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"Proye all things; hold fast. thatr which, is good."
Vol. 6.
1897.
No. 17.
HlioFESSIONAL CARDS.
K. W. POIJ'
Attorney-atXaw.
sm nil field, N. c.
( -:u' ful ;it tfiirioii to any--civil' mauers
i ut( 1 to his care in the courts of
! I l.-ifiiett County
H L Godwin,
Att-ojinisy at Law:
D isri, - - N. ('.
(Mii' - !i''Xt door to Pot Office.
Will iracti'! in the courts i. f Harnett
)in, .I'ljoiniiij; counties and in the
Kr.!' 10l ( 'UI t S.
rnniipt :ittntion given to allimsiues
W E- Miirchison, '
, JONisiiOUO, n. c.
!i i Law in Harnett, Mooie and
oih r c.Hintit'.-, hut not for fun.
IY!;. 20 It.
Isaac A- Murchison, .
'FAYKTTEVILLE, eJ. C.
'i :ij t ' Law iii Cumberland, Harnett
und an v where services are w anted.
Si: WING A CHINES.
- 1 ui-h to announce to the people of
linn: :' and siMjromidilifJ couiitry that I
am ki lling I lit Wheeler and j Wilson No.
,. .,si.l the Whiu Sewing Machines,
uhii ii are guaranteed ,t give perfect
-aii-t' ii ti'in. on reasonable terms.
.'! best inachiue oil, needles, fixtures
A.c.1 ill vayon hand. I al-o repair
mi .iillii'ne.-- ,at, moderate eost. Work
iiai-a'ijt'eeil. -I have fourteen years ex
(icrii 'h -c in the machine business and am
tU 'ii ':":ghly ae(jnainted with them.
i lie.i(iquai:ers are at Mr. K. F.
.Young's tre: where I will he pleased to
.-lmv my machines
Yoni'v to ph ase.
I. M.- HAYES.
:id-Jt
Dun::, N. C.
TOWN DIRECTORY.
CHURCHES. ;"
Mvthodist Cimrch. lie v. E. C. Sell, Pastor,
s-rvitvs lirst Sunday nitflit, and fourth fSun
luy nun niiitf and night. Prayrineeting
.triiy Wednesday night. Suhday Schc?J
t vei'y Sunday morning at lfl o'clock, O. K.
;r:iwtli;mi Superintendent.
- liaiitist Cliurrh. Rev. L. R. Carroll, pastor.
Si'i-v io-s 'vciy second Sunday morning' and
niifliU , rra.Vfi-nn-etinjj every Thursday night
S imlay Scliool every Sunday morningr, R. G
Taj tor Suiierinfendent.
rilcsliyteiian Church. Rey. A. M. Hassel
lastor. Services every itirat and fifth Sunday
iinn-iiiny and night, Suudav school every
Sunday morning, M. L. W ade Superintendent.
. "liisciiile Churcli Rev. I. VV. Rogers, pas
tor, (services every third Sunday morning
mid night. Christian Endeavor Society every
.TuvKday night. Sunday School every Sunday
evening at 3 o'clock, McD. Holliday Supt..
Five Will Baptist Church. Elder R. C.
J ark son, pastor. Services every second Sun
day morning and night. i . ,
Primitive Baptist. Church on Broad street
Kl.l.-i1 W. CJ. Turner, Pastor, Regutar servi
ce s on the third Salihath morning, and Satur
day liefure, in each month at 11 o'clock. El
dor i'. D. Gold, of Wilson, editor of Zion's
I.aKLuiai-k, preaches at this church on the
fourth Sunday evening in each month at 7M
o'clock. Everybody la invited to attend
those, services. I .' ,
Voting Mens' Union' Prayer meeting every
Sunday evening at .4 o'clock and Friday pighf
nt 7:30 o'clock. All are cordially invited to
attend these .services.. An invitation is ex
tt'iidvd to t he visitors.
LODGES.
LucWnow Lodge, No. 115, I. O. O.K. Lodge
room over J . I). Barnes' store. Regular meet
Jug on every Monday night. L. II. Lee. N. G.;
C. II. fexton, V. G.; O. K. Grantham, Secre
tary. All Odd Fellows are cordially invited
to attend.
