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Eastern Reflector 
D. J. WHICHARD, Editor and Owner 
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TRUTH IN PREFERENCE TO per Year, in Advance.
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VOL. XVI 
GREENVILLE, PITT COUNTY, N. C, WEDNESDAY JUNE 
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journalist has been h 
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that is as sore end 
of Who 
has tasted that 
busy relatively lazy and in- 
dependent life; whoever has ex- 
t sovereigns; which 
intellect, art, aslant, 
fame, virtue, and even 
truth; whoever Las occupied 
that erected bid own 
hands, d the f wen us of 
that magistracy to which Lo is 
abort. 
Courier-J j mud- 
led Paragraph. 
A will boss a -00 
a an but foul a 
Jacksonville 
if Bin wen- only 
with tao eyes 
n, how much 
he discover 
tho 
f. 
Taxes is net can 
the dump, art of 
rapists holes 
has state. 
Now them their own 
clean before they call 
i Post- 
fit Off Hem an 
A gentleman from town 
in of drafting too 
; to 
present 
las oat to its 
T at nays 
To the People 
Pitt County. 
Our energies have never relaxed. Our 
forts have never ceased to the host 
selected stock 
C . d W b- F-1. 
will the 
u t-n it 
ill tin
ii can 
to Mr. 
will known 
matter, where-. the 
r population of earth is now 
j was in oar a few days Otto annually in 
; ago a d related the following re- price for 
bit of news A little Herald. 
I grandchild of Mr. 
Dating ten 
. April the of 
few the United 
little -.-- than one billion 
millions there is room on the earth 
r-ix 
That is to ray h n the spare on 
available the support 
fully it ill j off a small snake's head a he was 
capable of maintaining lour chewing it with the onion. The 
and ban billion more people than 
; now four ii- many 
lie ink as there are bow in 
areas at first be very 
11.-. Mr. 
-ii ii is lace 
U in these lay 
in, so much last- 
than it Ion 
world will be lull in a 
In v. 
line, palled and onion a few 
and off the bead in value to 
laid a small portion of the of 
Child's 
blood its 
lo 
the child had bitten 
Stem of tho onion was very 
large and hollow and had been 
ken oil's tree distance from the 
top and the had crawled 
hollow of the stem- 
Monroe 
One Man's 
A newspaper likes to be quoted, 
nearly 
over the corresponding 
mouth f the last ti--cal year. In 
growing trade in Amer 
may be dis- 
covered one of tho most 
the revival f 
reluctant as are tariff 
mongers to acknowledge it 
Lit Bead and no 
It matters not bow wise a man 
ma be, he will always some 
one who is to declare 
a fool- if one is highly educated 
because it is an evidence its 
editor Ins been able to say some- 
The Advance Soul l. 
can bi so t that 
remarkable as was the 
growth in between I worthy cf the consideration 
the progress of Next to this is the 
decennial term will be 
very much more 
s o 
because of the publicity, but he common sense, and, if 
I pleas roof yourself quoted 
the I 
and work shops of the South hi an that you have been 
doubled in value ten to say something worth 
covered by the census, while it is the 
amount of wanes and . . 
. , , . , , form of comp that 
was , 
asserts that newspaper man cat , 
en and 1395 
vested in manufacture in v 
has very nearly i 
blanches f pr-auction 
ivy, Circuit, holds that a news- 
the 
to 
Judge Parker of tho Lexington, 
increase of invested capital. 
has been much above this Paper ha 
average, and output has cc j meter that is really libelous. pro- 
is j tided its publisher show 
notably so in the case of cotton 
tied nil, of coal and of pig iron 
An enthusiastic 
has recently described the South 
as a region cf and coal 
and iron veins, favored by health 
conditions and 
the best climate in the world- 
This can be no 
a-on why, tin east 
of the the southern 
put should not have a population 
proportion to area 
as the 
had grounds for 
his was 
correct and from an 
truthful source- Under 
this recovery of damages 
for libel ext to impossible- 
Press and Printer. 
lie is a phenomenon th j matter 
of common sense, he is sure to 
be illiterate It i no disgrace, 
be a All created 
things were created for a 
pose If you are a fool ha, Gods 
a for you. You were 
d for a same 
as other it is, 
wise man who 
how little he 
really know. It is wise. 
therefore, u one has located 
to at 
conclusion that he is, indeed 
a several things 
ii is ho make up 
his mind to content an make 
the very best fool possible. The 
tit is rather crowded, it is true 
but will win. There 
is always at the 
ham Sun.
I be in Hie w rid for puts 
Sorest 
K Clapped Ila d., 
Corns, all 
Ii his. and or oil 
p It is g lo -jive 
or money refunded 
i-i --it- cents par box. For sale y 
Professional Cards 
m. Bend. 
J. Li 
N. C 
Practice all t e courts. 
Dry in Kansas. 
Here is a drought story told b 
man . was driving 
tin- country to town in Western, 
Kansas other met a 
a wagon loud water. 
When- do j, ii gel Wider Said . 
o the road be 
replied, 
you seven miles 
year family and stock 
in die i sense 
you 
as one way as 
the other, City 
Journal. 
lo some of Use 
boards of have 
been but we regret lo 
note that in many of them 
tics has. played 
of the cause of 
of Superintendent 
to the 
best man- Those counties that 
selected good boards will reap 
bet schools, lo that 
, , sowed politics will reap politics
I and poor and 
Observer. 
Shirked tie Trouble 
v v. y. . , 
Greenville, X. C 
la all 
Harry Skinner. IX 
SKINNER 
to skinner 
N. C. 
Swift B. P. Tyson, 
B mi, N- C. N. C 
A TYSON, 
N E V-AT-1 
N. C 
Practice in all the 
u. J-. James, 
ST 
H. t , 
Lee over 
An view cf is 
that in a story told 
A at bis left 
property in share In bi two 
sons, who continued lo live most con- 
together many years- Ai 
however, me said lo the 
other 
we're gelling to be 
take a and when die you'll 
. t my u the 
as, said the other, 
you're the and the j 
lively ; you take a wile, an when 
die you'll get my share, 
hat's the nay you, 
said the first 
any or trouble must 
i t. II j do 
The flag is a symbol 
of the Union- thirteen stripes 
representing the original Stales, 
and its forty-five sun s the great 
of States of 
i two its colors also speak . 
patriot should heed. 
The white stand purity i the 
red, for valor j the blue, 
Let every 
his fl o and swear by its 
of stare, but let him also keep 
In 
from which to select, your purchases. We 
confidently believe unhesitatingly 
that ours is store of all stores our 
from which to buy your goods for the 
coining year. Goods are sold on time at close 
credit prices to customers approved credit. 
Goods sold for cash at figures that tell of the 
wonderful influence of silver or greens- 
back. When cuter into our possession 
they arc again converted into the st bar- 
gains we can buy for the benefit of our many 
friends and customers. Do not hesitate or be 
led away but cone straight back to your 
friends who will take care of your interests 
and work the harder to make of you a 
stronger customer and better friend 
straight ward, honest dealing between man 
and man. We arc the friend of the poor 
man, are the friend of the man, we 
are friend of you all, Come to sec us, we 
will serve you to the best of o ability. Po- 
lite attention, best service honest 
forts shall yours to command at the 
Store. 
George S. of m North 
burg, W. a surveyor, he. e 
compass the instruments The summer 
to bis grand -i ought to writ- 
father with Washington, 
he surveyed the road from Wash 
to the Ohio river- 
been held. 
They wall attended, were 
greatly many 
men and young women acquitted i beginning to doubt, though, 
I HE t 
A king man with gold- 
bowed tin clue on a car tie 
He bad a daily 
his hand. 
Taking off his glasses and 
th ab spectacle men 
have to do going from a 
cold to a atmosphere, lie 
was taking his paper out 
read, en a man who was sitting 
him reached over a d 
said. 
Lend me that paper, will 
he mild I man appeared 
surprised Evidently he did 
know would-be -borrower, 
and was a taken 
his He was equal to the 
occasion, however. 
was go to read it 
ho said as you seem to need 
t mad us more thin I 
do, land it to 
Tin- borrower took it without 
The 
man leaned back with 
an of amused 
ho said, you like 
to have that panel sent you to 
If you would, I'll step 
the office and pay a tear's 
for 
you are very said 
the , usually borrow it. 
but I would not ct to have 
given to 
said the 
the way. have 
you tickets f r tho 
tonight 
was reply, seldom 
go to 
was of it- I II step in 
buy a couple of orchestra 
tor you if you 
A by I'm 
don't mention it 
while I think of it, can't 
you a of ton of coal 
The New Law in Regard 
Taxes. 
H Faying 
shunt 
bid is 
it I II go 
around settle ii for yen to 
really don't mold and, 
of course you don't. But 
won't ac mo to the 
tailor's lot buy n new 
suit of 
tho sponger begun 
to see the drift of 
trying to he 
said with a attempt at a 
smile. 
at said the spectacled 
man. to a 
society and am trying lo live 
up to its 
is its leading 
in all cases 
be to 
bang themselves if 
The last pro- 
u part each in mi's stale 
should be Forfeited to toe Slate by bis 
death, it Further sad mad- it 
a punishable by a fine 
not excel ding or t 
not exceeding rig month.-, for 
person owing property or poll taxes 
t pay in 
term the or court 
in . county year 
in 
l slop one 
to pay bis or her taxes by Ida Oral 
court and should be Indicted pun 
I as at term, and 
old pay the taxes 
another term the court rolls 
the net makes or her. indictable 
each term until he it. 
the named section strikes a sine; 
in the law providing no 
man shall be twice vexed or punished 
the same yet the solicitor 
might reply that e 
or day's failure. 
Tin- might well be known in the 
State rt ones. due 
and M is n 
by to be ill hast Me 
court each eon 
and Christmas, it seems 
that all citizens of I lie State who 
don't pay their taxes before 
spend their in. jail, It. 
fails lo pay his 
taxes die Stale takes bis liberty ; and 
be in jail it pun , 
bis property lo 
The n-B 
paper. 
Of 
Observer. 
in Ni Mrs and 
N t Ex Murder 
POWDER 
Absolutely Pure. 
its Sic 
Assure, the 
rood against and all form- of 
to 
BASON o., New York 
no Carriage Certainty. 
Thirty ago the themselves not only handsomely 
; Ohio bought steel They 
rails at a cost flare the rulers our laud. 
per gold. Some I the schools of the state flourish 
this mil i; still in use 
and is 
ion- 
will 
the 
mm and best reports 
from them- Never before 
pi was there so many ad- 
and sermons delivered 
on such occasions never before 
in the o the 
really 
whether it's possible your 
Th threw down the 
paper retired to the cold 
of the car near-st the 
tic or. 
Each year every paper 
gives to ill free lines 
wire for the benefit of the community 
ii is No other 
Next Monday, 
be public school day at many 
assembly. Au agency or will do Into. The 
program has been arranged dignified J editor, to his menus 
Some the addresses we're i does a great deal more for bis 
for essays and discussions of 
questions concerning the county 
unusually bright an 
supervisor, the local taxation 
feature, etc Some of tho belt 
educators in the will lead 
these discussions- Preachers, 
politicians and who feel 
In matters 
are especially to attend 
in this discussion 
hauled is Mr. Walter H. 
