"Prove all things; hold fast that, which is good."
Vol. 6.
OUIMIM, IM. C, FEBF?URRY 24,,1897.
No. S.
re
1 1
W. L Douglas $3 Shoe.
Sivlish. durable, perfect fitting-. " .7
Endorsed by over x,ooo,ooo wearers. ' ;
V. L. Douglas $3.50, $4X0 and $5.00:
Shoe are the - productions of skilled
workmen, from the best material pos
siHe at these prices. Also $2-50 and $2
Shoes for Men, $2.50, $2 and $1.75 Boys
We' ueon1y thebestCalf,Kassia Calf, French
I'ateiit atf, Krench Enamel, Vici Kid,etc,
I- ' era-led t corresjorid with prices of the shoes.
- Jfili aler cannot supply you, wruo
! Catalog free. W. L.DOUGLAS, Brockton, Mass,
J. A. MASSENG3XL & Co
Dunn, N- C
TOWN DIRECTORY.
.CHURCHES.
Methodist Church. Rv, E. C. Sell, Pastor
k. rvittf-s first Sunday. nighty and fourth Suu-
hiy inM-nin; and nijht. . Yrayermeeting
very VVInfMlay' nl'Iit. fc'uy.day &chol
very Stiiday morning .'".at 16 o'clock, U. K.
;rautham SuerintfiiUent;
Baj-n.t rinnvh.-liev.L.R. Carron,T:aStor. j
'rvies every secon 1 Sua lay. morning ana ;
hi-.
Pi-ayoriut'eting tvery Thursday night. J
'jiidav N-liiMil cv;ry Sunday morning, R. XI
ivIor -iJiH r:iiteiilent. -sr ., ;
I'rsbyt'M-iaiv Charch;-Rev. A,, ,M. Ilasol
tor. i S-i-viG(S every first and iftli Spnoay ;
ornitu
nill Up"!', k.'w,i.r .T.iv.- -
- " . - I
niscij.-f ii-ireh-Kev. i. w. Roger's ias-. j
v. NvrvK-es every tin ru ttunuay raorwiig I-
U iif Lt,- ClirMtiun Lndeavor Society every
les'lay night. Sunday School every b'uoQay
eniiig at j o'clock, Mcl?. Holfidy Kupt.
P'ree Win Daitist Church. Eldrr R. C.
ksoii, Hjtsjor. FM-vie every seco.nd Sun-
y DHr:iiiig and night.'
ft'rimit iv-jfanl ist. Cliurch on Broad street-
derAV- (i.vTurner, Pastor.. Regular servi
on tlu third Salibatli morning, and Satur
y Ix'fi.i'c; in each mouth at 11 o'clock. El
r I". D. 0..l.r of Wilson, editor cf Zion's
nduiark, ireaches at this church on the
irth Sunday evening it) each month at 7M
lock. "-Evetybody is invited to attend
.st him vices. ...
ouiig Mens' Union Prayermoeting every
jilay evening at 4 o'elockjuid Friday night
:30 o'clock, AM arc i ordially invited to
en I these .services. .An iuv,itatiou is ex-
ided to the -visitors. ' .
LODGED. .
jacknow -Lwlge, No. 11", I. O. O. v. Lodge
in over J,I. Barnes' siora. Regular melt
on every iloiklay night. L. H. Lee. .
111. Jr'cXtoli, V. O. K- Grantham, Secre-
y.' Ail OJd Fellows are cordially invited
attopj. . . . t '
alinyra Lotge; IXo, 1 U, A". F. & A; Mi Hal!
r F re U iJI -Baptist cliurch k P"P. Jones,
M ; V. A.fSclmson, K. W.; F. A. Jones'
V.; J. O.'iidinson, Secrerary. Re;ular
innunieatioim are held on t'he '.nl Siitur-
atlil o'clock "A-.M , and c the 1st Friday
:30 o!ock i. in. ij) each month. All Ma-
::) good stauijing are cordially" Invited
tteud these communications.
TOWN omCERS.
.C. .h-NiJj, .ajn.vorv - . '
L. W:id, Clork. .
F Vouug- Treasurer. " " .
