j 4 4a * a <7 Pg ‘ a > : We Ess ego ya Mare ‘ Be : \ re: ; ; 0. J WHICHARD, Editor and Owner, . TRUTH IN PREFERENCE TO FICTION. TERMS&: 25 Centsa Month ae ae cn ieee | | 7 . Vol. 6. GREENVILLE, N. C.. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1897. No. 887 C OVER THE COUNTRY, The. Peanut Crop. Pes — | A card received from J. W. Perry & |. ‘Theta wee sixty new cascs of|Co., Comtmission merchants of Norfolk ‘Lyellow. fever at New Orleans accordin;| Va-, contains the following whith may : to the report received ‘'hursday night,|be of interest to there iarmers who . , haye raised peanuts this year. . 4 -osacisfy the most ar- dent doukter. Visit the store, stroll through the spacious aisles. yesizhi will convince ai that our stocks are) t pce . * , “A 4a? the N. & W. railroad at Norfolk. has|™ ound began wender'ng where was the ‘famiber figare of Geoige Smith, when soe lareest in town. etshrine the question lown to 2 personal in- tevest. (oc you wanta ea ne MUS van i 4 he ene hy TAL j ia’ WE t * HAG, Mgt a «79 thesalesman 2 6int, he’li show You more hand- son.or. ghyles at loves orives than youll find else- wheres * At a meeting of the American Ac— suciaiion of General Passenger Agen’s held in St. Lous, Col. W. A. Turk, ot the Southern Railway, was elecied President. Benjamin F. Hunt, of Bridgeport Coun., aged 87, and Mis, Julia Ano Sherman, of Watertown. N. Y., azed 90, were married at the latter place Wednesday. A mob of 100 masked men went ‘o the jail at Libe:ty, Mo., for the purpose of lynching two murderers who were confined awaiting trial, but the sher' ft and his deputies drove then buck. Vatcken, the black stallion, broke the world’s pacing record to.a fove wheal sulky by nearly four secohds. He mace the circuit in 2:044, thus reducing the record 33 seconds, Abont 7 o’clock Thursday mornine George Yong, a farmer, living abou’ two miles from Blue Earth City, Minn., shot and killed his entire family, con— sisting of his wife, his t wo boys, aved 2 and 4 years, and himself... All d‘ed iustanily. Business and domestic tro.b les form the only explanation for the deed. T. J. Thom=son, train dispatcher, ot been arrested charged wiih fetonious While she was on the sireet locking yor a assavit on an 18 year old girl, rlae io sleep halured her to a hoase of iJ] fame under the pretense ct taking her toa hotel. A Cyclone That Smz shed, Some newspaper wen are (eivible hers. In writing of a eyclone oat Wea: one of them saia it turned a well wrone side oui. @ ceiler upside dowa, woved a fownship line, blew all the staves ou! of awhiskey bairel and Jeft nothing but a bunghole, changed the day of the weew, blew the hair off a bald headed man, blew martzages off farms, btew all tne cracks out a fence ard took all the wind out of a politician,.—ix-- ebon e. ' Married. In the Beptisé church at Bethel on oi Nashville, Tenn., was merried to ‘i Mécs Cena Cheriy, daughter of the ‘ate M,C. S. Cherry, Rev. J. b. Moran, pastor of the Piesbyter*an church at ‘aarbeio officiaimg. The newly wed- ded couple took the train for their fe. ture home: in Nashville.-—Tarboro Southerner, At Ingalls’ Park, Joliet, Il’, Joe! Tuesdey morning Mr. L. B, Thiepen, “We believe that peanuts have been aeaily damuged by the drought. We wou'd advise growers 10 separate good peacuts from saps, put them in good orde-, and not to be tco anxious to put them on the market, Let the small stock of old nu‘s be corsumed and then the vew crop will be wan‘ed. Market ihen slowly.” A Gold M ve to the Mervhant. An excbazge very properly says that a local newspaner which circulates given vertitory is v¢itable gold miue ‘to the me:chant who will vse its col- umns with intelligence, if only one paper is to be selec'ed in a cominuni’y, the adve-tiser should pay some atiea~ “on to the chava*‘er and standing. ot ‘che one he selects, because an advye~- tisement in a paper of irfluence carries much more weight to the reading pub- lic than the same adve.isemenié in a medium of a different chara ster. Gif His Beat. When the north bound passenger train ca.ue in this morning Engineer Peter Carpente: occupied the s at at the throitle, Those of us s.anding ‘hat gentle nan sieppea cff the passen- ver coach, rigged 10 his best svit of store clothes, ond | evan shaking bands with his :iendy, It develope that he had been summoned as @ witues3 jn a “ise to be tried in Bethel today, so he haé to take a day off and atiend cove STATE NEWS, Two public school texc cers in Meck ‘lenburg county, une white and the oth- ev colored, have been debarred be use (11 was learned that they are infidels. | t 18 really alarming the vast amount of fertilizers being sold in this market. almost every Camp lo‘s ate crowded [night and dozens of le :ds go out daily. If the crops shou'd bc a failure next jyear hundreds of farmers will be in an almost desi‘tute condition. Lexington 'D'spatch. | The Oxford Ledger tells of a man jraised wiiain 15 miles of that tows, who ‘never went io hetown vniil one day ‘last week, though he is 63 years old. ‘It is futher said of the man that he makes every.ping to ext and weur ard has not had uny of either to buy since the war, ard he has never drank a drop of whiskey. 