Page's who seems to have boon 
as to the 
as to North 
aid the south. i evidently 
c, of Trent. Altogether 
the literary entertainments of 
The Secretary of State, in we high 
Iron lo the t pitied to u leanest for a ruling, wrought reports flam 
hues. Then will the Span- decides special agents of descriptions, been of 
in E. r. r. 
Wilson, N. 
A N LAW. 
S. 
given to 
k of 
made on short 
H. W. H. 
N. C. Greenville, N. C, 
D it 
; all 
A law just beep in 
Austria which makes it a pun- 
fur take 
young child en into bed wit 
them- This Intel 
made necessity by the large 
number of deaths of infants 
through being suffocated by 
their sleeping parents. The an- 
average in Austria for some 
time past has deaths 
iron, 
Banner always 
indeed 
Rec 
T ho State en end cut of 
public instruction officially de- 
fines practical as 
follow- guidance in 
n to take place the first 
Monday A practical 
is a whoso business 
is a man whose 
is that of teaching. We 
want only for county 
A man who 
two years n. o 
has engaged in other 
loss, profession would no; be 
a r and. therefore, 
not be eligible office of 
county supervisor 
insurance companies must pay variety and 
the same license tax as regular May the orators improve, 
is. 
The Durham Pun makes some 
wise observations in the follow- 
min, every woman, 
every child has some talent, some 
power, some get- 
ting good doing 
day offers some for 
it. 
ii improves. 
to character- 
As neglect it, w dwindles, 
withers disappears. This is 
the stern but benign law by 
which we live- This makes 
and this 
makes progress possible Ibis 
the find 
which to work out their 
and from 
North Carolina. Stand by the 
dear old mother- 
Messenger. 
The Fourth Virginia 
of Norfolk i Home 
; Neat 
of Charlotte, com- 
of Stale troops 
are in camp at Nash 
It is v. Hartford 
man that the only present 
he ever made to his wife was on 
h anniversary of 
town than any other man, and, 
all fairness, with lie 
to be be- 
cause you to like him 
admire his writings, feat 
a local paper is the best 
a community have. 
it may not be crowded with 
thoughts, but it is 
more a benefit than both 
teacher Today 
editors o local papers do more 
work for less pay than any 
set men earth. 
your local paper, not u charity, 
but as an investment 
afternoon a short lime 
back, this cry a hotel, proceed- 
a the third 
door, caught tho ears of several 
chambermaids, crested in- 
consternation, says 
Bits 
heavens 
ll was tho a who 
tho words from No. lo, 
the at once 
sent a messenger to the with 
that a murder was 
committed. 
Kill mo by inches 
These words alarmed others 
besides the chambermaids, 
the group of three or four 
grew to u do in- Who 
the room I of the 
chambermaids seeing 
a of 
what piratical look 
a woman closely veiled, the 
room. Was ho killing her 
oh you are killing me 
It was the voice of the man 
veiled had 
her power, seemed to be 
him to some sort f 
torture, Several of tho crowd 
knocked at the door, of 
the chambermaids demanded a 
falsetto voice that it should be 
opened at once, There was a 
ha, from the veiled 
and voice of the 
cried out, do you mock 
misery 
A clerk came from the office 
admittance the 
Dame of the low ; after some little 
delay the door was and a 
woman stood in the opening 
asked what was wanted. 
going on there 
demanded 
the 
She led ha, 
again and it was echoed by the 
I voice of a behind her. 
ail this about shout 
j e-1 tho clerk. 
she replied, de- 
i was only palling S 
plus ; 
i back 
the 
pardoned on the unit of 
with the Injection 
of politic ii lo our id 
a evidenced is out 
part the the- 
and Me. College, 
further evidenced the to 
of 
us 
It is told of 
one time Paris he was greatly 
ridiculed for his love of the Bible 
and b e made up his n j 
to find out how many of 
had lead it. He 
i of the learned of 
, which be was a member, that he 
had come across a story in pas- 
life in ancient limes 
appeared to him very beautiful 
but ho would like tho 
I of the Society upon it. On the 
evening appointed. Franklin had 
out with 
by a It. the State Is of finely modulated voice 
hoard that It i the I tend to them the book of Bath. 
tie mimes, to abolish j They wore in over 
,; , ,, . after another to express 
all office they got the ability ; admiration, and 
to h ., any M 
their wedding, when he gave her doubt in the mindset Democrat is 
to there 
. .-. in- ;. . .- doubt in the mind 
turns men into of ,,, 
which to make him e shirt. Stale cat 
be in mo 
Edison that there will 
soon be a horseless carnage on 
the 
and of the bicycle 
costing not more than 
the New York Tribune. 
There are no 
difficulties in the way. The thing 
is feasible enough, an army 
of is at work upon it- 
When it comes the bicycler 
have the choice of 
own having it 
for Some of them pretend 
to like the hut with the 
alternative in reach, the chances 
are that they will develop an 
indolent and luxurious preference 
for latter. The vehicle is 
on the various in 
type function, and Mr. Edi- 
son's declaration that it will 
speedily arrive is the more 
the fact that he 
to what he is talking about. 
A Great Pity. 
It is a great pity that so 
lout institution as the A. k If. 
College at is to 
less useful to tho Stale. It has 
been a great power for good in 
tunny of North Carolina's 
best young men education along 
practical and most useful Hues. 
The standard this school has 
bi en gradually raised to a very 
high point, it has rank as 
of if the best in the 
country. 
But and his pie 
have invaded the school ard 
out some the 
teachers in the school will 
doubtless turn out more as they 
c in make it convenient to do so. 
In not a single instance have 
they put in a better man than 
they put out. E. G- Butler, 
Vance county, who was elected a 
professor the college, is not 
seemingly but 
has a record of having been con 
of fraud 
estate of a relatives in in 
county. 
respectable 
are disgusted with Russell's loot- 
and Mr. E. V. 
Cox, of has 
from the board of trustees, being 
disgusted at placing politics in 
an educational institution. At 
least other members of the 
board will resign tho next 
few days, and then can 
do as he pleases with less o 
Educational charitable 
Institutions should not be made 
tho prey of politicians and spoils 
banters. Tho Radical party in 
North Carolina has let 
control its government. 
people are becoming more and 
day with 
the rule in North Carolina which 
has resulted from Bop. Pop, 
fusion in the lust two 
never will 
they make such a as to 
elect such corrupt and 
men rule the 
Free Press. 
I-it that has filed is 
country with nervous d 
that takes the their bone, the 
vitality front their blood, and makes 
feeble, emaciated and 
No. It is bad overeating of 
and other 
habits. 
Tin- Is an i 
food as the Shaker Digestive 
dial, Instead in the already 
stomach the a 
c rest, by nourishing the system 
other 
With It. and return. 
Is sot lbs Idea 
palatable and relieve 
No money lo II- value 
cent trial bottle docs 
Is the bast for 
It In place 
rt Castor Of.
Ore N. C. 
Elite ind 
lit the at Greenville, 
U., i elate mail Matter. 
Junk 
WASHINGTON 
Our 
WASHINGTON, June 1897- 
Mr. is a graduate of 
the Ohio school of politics, and 
few slicker individuals hold 
that source- His 
trotting oat of new treaty 
lot the annexation Hawaii at 
time is a very attempt 
to take of tin PP- 
the idea f 
Hawaii to distract public 
from his to 
his Cuban policy. i lance 
with promises made on his 
in Congress. Had the 
not been clamoring cob 
towards Cuba it is not Ll I. 
the would 
been heard from before 
winter, 
. . 
SUNDAY AT 
A. Place any in the l 
Seven. 
Corn
Moil III City, N. C, Jun- 
Many may have idea that 
a is a dull place to 
a Sunday. To those looking 
tor spoil this may be so, but those 
rest, quiet, MM 
breeze and real enjoyment can all 
at Morehead. 
Yesterday was an ideal day end was 
fully by the hundreds of 
tor gathered here. Three places of 
worship were open and large 
attended In the morn- 
Dr. Huge, of Wilmington, preach- 
ed in Hall, and at night 
President -of 
delivered a lecture on the life Moses. 
Dr. occupied pulpit the 
Methodist church at the morning 
vice. Dr. Taylor, Wake 
Forest College, preached in the 
church in the morning, and 
A. It. Seller, preached 
in the same church at night. 
The first week's exercises the 
were very inter- 
sting to the many and dis- 
c I present. The 
were the very highest 
order ability. The week 
which begins today will also be lull of 
interest. 
W. II. of Green- 
who ranks with the leading 
of the Assembly, is being prominently 
tor first vice 
We rial a number of people here 
from Greenville and county. 
heretofore in 
there L. I. 
and Sugg, if Greenville; Mi.-s 
Cox and J. J. Jackson, of 
; Mrs. S. M. J- 
T. and J. Harvey, 
; It. I,. Davis and K. M. 
Davis, Farmville. 
Dr. is never happier than 
when there is a large crowd d 
him, so it can be imagined that he is 
now in his jollies vein. An idea 
the crowd here be had the 
fact nearly were count- 
ed going into the dining row tor din- 
today. 
THE OF 
THE GOLD EN 
Will on the 
Favorable 
Before. 
o. L. 
Never since first load 
was hauled to 
has there been made such manliest 
to the tobacco 
Cl op as there is this year. Realizing 
dependence upon the tobacco 
fields Eastern Carolina exporters 
and dealers n the older markets 
the last three years gradually b en 
in eastward. 
I know more than one largo ex- 
porter in who until within 
the last years never had placed 
an older outside the Danville market 
and the tendency nearly the 
dealers very was keep 
their orders at home, but with the in- 
crease business they have been 
to out and d their 
Spain America. 
The prospective independence of 
Cuba suggests n. contrast between 
colossal possessions of Spain 
in America at the beginning of 
the present century and the small 
area remaining under her 
1800 possessed over 
two thirds of the present area of 
The is the e 
who his on credit- 
Wealth is a robe 
will hide the most hideous 
We military 
men go tithing use army 
. , June 
Mis. T. I. Stark, 
is her daughter. It. 
HART. 
the United Stater, all Mexico and worms for bait- 
Central America, and all South whiskey report steady. 
America except and the is more people 
t linear; also the more important 
If the whole truth wore known 
world would be full of people 
with heads. 
of the West India Islands. Her. 
American in 
miles were as follows 
In the United States 
Mexico 
Central America 
In South America 
In the West Indies 
Total 
is a total area double that 
of all Europe. The Spanish 
in the United States 
were of three 
operations beyond then- own . and the 
and in casting around new 
nun 1- been tin 
THE THREE AGES OF MAN. 
He swore for true love he'd mar- 
In a he'd much rather tarry 
his love by his 
Then take his 
A girl who millions to carry. 
lie was 
lie was 
thirty 
Years pawed ; 
In gay whirl he'd 
I had loved half a score, 
lie was loving once more 
A lass No. golden 
jingle. 
