% LN T E. DAILY R D. J WHICHARD, Editor and Owner, TRUTH IN PREFERENCE TO FICTION. Vol. 4. GREENVILLE, N. C., FRIDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1896. i. ‘ 4 ; SEs, AAA NALA, AAA AA A ella e eg ER todtototototctotototchtcik * We Recommend Warner's? Corects Because they are 1—Fitted to living models, and will fit you. 2—Made upon henor. 3—Boned with unbreak- able Coraline. 4—Worn to-day by four million women. 5—Madetomakea woman look at her best. JOO EL aelalelalaeiialelalaian FO OOOO. OLY LL Kk BUSINESS TROUBLES. Here are some samples of the return- ing prosperity that was to follow Mc- Kinley’s election. The following oc— curred in one day: . The Bank of Westport, Mo., has closed its doors. Assets, $32 0003 lia- bilities, $10,000. Louis Wolt & Co., dry goods dealers, of Fort Wayne, Ind., Asssets about $50,000. have suspended. Application has been made fora receiver for the Capital Elevator Com— pany,at Topeka, Kan. J. Box, general dealer at Abbott, Texas, has failed, with $15,000 Habilides and $8,000 as— sets. merchandise J. M. McClelland, dry goods deale? at Weatherford, $10,000 liabilities and half that sum in Texas, has failed, with asse{s. Walton & Ramsay, general mer— chats, at Grand View, Texas, have fuiled, with $15,000 liabilities and $9- OOU cssets. A. J. Soape, dealer in harness, sad— diery and bugyies, at Ennis, ‘exes, has assigned, with $20,000 liabilities aud $7,000 asgets. ‘The Philadelphia Biscuit Co npany has made an assignment for the benefit of creditors. We lead in and all at prices way down. abhi + oe Come and see us and re save tp tet pata tamale! " es | leg wee ih EL ‘ = ‘Next ae to Peg suing NS rReRTns em ERR, Statistics cf the Sea The statistical summary of vessels ot the world lost or withdrawn shows that during 1895, 1237 vessles of 8U6,- 728 tong were lost, excluding vessels of less than 10U tons, Of the number lost 310 vessels cf 372,463 tons wer 433,810 tons were sailing vessels. steamers and 927 of Notwithstanding lusses the tonnege of the United Kktingdom has increased 1,000,UUU tons since i801. Forty per cent. of all vessel lost i; caused by strandings and kindred cas— ualilies Twenty per ceut. of the vessels re- moved trom the merchant fleets of the World end their carecr by condemnation and dismaprtling. Collision is accountable for the loss of 10 per cent of all steam vesszls lost, and abondonment at sea tor 14 per cent of sailing vessels. The merchant navies which exceed a total of 1,000,000 tons are those of the United Kingdom, the British colon- ies, the United States of America, France, Germany and Norway. The United Kingdom shows the smallest percentage of loss, only 2.4 per cent. of the tonage owned. Last year’s loss exveded the average of that ot the lasi teur years. The United Kingdom’s loss of steam ers is only 2.33, while the average ot the oi largest navies is 2.5, while England’s sailing vessels lost is only 4.5 per cent. as compared with the average 6.3 of the other large navies. Court Meets Tuesday. Superior Court Clerk E, A. Moye | received a telegram today from Judge A. W. Graham instructing him to no- tifiy jurors and ell parties interested that Court will convene next Tuesday morning. ~ Gets 25 Years, John Jordan, the man ‘who killed | ; Baldy Catlett in. Rocky, Mount on | Sept. 18th, and. who was placed in Fitt | jail, sevéral weeks for safe keeping was tried in Nash’ county court last: week. | fle was cdnyicted’ of -murdef in the second degree and sentenced to the penitentiary for a term of 25 years, « To Our Friends and’Patrons. Doubtless many of you ar e aware of the misfortune that befell us onthe 3rd inst, when our Tobacco Ware-— house collapsed under the heavy weight of snow pon it and is a total wreck, This accident striking us in the midst of the season causes a heavy loss to us 2s well as much trouble and inconvenience in the interruption of our business. But we take this method of returning thanks to every one for the liberal patronage mistortune. We are now trying to arrange to be able to anneuce ina few days. that we have suceceded in so dving. In the meantine, it you have any business