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VOL, XV. GREENVILLE, PITT COUNTY, N. C, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24, 1896. NO. 24

A LE .'TEE, FROM THE SEASHORE

I am waiting by the * a. Dill 11 I—dearest love, fin- thee ;

Wailing where «1ie billows roll

Iloaeri hijr> o'er'" ' imxk-no *°u'-

Hasten, km, across the laml — Ilastt'ii 10 this pearly strand ; Ha-|c lo In-ar ike ocean's -o-ig,

A'i'l bring your salary along !

1». S.—Btthing siits are dear,

When yon hare to lore them hew ; Mine-, it you will only look. Is home there, in ny nonfat bcok.

A Bcecher on Trial for Forgery.

One si-.i H Henry Ward Beech ir M on trial for forgery ami liis brother is

c mm il for him. They do not look in the least alike, nor doea either resemble the distinguished father.

The |ir. ceding* arc before Justice Foreman, in t'le eriininal branch of the Supreme Court, and they are like a pr.isy cixel trial in which there is a tan- gle of wall street affaire.

Henry B. Ileecher was the senior

partner ofBecefar, Sebenck & Co.

It was brought out that Ileecher, Scln-nck & (.0. were the agents lor the Ami rim 11 Security and Casualty Com-

panv. of I.altiuiore, id" which W. E. Midgeley. lie ol the partners of

Bseeher, Scln-nck & Co., was president. B -eclicr. ScilCFck & Co. were the gen- eral ageals ol the company and were to r-ceive :;."> per cent, of the premium.

Th: si..-cilic act tor which II. 1!. JJejcher was indicted iras forging the

e. irpnratc name of F. B. Bond, vice- prosideut of the Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul railway. By means of darks, bi >.l-kccpcrs and heads o( de- partincuts it was shown that Mr Beech-

#:• in 1893, had handed Manager ^arke. ol the railroa I department two applications lor policies purporting to, Jj; signed by Bond. One policy was tor $.">2.iK.i).

This amount was '-arried through on the book.-, and brought into the annual report. Mr. Weeks said that the Cas- ualty Company declared a j per cent dividend on the basis business, although the polices had never been madt out.

Vice-president Bind was placed upon ■ he nrWnrnn itnnd, yesterday. He .«ai»'1 •*> "' »'l hard and bad a lady friend hold it until she got on. She started a little wabby, but soon got. the wheel going straight down the iu-

jjTno at a three mjnijte'eljt) before site realized that it was -unniug away with lier- Just then a cow and a calf jpt'ined up in thp street ahead, She gave herself up for lost and screamed- The cx[>erieiiced cow thought it was a new sort ot locomotive whistling and got out of the road, while the calf stood squarely in the middle of the street, with its fore legs spread apart, its eats sticking out like cabbage leaves ana its eyes lairiy popping out ol its head in astonishment.

■The bicyclist ^creamed again, and juslas slie expected 'o collide with the. calf it whirled around and with' its fail over its back went bawling dpwn the .street. A\ hen the cow saw the queer looking apparition in bloomers chasing her calf, she started to the rescue;, bawj- {ng at the top of far -lungs. Halt a doneq neighborhood dogs heard the racket apd went yelping after the cow. fc>or tw" bluoli* fl|c nroeessiqn went 4own the street, tips calf, bawling in the lead, the Wiieym a close second and screaming, the cow bawliqg along cjqse behind t(ud the (Jojjs howling at her heels. Fjmdiy the lady struck a »tot»c Knd lauded in the gutter with the wheel on top of her, and there she lay till the procession had passed—San Franolsco Post.

A NEW TOBACCO PEST.

A Warning to Tobacco SrJWers,

A mi'idl calorpillar has been disov- ercd mining the leaves of growing tobac-

co. The caterpillar is about one-halt

inch long, greenish with a dark brown head. It makes an irregular or blotch mine by eating the green matter or par- enchyma of the leaf, leaving the skins

intact and tlie leaf transparent. The caterpillar is extremely voracious and as several usually mine one leaf the leaf,

is. soon reaqered worthless. The insect belongs to the •ub-fiitijily of Tineid

moths, whose best known representa- tives are the clothes and fur moth and

and the Anguinois grain moth. This particular species is yet unmamed.

KEMKDIKS :—Being protected by the skins of the leaf, no ordinary poison or

insecticide will destroy this pest, nor can it be hand-picked without destroy- ing the leaf. The only treatment is to watch for leaves showing transparent blotches and when found to remove and burn them. So far this pest has been reported only from one locality in North Carolina, but it behooves tobacco grow «rs everywhere to look out for jt and destroy i t as soon us it appears. If it

becomes common it will greatly harm

the Jabacoo industry of th,e State,—- (iuralij >}cCartj|y, ptirOmplcgist, K. C. Experiment Station.

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DID YOU EVER

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ervous, »leepJess, Mel»upboly or troubled with Dizar Spoils, Eyerie Bitters is the medicine vou need. Health and Strength sre guaranteel by its use. Fioty cents and $1.00 at Jno. 4-. Woot- on'e Drag Store.

Sjx-year old Georgie heard his lather and aunt talking about ft neighbor who

had beaten his wife while drunk. A short time after he asked his aunt why whiskey was called liquor. His aunt re-

plied she did not know. Georgie said, '•I think 1 do. It is because men drink it. and then go home and lick their

wives ; so it is called 'lick her'."

have been to find themselves once more btick to their temperance homes.

UNCLE TKI>.

A Trip Around the Wqrld. Dear Tim and Tot, one summer day,

^ banner white uufurle-d- Said Tim, Let's take this temperance

Hag A trip around ihe wo: Id.

So they played t .at the garden was the world, and all the bushes we-e countries. They found that in all these countries strong drink was made, and that it did much harm to the peo- ple. In each country they waved their

flag, and bade Ihe people be sober.

They ' went to Great Britain, and, found the folks making rye into whis- key. Niext they crqssec| t. Now the hams should be hung in the smoke house, and this important

operation begun. The smoking should be very gradually done, lasting thirty

to forty days. After the hams are cured and smoked

they should be roqtep(tered to guard

against vermin and then bagged. These hams improve with ag,-, nnd

the Todd hums are in perfection when

a year old.

blooms repoi ted on June 10th in Quo. itiolls f,„. |riends ami ptirty workers of ton county 1 very little trouble from lice. Cor.i is making good stalk. To- bacco is growing off finely. Farmers about through cutting wheat (exc-.pt in extreme west and north), and are r.'adv

to begin thrashing. Oat harvest on hand ; spring oats improved. Chinch, bugs rn many farms have, gone (rum, the wheat tieUls t.o t,li< oru and Tire

damaging it. Many peas were sown this week. Blackberries are ripening and will be abundant; other fruit poor,

ex-ept grapes, which are in good, condi-

Uqn.' S,°ine ftrmi are grassy, hut the

majority in this district are clean and

well cultivated.

Congressmen.

If Congressmen had given more time to legislation looking to the relief of the country instead ofcreat.ng offices

of this kind the public might hjejno low cause to grumjrtje (fait now teems m be

the case. If the Hfty-tourth Congress had remained in session much longer its folly and extravagant would h..ve which he bowed there. The tempera,

exceeded by far Mr. ty^s IIWUMI* oil- H>™ *»*• ■*" "=r,'"ej b,,,ow w,°' a,,d

Where it is Really Cold.

Cold is merely a relative term. The resident of semi-tropical countries shiv-

ers when the thermometer falls to 50 degrees, while the Laplander MIMI Be- •piiinau think it is comfortable at zero.

For real cold and plenty of it, cue

must go to the Polar regions. Think ol living where the mercury goes down

to :!.") degree belotv /.ero in the house, iu gpita ot the stove. Of course, in •uch a case, fur garments tire piled on until a man looks liko a great bundle of

skjns.

Dr. Moss of the polar expedition ol

187.V76, among other odd things tolls of the effect of cold on a wan candle

Dave Lane—The Kail Bobbar.

For six monliis or more a system tic robbery of the mail- .-• -nt to and from Black well'- Durham Tobacco Co. has been going on. The matter was reported to the I'osUilfiee department

and detectives have been on the alert. Thorough investigation will always trace these thefts to the Durham poat-

office, and on this account suspicion rested upon the force in that office.

