a.EVERY AFTERNOON (EXCEPT SUNDAY).Pee neat naan sna eanne, Ga.Bnwred as second-rlass mail matter.ppmas~SURSCRIPTION RATES.Quciyet. - °°) eal10withoutOae month, - ° *One, week. aor oeDelivered in town by carriersextra cost.* ng rates are liberal and can bea pape the editor or atad on application toche office:: we desire a ftve correspondent atfice inthe covuty, who willne eee items of NEWS 88 it occursOe rhood.. Write plainlyand only on one side of the papers~, .ee eetiednciinitenenen octamerSaturDAY, AUGUST 91, 1897.omyeC "It was a Wise man who said :'~Leavehing to what is called ~lucky.DonTt leave 1t to olucky� to secure andretain customers. Make juciciousadveitising one of the factors of yoursucess,iaa eeenill99notsie anDuring the fiscai year ended June 30last the value of bicycles exported was$7,005,328, against $1,898,012 duringthe preceding year, Ot this largetotal Great Britain took $2,375,000worth and Germany ~$1,025,000 worth.The rest literally went to every partofthe world. This large sale was dueto the fact that the best wheels aremade in the United States,eeoWhy don't you run a newspaper likethat?� amerchant sad to a reporter,the other day, throwing out 4 Chicagydaily. oFor the same reason you donTtrun a store: like that,� the reporterreplied, turning to a tull page advertise"a Chisago house showipp ament ofThe merchanttwelve-story building.locked attentively at the picture for amoment and said : o I never lcoked atoit that way before.� No?"Exchan,e.eeEvidence Acoumulates in Favor ofa Compulsory ~School Law.But the evidence accumulates almostdaily that a law that will torce parentsto see that their children attend sc2ool- givenT fumbar of months~every year |must be the very starting point of thefight against illiteracy in North Carolina. Without « law that will compelthe attendance of the children how arewe to fill even the schools we have?The evidence is ample that we do notful them. That it is children withbooks ard a thirst for knowledge thatace needed more than additional schoolbuildings and teachers, here is butone way to get them, We may set aschool buildiag in ~every cove and aecliege on every hill and still be foryears to come the most illiterate . statein the Union. But with the enforee-maent uf a Jaw that compels the attend~ance of every child above, say, sevenyears und under, say, sixteen or eigh-teen we shall have carried the firstcitadel ot entrenched ignorance andmade broad and clear the way to ulti-mate victory,; canaauil school law is, we ad-mut, in the nature of & choi jIt is true that it ~ pera le' agement onpersonal liberty, Bat what kind ofliberty? ~The liberty that attacks thevery foundations of the republic, theliberty to condemn children to as.Seoe a narrow view of life. Is noyiat kind of liber i jCo injury ? eG, 7 a. otoa law the terms of H ee tefelt us onerous and are Aoffensive only tillthe present generauion had felt andseen ifs benefits? Then there wouldbe cheerful acquiescence in the spirit" of the law and ihe tecessity for the: ~rigid enforcement ot iis letter wouldhave passed away,." Asheville Citizen,a When biliow- ¢r goenve, eat a Vas_ Cane, cancy gathartic, cure constipa~FR.seem e EA"":| This ian old, and oft repeated éx_|pression, yet jt needs to be soundedevery day, The practice of it is whatmakes communities great and prosper-ous.That it pays ~to trade ncar home, isla well established fact, and no tuwn orcity ever prospered whose citizens, en-ticed by the alluring baits held out bythe merchants in the big: cities spendtheir money with them. *The local merchant and mechanicare interested in the progress and de-velopment of the town and ccuntry inwhich they hve, and every dollar thatthey amags is reinvested and remainsin the neighborhood. As they prospertheir taxes increase, and just so muchthose of others are lightened. Theyassist in keeping up your schools,churches and other public institutionsand charities. But the person whospends his money in some distant cityputs it beyond assisting in any localenterprise. ~The man in the city upanwhom you bestow your custom has nofurther interests in you or your sur-roundings than the cash he receivesfrom you. It is no concern of, hiswhether you are as devoid of social,church or educational privileges as theinhabitants of Borriv-boola-Gha, orwhether your streets or highways arewell made as an atoriginal Indiantrail, The surplus money which hehas to bestow will go to enrich theexchequer of institutiens from whichyou will never receive any benefit andto add to the weal.h of communities inwhich you have no financial interest."Du: bam Sun.meneame eaaceadDon't Tobacco Spit and Smoke YourLite Away.