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Vol. 6.
OUIMIM, IM. C, UUIME '23, 1897.
No. 24.
W. L. Douglas $3 Shoe.
Stylish, durable, perfect fitting.
hnJorsel by over 1.000,000 wearers.
; W. L, Douglas $3.50, $4.00 and $5.00
Shoes are the productions of skilled
workmen, from the best material pos
! sibie at these prices. Also $2 50 ana $2
j Shoes for Men, $2.50, $2 and $1.75 Boys
i We nseonlythpbestCalf.RusgiaCalf.French
j latent Calf, French Knamel, Vici Kil, etc.,
r ; (.Tinlpfl to correspond with pricesof the shots,
j Jftk-aier cannot supply you, write
! Catalog free. W. L. DOUGLAS, Brockton. Mass.
1 SOLD llf .
J A. MASSENG-ILI, & Co
Dunn, N- C-
ELK
When cvci- you see :i cm of li.iki : i c
l'..v ii-i wit It the name and picture of
Kl.ix irii r, tt i a iU;ir;tntc" of purity.
. Tin' Klk I'mvdcr is the hest ami elieip--!
iioudcr. It stands the highest
i In I'iiiral an.i'vHs of anj brand oil the.
m . j r U : . Gjve it a Jjia! aul you will
u'-c no n"(ii her. Sold lv
II.. V . .IE K N I O AN & CO.
May ."iih-tf. pmm, X. (;.
PU FESSI( )X A L CARDS .
I . W.
Attorney-at-Law.
SMI I HI' IKIJ), n. c.
'an'fiil at tention to ' :my civil matters
int i ii-H 1 to liiscarf in the courts of
Harnett Count v
H. Li- G-odwin,
Attoknky at Law.
Dunn, - - N. ?.
oili. c next door to Po-it Ofliee.
Will jnactii t in Hie courts of flarnclt
ami adjoining counties and in the
Federal Join ts.
I'rompt attention given to allbusinos
W-E-Murchison,
! JOXFSIiOKO, N. C.
I'rai liees Law in Harnett, -Mooic and
"other enmities, fuit liot, for full.
Fell. 2H-1V. . -
Isaac A- Murcliison,
V AYETTKVI1XE, N. C.
I'laeiiees Law in ( 'uinbei land, Harnett
a ud .an u here services aie wanted.
-SEWING MACHINES.
I wish to announce to the people of
Dunn and surrounding country that I
am selling the Wheeler and Wilson No.
:i, and the Standard Sewing Machines,
u hu h are uaiinteet( to give perfect
satisfaction, on reasonable terms.
, The liest machine il, needles,, fixtures
all ways on hand. I alo repair
machines at moderate cost. Work
guaranteed.- I have fourteen year ex
perie nctyin the niachine hirsinessand am
thoroughly acquainted with thcni.
My headquarters are at Mr. K. F.
Young's store where I will be pleased to
show my machines
Your to 'please.
J. M. II AYES,
apl-Jtf. jDnnr., N. C.
What Woman Owes to Society.
Woman stands as the sacred
guardian -of f tin lire homes and
our nation's prosperity, and to
her must we look for true re
forms. To iler standard must
society come. Let her be sure
t place it higli and keep it pure,
and make it "apply impartialh'
to all people. Let her keep out
those whom she knows fall short
of her standard, and neyer con
done in the stronger sex what
she condemes in the weaker.
Let her think not to eleyate so
ciety by hiding or condoning
the eyils which surround heron
eyery side, but only by shutting
out those whom she found it ;
impossible to raise to her stand- j
ard. Then future generations
will arise who will bless her
for, their heritage, instead of
cursing h e r for their misery.
D wight L. Moody in Juno La
dies' Home Journal.
El K ELK
twilight iekiic;i:.
I know a Jiltie "fuir bridge thilt .spans a
. tiny stream,
And there tlx- sky is ever clear, Mr life
. . is like a dream
As flie siivVy .stream goes rippling, fun
ning onwaid to the sea.
While the little birds are singing in an
ecstasy of glee .
