The Central
Times.
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"PROVE ALL THINGS. AND HOLD FAST TO THAT WHICH IS GOOD.
$1.00 Per Year. In Ad vanco
VOL. IV.
DUNN, HARNETT CO., THURSDAY MARCH 1 1894,
NO. I.
n. d. n. UAMhL. Editor and Proprietor.
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DIRECTORY,
A IIAPPY.IIOME.
Town Oefickrs Mayor. E.. A. Par
ker. Commissioner. J. II. Pope, J.
C. Cox. P. T. Massengill, F. T. Moore.
Attorney, F.
Wade.
P. Jones, jlarshal. M. L
CJliitrclief.
Mk titodi.st Rev. Geo. T. Slairaons. Fastor
Srvicett at 7 p. ru.. every First rtunday, and
11 a. in. and 7 i. in. every Fourth Sunday.
Vrayer meeting every Wednesday night at
7 o'clock.
Hunday school every Snndy morning at 10
o'clock. O.K. Grantham Sunerintendant.
Meeting of Sunday-School Missionary So
ciety erery 4th. Sunday afternoon.
Young Men's Prayer-meeting every Mon
day night.
FRF.BfBYTERlAV Rev. A.M Hasgell, PaRtor.
Servicew every First and Fifth Sunday at
11. m n i ? t m
Sunday school every Sunday evening atlUt life With full armor on
o ciock, ur, j, it. muiei, sunerenaant.
A holy place is a home.
Whore loved ones are gathered round.
Where mother, s.re and sister dear.
And brothers and frienu are found.
A holy place is the hearthstone.
Home's innermost mats are there.
Laden with hlos-ed benison.
And bellowed by loving prayer.
A holy place is a home,
What clustering joys abide
Where the cradle of our infancy.
Was rocked by our mother's side.
A happy place is a home.
Where children's pattering feet.
Go glancing in shade and sunshine
To Hie music of pleasure's bent.
A holv place is a home,
Where the youth have wooed and won,
And wed and gone to the battle
away, no Rtraln on nntrv,5nT
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i ihere
Disciples R?v. J. J. Harper, Pastor.
teervicea every Tnira sunaay. at 11 a. m
and 7 p. m.
Sunday school every Sunday at 2 o'clock.
Prof. W. C. Williams. Superintendant.
Prayer meeting every Thursday night at
7 o clock.
A holy place is a home.
Where manhood has settled don.
Witlfblessings blossoming round him
And love for a priceless crown.
A holy place is a home.
Whence the old and young have o-0ne
Mission art Baptist Rev. N. B. Cobb, CD. lo rest trom their wearv Inh-.r
rastor. u'i . i . . .
Kervices every Second Sunday at 11 a. m. " 1 c me Daiue OI lire IS ilone.
and 7 v. tn.
Hunday school every Sunday mrrning at 10 And oh. from a IiivpIv hr.mo
Prayer ineetiong every Thursday night at When parted fntu those we lovo.
50 O ClOCK. 1 A1.1V Wrt (Til ti man.- i I
Of OUT Father's
Frfk-Wii.t. Bai-tist Rev. J. IT. worlev. I
Pastor. KoBEHT h.rMTTxrn T.w
s t ... 11 I v - - i'4J.
services every f uuriu ruiiua m, 11 . u.
Sunday adhool every Sunday evening at 3
o'clock. Erasmus Lee Superintendant.
Primative BAptist Elder Burnice Wood
Pastor
Services every Third Sunday at 11 a. m. and
Saturday before the Third Sunday at 11 a. m
AFLOKiDA VENICE.
3111 Arp Raves Over the Settlement
Known as Clear Water.
