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OUIMIM, IM. C. SEPTEMBER 13, 1899.
No. 37-
A Wonderful Cure of Diarrhoea.
Bryan Replies to Faftson.
Ths Good State of North Carolina.
Says Negroes Must Go.
'HARNETT
XT TTTT 5T, jSS" ' CUMBERLAND,
... . 4 'Prove all things: hold fast that which is erood" '
SELL YOUR TOBACCO
YOU PLEASE
lil t TliADE. WITH
n ft n n-si rvi
Efflassnmni
j'oU THEY ARE
"DOING THE
New goods arriving on every freight, the cheapest and
nicest wo have ever seen.
If you want to buy a suit of
an- o lie ring the
"Cream of Clothing"
AT .
"Butter Milk Prices."
For W. L.rDouglas' Shoes, Double wear Collars, Fancy and
Sty lish Neckwear, we are strictly headquarters
E very thing ill
DRV GOODS AftSD GROCERIES
at reduced prices.
Summer Dress Goods at your own price.
LADIES' FINE SHOES.
every description at any price you wish..
of
We have two stores full of goods and enough bought to fill
them up again, so you see we must sell cheap to make room for
the other goods. To do this we shall offer for the next 30 days
OUR ENTIRE LINE OE EYERY-
TIHNG
it about 50 cents in the dollar, so come at once. We want your
trade. We appreciate your trade, and we are doing everything
Ave can to get your trade. We have got our prices cut down so
nv that
We Can't be
Come to see us, we will guan
tee to please both the eye and
pocket.
31 ASSENGILL DRY . GOODS CO.
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Big- lot of Whittemore's Tan
and Black Polish just received.
Also every variety of shoe laces.
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BUSINESS"
Clothes be sure to see us, for we
Undersold.
Yours truly,
sr. c.
Stores
A Prominent Virginia Editor
Had Almost Given.. Up4 but
Was Brought Back to per
fect Health by Chamber
lain's Colic, Cholera
and Diarrhoea Rem
edy. Read His
Editorial.
Prom the Times, Hillstille. Va.
I suffered with diarrhoea for
a long time and thought T was
past being cured. I had spent
mucli time and money and suf
fered so much misery that I had
almost decided to give up all
hopes of recovery and await the
result, but noticing the adver
tisement of Chamberlain's Col
ic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Rem
edy and also some testimonials
stating how some wonderful
cures had been wrought by this
remedy, I decided to try it.
After taking a few doses I was
entirely well of that trouble,
and I wish to say further to my
readers and fellow-sufferers that
I am a hale and hearty man to
day and feel as well as I ever
did in my life. O. R. Moore.
Sold by Hood & Grantham.
Says Hold Your Cotton-:
The' Daily Democrat, of
Natches, Miss., for some time
has been urging the farmers to
hold back a third of their cotton
until after January. It says :
"The time will soon arrive
for the marketing of the next
cotton crop and unless a change
is made as to the mode of doing
it the same low level tf f prices
A.
that was current last year will
inevitably be the result. It is
x well established fact that
large port and interior receipts
during the. months of Septem
ber, October and November are
the great factors in making
prices, and it is in your power
to prevent this as you. have the
remedy in your own hands
which is to holdback on your
farms one-third of your gin-
ings until after December or j
January. The two-thirds will
bring nearly as much money
marketed in this way as the
whole crop marketed in the
way as the whole crop marketed
in the usual wayk
"In doing this you will not
deprive the merchants or the
banks to whom you are under
obligations of what they are
justly entitled to, but on the
other hand, protecting almost
their salvation as well as your
own. --
"The' government says the.
acreage in 'cotton lands is eight
per cent, less than last year and
that the July condition is 3.4
(three four tenths) per cent.
lejss, or a total depreciation of
11.4. (eleven four-tenths) per
cent.
Estimating the current crop
at 11,200,000 bales it means a
hrinkage of 1,277,000 bales, or
, crop of 9,923,000 bales for
1899-1900.
"Notwithstanding all this,
and the further fact that the
cotton mills throughout the
cotton mills throughout the
country are . making pronts
ranging from 20 per cent, toiu
per cent, mighty eiiorts are be
ing made to create the impres
sion that the crop will be an
enormous one, with the view of
getting your cotton cheap aud it
is for you to determine whether
the greedy spinner will succeed.
''YTou will be assailed by the
wily speculator with all kinds
of arguments to prevent you
from holding your cotton, but it
is your ouly weapon and your
financial salvation depends
upon its use.