He was thirty 
A bachelor tin- old 
Mel a ii and tried lo win 
her, 
Not because she was fair 
Or had to spare, 
sue could order a din- 
He was forty. 
in What to Eat- 
have 
the 
declaration of some of Mr. 
friends that it was 
brought forward to assist 
Senators to intelligently dispose 
of the tariff 
Although it is well that 
many of the Democratic Senators 
favor the ultimate annexation of 
Hawaii very few of them 
en this 
new treaty- It is too important 
a to be decided on the 
of moment, and it will 
not be surprising should the 
Democrats oppose any attempt 
to through the 
Senate at present session. 
will be lost by allowing 
the treaty to go over to the 
session of Congress. Already 
the question is being asked, why 
do so much for Hawaii, several 
thousand miles away, nothing 
for Cuba, which is suffering right 
our doors, so to speak. There 
is some talk about delaying 
action the Hawaiian treaty 
until Mr- agrees to do 
for Cuba, which many 
think must also ultimately come 
the of 
Sates in form or 
Senators 
holding a caucus to just 
what attitude they take 
towards Hawaiian treaty, but 
nothing definite has yet been 
determined upon. 
Senator Tillman has proposed 
amendment to the tariff bill 
that would do more all the 
to restrict 
It provides for a head 
of each immigrant 
it a misdemeanor for 
alien who does not intend to 
become American and 
to remain such to enter the 
States for the purpose of en- 
in any trade 
or manual labor. There is a 
provision that the bead tax shall 
cease to be levied as soon as the 
United States adopts the free 
C of . 
that anti-trust 
offered by 
Pettigrew might be adopted 
Senator Allison. 
W is in charge of the tariff bill 
d the absence of Senator 
resorted to a little 
parliamentary trick to kill it, and 
succeeded. He moved that it be 
laid on the table and the 
was by a vote of 3- to 
Had Morgan and Pet- 
the only democrats who voted 
f r the motion, voted against if, 
i. defeated by 
a vote of to and anti- 
trust amendment would have 
been added to the tariff bL It 
is but fair to state that 
Morgan and Pettus stated their 
opp to the to 
be that it would more 
worse trusts than it would 
existing 
Senator Vest Senator 
Allison several blows straight 
from the shoulder in a few re 
marks dissecting the figures set 
forth by Mr. Allison in place of 
those by Mr. 
when the was made in 
schedule- Mr. Vest 
believes that each sugar schedule 
has been a little better for the 
sugar trust the one it 
I withstanding the 
lie howl against favoring this 
colossal monopoly, and ho 
figures to back his 
According to his figures, 
present tariff gives a 
on degree sugar of cents 
per 
Cents, the 
schedule cents, the caucus 
schedule, afterwards adopted by 
the Senate. cents. it is 
that the Republican Senators 
who opposed the Wilson bill be- 
cause they aid it gave the sugar 
too much protection have 
put themselves record in favor 
of giving trust exactly ten 
a hundred 
than the Wilson bill gave pounds. Liberal reward 
it, Wiley 
the eastern markets have tie 
favored ones because we produce for nearly a 
a superior bright lo- was in ceded to Spain, 
liner in texture and col r and held by latter until 1800, 
H. C , June 1897. 
We are having . is sickness 
this now. 
J. A. of 
preached at Swamp Saturday 
and Sunday. 
Misses Knox and Grimes, 
of who have been visiting here 
returned home today. 
Miss Keel is home Kin- 
Seminary at La Grange. 
The Grove Sunday school has 
recently purchased a new organ. 
Miss Delia returned from 
at Tarboro last week. 
Bid. G. D. and wile, of 
spent Sun lay here. 
There is . matter the 
mind of some cf our citizens about 
which will ask your and as- 
The read leading 
through this place is the dividing line 
between and Carolina town- 
ships. Since the depot was built here 
the has changed and there 
are people living between where the 
road now is and where it was when 
the townships were laid oil. These 
people do not know where to list their 
taxes and vole. Some think the line 
should be made with the new road 
south of W. U. and T. 
J. Sheppard's to Swamp. 
This would Straighten the line 
be about an equal exchange 
territory between the two ships. 
We have no suggestion to make but 
would like to know where we are at. 
think the public road 
continue to lie dividing line between 
the two townships. Those persons 
who are changed by the straightening 
the n mil, provided the load con tin. 
be tin- line, might go be lore the 
Hoard County at 
next regular and let the Board 
transfer then one township to the 
small black 
cow, and medium size, 
than any other tobacco known to ll, 
Greenville occupies a central p i 
lion to the Eastern Aorta 
markets and is right in Hie heart of 
the lamed bright belt, this 
gives it a commanding position 
the other markets and in many respects 
superior advantages. I people have 
been and even slow- 
in tier our in 
hence there ha half i 
um said about as 
has some of our 
but enough has been said and done lo 
let the trade know what we had, an 
what we have h eked in prop- 
pushing our claims we e 
have the of knowing that 
we have not allowed our for the 
work in which we were engaged to 
carry us off our balance 
by r or 
wise, and though we may be open to 
criticism far the lack the 
spirit of enterprise yet errors it we 
have made any this mailer are 
the side of conservatism, and having 
stepped slowly overground unknown 
we can only hope that the future may 
speedily untold and expose Hie 
they may be quickly and ea 
In addition to our already 
able and liberal corps of buyers there 
will be added hi year several mo-c 
the largest dealers lo the 
co it can be readily seen 
will place on the with 
any Carolina market. Mr. 
W. years 
for Bros., the Danville 
market, and Mr. 
brother the and clever, K. 
Smith, of Mount, have 
together 
will the 
These young are w-ll and 
ably known to the tobacco trade 
their coming will be a addition 
to the market. 
Messrs. Bros have rented a 
factory will be 
in Greenville ibis year. 
Bros, are fancy up- 
and are lo 
to look tor We are 
glad indeed to have the ft 
extending to our 
welcome and 
that may make a large 
that grade t they 
make a wrappers 
Messrs. Al. Co. 
the 
by American Co. and 
be located in Greenville this year. 
This is and well established 
and will add to 
the market- 
When it is taken into 
that Greenville has as strong 
and a corps as any 
oilier eastern market, overt one 
of whom is enlarging ins , a 
will convince mist 
that is destined be a 
great market. 
To the writer it is indeed gratifying 
see these improvements 
being daily added to market's 
resources and to realize beyond 
question doubt tint what he 
and told and told again 
these columns lour or five Tears is 
every word, end more too, being daily 
said then and repeal today there 
is no propel 
spirit CO- . -ration and 
why we cannot make Greenville the 
leading city Eastern North Carolina. 
Our natural resource are almost 
inexhaustible and our advantages 
surpassed. We have a climate 
s health and vigor, 
soils are deep and the part 
fertile. Where they are sterile they 
will respond to fertilization and 
kind treatment and our from 
which we might a hustling 
city, is unrivaled the world over. 
But no one man nor dozen men can el j 
ibis. will require the united and 
concerted action Off the whole people 
to achieve the greatest success in any 
public However, all these 
when she receded it to Franc 
In 1803, it was purchased by the 
United States. It comprised all 
the west of the Mississippi 
except those acquired from Mex- 
the republic of 
New Spain comprised 
the inquisitions from Mexico 
last mentioned, California, 
Utah, Arizona, 
Mexico, Territory 
Oklahoma and most of Colorado 
It was under for 
just years, or from the 
date of of Mexico 
by Cortes, until 1821, when 
Mexico became an independent 
republic. It was known as 
Kingdom of New Spain, and was 
Viceroys, it is truly 
marvelous country, as shown in 
its yield precious metals. Its 
total product of gold and 
to inclusive, has 
been over 
Add to this enormous sum the 
product of and silver 
I'm other of South 
and America, one 
got some idea of the 
of the country so I 
ruled by 
But all this is a matter of the 
past, for today has no 
remaining the 
American none 
the surrounding islands, except 
Rico. 
Out of the territory sue 
in 1800, the United 
States has more than doubled its 
area, and eighteen sister 
have been created, 
Mexico, live in America, 
ten in South America end two 
the West 
It is sate to predict that 
more will soon be added to 
list. 
America for A republics 
is manifest 
Fish are Mid to make 
brain people would 
to eat a whale to do them 
Many cf 
of last fall would now 
be delighted to get poor, despised 
s- 
says must 
patience. That's the cry of all 
doctors who are drumming 
up trade for the undertakers. 
Now in the meadows 
fair fill all woods with fun 
two forms within one rustic chair 
four lips that m. el as one. 
There is a in life far 
above common of 
whose pathway is marked 
only the of angels 
truly good 
Observer. 
r. 
Mrs. Barbara Manning of I 
l It. I. is spending Ibis 
week bare. 
I. Banting 
on 
W. 
Sunday bore, 
A. J. last i 
at Conetoe. 
Surveyor J. -in 1.1 
part List we. k in Falkland town- 
Ii s t. Carson is teaching the 
public school in town. 
Tarboro, spent 
Jest, and today in 
We are glad to earn 
Two good Sets second hand 
Flues for sale cheap. 
T. F. in- 
people daily drink 
Tea. Bay ii s 
Hood's bas 
it also do for 
Hood's cares all 
d sea.-i s. 
New Tax Law. 
dun 
you 
blot d 
bare there and are 
still there, as we 
age of cur conviction, and date to 
speak out in and full-V 
concur the following from the 
Fair Muff Times; newspaper 
without enemies is scarcely de- 
of 
and lawless never like a bold, 
fearless newspaper, every 
self publisher should 
be proud of enmity- There 
are other foes, how 
ever, who are more 
and consequently more to be 
f First foremost is the 
m in who owes a newspaper an 
honest deb and will not pay it. 
there is the ambitious 
mortal who office and 
complains the newspaper 
cannot consistently champion his 
cause; he is pretty likely to be- 
come enemy. The who 
wants to shape policy of a 
is not allowed to do 
so, is a sure . 
meanest enemy is the man whim 
a has and 
who the 
sheet after from it all 
the he possibly 
Smith, to whom 
return, asks tie Observer 
to call the attention of tax payers 
to section 5- of new- 
tax law passed by the 
which makes a failure to 
pay taxes a misdemeanor- The 
as follows 
it shall be 
it is hereby mad., the 
the of each in the 
Slate to make 
and n port the judge at each 
term of the Criminal Court 
the county the time 
tax taxes 
provided for in schedule A, and 
C of act should 
paid, as to whether or not such 
taxes other taxes have 
paid by all persons or 
liable for the same, 
to make out a list of nil de- 
it shall be made 
the duty of the j submit 
the list of the delinquents to the 
solicitor to the that such 
el may be prosecuted 
for such defalcation n, the 
provided in next section 
of this act. 
such person 
or who are liable to 
pay license tax taxes pro- 
fur in schedules A, 
C of this act and shall fail to 
same as provided by law 
be guilty cf a 
punished by a not ex- 
, dollars or 
imprisoned exceeding six 
and the shall 
be allowed by the judge ouch 
compensation for making such 
report as he may teem just 
proper, to be paid by the 
Charlotte Observer 
Jenkins, son of J. I -b ho 
been sick several weeks much 
are tarry 
Sallie is very low. 
Mrs. Pierce, of baa 
i-en a few days with 
lister, Mrs Bryan. 
J. S. Harper received a telegram 
last his r ill 
comity. Mating that brother, 
Thomas. Wits at ilia point death. 
