i 4 e E DAILY REFLECTOR D, J WHICHARD, Editor and Owner. TRUTH IN PREFERENCE TO FICTION. ence, a TERMS: 25 Cents a Month. Pn cael Vol. 7. GREENVILLE, N. C., MONDAY, JANUARY 24, 1898. & cl acca No 963 ENGAGEMENTS OF MARRIAGE. They Should Be Definite and Brief, Not Conditional and Protracted, This letter propounds a question of grave importance to society, and in- vites a discussion which should be of general interest: “To the Editor of the Sun—sir: What is a father’s duty for the hapni- ness and welfare of his daughter uader the follgwiny conditions ? four years’ courtship a gentleman says that ‘his finances are not suificient fer him to marry at present,’ but that he will continue his attention and when the future develops his resources so that he can support a wite he will ‘then marry the daughter. Of course, this “is understood hetween them; and it is further avreed thatif meantime eiiner prefers another the engagement is ott, fand he or she ean mirry the cne of I Sach a fatuous contract 1s Bugecsvive. The dim future is dak with uncertainty, as, conditions, his choice.’ ba) ae pplicable to the Hence the question. In a recent editorial ycu strike the keynote of my question in saying: ‘The superiority of the tumultuous youthful passion and impulse of the daughters vo the experience and judg- ment of the parents wrecks the hap- piness ef too many homes.’ ‘“*PATERFAMI'IAS.” In the first place, neither a girl hei- self nor her parents should tolerate a four-years’ engagement, except under very extraordinary circumstances. It is injurious to the gitl in many ways and serves no desirable purpose. ‘Lhe prolonged acquuintanee does not tend to the better preparation of the peir for marriage, but rather to produce Weariness In ore cr the other, which decreases the probabilities o- ex entual marriage eas the time is extended. It As “A rule, no man ought to “cour” a girl until he rt hel has no tight to ask her te become his is an unnatural relation. he isima situation to marry her: wife unless he is already ia a, condition to assume the responsibilities of metr- mony. Because aman has cone ived an eflection for a woman he shoula Le all the mere anxious to save her irem tying herself to him in an engagement of indctinite duration. bind her by « promise of marriage at seme reniote time in the future, de- terminabie by himgelt only, is pure selfishness in him. A betrothal is simply an engagement preliminary to marriage, and it sheuld not be entered into by 2 man catil he can see his way to its fulfillment at the altar. Hence ¢ betrothal ought to. be announced with scarcely less formality than the marriage itself, for -it pre- sumes the manizge. ‘The Jews who advertise vheir engagements in the newspapers follow a proper and de- sirable course in thu» making a be‘rotbal a matter of record as a serious and definite obligation, “Getting en- gaged” is a grave matter; there 1s_in life few compacts with conseauencos more far reaching ; no man worthy to be abusband promises marriage with- out the determination to wed the girl within a rcasonable time, the sooner the better. | The old way for parents to require of a men dawdling about a daughter to “declare his intentions,” that is to say, whether he company and driving off other fellows with the serious intention ot marrying her if she would, or simply to gratify his vanity by securing her preference. Ifa man expresses his im‘tention to merry a woman at some indefinice time 10 the future when it is convenient for hin, it is not a betrothal. It amounts * to nothing,tor he makes no absolute . promise. It is merely a ¢nditional | was monopolizing her ‘wants to play fast and loose, Alter al’ An aitempt tn aacarmee® Npearirneteyisiipran ALL FOR YOU. agreement, and it is left to his own pleasure to settle the conditions. In the peculiar instance referred tu us there isnot even the pretence of a betrothal. Tlie young man evidently It he is unable to get some girl he prefers to The love in my heart is as strong as the hills And as deep as the fathomless sea, Yet pure as the breath of the rose that thrills The soul of the summer with glee. Tis faithius fair as the light of the stars That beams 1 the boundlezs blue ; marry, he will, perhaps, marry this young woman, in the course of eternity. Such a proposition is an insult toa girl, even it it is accompanied by the] No selfish mode its raidiance mars, stipulation that she shall have liberty| Ard, sweetheart, ’tis all for you. to do the same. It is nota betrothal, ° ene ens All for you! anengavement, byt simply a travest , Fe , pe) ‘y Strong and true, of one of the mest serious compacts in life. Four No time the tie can sever, Till the Angels doubt Four And the etars burn out, years’ engagement? weeks is better. Four months is loag I am yours, sweetheart, forever. enough, Ifaman really is enamored of a woman every