with us or any tobacco to seli come right on to seé us, and we promise that your interesis will be looked stter just as Weil us ever. At present our office 18 1u our prize house, and we can make it to your in- terest to come to see us. Yours truly, Evang & Co. Proprictor’s Greenyille Warehouse. The biblical Recorder contains the tullowing, under the head “The Facts in the Case”: “By the courtesy of Hon. J. C. Scar- borough, Superintendent of Public In struction, we are able vo give facts wud fizures of his repory on our public schools for the present year, in ad- vance of the publication oi the report. Phere are 635,455 childeea of school ave (between 6 and 21 years) in North var- vlina. Ninety—tive per cent. of these, which is 603,673, are dependent on the public schools to teach them to read and write. Such is the great, responsibil. I? she does not provide schools 603,673 of the children in her borders Lave no Lope, no oppor- ity of North Carolina, .|tuuity but to grow up illiterate, !gno- rant utterly, If she provides poor schools, surry teachers, aud keeps them culy a f2w weeks in each year. the chances of these 608,673 children are but slightly improved. And it is no re, fiect on on the teachers to say that this is the condition of the average pub, lic school; the reflection is upon the Slate; it is a shame upon the General Assemblies which have met without making better provisicn, it is a shame upon the people who are intelligent enough to recognize these conaitions and to deplore them, but who have in- differently toleratec them. No patriot ean stand to see the 603,673 children out of the total of 635,445 inthe State com. iug to manhood in ignorance because they have no schools, or becaus2 such as they have are so meagrel y support. ed that they are not even kept open long enough to teach a pupil to ead or write or figure. Do you question? Let tle facts bear us out: There are 7,171 public schvols in North Carolina. The amount expended upon .lem for teach- ers is $690,161.54, which is an average of $95 for each school a year. Can any expect to get a fit teacher for this piti- tul sum? Will any one blame the teach- ers for not keeping the scheols but twelve weeks at this rate? , ‘ihe teach ers must live. “In this connection let us append two facts of interest while we have them at hand. The total number of sehool dis- trictsin North Carolina is 7,807, that is to say (bearing in mina*that the number of schools report is 7,191) that in 616 districts there were no schools at all, The total amount of money ex- pended on the public schools for the ing in’ mind the amount paid teachers) that $145,104 was expended for school houses, sites, furnitnre, expenses of county board, fuel, etc.” ) they have heretofore given us, and ask them not to desert usin the time of get our Warehouse rebuilt and hope to! year is $635,265, that is to say (bear-| or Overcoat may be made to sell for a few dc llars, and you that it 1s about half cotton, poorly made and ill fitting. We offer you the best ready-made CLOTHING Overcoats, Shoes ET ATES Uuderwear, Fur- nishings in the world; the best we know how to 4 YP» get; guaranteed “Qaim in every respect. We haven't said much about Boys’ Wearables of late. “We took it for granted you knew we pleased ’em as well as the men. Others car’t duplicate our offers in quality at the low prices we ask. FRANK WILSON. THE KING CLOTHIER. ‘You Can’ta— —'Touch Hm Just read below and see what H. B. CLARK cau do in the way of good goods and low prics. We quote a few Nice Velveteen, 27hc. Brass Dress Pins, 3¢ a paper. Silk Velvet, 100 grades at 624c. Children’s Rib Hose, fist black, Cotton Towels, 25x50 inches, 10c. spliced heel and toe, 10% Linen Towels, 124 to 35c. Chenille Tabie Cover, 4x4 4c. White Chief Toilet Soap, 100z.to Men’s Alphine Hats, 50c. cake, 5c. Mackintosh Coats, blue or ,tan, Ladies Black Kid Gloves, 5 hook $2.75. Foster Patent, 90c. — La‘ eather Boas 25¢. Ladies Cotton Vest, silk finish, 25. Come and save money. H. B. CLARK. <0 TEHAVEjustrecived g “ a complete line of & % Ladies Underwear & Capes & # and the prices are very low % * Overcoatsand Rubber & # Shoes. A complete stock & = to select from and your % % inspection is invited. a a ‘Frces lo wer than ever, 3% os, : 229% Ke HORA me p aS err sp aS Was re é ha ader of Slee At Hiegs sai old stand Bae oma epi H. M. HARDEE. can’t tell till you wear it awhile —— inh mle ct ts say as second-class . mail ‘matter. SURSC: IPTION RATES. we year, os 0 8 ee Ee sce month, . ‘ - ‘ ti fine week. . - 10 Delieprod in tewn by curriers without | arr towh A‘vertisng rates are liberal and can be ‘ed a app! ees to the editor or at e office / : 4 ey = “We desire a inva correspondent at avery postofiice in the covnty, who will send in brief items of NEWs as it Occurs to each neighborhood. Write plainly and oniy on one side of the paper. - ~— ‘ee. Liverai Commission on supscrip- fon : ales paid to agents. ° yaaa Fripvay. Decemprr 47H, 1896. That enterprising Canadian who has brought suit for $25,000 on account of a cold contracted in one of Mr, Pull-]. wau’s cars is to be admired for his eourage. Asa rule the patrons of Mr, Pullman are expected to pay liberally for everything they secure in his cars. —New York Journal. 3 i The Hongkong Telegraph says that the fact that Li Hung Chang’s coffin, which he cariied with him on his trip round the world, was burned in a fire on the steamer Glenartney indicates to the Chinese superstitious mind that the great statesman will reach a very Old age. Sit sigalg) SEH A Buston man who dines regu- larly at a prominent hotel was surprised to discover the other day that the waiter whom he has been tipping liberally all along owns five tenement houses in the _ Hub, ail clear of mortgages, and that his tax bill is considerably jarger than his patron’s. eBbies Howe Colored Education, _'The Washington Star says: The|° yery creditable exhibit made at the Atlanta exposition in 1895 by the more progressive element among the colored people arous- ed new interest in ali parts of the country in their edt cational advancement. Ino response to the general demand for information on this sabject a special effort was made by the bureau of eda- cation t& collect statistics from all the colored schoois of the south. There were found to be in the sixteen states formerly the scene of slavery and \the District of Columbia 8,297,100 children be- tween the ages ot five and eigh- teen years. Qf this number 5,573, 440 were white children and 2, 723,720, or 32.9 per cent. were colored. The total enrollment in the: white schools was 3,845,414, | andin the colored schools 1,441, 282. The per cent. of white b gsiey population enrolled was 69 and the per cent of colored school population enrolled was 6282. ‘he whites had an ayerage daily attendance of 2,510,997, or 65.30 per cent of their enroliment, while the average attendance of the blacks was 856,312, or 59.41 per cent of their enrollment. There were 89,276 white teachers and 27,081 colored teachers 10 the public schools of the south in 1895. Since 1876 the southern nkaien have expended about $383,000,000 for public schools, and it is esti- mated that between $75 ,000,000 and $80,000,000 of this sum must have been expended for the edu- a of color “children. The el = Cock Growing 18 Illegal. _—— a ‘re is “the report of a rather peculiar case tried ii Chicago: The crowing of a cock at an un- seemly hour in the vight was de- cided by J ustice Foster to be un- lawful and against the city, ordi- nance regarding nuisances. Mrs. Mina Fieck,. owner of the bird at bar, was fined $10. The complainant, Mrs.. Krueger, al- leged that the fowl! had a habit of erowing shortly after midnight and would keep up his cock-a- doodie-does until daylieht ; that by so doing she was prevented from slumbering, aod that ber health was breaking dewn under loss of sleep. Several witnesses testified for the rooster, but the court held that a rooster had no right to crow before sunrise. The defence gave notice of a® appeal, se al eT A Tinemeneres Relic, The editér of the Jackson, Ga. Times makes the foliowing prop- osition to his readers : “We would like to swap our last ‘summer's duster for a winter overcoat in a tolerable gocd con- dition. If there is any probabili