The pat h one side the tiny streams is
bright and busy Da-,
And.Nioiit, a fore-t dark and drear, lies
just across the w a y ;
But the f.'iry bridge called Twilight,
cl ispiu: hands between the two,
Is the brightest, dearest spot on earth a
inoi t.il heart e'er knew.
For when the day has passed away 1
meet my sweetheait there,
While in the rippling si ream beneath J
l iirow.a way my eare.
And just the f;iiiii: shadows and the
sunset low above .
Wahho'er the little Twilight bridffe-
and witness to our love.
Edith Livingston Orakv.
EDUCATION.
Are you interested in educa
tion? This is a question worth
'asking since it touches on one
of the most-important factors in
personal and national improye
ment and welfare. It is not
necessary to pause here to denv-
onstrate the truth of such a
statement. One lias only to
glance round our globe by the
help of newspapers and "reports
to see where, we'alth, culture,
and'power.are found. -They are
not with the people who haye
an inferior educational system.
This is the age in which it has
been most fully demonstrated
that mind is stronger than mus
cle, and even in war the -nation
best educated has the advantage.
It has been noted by many that
Germany defeated. France in
the seventies, by her Universi
ties. Germany had a better
educational sstem and that
produced better men so she
made a better fio-ht than France.
For the same reason Japan got
the bulire on China a few years
Now if education means
so much in the doughty busi-
ness of war, what must it mean
in the arts of peace? If educa
tion can produce men of the
right stuff for a successful cam-
aign, it must be able to do
much more in developing the
right kind of men for business
md politics. The greatest busi
ness men and the greatest states
men-are great scholars, and
there would be more business
in the country and a better state
of things in the political world
if education was more complete
and general.
We have but little room to
carry on as elaborate discussion
of this as we could .wish. We
must get to business. Are you
interested in education? That
means, are you ready to do
something to help the cause of
nlucation here in your own h
cality? We do not care for that
interest which would like to see
better things, but waits con
tentedly for some one. else to
)ring them about. If you are
interested in education, now is
a
good time to let your interest
ret
at work. Schools have
atelv closed,, and in about ten
weeks will be open again. It
is in tne oreatning speii mat
you should study, plan, and
work to improve the schools for
next term. This is a year of
special interest on account of
important changes in the school
laws. Have vou read the draft
of the hew law?. If not you
should do so at once, for in a
country where government is
for the people, by the, people,
there will be some sorry blun
ders made if the people do not
give some attention to their
function in government, or the
formation and execution of
laws. : Study the new law, and
see how it will alieet you. Do
so with the purpose of getting aj
better law if this one is not suit-
able. Let us not be drones j
knocked about by selfish and ig-j
norant politicians. Let lis" look j
to our own and our children s
best interests. Study the law,
study the needs of your locality.
When interest is fully roused
something will be done". Row
land Times.
The new tile floor recently
iit in the State Treasurer
Worth s office in the capitol
cost about $400.
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President. McKinley lias! 4Tbe Passina of Bryan"'
! named Stewart L. Woodford, of j - -j
New York, to be minister toj
i Sixain, to succeed Hannis Tay- j We note in a few Southern
lor;,"-the Democratic incumbent,
It is stated that Ohio will
possibly go democratic this year
and in that event John R Mc-
Lean, owner of the Cincinnati
'
Enquirer and a free silver dem
ocrat, will be elected United
States Senator to succeed Mark
Ilanna. !
A firm at Kichmond, Va..
has been awarded the contract
to supply the United States Na
vy with 150,000 pounds of plug
tobacco at 32 cents per pound.
It seems from this" that the na
vy is an army of chewers as
vell.as guardians of our coasts
and shipping.
Wool is said, to be fi ve
cents per pound higher this
year than last.- Still there is no
tariff on raw wool and woollen
goods have never been cheaper
than they were last winter.
Still the Dingley bill" will put a
tariff on raw wool and the
price ofi wool will go down and
woolen goods up. Is this of
benefit to the wool grower?
He .
