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DUNN, HARNETT CO., THURSDAY, JAN. 18, 1894.
NO. 47
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DIRECTORY,
TowxJOeficebs Mayor. "B. A. Pir
kr. Commissioners. J. U. Pope, J.
O. Cox, I. 'J'. Massengill, F. T. Moore.
Auornej, F. 1. Jones, Marelxul. M. L.
Wade.
Claurcheti.
Methodist. Services the 4th Sun
day at 11 a. ni., mid at night at 7 p. m.
!irnt Sunday night at 8:30 p. m. Sunday
&4uol at 9 a. in., LI. J. Strickland,
Superintendent,
Rev. G. T. Simmons, Pastor.
Primitive Baptist. Services Sat
niaj and Sunday morning before the
third Sunday iu eacli month
Eld. Burnice Wood, Pastor.
Disciples. Services 3rd Sunday in
aeli month, morning and night. Sun
day School at 4 p. m., every Sunday.
Prayer Meeting every Thursday night.
Rev. J r xIarper, Pastor
C, W. B. M. meet very Monda)' night
jailer the 2nd uud S mday in each
inonth.
Baptist. Services every 2nd Sun
day at 11 a. ui., ud 7:30 p. ra. Sun
day School at 0:30 a. m., R. G. Taylor,
fcsayt. Prayer iffting every Thursday
iulag at 7r0.
Rav. T. B. Cobb, Pastor.
PitBYTKRiAJr. Every lit Sunday
L 11 a. ui. aud 8 p. in,
Rkt. A, L. Hassell, Pastor.
fnEjc-WiLL Baptist. Services on'
ourth Sunday at 11 o'clock. Sunday
fivhool evety guuday at 9:30 a. in. Eras
mus Loc. SuperintendePr .
Rev. J. II. Woklgv. Pastor.
SR. J. C. GOODWIN,
DENTAL, SURGF.ON.
Graduate of Vandcrdilt University,
Rental Department,
'JrU-r hi services to the public.
Office rooms on 2nd fl.or Good
jn & Sexton building, Dunn, N. C.
ruJy-I?-tf.
ii WMm
ATTORNEY-AT LAW .
TTiJi Practice in all the surround'
ifitf counties.
JONESBORO, N, C.
Aj.rM- 1-92.
DR. J. II DANIEL.
DUNN. HARNETT CO.
N C.
Practice confined to the disease of
"Cancer.
Positivelly will not visit patience
at m distance.
A pamphlet On Can:r. Its Treat
caent and Cure, will be mailed to any
address tree of charge
A NEW LAW FIRM.
D. II. MeLean and J. A. Farmer
oave this day associated themselves
together in thepractice ef law in all
4he courts of the Slat.
Collections and general practice
ttilieited.
O. H, McLean, of Lillington, N. C
J. A. Faiimeii, of Dunn, N, C.
May-ll-'93.
Progressiva Institute.
Dunn, IT. C.
Fall term for 1893 begins, Septem
bor Gib. Faithful service. .Expenses
Moderate.
Address.
D- UParker Principal.
Ar- 24th. Jfi93,
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(From Oar Rpjjular Correspondent.)
I he opponent of the income tax
are very coulident that provision of
of the Wilson bill will never become
a law. They are very hopeful of
beating it in the House, but say that
if they fail there it will certainly be
killed in the Senate. If the re;,ubli
cans vote with the eastern democrats
in the House there wi'l be a verv
fair chance that the income tax will
he defeated thete. The democrats
who want to make a fight on the waj'S
and means commitee on this proposi
tion have been making an estimate
of their a'rength, and have come to
the conclusion that the committee
can be defeated in the House if the
republicans vote is cast practically
solid against the income tax. The
indications'arethat ctha republicans
will be almost solidly opposed to the
to the income tax, the democrats of
the oast will oppose it almost to a
man, and there maybe a serious di
vision among the democrats jin the
couth and wait on the question. If,
therefore, th opposition can be
brought to act togeatber, the ways
&od means tommittoe will be Adefea
ted.