Finally, Gregory and Dcxlcr, iwo detectives, who had the matter in charge, devised a scheme that caught the rascal. A c hired man named Dare Lane was employed al the facto-

ry and it was I.is duty to deliver mail at the office and receive mail and take it to the factory. He did not handle all th"> mail, but only that sent to and from the coupon department. And the robberies were confined lo ihe malls from this department. Some days ago one of the detectives went to Green* bnro and mailed tv o or tlroe package*

to the coupon departm nit with money enclosed. They were bills and marked.

He saw the packages put in the |>ouch at Gre-nsboro, followed the punch and saw il safelv delivered to the mail

agent, went in the mail ear ami saw the package unmolested put in the pouch

for delivery to the Durham office. The man who carries the mail trotn the railroad station to the postoffice was closely shadowed. When the mail was taken lo the office one of tlie

detectives kept watch at the front door, the other at the rear Dave Lane

went in ami got the mail, there being no one in the office at the time but Mr. Jenkins, ihe delivery clerk. When

Lane left the cilice for the factory lie was closely shadowed ami it was ob-

served that he could not have tampered with the package* on the way. When the mail was handed in at the factory

office the letters had been broken and the money gone. Lane was arrested

and the money found in his pockets. When he got the morning mail there was no one in the office but Mr. Jen

kins and it is though: the packages were opened in the postoffice—Dur- ham eorrcsp'jndeiit to Ualeigh News

ami < Ihservcr.

lion Congress, qi'd it is. not altogether

uerpim that eycji no.w such i* not the (act Norfolk Virginian

The Big Mill Failure In Georgia.

Notes and Opinions.

Fashionable young ladies in Japan, when they desire to look very attrac-

tive, gild their lips.

The canker worms arc making sad havoc'- with the trees in some parts of Western and Central Massachusetts.

Tennessee's Cotnnissio mr of Labor > is cnuV« voting to enforce the law.

against the employment of child labor

in factories.

Grant Al|e>i, it is, said by those who

knqw him we|l, invariably looks as if he were fan) roooverln™ from a seven illness,

Westminster Hull has been closed to the public except when uader surveil-

lance, since the dynamite explosions

eleven years ago.

At a temperance celebrutioq in >>ewj

market, a little lad appeared in the pro-

cession bearing a fl"g, °n which was inscribed the following t "All's right when daddy's sober," a sentence which

has been aptly described as "a volume

'n a line."

Delirium Tremens. The nature of ddirijin troauns is a

most interesting study, and the compre- hension of the subject migh t scientifi-

cnjly be the means of deferring many a man from strong drink. Alcohol has a

great affinity for the brain, and it plays with harsh and dreadful note upon the

Steward cf Kent.

Here is a diaraont, here a piece ot charcoal. Both carbon ■ yet between them stands the mightiest of magicians —Nature. The food on your table, and your own body ; eleincntlr the same, ret between the two stands the c\i)CH.s- tinu. tin-arbiter of growth or decline, life or Ueath.,'

We cannot make a diamond, we can- not make flesh, blood and bone. No. But by means of the Shaker Digestive Cordial we can enable (he stotuach to digest food Which would otherwise fer- mept an'd poison the ay*t*ni. In all Jjrm8 el dyspepsia and incipient coii- timption. with weakness, loss of flesb,.

thin'blood, nervous prostration theCo;- dial is ihe successful reinedy. Taken With fooa it relieves at once. It nour- ishes, and assists nature to nourish d> trial bottle—enough to show Its merit— 10 cents,

LAXOL if '*ie best modielii3 for chll- dren. DocU..~ recommend it in place of Castor Oil.

Teacher: And how, James, was

hoisery made in former days?

James : Don't know.

Teache- : Next \ i?he ftext: Kr—er-^er.

Teacher i Next 1 The Next t Dtinno. Teacher: Master Flipp, do ycu

D.'. Charles Jewett, wnlle arguing for prohibition, once said : "Why not

pour the rum into the gutter ? It is destined to the gutter at last ; why not pour it there at once, and not wait to

strain it through a man and spoil the

strainer in the work 1

nervous system. (And yet people are I know? continually taking it to quiet their I Master Flipp: Nit. (Is sent to the

nerves.) In the brain of the drunkard head)—Judge.

"It is computed that the aggregate

wealth of eight millionaire brewers cf New York city is $52,300,000. The money spent by workingmen to help provide these eight men with palatial

residences would furnish 52,500 of i their families with pretty $1,000 cot-

tages."

The Eagle & l'henix mills, at Col

unibiis, Ga., went into the hands c(

receivers last Saturday. Thu indebt*

eilqess at the mills Is $1,121,009. It is the largest manufacturing enterprise in the South and its weekly pay roll to hands is $5,600. Whe,u Sherman passed thiough Georgia on his march to the sea he applied the torch to this property and left it in ruins. When the war closed the owners derided to re-

build, and instead of one mill they put up two, and sin :c then th'J property

has been known as the Eagle & Flue- nix mills.

The petition for the receivers re- cites the fact that on Feb. 17, IS73, the

Eagle & l'hirntx Manufacturing Com- pany was (minted permission by the logislatue to operate n savings bunk in connection with their other business,

and began operating accordingly. More than $1,000,000 was deposited in this

department and among the d,ep,o*ilors were the petit|qnera. 1^ k alleged that,

uone of, this money was used for

ijonn purposes as is usual with, sayings hanks, btit thr,t it all went to build ad- ditional mills and increase the facilities

of the Eagle & Phcrnix company. On

Feh. 14, 1891, the savings bank de- partment was abolished or discontinued.

At that time bonds were issue I to. pay the depositors. TUopetitioners wanted

the doctor must have been considerably "discouraged when, upon looking at his candle, he discovered that the flame

had all it could do to keep warm.

It was so cold that the name could not melt all the wax of the candle., but was forced to cut iLs way down, leaving

a sort of skeleton ot I ho candle stand-

There was heat enough, however, to melt oddly-shupped holes in (be thin walls of wax : and. tho result was a

beau.tilul faje like cylinder of white, with a tongue of yellow flame burning inside it, and sending out into the darknos* nuMVy streaks of light—Popu-

lar Science Now*.

The County Paper.

Any man can take a newspaper.

Ft is the clieiqiost thing he can buy. What good does it do you ?

It instructs you and your wife and teaches your children ; it comes to you

every week rain or shine, calm or storm, bringing you the best new* of tfa neighborhood. No in liter what

happens, it onters your doors a welcome

latest, foil of sunshine, cheer and inter- est. It shortens the summer days and

enlivens long winter evenings. It is your adviser, your gossip and friend.

No man is ju*t to his wife and children who does not give •hem the home paper to read.

Told of Daniel Webster.

It is never safe to say things to the ragged, unkept men one sees and meets a-tishiug by some mud pond or

stream. This truth is illustrated by the erne of Daniel Webster.

Webster was a fisherman and had sloops and a smack iu which he used to enjoy the pastime. He was not over-

fastidious in his fisherman's dress. If he tore his clothes fa did not lane the trouble to have the rent sewed up, and Watafl enjoying his sport he was a toler- ably rough-looking e&tumcr. according ton Itoehcster |>apermtRiosc reporter in.

torviewed Mrs. Dawes, a resident of Marshfield iu Webster's days.

Webster and Mrs. Dawes' uncle

were ashing one day from the shore of the fay, when a stylish young follow, n visitor at Marshfield, tumbled head over heels into the marsh. The tum-

bler yelled at Webster, asking how much he'd charge to haul him out nnd

carry him over the mud.

"A quarter!" answered Webster, and the deed was done. Whereupon

the ipiarter was turned over and Web- ster had start id nway, when the mud- stumbler asked :

"To whom am I indebted f "Only Daniel Webster."

The man said afterward that he apologized for his superciliousness, and

did not reckon other people no accor- ding to the number of tears and patches

»nd mud on their clothes. —New York Sun.

The BiUvUle Banner.

We recently purchase I a Incycle. The doctor say that with careful nurs-

ing we will be out in six weeks.