minute of delay af-| The love in my heart, | know not why, ter winning her before he makes her} Nor how it came to be, his bride is irksome to-him: Why does But the bliss that is mine no seul can aman ask a woman to betroth her- buy. self to him? {sit not that he wants} Since love has come to me. and intends to mirry her? O, love, love, love! There’s nothing so Why then should she consent unless jhe is reauy sweet, to prove his faith by his works? Go search the wide world through, re, a Ni y 5, heart is go full of it, every beat Beware, girls, of the selfish or Cra- ven-hearted fellows who wants to en- Cries out itis all for you. tangle youin long engagements simply All for vou! ~ = a Ji d . to keep trom you truer.and braver and S2) ‘ \ r . Strong and true, betrer swains,.. New York Sun. rg: . = . No time the tie can sever, Till the Angels doubt And the stara burn oat, JUST tOR FUN, esere eo I am yours, sweetheart, forever. A eontribation box—pilze ig >: : gnung RO cate ya for charity. Many a drunkarad’s downfall is due to +t ; anys eee 1c 0) A New Way to Manage an Obstie- his firse d:op. perous Lamp, The latest wrinkle in dressmakin to Dr. oo wrong last Saturday night. W. J. MeLendon nada lamp to the buck of a Pussian blouse. ’ . , } a . 1 rT Chelate come pat eC up bie and looked exactly os 1f noth- No, Maude, dear, Shilock was net ‘I T exactly ata . « . . . . 1 ; ing wou'd suit it better than to exvlode. so named on acecunt of bis bald head. 5 . tier ti . ‘ Che dovtor was just fixing to make a BY cr lae Karte ~y | for 1! > thra: rey Besides being good for the throat, tary» a] — eS MEE a fire and took the lamp and set 1¢ in the . ee wince lon t ‘Ops assist s.u8ers Wh elyin?g filer Ic ’ a [Pan 2 AI drops assist s.0g078. meo fire place on the wood—he was éfrard pitch. to risk himself near it long enougn to No cre has been found in the Mion} earry it out of doors. After putting dike to equal the saloon keeper's stock} the lamp in the fire place it got worse of vold-hearing Quartz. stead cf better until, finally, the doe- r r - ort: ) . 1.) tore 4 lesperatio bethou sht him. o! “Put Yourself in His Plree’” is thie | 10% pnsGesperanan Hone | - thiseld shot gun. his he got and motio wiepied by a downtown associ. | lus cld sit gun - ao . . ? . ' PF caple aaee mmptied both barrels into the Jamp tion of ward workers. epi ees iy “y have been in GU engagements — 138 ° a a ee boro Messenger-Intedigencer, beean Colonel Biuster, “What a hor- nid flirt you are” remorse? Mics Passe. ee “Johnny, t want you to hey me do Qucer Provision of a Will he Ancting.” caid Mam y * Ott Johnunv . eer ve , the dusting,’ said Mamma ; ane The late George N. Wilcox, of Brad- lusted, and Mamma had to do. it all 1 ARS OS ay alae PUA & Cah Q @ » it ad y r 4 py pe dusted, and Mamma had ¢ “ford caunty, Pa., left each of his grand- 1€ rs Ors . j +45 } aur herself sors $1,000 on eondition that they "rr - * 4 4 Yt cas soy - . ; .. * . bye 1 ~— “Youre drunk,” said Mrs, Sharp,;suppert the Do moeratie party during scornfullv, as her husband eame stag-j life, Faibac, the money was to go to gering in, “Only a pony of wranay, the Democratic National Committee: to ¢ 2c) of his granddaughters provided they m’ dear.” “A pony! More like a} One thousand dollars was icf four-in-hend,” and she proceeded to drag him upstairs. married loyal Democrats. The will is | being contested on the ga ound that the The Legislatures of both Maryland and Tenressee are ia the midst of Jead-'ock over the elec‘ion of a Sena- legacies area temptation or bribe for a the advocacy of a particular political creed, contrary to the genivs of our tor. government and mstituaons. 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Figured Denim, Silk- aline, and a lot ofnew Wash Dress Goods, just in at RICKS & TAFT 2 u DATLY REFLECT tenet Ok nm J, WHICHARD, Editor.~ aterm scorers itinetinets grndnmcntnmncertn EVERY AFTERNOON (EXCEPT SUNDAY). — = ction st see ‘moored as seconerlass mill matter. a senate pommamnaienestiinen aren?’ Terran RATES. 9 r* WwOgT, . « a ° #00 man) . - P LOA s ~ 10 tno wan - - - it] sit Noativored in town hy earriers wifheu axtr coc’. ; a at prtiene rates ave Mheral andean he v pace piaation tin the editor or at e affer , Re erennereeernan ena aaa Aactea 4 tt nasecannr dent of +? ? 