eit.~~iie fieIARD. Editor.VERY AFTERNOON (EXCEPT SUNDAY).ea siamaniendilweored as second-nluss mail matter.e SURSCRIPTION RATES./ jac ~yeur, * Cd re Adcoon, = +ne week. Cee eaeDelivered in town by carriers withoutextra cost.Advertisng rates are liberal and can be[on application to the editor or ata officeMe desire a live corresponuert at gvery postoffice inthe cov=ty, who will- gend in brief items of NEWS as it occursYa each neighborhood. Write plainly- and only on one side of the paper,miami$3.00as)a- Monpay, SEPTEMBER 6, 1897._"y=~ PUBLIC OFFICE A PRIVATESNAP.en aeeaneelOtT making new offices and filling. them with kin there is no end, StateAnditor AyerTs zeal in ousting StewartBros. as Public Printers is new ex-plained. A new office of supermntens: dent of printing has been created, und!H.W. Ayer fills it and draws a sularyof $30 a morth. Not only ec, but theCaucasian printing office has beenmoved into the _ establishment otBernes Bros, who. will hereafterprint that paper. It bus been vati"mated that Barnes Bros. do this free ofcharge in consideration of getting thecontract for State printing ca therown terms.T ;It also came to light yesterday thetanother new office has been vreated,~ that of assistant secretary of the HerthCaroling Railroad, at a salary of $600yer year, Who is.to fill it? A son ofState Treasury Worth. The gedthings are kept in the official tamily,The voung wan is capable, and hesserved as book- keeper in the Wilmirg-ton bank which now bas a ocinch�having on deposit all the money thatcomes iato the hands os the secretaryand treasurer cf che North Carolsna~Railroad.On Wednesday Govern r RussellTsbrother Tom assumed the duties aswarden ot tae penitentiary. He hasLecn there several months at the ex-p:nse of the State learning urderefficient Warden Ledbetter, who isrelieved, Not onty so, but elegantapaitments have heen fitted up, ut the~expense of the tax-payers, for bisfamily, and no rent is charg¢d torthem, Indeed, until the last meetirgcf the directors, it is said they were allboarged at the expense of the tax-pasers, and it was on'y after protesi bya member ot the board that the largetamily of tre officers were ordered topay b_ard.We have heretofore printed twocolumns showing the extent to whichnepotism prevails under the adminis-tration.Recent events iiaivaie that themoito, of our rules is oPublis Office isa Private Spap.�"Raleigh News andObserver.Senator By Popular Vote.Of the three candidates at the SouthCarolina Senatorial election 01 Tuesday the people choee Judge McBaurin,the one that has the best character, the: pest brain and the least. demagoguery.* And when the Legislature meets there. will be no bargains, no deals, no auc~* tion sale. The Legislature will simply_~ yatify the wise deeree. of the people.Owing his place to the people and_ nottoa boss or a legislative clique, the3 new Serator will be very likely to try_ to keep the favor ct the people by_ serving them honestly, ,The new system ot selecting Sena.s/by popular vote is opposed ty thes8es a by their tools in the Legis~q : atu es because it means the destruc.4 tion of perhaps the greatest bulwarkot corruptionist rule, But its meritsin and the objections urgeddo. not withstand the test ofce,"New York Sun, "tLECTOR||ohave you many Methodistedhad just been appointed to the WoltMountain circuit conceived the idea ofestablishing a mission in the corn juiceneighborhood and on Sunday rode overthe ridge to investigate the field.Along in the afternoon he approacheda cabin with a swayback roof and adecrepit stick and dtrect chimney, withlarge, sooty holes in its sides, fromwhich the smoke escaped without thetroubie of ascending to the top. Hedrew up in front of the cabin andshouted :oAlello |� YThe door opened and @ redheadedwoman with a great snuff sfick in hermouth, appeared and answered :6H |�oMy good woman,� said the minister,abouthere?� goYep; 1 think they air purtyplenty, Tobe Owons was after onewith bis fox hounTs right across theerick thar yisterday.�ToMy good lady, you seem {0 begreaily in the dark over here rToYes; hit is purty tad, VTze bin a-trying fur two years to git Sam to sawine out a winder or two in this side 0Tthe house.�oWhere is you husband, my sister e�~ ey ToOh, SaimTs gone huntinT as usual,ToWhat, bunting on Sulday ? Doeshe not fear the hereafter 2�ot bis winchester and six shooter bothalong.