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THE TIMES. THUttSDAY JANUARY" 25th 1801. LQC ALS. Dunn has been full of drumraerg this week. Mr. J. A. Green, of Lillington, was in town last Friday, Dr. A, M. McKay, of Sumrheryille, paid our town a visit iast Friday. We call at tun ion to professional of Mr. Lec J. Best, in this issue. Mr. F. P. Jones, is attending the Superior,, court: t J Fayette ville this week. If you have anythitng to sell, you hou Id let the peoole know it by ad vertised. Mrs. J. A. Farmer, who has been visiting her parents at Rocky MounU returned home last Sunday. Miss Addie Young, left last Mon day to yisit relatives at Fair Bluff. She will be ge several weeks. cd from their bridal tour North last week. We learn that Mr. Shell will make Dunn his future home, and will build soon. We give him a most barty welcome. Mr. McD. Holliday, who has been clerking for Fleming & Co., during the past year, has accepted a position as travhng -salesman for Wert E. Taylor & Co., of Richrapnd, Va. He was in town yesterday. We wish Mr. Holliday much success. . The undesigned has !eued Tin: Times for a term of years, and pro- poses to -,ive his patrons a good per. He wants a correspondent in every section in which the paper cir dilates. Let the items be short and pithy, what he wants is t.o publish a j paper that w;ll give the news of the day, but in all circumstances the communications must be accorapied ; with the name of thn Mriter, other wise, they will not be inserted. The Proprietor. The Editor is attending the Supe ries court at Fayetteville this week, there fore his salutitory will not ap pear befrtre next week. Married. At the residence of the brid'sj bi other. Mr. Ed. Parker's, br the Rev. Geo. T- Simmons, Mr. W. H, Byrd, to Miss Mollie Parker. Tim Thiks wish for them a long and hap Py life. .THE DRUCKENMILLER V FAMILY. They appeared at the Church of Disciples on last Monday night, and proved a perfet success. There was nothing performed but what could be listened to by the most fastidious winstian. The had a good crowd, I all seemed to enjoy it very much. A SOCK L GATHERING. j On last. Fridav even ins: there were ! a Vcrv nlpncnni" siial u,rr.n flt: J 1 CT the residence of Mr. J. I). Barnes. Quite a number of our voun- people . , " . - were invited, and the young ladies of our town turned out in all their beau ty and loveliness. The sociable was given by ths Misses Barnes compli mentary to their cousin, Miss Mamie Adams, a very charming and accom plished young lady of Little River Academy. Miss Adams has been visiting for a few da3s in our town, and has won many friends who will always- kindly remember her, and will extend to her a. most harty weN come wbenshe comes to Dunn again. The popularity and attractiveness of Miss Adams was attested by the se. Iect number of beautiful young ladies, and gallenl young men who ws pres. 1 ant on the above occasion. Every one present seemed to enjoy ti and iast 1 . 1J before parting alt repared to the spa cious' dining-room where elegant re freshments were served, and we are imformed that Cupid was present and that his fatal darts pierced the hearts of several of our j'oung peo ple. NORTH CAROLINA BAPTIST A LM Ax's AC FOR 1804. This valuable iM-riod:"!t'. ! ti number ot rvhici was issued by Rev. Dr. N. B. Cobb in 1864 is replete with valuabl" information. It n- tains the statistics of .',' tho relirius denominations i N. C. the starl-v ie- of the Miss:or.rrv, Freewill and Prim- I itiye Baptist, white and colored by count.cs biographic!ll sketches of Drs. W in. ltyaii, z . i i. ivev, n .u. . i Tupper. and other decerned Kapliif 1 ministers and Wvmen. a page fro n Williamsons 'History of 1812 on Reliirious Int.fder nca in North Car pa-j0lina" an atiebv from Or Whitsotl on "The Baptist's and the Battle of Alamance." the Post office