ee i ered. WHICHARD, Editor and Owner, TRUTH IN PREFERENCE TO FICTION. ght 3 TERMS: 25 Cents a M onth. paso vil Wol. 4. ee GREENVILLE, N.C., THURSDAY, JULY 30, 1896. No. 504 Ladies Your fattention is called to} the fact that] — CT. MUNFORD = ~ Sae AT COST to make® room ‘for fall stock. Such as Lawns, Challies, Dimities, White Goods, India Linins, Mulls, DOTTED SWISSES AND NOVEL COTTON GOODS AT CorT Sai je—= SILKS FOK SHIRT WAIST, At Cost HAMBURG EDGING, At Cost -_— Ve SHOES. Such as Oxford Ties} for ladies and children, and low quarters for men AT COST. Siw HATS. Such as ligtit; color‘in ‘felt and all straw goods AT COST. OLOTHING. Such as Summer Suits, “flight color, aud light weights ALL AT COST. Don’t fcrget this, we want {the room for fall goods. Very Respectfally, Next door to Bank of Greéitville: A POPULIST SONCERT. Raleigh, VY. C.. July 28.—On the east bound train was Harry Skinner and Buck Kitchin returning from St. Skinner said: ‘The demo- crats have got to vote for Bryan and Watson unless they think more of their party than they do of silver.” Kitchin said: “Itis in the hands of you democrats now. The whole burder. rests on your party, and if it has any sense it can carry the State. Louis. It has got to make concessions like clever fellows and gentlemen,” Kitchin was asked: “What do you mean by concessions 7” “Don’t answer,” shouted Skinner. Kitchin then said: “Yes it is all in your hands. ‘The power to carry the State and the nation is absolutely in democratic hands. We had the re- sponsibility. It was on our shoulders, pus we have shifted it on yours.” Skinner cried out loudly ; “No, the power is in our hands, Reverse what Kitchin says.” - “No,” said Kitchin. “I know what I am talking about. I want the demo- crats and our people in the union and in the State to get together and agree on the electorial ticket and fix it so all silver men can vote it.” “Be careful, Buck, you will deny this.” “No I will not,” retorted Kitchin, “Any man who wants to vote tor silver Skinner said : can do so by going fur what I have in my mind. If the democrats want to save State and country this is the way to do it.’—-Wilmington Messenger. Carman-Gray. In Littleton Tuesday Juiy 28, 1896, at 11 o’clock at the residence, ot Rev. W.S. Black, Mr. W. E. Carman and Mrs. Pattie Gray were married, Dr. Black officiating. While it was known by their friends and the family of the brice that they were to be married soon, they sprung a surprise on ail and were married at an unexpected time. They took adrive to Panacea Springs and returning stopped at Dr. Blacks home and were married. Mr. and Mrs. Carman left on the afternoon train for Ayden in Pitt coun- ty to visit the relatives of the groom. Mr. Carman has been living in Lit- tleton a few months and has been en- gaged with the newspaper of that place ; avd will continue with the pa- per, perhaps in the capacity «¢f mana- ger or editor. The bride is the relict ot the late Chas. W. Gray, of Scotland Neck, and daughter of Mr. B. R. Browning of Littleton. She is well known here and the Commonwealth joins her many friends in extending every good wish for her happiness and prosperity as well as in congratulating tue fortunate and hapoy groom.—-Scot- land Neck Commonwealth. Hottest July Days. — Ati Rive. aide Nursery .a record ot the temperature every day at noon kept. Ollen Warren has handed the RerLecror a list showing which were the hottest July days for the last five years, giving the day of month and terperature as taken wt 12 o'clock. The record is aa follows : 1892, July 30, temperature 93 | 1898, 4° 57 a“ 96 | 1894,“ 29 ‘“ 87 1895, # ,19 88 1896," 29 « 94 The temperatare ubout 3 o’eluck P. M. is usually some higher than at noon, and on Wednesday it went to 97 at Riverside, At somé. points down tywn at reached 98 im the shade, There are vin) Avizbfia atouty 10;000,- 000-aerea of arid Jungs, which may be reclaimed by frtigution. Nearly 1,000, Ie Tien etal an a fruit, vegetables, gedin, ete) 1:9 Weather Notes from Billville. We nse with the thermometer now ——not with the lark. The sun has barbecued the cattle on a thousand hills. This is the time when you can’t pos- sibly appreciate the melting notes of the mockingoirds. The mayor’s cellulo:d cuffs caught fire yesterday and burnt down the town hall. Even the Democratic party in this neighborhood is in a blaze of glory. Several candidates got overheated yesterday while running for offics, We don’t g days. to church these hot We simply look at the ther- mometer and fall to praying. TELEGRAPHIC SPARKS. Pittsburg, Pa, July 28 — Sixteen men were drowned by the cloudburst last night in the vicinity of the Bead- The men were voal mi- ners and ocenpied one house. New York, July 28-—The Demo cratic state commiltee at its meeting to- day decided to hold the state conven- tion to nominate a state ticket and pres- ilential electors at Buffalo cn Septem- ber 16th. ling mines. Lovisville, Ky. July 28.