ty of striking a good trade we will have the buttons seweu on at once and subject it to a course of renovation. A written guarantec thatit has gone through two rail- road wrecks, twelye summers, a feather renovator and innumera- ble blackberry patches and also served as a printing office towel two consecutive seasons accom— panies this time-honored relic.” ame - Rasaeienaetsecrscgnetarusiaere ten a nem | ~ Keep an Eye on Your Matches. Some persons are disposed to ridicule the idea that rats and mice ever set houses on fire with matches, but tle following incident given the Lommon— weulth by Sheriff B. I. Allsbrook may serve to put careless people on their guard : A colored man named Henry All- nin living on the Clark farm on Roa Moke river missed two buxes ot Matcher from his mantel shelf, Sometime Meera seda his house became leaky and he had to unroof it and put a new cov— er on it. When he tore up the cover he found two boxes ot matches in a rats nest. One of the boxes had been gnawed through and some of the match- es pulled out, and the cotton lining of the nest had been singed. Evidently the rat had struck the match and the cotton was teo wet to burn. Tae color- ed man said ‘f his house had been burn- ed he should have believed that some person set it on fire. Be careful with your matches.— Scotland Neck Commonwealth. semen enter RCN The Art of Being Patient. A wise man inan address to young men advised them to learn the hard- est lesson inthe world—the art of being patient. Hesaid: to take care of itself and then you will see the wisdom of the old prov- erb, ‘Everything comes to the man that can wait.’ You know, for in- stance, how ard it is to learn a dif- ficult mab All the ideas are un- familiar, ‘all {he words are unfamil- iar. We go on laboring and seem to make no way. Now thisdisheartens nine students out of ten—the nine out of ten that will always be ob- scure. people—but the tenth man goes on. He works harder and hard- er, he lets his mind play around the subject, he lets the ideas of that sub- | ject soak init 1°: brain, che is deter- mined that x oining can possibly re- sist persistent effort, and one fine day :i :réat flood of light comes in —he ;.. lenly sees all about it. His Every bocy says of him, amazin; amount of ability that young ian. has.’ No, it was not ability, it was patient | to wait,’ atta |than 26 pex cent of the public] © school enrollment in the sou:hern | ical gardens, He had for companion _ aight, though whether its behavior ‘Do your duty and leave success | work is csy, his work is delightful. | . ‘What an ‘The man had learned to Iabor and} P che wie ANIMAL ‘ANTIPATHIES, ‘Mey Are ne Numerous.as the Instinctive Dislikes of Men. : A correspondent describes a cu- rious scene witnessed at the zoolog- @ gentleman, now dead, who was a dwarf, and walked with crutches. “‘Assoon as the tiger saw him he lashed his tail, and finally stood up on his hind legs against the bars, and remained in a state of great ex- citement. time were much struck by the were due to alarm or curiosity we could not tell.” Probably the tiger’s excitement was due to neither, but to the latent antipathy which many animals feel for anything ab- normal, either in their own species, or even among others with which they are well acquainted. It is the feeling which prompts storks or rooks to destroy at once the young of other birds which are hatched from eggs placed in their nests and dogs to bark at cripples or ragged beggars, or, asin this case, roused the dislike of an observant zoo tiger who saw men of normal size and proportions pass every day before its cage. The belief in permanent antipa- thies among animals is very ancient. It appears in all the monkish ter- tiaries. There the otter is always the enemy of the crocodile, and the unicorn of the elephant; while the dragon is hated by the hart, and in turn dislikes all beasts, including the panther, whose exquisite per- fume, so agreeable to all other ani- mals, disgusts the dragon, who runs away the moment he smells it. Turning from legend to facts, we find that animal antipathies have a We who saw it at the range as wide or