Re ee Raab" ee * —— : a 7 aid Speman ee Seabee a alinile S aeglit AER ee e mS SS : ce aca se Ro ee ee Pee Peter: eer ce er Pete eee erm TN ee ditor and Owner, RT PREPHRENCE 0 POTION. oa ¥ i= aR: 35 Cents Moat | GREENVILLE, N.C., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1806. i No. = ees wo APES AND GATS, always were and always will be a leading feature of wo~ men’s wear—just now they are the. vogue. Our Capes and Coats combine the ele- gance and completeness of up-to-date fashion, wih the practical properties of the old-time Cloakings with a special price indacement for this week. C.T. Munford. CLOVES! 7 & ) FP fear enptation nite be st away ‘from, pat 5 Glo, count We.haye.ad Glove al would te hol miser, With some: # dollar Gloveiis simplya pair of gloves for a dollar. With ‘us:it' ns thé best Glove on earth for the price... Ifyou want them 10¥. yourawn,. use.or to to: #: friend, ; you. can “a rive pe patting, ‘iby. A reasonable: antee goes with every pair of] is for fine Tailoring? . Are: you: ‘a judge of slothes | Are you familia h..the, et - Ha ti of & ssa and m Be bere a only" : . . If you are not; you sho So Beak Se erehiecamae eT , r) ad [Glo f sistowwe hay on't-geteld poms oo choicest. rye oriag | ga sin LON ite aN Pap riba "1 _ | to sell lis interest: in the Advocato to | ers stationed this year? The following,, | Norman. : rx + | Elder of Elizabeth City districts: THE.N. C, CONFERENCE. eect ae In Session at Elizabeth City. FIFTH DAY, Minutes of Saturday and Sunday } afternoon sessions were read and ap- proved. . ‘Revs. T. Page Ricaud and J. C. McCall were placed on the Spann ted list. The hour of 10 o’clock having ar- rived the special order relating to the conterence organ, the North Carolina Advocate, came up, Rev. W. L. Gris som, half owner of the paper, offered through Rev, F. D. Swindell to sell his stock at one thousand dollars less than cost. Referred to committee on Books and Periodicals. The statistical. secretaries made their reports which showed considerable in- erease.in church membership and erection of new churches. The total white membership is °63,- 299; colored 22, total 63,321. In- fants baptized 1,050, adults 1,896, Sun- day-schools 659, teachers 4,789, scholars 38,303- Amount paid confer- enge claimants $5, 499, 76, members of societies 656, church edifices 644, val- ue of church property $778,209. _ The committee on. Books. and Pe- riodicals brought.in their report, reject- ing the offer of Rev. L, W, Grissom the conference. A liyely discussion took place, participated in by Revs. F. D. Swindell and R. B. John. Rev. J: T. Gibbs moved the previous ques- tion, and the substiiute offered by Rev. ']R. B. John to not adopt the North Carolina Advocate as the organ of the Bg to 52. A committe consisting W, - S. Black, R. A. Willis, R: B. Jobn, T. J. Jarvis, T.-H. Gatling and Q. H. Nimrock were-appointed.to confer with. ithe W estern Conference to take charge of the paper question. Question 41: Where are the preach- are those best known here : Washington district—B. Presiding Elder Washington Station—R. J. Moor- man. Washington circuit—J. W. Wilson station—T. N. Ivey. Janesville cireuit—R. T., Wyche. Swan Quarter.—D. A. Watkins: Fremont cireuit—W. H. Pickett. Ocracoke, and Portsmouth-=R. L. Warlick. Aurora cireuit—W. C. Merrett. [atte piskett ciredie—C, Fr Jeroute: , Nashville citcuit—Ry C. ‘Divi. Fairfield cireuit—Oliver Ryder. Bethel station.—A: Barnes. - Spring Hope circuit—R F Taylor. Tarboro station — Michael Bradshaw. Tarboro cireuit—S A Cotten. * Rocky Mount cireuit—J E Under-. wood. Greenville station—-N H D ‘Wilson. South Edgecombe-—H M Jackson. Greeaville ¢ircuit—L H Joyner. Raleigh—Edenton street-—W R. Hall, Martin. C Raleigh—Central—D H Tuttle. - Lodisturg station—G F Smith. RB. John continues . as Pressding | Plymouth | ‘cor rmiee e 1 Can. | ning... pe i Brinity College: ihe C : Fayetteville—Hay street, tystatlonen Le "| Nash” lune ial ‘¢ os umpaed stbvek wid — | Ride Willia.; « a ae ee a AL “~Bbotta BUI ttt Raye ii" es y Le ae tis : ' \ . a a : : Lanfyhurg station FM. Shap- Ld 4 that the insungents continue to burn conference, was adopted by a vote of; Seotland Neck cireuit—J i Sawe| bad 4 H i: ig saad wilines ae Ley bee vpil ‘ i Boe Mount Olive cireuit—N Midémey. Kinston“station=-J O Guthrie. - Grifton circuit F S Beaton. Carteret cireuit—John T Abernethy, Morehead. City station—E C Clenn. Southport—H B Anderson: TELEGRAPHIC BRIEFS. Dispatches received from Hayana say buildings and the crops of sugar. planta- tions, ind to destroy other property. - Little Bertha . Jordan, the 2-year old daughter of Mr. Otway Jordan, of Richmond, Va., was instantly’ killed Sunday morning sliortly after 7 o’clock by the accidental discharge of a gun. Mrs. MeClelland’ Richardson, sister- in-law of General Cassius M. Clay, was burned