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VOL. III.
DUNN, HARNETT CO., THURSD.AY, MAY 4, 1893,
NO. 11.
ER0- McDA.IRMID'S TRIP AND
WHA.T HE SAYS OF DUJ3N.
THE "MSU3.MJ2U. AGAIN ON II IS
KOUXDSj
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Ueahzin" the force and the truth!"1"" inuy
of tlie old aolage that:
4kLU that by the plow would thilve,
Him-i'lf must either hold or drive."'
and bring by no means skillful in j
the next oest tiling, it seems to me,
was to try to furnish work for those
wio wore beiter prepared to execute
it.
For several 3ears our job office has
been much more extensive than our
newspaper office, but as the name of
Tine Robesonian had. eclipsed the
t ame of the Uobesonian Publishing
House, or, in other words, as the
latter was consideml simply as an
adjunct lo the paper rather than, as
ii really is' one of the best equipped
job printing establishments in the
Mate an institution within itself
We thought that we had nothing to
lose, but much to gain, by canvass
ing in its interest, submitting sam-.
pies of our work, and telling the
people from our owu lips rather than
from heresay the facilities that we
enjoyed, nud our etforts eo far have
demonstrated beyond our most san
guine expectations, the wisdom of
tho course.
We left for Wilmington on the
4 :17 canon-ba'.l train last Wednes
day and were pleased to meet Mr. A.
L. Bullock, of the firm of Messrs.
A. L. & W. F. Bullock, Alfonls
ville, N. C, among the passengers
Mr. Bullock eujoys the high reputa
tion of being one of the very best
business men in the conn 13. and is a
remarkably clever, popular gentle
man. For several years this firm has
been a patron of our job office, and j
our rela'ions with them have been of
the verf kindest nature; of course
Ihey are prompt pay. Mr Bullock
was on a business trip -to our city by
the se:i, while we were going to hear
the "star-eyed goddess of liberty"
tell what he knows about ,,rnone3'
and morals." - Unfortunately (tem
porarily) for the money of those who
had invested in tickets and fur the
morals of him to whose lecture the j
tickets were purchased, Mr. Henry
Watterson did not put in an appears
ance, having missed connection at
Norfolk, but instead we went to a
revival at Grace Street Methodist
church where money was not a con
Mderation, and where the speaker
cou Id 'not, or rather would not sa)
as does. Mr. Watterson in his open
ing remarks, that where he is known
he is not supposed to have a mo
nopoly either in money or morals.
Quite an interesting meeting " was in 1
progress and the sermon fine.
After service, in compaio' with
Mr. Bullock, ws went to the Star
office, and were delighted 10 find
the proprietor, Mr. W. II. Bernard.
He was as jovial as ever, anil we
wore not surprised that he realized '
that we must "laugh or bust." His
line discriminating intelligence as to
men. general, and the motives con
trolling their actions and the yast
fund of humor, make him a most in
teresting oonversationahst, so that
a iran must be mores-o indeed whose
rbib:es could not be touched and
attuned. We also visited the Mes
semer office, where we found Mr.
Bell, one of the proprietors and Mr.
Ashe, the night editor. Mr. Bell
has been quite sick almost ever since
the inauguration, but is now able to
be or. duty again and like the writer
he has recently been, to some ex
tcut, renewing his at quainlaucc with
the art typographic; lor. be it known
that Messrs. Jackson & 1511 are both
i pr;jctic il printers. Mr. J. P, Cald
well, of tho Charlotte Observer, is
dec ared by printers to be a first-
class typngraher; and, as we haye
quipped to be at the head of a
printing establishment, however'
l-irge or small, who is not master of
the minutest details of the ofllee.
As we left on the 5 o'clock train
f -r Fa3'ette iire, next morning, we
did not have the pleasure of meet
irig Dr, Kingsbury of t'.e Messenger,
or Maj, Duff 3' Of the Star, or our
equally good friends, 'Mr. James of
the Review and Mr. MeLaurin of the
Presbyterian.
