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DUNN, Harnett County, N. C.
DTJNN, N. C., August 21, 1901.
The Supremecy of Progress.
The center of Dunn has been
devastated by the busy pick
and shovel. The heart of the
city has been eaten away by the
destructive laborer. Yet there
is no word of complaint; small
demand for damages. The de
moltion is an offering to Prog
ress.
Had these same buildings
been destroyed by flood or cy
clone it would have taken the
city years probably to have ef
faced the traces of disaster.
There would have been gloom
and desolation in the tragedy.
But wood buildings have been
torn away in the center of the
busy town that would have been
an ornament to the majority of
towns. The walls have been
raised by willing hands and
happy hearts. It is a general
response to the demand of prog
ress—an emphatic declaration
of physical greatness and com
mercial prosperity.
The wide-awake spirit—that
same spirit that has always
dominated in Dunn—is swing
ing the hammer and plying the
saw. The improvements, and
they are not confined to any
street or district, but everywhere
are expensive improvements.
Stocks of goods must be moved,
olds tands, a rich possession, like
old wine, must be given up.
Loss of trade follows, but Dunn
must keep pace with the times.
She has lifted a standard of her
own making. She willingly
gives up old landmarks for the
better things that are in store
for her. She does not build for
a year or a season of years, but
looks far ahead, counting noth
ing as cost that gives promise
of greater things.
Why Not?
In order to encourage and
stimulate a desire to become
better acquainted with the
standard American and English
Authors and their works, I
■will organize at the Dunn High
School building a society which
shall be known as the Young
Ladies' Lyceum. At each
meeting the life and writings of
some distinguished author will
be discussed by the members.
We desire every young lady in
the town to take an active part
in the work. We hope to make
the Lyceum not only very
pleasant but highly beneficial
and instructive. The initiation
fee will be your attendance in
making the Lyceum what its
name implies. The meetings
will be held every Friday even
ing exactly at 3:30 o'clock.
Young ladies of Dunn and all
the young girls who can read
the English language, also
married ladies, are admitted to
membership. If you take an
interest in the Lyceum we be
lieve that it can be made so
interesting and profitable that
very soon" our town will take on
the air of new life in learning
and letters. All who will join
the Lyceum please give me
their names so that we can or
ganize at as early date as possi
ble. Remember that we make
no charges to help you in this
literary work. It shall be your
Lyceum and. solely for your
good.
TO THK YOUNG MEN.
I have no disposition to leave
you out of this Literary feast.
To you I will make the same
proposition as I have to the
ladies. If you will join what
shall be known as the Young
Men's Literary Club I will give
every advantage possible to in
spire new life along the lines of
American and English Authors
also current literature. The
initiation fee will be your at
tendance. The meetings will
be everv Thursday evening at
3:30 o'cloek.
Plans more specifically will
be given in next week's paper.
J. D. EZZELL.
NOTICE.
Gents' Suits, Neckties, Scarfs
&c., cleaned and pressed. Cheap
and guaranteed.
MB*. C. S. PIPKIN, Lee Hotel.
A Stranger's Impression ot
Dunn.
MR. EDITOR :
Having spent several days in
your beautiful and progressive
town, I desire to mention
through your paper, some of
the things that have interested
me. It does not take a close
observer to see that Dunn is
prosperous and that it is rapid
lv growing. On looking about
for the causes of such substan
tial progress I noticed several.
First of all, the town is free
from the blighting influence of
barrooms. I learn frhat a few
years ago the town threw off
this yoke of bondage. Since
then it has made rapid strides
to the front. And no wonder.
A town with barrooms is under
the curse of God, and His over
ruling hand will not let it pros
per as it would if free from this
curse. There is a passage in
Holy Writ which says: "Woe
unto them that buildeth a town
with blood." The people of
a town may be men of far-seeing
range of intellectual vision, they
may shape their business plans
cunningly and wisely, but if
they have the curse of barrooms
in their midst, they are under
the threatenings of an insulted
God, and He will foil many of
their wisest plans. Dunn is
safe along this line. There
being no barrooms in the town,
people from a distance are not
afraid to move here with their
boys. They come from every
direction, and this helps to
make the town grow.