Indeed
is not a sinrrle Drivate earriaire
in Clear Water; no driving around and
-aimg WIUS. XI
; can sail or row. It is all air and water
Spring- seems fairly upon us now. The
oleanders are in bloom and the odor of
of the yelllew jesmine perfumes the
air. Fruit-bearing- trees are all in
bloom. I sw an alligator pcv.r trsje in
full blossom. It was eighteen inches
in diameter. Its fruit is something be
tween a banana and a muskmelon ami
is eaten with salt and pepper. Cabba
ges grow to twenty-five pounds in
weight and tomatoes are large and
colored to perfection. Something- is
glowing all the year round and yet na
ture seems to have her seasons here as
in higher latitudes. And now let me
say to numerous correspondents, who
have asked a hundred questions, that I
have no typewriter and can only say
that I have no interest whatever di
rectly or remotely in booming Clear
Water. I am not a real estate agent
I have no land to sell, but the more I
travel and the longer I stay the more
I am satisfied with what nature has
done for this place. I have an earnest
desire to own a winter residence here.
where my wife and others of the family
can come and bask in Florida sunshine
and breathe the salt air of the gulf. It
; m i a t
puhsitue to live as cneaplv here as
have fourteen in all and every one says
he is content. My respect for the toll
ers increases with age. Longfellow's
you can't walk you j most beautiful poom is his tribute to
WHITE HOUSE FURNITURE
the village blacksmith
But still there comes a time when we
want more money and less work. As
we near our three score years and ten
and the limbs get stiff and the blood
gets thin acd col 1 we feel like we have
fit enough as old man Candler said to
Dr. Miller after the first battle of Mfr
nassas. The old man was over seventy,
but he fought all day like a lion. That
night he was nearly dead and sent for
the doctor. "Give me a discharge, doc
tor, for I have fit enough."
Bill Arp.
P S. I should have stated in my last
letter that the Cedartown bonds bore
0 and per cent interest while the At
lanta bonds were only 4 l-2s. If the
Atlanta bonds had have been 6s they
would have brought US to 120.
HUMOROUS.
I
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f EE J. BEfcT,
L ATTORNEY.
A LAW.
DUNN. N. C.
Practice in all the Court.
Prompt attention lo ".11 business.
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A NEW LAW FIRM.
D. 11. McLean and J. A, Farmer
nave this day associated themselves,
together in the practice f law in all
the courts of the. State.
Collections and general practice
solicited.
D. II. McLkan, of Lillingtnn, N. C
J. A. Pakmeu, of Dunn, N, C.
May.lU'93.
nil. J. II DANIEL.
I) DUNN, HAUNETT CO.
N C.
Practice confined to the disease of
Cancer.
PoMtivclly will not visit patience
at n distance.
A pamphlet On Cancer, lis Treat-
mentand Cure, will be mailed to any
address tree of c arge.
lie Goes Visiting: In a Ball Boat Out
Fishing Trip lie Discover That
There are Thirteeu in
the Party.
on
I E. IfKWN
ATTORNEY-AT LAW
Will Praciice in all the surround
ing counties.
JONESBOKO. N, C.
Aj.riI-21-92.
II
MILLINERY
AVE YOU EXAM EN ED
THE BARGAINS iuISS
MCKAY IS OFFERING IN
LADIE'S. MISSES AND CHIL
DREN'S HATS?
SUE ALSO HAS ON HAND A
BEAUTIFUL LINE OF VEILING.
LADIES AND.MISSES CORSETS.
INFANTS AND CHILDREN'S
'Ai's, MERINE VESTS, HOSIE
RV GLOVES AND MANY OTIN
THINGS TOO NEUMERCU
MENTION. AND ALL A'l
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Yesterday we visited the North
Island, or Palmetto island, as it is
called, and spent a happy day. There
were thirtom in the nartv. We dident
know this until we were out at sea,
and it disturbed our tranquility, a lit
tle just a little. Philosophy docsent
drive away our superstitions. This
was the longest sail we have taken,
and we carried enough lunch along to
feed us a week, as we thought if any
thing should happen to us like there
did to Robinson Crusoe we would not
starve. Tt was a delightful sail of five
mPes, and Mr. Whitmore's little boat
'Columbia" plowed the waves eagerly
and sometimes threw the pure salt
water over us and made the children
scream with delight. Mr. Whitmore,
our Swedish sailor, said: "It vas wer
ry healty dis zalt vater." Indeed
that is what give this place its name
and reputation the continuous flow of
pure salt water into the harbor from
the numerous passes between the
islands. It is always coming in and
going out, and there is na stagnation.