to death at her home, near Valley View, Ky. She was standing infront. of a heating-stove, when her: dress:caught fire. Thirty-five leading colored citizens of Atlanta met. by; invitation with the Board of Directors of the’ exposition and the matter of setting aside Decem- ber, 26th as NegroDay was thoroughly discussed and agreed upon. Five men were instantly killed in a stone quarry. at, Big Stone Gap,. Va, while eating lunch. The men. were sitting under, a large rock, which seemed to be verry fiir ih place. It fell with- out ally apparent cause, and’ crushed them instantly, One other man was wounded, but will solemtiedl recover. IN ae CAROLINA. Matters of Interest, Over. the State. The Plymouth moana company hae been added: to the’ ‘State Guards. T. J. Wilson, J r., one of Winston's 8 tobuevo manufactures, has’ brought: suit for $10,000 against the Winston-Salem Street: Rail way Company for killifig his little son on. September 10th. We learn that. ry atrange disease is | prevalent among: the hogs: in Pocket | pownshiijs. Some of the farmers have lost abotit all their fattening hogs, They are attacked with fits and in a short time they lie down and die.—San- ford Expr ese. Mrs. AR H, Shumate, of Wilks county, , lis. peculiarly afflicted. It is. stated | that. blood will’ suddenly break through the pores of thé skiit ‘just ‘like perspiru-| tion, and stand in great’ beads on the fage. Sheis able to be up, most. of the | time and tend to. her, domestic. affairs. This sweating of blood’ comes on once | or twice a-day and lasts, only a short} age time, when, she will bathe her. face and| Ags no sign is lefty until it somone breaks | out ‘agains - pencil, he wants a good one, ‘The Re- Hlactor:, Book. Store, offers the largest. vaniety, in:town,ta, select: from, . all. the way-from icentsia dozen: to 10; cents edeh. Tey’ a “Triangular” ov Die: graph” aind you huve Steen , aya Boye {home of Mr, Johm E., Boyd,. father, ot, the:bride, anear Green villey Mes. Wa 1. Hiydny:‘of Washington City, und Misa | Blidibeth Boyd Were mititied by ‘Revs’ A. Greaves, The - eotifife” took” tit]. morning train for i few, -flays at Nor- folk, ayd,Old, Air home in; ‘, Haydn of! avery: “popular: ‘drum! thet dey P A Bihop L | New line of' Ladies Wraps. This is About Pencils, if! ) When ‘a business man uses a lead) At @ o'clock this 1 morning at the | “op oa a Saturdaye > 6" t i | Pani ‘val Knidwht in” inerautilé’ Ay ii ey pag Lay of Putty ve aye Me ; Any style and cut and the prices way down. N bung, handsomer than a silk-lined, for.a. Xmas. PRESENT. Don't forget him when you want a » Xmas gift Holiday Display at, Tang’ 8. New line of Dress and Shirt Waist Plaids. New line of Dress Goods and Tritmings. New line of Mufflers and Handkerchiefs. New line of Shoes to fit every foot. New line of Notions and Capes. . New line of Trunks and Floor Oit Cloths. 4 New line of Gents’ Furnishing Goods. And. lots of other nice eae at es 8. bp “Vite will be’ a “abner in yet pail ite sin) 1896. + ens He een ae cit Ba wl i i “ -_ 2 f @ | | Pe io a. ° M a ale , “« ) “ae ~ . " oe ae ‘The Vel ore » ‘ case tried at’ at Moattort' bes Se vendiot of acquittal, | to : vais tant to: far tried at Trenton has resulted it a verdictot guilty. If one: half ot of the evidence introduced ig fene| it could only be expected that all of the parties will"be convicted, At last three of the parties have turned. state’s evidence and the state of facts narrated by them show that Col. Hinsdale was not far wrong ‘when he nid at Begu- fort lst fall: “I propose if your wore - ship will permit me to unearth and ex- pose to the people of ‘this state ‘one | of : the vilest conspiracies ever concocted in North Carolina.” | “Don’t You Do It. Don’t leave the Christmas shopping until the day before Christmas. | | Don’t worry and fret when you find. such a crowd about the Christmas’ _ counters, that it is almost impossible to make the desiréd purchases. = Don’t neglect the little tots iin | tha home, nor any of the. home duties in your anxiety to finish some elaborate: _ Christmas finery. _ Don’t plan some gorgeous Christmas entertainment. with. extravagant r@- _ freshments, at the expense of the conl- _ fort of the home loved ones. Don’t forget that it is an infil to an : acquaintance to send him a gift which _ isnot accompanied by friendly alfeo- tion, - Don’t let your, Christmas, be mail _ through selfishness, envy, resentment of any, bitter feelings; but’ hold fast, td he e sacrédness blots }ermines were ‘required: to line : i { eee ; Se ¥ # hy NB a i a i dipile pe a ee sat ? weet eat The west wind, *bold and rough.’ The east is chilly, they complain; .. The south, ‘not cool enough! pe. And so the windmills stopped, ships lay idly by, : Po femora till night sun. low hot ot. éold,” wail they; ° “From north, or south, or cast, or west, *Twil be the wise fisest way ?” —Youtt’ Companion: a % ey. of Sip OUT OF THE ORDINARY. j porate The letter. “OQ” sounds ‘oda for. a @ | name; but there is a distinguished tain- _pily i in Belgium. whose name is 0, no more and no less, Sarah Bernhardt’s last ees, “cost $7,500. It is decorated with diamonds and turqyoises and the’ skins of 200 the | brain, 7 Tramps in. Holland * ‘are put in a cistern whith has a"pump in the bot- -, Water is turned on_in sufficient vole to keep them pumping briskly to keep from drowning. One dose is generally sufficient. The length of ‘the dart varies in dif- ferent places. In London the longest day has sixteen and a half hours’) | at. St Petersburg, nineteen, and-in Spitz- bergen, the longest day lasts three ‘months and a half. ree hew lend. fas Hep lace gubiing cartigs a cartridge: which explodes on touching the bottom. A submerged microphone receives the, sound and, the depth is estimated from the time oe- cupied by the-dead. in: sinking-- to the portoan. we | The Great Hatteras Light. eames *Though the endeavor to construct a Jight-house at Diamond shoals, sever miles beyond Hatteras, has been a fail- ure thus far, it is believed the new, plan reported by the engineers will be a success, An, account of it says, that| 2 the plan contemplates a skeletou struc- ture resting on eight great iron tubes: which are to be driven to a depth of thirty feet. They-are to form a. circle sixty feet in diameter, and to be of such w length that the floor resting upon them will be about fifty feet above high water. -On this floor, a structure of east steel will be raised to provide quarters for the three keepers, / and above will be the light and the steam siren. ‘Thedens is to be the most pow- erful in existence, thowing the light, _| whith is to.be electrit, to a distance of twenty-three, miles, ) Gi ‘The engineers believe that the ea, of shaving the light rest on pillars, be- twken flich ¢ the winds and waves can play, promises b bette? Success ‘than one | ore than one can val afford hed jor the sake’ of making, a ‘costly present, bt to give to pupene simply because it vy more aabbrdte ask table |. aon fashionable creer (aed ithe pls ibbons to their proper ‘places os | for a solid structure that ‘would offer | “The |. resistance to ‘the elements. f the oe house is to be anillion woods, iny a beautiful” hole in “the ground, where the wood-pecker pécks ‘Vand the st oh lle aroun ne mt and lye crust, | the stars that shine overhead, Then hustle him off to the cone : ted bey fi he’s no uae to us he 0 cioual we! have them off of the dining tble | th " Es ay gd “ “ erg ee a i oat ay a Reg Cy ATES! : phet if ipo 0 ers ‘ rg) LJ who waits for =| «From north, or south, or east, or west, tion” “appears to be one of those if. +} These folks to satisfy. ge : ‘science of ==| The north wind, ‘is too cold! | and’in the theories of M. Zola. Yoa| ‘muse ylides “heredity,” and | ural ear for the harmonies of ‘prose natural gifts who decidedly ended by broilingand tormenting his stylo. ‘And this is still more likely to be | each aectatiintien ‘News. | range, except on the putting green; | dj Where under no circumstances shall) — : more than. one. 00h, id ee WREKLY OBSERVER. esi | —_ on the} ‘ nocents who believe in a new dis- sé 29 human nature’ go about with notebooks, yon be- by aid of griminess not fit to be named among Christians. It i¢ the same affair in poetry. Wordsworth | was a poet by virtue of his genius. | He was born so. His theories ham- _| pered him, when he was true to his | theories. Even our author perceives that Shakespeare and Homer did not need theories and popular science falsely so called, and this is just as true of Miss Austen at 20 and of Mr. Du Maurier at an age which we shall not conjecture. Mr. Du Maurier was born a ‘writer anda story teller. Thirty-five years ago he proved this in a little sketch in Once a Week and rather later in his poem: of ‘‘Braunigrindas” in| Catechized — Re pears 9 nes Punch. Only a very skilled writer | Vestries will please be prepared to mcet could have “edakcial, as Mr. Dy| the Bishop. forings to be for Dioeesnt : Missions. i i Maurier has done, the immortal lit- tle Belgian poem translated in “Trilby.’’ Yet Mr. Du Maurier has been drawing all his life, not sedu. lously practicing another art, under private tutors and with an eye on Professor Huxley’s lectures. Im. provement is not of course impossi. ble or a matter of chance. Some men, like Balzao, have to crush their gold out of a: mountain of, quartz. All or nearly all who possess ‘‘style”’ gain itin part by cultivating a nat- as observed by them in thé great writers. .A.few perhaps, but very few, have toiled Tike Mr. Stevenson by the way of ‘‘the sedulous ape.”’ Thackeray, from his Charterhouse days, was always Thackeray and could not answer an invitation to dinner without writing in the Thackeray manner. Mr. Steven- son, on: the other hand, kept his dress suit of style for great literary Pater we had a writer of singular county, S. Peter's. phen, E, P., M M-~ P.; Koxobel.-8. Mark's, — Dec. 29th—Sunday after Christine? Wii gisddall «3 I. P., Woodvilie, Bertie county, Grace | iii Church. : Thomas. 1896. Circulation. E. P., Church. church of the adyent. Evenin xt all GREENVILLE TOBACCO MARKET Tops.—Green.... seseceeed to 2g Luas—Common.... -- Curress—Common.....- 6 to Ti “Dec. 22nd—4th Sunday in Advent, f Gatesville, 5. Mary’s. af Dec. 25th—Christmas ag Dec. 2gth—Tharsday, Fest. o, 5- Barnabas. Gates| ac ~ 8, Ste- . Tice. Soth—Sendah aor Christmas, | Sos Dec. 381 A oro 1 Windsor, 5. * Jan. a) Fest. of the ly Jan. 8rd--—-Friday, Williamston, | 4 M. P.—Morning Prayer, zy. 2.4 Prayer. Holy Communion orning Services. The Children 2. REPORT. | BY 0. L. JOYNER. Seeman 66 Bright.... veveeeeeh tO 8 Red. 28 to 4 igh ¢ Good......... ... 7to 15 Fine.. Le epeerees 12 to 18 és 66 Good,.... 401M to 20 | Fine... 2... es tO 66 66 Cotton and Peanut; Below are Norfolk ‘prices of cotton | and peanuts for yesterday, as furnished], the end of men who, if they have a plain tale to tell, should tell it Golf. : The Philadelphia Record is im. pressed with the weird nomencla- ture of golf. ‘‘The brassy niblick,’’ it says, ‘‘the cleek, the iron mashy, bulger driver, the putter, the lofter and all the other varieties of sticks the novice to despair, but it remains for the Country club to frame a set of rules governing the etiquette of golf. The first rule reads as follows* ‘Any player losing a ball and incur. | ring delay thereby may be passed by any other player caning up. A bis same OBSERVER, DAILY are in themselves enough to drive | : PORK SI og mouth, Grace | «m7 ) ‘ARM At AND withudl iTS ing their year’s supplies will fi theirinverest to getour prices befere pus chasing elsewhere, Ourstock iscomplete 0 allits, branches. FLOUR, COF FE r SUGAK “RICK, TEA, ‘Ae. lw bys ut Lowksr MARKET PRICES TobAerN SNUFF & CiGA RS ida rg meareeona Aco FURNITURE always onhand thd adid at yee tosut the times. Quy goods areal] bought and sold for CAS re, having norisk to run,we selhat aclose margin. 8S. M. SCHULTZ, Greenville. N C , ee ee ' ri , Pee ce ie a : pa} & . i i ae 4 eo occasions and did not wear sword, by Cobb 4 Bros. & Commission Mer- : diamonds or perruque in his familiar | chants of, Norfok;: correspondence. Yet Thackeray, to COTTON. q #, WY F his . nod i> the very last, took trouble and cor-| Good Middling © Se ene re ee et cay We ; ~ | rected, a3 his-manuscripts prove, | Middling Pt . | ~ «| while his manner was more or Ics3 on ee Tah conspicuously ‘based-on that of Field- Tous—feia. ‘4 ~. ing. He was a literary writer, like vaiwors x Pp rern eee abe Baud f . n ue for ten evra ala lla ongpertaidieed | OE 24| he cosise embraces all the Sikhel eee : Extra Prime usually taught in an Aeadémy,)! _ owes louie ae nes Beat “ ety Heo both for. tuition and beard: niscence or the e, but} Spanis able. .| Tone—easy.- ys... weil fitted and ulpped fo s| is sheppy, spontaneous appropriate vs 1 eee ty Aad ond, alps ep ha 1 "ot ti id ‘tases coutse alone. Whére they’ wish ‘to’ a rule, we take it, setting aside) - ae .| pursue a highér eourse, ‘his’ ‘school’ ee eee Ree | “Greenville Market. | mesic! eee een Pi hay pez: duied ~ > ri vale 7 the people who write best do 46 Corrected by 8. M. Schultz. Caroline or the State University. i without taking thought. Mr. Froude rélers te Doty who have weeny ite whose taking odio has some oe, per ib eer 7 i. ea a ruthatns nest aall Western Sid 6.to ement. »- ~~ strange occasional blemishes, an- Sugar fee ie: 12 to 183] Anyegom: 1 n with ¢ swered very impatiently when some| Corn 40 to 6U ity Caking.&¢ Meal 60 to 654 Us will ee aided ra making arran busy body asked him questions about Oia. Family 4.00 to 4-50 | ments to cuntinae in the higher schoo oe. his ray He only said we n° Lara 5} to10| The dleciplies 2 will be kept at its mean say in expressions w ich! Oats 40 to 50} present stan came to him naturally and without | Suge 4to6| Neither time ~ por’ “attention “nor research. On the other hand. we! Coff 16 to 24 | work will be spared to make this ‘sehool h writers of no emi.| Salt per Sack 85 to 175 | all that parents conld wish, vane ae hl rel ease ke ees See ) ges per doz 23 to , : is praised for its preciosity. In Mr. | Beeswax. 