In the second place, the busi
ness men seem to pull together
and encourage manufacturing
enterprises. They do not put
every dollar they get into little
cottages to rent out (as they do
in some towns I know) but they
build up enterprises that em
ploy much labor. This brings
people from a distance, and is
another cause of the town's
growth. I have been through
all the factories of Dunn and
have noticed with surprise, the
great number of people em
ployed. These employees must
have dry goods and groceries,
and hence the merchants are
helped—helped to such an ex
tent that they are pulling down
their old wooden stores and are
building large brick stores.
In the third place, I have
noticed that the land owners of
Dunn do not cling to their lots
with a relentless grip and re
fuse to sell at reasonable prices.
Many a town has been kept
back because the people who
own the property hold their lots
at fabulous prices.
Last, but not least, I have
noticed that the merchants and
other business men take good
care to patronize their home
paper. They use its columns
freely for advertising. When
a copy of the Dunn paper falls
into the hands of a stranger he
is impressed with the display
advertisements of the business
men and at once concludes that
Dunn is a hustling, wide-awake
town. And he is right. By
liberally patronizing the home
paper, the business men enable
that paper to become a strong
factor in building up and push
ing the town to the frout. The
Dunn paper seems to be doing
its duty along this line.
The things that I have men
tioned have made a deep im
pression on me as a visitor, and
I have great confidence in the
future of your town. One
thing more, I have been here
more than a week and have not
seen a drunken man on your
streets.
VISITOR.
Mr. C. R. Young The Hero.
We have at last heard from
our clever young friend, Mr. C.
R. Young, who is off on his
summer vacation. He has
proven himself the hero of the
Neuse, and comes out the cham
pion by capturing a "Beaver"
weighing 139 pounds, several
pounds heavier than himself.
Now if our young friend should
be covered with the same glory
Hobson, the hero of the Meri
mac, received by the fair dam
sels, along the Neuse, we will
not look for his return soon.
The Wilson News says :
"A special from Seven Springs
to the News to-day states that
Mr. Russell Young captured a
beaver in Neuse River weigh
ing one hundred and thirty-nine
pounds."
TO THE LADIES.
If you want the best FRUIT
AND VEGETABLE PRE
SERVING MACHINE on the
market, give your order to L.
L. Turlington, Turlington, N.
C. The machines are guaran
teed to give perfect satisfaction.,
B. C. DOTS.
We are having a plenty of
rain.
Prof. L. C. Ogburn was here
Sunday. He will go to Wake
Forest this fall.
Miss Cara Spence, of Angier,
spent Sunday here.
Mr. J. E. Hamilton, of Dunn,
of Dunn, spent Sunday here
with his parents.
Miss Nannie Cobb, of Hen
derson, has entered school here
again. She is a most excellent
young lady and we gladly wel
come her back.
The Teachers' Institute is
in session at Lillington this
week.
Rev. W. A. Forbes closed his
meeting at Pleasant Plains last
Thursday.
Rev. Berder Townsand filled
Prof. Campbell's appointment
at Friendship Saturday and
Sunday.
Misses Ava and Emma Pe
gram, who have been spending
the summer here, left Tuesday
for their home in Oxford.
Mrs. Ellie Johnson and
daughter, Miss Lula, are visit
ing in Johnston county this
week.
Miss Maggie Stewart, after
spending several days with Miss
Mattie Stephenson of Angier,
returned home Sunday.
We hear the wedding bells
will ring in this section in the
near future. We think there
will be two weddings before
frost.
Mr. W. L. Baugham has
completed his house and moved
his family here Friday.
Mr. W. A. Greene has the
finest cotton we have seen. He
has a five acre patch which will
make 3000 pounds of lint.
Mr. J. B. Tugwell is spend
ing this week here with friends
and his well his brother.
He will go to Wake Forest this
fall.
Misses Alice Taylor and
Stella Maynard and Messrs. F.
H. Taylor, R. W. Stewart,
Dalmar and Robert Adams are
attending the Institute at Lil
lington this week.