3 tte 7 ‘ ontyr ha wil rp in tha enrrty, wee ™ N omy te heqok store of NEW AS fh aeenrs noatabharkbeod. Write niainty tla nf the naner, yar wact nm wae Van eran ones Mayra v. GANUARY 24, TROR, accnceernraemnmmnnsnanineetssteaee, — a ——— ene ae A Business Parable. — An esteemed friend and sub- scriber in @ neighboring town re- cently sent us the following news- paper clipping, withont word or comment, and we give if space hoping there are others who will be constrained to fellow the exam- ple of the man referred toin the lest paragragh: Once a farmey had one thous- and bushels of wheat, which he sold, not to a single grain mer- chant, but to one thousand differ- ent dealers, a bashel each. A few of them paid him in cash, but far the greater number said it was not convenient then, but would later. A few months passed, ard the man’s bank account ran low. “FBiow is this?” he said. “My one thonsand bushels of zrain should have kept me in easy circum- stances until another crop is ised, but [ have parted with the instead only a pts, so smal ra grain and have yast number of accou and scattered that I cannot get around and collect fast enough to pay expenses, So he posted up a public notice and asked all those who owed him to pay quickly. But few camer The rest said, “mine is only a smal’ matter, ana I will go and pay, one of these days,” forgetting that though each account was very smail, when all were put to- gethor they meant a large sum to the man. Things went cn thus; the man cotto feeling so badly that he fell out of bed and awoke, and ruvning to his granary found his one thousand bushels of wheat stil! safe there. He had only been dreaming, and hadn’t sold his wheat at all. Moral—The next day the man went to the publisher of bis paper and said: “Here, sir. is the pay fer your parer; and when next year's subseription is due you can depend on me to pay it promptly; 1 stood in the position of an cditor last night,and I know how it feels to have one’s honest- Jy earned money scattered all over the country in small amounts.— Ex. oe net a anon emt gorge Fatal Result ot a Dream, James Neely, a prominent young man of Asheville, Ala, committed suicide Sunday from despondency, because his sweet- heart had rejected him from the warning of her dead mother hay- ing her wedding gown made. One night recently she saw the spirit of her mother in her dreams, and she told her under no circum- stances tomarry. Acting on the advice she rejected her iover and _ he killed himself. will both bear watching. to Handle With Care. A short time ago a sheriff was taking to the penitentiary a trio of prisoners sent down from one of the up country counties. Cne of the prisoners was & woman, ono a man so badly crippledthat he bad to hobble on crutches, ard the other was astout young negro buck about seventeen years old, black as a zainy night on. the dark of the moon, and fwith the traditional protuberanze of the lip: When the conductor took up the ticket of his shrieveship he addressed him a courteous ques- tion with reference to his charges The sheriff pointed them out and added with reference to the young negro that he had a letter from the judge who sentenced him to Governor Russell asking that the young negro be assigned to a re- formatory and added chat he was “of excellent family and beyond! doubt if properly handled would, develop into a useful citizen and become an honor to the commun- ity.” The sheriff was asked whether this letter tenderly set- ting forth the family tree of the young scion made any recommen- | dation with reference to the wo- man or the cripple. He replied that they were not mentioned in the letter from His Honor to His Excellency.—Greensboro _Tele- eran. A New Plan ferthe Star Routes. At the request of the House postoffice committee, First As- sistant | Postmaster General Heath has in preparation an amendment to the seryice apvro- priation bill giving to carriers in rural districts authority to re- ceive cash and obtain monev oyders for patrons, and to receipt for and deliver registered letters. This additional duty could be performed readily by the car riers, who, ifthe scheme should be putin operaticn, would become “traveling postoffices.” Couniry people, therefore, would have nearly all the postoffice berefits enjoyed by residents of the city, as the carriers are now permitted to carry postal cards and stamped envelopes for sale. Should the proposition work well, the department would be enablad to abolish many of the small postoffices alony © star routes.-- Washington Dispatch. A Greensboro groom is in trouble. Lest Monday George W. Parker stole a wife—Miss Hattie Audrows. To get a heense he had to swear she was 18. On the same night the bride’s parents took forcible possession of her and carriec her off Yesterday her father, W. R. Andrews, in- dicted Parker for perjury. He was tried before ’Squire Ecko! yesterday afterncon and sont on to court, her parents showing she is only about 16. Then the old folks took the young bride away in @ carriage, while Parker went to look for a bondsman, which he found, and was released. Co! Staples, his lawyer, says he will sue out awrit of heabeas corpus for the bride. Blasts From The Ram’s Horn. Nature makes no new Jews. The world is what you make it. Thanksgiying is the specific fur anxiaty, The cuvetous man finds .it up- hill work to be honest. A new friend and an old enemy A vote without conscience back