wider than in- stinctive dislikes of men. T are} 7 in part exactly the same in Kind as| ;% the latter, one animal exciting in another exactly the same disgust that a baboon or a black beetle does in the minds of many human beings, but the list of hereditary enemies— of one species which is the sworn foe of another, and has left in the weaker species an inbred and an- cient sense of horror and fear—is far longer than the list of hereditary enemies of the dominant species— man, Instances of purely instinctive, inexplicable antipathy are naturally the least common, but they are very marked and definite examples. It is quite impossible, for instance, to ac- count for the intense disgust which the camel excites in horses. They have been associated in many coun- tries for centuries in the common service of man, and early training makes the horse acquiesce in the proximity of the creature which disgusts him. Otherwise it is far more difficult to accustom horses to work with camels than with ele- phants, precisely because the repug- nance is a natural antipathy and not a reasoned fear. They get used to the sight of an elephant, but the smell of a camel disgusts and fright- ens them. English horses which have never seen a Camel refuse to approach ground where they have stood. Recently a traveling me- nagerie was refused leave to encamp on avillage green in Suffolk, not because it was not W elcome—for a wild beast show is always vastly popular—but because the green was also the site of a market, and the farmers’ gig horses invariably re- fused to be driven across it after camels had stood there. Yet last week two bears were being exhib- , ited in Harley street, and no horse ishowed any fear of them. One horse almost touched the larger , bear, but neither it nor the team of | a four-in-hand which passed showed any nervousness.—London Specta- tor. To Keep Bridle Paths Clear. ‘“You see,’ he explained to the park commissioner, ‘‘the trouble is that the bicyclists are everywhere ‘and run over every one and every- thing. They are on the roads, the walks and the bridle paths, and there is no place where a pedestrian can go with any degree of safety.” ‘‘ And how would you remedy it?’” asked the park commissioner. “Td have bicycle paths or roads laid out Specially for the bicyclists, and then put up signs calling atten- tion to the fact that they’ were for | their sole use.’ “Do you think they would keep to them ?”’ ‘Oh, dear no! The moment they saw the signs they would absolutely ‘refuse to goon them atall. Yousee,. 48, while noth- | | ference of the M. E. my idea is that these bicycle: paths : would become absolutely safe for | - Cotton and Peanut, Below are Norfolk and peanuts for yesterday, as furnished by Cobb Bros. & Commniguion Mer chants of Norfok - COTTON. Good Middling . 74 Middling 7 Low Middling Good Ordinary 6 3-16 Tone—steady. PEANUTS. Prime Extra Prime 24 “ancy “ 24 Spanish 60 to 75 rone—quiet. Greenville Market. Corrected by.S. M, Schultz§! Bntter, per Ib 15 to 2 Western Sides 4t tu Sugar cured Hams 10 to 124 Corn 40 to 5! Corn Meal 5G ‘to 6 Flour, Family 5.50 to 6.25 Lard 6} to i¢ Oats 35 to 4! Sugar 4 to 6 Uoffee , 13 to 26 Salt per Sack 75 tol #0 Chickens - 10 to 28 Eggs per doz . 124 Beeswax. per -U GREENVILLE TORBSCCO MARKE! REPORT, BY O. L. JOYNER. Luas—Common.. .. ....24 to 8 ..7 to 14)a a Fine.... OuTTeRS—Common...... 64 told 10 to 18 ee@eeee ESTABLISH#D 1875. SAM, M.SSHULTZ PORK SIDES &GSHOMEDER pA AKMEKS AND MERCHANTS BUS ing their year’s supplies will fing their interest to get our prices befere pu chasingelsewhere. Ourstock is complet: allits branches. FLOUR,COFFEE,SUGAR RICH, TEA, &e. ALWAYS AT LOWEST MARKET PRICES. Tobacco, Snuff &c, we buy ciroe} from Manuta: turers en- abling you to buy at one protit. A eoul- ple-e stock of FURNITURE always on hand and sold at prices to suit the times. Our goods are all boughi and sold f r CASH therefore, having nc 1isk to run, we sell at a close margin. S. M. SCHUL? Z. Greenville, I HAVE TBE PRETTIEST ——LINE OF— Wall Paper! ever hown in Greenville. Be sure to see my samples. All new styles, not an old piece in the lot. Will take pleasure in bringing samples to your home if you wil! notify me at my shop near Hum: ber’ “8 on DB ELI avenue, B ELLIN GTON. Cnn Dail The Kinston Free Press will publisa a Daily during the N.'