1 MAE Wl ce (i News Oy our doings is extravagant, prodigal i) Hints forthe Thrifty. of general consequence * pecause the store is rich with : Dry Goods, Notions, Show, that concern wise money spenders. if you are an wasteful. you may ~-|skip our advertising , wich impunity. Hvery {shopper who is en rapport with the spirit of the times cannot ignore our trade suggestions. — an ft exiersively throuzh ‘le homes of any | | ‘ GLERED ~- RGR Ere -SSeARE THE . SUITS = AND = OVERCOATS RES ARS Se = Dit/ie==— weare showing you this fall. There’s a wealth of wearand > service.in them and they're ~ all wooland go at Free Wool prices. Fabrics comprise all the new browns,greens, blues olives and drabs in neat check plaids, stripes and mixed. col- or effects as well as solid col- ors. We want more of the trade of discriminating buy- ers who appreciate true value in honest Clothing. Your part isn’t done with reading this. You don’t know that this is all true untilyou have seen our goods. If what wesay is true youdon want to be left out in such clothing selling. — t i @ FRANK WILSON, ‘LE KING CLOTHIER. one an e n . na tere tah rtsntes he eee ee an ee a ee does mc Fall and Winter ae, wed QORESS GOODS, —HATS Is - Now - Grandly - Ready. Ea +. een os here ig wisdom and true economy in com- _ ing here before buying. We are straining evely fibre of our physical and intellectual life to do better by you than anybody else. Com~ petition is keen, vigilent and strong. We re- /;coznize the strength of surrounding dealers. The knowledge arms us for stupendous en-- deavor. Disinterested critics tell us t,at we have won and are keeping the fead. Have’ you bought the Fall Hat yet? If no? con- me ‘ Sl U us . ri | i ey ao | ste ade of obpotetibag so Coos i Ee os i Ct fi ‘ Paw WG) eee 13 » : wees! mae 5 x ‘ M H j ‘R ws TNE eo H. © dike J: \ : Pretty as Pictures (ora , Re my ee : Nae Bis PaRe a oa ve ia é and ais iy ee nee EVERY AFTERNOON (EXCEPT SUNDAY). : wanes aia pont dyvred as second-class mail matter. ‘spiiaieeee, = ar RgcTIPTION RATES. Bier = * = °° $3.00 Ore month, ry F = m er One week.” + = - Delivered in town by carriers without axtr’ cost. Advertisng rates are Itberal andcan be ad «n application to the editor or at he office . ——— wp desire a tive correspondent at eve y postoffice inthe county, who will send in brief items of News 4s if occurs {nveach neighborhood, ~ Write plainly and on'v on one side of the paper. — ——— aaa el “* Prinay. Ocroner 22, 1897. Justice to Us Mr. Frank H. Heywood writes in his paper—Southern Progress, of Philadelphia—as follows: | “There used to be and I pre- sume there sti'l are a good many ‘people who fear to go South ow- ing to the belief that it is a hot bed of lawlessness and rebellion. But on this subject there is a yast deal of misconception. Hue manity is humanity the world ever, and nothing can be mcre upjust than the assumption of the superior morality by the in- habitants of any part of it. No people in the world are more bomogeneous than the people of the United States. When differ- ences exist they are parily exte- rior. The selfgoverning princi- ple, the vestal fire of our Anglo Saxon race, is strong enough and warm enough to maintain our system of farthest ends of the republic. Like a touch of nature making the whole Union kin, it joins the States, and should be left in each to do its own woik in itsown way. The methods which suit one State may not suit another, but in all we may -ufely trust the result to the good sense and the good feeling, shaved by the interest and guidea by the intelligence of the greater num- ber, sure that in the South, no Jess than in the North, the con- servatiye forces of society left to themselves will prevail.” There is more of tLis editorial, the substantial part of which is a tribute to the women of the South. It is, throughout, a highly agreeable production, the keynote of which 18 that found in the last sentence of the extract quoted above. It is that the South is not, any more then the North, a lawless community ; and that, after all, the conservative, forces of society will prevail. This is another way of saying that, after all discouragements, the American people are stil] capable of self-zovernment—a faci which it will neyer do for any 2f us to question, even in our own minds.