We lo« one leg in the war and the other running for congress. We are Still able, however, to play a full hand.

There is only one goldbug in I till ville

now, and he's in a dime museum under the direction of a silver manager.

There is no use to run for coroner in Hillville. The only time a umn drop*

(dead here is when some one goes craav

Kojituohy has a colored new woman |aml P"V8 n'm $10 on account,

who is a bricklayer and stone mason.

There is also a white woman in that inoney when it was due, and demanding I State whox although 77 year* old, it, failed to get it- ihears far own sheep.

Mo oney » so scarce in Billville that we .re compelled to run for office on the installment plan ; but it looks like we'll never be fully installed.

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\1H£ REFLECTOR Greenville, N. C.

P. J. WBXCBAfiS, Editor »i frmrietor

Eotcrod at the post offlce at Oreen- TllleN. .C. M pecoud-class mail matter.

afeal WKDNSSDAT, June 24th. 1896.

IT IB KcXIKLXT.

Just as Lad lieei» predicted Wnv

MfKiiik'v. of Ohio, was nominated tor

President on first ballot by the Repub-

lican National Convention at St. Louis.

Hobart, of New Jersey*-was nomina-

ted lor Vice-President.

The platform was a disappointment

to the silver forces and they bolted the

Convention.

eastern North Carolina crop this year

will be by far the poorest that we have

ever had. And about the acreage some

of our high flying eathusiusU will be

surprised some pf these days when they

realize that there was not as much to-

bacco planted in eastern North Caroli-

na in UK as there was in 18'.)0. Oue

of the most destructive hail storms

passed through a section of country on

the north side of the river that we

have ever had. Mr. J. S. Smith tells

us that he had S\ acres of tobacco and

that it is literally torn all to pieces.

He had already cured one barn of prim-

ings and would soon have been ready

to commence curing in full blast. The

storm passed through a section about

five miles in length doing great damage

to all the crops but Mr. Smith's and

Mr. Barn hill's were the worst damaged

of any that we have heard of, their's

l>eing entirely ruined.

WASHINGTON LETTER. EUROPEAN LETTER.

TOBACCO AGAINST COTTON-f^

THE TEACHERS ASSEMBLY.

A Brilliant Session in the Mountains

nr o. i- JOTNKU.

We frequently hear furniers say that

if tohacee- should go down in price to

C or 7 cents per pound they would be

forced to go back into the cultivation of

cotton or some other crop and leave oft

tobacco, entirely. Now while we are

not an advocate of growii.g large crops

of poor tobacco, but rather small cro|>s

of superior quality, yet let's look at the

figures and make some comparisons be-

tween tobacco and cotton—tobacco at

7 cents and cotton at 7 cents.

We have consulted a number of prac-

tical farmers and they say they can

grow and house au acre of tobacco for

from $2.) to $3.">.0. Now on an

average say it costs $MuM an acre to

grow and save it,and on this MR you

get from 600 to HKKJ BSSSSflSj say on

avewe of only GOO pounds and it will

average that the county ever. You

sell this 0M pounds of tobacco fit 7 ets.

a pound and realize $42 for the acre-

Now as we have taken a minimum av-

erage on the acre of tobacco we will ap-

ply the same rule to the acre of cotton.

We will assume that the cotton land of

Pitt county will average a half bale to

the acre or 22."> pound-, of cotton which

at 7 cts. a pound is $1J.7O. SO you

can plainly see that the profit on an

acre of tobacco above all actual expense

and cost is nearly equal to the entire

gross amount of an acre in cotton.

As to the cost of growing and saving

nil acre ot cotton we have not consider-

ed that at all. We shall leave th

reader to make his own calculation.

Every year since Greenville ban had

a market the entire sales liuvs

averaged, including scrap, over 10

cents a pound. Now when we con-

sider that the average cost of handlin

an acre of tobacco is $■"!'.' and that the

average weight is COO pounds and that

the average price hash-en say only 10

cents, you see that on an average il

farmers of Pitt county have realized

net profit of at least $90 for every

acre of tobacco grown in the

eounty. Of course every man that

has planted tobacco has not made

money out of it. Some have lost

heavily, but more have lost as they

would Lave done had the county been

upon a single cotton basis. There are

as a matter of course exceptions to

tiie«e figures, for instance we know of

several farmers who say tliat to grow

and handle an acre of tobacco cost

them every cent of $40. There are

others who even say it costs more than

that figure. This ot course depvds

ujion the amount of fertilizer used and

usually it is the man who uses heavy

applications of manure that gets the

most money out of tobacco while we

believe that too much fertilizer is fre-

quently used and as this item is one of

- the chief sources ot expense it is one in

the use of which great care and judg-

ment should be used in order to get the

most satisfactory results.

THE CROP CONDITION.

BT O. I.. WIVES.

From U-e information that we have

gathered from the country in >arious

seatiaa* there is no question of doubt

but that while the tobaco crop in some

sections is more forward than usual it

is still a very unsatisfactory one to the

fanners. It is more spotted than ever

before in the eastern counties, that is it

is irregular, a good plant and a poor

one, and barren spots so to speak all

over the field. There are a few far-

mers tliat managed to get all their

crop set on a good season in April or

very early May who have good stands

with the exception of where the bud

worms cut it down during the cold

nights in May. Those crops are ad-

vanced and in some cases are all topped

out and are looking very well indeed,

but the great body of the tobacco was

set from May 5th to 15th, and beyond

doubt this tobacco is more unsatisfacto-

ry to the farmers in many ways than

any crop we have ever grown. While

it may be reverse to the criticisms

made of the crop of eastern North Car-

olina by a good many other reporters

yet if we were called upon to give an

estimate of this crop in comparison

with the '95 crop we shoul i most cer-

tainly not place it over 80 in condition,

and while we cannot tell what the fu-

ture seasons will be or how the crop

(Special Correspondence of Reflector.

AsitKviLLK, N. C. June 17th. 'Of..

On last evening at 8:30, the North

Carolina Teachers Assembly convened

in its 13:h Antual Session in the hall

of the Asheville Female College.

When President Joyner called the As-

sembly to order, the beautiful hall was

filled to its utmost rapacity, the im-

mense audience being uni-lde to find

standing room. This melting was only

an introductory skirmish preparatory to

the great battle of thought and action

on to-morrow. (>n the rostrum, sat

the officers and speakers and a large

number of prominent educators. The

occasion was an auspicious and inspir-

ing one and pushing aside every sign of

fear and apprehension as to the success

of this session the whole assembly at

once liiid aside stiff formalities and

leaped into the full fruition of Lope and

assurance.

At the proper time and in a few well

chosen remarks the president intro-

duced Hon. Was. M. Cocke. the young,

tainted and eloquent Mayor of Aslie-

ville. Mr. Cocke is a young man, just

passed his nnjority. full of buoyancy,

hope and strength, posessiag a strong

intellectual face, with easy and grace-

ful manners, a deep resonant voice, and

a commanding appearance. As In-

stepped forward the audience greeted

him with generous applause and for

several minutes he repaid them with

words of an eloquent welcome, that

came forth »ith the fluency and ease of

a flowing stream and captured the vast

audience. After he finished and the

applause Lad subsided tlie President

said, "We have yet another treat in

store for us. In this city there is a

patriotic order railed the Junior Order

of I'nited American Mechanics. The

word Mechanic is a misnomer. 'Ihe

order is not a labor organization, nor

composed of artisans, but is purely pa-

triotic in its design with a motto "Our

Country," and a creed, 'restricted im-

migration and Ihe education of the

masses.' With a sympathy for our

work this order has craved the privi

lege of extending to tlie teacliers of

NortL Carolina a welcome to tLis city

and li8s selected as iu spokesman J. II

Tucker, Esq. of Asheville."

Mr. Tucker, kwnon to all of your

readers, is universally acknowledged to

be one of the first, most progressing and

promising young lawyers of tLis ele-

gant Mountain City. Tlie order was

fortunate in tlieir selection of spokes-

man to extend welcome to the Assem-

bly.