The protracted meet in g,
which has been going on here
for the last two weeks, is still
going on and we do not know
when it will close. Ten were
received into the church Sun
day by baptism and two by
restoration and two others
joined at Neill's Creek and
were also baptized Sunday. It
is by far the greatest revival of
religion that has ever been in
this section of the county.
SNOOKS.
Resolutions.
Whereas seeing and feeling
the great need of an educational
awakening in Harnett county
and whereas the efforts hitherto
put forth have not been of suf
ficient force as to call forth
those new energies and high
aspirations so essential to the
educational betterment and
high citizenship, therefore be
it resolved : That we the teach
ers of Harnett county in Insti
tute assembled tender to our
most worthy County Superin
tendent our sincere gratitude
for his noble efforts in securing
the co-operation of the board
of education in getting an ap
propriation to hold a County
Institute for us. Again we
thank him for having been able
to secure Prof. J. W. Bvrd of
Smitlifield to conduct it and
give us instruction, one who is
eminently fitted for the work in
hand and who has done us so
much good here; And further
we do promise as teachers to be
more energetic, better teachers
and morally useful.
We further tender our grati
tute to the white friends of
Lillington for their high appre
ciation and for many grand and
noble speeches delivered before
the Institute by the Hons. Hen
ry and O. J. Spears and the
excellent J. S. Black, Superin
tendent of Public Instruction
of Harnett county.
We further resolved: That
these resolutions be spread upon
the face of our county papers
and the papers of Johnston
county.
REV. G. B MCNEILL,
Chm. Com. of Resolutions.
"Take 'Coleman's Guaran
tee,' eat what you want and be
happy." A positive and per
manent cure for all forms of in
digestion, dyspepsia and consti
pation. It purifies the blood
and makes you feel like a new
man. A guaranteed medicine.
Price 50c. large bottle, at Hood
& Grantham druggists.
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and get the home news.
Taxation.
When our State government
was organized laud constituted
nearly all the wealth and was
selected to bear the burden of
taxation. Previous to 1861
taxation was according to the
number of acres owned without
regard to the value. One hun
dred acres on Mount Pisgah
devoted to raising "huckleber
ries and bear" paid as much
tax as the same amount of
Roanoke bottom or red Jersey
land. Afterwards the system j
was changed to ad valorem tax
ation. Other species of proper-;
ty became prominent and are i
as much wealth as land. The
struggle has been to keep an
undue proportion of the tax on,
the land although at present j
one of the least remunerative
forms of wealth. Land and its
accompanying property cannot
be easily concealed from the
accessor for taxation. The
owners of bonds, stocks, notes
and other species of kindred
property should be required to
list each item, as the farmer
does the property of the farm,
and let those whose duty it is to
fix the value for taxation. The
struggle in State, county anl
town now is to have a correct j
listing of property of each own-;
er aud to prevent übiquity of
citizenship or imperfect Return
being used to avoid the contri
bution of a just share to the ex
penses of a government whose
pleasures and benefits are en
joyed. The farmer asks no un
fair exemption from taxation,
only that others shall contiibute
their portion ; because he was
started with a greater part of
the load is no reason he should
be compelled to continue to
bear it after others as much in
terested in the Commonwealth
have become more muscular
thau he.—Ex.
With such quick justice as
this, there would be no cry for
lynchings. A negro criminally
assaulted a white woman near
Charlotte on Tuesday and was
captured that night. Judge
Hoke was holding court in
Charlotte at the time and he at
once put all the machinery of
the court at work for a speedy
trial. The negro was arraigued
Wednesday and the trial set for
Thursday, a venire of 50 being
summoned for the jury. When
the case came up it was finish
ed and over and sentence pass
ed on the criminal inside of one
hour. Not a lawyer made a
speech on the case. The negro
will be hanged Sept. 13th, thir
ty days from the commission of
the crime.
Sexton & Highsmith.
The above is the name of the
new medical firm now practic
ing in Dunn and the surround
ing country. These gentleman
have associated themselves to
gether for the benefit of the
public in order to give prompt
attention to calls in and out of
town. Their offices will be
found over Hood & Grantham's
drug store. The very best of
service will be given those in
need of medical attention.