These islands are long and narrow.
On the west side thej' are fringed
with a beautiful beach, just as far as
anywhere and a cottage of six rooms
can be built for $1,000. There is a good
bakery here, and with good bread and
butter and fish and vegetables there is
no lack of food. Uncle Dan McMullen
has been living here fifiy-two years and
Bays it is certainly the healthiest region
on the globe.
I go to Apopka and Oakland and Kis
simee this week and then to Iverness
and Crystal river and Brooksville, all
of which are said to ba lovely. I am
studying Florida without a book, but
somehow I have no desire to be at the
grand opening of Mr. Flagler's new ho
tel at Lake orln. It would be a scene
too bewildering for me ana too deple-
xmg. i nice sucn tnmgs at a distance.
But I like the hospitable, unpretending
towns, whose hearts are warm and the
people live in close communion. These
are the people who fight our battles in
war and respect law and order in times
of peace and preserve the common
wealth. These are the humble, con
tented people to whom Burns and Pope
and Goldsmith paid tribute and whose
graves Gray immortalized in his elegy.
These people have their faults and
their prejudices, but in time of trouble
I would rather depend upon one of
them than upon a score of purse-proud
aristocrats, ilow thoughtful thev are.
of their children's morals. "Mr. Mc
Mullen," said I, "ii it won't pay you to
market these ornnges why don't you
make wine of them. I see it selling in
town at 50 cents a quart and it, is
nearly as good as sherry."
"Yes," said he, "1 know it makes
gook wine, but there is a lot of grand
children growing up around me and
am afraid to take the responsibility
I am not a prohibitionist, but I dou'l
want to lead my own flesh and blood
into temptation." He lives four miles
from town and the ground beneath his
beautiful grove was yellow with the
golden fruit. Late returns from the
sale of com mom oranges have discour
aged the owners from gathering and
boxing and hauling to town and taking
their chances with the commission mer
cna.uL. iiie o.uuy.uu'j ooxes tnat a
the eye can reach, and the surf is ever
lashing the sands shore, leaping and month ago were supposed to represent
lapping and foaming, coming and go- $6,000,000 of profit will hardly reach
mg ana moaning. i ne young ioiks
brought their bathing suits along, and
rejoiced in struggling with the white
capped waves. Some fishermen have
built a palmetto house near by which
is both a shelter and a hiding place.
It is prettily thatched on top and on
the sides with palm leaves, the stems
of which are woven and interlaced like
the basket makers do it. All around
are groves of palm trees whose beauti
ful umbrella tops shaded us from the
sun. Beneath their shade we ate up
everything we had brought. As I
walked along tnc shell covered beach
I saw a man just a small speck of a
man a mile away, and I thoughtTt
must be Crusoe's man Friday. Soon 1
saw other specks move out from the
palmettocs, and these seemed like the
cannibals who were getting ready to
roast a prisoner. But they all plunged
into the foamy waters and Mr. Whit
more said it was a bathing party from
Dun Eden. This whole island is made
of -hells distintegrated shells and I
should think would make good phos
phate. Every gulf storm throws a new
cat upon it. or taices awav one. ine
the half of it. And yet everybody
wants a grove and everybody who lives
here or winters here ought to have a
small one for home ornament and
house use. I have never ceased lo ad
mire the exquisite beauty of an orange
tree in blossom or in fruit, and if I get
a home here I will have a dozen bear
ing trees transplanted to my lot. What
is Florida for but to enjoy ? This de
licious climate was given it by a kind
providence to restore the invalids ol
more northern latitudes. How many
people have I asked "what brought 3 0U
here ?" and the almost invariable an
swer is. "I was suffering from lung
trouble or asthma or catarrh and I am
cured," or "My father or my mother
was suffering and moved here." Cer
tain it is that I have improved and our
little crand-child is now a picture of
rosy health. To save one precious life j
is worth more than the travel and ex-
pense of getting here.
