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DUrilM, IT. C. SEPTEMBER 27, 1899.
No. 36.
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New goods arriving on every freight, the cheapest and
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If you want to buy a suit of
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AT
"Butter Milk Prices."
For W. L. Douglas' Shoe?, Double wear Collars, Fancy and
Stylish Neckwear we are strictly headquarters
Everything in
DRV GOODS AND GROCERIES
at reduced prices.
Summer Dress Goods at your own price.
LADIES' FINE SHOES.
of every description at any price you wish.
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 OF EVERY
THING at about 50 cents in the dollar, so come at once. We want your
trade. We appreciate your trade, and we are doing everything
we can to cot your trade. We have got our prices cut down so
low that
We Can't be Undersold.
Qonie to see us,
tec to pease both the eye and
pocket.
Yours truly,
M ASSENGILL DRY GOODS CO.
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Big lot of Whittemore's Tan
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Stores
the Utilization of Nature's
' Power at Niagara Falls.
When it was first proposed
to utilize the power of Niagara
Falls by causing a portion of
the water to be deflected into
canals or tunnels to operate dy
namos of 5000 horse power each
there was a great outcry against
'the ruthless destroying of one
of the grandest works, of Na
ture." It was soon shown that
the hysterical objectors were
entirely ignorant of the facts,
and that the utilization of the
force running to waste would
not appreciably affect the falls.
Moreover, the proposed plan if
carried to a successful issue
would, it was said, tend to pre
serve the beauty of tiie place
from the gradual inroads of
small factories which were al
ready springing up on the
banks, using the water power
directly. Sufficient time has
elapsed since the Niagara Falls
Power Company undertook the
gigantic work of establishing
an electric power plant on the
largest scale ever known to per
mit the forming of an intelli
gent opinion as to the advanta
ges or disadvantages of the en
terprise, from a purely ffisthetic
as well as from a purely utilita
rian standpoint ; and wre think
the consensus of opinion of
many visitors who were famil
iar with the surroundings be
fore the new installation was
begun is that the Niagara Falls
Power Company's undertakings
have not injured the falls at all
as a scenic wonder, but have
added immensely to their at
tractiveness in many ways.
The total quantity of water
which will be drawn off of the
dynamos shall have been in
stalled will not be missed at
all, for the normal rate of. flow
of Niagara Falls exceeds one
hundred million . gallons every
minute, and this corresponds
to more than 2,500,000 horse
power. If -we shall compare
this with the amount of power
now used or to be utilized we
will see how puny man's great
est achievements in this direc
tion will appear by comparison.
The energy employed at Niaga
ra in various electro-chemical
industries, electric railways,
electrictric lighting, etc.,
amounts to about 13,000 horse
power, and in addition to this
about 1000 horse power of elec
tric force is transmitted to Buf
falo for lighting that city, run
ning the trolley cars and for
other purposes. The entire in
stallation at the falls, including
the dynamos nowr in operation
and in process of erection will
absorb about 50,000 horse pow
er, or about one-fiftieth part of
the estimated horse power of
the falls. Assuming that the
Niagara Falls Power Company
may eventually utilize 100,000
horse power, the etiect upon
the flow of water would still be
so slight that it would require
delicate measurements to detect
any diminution in the depth of
the water on the brink of the
falls, and it could not be noticed
by the eye at all.
The electric railway along the
margin of the river below the
falls, running beneath the
cliffs and so close to the rapids
that the spray blowrs sometimes
in the faces of the passengers,
affords most magnificent views
from places which were former
ly inaccessible ; and it is quite
safe to say that- the wonderful
Niagara Falls & Lewiston Rail
way would not have been
thought of, much less built, it
the Niagara Falls Power Com
pany had not provided the elec
tric force at a low cost. Phila
delphia Record.
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 man" foreign lands. For
sale bv Hood & Grantham.
A Wonderful Cure of Diarrhoea.
A Prominent Virginia Editor
Had Almost Given Up, but
Was Brought Back to Per
fect Health by Chamber
lain's Colic, Cholera
and Diarrhoea Rem
edy. Read His
Editorial.