In this world we know
not how to appreciate that
which we have until we have
lost it. It is stated that Charles
Broadway Rouss, the great
Racket Merchant of New York
City, who has nearly lost his
sight, says he will give his
whole fortune, about $7,000,
000, to have it restored. No
doubt there are some occulists
that would almost be willing to
lose their sight for that amount
of money. Charles Broadway
has no doubt learned by experi
ence that riches do not always
produce health and happiness.
The other day in Ohio four
young ladies were caught in a
thunder storm while out walk
ing and three were struck by a
thunder bolt and killed, the
fourth was severely shocked.
The three killed had corsets on
the other did not, and the idea
is advanced that the steel stays
of the corsets attracted the
electricity and .caused their
death. Young ladies should
take warning and not wear
corsets in a thunder storm if
they wear them at all. A non
conductive corset stay would
probabby make the
handsome return.
inventor a
The powers have about
completed the arrangement of
the dispute between Greece and
Turkey and stop hostilities.
The arbitrating board gives
Turkey one town in Greece and
Greece will have to pay an in
demnity. Such action of the
powers is a disgrace to civiliza
tion. Greece was fighting for
the Christian religion and to
protect the christians from the
massacres of the heathen Turks.
Greece may have made a mis
take in commencing the war but
after sie was into it the powers
should' have helped her to pro
tect the .believers in the chris
tian religion. As it is the Turks
will soon again be massacreing
the christians in Armenia.
The treaty of annexation
of the Hawaiian islands to the
LTnited States was sent by :j forceful 'quantity in the Demo
President' McKinley to the Sen- j erotic-equation of the present
ate for confirmation last Wed- j than Mr. Cleveland and ali bis
nesdav. There is some oppo-personal followers put together,
sition" among the Republican , We do not endeavor to explain
Rpnntors to accepting the treaty i it. We simply recognize the
am jt wjh hardly be confirmed 1
at tjlis sessi0n of Congress. The
japanese government and the j
deposed "Queen Liliuokalani ,
lulY( entered protests against
iht confirmation of the treaty, j
We think that our government , Caldwell county having been
should be slow to recognize the convicted of murder by poison,
treat-for it justly belongs to ; tie victim being the first hus
tle desposed Queen and native j iKUUi 0f Mrs. Franklin., They
Hawaiiahs and not to the hand- j each get 10 years.
! ful of foreigners, mostly Amen-:
j cans, who have charge of the j
Lmvprnment and are anxious to !
be annexed to this country for j
protection.
j euckoo newspapers certain out-
I bursts of flabby jubilation oyer
. ! what the editors-are pleased to
call "the passing of Brj-aii:"
Some of these editors still rotnin
. .
I the Federal offices to which Mr.
! Cleveland-appointed them four
vears ago. Others are natientl v
waiting for the- Cleveland mil-
lennium four Tears hence.
Bryan is their- bugaboo, and
his "nassihg" is the vision
which irradiates their fatuous
Sleep
Has there been a "i)assing;of
Bryan?" Does Mr. Brvan
stand lower today in the esteem
and confidence, the affection of
the Democratic masses than he
did on the day before the elec
tion last November? Defeated
candidate though he be, has he
lost the smallest fraction of his
influence over those who fol
lowed him through the brilliant
and dramatic campaign of 189G ?
We look in vain for any evi
dence to such effect. " Nowhere
in the whole political prospect
do we find the slightest indica
tioii that his star has, waned.
We see Mr. Cleveland retire to
private life after twelve years of
leadership, eight of which he
spent as President of the United
States, and, save the little band
of feathered ones who roost and
twitter in the Reform Club of
New York, we detect no i symp
tom of sorrow or regret in-the
ranks of the Democracy. But
Bryan, the standard-bearer of
a few months, the defeated
chieftain, with no record of
domination to commend him,
with no background of success
ful leadership and no atmos
phere of official power and
prominence Bryan' is in the
mouths of all Democrats ; his
counsel is solicited in every
State ; his views and wishes are
consulted hourly ; the whole
scheme of Democratic action
for the future revolves about
him. Defeat at the polls seems
to have only endeared and
strengthened him . He arouses
enthusiasm as surely and as
powerfully as he did eight
months ago. He is, in all gen
uine respects, more truly the
head of the Democracy than he
ever was before.