Commanding in person, graceful in

manner, onate in expression, and fluent

in sjieech, Mr. Tucker more than met

the expectation his of hosts of friends

here in the city and those pres-

ent from every portion of North

Carolina to whom he is so well and

favorably known in extending a truly

hearty welcome to the Asembly. His

closing remarks, in which in the name

the honored dead statesman, Zebulou

IL Vance, he welcomed us to this fair

land, captured the audience and he re-

ceived the hearty applause of the even-

ing.

At tlie conclusion of *"■. Tucker's

welcome tlie president introduced J. B.

Crriyle, Professor of Latin in Wake

Forest College as the Demosthenes of

the North Carolina Teacher's Assem-

bly who wou'il respond to Asheville's

welcome in behalf of the Assembly.

Those who know Prof. Carlyle can bet-

ter appreciate the pith and oratory of

his response. Most happily he met

the requisites of the occasion. His ver-

satile gifts, his culture, his classic inir.d.

his grace and oratory all combined to

capture both the Assembly and Ashe-

ville when he stated triumphantly that

"Asheville is the greatest and finest

city in North Carolina, and the Teach-

er's Assembly is the greatest and finest

body in North Carolina ; hence when

Asheville and the Tea-.her's Assembly

meet the two greatest things iu North

Carolina have met." This was a hit

that took all parlies by storm. His re-

sponse closed an interesting and pleas-

ant evening—the beginning

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id-Summer CLOTHING

THE REFLECTOR. ON THE EXCURSION.

land N«

In cool-appearing and comfort-giving

CL +- we have been careful not to omit a particle of that distinctive style and perfect lit which always characterizes our heav- ier Clothing. Neither have we for one moment lost sight of the ever important point of price economy. Mid-Sum- mer Clothing of equal nuahty and style was

ever sold cheaper.

Local Reflections.

You had better list your taxes

Ni'wbern is shipping cantaloupes.

Cotton blooms are getting plentiful.

The small boy and the June bug will soon be ciuuics.

We bear that there arc several cases of fever in Carolina township.

In a \vc ek or so now tobacco curing will be in lull blast in this county.

The young people had a very enjoy- able dance in GtorJUUlM Hall Friday night.

Tbo Ucasengcr ."ays 3,800 barrels of potatoes were shipped from Washing- ton in one day.

What a pity B great many of I be politicians ol the present day \\i.v ■ not that much sense.

The Fayettevillc Observer says in that section numbers o( hog* are drop- ping dead from cholera.

Mayor Forbes had eight ernes before him Saturday and made a good collec- tion tor the to vn treasury.

The IXmoerntic convention of Greene cwnnty endorse! ex-Ouv. T. J. JIIITIS lor GoVvrror.

The boys have s:;t their heads on having telephones too. and are running strings in vaiious places.

The Dispatch says Richmond has made extensive preparation for the re- union and is in readiness tor it.

The Demon atie convention ol Wil- son county endorsed Col. J. IS. CHIT for Governor. That's II light.

A new paper called the Progress, lias been started at Uayboro, in Famlieo county. It. M. Busier is editor.

There is considerable fun going ei. over the pnones, but they will come down to business as soon as the novelty I bead. wears oft.

John Duncan, Colored, of lielv.,ir township, hail a cotton b'ussom June 17th It is the first of the season re- ported here.

A Seattle woman asked to be com- mitted to the insane asylum, saying: ••1'vejiut get enough sense to know that 1 haven"! any."

One marriage licerse was the sum tctal issued by Remoter of Deeds King last week. That one was for Joseph Johnson and G A. Steeks, J lluinbi white.

Fresh Butter. N. Y. State and Can's at S. .M. Schults'r.

Paies Seen Looking; Out the Window Either Goingjor Coming;.

Allied Forbes, Jr., is sick.

B. F. Sugg returned Friday even.ng from Goldsboro.

One of the children of Col. I. A- Sugg is quite sick.

J. T. Williams went to Kinston Thursday evening.

W. C. Hester returned from Oxford Thursday evening.

O. L. Joyner has gone to Seven Springs for a week.

Miss May Harris, of Falkland, is vis- iting Miss Bessie Jarvis.

New Patent.

Walter A. Burnett, of Kinston passed through here Saturday and

I showed us models of a harness hook

and single tree eutch upon which he has just obtained patents. They are

good contrivances and we have no

doubt will prove very valuable.

Mrs. L. V. Morril, of Snow Hill, is visiting her parents here.

New Census.

The Free Press says that a new cen- sus ol Kinston is to be taken at once by direction uf the Town Commissioners. The REFLECTOR has tried to awaken an interest here in having a new census

of Greenville taken, but no authorita- tive steps have yet been taken. There ought to be u new census of the town.

Valuable to Young Men.

Rev. E. I). WelU delivered an ad- t'ie Baptut chi-'el',

Sunday night, his topic being "The

Hunter Fleming has g-nc to Gran'! BedlMm Toua* Wun-" T|'« ««»■■• lille eonntv to visit his father. j *"* *'"" of excellent ndmo:iiiion to tin

young, and every young m..n especially

Miss Fannie Higgs has gone Ui Scot- ! SuiraWe sermon ii ek (o visit relntivos.

MBS. A. M CLAKK DEAD.

The old and the young alike have to meet the reaper, Death, when the sum- mons comes to them. At G o'clock Wednesday evening, just as the bell

began tolling the hour for the burial of j third iunin

little Gladys Shelburn, the spirit of j and Joe Jams made a run Mrs. Alvania M. Clark took its flight home boys.

piled up 10 runs on first inning, while the home boys were shut out when they went to the bat. Our boys wat.-h- ed their work belter next time and let

the visitors make only o:ie run but got nothing themselves in return. The

ive Kiiistn a cipher,

for the Kinston made three on

fourth and Greenville came oft blank again. The visitors took another egg

-—-b.

Our Special Effort ON

from earth.

Mrs. Clark was in her 81st year, and

was the oldest lady in Greenville. She na fifth inning and the home boys the felt the approach of age, realised ilia' | same

life's span could not be lengthened | fa the sixth Kinston added four runs

many years at best, and was fully pre- j ,„„1 Bob Move, George Woodward and pared for the end whenever it should [ Gus Forbes ga.e Greenville three more come. She was confined t«. her bed j ]„ iUc seventh Kinston pulled down about two weeks prior to her death. j o:„. ,„orc and Greenville came off with

Mrs. Clark was the widow of the [ nothing. The eighth gave t! e visitors Hon. S. Clark, who in ante-bellum days j another egg, and the home boys the was a member of Congress from t! is | 61U1,.. fa the ninth and last inning

listrict. He was also a lawyer ot wide j Kin-ton Wolfed Up wi'.h another cipl er prominence and is remembered by our and Greenville eaun. off likewise.

Mayor Wat. Fllis, of Newbern. re- lumed hosM Friday evening.

Mis* Sallie Kountree, of Kin .ton, is visiting Miss llortense Forb-s.

Miss Katie Ilnskelt, ot Kiiislon, is visiting her uncle, I). D. Haskelt.

G. M. Tucker eame home Thursdav evening from a trip to Norfolk.

Miss Yenetia Morrill went to Kin- ston Monday evening to visit friends.

Charlie Shield, ol Scotland Neck, is visiting his sister, Mrs. K B. Iliggs.

Patrick Henry Gorman left this morn ing for Richmond to lake a lew weeks rest.

Mrj G. P. Fleming and children have go.ie to Durham to visit, her par- ents.

Dr. D. L James returned Saturday from the Dental convention at More-

Inspcctor-Gencrnl Smith came Mon- day evening to inspect the Pitt County Rifles.

Mrs. S. C. Wells and daughter. Miss Rosa, are visiting relatives at the King House-

Allen Warren has gone to i.enoir county in the interest of Riverside Nursery-

f Mrs. G. F. Smith and little child, o

Louisbnrs. are visiting Mrs. R. L'

in the community ought to h..vo it.

ra:d

Don't All Speak at Once.

AVIien the bell to 0113 ot the new phoni8 rung Monday for the first time, the housekeeper, the cook, the nurse, th^

gardner ami six children all gathered around at once. To the man at tlr". other end it sounded like a repititio'i of

the confusion around the tower of Ba- bel.

