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THE COUNTY UNION. DUNN, Harnett County. X. C. Entered according to postal regula tions at the posoffice at Dunn. X. C, as second clus matter. , J. P. Pittmax, Proprietor, A. M. Wood all, Editor. i TERRS OF SUBSCRIPTION.) Three Month.?... 25 Cents Six Months - .......50 Cent?. One Yean Sent bv Mail. Payable in advance. Duxx, X. C, Junk 0, 1897. WILL LOCAL OPTION BRING ABOUT THE ENDS 1) ESI II f-.D. We read in Ecclesiastes "To every tiling there 'is a season, and it time to even purpose under the heaven' On next Monday--there will be an elec tion irithe town of Dunn the purpose of;. which is to .decide, bv the vote of the' male citizens of the town, .whether license shall '.be granted to sell liquors in the town after, the first of July or not. - Those who desire that license . be not granted will cast a bal lot witlrthe words "No License" printed or written thereon; those who favor the granting of license will cast a ballot with the. word '-License" printed or writteii thereon. - Those who favor the. '"No License claim that the - sale of intoxicating liquors is the great- est evil in the land and that if tlie saloon is done away with tliat the temptation to part alee Of the evils of the drink will be 'm-eatlvdessened. This no doubt. is a point well taken. Another claim they make is that if will lessen drunkenness and crime. Will it have this effect? It has been tlie history of near ly all towns that have tried io cal option that some person who was run out of the saloon business' by the local option law goes just outsids tlj,e corporate limits of the town, erects a gov ernment still, makes whiskey and, by paying $25 for a license from the United States, sells it by the quart to all who wish it. At these places there is no po lice protection and main' Hin ders have been- committed at them. Besides these stills some men who care very little for the laws will make it in the woods and sell it in any quantity to parties who will buy from them. We have seen that since the tax on whiskey has been raised that there are two -blockade distilleries to where there was one before and the government admits that it "is unable to sup press them. It is a son of un written law with a large class of our people that they must have their dram and the law must not molest and if it does they will have it anvwav. Tin class of people cannot be reach ed with local prohibition - If there were no liquors, soh hero it would no doubt bench some men wmie ii migut cause "others to drink more. Anothe argumt'iit used is that it .wil cause a great many poor men n save their money and not spent it for liquor and this is the class that Avill be most benefited bv it. Of course if thev could nut get it they would be bench tied iui wn.eu inev kuow a man who has the money to buv ;hb whiskev and can and does have it shipped to him by the keg the poor man who has .link iiione- at a time goes to tin woods and gets his on the sly comes back home, feels that hi has done mean and gets drunk and probably keeps it up unti he hasno respect for the law. : There are onlv five saloons in tlie countv, four here and out in Lillingtnn. The county ha? been receiving from them one- sixth of the public school fund raised m the county. -To shut ;tnese tour in mum out cuts down the public school fund .