A. Driver, Policeman. v .
CoumissjonekS . . ' "
K. Granthaiu. ; '" , '
. I), Thorvton. ' . ,
II. l'arker. ' '
Fi Young. .:'
Coi-xty Officers. .
I'rilJ.J. II. Tope.
i k'. i M. McKay. T
gister of Deeds, J. McK. Byrif.
eatiurer; (4, J). Snence.
r'oiier-, J. J, Wilson.
i veyor. J. A. O'Kelly.
nty Examiner, L, B. Chapifl. '
mmissiouers : . J. A. Oreen. Chairjnan,
Bizzell and Xeill McLood.
UO'FESiSlONAL XAKDS.
Attorney-at Law.
SMI'I II FIELD, N. C.
ful attention to any civil matters
listed to hisearc in the courts of
llarnett County.
L Godwin,
Attorney at Law.
n.. - - - ' ' .' -
N. C.
next door to Post .Otfice."
11 practice In tlie courts of Harnett
I adjoining., counties and in the
al Courts. -- -
fiupt attention given to all b'lsinus
Mnrchison,
V J0XESB0U0, N. C.
s Lawin Harnett, Mooie and
ounties, but not for fun.
20 lv.
cA- Murchison,
FAYETTE Vr l LLE, N. C.
ices Law in Cumbeiland, Harnett
In j where services are wanted.
hundred convicts were
fom the penitentiary to
s farms on the Roanoke
last week. - ,.-
fi Union and
Constitution
ar for $1.50.
STATE NEWS.
f i
-Items of news gathered from
all parts of the state.
Halifax county lias over
20
prisoners in jail.
Frank Pierce, thirteen years
...
of age, while riding on the cieps
pf a railroad car; at Salisbury
Thursday night was thrown off
arid the train ran over him se
terMg his head from the body.
A six legged c6w is the prop
erty of M. Friedlandof Forsythe
county. The annimal lias been
shipped; to Newbern and is on
exhibition "at the fair there this
week.
Willis Lse, a white man liv
ing in Edgeombe; county, Jias
been convicted of the murder of
a negro named Henry Stephens
and lias been
hanged on
25th.
sentenced to be
Thursday, March
There are according to a re
port of the State Bureau of La
bor for 1896 three hundred and
j., newspapers published ill
A 1 1
JNortJl Uftrolllia- a gaill 01 Sev
enty over the year 1895. There
are 227 weeklies and 23 dalle's.
Qf number 143
are Demo-
a rr t l.i-j 1 ( t-
ulist a iid 38 independents
- - - .
- We understand that the di
rectors of tlie' Atlantic and
North Carolina Railroad, at
their recent meeting in Golds-
pyr centvT which makes 8 per
cent, this year. The treasury
of Lenoir county .will be helped
out .f .1.00 by this , dividend.;
Vfe (U'n that plans have . been
made and that the- - contract is
rbady to be let to build a wait
ing room and ticket office for
the Atlantic and . North Caro
lina Railroad on. the opposite
side, of Queen street ' from the
d pot, ? 18x40 feet.- Kinston
Free Press. ? :, ; ' .
Tlie intcjrest in tobacco has
lost nonet-of . its vigor , and the
i)la nters are very ' enthusiastic
on the. subject, hiany - of the
planters Jitiytliir seed beds
completed and many others are
making extensive preparations
in that. line. The j acreage in
each crop runs from ' 1 - to 2
acres One enterprising farm
er, will haye " upwards of 50
acres on one plantation another
30 and 20 acres. Enough acre
age is secured to' make the ware
house a success financially,
about 700 acres in
Newbern Journal.
sight.
Last Thursday Charles Moore
went to the- Page , House and
asked for a room. He at once
went to bed . . The porter went
to his room several times to see
if he needed anything and fmal-
Jy he drove him away and -told
him not. to go again. Friday
evening he went to tlie bureau
and placing his arm'ori it - sev
erer!, with a razor, those leading
artries just above the hand. He-i
again went to bed but held his
arm so the blood could run out
on the floor. When death came
he fell off on the floor.- tlie fall
being heard; do wn stairs , This
was the first any person knew
of the artair. He had 'been ai
first-lass engineer but had been 1
discharged, and was out. i)f em-
ployment on account of drunk-,
ed a through
freight train at
Selnia Tuesday and when the
conductor made them get " off
they threw sticks and stones at
tlie train and one of them shot
into it with a revolver. All of
them submitted to. arrest ex
cept two. 0ne of these escaped
and the other was shot and
cripplecl the ball taking effect in
his hip. Sniithfield Herald.