—Charlotte Op- server. TD Now Vance. Peopls do not always fully realize and appreciate a thing in its true significance until it comes close home to them. They have read in the newspapers about white men being arrested ty negro constables ana tried before negro magistrates, and althou this las been done in North es alina—aye, and in a neighboring county—still it did not have the same effect perhaps as if the oo curence had been more in the bor “Of a personal matter— close ery to them. _ “sut this can no longer be pleaded in extenuation of igno- _. Yanoe or indifference to the situa- ’ Ay Ovens a a / / cal object lesson has been given ~~, [us right here at home, tupst =|week a white man nafl ed Finch was arrested upon complaint was issued by a negro magistrate- A negro constable served the warrant and made the arrest. The trial was held by'a negro Justice of the Peace, and the man was committed to jail in keeping of a negrojailoi:' These are the facts as reported to us. What have white mon, who by their votes helped ‘to bring this sort of thing upon us, to say? Are they satisfied with the con- dition of affairs which faces us in this State today ? God pity the man whose lack of self-respect and race pride are such that ie can look compla- cently upon-the situation without a blush of shame or a shudder of horror as he contemplates. the degenerate times upon which we have tallen.—Henderson Gold Leaf. The State Guard. ™=The Messenger has year after year tavored a liberal and appre- ciative spirit in behalf of the State toward the excellent State Guard. It deseryes public recog- nition and support as an arm of safety, a strong defense agaiost lawlessness and mobs. If the people are wise they willdo more in sententation of this important auxiliary in bebalf of public safe ty and order. The Messenger has often urged that it should be raised to 2,000, I's present strength is about 1,500, perhaps or alittle more. There ought to be in every one of the lurger towns a Gatling or Maxim gun, kept under strict guard night and day in a secure place. A gun of this kind is worth a regiment or a brigade in a fight with a mob. A Maxim gun could destroy in a half hour 10,000 men if they would not flee, for it fires 1,300 large balls every minute. Weil directed, no body of men could stand and survive before such and engine of de- struction. | It ought to be the pride of the people to help maintain this fine body of citizen soldiery. It ‘would be comparatiyely @ small cost- And yet intimeslike these —so cheotic and encertain—what a sense of safety comes out from the knowledge that there is a body of drilled soldiers ready to do service and maintain order in North Carolina. New York city expends more perhaps on one of its companies annually than North Qarolina expends on the entire State Guard. One of the armories in that city costs more than North Carolina will have to expend in a century upon its own body of soldiery.—Wilmington Messen- ger. SS ea The Work of the Railroads There are some very interesting facts shown in the annual report of the Interstate Commerce Com: mission. We have in this country 182,- 776 miles of railroad, 35,950 loco- motives and 1,297,649 cars in use. There were 511,772,737 passen- gers carried during the year, of whom only 181 were killed, or only one in 2,827,474, Could figures better illustrate the extreme safety of railway travel and the success of inven- tion in oyercoming danger ? There are 886,260 employees in the service, and their wages amount to 60 per cent. of the total operating expense. This means more than half a’ million homes made prosperous by this / one industry. As for the effect of railway made by a negro. The warrant 1 ‘operation in enriching all the rest of the people, bringing to their doors the products of acon- | tinent at inconsidersvle cost, and carrying their grain and meat their way te foreign mark ets—al! that is a beneficence that cannot be expressed in figures or words. It is a crowning glory of civiliza- tion.