op.d. WHICHARD. Eéitor.cinema leEVERY AFTERNOON (EXCEPT SvNDAY).Shy red as second-rluss mail matter.a eae 5 es a +- *Pee ES,oo a RAC: JETION RATES. |Ore yeur. fet -, sao�ia moe, =. 5. * |? 225One week. * a - - 10Delivered in town by carriers withouT@xtr cost.*o. Avertisng rates are liberal andcan bead on application to the editor or ato~~ offices |Ave desire » live corresponuen: atry postoffice In the county, who willgend in brief items'of NEWS 88 it occurs4a each ueighborhood. Write plainly4ad oniv on one side of the paper."cities icenanatt7menaWepwespar. GEpTEeMBER 29, 1897.8LLThe price of cotton is very dis-couraging to the farmers, espe~"eially in the face of a small crop.The etaple is now lower by fully@ cent in the pound than it wasavearego. This 2008 to showthat here is nothing in a Repub-lican administration favorable tothe people of the South. Just~now we are haying to pay nearly~double price for flour and get &much lower vrice for cotton. Allthe promises made by the Re-publicans when campaigningstand for nonght, and arthing isheard now of the 15 cents forcotton that a North OarolinaConvressman was reported twocampaigns ago as saying thepeople. would get when he andhis crowd got in.memati cecumtiaat taalMcKinley says the dissutisfac-tion in the South at the appoint:ment of negro postmasters willnot prevent him appointing morewheu competent ones can befound. There are negroes in thenorth and west fully a8 compe-tent as in the South, and the factthat negroes are appointed tofederal office only in the Southshows tbat it is intended to bu-miliate the white people of theSouth."Kinstoa Free Press. ememmmmme mente nace cialLincoln, Nebraska, trots outthe cheekiest embezzler on rec-ord. He was formerly Republi-can State Auditor, and got awaywith $280,328 of the State's money.He aamita taking the money, butinsists that it should have beenpaid to the State Treasurer in-stead of to him, and that it is 4matter he has to settle with theinsurince companies who paidthe fecs embezzled, and not withthe State. They paidthe moneyto the wrong man. They certain:ly did pay 1t to the wrong man."Wilmington Star.The country newspaper manTsreal friends are those who payevery year. His best friends arethose who pay at the beginningof each subscription year; or, ifthat 1s inconvenient, when thetime of rsceiving it is half oat ;or, it any are unfortunate andhave vot the money then, before_ the year closes. Thecity news-paper's friends are all real, forae the publisher thereof will send_- -go papets aoless he gets his paya ia adyance. That's the differ-_ enee between having friends who2 will trast you; and confidenceshould nosat ia : ; , The Pistsburg Times estimatesthat the etrike in that district hae |~ involyed a loss to the miversuring. the eight weeks of itsgether st. has dcaé. thethe Pittsburg listrret"o| whobe abased."Press andfee." | men think 40 per cen:. of the crop| was uncut when the frost came.of $2,500,000, andstéd"not less than $5,000,000 to$7,000,000. It is too soon to fullymeasare tie ccet of the strike inthe middle coal field, though ilsterrible cost in haman: life hasbeen very nearly sumed up: butommercial world inif to the loss of waves: be added,#the trad losres, the destructionof property gnu the pay of thedeputies and militia dt will begeen that the total cost of mivingatrikes in this Stare since mid-summer will foot up the propor-tions of wu great ~catastrophe.Viewing the questicn ip # purelyeconomic sense the query srise®:Can the State de pothing to cutdown this great waste 7 Arethere no better rem dies tor in-dustrial ware than contests ofendurance? If there be, why notpreferably spend a part of themillicns now wasted in a test ofmethods more in consonancewith the laws of civilization aodbumanity ?"Philadelpbia Rec-ord.Otho Will a Tale Unfold.Semen eeenli cadWinston, Sept. 27.