But how about the summer ? I don't
know from experience, but our Carters
ville friends who have lived here for
several 3-ears smile at the idea of the
summers being any
TIow many foreign languages can
your wife speak?" "Three French,
German and the one she talks to the
baby." Tit-Bits.
"Are you certain that Hale is going
to marry Miss Frost, of Boston?" "Yes;
he's having steam heat and stoves both
in his new house." In er-Ocean.
"There's a peculiar thing about
Mrs. Fret t." "What is it?" "She has
been in a pickle all her life, and yet
she doesn't look well preserved." N.
Y. Press.
Benedict "Why won't she marry
yon? Is there another man In the
case?" Singleton "I'm afraid there
is." "That so? Do you know who it
is?" "Yes her father." Boston Trav
eller. She "Do you really and truly love
me, Harry?" He "Love yon? Why I
even nave a iondness for that nuisance
of a brother of yours." She "Oh,
Harry! You have made me so happy!
Boston Transcript.
"Do you think," said Willie Wish
ington, "that it actually hurts a man
to be hit with one ef Cupid's arrows?'
"No," replied Belle Pepporton; "as a
rule he merely becomes senseless for a
time." Washington Star.
The Emperor Francis I. of Austria
was once present while two of his sons
were quarreling violently. At last one
of them said; 'You are the greatest
ass in Vienna." "HushI" said the em
peror, "you forget that I am here.
To-Day.
Fogg "Ther's an example of the
bottle working a man's ruin." Fygg
"Humph! Whisky?" Fogg "Nop;
ink. Jury awarded the girl fifty thou
eand dollars damages in a breach of
promise suit on the strength of the let
ters he wrote, and it took every cent
he had to pay it" Buffalo Courier.
Irish viceroys are stripped of their
sovereign attributes as soon as they
reach English waters. The following
story is told of Lord noughton and a
lady with whom he was acquainted.
They both found themselves on board
the Holyhead packet. During the voy
age from Ireland the lady treated the
viceroy with ceremonies respect., So
Rcon, however, as the packet entered
nolyhead harbor she said to him:
"Now, Bobby, you are no longer a vice
roy, so take my bag and make yourself
useful." London Truth.
The earl of Derby, while -walking
on his own land, once met a eollier.
His lordship inquired if the collier
knew he was walking on his land.
"Thy land? Well, I've got no land
mysel'." was the reply, "and I'm like
to walk on somebodv's. Wheer did
tha' get it fro'?" "Oh." explained bis
lordship, "I got It from my ancestors."
"An wheer did they get it fro'?" quer
ied the collier. "They got it from
their ancestors." was the reply. "And
wheer did their ancestors pet it fro'?
"They fought for it." "Well, begad."
laid the collier. Mjuaring up to the lia
ble earl, "I'll feight thee for itl" .
The expenditures for furnlablng
the Wnite House have already a
mounted to very near a million doN
lars. Of late years the appropria
tions for this purpose bare increased
enormously. When John Adama be
came the first tenant of executive
mansion Congress allowed fifteen
thousand dollars for fiimitnr
During Jeirerson'a administration an
additional sum of fourteen thousand
dollars was granted. When Mr.
Madison came in fourteen thousand
.dollars; more ; was provided for the
sama object. Thn the Hritish
swooped down on 'Washington and
partly destroyed the President's
horse with fire. The catastrophe
rendere.1 it uecespary to send twenty.
six thousand dollars for ro furnish',
ing. etc. To this sum tbirty thous
and dollars was added under Monroe.
After John Qulncy Adams was in.
augurated. Congress gave fourteen
thousand dollars more.wPh; six
thousand dollars extra for furnishing
and finishing the east room, which
up to that time had been as a barn,
being utilized as a laundry and nur
sery. The appropriation under
Jackson was twenty.ix thousand
dollars, under Van Buron twenty
thousand under Williarr Henry
Harrison six thousand, under Pierce
twenty-five thousand, under Uuchan
an twenty thousand, and under Lin
coln twentv-nine thoussrid..