of it never represents manhood. If Christ is to ke the life of your soul’ He must become the soul sf your life. The man who can hold his The Judge Wanted the Governor | Travesty Upon Religion. Seldom has a graver outrage been committed upon the fair name of religion in this country than the one briefly ouMined in an Atlanta Consti- tution special mews dispatch from Bourben, Ind. published Tuesday morning, As a grand climax toa mest sensa- tional and startling discourse on the devil delivered by one of the leading clergymen of Bourbon on last Sunday evening, it is stated in the news dis- patch that some one clad in hideous guise .and _ partially obscured by wreathes of smoke, burst into the church door with the announcement that he had come to carry off the congregation. Of course disorder and confusion followed ; children shreiked, and nerycus wcmen fainted ; and in the general'scramble which lasted for some time, the church building caught on fire. Efforts to save it proved unavailing, and the handsume edifice was soon reduced to ruins. On the following morning it was ascertained that the party who undertook to im- personate the devil was none other than the clergyman’s own son. The Constitution commenting on this affair—very rightly, too-—says that while there is nothing in the news dispatch which criminates the clergy- man himself, the affair ig not without suspicious circumstances, and may yet involve him when the whole truth is round out. Itasbarely possivle that in order to accentuate the \ivid lan- euage of his discourse, ‘he clergy nan may have inspired the dramatic epi- sode, little dreaming of the conse- quences which might follow. Again the burden of the whole affair may rest solely upon the shoulders of the gon. . Whatever the truth of the aflair may be, it calls for prompt and vigorous treatment. Such outrages upon things sacred should not pass unre- buked; and sf the clergyman in ques- tion is at all responsible tor the trav- esty upon religion with which his discourse terminated on last Sunday evening, he should never be allowed to preach again. If he 1s innocent of any criminal participaticn in the outrage, the proot thereof should be immediate- ly fortheeming, This leads us to observe that the curse of the modern pulpit is sensa- tionalism.—Durham Sur, On Posting Land. Never before have we kuown of somuch posting of land as has been going on recently. Land owners far and near haye been instant in season and out of sea- son to avoid the annoyance of so much trespassing as they have been subjected to during the fail and winter. Not a few have instituted suits and haye been thrown into costs, when they thcught they had their lands properly posted against trespas- sing. We do not pretend to know wiatths law is on the subject. One or two magistrates hold that no posting is sufficient un- less the owner gives personal warning to the intruder. So well informed a justice as Esquire. Kiser says that it is necessary to post a warning xotice at the court-honseand algo at three or more public places besides. Even then, cays Esquire Kiser, it is the opinion of Judge Win. ston in his Talkwon Law that a trespasser could not be punished unless it could be shown that he knew the land was posted. These things go to show that there should be acomplete over- hauliog of the laws upon the subject. It world not be bad to havea simple general statute covering all the lands in the State, and requiring permission to be obtained from the land owner, instead of subjecting him to the expense, trouble, and an- noyance of personally warping tonzue when he should -has_ the devil at a disadvantage. & eyery tresspasser., Cctton ana Peanut, Below are Norfolk and peanuts for yesterday, as furnished by Cobb Bros. & Commission Mer chants of Norfolk } OQGITON. Good Middling 54 Middling - 5h Low Middling 5il-14 Good Ordinary 43 Tone—steady PEANUTS‘ Prime ? Extra Prime 2t ™ancy "28 Spanish 60FtO 75 Tone—quiet. Greenville Market. Corrected by S. M. Schultz Bitter, per lb 15 to 2 Western Sides 5t 106 Sugar exved Hams 10 to 124 Corn 40 to 50 Corn Meal 50 to 60 Flour, Family 4,75 to 5.75 Lard 5} to 10 Oats 8h to 49 Sugar 4} tos Coffee 83 to 2 Salt per Sack G5tol 4 Chickens 12} to ? Eggs per doz 124 Beeswax.per of Cotton Seed,per bushel 10 to® th ea IA enn i ne cae mg RECTORY. CHURCH. BAPTIs1—Services every)” Sunday, moring and evening. Prayer ‘meeting Thursday evening. Rev. A. W. Setzer, Pastor. Sunday school 9:30 A. M. C, D. Rountree, Superintendent. CATHOLIC—No reguiar services. EPISCOPAL—Services fourth Sun- day, morning and evening. Lay ser- vices second Sunday morning. Rev. A. Greaves, Rector. Sunday schoo! 9 30 A. M. W. B. Brown, Superinter dant. METHODIST--Seivices 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 evening. Rev. J. B. Morton, Pastor. Sunday school 9:30 A M. E. B. Ficklen Superinten- dent LUDGES. A. F. & A. }.