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THE GREENVILLE INDEX
Euitor & JPropri e tor.
GREENVILLE, N- C. JUNE 8 It: i.
Published Every Fkiday
AT 50 CENT? A YEAR,
Entered m thft PostOffice t Green
villo, K. C., as Second-Class Matter
The Power of the Press ! '
The Index congratuUtes the peo
ple of Pitt coonty in the fact that
the principle it haa contended for,
that the public school law should be
obeyed and the duties of the Super
intendent of Public Instruction be
faithfully performed according to
- the spirit of the law is vindicated. On
Monday before the assembled Magf -trates
the Board of County Commis
sioners the Board of Education and a
large assemblage, Mr. J. D. Cot, the
spokesman of the Superintendent,
pledged for him, that if they yould
elect him, he would employ aii as
sistant m his school and visit the
schools and address them and bold
' an Institute in Greenvlla this sum
mer for the purpose of awakening ih
people and the teachers of the conn
ty to the great need of Educational
advancement m Pitt county. When
this pledge was made the court house
rang with applause, showing how
strodfi: was the sentiment aroused by
the Index for a progressive, efficient
and active performance of the re
quirements of the school law. When
this pledge was made the Editor of
this paper had -won all he ever
foaght-for, a victory for free schools
and the children.
It will be remembered that the
cause for which the Index fought.
wjstru,C9ted in,the only I
editorial on education that has ever
appeared in the Reflector. It goi n g
so far as to say that his not having
visited a public school, was strongly
in the Superintendent's favor. On J
Monday this same Superintendent,
this same Editor, were glad to make
a public pledge that the measures
advocated by the Index should be
carried out. "
There is no question of the Super
intendent's competency for the posi- J
tion. No question of that kind has
ever been suggested in this paper.
The only question that ever disturb
ed us, that of his willingness to do
the work required has been happily
settled by his solemn pledge to do it.
I Boss of the'macbine and his crcalures
who talk like we do in mivate. but
are W cwfwardly toilet the great dis
pensers of patronage at Washingjoti
ci ty know tl'eir honest sentiments in
Natibual politics and who raltrtth
a rod ofirpa and remorseless disrr
gard to the matrialdeelopment of
Pitt county, wlien a question of Jparf
tisan politics can be-5njected to hide
the spectacle of ; tin;, u nprecetfen ted;
long lease of personal ; ascendancy
political autocracy arid official tit
sacking. The moral man is sbbju-
gated entirely to the political crea
ture. N'
Third, The hydrophobiao snarls
of a towmririg, because the Index's
trn hful report of the proceedings of
a public meeting showed, without
comment, that the:: self elected Mav
or is t usurper m ofi -e, from the fact
that he was elected by a denial of the
right of ballot to two thirds of the
wards of the town and was sworn in
office by himseif in the presence of a
Notary Public, when the law is ex
plicit that it shall bt done by a Jus
tice of the. Peace,
These and mau.V oiher things in
that line the Index is proud of. We
had rather be bitten by a dog, than
become a dog. We had rather be cru
cified for truth like Christ than to
live ljke Judas Iscariot.
will not go ('own in a cosmopolitan
assemblage. " . '-
yThe lnvestitioJathjeiu
specnlation frauds among SenHtoi-s
jh resulted so far, in t(ie iurknowl
Slgemietit of deatingfr 8a3erfc
iteiy nly one Senator riyf
t''iilew jersey. -'-V---
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able coaiiter-disciissionr: have
patthe Lne holetbe ttetMat
agreei ng that t he Chiedit
means fre$ silver. Editor Aveb4fr"
cbntendedjthat frm tlie firs J: -iS-
But there is a rosy rfide to the pic
ture!. We are equally proud of the
fact that the Index has secured for
the public,
First, A public school building for
the children of this town to be edu
cated in.
Second, A pledge that the public
schools if the county w ill be thor
oughly looked after ; by au officer
who is well qualified and thoroughly
competent to do, so.
Third, A curtailmeut of the high
salary of the Mayors office, ft saving
of two hundred dollars a year to tue
town and a decided advauce towards
making the office one of dignity himj
honor, instead of being called a do--lai
fee affair.
The Index is a newspaper devot
ed to the material improvement of
the people of Pitt county. As an ev
idence of the power of an un bought
press we have in three short months
existence this grand record :
First, The hatred and enmity of
the corruptionistsjof the ballot box
brought upon us by our article the
third week of existence on the les
ions to be learned by-the conviction
of McKane' ior efection frauds, in
which we tod, ltA man cannot be a
political thief and an Otherwise' Hon '
est man. uThbu shalt not 8teal.,w
means" something or Nothing." 1 "Bet-
ter to steal a chicken than rob a cit-?
lzen of matrtiood; The first ean be
replaced, the last when lost, cannot
be restored." : , v ;
Second,' Th0 disapproval of the!
Last and above all, the great pu
lie support, maintain and encouiu-r
us in every good work, and our
science restrains us from romin
contact with envy, slander, ha;
malice and all uncleanuess in p; .
public or political life.
Our moral manhood pro to i
from the jeers, scoffs or cowar
of humai hyenas, jackalls, jac
and frauds.