20 | _. W. H. Ragspaxe, oa ty ee July 30,1895. "Princip The Charlotte North Carolina’s *VOREMOST NEWSPAPER Be Hotel ble. bie paviet af ‘Terms — nest twosome may pass a threesome or intensaaeat ae fearless ; bigger an foursome and a foursome a three- aoe attractive than ever. it w an *| some. A twosome may pass anoth. | invaluable ub or the ror home: oar: chin or twosome after; giving the earlier oflee the on ics . re of | game at the first tee a clear tee and| Ko mS ctrl, eriaad hat Wtf et - | cient to put the earlier game out of| plete Daily from the sage anwaa ‘ap 5. se ren) : daPe ut i Ne a ds ry Fath ‘Bunge ih : | KING, ; Lh S oe eno oy ha ws ie Le ee eee N Ree af yee OP asst ere _ ation aan ery SU Tae Wi ie th : Ly Ld i bt) ’ ay Ow 0," et eae ae hah ™ } eomna EAST, _ Lv Selma Ly Fay’tteville | PROS. J. JARVIS. Ww {ABV IS & BLOW, neon iN HYS§-AT-L Ams oo} 90° epaeatt vein. 6. * sé Practon silthe Coarts ALEX BLow. HIS MONEY ADMIRER. = ne told the following story» _ _ |4. &. BLOUNT. J. L. FLEMING LOUNT & FLEMING? ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW, 4 rr Pragtice in GKEENVILLE, N. C. ali the Courts. . t, soon showed himself réspon- L. C. LATHAM. ‘ ag THAM w& krroke HARRY SKINNER SKINNER, EYSsAT-LAW GR&EOILLE. N. O ence a TRAINS GOING NOTKH. Dated od a eY + 2 Oct. 6th 6a les Ss 1895. ZA 1A ' Ad q A. M. Pp, M, Ly Florerce 8 15] 7 35 Ly Fayetteville! 10 55! 9 35 Lv Selma 12 82 Ar Wilscn 1 20/11 28 eer aa rr cal $3 ee at A. M, P.M. Ly Wilmington) 9 25 7 00 Ly oc ia ‘ Ly Goldsboro ar Wilson Ly Varboro Ly Wilson ILS. Ar ‘Tarboro Lv Tarboro Ly Rocky Mt. | 2 38 207 Ar Weldon ' ‘Le 4d Train on Scotland Neck Branch itoac bag ay Weldon 3.55 p.m., Halifax 4.13 , arrives Scot, and Neck at 4.55 o Gheehvilld 6.47 p.m., Kinston 7.45], ps m. Returning, leaves Kinston 7,20 a. m., Greenville 8.22 a..m. Arriving Halifax at 11:00 a, m., Weidon 11,20 am daily except Sunday. Trains on Washnigton Branch lenve Washington 7.00 a, m., arrives Parmele 8.40 a. m., Tarboro 10,00; : returning leaves Tarboro, 480 4 iPate p. m,, arrives | Wash Daily except Sunda trains ony cot Netarning ns Sunday, 6.00 n, CBee tie - Hop rm m. «, Nashvi te 8 gta pring 1 at Rosky Mount 9.05 a m, ally except Sunday. Trvios on Latta breach, Pistence R: R., leave Lazta 6.40 p m, darive Dunbar 7.50 pm, Clio 8.05 p m. Returning leave Cliot6.10 am, Dunbar 6.30.a my hye Latta 7.50.0 m, daily. except. Suns, ay. Train on Clinton Branch leaves Wire ‘saw for Clinton eaily, except Satiday,, 11,10 a. m. and: 8.50: ms m: Returning | wi leaves Clinton at 7,00 a, m. and 8,00 p m. Train No. 78 makes close connection at Bi snd det oints.daily, albr; Richmone, also at Ro.ik Norfolk nod Carp aR ane all points North | _ JOHN, F, DIVINE, Supt. 7. M, EMERSON aie Meanie. Pt J, R. KENLY, Geu' sane : tea c. & NORTH | oon RR, TIME TABLE, 5) “In Biffect December 4th, 1898. hit nan sete ae Woodard, F. Oo. mariing, Wilson, N, C. Greenville, N. etnias & HARDING, “AT TORNEYS-AT-LAW ; Special attention given to collections and settlement o Greenville, N. f claims. * ey's education. the desolate condition of that mon iene ntfs denn Barbers. jable, james A SMITH, TONSORIAL ARTIST. GREENVILLE, N. ©, G@ Patronage solicited, . FASH || @ Under Opera | HJERBERT EDmunps. IONABLE BAREER. House, Special attention given to cleaning Gentlemens Clothing. vous. He Pla prauks that At ast ov tience gave out, and Yai posed of and disappeared. southerner went from school to ool lege, Through ‘Pillman Pa'aee Sleeping Cars: between New Yor Atl: inti ba, via Richswnd, Weidon, Racky Mount, Wii ville, Florence, Orangeburg Augus a, ForR Cheap Excursion Rates TO Clin Sa id nforatin! Ein ¢ ATLANTA, GA. Sept. 15th, to Dec. 3ist., 1895, VIA. . : The Atlantic Coast Line Kk esau Petersburg °, ates, Schedules, Sleep’ iug Car accommodations call on or. ad- he undersigned, JW. MORRIS, | Div, Pass, Agt. Div. Pass Agt; Charleston,8.C, Richticnd y Va. T. M, EMERSON, H. M, EMERSON. f. Mgr, Asst. Gen’l. Pass. Agt, Wiltalpaton, N.C, Pp nha avy, agent Atlantic Coast Live, ar C. 3, CAMPDELL, Rn Fait { son , Fayeites, , Aiken and ner, meant) stroking bis face with such an aban- chattering andi murmuring as com. for‘a moment. ‘Of course it was’ Master Yokko monkey, and after all the years, al hadi Weta fact—that monkey had it. ‘nearness to man,’ was there?” ent told the folllowing: 3 bi States & eratia Exposition, ATLANTA, GEORGIA. SEABOAR Vestibuled upon which no via the D’ Arr LINE. Limited Trains extra fare is chai ‘ged. LOWEST - DOUB EXCURSION DAILY. RATES, SERVICE. Through Pullman Buffet and day coaches Washington, Portsmouth, Virginia. from D. CG. and via Fredericksburg, Richmond, Petersburg, Weldon, Raleigh, Arrive Atlanta 4: next day, P, M.,6.20.A, M ena Slee be ma de. an eee upon Agent of the Seabo the undersigned, Leave Wil ‘Ask for tickets’ via’ “7 BOARD AIR LINE. Ing eH reservations | information | p op ales to any rd Air Line, or to Southera Pines,N. C, Chester,s, C, Elberton, , Athens, Ga,. Leave Weldon; 3.60: hat uM. ‘12‘noon * :09.P.7M., 5:20 A. +, next day. furth e)’ Sleeping ‘Cars M. mington, 12:20 nvon, 3 20: P.M... Arrive Atlanta 4.09 HE SEA- namie of the poet. She was. ‘tdine, to an empty chicken coop, and Ma- her » pe aks GOING WEST | Hi