‘C. Annual Con- Church, South which meets in Kinston Dec. 9-14, ’96 It will be published Thursday, Fri day, Saturday, Monday and ‘Tuesday: jand will contain fall reports of the Con- | ference proceedings. Mailed daily to any address on re- ceipt of 25 cents in stamps or silver. TONBORIAL ARIST a, "Agents wanted iu every town, | Patronage solicited. Cleaning, Dyeing . [a2 Liberal commission allowed. ‘and Pressing Gents C other a srneaey FREE PRESS, py cRBeRT EDMUNDS. Kineton, NO FASHIONABLE “BAREER. —.5-="_.| Special attention sl jen to’ TAX NOTICE. Gentlemens Clothing ited, All pershit eign: fists =e the a ; 2 ae NicHo! 0 @are not = n . A, Burexss me at the Mayor’s office where ioe mt wie etl, an who Bil to fe es Sa PRs roy Rao ; ec, 18t nt the law directs... Aeneas 2) a Gay rene waded, olte, ‘Save. trouble ‘and Gost by Paylag| tric bells to ever room. Attentive ser “ came pais Yants. Fish and Oysters seryed ‘Ten rices of cotto: Fes2,- @ Pa 6h > OOBS Se © Sp Pye {T] @. +p ogc I" @ On Sw oR. ad mos = Cc ty tO 8 rea vom 8 oe Oo Wy B PMs S = tmp OS 5 > gba O @ H., ger OR Sf Oo Bot °. a & 438 O 8 SBP TAX NOTICE. The tax payers of Pitt county wi please take notice that my term of office as Sheriff expires on th> first Moncag in December, and all owing taxes for the year 1896 are requested to. come for- ward and settle at once. Those who fail te pay by the 7th of December will be proceedes against as the law directs, as I will be compelled to close up the business by the first of January. Pay your taxes and save the costs. R. W. KING, Sheriff. a =m 2 = o 3 er | PesveS 7 sls MSs S$ 2 = me germ Fy S SUES Sdwhs »p O ~ SS 882.9 0 ~~ QaLs Soy ® Sy, 7S sz cs i) S zy" sem PS SEPZek = of rg =o h Daa [7 o B, . Sa Fs assrg “YW _ 3 S3.O'° 3+ : > (T J 2S uSs 8 = =~ oO 3 mv ss ts 3 “es Sf F ® 2 a . §$ = = Za . SR SS <_ s . = 2 £8 98 8 $ eoQSa= eo 5) aaa SS Fe 3° 7 aS3° Ex = 4 - ev Ww oO SEP 2 SS Qe 2 se a8 ‘vc 8 ° ox = pa a’ at nm ° =z Se Slypa < hee | 78 =x Ss a8 Q Sd fe ~~ 2 sy I] = *S]) °* 3 209 z wb ge & > a > $F = 2 % > 98 ° + 33 & a = es§° 3g =. 2 gt FP ° 3 LODD POISON A SPECI GIALTY ITY rimury, seo ondary orTern tary BLOOD POISON permanent! cured in 16t085 days. You can betreated at home forsame price under same guarane ty. beoltaen preter oo come nee ne wu be road fareand hotel bills, ag! Spt if we fail to cure. If you have taken mere cury, 2 Bota, and still have aches ang jee ins, Mucous atches in mouth, Sore Throat, imples, Copper Colored Spots, Uleers on any part of the body, Hair or arrows fallin La it is die Secondary D POISO rantee to cure. Wa, solicit the most obs ate cases ‘and challenge the world for & oaue wecannotcure. This disease has always fled the skill of the most eminent physi- iange 0 ca oo Brooks our uncondie onal Absoiu “sere beealed riage pleat on. ddress COOK Temple, CHICA Professional ‘Cards. i wv —— he ser John E. Woodard, ¥.0 - Harding. Wilson, N.C. Greenville, N OODARD & HARDING, sad os ly - Greeuville, N. Special prtcution given to collections and settlement of claims. - yes mede on short time. | + 0 Op JOnn H. ‘mali, W.H. Long, | W shington, Ny C.. Siearilie. N.C, MALL & L NG, ta re Attorneys and Counselors at Law. GREENVILLE, N. O.5 ’ Practices in all Dieslnoea Sarbers. | JAMES A. SMITH, © x Collecicr MQ AILMING! IN & WELDON R. By AND-BRANCHKS. AND FLORENCE &a{L ROAD Uondensdu denedule o TRAINS GOING SOUTH. Dated. Rim] 21° Noy. lich [35 3) 3 ~~ 1896, AQl & A.MJoM| [A.M Leave Weldon | {° 45] 9 44 Ar. Rocyk ME 1 00:10 39)” Lv Tar*oro 12 12 Lv Rocky Mt | 1 00/10 6 45 Lv Wilson 2 65/11 6 20 Lv Selma 2 53 . LV Fay’tteville| 4 86) 1 7 Ar. Florence 7 2513 4 O38 Xi fai Ip, M. A. M Lv Wilson 2 08 6 20 Lv Goldsboro | 3 10 7 05 Lv Magnolia | 4 16 810 Ar Wilmington] 5 45 9 45 P. M. A.M TRAINS GOING NOTRH. ~~ Dated Sal a =a Nov. 15, pr * Sa 1896. ze | z AA ° A. M.'P, M Ly Fuvrerce 8 4U 74) Lv. Fayetteville} 11 10, 9 40 Lv Selma 12 37 Ar Wilscno 1 20) y1 85 ay — o's Uo Zn | A. M, RN. Ly Wilmington} 9 2 700 Ly Maguolia | 10 62 8 30 Ly Goldsboro | 12 O] § 36 Ar Wilsen 1 00 10 27 Ly larboro 248 ; ise| Is 3 | Ar a8 P.M. iP. MIP. M, Lv Wilson 1 20 11 35! 