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TOWN DIBECICEY.
CHURCHES. , (
I'.it- )di6t Church—Rev. \V A. Forbes Pastor
• «.« . e8 fiisi Sunday night, and fourth Sun- j
ojorr.ii'K and night. Fiajernieetiug
Wednesday night, sur.day schccl
every Sunday morning at 10 o'clock, G. K
Grantham Superintendent
Baptist Church.—Rev. w. C. Barrett, pastor.
Services every second Sunday morning and
night. Frayermeeting every Thursday night
Sunday School every Sunday morning, J. C.
Clifford Superintendent.
&
Presbyterian Church.—Rev. R. W. Hlne
pastor. Services every first and fifth Sunday
morning and night. Sunday school every
Suuday morning, 1). U. McLean, Superinten
dent t
Disciple Church-Rev. A. F. Leighton pas
tor. Services every third Sunday moinirg
and night. 1 layer u.eetilg tvery-luetoay
night. Sunday Sehcel every Sunday evening
at h o'clock. P. T. Massengill Snpt.
Free Will Eaptist Church.—Elder R. C.
Jackson, pasior. services every first Sun
day morning and night.
Primitive Baptist.—Church on Broad street
Elder W.U. Turner, Pastor. Regular servi
cts on the third Sahlcth morning. ar;d Salur
day l.etore, in each month at 11 o'clock.
LODGE.
Palmyra Lodge, No. 147, A. F. AA. M. Hall
over Free Will Baptist church. F. P. Jones
W. M.;W.A. Johnson, S. W.; E. A. Jones
J. W\; J. U. Johnson. Secretary. Regular
■ ommuiiicatious are iield on the 3rd Satur
day at 10 o'clock A. M., and on the Ist Friday
at 7:3U o'clock p. in. in each month. All Ma
sons in good standing are cordially invited
o attend these communications.
TOWN OFFICERS.
J' A. Oatcs, Mayor.
COMMISSIONERS
V. L. Stephens, P. T. Massengill, 0.!; P. Shell.
J. A. Taylor.
W. H. Duncan, Policeman.
COUNTY OFFICERS
Sheriff, Silas A.Salmon.
Clerk. Dr. J. H. Withers.
Register of Deeds, A. 0. Holloway.
Treasurer, L. D. Matthews.
Surveyor, D. P. McDonald.
Coroner, Dr. J. F. McKay.
County Examiner, Rev. J. S. Flack.
Commissioners : E. F. Young, .Chairman
N *. smith. T A Harrington.
Iff IKtIIAMS AM fMRS
™ tm, mp, iG.
CAPITAL STOCK $20,000.
Every accommodation ottered
to the public.
E. F. YOUNG. President.
Y. L. STEPHENS, Cashier.
SMITH & BARNES,
Aitorneys-at-Law,
DUNN, - - - N. C.
Practice in all the courts of the State.
Prompt attention to all business
entrusted.
Ottlee in die old Post Office Building.
I). 11. Ncl EAN. J. C. CLIFFORD
McLean & Clifford,
-A-ttcro. o-ys-at.
DUNN, : : : : N. C.
fSY Office over J. J. Wade's Store.
W. A. s?A EVART. H. L. GODWIN
STEWART tt GODWIN,
Attorneys and Couusellors-at-Law,
DUNN, N. C.
Will practice in State and Federal i
Courts but not for fun.
. ______________________ 1
W E- Mnrchison,
JONESBORO N. C.
Practices Law in Harnett, Moore and i
other counties, but not for'.fun.
I
Fob. 20-1 y. j
THE BANK (IF MM. |
We offer unsurpassed advan
tages, and loan money on easy
terms We will extend every
accommodation consistent with
conservative banking.
L. J. BEST, President.
J. W. PURDIE, Cashier.
PHOTOGRAPHS
IiEST WORK dRAHTEED,
I make a specialty of nice work.
Parties visiting Dunn can call
at my residence and have their
work made in the latest and
most pleasing style. Call and
see samples, and get prices.
J. D. KEEN,
DUNN, N. C.
.Ta-2-3ir-pd.
WANTED!
Five hundred (500) Rafts
Timber. Five hundred (500)
Rafts Logs for sale. lam now
selling timber and logs on the i
Wilmington market and any
business you may entrust to me
shall receive
SPECIAL, i ATTENTION
Quick sales and prompt re
turns is my motto. Liberal ad
vances made on all consign
ments.
H. McL. GREEN.
Wilmington, N.C.
