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THE. Democratic Banner. L T. E McEILL, Editor. M. F. HATCHER, Business Manager. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. Three Months -25 Cents. Six Months ctYoi)' One Year * l,uw ' Sent by-Mail. Payable in advance. iuii) ifiitEDiM. BS-'I'HE DEMOCRATIC BANNER is the ORIGINAL County Union, subscribers will please tike notice, EntemTncCovding to postal regula tions at the postoftice at Dunn, Jit. C., as j second class matter. . | DUNN, Harnett County, N. C. . - DUNN, N. C.i January 1, 1902. SALUTATORY. As the New Year conies in, THE DEMOCRATIC BANNER sa • '4ute£ liejr patrons r and friends under new management. At this season, eminently appropri ate for changes in all tilings, TifK BANNER begins, as were a career.' Though ciad in her old garments, and faitliiul to the sound principles Which have ever governed her, new hands will, shape her destiny ; ' 4bd new minds will guide her on the journey of life. , t -With ..this, issue we launch our little craft upon the broad sea of journalism, and with the support of the people we ex pect to make a voyage that will not onlv be profitable to our selves, but to the people at large." AVe do not expect to run a paper for our good alone, but one when a man has read its » columns will feel like he has been'benefited. It will be run under the name that it has » heretofore.had, but under an new management. A\e shall endeavor to uphold the principles of democracy, but m terftl- io do so from a principle, giving every man a r'.ght to his own opinion..* We shall fall out with no man because he does not see as w® do, but will try to convince!'liim'of his wrongs, so that he may right them before *- - Jt is too late. Mr. Pittman, has for several years served the people of this J"ans purities, and we * ' --hope"his patrons will continue to give the paper their support and we promise to try to give them a paper that will be en * - lightening» in' every respect, Now if you want a good paper come to our support and with ' * our united efforts we will labor ' y for th# upbuilding of our com-' munity. We want some one in every township in Harnett to send us - a few items every week. Send • us the news and help us spread the paper and make it a joy to v ' iu the county and elsewhere. Get your neighbor to take the paper. Call at the office when you come to town and you will always find a hearty welcome. . .Stand by the.;pape,r and see ' that your county and section . has a good medium for news '.and advertising" With best wishes, for your success in vour I labors and honest undertakings, •' we leave the matter with you. T. H. MCNEILL, Editor. M. F. HATCHES, Bu. Mg'r., ' 7*o Our Former Patrons. i - We desire to say-to our pa trons and friends who have • atood by us during the past six years in-the publication of a pa -1 per in the town of Dunn, that we thank one • and all for their liberal support andeverv kind- shown. We-fully " realize . • that we have failed in- many ' things, and that the ' mi£ht have been betfer, but as • to our' Success we leave it with thojjteople;. We-, have- decided to'retire, for the present, from the newspaper field, and have ' sold out the good will of the pa per and it will be continued un der entirely new management. We have net included in the sale anybody's account, but hold them all in my own hands. We have accepted a position on the paper for the year, and will keep our books and accounts in the office and shall* greatly ap preciate the kindness in all who owe us, if they wiil call and set tle the same. We Shall be at Lillington on th© Ist Monday in each month, .a 150,.,* few days . Court week for the purpose of collecting what is due us. With best wishes for THE BANNER un der its new management, and our friends throughout the couh ty', we yoU adue. v ' t: Yours in gratitude, «,Y> 4 - . *-J. P» PITTMAN, . I WINTER EXCURSION RATES. ■ • , . • . - Effective, .October , 15, 1.901, excursion rates are placed on ~ sale 6y the Southern 'Railway 1 to an prfrrcipah Winter resorts of the South