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"Prove all tinners; hold last that which, is good." Vol. 6. EUIMIM, W. C., MARCH 31,'ieaT. No. 13. IT 13 ABSOLUTELY The Best SEWING MACHINE MADE WE OR OU11 DEALERS emn, cell you machine?; cheaper than you tin get eloewbere. Tiie NEW IIOIttH lm our beit, but wi rjake cheaper klnds, Drh as the CLiMAX, IDEAL and other Hleh Arm Full Nickel Plated feewinz Machines for $13.00 and up. . Cull on our aetcnt or write ua. We -want your trade " !f z?rles- tm ,, juare oea:in; will v-in, we Will5 hT It. ATo challenge the world to produce B. EETTER $50.00 Sewinj? flachlne for $50.00, or a better $20. Sewing Machine for $20.00 than yon can buj from us, or our Agent. THE M fiOHS SS I3G DACHIEE CO. ujro, Mas. Bobtojt, Majw. 28 Uxroir Sqcab-, N. (LSucaoo, It.u St. Lons, Mo. Dai s. ih -8. roR SALE B" GAIXEY & JORDAN, Dunn, X. C. , TOWN DIRECTORY. CHURCHES. MVtliodlt Church. Rv. E. C. Sell, Pastor. Services llrst Sunday nlght.and fourth Sun 4ny morning and night. Prayernieoting1 vr- Wednesday night. Suhday school every ,D,day morning at 1 o'clock, CI. K. .UrahtlianiXuperiuttiiident. j I Baptist Church. Rev. L. R Carroll, pastor. Hervirof Tc:y. second Sunday morning and ulgt. I'rayeriueeting' every Thursday night hunday School erery Sunday morniug, R. U Tylr Superintendent. ' rrvHl.vJ'-r'an Church. Rev. A. M. Ilassol i mtor. Se rvices every first ai.d .lifi.li Sunday mori-iiii?-and night, Sunday school every Sunday morning, M.I.. tide Suiei liit-iideiit. Disciple Church Rev. I.! W. Rogers, pas tor.' i services every third Sunday morning andniffht.l Chrltlan Endeavor Society every Tuf alay night. Sunday Vchool every Sunday evmjug at 3 o'clock, Mcl..Hollid'ay Supt. Frre Will Baptlat Church. Elder ,R. C. Jarkxon. pastor. Services every second Sun drt.v uiorniiig aiid night. i . .' Primitive Rapt 1st. Church on Bi;oad street I:1t V. li. Turner, Pastor. Hegu'ar servi -rtsoii the third Sabbath morning, and Satur- day b'forrt. In each iiionth at 11 o'clock.. EI- l"r P. I. .dd, t.f Wilson, editor of Zlon'jj l.artluiark, preaches at this church on the foarjlt Sunday evening in each mouth at7 o'rlwk. i Everybody is invited to attend ilix'Hi services. . t Yt.ungjMeii!' Union Prayfr meeting every Sumfay evening at 1 ,o'cl ck iu:d riday night at 7:3o o'clock. All are oorUally invited to att?ti-1 these services. Ah invitation is cx tundyd to tint visitors. : j ' LODUKS. . I ucknow Lodgo, No. IH, I. O. O.P. Lodge Vjoiu over J. 1). Eames' store. Regular meet- liiS on cAjery Monday night. L. H. Lee. N.'CJ.; C. Uiexton. V. O.; O. K. Grantham, Heere- Jtary. All Odd Fellows are cordially Invited " to attd. Palmyra T.odg, tfo..l?7, A. F. 4 A.M. Hall owr r rW Will Baptist church. P. P. Jones ! "W. M ; W. A. Johnson, S.. W.; E. A. Jones J. W.; J. O. Johnson, Secretary. Regular communications a held on the Trd Satur- diy at, 10 O'clock A. M . and on the 1st Friday t.7: o'clock p. m.lu ach month. All Ma- eons in good standing are cordially invited to attend these communications. TOWN OFFICERS. ll.C. McNeill, Mayor. '. M. L. Wad.i, Clerk. ii. F. Young. Treasurer. J. A. Driver, -Policeman. Commissioners i. K. Orautham. W. 1). Thornton. U. II. Park . r. ' K. F Yoaug. torxfv Officers. . Kheriff,J. II. Pope. ; " V CJeikjF. M. McKay.! ' -Register of Deeds, J: McK. Byrd. Treasurer, (J. D. Spenco. Ctironer, J. J, wilsou. Surveyor, J, A. O'Kclly. County Examiner, Rev. J. A. Campbell". Comm.issloners : J. A. Green, Chairman.! It V RI7T..II r.ul Vnill tl.....l I - - , . V I. ..4 1V. . . ( . 1 .1 . V . . V I'll. PROFESSIONAL CARDS. : i K. W. lou- Attorney-at Laiw. SM I I II FIELD, . N. C. Careful attention to any civil matters I - intrusted to his care m the courts of ; Harnett County H L. Godwin, Attorney at Law. Dunn, I . - . N'. C. Office next door to Tost Office. ' Will practice in the courts of Harnett I - nd adjoining counties and in the Federal Conns. Prompt attention given to all busines W-E. MurchisoTi, jonesbouo, ;. e. Practices Law in Harnett, Mooie and o her counties, but not for fun. I Feb. 20 If. Isaac A- Mtirchisoii, FAYKTTEVILLE, N. Iactices Law in Cumberland, Harnett and anywhere services HFe wanted. The County -Union -is the qnly paper published in Harnett county. Subscription price $1. Subscribe now. tuehe: i xo death. .There is no death ! The stnrs-gjo down To rise upon some fairer .