We neglected to state in the proper
connection that :s vte were prepering
to retire for the night, Mr. Bullock,
with hia usual forethought, was care
ful that we should not forget our;
baggage, hut we assured him that
on of the many advantages of being
a newspaper man was the utter ab
sence of care m regard to baggage.
A3 we were about to pass the third
floor on the Orton elevator he vigor-
ously protested his willingness to go
so high from the ground on account
of the danger of fire, but we assured
him that the city had a well equipped
fire departmeut and that we felt no
inclination to participate with them
in the mental risk. It's wonderful
the dilference there is in people in
matters of this sort; we spent a night
once in the tenth story of a hotel in
Chicago with as little anxiety as
though we were at home Jn all
our life we have suffered as little
from fire, real or imaginary, as any
one possibly could. We left next
morning on the 5 o'clock train for
Fayettcyille. while Mr. Bullock re
mained to interview the wholesale
merchants of Wilmington.
Dreading the unreasonable hour at
which we were compelled to arise we
expended a sort of fiendish delight
in learning that so good and so clever
a Scotchman s Mr. J. H. Currie of
the firm of Currie & McEachern
would share the hardship with me.
upon the well known hypothesis that
"miser3' loves company."
After breakfast and greeting a
few friends in Fayetteyi lie. we
boarded the 9 :30 North bound train
on the Coa3t Lino for Dunn, Harnett
county, ana were pleased to find
Sheriff Stedman of Wilmington
amoag the passengers, bound for
"Godwin's" a station on this side of
Dunn, where be was met and cordial
l' welcomed b3 Mr, Ed. Smith, a
former citizen of this count3 Sher
iff Stedman spoke api-reciativety of
Lumber River fish, and declared his
purpose, at no distant day, of com
ing up on a fishing expedition. It
goes without saying that our people
will give him a hearty velcome.
Dunn is the principle town in
Harnett coint3 and, like man
other towns, it aspires to be a couu
r3 site. Despairing of Laving the
court house" moved from Lilling
ton. and being situated at the juno
ion of several counties, the idea now
is to form a new county with that
town as the centre. It is a town of
churches, there being six for white
people, three of which are Baptist
churches, being the Missionary, Free
Will and Hard Shell. The Primi
tive are opposed to education or
ministerial support; they --give" t.
the church, however, and insists up- j
on a debt paying christian'. They
have, however, educated men aruong !
them.Dr. Gold of Zion's Landmark, !
Wilson, C being conspicuous .
for his' learning, 'The .dove and j
Presbyterian. Methodist and Camp-
bdli'c or -Disciple" churches admin- j
j ister spiritual nomisbment to people
of as many-different shades of belEef.
It also enjoys its full quota of otfeer
professions. It also has many clever
and financially strong merchants and
j a good hotel. Young Bros.probablY
j uo uie largest, ousiness. Dut the man
of all others who will best impress a
stranger is Mr. R, G. Taylor, of the
firm of Taylor & Stewart. A kinder
hearted gentleman we have never
met. It also has a fl mrishing' news
paper, the Central Times, of which
Mr. Grantham, a -"young druggist, is
editor- Dr. J, H. Daniel, a special
ist for the treatment of cancer, also
lives there, We' had the pleasure of
meeting him at his house. His ven
erable father, a paralytic, aged about
ninety, liyes with him. Like other
specialists, Dr. Daniel's fame has
reachf d be3'ond the confines f hi
own vicinit, and as a result -he 19
this week treating patients in Ral
eigh. The hotel is now kept-by Mr3.
McKay, a niece of the late Key. Neill
fticKny, D. D., but as she has been
rewarded the position of postmaster
for the town, she will retire upon as
suming the duties of that- position.
We were pleased to meet Mr. Davis,
pon of the late Geo. W. Davis.j of
Cumberland county, who is farming
largely and successfully about three
miles from that t wn. Like, m3self.
he is one of the few survivors of a
large familv. !
We left Dunn on the 4 :30 train
and again had a short time to sper.d
in Fa3'ettevillc piior to taking ; the
7:40 train for Maxton, most of which
time was spent with Brother. Z. W.