Ghaaty Finds The workmen on the exeavations

Under the Bernard stores dog into more

graves Friday. One of-them had been bricked up and i.i i„ was found a small

SKIIII. At another place a large skull was found to which the jaw bones were

attached. In ,'he lower jaw the se', of teeth was complete and only a few were missing from the Upper jaw.

Linen, Crash, Serge, Flannel, Seersucker, Si- cilian, ilk, Duck, &c, are in profusion and can be bought cheap. Im- mediate buyers have privilege of selection from the finest, largest and most complete as- sortment of hot-weath- er apparel ever display- ed here.

i

I am showing a large variety of the newest and most fashionable novelties in Straw and Headwear, including the finest grades of both English and American manufacture.

Frank Wilson

The King Clothier.

Hal Sugg tells us he has just sent oft another order for the book entitled "C'ul a and the Fight for Freedom." It is a splendid work and should be ta- ken by i very body.

Our people become more and more pleased with the arrangement by wbi'ib mail gets here on the noon freight-train. Getting mail six hours sooner is an ad- vantage to many.

Can Tomatoes, Corn, Peaches, Cher lies, Apricots, Pears and Pineapple.

S. M." ScllL'LTZ.

Some ladies were walking out to the depot, Saturday evening, and one ol them seeing the new smtke stack over at the mill wanted to know what kind of steeple that was over there.

While the colored base ball club was oat practicing, Friday afternoon, one of the players at the bat caught the ball flat on his mouth. The blow knocked him dead for about ten minutes.

The best blend of Tea, 25c. pel p. lind. S. M. SCHULTZ.

Henry Fnlford was tried befu-e Justice J. A. I-ang Saturday for shoot- ing a man named Harris* through the leg with a small rifle B week ago. Ful- lord was hound over to court.

There was a rumor going around this morning that the body of II. J. Hoyle, who was drowned Feb. 11th, had been found. No definite particu- lars Of uld be learned, so we suppose it wai only a rumor.

The children in Forbestown have been having some amusement the last few nights by parading with different colored paper box lanterns. They had 22 lanterns in line, Friday night, and made a nice show.

Is STOCK—Dried Peaches, "runes. Raisins, Dittos and Apples, 5c. per pound. S. M. Scnui.TZ.

The Scotland Neck Democrat now comes with thenamu changed to Com- monwealth, Kditor llilliard makes the change because this latter name it is the first under which the paper was published.

On Sunday a corner stone was laid to Sycamore Hill Baptist church, col- ored, which is undergoing repairs. An excursion came up from Washington and a Urge crowd witnessed the exer- cises.

Friday whi)e Mr. W. A. Pollard wag driving through Forbestown and not taking his bearings cuofully. his buggy collided with one of the tele- phone poles. Breaking his harness was about the only damage sustained.

Taken in time Hood's Sarsaparllla prevents serious illnoss by keeping the ulood pure and all the organs in a ealthy condit'on.

Some drummers who seemed to bare more nickels than they know what to do with, amused themselves Friday evening while waiting for the train by throwing them to a crowd of negro beys around the dopot an I seeing them scramble tor the coins.

Mexico is running this country a close race in several particelars, but ii will take her some time to catch up in the murder business. Over there they kill only one person to every 24,oOO of the population, while here we murder one to every 7,000—Wilmington Star

Lee Rawls has gone to Chapel Hill to join his lather who is spending some- time there.

SHOOTING AT AYDBN.

(-"pedal to Reflector.)

ATM *■ t-1- Julie a3-—At tne lumber mill just beliw here, two ne-

groes got into a fuss this afternoon and began shooting each other. One of

them, recciyeoj a flesh wound but was

not seriously hurt-

Maj. W. S. Bernard and Miss Mary Bernard have gone to Chapel Hill for a few weeks.

Mrs. M F. Puraago, who was visit- ing Mrs. R. L. Smith, lelt today lor her home in Wilson.

Mrs. C. T. Munford, and little C T. arrived home Monday evening from a visit to Wilson.

Mrs. B. A. Tuft and her son A. II. Taft have gone to Faiiae* a Springs for a few days.

Congressman H'.rry Skinner and wile came home Saturday evening from Washington City.

Rev. J. W. MsNamara sp.mt yes te.day here and left this morning tor his home at Littleton.

W. II. Allen, who has been visiting relatives here, left this morning to re- turn to Marion, S. 0.

Misses Clara Bruce Forbes and Becea Worthington went to Kinston Saturday to spend some days.

Mrs. Straughan, who has been visit- ing Mrs. W. II. Harrington, returned to her home in Whitukers Saturday.

J. D. Christian, of Riclitnot-d, the the art'Stic cane Carver and popular baking powder salesman, is in town.

Mtss Susie Shield, of Scotland Neck, came down Monday evening to spend a few days with her sister, Mrs. E. B.

Higgs.

Dr. Charles O'Hagan I.aughinghouse and bride (nee Miss Carrie D.iil) came home Friday evening from their bridal tour.

Misses Bessie Gray, of Winston, and Sallie Co. ten, of Cptlondale, are visiting Miss Myra. Skinner at Hotel Macon,

Louis, Charlie and Monti J Latham and Harry Skinner, Jr., returned Wed- lesday evening from school at Belmont,

in Gaston county.

Mrs. P. C. Monterio and Misses Louise Latham, Winnie, Lottie mid Nellie Skinner returned home Tuesday evening from Washington City.

Miss Bettie Tyson returned home Wednesday evening from Winston where she has been visiting since the lose of school at Salein. Miss Frances

Conrad, of Winston, accompanied her home for a visit,

OaKiey Items.

OAKLEY, N. C, June 22, 18%.

The sudden drop in the potato mar- ket causes our people to wear long

taccs.

Miss Mary Highsmith and sister

Lollie left Saturday to visit relatives at

Scotland Ne-k'-

Miss Mary Whitehurst and M$N Al- Iie Ivey went \o Robensqnvjllc Saturday and returned Sunday,

Mrs. Lucrctia James left Mouday to

visit her grandaught'sr, Mrs. Mr. J. E. 11 hi"*, at Rocky Mount.

Our old friend Joe W irren arrived Saturday ami is visiting with his wife the family of J. H. Whitehurst.

Crops of all kinds arc, looking well in this section, especially tobacco. Our

people say they never saw the weed look better at this season of f he year.

We hope they will continue so and that they may get good prices for it to co.u:t jiensate for the loss in potatoes.

Free Information.

Messrs. C. A. Snow & Co. of Wash-

ii gloii, I). C. lawyers end agents for procuring patents, will send free to any

address pamphlets with information about, home ami foreign patents, caveats, copyrights, trademarks, infringement.-,

design patents, abstracts of decisions, etc. as well as the cost of patents in the 1" red States and foreign countries.

older people as a man of great abilily

and influence. Mrs. Clark w as a woman ot rare cul-

ture and refinement, her gentleness and

-FOB-

SPRING OF 189a MODS $ 8 50 Suits < r $ 5.00

9.50 10.60 1100 12.50 13. ">0

6.00 7.00 8-00 9.00

1000

iYoatb,8$3bO " \ „ *5 0» '• i " 0.50 " ') " 8.00 "

" 200 '. " 3 50 * " 4 50 \ " 5.75 1

jl-oys $1.15 2 00

i 3 00 "

65 •' 185 '■    i.

The result of tin'game was I!) to 4 in favor of Kinston.

1'he home boys played well consider-

ing that 1I117 had had no practice ai d kindliness winning to her the esteem ol would ll-t li-tve been beaten

Loafers. Better for a grocer, dry goods dealer,

druggist, tobaccouist, or any other bus-

iness man, to offend n whole coterie of loungers than to spoil his trade by in- commoding persons who mean busi-

ness. No one likes to place small or- ders when a lot of idle persons are lis-

tening, ready to make comment- on them ind their purchases as soon as their backs are turned Michigan Mer- chant.

Died.

Little Gladys Shelburn, infant daugh- ter of Mr. and Mrs. Ed. II. Shelburn,

died Tuesday evening of. last Week. The burial will took place at Cherry Hill cemetery Wednesday afternoon at G o'clock. The bereaved parents have the sympathy of the entire community

in the sorrow that has come into their home. Gladys was 17 month* old and had been sick only a few days.

It Wasn't Loaded?