es 1) y Bix Dollar De of} we £ WG Tha cue pela Bree Coim of Am ) Silve H, W.B.GLO T. t her paw through’ the bars of the Tat Manage . dia) Pan bo p, lifted ont, the nail, pushed on Se Bt eating Se pe at —" 4 | Genera Oftces, Portsmooth, Va, d with evidece”titebask htohed | ea) TAR b CHEAPEST PLACE INGREENVILLEFOR— 4° * THE | what was going on. "Boston. Globe. fs . oes. orale nw aoe arr | BLANK BOOKS 8, STATIONE Y, NOVELS |; The curious effect tha ay | JU. ; saat ced by 4 ¥ 0 Bat Bay c* ind eat 4x 5 deetes mera A nde ibe? hp atonaeeye rma tel : : A fall lihe Of Ledgs gers, Da ay, Books “Bayelopes | | ‘Memoratdum: net Time ‘ey i wiges | = — = i Pg ancnne,, Cap,F mtn peteri “bn, ail > ag ued uf. Os Bal shoo! _ Note, pile adits “A young lad in a southern fam. hy T know had a half grown black onkey sent to him from Borneo,. 16 creature, shy and .strange at} ive to kindness, quick and intelli- cS ods 3 igent in learning the usual accom- 3 Sige as plishmenta thought necessary in a/| ! ig ie He became warmly: attached. to his youthful owner, and the two friends might be. seen anywhere together, the Borneo rched on the shoulders of young; ~ eo oocasionally giving him an —, tap on the cheek or chattering in his ear in the most’ human way possible. After awhile it-was decreed that Yokko’s master must be sent north to school, and key in consequence was really pit- He grieved and refused to bé comforted for a long time and| then’ he: suddenly beqame mischie- ayed such ede and 3 pan was dis- ‘Years went by,-and the young Soon after his graduation he Was visiting in some western sity —Chicago, I think-—and passing along the streetione day he observed a knot of people igathered on a cor- He. approached to see what it Suddenly a great black thing lighted on his shoulders, his neck was closely ¢lasped, and -a lit- tle, cold, black paw was patting and don of affection, such an excited pletely sobering ard ‘the young man descended to the.role.of an organ the travel and, Huh and: pines an for the repugehase of Yokko. Cer- tainly if prompt, swift, decisive ac- tion is indicative of something: be. yond mere instinot—of intellect, in And there wasn’t any question as to his _ “You know sailors are always fond of pets, and on board a man-of- ‘war they are especially so; sd there are always two or three, sometimes more, on board, and a ship in south- ern waters always has a ‘monkey ad had some teaching and altogéth- was. very well behaved, } en bhe first. came aboard, it-was neces- jaa. Pee einem sary to) shut/her wp whild we were getting off, soa banana was put in- junga went br mene. ‘$he was ap- parently. abs peeling and eating the | é door’ of: KINDS Ok COMMERCIAL ‘AND boop was apon, her and ‘fas. TOBACCO, WAREHOUSE WORK. | benedeni of a big hasp.over ay Jan eye and, '™ bigs unail . slipped 0 = | through: ‘86,'you see, ‘the ‘nionkey wis shfe. Now, a monkéy is always: on the watch exactly at the moment “when it seems least so. It will look lin every eet on bus the one it Consequently ey ra ak to the door: ! Wher Bed finished he ena she pric around, and without one instant’s hesitation she | “ cian Lg Goce a? - @IvEs vou date iden FRESH EVERY : Bei y8ok Pt tie on AND Hetty | {WORKS ‘FOR THE’ BEST. | “INTERESTS OF: oe ate GREEN VILLE FIRST, PITT COUNTY SECOND, OUR/POCKENBOOK THIRD. <=) SUBSCRIPTION 25 Cents a,MONTH, (0) : —PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY AT— One: Dollar Per: Year. This is the People’s . Favorite. THE. TOBACCO DEPARTMENT, WHICH 18 AREGULAR FEATURE OF THE PAPER, IS ALONE -WORTH MANY TIMES THE SUBSCRIPTION PRICE, ] ! : ; \ oe. (0) ; : : When you need <<. aw Then a native man who was pres- 3 , a J OB PRIN TING | ea Dont forget the pag eh eg mth flan Site Pigt phe aes See abies Out ted tas Pe and a parrot.’ So-at Madagascar > ‘they brought:a big blacky hem : the men narhed ‘Majunga’ frara “the : Reflector Office. WEWHAVE AMPLE FACILITIES FOR THE WORK ‘AND DO ALL ee THE REFLECTOR BOOK STORE. Pens and Fai, orge us wh you want — coe | SUDICIOUS ADVERTISING ae al ; aati sian anew busin ae ‘yes many an old busin _ Preserves many a lar, bamaaen Revives many a dull business, ~ Rescues many a lost isa Saves many a failing Secures success to any panne eaten: ee iciou ay ” use. the ee ae tte Sok TRAIN AND BOAT SCHEDULES. Passenger and aalt train going porth, arrives 8:22 A. M. pleats anys. 6:37 P. M. Roba B ound Freight, arrives 9: 50 A M, leavesl0:10 A. M. South Bound Freight, arrives “2300 P, MM. leaves 2:16 P. M. arrives from. Wash * Steamer Myers ngton Monday, Wednesday and Friday | - eaves for Washingtou Tuesday, Thure Gay wad paturdey. ee fat isla, | eal fair, warmer. Les HOLIDAY, HASH. You are Invited to the Feast. serene Just a week to Christmas. A full line of Fruita and Confections or, Geis asat D. S » Smith's... Jer vices in ‘the Methodist chargh to- night. _ Another new shipment of Tain Capes | just arrived at Lang’s. Main street has had a busy appear. ance today. Just received a car load of the best Flour at the lowest prices, Guarantee satisfaction. D. W. Harper. Work on the vaults in the Court House progresses rapidly. Housekeepers should buy their nice Groceries for Christmas cooking of D. S. Smith if they want the Best. The moon is new and there will be moonlight nights for Christmas. News.