Whitehead of the Gazette, who is a3
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clever h roan as wc- ivor met, J. He
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also promised to join Sheriff Sted
man on his fishing excursion at this
(dace. Among the passengers on
i the train to Maxton was MrL Walter
L, Mitchell, fonnesly of- tL'js" town,
but now an attachee of the ii. " 0,
11. R, Walter is as clever :s ever,
and, as we learned incidentally, as
susceptable to the darts of I "cupid"
as ever. He is off on a short vaca
tion and promised to visit Luraber-
! i
ton before his return to hi3 postij of
dut3 as he knows that cordial greet
ings await him. . ' f
At the McCaskill house in Maxton
we were pleased to meet Senator Mc
Kae, Mr. Ed. McRae, proprietor of the
hotel and Col. H. P. Johnson of Jhis
town, who is assisiin Sheriff Mc
Eachern in a sale of personal prop
erty there, but having a previous,
pressing engagement with Morpheus
we denied ourself the pleasure of
conversing. with them at kngtb, es.
peciall3' as we had lo rise before
three o'clqck the next morning fur
heme, Our trip was a pleasant one,
but to hurried to permit us to see
inan3' of .our Fayeueville or Wilming
ton friends. We managedhowever,
in the hour that we were in Fa3-ette-ville
in the morning to call at the
ollices of the Observer and of our ex
cellent friend and corresponuent, Mr.
Henry L. Cook. We learned from
the papers that day that Col. W ,
Cook has been nominated for iDAyor
of the town, and the only thiag that
we regretted was that our gooh friend
and former counUyman, Mr. N. A.
Sinclair, was unsuccessful. We are
glad to see Robesonians coming so
conspicuously to the fronts
BUCK LIN'S ARNICA SAJ.VE.
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The best Salve in the world for
Cuts, Bruises. J'ores. Ulcers. Salt;
Theuro. Fever Sores, letter. Chap-:
ped Hands. Chilblains Corns, and all j
Skin Eruptions, and positively cures?
Piles, or no pay require!. It is guar-j
antecd to give perfect satisfaction,; or
money refunded. Price 25 ceats jer ,
box. For sale by Harper & Hood, J
SOME D. D'S-
D. D, is usualby supposed to tand
for Doctor of Divinity, but in this ar
ticle let it stand for Don't and Do as
prescrij t ons given b' one who is
not a D, D for curing many of the
disturbances that are arising in the
churches.
Don't be always criticising theser
nion and the services, but Do U3' to
be appreciative occasionally remem
bering that what does not suit you
ma3 suit some one else needs.
Don't imagine that the church peo
ple are not sociable, but Do try to 1
make -ourself sociable, remember
ing that he who wovld .have friends
must show himself friendly.
Don't imagine tint the church will
die withou1; your work, but Do v'wur
work faithfu l!y and with all lknrai lity
remembering that the church existed
long before you were born, and will
still live afur you die.
Don't imagine that she pastor audi
session are slighting . vou because
you are not alwa3Ts iasked to take the
leading part, but Uo cheerfully the
work assigned 3011, remembering that
there are others in the church be
sides yourself.
Don't think the work assigned you
is beneath 3'on but Do faithfully, re
inemberrng that he who is faithful in
the littles shall be promoted.
Don't get mad and threaten to
t
Ieaye the church because every
thing is not run to shit 3'our whims,
but Do submit graceful-, remember
ing that other people have opinions
as well as yourself and are possibly
as near right as 3'ou are.
Don't try to run all the work of
the churn, but Do 3'onr part well, res
mcmbering that a little well done is
better than much poorly done.
Don't get discouraged if all your'
.
efforts are not crowned with immed-
iate success, bu; Do preserve; re -
mcmbering that 3Teais may -intervene I
between the sowing and the reaping.
Don't put yourself en a level with
the world 1)3' frequenting dancing
and card parties and places that are
wholly of the world, and then com
plain of the lack of spirituality in the
church, but Do follow Christ closely,
doing only those things on which you
can ask His blessings,- remembering
that he who lives close to Christ has
spiritual power in reaching others.