and Southwest. t Ask any agent Southern Rail- Ivfy for ; Ml inform atioh. The Bridqe t How very much has been ad ded to our holiday joy, relief and satisfaction bv the comple tion of the long-talked of bridge at Lillington. There it stands strong, majestic, symmetrical, beautiful and proud ! Yes, in deed, proud! There is a something in its verv majesty that compels one who beholds the grand structure to feel that this inanimate but beautiful work string- proud of itself as a lasting link and bond holding in steely grip the two heretofore divided iions of Harnett County. United now and, "Forever and forever, As long as the river ilows As long as the heart has pas sions As long as life has wo * 3 ." To hold the blessed union firm and united as i.t should be. It stands high ab= ve the turbed waters of the ragirg Cape Fear, and seems to loo:: onii with |satisfaction at its own mirrored form beneath,; confident of its j strength and indifferent to the angry threats of the roaring wa ter beneath, that against their will can but cast back the beau tiful picture of their victor above. This bridge is of steel except the approaches ; and consists of three spans of equal length, which are each one hundred and sixty-one feet, and from land to land the total length is seven hundred and thirteen feet. .From the average water height to the top of the frame work of the bridge is a distance of fifty-six feet. The floor of the bridge standing twenty-nine feet above the average water I*no four feet above the highest freshet ever known in this age or at any time heretofore chron icled by tradition. From these facts, and that every additional rise will nec essarily have to cover so vast a space on the fiat lands next to the river, that it is barely pos sible that the water can ever reach the bridge floor. The great superincumbent weight of the steel frame work will hold down the bridge against tons of pressure, laterly applied by*the current. » It was constructed *by the Converse Bridge Company of Chattanooga, Tenn. An enter prising and successful corpora tion of southern men, southern organization and southern loca tion of its plant and shops. The people of Lillington are pleased to commend this com pany. —- The gentleman in charge of the work of construction, Capt James Hawthorne and later Capt. J. 11. Wilson with their mest excellent foremaii, Claud S. Terry and his a-si-tant Mr. o.' S. Clark have show-nt them selves mo* conipeient and worthy men, honor;:!.le, honest and courteous. They have employed our own .local labor, and have thus been of great benefit to our commun ity, with the exception, only, in the case of Capt. J H. Wil son, who has been so r unreason able as to discharge, every; sin gle one of our people wltvni he had engaged, except our." beau tiful and accompii.-hed .friend and teacher and chorist: Miss Emma Kivett, wV-ia lib .• has married ; and is to take away from us soon ; whither we know iiot; for he is ever engaged in bridge building here and yon der. Well! every one likes "Capt. Jack," and we suppose Miss Emma could not help it herself. Wherever they go they will carry with them the bless ings of every soul in Liliington, for we feel that they are ours, and we will follow them with our wishes and prayers. It was early on Tuesday morning, the 24 inst that Capt. Wilson announced that the last bolts had been tightened, and rods adjusted and then safe to cross. Immediately our popular and most excellent Register of Deed and Clerk of the Board of coun ty commissioners, who has worked so much and labored so incessantly for the bridge, Mr. A. C. Holloway, with the beau tiful and charming Miss Fan nie Reid McKay, drove first across the bridge and back again. The representative of the company Capt. Wilson, proper ly confered upon him this honor and he manifested very fine | taste in choosing as hi 3 compan ion ou this famous ride the so cial queen of the upper 3ape Fear. It was expected that the com missioners would be in Lilling ton on Thursday the 26 inst, to receive the. bridge. However they were not here in full body, the chairman, Mr.