Nothing in the career of this
extraordinary young man is as
astounding as his , present rela
tion to and influence over the
party organized of which,; last
July, he was made the candi
date and representative. When,
at the Chicago convention", be
first sprang into prominence ;
when, elevated in an instant to
dazzling altitudes and environed
with-the inexplicable magic of
popular, enthusiasm, he seemed
almost a demigod ; even then
he was a less wonderful product
of political evolution than he is
today.1 The sudden fervor of a
party gathering, the nvysterious
magnetism that transforms.men
to devotees, are not uncommon
things in our experience.
But the man who passes
through the disenchanting pro
cess of a campaign, who endures
the scrutiny and "the . contact of
hundreds of thousands of bis
fellow citizens, and who, most
trying test of all, encounters
defeat eventually the man who
emerges from all these trials
with his dignity unimpaired
and his influence intact this
man is not to be dismissed with
a quotation or eliminated by an
epigram.
Has there been a "passing of
Bryan?" Not yet, dear little
William J.' Bryan is a larger; a
more imperious, and a more
tremendous, : overshadowing
facts. Washington Post.
J
A man and wife named
Franklin were placed in the
i penitentiary
iitPnHnrv lnstl week from
z .
You have no idea what F.
P. Jones has unless vou exam.
me his stock, and his prices can
sot be questioned!
The. New Law in Eegard to paying
! Taxes.
i The last Legislature actually
provided that a part of each
man's estate should be forfeited
to the State by his death, and it
went turtlier and made it anns-
in i ii i
j ""ieaiior puiiisnaoie oy a line
not exceeding $500 or imprison-
meul not exceeding six months
f01' any person owingproperty or
poii taxes not to pay tne same
before the first term of the Su-
; Peior or Criminal
Court
con-
! Tening in the county each year
mu mot iuunua xn otp
tember. It does not stop here
If one should fail to pay his oi
lier taxes by the first court and
should be indicted and punished
as aforesaid at that term and
should fail to pay the taxes un
til another term of the court
rolls around,, the act makes him
or her indictable at each term
until he pays it. Probably the
last named section strikes a snag
in the organic law providing
that no man shall be twice vex
ed or punished for the same of-
i ence yet the solicitor might re
ply that the Legislature intend
ed to make it a continuing
Offence . for every da3"'s fail
ure. This might as well be known
in the State at once. As all
taxes are due September 1st,
and as there is required by the
constitution to be at least one
Superior Court in each county
between September and Christ
mas, it seems that all the citi
zens of the State who don't pay
their taxes before Christmas
will spend their, Christmas in
jail. If therefore, the citizen
fails to pay his taxes the State
takes his liberty ; and if he dies
in jail it forfeits (a part of) his
property to the State. Ex.
Xcgro and Wild Cat l i-Iil.
. The following interesting ac
count of a negro and wild- cat
fight is taken from the Tampa
Florida Exchange. .
"The negro stepped into the
enclosure wearing brown can
vas overalls and jumper. The
cat was furious ""with rage and
when Sam was within ten feet
leaped directly for his1 throat.
The negro was expecting this
and jumped quickly to one side,
but struck the cat with his fist
as it went past him.
! In a second the cat came back
with a rush, and this time fas
tened its claws in Sam's right
thigh, tearing the canvas trou
sers and bringing the blood.
Sam caught the cat by the
throat, but he let go with a
liowl of agony as a strip of flesh
was torn front his arm by the
claws of the hind foot of the
cat . ''' .
With a spring quick as light
ning the cat was on the man's
shoulder clawing his face and
chewing his riht ear. Then
the negro got angry and tried
to tear the enraged cat from his
shoulder and neck
In the stru-1
gle Sam fell and the cat jump-
eld from him. The crowd cheer-
e!d find urged Sam to go ou'with
the fight.