--S. OthoWilson, of the North Carolinarailrcad commission, who wastarned down by Gov- Russell afew days ago, came here todayand made a contract with StewartBros. to publish bis paper, oTheHayseeder,� which will be reviv-ed next week. The editorialoffice will be in Raleigh. Mr.Wilson says his paper will be redhot: He claims to know a greateal about the status of affairs inthe political arena of North Caroloa, and he proposes now thaéthe dear people shall haye thebenefit of it. He says that one ofthe first uuties he will performwith the columns of the oHay-aeeder� will be to kill SenotorBotler with the charges that havebeen made against him (Batler)by Governor Ruseeil, and also tokill Gov. Russell with the chargesmade against bim (Russell) bySenator Butler. Atlthis red hotoshot and shel� which Mr.Wilson bas stored away for bisarch allied enemiesT vestructionia composed of things told himby Rossell and Batler beforethey became such affectiouatepolitical bed-fellows."ChariotieUbserver.eeDamage to Kentucky TobaccoCincinnati, Sent. 25."A specialto~the Commercial! Tribune, fromLouisville, Ky, says: The ex-tent of the damage causadto thetobacco crop iu Keniucky byfroetis greater than was a! firstsupposed. In the weekly reyiewof the leaf tobacco market whichthe Loutsyille tcbacco Ware-house Association as just is- uedan estimate of the burleyv crop 18made. This review is preparedby Mr, Henry Glover, presidentof the association, a tradg author-ity whose responsibility is aal-versally rec ganized. Mr. Gloveralso mentions, in a general way,the damage by frost. He putethe burley crop at only 50 percent. of last yearTs crop, whichwas very much belo ~he avorage.He estimates that oaly 3) percant. of the crop was uacat Mon-day, and that one-third of thiswas more or less frosted. Someof this was killed and some wasonly biackened. Tobacco in thebut on the uplands it was unbart.The lowland tobacco was the bestof the crop. Some warehouseYellow Jack Preventative.Guard against Yellow Jack bykeepin x the system thorougly clean andtree from germ breeding matter, Cas~earets Candy Cathartic will cleansethe system and kill oall contagiousdisease verms,*low grounds was generally killed, |Rg ae aayhs,4pose seldom deserts his colors.ItTs the biggest kind of anmoney a8 @ bribe.The Klondike har isnTt confiningdiscoveries.oTimes never get 80 good thatthe fellow who doesnTt intend towork cau find a steady job-~@eieuce hns done much tolessen tne percentage of deathfrom yellow fever, by improvedmethods of treatment, but it hasnot been able to lessen the frightin the Vicinity of a case of thedisease.The Connecticut widow whowept for four years on the graveof another man, believing 10 thatof her dead busband, is probu-bly quite disgusted enough toentertain a proposal uf marriagefrom the right man.Tema cannaMost Too Scary of BurglarsAsheville. Sept. 25."Last nizh',Mrs. McMinn, living on Vancestreet, feeling ill, arose andatarted through the hallway forsome object, when her brother,Fred Johnson, hearing the noiseand supposing that it was a burg-lar, opened the door to his roomand fired into the hall. Thebullet struck Mrs. McMinn in themouth, knocking out severalteeth, and ranging downward,lodged. The woundis wot coa-sidered dangerous. " CharlotteUbser ver.Society the Best Teacher of Eti-quetteThe best book of etiqaétce isthat great one, the best society.Uf you feel awkward or uncertainwatch those people whose man-pers show that they are conver-sant with all thet is best. In im-itating them you will not be aptto make mistakes. The averageAmerican girlis quick at recog-nizing her mistakes and seldomrepeats one after she realizes hererror. She is kind of heart andsympathetic, and because of harquick wit and these two virtuesshe will always bea geutlewomanin the ie 9 sense of the word."October LadiesT Home Journal.nndNo Pay Dirt ThereA very ragged and, very unvvhole-some looking tramp stopped et theback door of a smalT house in Avondale,and addressing himself te the house~wife who appeared in respons to hisknuck he said: oMadam, perhapsyou have heard of the great goldstrike on the Klondike river ?