--Every represented at a ccnfecence between sound money democcats who meet at noon. Promineut democrats are in at- tendarce and it seems assured that a ‘state convention will be determined upo n. Washington, July 28,—Secretary Herbert has arranged to leave here Thursday Alay where won Monday he will vote the straight democratic ticket. for Montgomery, London, July 28.—Peter Jackson, the colored heavy-weignt pugilist, was arrested last night outside the ‘Trivoli music hall for being drunk and disor- derly. street police court and fined five shill- He was arraigned in the Bow Inve. Madrid, July 28.—A dispatch to The Impartial from Havana says that Captain General Weyler has issued a decree in which he promises to the cap- tains of vessels.the sums of $24,000 fo, each filibustering steamer and $9,000 for eash filibustering sailing vessel The captains makiag seiz- ures will be freed of all responsibility. they seize. Savannah, Ga, July 28.—The firs, of the new cotton crop was received heve today by Gandney, Crisp & Co., from Montezuma, Ga. It was classed a3 fully middling, weighed 510 pounds and was sold to Colonel ‘Tl. F. Johnson at 74 cents per pound. It was shipped to-day by the steamer City of Augustuto New York, to be roid on the cotton exchange there. Calong Jolson had the bale bauded in gold and marked “first Goorgia bale; crop 1896-1897, McKinley and gold; no 16 to L tor us; no fiat money; our greeting to the empire state of the north—T. F, J, Savannah, Georgia.” ‘Tae bale reached here seventeen _|days carlier than the first balelast sea- son‘ and one day earlier than in any previous season. Since the bankers have chipped in and vlugged up the hole in the gold reserve the gold orgaces are whooplaing very loud and exclaiming, behold how the reserve booms. This is a perfectly safe transaction on the part bankers. They turn in gold ‘or green- buvke; knowing that, all’they would have to.do if, they should pays use, for gold is ck. » teisybusiness; ‘ut we fail td be y reathOe Octb toh st ate Mit. Wilmington Star) . congressivaal district in the state 1s |}. of the’ A REDUCTION.— The economizing period -is} here. Bright. buyers are busy these days choosing from the heaps of bargains that abound throughout the store. There are good reasons—founded in the logic of modern merchandising —why prices do range so ow right now. | Weare on the verge of invoicing. That brings prices down. It is the sundown of the season. ‘That brings prices down. Many de- partments contain remnants and broken lots. That brings prices down. nizing our trade forces for a triumphant fall campaign. That brings prices down. | In fine a score of sound causes are stim- ultarcously influencing and affecting «ll in your favor. The single fact that we are daily selling the best quilities ot many lines at and below actual cost® out-weighs and out-argues a thousand claims, , FRANK WILSON: THE KING CLOTHIER. our again. ever heard of tack stow greenbacks” and’ gét it |. RIC ~—the Town. * LANG'S, + A Great Reduction poe 0 all lines of Summer Goods, 9 C7 ° . ’ ° e Don't miss this chance for it will not oc- f OUR MR. TAFT eis in the NORTHERN; MARKETS where he will purchase the nobbiest line of Fall - and - Winter - Goods si phat a Ae BAL Ula a eC Ek Me eam LL UN id A Med i ee Wek ead LOU alee ee ee wear car He aa MI gamete neg NM at Aer te ec Trt Dili at leant eon aaa ihc Wei a ae: We are organizing prices al i a ‘Dre -gocantime notified Mr. Thompson of as well as the dogs from poison.—The _ ot his black slouch hat, but he walked Curolina. he ambled to the proprietor’s desk and Ne ae ae em Y REFLECTOR. teenie nit Putered as second-class mail matter. ———— SURSCRIPTION RATES. Ono year. - - - - ~~ $3.00 month, ”. * * . * .2d Ove week. - * - 10 Delivered ia town by carriers without extra cost. Afvertisng rates are liberal and can be vad on application to the editor,or at the office. — emma onthe Sate We desire a live correspondent at every postoffice inthe county, who will send in brief items of NEWS as it Occurs to each neighborhood. White plainly aad only on one side of the paper. omen Lineral Commission on subscrip- tion rates paid to agents. ~ vere ice ee re ner earl Tucurspay, JeLy 30TH, 1896. aqeapiicice epcinncnettetnranignetnioctinon tain — — A Crank Demands $2,000,000 of Bonds: Jersey City, N. J. July 28.—Super- intendent William H. Peddles, of the Central Railroad of New Jersey, was called on yesterday by a man who de- manded $2,000,000 in Central of New Jersey and Baltimore and Olio bonds. The crank made the demand as he toyed carelessly with a heavy piece of iron, which protruded from. his trousers pocket. Mr. Peddles succeeded in in- ducing the man to go to the office of Mv, Thompson, superintendent of motive power to get the bonds, and in the py ; tie Thompson had a detective on hand, stranger’s advance on him. and while the man was talking to Mr. Thompson the detective sprang at him and pinioned his arms. ‘The crank said he was Dennis M. Menihen, resid- ing ou Madison street, New York. A Society for the Protection vf Dogs has been formed in Winnipeg by cer- tuin gentlemen interested in sport. Why should the dogs not be protected from poison and injury and their enemies punished? Perhaps the object of the society is more properly to protect men in their ownership