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323 THE COUNTY UNION- DUNN, Harnett County, N.C. Entered accoiding to postal regula sions at the postofflce At Dunn, N. C, as tecond class matter. . J. P. Fittmak, Proprietor, A. -M. Woodall, Editor. TERRS OF SUBSCRIPTION. Three Months 25 Cents. Six Months - 50 Cents. One Tear ...81-00. Sent by Mail. Payable in advance. Dunn, N. C March 8, 1899. Give us Facts, Not Hear-Say Testimony. County Union : In interest to justice and truth, you will please publish the following. In your issue just after the meeting of Board of County Commissioners in December last you stated that von had been informed that the "county was found to be - - - j , j one year behind, on all funds, and that .the Court House had not; been naid for." I knew X " there was not a word of truth in this statement, but .thought when you had information as to how the matter really stood, you would publish same upon inciuirv, or examination of the records, you could have found not only the contractors receipt in full for building Court House. But the true condition of the finances of the county In fact you should have known better, as you naa in nana at the time, a financial statement, made as required by law, and sent you for publication by J. McK. Byrd, Clerk of Board. The law requires this statement, not only to be posted at Court We also ktnew that the contrac House, but also published m , , a. contract for county paper, (see Sec. 1 1.3 and 7o2 of the Code) . This law was doubtless enacted that the people might see how the County finances had been man KU .B7 1U 1,413 u:c vuu .3 ,K U V. U 1898. Now why are the peo-i pie not permitted to see a state- ment for 1898 unless vou , , OVer i cent a word J I uone) you are in uuty oouna to ,,',. A A J A . publish this statement as sent you by former Clerk of Board and -which will show as to how the county stood Dec. lst. "W ... "I .from statement made in your issue of last week, one would infer that our county finances were not only in bad condition, but that the old Board and those connected with it, were the most veritable liars the world ever produced, for you say instead of a surplus as we claim there is a deficit, not only on the jury but on every other fund. Now if you or any one else desire to learn the truth in this matter, and will examine the books in the Register's Of fice and do not find upon settle ment with Sheriff and Treasu rer for 1898, there is a surplus on every mnuy l - will aaree to pay for time spent in making examination. The taxes of 1898 were levied to pay expenses of that year, and the records will show after paying every order issued for that purpose, there will be a surplus of near $1500.00. This is separate and distinct from school fund, upon winch account the former .treasurer turned over about $1300.00. You say where is it, and why has the county pari not been turned over? Well let us see, the law requires the commissioners at their meeting in December to appoint a com mittee to bo present and make settlement with Sheriff and Treasurer and report same Now if this committee has not been appointed, and settlement made (none of which appears on the record to have been done) it reany seems tliat they have not been in position to receive the surplus, or know anything uennite 111 regard to the lunds being behind. I presume when Sheriff Pope ia uuuneu.uv uie committee 01 u their appointment, time and place of settlement, there is no doubt but that it will appear he has taken up several orders is- med by the present Board as well as furnished money to pay off jurors at last Court, that you say Sheriff Salmon fur- nished, so it looks as if some of the surplus, over and above ex- penses of 189S, have-not only oeen materialized, but hnvo been used in helping out ex penses of 1899, and doubtless on final settlement balance 4 will appear. Very Respectfully, J. A. Green. Feb. 28th 1899. The above communication from Mr. J. A. Green, ex-chairman of the board of county commissioners, has a very time ly caption "Give us facts, not hear say testimony." The Union endeavors to do this as far as in its power lies. Mr. Green attempts to make it appear that The Union has not been giving facts, and in doing so he proves that it has been giving facts plain facts too. So plain that even the most ignorant can understand. He