1 lie was half blinded by blood
but he made another dash for
the cat, and, after a short chase
was stooped to pick up the ani
mal when the wildcat leaped
dUrectry on his head and began
clawing and biting. Sam strug
gled in vain to pull the wildcat
from his wool, and at last low
ered his head and made for the
fence to crush the cat by butting
This didn't work as the cat
drawled upon his back, tearing
lU rnnn iiimner nnd brinrnnrr
mo j - o I
the blood every scratch
; Sam caught the cat by the
throat and fell to the ground.
The cat's claws were at work,
and Sam's arms, breast and i
thighs were badly scratched and
clawed, but still Sam held on.
He succeeded finally 'in getting
one knee on the cat's head and
in spit of the struggle of the
victim, held him down until
lifp was extinct.
Sam staggered to his feet, but jof Richmond, wnue .uajor ieio
just as thecrowd gave a, great I went to Texas and has grown
cheer he fell to the ground in a rich and famous as the editor
faint from loss of blood and the S and owner of the greatest pa
terrible strain to which he hadj per in the Lone Star State.
been subjected He was given j Winston Journal.
the $200, but says he never
-nnt to fio-lit a wild cat again.!
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change.
Our Flag's Birthday.
TJie birthday of the American
flag was celebrated in many
parts of the United States on last
Monday. Previous to June 14.
1777, the colonies had no flag
save, of different regiments of
soldiers saw fit to select. On
January 2,177G, says a leading
exenange, v asnington hoisted
the first striped flag at his head
quarters in Cambridge, Mass.,
and the event was heralded by
a salute of thirteen guns for the
thirteen colonies. This flag
had thirteen, stripes, of white
and red with the unjted crosses
of St. George and St Andrew on
a' blue field in the corner. It is
possible that Washington copied
the design of the banner from
one which had been presented
to a Philedelphia troop of horse
six months' before, as the two
were identical. But one' hun
dred and twenty years ago, the
14th of June, the crosses of Eng
land were taken from the flag
and thirteen stars on a blue field
substituted. General Washing
ton was chairman of the com
mittee who reported this change
to the continental congress in
session at Philadelphia. It was j
resolved, "That the flag of the
thirteen United States be stripes
alternate red and white, that
the union be thirteen stars,
white in a blue field, represen
ting a new constellation." It
has been suggested that the con
stellation referred to was "Ly
ra," symbolic of harmoivy, and
that this was the origin of the
stars. . The stripes are said to
have been suggested by the flag
of several other nations. The
first flag wa' made by Bets
Ross, of Philadelphia, to-whom
the design was taken. The first
military servic rendered by the
new emblem is said to have been
at Fort Schuyler, N. Y., in 1777.
The fort being besieged, a flag
was manufactured from a red
petticoat, a white shirt and a
peice of the military coat of one
of the "officers. Atlanta Con
stitution. A War Incident-
Amongst the brave soldiers
produced by the late war there
was none braver or more gallant
than Major A. H. Belo, a Salem
man, and now the editor and
owner of The Galveston and
Dallas News. In the same
command to which Major Belo
belonged there was a tall, mag
nificent young captain with the
eye of an egale and flowing
hair that gave the true "'leonine
appearance to the massive head.
He was Captain Cousins, and
his coolness and bravery in bat
tle was proverbial in the army.
For some reason or other Cap
tain Cousins considered himself
badly treated by Major Belo,
and in his fiery and impetuous
manner remarked to the major
that his rank alone protected
him. Major Belo unbuckled
his sword and laying it aside
informed the captain that he
asked hot that of rank which he
could not do for himself. A
meeting was instantly arranged
and the combatants faced each
other at a few paces with army
rifles. At the first fire Major
Belo was uninjured while his
bullet grazed Capt.' Cousins'
peck drawing the blood. While
the guns were being reloaded a
long rolling fire was heard on
the right.' It was an attack on
the Confederate lines.
Cousins listened for a
and an angelic smile wreathed
.ill
H i c.
j Jus face and a twinkle oi numor
(came into his eye as he turned
j to his antagonist and said:
-7
Maior don't vou think there
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are enough Yankees to shoot
without practicing on each oth
er?" Major Belo grasped his
hand and it is unnecessary to
iiv that ended the duel. The
two men became fast friends
and that friendship endures tp
this day. After the war Caji
tain Cousins married a rich
widow and now has a large
! printing establishment just out ;
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Orange Phosphate is no bad
',lt - ;nL' cold as ice at Hood &
Grantham'
Tetter, Snli-lthcuiu and Eczema.