~If you want to quit tobacco usingeasily and torever, be made wellvigor, take No-To-Bac, the wonder-worker that makes weak men strong,Many gain ten pounds in ten daysOver 400,000 cured. Buy No-To-Barom your own druggist, who willguarantee a cure. bookiet aud samplemailed free. Ad. Sterling Remedy Co,Chicago or New York._omeereaesnRa noeWomen and Labor.SeThe July bulletin of the deparimentof ~abor shows that as the years roll onwomen are more and more occupyingremunerative posts hitherto heid bymen.In the census of 1870, 1t appearedthat 9.63 per cent. of a'l the women 0:the country were employed in remunerative employment, but twenty yearslater, as exhibited by the census re-turns of 1890, the proportion of wo.men thus employed had reached 12,51per cent, ot all the population of thatsex.Accerding to the departmentTs di-gest ot the census returns of 1870 and1890 it appears that in 1890 more thanone-sixth ot the total number of. per-sons at work in the country were wo.men, a8 compared with a little morethan one-seventh of the cenuss of 1870.The compiler suys that tne increase inthe proportion of women workers isespecially noticeable 1m professionalservice, in which class the women con-stituted in 1890 very nearly one.thirdof all persons so occupied as ccmparedwith less than one-fourth in 1870.Women are also very numerouslyrepresented in manufacturing mechan -ical industries and in. trade andtrensportation, in clerical positions forthe most part. The representation inthese branches of mdustry grew from 2per. cent. in 1870 to7 per cent. in1890 of all persons 80 employed.. Jn 1870 the number of, womenengaged in work was 1,836,288 ; in1880 it was 2,647,157 and in 1890,13,914,571.Tuis will accovnt im a measure torthe greater number of men out ofemployment as also in some instancestor the reduction of wages. We arereliably informed that before the warthere was but one wowan clerk in allthe stores of Petersburg.""Petersburg{Index Appeal.Patronize Home Industries. astrong, magnetic, full of new life and},Facts.It is doubiful if even angels everweep auy over the man who never~finds out where the mud is, until hegets into it up to his neck. :The devil as still making somepeople believe that they are doing a!the Lord expects, if they spend an houror two each week in church.The man who falls on a banana skinonce wili have sympathy, but he willonly make fun for the boys the nextnext time he lands on his back.There is something wrong with themanTs head, who has to have the de-lirium tremens betere he will believethat liquor will Lurt him any.When ycu get where you feel the.need of something that only the Biblecan give, you wiil feel differently fromwhat you do at an infidel Jecture,The thing that makes hell possible.is that so many hellish things canshow a certificate ot good character,from those well up m public and sociallite.rr aaa caelThe Long Distance TelephoneLine Nearing Raleigh.es 4By the first of December Raleighwill be connected with New York,Warhington, Baltimore aad the largeNorthern cities by long distancetelephone.It is not generally known but aforee of 600 men are now employedun the line and they are pushing thework of construction of the long dis"~ance telephone line towards Raleigh.The New York end of the line sasbeen completed to a point néarRichmond. The line will extendfrom Richmond to Danville, toGreensboro, to Durham and tenRaleigh,"Raleigh Press- Visitor.A Housenold Necessity.Cascarets Candy Cathartic, the mostwonderful medical disconery of the age.plearant and retreshing to the taste,act,gently and positively on kidneys, liverand bowels,cleansirg the entire systemsdispel colds, cures headache, fever, ha-bitual constipation and __hiliousnessPlease buy and try a box of C. C. C.pay 10, 25, 5 certs. Sold andguaranteed to cure Ly all druggists.""""Leland StantordTs Advice.First, be industrious. second, havea