—The. best. flour Péootor Koote sold: by’ 8. Schultz. ‘Try a 24 lb bag. Lang is still giving away: Crayons to his customers free of charge. is: > Just received Cheese, Macaroni Buckwheat, Oatmeal, Crackers and Cakes at lowest prices. D, W.HarpEE. | . If Santa Claus gets his Toys and}; other Christmas goods from. James Long the children wall be happy: C. T. Munford is making somie aiddi- tions to his residence near Five Points. As we have decided to change our business on. J; aunary Ist, We, ape now, api Yatenths stock’ of Groce ies at cost, strictly for cash. J. L. Starkey & Co. Boys, your money will go a long ways if you by Fire Crackers and Ro- man, Ponies at. Ds 8. ri my ih sh see we. . White. ~ For fertilizers see Mayor per. Sudsse Shi indHit. : eit get the beat” } Store. L848 barrels best Flour just received — will be sold’ dlonig with’ all other goods, on monitom » L Starker & Co. bat ieee | s BPH | can leave your subscriptions : Se Reflector Book Store and save the srouble of ordering them yourself’ . give discounts when several | Jones wai | Capt. Haw M | full line. aly niagiizines' for natd |xi a Ri us) oe Kinston, i is spending {afew days here. Charles Skinner went over to his farm in Bertie today. _ Mrs. W. M. King returned scoala ¢ evening from Wilson. Miss Pattie Leggett | left this morning, Yor, a Visit to Parmele: oe i HB) Clark teturned Tuesday | * evening from Elizabeth City. L. D. Ames is able to be out after a confinement several days with sicknegs. = visiting here, returned to. her betes i in: Fremont-foday. have returned from the M. E. Confer- ence at Elizabeth City. Mrs. Nannie Anderson has moved to town and _ occupies: one of the Elliot. Tasldingp & py ‘otal inche sttect, ~The aigh de recht we ofnktted the name of Mrs Hehty Harriss who, was in the party which léft for Atlanta yes- ay morning. Capt. Gedrge Hawks, of the passen- ger train, has been taking a few days vacation in Richmond. Capt. W. L. jah ther, rah at his atead. 5 was bac this m morning. | Mra E. rin is having some im- provements made around her home in Forbestown. ‘ ag z You sliould see! the lovely Christmas | goods at Mts. M: D. Higgs' if you want something hice. _ Apples, Oranges, fine Calitornia ‘Pears; fresh Caidies and hot Peanuts at Morris Meyers. Todas sisibibs réugivin & fob oF delayed Christmas goods and the mer. chants who they are for look more Ponape | : ‘Don't pass me by when you want Toys, Fruits, Confections, Fire works and other Christmas goods. I have a JaMES LONG. bejitroes | Ra — Some. of, the colored have beén working on the torpentine are returning home to spend Christmas. Several came in this morning. Beuutifiil’ China ‘Seis, Cut Glass ‘Paintings, and many other nice Christ- mas presents at Mrs, M. D. Higgs’. Gov,. Carr has ordered a yee bein! of Henilfort @ounty- | Supe Court to begin January 6th, mt Hoke to preside, to try the four white men charged with assassinating J. B. Bonner. ere eprtel a : ida Iustituse of limited sehting ‘room duly patrons of the schoo! itnd 4 eet to attend. Never Too Old to Wed. heaviest run on marriage licenses this aswasl mere, i wae } FOS Wap et int Hey "ab te eae ‘three in the 3rd class and 28-in the 4th | Britain were raised Mrs. Sarah Beddard, who has been | | Rey. G. F, Smith and D. D. Hasket; | 7 farms in South Carolina and Georgia ¥ ‘Toilets, Glove, Handkerchief and Cuff} 4s ‘Boxes,’ Sereenky Mirrors, Easels and Be Give a ge riday night ar vant the Col] ment, in the: College, chapel, , Beddanse r bref pithiera! ‘Who! ‘reveive in- . SEE Tt. * r AS, [ — § | gems ld and his | tra county, abe giving as called'for, The list for’ ‘Pitt county: couitains the names of 85 soldiers’ and 26, widows. Of the soldiers oné is th the 1st class, three. i in the, 2nd, class, class. The total amount. paid: to both goldiérs and widows is $1,168. meme The frst arabes in: Gace: on the ground adjoining the abbey of Arbroath, having been produced: ‘from seeds | | obtained wom relent in France. Starve was ance, to: ‘die any mane ner - -of death, Wyeolif’s, sermons tell how *' Christ starved on the cross. for the redemption of men," “Ancient” coins, many of which antedate the Christian era, are made in large quantities in London and find sale all over the world. When you go eat to look for soinething' to: sead asa Holi- day Gift'go to Wooten’s Drug Store and examine the lot of White Metal and Enatwel