$800 a year. The enthusiastic church work er will sav that he is not voting against the saloon keeper but i - i i ms ousmess ne wants to stop the business. Have vou thought that when you vote '4No Li cense" Monday, that you will vote to bankrupt every saloon keeper in Dunn? If the town . should go dry they have onlv 16 days in which to sell their stock and get their money out of it so that thev may go into some other, business. What kind of a condition would any merchant here be in if he had to close out his stock in lGdays. These men have not been doing an illegel business under the j law. The Liws of our State j and Nation say it is legal, and it is an unfair'law to legalize a buisness and then say that you must close out in 16 days what goods you have and those you have not .sold in that time voir cannot seilr Friends, you who will vote ! "No License," how many of you would vote to pay these men cost for all tlie goods they have on hand on July 1st? If you think it wrong for it to be'sold here you ought not to force these men to move ' some where else to sell their stuff in order that they may get their money out of it. Vote to pay them for their stuff and burn it up. They all have families as dear to them as yours are to vou. Do you want to take what they have away from them so that they will not be able to keep their families as well as they are iioav? There is a way to be conserva tive infill tilings, and it is a poor rule that want work both waj-s. We would that -all men would be sober -and temperate in all things, rand when you have considered all things bear ing on this question go to the polls Monday and vote an open ballot likea mna as your con science directs, having.' charity for all. - A. M. WOO DAL L. REQUIREMENT FOR LIFE CERTIFICATES. At a meeting of the State Board of Examiners held in lial cldi on the 28th and '29 of mav 1897, the following subject were, adopted: for examination of Teachers applying for first grade life certificates : I. English Grammer, Com position and Literature, Spell ing, Defining, W r i t i n g and Heading. 2 Geography, Po litical and Physical. 3. Phys iology and Hygiene.' 4. His torv. North Carolina. .United States and general. 5. Arith luetic. 6. Elementary Alge bra. '-,7. Elementary Botany. 8.. . Elementary Psychology. 9. Elementary' P h v s i c s. 10. Civil G o v em m e n.t. II. School Law. The following books in addi tion to those prescribed by law are suggested as indicating the scope of the examinations on the several subjects : Whitney's Es sentials of 'English Grammar ; Pancoast's Composition and Rhetoric ; Lock wood's Lessons1 in 'English ; Maurv's- Geogra phv : ' Tarr s Physical Geogra pliy ; Sully's Psychology for Teachers.; White's Elements of 1 i Pedagogy ; James' Psychology ;J Physics, Avery and Gage: ,Fiii ger's and Peterman's Civil Gov erment. Board adjourned to meet on the 16th day of June, 1897, at Morehead .Cftv. C. II. Mebane, President State Board of Exam iners. Puolia Pots- Crops are looking well in this section, in spite of tliejbackward spring, but' they 'are needing some rain. Miss Flora McLean, a sister of I).. C. McLean, of Variety Grove, died at her sister's Mrs. Annie McLean on the vth. and was buried in the old family burying grounds. There has been no marriage' around here of late, but the courting goes on just the same,. The first excursion of the season on the Harnett Central was run by tliecolord people on 1 I L T . FT iasr ruiiuay, ln.un itairtown to Spout Springs where connection was made with tlie special from Sanford to Manchester. Tiere were only two stopping points. Washington Junction ' and Loftin. Fare for round trip 10 cts checks taken same as cash. Tlie friends and relatives of the Rev. D. A. MeRae were glad' to welcome him back on a visit to his old home near here. He at present resides at San Augus tine, Texas, where he has charge oi pastoral woik. Mr. .McKae preached an. eloquent, and- for cible sermon to a large and appreciative congregation at Flat Branch on Sunday the 6th, which was especially enjoyed bv f mit st't-u mm lor 40 ears, ev- vnii lroiu jit. 1 lsgan were pres 1 r T". ent. Mr. McRae is a preacher of