Near Paetolus on Sunday two youug

negroes, a man and a woman, both nearly grown, were amusing themselves with a pistol. The weapon was one of the usual "unloaded" kind, but sudden-

ly there was a report, a ball struck the woman in the temple and she was killed instantly. Her name was Nell Lang-

ley. The man's name was John Moore. Coroner Laiighinghouse went dowu to-day to look into the matter.

Cannery.

Last season Mr. J. J. Cory started a

small canning indus'ry here, whortle berries being the principal article put

up by him. He has tested them thor-

oughly and finds that tiny have kept :"n excellent condition. Several ot our

people are using the berries put up by Mr. Cory and all pronounce ^theui the bes. He sent the REFI.KCTOR some to try, and ihey are all right. We hope he will ioci-ease his plant and do

a regular canning Ini.-int-.- this reason.

every one. In her early years she was converted and united with tkfl Baptist church, her life always being that of an earnest, devoted ehristi- 11. She was a

woman of means and gave liberallv to many .objects of charity and benevo-

lence, though always in a ijuiet way, her .gifts being for sweet charity's sake alone and not for the praise ef the

wo Id. As a business woman we doubt it

Mrs. Clark had a superior. Through

the many years of her widowhood she managed her own affairs and possessed

qualifications of mind and 'i knowledge of business matters acquired even by few men.

Mrs. Clark leaves no children. In

Greenville she has two half-sisters and one half brother now living. These

are Mrs. II. A. Sutton, Miss A. M. Perkins and Mr. J. J. Perkins. Slit-

was also a great-auut of Miss Louallie Pool, of Williaaiston.

The remairs of Mrs. Alvania Al. ' Clark were interred in Cherry llil\'

Cemetery at 11 o'clock Friday, funeral

badly but for their fumbling in first inning.

Still they i.rc not a m itch tor Kinstcn. The Kinston club are exceedingly

clever boys ami we would be glad to see them over again.

We have the rbove h'uits in a'l sijee and tiia gco Is ha e no eorua, for the mo ev

—We Lave a full line of—

%>a,dios:~:£ros6:~:Qoods, Qto., in1 the latest design*. We carrv a full line of Zioelnr Bros. Fitf Shoes, E. RD ne Shoes, Bion F. Reynold's Fine 8boe.a.

We are- in n positjon to 8ave you gome m0Dev (|jjg ratine. Coa* to see us. K * m

New Tooacci. Saturday J. C. Smith and J. R.

Ross brought the BEPLKCTOS a samp- le bunch of new cro'i tobacco. It was from a cure o1" primings made this week. The tobacco is nice ami thecOre shows ti have been all right. It is the firsl

cure we have heard reported this gca sou.

We are sorry to know that th'se young men were sullcrers by the hail

storm of Thursday evening. All of their crop was ruined, except what they had ill the barn Curing at the

time.

NEXT TO TYSON & RAWLS' BANK.

Wells. The pall bearers were Messrs. G. F. Evens, II. A. Sutton, E. A. Moye, J. L. Li.tb, J. J. Cherry, C. I). Rouutree, J. S. Sm'th and D. J.

Whichard. A large number of friends followed the remains to their last rest- ing place.

KINSOIN vs. GREENVILLE.

Score 19 to 4 in Favor of K inctcn

The Kinston base ball club eame

over on the train Wednesday to ,play a

game with lh«i Greenville club. Our

boys met them at the d»pot and enter-

tained the visitors at li >tej Maeon.

The g: me was called at 3:15 o'e'oek with Bd Parkir and II. C. Hooker um-

pires. The play.is of .he n.-pective

clubs and their positions as follows :

Kl\>Tl)X. W. 1>. Cob man,

B. E. Stanley, Jesse Herbert Frank Lewis, J. Hickoon, C. Oettinger, E. Wooten, W. W. White. EL D. Stanley,

c.

I> lb. 2b.

3b. ss. ef. If. rl.

GliKEKVll.I.K.

Earnest Forb •.- G. J. WooeUnl Ola Forbes, R. M. Moye, John Stokes, J. 15. Jarvis, .1. I. Smith, tins Forbes, .lames Moore,

Nervous People find just the help they so much need, in Hood's Sarsaparillu. It fur- nishes the desired strength by puri- fying, vitalizing and enriching the blood, and thus builds up the nerve-, tones the stomach and regulates the whole system. Read this:

"I want to praise Hood's Sarsnpnrilla. My health run down, and I had the grip. After that, my heart and nervous system were badly affected, so that I could not do my own work. Our physician gave me some help, but did not cure. I decided to try Hood's Sarsaparllla. Soon I could do all my own housework. I have taken

Cured Hood's Pills with Hood's Sarsaparilla, and they have done me much good. I will not be without them. I have taken 13 bottles of Hood's Sarsaparilla.and through the blessing of Ood, it has cured me. I worked as hard in ever the past sum- mer, and I am thankful to say I am well. Hood's Pills when taken with Hood's Sarsaparilla help very much." Mas. M. M. MESSENOKB, Freehold, Penn.

This and many other cures prove that

Hoods Sarsaparilla

Is the One True Blood Purifier. All dniRRlsts. f 1. Prewired only by C. I. Hood & Co.. Lowell. Mass.

Kinston gut the drop on things and !-!„«,«' r»-ll aetSBSHf, promptly and rlOOdS FlIIS eflccUvely. ttceut*.

Peased With the Trip.

As John Ricks had his say in yester-

day's REELECTOK about Seven Sprjngs, Jak.e Higgs says he is entitled

tq a Ground" too. Jako tells us they were very much Improved by their trip to these noted springs, and that they found everything there very pleasant indeed. In fact, with such a proprietor as Mr. J. II. Fonville it

could not be otherwise. He says they made some acquaintances among the fair sex that John says "money would not buy."

OifS. D4V.1S to Atteud-

Mrs. Jefferson Lh»v|s and daughters Will »t|ond the meeting ot the Confed- erate Vetenms at Richmoud this month.

A dkpatch from that city dated the 8th says: At a meeting to-night of the. committee having charge of the re-

ception to be tendered M,rs.. Jefferson Davig, at the Davis Mansion, during

the Confederate reunion here, a letter was read from Mrs. Davis, sayir g that

sue wojihj gladly be present. During the reception Mrs. Davis

will be seated upon a platform, between

two ot tlje royms mid will not "» ex-

pected "o rise or shake hands with the guests.

Miss Winnie Davis and Mrs. Hnyes . 1 will recei ve at the foot of the platform.

We did not know that the ladies would take so kindly to our selections in Laces and Em- broideries and were not prepared for the rush which almost cleaned us out last week. We are ready to-day, however, with another lot. They are handsomer if possible than the first ones and this lot includes all the novelties of the season, notably among them Linen, Ecru and Straw Colorings. All at prices that don' allow them to remain long on our counters* Don't delay like you did or the loss will be yours.

Lan g Sels Cheap. c=x^W®

Postoffice Corner.

l8f^1!1 °,{ *V Bargains tliat jars the me purchasers dollars aud cenat ibis fact joined to the truthful assertions, the largest stock, moat

beautiful selectionp, best values, make our store the most satisfactory place for you to trade. Come take a look at

the many attractions which we offer you. They cannot fail to elicit your admiration and make

you our patrons. A stock full of Bargains eyery day during each season, but nev-

er before any better, grander, more beautiful or better selected

stock than this season. Our buver bought for the

Cash, aud added to the judgment

of 30 years experience, we offer a line of

Gen'l Merchandise that has sever been excelled or scarcely equalled in this town or

county. Our store is the home of rare bargains, genuine uiei it, honest goods, square dealing, polite attention,

aud the place for you to tiade. We have them here aud call upon every buyer

to examine thom Our store is full to comple-

tion of tie following lines--

Dry Goods, Ladies, Misses and Children Dress Goods, Shirt Waist Silks, White Goods,

Dimities, Challies, Henriettas, ail wool Black Dress Goods, Ripples,

Novelty Cotton Goods. Linen Fabrics,

Ducks, Piques, i te aud Colored Sateens,India Lawns Muslins, Ginghams, Calicoes and other beautifu

Stviish things too numerous to mention. Our Laces, Ribbons, Silks, Braid*, Buttons, Velvets and other Trimmings make the hearts of the ladies glad to behold them- Kid Gloves, Hosiery, Side Combs, and Hair Ornaiueuts are beauties*. Our Shoe stock is immense for Ladies, Misses and Children, Men and Boys. The most complete and stviish line of Ladies, Misses and Childrens Oxford Ties ever offered here.