Vol. 11.
FOR SALE.
List of Notes and accounts
still upaid and due the estate
of Win, Culbreth according to
the findings of the Administra
tor at the death of the said Win.
Culbreth Dec. Bth 1894. '
Nuinc. Acct.
D B Sills $ 9.47
Sam Williams, col .....15
Hinton Surles "4.98
Win Gregoey 15.32
W F Utter 109.26
Bennett Jackson col 3.28
C M. Tart 2.90
L F Goodrich 2.15
T S Godwin 8.42
T S Williams 4.93
Columbus Jackson 2.00
J D McLamb 46.49
A A McLean col 80
Snead Bros - 10.37
J V Hobson 8.25
Neill Spearman t>9
Anson Starling 2.28
Han d v B are foot 10.70
F T Moore 22.82
1 John Dudley 6.06
Mrs E M Page 2.60
II M Gainey 6.40
A F Surles 6.68
Jas A Johnson Jr.-. 3.20
R M Jernigan v 99
L B Wilkins 35
Creed Smith 36
Anson McLamb - 3.50
J C Gilbert 1 38
L J Tew 10.63
Mrs Martha Ward 1 95
C C Jackson 12.85
A W Hodges 2.02
Jas T Tart 3.60
Robt Flowers - 5.04
H Wilks 73
C F Hawley 5 81
C B Surles 6.24
D T Jones 4.55
S C Page 64
Jas A Johnson 10.30
P H McLamb 3.63
J A Farmer 1.65
Wm T Surles 4.92
Mack Brown 3.50
James Denning 85
J E Warren 2.25
.J M Giles : 1.45
G R Hodges .34
Marshal Smith 1.26
Garry Byrd 35.54
J E Flowers 35
J B Holland 22.48
Thos McLamb Sr 2.04
Otis Ward 11.25
Lovett Warren 30
W J Morgan 5.051
LP Jernigan 8.90
Thos Brooks 751
J M Byrd 7.20
Thos Bryant 5.301
J Jernigan ! 1.40 j
Lemon Lee 30.40!
John O Tew 36.42
J D Warren 4.50!
Richard Crowder 98
Julius W Bass 1.28
W P Johnson 22 86
H W Herring 1.30
David Williams 2.41
Jesse McLamb..... 25:
Wm H Strickland. 16.26 j
Leiza Stone .551
John R Tew 5.15
(Wiley Ilinson 1.10
i.lohn McKethan col 12.25
i Hinton Monds 1 -GO j
Mrs J A D McKav 10.76 (
111 C McNeill 35.87
IJN Godwin 40!
! J R Dudley 58 j
I Dolphus Page 4 08
Joel Williams 2 K3
David Starling 4 29 j
: Neill Stewart 2 101
• Jno W Baker 2 831
j Tempia Stewart 87;
I Martin 'McCall 30
Kin Smith 1 84:
Wash Warren 1 37 j
Whit Jackson 1 15
Belton Brewington 56 j
S F Jackson 5 14 j
Cary Godwin * 5 26 j
J A Driver 3.75
E E Godwin 4.75
J M Bass 3.06
W G Johnson 2.23
J N Denning 14.50,
Thos. J Hawley 6.54
Ollen Jackson 1.73
Lemon Draughon 2.00
J R Gainey 5.58
Geo. Warren 3.81
H C West 7.83
Warren Sills 2.06
Sir Wm McLamb 85
F Barber 80
J L Eldridge ..3.42
Geo. Monds 2.23
Miss Lula Glover 1.15
H T Williams 3.83
Jno. }V Culbreth (col.) ... .3.87
John Stewart 63
Y S Jackson 1.95
M A Elmore 4.00
C F Butler 3.00
L II Peacox 3.13
Mrs. M G Evans. 6.49
John E Williams 1.63
I W Taylor 6.54
Wm A West 5.23
N D R Denning 3.10
I W Weaver 61
j Ryley Langston 2.79
Thomas Williams (c 01.)... .3.99
N R Smith 2.90
W D Willi ford 24.66
M D Lee 1.75
Daniel Williams 1.08
J L Barnes 1.50
J W Tart 2.10
Z Taylor 1.46
George Cob mail 3.14