If these prescriptions are closely
followed, most church disturdances
would be avoided, and much more
good done. Christian Observer.
A. Little CJirlx Experience in u
Mr. and Mrs, Loren Trescott are
keepers f the' Gov. Lighthouse at
Sand Beach, Miss., and are blessdd
with a daughter, four rears did. Last
April she was taken down with Meas-
les, followed with a dreadful Cough
and turning inco a Fever. Doctors
at home and, at Detroit treated her,
but in vain, she grew worse rapidbj,
until she was a mere " "handful of
bones." Then she tried Dr. King's
New Discovery for Consumption and
after the use of twa and a half bot
tles, was completely cared. Tbej-
say Dr. j King's New Discovery is;
worth its weight in gold, yet yon ma3
get a trial bottle free at Harper & j
Hood s Drugstore.
Washington, April 25. The new
Commissioner of Pensions, Judge
Loebren, assumed the dutie of - his
office to-day. It is understood that
his policy will be to make a clean
sweep of all the oT.etals of the Pen
sion8 Oilice who have any voice in de
termining aclion opon pension cash
or construction of pens'on laws.
LATE NEWS.
A Texas man has discovered away
to cxtreuiinate wolves. He traps
some and locks them up with dogs -that
have the mange, and tUen turns
them loose to scatter the mange
around among the other wolves and
make them scratch themselves to
death. This is a mangy trick to play
even upon a wolf. Star.
It is not often than a roan gets pay
for a horse stolen from him nearly
thirty years before, but such a case
s reported from Tennessee, where a
farmer has just received $685 from a
Pennsylvania man for a horse to
which the Pennsylvania man helped
himself in 1864, when he was a sol
dier. He figured out the Taloe of
the horse, with 6 per cent, interest fof
the time, and sent the amount, $685,
which came in the nick of time, as
the Tennessee man was getting pret
ty hard up. Star,
AB the sails bgainst the Richmond
and Danville Railroad, growing out
of the wreck at Bostain's bridge
near Statesvillc. on the 27th of Au
gust, 1891, in which 23 persons were
killed and 30 wounded, have been
compromised. There were 13 of
theso cases in Iredell Superior Court
There were a number of suits enter"
ed at Vshoville, Salisbury , and other
places. We understand that all of
these have been compromised. It is
safe to say that the. wreck, first and
last, cost the Richmond and Dan
ville Railroad at least $100,000.
Statesville Landmark.
Cainesvii-Lk, Texas, April 17.
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'A deallh dealing cyclone swept down
o:i Mor.tsgue coauty, thirty miles
west of here, Tuesur-y night. Tho
storm Ktruck'two mile? ea-t uf Boni-
ta, a small railroad town, and .utter
ly destroyed everything in its path,
demolishing houses, twisting down
trees and snapping off telegraph
poles. The house of a farmer a few
miles from Banita was strewed for a
mile arounJ, and a man was killed
outright. Three of his children were
blown into a well and all of them, it
is thought, will die, St Joseph, a
town eight miles from Bonita, also
suffered' but no loss of life is report"
ed. Star.
It is now freely admitted that
while the openening excersises of the
World's Columbian Exposition will
be held next Monaa3 the grounds,
buildings and exhibits will be f&f
from being in complete order at that
time. Whether the fault lies with
the managers, as charged by Home,
or with the exhibitors, it is scarceby
worth while to enquire. The face
that the Exposition will be la a
more or less chaotic state is the'
chief condition with which the pub
lic will have to deal, Fortnoately
the backward springs farors the
Fair management by preventing
the jush of sightseers until genuine
spring weather manifests itself. The
residents exhibitors and Legislative
and municipal delegations will Tar
nish a crowd quite as large as can
participate in the opening exercises
The visiting public will chiefly post
pond it viwtt until overcoats and
furs will not beTequired for comfort,
and this meant that manager and
exhibitors will have nearly another
month in which to set the exposition
house in order. The Exposition will
be officially declared open oa Monr
da however. News 4s Observer,