CPOE ce. Cee9oeEVERY AFTERNOON (EXCEPT SUNDAY).[ee RR RGEEPY, oeeneeellBnwred as second-rlass mail matter.SI'RSCRIPTTON RATES.ne son a ef.Une mon ~ . ~ne week... . - 10Delivered in town by carriers withoutaxtra cost,Advertisng rates are Itberal and can bead on application to the editor or athe officer=We desire a itva correspondent ateve'y postoffice in the county, who willsend in brief items of NEWS a8 it occursfo each neighborhood. Write plainlyand only on one side of the paper.eae ee anesenFripvay. November 5, 1897.Of the children bora alive oneFourth die before eleven monthsold, one third before the twentythird month, half bafore theeighth year, two thirds of man-kind before the thirty ninth year,othree-fourths before their fiftyfirst year, and ot about 12,000] upon these things."Outiook-only one survives & whole cen-tury:New York and New Jerseryfichting their way back amongthe sisterhood of WemocraticStates; Ohio staggering and un-certain which flag to follow;Massachusetts faltering in itsRepublican allegiance; Demo--eratic gains in all the McKuvleystrongholds"these are not thesequences that were to follow fastupon the heels of reneved Pro-|tection and returning Prosperity.The people of the United Statesappear to be sadly dubious in theface of triumphant Dingleyism."Philadelphia Record.al~ Taxes have been raised by thefusion reformers"the honestvoters are not to blame. Theyare the ores upon whom theburdens fall. But mark thisprediction: Ifit were necessaryto raise taxes this year to meetthe extravagant expenditares ofthe fusion bosses, it will be mcre|necessary to raise them nextyear. The cost of such manage-ment gets more and more andgoon another raise will be in de-mand. It is utterly impossiblefor these fellows to get alongwith as little money as it formerlytook torun the State. And yotthey cry retrenchment and re-form."Lexington Dispatch.¢Newspapers in Schools.The idea of substituting news-papers for reading books in y ub-lic schools h:s taken hold ofsome mincs and occasioned somediscussion. There are somenewspapers which could be usedwith profit, there are others whichwould impress into the plasticminds of the children false ideas.The question, therefore, of thenewspaper to be used is impor-tant, and the person to make theselection should be considered.If the teacher is to select a politi-cal paper to promulgate his ownpolitics we might yiew the schemewith suspicion."Baltimore Sun.Making Opportunity,Improying opportunities isell, but making 2pportunitiee isiter. Many a man says that hesould do something if he onlyhad the opportunity, but the manwho is determined to do some-thing will secure the opportunity,| @ven if has to make it. Baconp says: oA wise man will makegood-bye25| hearthstones. We shall need toaffront and humiliate a3 commu-other reason than difference inpublic.| failed. The former Democratic su-|Let Us Stop to Think.oethan leave|} Let us stop to think of thechildren. We, too, were childrenonce and loved to be remem-bered. .Let us stop to think of the aged.For us, too, the evening shadowswill close at length and we shall,perchance, be left at desolatebe remembered then-Let us stop to think of thestranger, We, too, haye beenalone and have needed the touchof the kindly hand upon ourlives and many a life has goneout in othe blackness of darknessfor the lack of such as any one ofus might have given.Let usstop and think of Godand the future. At best the timeis shortandthe endis near. An¢when it shall come, blessed willbe be to whem the entrance uponanether Iife will be but the reali-zation of dear and familiar dreamsthe consummation of a lifetime ofany praise, let us stop to thinkcine tiemecmadntiee aieA Questior to Answer.but the following question pro-pounded by Mr. Bryan in oneof his Ohio speeches will beasked every Republican speakeruntil Bryan is elected Presidentin 1900.oWhy do the Republicansclaim credit for the rise in wheatand neglect to claim credit for arise in gugar, due to the factthat the sugar trust made theschedule in the Dingley bill?