JG Whitienton 6.13
J D Lee 4.55
Neill Monds 6.85
Corbett & Creel 4.10
J T Corbett 4.60
Lewis Williams (c 01.)... .11.00
Jesse M Jernigan 10.64
John Holmes..., 14.58
James Co'e 2 90
Wm Barefoot 11.77
N N Tew 2.25
Smith & Foscue 7.03
N A Lay ton 10.49
James Parker 11.84
J A Parting .75
Marshall Smith (col.) 1.47
Isaac McLeod 40
T C Lloid 1.00
Joel E Strickland 71
Wile, y Ray nor 6.80
Troy Wilkins 1.10
LT Jackson 8.35
J E Deal 4.14
S E Williams 1.80
J Broadwell 45
J W McLamb 5.70
B W Barber 1.92
Wm McLean (c 01)... 63
G E Dawson 2.85
J II West.. J ! 5.87
Jesse E Jernigan 6.68
J W Bass 40
James Barefoot 14.85
A V Matthews 1.75
H II West 3.13
Moses Bowden 6.79
W A Deal 2.45
S C Godwin 3.75
Bud Jernigan 3.64
W H Bowden 9.26
Neill McLeod 1.45
J G Smith 10.26
Handv McLamb. 1.62
C F Willi ford 12.10
James Wood 19.07
Mrs D A Jones 2.10
Matthew Womack 153
J B Pope , 2.50
NM Easom 5.92
Burrell Warren 3.83
Aaron Williamson. 3.80
S D Lee 1.00
S W Williford 6.20
C P Godwin 58
H J Strickland 1.10
Y P Tart 35.12
D B Dawson 08.62
Anderson Bizzell (c 01.).. .39.38
Y M Lee 9.76
Troy Stewart 9.37
Juoß Carter (col) 39.15
E A" Jones 3.00
B A Hudson 3.28
SD Jackson 10.75
Josiah Jackson 21.45
S W Parker 5.03
F A Tart 65
George T Hodges 1.50
Neill Graham 13.30
Noah B Barefoot 2.50
Jno H Burke 1.26
Bud Moore 1.35
W C Barefoot 3.10
Abram McLean (col) 35
James Hudson 2.05
Johnson Brewington..... 10.90 j
J L Johnson, 12.20j
Stephen Deal 2.25 1
Julius Barefoot 3.66 j
Ii Gainey 21.95;
.J V Barefoot 2.50!
W J Hodges 2.51 J
Josiah Pope 8 39
Elizabeth Tew 9.66
WJ Hall 8.44
Nathan Williams 14.07;
A G Lee . 37.12
1) J L Mclntvre 38.14
John H Black we 11........33.6 6:
James McCorquodale 17.63
Wm McCorquodale 10.32
Duncan Pope 3.66
H M Pope. 4.43
Sandy M Stewrfrt 24.4!)
Nancy Blew 1.17
Furney Pope 5.84
R M Strickland...; 90
Com Rob Strickland 50 j
AJ Bain 1.37 |
Joel McCorquodale 19.72 j
JH Harris 3.231
Henry Williams 18 26;
John House : 3.41!
D E Bain 1.05
Sion Williford 6.99
J D Pope 30
John Page 56
I) A Strickland 21.53
Lewis Armstrong 25
Joel House —46
Allen Starling.... 17.23
J E Lay ton 8.34
Joda Lockamy .33
W H Smith col 75
Isham Hodges 1.68
A M Tew 13.94
James Smith 6.35
; Catharine Strickland 1.00
Mag Starliug —l.BO
Haywood Williams 3.27
1) A Bain Sr 2.10
J J Blanchard 37.44
W H Dales 40
I) W Lockamy ! 1.10
Daniel McMillian .85
Lovett Warren 20
L J Dorman 2.95
Thomas Wright 4.73
Isiah Manuell 5.65
J L Bain 10.70
Robt Godwin 2.74
W J Brock 4.35
A G Plamilton 1.11
D M Warren 4.97
J D McPhail 3.75
Jefferson Godwin 50
Solomon Wrench 8.70
Chester Lee 11.44
Culleii Register —.75
"Prove all things; hold last that which is good."