of valuable cogs. Be this as it may, is it not time that gentlemen of means, leisure aud influ- ence in Winnipeg should form a Socie- ty for the protecion of Boys, or for the Protection of Parents in the pos- This is excellent in its way. session ot their boys’ Are dogs more valuable than boys’ While it is ex- asperating to lose a yaluable dog by poison or theft, it is heartbreaking to lose a boy, bright and beloved, in the Winnipeg — gimmills. By the score they are being poisoned and ruined. Were there as wrought among devastation fancy bred dogs as there is among boys of our homes by the liquor traffic there would be a_tre- mendous agitation. Protect the boys much Templer. Couldn’t Fool a North Carojinian. Four inches of tangled vellow beard hung from his tace and a patch of un- kempt hair protruded through the crown into the store of a Washingtoi. square merchant this afternoon with a bearing of confidence. The bottom of bis frayed blue trousers Swere on? distant {terms with the tops of his brogan shoes, and he wore no coat. He was from North “Don’t yer want ter buy some nice chickens today ?” said the individual as ‘toyed with the paper weight.” _ “1 really can’t say whether my wife needs any fowls to-day or not, but I will ask her,” said the merchant as he approached *he telephone and rang up, his residence, After a short conversa- he turned to the man from the Old North State, who had closely watched ’ “My vrife tells me that she bought a jot of chirkens this morning+enough to last for'several days. I’m sorry, but | I can’t buy any ‘chickens of'you te- | day.” “That's all right, Cap’n. Yer don't have ter buy any of my chickens if you don’t want ter, but why didn’t you say so at first. Yer needn’t play me fur a hayseed and try to make me believe you’ve got yer wife locked up in that little box. I reckon I’ve got some sense left if Iam trom the country. You can’t fool me. Besides, yer needn't act 80 stuck up like. We people around ‘home is going ter quiifarming and sport some, too, just as soon as the free silver law is passed and the stuff is sent ’round.”—Norfolk Virginian. rn SING A SONG OF IT. onl Singa song of weather—fire-brands and all, Sunshine streeming, gleaming twenty miles from fall ; Sing a song of weather—birds too faint to fly, And azure acres craching in the broad and burning sky ! But keep your faith, believers : For still there’s hope for al! ; Might’s well melt in summer As freeze to death in fall. Sing a song of weather—never saw the like! Watch the steeples tremble, and see the ha lightning strike ! Sing a song of weather—see the steam- ing rills, While runs the rain like lava frem the breasts of blazing hills! But keep your faith, believers ' For still there’s hope for all; Might’s well melt in summer As freeze to death in fall. Sing a song of weather—lily lifts its cup In vain—in vain to catch the raia and drink the dewdrops up ! Singa song of weather—but carth’s a paradise, For round the blazing corner Le comes —the man with ice! So keep your faith, believers ! For still there’s hope for all ; Who burns to death in summer Will never freeze in fall. pons ahi Some Georgia Scenes, When Colonel F. FE. Grist, the prince of game fanciers, resided In Blakely he owned a very fine game cock on which he proposed to bet $100 to $50 that it could whip anything in town that wore A friend took him up and the time and place were quickly set for the snakebag fight. Precisely to the minute both met with their “birds” in bags. feathers. A large crowd of interested spectators had gathered and in the presence ot these the terms of the agreement were rehearsed, the only condition being that what each man had in his sack wore feathers. First Pitting--Out they poured them, when lo! one wasa great bald headed eagle ; but on to him the cock flew, only to be caught by the evgle’s talons as quick and tight as if in the grasp ofa steel trap. The pitters pulled them apart, the cock with a bleeding neck and broken wing. Second Pitting—Fiercer than before the eagle stood in a pecking attitude, but the cock with a savage rush landed one gaff in the eagle’s breast and drove the other through his beak just below his eyes and again got caught, losing one eye and all his tail feathers, Third Pitting—Thoroughly desper- ate both rose high and meeting at least five feet in the air, “buckled up,” when the cock got in his work by driving the keen bright steels through the eagle’s brain, bringing him down with a heavy thud—dead. And then he strode around and with a conqueror’s air stepped upon the eagle’s breast and} crowed— — “To all who beheld him, nota beauti. ful thing, ) A little disfigured, but still in the ring.” ri) Atlanta Constitution, OXFORD, N.C.- Fall Term begins September 14th. _ Apply for cajalogue. pas UNIVERSITY. 36 Teachers, 534 Students Tuition $50) a year, Board #8. (Eight dollars) a: month, 8 full College Courses. 3 Brief | Courses, Law School, Summer School for Teachers, ships and Joans for the needy. neneenceengnciecone Address Chapel Hill, N. C. $8.50 per Mo. Board &e. in School. Board &c in Club. Turlington Institute. Wai@ DS 9O@