—New York World. eee Itis Said of the Kitchen, That in most houses the kitchen is the last room by no means the Jeast, in influence and importance. That the young housewife who asserted that “the kitchen in her new home should be as cheerful and attractive as any apaitment in it’ was @ yery jadicivud wo- man; and she gave excellent reasons ior her regolution.' That a careful mistress should spend a portion of each day there. That light, ventilation and con- venience are requisites. That payered' wails become soiled and hold the odors from rcoking until they are very ob- jectionable ; while once painted, they can be kept sweet and fresh foralong time with occasional washings, or by wiping off with a damp cloth. That buff or light yellow for walls and ceiling and oak-grain- ing for woodwork, give a bright cheerful appearance. That shades, and half sash white muslin curtains, that can be put up clean at least every other week make the best window furnishings. That the shades should be hung three inches from the top of the casing, so that the window can be lowered and fresh air 2 : come in, while the smoke and heat) : ’: go out. | That a clock is desirable, as the duties of aservant are such that they must be regulated by time. That screens are &® summer necessity, both for the windows andthe doors for excluding the flies, and weather strips tor winter comfort, keeping the windows “snug” except when opened for ventilation.—Philadelphia Rec- ord. - POINTED PARAGRAPHS. When a woman weeps ccalding tears she ia boiling with rage. An old bachelor resembles a pair of scissors with only one blade. It doesn’t always taxe the ruffles out of man’s temper to iron him. Some girls get married just to let others know that they can. It is hard for a man to support a sealskin wife on a muskrat salary. When a woman flies into a passion it’s time for her to have her wings clipped. Honesty may be stamped on & man’s face and yet leave a very wide margin. Some people are so_ illogical that even the climate doesn’t agree with them. As a successful writor of fiction the man who gets out the weath- er report easily distances all competitors. People often talk of breaking the ice but it would require a powerful flight of the imagination to think of breaking the, iceman. —Ohicago News. Yellow Fever Germs breed in the bowels. Kill them and you are safe from the awtul disease. Cascarets destroy the germs throughout the system and make it impossible for new ones to form. Cascarets are the only reliable safe guard for young and d manufacturers to the sea on fF). __CURECO io¢ | Sa 25¢ 50¢ GULATE ASTIPATION. ALL THE tvs sg pnvccists . Cascarets are the Ideal yy. to pation ABSOLUTELY GUARANT RED tive inne Erte er eripa bet cause easy natural results, 8&1 ple and booklet free. Ad. STERLING REMEDY UO., Chicazo, Montreal, Can., or New York. . $17. R. A. TYSON, ' Vic-ePres. STATEMANTSOFM THE oe IR. Ls DAVIS, Pres’t. ‘Je L, LITTLE, Cash’er REORGANIZED JUNE 15th,;1896. The Bank of Greenville, GREENVILLE, N. C. At the Close cf Business Oct, 5th, 1897. RESOURCES. _ LIABILITIES. | Loans and Discounts $56,792.58} Capital stock paid in $23,000.00 Premium on Stock 1,000.003 Surplus and Profits 1,462.09 Due from Banks 90,865.30? Deposits subject to Check 67,507.02 Furniture and Fixtures 1,507.253 Due to Banks 607.90 Cash Items 8,619.05? Cashiers Checks ortstanding 241.66 Cash in Vault 25,189.49 § Bills Payable 17,500.00 » Time Certificates of Deposit 3,605.00 Total $113,923.67 a ‘Total $113,923.67 We study carefully the separate needs of our patrons, and shall be glad to have your account, promising every accommodation consistent with good banking. | :<, ESTABLISHED tov. SAM. M. SCHULTZ PORK SIDES&SHOULDER JARMERS ANT) MERUHANTS BUY ing their year’s supplies will find their interest to get our prices befere pus chasing elsewhere. Ourstock is complete n allits branches. FLOUR,COFFEE, SUGAR O- ALWAYS.AT LOWEST. MARKET PRICE, Tobacco, Snuff’ &c, we buy diroc} from Marmazfactuc.> en ling you to bay at ove proflt, A eow cte stock of; FURNITURE Soa 8 always on hand and soldat prices to suit the times. Our goods areall bought ard sold for CASH therefore, having no 1 isk to run we sell ata close margin. S, M. SCHULTZ, Grecnville,N. sarbers. een: A B.PEN DER, FASHIONABLE: BARBER, Can be found: below Five Points. next door to Reflector office, AMES A. SMITH, TONSORIAL ARTIST, GREENVILLE, N. C. Patronage solicited. Cleaning, Dyeing and Pressiag Gents Clothes a specialty _ - ERGERY EDMUNDS, _ FASHIONABLE BAREER, Special attention given to cleanin Gentlemens Clothing. ; old against Yellow Jack. 10c, 25e, 50e, all druggists. | j — ¢ aan UNDERTAKER FUNERAL DIREGTORS AND EMBALMERS. pommenone |, Fomine We have ;uet received & new Seca |hearse and the nicest line of Cof- fins and Caskets, in woed, metal~ lic and cloth ever brought to 3 : Greenville. _ We are prepared to £0 embalm; ing in ali its forms. Personal atéention given to con- ducting funerals and bodies en- trusted to our care will receive every mark of respect. Our prices are Jower than ever. Ve do not want monopoly but uivite con petition. _ We can be found at any and all times in the John {Flanagan Buggy Co’s building.2 BOB GREENE & CO CREENVILLE ‘ale Academy. The next session of,'the school will open on* MONDAY SEPT. 6,7 1897: 4 and continue for 10 months. *’ The terms are as follows. Primary English per mo, segs