�oJ donTt believe Ouilystrike ITve heard of is the one aboutI have.coal.�oYou donTt know, then, madam, thatthe gold fairly sticks to on»Ts clothes,und] it can be taken out with a curry~eomp?�«] donTt believe any such ~hing.�oNevertheless, it is quite true. Aman who lies down to sleep on the_round wakes in the morning withchunks of gold siuck to his coat likeburrs.�T The woman looked at him verycoldly.oYes, maTam. I suppose that chesetlothes of mine, if assayed properly,would yield about $12,000.�The women renained silent,oBut what madam, is gold to me"little dabs of it like that? I havemade my pile up there and am inde-pendent, I donTt need to bother aboutsuch little things. What I was goingto say 18 that, feeling a large sympathyfor striving toiks, 1 would be willing totrade you this ciatend these trousersfor your husbandTs Suaday euit, allow~ing you the benefit of whatever oreyou find in assayiog.�"Tho ChicaroReve./oA man ~with ~an aloghol-tinted |»insult to offer a small sum of}his efforts to describing gold).R.4~3eaee CURESa » :LAVERYteu25¢* 50¢SUR a¥ oe =a onALLABSOLUTELY GUARANTEED $9.27 327 coo" comin oteey natural resulta, §gle and bonkiet free. Ad. STERLING REMEDYCO., Chicago, Montreal, Can., orNew York. _ 311.R. L. DAVIS, PresTt.*A. TYSON, Vic-ePres.REORGANIZEDSTATHMHNT (OFTHEThe Bank of Greenville, ~'J L. LITTLE, CashTorJUNE 15th,'1896.GREENVILLE, N. C.Atithe,Closejof Business July 23rd, 1897.We study carefully the separate needsyour account, promising every accoRESOURCES. LIABILITIES. :J.oans and Discounts ,273.62 3 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 3'630.53; Due to Banks 795.25Furniture and Fixtures 1,505.00, Cashiers Checks ontstanding 153.12Cash Items 1.278.153 Time Certificates of Deposit §5.00ash in Vault 14,528.54 I. ""eetime ~Thilo $72,796.04Total $72,796.04 wane HD eo famof our patrons, aud shall be glad to havemmodation consistent with good banking.to/oofktheir interest toget our prices befere puichasing elsewhere. Ourstock is corapleteu allits branches.FLOUR,COFFEE, SUGARalways on hand and sold atthe times. Our 3 aeold for CASH therefore, bovine no risk],Wehavealarge =,STOCK OF -iGOODSjust arrived. Come andsee us.OATS. SAY RADFLOUR"""I=|Pti OD 6:C=EE TABLISHED 1875 'SAM. iW. SGWULTZPORK SIDES&SBOTILDERARMEKS AND) MEKUHANT'S BUYing their yearTs supplies will findo-{ALWAYs'AT LOWEST MARKET PRICETcbacco, Snuff &c,we buy dirocy from Mar iactu,. enlin: you to bay at or profit, A eow -che stock of oeFURNITUREarearun we sellety slose argin. | CTs k ae ae af iseltaheee) eeeUNDERTAKERFUNERAL DIRECTORS XDEMBALMERS.woe () eeWe have ,utt received & newhearse and ihe nicest line of Oof-tina and Caskets, in weed, metal-lic and cloth ever brought toHALT,: GentlemensClothingGreenville.We ate prept.vd to Jo embalm-ing in ali its forte9 Personal atiention given tocducting funerals and bodiestreated to our care will receevery mark of respect.Our prices are tower than ever.Ne do not want monupoly butuvite con. petition.We can be found at any and alltimes in the Johu FlanaganBuggy CoTs building. .BOB GREENE & CO.meaner"""eoSarbers.B. PENDER,FASHIONABLE BARBER,Can be found below Five Points,next door to Reflector office,AMES A, SMITH,TONSORIAL ARTIST,Patronage solicited. Cleaning, Dyeingand Pressiag Gents Clothes a specialtyies FASHIONABLE BAREER,eySpecial attention given to cleaninsCRBERT EDMUNDS,re4CREENVILLE..The next session of, the school willopen onMONDAY SEPY. 6," 1897and continue for 10 months.The terms are as follows.Primary Bnglish per mo. $2 00oIntermediate ~* "= o $2 50Higher inal $3 00Languages (each) ** o 4100The work and diselpline ofthe schoo!