� "Atlanta Constitution.eR NOIRE an EM et siae eaeWanted 62 Acres of New YorkNew York, Sept. 3."The suitthe ~Trinityby IsaacEdwards, Joel B. Edwards andseveral others. heirs of RobertKuwards, to establish their titletu 62 acres ct land 1n the residen »tial and business districts of NewYork city, was todav dismissedby Justice Beach, in the Supremebrought againstchurch corporationCourt.The plaintiffs,of the two brothersThe young Methodist minister who}oI sorter "specs he does, fur be hezresidents ofSouth Carolina, assert that theyare heirs snd lineal decendantsand thesister of Robert Edwards, whoA Singular Girl| Mr. J. F. Belk, of Goose Creek,township, reports somethingrather strange and remarkable inhis familv. He says be has adaughter 17 years oid who hasnever spoxen to him in her ~hife.She talks with tne other membersof the family, but refuses to talkto him, yot her parental affectiontoward him seems to be as greator greater than that of his otherchildren. She frequently goeswith him awayfrom home On &yisit and listens to him talk, butnever relurns a word or answersa question for him. Her mentalfacilities are »s good as theaverage and she is to an extenteducated, can read au write:These are the facts as given to usby Mr. Belk bimeif. He doespot know how to account for it"Marsiville Home.Won a Wife With an EggRors Williams, of Enid, O. T.,wrote a loyelora messave On aDegg ready for shipment severalweeks ago, acd as a result he wonhimself a bride.What this young man said onthe egg was this:oOn a farm in the Cherokeestrip 1 sit a sad aud lonely bache-lor, think'ng sadly over my fate,and would leye to come off thenest and join my lite with that ofsome comely young lady of nottoo many SummersT growth.Should the message on this egymeet the eye of a fair one who ismatrimonially inclined on shortacquaintarce, and who thinks shecould endure a prairie life with aatuCent of natureTs beauty, ad-dress Ross Williams, Enid, O. T.TTu due coursa of time this re-ply came:oDrar Mr. WiLtiaMs"Fromthe quiet prectncts of my boudoirI write thee. I am lonely, too,and have often longed to quitcity life and go West, where thetall, wild grass sways in the windas if listening to the sweet songof the chincu bugs. After chop-ping wood to kirdle the fire, andafter the fire was ready for busi-prior to May 26, 1780, War) 1 os and the pan was sizzling inBroadway and Canal streetBroadwayTconsideration of 1,000for aterm of 90 years.cision compelling thethe lease.eens meracememmcininieIt Was Ever ThusSe emmmeieeinelA Journal reporter met & mer-lawfully possessed in fee simpleof a certain tract of land begin-ning at the southeast corner ofthence to the line of ChathamSquare, thence southwest to theline of Chatham Square to theeastern terminus of New Cham-ters street, thence west alongNew Chambers and Chambersstreet to its intersection withThe plaintiffs allege that onMay 26, 1780, Robert Edwards, inpoundssterling, leased this tract of landto the Trinity church corporationRobertEdwards died in 1795 intestate,apd never having been married,| left as heirs brothers and sisters,The suit was to recover pos-session of the landand fora de-Trinitychurch corporation to accountfor the rents and profits arisingtherefrom since the expiraticn of |Yobn Willams about night andthe sparkling fat, 1 was about tobreak an egg in the pan, when,behold! your message met my~lpaze, It seemed like a dream ofa lost, unknown love. Perhapsour tates would trot along to-yetber. Iam comely, but not sofair. Age, 28; n¢0 money, butplenty of grit. Jet us enchargephotographs. It may all end inanother American uvion. long toyou now. ooBrssig CARROLL-Chicago, Jil.�Further correspondence = re-sulted, anda few days later theyoung pacple were married."New York Herald.Seateeteaeneeemnemeedaandtiiieennaiiel iene enmeeeadTramps Holdup a WeddingAt Holdgate, Ohio, last week,fifteen armed tramps surpri-edand captured the farm house of: 8sopped the wedding of his daugh-ter to Frank Collins. They drovethe family fromthe house, de-voured the bridal supper andransackedthe house. ~The wed.chan of the city a few days ago|@iue was postponed. Theguestson the foliowing davy-"WinstonJournal.eeMore horses have died of blindstaggery in Dorchester county,Md., in the past six weeks thanin the previous twenty-five years.Over a hundred haye been car-ried off-by tLe disease, for which|there seems to be no. remedy. "twwho says he doubts if itpays him formed into a posse and went 10to advertise, yet ue kicked like abroncho when the Journal gavehis competitor a two line free adpursuit of the tramps.