Me It Wednesday morning and 
bis brother in a He 
did Mr. 
inlay 
There was a social entertainment 
given by Mr S. Harper last Mon- 
Hiss l 
Hammond, i toe 
Bey, IS. ill preached two 
excellent sermons the Methodist 
B. Rickard received a I 
gum last ., stilting hi 
was very sick at Lexington, N-- 
A. IS. Cherry was riding 
and Ml from bis hone 
slightly lint. 
Tinware, 
cs, Building Paint. 
Oils and Stoves. 
Fair Dealings and Honest Good at Rock, 
Bottom Prices.
GREENVILLE, X. C 
I -.- . 
have a plan by which 
TOOL CHESTS FREE 
of i-r.,. 1-. . . in I 
J r , . . . ., .;,, , . r I . i ;. I . 
I- I II.-. it i.-n I 
R. R. FLEMING. E. B 
A. G. COX, e 
CHERRY, 
If 
Organized June 1st, 1897. 
The Bank of Pitt County, 
We solicit your account. We offer 
and accommodation consistent with sound 
Banking. 
Will 
HEMS. 
N. C , 
We rains tie 
and crops or looking well. 
-r are 
ping s. The have 
boon very season. 
lo tint . 
K. been 
ill 1- 
Mrs. It. returned 
lo Ki el 
-Mi-s is visiting 
Bin. II. 
W. L. Jones II. 
ii 
A Was ll lO 
remark other thy he 
we would soon have 
a be poles up the 
the h lo 
M. 
IN- 
HEAVY AID FANCY GROCERIES 
V N. C. 
For Sale. 
A stock of no several tracts 
oil mil, a ma mill, a lot or 
lot of limber, 
oxen, lo engine and trade 
The above property be 
close op the- -.-. of ii. iv o 
For farther Information 
to M. I Ill-tee, 
c. 
for Sale. 
as of the Green- 
ville for the purpose 
it the 
I offer for -ale the ea estate in 
and adjoining town of Greenville 
belonging to arid Company. op- 
will sold reasonable in 
lots lo suit 
For further sec or 
LOVIT HINES, 
Receiver, C. 
may be accomplished in time- 
just the tobacco has by 
slow At any late we can 
Greenville as the 
the Golden 
the 
bicycle require particular 
panic- 
But is about as good 
as 
your wedded 
will be duration. 
hope candidly ed 
the who was to wed 
the I multi-millionaire. 
there 
is oho thine, be proud of; we 
do prejudices this 
you were never 
when three or four 
got hold of a 
Journal. 
Wait a moment 
j ail of 
Yeast what is 
you a many 
celebrations are postponed on 
account of Dad 
jubilee is 
different. It will be Held on ac- 
count the 
Weekly C-op 
The week ending lib, 
his be. u Fine 
the first of the week, and local 
by 
But weather, 
in Boom local 
damage by heavy rains, and a severe 
was reported at 
Pines. in 
Southern portions. Laying by d 
The wheat harvest is in 
lull blast, with excellent yield. 
A Bee, favorable, week, nice 
showers the first three days and much 
warmer weather with abundant 
shine the Litter half of the 
Crops growing nicely, are clean 
good color; and, it th 
does remain dry too lung, the out- 
look will encouraging. Cotton 
well. Farmers lo 
coin; cut worms still doing u 
little damage. Rice is growing finely. 
Tobacco fairly, but some button- 
is Field re is are being 
planted. Still digging Irish potatoes; 
crop short; s 
are nearly over. 
the interest of Silas Moore in 
the brick I will Bel nil 
now on hand I eon h liver 
at Short notice at any on 
lite Mm within one 
hundred miles the town- .; Wilson 
X. C. Address all com 
s future to 
I., r. C 
Biliousness 
bf torpid prevents 
and i fort to and In
n . 
If I ii. fever 
Of blood Hood's 
Pills stimulate 
rouse liver, 
Sold nil 
d's 
Pills 
-1 -.- 
The 
Co.
S. E PENDER 
H. 0- 
Notice to Creditors. 
Court of 
Pitt county, letters 
to me. on 
the of May, on tic estate 
I. II- notice is 
hereby given to all persons Indebted to 
the estate t make pa in ml 
the and to all creditors 
of i estate to present their e 
to the under-1 
within twelve months after 
of will 
be 
Tail the day of May,
of the of J. II. 
F. C. Jame. i-tty. 
I will the best goods 
will sell them at the lowest price possible. I 
will do all can to obtain and hold your pat 
Come and see me. 
M. H. 
door to o Jeweler. 
THE IV 
Dealers, Tobacco blue Maker 
and Bicycle Dealers and 
offer their to public- mo i.- f. 
Tobacco Flues 
and assure you will as th of CO Floe 
for the least price. All our work is Mid are to 
repair in our line a to a will 
thank you to come and st us. 
E. PENDER I CO. 
It is If Wan Water 
need of 
cool, French 
Lappet Mulls, 
CRASS 
PIQUES 
AND 
LAWNS. 
All the latest styles and colors 
suitable for Waists, Skirts and 
Suits. A beautiful line of 
for Trimmings. 
Also a complete line of up-to-date 
H. M.
J-v 
1- 
Energy, experience and hard cash 
win even time. You are invited 
to an early inspection of low priced 
an-1 very complete stock of 
Bents Furnishing Goods, 
Trade with means sure 
success in securing for yourselves 
the widest range for selection. 
Frank 
THE KING 
CLOTHIER 
-.-
MY LINE 
and C. me in S arch of a Co; I 
Find it Not. 
C. W. Ml for Kinston Mon- 
day evening. 
Wilson, is visiting 
Kim-hen Cobb. 
C. Forbes led Wednesday aver.- 
tor Morehead 
W. II returned 
in from l 
The matrimonial market has taken 
a in The Regis- 
of Deeds was for only 
two last week, one for white, 
and other for colored. 
Two Days Orders. 
Talking about job work, the 
office has booked 
job yesterday and 
in amount about this 
does not argue that people 
,,,,,. i u to their job priming. 
Col. I. A. Sugg returned n or J 
folk Thursday evening. 
Moore Thursday 
evening From 
Lee wart has gone to Washing- 
ton relatives. 
Miss Annie is 
visiting Mrs. L. II. 
Miss Jennie M y, . f ii 
Forbes. 
M. returned Monday 
Seven Springs. 
W. C. Nines returned Wednesday 
from Sampson county 
A. is visiting 
his nuns, T. II. 
Rev. F. II. of th 
City arrived evening. 
CM. returned 
day wetting from Washington City. 
W. n-d F 
evening front a through Virginia. 
Hiss Matilda went to 
Mi evening on a visit. 
Firemen. 
Hope Fire Company h d n large 
meeting night, about 
members being pies A. J. 
been appointed by me 
as Chief of lire department, 
ed his as second as- 
Foreman and II. t . Hooker 
was sleeted ill his stead 
A Nut to Crack. 
A th; 
in to editor, who 
submits it to read-on 
A plank lei-t lung. inches 
wide one end and inches aide 
oilier. Al what point must yon 
cut this plank lo leave an equal 
if square inches in either end 
CHAT i i i . 
Takes a a. 
Th -currier embarked 
with, the Tuesday, 
Milled back this to bring be 
the following 
-I th a 
We had ii Carr along So Havel in. 
Our -illy color if White, 
We lit 
take in ease ill 
our girls declares she will 
bean hat re she git 
liter says she can n 
at one lime. 
tr says she Let-n 
look her. watch 
Me expert m Blanche 
that blank, 
nave been mini nays. 
Out will do lo tie to 
anytime. 
Professionally we've gut i, t 
lawyer, dentist preacher, so w 
can l. instructed, plead with, polled or 
up, as may require. 
In name we have one pair and 
three of kind, three a 
ail said to b-at even 
We are all going to have 
time and won't be anybody 
n get back home. 
-c v 
hi- 
gun barn Wed 
We learn his MM, 
curing 
tobacco on June we mini hear 
, f . 
Celebrations 
t The at propose 
to have a on the 
annual Ration of
Tl 
have a similar 
Hie same day an I Maj. 
Henry Minding, of will he 
orator-of the day. . 
has been 
at Aurora. 
It You want a Nice 
SUIT OF CLOTHES 
Dress Goods, Shoes 
Gents Furnishings 
is superb and inspection is invited. 
FRANK WILSON 
The King Clothier, 
THE 
Local Reflections 
Hot sunshine. 
Linen arc all th go. 
-o w ii was. 
excursion went her. 
he lawyer is i I male. 
I . drunker t t. 
y arc high i e-s 
are sell- 
had a i i lain 
The is kept lite 
busy. 
lid hear the I 
i The Home Visitor says 
I will celebrate the fourth of July on 
If yon it lanes to 
lo the top, try to ride a up 
a M- bill- 
Pi been hooting lo is 
for no admit they . ave 
been 
In kl prohibition club 
the pictures on the walk are 
room a 
water colors 
Slatted, bin 
no county does net 
much it. 
pig pen 
not agreeable. 
between the nose and 
odors town .- 
Saying n-ids s 
not g-1 but all the same 
they should be here 
The ebb 
Court. 
There is o 
bin eh . 
who hangs around a 
ill ink usually the 
tile he gets a drop. 
said Willie to hi 
tied the is ball; hair 
ripe quick, didn't 
tailing oil in Not long ago some folks talked like. 
summer would never come, now th -y 
never heard t II r. 
Where's th 
j, crop 
am of t c 
N woody seem., ii 
JOSI 
I e 
Several rec-nils lo the 
linen recently, 
Th re a her rain this afternoon 
a heavy one. 
The green apple and lie cure 
hand in hand. 
Every in bus a 
Most people do, too.
are tobacco 
I in county. 
The nix. two or ill e Li 
the st the year. 
These Jun. i arc not rare all 
are tooled well none. 
are no nice on As man who l- 
in window 
A hone ii is usually 
kind no meat on it. 
The latest is n it 
but 
It some women lo to make 
up minds than their 
The hit man may conical h- r age, 
b the I give he a weigh 
The Summer at the 
North will 
co or live weeks. 
u lbs ii in the nineties 
a lazy man will mi walk over 
to the shady i ill J the street. 
Fit Count will have an en- 
the latter part 
of tins month, or early u July. 
we d, we 
-mil the bifurcated as its 
lair owner toppled from her bicycle. 
hear that undertaker 
of yours has made an assign- 
Ida business was a 
The 
down into 
gradual; is 
summer girl. 
The ball who hit- too many 
lea-t the next 
The soda the 
business now, ii is dull in 
A mer in town today was 
showing; X r and had 
t nu people 
hands. 
Telephones plied at 
K Dairy, No. and at Wiley 
Brown's 
to your list. 
Manager Atkins has placed a hand- 
some in the 
is the most dis int we ever 
in. 
Our farmers don't profess to be 
much at needlework, but when it 
s to on a they com 
lo the trout. 
The who 
nit sailing should hear in mind th., 
are a goon many poll's to 
boat lacking. 
be thunder roared and tie light 
Banks I night, but the 
clouds rolled by without 
rain with 
K. R Aiken nu-- in Wednesday 
are to see 
him. 
Mrs, H II. Wilson, Kinston, is 
visiting W. M. Brown, near 
town. 
