wyMaere %IR. A. A. TYSON, ViewePres,| {SREORGANIZED JUNE sthey OF THEining es Oa aes | | Tia constitutional limitations ~ot our""" == He wer figures, thus ssoficie a con-|federal power; that they urge upon-gveRy AFTERNOON (exert ~SLNDAT), stant decrease in the price of real cot-| their ~epresen~ative in congress to The Bank. of Greenvi lle= == =|ton. By operating a gambling en-|eract guch legislation as will prevent 9GREENVILLE, N. C.~bmored as 5 second-class mail matter. terprise known as the oNew York |any person, firm, or ~worporation, ~or: futures board,� in which fictitious|their agents from transmitting from At the Close of Business July 23rd, 1897.=Pore ? anon RATES. cotton is offered for sale in the market} one State (o another propositions for RESOURCES. LIABILITIES,fy at prices sufficiently reduced below} the sale or purchase of futures from | Loans and Discounts . $50,273.62 Capital stock paid in $23,000.00ene ee : ork : ite j State to the citi of another «| Over Drafts 1,580,183 Surpws and Profits 503.19:Sine month, - +. - 25 spot cotton prices to invite investment, | one otate to the ciizens Of a 9] Premium on Stock 1,000.00 Deposits subject to Check 48,289.50"One week, - = + = + +l0land wherein the said investments are|that all express, telegraph, telephone og from pare 2,630.55 oak to ee : 795.23: : , s . : urniture and Fixtures 1,505.00 ashiers Checks ortstanding 153.Delivered in town by carriers without virtually confiscated by arbitrary oF other companies cr persons im an} (ey ng | are In Tim e Certificates of Devcan: ep :extra cost. ~changes in said quotations whereby the | interstate capacity shouid be prevented | Cash in Vault 14,528.545 er rates are liberal and can be | country 1s drained of enormous sums of| trom promoting future gambling be- inci 7 see Total : $72,796.04he Oecd the ocho ee mney andthe cotton market fluctu-| tween the States ; that the transmis" : ages :the o sion of money, message, or any com-| We study carefully the separate needs of our patrons, and shall be glad to have,|at.d for gambling purposes to the your account, promising every accommodation consistent with good bankiA in whe eapenncieth at {great detriment of legitimate trade, | munication regarding the sale of}. a BOON DRE KINA.ate oe toffice inthe county, who will/thus producing the decline in the] purchase of fatures be excluded fromaoe riet items of NEWS as it occurs price of cotton as observed in our|the United States mails, to the end Wehave alargearrhood. Write plainly a eeesony prong of the cape. markets since the organization of the that this publie evil be suppressed and___. | New York cotton exchange and its/the people be freed from the ruinous STOCK OF := . futures board� and condition now thrust upon them by the veFrivay; Aveust 20, 1897. epee : eG "O""| Whereas, the price of labor neces- concentrated manipulation of specula- "UNDERTA KERsme sary to raise and market a given|tors and gamblers in trade. : | wipe: ,: RESOLUTIONS quantity of cot.on in comparison with} We respectfully recommend to the; \ fil. | | FAINERAL HIRE GT ARS ANo4 the price of labor necessa1y to manu-"| producing classes that they earnestly Mi} |Adopted by the Cotton Growers | facture and mark2t the same quantity memorialize Congress through their : EMB ALMERS.Convention Held at Galveston, | ot cotton, is of the ratin of two to three, | respective State legislatures to enact : oo: Texas, Aug. 2nd, 1897. and under legitimate conditions of | such laws as will proven the people GO ODS | Rae ust remived a gea) a ae trade, and estimated most favorable to|from this great and growing evil : heardeand ite nicest line of thBeacu Hore, manufacturers, raw cotton should sell{known as commercial gambling in fins and Cranes, in ec od, 2 imei.Galveston, Texas, -~ {for not less tdan 50 per cent, of the | futures. " 1¢ and cloth ever brought to:August 3rd, 1897, ) manufactured article, yet the sitaatioa A True Copy. : just arrived. Come and | Greenville.To Hon, J. F. Walters, chairman|js such that the pr.ce of cotton has J. F. WALTERS, Seeus. We are propiscd - ~o embalm-ing in ali its forms.ot the cotton growers association :/heen su depressed by speculation and | ChmTn of Conventicn.We, your committee on resolutions,} market gambling until manufactured} I, A. Sua, Secretary. F Personal atéention given to con:beg leave to make the tollowing report :| goods sell from 400 to 1400 per cent svvctiniimiahaiivciinies (ATS HRY ANN HOUR ea Pe shape pode: eu:; re will receiyeWe find, atter a careful @xamina- me _ the eyes that ee Our Own. Klondike. : every mark of respeci. /tionT of all the facts before us, that|such goods, and a vast wealth that : Ou' " r ~option dealing in future cotton is|should be distributed among its pro . 