Palmyra Lodg. No. 147. A.. P. & A. M. Hall
ovvr Free Will Baptist church. P. P. Jones
W. M ; W. A. Johnson, S. W.; E. A. Jones
J. W.; J. G. Johnsen, Secretary. Regular
tonuuunications are held on the 3rd Satur
day at li) o'clock A. M., and on the 1st Friday
at 7:3o o'clock p. m. in each month. All Ma
soais in good standing are cordially, invited
to attend these communications.
TOWN OFFICERS.
' II. C. McNeill, Mayor.-
M. L. Wade, Clerk, j
K. F. Young,, Treasurer.
J. A. Driver, Policeman.
Commissioners
l. K. Granthain,.
V. 1). Thornton, j
u. II. Parker.
E. F. Young. .
Cointv Officers.
shtritT.J. II. Pope.
' Cleik. F. M. McKay. t
Register of Deeds, J. McK. Byrd, ,
Treasurer, G. DjSpenee.
X'oroner. J.J, wilson.
Surveyor,.!. A. O'Kelly.
County Examiner, Rev. J. A. Campbell, i
Commissioners : J. A. Green, Chairman
II- N. Bizzell and Neill McLeod.
" feelitmy duty to give you. a
truthful statement of what Chamber-.
Iain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea
Remedy did," writes J. S. Collins of
Moore. S. C, 1 had a child about
two years old, that had the diarrhoea
for two months. I tried ail the best
known remedies, but none gave the
relief. When this remedy came to
band, I gave it as directed, and in
two:davs the child was completely
cured." Sold by N. B. Hood, drug
gist ! rjuun, N. C;
Silk and tea are Japan's chief
exports.
m
-
;.".-"
W. L Douglas $3 Shoe.
Stvlish. durable. nrfef t fittino-.
Endorsed by over 1,000,000 wearers.
L. Douglas $3.50, $4.00 and $5.00
Shoes are the productions of skilled
workmen, from the best material pos
sible at these prices. Also $2-50 and $2
Shoes for Men, $2.50, $2 and $1.75 Boys
W ute only the best Calf, Russia Calf, French
Patent Calf, French Enamel, Vici Kid, etc.,
graded to correspond with prices of the shoes.
If daler cannot supply yon, wrlte
Catalog free. W. L.DOUGLAS, Brockton, Mass.
SOLO BT
J A. MASSENG-ILL Sr Co
Dunn, N. G
STATE NEWS.
Items of news gathered from
. all parts of the state.
The Madison postoffice was
broken open Tuesday night and
stamps and- coin and jeAvelry
amounting to $40 taken from
the drswer. Tlie burglars at
tempted to blow open the safe
but failed. No arrests have yet
been made. Winston Journal.
Mr. Alex. Strickland plowed
up a -nest of young rabbits a few
days ago and took them to the
house as aj feast for the cat.
But the cat ! took the little rab
bits into her nest of kittens and
is caring for
little kittens
little rabbits and
alike . Scotland
Neck Commonwealth.
Mr Hugh Jackson was here
this morning and told us that
he saw a belled buzzard near
his home in "Pocket - township
the other day. This buzzard
has been seen in that commu
nity seyral times during the
past two or three years . It was
reported last fall that he was
dead. Sanford Express.
The Edna Cotton Mills have
put in 250 new looms and ha:e
added 200 hands to their force.
The mills now work nighjand
day, having two sets of opera
tives. Their capacity is five
million (5,000,000) yards of
cloth per annum. The pay roll
calls for about $75,000 per year.
This is the second largest plant
in the State. Webster's Week-
iy.,
V 'Currituck is a great county.
It was the Keystone of the Dem
ocratic party for jears and is, so
still. It produces the finest
ducks, and geese, and swan and
snipe, and bull frogs, and the
oldest men in North Carolina
and the most stalwart, hearti
est healthiest men in the State.
And now to all these products
it adds a product of a fat boy 13
years and six months old who
weighed on April 6 th 436
pounds. His name is Lewis T.