—Greenville Lodge No 284 meets first and third Monday eyen- ivg. J. M, Reuss W. M. L. I. Moore, Sec. I. 0.0. F.—Covenent Lodge No. 17 Meets every Tuesday evening. J. V. Johnson N.G. IL. H. Pender, See. K. ot P.—Tar River Lodge No, 93, meets every Friday evening. H. W. Whedbee, C. 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I have found ilesh, appetite and sound rest from tueir use. Stuart 3s Dyspepsi« ‘Tablets 1s the satest preparation as well as che ‘simp lest and most convenient remedy for and form of indigestion, catarrh ot stomach, biliousness, sour stomach, heartburn and bloating alter meals. Send for little book, mailed free. on stomach troubles, by addressing Stuart Co., Marshall, Mich. ‘Lhe tablets can be tound at sll drug stores. W. B. Rodman. W. Demsie Grimes, Washington, N.C. Greenyille,N.C. ODMAN & GRIMES | ATTORNEYS AT LAW. Greenyilie N. C. Practice wherever services are desired. Barbers. B.PEN DER, / FASHIONAPTH BARBER, Can be found below Five Points. next door to Reflector office, sAMES A, SMITH, TONSORIAL ARTIST, GREENVILLE; N.C. Patronage solicited. Cleaning, Dyeing and Pressiag Gents Clothes a specialty LY ERBERT EDMUNDS, FASHIONABLE BARBER, “ pecial attention givea to cleanin, e = _ Atlantic Coast Schedule in F ffect Jan. 17th, 18°.. {Departures “om Wilmington. | NORT UBOUND. . SDAILY No 48—Passenger—Due Meg- 35 a. m- Nolia 11.02 am. Warsaw 11.15 5 am, Goidshoro 12.05 am, Wil son 12.59 p m, Rocky Mount 1.40 p m, Tarboro 2.45 p m, hy eldon 4,33 p m, Petersburg 6.22 pm, Richmond 7.15 pm, Norfolk 6.05 p m, Washing- ton 11.30 pm. Raltimore “1.06 am, Philadelphia 3:50 a m, New York 6.53 am, Boston 3,00 p m. ° VAILY No“40—Pacsenger Duc Mag 7.16 pm. nojia 8.55 p m. Warsaw 9.10 bp m, Goldsboro 10.10 p m. Wilson 11.06 n m. Tarboro §.45 am. Rocky Mount 11.57 pm, Weldon 1.42am, Nor- folk 10.50 a m, Petersburg 3:14am, Richmond 4.60 a m, Washington 7.41a m, Balti “nore 9.3 4 m, Philadeiphi, 11.25 am, New York 2.03 a m. Boston 9.00 p m. SOUTHBOUND, DAILY No 55—Passengor Due Lake 40 p ca. Waecamaw 5.09 p m, Chad bourn 5.41 pm Marion 6 43 p in, Florence 7.25 p m, Sum- te: 9.10 p m, Columbia 10.30 vu, Denmark 6,12a m, August ta 7.55 am, Macon 11.15 a m, atlanta 12,35 pm, Charles- ton 10.50 pm. Savannah 1.50 a m. Jacksonville 7.39 a m, St. Augustine 10.30 am,Tam pa 5.25 pm, AKRIVALS aT VWILMINGTON— FROM THE NORTA, DAIS No. 49,.—-Passciicer—Boston 5.50 P.M, 1,02 pin, New York 9.00 pa, Philadelphia 12.05 am, Ralti- more 2,50 am, Washington 4.30 am, Richmond 9.0A am, Petersburg 10.00 am, Nor- Weldou 11.52 am, Tarboro ; 12.12 >m, RockyMount. 12.47 - pm, Wilson 2°87 pm. Golds- boro 3.20 pm, Warsaw 4.1° pm, Magnolia 4.24 pn,’ eats No. 41.—Passenger-~Leave 00 ALM, Boston 12,00 night, New York 9.30 am, Phitadelphia 12.09 pm, Baltimore 2.25 pm, Washington 3.46 pm, Rich- mond 7.20 pm, Petersburg 8.12pm. Norfolk 2.20 pm, Weldon 9.43 pm, Tarboro 6.01 pm. Reeky Mount 5.49 am. Leave Wilson 6.22 am, Foldsboro 7‘Ol am, Warsaw 7.53 am. Magnolia 8.05 am. No. 51—Passenger----Leave New Bern 9.00 am, Jackson- _ Ville 10.26 am. This train arrives atWalnné street. FROM THE Sout DATLy except Sunday 12,15 P,» pat y No. 54—Passenger—Leave 207. M. Tampa 8.10 am. Sonford 3,27 pm, Jacksonville 7 {0 pm, Savanna 1.45 night, Charles- ton 6.23 am.Columbia 6.00 am, Atlanta 8.20 am, Macon 9.90 am, Augusta 3.30 pm, Denmark 4.25 pm, Sumpter 8.08 am, Florence 9.58 am, Marion 10.36 am, Chadbourn 11.38 am, Lake Waceamaw 12.09 am, Train on Sectlend NeekBraneh Road faves Weldon 3.55 p. m., Halifax 4.39 ).m., arrives Scotland Neck at 5.29 p M., Greenville 6,57 p, m., Kinston 7.55 p.m. Returning, leaves Kinston 7.50 8.m., Greenville 8.52 a. m. Arriving Hali’ X at 11:18 a. m., We'don 11,33 am daily except Sunday. _frainson Washnigton Branch leave K ishington 8.20 a, m., and 2.20 p.m ‘rives Parmele 9.10 a. m., and 4.00 1. Tarboro 9.45 a. m., returningleaves tarboro 3.30 p. m., Parmele 9.35 a. m. wnd 6.20 p. m,, arrives Washineton 11,00 a, m., and 7.20 p. m, Daily ex- "t Sunday. Connects with trains on seotland Neck Branch. Train leaves varporo, N C, via Albe- marle & Raleigh R. R. daily except Sun. ay, at 5 30 p. m., Sunday 415 P, M: *rtive Plymouth 7.40 P. ML, 6,10 p.m, Returning laaves Plymouth daily except Sunday, 7.50 2. m., Sunday 9.00 a m.. arrive Tarboro 10.05 a.m and 11. 90 Trainon Midland N.C. branch leaves Wold °boro daily, except Sunday, 7.19 a m. arriving Smithfield 8.30 9, in. Re- turning leaves Smithfield 9.00 a. m,, ar- tives at Goldsbors 10.25 a, m.