Intermediate ‘* ‘ *% $2 5 Higher “8 $3 Languages (each) ** =“ $1 00 The work and disclpline of the schoo will be as heretofore. We ask a continuance of your’: liberal patronage. W H.RAGSDALE, | | 9806 (PA EAE iy TREN, oe Tee El ePaper >= pcm SE RAE a SE Rh SOS RS Ch SENT IR =— ? fs -- Atlantic Coast Line sa q ne co é & Behedule in Effeet Aug. 16th,81¢ 8, . , Departures from Wilmington. ‘NORTABOUND. DAILY No 48—Passenger—Due Veg- 9.35 a. m. nolia 10.50 am. Warsaw 11.10 am, Goldsboro 11.58 am, Wil son 12.43 pm, Rocky Mount 1,20 p m, Tarboro 2.58 p m, Weldon 3,39 p m, Petersburg b.64-p m, Richmond 6.50 pm, Norfotk 6.05 pm, Washing- ton 11.10 pm, Raltimore 12.53 am, Philadelphia 3°45 a m, New York 6.53 am, Boston ,00"p m. MIDAILY No 40—Passenger—Duc Mag 7.15 p m, noiia8.55 p m. Warsaw 9.10 p m, Goldsboro 10.10 p m. Wilson 11.06 p m. Tarboro 6.45 am, Rocky Mount 11.57 pm, Weldon 1.44a m, Nor= folk 10.30 a m, Petersburg 8.24 a m, Richmond 4.20 a m, Washington 7.41am, Balti, more 9.05 4 m, Philadeiphia 11.25 am, New York 2.02 p m, Boston 8.30 p m. SOUTHBOUND, DAILY No 55—Passengor Due Lake ~40 p m.;Waccamaw 4.55 p m, Chad- bourn 5.40 pm Marion 6 43 p m, Florence 7.25 p m, Sum- te: 8.42 p m, Columbia 10.05 , Denmark 6,20 a m, August to 8.20 a m, Macon 11.30 a m, Atlanta 12.15 p m, Charles- ton 10.20pm. Savannah 2.4 a m. Jacksonville 8.20 a m, St. Augustine 10.30 am,Tam paé.40 pm. ARRIVALS AT WILMINGTON— FROM THE NORTA. DAIT.Y No. 49.—Passenger—Boston 9.45 P.M. 1.03 pm. New York 9.00 pm, Philadelphia 12.05 am, Balti- more 5,50 am, Washington 4.30 am, Richmond 9.05 am, A Petersburg 10.00 am, Nor- Weldou 11.50 am, Tarboro 12.12 ym, Rocky Mount, 12.45 pm, Wilson 2°1% pm. Golds- boro 3.10 pm, Warsaw 4.02, pm, Maguolia 4.16 pm, DAILY No. 41,—Vassenger—Leave 9.80 A.M, Boston 12.00 night, New York 9.30 am, Phitadelphia 12.09 pm, Baltimore 2.25 pm, Washington 38.46 pm, Rich- mond 7.20 pm, Petersburg 8.12pm, Norfolk 2.20 pm, Weldon 9.43 pm, Tarboro 6.01 pm. Recky Mount 5.45 am. Leave Wilson 6.20 am, Goldsboro 7-01 am, Warsaw 7.53 am, Magnolia 8.05 am. DAILy No, 61—Passenger---Leave xcept New Bern 9.20 am, Jackson- u Dday_yille 10.42 am. This train -40 P.M. arrives at Walnut street. FROM THE SOUTH. DAILY No. 54— Passenger—Leave 12,15 P. M. Tampa 8.00 am. Sonford ] 50 pm, Jacksonville 6.35 pm, Savanna 12.50 night, Charles. ton 5.88 am,Columbia 5.50 am, Atlanta 8.20 am, Macan 9.30 am, Augusta 3.05 pm, Denmark 4.55 pm, Snmpter *.40 am, Florence 8.55 am, Marion 9.35 am, Chadbourn 10.35 am, Lake Waccamaw 11.08 am, PiTrain on Scotia] Neck Branch aoa eaves Weldon 4.10 p, m., Halifax 4,28 Pp. m., arrives Scotland Neck at 5.10 p m., Greenville 6,57 p, m., Kinston 7.55 >. 01. Returning, leaves Kinston 7.60 & m., Greenville 8.52 a. m. Arriving Hali’ x at 11:20 a. m., We'don 11.40 am daily except Sunday. I'rains on Washnigton Branch leav Washington 8.20 a, m., and 1.00 p.m rives Parmele 9.10 a. m., and 3.40 p -, Tarboro 9.45 a. m., returningleaves farboro 3.30 p. m., Parmele 10.20 a. m, ind 6.20 p. m,, arrives Washington 40 a. m., and 7.20 p. m. Daily ex- “t Sunday. Connects with trains on ‘ cotland Neck Branch. Train leaves 1arpore, N C, via Albe- marle & Raleigh R. R. daily except Sun- day, at 5 50 p.m.,Sunday 405 P. M; arrive Plymouth 7.40 P. M., 6.00 p. m. Returning leaves Plymouth daily except Sunday, 7.50 a. m., Sunday 9.00 a ., arrive Tarboro 10.15 a.m and 11, 45 Train on Midland N. C. branch leaves Gold3boro daily, except Sunday, 6.05 a m. arriving Smithfield 7:30 a. in. Re- turning leaves Smithfield 8.00 a. m,, ar- tives at Goldsbors 9.30 a, m. rains on Latta branch, Florence R &., leave Latta 6.40 pm, arrive Dunbar 7.50 p m, Clio 8.05 p m. Returning leave Cliot6.10am, Dunbar 6,30 a m, oe Latta 7.50 a m, daily except Sun- Vv Train onClinton Branch leayes War- saw for Clinton caily, except Suuday, 10 00 a.m. and 8.50 p, m: Returning téaves Cinton at7.00.a. m. and8,00 bm, Train No. 78 makes close connection at Weldon forall points daily, all rail via Riehmone, alse at Rovky Mount with Norfolk and CarolinaR R for Noriolk ne all points North via Norfolk, JOHN F. DIVINE, General Sunt, i’, M. EMERSON, Traffie Manager.! R.KENLY. Gen’) Manager, ‘tj THE MORNING STAR The Oldest Daily Newspaper in North Carolina. The Onl” Five-Dollar Dailv its Class inthe State W. H. BERNARD, ‘ In Ohio the negrox bayea full State ticket, composed entirely of men of their own race. It is called the “Negro Protection” | ticket, and the petition to place it on. tho official ballot ws: signel by 10,845 voters. These were neatly all negroes, ang if the ticket is sdpported by those only who signed the ‘perition it may cause troub/e in the HKepoblican camp. There are 30,000 negro voters in the State, and