- Young did not get here, and it seems now there was no regular meeting called for that day, so as to make the action of the Board, if any had been attempted, val-, id. Messrs Smith and Harring-i --ton were present and highly j pleased. Mr. Harrington was especial- i ly delighted and said he want-' ed to vote then for receiving it ' and paying the contract price, j En this he voiced the sentiments j of every man and woman whom ! we have heard express them-1 reives about it. 'Capt. Wilson! iuid a large crowd of two luin- j dred or more on the bridge j Thursday, and had Mr. Keen, j the photographer of Dunn, to; photograph the crowd and j bridge.-* -Then later at the: Court house he tendered th ■ | bridge to the two commission-' el's present, and requested them j to accept the same, if they thought it made according to contract specifications. If they did not so think, he invited a thorough examination by a com petent engineer, and stated, l that if not built according to contract, the Converse Bridge [ Company would make it so, be fore it would ask them for a , payment of one cent of the co: [ trac-t price. . lie stated that tin* } company, not by any fault , itself or of any one, had - . tained great losses, on account . of the unavoidable accidents > • - . casioned by unusal and une\- . pected freshets in the river, by which the Corapauy, if now t paid the contract price, would [ leave the work damaged near six thousand dollars in loss, a | could be proven by bills ami , vouchers in his hands. II : L challenged any one to challenge dispute or deny it to an invest i i -gation, and concluded thus : > "Now. gentleman, consider, ii , you please, what I have said to f you. Consider our misfortune . and losses under this contract, • apd be so kind as to arrange for t a settlement of this question ar , the earliest jiossible moment . that will give opportunity su;:i cient to satisfv yourselves that : we have done our duty a;:.! . complied with the terms and t specifications of the contract. ( Until you so decide, wa cannot . leave here*; for if you find anv . thing about the bridge not i;i accordance with the contract ; specifications, then we will make it so, and jwill keep our i force hero to do the work. This will be with great expense and lo§3 of time to the company.'' , The company is now using it ■ as a toll bridge, so that the ex . pense encurred by the delay may be in part met. The people demand the brid and wish it now, today ; though | they do not blame the bridge company in their action, hnt .! say that it is just. Now, Mr. [Editor, please overlook and \ ar jdon the great length of this ar ticle. My only excuses a*e th. holidays and the great intere.-. our people all feel in the si:i • ject matter of this communic::- j tion. Many of your readers, t-i Whom you have many in Har nett, have never seen the bril;_ and know not the facts herein i stated, which will be cf int re to them. Please publish with out change. Very Respectfully, OSCAR J. SPEARS. . •: • m m . . Post Office Robbery. *- Mr. J. J. Wilson was called to Benson a few dayß ago with his blood-liounds to catch a postoffioe thief. As soon as 1 . * > arrived he put his dogs on t; track and they at once star:.- ; on the trail. They soon go; j so close on the negro that his} father went out where he had i him concealed and delivered him to the authorities. negro is a right young negro boy. His father is also im plicated in the matter and both have been bound over to the Superior court. ♦ Tllat Tired Feeling You have is caused by worn ! out digestive organs. "Col man's Guarantee" heals the! parts, aids digestion and posi tively cures all forms of Dys pepsia. Thousands of cured people recommend "Coleman's Guarantee" as an honest medi cine. Price 50c. large bottle at Hood & Grantham, druggists. Business Proposition. Now is the time to protect your property with a nice fire policy that will get.-your money after the fire. For your policies call on • %. JAS. A. TAYLOR & BRO. No one can reasonably hope for good health unless his bow els move once each day. When this is not attended to, disorders of the stomach arise, billiou?