From the Times, milstille. Va.
I suffered with diarrhoea for
a long time and thought I was
past being cured. I had spent
much 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.
Cotton Crop 22 Per Cent Short.
The U. S. Agricultural De
partment in its report dated
September 11th, shows the con
dition of the cotton crop to be
68.5 per cent of an average crop
being the lowest in twenty five
years excepting the one of 1896
which was 68. o per cent. In
view of this report, which
agrees with ail reports of State
Departments ana other honest
sources, cotton to-day ought to
be selling at eight ' cents a
pound. The mills are nearly
all out of. cotton, and they must
have. it. They can pay eight
cents a pound for it and still
earn a dividend of eight per
cent, on their capital, thus per
mitting farmer and manufactu
rer alike to profit from the in
creased demand for cotton.
Farmers always run a risk
in holding their products for a
rise in prices. - This paper has
never before advised cotton far
mers to hold the staple, but the
conditions this vear are so dif
ferent from any t that have ex
isted before that it seems clear
that the farmers ought to con
sult their interest by marketing
their cotton as it is needed. If
the mill-owners had a small
margin we would not advocate
withholding of cotton by the
farmers. Our policy is "Live
and let4 live." But mill men
can pay eight cents for cotton
and make money. Why should
the farmers rush it to market
and let it go for less than it is
worth? News & Observer.
Helper's Plan.
Hardie Hogan Helper, broth
er of Hinton Rowan Helper who
wrote "The Impending Crisis"
(which caused such a tremen
dous sensation in 1857), died
near Bailey, N. C, a few days
ago. After the war Hardie
Helper, by request of President
Johnson, prepared the follow
ing plan for the reconstruction
of North Carolina :
Permit North Carolina to re
construct under the old Consti
tution of 1835, save and except
negro slavery.
Allow all negroes in the
South who were free before the
war the right to vote.
' Allow all the negroes who
were set free by President Lin
coln's proclamation who could
read and write, the right to
vote.
Allow all negroes on becom
ing 21 years of age who could
read and write, the right to
vote.
This scheme of reconstruc
tion, when read by President
Johnson, it is said, called forth
the following comment : ,Mr
Helper, your ideas of recon
struction are laconic and sim
ple, and appear to be strong,
sensible and just, but what can
T do with an overwhelming
Congress against me?" Phila
delpbia Record.
i Ih8 Kind Yon Haw Always Bought
Bryan And Cochran-
Bryan and Cochran spoke a
a gathering of all classes of peo
pie, in Chicago, who came to-
gether for the
purpose of dis
cussing
trusts. Mr. Cochran
said there were some good com
binatious and some bad ones
Mr. Bryan said the trust was
either a blessing or a curse.
Mr. Cochran said that it mat
tered not how much a corpora
tion was capitalized at, that the
stock sold at its worth any way.
Mr. Bryan intimated that the
people found out what it was
worth after they had sunk their
money in it and the promoters
had pulled out. Mr. Cochran
suggested publicity. Mr. Bry
an said publicity was all right,
but he would go further and by
a constitutional amendment
prevent one State from charter
ing corporations, in order to
raise revenue, to send them out
to prey on the people in other
States ; that Congress should
have the right to license all
corporations or revoke their li
cense, and that every state
sliould nave the right to pre
vent any corporation from do
ing business in its borders if it
was satisfied its methods were
hurtful to its people.
Mr. Bryan said he was op
posed to placing the dollar
above the man ; that money
should be the servant of man ;
that under our present system
man was simply the slave, the
machine, and the dollar the
task master. He further told
the laborer in the factory that
if he allowed himself at election
times to be used to put shackles
on the farmer, on the selfish
plea that a high tariff kept up
his wages, that it ' was being
demonstrated the farmer could
stand it longer than the laborer,
for if the price of corn was
shoved down the farmer could
not only eat his corn but could
urn it, while the coal miner
could not eat his coal.