Lewark. He has 10 brothers
and sisters whose weight ranges
from 180 to .250 lbs. His pa
rents are under medium size
and weight, his ancestors were '
sometimes fat people, showing
that qualities skip parents and
reproduce in remote ancestors."
-Elizabeth City Economist.
A young white .man named
Moore' was, on trial before a mag
istrate at Aurelian Springs Sat
urday on a warrant sworn out
by . Miss Crowley. While the
trial was progressing the 3-oung
wonlan drew a pistol from her
pocket and fired point blank at
Moore's head. The ball took
effect in the scalp and passed(
around undq the skin and came
out about three inches from
where it entered. Miss Crowley
was in the act of shooting again,
when some one wrested the pis
tol from ler hands. It appears
that the couple were engaged
and young Moore did not appear
to be in i a dhurry to have the
marriage ceremony performed
and wanted to be released. The
young woman had nerve and
had him arrested, anci then los
ing control of her feelings dur
ing the trial attempting to take
his life, as stated. News and
Observer.
"London has 548,300 inhabited
houses. ;
Items of Interest to the La
dies, FURNISHED BY OUR
Correspondent.
To Xell a Good Housekeeper
How can I tell her ?
By her celtar, t
Cleanly shelves, and whitened wall :
I can guess her
By. her dresser.
By the back staircase and hall ;
And with pleasure
Take hei; measure
By the wa: she keeps her.-: rooms :
Or the peeping
At the'keepi 'g' ,
.Of hoi hack and unseen room..
By her kitchen's air of neatness,
And its general completeness,
Where in' cleanliness and sweetness
The roe of order blooms.
A. REAL LADY jlND WHAT SHE
REPRESENTS.
A day or two ago a number
of women were discussing this
interesting topic, how to know
a lady at the first glance, what
are her attributes and so forth
and so on.
'You may tell her," said
one, "by her boots, gloves, and
handkerchiefs." Another
thought her skirt binding told
the story, and a third declared
that her language would betray
her, "And it's words not ideas,
tnat . concern this particular
test," the speaker added, it is
undoubtedly true that, while
the nicety of the small essentials
of a woman's toilet indicate a
certain degree of refinement of
taste at least, they are not the
unmistakable hall-mark of birth
and breeding.
Many would much more
quickly give the preference to
the intonation of the voice and
the use of words as a surer sign.
A fine detail in clothes is now
possible to almost any: observe
ing person. An unmistakably
coarse, not to say vulgar, look
ing woman is often irreproach
able in the matter of boots,
gloves, skirt bindings, et al.
The charm of a well-modulated
voice, using good English, un
dented by slang or provincial
isms this is not often acquired
without the height of culture.
BEING A
GOOD
I-
HOSTESS.
The secret of being a good
hostess is in hiding the fact that
you are making an effort to
please. The house to which
you like best to go are those
where you feel at liberty to look
over books and portfolios, where
the piano stands open, and there
are easy chairs without elabo
rate cushions . In preparing for
an evening party, if you expect
to have games which involve
real play, put away delicate
bric-a-brac, so t;hat no guest
shall have the misfortune to
spoil his evening and yours by
accident. Scatter picture books
and photographs at the sides of
the room for the benefit of those
Unfortunates, the -wallflowers.
There should always be a cor
ner set apart for those who do
not dance, and this should be
large enough for a table at
which a game may . be played
comfortably. Look after the
shy girls and boys ; that is one
of the chief duties' ,of the host
ess. It is better to try to bring
them into the general sport than j
to devote yourself to their
amusement. '
THIS AND THAT ABOUT HOUSE
CLEANING BY KATHERI NE B.
JOHNSON 1
'WOODWORK.
Never use soap of any kind
upon painted woodwork as the
alkali softens the surface and
causes white paint to turn yel
low. Genuine sapolia or borax is a
safer detergent than ammonia,
but even these should be used
sparingly.
Clean woodwork that lias
been oiled or varnished with
clear water or te"pid tea. After
cleaning rub lightly with a soft
cotton cloth add a mixture of
two parts raw linseed oil and
one part turpentine. JRub dry
with a soft woollen cloth.