"We will keep this appeal
prominently forward in our col
umns and devote a part of each
issue in earnestly advocating
it, and we ask our associates
of the press, merchants and
bankers, whj are equally inter
ested with lis in building up
the prosperity of our Southern
country, to join and aid us in
our efforts."
The great success of Cham
berlain's Colic, Cholera and
Diarrhoea Remedy in the treat
ment of bowel complaints has
made it standard over the
greater part of the civilized
world. For sale by Hood &
Grantham.
Mr. Br van has issued the fol
lowing announcement of his po
sition in an answer to Ex-governor
Pattison's inte rvie w
printed in the New Yrork Tri
bune of last Sunday. W
1 have stated at all tunes
and in all places that the mon
ey question will bo before the
country until bimetallism is re
stored. "I have repeated over and
over again that this nation must
act alone, without waiting for
the aid or consent of any other
nation, and that 1 to 16 is the
only ratio at which the mints
can be opened.
"I have never for one mo
ment thought a compromise de
sirable or possible. In 189G,
7,000,000 voted for candidates
pledged to international bimet
allism, 6,500,000 voted for can
didates pledged to independent
bimetallism.. Every vote for
bimetallism, whether interna
tional or independent, is a pro
test against the single gold
standard. We have the gold
standard today, not because the
people want it, but because a
handful of English financiers
defeated President McKinley's
efforts to secure foreign aid in
the restoration of bimetallism.
The Republicans are now pre
paring to make all contracts
payable in gold. This will les
sen the quantity of legal ten
der money and make the scram
ble for gold more intense. The
Republicans also contemplate
tiring the greenbacks in the
interest of national bank notes.
"How can the money ques
tion be forgotten while the mon
ey changers (to quote the lan
guage used by Mr. McKinley
in 1891) trying 'to make money
scarcer and therefore dearer
money is the master and all
things else the servant.' The
gold men know that our aband
onment of the ralio of 16 to 1
would be equivalent to an
abandonment of the m o n e y
question, and they know ; that
an abandonment of the money
question would lead to the sur
render of all that party gained
by the Chicago convention. The
Republicans fear the money
question, and therefore the Re
publican papers are ready to
praise the wisdom and magnify
the prominence of any Demo
crat who will give out an inter
view against 16 to 1.
The Chicago plat form is
sound ; every plank, platform
is sound ; every party will reaf
firm and stand by it, and in ad
dition thereto, it will meet new
questions as they arise.
4 -The Republican par t y is
putting the dollar above the
man ; the aim of the Democrat
ic party is to restore a govern
ment of the people by the peo
ple for the people a govern
ment which will protect every
citizen in the enjoyment of life,
liberty and the pursuit of hap
piness. A Life and Death Fight.
Mr. W. A. Hines of Manches
ter, la., writing of his almost
miraculous escape from death,
says: "Exposure after measles
induced serious lung trouble,
which ended in Consumption.
I had frequent hemorrhages
and coughed night and day.
All my doctors said I must soon
die. Then I began to use Dr.
King's New Discovery for Con
sumption, which completely
cured me. I would not be
without it even if it cost $ 5.00
a bottle. Hundreds have used
it on my recommendation and
all .say it never fails to cure
Throat, Chest and Lung troub
les." Regular size 50c and
$1.00. Trial bottles free at
McKay Bros. & Skinner's drug
store,
i
Policeman William Kerns, of
Concord, tried to quiet three
negroes who were raising a fuss
on the street, before day on
Sunday morning, when one of
the negroes shot him through
the heart with a pistol. Two
of the negroes were captured
anil Concord came near having
a lynching, j-
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Bears tha
Signature
of
jy Ji KUiu luandFowwdjj
Tha Kind Yea Hare Always Bought
Under the above caption an
esteemed friend sends us the
following which is suggestive:
"Mr. Editor; I have been
lately running over a little book
entitled 'Investment Guide,'
compiled by Henry Clews &
Co 7 Bankers, New York.
"As the miseries of man are
mitigated to some extent at least
by a state of greater wretched
ness in another, I have thought
it well to invite the ateiition of
my fellow North Carolinians to
a comparison of one our great
troubles with those of the same
variety, that afflict our sister
States.