the nom- ination of the ticket results from a failare of the Republican white bosses to givethe negro proper recognition in dealing oni politi-~ cal pie—Wilmington Star. - SUBSTANCE OR SHADOW, The Telltale Mirror as Testimony In an Important Case at Law. “What is and what is not testi- mony,’’ remarked the attonagy who goes 20 miles out on the rajlroad ey- ery evening to sleep, ‘‘is net efways determined by Chitty, as I.caa testi- fy after an experience I had not long ago. I was spending a week with a friend who keeps a moun- tain resort in Virginia, and during my visit the room of one of the guests was robbed of jewelry amounting to $40 or $50. Several servants were suspected, but the theft could not be fixed upon any one of them until I happened upon the latndryman who came to get the linen of the guests on that floor,mine among the number. This man was thoreughly reliable and of some means, which he had saved during many yearsof work about the hotel. ‘“‘T was interested in the case, and when I mentioned it to my laundry- man he" looked surprised and asked if he could not have a private talk with me on thesubject. He gave me such information that I felt safe in having a colored chambermaid ar- rested for the theft, the prosecuting attorney, of course, takfng the lead in the action. The girl denied steal- ing the jewelry, but we stood ready to prove what we had charged and the case came promptly to trial be- fore a magistrate. ‘Our side did not have much show until I called the laundryman. He was duly sworn and testified that on the day of the stealing he had stop- ped in front of the door of the room in which the theft was committed, thinking it was a room where he was to call for clothes. In getting close enough to see the number on the door, his attention in some way was attracted to the large transom over the door, which was set open at an angle reflecting the interior of the room. The transom was of one large pane of glass, with a piece of dark silk over the inside, making it to all intents and purposes a mirror. ‘In this mirror he had distinctly seen the reflection of the figure of the prisoner, Mary French, whom he had known, since her childhood. She was standing at a bureau or dresser looking at and handling some jewelry which had been left there. After a few moments he saw her take in her hand a breastpin of gold and move away about her work in the room; at least he could hear her moving about sweeping, though | 9 he could no longer see her, as she had got where the glass did not re-| ¥ flect her. The laundryman’s son, a lad of 16, testified to very nearly the game facts, as he had been standing by the side of his father. “The pin thus described as having been taken was the pin which was lost, and the evidence seemed sure to conyict, but the magistrate was very cautious. The laundryman tes- tified further that he had not men- tioned it because he had not heard of the robbery until I spoke of it and he had not cared to make anv trouble at first because he supposed the girl might have been only going to put the pin in a safe place. “This kind of testimony was, in my opinion, good enough to convict in any court, but his honor, the squire, looked wise and refused to admit it on the ground that the wit- ness had not seen the prisoner take the pin nor had he seen the prison- er at all. It was her reflection, and as he had not seen her and had so testified then, of course, not having seen her, his testimony as to what she had done during the time of her reflection was not competent, and he would throw it out, which he did, and the stato lost the case of course. Since that, time I have been mak- ing a study of evidence and calculat- ing the value of the relation of a shadow to its substanoe in a court of law presided over by a Virginia jus- ‘| tice of the peace.’’—Washington wh 4 + ~ DIRECTORY. | CHURCT 8, ame — BAPTI5i1—Services every ~ Sunday, moring and evening. Prayer meeting Thursday evening. Rev, A. W. Setzer, Pastor, Sunday school 9:30 A. M. . D. Rountree, Superintendent. CATHOLIC—No regular services. EPISCOPAL—Services fourth Sur- day, morning and evening. Lay ser- vices second Sunday morning. Rev. A. Greaves, Rector. Sunday schoo! 9 30 A.M. W.\B. Brown, Superinte:.dant. METHODIST—Services everv Sun- day, morning and evening. Prayer meeting Wednesday evening. Rey. N. M, Watson, Pastor. Sunday school 9:30 A. M. A B. Ellington, Superin- tendent. PRESBYTERIAN—Services _ third Sunday, morning and evenirg. Rev. J. B. Morton. Pastor. Sunday school ale M. E. B. Ficklen Superinten- ent, | LUDGES4 A. F. & A. ..—Greenville Lodge No, 234 meets first and third Monday eyen- iB: J. M, Reuss W. M. L. I. Moore, ec, I. 0.0. F.