The Counter IlrIgSEle.
When the time came to meet,
Eiich num was in IiU seat
Aurrea(ly to groet,
Xpy proposition to traile. ,
After boodle intent, ;
Pejl-mell and liell bent, . . -' '
To Raleigh they weiit.
The Tie Countei Brigade.
Each ready to flop, .
To Radj vr to Pop,
Whichever was on top.
Was the game that they played.
Skinner led the minority
Butler led the majority,
The devil the whole posse nority
Of the Pie Counter Brigade.
,They eaiieu-sed and adjourned
To scald mieiobes then returned,
And swore they'd be durned
If they ever betraj'ed.
Or ever went back .
On their brother in black
Who stood to the rack
When t Ik y needed their aid.
And the tale tint is told,
That many votes were sold
For .Jlaik lianna's gold,
Is sad to relate.
And makes us regret.
That such a bad set .
f
Should ever have met
To disgrace theOld North State.
For this blot (in the fame
Of Carolina's fair name, J
There is no one to Llama
But this lie-pop- jean eiwd,
Vith 0. rant 'a profanity.
And Person's iiisai ity,
Qld Wayne's lost her vanity,
And i no jotiger proud.
J. M. LI. in Goldsboro Argus.
A NORTH CAROLINA KING.
Two or three year;
ago a
young North Carolinian named
Hobbes went to New York, re
sided there for some' time, met
a youncrladv'with wdiom he fell
hi love, the passion was recip-
rocated, and the twain became
eriag;ed. Hobbes' .source of
income was somewhat precari
ous and not what he deemed
'satisfactory - upon which to com
mence house-keeping and he
determined to seek his fortune.
After 'vowing eternal constancy
he set sail for Europe and in
course of time from 'there he
brought up in Australia.
lie there procured a position
ion a local paper and in his pro
fession displayed so much en
terprise that his employers, in
course of time sent him to in
vestigate tlret; slave, traTtr4n the
Indian Ocean. ' , !
The vessel on. which he sailed
' '
Ayas wrecked arid every, soul on
board except himself was
drowned He was found insen
sible on a coral reef by a party
of cannibal islanders who took
him prisoner and . he was re
served to be served I at a, state
dinner. "
. The daughter of the King, 'a
dusky but comely maiden sought
his liberty at her father's hands
and used such arguments as
succeeded.
Ahout tliis time a formidable
rebellion broke out in the dusky
King's dominions, and oilr Car
olina boy, with his inherited
warrior spirit," advised a plan
of : campaign to put down the
rebellion, which beiiig followed
'was so eminently, i successful
that the King's foes were al
most annihilated and as a re-!
ward "for his genius (and valor
Hobbes was made Prime Mm-
The diiskv Princess was very:
much in dove with - our hero,
and did not fail to let the fact
! be known, but Hobbes eloquent-
Jy an(i pathetically related how
he loved his New York sweet-
aM coul(l not? ! therefore;
his American fiance. f The Prin
cess accepted the situation, but
she w as sore stricken and pined
away and soon died.
Herdeath was a severe blow
to the living, . who grieved dn
tenselyand soon after died.
Hobbes had in the . meantime
become so popular with these
island people that he .was unan-
imously elected to be King and
is now Kins Maletoe.
The sequel is as. interesting
as any part of the"story. ;
A few weeks asro Kins "Male-
tee landed, in New York sought
out Ida lady love, had a royal
wedding, and afifr a few. weeks
of, civilization- departed for his
island kingdom, where, let us
hope,' he may forever eign in
peace, the brave and alycntur
ous, constant North 'Carolitia
King.- Ne wbern Journal . . v . -;
EUROPEAN CROWNED HEADS
- There js a. fat- little Vred book
that come.s into every consider
able0 reference library at' about
this tirne every year with i a
bursting load of information re-
J garding'the nations of the earth
and their rulers. This book is
the Almanacli.de Goth a. . It
contains any amount of infor
mation that may be - foimd in
equally available form else
where : it contains' also several
hundred pages of facts that nev
er are .collected elsewhere in
such trustworthy and conven
ierit form facts relating to the
crowned heads of all nioixar
chies, j great and small, their
families, their ancestors-arid
children and children's children
and their collateral relatives far
and near. .