�oTf the Republican party raisedthe price of wheat, why did itlower the price of corn andcotton ?� |Put this question to every marwko: supported McKinley orPaimer last November."RaleighObserver. " 3SeeametnneeneeennanalAsked in all Fairness.If President McKinley wantsto accord recognition to thenegroes because of their loyaltyto the Republican party, it can beasked in all fairness. Why doeshe not go into close Stetes likeIllinois, Indiana, and Unio wherethe negro yote turns the scale tohis party, and giye post-officesthere to. black politicians? ThePresident will not co this, be-cause he knows that it would betaken as a omanifest purpose tonity of American citizens for noparty affiliation.� ~St. Louis Re-The mismanagement of ourState penitentiary forcibly iljus-trates the kind of oreform� thathas beon inaugurated in poor oldNorth Oarolina by those. to whomour State government has beenentrusted. Andin order to ex-cuse some of the wasteful extray-agance, with which the peniten-tiary is now mismanaged, anattempt has been made to makeit appear that similar extraya-gance characterized its formermanagement by the Democrats,But this attempt has signallyperintendent, Hon.'A.Leazer, haspublished a statement giving theofficial figures, which completelyproves that, when lie turned over]the penitentiary to its presentboard of directors, it was not onlyself-supporting but actually hadon hand a large surplus!-Ex-Supt, Geazer proves thatduriug the past year (1896) the* lar. And not only that, but after~~\farm productsT and other�longings. Let us stop to think.|ads drop out of the papers thatIf there be any virtue, if there bejreach his customers."Greens-The elections of 1897 are over, remarkable egg. It is an ordi-cago Record.not cost the taxpayers oue dol-ng dll expenses it had ontha Ist day ot Japuanayieto the amount of $63,347.72. Allof this has been expended by thenew oreform� management andthe penitentiary i3 in debt!How do honest taxpayers likethis kind ot oreform ?�T"CharlotteObserver.|I donTt care how big and richsnd widely known a concern i,let it take 1ts ads out of all pa-pers for say two seasons and itwill never again be able to catchup. Why, some dealers take itto be a sure sign that a companyi@ falling back, perbaps gettingready to make an assignmentwhen it stops ads and keeps outfor a longer time than usual. You|boro Record.A Magnetic Egg.Secaeraenerenaniir. Sam Colvert has qrite anary looking hen egg exceptt under size. [t wastaken cut of a nest a few daysago with a lot of others and whenlaid down 1t was found that itwould only lie in a certain posi-tion. It elevates itself almost onone end"the small end of theegg-"and when laid in any otherposition immediately whirls backto that point as ii chere was somemagnetisn atthatend. Thesggis yery light and apparently isnothing but shell. It is quitecuriosity."Statesville Landmark."""Philosophy at tne zvo.Two youths looked into a cage ofmonkeys.Through their nostrils puffs ofsmoke came fourth at regular inter.vals from white wrapped cigarettes,Their heads were nicely balancedby a wealth of hair parted exactlyin the middle.Light bamboo canes grasped firmly in the middle showed they werefull grown men.~*See,TT? said one, ~~what we havedescended from!�TAnd they locked into the cage ofmonkeys and laughed.The mother monkey called herchildren about her.They climbed gravely on the perchto listen to her words.She pointed to the young men.~See,T caid the mother monkey,~what some of our ancestors havedegenerated into!�And the children monkeys return- |ed to their corners and wept."Chi-Coke «ad WO],Senator Coke of Texas was oncepitted in some kind of race againsta man named Cole, who was an elo-quent speaker and was getting rath-er the better of him. The Coke partygave a big barbecue, but their bestspeaker could not be on hand. Thecommittee discovered that no talentwas available except a rough andott. : :chasing elsewhere. Ourstock is completealways on hand and soldatfare? hati i esi¥ Sia a T i ©ee yp ,se an MR CE peel ON ay aFate: : a ag alep #1 -,10 ¢25¢ABSOLUTELY GUARANTEEDdpi my bai " a Cascarets are 0 a Laxa* or eripe. taple and booklet free. Ad. STERLING REMEDY cO.. Chicago, bon easy naturalresuits, Sam: é FPoe gs ce RY gc ae ee oni oa 8 i ek, AALL ~Can., or NewYork. . 