Use the same mixture, and
in the same way, for furniture
that only needs fresKening.
4 Y
, PfeW --'- - -JLWAS
HON? J. W.
who has been elected President
which opens May 1st 1897.
This likeness is made with
on maple wood. J
Never api3ly oil to furniture
until it has been m thoroughly
cleaned: nor in a room where
it is dusty, or will b&duringthe
process of drying. . The clean
ing can best be done, with a soft
cotton cloth and a medium size
flat pointed' brush. If badly
soiled, or the dust in carve.d
parts and. corners is obstinate
add a little ammonia to the
water. '
Carpets or rugs I can be as
thoroughly beaten spread on the
grass as hung over a line, and
with much less danger of inju
ry. In either case they should
be beaten on the
wrong side
first.
All things considered, a solu
tion of ox gall and warm soft
water, rin the proportion of one
pint of the former to two gal
lons of the latter, is the best
cleansing and freshening agent
for carpets. If spots are obsti
nate use white soap also. (Ox
gall soap can be bought at any
drug store, if the piire gall can
not be obtained.)
Gasoline'is a most effective
cleanser but it often leaves a
dark circle about the soiled spot
that is mord disfiguring than
the original one. But draper
ies no matter whether of deli
cate silk or heavy chenille that
are streaked with dust and
grime can be beautifully cleaned
by a thorough washing in gaso
line. Do it in the open air,
and as expeditiously as possible
washing and rinsing one before
wetting another. Cover the
curtain with gasoline ; work it
up and down and rub spots with
the hands ; fold lengthwise and
put through the wringer. Rinse
in gasoline ; wring out ; pull
carefully into shape ; hang
lengthwise of the line and in
the shade.
NEARLY FORTY MILES AN
HOUR.
The fastest ship afloat is what
the British are to own, ind to
that end the Admiralty is now
discussing plans and contracts
for one or more torpedo boats
which shall have a speed of
thirty three knots an hour.
This will be equivalent to about
thirty-eight miles an hour, and,
as is almost , alwajs the case,
the builders figuring on a mini-1
mum speed, seldom fail to add
at least a knot per hour to the
speed contracted for.
These new boats will require
about 8000 horse-power to devel
op this speed, although there
will only be about 300 tons dis
placement. Byt comparison
with the Lucania, which has
about 30,000 horse-power and
13,000 tons displacement, it will
be seen that the little flyers,
although forty-three t i m e s
smaller, only take about four
times less power to drive them.
The speed of these new boats
nearly forty miles an hour
will be fully up to the all-day
speed of the average express
train. Woman's Health and
Home Journal.
See the Wheeler and Wilson
Machine No. 9 at E. F. Young's.
Its a hummer Greatest
of work.
range
THOMAS, ,
of the Tennsssee Centennial,
-.
a pocket knife by our compositor
The Evils of Kissing.
Much is being said now, in
medical and health ; journals,
uponithe evils of kissing. Next
to the Germans the Americans
are, perhaps, the greatest peo
ple to kiss.
Ladies, when they meet at
home, or on the street, salute
each other with a kiss. The
innocent child" in a baby car
riage has to j be caressed , and
kissed by every passing acquain
tance. The Japanese must be
wise people in this respect, as
they are said .never to kiss. The
Germans and Jews are equally
foolish, for they are- always
kissing. j
That there is danger ' in this
common practice there can be
no doubt. . The mouth and teeth
are favorite lodging places for
all kinds of germs and bacteria.
Particles of food, despite every
effort at cleansing, will accumu
late between the teeth and,- re-
j
maining there, putrefactive
changes will soon take place.
Then people are careless about
keeping the mouth and teeth
clean, a negligence tnat is not
only fraught with danger for
others, but is deleterious to their
own health and comfort.
The chief danger resulting
from kissing is the spread of
infectious diseases. It is known
that many of the contagious dis
eases, such as diphtheria, scar
let fever, measles and mumps
enter the system through the
mouth and throat. And in this
connection let it be suggested
that it is a -wise precaution for
all who are liable to come in
contact with infectious diseases.