-hore. ; And bright in heaven's jewelled crown 1 hey shine forever more. There i. r.o dt-ath ! The dust we tread .-hall change beneath the showers To golden grain or mellow fruit Or raiubuw-t inted flowers. uuiiMtr The-' gi smite rocks disorganize To feed the hungry m-ss they bear; The fore-1 leaves drink daily life From out the viewless air. There U no death ! The haves may fal The Mowers m-ij-.fade and pass away They only .wait through wiuterv" hours The coming of Ma. There is no death ! An angel form V Walks o'er the earth in Mlent tread;. He bears our bet-loved things away, i And the:i we call them "dead.'' lie leaves our heart all desolate, He plucks our fairest, -s wee '.est flowers; I mnsiilanteu into bhw thev now Adorn immortal bowers lite oiru-JiKe voice, whose joyous tones Made glad this scene of tiu and s rife, bmgs now in everlasting song Amid the trees of life. And where he sees a smile so t ight Of hearts too pure for taint and voice, He bear it to that world of light. To dwell in Paradise. Born into that undying life, They leave us but to come again; With joy we welcome them the same, Except iu sin and pain. And ever near us, though unseen, The dear immortal spirits tread: For all the boundless universe Is life there is ;io dc'ad. J. L. McCreerv. GENERAL HEWS. . ilM'JWS MiOM Al.Li 1'AUIM Ulr lllti World. Secretary Gage has abolished the office of Shipping Commis sion at Mobile, Ala., . and at Brunswick, Ga. A train ran into an open switcli at Hamburg, S. G., last Wednesday and collided with an engine killing one fireman. J . Win. Thurmond, Solicitor of the fifth circuit, shot and killed W. G. Harris, a Colum bia drummer, at Edgefield, S. C., last Wednesday. Senator Allen, populist, from Nebraska, lias introduced a bill in the Senate to repeal the civil Service Act and all acts supple mentary thereto. There have been marketed since September 1st at all the ports in thexUnited States 6, 526,778 bales of cotton, against 1,70.1,437 for same period last ;veaT. - , i --' tt i .i t l p .MlSS Elizabeth; PaillsOn, of ; Chicago,, aged sixteen years, j- i : f1 ln.f Thiirsfliiv from fVlVht. v -:".7 ; o She was frightened at a cloak which hung on the head of her bed and waking up during tire night became frightened at it thinking it was a man in her room. George and Calvin Holmes, twin brothers aged 22 years, of Greciksburg, Ind., fought a duel last Wednesday over Wednesday over a vouiW'lady which each claimed for a sweetheart. Georce was I killed and Calvin seriously j wounded. They belonged to a ! prominent family. President McIvillleV will be ! initiated as a member of the "Ancient Order of the Nobles 'of the Mystic Shrine" to-day in the city of Washington. Gen., Robert C. Norfleet, of, Winston, N. C, is invited to assist in the initiation. On last Wednesday there were three thousand refugees from the Mississippi flood in the city of Memphis, Tenn, all of-which were on thejeharity of the town. They had lost all they had by the flood and barely escaped being drowned. A special sent out from Nash ville, Tennessee Friday says : Heavy frosts are reported this morning from all . over 1 enne ssee, North Georgia, and North Alabama. Peach, , plum and pear trees throughout this reg ion were in full bloom, and the probability is that these fruits are killed, entailing large losses. Dr. Joseph J. Luis was tried in the United States Court at Baltimore last week for violat ing the neutrality laws between Spain and this government . in carrying arms to tjie. - Cuban insurgents. The jury brought in a verdict of guilty Friday. The penalty (is imprisonment for not more than three years and a fine of not more than j $3,000. , WOMAN'S COLUMN. THE IIOU!. IN The houe is still, I never knew How deep was s-ilei.ee's Voice before; From room to room hef words come in. And echo back from Moor to floor. i ... .... , nt. ,i . i tt hi it an i ue iiun-u ;i wucu ihiii.tmiuu Of song and wosdand laugli and shout, I li.