. K. 
Wednesday ceiling to visit his 
mother. 
R -in Hail, 
evening lo his broth- 
A. I. Hint. 
Cherry returned 
Wednesday. He says things 
are tin.- down there. 
Charlie returned home 
Wednesday evening front 
he has school 
bone man C. K. 
Confederate lame, who h . 
here some w weighed anchor 
and over to In-n;. 
Mr. W. J. Manning, recently 
went her Rapid- lo 
work, has to i ill. He says 
it was so unhealthy there he could 
not Slav. r, 
On the Gas 
Fred Earnest 
Forbes, I. 
Hen y Hook- 
While and -n House
Thursday lo see a i f ball and 
result of 
g was Washington i. Head 
Narrowly 
. i n It of 
At lie annual meeting the 
The t Greenville 
held they d 
granted them- by the 
las and re-elected all 
former officers. 
bank i Officered 
and its show to be ill ex- 
condition. 
C. T. 
Where the prettiest of Spring Clothing 
can be found. 
. I 
Th Home is 
New Doctors, enough -o send I Ki a 
There were hi young doctors who a occurred in 
applied for Hit. Board of hat village Thursday 
at Mort-bead City i 
week examine 
lion given Tuesday and of the 
number passed .-u 
applicant- were from 
county, W. W. mid 
D. S. Morrill The con. 
young M. D's. and 
es I hem great -u 
Mr. W. A. received e 
message Thursday evening, 
death bis mother, Mrs. 
Bright, which occurred near 
ill o'clock F. M . She j 
was yens old had been in poor is supp lo have Starts 
health for sometime. Air. I by a saw mill. ;. 
I his morning to alt-ml I Parker and G. R. were 
We With h m his be- with the beat and 
and lo have m. dual 
f be fire was discovered 
in the house with 
Carroll Mfg. mill, 
it could not he out. 
A lame n people from the 
in i hi community were by 
I a in,,, and hard work to. y saved 
all surrounding nothing 
the gin being 
destroyed. The total lo.-s lo 
A. Cox's loss m 
gin Mfg. Co. on building 
This ii the first fire has 
, Success., . 
New World 
one 
people. most. man is 
tip; helps 
i-l -Amplifying 
help- their 
-f,, J;. W I 
in-st in polite 
ate, the tilings 
very fetching, 
My life lo see 
a calendar like tin- 
you to said a 
the the pillage, 
her 
c boy, 
en -ii- 
g.-is 
Words. 
-A beautiful line 
yon 
Dry Goods, Notions, Shoes, 
Furnishings, 
to select from. 
C. T. 
have coma again nod The who consumes a 
with them of poor street deal of time talking about Other pee 
I gins. pie's have of his 
,, , . own to talk about. 
have moved their 
Five to Hie j In- best thing lo put your mo icy 
building. in if you are thinking 
,. in. k 
Keep the in the lit . 
and redding should 
have one. Misses Forbes and Ty- 
, , . i i gave a picnic in the 
I J. 
Johnson, adored, this town a Nola J
The freight will again a 
coach and take Friday. 
Another party is making up In go Ir. 
here to that day. 
The immigrant on Is 
land, Ni w York, has been burned, 
of ; 
hear some rumors 
Thai the graduate will 
in bloomers 
And essay likewise short. 
Mi. Fed ; told u today 
drought in 
than ii has been in many 
and re badly damaged. 
on the street are most 
low. Today we a tall man 
collide the iron of an 
and he came losing 
Last week two colored people were 
married out in Farmville township, 
tie in had passed years of 
age and their heads white as cot- 
ton. 
I've got the 
this 
you mean I wanted to go 
nut and that's a sure sign of 
Manager Atkins continues to put in 
new phones. O E. M 
ans is No. and one at V. 
, i ice h use is 
No. 
A days ago Agent J- Moore 
met an accident causes him 
much pain. He wrenched the I 
his right leg so badly that cm 
scarcely walk. 
Senator of South Carolina, 
an amendment to the thrill 
bid before the Senate to impose a head 
tax on all to 
United 
You should always keep a Careful 
eye on the advertising columns of the 
There are 
changes in the rib it Will pay yon 
to keep up 
what is 
my boy, 
u something which everybody gets 
with knowing its value until it is 
late to it. 
If all other business in 
possessed the spirit of en- 
by those engaged 
in the tobacco industry a 
in the town show it- 
self. 
you remember Ii 
was that day yon borrowed five 
in--. JackI don't recollect. 
it back next 
week. yes; remember 
that patiently. 
There will be a prayer led 
Hire in the church 
by pastor, B. 
we ought to pray tor 
and we ought to it 
Everybody 
We have been asked to again pub- 
the dales upon which pas e 
can go the freight train and 
et with A. N. C. train. 
The dates going an 
22nd returning and 
Whim a dog barks at night Japan 
the owner is and 
work a year tor the neighbors who 
were disturbed. The dog is killed. 
this accounts for the 
that when a dog howls at a 
death will shortly occur. 
our tobacco n are 
in 
for the n They are 
to advertise 
to show the 
vantages of bringing to 
the Greenville market In 
prices paid ibis market has alt along 
lain b-.-.-l in eastern North 
and facilities 
larger number of buyer.- coining 
its own good record will be 
d. Our wan I arc all 
home men and there are no 
Dog Drowned 
Muster Wiley Brown once had 
put dog, but now lie t any. Fri- 
day's tilled the gutters and s. 
around town full water. Wiley, 
boy like, thought it would be tun lo 
see his dog swim, and put the animal 
in the ditch in front his home on 
Dickinson avenue. It 
current was swift the dog 
and wished him under sidewalk 
bridge where he was drowned. Wiley 
is troubled over the loss 
o his pet. 
he school for this district, 
taught by Misses Apple Smith 
dined Friday ho. 
Two one in each grade, wore 
offered the pupil making the best record 
attendance. These prizes were won 
by Miss in 
grade and -Master Evans in 
primary grade, both having a 
record for the term. 
The has been will alt nil. d 
and the young ladies in charge have 
liven entire satisfaction in their work. 
are excellent teachers. 
Land an 
Mr. of Kinston, who 
Spent here, called around lo see 
the roll and leave us some ad- 
lie has been appointed 
Receiver the Lumber 
Company, for the p of settling 
the the Company, and otters 
for properly on the south 
of Greenville. There are many n- 
did lots on this property and they 
be sold on easy terms. , 
nines Bros. Lumber Co., at Eli- 
are ready to orders lumber 
on s hurt notice. This Company, by 
the way, now has one of the b-st rod 
most complete lumber mill plan s to 
f mud anywhere in Slate. Every 
Improvement and Ins 
been added, and it is in respect 
an on to date plant. Greenville will 
never cease to regret letting Mr. 
move his mill from this town, all 
the same we . upon 
having such a line at an 
Wish him the highest success. 
There are few men of energy a 
Mr. and ho is bound to 
The Connecticut Legislature recent- 
passed a law lite use if 
only inks nu public records as 
have been approved by 
the Stale. One hundred dollars is the 
penalty provided violation 
fact. 
Three y 
Among and 
traveling come s 
way are O the st 
ad e ball rooters, Baltimore, 
and lit- o he Sm 
the 
hat house I in Bros. New 
York, mi-; R of 
lira greatest hustler in the 
Ibis trio -n have 
been in our week and were 
I i by Wilson 
on j in 
el mind. 
Holds Dew j His Corner. 
Jim says seeing so many 
folks leaving town Tuesday cave him a 
lo go also, but his 
the weather being 
warm walking he decided to stay 
In In take care the town. 
you think my 
liquid h- ti Her I 
I to sit behind it I 
should say will, a lawn 
K-if- .-. and Could Find 
r.-i Until Hood's 
Tried-Scrofula Cured. 
with on one of m 
lust the ankle. I tried a 
great many n bat nothing did me 
any good. T very trouble- 
some for or In the spring 
I taking Hood's 
and taking several bottles this 
medicine, t was completely cured. Hood's 
Sarsaparilla increased mi 
F. P. Georgia. 
my boy was three months old 
he broke put He was 
and the eruptions 
would heal but would break out again. 
We resolved to give Hood's 
and When he had taken two bottles 
he was cured. He has had no trouble 
with scrofula since, but is perfectly 
John R. Smith, Shady Spring, W. Va. 
H have decided to try 
do not be induced to buy any other. 
Hood's Sarsaparilla is the best, in 
the One True Purifier. by all 
druggists. Price f for 
THURSDAY'S 
Crops aged in S, me Sections 
In some 
ram afternoon was 
by much wind sum-- ball 
Around was i a 
nice rain and everything in 
We gel similar reports from 
and Falkland, 
Over in Swamp section 
smut hail also fell not ugh to do 
material damage. 
in 
there was bail and bard wind was 
e- i severe the creek. Mr 
W. M. Lang the 
he thought to crops 
were Jam g- -I cent. 
u Braver 
-Mi. CD Smith 
us k r-p from that to- 
badly much 
blown down. he c ops J. 
L. and F. M. Smith ere lull 
J, and Ivy Smith suffered nearly us 
much The part of the 
s; em d 
ii Great Reduction Sale. 
Owing to the rapid advance of the season 
and finding ourselves largely overstocked 
we propose to inaugurate a sale 
this week and continuing tor a month 
the largest reduction sale ever 
rated hi Greenville. We propose to CUT 
pi ices on all Stock. A 
invitation is extended to all to pay our 
store a visit, examine goods and prices. 
Lang Sells
MOTHER 
Mother's 
Friend 
University. 
in TEACHERS, ST DENTS, 
School total Board 
ii three Uriel 
three Courses, Law and Medical 
Schools School -of Pharmacy. 
Graduate Courses open Women. 
Bonnier 
and for the Needy. 
Address, 
Hill, N. C. ; 
here is no 
word so full 
of meaning 
and about which such tender and 
holy recollections cluster as that 
of who watched 
over our helpless infancy and 
ed our first tottering step. Yet 
the life Moth- 
is beset with danger and all cf 
fort should be made to avoid it. 
so assists nature 
in the change 
place that 
the Expectant 
Mother is 
bled to look for- 
without 
dread, suffering or gloomy fore- 
the hour when she 
experiences the joy of Motherhood, 
Its use insures safety to the lives 
of both Mother and Child, and she 
is found stronger after than before 
short, it 
Childbirth natural and as 
so many have Don't be 
persuaded to use anything but 
MOTHER'S FRIEND 
My wife in ton min- 
with either of her other two 
than she did altogether with her 
last, having previously used four bot- 
of It is s 
blessing to anyone be- 
come a says a customer. 
Illinois. 
Of st St or mat by mall on 
of price. fr hook 
all Mothers, Ire. 
Tax Atlanta, G. 
IN THE SWIM. 
If you want anything in 
Merchandise 
call and me. lean save you money on 
FIXES HOES of the celebrate Eagle brand. 
NEV GROCERY STORE. 
Opened s next to T- White's have a full line cf 
CIGARS AND TOBACCOS 
o select from fresh and low down A 
to ail. Come me, will 
JAMES B WHITE. 
J. R. COREY 
IN- 
Land Sale. 