rare oratory, and is a bold .and arless sneaker. He left for Tn " r 1 I - s 1 icxas Aionaay, The County Lnion has many riendsin this part of the County i ji ubscribers is that a man with a dollar at this time of the year is almost as ejreat a curiosity as an Italian with a monkey. uiu int1 ..reason we are not aiiLToni-n.il TJX ON TOBACCO TO BE 2 INCREASED. We particularly urge the to bacco growers to action, because thev can render valuable "assi. fance, and is their interests no less than' those of the manufac turers are endangered, they should unhesitatingly do all that lies in their-power for their own protection. An 8-cent tax low- means, beyond .any doubt, .or. prices for the common grades' of tobacco, which constitute the major part of the crop- and which are "already selling far too low. 'Any man or papejr that tell the planters that a liigher tax will bring with it h i g h e r prices for leaf, misleads them, either intentionally for politi cal ends or through ignor ance. I Among the readers of the Southern tobacco journal hire a numTer of tobacco planters, prominent and influential; men in their various sections of coun try, and we ask them tp take the lead in this matter. .Wje ask them to get up petitions oi write to their representatives in the federal halls of legislation', and get their neighbors to writb ; and let their position relative jto the proposed increased tax be known and known at once. Their op position will have a good effect, and will well supplement the work that is being done bv the mttiiufacturers and others; con iu clcd with our threatened in dustry. An account of the' meeting Wednesday of the manufUctwr- ers at Washington, together v,i.tJi a hearing given their dele gation by the Senate -committee appears on another page, and' it will be noriced that the commit tee evinced a special desire to learn upon whom the burden of a higher tax rate would fall. The-spokesman of. the ( tion said truly that the elega-addi- tional two cents would ultimate ly be borne principally Hy the grower. What impression this statement made, it will be fur ther observed, has not been dis closed. Probably, coming from what might be thought a wholh interested source, it did not car ry the weight it should.; The planters need be. heard from and that promptly. Let them! speak out m unniistakaole language. They have a right to ask, if not demand, that the already! mea- gre returns for their labo'r and investments be not further cut down by legislative enactments and to require . of those 'whom they have sent to Congress to stand staunchly by them, irre spective of party i)olitics or any thing else The situation at Washington so tar as we can g a t h ei r, is thi The Senate finance committee is determined unon increasing i - i inc. internal revenue, tax ! rates on iiiCnufacturea tobacco.'! snuff and cigaret tes, holding jmd.no other reasons are given tliat the Government must havejmore revenue, and that tobacco the uoiiti oer is recognized as jin article- to bear .h.'eayy tjxxittion. The f;ict that- this is toiKicc6-iro- vith the great- est of tobacco mjinuta'ctiirino- enterprises ; that growers! and .manufacturers wquid be greatly injured' by higher - taxes, and that the proposed rates would likely reduce- the consumption and therefore not yield! any more revenue than, under the present rates, are blindly1 ig nored. Nothing may be expect ed from tliis committee, The Democrats and' -Populists in the Semite are solid against the proposed "tobacco schedule' and they, are able to prevent its passage if two Republican "Sen ators will stand by them. The iie.v Republican -"Senator frum Kentucky Mr. Deboe, will Ik true -to his Srate and its prinei. ial agricultural product. I What will Senator. Pritejiard. of North Carolina-, do? It; de - i i- I p.mas upon mm. He lias de clared tliat he will opose hi'di-ej- taxes on tobacco in -caucus, but has not commiteii himself to vjie agtiinst his party's measure in the Senate. Wilfhe s-ierifi,.