-te.ieU uireless of them all, And never singled any out. But ii'w, alt me! the house i still. And now th.t din has died away; One voice, one step, come buck to me, And haunt the silence of the day. If but that voice upon the air, If hut that step upon the sill! Ah love! 1 heard not mine own heart, Nr thine until the house was still. Muusey's Magazine. If tired mothers would only try the experiment of letting the boys and girls help them at times, thev would find them val liable and willing assistants. A writer says : "The other day we saw three large, ablebodied boys lounging about the house, not knowing what to do with themselves, while their mother, tired and pale, was trying to do the work for a large family and company alone. JNpt a boy s work to help about the house? Why not? Is there anything about house duties that , will in jure him or that he cannot learn to do well? On the contrary, there is much to benefit him in such work, the most important of which is the idea that it isn't manly to let the mother carry all the burdens when it is possible for strong young hands to help. Many a smart boy wants to help his tired mother, but doesn't enow how beyond bringing in the wood and the water, and shoveling a path through the snow. This done, she tells him to go and play; while she plods wearily on. It is a positive larm to a boy s or girl s moral character to allow them to think it right to be idle while mother is staggering under her burdens. Let the children help. Select ed. HOW GIRLS SHOULD CONSIDER PROPOSALS. dear girl, when a man Mv asks you to become his wife you ought to put some questions to yourself" writes Ruth Ashmore to girls on "The Profession of Marriage," in -the. April Ladies Home Journal. Satisfy your self that you love this man well enough, not only to he happy with him, but, if need be, to suffer with him. Decide for yourself if this be the man of all others in whom you will find your ideal companion, for com panionship means as much in marriage as in "friendship. Then, you must think of the fu ture. Ask yourself, too wheth er this man brings out in you all that is best, whether he pro vokes that which is little and mean in you, or . whether -he piques you into making light of that which is good. Decide whether; this man is the one with whom you would be willing to grow old ; whether this man fis the one to whom you would, without hesitancy, submit ques tions that trouble your con science. Then, too, you must ask yourself what seems, per haps, like a trivial question, whether this man is one whose name you will feel honored in bearing, not because of any ma terial wealth he may possess, but because of his being an hon est gentleman. Think out all these things, ask yourself ques-j tiori upon question, not only as to his fitness, but as to yours, and then, if you give him the loving answer that he wishes, try to become thoroughly ac quainted with him. THIS AND THAT. The newsnaners renort that .a -a the wife of the champion Fitz simmons witnessed his fight with Corbett from the edge of the ring, where she juried ad vice, encouragement and abuse to her husband and his seconds in language closely bordering on the profane. It is a satisfactory reflection that such a specimen of womanhood belongs to the other side of the world. She announced to the reporters that she and Bob and the baby will now settle down to a quiet life. From her behaviour at Carsoii City it appears likely that "Bob's" hopes of a "quiet life" rest upon a somewhat uncertain foundation. 7 , I! The above picture is cut on cherry wood with a pocket knife by Mr. C. E. Pope, a typo in The Union office, and is taken from the Atlanta Constitution. It is Johnson, who has recently been chosen as chairman of the Central Committee of the Republican .party in the state of Geor gia; This, is Mr. Popes first attempt at a photograph and as our readers can plainly see it shows a good deal of talent. THE NEW SCHOOL LAW. Drawn by Senator George E. Butler of Sampson. 