By virtue of order of the of 
the Court the case of 
p. and others vs Stephen 
k minors, 
lo sell lard ft r 
ed sell for be- 
fore l he Court lie use door in 
e on Monday, the 
1897, the par- 
or tract of land the 
of and in Swift town- 
ship, ad j t la-id of J. -P. 
L. B E. W. 
Ii. deal others and IDS 
acres, the laid tinned by 
the Isle , at 
do . 
This June 1897, 
F Q
J-. AND 
A Horse 
Millinery. 
Also a 
Groceries. 
I can now be in 
brick store for- 
by J. W. Brown. 
Come to see 
Great Reduction 
ALE. 
Ali Summer Goods 
Under the 
Also m
We are slashing prices on all 
Goods we are determined to clean them 
out. No reasonable price Come before 
it is too late. 
Summer 
Emporium Spring Fabrics.
Did you ever rend a real 
letter Well, here is 
one that was given ma yesterday. 
It was ft for a who 
novel came, in that the 
may possibly 
information desired, it is publish- 
ed 
Your letter received. prom- 
was nit. Waited for you up 
to Griffin, no Murphy. 
I with Robinson at 
to do the light at ninety-two 
or over, out not to return 
the mark 
scale off at pound.-, over 
cost all- Hot stuff, el Yon 
Mai bat it with both off. 
I'll see W----- 
in Say, if, w it a 
fact that Murphy d 
Maryland aha I say 
Big d t 
on the drop- him 
I sympathize with Le 
failed to take rail, b 
If you cake a 
to Windsor. Easy a 
of it. l 
Husband Wile, 
Travel 
There was a traveling man and 
his town Tb 
gentleman traveled 
his wife for another. 
carried lines that do n- conflict 
ard together all the 
The lady sells but 
the reporter to loam 
what Hue her husband carries 
This in 
hue, and does 
with the time worn excuse cl the 
unmarried drummer who puts 
bis best girl off became ho i 
able leave the road, could 
not bear to leave wife if he 
had Journal 
HOW vis. EVEN. 
; Of 
. .; v. raging tooth. 
;. however, to get I 
i fattier. Not an easy 
my 
n youth some or 
Lauren i v Be advised 
Harper's Table, . i., The father, he 
devoted to The 
Hirer, which he read 
joke i j , 
the day to 
In my ad batter. obit- 
was a u i . 
of what if I could hold If in for 
AND DIAMONDS. 
A Story of .- Smart Man 
a Sale. 
The gent from 
panted by his lady, after gazing for 
some time into the dazzling array 
of things that glitter in a jeweler's 
window, the store. 
dye he said to the 
clerk who came forward to see what 
was wanted. seen hour- of the I 
. . 
Prof. V. E. 
doubt treated and cur- 
an 
success is 
have of c a m 
X Handing 
by 
him. He 
A M 
work on 
this dis- 
which 
he fiends 
s Pills 
Cure AH 
Liver Ills. 
Secret of Beauty 
is health. The secret of health is 
tooth, a n aw. 
molar . 
with a 
. y. i 
the 
with if, bad it 
I With a 
ate. 
Hail colored, and 
n had an Mu 
They were driving a blind 
mile Mopped at the artesian wail 
u water the animal. The 
water lite mule, which 
a ll ran 
the railing of weeded bridge, broke 
n a and off. The buggy 
remained on the bridge and the 
neat was to held the 
weight of the mule, which was 
p in mid air until one it 
loom, ll then tell into the river and 
land about yards below 
the bridge. The was somewhat 
damaged, wheel being broken, but 
the mule wasn't 
Sunday a Detroit 
preacher told his congregation 
that people should not be de- 
by poverty from marrying. 
a man Las left buy- 
his marriage license, said, 
is fortunate to 
secure a good, economical wife 
one who knows bow to warm over 
is satisfied with 
is 
to live a mar- 
life ; indeed, is too 
short for such a 
Has a 
Pr. in of ti-e 
at 
during the year, yesterday, 
among other spoke the 
prosperity Trinity 
College her bright outlook 
for future- He tat 
past year to the 
of v l been do- 
i-o 
of which, course, 
MM Mr. 
with tho 
of 
be thrown to women, 
titling them to all tho privileges 
enjoyed by the 
young men. 
lie referred to the that tho 
trustees with I his 
and that now Trinity 
College in every sense a 
e of 
learning, ready to give 
women all that it gives 
men. Winston Journal. 
feeling ii. 
perhaps . ii a 
He mi z. 
tend the -a 
Lr. J 
fore lie . 
was I 
Jo 
of 
. i 
. A a 
-at 
. u-. 
p Li , 
year my Urn thought 
worth it. 
aV i tin r of that was put 
for a twelvemonth, 
u the I-, of April 
. ., i-l folded prop- 
couldn't felt suitable in 
i the power to digest and 
f V I ., , 
I i 
you bad in the winder and I of 
Jest thought I'd come in i a proper loot 
This can never lie done when 
would 
a way 
serious 
demon 
brick 
one 
-v 
i and was I 
if my father's j the 
owl i u making no 
the result.
item of or of 
. i until the reader 
ii-i- 
page. hen he looked 
.-. . through his 
. ., then lie lopped 
i . .- me, who was very 
. ii my broad and milk, and 
. tint one remark. 
like that of tho tailor's bill, 
to afterward he- 
rings fer nodding 
toward his companion. 
Mire we can give you just 
What you smiled the clerk. 
if yon 
the visitor 
quite what the clerk 
was trying to say, lady is my 
wife, hut that's no sign I don't want 
her to have the very best that's to 
had. and I been married seven 
years too. ain't like some men in 
them regards. So you can trot out 
the you got the 
and me and take a look at 
Urn shoot in 
The clerk knew what would fit 
tho ease to a T, but he liked to have 
fun with his country trade. So he 
set out a collection of genuine din- 
us. lie looked at the top , ,. 
i spin like dew drops 
. I. of ,., I 
m . i he at pie , m, 
he n, , ., i see that old th ,,.,,.,,. 
many s. 
with tin. w-. 
with 
wrap . . . i . 
. 
of 
i. 
v. b-r 
was j.
MS
we . 
c; that u. 
i i in the dis- 
i bed .; and 
i, say.- that seven out 
i- sound and reasonable 
to to be years 
do if they 
REWARD, 
The readers of Una paper will u 
pleased to learn that there is at 
one dreaded disease that science has 
been able t. cure in all .-mil 
is Catarrh. Hair Catarrh Cure is 
only positive cure now known to 
the medical Catarrh 
a disease, requires a con- 
treatment. Catarrh 
Cure is taken 
upon the blood and .-. 
the system, the 
foundation of the disease, and 
the patient by up the 
and assisting nature in do- 
work. The proprietors have so 
much faith in its curative powers that 
One Dollars for any 
ease that it to cure. sea fur 
of 
V. J- . Props 
. , . . , O 
Hall's Family Fill, the be-t. 
Writing the 
In recently with 
the editor of one of the English 
magazines Mr. learned 
that it is the custom with 
English people to keep them-1 
selves close touch with the 
publications they to 
That is to say, they write to the 
publisher with a frequency and 
frankness that the American 
public never of. 
letters from expressing 
opinions of the various de- 
and articles com- 
on stories and verse, on 
to the editor that enable 
him to interpret the public taste 
more it is 
for him to do without them. 
Boston Globe. 
was 
bill 
from 
most 
that 
and 
of 
fooled. 
The 
was 
aim. 
ii 
. . 
v lull 
and I 
,. . . 
J I 
i, 
about 
w vegetables 
known are times 
when not 
i .- ii,, ions, causing 
bowel complaint and 
I ti r 
,. . 
i v . 
r I t. i i 
i . 
It 
i . J. 
aid . 
. -i 
. . n-b government now re- 
. i b silver 
. in bearing 
. i is X, Louis 
. ml i 
n . 
Hun is ground for a l-e 
. Monroe did not die 
. v. i- often 
SEE THAT 
a,. . 
,. l 
I I ii i f 
I I 
What 
Best 
Tune is 
gold says 
Washington Post, slipping lack 
t o the in large numbers, and 
are not a about the 
mine of the a silver 
a n any these gold demo- 
were deceived into believing 
and wages mean 
sound hut are 
waking up , K. ,,. . 
and are much imp j g 
ant to the people n dear 
Atlanta 
c w 
man is 
. it 
Tho Reflector Store 
has a assortment 
also a V line of
learn h 
Fountain Pens 
Gold Pens, 
i you see them 
Mary's big eyes glistened 
almost as gems as 
they Hash, up into her freckled 
face. 
are something extra 
said the clerk, shoving them out. 
and taking up a lino ring he added, 
one, think, would be very 
becoming to your 
the lax on inquired 
Mary's husband as be 
admiring it. 
i. plied the clerk in a cal- 
tone, it's you, I'll 
let you lave it for spot 
The eh fully expected to see 
the rustic drop deal or have a lit or 
do some of the other strange things 
the newspaper say people do under 
Bach but the rustic 
nothing except to give a quick 
look at bis wife, which returned 
in recognition of some common in- 
he said very slow- 
as he took a pencil from 
et and began figuring on an 
ope; is and none to carry; 
eggs at our place is for s. 
and Ii times is and the 
basket to carry. That's dozen, 
ain't himself to his 
wife. 
nodded and at the same time 
laid down the ring carefully. 
be went on, 
a good horse laugh, 
ain't enough in OUT 
whole county to lay a 
like six months. 
go somewhere else and git 
something 
something 
hastily put in the clerk, seeing that 
he was about to lose a customer, 
all right, young 
Interrupted the gent from 
Mary's my wife, and if 
git the she don't none 
nil, and that's tho kind of a lady 
i-he is, ain't you, Wary 
Which must have been true, for 
Mary hastened to assure the clerk 
that was just what her husband 
said she York Sun. 
sever. 
you 
House Wide as His 
Joseph an 
millionaire, died hero today, 
be made his in railroad 
building was closely 
with the bills and 
He constructed large 
sections of the Union Pacific, 
Missouri Pacific, 
and Railroads, 
as a poor boy from 
England. Mr. Richardson's for- 
tune has been estimated 
He dressed more like a tramp 
than a wealthy man lived and 
died in a stone house which was 
only five feet wide three 
Stories high. It was built because 
the property owners 
refused to meet 
terms for the narrow lot. 
afterwards refused fabulous sums 
for the little piece of on 
which his house stood, the 
tail on the best part of 
L avenue. 
Ho will be buried in a he 
selected M years ago. It is com- 
posed of one-inch plank. His 
greatest boast was. am a 
I no 
either in life or death. When I 
die, if my is too large, fill 
in the empty saw- 
dust. -New York Dispatch. 
A way to pay old church 
debts been developed in New 
Orleans. It is novel, modern and 
ought to do tho business. en 
church of the colored brethren 
have placed the financial 
the bands of a 
organized corporation called 
Debt Liquidating Com 
and this company will 
to pay up all the debts of 
it means of enter- 
sources 
Ely Way to Stop Law. 