(1 his. people'to. his partizansiiip? Or will he; like the California Republican Senators who defeat ed d th e proposition to put fruit on the free list, sh ow tliat ins uu - i imi,uue to tne inter ets of North O.ttv,;,. v..m.ii . Senator Pritchard should1 not be left in" any-doubt as ti senti ment of the people in this mat ter ! Write to hini ! send ,ieti- v, a . 1 ii r it 1 Itionsto him mi,f " L . cv. iii I) rowers: leaf denlors lin.l housemen ! Sonth.-rn T,nrv! y-' 1 iv...4t... f I ! . If you want to get the hojue j news subscribe for this paper, j J . i i On next Monday the votes of the professed christians will de cide the destiny of the open sa loon in our town. We hope every one" will vote as he j be lieves the ALL SEEING EVE wpillcl have him. ' There are about one-hundred and fifty voters of our town members of some denomination. It seems to me that it is about time the nrofessors of religion . . . im?L : .U1U ,.1, .--1.1 j. .. ' 1 " 1. A ;? I tell vou, we must1 take a stand for God and for right if tj we would be His servants, for' tlie coming election is going to be an out and out battle between right and wrong, drunkeness and sobriety. Voter take iyour choice. Again professing chris tians I sav take a stand J and unless there be too many 'Priests and Levites" among us who will stubbornly "pass by on the other side" the vic tory will be ours. If the one hundred and fifty christian vot ers of Dunn should take sides on this subject it will be decided in the right direction. If j the saloon is continued in our town it will be because the church .members want them. who can -deny th a Those of . you who profess to love the Lord Jesus Christ and to love purity, and to- be. -sworn enemies of all uncleanness and debauchery and sin. If you will onlv march side by side and shoulder to shoulder, this evil will be overthrown. Think of six churches and fi v e Sunday schools in Dunn marching shoulder to shoulder fellow christians let us vote -'.right, for tlie- day may come when the rum fiend shall stand at, door of our home and curse all that is dear 'to us with, unrelenting curses, ' Yes, God is waiting the God who vvorks through human in strumentalities waiting to see if this town is going to over- v7 Ce -'i throw tli is evil, aye. He is (wait ing to see what the church of God will do. The Licensed Sa loonmmmn. must go. ,,,sy mote it le. " - J . Si: la ii. ' - l Will be uafurld Friday night a? 'le Bapdst. . ctiU'C?'. Ti-ti lrieds t Ttmpi'raue'e will curiy out'tl-o follow1 Msg'- ' prograsarua. Atitiiis.)ii f free L;-t . '.evfrybo-iy, men , wmetk and to negio p-oniptlv at 8 oe'lfck ! 1 Song, Cor'iia.-i a, by- ccngregittion! z rsiDie ici0::- Li- l XIT w . tio.agars 3 Praver, Rev. E C. Sell 4 ' Lecture, "The -Bar-room- an1 1!S Eviis," Rev A. J McK.uy 5 Prayer, H. O McNeill.. F 6 Souir,"A Mother Pla," i M'.-s Nettie Burnee 7 ll'jcitation. "Poor-hou-e NaTij" Miss Foy Barueij 8 S. -eg, "Vit.; a You Pray" I , . Conaregjatioti 9 Song, L ;,t After AH," '. rs E F. Yoauy. 10 K-trcitation,- "Apostrophe to Rum'' M s, E 11 Soi.g, "Vvhere is tuy WanderiDg Bay To night?" Miss Ma ramie B zzell 1'2 Ttscita'.ki.u, The Martyred Mbtb-r, Miss Flora Long. 13 Sori, . Dowij iu i he Li-uts ;i Saloon,"' M if.' s L ?.ctl B rtic B'iruetJ. 14 K -oi:a.Jicri, "Land's ii . Me-ag-," FiV Biriit i - 5 llc:i.a: kg-a?id ' Beuedn. t':'h. i II v L 11. Carr.,1!. '3'sst Sil'an ix-rry L'rl. This has been the most suc cessful year in the history of .