address and association of eac white Baptist minister in the state the trustoes of Wake Forest college, boards of N. C. Buptist State convention. Executive officers of Slate Government, public institutions, terms of holding courts, and much other valuable information. This Almanac can be had at the Lee Hardware Store and also of H. C. McNeill & Co.. at Dunn, N. C. Price 10 cents a copy, or from Dr. N. B.Cobb, Raleigh, N. C. for 90 cents a dozen, postage prepaid to any office in the United States. A DISTRESSING HOMICID. AN INSANE MAX SHOT AND KILLED BY HIS 50V IN L. AW THL" X Ell's JURA : JI13 THE KiLL- Y:ad. C. Ja3. l, 1S4. . Car onite and eacecblo ccinrru- i the land, but these points can be mat , . , . , ! ters iir.lv of the widest conjecture, nitywaa shocked Mrnu&vr morr.i. Xcbcrn wae sculed 134 years ago, by one of the uiosl cowardly and das- j and so far as we Inow there has not hew t!)2 !:ihtet record or tradition tardly cr imes that ever stained the annals of history in this or any otLer State. Last June Mr. M, D. Denning, I .e . i or., onn Ul uur mm ' Tospe-totl c:t':"n. wa adjudired to j that Mr. Dcnmr.c could co:r.c hoixej J n probation. A dav or two ago they after hi ui returning with him last night, I After fseuin-i,me they fonnd that Mr. Dennini: .as still nervous and excitable, and instead of confining him and taking him back to the in- stitution as told by Dr. Wood, end : which thcv .mie!lt bave done lhere three ablebodied men with him, they got into a row with him and while he and one of tha young men were scuff ling, one of the others look his gun, put ihe muzzle of it near the old man's face and emptied its content into his temple, killing him instantly. . The coroner was sent for and after empanneHng his j ury and hearing tha evidence, as given by the parties who did the killing, it was .found that M. D. Denning come to his death from a gun shot wound which gun was in the hands of J. L, Starling who did the killing in self defence. Mr. Dinning was no' troubling Mr. Starlinsr, but took him to be his ? Werd. In the dfflcultj. however, he had Mr. Koe liMiney aown, auu iur. Starling, instead of pulling him off with his hands, as he should have , , . i .fi mnn um ; Giuney and tne other man tied mm ' hand v.ud foot, if need, be which they : mhl easl1 he do,!f' for mDb"' : Ding wa3 an old man 65 years of aga). he preferred to shoot aad kill him Starling and Gainey are both Mr. Denning's sons-in-law'and it is known throughout this com tnunit- that nei- ther of tuem has had, for a long time any good will for him. The commus. nity, with all due respect to the cor oner and his jury, feels that justice has not been done. This community, if there U one in our jood old State, has always been noted for its integrity and purity, but. indignation runs high now over this sad allair and Jthe indiflerence with which it has been passed over. ' i i such eavs-going of the powers that oiV:u iij cities good people to lawlessness . and eau-.es Judge Lynch to sit in judg ment without his jury, to mete out jus tice to those whom he feels has escaped the rightous judgment of a broken law. Law Abiding Citizen. COR B ETT-M ITCH ELL. Oweing to failing to et our latest daily pa; crs, we are unable to give the latest in. regard to the fight, but it seems that there is great excite- The latest in which we have seen, is tbat Gov. Mitchell. lias ordered troops to Jacksonville. ; We admire Gov. Mitchell in his efforts to overthrow 'he rediculous proceedings, and it is hoped that he will succeed. HUDGE STUMPS. In our item on the river and labor improvement work we alluded to the big stumps at the bottom of the Neuse river chanuel.on which the steam bols ter Contentnea and her force were at work when we visited the scene of op eratious. The stump was being ;ak- en up in pieces.having b en blasted, and we