'I ' It -V I lAHATin I A C e K I TT 1 t . M flT I 1 the chairman of the said board Sec. 2. The state board of school examiners shall prepare and recommend to the public school teachers of the state, through the several county sir- pervisors, a course ot reading: j and professional stuuy for teach-' ers, and such outlines of meth- ods of teaching and school gov- eminent as may in its j udgment be helpful in school room work, and perform such other duties as are hereinafter provided. Sec. 3. The state board of i school examiners shall have .' power to grant first grade lifecer-j tificates, which may be used in 1 any county in the state, and ; shall furnish to the public, through the several county su-. pervisors, at. least one month ; uu,c,a ,u,m Vi "'".instruction and the members Carolina do enact : j ghaU receive' no comp3nsation Section 1. The State board other than their traveling ex of education shall appoint bien- penses and board while attend niallv a state board of examin- ing the meeting, an itemized ers, who shall consist of three statement of which shall be kept professional teachers, and the in the books of the state super state superintendent of -.public 'intendent of -public instruction, instruction shall be ex officio Sec. 5. The office of the coun before the regular annual coun-; matters 'of the county, ty examination of teachers, full; $ECm7m Tie county board of information as to the nature . edllcation of each count)', to and character of the require-, getlier ,with the clcrk of the Su ments for such nrst grade . life i C t and the r0gister ceruiicaieb ; n mhui umiuaiy , of deeds, sian on tie nrst Mon prepare. and f urmsh to the sev-J lav in Julv 1897.' and bienni- eral county supervisors a set of j examination questions covering; subjects required by law to be, taught in the public schools ot the state, which shall be sub mitted at the regular annual county examination of teachers in July to all applicant for a first srradeTife certificate under such rules, and regulations as the state board of school exam iners may prescribe. The state board of school examiners shall examine and grade the yiapers of all applicants for a first grade life certificate, and shall issue said certificate to such appli cants as are properly qualified and justly entitled thereto, and all examination papers of appli cants to whom nrst fe mo r i r ira hall have been vx i"v.v w iiran nted under this act, shall; cent on file in the office of! hp kont the state superinteiident of pub- ifications, who are known1 to be lie instruction1: Provided, that j in favor of public education, each applicant fori a first grade! who shall serve for two years life certificate shall pay in ad-1 fronvthe date of their appoint vance to the coun!tv supervisor ; ment, as school committeemen the sum of five dollars, which in aid district and until their cboll hp renorted to the countv I successors are elected and qual- board of education and paid; into the o-eneral school fund of I the countv ; Provided, 7 further, - . - i - - that every first grade 1 life cer - tificate to continue valid and optative, shall be renewed by, the state board of school exani- inera every five years, and be- fore said board shall renew said rrtifWp H shall be accomna-l n?0(l -ith mi ': affidavit of the teacher holdm" said certificate, that he or she has been actually engaged in teaching school since receiving said ceit iiicate or since a photograph of Mf. Walter H. its last renewal, and no charge shall be made for such renew al, i ' Sec. 4. The meetings of the state board of school examiners shallbe held at the er.il of the cfnfn cn ri'i n f on1 oil t rkf linKlif X A ty examiner is herein- abolished, to take effect on the first Mon- ; dav in July, 1897. Sec. 5. The board of county commissioners, together with the clerk of the Superior Court and the register of deeds ot each county, shall on the first Mon day in" June, 1897, and trienni- ally thereafter, elect three men of their county, of good busi ness qualifications and known to be in favor of public educa tion, who shall constitute f a county board of education, which board shall enter Vjpon