-trawberrv growing in 2sorth Carolina. According to V the Wilmington Messenger the ship ments or strawberries troni along the Wilmington and Wei- don railroad, this season, have amounted. to about 100,000 crat-.'.s. uu-arts l ins means , 1 .) The price has averaged )out 12 j --'cents, per quart tor the entire. 'crop, yielding a - val ue of .$040,000. These figures are astonishing but they are true, the estimate is rather un der the actual figures. It is said that the berry growers in Duplin county alone have: made $o()0.000 thisVear. A continu ation of this would' husir the cry of hard -times' in- the berry section. -Sampson Democatr' THE UNIVERSITY. 47 Teachers, 413 Students, S u m me r Sch ool 1 5 8 ) Tpta 1 , o49. Board $S a montJi, 3 Brief Courses, 3 Full Courses, 'Law and Medical Schools aud School Jl J. Ucll lllill. V . VIiailUttlC AOUrst'Sj 1 open to Women, Summer : r- 1 if m t r i t t . i 1 . t hip ; J t -WAJ.VVA .iX JL I. UV.liV.li7f IVIIVK and Loans, for tho Need v. Address, Pkest dent" Alder- j man, Chapel Hill, N. C. Minso Sparks. Crops are looking very well on1 in crond condition, al Cti IU - . V. -a v v tlirinrrK nor so larfTG i as at this v- v" - C7 season last year. Mrs. E. Felton, of Sellers, S. C, is visiting Mrs. K. L. How ard. . Mr. A. P. West, of Dunn, spent Saturday night with friends in this community. Mr. J. R. Hinson, who has been running the saw at Mr. Howard's mill for mearly two years, has resigned hi place and gone to his home near Max ton. "' Quite a peculiar way of decid ing law occurred in Sampson recently. A case was before a J. P. and after hearing tne evidence he made reference to his dictionary to decide the case. Some like the land 'and some the sea, but home news is the the thing for me. Stub. Death of Mr. J. J Hays- Mr. J. J, Hayes died 'at bis residence on Maiden Lane Mon day morning at 4 o'clock from peritonitis. He appeared to be much better Saturday, but a re action soon set in, from which he could, not rally- The4 de ceased was a young man and be fore his sickness, Vvas the picture of health. He was popular with all who knew him, and his death is re g r e t t e d in this community, where he lias lived off and on for a-number' of vears. Mr. Hayes was from Sampson county and there lie married several years ago, Miss A3 lice Jackson,.' daughter of Mr. Love Jackson. The body was taken to his former home for buri al. Favetteville Observer. - . , ' ! rec ? 0u I rs tie . To those of our subscribers who pay up ail arrears within tliirty days, or to a new sub scriber naving not less than one year in advance, w will give one year's free subscription to The Woman's Health and Home Journal, of Chatanooga, Tenn. This journal, devoted to Health, 'Home, and Farm, is a IG-page monthly paper, bright, instructive, elevating. ' .We have onlv a limited mini ber of these premiums to give awv oji the above terms. Don't walrKmtil your neighbor comes in and gets the last one we have left. Milk Shake, Root Beer, Soda Water, Coca-Cola, Orange Phos dhate, Nerve Coca, Lemonade, gherberts and plain Soda served with Lemon, Ginger, Vanilla, Sarsaparilla, Pine-apple, Straw berrv, Raspberry or Orange Syrup at Hood & Grantham's argatiiis! GALL OX J. H. R for.liis own m:k'of OYAL -PUKE GORX WHISKEY.- which lit.' sit 40 cents-ie,r. quart. He il-! k :x a Avell selectel stock nf ! till!.- l!Uortf! Liquor?:. In Ky: "Vii-kt y he keeps iu stock tlie Celebrated Brands OLD STEWAk I , WV TEXXSYL- VAN1A and OLD OSCAR PEPPER, all of which ;ire u:ira!itecd to be -md of the ii sl qTuiit.- pure Cali o!i hins for ?vo Year Ol.l Xorih Ciin litiH .ppk Urandy, Peach' and aon.-y. Hock aixi lire. ' lie also k-.vps a first class stock of HEAVY .AM) FANGY GHOCtRiES, hi h ! -1 ii low. for cash Corner. Dual!, X. C. at the Lee J. r. I . bTEWART, Salesman. LXECUTORAS NOTICE Having quauijed Executor of Mia. Miiiy 11 u riijior, dec eased, late of llar- ....ft- I', in - V... i" ... ... 