Vlabama, population. 1,800,000
Georgia,
2,100,000
Iowa,
Minnesota,
Oregan,
Ohio,
2,185,000
1,800,000
480,000
4,194,816
2,000,000
1 1
North Carolina "
Alabama, indebtedness of
individuals on country
real estate $ 28,762,387
Georgia, same indebtedness 27,
387,590. Iowa, same indebtedness 149,-
457,144 Minnesota same
indebtedness. 75,355,562
Oregon, same indebtedness 15,-
983,301.
Ohio, same indebted
ness 134,107,706
North Carolina, same
indebtedness 14,537,439
"It will be observed that the
indebtedness on country proper
ty alone has been taken, m or
der to show, with the more cer
tainty, the relative conditions
of the prosperity of the farming
classes.
"We find that the indebted
ness of Alabama, on farming
lands, is nearly $14.00 to the
inhabitants ; of Georgia, is
$8.00; of Iowa, is $64.00; of
Minnesota, is $38.00; of Ore
gon, is $32.00; of Ohio, is
$51.00 and of North Carolina,
is only $7.30 to each citizen of
the State.
"Itis by such publications
as that of Henry Clews & Co.,
which deal in cold facts, that
the attention of investors has
been directed our good State.
"We shall be thankful for
more of the same sort.
"Tar Heel."
Now the above is real good
reading to us and we- thank Mr.
Clews for publishing such im
portant and gratifying facts to
the world and our friend "Tar
Heel" for collating them for
The Post.
We ask first, that our own
people read the above figures
carefully. They will be a grat
ifying revelation to all good
citizens, a saddening disap
pointment only to the calamity
howling demagogues. Let, our
people compare their condition
as to indebtedness with their
fellow countrymen of other
States, North, Soutli and West,
and they will reason how' much
better our condition is than is
that of those of other States.
To people seeking homes
among a frugal, conservative
people, in a territory abounding
in natural wealth, and resources
of prosperity but scarcely
touched, with all the advanta
ges of good climate, easy and
reasonable access to market.
The Post confidently commends
the above statement. Raleigh
Post.
Glorious N3ws
Comes from Dr. D. B. Car
gile, of Washita, I. T. . He
writes : "Four bottles of Elec
tric Bitters has cured Mrs.
Brewer of scrofula, which had
caused her great suffering for
years. Terrible sores would
break out on her head and face,
and the best doctors could give
no help ; but her cure is com
plete and her health is excel
lent." This shows what thou
sands have proved, that Elec
tric Bitters is the best blood pu
rifier known. It's the supreme
remedy for eczema, tetter, salt
rheum, ulcers, boils and run
ning sores. It stimulates liver,
kidneys and bowels, expels
poisons, helps digestion, builds
up the strength. Only 50 cts.
Sold by McKay Bros. & Skin
ner, Druggists. Guaranteed.
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Bean the
Signature
of
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Gen. M. C. Butler, tormer
United States Senator, has writ
ten for publication a letter deal
ing with the race problem. It
is called forth by the recent
whipping of negroes at Green
ville. "I am no apologist for law
lessness at the hands of any
class," he says, "but public
meetings and denunciation will
not cure this disease. , It is in
the blood and will break out
somewhere else. You must
strike at the root to eradicate it.
The poor white men who have
to earn their bread by the sweat
of their faces cannot compete
with cheap negro labor. To
attempt to do so implies their
degredation and ultimate de
struction or expatriation. One
race must go to the wall, and
with the kindest of feelings of
good to the negro, I must side
with mv own race. Two laces
cannot live together in peace on
terms of equal civil and politi
cal rights, and the sooner we
realize-that, the better for both
races.
"The separation of the races
is the only solution to the terri-
ble problem, it is very easy
for Tillman and others to de
nounce lawlessness of the 'one
gallus, wool hat crowd.' Let
Mr. Tillman and others who
join him as the guardians of the
negro put themselves in the
poor white man's idace and
walk between the plow handles
from sun-up till sun-down in
A.
competition with negro labor
at $5 a month,' a peck of meal
and three pounds of bacon a
week.
' "Some justification for this
lawlessness may be dug from
the depths of poverty into
which cheap labor has plunged
many worth whites. Cheap
labor isjthe curse of any coun
try. The trials of white men
for whitecapping would be a
farce and lawlessness-would not
end. The Jgovernment of the
United States ought to appro
priate $10,000,000 and dupli
cate it as often as necessaVy to
assist the negroes in settling a
colony to themselves. This was
done for the Indians when they
could not live at peace with the
whites. A temporary inconven
ience by the negro leaving the
country might result, but the
whites would meet the emer
gency. "The wild harangues of men
who openly advise the murder
of the Tolbarts and keeping the
negro in a state of quasi-slavery
deserve the execration of right
thinking men. That is not the
way to bring peace and order
into a country.