8 P pe NOFA y aires neh eke, AnH OYOEgambling of the most vicious nature ;|ducers is annually ccnfiscated by the jek coe oe HOT 0 i ae? LI LUI HA : pee iriae monupoly but: :, withdrawing at least $2 per bale from uubridled greed of speculators; and Alaska in the search for gold an sini : a » ': deaienailation during the deal, which in] Whereas, ~he history of cotton pre- mee | Hlined as ae tee or rene: aad ave Klondikes of our own at , the Jnearly every case ends by forwarding| duction -hows that the worldTs demand ule Pe londikes of our own a | ( CORR i SW Buggy CoTs building.y aoors, ® ® 6the option put up by the yictim in the | has increased at greater ratio than thesouth with a constant tendency to ¢e-| worldTs supply, and as measured by the. T press our principal money crop, by this|surplus ou band at the end of each} lotte that two hands in six weeksT time~means forcing a sale at a price less} cotton season, the surplus has grown | had washed out 09 3-4 pounds of gold.shan the co:t of production ; robbing|less for more than twenty years,| which had an assay value of $14,200.Authentic information reaches Char- BOB) GREENE & CO.:Ce ee ln -W. M. Bond. J. L. Fleming,Jur. ry # ALC, bu« Of cascarets, theBox? & FLEMING,finest liver and bowel 1egu ator everour farmers of their just earnings, pre- proving the falsity of the cry of over! ~This rich find was made in McDowell maue . ATORNEYS-AT-LAW ¥venting them from paying fur the| production as proclaimed by specula- county. Greenville, N. C. Fesupplies to produce a crop at a loss:|tors and revealing facts that under) pi. method of extracting the gold is | | H i Practies in all the courts.pe ee eon te me ety Proper oT would .. ne by sluice washing, ant the findines dilld i p I Operly (ar ale. = ",.chants : forcing our women and Chil-| prices sieady and improve during that h ; . . ee |: age ave proved of exceptional richness. ) 1dren to labor in the fields ; throwing time: and veP P ~ AVING BEEN APPOINTED and Sarbders.ee | = One of rhe owners of the gold was qualified as Receiver of the Green-Jaboring men out ot employment und} Whereas, these other conditions ville Lum er Company, for the purpose | == === ahere this week and had the goid assay- | of gettins . ; ae 4 g the affairs of said Company, B. PEthereby causing them to join the|make it necessary that legislation be ed at the United States assay office in|I hereby offer for sale the real estate in A. NDER,army of t-amps; adding largely to o ~ivedT : reli , ; . shee ; MO |y p g largely to our] contrivedT and enacted to relieve cotton this cit , and it was found that the gold sas be boar Shri oe & nie feore FASHIONABLE BARBER,Can be found below Five Points,eriminal classes ; spreading by a ten- producers trom these oppressive unjust: mount sated | erty will be sold on reawag werth «bout the a it 8 y 8 sonable terms 10| 1 ox+ door t Reflector office,dency to gamble in ofutures� |and ruinous conditions ; therefore ve bove, He did not want his name | /0ts to suit purchasers.contagion in the morals of our agri=| it ADuVe- e aid For further information see or ad-. kno~vn and was rather reticent concern- | dresscultural class, from which draw: , . . 24. SN,a Be SPATE S Reesetvony tank a ree: We peep ing the find and its production. But »'LOVIT HINES, pai Sina ARTISTlarge majority of men to fill everv| of the cotton growing States, inviting ~te nertulnly of remarkanla richness. . ~ ¢ i ] 1] \ i "1¢ Sq 3avocation in life, We fiad there can] the co-operation of the citizens of all 4 Receiver, Kinsion. N.C, GREENVILLE, N, Cand is proving a bonanzs for the owr-be no real prosperity unless the ag-| other States of the Uniox, to insist"Patronage solicited. Cleaning, D: eT aggricultural classes are prosperons. We upon and secure legislation in every Spreesbarioty Tene, �"� ene pribeiag Gents Olaghess, specuityfind a condition surrounding the cotton | possible torm t prevent the existing] = i = _ | bbobeser Gc kohe eeproducer today not one ot prosperity, injury to our cotton trade produced by Cotte) aue Peanat, aod ~a RBER U EDMUNDS. | abut many of them