I i Jerry Ses-om« 3.06
r Quimby Sew all 72
I Dolphus Matthews 32 92
> A I) Farm 21.52
i Simeon Godwin 15.42
) Joseph Warren . . 365
. Jackson Armstrong 1 00
W T Sills 15*93
| W II Porter 3 82
W T Smith 2 00
J D Mason 5 49
I W Williams 1 07
T B W Jackson 4-40
S R Dorman 6 92
j J F Strickland 16 22
[ B Moore 2 57
; J L HaAvley 55
- Morris A Tew 3 75
) J L Starling 1 *"•
) W M Hawley '
[ Walter Autry (col) £■
) Ben McDougald (col) 90
> R B Burnett (col) 17
; David Smith (col) 1 64
( Murdoch Pope ' 29 47
) N B Barefoot 18 77
• Foy Autry 8 95
) V D Hawley 2 75
> J A Strickland 2 15
5 W H McLamb 5 54
; John Kitchen (col) 80
j Joel Williams (col) 4 91
Jonathan Hawley 8 08
) Malconi McCorquodale 93
j Amanda B Lambert 4 63
j Shepard McCall 50
■ W M Pope , 18 12
i W-M Warren 20 54
; W H Daughtry 13 55
, A C Starling 5 89
I. N F Tew 2 00
; J E Canady 3 08
; C C Strickland 9 65
■ W F Wade 1 00
• L M K Tew 45
i J C Phillips 1 05
• Noah Lockawy 491
I Hinton Tew 62
, Mima Elliott (col) 3 13
i Mack Roy all 14 75
»'Mrs Florrie Lee 1 56
IRC Dawson 4 20
,! James M Starling 64
i ALTew 1167
i James C Williford 11 25
;|D M McNair (col) 2 05
i; O It Starling 46
, j Neill Pope 2158
,! Hector McDonald 2 08
; O B Strickland 1 81
, Setli Starling 13 24
EA Tew 28 86
! Willie Rhodes 1 55
I K B Bass .69
| Daniel W Williams 1 00
; W I) Phillips 8 50
Robt McCoorquadale 27 32
W T Baker 37 09
: Isaac Strickland 26 67
j John Hair 5 35
: W W Bass 1 00
J C Williams 9 77
| S T Starling *2 96
Daniel McCoorquadale 66
(Nancy Lee 2 94
It II Hair 7 84
1 Martin Williams 6 67
j G W Smith 98
I Daniel Stewart 3 17
; Lewis Godwin 13 13
j Abel Bass 2 91
John T Williams 4 15
Murdock Starling 5 20
I D J Lockamy 3 94
N M Tew 1 26
Duncan Crumpler 1 63
J C Malloy 8 75
Arch Page 7 65
• Hardy Page 21 68
! Solomon Godwin 26 24
111 A McKay 553
Wiley F Scwell 1 08
A L Porter 1 37
James I) Porter 12 29
Robt Williams col 5 7T>
David B Jackson 9 58
Alex Williams 8 04
J II Woodard 1 10
Harris McMillan 1 90
Albert Anderson 1 22
j A I, Tew Bui on Note Feb Ist 1894, 3 45
IST Herring *' * Nov 4th 1593, 324
: James Smith " " Nov Bth 1893, 12 00
' Julius Barefoot Note dated
Oct 15 1894, 15 00
] L II Tew Note dated Feb 10 1594, 17 00
! Harry Tew " " Meh Bth " G4O
Martin McCall " Mch 9th *' 4 00
The above accounts will he
sold at public sale at Falcon, N.
C., February 12th 1901 for cash.
•J. A. Culbreth,
Admr. of Wm. Culbreth.
This Jan. 9th 1901.
Sinned in Voting For Bryan.
For several days a religious
revival had been in progress in
the Quaker church at Kampton,
HoAvard county, Indiana, and
there has been a large number
of conversions. At the meet
ing last night Charles Wallace
i volunteered to make a confes
, sion of the greatest sin that lie
had ever committed. The
; congregation Avas startled by
; the utterances of the penitent
, when he % announced his pur
l pose, and he then declared that
. he had voted for Bryan at the
, recent election, and asked the
prayers of the .members of the
r church that he might be for
; given. He also said that he
) had accepted money for his vote
) from the Republicans, and had
[ then voted contrary to his
5 promise.
OUFvirj, X\L C. J AIM Y\ 16, 1901,
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!l RIVERS A AM) lIAiiBORS.
; .tvEKsor; •.T. TU;* Rirviurn lIHK
| roiiTU ix s sjK iioir.sK.
A Sltiiv;) Exrbiiiivi Between Mr. Hep,
■ /"
, burn and Hr. Smith, of Jllclllg-nn—
) The I'olicy of the River ami liar.
) hor Committee Assailed-! Severn
) tern States Oct the Llou'a Sl.arc oi
J the Appropriations Mr. Cnsh
) man's Spicy Criticisms.