10 30 Ar Rocky Mt | 217 1211] 11 16 Ar Tarboro 400| Lv Tarborc | Lv Rocky Mu | 2 17 1211] Ar Weldon 1 01 Train on Scotland Neck Branch Roa - eaves Welilon 3.65 p,m., Halifax 4,1) p. m., arrives Scotland Neck at 4.5 55 p w., Greenville 6.57 p,m., Kinston 7.45. p. m. Returning, leaves Kinston 7.2 a. m., Greenville 8.22 a.m. Arriving Galifax at 11:00 a. m., We'don 11,20 am daily except Sunday. Trains on Washnigton Branch lenve Washington 8.00 a, m., and 3.00 p.m, arrives Parmele 3.50 a. m., and 4.40 p. m., Tarboro 9.45 a. m., retur Ding leaves Tarboro 3.30 p. m., Parmele 10.20 a. m. and 6.20 p. w,, arrives Washington 11.50 a&.m:, and 7.10 p,m. Daily ex- ept Sunday. Connects with trains en Seotlond Neek Branch. Train leaves carooru, N C, via Albe- marle & Raleigh RK. Xk. daily except Sun- day, at 450 p. m., Sunday 38 00 P, M; arrive Plyimouta 4 00 P. ML, 6.25 p. m. Returning izaves Plymouth daily except Sunday, 6.00 a. n., Sunday 9.30 a m., arrive 'l'arboro 10.25 am and 1). 45 Train on Midland N. C. branch leaves Goldsboro daily, except Sunday, 6.05 a m. arriving Smaithtield 7°30 a. m. Re- quruing leaves Smithtield 8.00 a. m,, ar- rives : ub Goldshors 9.30 a. m. ‘tats in Ne pteter issve hy Mevrt 280 p. m,. arrive shville 5.06 p., Spring Hope 6.30 wi. Returnave Spring Hope Ou. m+, Nashs.3yam, airive at y Mount 9.0.8 m, daily except ay. Trains on Latta branch, Florence R 4., leave Lasta 6.40 pm, aarive Dunbar 1.50 pm, Clio 8.05 pm. Returning leave Cliot6.10 am, Dunbar 6.30 a a, aye Latta i. 50 am, daily except Sun- Vv Train onClinton Branch leayes War- saw for Clinton caily, except Sauday, 11.10 a, m.and 8.50 p, m: Returning leaves Clinton at 7.00 a.m. and3,00 ; m. Train No. 78 makes close connection at Weldon forall points daily, all rail via Rithmone, alse at Rovky Mount ‘vith Norfolk and CarolingR R for No 1olk ae all points North via Norfolk, 7 _ JOHN F, DIVINE, 3 /» General Supt. T, M. EMERSON,Tratfie Manager. J.R.KE Vues Gen't theirs ha i t THE MORNING a STAR TheOnly Five Day 0 ~ its Class inthe State. _ Favors Limited rin of wren cg actor ie “i ofthe Ten P _ State {Banks. "Dally 0. oenta| pér month: | ‘Weeklv '$1;00 ‘per year Ww.H. BERNARD | Wilmington ty ere © i nee ee a |*given by Adam to his son to this FOR BETTER OR WORSE. Some of the Quaint Old Marriage Cus- toms and Superstitions. According to an old writer, the wedding ring was first designed by Prometheus and fashioned out of adamant and iron by Tubal Cain. The same writer says that it was end, that therewith he should es- pouse a wife.’’ When paradise had ) quite receded from view, men, who are deceivers ever, got into a fash- ion of wedding with a ring made of rushes, to make their vows the less ee ding. But in 1217 the bishop of alisbury effectually put his foot down on this practice. Wedding rings were made as often of silver as of gold and cf fantastic shapes, with “‘posies’’ inside, one of which ran: : Fortune doth send you, hap it well or ill, This plain gold ring to wed you to your will. The wedding cake is the remains of a Roman custom. In ancient Rome a bride held in her left hand three wheat ears; the attendant girls threw corn, either in grains or in small bits of cak@, upon the heads) of the newly married pair, and the) guests picked up the pieces and ate | them. In the eighteenth century the | wedding cake came into general use. It was then composed of solid blocks laid tog ier ard iced over with sugar. When it was served, it was held over the bride’s head, and the | outer crust was broken. Then the| cakes inside fell on the floor and were distributed to the company. Throwing the slipper has an origin the reverse of sentimental and isa) reminiscence of those barbarous times when the relations of man and wife were much akin to those of master and slave. The shoc was an | latter, Anglo-Saxon emblem of authority and was given by the bride’s father : to her husband in token of transfer- | ence of power, which the groom ac- knowledged by