, Every year the editors of the
'-Almanach de Gothrf;':' send to
the castles and palaces o, royal
ty, wherever accessible the
proof sheets' of the pages .. con
cerning the ,ruling families, and
none of these ""pages is pub
lished without 'having been cor
rected by some princely hand.
Consequently, a man may usu
ally rely on vrhat he finds in the
"Almanaeli de ; Gotha". about
the crowned head and their
kind, although not'1 always, for
crowned heads err occasionally1,
as do uncrowned heads, in mat-1
trs of family history, . On the
whole, however, -the "Alnia
nach" is about as trustwortny
as any book of 1280 pages coiild
be.
The last Almanach, received
a few days ago from Europe,
shows that the oldest, reigning
prince next to the )oj)e, who is
eiglity-six, is the grand dukfe of
little Luxemburg, wdio is eigh
ty. Denmark's king is seventy
eight, Queen Victoria and the
grand luke of Mecklenberg
Strelitz severity-seven. Three
ruling princes have passed sev
enty in the last year the duke
of Saxe-Meiningen,.the duke of
Saxe-Altenburg and the grand
X it lv ui iJciucn. miic suvLi.1
eigns are between sixty, and sev
enty, seven of them being 'over
sixty-five. Eight sovereigns are
in their fifties, six in their for
ties, three. in their thirties and
three in their twenties. Wil
helmina of the Netherlands and
Alfonso of Spain are the young
est sovereigns. According to
the length of reign, Queen 'Vic
toria heads the list with almost
sixty years . She is followed by
Emperor Josef Franz of Austria,
with forty-eight years. The
grand duke of Saxe-Weimer, the
duke of Saxe-Altenburg and the
grand duke of Oldenburg have
reigned since 1853. Seventeen
of the forty European sover
eigns halve reigned more than
twenty-five years, and ' thirteen
less than ten years. J.n .1894
there was but one change in a
throne ; in 1895, one ; in 1S9G,
none, ut the timty -eight reign-.
ing houses in Europe but twen
tv-three have heirs in the direct
line of succession. Of the heirs
to the thrones j the prince of
Wales, with his iifty-five years,
is the eldest ; then comes the
crown prince ot iJenmarK, nity-
three years old ;
grand duke of
the hereditary
Mecklenburg-
Strelitz, forty-eight ; the hered
itary prince of Meinlngen, forty-five
; the jiereditary grand
duke of Luxemburg and Olden
burg, forty-four. Of the'whole
number of heirs only twelve are
married; six of these have
grandchildren, --St. Louis Globe
jPemocrat,
FOREIGN CHRIST! A N MIS
. IIONARY SOCIETY.
This ll? an organization of the
Christian Churches (Disciples
of Clirist)', 'with headquarters in-
Cincirinatti, Ohio. President
C. L. Loos, of Kentucky Uni
Versity, is the President of the
Society, and A. McLean, of
'Cincinnati,; .Ohio, is the- Corre
sponding Secretary. The whole
world, outside of North Amer
ica, is its . .field . It was orga
nized in 1875, and already has
prosperous missions .in Japan,
China, India, Turkey, Scandi
navia and England, and a mis
sion is soon to be. opened in
Africa. ,
During the past twehty-one
3Tears., this organization has
raised and disbursed nearly one
million of dollars.' Last year
the receipts amounted to.:$93
867:21. This Society supports
144 "missionaries, has 4,000
members, 2G day schobls, with
over 1,200 scholars and Sun
day Schools,' with 4,300 scholars
in foreign lands. It has eight
nfodical missionaries, and last
year they treated over 28,000
patients. The various mission
stations last year raised about
$20,000. This organization has
property in foreign lands valued
at nearly $200,000. ;
rhis is a growing enterprise.-
Lat year six new missionaries
were sent out, and a larger
number are expected to sail ithis
m 1 a! 1 1 "
year, mere nas .oeen an; in
crease in the annual receipts of
about $35,000 in less than fiv"e
years. '
The t i :m e the Christian
Churches make their contribu
tions to the." work is the first
Sunday in starch . We have no
doubt that the. church in this
place will do its full share. F.