the duties of their office on the first Monday in July following their election, and shall assume all the powers' and duties which tne county commissioners now I have regarding tiie public school ' tiiereafter, elect a county SUpervisor of schools, wl be a practical sdiool te; ho. shall practical scnooi teacner at the time of his election, or has at least one year's experience in teaching school, and who shall be of good' moral character and liberal education, and shall hold his office for a term of two years j from the date of his election and until his successor is elected and qualified. Sec. 8. jfie county board of education of each county on the first Monda- in July, 1897, shall divide their county into as many school districts as there are townships in said county, and shall on the said first Mon- i i ; i i .i in . i()i . auu un.iiui' ,y - - -7 , ; ally thereaiter, elect in eacii oi . . ... said school districts five intelli - gent men of good business qual - ified. If a vacancy should at any time occur in said cmmit - . 1 1 i tee oy aeaui, reiuovai or iwij;- i nation, it shall be the duty of ! the county board of education to appoint a suitable person in said district to fill said yacancy until his successor is elected and qualified : Provided, however, that no more than three mem- bers f the said scliooi commit- tee shall belong to the same po - litical party Sec. 9. The school committee .shall establish and locate in their district, schools for the white race and schools for t lie colored race, and in so doing shall con sult the convenience of the white children in locating 'the schools for the whites and the conven ience of the colored children in locating the schools for the col ored : Provided, however, that there shall not be established in any school district ti greater number of schools for either race than will give each school mm an average ot lewer than sixtv- five pupils. Sec. 10. The county board of education, together with the county supervisor, shall, on the first Monday in January each year, apportion the school fund ui me county to tne various scnooi districts in said county, per capita, which .vpportion meht shall be divided and re apportioned by the school s com mittee to the various school for the whites and colored of their 1 district in the manner hereafter provided i Provided, that the county board of education, be fore apportioning the school fuhd to the various school dis tricts, shall receive as a con tingent fund an amount suf ficient to pay the salary of the county supervisor and per diem and expenses of the county board of education. Sec. 11. It shall be the duty of the school committee to dis tribute and apportion the school money of their district so as to give each school in their dis trict, white and colored, the same length of school term, as nearly as may be each year, and in making such apportionment the said committee shall have proper regard for the grade of work to be done and the quali fications of the teachers requir? ed in each school, white and colored, within the district. Sec. 12. The school commit tee of each district herein pro vided for, shall, before entering upon the duties of their office, take the oath of office as now prescribed by law for school committeemen, and shall, as oon after their- election and i qualification as practicable, not to exceed thirty days, meet and elect from their number a chair man and secretary, and shall keep a record of their proceed ings in a book to bo kept by them for' that purpose. The name and address of the chair man and secretary of each dis trict committee shall be report ed to the secretary of the county board of edllcation and recorded by him in a book kept for that purpose. Continued next week. MIXED PICKLES. The editor of the Willmar, Minn. Argus lives in a house located between a Methodist church and a dance hall. Ono r evening recently there was a ' gathering in both places. It being too warm for comfort in- '.doors, the editor sat on ,-. the ve- randa and took in the situation. This is what he heard : "Let us pray- all salute we beseech thee to join hands