settled plan. Third, be everlast-.ingly persistent in both. These applieato tair ability will win, for all legiti-mate bus ness is profitable in the end.sn,econ ore elCotten ane reanct,and peanuts for yesterday, 4s furnishedby Cobb Bros. & Conimissiou Mer-chants of Norfolk -COTTON,Good MiddlingMiddling $Low MiddlingGood OrdinaryTone"trm.PEANUTS.Prime ; 2Kxtra Prime 24+�"�ancy "gSpanish HO 10 7Tone"quiet.Select Female School.The next session of this school willbegin on_MONDAY 6th OF SEPTEMBER,The terms are as follows:Primary Eng.ish, per month | 82 00Intermediate o- o $2 50Higher oc #3 00oeLanguages (each) . $000Music includingjuse of nstrument,$3 00No deduction for ioss time except incase ~of sickness of as much a8 oneweeks duration.The instruction is thorough in aTl itsbranches. ~I'he moral tone and intel-lectual influences are unsurpassed, Thediscipline is mild but positively firm, |For further particulars see or addreas,MRS, ALFRED FORBES,Greenyille, N, C.July, 21, 1897,LUMBER. |Ws HAVE ESTABLISHED ALumber Yard at Greenyille withW. R. PARKER as Manager. Ordersfor Lumber, Rough or Dressed can beleft with him.HINES BROS. LUMBER CO. |" Kinston, N.C,Below are Norfolk prices of Gotto.R. A. TYSON, Vic-ePres.STATEMENT OF THERESOURCES.loans and Discounts $50, 273.62Over Drafts 1,580,18Premium on Stock 1,000.00Due from Banks 2,630.55Furniture and Fixtures 1,505.00Cash Items 1,278.15Cash in Vault 14,528.54j CnTotal =972,796.04- R. L. DAVIS, PresTt.4 aThe Bank of Greenville,GREENVILLE, N. C.Atthe Close cf Business July 23rd, 1897.LIABILITIES,Capital stock paid in $23,000.00Surpius and Profits ~-§03.19Deposits subject to Cheek 48,289.50:Due to Banks 795,23:Cashiers Checks ortstanding 153.12"Time Certificates of Deposit 55.08To:a! $72,796.04We study carefully the separate needs of our patrons, aud shall be glad to haveyour account, promising every accommodation coasistent with good banking.Wehave alargeSTOCK UFIND SINNERjust arrived. Comeandsee us. °TS ARY AND LLCadG, COBB & othJus. wy «Cy, Lud OF cascarets, thefinest liver and bowel segu ator evermade 1Values Property for SalHAV BEEN APPOINTED andgualified as Receiver of the Green-of settling the affairs of said Company,[ herebv offer for sale the real estate inand adioining 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-o LOVIT HINES,Receiver. Kinsion, N. C.ESTABLISHED) 187¢-SAM. M. SCHULTZPORK, SIDES & SHOULDERJPARMERs ANI? MEKUHANTS BU 5ing their yearTs supplies will tingchasing elsewhere. Ourstock is completeu allits branches. hpFLOUR,COFFEE, SUGAR[ALWAYS AT A PRICE.Tobacco, Snuff &c,we buy diroc) from Mar-ilactu.. enling you to buy at ore profit. A eou-cie stock of |FURNITUREthe times. Our areal! bought andsold for CASH. ortat he no 1iskto run we sell at a close marvin.8. M SCHULTZ Greenville N..EdGOOLS "ville Lum er Company, for the purpose) ~~aOUNDERTAKERFUNERAL DIREGTORS ANDEMBALMERS.afins and Caskets, in woed, metal-lic and cloth ever brought to-Greenville.We als propkivd 5ing in ali its formas.Personal atvention given to con:ducting funerals and bodies entrusted to our care will receiyeevery mark of respect.Our prices are lower thau ever.{o embalm-savite con petition.__ We can be found at any and all:times in vbhe Juho FlanaganBuggy CoTs building.BOB GREENE &CO.W. M. Bond.Bex� & FLEMING,J. L. Fleming.ATORNEYS-AT-LAW,Greenville, N. C.Practices in all ths courts.te "ewe "3aroeres.meee"onB. PENDER,FASHIONABLE BARBER,Can b: found below Five Pointsnext dvor to Reflector office,eejams 4A sMidth,TOUNSORLAL ARTIST,GREENVILLE. N. CGPatronage solicited. (leaning, Dy eingand Press:ig Gents Clothes a speciallyiH CRBENS «DMUNDS,KASH MNAB UE BARE ih, ?Special attention wive. to CleaninGentlemens ClotsGREENVILLEWhe neds seastor 8h thesia wil]open onMONDAY SH2¢. 6, 1844aud continue for 10 mouths.The terms are xs follows.Primary Bonglish per io. é2)Intermediate ** '* 8.) 50Higher an emer oss $00es | bf $) avLanguages (each)Tne work and diselpline ot the 4enoo!their interest toget our prices befe-re pai | wil be as heretofore. jWe asa a continivenage at vouliberal pucrouute,pass}) AUS a aeaieWrapsJ. LITTLE, CashTer:oSREORGANIZED JUNE 15th,"1896. :We have ,u:t reveived » oewhearse and tie nicest line of Cof--Ne do not want menupoly but.ale Avadeay.