Mr. Cochran went there for
he purpose of straddling the
fence, and he cleverly balanced
nmself. Wilson Times.
Bismarck's iron Nerve
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Was the result of his splen
did health. Indomitable will
and tremendous energy are not
found where Stomach, Liver,
Kidneys and Bowels are out of
order. If you want these qual
ities and the success they bring,
use Dr. King's New Life Pills.
They develop every power of
brain and body. Only 25c at
McKay Bros. & Skinner's drug
store.
Fault Finding.
Criticising means judging
airly. The original Greek
One, therefore, who is incap
able, from ignorance or preju
dice, of sifting every matter
from every point of view, can
not be called a critic. When
ever, from interested motives or
from other causes, he shows
bias, he must not be set down
as a critic. Men have attempted
to write down a play because
they did not like the author of
it. A book has been abused
because other books by the same
author have won a place which
was denied the productions of
the critic. War has been made
on ministers, lawyers and doc
tors because their views did
not harmonize with the advice
the critic had to give, but some
how, was not accepted.
Fault finding' can become
actually a disease. The disap
pointed, those of a vinegar
temperature, the mentally dys
peptic, indulge themselves to
such an extent that a calm,
dispassionate, not to say tender,
judgement of men andthings
becomes an impossibility. Those
who know such people suspect
something wrong whenever the
fault finder says something
good. It was said of one of
old : 'His words were smooth
as butter, bat the war was in
his heart." A critic is a neces
sary and useful factor in all
public and private life. A fault
finder is one who spoils the
sweetness of things. He is an
'irritant; his influence is per
nicious. He is to be avoided.
Baltimore American.
Definitions of the New Worn An.
It would seem that a working
woman, as a working woman,
working
is not necessarily the New
Woman. Where is the New
Woman. A diligent search
does not seem to . brim:
v .
Ier lO
ngnt. ine writer propounded
the question, 'Wnat is jour
idea of the New Woman?' to
several people of her acquain
tance and received the follow
ing answers :
First Business man "A fe
male crank.
Second Business Man "A
woman suffragist."
Third Business Man "A
woman who knows what's what
and can't be bamboozled."
Fourth Business Man "A
woman wiio is educated and
keeps up with tho questions of
the day, and doesn t gossip,
and has an opinion of her
own."
First Married Woman "A
creature who smokes and wears
bloomers and rides a bicycle
and hates men and votes.
Second Married Woman
"An old maid who wants to
gain notoriety.
Third Married Woman "A
mother who hopes to gain in
knowledge every day knowl
edge of the laws of health and
of the mind, so that she may
know better how to guide her
children ; a woman who will be
less and less tolerant of any
wrong-doing of!: her husband
which may bring harm to her
family."
Fourth Married ' Woman
"Lucy Stone,"
First Single Woman "A
woman wno aoesn t want to
get married."
Second Single woman
"Any woman who is capable of
deductive reasoning."
Third single woman "Any
woman who is trying to make
the most of herself, mind and
body, heart and soul."
Fourth single Woman "A
woman who thinks that she has
the same right to representation
. i ..iii
in tne government mat ner
brothe'r has, and proposes to
work until that right is conced
ed to her."
Failure again ! Several of
those defintions are very good,
but they .cannot all be right,
since they are so different. ,
Does the New Woman really
exist at all then? To speak in
the vulgar tongue, it would
seem tnat wnere tnere is so
much smoke there must be a
ittle fire.
Story of a Slave-.
To be bound hand, and foot
for years by the chains of dis
ease is the worst form of slave
ry. George D. Williams, of
Manchester, Mich, tells how
such a slave was made free.
He says : "My wife has been
so helpless for five years that
slie could not turn over in bed
alone. After using two bottles
of Electric Bitters, she is won
derfully improved and able to
do her own work." This su
preme remedy for female dis
eases quickly cures nervousness
sleeplessness, melancholy, head
ache, backache, fainting and
dizzy spells. This miracle
working medicine is a godsend
to weak, 'sickly, run down peo
ple'. Every bottle guaranteed.