and draw nearcircle to the left listen to us first forward and back as we all promenade kneel before thee and balance all present our petition grand right and left for Christ's sake seat 3'our partners. The editor was more than nauuc iil u. ul iiiu uv iviictava. , " m. il tne Milage anu eni mi auu I . . ...... . i joined a baseball club in order ! to be neutral. Press and Prin ter. "The Christian Herald," ed ited bv Dr. Talmage has recent lv onened its - columns for a friendly contest to learn what Sunday school scholar in -the; ' United States can show the: " . i i m . , largest unnroicen record 01 at- atendance. liie result is as tonishing; one gentleman lias not missed a Sunday in 30 years, and one lady has been present at every session for more than 21. Records of 10, 12, and 15 years every Sunday rememler are common. From which it . appears that there are places where people are more fond of directors disregarded the prom going to Sunday school than iu ise and ehcitd a white repub Dunn. i W. L Douglas $3 Shoe. Stylish, duratle. perfect fitfla p. EnJurscd by ovr i.ckio.ooo wrartrs. V. L, Douglas ZJS $4X0 ani $5.00 Shoe lie the production! of skilled workmen, from the best material po ilbk at these prices. Also $2-50 and $2 Shoo for Men, $20, $2 and $ 1.75 Doy W UMonlytbfbratCair.Buislaralf.PiMioll rtrnt 1C Kreiich Kuaat-L, Vtcl KM.tc f radfd l rorrrapnntl whh pner ibaahwca. Jf dealer cannor tupply yoa. wrna Catalog fr. W. L.DOUGLAS, Brocktos, Matt. ulw ar J. A. MASSENGILL & Co Dunn, N. C- STATE NEWS. Items ok news (jatiikued from ALL PARTS OF, THE STATE. An engine bjiler exploded near Warrenton last Tuesdav and killed Mr. Harroll PahneV and injured several others. A young white man was ar rested in Raleigh one day last week for stealing flowers -from the graves in the cemetery. Hon. Win. L. Wilson, 1a Postmaster General, will deli w tlif address at the University at Chapel Hill at the commune ment in June. Frank Baker, a negro oli tican, was shot and killed by an unknown party in his gro ceryjstore at Dudley last Satur day night, March 20th. A fast vegetable train run ning extra, ran into a switch engine at Charlotte Friday. The engines were disabled but no oho hurt. Rob?rt Mosely wxi convicted .'of the killini his brother-in-law. W. M. Oliver, in Surrv c;inty and sentenced to tin penitentia ry for fifteen years. CjI. A. K. MjCluro, elitorof the Philadelphia Times, ha ac cepted aninvitation to deliver the literary address at the com mencement of Salem Femalo College in May. A g?ntleman living near Wil mington recently fumd a gil.l .Spanish coin bearing tin d it of 1387. Old coin hunters w.i ild be glad to t huld of it an 1 tin finder willsprobibly gjt am ly rewarded i he wishes to sell it. The Wilmington Star of Fri day says : Thomas Perry, the colored cabin boy on the steamer Frank Sessoms, was drowned yesterday nar Lyon's landing. - "a O He was about .15 years of ag't and lived in Fayetteville. John Groves was r tried last 'week in tho Wake Sunrior Court for the murder of Henry. Wall. The jury found him guilty of murder in. tin secon I degree an I h? wis s uten?ed t the penitentiary for 2J) years. Last Monday thn r.ve iu officers raitletl tin city and capt ured about 27 barrels of the "ardent" that had not been r?g ularly stamped. Last 4M on day a whole train of car.s loaded with sugar, 1,121 tons, paused through this city for St. Louis, via Salisbury. Wilson Tim s. Gus L?e, a j-oung negro,- wa 4 arrested last .Tuesday in n Ral- - atnfi . it'Arv rPnni Judge Boykin with whom In; had 1kcii working. A watch worth $85. which h had stolon was found on his he was arrested. erson when The new board of directors of the Eastern Hospital for the cdored Insane at Goldsboro ap- pointed by (ii met in Goldsbo Governor . Kussell ro last Wednes day and elected Dr.. Aimer Alexander of Tvrell county to be superintendent of that in stitution. Dr. J. K. Person of Wayne was elected "chairman of the board . of directors. Dr. Alexander is a republican and was a member of the late legis lature. This appointment was promised to the negroes but thn lican. , ' ' i i . . . r.