Toil- et Trays; Plain Cut Glase and Colored: Bottles; Glove and Handkerchief Boxes, Lap - Tabletéin:Celltloid, Manicute Sets in. White Metal and Uhi- na Trivket Sets. Our Mir- rots ir. Pyrali are gema of | -. themselves: The perfiimeries shown this:year are up.to the standatd; A fall-line: Brown Bros’ goods and Recksecker’ ) standardaoders; soar fein Fe For 8. my G, New Bgrw, } ae oe Oct, 15th, 1893, Mess. CLARK Bros. &Co. [Successors to. “Merritt, Clark. & Co. }, tlemen :--This 1s to certify, that I nner “§, LG.” for pees ion and obtained relief after Other remedies had failed and T unhesitatingly reecommend it as a valuable medicine to all who sufé fer from indigestion, . , | Mayor Buta of New Bern. ps ie ee Lovit: Hines, |p: na . Betlettbr,, Lalepetie Seo, & Treas. - y | : . oe: Away itt tie tinrkt for, LOGS and pay. ‘Cash at market ‘prices : Gai? also A orders ur Rough. Dressed. Hs umber promptly, * — | months or four subscribers for 3 montha "1 that thos | open in the above'subseription contest, Wants or should want" mime Ete Ot ay [that you ? to buy. . an Education, thie iter i = eee your ‘footsteps — = einai store bam ‘ And The Bastern Reflector is). Going to help one Boy in _ that direction. We will give absolutely free of charge a scholarship ‘entitling the holder, to free tuition in all the English branches for the entire spring term, 1896 (5 months) of Greenville Male Academy: This isthe best school for boys in’ Eastern North Carolina, and the boy, will be tortunate who wins this prize. CONDITIONS. This 5 months scholarship is .to. be given to the boy who will get the lar- gest number of yearly subseribers for The. Eastern Reflector petween now and6 o clock: P. M. oa Jan llth, 1896. ‘Two subseribers for 6 will count the sake as one yearly sub- scriber This is no vatch penny deviee but a bonad-fie offer, and if only one subscriber snould be brought buring the time specified the boy whe brings it ning and many boys will work for it In order that there may be an incen- | tive for every buy wno wishes. to enter this contest, we offer a cash cominission 10 per cent on all sthscribers, 10 4 i wie fail to get the schol- arship will be paid for thelr work, but the one who wins the. i bed will not zét the commission, Now boys 4to work with-the de ermatt ion to this prize. ple copies of by applying. to. the office, to. quter as we wish to know how many. sp working for the prize. We wil the result of the contest with the name the REFLECTOR agyou need If yon decide oys 8 © of winner in the issue of the REFLEC- | Tor of Jan. 15th, 1896, glving the suc- cessful boy. time, to enter school on the in day | of } spring term Monday; Jali, ¢ 0h. Address all letters to THE EASTERN REFLEGTOR,. Greenville N. C. | enema nend GREENVILLE, N.C. Oct. 25th, 1895. | This.to certify that I haye arranged with the, publisher of THE EASTERN REFLECTOR to teachfree of charge in| thie English branches, fur the 6 ‘months term beginning Jun. yOth, 1896, the boy to whom he may award the scholarship W..H. RAGSDALE, Principal Greenville Male Academy. ee sale of Valuabre Town Lot: said. Board to Rertite, bolas ng to the Com iy at Bi, 16¢ hull ber baa uci be eing a ed by the town of Greenvi ket “Rie aie wih, hey pert 1 | William Mi I mi ex officio’ ir oh ee ; Board of Comsiissioners of Pitt County y; do hereby give: oats notice that sai lot will be € to:public: sale ta :the: Sr cnvoap ee bidder, in. ren of, se. Vourt 0'clgch Ol, day..the. * The terms "j equal instal _Resister of Deeds King is having the | ® - . yroek. Rabe el lh in the cont He ‘fhe ven that the to eae te tow “i Market H H ey Me A : pn ai will get the scholarship Of course wo} expeet moré than one subscriber fo be} 7 biought in, for this.is a prize worth win| | You can get’ a8 phere sam- | this.contest send, us, your, name | publish In obedience:to au order inade by: the pri "Where you . will find displayed the-largest and. best. assorted line of the following goods: of many and varied kinds. Dress Goods and Tr’mmi'gs Notions, Gentlemen Furnish- iad, ing. Goods, ) Shirts, : Neckties, Four-in- Hand Scarfs, Collars, Ne Notions, Hats and . Capst wom neatest nobbiest me styles;La~ ee dies, Boys, and Childrens Fine and Heavg Shoes and Boots in endless styles and kinds, Carpets, Rugs Foot Mats, Maitings, Flobitng and Table. Oil Cloths, Lace 1 tains; Curtain Poles and Fixtures, Valises, Hand Bags, and stoe of FURNITURE that will sur- rise and: deli ht you both as: ‘| Board of County Commissioners attheit tq gudlity and price, Baby Car- meeting og the first Mouday in: Novem- riages, Heavy corn $s, Flour, ber 1895, directing :mejas ahe Bas i ot |Meat, ° Lard, Sugar, lasses, and ad the 6 abies market prices SM, ilies bee nape SHOES: for | id i BAVA | Men ata and Boys: can't bé | veg BRIO’ . 2 ; Padan Bros. SHOES for po eben wil be 4a