says that The Union said in its issue just after the meeting of the commissioners in Decem ber, last, that it had been in formed that the 4 'County was found to be one year behind, on all funds, and that the Court House had not been paid for." He says "I knew there was not a word of truth in this state ment." Let's see how much truth there is in it, and we'll take Mr. Green's statement above for it.. He says that "the taxes of 1808 were levied to pay ex penses of that year." The ex penses of 1898 began January 1st 1898. The taxes were not levied until June, the sheriff did not receive the tax books nvitil Sontomhor atiA 1iA 14 51.1- Led untii Januarv lst or later to make settlement with the county (and Sheriff Pope ad mits that there is a large amount not collected) Then is not the county a year behind? If Har nett county's finances are on a cash basis, then every farmer who makes a mortgage in the spring for supplies to' run him ;r h the summer is on a cash basis also. About the Court House not being paid for. We knew that Mr. Green, as chairman, had received a receipt in full for p . , snprffiprl in the original contract, on the Court House which they did, that had not been paid for and has not been paid yet. If Mr. I "v Green's board paid it there . i is nrp -,' fifl - nflm:tfiflfl M(md that u lmd nQt been . , P, T:. i , Fijiiiu. ivxiiy U xviveiu, liiu uuii- i ' . , i-n i ni-ncnnf IiaotvI nf fnmmicemnoi'i; r -. Monday for $101.00 for this work on the Court House, Which was not paid because the books show that the Court House has been paid for. This same bil was presented to the old board. Will Mr. Green expiain why it was not paid? ; We have the copy of the fi nanciai statement ior lbyo pre pared by Mr. J. McK. Byrd It was received after Mr. Byrd's term of .office had expired. The statement is correct, so far as we know, but is misleading for it makes it appear that there is on hand $1,500 of the county fund when in reality there is none, nor was on the first of December 1898. The new board has given us no orders to print the statement, but we suppose that they understand their business and will endeav or to attend to the affairs of the county in the most economical way possible. . There was no money on hand to pay the jui at the last term of the court and Sheriff Salmon furnished the money and on Tuesday after court adjourned bherifi Pope paid over to Mr. E. F. Young enough money to pay the money back to Sheriff Salmon. ! These are facts which Mr. Green cannot and will not deny. We are not in the habit of making statements that we cannot sustain. Editor. Married. . On Wednesday March lst at 11 o'clock at the residence of the bride s father, Mr. W.J. Morgan, Mr. Oscar Barefoot ana iUlss iviinnie Morgan were united in the holy bonds of matrimony. J. G. Smith, J. P., uluuliums lhe attendants were: Mr. Wesley Barefoot and Miss Ida ,ullli"ll5i i,JL1- Aure iee and Miss Geronia Morgan, Mi K;imes H. Smith and Miss Anna NV d, Mr. Mordecai Lee and Miss DorM Barefoot. After the marriage the bridal party de partpd for Mr. J. H. Barefoot's, father of the groom, where a most pleasant reception was neici May the life of this happy young couple be long and free iroin care. A Friend. The soldiers at Manila are haying small battles every day with the Filipinos, which ae always , defeated with heavy 1 mi . - loss. ine loss Americans is liht. THE LEGISLATURE What our Busy Lawmak ers are Doing at che Capital Uity. The House and Senate held a joint session last Thursday on the question of .re-instating the Wilsons, Railroad Commission ers. Counsel were allowed to address the Assembly two for and two against. After nearly an all night session, in which many able speeches were made, the body reached a vote at 3 :30 o'clock Friday morning. The vote was taken separately. The vote to reinstate .Major J. W. Wilson was 83, against rein stating him 56. The vote to reinstate S. 0. Wilson 74, against him 58. This put them both back as Railroad, Commis sioners with salary from the time they were removed by Governor' Russell, each getting about $3,000. Otho Wilson had sent in his resignation and after he was ' re-instated, his resignation was read and ac cepted by the joiut Assembly. Mr. C. C. Cherry, a wound ed ex-Confederate soldier, 01 Edgecombe, county, was keeper of the Capitol, to succeed the present