- ness, headache, dyspepsia and piles soon follow. If you Wish to avoid these ailments keep your bowels regular by taking i Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets when required. I They are easy to take and mild j and gentle in effect. For sale ; by Hood & Grantham. I I The old year with its joys, k-iui sorrows is gone, hidden for- j ever in Hie recesses of the ir-j revocable pat>s, and the new j year with it' ; innumerable pos sibilities and manifold respon sibilities is upon us. The holidays, with all that ecms to make iife ' worth the' iYi !i..;, are .vt past and every • one i in vi formed for the com iii yon •. j i'i-5 t. tie '.hat the past year, | It; m a > ; n:-: • »al point of view, h.i.- 1). i n Ili 1 ijuiet and eom monphsce • 'nco crops have been i poor ;tnd t' «> p. ice of commod ieii'.slow. Such a state of at ! fairs i: : , i inevitable make itself | l.'it th;vu.-;bou; ihe country, for : when uiirfiirtuno rests heavily : ui:on the arm- v the heart ac ■'ion of i]:e b' uness world . is ' u: cessaii h .ihcted and the cir ' culation of mo'.e y, the iife cur ' rent of the country sluggish and j inert. There is -ill the greater reas ion for the 'i.n.vrs to feel morb' hop« t'ul for 'li-- coming year, nd cor. ritly the country. • • Two .sui;>o t rop sel ■ d-m foPov, cu h other in eloe uccosms th fore we can ex i pcet bei*e.- tin vs. It behooves us then in every at this threshold of a i new year to ! e on the QUI vivrc • with fact s turned to the future (The rnot.i' ;a- are quickly pass- Ling and we stand like SOui'w | traveller upon a lofty crag that •-operate- two boundless seas .;The year thai is closing is oom -1; plete. '"The ra*t" as hap said - me grea t statesman, ''is se «• 1 ■icure." It : unshed and be yond on: reach. The hand of tracti . can t dim its glories, cor ihe tears ci' repentance wipe • away its stni:.i. Its good and jits evil, its joy and sorrow, its '! truth and falsehood, its honor land its shame, wo cannot touch. Syh for them, blu-h for th: in, Wt p for them if we | will, we cannot change them now. The old is dead and they .are to be buried with him ; his | history is complete and they j will stand uj on its roll forever. The year that is opening is I all our own. The months that are before us are a virgin page, iWe can inscribe them as we jwilli- The future, thedestinof ; our nation, especially of our | rests upon us, its people-". | Let us then for another year be j brave, benevolent, consistent, I energetic, true to the teachings or our hi-tory. proving "divine |descent by worth divine." NOTICE. Th' in; r-'gned havingqual i *ci \v ni' i-trator of B. A. !l " - i- 'd, this is to no-' v■■ - ■ having claim i ":i . -tnte to present i - n; " the statute will j .?• pie !ti i i rof their recovery. A>y ]■ ■ r owing said estate will ' .! " make immediate ft. ' h the undersign ed. r i hi- l . ■ 9th 1901. •1. V. ! ■ VJIEFOOT, Admr. jtev».;rt ' .in, Attys. | SHOVED! Id -re to in form the public : that 1 h..ve moved my U::EF MARKET > tli ' "• ; formerly occti led by i ; 1 m Grocery Co . . ■xt d.. - t • ir.ey & Jordan, j here 1 shall glad to servt ! »:.o and :». •in ed of anything j iii my All orders filled • i prompt)}*. j "Come on good people' one and all, ' And buy your meats from my stall. To save you money I'll do my j best: Come get your's first—then | tell the rest. Since first I opened up my stall. ! My aim lies been to please! you all. My knives are sharp, my coun ters clean, I keep all kinds both fat and j lean." Yours to serve, R. M- PEARSALL i . | A Cif«t Coitjr'i JK'difine. From the Gazette, Tcowoniba, Australii. ! I find Chamberlain's Cough j Remedy is an excellent medi- j cine. I have been suffering j from a severe cough for the last! two months, and it has effected j a cure. I have great pleasure!; in recommending it.