LAND FOR SALE CHEA~
The tract includes one good
four room dwelling, stables, out
houses and 91 acres of land, 50
of which are cleared. Farm lo
cated in Johnston county three
miles from Newton Grove and
twelve miles from Benson.
Health of localit\* unsurpassed.
School facilities excellent. Land
suited to growing cotton, corn,
tobacco, peas etc. Especially
suitable to growing high grade
tobacco. Pine young orchard
just beginning to bear.
Terms easy. For particulars
apply to
H. N. BIZZELL,
Dunn, N. C.
Even the clock stops for
awhile when it feels all run
down.
Oue way tojnakeaslow horse
fast is to stop his feed.
This would be a much better
world if people would live up to
their obituary notices.
One way to borrow 'trouble is
to lend money.
People who pay for what they
buy in cash get no credit for it.
ATTENTION !
If you need Clothing made to
order, remodeled, cleaned and
put in first-class condition, send
your work to
MRS. J. P. CAIRNES'
residence on Broad street next
to Mr. M. F.Gainey.
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TILL SHE FOUND THAT SHE HAD BOUGHT .|
HER TOILET ARTICLES, COMBS, SOAPS,
BHTOS I
ETC., AT THE WRONG PLACE.
Tliere. Is ]N~o Place !j
LIKE THE CORNER j
To find the right article at the right price.
Our expert prescription
i work is still the leading
ir , lj j, i
feature of our business and Jr
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nothing new escapes our jj
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notice.
Yours to serve and please,
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=COME=
TO DUIMIM, TO BUY OF
BfIUCOM & CO.,
Your nice goods, for we handle the best goods and best
styles. Don't forget our Millinery and Ladies Fancy Goods
Department. We will please you on Ladies, Misses and Chil
dren's Hats. We carry a full line of these goods.
We have had fully
10 Years Of Experience
Tn this line of Goods and as we buy our Millinery Goods from
ARMSTRONG, CATOR & CO., of Baltimore,
The leading Millinery House in the United States and also our
trimmer having had so much experience it enables u$ to sell the
best styles, best quality at prices to please. Call pn us before
you buy that you may be pleased. Dress goods too numerous
to name. TRIMMINGS ! TRIMMINGS ! Don't forgot our
Dress Trimmings, Silks, Velvets, Flowers, Ribbons, Laces, Em
broideries, by the quantity. Closing out a fine line of Shoes,
and Tailor Made Clothing, come for bargains. First come first
serve.
Yours Well Wishing,
BAUGQM & GO.
I ffiIMiTHS. i
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We desire to inform the public that we are now lit
Wlocated in the NEW BRICK BUILDING RECENTLY)))
jjs ERECTED BY MR. W. D. THORNTON ON EAST |[|
li BROAD STREET. We have plenty of room and oue\\
Jj of the most complete lines of /')
| FURNITURE! 1
Nto select, from to be found in the county. New goods ar-11l
y\ riving nearly every day. We sell at a close margin and 111
//find this the most satisfactory way to do business. ///
Watch this space and YOU will find itloyoUr financial! 11
\Vtntorest. QUICK SALES—SMALL PROFITS.  Come\\
/vto see us. . //
Yours to please,
| FURNITURE CG e J
LAND SALE.
By virtue of a certain mortgage deed
to me executed by W. J. Salmon ami
wife, said mortgage deed bearing date
of Dec. 21st, 1898, registered in Book II
No. 2. pages 416,418 inclusive. I will
sell at public auction, for cash, the fol
lowing described tract of land in Upper
Little River township, adjoining lands
of Mrs. M. M. McKay, McLean, Heck
and others, bounded as follows, viz:
Beginning at a ford of Cowpen branch
on the McDougald road; then S. 45 li.
53 ehs to McKay's line; then S. 1680
chs to a slake neai Rice Spring; then
South 58 west crossing Duncan's Creek
to a corner, 1). C McLean's corner;
then with a line N. 85 ch«, crossing on
the North side of the VcDougald road
to a corner by the side of the road; then
with McDougald road to a ford of the
Cowpen branch on said road to the be.
ginning, containing two hundred acres
more or less, Time of sale Saturday,
September 21, 1901, at Court House
door at 9a. m. Terms of sale cash.