Only 50 cents. Sold by McKay
Bros. & Skinner Druggist.
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If 30M are liunrv and w Ui a fir.-t
class meal, call at ojir
Eating House,
nevt door to GeialV StaMo. ami have
your appetite satisfied. We' nerve
Besfsceak, Ham and Eggs
Fresh Fish etc-
MEALS AT ALL HOURS.
Prompt amlnolite ;
fftctiou ci
lite attention and satU-
uaranteed.
In connection with our iJestaurant e
have a line of Groceries such a Snufl',
Tobacco. Sugar, Coffee Ac
Hoping we may serve you, we beg to
remain, Yours to serve, "
C. .M. & M. L. SMITH,-
Dunti, N. C. ,
) The Kind You Kate Always Bcufst
Rhlt thM yl
Dyspepsia Cure
Digests what you cat.
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Dyspepsia, Indigestion, Heartburn,
Flatulence, Sour Stomach, Nausea,
SickIIeadache,Gastralgla,Cramps,ana
all other results of imperfect digestion.
Prtpartd by E. C D Witt A Co., Chicago.
For sale by Hood fe Grantham,
Druggists, Dunn, N. C.
Parable of Kentucky.
A man born in tho wilds of
Kentucky is of few days and
full of liquor. lie fisheth. fid
dleth, fusseth and fightcth all
the days of his life.
Ho runneth from wator as a
mad dog and drinkoth much
whiskey.
When ho riseth from his cra
dle ho goeth to seek tho scalp
of his grandsiro's enemy and
bringeth home in his carcass
ammunition of his neighbor's
wife's cousin's uncle's father-in-law,
who avongeth tho deed.
Yea, verily, his life is uncer
tain, and he knoweth not tho
hour that ho may bo jerked
hence.
Ho goeth forth on a journey
"half-shot" and cometh back
on a shutter full of shot.
Ho riseth in. tho night to let
the cat out, and it takcth nino
doctors three days to pick tho
buckshot from his person.
He goeth forth foith in joy
and gladness and cometh back
in scraps and fragments.
He calleth his fellow mnn a
liar and getteth himself filled
with scrap iron, even to tho
fourth generation. '
A cyclone bloweth him into
the bosom of his neighbor's
wife and his neighbor's wife's
husband bloweth him into tho
bosom of Father Abraham be
fore ho hajth time to explain.
He efnptieth a demijohn into
himsel and a shotgun into his
enemy, and his enemy s son
lieth in wait on election day,
and lo, the coroner ploweth up
a forty acre field to bury that
man. Waycross Herald.
Volcanic Eruptions
Are grand, but Skin Erup
tions rob life of joy. Bucklen's
Arnica Salve, cures them, also
also Old, Running and Fever
Sores, Ulcers, Boils' Felons,
Corns, Warts, Cuts, Bruises,
Burns, Scalds, Chapped Hands,
Chilblains, Best Pile cure on
earth. Drives out Pains and
Aches. Only 2octs. a box.
Cure guaranteed. Sold by Mc
Kay Bros. & Skinner Druggist.
NEW STOCK OF
MILLINERY.
I wish to inform the public
that I have just returned from
the northern markets where I
purchased the most attractive
line of
Millinery Goods x
ever before.
The Styles are elegant this sea
son, and prices are as low as
fair dealings permit.
Full line of ladies' and chil
dren's Hats, Caps, and Dress
Trimmings, Furnishings Ac.
The Goulf Hat is one of the
most popular this season. I
have a full line of them which
I am offering from 75 cents up.
. Full line of new style hair
ornaments.
Mrs. C. S. Pipkin is with mo
again this season and will be
pleased to have her friends call
and examine goods and prices.
Thanking one and all for
past favors and soliciting a con-.
tinuance of the same, 1 beg to
remain
Respectfully,
Mus. J. II. Pope.
CASTOR I A
1 Por Infant! and Children.
tha Kind Yea Hare Always Bc:ght
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