This is a risk ' that is terrible
and should not be allowed, how
ever hard it is to restrain a
mother from kissing her own
children. In this same way
diseases be communicated from
the sick to well children by the
medium of the mother's mouth.
The kissing of children is a
practice that is much too com-
mon. it is a naoit tnat ougni
to be prohibited by law.
parent should impress
nurses and servants this
that no one should ever
lowed to kiss the baby.
Every
upon
fact
he al-Chil-
dren, as we all know, are es
pecially susceptible to infectious
maladies, and many cases of
these diseases, whose origin is
doubtful, could be traced, no
doubt, to a kiss from j some in
fected mouth. . j
Grave constitutional diseases
have been communicated in just
this same manner, causing the
wreck of many an innocent
life.
Not considering the moral as
pect of the subject at all, kiss
ing should be discouraged
among all classes of people,
upon hygienic grounds. . The
young lady who allows herself
to be kissed by those of the op
posite sex, not only commits a
moral wrong, but a hygienic
wrong that might be terrible in
its consequences.
Let every one discourage the
habit of kissing, and especially
must every precaution be . taken
to protect innocent babies and
children. Woman's Health
and Home Journal.
XIIK QITO OF 1IO Till.
She hath no throne of royal state.
No jeweled scei.ter In her hand,
Her realm Is ginnll her suhjects few
No armies ina'rchStt her command.
But at the lightest word or look.
Her royal vassals living feet
Make haste to d i herbi hling true,
And count their every service sweet.
She is not robed as other queens.
No purple spUxuior round her falls.
Nor ermine mantle trails behi.id.
As she moves through her palace halls,
But hands of little children cling
About her skirts, as though the touch '
Wrought blessing, as His robe of old
Who said, "My kingdom is of such."
Her face? You see it pictured ofc
Iu old cathedrals vast and dim.
Some woman whom the painter loved.
Who made the whole world fair to linn.
And that her sweetness might not fade,
He made Madonnas with her face;
And thus his high ideal shall live.
Enshrined within the holy place.
A babe i clasped within her rrns.
Type of a Kingdom 3et to be;
Crown of her hope, and love, and life.
insignia ox royalty.
; ' 1 Ilarriet M. Bolman.
A BRAZILIAN PROPHET-
Things are ' pretty t lively in
Brazil, according to recent dis
patches. A .serious rising has
taken place, and the peasants
are up in arms in Bahai, Ser-
gipe and Pernambuco. Revo
lutions are almost every-day af
fairs in South America, but this
revolt is an extraordinary one.
The insurgents are led by a
half-witted fanatic who is called
"Counsellor" Antonio. This
man believes that he has been
sent by God to' put the affairs of
his country in order. A large
nnmW of npasants have ioined
him. !Fliey look upon him as a
prophet divinely inspired.
When he'began to preach, some
two or three years ago, ho was
laughed at by the authorities,
but now things have gone far
bevond the laughing stage.
Among the doctrines preached
by this "prophet' Ms one wincii
forbids his people to pay their
taxes. Consequently, two years
ago, some sixty policemen were
sent to collect the taxes by force.
The "counsellor's" people re
ceived them with showers of
arrows .and utterly routed them.
In the following year, a military
expedition, numbering 500, was
dispatched to restore order, but,
strange to say, the soldiers
shared the same fate as the pof
lice. This year it was decided
by the Government to send a
large'r force to break the "coun
sellor s . power. Early in
March troops to the number of
1500, under Colonel Cesar
Moreira,, attacked' Canudos,
the "Prophet's" headquarters.
Again the ingurgents were suc
cessful. They drove back the
soldiers and captured all their
guns. Of the gallant 1500 only
ninety men and thirteen officers
escaped, among those killed
being Colonel Moreira himself.
. A still larger force has been
dispatched against the insur
gents, and the prophet may
soon find himself in captivity.
Ex.
J. Stewart Wortham, colored,
has been appointed postmaster
at Ridgeway, in the place of
Mrs Cheatham. This is the
first appointment in Warren
county under the new adminis
tration. A man 'who pro
fessed to be an expert judge of
such things, recently passed
through the 'northern part of
our ceuntv and declared that
several parties in Si.xpounds and
Hawtree townships', have large
jquantities of gold on their farms.