. The intense itching and smarting, inci
dent to these diseases, is instantly allayed
by applying Chamberlain's Eye and
Skin Ointment. . Many very bad cases
have been permanently enred by it. It
is equally efficient for itching piles and
a favorite remedy for sore nipples,
chapped hands, chilblains, frost bites
and chronic sore eyes. 25.cts.per box.
Dr. Cad)' Condition Tomler, are
just what a horse needs when in bad
wrmifno Thv
medicine and the best in use to put a
horse in prime condition. Price 25
cents per package.
For sale by N. B. iloon. I)nn-
gist, Dunn,'N. C.
V - - 7 "1-1
The Iuly on 4 oifon.
Mr. Perry M. De Leon, of At
lanta, who has been engaged in
the cotton business for many
years, takes exception to the
statements of ex-Governor
Evans, of South Carolina, in re:
gard to the cotton tax. Mr. De
Leon has studied the question
closely, and is regarded as an
authority in hi section. Last
night, in speaking of the matter
to a reporter of The Post, he
said;
"I notice in your column' an
interview with John Gary Evans
ex-governor of South Carolina in
which he scouts the idea of the
cotton planters; and denies that.
Egyptian cotton comes in conw
petition with any grades of
American cotton. The lion.
John may know 'a good deiil
more of dispensaries which seem
to hq the alpha . and omega of
modern South Carolina states
manship of the reform school,
but he evidently knows nothing
of tin; subject he discussed.
Egyi)tiai1 cotton has invaded
our markets since my connec
tion with the cotton business, ,
hence I sought information from
recognized authorities.
"In i8UG we raised about XI,
000,000 pounds of sea island cot
ton and imported 55,000,000
pounds of Egyptian. The pres
ident of the New York cotton
exchange, Hon. Gustavus 0.
Hopkins, writes me; 'Egyptian
Cotton certainly does compete
with our .long staple.' Again
he says : 'Although a free tra-
der, I do not see why, if the
north is to have protection on
her .wool and.other articles,! the
south should not have it oul her
cotton and rice.' A prominent
merchant, whose firm was the
first importer on any scale of
Egyptian cotton, tells meevery
pound of .Egyptian cotton dis
places so much of our sea island
cotton and the extra staple cot-
ton of the Yazoo Delta and Bra
zos bottoms. It does not e fleet
our ordinary uplands. Yet the
Hon. John Gary Evans a n d .
Senator Chilton, of texas, tell
us it does not compete with any
variety of our cottons.
"The country will hardly "ac
cept their testimony on the sub
ject of cotton in preference to
the authorities I quote,, wMy
own state, Georgia, raises .two
thirds of the sea island crop, and
our senators did a wise ami pa
triotic thing when they ignored
parties and voted for a tax on
cotton. Having the approval
of their constituents as they do,
they will .scarcely care for the
criticisms of Mr. Evans. His re
marks wen' evid"ntlv aimed at
Senator McLaurin, whom he de
sires to .succeed. From The
Washington 'It .
flie London Globe thinks
that the Brittish government
Captapi t should be consulted before Haw
moment ' ":: ;u ;,,. v,.,1 t,. I
till J. II I I IH ii III
States and intimates that the
islands justlv belong to be an
nexed to that government. It
also says that Japan' navy is
far superior to that of the United -States
and ihrit our navv is not
able to proi.-ci tiie islands. The
Globe and oflirr foreign papers
may talk about our inability to
do and maintain, but they
should reinemlier that whenve
were only a handful compared
ito what now we are, that we
made demand with arms and
maintained them to England's
ciar,rin. The -United States is
not anxious for war but when,
she takes a position she will
not In frightened from it by the
slurs and threats of a foreign
press or government.
Yl'nntnrf nn Mm
UdniBU All lUBci
Whoeu think
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