cramped with debts, speculation and gambling in our mar- evloy are Pa orfolk prices of Recrui é bal AS : ONABLE sighorm with orig, onable [ha a Ses Contains hae cece sionenjoy the fruits of their lavor and edu-| We commend as just and necessary | chants of Norfolk~cate their families, largely, we think,|tue suppression of cotton ofutures,� COTTON. ke Fe odtrom the dealing of option gamblers | and to that end we ask the co operation Good Middliug 8} 5s as ee#saliing our products below the cost ot | of all people in securing such state and Middiing ro 4 4 iprocucti¢n. For this reason we ask | federal legislation as shall come within yn Gee el 6 i. \, pmte ~AAAyour adoption of the following resolu- | the legitimate domain of Federal and : ous arm , ¢ ' a ~tions : state legistion. We urge legislation to PEANUTes oeWhereas, the cotton industry of the | Suppress the operation of any system abe ; ,south is a most importait agriculural | of dealing in what is correctlyT known me ie a Phe nex: gir 90 the soe vilproduct of the United States, and in|?s futuces; that it may be made unlaw- | S»anish #0 10.7% mee anvolume nore than 65 per cent of the|ful for any firm, corporation or the alow dmaT aworldTs product of cotton, and the con- | agents of any such to dealin the sale " ss . ee MONDAY 34Pi. 6 isn_ dition of this great industry, being wow | F purchase ot cotton ofutures.� Select E emale School. ae | and continue for 19 months.| wn , :depressed b7 speculators who control} 1t should be made unlawful for aay] wn. next session of this school will , Pe re ibe ~The terms are as follows.and reduce the price, in thar own in..| bank or banking institution, telegraph, begin onterest, by the following methods, telephone, express or other corporation _.MONDAY, 6th OF seere MBER. \ AM. Mi. SCHULTE Primary Paglish per me, aon)among others: By offering for sale} person, theit officers or agents, to iets tics aie an bolic: Intermediate '* * a2 50ficticious cotten called ofutures,� at | ~ake receive or transmit aay message | primary Eug.ish, per mouth $2 00 Hishor aeith a @ iprices uniformly less than the current money, bid or deposit tor investment Intermediate . $2 50 PORK SIDES & SHON LDER ger f 10spot cotton market, which, sales ~of|i! cotton futures» an our respective pean (each) o SL 00 VARMERS ANI? MEKUHANT'S. BU; penguates (niga MLRfictitious cotton or contracts to deliver States, or to be transmitted by others Music including useof nstrument $3 00 ing their yearTs supplies will tind The work and sliselpline of the hastheir interest to get our prices befere pu. | Will be as heretofore.cotton at a future time at lower prices: from, suek States 5 that it be made] No deduction for 108s time except in chusingalnwhare. Ourntect tec avathan the actual spot cotton prices, and unlawful for any person, firm, or cur- Se hp Helge ah gy of as much as one/n allits branches. rae : We ask wu dnowéluances of voir pass?in which speculators jo not intend, poration to publish or print or circu-| ~The instruction is thorough in a'l its aed dress: dep | ,and are not compelled to deliver actual late by any wethod the prices bid or branches. ~Nhe moral tone and intel-, PLOUR,COFFES SUGAX : ov H. RAGSUALS,a ] ~cotton but uniformly pay or receive the} any of the propositions of sale or pur- pie he mee vat watery hiee monetary difference in th chase of fu'ures in the States so legis- | For further particulars see or.add ""o- - ay 3 afutures and spot cotcon at th seatty lating, bs a Re FORBES, i@ expira. : Greenyille, N, C taLware AT sare telessites PRIORtion of the contract of delivery,| We urge that jes and other neces} July, 21, 1897, ya | : "~These contracts bemg cheaper, induce |8tY measures for the reliet of the| | , oe - Tebacco, Snuff &e,oe lemme anda aphaleen sted ponent? MRM OS II Fee ee: wgore co 0 fh ah : 0 buy at cre prot, A eour- sul| Ried PRIN Te | ioe TOMER 0 tp seo of~Spot cotton sales, to withdraw from | Porated in their platforms and madee market, thus fostering a condition | into laws for the. common good Befrom, the cottonT market it further . 3| purchaser, destroys logiti.| Resolved, that natio pee & § elec tlaalintegeyovemetnd Fe ge 61ket demands and competi. | Necessary in the ~more complete sup~ | aia BROS. LUMBER CO, .d leaves the cotton product at i Pression of market gambling, and wel Kinst a, ¥. | toWe oe ~BSTABLISHED: ALumber Yard at Greenyille withW. R. PARK R as gn ~Orders