tapping his bride lightly on the head with it as an earnest of mastership. The superstitions connected with entering the married state are nu- merous and curious, and most of them area purely feminine posses- sion. Asa preliminary there is a {little difficulty about choosing aday, | if this little verse is to be believed: ; Monday for wea’th, Tuesday for health, Wednesday the best day of all. Thursday for crosses, Friday for losses, - Saturday no luck at all. If aday has finally been chosen, then comes the question of season. ‘Marry in Lent, and you ll live to repent,” takes that period out of consideration. Then cach month has certain unlucky days, on which caarrying and giving in marriage ig not tO be THOUg IE OF. ‘ren ta are other siby Nine utterances ° t which the prospective bride should pay heed. change the name and not the letter is to change for the worse and not the better; also that tormarry and yet ‘to keep her own name is to keep her condition forever the same. ”’ When all these little obstacles are overcome, 2 bride in arraying her- self for the ceremony must be sure to wear Something old and something new, Something borrowed and something bluc. The sun must shine on her wed- ding day, and she must not trip on the way to the chureh or cross the threshold with the left foot first. The same applies to the bridegroom. No oné must o)-ea an umbrella while the bridal pair are in the house. That would bring the worst of il! luck. A horseshoe and a wishbone hidden in the flowers under which the pair stand to plight their troth have a most salutary influence on their future life. So, if those who are contemplating matrimony wish to secure the prize of happiness in that lottery of lot- teries, they have only to follow faithfully all the directions here given.—Newark Advertiser. He Knew the Women. The window dresser—for a big State strect firm in arranging a dis. ‘play of mourning goods recently | used as a.centerpiece the wax figure of a young widow dressed in the sable habiliments of woe. The proprietor sent for him. ‘See here,’’ said the “that. black goods window won't do. You've rigged up a dum- my in mourning who wears a smile as broad as a French joke, and who looks as radiant as the dawn of pay Iday.”’ “Well,” said the artist, ‘‘T'm ‘not advertising tréuble. I’m bidding for business. When the women pass that window and see how beautiful, how charming, how dangerously alluring our dummy looks, the wid- ows will tumble over each other to | buy our goods, and the girls will go right away and get married in order to fall into line for a chance.” His wages were raised on the spot.— Chicago Times-Herald. Grigin of Great Cities. A halo of romance encircles the location and the beginning of most of the great cities of the world, Rome owed its origin to the flight of vultures over Palatine hill, and | Athens rese over the summit of the | Acropolis because an olive tree had | been planted at its base by the god- - dess hand of Minerva. conneen sree — Hor Do You Think Your Name and Business Would Look in this Space ? Ifyou read this don’t you think other read- ers would read what you have to say? Ask for terms on this space. R. L. DAVIS, Pres’t. THE BANK OF " authors just arrived, at half price ati TRUNKS, GROCER ES, ' | PROVISIONS, FURNITURE Suelburn’s. “Can you tell me what sort of weath- wn IO os CHILDREN’S CARRIAGES, A prize with every pound of choice jer we may expect next month?” wrote CARPETS, CARPET PAPER, Rico Coffee, 25 cents per pound, at | an American farmer to the editor of GSGe Ww, ARE , Zins nwa re SEOY. E RUGS, eh A ia Jesse W. Brown’s. ihis local paper, and the editor replied » BH (se CURKLAIN P S, 5 reine 9 as follows: “It is my belief that the at nee thes ae ee hs “ “ ‘weather next month will be very much in abundance and low in. price. and any goods you need for your | 8! ose Tames gole pens, Helly EAIASe — . ES Mt and family come to eee ue. at Reflector Pook Store. like your subscription bill”? .The far- Special Inducements : Inl Ib kaves—-Golden Dates, mer wondered for an hour what. the ff; d , 0 pace ~,. 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