"The methods of the negro
do not justify an attempt to lift
him up by increased wages. So
long as the races are in imme
diate contact on present terms,
lynchings, whitecappings, mob
law, every form of lawlessness,
will constantly menace society,
obstruct progress and keep up a
state of anxiety." Columbia,
S. C, Dispatch.
A Word to Mothers.
Mothers of children affected
with croup or a severe cold need
not hesitate to administer
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy.
It contains no opiate nor nar
cotic in any form and may be
given as confidently to the babe
as to an adult. The great suc
cess that has attended its use
in the treatment of colds and
croup -has won for its approval
and praise it has received
throughout the United States.
and many foreign lands, for
sale by Hood & Grantham.
Ex-Sheriff McD. Geddie tells
us of a terrible accident that
happened near his residence in
Flea Hill yesterday afternoon,
in which a little two year old
negro child was stamped to
death by a vicious mule, owned
by Henry Tucker, a brother of
of the child. The little fellow
as lying on his back in the
yard when the mule, who had
gotten out of the stable lot,
made directly for him, and,
without any warning, jumped
on his breast, and in a second
j stamped all the breath out of
the infant. Fayetteville observer.
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For sale by Hood fc Grantham,
Druggists, Dunn, N. C.
Is the Kissing Buc a Myth-
In a paper read to the Amer
ican Association for the ar--
vancement of Science at Colum
bus, Ohio, iProfessor Howard,
n Washington entomologist,
denied the existence of "any
such distinctive insect as the
alleged kissing bug." Tho
damage ascribed to it is tho
work, he alfirms, ofca few well
known insects, namely, bedbugs
and mosquitoes. There aro six s
bugs in tho United States whoso
bites might produce tho effects
described by tho npwspapers at
the beginning of tho present sil
ly season, but they aro all prob
ably innocent of tho crimes with
which the kissing bug is charg
ed. It is only when tho effect
of the bite of tho commonplaco
bedbug and pugnacious mosqui
to is more serious than usual
that the kissing bug is invoked.
Nor are spider bites as serious
as commonly represented. There :
is only on? spider in this coun
try, according to Dr. Howard,
whose bite is a serious affair.
It may be that this spider is of
the same family with or related
to the lathrodectes tredecimgut
tatus, sometimes called tho
black wolf (karakurd) of Rus-
sia. This poisonous spider,
which attacks the lips and
tongues of cattle on the stoppes,
annually kills stock to tho value
of millions of roubles . Its bito
may be fatal to man if riot prop
erly treated, tho effect being
similar to that of snake poison.
In Southern Europe and North
Africa, where it also occurs, it
is known by the name of mal-
mignatte.
Possiblv it? has
found its way into this country
along with some of our impor
tations and has been on duty of
late as a "kissing bug." Balti
more Sun.
We are told that a certain
farmer in this county, who,
with the aid of his wife, culti
vated a two-horse farm, resort
ed to an unusual method of tak
ing care of the baby while tho
mother was helping in tho field.
He prepared a box for the baby,
fastening it to the plow stock,
so when the father was plowing
and the mother hoeing, the
baby was riding. Monroe
Journal.
The Acme Tea Chest Compa
na, of Glasgow. Scotland, have
bought 10,000 acres of fine tim
bered land in Pender and 'Bla
den counties, mnch of it lying
along the Cape Fear river for a
distance of 25 mile?, and has
located ks American head-quarters
at Wilmington. There is
75,000,000 feet of stumpage on
their lands. Steamers will sail
with their logs every sixty days
for Glasgow.
. The trial of Dreyfus at Ren
tier, France, is creating much
interest throughout the countrj'.
Few people except those in
the French army believe him
guilty. If he is acquitted the
army of France will probably
rebel against the government ;
if he is convicted the populaco
of France will rebel, and it
looks as if a great revolution is
now threatening that republic.
The negroes in Georgia have
started a regulator band to pro
tect their women from keeping
company with Chinamen. At
Brunswick Sunday night a band
of negroes called out a negro
woman who had been living
with a Chinaman and severely
flogged her and warned her
against returning to the China
man's house. Even the negro
draws the color iine on the poor
Chinee.
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