I '
Washington, January 10.—The gen
;ral debate on the River and Harbor
lill continued in the House to-day un-'
, ,:il 4 o'clock, when the death of Reir
- Nisentative Clarke, of New Hampshire,
'.4 D S nnnounce d and the House adjourn
•J out of respect to his memory. Vigor
j*» .SUE attacks on the bill were made by
c Mr. Cushman, of Wisconsin, and Mr.
) Hepburn, of lowa. By unanimous con
- sent the bill to revise and codify the
postal laws of the United States was
• nade a special order after the disposal
I ; ">f the River and Harbor bill. Saturday,
February 9th, at 4 o'clock, was set aside
- i for paying trubute to the late Repre
sentative Wise, of Virginia.
] Mr. Hepburn complained of the
I snormous sums appropriated for pure
-1 ly local and State Improvements. He
) j said some members were objecting to
I j the exploitation of their proportion ol
the bill, and asked them if they were
1 : complaining of the noteriety of the act,
] I" 3r the act itself. Mr. Hepburn and Mr.
> j IV. A. Smith, of Michigan, had a sharp
: 'xchange in which personalities were
) oandied back and forth. Mr. Hepburn
) assailed the policy of the River and
J Harbor Committee in deepening the
t j larbor to meet the draught of some
- ship which some freak ship builder
| 'aw fit to build. He declared that al
) ihough $40,000,000 had been spent on
j ;he Mississippi river, no substantial in
irease in its navigation had resulted
> j 3e warned members of the subtle dan
j J ;er In the "continuing contract sys
! .em" by which the real amount of the
• j tppropriations for rivers and harbors
j vas concealed and of another dangei
; low looming up in the west of Gov
' srnment entry into arid land reclama
j lions, suggested for inclusion in this
• j Mr. Cushman, of AVlsconsin, followed
! dr. Hepburn with another assault upor
he bill. He illustrated his remarks with
' ! in enormous chart. Members crowded
i ibo'ut to examine the exhibit It made
I j in big letters it showed a list of seven
! :een States which had members on th«
; i itiver and Harbor Committee, giving
he sums appropriated and authorized
herefore in the bill. The direct appro- j
) uiation amounted to $14,235,260 ami au- i
; horized appropriations to $24,457,896
le said this total for the seventeen
i States together with the items not
; thargeable to any State, only left 1
•8,349.557 in appropriations and au
-1 horizations for the remaining twenty
sight States and Territories, ten ol
vhioh got no appropriations whatever.
A river and harbor bill, Mr. Cushman
[ ;aid. should be for the benefit of the
j vhole country, not for the benefit of the
nembers of the committee. He was one
I | vho had been victimized by the bill
■ He said his city with a tonnage oi
!f5009,000 had got the measly sum ol
I 180,000. Mr. Cushman's criticisms
• ' iroused some exceedingly spicy ex
! ihanges.
I | Imperial Caesar, Mr. Cushman said
lad divided all Gaul into three parts,
i- Had Caesar lived to the dawn of the
1 : Twentieth Century, said he. be would
I lave divided "Gall" into enough frag-
I lients to give one to each member of
he River and Harln r Committee of the
, House (laughter), tic produced another
•bait, which he said showed the State;
| by members of the com- ;
nittee, got eighty-six per cent, of th
tppropriations recommended,-while the
| ither States got less than forty pei j
' | :ent.
One by one Mr. Cushman paid his !
' j -espects to the members of the com- I
nittee, producing individual maps j
ihowing the appropriation each mem- j
ner has secured. He declared that tht j
Tlorlda member of the committee had j
i lecured an appropriation in the bill foi ;
j i harbor that could not be found oi; 1
1 | he latest and largest maps. He con- !
: iluded with an eloquent plea for justice j
'or his State.
Mr. Alexander, of New Y'ork, a mem- ]
»er of the River and Harbor Committee, j
nade a general defense and pointed out i
| low natural it was that the River and
Harbor Committee should be made up j
if members whose sections were most !
ntere3ted in river and harbor improve- ;
nents.
The customary resolutions of regret j
it the death of Representative Clarke, j
>f New York, were adopted and a com- j
nittee including Mr. Griggs, of Georgia, j
ippointed to attend the funeral. The
House then adjourned.
POSTMASTER REMOVED FROM
OFFICE.
Washington, January 10.—The Post
naster-General to-day signed an order
enioving G. C. AVilson, postmaster at
Vlilledgeville, Ga., and recognized B. T.
Hethune as temporary postmaster. An
nspeetor has been at Milledgeville in
vestigating the condition of the post
• iffiee and recently displaced AVilson,
j fiving the charge of the office to Be
i i :hune, who was designated by the
londsmen. It is said at the department
bat Wilson is under arrest, but the
[ tature of the charges against him is
»ot stated.