There k hut one way to pal an end 
to law. The is to let it be 
known that there will i, 
hanging men guilty of crime for which 
It too often happens 
that scoundrel who should hung 
gets a tern, and 
after awhile some Governor pardons 
him. That the people, 
they refuse to lei She law take its 
.- 
A hermit, who lives in 
the hollow e tree, predicts that the 
world will come to an end with Me 
The 
tin re are anxious to know call 
prevent it by voting Democrat. 
people who require to 
the bowels and kidneys will 
the remedy in Electric Hitters. 
This does, no stimulate and 
contains no nor other 
cant, hut acts as a tonic 
It acts mildly on the bowel.-. 
adding strength giving tone to Hie 
organs, I hereby Nature in t 
performance of the 
is an excellent and 
ion digestions, old People Bud it st 
exactly what a 
per bottle at John I. 
is a vigorous feeder and re- 
well to liberal 
On corn lands the yield 
increases and the soil improves 
If properly treated with fer- 
containing not under 
actual 
Potash. 
A of this plan costs but 
little and is sure to lead 
profitable culture.
a . ,,, ., ,.,.,,., a. i 
. l I 
S. 
tit Job 
to e us. 
Mm Job
mix 
Poster. 
The Daily Ref 
the home news 
at the 
rice of cents a 
Are a 
Ii not 
be.
TO ox. 
Mr. Jones, of the drug ll in 
Jones A Sou, In speaking 
if Dr. New Discovery, say.- 
la-t bis w If attacked 
Lit her ease so 
toil physicians and 
untiling for It 
develop into Hasty 
Sew 
I store, and calling Ion It, he 
I took a bottle and to the surprise 
all leg n t better from the 
huh dozen dollar bottles 
cured and well. Dr. Kings 
Discovery 
Coin.- Is 
work t bottles 
at La 
TOO 
The is 
pure I for at well a 
tor pin pose Is sold in in 
one-h pound of 
cine for cents. 
Lambert, Co., Tenn., 
March 
used kinds of medicine, 
not package of Black 
V. for all the others ever saw 
I'll tor or cattle in 
of fear, an will care 
nil; every time. 
K. . 
cure bad 
at 
cure headache. 
cure dyspepsia. 
Tin. 
the 
his waves by tho 
credit of a 
the liver docs not act it's part. 
know th is 
I s Liver Pills are an 
the name of lute cure sick I 
sour stomach, malaria, 
our Lord Al I Pup- j . 
com the name of I constipation, torpid liver, piles, 
Melons Nice, jaundice, bilious fever, bilious- 
, . . , . 
Cool kindred diseases. 
Them and the like heard at I 
every Even the auctioneer 
who is calling out the price of a 
slave girl or the bids for a carpet is 
careful to bis 
tall; with in his maker and 
the mil of Moorish saints. 
RIP-A-N-S 
The modern stand- 
ard Family 
cine Cures the 
common every-day 
ills of
Th. -ii. w 
i y 
I ml 
cur 
laxative 
gentle 
JUSTS 
------A line of------ 
Family GROCERIES, 
Flour, 
Meat, 
Meal, 
of 
Lard, 
Sugar
and nil Pat-J 
r m i i r 
Patent Or 
-e Ism t . 
. V. t 
Send bL or rip-l 
ion. I ;. , ii Rial -e r i t, t. vii 
. Oar I n I I patent i 
vi i L. b. 
Orr. O. C. J 
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raws;,
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V, 
R-l Ai
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i x 
y. 
A. M. M 
I I. CO 
id i 
i I 
A j , 
i- 
which 
selling so low 
that it 
Come see mo 
I will 
treat you fair
P. m. 
VI y v
their will Hie 
their interact p i 
it 
all It 
T KS 
Tobacco, Snuff, 
ii 
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U-i 
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v us 
v .; 
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p. 
UNDERTAKERS, 
I DIRECTORS 
ore buy from M 
. i a. ii ii. i i 
c e ck 
V e l 
hand -olds on seal is 
die time, are all 
for u 
ii run ; margin 
M Hi. 
r t received a 
and nicest of 
in metal- 
cloth brought to 
Its 
Personal attention 
and 
to oar care will receive 
every mark 
Our lower ever. 
We do not want but 
invite 
We can be found a any all 
Hates in 
BOB 
SMITH k 
Vie late More i 
Court 
GREENVILLE, N. C 
I HE STAR 
and dealers in nil 
kinds of
MR MM 
Ai I kinds of done 
We skilled labor 
are prepared to give 
you t 
Doted 
May Kill, 
Wile 
A. M. 
v n 
-V U 
Mt 
ii 
A. II. P. 
S IS 
Daily 
its Class in the State 
W h. 
CO. 
N. U 
IN 
MARBLE 
Wire and Fencing 
sold
to 
The Eastern Re 
is a Ii 
the news 
. d 
; the farmers, es- 
those growing 
to. . that is worth 
limes more than 
the price. 
CHILL 
TONIC 
IS JUST AS FOR 
WARRANTED. PRICE SO 
Nov. ll, 1893. 
Parts Co., HI. I, i . Ho. 
lost 
hi all o 
II In Um 
u a truly. 
THE OLD RELIABLE. 
-----IS AT FROST IT a . 
taught inc Is Hie 
II in. Rope, and aver 
for and general house as well 
Hats. Shoes. I have on hand. Am head 
quarters for Heavy and jobbing agent N. T. 
i and keep and attentive clerk. 
N. 
J L. SUGG 
Life. Fit Mil 
N. C 
COURT 
All Risks placed in strictly 
COMPANIES 
at 
I AM FOB FIRST-CLASS PROOF SALE 
n -v-m ma 
Wei Ion 1.1 I p. i. t M 
arrives Scotland Neck at u p 
p. in. 
leaves T . 
. m., Greenville a. m, 
v at a. in., 11.10 
daily except 
on 
in., and I. 
in., and 
m., Tarboro M a. m., 
I'm a. to p. in., 
ind p. in,, arrives 
m., mid p. m. Daily ex- 
apt Sunday. Connect with on 
i Branch. 
Train N i,, via be 
K. ft. except Sun- 
-j N p. in., i pt 
Plymouth P. M., in. 
dally except 
in.,
Train on Midland N. C. leave 
daily, except a 
a. arriving a. 
leaves h a. 
at 9.30 a. 
Trains on 
., leave pm, 
p Clio 8.05 p ill. nor 
leave a m, a 
Wye Latin 7.50 a in. daily except 
Train War- 
lot Clinton except 
i in. and 8.80 p. m- 
in. j u. 
Train No. makes close 
points daily, all rail via 
It., villi 
and K for 
all point North via 
Bur, 
r. 
i. . i 
I fee 
SERVICE 
On en 
Tarboro 
River 
and Friday H A. M. 
leave Tarboro M. 
and 
Greenville A. M. same days. 
are to 
of on Tar River. 
Connecting at Wu an 
New 
Shippers 
via fr 
New York. Iron 
Nor- 
folk Baltimore 
Me;, V M 
i r. 
N J
Did you ever read a real 
letter Well, here is 
one that was me yesterday. 
It was left for a ha 
novel came, order that the 
said may possibly nettle 
desired, it is publish 
March 
Your Jotter received. Tour prom- 
was for you up 
to Griffin, no Murphy. 
I with at rt 
to do the light at 
or over, out not to return over 
mark 
scale off at 1-1 over 
all- Hot stuff, el You 
can't beat it with off. 
Tel I'll see I W----- 
Say, i it a 
fact that Murphy C t J 
Maryland I say 
came true I Big h d t 
on the drop- rum 
I with 
failed to take rail, o 
If o 
to Windsor. Easy Meal 
of it. B Your l ,. 
Husband Wile, Both 
Travel 
There was a traveling Ml and 
in town Tb 
gentleman traveled for on a 
his wife for another. They 
carried lines that do n- 
together all the 
The lady sells bat 
the reporter n unable t loam 
what Hue her husband can 
This is tile 
traveling line, and does away 
with the time worn excuse cf the 
drummer who puts 
his best girl off he in no 
able leave could 
not bear to leave wife if he 
had Journal 
at with raging teeth. 
;. V however, to got 
i father. Not an easy 
m consulted my 
fl youth some six or I 
J . y lie advised 
th- .,,; I .-.; Tin father, . 
i devoted to The 
EGGS AND DIAMONDS. 
HOW
iii report, notices, 
mid 
A j I a 
Mia. 
e and hot 
s in hail an experience -Mo 
They were driving a blind 
male Stopped at the artesian well 
u water the animal. The running 
water mule, which 
started a It ran against 
the railing et lie- bridge, 
it and The boggy 
remained on bridge and liar- 
UM rung to bold the 
of nude, was 
i in mid air until some one cut it 
ll then till the river 
to land yards below 
bridge. The was somewhat 
wheel being broken, but 
mule wasn't 
On Sunday last a Detroit 
preacher told 
that people should not be de- 
by poverty from marrying. 
a has left buy- 
bis marriage he aid, 
is fortunate enough to 
secure a good, economical wife 
one who knows hew to warm over 
is satisfied with 
is 
to live a mar- 
life ; indeed, is too 
short for such a 
Has a Fume 
Pr- in of 
things at 
during the year. yesterday, 
among other spoke of the 
prosperity Trinity 
College and bright 
for the future- He stated 
past year to the 
at bare been do- 
College, i -o 
notable of which, 
m Mi. 
Duke, tho 
of 
be to
lowing ; 
joke i rt . 
i mini to end. 
wad i- 
a tip ,. . 
Of 
molar ; ; 
day 
swollen. 
tin- Boor 
with 
He 
cud i 
fore be 
was . . 
A of a Man Lot 
a Sale 
The gent from 
by hie lady, after gazing for 
lime into the dazzling array 
of things in a jeweler's 
which he the store. 
he said to the 
dark who to see what 
was . seen some of the 
yen had in the winder and I of 
L . W. H. who 
Epilepsy, 
I l n-., 
doubt treat I and cur- 
ed than 
is 
startling 
cared by 
aM He 
v a I u u b e 
work on 
this dis- 
ease, which 
L hr sends 
bot- 
Pills 
Cure All 
Liver Ills. 
Secret of Beauty 
is health. The secret of health is 
power to digest and 
mil j 
iV M 
-4. toe mu t- . 
A i
would it 
a way , 
. of 
. t 
brick . Vi
r l 
ii rim I 
person 
on.- V 
own -r; 
be en 
with 
w I 
ml 
them to all the I v. 
enjoyed by the 
young men. 
He referred to the fact that 
trustees complied with this 
and that now Trinity 
College every a 
of 
ready to 
women all that it gives young 
Journal.
In conversation recently with 
the editor of one of the 
magazines Mr- 
that it is the custom with the 
people to keep hem- 
selves in close touch with tie 
. , 
or v 
ii- 
w-i--. t-t 
;. f, ,. 
, Tilt 
paw. . j 
m- 
Chat -V if-. 
the remit 
vi; l l 
Ill ii bl 
, ;, the render 
hi- 
lie looked 
i the i it his 
. mid lie looked over 
who was very 
and milk, 
. one The sub- 
of the tailor's bill, 
., r to afterward be- 
. i Its. in looked the top 
. . lie looked at 
J.- aid, son, i that old 
j. is dead 
quite what the clerk 
was trying to say, lady is my 
wife, that s no sign I don't Want 
her to the very Lest that's to 
be had, and been married seven 
toe I like come men in 
them regards, go can trot out 
the finest got in the 
and me and take a look at 
the 
The clerk knew what would lit 
the case to T, bat he liked to have 
fun with bis i trade. So ho 
net oat a collection of 
sparkling; like 
the -in. and 
the price to the greater 
eyes glistened 
almost as as the gems as 
d up into her 
Will 
s j 
build 
from 
nu 
that 
and vi., , 
A i 
took l 
. X
ii I i Van ii 
; . 