keeper, Rev. J. L. Burns, who will' contest Mr. Cherry's claim, Burns claim ing that he was elected by the fusion legislature two years ago for a term of four year. The Senate killed the 'Vance Textile school bill by tabling it, and also killed the tax on gross incomes of railroads. A bill passed to issue bonds to pay the indebtedness of the penitentiary and buy. farm lands. The bonds bear four per cent, interest and are pay able ten years after January lst 1899. A Western District Court has been established and Henry B. Stevens, of Asheville, appoint ed Judge. The members of the "Com mission of Corporations," to take the place of the Railroad Commission, elected are : Franklin McNeill, of New Han over, Samuel L. Rogers of Ma con ; and E. C. Beddingfield, of Wake. If the courts should hold that the act forniing the "Commission of Corporations" not valid, McNeill and Rogers are elected Railroad Commis sioners to take the places of Major Wilson and S. Otho Wil son. Mr. S. L. Patterson, of Cald well, was elected Commissioner of Agriculture to succeed Jno. R. Smith. The bill passed creating a Bureau of Labor and Printing and B. R. Lacy, of Raleigh, was elected Commissioner. The office of Insurance Com missioner was created and Mr. J. R. Young, of Henderson, was elected Commissioner. M. O. Sherrill, of Catawba, was elected State Librarian. A State Board, of Elections was enacted and the following gentlemen were appointed to compose the board: W. B. Pol lard, of ' Forsyth ; Cicero John son, (Pop.) of Sampson; W. G. Lamb, of Martin; R. D. Gilmer, of Haywood ; J. D. McNeill, of Cumberland ; Wal ter H. Neal, of Scotland ; J. A. Franks, (Rep) of Swain. Bills passed to appropriate $p,000 for a gymnasium and other improvements tb the State Normal and Industrial College at Greensboro and $7,500 for water works at the State Uni versity. These are separate rom the regular appropria tions. Monday in the House Mr. Holman, of Iredell, introduced a bill to appropriate $100,000 to the public schools of the State to be appropriated pro rata per capita among the coun ties. After some discussion the bill passed its several read 1U2S. For some time, I have suffered with rheumatism and tried every im aginable remedy, without efftct. Mr. F G. S. Wells advised me to try Chamberlain's Pain Balm, telling me that it bad cared many cases of long standing like mine. I have used four bottles and feel sure that one more bottle will make my cure complete. -A. P. Kontz, Claremore, Ark. Sold by McKay Bros. & Skinner. A severe cyclone and wind storm visited the states of Mis sissippi, Alabama, Tennessee and Kentucky Monday. It was most severe in Tennessee. O Bean the Signature of t The Kind Yoa Haw Always Bought Will Cotton he Higher? " Owing to the many heavy snows and rains and unfavora ble weather generally through out the entire cotton belt of the country, there has been scarcely any work done 'yet in prepara tion L.r the next crop, and it is now too late, it seems," to pre pare and plant a full cotton crop this year, and, if the fresh ets continue much longer, the rich lands along the Mississippi will be overflowed until too late to plant a cotton crop, and Texas and the vest have had now two or three good cotton crops in succession which is quite unusual for that section of the country,, and it'is, there fore, very probable ihat they will not have another full crop in succession and what we make here does not affect the market appreciably any way and fur thermore the consumption of American cotton is increasing yearly until it will take about eleven million bales to supply the demand. Now taking into considera tion these facts, the certainty of a short crop being planted, and the probability of a short yield on what is planted, it seems very reasonable to expect 7fr to 9f for next crop, or even May, 1898, but after all the above 9 as it w-as four years medical skill that could be giv ago the 3-ear after the price en her in this life, she passed was under of before, and sup- pose the crop would not reach over eight or nine million bales, the price would go to 10 easy, It seems, therefore, the part of wisdom for the farmers of this section to plant as full crops of cotton this year as possible, and before closing this article, I wish to call attention to the widespread advertisements of the Round Bale promoters, in which