A. C. Holloway,
Lillington, N. C., Mortgagee.
Aug. 17, 1901.
The tombstone never says
mean things about the man
that's down.
ADMINISTRATORS NOTICE.
Having qualified as administrator of
j M. V. Prince, late of Harnett county,
jX. C., this is to notify all persons hav
j in°: claims against the estate of said
] deceased to exhibit them to the under
j sighed on or before the 20th day of
August 1902, or this notice will be plead
in bar of their recovery. AH persons
indebted to said estate will pi >a-e make
immediate payment. This Aug:. 20.
i9Ol. GEO. E. PBINCE,
Administrator.
H. T. MAYNORD,
CONTRACTOR MIL®,
DUNN,- r -N.C.,
Will furnish all material and
build any building, wood or
brick, with no money until
house is completed, will build
any wood building for cash or
on time. Work guaranteed ac
cording to contract. Will pay
rent on any building not com
pleted by specified time until
completed.
TAKE A PEEpI
It. c. young- & Coj
BEFORE BUYING ANYTHING IN I
$ CLOTHING, § I
Gents' furnishings, Hats, Dryl
Goods and Notions. I
Shoes! Shoesl I
We have an Up-To-Date line in Men's fine goods ■
From SI.OO to $5.00. I
SEE OUR LADIES' 1
"Vicious 51.50," I
They are Hie best on the market for the money. I
o™.G:BOGERY' DEPARTMENT!
is Up-To-Date in every respect. Hay, Corn, Oats, and Feed!
Stuff always on hand in car lots 9
j at lowest possible prices. i
. Call on us before placing your order. We guarantee satis-1
faction. 1
Yours to please, 1
T. C. )OUNG & CO. I
C. F. Pope is with us and will be glad to see and serve hii
friends.
Si IK
An Industrial and Training School for boys and young
men, will begin its annual session
OCTOBER IST, 1901.
Young men desiring to go to school and pay in part with
work may write us
AT ONCE,
Twenty-one are desired immediately ; G for farm work, 8
for carpenter's work, 4 for painting, 4 for masonry and plaster
ing and 1 or 2 for printing.
For further particulars address Rev. Chas. R. Taylor,
Principal, Littleton, N. C.
Reliabe Goods,
eliabe Prices,
eliable Time.
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This you get at GAINEY & JORDAN'S. When you buy
you want to purchase from a reliable firm and want reliable
goods.
Grainey & Jordan
Are tho old reliable Jewelry firm and carry nothing in stock but
what is reliable, and goods that can be guaranteed. We
do reliable repairing and will make prices right.
Give us your patronage and
we will TREAT YOU RIGHT.
ALL MAIL ORDERS RECEIVE PROMPT ATTENTION.
Thanking you for past patronage and soliciting a contin
uance of the same,
We are .7ours to serve,
GAwmm ft dOEBAI.
FBILLIfS I CO,
'Phone No. 24.
• MOVED. •
You will now find Phillips & Co. in the store fronting Luck
uow Square, next door to W. H. Blanchard. They carry in
stock at all times, best Flour, Meal, Sugar, Coffee, Green and
Roasted, Syrups, Finest Maple, and Molasses.
Q-Q^DS.
Peaches, Apples, Corn, Beans and Tomatoes. Canned'
Meats, Beef, Ham, Sausage, Salmon, etc.
Preserves, Jellies, Teas, Chocolates of all kinds. Pickles in
kegs and in bottles. Condensed Milk, etc.
CAKES flNl> C^ilOKE
Ginger Snaps " 5 cts, per pound.
Orange Wafers 15 " "
Jelly Cakes 15"
Oyster Crackers 5 " "
Best Soda Crackers 10 " "
CAI\TE>IES.
THE BEST OF ALL KINDS.
Vegetables of all kinds. Butter and Cheese. Ice Cold Drinks.
Tobacco from 25 to 60 cents.
Baskets, the best for 5 cents. Fresh roasted peanuts al
ways on hand. When you want anything call on
Phillips & Co.