If surface indications count for
anj'thing the officials of the State
"Department are cotislderably'distur
bed over the latest news from Hon
olulu. A few short w-cks ago they
were afraid Minister Willis had not
carried out his instructions. Now
they are even more afraid that he has,
or, what mm Id he even worse, has
undertaken to execulcthem without
any possible chanceof success. Min
ister Willis, heretofore, has been ver
generally applauded for his wise and
conservative course in Honolulu. If
late reports are true, however, he.ha3
at last undertaken, to . do the very
thing that the Administration evis
dentPy does not want done under ex
isting conditions. It is evident that
the dispatches from Mr. Willis, hur
ried here by the return of the Reven
ue cutter Cor win, have caused consul
erable consternation, both at the
State Department and at the White
House, and that there is a dispose
tion to blame Mr. Willis for acting
outside instructions. At any rate,
Mr. Gresham and the President are
burning midnight oil at the White
Hou?e over the matter, and are plain
ly perplexed b3'the situation.
An announcement lias just been
made by the cabinet ladies to the
effect that they will hereafter furnish
no punch bowl or lanch table at their
weekly receptions. For long years
beyond which the memory of the mosl
experienced floater runneth not. It
has been the custom here to browse
upon the hospitality of the official
board. Administrations come and
go. Great men, maae great by acci -
dent or favor, rise and fall upon the
advancing and receding waves of
pohtices, and as they rise the roua
pers fatten on their inocence. TLey
come with high hopes, immersed in
visions of social glory, and b nt on
giddy altitudes of style. And. as
they come, the yc'.eran campaigner
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J plumes himself for flights of dizzy
reach.
lib v v m ma unco
gefy
unearths
his roost effective
smile and salei forth to capture pro
vender and cheat tht boarding house.
The custom is bedewed with all the
moisture of observance and antiquity.
The Cabinet spread had been promo
ted to an institution. Hundreds de
pended on it as they did upon "the
dinner bell 'at hotb'e. It was like
manna in the wilderness. But now J
the Cabinet ladies have resolved to
call a halt. No more will they set
forth the cup that cheers, no more
disp!a3 the strengthening ham sand
wich. They spread henceforth the
Barmecide repast, the feast of reason
and the flow of soul. The multitude
may conie and gaze on greatness,
but for their daily bread they must
betake themselves elsewhere. Econ
omy is the order of the day.
In view of the interest in many
measures pending before Congress
relating to commerce and finance,
the coming annual session of the
National Board of Trade, to be held
in Washington January 23. will be of
more than ordinary importance. It is
through these gatherings is Wasn
ington of men representing the va
ried business interests of every part
of the country, that Congress receives
valuable information a9 to. legisla
tion needed. Circumstances are
such that the present Congress has
imposed upon it responsibilities in
connectiou with tha business interests
of the nation graver than usual, and
it is probable legislators will follow
carefully the proceedings of the Nat
ional Board.
A cabinet officer, who does not wish
his name used, informed your corres
pondent yesterday that there was
not ti;e least foundation for the vig-
j oromiV-circulated reports that the
present cabinet was to be reorganized.
He said that so far as he knew the
President did not contemplate the
appointment of any member of his
cabinet to the Supreme bench nor
was there any member of the cabinet
who had any thought of resigning
his position,
Representatiye Geary, of Califonia,
who is one of the number declining
to vote to make a quorum, has decid
ed to offer the Mills bill as a substi
tute for th6 WilsVn bill, and believes
the substitute will get as many vote3
as the bill which has been reported.
It looks as if somebody had gum
med the book when Congress got
ready to turn over its new leaf.
We fear that there is a great deal
of pain, unadorned loafing in the
question of the Munemployed."
We observe that since tke convic
tion of Pendergast the daily crank
crime is omitted. The onlyont even
threathened is a plot against the life
iof Gov. Lewellmg which may be
m t
j perhaps merely retributive justice.
It is estimated by the New York
Advertiser that 117,000 people are
out of employment in Chicago, and
the city is overrun with penniless and
homeless people. Tnis is a part of
the penalty of the Great Fair.
RITCIIEST FAMILIES IJi
A carefal -estimate of the wealth of
the Astors puts it at $200,000,000,
and this make- the family the ritch
est iu the, United States. What is
more, the wealth of the Astors is in
such shape that it cannot bnt increase,
for the reason that it is gilt edged
New York City real estate, some.of
which, according to the Washington
Star, has within the past ten yeare
increased in value 700 per ;cent ana
is still apreciating. The policy of
the Astots ha3 always been to buy
real estate on the lines" along which
Nen York City is now exteuding
and bold it for a rise, rarely selllug
however, but .building and renting
instead. The result 'is that - the As
tor properties in valuable lands, in
brick, iron stooe and raorter instead
Of in fluotuatingstocks and bonds.
the fixed value of which ;is always
uncertain. As a family the Vandcrs
bilts stand next to the Astors in the
matter oX wealth, 'and their riches
mnstjbe cousideredin"the aggregate
and in common, since their individ
ual fortunes are pooled, so to "speak.