M. Rains, Cincinnati, Ohio, is
the Treasurer.
. From the figures of Dr. H.
iK. Carroll, special agent of the
Jnited States, it is learned that
his religious body (Christian
hurch) 'made ' an increase in
this country of 44 from 1890
to 1895. In fifteen years; lie
says, this body has consider
ably more than doubled itself.
The increase is at the rate of
; i rinnrlv 1fi . Thev now num.
ber 1,003,072 members.
110 W TO S UCCEED IN L IFE.
Hon. Garret A. Hdbart, flie
Vice-President-elect, was sought
the other day .by. a young man
who wanted his advice as to "the
best thing a young man could
do in order to succeed in life,"
and here is what Mr. Hobart
said.to him : "Be honest and
industrious all through life in
whatever you may be engaged,
and you need : riot fail of sue
cess." This was good advice
and if followed no young man
need fear the result. Both are
necessary to succeed, even in
the smallest degree. While it
is true that there have been
cases where young men have
been both honest and industri
ous and yet have not succeeded
in accumulating wealth, yet it
must be remembered that suc
cess in life is not entirely meas
ured by the dollars one may
have. There are greater and
higher aims in life than simply
money-getting, though it is .un
fortunately true that such is the
fixed aim of already too many
men, both young and old, of
this day. A full measure of
success iii this life is not, nor
should it be', estimated by .dol
lars, and yet how often it . is that
men in their mad haste to ac
cumulate wealth forget every
thing else which goes toward
making life : successful ! If a
young' man is honest, indus
trious and' frugal throughout
success, in all the terrn implies,
is sure to come to hira. Nor
folk Virginian.
THE J UN ED U G STATESMAN
Judge Linney, of North Car
olina, is known in his own dis-
,
trict as the "Junebug States
man." This title is one of
honor, not of derision. It means
mtjtchto the good " people of
I'aylorsville, and the great seal
of that city, which is affixed to
all. public documents Rearing
the signature, bears in its cen
ter the device of a Junebug.
And thereby hangs a tale.
Someyears ago when Judge
Linney and the ' Hon. Cyrus B.
-Watson, the recently defeated
candidate for Governor of North
Carolina, were in the State Sen
ate together, a little railroad
ran from v Charlotte to States
ville a distance of forty-eight
miles. ' Away back before the
war, wlien this lino ' was pro
jected as the future great rail
way of the American continent,
it was named the Atlantic, Ten
nessee anjl Ohio, although it
has never reached any ono of
the places thus named. Proba
bly the road was never , better
or more; tersely described than
when Bill Arp wrote of it : "It
is forty-eight miles short and
ten hours long."
Alexander county adjoins
Iredell county, and Taylorsville
is the county seat of Alexander
county. State Senator .Lihney
introduced a bill, proposing to
grant a charter to the Atlantic,
Tennessee and Ohio to- con
struct an extension to Taylors
ville. State Senator Watson
wanted the extension to run to
Danburv. Stokes county, in his
7 - - - - . . . .
district. When the bill was up'
for consideration Watson made
a glowing speech of Danbury
and the wonderful resources of
the surrounding section. When
Judge Linney rose to reply, he
made the speech which has be
come historic. He said that his
district not only contained more
coal and iron than . Watson's
district, but that there was
found there that rare and radi
ant gem the hiddenite, and that
a plowboy would not infrequent
ly overturn a chip or stonof dis-
with ono worth a thousand dol
lars between his wings. Noth
ing that Watson could say after
this could stem the tide of leg
islative approval of Linney's
bill, and "Taylorsville became
the terminus of th
Tennessee and Ohio.
Atlantic,
Althou
it is still known - on its letter
heads by that high-sounding ti
tle, no one, from one end to tlie
other of the line, ever -speaks of
it as anythirig else than the
"Junebug'' road.- Washington
Post. ;
EYESIGHT OF IRON WORK
ERS. '
In the mining and "foundry!
district of Bochum, Prussia, Dr.