Gentlemen's Furnishing Goods! embracing n.any articles, such as: Collars, Cuffs, Ties, Scatfs, Bows Hoseiry, Suspender, Negiloe, Dress aud Workingmen's Sunday and every day Snirts, Undershirts and Toilet Articles- Fur, Wool and Straw Hats for Men and Boys. C tps for men, Boys and children-

Plain, Pure, Heavy Groceries. Flour, Meat, Suear, Lard, Molasses, Salt, Snuff and Tobacco. Hard ware aud Farming Tools, lows and Casting, Tinware, Toilet Sets ind many uaef il household articles iu that Hue- The Best line of Crockery that we have ever had aud that is saying much. Our Tea and Dinner Sets are beauties- Our lates, Cups and Saucers, Dish- es and Bowls are here iu quantities aud variety,"Hall, Vase and far lor Lamps, plain and fancy patterns. Now a word about our

FURNITURE! Store, bieger more masruiricetit and grander than ever before. Oak Suits, Parlor Suite, Couches. Lounges, Plush, Upholstered, Reed, Willow, aud Oak Rucking Chairs, and Oak Dining Chairs. All th» culmination of the flfannfaoiqrer's Art up to date. Separate pieces, Bureaus, Bedsteads; ('eutrj and Dining Tables, Towel and Hat facts, Tin Safes, Side Boards, Spring Mattresses, Cots, Wash itand.4, Shuck and straw Mattresses, Mattings, Rugs, Cirpet, Onr taiu Poles, Lace Curtains, Window Shades and other house furnish d gs. Harness, Trunks. Valices and Hand Hags and Satchels. Woo

! s Willow Ware- Buckets, Tubs. Market and Fancy Lunch Bask n«. And many other thing3 that vou need. Don't come to Green

*» and lea without weeing your friends, the Leaders and Ednca

I J. B, CHERRY&Co A* A A A A A < A »

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A* BAKER AND HART, -'- v. i=^g Wholesale and Retail Dealers in

If not it will soon be and you had better get your Flues ready for curing. We can sup- ply you flow at any time with the best Steel' Flues.

S .E. PHNDEBM0. Fender makes good „£X

Flues. I

GENERAL -:■ HARDWARE We have a few more left of those

Few

GREEN: - BOOMS at 85 Cents a piece.

Ice Cream Freezers which will be sold at cut prices.

ESTABLISHED 1875.

UMMMmLU PCRK SIDES & SHOTTLDERS FARMERSAND J4KKCH ANTS BUT

ing their year*? supplies will Hn

AND FLORENCE RAIL ROAD,

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Train on Scotland Keck Branch Roa eavee Weldon 3.55 p. m., Halifax 4.1 a. m., arrives Scotland Neck at 4.55* ■>.. Greenville 6.47 p. m., Kinston 7.4 p. m. Returning, leaves Kinston 7.3 a. m., Greenville 8.22 a. m. Arriving Halifax at 11:00 a. m., Weldon 11.20 am xaily except Sunday.

Trains on Washnigton Branch leave Washington 8.00 a, m., nnd 3.00 p . arrives Parmele 8.50 a. m., and 4.40 m., Tarboro 9.45 a. m., returningleavo Tarboro 3.30 p. m., Parmele 10.20 a. m. aad 6.20 •. m„ arrives Washingto 11.60 a. m., and 7.10 p. m. Daily ex- ept Sanday. Connects with trains on Scot In nd Neek Branch.

Train leaves larooru, A C, via Albe- ■urle A Raleigh R.R. dailv except Sun- day, at 4 50 p. m., Sunday. 3 00 p. M: arrive Plymouth 9.00 P. M-, 5.26 p. m. %s4«rn ing leaves Plymouth daily except Sunday, 6.00 a. m., Sunday 9.30 a m., vrrre Tarboro 10.85 a.m and 11. 46

Train on Midland N. C. branch leaves , Gold3boro daily, except Sunday, 6.0* a

«n. arriTing Siaithfleld 7-30 -a. m. Re- tnruing loaves Snaithtlcld 8.00 a. in , ar- rives at Goldsboro 9.30 a. m.

fc *■*'"• «■ Hashfllle branch leave "K*y. "•■nt ** «•» p. »,. arrive ■•BfeviHe 6.06 p. m., Spring Hope 5.80 "*■ »• Beturaing leave Spring Hope ■jO»ii. «., Vaskrfile 8.30 * m, ainve at

ItU ttoant t.Oi a m. daily except Trains on Latta branch, Florence R

, «L, leaTe Laita 6.40 p m, wrive Dun bar JVW p m, CHo 8.06 p m. .Returning leave Cliot6.l0 am. Duabar 6.30 a m

Jve I.;iu* 7.50 a m. daily except Sun-

ain om.linum Branch leaves War- aw*0,l5,*to^i CSJI'» wcept Sunday, *«•» »«n-Md XXa p, m-.Beturning leaves Olmi on at 7.00 a. m. and 8.00 p m! . ££& No- 78 m,kes «*»«■ connection

• at W eldov forall poiutu daily, all raU via . Blthmnne. al«e at K*,ky Mount with ■orfolk and Carolina R R for Noriolk ne all points North via Norfolk.

y- t f /~\ V JO"N F* D1VINE, General Supt.

*"jl. EMCBSON.Tratne Manager VH KKNLT, Gen'l MjuiiwrerT

Twinkling*

Browu—"Does yonr wife k*ep her temper Tery well ?"

Jone8-"Uai-nrc-ei-pretty well but I gat most of it "—Auswoi i-. :

The Nasty Cynic—'-Lov*,"siuh ed the fair thicg, "is very, very blind"

"And marriage." said the nasty cynic, 'is a truly marvellous oo nlirt,"—London Judy.

"Sir, allow me to slink" hands with yon, just by way of showing that I know somebortv here"

"With pleasure, sir: oe I am brecisely in the Hume boat as yourself."—Lo Galiois.

"Ob, dear," said the giil with the X ray glance, as she looked at her bashful lover, "here's J«ck come again tonight and not brought bis backbone with him." —Bazar.

Gloomy Future for Lamb?— Only think of it—it is said that in 100 years the lion will be extinct ! Then the poor lamby probably will have to lie down all by its lonesome self, Isn't it awful lo think of?—Boston Transcript-

A New york orchestra of thir- teen pieces is going on a strike becuse thirteen is an unlucky number. They want the maua ger to hire a piccolo player to in- crease the number ; he is think- ing of discharging a meddlesome bassoon player, to make the num- lucky and less.

CURLING EYELASHIS.

TtK-r AT* a* Good »• » Tallamu B»«a«« Nobody Can Resist Them.

If wishes could only be answered and a girl had but one, other things being equal, I should advise her to plead for eyelashes—beautiful, long, ourling ones. There is nothing in the world so serviceable as a pair of effective eyelashes. They make any kind of an eye pretty. If one's orbs are not a pleasing color, nil one has to do is to drop the curtains, look down, not up; inward, not out Let the eyelashes lie along the cheek, and if they are the right kind one looks charming. And tho lovely part of it is, for those blessed, that they cannot be counterfeited. They are never false. If you were not born with them, sighing for them is of no use. Nor can art supply the neflcienoy. She hides ber bead In •hame at her utter lack of skill, for they must bo indigenous—you can't ■ew, glue nor pin them on.

Every now and then some one ■torts up with an idea about making abort, thin eyelashes grow to be the desired kind, and every new scheme has its followers. But it is all hope- lessly futile. A girl can—of course ■be doesn't—p*»d to help out short- comings in her form. She may bor- row other people's hair, and she may lay in a stock of complexion that will last her a year—that is, if ■he should want to do such things, but sho can't button or hook on that desirable silky fringe to tho eye which would enhance her charms immeasurably.