You will Joften sej Cornelius Van
derbuilt, the present head of the house,
quoted as boingjworth $200,000,000.
Or course he is not vrorthj'any such
amount.. Cornelius has mo3t of tbe
Vanderbuilt millions, but those who
know say that he is personally not
worth above $80,000,000, if as much,
It mustbe remembered that the
late William H. Vanderbllt, had a
large to divide his millions among,
and the shares in the end were not so
large as ome people thought tkera.
Besides theie is a disposition on the
part of the calculators who love big
figures to give the Vanderbilts credit
foi owningjoutricht their great rail
road system, when, as a matter ot
fact, thousand of stockholders share
in theownersbip.
aiOXEY.
Herodotus says that Croesus was
the first sovereign tomakel coins of
gold.
In 1503 the first English shilling
was minted.. It boretbe king's im
age. The United States ment was estab
lished in 1792 and at once began op
erations. The first English laws ngaiust
counterfeiting was issued 'in 1108 by
Henry I.
In the early years of thi3 country
there were 33 tons of silves to 1 of
Sole in circulation
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Paper money was first issued by
notorious John Law. His issues ex
ceeded 120,000,000 pounds.
Vermont and Conneticut coined
coppors in 1785. New Jersey and
Massachusetts did the same in 1786.
In 1620 the first large copper coins
were minted in England, putting an
end to private leaden tokens.
Judas sold his master for 30 pieces
of silyer that is. 30 Roman pennies
about $4.1 2. One Roman penny
was a good day's wages for an agrl
cultuial laborer.
In 1684 Charles II minted .in and
trie! to make U pass current. After
his abdiction James II minted gun
metal and pewter and endeavored to
make purchases with tbe coins.
The Norman-English coined silver
pence with a cross cut deeply into
the coin, in ordes that it might be
easily broken into half-pence and
farthings wkeu small change was
needed,
France, Belgrum, Greece, Italy
and Swituland constitute the "Latan
Union." Their coins are alike in
weight and fineness, differing only in
name. The same system has been
partly adopted by Spain, Servia, Bul
garia, Russia and Roumania,
The seipnorage or deduction made
from the bullion to cover expencea
and pay the sovereign his royalty
has varied Jin different countries and
at dlffersnt times. Henry III chanv
ged sixpence in the pound; Henry
Till 50 shillings for every pound of
gold coined.-St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
In Florid Life, a ntw nontbly
mog&zine published In Jacksonville,
is an articleffrom the Jpen of B. W.
Partridge, of MonMcello. Ioit be
describes the'effect of;th4 droughtjof
189 1 on Lake Mioceskik, one of tbe
lagest lakesin middle Florida,., when
about 6,000 acres of water became
dry land for a spell. The rainy sea
son of 1892 filled it np aaio, Mr.
Partridge conceivedthojdea tkat tbe
lake could be drained by . toreing
boles in its bottom, and organized a
company to try it. Experts were en
gaged to examin and report "on the
plan, and the4"l result''". was that the
company has bored a number of holes
in the bottom of Lake Miccosukie,
and the water is rushing down through
them viaa subtersenean 'passage to
the gulf. In a Jew months they tx-
pect to peVraanently drain the lake,
and lhusrecover410,0C0 acresof val-
uable land.
In 1808 when Jamestown, N. Y,
was first settled,the inbabitantshit
upon a novel plan for cIearing"olT
the public common. Thefpl6t set
apart3forthat"r purpose was covered
with trees, which werejgraduallyjf cot
down by the settlers at odd times
when not otherwise engaged. Bat
the stumps still remained, and their
removal was a problem that caused
many discussions among the city
fathers. At last they struck a brill
iant ideir. whereby tbeir object was
not ooly attained, but the in tern per-
ate members of the comonily were
taught a salutary lesson. Ii was
duly enacted that tbe penalty for
getting drunk was to dig op a large
stump, but if tbe cnlprit was only
moderatly tipsy be was assigned to a
smaller one. It was not long before
every stump disappeared, much to
the credit of the originators of tbe
scheme and to the discomfiture of tbe
tipplers. Chicago'Herald.
Lewis Redwine, who embezzled
$I03,0t0of the Gate City National
bank's funds, pleaded guilty la the
Atlanta court last week.
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