(wastage aBoy Murderer Married While at]Large. |Avery Butler, who was pardon-Sunday 1s said to have been marti-be preserved. Methinks [ know|'ed Saturday and reached homea eee R. L. DAVIS, PresTt. _ aR. A. TYSON, Vic-ePres. : . oJ L. LITTLE, CashTer| | REORGANIZED JUNE 15th,"1896.STATEMENT OF THEThe Bank of Greenville,GREENVILLE, N. ©.At the Close of Business July 23rd, 1897.RESOURCES. LIABILITIES.4 d Discounts 0,273.62 ¢ Capital stock paid in $23,000.00ier arate 580.18 Surpius and Profits 0 503.19Premium on Stock 1,000.00} Deposits subject to Check 48,289.60Due from Banks 9,630.55 § Due to Banks 795.23:Furniture and Fixtures 1,505.00 5 Cashiers Checks ortstanding 153.12Cash Items 1278.15 3 Time Certificates of Deposit , 55.00¢ 14,528.54 i Agaash in Vault | Ri) ~Total 973,700.04Total $72,796.04We study carefully the separate needs of our patrons, and shall be glad to haveyour account, promising every accommodation consistent with good banking. ¢;wiWehave alarge9UNDERTAKERURAL DTN AND- STOOK OFEMBALMERS."_"U0"""GOO } j S . Wehave ,u:t roveived » sew~hearse aud tne nicest line of Cof"tins and Ceskets, in weed, metal-.lic and cloth ever bruught to-Greenville.We ara prepe.v~ -ing in ai, 16s fora.Personal atiention xiveu to coducting funerals and bodies en|||||just arrived. Comeandsee us.{o vn balm-%&Our prices are iower than vver..Ve do not want wenupoly but.suvite con petition.We can be found at any and all.times in the John IJ'lauaganBaggy CoTs building.BOB GREENE &CO.A crtbil1,6. GOBB & ob"_"be ee hee ae ei al}{W. M. Bond. J. L. Fieming,Juce iz¥ e § G. Bux of cascarets, theyous -~_ Boxe & FLEMING,finest live: and bowel seguator everATORNEYS-AT-LAW,}Greenville. N.C.Practice in all the courts.Talutle Property far Sal, ~ "3 .[[AVING BEEN APPOINTED and arbersqualified as Receiver of the Green- aoe .B. PENDER,Maueville Lum er Company, for the purposeof settling the praied of said Jompany, éI herebv offer for sale the real estate in : .and adjoining the town of Greenville C oo end tne ee Poutbelonging to said Company. This prop- ~an be found below Five Points.erty will be sold on reasonable terms in next door to Reflector office,lots to suit purchasers. :For further information see or ~ad-dressLOVIT HINES,Receiver Kinsion, N. C,AMES A, SMITH,TONSORIAL ARTIST.GREENVILLE. N. ©,Patronage solicited. Cleaning, Dyeingand Pressiag Gents Clothes a specialty[-4SRBERT EDMUNDS,FASHIONABLE BARERK,�"�alSpecial attention given to cleaningGentlemens Clothing.CREENVILLE |Male Academy,The next session of the sehoo! willesopen on*MONDAY SEPT. 6, 1897Fand continue for 10 months, *The terms are us follows.ESTABLISHKD 187q | eriaaty Waniich pet bias -5 AM iy 4 SCHULTZ [Intermediate ~* ~ * $2 50i Higher $3 00PORK y SIDES & SHOULDER} vanguazes (each) * * �,�i.00The wore diselpline of the sehoo!will be as,fteretotore, "Ligg prone dai ANI? MEKCHANTS BUYTDT ing their yearTs su,plies will fing |their interest to get our prices befcre pua ae pores ichasing elsewhere. Ourstock iscompleté|� We ask a contingance of your pastnallits branches, fliberal patronage.T erageFLOUR COFFEE, SUGAR s VinerSeeman © esALWA¥S AT LOWEST MARKET PRICE || hometeTobacco. Snuff &c, |iwe buy diroe) from Manufacia.. » en *%%ling you to buy at ore profit, A eou~ say)edin Kentucky some three years|o° "N° Sakis lee sot Boadlago, while at large, after vscap-/ FURNITURE sesciancetele®ing fro bbe. pap ntiary- Hewilt) a Sgt se| probably go to Kentucky soon to} slwaysion hand and sold at prices to suit~ ie fo :see his wife: At present he ia| the Spe. owt is are tand bare $500,000 capital behinwith his mother here.. hieT rela-|2°!d for CARH terete, Mee aeme 118k pets st ineeis tonsil &tives are uli delighted: to. 8. M SCHULTZ @ e-nvilleNhim free aud with them again.(ATS HRY ANH FY (IR treated to our care will reveiyea. every mark of respés:.Sane ties he na ae err pms SaEN A ROE AE EDEL IEEE ENE PET OE A TET ESS PED TCE ERC OO SEAR Re ee *~ ee erent na poe nw 9 nn Ai nn i Rd ar OS ASC SAREE a a a ein incomes scesigs Leesa RISE Leitner uae blRU Ne) eee soe