—Covenent Lodge No. 17 Meets every Tuesday evening, J. V Johnson N.G, L. H. Pender,. Sec. K. ot P.—Tar River Lodge No, 93, meets every Friday evening. H. W. Whedbee, C. C. A. B. Ellington K. of R. and §. ™=R. A.—Zeb vance Conucil No. 1696 meets every Thureday evening. W. B. Wilson, R, M.R. Lang, Sec. K.of H.—Insurance Lodge No. 1169 meets every Friday evening. Johr Flanagan, D. Henry Sheppard, R. A.L of H, Pitt Council 236 meets every Thursday night. J. B. Cherry C. W. B. Wilson. See. rm Greenville Market. . Corrected by S. M. Schultz. Die, Cee pan aA deta Saleem {pe rey, is z Aaa oe 5 RE APA tateat alate & + W SEE THAT? WW ty YP ge bubbbhh What Is It? bhhbhhh > It is a picture ot,tae celebrated am PRKER. FOUNTAIN. PEAS Best in use. The outfit ot no business man fig ‘ complete without one. «The Reflector Book Store has a nice assortment ot these Fountain Pens also a beautiful Jiz:e of Pearl Handle Gold Pens, . ‘You will be astor. shed when you see them and earnhowvery cheap they are. | . l You may never, But should you ever}@=<= Want Job Printing “ag Come to see us, public generally. e): ; ROOFING, GUTTERING, 6f Spouting ard Stove Work, a specialty. } ( Satisfaction guaranteed or ¢ m no charges made. Tobacco 3p s Flues made in season... Shop QF © on Dickinson Avenue. ) Shingles! Shingles! saeart Hand Made Cypress Shingles, $3.15 per thousand delivered at Green- ville. Apply to... J. Ry SMITH: & BRO. Q Avden, N.C. 9 LUMBER; -- | \VE HAVE ESTABLISHED. A Lumber Yard at Greenyifle with W. BR. PARKER.as Manager. Orders} for Lumber, Rough or, Dregged, Can be left with him: ott. | HINES BROS: LUM BIE Cs oy Kins oi 2 A em. \ % |The Daily Reflector ae Anything from .j@====- Visiting Card ——TO A—— E"u1ll Sheet Poser. Gives the home news. every afternoon at the small price of 25 cents a month. Are you a sub- scriber? . It not you ought to be. oe? BF 3d *'The Eastern Reflector....... , TWICE-A-WEEK. fiw oe) ‘4 5 ¥ y : Is. only: $1 a. yearn 1, contains’ the:rnews every Weel, and givewitifarina- bigest .: é oe ii) 7 i a pee ; ab 7 nt Heh Pi /e of ‘4 » ; “81 * : & fe “3 ie eae a ae. ; ~~ \ NN tag ger st A ae eee . i wel Rae = sd 2 se ea aE 5 $ = “ papa ee : Nao age oa a Bey ek PO yp | LITTLEREFLELTIONS | qpapptcr, 08 ADVERTISING Creubes many a new business. Bolarges many an old business, Preserves many & large business, _Fevives many a dull business, Rescues many a lost business, ° Saves amany a failing business. Setures suecers to any lusin« gs {EG advertise: udielously,”” use tne eolamns of 1. REVLEOTORS ‘ TRAIN AND BOAT 8CHEDULFES, Paseenger ‘ana mal train going Nerth. arrives 8 ae A. M; Going South. | arriyes'6:37 P. M Steamer Tar River arrive! from Washi. in-ton Monday, Wednesdav and Friday Jeayes for Washington Tuesday, Thurs. day and-Saturdag WFATBER BOLUETIN. Partly cloudy weather tonight and Saturday. Sie: Bulbs. For Hyacinth, Tulips,’ Narcissus and Lilly bulbe, also for Green Tomatoes tor making swect .pickles and preseryes send your ozdera to Riverside Nursc~ ries. Goors.delivered free in town. yet but they won’t last much longer. ‘days -ud the latter sold cheaper than _|his foot that a wheei of the five engine od and call on lim -or nice groceries, ’ + ¥ } etree seins Caught of the Emall Things That A : j : Oc cur. f Farr weather again. Rocky Mount fuir begins the 27th. Choice Irish Smith's. Potatoes at D. S. It feels like the weather.is going to turn colder, Knights of Pythias have work in the third rank for tonight. Repairs have made some main street sidewalks much befter, A few ot the James grapes are here New Goovs—Fresh Butter and Jamaica Oranges at §. M. Schultz, The Ram’s Horn teréely remarks: ‘Put the wicked in office, and the devil wil] rule the town.” Apples and bananas have been very ‘plentiful on the market in the las: few they } ave been known here, The young people avticipate a great ‘ime t the ennual ball of the Colum- bien Ciub on Nov. 81d. ‘Three hun~ dred invii.sicons have been sent out. Foreman F. M. Hodges, ot Hope Fire Company, is. still. sufiexing with run on more than a week ago. He now gets around on crutches. J. L. Starkey is consolidating his two stores. the siock in the Rialto bu'iding being moved down to th2 Rawls build. ing, See what he has fo say jn a ew Smait ChappieaxI called that old hayseed an Knglish duce Other Chappic—What did he. say? smart Chappie- He seid a Yankee Doodle do fur hin. - St Louis Globe Phone 46. Democrat. HAVE YOU SEEN This small space for- bids our saying muca about them, but it you will come and allov7 us to show you the s.ock which includes the sl | today. THEY MOVE FASTER. But We Catch Their Names. M, L. Starkey went to Norfolk J. B. Cherry, Jr. went to Washing- ton today, Col. I. A. Sugg went to bethel today on legal sh cee J. A Brady retecona Thuteday eve-~ ning from Wilmingt:n. Mre. J. B. Cheiry returned home TharsZay evening trom Baltimove. ning on‘a trip to Kinston and Golds- boro. Miss Alice Stancilleft this mornin2 Rev, R. W. Stancil. Rev. N. M. Watson went to Ayden ‘Thursday evening to assist in a meet- ing in the Methodist church there. be Big Sales. Tobacco sales were immense today and it icoked like old times again around the waiehouses, some good tobace) here, too, and many piles got well up in the foriies before being knocked off. The buyers are anxious for fine tobacco and they. bid lively on it at every opportunity. Good tobicco always brings high prices. There wa3 Dev_ous Definitions P.S.