Macon, Ga., Janpary 10.—C. G. AVil
ion, the late postmaster of Milledge
rille, is in jail at this place charged
vith converting pnstoffice money to his
>wn use and issuing orders without re
viving the money for them. Commis
lioner Erwin held him in default of SSOC
>ail.
THE SUIT AGAINST THE GOULD
ESTATE.
New York, January 10.—The suit
Srought by Anton J. Dittniar, a New
York lawyer, as assignee of Osher
IVertheimer, a London bric-a-brac
.Sealer, to enjoin Jay Gould's estate
from paying to the Countess de Castel
lane any portion of the income of her
share of the estate, was called in the
Supreme Court to-day, on an applica
tion to continue a temporary injunc
tion preventing the Goulds from send
ing any money to their sister. Ditt
mar's counsel presented an affidavit
from Wertheiwi*? giving a detailed ac
count of the articles sold by liim to the
Castellanes, and alleging that they
were worth all that was charged for
them. Counsel also presented much of
I the correspondence between Wertheim
er and the Count. In letters the Count
acknowledged the receipt of goods and
agreed to settle as alleged by Mr.'
AA'ertheimer In his affidavit with 4 per
rent, annual interest on all credit pur
chases. Goulds' counsel denied the
court's jurisdiction and decision was
nccrvrd.
' W. R. SMITH'S COLLEGE, LEXINGTON, KY.,
It where after investing from s6|
to $9O for been educated
for positions as Bookkbejjjrs, StfcnOTraphcrs, Teleg.
raphers, and now receive from salary
per year. Kentucky-! University Diplffgm awarded
, his graduates.
1 World's Fynnsitionsland refers to thousands d)"sp*
3 cessful graduates. Ni\p3c4Jt this cheapest And
most influential CollegeT-"Noyacatk>n. yuythia
out for ndereoce. Read oartlc*
1 «Ur* MUramcutr W- K- SoJU.
Tlio End of The Centun.
.
Kmv i: a 11v i f us slop lonu
■n in our trnd fttco for
• lit' i._i 11- f-illii I'.UVi- ttllii \st »:ll!
jto realize v. tut; ;! :ti n ««• s? ,
| And yet what a world OF UM-PI -
j ing there is in those ttA-e words !,
j How significant of epliemeric
'existence! How burdened Avith
j history and hoAV pregnant with
j hope!
A century has ended. An
other century has begun. No
• other division of time so im
j presses man with his own in
' significance and the world's
greatness. The months flit by
and the years roll on, but man
iseldom stops to consider the
j fleeting quality of time. It is
; only in the contemplation of
those periods of the world's
i history that are divided into
centuries that he is brought
1 face to face Avitli his own finite
j nature and the Creator's infini
tude. He sees the world as it
AVUS at the end of the last cen
tury, itself but a spoke in the
AA'heel of time, and he notes the
(changes that this brief period
JhasAvrought—all in one little
century. Queer customs have
giA'en Avay to queerer ones ; one
generation has followed another
on to the stage and off: all have
played their parts and have bait
the curtain of eternity rung
down upon them ; some received
j applause, others were less kind
ly treated, some were hissed—
it is the same to all of them
now. The grave has long since
been the common leveler of
them all, and their lives are but
memories. Some are forgotten
entirely, others left their names
engraved in perishable marble,
still others Avill go doAvn in his
tory for a fetv generations or,
maybe, a few brief centuries to
• come.
Whither they, themselves,
have gone Ave know not. Where
Ave, ourselves, AV i 11 go we can
-1 not tell. But there is a promise
and a hope ; and faith,"at least,
may make the tragedy of life
more endurable.
With such thoughts as these
in my mind I was sitting last
night contemplating the past
and peering into the future.
History's scroll unrolled before
me and I saAV as if but yester
day the things that marked the
dawn of the century just clos
ing. Napoleon Avas just com
ing into the arena ; Washington
was an actor in the thrilling
drama that established a new
republic ; there Avas 110 German
empire; Africa Avas almost an
unknown continent—and what
jis now Atlanta AVUS an unex
plored forest.
Man had never heard of Nep
tune or Ceres, nor the fifth
satellite of Jupiter, nor could
Ave measure the distance be
-1 tween the stars.
Neither a Lee, nor a Grant,
nor a DaA'is, nor a Lincoln had
been born to adorn their coun
' try's history.