—W. C. WOCKNER. This is the opinion ; of one of our oldest and ; most respected residents, and has H been voluntarily given in good ! faith that others may try the i remedy and ba benefitted, as was Mr. Wockner. This reme-! dy is sold by Hood & Grantham, j C ASTOR IA For Ir.fant3 and Children. ilia ftr«d Ysu Ha»a Always Bought | Signature of I Tm ttt nTT a t n n % m mw N fltiiHH\ I | U . ill; .1 lillij. II J/J ••**♦** I/I --•J Wo desire to inform the pubb'n that we aro iif located in the NEW BRICK BUILDING I.ECENTLY/i BY MR. W. D. THOI-:KTON ON EASI [ff :.ii(;Ah iSIUEET. We have plenty of room and OIK L Of the most complete lines of }j J . | I iyjjro select from to be found in the county. New goods ar |!f j-' /riving nearly every aav. We sell at a close margin anum find this the most satisfactory way to do business. // Watch this space and you will find it to vour financial 3 ■■fflmi'mat;- QUICK SALES—SMALL PROFITS. Come\\ .vj to see us. ))) Yours to please, | m*mm fwmhws® s@ e | B m. a : O®M & DUNN, N. C. o 0 Whfch you come to to town be sure that you see our line of llSßf| k FlSf Gills. The interest of our customer is what we, intend to look after •- 4 r. i ; ' this year and give them all the ulvantages of low prices. Yours for business, Bauoom & Co. mSii in o o Do not forget that the third session will begin SEPTEMBER 2, |9ol. The faculty consists of experienced and well prepared -tructors who will labor earnestly for your children. uition from $i to S3.SO per menth. Instrumental music in charge of a most competent and experienced teacher. Students in the school will have the advantage of a course in elocution. We feel thankful to our friends and patrons for the encour agement they have given us; and hope by fair dealings, hard work and tlie one purpose of helping you -to educate your son id daughter io merit a continuance of the same. For circulars and further information, write to J. D. EZZELL, Supt. "DUNN. N. G. MOW TALL | ARE YOU?. TF you don't know,come in te see j ; j j 1 us and we'll put you under the Jrje,S^ " International M rl j Heigltt j Meaisuring p I and tell you to the fraction of ?|| | Incidentally we'll show yon the || "International" liae of 11 \ ' r i, samples comprising over si* Uj |V f . hundred of the nobbiest |id - —gs i| |fj " newest patterns for Mca's «v. Fall ; and- Wwiter clothes. 6 ?phe International Ta.itart ng Co. is the largest and most reliable tailoring concern In the world. The clothes it makes fit perfectly and cost little. Let us send in a trial order for you and we know you'll always wear " INTERNATIONAL " garments thereafter. T. C. YOD.NG, & CO., Dunn, N. C. • E. US*® j• ' ~ * HOUSE Is the place to get Bargains. I will soon be ready to move in my new store and am selling 4 goods cheap to keep from mov ing* them. See me before buying* Yours to serve and please, Lee's Hardware House. XOU 14 AM©® - AND SO DO WE When we think about what great values we ar« offering the public. - •* Forget to see us when ypu have Repair Work Of any kind. We guarantee satisfaction in prices and work;. ALL MAIL ORDERS RECEIVE PROMPT ATTENTION:. Thanking you for past patronage and soliciting a coutasr» uance of the .same, We are "yours to serve, GAI MEM & e!©RIW/k®. " PHILLIPS & CO., 'Phone No. 24. • MOVED. • You will now find Phillips & Co. in the store fronting Luck now Square, next door to W. H. Blanchard. They carry in stock at all times, best Flour, Meal, Sugar, Coffee, Green ana Roasted, Svrups, Finest Maple, and Molasses. Gm®Eß G©@©S. Peaches, Apples, Corn, Beans and Tomatoes. Canned! Meats, Beef, Ham, Sausage, Salmon, etc. Preserves, Jellies, Teas, Chocolates of all kinds. Pickles im kegs and in bottles. Condensed Milk, etc. CAKES HNl> C^RCKE^S. Ginger Snaps 5 cts. per pound. Orange Wafers 15 " " Jelly Cakes 15" Oyster Crackers 5 41 " Best Soda Crackers 10 " " CANDIES. THE BEST OF ALL KINDS. Vegetables of all kinds. Butter and Cheese. Ice Cold Jfcsuks, Tobacco from 25 to GO cents. Baskets, the best for 5 cents. Fresh roasted yeawu*# al ways on hand. When you want anything call on Phillips & Co. Miss FlorßncE DUNN, N. C. AND «FANCY•GOODS• o o The latest styles of the; &H season of 1901 now exbj&iX&d* Call and see them.