The latest theory on this subject launched is that if tho lashea are trimmed every two weeks for six weeks tho result will be a very thick growth. But it is a deep laid plot of *?me fortunate one to deprive her sisters of the little they have. One girl I know tried it. Sho took a very ■harp pair of embroidery scissors and neatly trimmed the lasbes of ber left eye. Then sho examined her work in tho mirror nnd was very much surprised at the result. The left eye appeared much smaller than the right and the row of little black ■tubs felt very queer, to say nothing of how they looked. And the com- ments it excited and the questions ■he had to answer 1 As bad as when a man gets his hair cut.

"What is tho matter with your eye?" some one would ask. "Look* as if you were going to have a sty." It took a long time before that eye matched the other, and there was not the slightest difference as re- gards the growth after it did come out. Clearly that I ^ a scheme which deserves to be exposed.

It is always the way. A girl who baa everything has the eyelashes thrown in, and age may wither her, but they are Imperishable. A pretty little woman, one who can give "butterfly kisses" beautifully, com- plains that sho cannot wear a veil with any comfort, because "her eye- lashes get tangled in tho meshes and annoy her dreadfully." Poor thing I She has fold the story to ev- ery one sho knows, but none of the girls sympathizes with her. Each one tried to make ber own do the same fcung.—Philadelphia Times.

Th« AH Who Predicted.

An Ass who heard a CJoose observe that tho Water in the Pond was get- ting very Low, at once offered his Services to Predict Rain. This hav. ing been Noised about, the Hens asked for continued Dry Weather, the Foxes demanded a snowstorm, the Oxen wanted frosty mornings, and the Mnle, the Wolf, the Dog and the Peacock each demanded that be be Favored with Weather made to order. As a result the Ass could Please no one, and as his Failure was charged to his Obstinacy, the Whole Crowd fell upon hi in and Wounded him almost to Death. He was Complaining of this to the Peas- ant When the latter Replied: He who seeks to Please all will end in Pleasing nobody at alL—Detroit **ree Press.

Every superintendent of a nation- al cemetery must be an honorably discharged, disabled soldier or offi- cer of the regular or volunteer army.

In 1880 the wages paid to oettoa mill hands aggregated $42,000,000.. Ten years later it had increased to t66.000.00q

Consumption %_J AWD rra *CTJWM ^■"TO TBI EDITOR I—I have an absolute

remedy for Consumption. By its timely use thousands of hopeless cases have been already permanently cured So rjroof-positive am I of its power that I consider it my duty to tnd two bottUs frtt to those of your readers who have CuuMuiajuon,Throat, Bronchial or Lung Trouble, if they will write me their express ud poStotoct Address. Sincerely* T. A. 8L0CVK, B, c. M fwrl at, mw Tw*. yn.Mw*i»ll MiiniHijim

The New Kan in Bat'more.

A singular story ci.uiee from Baltimore showing (lie progress which the '"new man" has made in performing household duties. The account is given in the fol- lowing special to the Philadelphia Times: "Mrs. Annie Kuhn todav seenred the release of her hus- band from jail and put Lim back to work in her home as man of all work and nurse to the children, while she supports the large fam- ily py working in a cigar factory. With all the interesting- gossip ah ".nt the 'new womsu,' Kuhn has beeu quietly ana unostentatiously playing the part of a 'new man' He performed the household du- ties with perfect satisfaction to his wife, and always had meals promptly ready when she return- ed from the factory. He kept the house clean and could_manip- ulate a scrubbing brush with agil lty. In addition to these duties he washed and dressed the chil- dren, demanded a weekly compen saiiou of $1 25 as pin money in nduitiou to home aud support. His wife agreed, but after paying him monev for several weeks he begau to spend it in bter, neglect his household duties and abuse bis wife Theu she had him stnt to jail and employed a womau lo do the work. Yesterday she ap- plied to the court to release him, declaring that she could not do without his services. The woman she employed had been taken sick. She told the judge she thougt she could now tuanage her husband again. Justice Qrannan today gave her the order for her husband's release and t-f.id it was tbe most peculiar case be had ever had before him."

She Wanted thu Lightning to Strike and It Complied Prompty.

Quite a singular fn'bllroeut of a wish occurred Thuisday after- noon near Trappe' Md., on boaid tbe regular steamer on the trip np the Choptank river during the thunderstorm in Dorchester and Talbot counties, but in a way not in accordance with tbe desire of tbe person who made the wish. It was a ladv, who was watching the play cf the fierce lightnings and tbe ether exciting accompau iment of tbe storm, rihe said she 'would like to see tho lightuiug strike somewhere'" meaning of course that she wished to see the effect of the display in some harmless nay. lint she no sooner uttered tbe wish than the light- ning did strike on Chancellor's Pornt, in Talbot county, as was mentioned in the Sun's Cam- bridgedispatch this morning. Al- most instantly the barn and sta- bles on the farm of Mrs. Lydia Hughlett, on Cbancbellor's Point, were in flaims and a number of horses and much povender au ' other stores were destroyed. The spectacle was most irnprssive, but the lady who made the wtsb to see the lightning strike some- where, was horrined as soon as the wish had becn gratified Tbe loss of stock and produce fell on BartDD merrick, tbe tenant, and the loss on the building is sus- tained by the owner. The lady who made the wish says she will never entertain such a taought again, if she can help it.

CONDENSED TESTIMONY.

Chas. B. Hood, Broker and Miinii- fp.cturer's Agent. Coliunl>u,s Ohio, cer- tifies that Dr. King's New Dis-xivery has DO equal as a Cough remedy. J. D. Brown, Prop. St. James Hotel, Ft. Wayue, Ind., tostittcs that he was cured of a Cough of two years standing.causea by La Grippe, by Dr. King's New Dis- covery. L. F. Merrill, Baldwinsville, ■Mass.. gnys that he has used -ml rec- ommended it and naver knew it to fail and would rather have it than any doc- tor, because it always cures. Mis. Hemming, 222 E. 25th St. Chicago, al- ways keeps it at hand and has no fear of Croup, because it instantly relieves. Free trial bottles at Jno. L. Wootcn's.

As To The Eyesight.

Owing to the continual com- plaint of the eyesight of many of the pupils in the public schools of the city of Baltimore, the school authorities a short while ago decided to employ a number of oculists to examine into the cause, and the result was that out of a total of 53,097 pupils it was found that 9,051 were troubled with defective eyes, and tbe ma jority of those so troubled were pupils in tbe lower grades. lu their report tbe oculist declre that the defective eyesight among the pupils is the result Oa.

For sale by J. L. Wooten, Drug- gist next door to S. T. White.

Ei.irn'T WIUJS To Mrs. Sarah Parfons, Waltham.

—Hartford Courant.

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Ripans Tabules cure flatulence.

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Tie Na ional Collection Asrency of Washington, D. C. will dispose of the following jinlgmi tits :

Hill & Benov. Aberdeen, 891 7n, w T Irwin, Asheville, 3:t lifi, White Bros. Anlander, 1!6 70, R B Bur'cn & Bro, Aulander, 47 48, B F Mayo. Aurora, 63 40, R B Weston, Aurora, 1S7 W, .1 J Smith, Bath. 51 67. Jones k Hancock, Beaufort, 106 HC, 1, Mangum, Benson. 2o0 00. T G Carson, Bethel, 25 00, E Woolard. Bunyan, 372 00, Patterson « Brown, Brvson I ity, Bl 35, O A Raby. Bryson Cit'v, 203 2'.i, J T Wright &■ Bro Candor, 8» 34, J W Markham, Chape' Hl'.l, 72 50, W T Williamson, Clinton, 478 S9, TE Reasley, ( olcr.iin, 176 14, SB (j'ecman Co train 73 70, II D Crad.lock & Co. Criswell 421 00, J A I K Buckner Democrat 3 >2 00, I- B*5

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Terms, both Tor tuition nnd Jboard reasonable.

lloys Well fitted and equiiiped foi business, by taking the academic course alo'ie. Where ihey wish to pursue a ' "giver course, this school guarsn ei, thorough preparation to enter, wl: h credit, any College In North Caroline » the State University. It refers lc . lose who have recently left Its wall 'or the truthfulness of this statement.

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