* Trains on Latta branch, Florence R &., leave Latta 6.40 pm, airive Dunbar 7.50 pm, Clio 8.05 p m. Returning Jeave Cliot6.10am, Dunbar 6.30 a m, are Latta 7.50 a m, daily except Sun- Train on Clinton Branch leayes War- saw for Clinton daily, ,except Suuday, 11 20a. m.and 4.15 p, m:* Returning leaves Cinton at7.00 a. m. and3,00 bm Train No. 78 makes close connection € Weldon forall points daily, all rail via ichmone, alse at Rovky Mount with Norfolk and CarolinaR R for Nouniolk #29 all points North via Norfolk, H. M. EMERSON, Gen’) Pass, Agent - . EMERSON, Trafie Manag’ GKENL™. Gen! Manager. ALL ABOUT A handsomely illustrated book o 200 pages descriptive of Texas an the resources of that great “tat will be mailed to. any ad@ress oe receipt of eight centsto cover post age. D. J. PRICE G, P.& Ti 4.1, & GN. Ba Pa'estine, Texas, Kast Texas lands are attracting considerable , fattention. 1g Mention this papex. wegen aT ne ly tll ate Line. he IN PRESENTIMENTS. But Experience Had Proved That Her Own _ Were Not Infallible. “Now,” she said with just atouch of triumph, ‘‘you will admit it’s fortunate that I insisted on the um- brella. I had a presentiment that it was going to rain.”’ ‘It must be a mighty fine thing to have presentiments,’’ he mused. “It must take off the keen edge of disappointment.” ‘““Yes,’’ she answered, ‘‘but you cee it cuts off anticipation too. It’s the law of compensation again.” ‘That old gag setting up anticipa- tion is all bosh,’’ he said, looking at her hat with the long, waving plumes. ‘‘You women couldn’t wear all that folderol on your heads if you didn’t have presentiments about umbrellas. If a man tried to wear a thing hke that he’d ruin seven a week,” ‘“‘Ob,’’ she said, ‘‘man dropped his feathers when he lost his instincts, because it was too expensive to keep them in curl.”’ | ‘Undoubtedly, and now he is doomed to bare utility and to the palpabilities of the spoken word. He has to ask the bald question before he knows whether a woman is going to refuse him or not.”’ ‘The easiest way to dispose of things occult is to ridicule them.”’ “Tm not ridiculing,” he said, ‘I believe in presentiments just as firmly as I believe in metempsycho- sis or the faith cure. To prove it, I was about toask you to produce one forme. If I should propose to you this afternoon, do you think you’d refuse me?’’ ‘It’s like @ man,’ she answered, ‘‘to want intuitions made to order.”’ “Oh, I didn’t mean that,’’ hesaid, ‘put if you happened to have one lurking round you—one evolved in the regular way—I thought you might be willittg to help me out.”’ “It’s my disposition to help peo- ple out,” she answered. ‘‘I’m sure I should.”’ , ‘Should refuse?’’ he asked. ‘‘Oh, well, that’s only a presentiment. I never was superstitious, ”’ “No,” she answered, ‘‘you’re a sad materialist. But I wonder how you'd explain something that hap- pened to me once. “It was several years ago, when influenza was about. I was the only person in sour house not under the doctor’s care. sick with the rest, but no one had thought her condition alarming. Yet somehow that night, sitting before the grate with the firelight on her face, she soemed to me to be sud- denly stricken with the weight of her years. I saw that the sand was running fast and I felt that she wouldn't live till morning. I could not really say it, and mother would not understand. But I was wakeful far into the night and several times I crept out to grandmother's door, when { heard her snoring in the most reassuringly carthly way. Finally I did sleep soundly and it was later than usual when I awoke. You know how differently things look by daylight. There is confi- dence, too, in the fee! of one’s clothes and in the perpendicular. “fwent down expecting to tind her and thinking how silly I had been. But before I had time fora question mother said: ‘You had bet-. ter go up and see how grandmother is feeling. She hasn’t come down.’ “Tt all came over me again in an instant. I felt the blood drop out of my face and the strength cut of my body, but I flew up stairs. Ilistened outside the door, but there was no sound, Then I knocked softly. Of course there was no answer. Then I knocked again. Fora moment I couldn't open the door, but it seem- ed unworthy to leave the shock to some one else, so J turned the knob and softly pushed it open. You can imagine what 1 felt when I looked in and saw the old lady sitting quietly lacing her shoes.’’—Chicago Times-Herald. It is possible to go round the world and touch on British territory all the way—viz., from England to Halifax, across Canada to Vancou- ver, across the Pacific to Hongkong, thence to Singapore, Penang, Mau- ritius, Cape Town, St. Helena and England, or from Penang to Ceylon, Bombay, Aden, Perim, Malta, Gib- raltar and home. The dressmakers of the reign of Louis XV announced that, among |. other costly goods, they had for gale gad friends color,doe’s belly ,scratch- ed face, rat color, fading flower, dy- ing monkey, gladsome widow, lost time, dead alive, sick Spaniard, mortal sin, common harm and chim- ney sweep. _ Grandmother was} ENTREE TO ENGLAND’S 400. How Millionaires Aghieve the Pleasures of Aristocratic Company. “How do they do it?’’ I asked a lady last week whom I thought like- ly to know how money is got out of an African millionaire bitten with a desire to become a man of fashion. She said: ‘‘Well, of course, when they take a fine house, guests have tobe found. Then there is a com- petition to ‘run them.’’’ ‘Yes,’ I said, ‘‘but supposing that I were a fine lady, poor, but greedy, and did not aspire to more than a few hun- dredsi’’ ‘‘You would have to be one of the right set, you know,”’ she explained. ‘‘Yes,’’ I continued, “T will suppose myself a bright par- ticular star of the right set and both nice looking and influential.” “You need not be the first; the sec- ond would be enough. You first have to. make the acquaintance of your intended victim, but this is easy. Then you find yourself talk- ing to him at a party or somewhere. You say to him, with a simple, in- nocent look, that you havea little money that you would like to in- vest, and you ask him to invest it for you. He probably will agree to do this. Then he invests it and soon returns you £200 or £300.” ‘‘But supposing that thé £100 is losti’’ I asked. ‘‘Oh, but you don’t really give him the £100; you only say that you want to invest it. He un- derstands what is meant, and just buys whatever society influence he thinks that you may have.” ‘‘And do many ladies try this game on¢”’ I asked. ‘‘Plenty,’’ she answered, “and Ido not blame them. They have to live, and if they have some- thing to sell and a millionaire thinks it willdo him good to buy it, why not’ After all, you don't suppose that people of this sort are received and made much of for any other reason than for getting what they can out of them? All the talk about investing 1s only a delicate way of letting the man know that if he wants social currency he must pay his footing.”’ ‘Oh,”’ I said. And yet what possible pleasure can these millionaires find in being admitted into the outer courts of a society that laughs at them and that only tolerates them in order to plunder them-—a society to whose ways they are strange andin which they areas much fish out of water as would be a fine lady in a Johan- nesburg barroom? Some of these millionaires have the good sense to perceive this. They enjoy life with their own friends and in their own way. These I respect. But for those who are buying their way into a po- sition that is contemptible I feel the utmost contempt. I never knew the Jate Barney Barnato—indeed to my knowledge I never saw him— but I once heard that a number of fine ladies and gentlemen had been invited to meet him. Each went to the dinner in the hope of getting something out of him, and their | hopes rose when, after the dinner was over, he thanked them for the pleasure of finding himself among them, and said that he was anxious to do something to show his appre- ci.ion of their kindness. Then he recited to them the soliloquy of He let and wished them good evc..ing. Ialways had a sneaking adiniration for the departed Barney aiter I heard this story.—London | Truth. A Rabbit Stopped Family Prayers, One Sunday we were all at regu- lar family prayer. A sporting friend Was visiting me, and he and I knelt, facing a low window, with our el bows upon the sill, And from-round a corner, Jo, there came unto usa coney, and he reared up not two yards from us, and he hearkened unto the prayers, and he winked his nose at us, till my friend forgot himself and exclaimed, ‘‘We kin eatch that devil!” Ithrew up the window so hard that pane, and out we leaped in redhot chase, And the dear old archdeacon almost burst trying not to laugh, for he had seen the raibit and was a keen sportsman withal. Weran that rabbit across four two acre lots as hard as we could split, and at last we got him. into deep snow, where he gave up and was captured alive. first fence we had cleared I saw a fuzz of white whiskers above it and heard a strong old voice shout, “They got him, they got him!’’— Ed W. Sandys in Outing. The lord mayor of London is only elected for one year, but he may be re-elected for another term. The London pdliceman on an Average urrests seven persons every year, | I eracked uj And on looking back to the 1 QUGR SEE THAT? FER rT se he ary ERE ht he) Won ls EADS PARKER @ Beste 12.5 Lila ane na os w Gv we be tay Me AD ton —== Itisapictureot tae celebrated PARKER FOUNTAIN PENG Best in use The outfit ot no business man is complete without one. ~The Reflector Book Store has a nice assortment ot thc3se Fountain Peng also a beautiful line of Pearl Handle Gold Pens You will be astonished when you see them and earn how very cheap they are. You may never, But should you ever}@eoe— ; “=e Come to see us. + Welurns Tlic fate auad.tor Siew iQ v iW 1. f 1 ovyoe a . ; 1 1 that meCchienvury County RGW leads ‘ik : Strte { : IL ¢ eaten wi tue amount © Lakes. ha s always led heretofore. eee Ny » A . + yw ‘ Fine