. i now re- 
. t; . . .-. i I .- i 
I i X, Louis Ph.- 
I I 
have i . town. 
Ill 
t-. . is for a i 
James not die I 
. -r i- often 
of this paper will h 
Pleased i at least 
one dreaded disease that science has 
able t. cure in all its stages mi 
. hat to Catarrh. Halts Catarrh Cure is 
me curt- now to 
Catarrh 
a disease, a con- 
treatment. 
is taken internally, noting 
upon tin- and m of 
the the 
the and 
the up 
. and assisting nature in do- 
The proprietors have w 
much faith in it, curative power, that 
the for 
that it fail t fur 
of 
F. J. . 
w i . . Toledo. O 
Haifa Family the 
publications they to 
That is to say, they write to the 
publisher with a frequency and 
frankness that the 
public never of. 
letters from readers expressing 
opinions of the various de- 
and 
on stories verse, on 
and 
to the editor that 
him to interpret the public taste 
more than it is 
for him to do without them 
Boston Globe- 
SEE T 
Ii 
What it 
Their Tune is Chanced 
says 
lack 
o the party in large numbers, and 
are not a about 
Best;. 
complete w 
in a 
a a any these 
into that 
f -toil wag.-s 
but are now 
n, sound price 
and are 
ant to the n dear 
Atlanta Constitution. 
Reflector Store 
has a assortment 
also a i . line of Pet 
You 
learn b w Very cheap 
ruin the 
j and they 
writer. seven out I face. 
sound and j 
to live to he l in years said the clerk, shoving them out, 
i veld, do so it they j and up a line ring he added. 
one, think, would very 
becoming to your 
about the tax on inquired 
i u r as 
known it. 
when not replied the clerk in a cal- 
causing tone, yon, I'll 
v., sick- let you have it for spot 
The fully expected 
the or have a tit or 
do i i the oilier tilings 
the newspapers y people do under 
such I at the rustic 
nothing except to give a quick 
look at his wife, h she 
in recognition of sumo common in- 
ho said very slow- 
took a bis pock- 
et and figuring on an 
is run and none to carry; 
, j eggs at our place is six dozen for 
, . . times is and the 
t I i basket to That's dozen, 
j ain't addressing himself to his
She nodded and at the same time 
laid down the ring carefully, 
hokey, he went on, 
n good horse laugh, 
ain't Inns in our 
whole county to lay a 
ling like that in 
go else and 
els . 
something 
hastily put ill the . seeing that 
he was lose a customer, 
all right, young 
from 
Mary's my wife, and if 
the -i site don't none 
nil, and that s. the kind a lady 
the is. ain't you, Mary 
must u true, for 
Mary hastened to assure the clerk 
t-, . . that was what her husband 
Pens 
IT
I I j
i I 
man Is 
. one. 
. Candle Gold Pens, 
i you see them 
lip oil 
money, 
as Wide as His 
Joseph an 
millionaire, died here today. 
he made his in railroad 
building closely 
wild the bills and 
He constructed large 
sections of the Union Pacific, 
Missouri Pacific, iron Mountain 
and Mexican Railroads. 
as a poor boy from 
England. Mr. Richardson's for-j A who in 
tune has been estimated s fee, predicts that th.- 
to with Me 
s The 
there are anxious to know n y 
pi. vent by voting 
Way to Stop Law- 
There s but one way to ,,,, ,., 
to law. is to let it be 
know,, tilt ;, m m 
hanging men guilty of for which 
lynching It often 
that th scoundrel who should be hung 
Sew a term the and 
after awhile some Governor pardon 
him. That the people, and 
they law take 
News and Dose. v, .- 
modern standard Family Medicine Cures the 
very-day 
of humanity. 
tin name of I
the name of constipation, torpid liver, piles, 
Melons Nice, jaundice, bilious fever, bilious- 
sweet melons is , . . , I 
Cool j and kindred diseases. 
Liver Pills 
These and the like mm heard at 
every tarn. Even the auctioneer i 
who is calling out the price of a 
slave girl the bids for a Carpet is 
careful to inti hi- professional 
tall; with -to his maker and 
the Moorish saints. 
London t-. 
nil
c patent la MM 
ac I 
or 
n. Vie I f, i I. I 
Oar not duo to i 
A II; I 
cost ill . b. and 
. D. C. i 
En lei
Mil I . 
cur; 
laxative. 
sour 
, cathartic. 
------A line of 
Family GROCERIES, 
of 
Flour, 
Meat, 
Meal, 
SAM. m
which i am 
selling so low 
that it causes 
surprise. 
Come see me 
and I will 
treat yon fair 
and 
D. W. 
You 
sever. 
you 
Want Job Tinting 
He dressed more like a tramp 
than a wealthy man and lived and 
died in a stone which was 
only rive feet wide three 
stones high. It was because 
the property owners 
refused to meet Richardson's 
terms for the narrow lot. He 
afterwards refused 
for the little piece of on 
which his house stood, amid 
tall buildings on the best part of 
Lexington avenue. 
Ho will be buried in a 
selected years ago. It is com- 
posed of one inch plank. His 
greatest boast was. am 
I want no 
either in life or death. I 
die, if my too large, fill 
in empty space with saw- 
dust. New York Dispatch. 
A new way to pay old church 
debts um been developed in New 
Orleans, it is novel, modern and 
ought to do business. 
of the colored brethren 
have placed the financial 
in the hands of a regularly 
organized corporation called 
Debt Liquidating Com 
and this company will 
to pay up all the debts of 
it patrons means of enter- 
and 
ticket. 
Old require to 
regulate the bowel and kidneys will 
Had the true remedy Electric 
This medicine not stimulate and 
no nor other 
cant, but acts as a tonic 
acts mildly on the mil bowel.-. 
adding strength and Kiting tone lathe 
organs, ailing Nature in Id ,. 
I of the 
is an excellent appetizer and 
aids Old Mud it St 
exactly a ml 
MOT bottle at John I. 
drugstore. 
m Job h. 
us.- 
Vis i CT 
Poster, 
The Daily 
.
the ho rue news 
afternoon at the 
price of cents a 
. Are you a Rob- 
II not you 
lo he 
TO 
Mr. of the ding ti m 
Jones A Sou, 
I of Dr. New say 
j la-t winter his was attacked 
and case grew so 
I lion- physicians at an-1 
i could do for Ii 
d develop into Hasty 
Sew 
I v ill store, and Petting lot lie 
rook a bottle borne, and to the surprise 
of all n to get better from the 
dose, dollar 
her sound and Dr. Kings 
Discovery p 
and Coin.- if do 
work 
at I. Woo tens 
TOO 
i Is 
pare I for to e . as wall a 
mail, and for that is sold in tin 
cans, holding one-hut of 
cine for 
to., 
March 
kinds of medicine, bit 
give one package of Mack 
r oft. V. for all the others ever saw 
I'd horse or in 
of I will cure 
u; time 
It. 
cure bad 
wt nausea. 
Tab ales cure 
cure 
ran 
their year's -applies will lie 
Int -rest prices in-l , i
a ii- 
I HI 
en 
lint v a, o i; ii. i i . a- 
c e m ck 
FURNITURE 
ala hand an .-1 is lit 
the limes. arc all 
sold for having lisle 
inn we 
M Hi O.-w i Mile N. 
UNDERTAKERS. 
t DIRECTORS 
EMBALMERS. 
We have t a 
of 
tins in metal- ft 
lie and brought 
Green 
in 
to eon 
Bod en- 
to our care will receive 
every mark respect. 
ever. 
lo not but
t. 
ion t 
v d 
i . 
I. 
A. M 
Dated 
1897. 
A. M
i late
N. C 
dealer 
kinds 
all 
, ; s III 
A B H
tr W a. 
v v 
u- 
tr Ml 
u Tarboro 
invite . 
can be found a- any all 
times in , 
Ha Cos
-in Meek drag 
,,., s 
. in., Scotland Neck at p 
p. m., i ,. 
Returning, leaves ;. 
N B W P V a H 
Ai I kind-t of repairing done 
We no skilled labor and good
ill 
Tho 
Class in State 
H. 
k CO, 
n. c 
in------ 
MARBLE 
Wire and Iron 
sold 
reasonable. 
daily 
., , ,,. . , 
in., and 
m., Tarboro 0.44 . m., 
p. m., . a. 
mil p. m arrives 
in., and p, ex- 
Sunday. with h, 
, -oil.- ml Nick 
Train leave ti ., via 
Raleigh 
p. m., IN M; 
p. ill. 
GROVES 
is a vigorous feeder and re- 
well to liberal 
On corn lands the yield 
increases and the soil improves I 
if properly treated with fer- 
containing not under 
actual 
Potash. 
A trial of this plan costs but 
little and is sure to lead 
profitable culture. 
Eye t s
The Eastern Re 
THE OLD RELIABLE. 
-----IS WILL AT THE IRON T a N------- 
of 
me i- tin 
II i Rope, Faming and ever 
necessary for Millers. and at well 
Bate. Shoes. Goods I have hand. Am heel 
quarters for Heavy and Jobbing agent O. f. T. 
i Irons attentive clerk. 
GREENVILLE. N. 
to 
it, year. Ii 
i news 
is i 
weft, 
tin.-, 
in 
to; 
Limes more than 
the price. 
gives 
es- 
those growing 
o, that is worth 
TASTELESS 
CHILL 
TONIC 
IS JUST AS FOR 
WARRANTED. PRICE 
I l. Nov. ill, 1- .,. 
Co., ft. 
last om 
a this Ill all ex. 
o. ll in tao 
o. -u, h I 
as 
J L SUGG 
N. C 
All placed in 
COMPANIES 
I AM FOE FIRST-CLASS FIRE SALE 
Plymouth i P. M., raw p. m. 
II n 
a. in., a M., 
i m arid 
Train on Midland N. C. I 
Sunday. 
a. arriving a. i. He. 
leave- . a. , 
at 9.30 . in. 
on branch, 
I., leave p in. 
p in, p in. 
a in, a in 
a m. except Sun- 
Train War- 
saw Clinton except 
i.-i m. and p, in- 
leave- n, t 
train No. makes close connection 
Weldon all points dally, all rail via 
also at K, Mount 
and Carol Ina K K 
North via 
K. 
i. 
r. i. Manage-. 
I. . ,,. , 
Viv 
SERVICE 
tin 
ville and 
far 
Ki A. M. 
Returning leave Tarboro i s A. M, 
s, and 
Th we ire i 
of w on River. 
tine With 
inn , 
Ne Tort Boston. 
should 
marked via Dominion fr on 
New York. Phil, 
Nor- 
folk Baltimore steamboat 
from Baltimore.
t IV B IS. 
N f;
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