their real object seems to be skilfully veiled by specious statements, reminding one of the old story of the spider and the fly . When our planters unite in selling their cotton in - the seed to a Trust- Company whose ul timate purpose is to control the crop, and fix the market price, they may find the last state of the farmer worse than the first. Please bear in : mind that the Round Bale is not a commercial bale, that it can only be sold to the Trust people, or to their agents, who do not sell their machinesand that the Stand- ird Square Bale, 24x54 inches, will net much more to the nro- ducer, whether the market price be high or low. S. J. Hooks. Directors- for Schools. The new school law passed by the present legislature makes a good many changes in the pub lic school system. One of the provisions 01 it provides tor a "County Board of School Direc tors to be composed of three persons in each county. These -A- public school directors were ap pointed by the legislature Mou-j day for all the counties in the OltlltJ.. . . xnwcv vFpUiu..Cu iiaincu .rt.i 4- . I .. f A T) tt:ii I uunty tiie . nui v. o. xanx, Prof A. B Jr., principal of Dunn High School; T. W. Harrington, of Harrington ; Prof. J. . De Venny, of Buie's Creek Acade my. For Sampson county : Wil liam J. Ptigh, L. L. Matthews and Walter A. Bizzell, For Cumberland county : Jno V . McLaughlin, Walter J. Smith and Isaac A Murchison. For Johnston county: W. F Gerald, J. W. Wood and John Stephenson. The act that provides for these directors of public schools provides that it shall go into ef fect immediately after j-atifica- tion and section 2 reads as fol lows : Section 2. The Secretary of btate shall, within teu days af ter the ratification of this act, send a certified copy of the members of the county board of school directors for the r the rc- spective counties, to the CJerk of the Superior Court of each z I ately notify each member of his appointment and direct nrmmntmont. nnA Air.nn o;,i ouu 1 members to meet at the court house on the second Monday in April for the purpose of organi zing said board. CASTOR I A For Infants and Children. The Kind You Hare Always Bought Bears the Signature of GiW Kill 3!era. Miss Bessie Highsmith, after spending a month with her uncle, Mr. O. D. Strickland, returned to her home last week. ;Rev. B. W. Spilman held an institute with Spring Branch churchy the 3rd, 4th and 5th. The roads to Dunn have been worked at last but are still bad. Mr.Lonnie Bass closed a prosperous term of school at Lay ton's school house last week. New students coming in at Union Hill every week. Miss Mary Strickland has closed her school and come home for a while. In M em or i am. In Dismal township. Samp son county, on the 9th day of February," 1899, the Death An gel passed over the home of Mr. F. A. Jackson and took as its victim a loving wife, Arrie E. Ozella, daughter of J. D. and Arimanthea Williams. Mrs. Jackson was 28 years of age, in full bloom of woman- hood. She bore a painful sur gical treatment in the month of away to rest in the Jand of the redeemed, to await the coming of the Lord. She was a consis- tent member of the Presbyterian church at Dunn, N. C., and leaves a husband and four chil dren and a host of relatives and friends to mourn their loss but their loss is her eternal S31""' (Mill Gone to begin a new and happier storj-; Her bitter tals of eartli now told and done; The outer shadows for their inner glor , Exchanged forever O blessed One. Brother M. B. W. 5 T O 3T2. X . Beara the s4 m MIO YOU HaVB AIY Signature STfl , 1 The Kind You Have Always Bougfit of aZ tUcJUfc NOTICE TO TOBACCO GROWEPvS. We are now preparing to man- ufacture tobacco flues, and will have a man who thoroughly understands the business. Best material, workmanship and prices guaranteed. Place your orders with us. The John A, McKay M'f'g Co., Dunn, N. C, Feb. 1st, 1899. Look ! Look ! The battle is yet to fight and you can get your Supplies at the i Parlor Market . I TTTll A ,1? - rv-p UHCJ.il tlilU. UB1V ine state on nrices. 