1. '"'"ii, ,;u oiina. tills H to iihai :ia p-;5..n. liavnig claims aaiof uie.-.uteor ,saii (lect-iht'd to exhibit uu so ro ine uatieisiiieu ou or before the 1111 -ouie or tai notice Will uv- ja-iwi-ii iu var 01 ineir recovery. All Kr?ou inWebteu to said- estate will piea-e uihk itimiediate puvment Thi 7 day of June lSy7. D. McC. I Iarixgtox Executor. LOsT NOTE. vviiereas apromsior' note for the sum of -23.00 lxarini; iuteiest at 8 per i ni;,,le lv. MeK. McKhuiou, payable to 4L. niuru or oeiore uct. Jo. Iss tne unuer-HirueU ix -Months after ,-lat,. ha been lot or destroveo, application for a renewal thereof will le made to .. 1 -t t it..-. .... " -.-- -ui-iiiimun. J lib iotice L-5 tluirrvfirr fA Tr ...... v "V, , 7J -n w ' T "tu uX1 u"i. nr 'n -r. hwic ittiii mij . ... . . 55 .-v... 11114 notice will lpleatlei! iuJar of recovery a.ui-t all person-? elaimiii under said original not?. A. M. McBkyde. Dunn, N. C May 15, 1897. I on! fn VnilP IlTQiinftf 1 iJUUli IU XUUl iilLUlUUi . Gr.( J S. Q t m pJ t : M .; t 1 ! I E V AlI r m T If h id LUMBER FOR SALE I will d(-liver ac Dunn Rough' Lumber,' all hear cut to order for all parties who want lumber at pfe . A B LO Vvr AS OAK BE HAD ANYWHERE. All orders left wiih Mr E F Young will receiy prompt attention Hoping to receive vour orders I am Youj s to Serve, - A F SURLES, inch-17 Dunn, K. a OOD & 11 ' Saxxie Old ta,ii(l. Drugs, ConfectioDeries. Stationery, Patent MAlicine.l'i Copcras li'iru, Fulphur, Dfog Sundrt?8, IVppr, Sf.icfH &c. Tobacco, Snuff, Lamps and Lamjt Fixtures, ho Hall aud Sorp Un tt. Prescriptions Carefully Filled . We are headquarters for anv - 4 thing- in our line. ro I Ai .GOING' BACK TO Where PaUajs get the PUREST and best WhiskeP, Urandies' Via &c. at H reasonable prices as hoeHt, reliable goods can b toM af. m. 1 1 m vmi ; itrex. i .itlu I'EAtll mwi Th;- Icadiug hrsnd. of KYB WHISKEV, Tobsiojo. Cgr Ac. . Ju.- Throve w hat I say is me)! w.. Broad Street and Lnclgiow Square, Dunn. N- C 011 cannot afford to lie with- ut the MEWS AND OBSERVER. AH the Nev?a, torein. National. bfate. and Local all . uo 1 1 IU c Fail Assoeia.e.l ,Pre,9 Di5DatcLr Largest urjjula-ion ira the State. , I ) : i ! 1 V. ...... X r . year. .$3 50 six months. ' per Wc-kIy.Xe.rth Carolinian. Oi S Jar. 50 ceuis sir n,f.nha er Addrt-sa NEWS &OB3FjlVER. lldeigh, N. C. IEAP-STONLS. anl will be i(lcaed to L ?J 1 price..,;, :',. ' , ta;;1 -s f,iuu. utMni work ai:d low and I will come to see ton :i card mm and 1 I. J. Smith, Benson, NO MA-RJiS & Co . . e i - 1 corner oi liroad streets Avitli a nit- li no 0f J Laces, Hamburg Ladies' and fi,.n'. i car, Ni-ck W;,r, T,.ij,.t tides, Hosiery. V t i Pants and Pant Vhnh they are ! ollering at , I nnccs. v t Tliey also carry line of Heavy and ' Fan(.v ."1 !,!... cones, consisting n ' M' Flour, Meal, BacoV t! ' Sugar, Coflee, (Jrit. l:j'(r Z ike, dev. ' 1 i ! i Are they out" of ,,, v business ! Did vou a -' no, they make that' a ',., feature of their bui,1(,J ;; have the largest st.ck-on i-'! wiin ui' lowest p,-'u.is icnoyn lii tlie history trade. t ' n off Voiir Patronage Solic ited, G IV1ARKS.& CO. b RAftTHAiVI. us ' s - .: Jackson. Atrent ' THE EVENING Tttv ouly nfo.riiuon pap r in W' miutZton. r 1 ' J)etjn cmtic in prin i ! D ' nl imp'" Honest and Fair 'toward ' o- 0 It reacbfcu the people, h l ft 1- 1 1 . . la pon t mark t reports,'' at;d h't-t D''1 . telcgroph, and all the local hfPtB of "THE CITY BY THK By mail only S3 00 a 1 ear. For Advertising rate? or fcr tinn adares-4 THE EVENLVG IISrATt-i- thing to patent? Protect your ' V,X- Vi:i ' rnng you wealtli. write """VviiLn BUUr& CO., Patent Attorney U. C Tor their $IJ6M prizo oiler.