-Warren ton Record.
A special to the Raleigh Tri
bune says Miss Viola, 19 years
old and prett', daughter of I.
S. E. Brown, postmaster at
Brown postoffice in Randolph
county, has been arrested for
robbing the mails and was bound
in a bond of $200 to the Federal
Court at Greensboro. She ac
knowledged her guilt.- J
'iT' r " iiiiinii . , 1 , "
Tetter, Salt-Ilheum and Eczema.
The intense itching and smarting. Inci
dent to these diseases, is instantly allayeQ
by applying Chamberlain's Eye and
Skin Ointment. Many very bad cases
have been permanently enred by it. It
is eqnally efficient for itching piles and
a favorite remedy for sore nipples,
chapped hands, chilblains, frost bites
and chronic sore eyes. 23 cts. per box.
J)r. Cadj Condition Powder, are ,
just what a horse needs when in bad
condition. Tonic blood purifier and
vermifuge. They are not food but
medicine and the best in use to put a
horse in prime condition. Price 23
cents per package.
For sale by N. B. Hood, Drug
gist, Dunn, N. C.
THE WORLD'S COSTLIEST
BU0K.
The most expensive book ever
published -.in the world is the
official history of the war of the
rebellion, which is now being
issued by the government of the
United States at a cost up to
date ot $2,334,328, says . tho
Chicago Record. Of this amount
$1,184,291 has been paid for ,
printing and binding The re
mainder was expended for sala-;
ries, rent, stationery and other
contingent and .miscellaneous,
expenses, and for the purchase
of records from private individ
uals. It will require at least
three years longer and an ap
propriation of perhaps $000,000
to complete the work, so that
the total cost will undoubtedly
reach nearly $3,000,000. It
will consist of 112 volumes, in
cluding an index, and an atlas
which contains 178 -plates and
maps illustrating the important
battles of the war, campaigns, .
routes of march, plans of foris
and photographs of interesting
scenes, places and persons.
Most of these pictures arc takeji
from photographs made by the
late M. B. Brady, of Washing
ton. Several years ago the gov
ernment purchased his stock of
negatives for a large um of
money. Each volume- will,
therefore, cost an average of
about $2(5,785, which probably
exceeds that of any book that
was ever issued. Copies are
sent free to public libraries, and
1,347,999 have been so distrib
uted. The atlas costs $22 and
the remainder of the edition is,
sold at prices ranging from 50
cents to 90 cents a volume.
There does not seem to be a
large popular demand for only
51,154 copies have been sold for
a total of. $30,154. Thus it will'
be seen that;the entire proceeds
received from sales thus far but
slightly exceed the average cost
of each of the 112 volumes.
The books can be obtained by
addressing the Secretary of
War.
The material used r in the
preparation of these histories is
taken from both the Federal and
Confederate archives, and is
purely official. The reports of
commanders of armies, corps,
brigades, regiments, etc., are
carefully edited and arranged
so as to give a consecutive? ac
count of all engagements, with
as little duplication and unnec-'
essary material as possible, anil"
as the writers represent both
sides of the struggle it may be
regarded as impartial. Scien
tific American.
A PRACTICAL WIDOW.
Here is one written by a lady
whose husband died suddenly:
"Mr. Editor: I desire to thank
the friends and neighbors most
heartily in this manner for their
united aid and co-operation dur
ing the illness and death of my .
late husband who escaped from
me by, the hand of death on last
Friday while eating breakfast.
To my friends and all who con-
tributed so willingly towards
making the last moments and
the funeral of my husband a
success, I desire to remember
most kindly," hoping these lines
will find them enjoying the same
blessings. I have also a good
milch cow and roan gelding
horse, 8 years old, which I will
sell cheap. God moves in a
mysterious may," his wonders to
perform. He plants his foot
steps on the sea and rides upon
the storm,' also a black and
white shoafc very low."
John Lane, a negro tramp, in
attempting to board a through
freight train, was run over and
killed at Enfield Wednesday
night of. last week. He was
badly mangled. Both legs were
cut off and his head was sev
ered' from the body. Weldon
News.
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