1 keen SUCII as Fresh. Beef, Porlr, Sausage, etc., and will be pleased to serve the people. Try my meat. I also keep on hand Eggs, Butter, Potatoes & Home Made Lard- In fact almost anything found in UP-TO-DATE MARKET. an I pay the best market prices for Beef Cattle, Pork etc. See ine before you sell. Yours to please, T. HOLLAND, Market on Lucknow Square. ATTENTION farmers. I Wish to call the nlt.Pnrinn nf fllfitftu - f - oVQ .T " 1 - fAt" "cl,L iluJ?i;"g counties t nn t o - r i-, n I . . . I - luv-i tu in- j. elm sum iiiren n t."i, i - . . Zur v V T UrUlb11 10C ""V "uc uul oiner J J 1 T . ' I nues and can suit you if you mly give me a chance. I hare opened a general re pair siiop for the repair of BICYCLES, and keep on hand at all times a complete line of Bicycle Sun dries. If your wheel gets out of repair bung it to me. R. F. SMITH, Benson, N. C. Feb-7-3.ii. TO RLJ J. J. DUPREE, Agent, having assigned his entire stock to me, I am now offering the Gam ny one wishing Bargains in DRY GOODS, SHOES, CLOTHING. Notions &c., Now is the time to get them be fore the stock is picked. THESE GOODS MUST BE SOLD. P. H. C. DUPREE, Assignee. We are New Q We beg to announce to the Public that we are now located next door to R. G. Taylor & Co., where we will be glad to have our friends and customers call on us. If you cannot find what you want in our JEWELERY SHOW-CASES, we will order it direct for you and get it in a few days. We repair Watches, Clocks, Jewelry,. Spectacles, Sowing Machines, Bicycles &c. We keep on hand at all times a well selected stock of Spec tacles, Bicycle Sundries, Sewing Machine Supplies, Oils &c. IF YOU WANT KEW, LP-TO-DATE WHEEL, SEE US. Thanking our friends and customers for past patronage and soliciting a continuance of the ...:SlLEWilE. I am ?ole airent for the T?oy:il Manufacturing . inpa- ny, iHiroit, Michigan, nuuii-j facturers of plated, solid and Brazil Silve r wa re. N i ce f o r wedding presents and useful in every home See rne before placing? your oruer. Everything warranted to give satisfaction. S. II. PITT MAN. Dunn, X. C. lO Cent Cotton! If the farmers coukl-get 10 cents a pound for their cotton this season every body would have a smiling face and every home -would be a place of happi ness. But the present price drives smiles away and happiness is only found when the people find the merchant who is willing to share his comfort and hap piness with the producer. Now there is no use in mourning over what can't be helped, and. L P. JERNIGAN is willing to do his partin storing smiling faces and hap- Imess to the oppressed people by Belling UltUUifilUiSS CHEAP. ' auu ii-iaii. saniieu Go of Mnd, Tinware, Crocker, ware, smm and Tobacco. Flour. 'Mm . , I ' - - fact everything found in an up-to-date grocery toie. Call and see me and I will treat you right. Yours truly L P. JERNIGAN, Dunn, N. C. Don't Neglect Yoxu: I.!vcr. Liver trouLles quickly rcrult in rcri ..; complications, and the man who nevlrr.;-, : liver nas mue regard tor health. A I,,itJ of Browns' Iron Hitters taken nnvr.ai;; tl. , will keep the li ver in perfect fnlcr. I f t , -disease has develored. V.rcvuJ Irr... t;.,.'. will cure it permanently. i u ' vitality will alwar ,Vn- ;.J" . Browiut' Iron Bitters 13 Bold bj all tlcalcii. T of IteMi enfire Stock at TsTow In T same, we beg to remain, E Cost uarrers Yours truly, OAIIMEY & JORDAN. N i SHOPS. I have started up a new Repair Shop in the building known ns the. A. B. GODWIN QlrlORS and am prepared to do all kinds of Repairing on Buggies, Carts and Wagons. I also make Bug gies and Carts, using the best of m.aterial and employing the most skilled mechanics to do the work. A pleased customer is my best advertisement. I guarantee all of my work and I make prices to suit the times. I also repair Guns and Pistols. Jtimes Johnson, son of Kufus Johnson, deceased, who has the best reputation of any median-, ic in this country, i with me and invites his friends to call and see him and to give him .their work. I Shoe horses and profess to give better satisfaction gen erally than any other shop in town. Give me a trial is all I ask. Most RespsctfuLy, J. W. GREGORY. ADtflXSTRATOR'S NOTICE ! The undersigned havincr oualified r., admiimtiator of Moses Trinn. deceased. all persons indebted to the estate are hereby urgently requested to settle the same at once. All perRons who have claims against said estate are re quested to present the same within 12 mouths from date of thu notice or the statutes will be plead In bar of same. lhU February 28lh, 1399. C. II. Ikii'P. Administrator. Jones & Stewart, Attorneys. Jiarcn l-u.w- )
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