There were no railroad trains
and it Avas a day's journey from
| Philadelphia to New York
News was Avecks old before it
| Avas printed, the telegraph had
not been iuAented and such a
thing as the telephone had
never been thought of by even
the wildest dreamer.
Man had never ridden a bi
cycle, nor had his picture
taken. He had never seen an
omnibus, nor had occasion to
abuse the street car.
In short, he was as far be
hind the times as Ave of to-day
will be just one brief century
hence. Indeed, it almost makes
one feel ancient and out of date
already to think Avhat our de
scendants will be saying of us
about this time next century.
Pretty much as Ave of to-day
speak of our colonial ancestors,
AVO and our primitive Avays Avill
he talked of only a hundred
years or so from noAV.
HOAV ridiculous then xvill
seem our slow-going mile-a
minute trains to our children's
grandchildren AVIIO shoot across
the continent in a feAv hours or
fly beyond the Atlantic between
funs. What merry jests Avill
they crack at their ancestors'
folly in stringing Avires around
the Avorld when they can send a
message on every air wave.
lIOAV simple will be our expedi
tions to the frozen poles and
our explorations in darkest Af
rica compared with the then
accomplished aerial communi
cation with Mars.
HOAV these great-grandchil
dren of ours will laugh at the
many queer things their ances
tors used to do away back in
| the last days of the republic.
I And LIOAV others will brag of
the alleged great ones. The
lies they'll tell about their
rights to belong to the Knights
of the Empire or the Baronial
■« ii
Dames, when their ancestors
va ' for office on anti-expansion
platforms and never shouldered
ao vhing hut a bird gun during
t leir lives.
Confederate Veterans.
A Reunion of the 40th Regi
ment N.G. Confederate Vet
erans Requested. •
?
To the surviving members of
the 40th Regt. N. C. State
Troops:
The wish has often been ex
pressed by many members of
this old Confederate Regiment
that they might all meet again
and renew old friendships and
live over for a short time those
old soldier days.. This notice is
made that all who may see it
shall express their preference
for time and place of meeting
by writing to the undersigned
at Goldsboro, N. C. -
M. W. ALBERTSON, CO. G
Jxo. H. HILL, CO. H.
A knifeman's Clo«e ('nil.
"I stuck to my engine, al
though every joint ached and
every nerve was racked with
pain," writes C. W. Bellamy, a
locomotive fireman, of Burling
ton, lowa , "I was weak and
pale, without any appetite and
all run down. As I was about
to give up, I got a bottle of
Electric Bitters and, after tak
ing it, I felt as well as I ever
did in my life." Weak, sickly,
run down people always eain
new life, strength and vigor
from their use. Try them.
Satisfaction guaranteed by
Wilson & Skinner. Price 50
cents.
Ex-Gov. Brogden Dead.
Just as we go to press the
i news comes in from his home,
! about a mile and a half distant
from this city, that Ex-Gover
nor C. H. Brogden died this af
ternoon at 4 :00 o'clock.
He was 84 years of age, born
in 1810, and represented this
county in the legislature before
the war.
He was elected Lt.-Governor
on the Republican ticket with
Gov. Tod R. Caldwell, and suc
ceeded to the Governor's chair
on the death of the latter.
Subsequently he represented
the district in Congress.
Pie never married; was at
one time quite wealthy, but
lost nearly everything on per
sonal security for his party con
freres.
He was honest in all his deal
ings and of upright life.—Argus.
Ai&lit WIIH Her Terror.
"I would cough nearly all
night long," writes Mrs. Clias.
Applegate, of Alexandria, Ind.,
"and could hardly get any
sleep. I had consumption so
bad that if I walked a block I
would cough frightfully and;
spit blood, but, when all other I
medicines failed, three $l.OO j
bottles of Dr. King's New Di - •
covery wholly cured me and 1 !
gained 58 pounds." It's ab-t - 1
iutely guaranteed to curt;
Coughs, Colds, La Gripp .!
Bronchitis and all throat tr- u -!
les. Price 50c and $1 0-.i
Trial bottles free at Wilson A i
Skinner's drug store.
•
Officers of the Legislature.
The caucus of Democratic I
Senators selected the following
officers:
Speaker protem—Sen. lbn
ry A. London.
Principal Clerk—A. J. M x
well.
Reading Clerk—Wa'nr L
Cohoou.
Engrossing Clerk —Frank A.
Clinard.
Sergeant--at—A rin s—J I>.