The Index will continue to
truths material and political fn
same old stand. It will coutin
denounce treason to democratic r
ciples, tealin in elections and Ub'
pation of officei It will contend ao
of old, for a fulfilment of Democratic
principles along tnef line of tariff and
financial reform as pledged in the
Chicago pUtform. It is edited by its
editor, owned by its owner, is small
in sizei small in price, but small in
nothing 'else, , ,
"Bohemian" in a long Indicrou
article in' the Charlotte Observer
calls CoL Skinnerand W. H. Kitch
en the Ileavenly,:,Twins, ;Bfe ad vises
theol.tpvdro5thearistocratici
eyether ani ney ther Baying that it"
The fiiLkert at iko
June 2.-Ool. Harry Skiiiiier ani
Cap. V 1 1 Kitchen snoke here ro-dav
In a Dii Vttta interview. . Clatii.. itttish
en sam e pM: not c hanged Jiia
iilicmi TifiWK. nor uin nit-iririrc !
cuange cnait ij was tn no usurp
me name ox toe ueiuocratic pari y
wno nave cnangea, ana .camuuttea
outrages that have so dissrusied him
he cannot lunger affiliate with cliein
ne uoes not eiiuorseire extreme
deuiand-s ot the Populist, thiuks the
duo-treasury pjaii utterly unracti
cable, as well is the government own
ershipuf railroads.
Quite a nutnoer of prominent men
have called on Japt. Kitciien and
Col. Skiunerat their rooms, au.ong
whom was Solfcitor Woodaixl, aa
they are gratified at the attention
given them .by leading Deuitntrts
President Butlei, of the Sationat Ai'
liance, introduce:! Cape. Kitchen,
who spoke first.
Butler's introduction ot Oapt
rwitcneu was ingenuisund one of tiic
best efiorts alluling to the Captain
a$ the one prominent Democrat who
had redeemed bis pledge to ioin thje
Populist, if the Deocrats failed, to
rtueem tiieir pledges.
Capt. Kitcuen 'ris preaching the
eaine doctriy i he -Miai been 'talking
for 2year3, and giving the Demo
cratib' party wholeaale atiethaniivs for
its non compliance with its pledge.
The crowd is a. representative Out
of this section, variously estimated
all the way from 800 to 1,200 and of
about equal uumber of Populist and
i)emociats.
With tue people here. Skinner is
yegarded as the head and fronc of
the movement, -end some Democrats
say that if he is a candidate for Con
ress in the 1st District, his chances
i election are most excellent, par
.cutMriv as the policy in that Dis
.cl lii pe to swap otf the Cougreis
in in order to secure Democratic
m hers "of tiie Legislature.
ki inier bpoke about two hours
:rowd, fully one half of whom
Democrats.
i attention paid him was no ta
. d tlo abseuce of dissent was
. -His portrayal of the cou
' ju of the country was graphic
i his arraignment of the party
1 in power though severe, was
said to be just. His en tire speech
was devoid of ultra or extreme views
and Democrats say thej have uoth
iug to Attack. The audience' "fully
appreciated what he said about the
responsibility of present cbnditibqb.
New hern e Journal. -
iviUb.T"Hesels :more to-
prices are &irWj66ds
w
noiesa o
General Merchandise, such as
Farm Im piemen tsGIn Bel ting
Rock I4m Flas telr Paris, PI as
trina Ilaiiv Harriss. SacM
ipjtt Wmonnt Bdits plow
; Spool Ocn,-Paints,
-Oiis,: Varnish; Wood
, .Pumps Salt and
. -I ' Nails .
A If red F4Cjrbes.
Who
Buys the Best material in the
South? v
Whyo employs the Best work
men In the State?
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Who makes the Best B&ggyr
in the . East? -:;V:
IVho guarantees to please ih
Quality and Price? -1
J. D Williamson
Court House Square,
Greenville, N. C. '
NOTICE!
On Monday the 2nd day of July, AV D.
1894, 1 wiU sell at the .Court -House door in
the town of Green villetothehigb Si bidder
for cash one tract of land in PUt ceuat, coh
tamiDg about twenty one acres and bounded
asfollowa; Situated .. JnGceenvTUe towushtp,
Pitt County, -N C, adjoining tlie lands of 61
ipshoaTriptv Jonn Willoughby.
ff- v V1!0. ."d qtners; coniaining . one
hundred, ninety four and oue-fourth aci
more or less and being the interest of C. 1
Sajap m the nds.described which , is nndN
vided, to satisfy an execution in riiy hands
orcotloniBstp.7;jfovage:'4'whicli
has been, levied on said land as the iprop3tty
of said C. T. Savage.. This 2nd dayof5unc
X894. R. W, KJNG, Sheriflr.
Staple and Fancy Groceries.
NEW & FRESH
Saledted : with care from
D es u K no wd brands.
Kwo'omwfr xiaeo .vine
Syrups- Canned Goods &c.
Bxpeuses light, profits small
dealings honest,
GOODS CHEAP.
W. S. Leggett.
Commissioner's Sa.le of Land
North Carolina, V
Pitt County. J
Pursuant to a decree of the Supe
rior Court in the case of VVI H. Cox
against R. H. Garris Harry Skinner
L. C. -Latham and Peggy Smith
the undersigned Commissioner will
8ell at the Court House door iit
Greenville on Monday the 2nd day-
uuij, ioi, tue lonowing uescrib
ed tract of land situate in Pitt cenn
ty, -North Carolina mid in Content-
nea township, "adjoining the; lands
of David Stocks, ArmissaJ&waltney,
R. H. Garris, with the canal on the
creek and the heirs of NiirirxlNel
son. being trie same conveyed by said
.Garris to said Washington Smith,
Jan'y 1st, 188(V containing ninety
acres more or less. Terms of sale,
Cash.. 1 O.M.Bernard,
Jiine l, 94. Commissioner.
NOTICE TO FARMERS
If all persons who Aril I want Cane
Mills and Evaporators next Fal 1 will
file their orders with the at aii ear) v
day. I Will belable ta gethe mills
at a libefaPdisikmnt bv ordering all
,at cne time,; nd; will" give the; pur
Chaser the benefit ofVtbe discount. :
: - ; vH;"Harding,
mrsAg't
BOSTON
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SIGN: and HOUSE PAINTER.
ng a special
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