312R. : A. TYSON,~ Vic-ePres.R. L. DAVIS,"PresTt.&_ J. L. LITTLE, CashTerTREORGANIZED JUNE isth, 1896.STATEMENT OF THEThe Bank of Greenville,GREENVILLE, N. 0.At the Close of Business Oct. 5th, 1897.~RESOURCES.LIABILITIES,can send him all the catalogues, Loans and Discounts $56,792.58 Capital stock paid in $23,000.00 °Seatal lett , Premium on Stock. 1,000.00? Surplus and Profits 1,462.09circulars, letters, etc., you please, | nue from Banks 20,865.30} Deposits subject to Cleck 67,507.02but unless he can find yon ad in| Furniture and Fixtures 1,507.25; Due to Banks 607.00"hi he donT Cash Items 8,619.05 Cashiers Checks ortstanding " 247.66:. paper hedon't count you a8] Gash in Vauit 25,189.49 Bills Payable 17,500.00being in the front rank. No """""? Time Certificates of Deposit 3,605.00business man can afford to let hi see veD rd to let his Total $113,923.67We study carefully the separate needs of our patrons, and shall be glad to haveyour account, promising every accommodation consistent with good banking. cH}EETABLISH ED Looe.SAM. M.. SCHULTZPORK , SIDES & SHOULDERpanne ~RS AND MEKCHANTS BUYing their yearTs supplies will findtheir interest to get our prices befcre pu.goine. a odoewesctadsu allits branches.FLOUR, COFFEE, SUGARCw.QALWAYS AT LOWEST MARKET PRICE,Tobacco, SnuffT &c,we buy diroc} from Merufactun. » enling you to buy at ore profit, A eourcte stock ofFURNITUREore to suit]the times. Our goods areall bought andsold for CASH therefore, having no 1 iskmargin.to run we gel! at a closeye oe reer ae Pte ee ol,tumble fellow who had been a coaisented, when called on, and thecommittee was in fear and trem-bling, wondering what he would do.But they didnTt fear and tremblelong. ~~Feller citizems,TT said thespeaker, ~~Iam here today to talk toyou about Coke and Cole. You knowme, and you know I know what I'mtalking about, and I want to askyouif you know the difference be-tween Coke and Cole. But it ainTtnecessary ; every man of you knows.that the difference between them isthe gas that is in the Cole.�T"SanFrancisco Argonaut,India Dialects.India has hundreds of dialects,which may all be classed underthree great heads, the Sanscrit,Pracrit and Magadhi. The Sanscritis the fundamental language andthat of the Vedas; the Pracrit, thevernacular language in many dia-penitentiary sustained itself"was*entirely self supporting"and dida~that of Ceylon and the islands,miner in West Virginia. He con-|.Sarbers."A B.PENDER,"FASHIONABLE BARBER,Can be found below Five Points.next door to Reflector, office,AMES A. SMITH,TONSORIAL ARTIST, 'GREENVILLE, N.C.TPatronage solicited. Cleaning, Dyeingand Pressiag Gents Clothes a specialtyw~JERBERT EDMUNDS,VASHIONABLE BARBER,, Special attention given to cleanin.lecta, andthe Magadhi or Misra is} GentlemensClothing. =concen e () cencasencamsUNDERTAKERFUNERAL DIREGTORS: ANDEMBALMERS.exmnievtinigs |) ommnmae�"�*We have iutt received 8 newhearse and the nicest line of Cof-fins and Oeskets, in woed, metal-lic and cloth ever brought toGreen\ille._ We ate prepared to Jo embalm-ing in ali its forme.Personal attention given toTcon~ducting funerals and bodies en-=trusted to our care will receiveevery mark of respect.Our prices are jower than ever.Ve do not want monopoly butsuvite con petition._ We can be found at any and alltimes in the John FlanaganBuggy CoTs building.BOB GREENE & CO.~ GREENVILLE ~Male Academy,The next session. af +hopen onT acbool wilMONDAY SEPT. 6, 1897and continue for 10 months.The terms are as follows.-|Primary English per mo. 82 00Intermediate ~* ~ & $2 5¢Higher ues nah ore $3Languages (each) ** « $100The work and disclpline uf the schoowill be as heretofore.We ask a continuance of your? -liberal patronage.W H.RAGSDALE.iwe failyou. have faken istill haveth,