At the conclusion of Lincoln's
term of offlce:the White House was
in a very bad condition. Things
had been allowed to go to wreck and
ruin; the furniture needed repair and
renewci.and a liberal provision of
money; was required to accomplish a
general restoration. Accordingly
Jongrtss appropriated seventy a.'x
thousand dollars r.,
... . , wt ""ipurpose
while Andrew Johnson was PresU
dent, and added fifty.nine thousand
During Grant's first trm it allowed
ior the aamo object successively
sums of twenty five thousand, twens
tyfive thousand, fifteen t0ou8and
twenty-flve thousand and forty.five
thousand dollar.. In the .course of
his second terra eighty. five thousand
dollars more was spent in
way
the AAma
Under Hayes the amount r,rr.
vided for this object was nine thous.
and dollars; under Garfield and Au
thor one hundred and ten thousand
dollars; under Cleveland. la hir first
administration, eevetjty.fbur thous
and dollars; making a grand total 0!
nine hundred a d ninety -ight tb
ana dollars thus far
lurnisiuiiii the home
dents.
of
ous-
expended Tor
our Presi-
A SNAKE STOKY
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t fihflmtn croT 1 w 1 n nriin 1. nnn Knorr, ,n nnrur i.onrma m r a n h
around these passes where the group- f and his wife both say that the cooling
ers and pompano and Spanish mackerel breeze from the gulf never fails them I
J is
GUARANTEED.
abound. It took us only half an hour
to make the outward trip, but much
longer to return, for it was sailing
against the wind, and we had to tack
and retack all the way. It was a day
to be remembered, and all the thirteen
were landed safe about sundown.
Every day somebody goes out on one of
these island excursions, for they are
cheap only SI. 50 for the whole party.
There are no horses to feed or run
Th Death of m. Sxlrm -tTlxard."
The Man of Iron," otherwise "Oiica
the Wizard." was one of the persons
put to death during the witchcraft
persecutions at Salem, Mass. His real
name was Giles Cor2y and at the time
of his awful death he was an old man
pnst eighty. When accused of being a
"wizard" (which tb alern lunatics
have considered the masculine of
more oppressive j "witch") he calmly met their charge
and cooly informed them that he would
die rather than admit that he had ever
had communion with evil spirits. He
Mr. AnsnnnrrVi I
day or night, and 1 will believe any- was put to the peine forte et dure (death
thing they tell me. Mr. Anspaughisj by pressure with huge weight), his
a plasterer by trade and has held more j fortitude during his dying moments
mortar over his shoulder than any man ! winning for him the title in the first
in Florida. He is a horny-handed son, line. N. V. Times.
of toil and those are the men who have !
no talent for lying or exaggeration, j Consolation. She Oh. Georjre.
W hen I want the trutn wunout aissim- j that noma i;rooks girl taw you ki&s
"I nev r r nhznl ih. 8rnth
the iitin.t .i m ui rem, vaUon
man. aid .J,i, F. i huripM,n to iht
orridor man at the Lackde, "omil I
witnsed a test or it on a suramboau
Among the passenger was a man who
hal a black rattlesnake in a boa with
a glasa lop. The n,ak was a rv
vicious one. and ,uid vrik'etL.-gi V
btreerany one, aj rrac t. j .s
owner ot the fepnk ng.d u t
;ne in Lie crowd i. w,;f j jH ti, t. ,
I he g ai-s and let the Mitk-- sr ; .
i here c Ud iut t-. i.
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could ijot
ulation I inquire of Lewis Anspaugh.
Work is dull now and so he and his
good wife are taking boarders. They
me last night." He Thath all HrhL
She won't say anything. I kissed her,
too." Detroit Free I'res
ii ecli t a-. It
be doLe. 1 i.M.iict a di-uner than
ittiot, M d v. ill of r corf Hrcd.
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