Photographs! Jorboy Tha Artists 1 Paker, The Artistic Photograher, of Kinston, N.C... will be in Creen- + i Sis 51 he Don’t miss this ville on Monday Jan. where will remain six days. opportunity of having — firsi-cliss Photographs made at reasonable prices Please call and examine lis samples whether you want work done now or not. . With the improved methods he I does as good work in cloudy as in fair weather. Located on vacant lof near Mrs. Tunstail’s mi.linery store. ee Horse with Lockjaw Mr. Rk. M. Meye has lost nis drive horse. About two weeks the horse began showirg signs of lameness im one 100f, The foot was exawined- hut no foreign substance was fourd at the time. The animal continued to get more lame aid last Thursday was taken with lock jaw. The horse was to Smith & Hooker’s stables where a closer examination of the foot was made and anail found imbedded in the foot, The suffering of fhe animal bacame so great as to arouse the sympathy of everyne who saw him. Saturday night he was killed to end his suffering. then sent down ANTED—UPRIGHT and faith- ful gentlemen or ladies to travel for responsible, established house in North Carolina. Monthly $65.00 and expenses: Position steady. Refer- ence. Enclose selt-addressed stamped enyelope. The Dominion Company, : Dept. Ks Chicago Ware wos) & < re Coiton sdld in Greenville, 0 to We wish to inform our many friends and patrons that the capacity of Elmwood Dairy has just been very much enlarged and improved. We are now prepared to promptly fill all orders at the following prices, goods} delivered at your door: Elmwood Butter,..25 cts a pound Sour Milk,.........3 ets a@ quart.» Pure Cream, . 25 ets a qaart.$ or eee Sweet Milk,.. ...«20 ets @ gallon. Mr. R.E.L. CRENSHAW a skilled dairyman, who was recently with the State experiment farm at Raleigh, now has eharge of our Dairy and’ wiil serve yuu promptly and satis- factorily. We solicit your patronage. Dairy Phone 14. Residence Phone 9& JAMES & WILEY BROWN, Proprietors. sess f neha. Rk. &.. DAVI R. A. TYSON, Vice-Pres. STATEMENT OF |THE RESOURCES. Loans and Discounts Over Drafts Total $132,118.61! your aecount, promising every accommoc $42,904.84Capital stock paid in 1,650,670 ndivided Profits We study earefully the separate needs of our patrons, and shall be lation consistent with good banking. S, Pres’t. . J. L. LITTLE, Cash’er REORGANIZED JUNE 15th, 1896. The Bank of Greenville, GREENVILLE, N. C. Atthe Close cf Business Dec. |\15th, 1897." LIABILITIES. $23,009.0 3,79762/ Premium on Stock 1,000.0 Deposits subject to Check 103,291:8) Due from Banks 44,598. 0Due to Banks 199.0; A] . a 6 Ne rae a od Fad . ~ site Furniture and Fixtures 1,510.20 Cashiers Checks outstanding 867.58 Current expenses 2,136.57} Time Certificates of Deposit 960 00 Cash Items 7,857.51 : . Oash on hand! 30,455.77 nm . ash on Hand: 0), i Total $132,118.61 glad to have TO-DAY’S MARKETS. As Reported by The GREENVILLE SUPPLY CO., Cotton Buyers ——and Wholesale Grocers emer 88°07. NEW YO" "t. *1y nied photograpl =i ing to open a callery in Greenville next iy “o } q | ; Wake Corron Opening Noou, lose January 5.00 oO) 0.04 | Marci 5.68 5.65 May »74 D.10 0.72 August. 0.83 a2 0.82 | - CHICAGO. Wurst Opening. Neon. Close, G44 y4t 05 5 923 g3t ve $s i y ASS ASS {S74 . OF2t Q721 USS Ug7t + FL in Ne ¥ rr 5 TT wean U A. 4 | 4. e ESTABLISHED 1874° A \ { ) A Li) SHULTZ. +! —Deaier in— Pork, Sides, Shoulda, Farmers and Merchants buving their year’s supplies will find it to their inter est to get our prices before purchasing elsewhere. Our stock is complete im }al its branches, . an , Fiour, Sugar, Coffee, Always at lowest market prices nn 14 Tobacco, Snuff, Cigars, S a3 we buy direct from maunufasturers enone, Phone No. 10. r THE QREERVILE SUPPLY C8. val _ —————————— Wehave 2 !arge -- A complete stock of PURNITURE always on hand and sold at prices ty suit the times. Our goods are all bought and sold for CASH therefore, having no rise to run we sell at a close uargin. S. M. SCAULTZ. —" ] STOCK OF VN GOODS just arrived. Come in | see us. OATS. HAY AND FLOUR WAL Is | 6 IRR FOR RENT. On Dickerson Avenue. A nine-room house, with kitchen, pantry, buttler’s pantry, smoke house, wood house, sta- ples, barn, buggy house, two gardens, ! 4 { . RETO. | f een, | ee UNDERTAKER EOS HD a © et We have’ .uct received & Le*: hearse and the nicest line of Cot~ fins and Ceskets, in wood, meta) lic and cloth ever brought te Greenville. We ate prepased re Jo embalme ing in ali its forms. . Personal attention given to{com ducting funerals and bodies en- truated to our care will receive every mark of respec:. Oar prices are ower than ever. Ve do not want monopoly but wivite con petition. We can be found af any and ali times in the John Flavagan Buggy Co’s building. f and a good well of water, For terms, ‘apply ty W ‘t, WHITE, ° BOB GREENE & CO. we “ELMWOOD DAIRY eo