenyille, N, C.duly, 21, 1897,LUMBER.\W* HAVE ESTABLISHED ALumber Yard at Greenville withfor Lumber, Rough or Dressed can beleft with him. . |HINES BROS. LUMBER CO.aKinston, N. �,�He who.sups with the scorcheroDespise not the day of small | dreR,. A.-TYSON, Vic-ePres,R. L. DAVIS, PresTt.J: L, LITTLE, CashTer, | SREORGANIZED JUNE 15th,"1896.STATEMENTIOF THE | a4The Bank of Greenville,Atthe Close cf Business July 23rd, 1897.RESOURCES. LIABILITIES.Loans and Discounts $50, 273.62 ¢ Capital stock paid in $23,000.00Over Drafts 1,580,18 ¢ Surpius and Profits 503.19Premium on Stock 1,000.00} Deposits subject to Check 48,289.50Due from Banks 2,680.55; Due to Banks 795,23Furniture and Fixtures 1,505.00 5 Cashiers Checks ortstanding 153.12 .Cash Items 1,278.15 ; Lime Certificates of Deposit 55.00Cash in Vault 14,528.54 j . asesigiasaalencanegeanise Total $72,796.04ee ae POOR $72,796.04We study carefully the separate needs of our patrons, aad shall be glad to haveyour account, promising every accommodation consistent with good banking. ¢,Wehave alargeSTOCK OFGOODSjust arrived. Comeandsee us.DATS AY AND FLOURoA HLTY16.a!@};«4Oo""UNDERTAK RFUNERAL DIRECTORS ANDEMBALMERS.""OWe have .urt received & newhearse and tne nicest line of Cof-fins and Orsgets, in woed, metal-lic and cloth ever brought toGreenville._ We ara prepssud « {0 embalm-ing ia wi its forms.Personal atiention giveu to coducting funerals and bodies eutrusted to our care will reveiyeevery mark of réspesT.Our prices are 1ower than ever.Ne do not want monopoly butwit COmpetition._ We can be found at any and alltimes in the Joho JlavaganBaggy CoTs building.BOB GREENE &CO.Just try a 10c. Lux of cascarets, thefinest liver and bowel segu ator evermadeValuable Property for wile.AVING BEEN APPOINTED andqualitied as Receiver of the Green-ville Lum der Company, for the purposeof settling the affairs of said Company,I herebv otter for sale the real estate inand adjoining the town of Greenvillebelonging to said Company. This prop-erty will be sold on reasonable terms inlots to suit purchasers.For further information see or ad-* LOVIT HINES,Receiver Kinsion, N. C,-ESTABLISHED 1879.SAM. M. SCHULTZPORK, SIDES & SHOTLDERAe sah ANi) MEKUHANTS BUYing their yearTs supplies will tindtheir interest to get our prices befere puchasing elsewhere. Ourstockis corapleteu allits branches.o~-ALWAYS AT LOWEST, MARKET PRICETobacco, Snuff &c,we buy diroc) from Merniactuae, » enlin: you to buy at one profit, A eou-cle stock of ). FURNITUREalways on hand and soldat 3 to suitSs iotuge Rea toe sareto run we sell ata closes waa&. M SCHULTE; Greenville N.FLOUR, COFFEE, SUGARWw. M. Bond.BeT? & FLEMING,ee L. F kmngATORNEYS-AT-LAW,Gieenville, N.C.Practice io all-the eourts.nuo"3arvoers.AMES A, SMITH,~~UNSORIAL ARTIST,GREENVILLE, N. C,Patronage solicited. Cleaning, Dyeingand lTressing Gents Clothes a specialtyH SRBERT EDMUNDS,, FASHIONABLE BAREER, o�Special attention given to cleanin.Gentlemens Clothing,GREENVILLE~alt Academy,The next session of fthe school willopen on?MONDAY SEPT. 6, 1897and continue for 10 months,The terms are as follows.Primary Hnglish per mo. $2 00Intermediate ~* ~* o $2 50Higher a ate $3 00Languages (each) ** = * $1 00The work and diselpline of the sehoo!}will be us heretofore.Weask a continuance of your pastliberal patronage,w H.RAGSDALE, 1~ +t Tew SASS +43Ps al~ re teawa his diwed eee®aosoukPie: ae iforge om ;. : * ier feign iets a4nT m