left when only part of it had been taken out. Afterwards Overseer Durham called at our office and gave us the following additional facts in reference to it : This one stump loaded the flat uszti to receive what is pulled up. ' ri M i. rrt I t 1 r e l iue iiau ia ou iceu long uuu n ieet wide. This will give an idea of the stump's size. The appearance of the top of the majority of thee sfumps ononis to indicate that they were cut . ; occasionally one appears to have burnt ofi. If there were any possible way of finding out.it would be interesting to know when it was that the prsent bed f the Neuse was a lorest.wluj the workman in it were. and how the river tuk the place of . rrom inqiansor otherwis.of such j of trces 3t lbe river botlom Ueens must at some time have taken ulaced. i Ensiner Chadhonrnc tells us tbef en,i. ,f '"a" Vp.r rir tbnt. THIS SPACE E L I The Best Shoes for the Least Money. sum W. L. DOUGLAS Shoes are stylish, easy fitting, and gWe bcttM satisfaction at the prices advertised than any other make. . Try one pair and be con vinced. The stamping of W. L. Douglas name and price on the bottom, which guarantees their value saves thousands of dollars annually to those who wear them. Dealers -who push the sale of W. L. Douglas Shoes gain customers, which helps to increase the sales on their full line of goods. The? east afiavd Nil at I roet, and we believe too can mney by bnylac all your feotwear af CAj deajar aflvaai Used below. Catalogue tree upaa appllcatloa. W. X. DOUGLAS. BrwaUUK. FLEMING & CO. F. M. MCKAY. BUSINESS LOCAL for sale by Kid rid Lee. Apply at once. NOTICE. All parties due the Central Times either for Subscription advertiseing up to Jan. 1st "94, will please caltat D. II. Hood's dni .tore and settle with me. I have even;d my c)nneetion with the paper aud old accounts must be settled. Besptfidly. G. K. Grantham . NOTICE. 16 aces ot good land for sale one mile from Dunn, on LiUinzton road with a ngw two room frame building Apply to L. H Byrd, Dunn, N. C. market report. Cotton. Good Middling GOOD HORSE Middling T Low Middling t Tuepen-j-vk Virgin $2.20 rellow Dip $1.40 Hard $L00 Country Produce. Cbickens 10S20c Eggs la Hides A(aCc Corn 0 v 0 TO DUP n p p 11 II li 111 03 1 FOB ESTLBIEIL G6, 04 and 03.50 Drooo Ohoo. 03.50 Pollco 0hoof 3 Ooloo. 02.60, 02 for VorklnGrmon. 02 and 01.70 for Doyo. LADIES AND MISSES, 03, 02.50 C2, 01.75 CACTIOXir mmr dMlmr or mti lk ktka lK-n wlUi-- wk w. wwi tfm nun ;dunn, N. C. SUMMERVIIXE, N. C. NOTICE. By virtue of a powe of .gale con tained in a certain mort.-aje deed ex ecuted Aec. 20 1892, to U. G. Tay lor & Co., by D. A. Stewart and wife, P. A. Stewart, and recorded in Book K. page 498 Records of Harnett Co., and by virtue of a coiireyance by T. D. Stewart to me of all his inteieit in said mortgage and in the property therein conveyed. I will on the 26th day of Feb. 1894. at the Court Boa door in Lillinj-ton. N. C. at 12 o'clock M, sell at public said to the highest bidder for cash the two tracks of land conveyed in said Mortgage i-vl let tract being known as toe tossa. nlaca nf said n A iifm and contains 63 acres. Secoo4 tratf adjoins the above name tract, and lies an the west side of said tract and contains 20 abres rcoreor less, both tracts of Paid land aiA mltnmtA i - v. lit trrove township Harnett coonty. and is valuable farm land and contains valuable buildings. For fait dlscrip. tion see book F pag m Eecords of Hamett county. This Jan. 24th. 1894. B. G. Taylor. ' f22 HORSES AND HOLES CHEAP U- -i I will return from the West about Febuary 5tb with two car load of horses and mules, which I shall offer for sale at prices that will bring the trade. I adyise all who anticipate purcla?Tig a horse or male to see my :ock and hear mv pi3es before
The Democratic Banner (Dunn, N.C.)
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