Nieden reports having treated j
during the years 1885-94, 5,443
patients engaged in such occu
pations, of whom more than G8
per cent were cjses of injury to
the eye in thejr calling iron
and foundry workers showing a
large, predominance in this re
spect oyer miners. Of 3,723
iron and foundry workers treat
ed for eye injuries, 2,805 were
for tlie left eye and . only 1,639
for the right, or a relative pro
portion of 56 to 44 ; and - as a
similar proportion held ' gorxl in
each separate year, the conclus
ion arrived at is that in such
work the danger to the left eye
is really greater than that to the
right. Even more marked, in
fact, was tlie proportion in re
spect t0; the severe cases, the
left eye being quite lost in seven
teen ca?es, the right eye in. sev
en. It is urged, therefore, that
in iron workers the loss of the
right should1 le calculated as the
more serious, inasmuch as the
individual then runs a greater
risk of injuring the remaining
eye than when he has lost the
left. Scientific American.
closing one of these gems, so Wilson, of West Va., hn
rich and so rare that a well fed . . x . . . m ' ,
Junebug could easily flyaway een elected .president of Wash-
r." r ma
t A2SCIUTELY
AND
SAYE
MONEY
L1ADC
vtb on ouu DiL&x.Esa ua
you mackln eharr than yoa mmm
Xt cliowhere. Tb VQU HGTin U
ar bat,buttTem.k ctipr kJndJL
aucti as tSx9 ClA"IAXt IOUAL muJL
other IZlzU. Ana Fall NUkl Platl
Swins machine for $ IS. 00 an ap.
Call on oar ardent or xwrlf ua. Wo
tTintjronr trad z-llTmrte tma
luiu mt ua.ro aoaitnx will win wo will
haro It. Wo challensre tha worlA to
prodnoe a. XlirTXEIi $S0.OO 8wla
naehlno for $50.00t or better $(
Sewing machine for $20.00 than yea
eari buy from ua, or oar rente.
THE E: W EOIIS SEUKG KUCEIEB CO.
Uutck, Ham. Barro. Vaml M Cnm B?r, TLX
GAINEY it JORDAN,
Dunn, N. C.
News from all, pauth of thi3
World. .
The legislature o Colorado U
making it a punbhable offence
to wear highjhats to theatrical
entertainments in that state.
J. L. McDaniels was arrested
in Baltimore last week by tho
'e
United States government for
using the mails for promoting a
bogus lottery.
The legislature of the Stato
of Texas ha$ passed a law hold
ing railroad companies, respon
sible for the acts of their em
iployes., t
General Alfred Pleasantort, a
distinguislied calvary commari
der in the late war, died iu
Washington, D. C, last week.
His home was in Philadelphia.
r
Hon. W. J. Bryan will lecturo
. a
in New Haven, Connecticut, on
Thursday night, February the
25th, having been invited by
the leading democrats of that
State.
Postmaster General William
Lexington, Va., and has accept
ed. He will take his" seat July
1st. . . -".
Jv ' ' . -
At Union, 'Missouri, : on last
Tuesday Arthur Duestrow wan
hanged for the murder of his
wife and childX He was very
wealthy and leaves an estate
valued at $2,000,000. Jle was of
dissolute habits, audtried to
save bis life on a plea oflnsani-
ty, . . .
'
V .
Lincoln, Neb., Feb. 16.r
TheStae Supreme Court ren
demlla decision to-day in the
casebY. W. J. Bryan" and other
against Elmer B. Stephenson.
The case was brought by Mr.
Bryan and his accociates to pre
vent the issue ot city bonds
"payable in gold." When tho
proposition for the lxmd was
sfubmitted to the 'Voters the gold
clause was omitted. . The Su
preme Court decided against the
bonds on a technicality and did
not touch tho question of the
validity of bonds payable in
gold. -N. Y. Worid.
Some more than five years
ago George Dudley was sent to
the penitentiary from this coun
ty for a term of fifteen years,
for fatally stabbing Red Blow
in a quarrel j over a game of
cards. Both were colored; Lastt
week Col. I. A. Sugg went to
Raleigh armed with a petition
to Governor Russell for George
pardon. Ho got it and George
got home Saturday, again ft
free man, says King's (Green
ville) Weekly.
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