Smith.
Assistant Doorkeej rr—G o -g
Biggerstaff.
There were several cm t
Mr. Maxwell being ih. o ly can
didate who had :> uppo lump
He was elected to aninm .-iy
The vote for r a.,.in,, ceH
stood : Cohoon, -- ; Mwrpnv. 15
For engrossing tV-r , me vote
was: Clinard, ; S!i -d, 12
Vote for •- igean -at arms:
Smith 22; Gwliaui, 15; Mur
phy, 1.
Assistant doorkeeper: r n'st
ballot—Bigger.-I{iff, 18; M.
Terry, 9; " \V. White, (3; W.
D. Smith, 2; il. F. Ilohieu, 1.
Second ba 1 Bitig-r>t:.ji, 20;
Terry, 7 ; Whit , 7 : SmitM, 1
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Dyspepsia, Indigestion, Heartburn,
Flatulence, Sour Stomach, Nausea,
Sick Headache, Gastralgia.Crampsand
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small site. Book all about dyspepsia mailed fres
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For sale by Hood & Gran
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School Book Question.
The people of North Carolina
have . become aroused on
the question 'of the
education of the children of the
State. The obstacle that stands
in the way of more widespread
education among the mass- s is
the high price of school books
used in the public schools of ihe
State.
The newspapers of the State
have been calling the a Men:ion
of the members of the Legisla
ture to the necessity for n for
mation along this line, and
with almost absolute aniir.iry
have advocated a unif rm Ms
tern of school books f-.r she en
tire State, to be seh-ced by a
fair and impartial scho.J hook
commission who wou.d iave no
interest in the profbs of any
school book publishers.
The editors of lie* Si ate have
called the attention •- ihe mem
bers of the Legislature to the
fact that the children of other
States secure school books for
less money than the children of
North Carolina are forced to
pay-
The editors of North Carolina
as a whole are a p. i iouc body
of men—hone t and clean—and
express tlieir convictions on
public questions without in
structions from anybody's "cli
ents" or the hired attorneys of
any trust under heaven.
If the school books that the
children of the S:at« j use cost
too mucli; it «ur people have to
pay more for tie- same quality
of books than do the children
of Souili ''ir«'iiiii», Kansa.-,
Tennessee or Texas, thi- is an
injustice ihat ought nt to be
permitiid. an i the | nss of the
State would . m he iruo to the
people if we did lot expose it
and d u ai d reform.
It i- di ■ duty of the m >m
bers of In- L gi-l iture to inves
tiga e the facts, and that is all
the pi-ess has askpd.
Le; ae-Muia tent an imp t tial
school !i.«ok cotnmissn u pass on
th • b ok for all the children of
th- Siaie, boih a- to quality
and p i.-. ; let all reputable puh
li-l«er> be permitted to compete ;
til II I here could be no injustice
d ;.e to any honest publisher,
an I die children, instead of the
'p.id lobbyLis, would get the
| benefit of the open coinpi tition
lon die merits of the respective
jli-oU
The Argus has no "clients."
ill rep'iseiits, without money
; a ,1 without price, the poor
| parents—the dear children of
! X »rt i Carolina, God bless tliyin
I w !io buy books, and it urges
;i\ ir\ uieuibcr of the L'gisla
jiun to invi'siigate for himself
j tin* !ac -; to s»-cure all the light
I p issib e and to do his duty to
I ill-* e! i'dr-m of the Stater-'gard
j less of t:ie interest of anybody's
; ••clients."—Goldsboro Argus.
Si.yH 11.- \V i«- Ti riurvl.
"1 suit' red such pain from
corns 1 could hardly walk,"
w bes II Robinson, Hillsboro,
liis.. "but- Bucklon's Arnica
Salve .m' let-dy cured tliem."
Acs like magic on sprains,
brui e:. cuts, sores, scalds,
burn-, boils and u cers. Per
fect b id»'r i>f skin diseases and
piles. Cure guaranteed by
\\ iisoii iSi Skinner. 25 cents.
Beginning Early.
••Shall I have to get. married
when I g ow up? ' asked d'lle
Flo si one day of her mother.
.)n«ta* you please, dear,"
itusui r ii her m ither, with a
sm'de. Most women do howev
er."
••Ye-; I suppose so," contin
ued die little girl musingly,
••and I think I'd better start
an I ! »ok out for a husband row,
i'n - v s;.y that aunt Jane lias
been at it far 2j|f/ears and
nase't caught one yet."—Ex.
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