—The business end of & wo- man’s leiter, Divorce.—An epitaph frequently carved upon love’s tombstone. Wite.—A servant who lets her ser- vices for lite without wages. Scrape.—Something a avoid by leiting his whiskers g.ow. man Cen Awbition.—A feeling that makes a man want to do something he can’t. Wedaing..—The link used t> con- nect thoughts of love with thoughts of War. Bigamist.—A crazy man who thinks he can manage more than one woman ata time. Scorcher.—A fellow who feels duty bound to break his record, his bicycle or his neck.——Chicagu News, NO CURF—NO PAY. Ti at isthe way all druggists sell CROVES TASTELESS CHILL TON IC for Chiils, Fever and all forms of Malaria. It is simply Jron and Quinine in a tasteless form, Children love it Adults prefer it to, bitter, nauseating Tonics. Price, 50c, Notice. ‘we are satisfied the result will be satisfactory a. ——_ay Laces : and: 7 —_ Embroideries in endless variety. Remember we have just received yy New Goldeh Draperies, Lace Curtains, |) Chenile Portiere Curtains, » Art Squares, Smyrna and Moquet Rugs, --)_ Window Shades and Curtain Poles, poti arp , Matting, and Floor Oil Cloth, ca le ‘Boards and Hall Racks. will be a pleasure to show you our home heeringe een i a at 9 goods. HECK NO. 6704 DATED OCT 21, 1897, amouht $40 payable to Lovit ; "ines (Receiver) or beaver, signed Evy- ans, Joyner & Co. has been lost. A du- plicate wili be i.sned. All persons are warned not to cash or trade for same. The Bank of Greenville on which it was EVANS, JOYNER &CO Two in One. Both stor-s consolidate All| % in one im-: mM mense aggre: We gation of Ele- Wy up- Yy town store in OAM Yi the Rialto y building and Ye moyed the stock to: our old stand down town, We want to tell fhe yood people that when they want fresh, reliable —» GROCERIES come to seeus. We will not con- sume time in enumerating our stock but will just say that ANY- THING in the way of Family Groceries °ltane che Apter Jons, I'rul acco, gars. « &e., can be f und at. our placs: : Fin- est Candies. ‘always in steck. Charles Skinner left Thursday eve- S| for Hampton, Va., to visit her b' other, || drawn has been rotified not to pay it, | = fs te When you go home tell your wife you bought a Sunday- goto-mipeting Suit down at TAFT’S and will go to church with her nex' Sunday. She will love you more not thought ol that before. In sae your business suit and {ook much better. and vou will wonder why you had Incidentally it will Inelish and French worsted, granites and tri- cots ready to wear in five minutes, without a wrinkle, and stay that way, too. A {vll lme of Dress Goods and Capes. ee WE BELIEVE That, after taking a look at: our new styles in all and Winter "Deu Goods, Shoes, and (Sloaks for ladies and children, that any person would agree that our styles are prettier and prices lower, quality consid- ered, than otuer dealers in Greenville offer. Do us the favor to call and see our goods, even though you are not ready to. buy. Competent salespeople to wait upon you. LN’ r HSE R. R. FLEMING, Pres, A. G. COX, G.3 iv: HENRY HARDING, ” CHERRY, j Vice Pres, Ass’t Casuile CAPITAL: Minimum $10,000; Maximum $100,000. Organized June lst, 1897. The Bank of Pitt County, GREEN VILLE,N. C. page Bank wants your triendship anda shar if not all, of yur businesss, and wll grant every favor consisten; with safe ana sound banking. We invitecorréspondence ot a per sonal interview to that end. i TRF ao | Wehave alarge STOtsn vF i GOODS MH | in EGGiiNUTT Phone No. 10. just arrived. Comeand THE GREENVILLE SUPPLY 60.) ss Yeoahe. Property far Sal Paving sens apronereD and t(\ATS HAY AND FLOUR v » Lumibst Company, for the purpose wr eaitling the affairs of said © vette L herebv offer for sale the real es vate in and adjoining the town of Greenville belonging to said Company. This ah | erty Bal be sold oa up atie terms in lots to suit purchasers. "For farther information see or ad- dress. : 3 LOVIT HINES, J. L. Siarkey & anh 16. GIBB & SO Reveiyer, Kinsten, \. ¢ A SC. at ar STS SOULE MAE ETE aL TEE a RN i