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THE COUNTY UNION DUNN, Harnett County, N. C. Entered according to postal regula 8ions at the postoffice at Dunn, N. C, as tecond class matter. J. P. Pittman, Proprietor, A. M, Woodall, Editor. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. Three Months 25 Cents. Six Months 50 Cents. One Year ..$1.00. . Sent by Mail. Payable in advance. Dunn, N. C, March 2, 1838. COURT ADJOURNED. Judge Timberlake adjourned court last Wednesday evening after the criminal docket was completed, several minor cases having been continued until the next term. Judge Timberlake is probab ly excusable for his action in continuing the civil docket un til the next term, on account of the breaking in of the floor of Court House on Wednesday afternoon. Nearly all the judg es that come to Harnett court f seem to be in a hurry to get away, and have continued cases on the civil docket from time to time, until there is a large num ber on hand, and all the parties interested are getting tired of going to court and having their cases continued by the Judge for his own convenience ; be side it incurs a good deal of ex pense to the parties interested each time a case- is continued. Judges should be the servants of the people. They receive their salaries for the whole term if they only sit one day. The people pay them their salaries, and it is their, duty to hold courts and hear cases for the convenience and at as little cost as possible to the people ; but the rule seems to work the oth er way. If it is convenient for the Judge tor stay and hold court until all the cases are heard, or until the end of the term allow ed, '4he stays ; if it is not con venient ho continues the cases, adjourns court and goes home, and the people pay the costs. This lias been too frequently done in Harnett county and our people are getting tired of it. We heard one man, that has some important suits in court, say that he had been to court for three or four sessions and his cases have been continued each time. He is only one of many others that have been treated that way. 'Tis true that our accommoda tions for holding courts have been poor, but this fact should be no excuse for a Judge not staying the full term, if it is necessary. (We trust that our accommodations will be better in the future.) The next term of the court will be held in September and we trust with better accommodations the Judg es will give us better service. MR. ANGIER TALKS. Mr. John C. Angier passed through Raleigh late yesterday afternoon in his buggy, return ing to his home in Gary from Harnett county. Mr. Angier, speaking to some friend on Fay etteville street, was heard to remark that the new railroad would be built from Raleigh via Cary and Holly Springs to the Cape Fear River. ' Turning io a News and Observer repre sentative, Mr. Angier said, "You can say this for me, and you can say further, he con tinued with emphasis, "that we have already bought and paid for enough lumber along the line to justify the building, equipment and operation of the new road, and it's going to be built," "Do ou find lumber plenti ful in that section," was asked. "We find it in great abun dance," said Mr. Angier, "have already secured fifty million feet or more and as soon as we can get preliminaries in shape, work will begin on the railroad and it will be pushed to com pletion as early as possible." Mr. Angier stated that the exact southern terminus of the road had'not been decided upon, but that it would be built from Raleigh via Cary and that .it would go by Holley Springs. News and Observer, Sunday. Two Millions a Year. When people buy, try, and buy again. it means they're satisfied The people of the United States are now bu3Ting Cascarets Candy Cathartic at the rate of two million boxes a year and it will be three million before New Year's. It means merit provec , that Cascarets are the most delightful bowel regulator for everybody the year round. All drug gists 10c, 25c, 60c a box, cure guaran Lost by Forest Fires. The following summary of the loss occasioned by the forest fires of last week is furnished us by Mr. W, W. Ashe, and is tak en from a report in regard to them that Mr. Ashe has just made to the Geological Survey after spending the past week in examining in the burned areas to secure exact information in regard to the loss. The burned section extends from Aiken countv, S. C, north to Chatham county, N. C, and east to Marlboro county, S.C., and the fire swept area, or rath er areas, will approximate in ex tent 3,000,000 acres. 'There were probably a dozen fires raging at the same time, driven forward, toward the southeast, by a forty-mile-an-hour wind. Four of these fires were confess edly escapes from fires set to burn fire-guards around dwell ings. It is probable that most of them were due to like care lessness ; none of them are known to have been intentional lv started, and none are known to have been set by sparks from locomotives: There are supposed to have been fourteen lives lost. Those burned in North Carolina, five so far as known, were John Leverett and wife of Cumber land county, John Richardson, of Moore county, Lennon, of Bladen county, and one un known." The loss from the destruction of property will amount to $700,000 or more. The d-im-age to timber alone amounts to between ten and fifteen cents an acre of woodland or about $250, 000 ; the damage to fencing will amount to half as much more, while the loss of live stock, dwellings, . feed, saw-mills, 20 of which were burned, turpen tine distilleries and other mis cellaneous property will reach an amount that is considerably greater than that done to tim berland. Between 150,000 and 250,000 turpentine boxes are estimated to have been burned out. The fire burned fiercest on the open lands where the grass was thickest and there was least timber. A repetition of this fire can be expected every few years, in the region from which the timber has been removed in North and South Carolina unless some more efficient sys tem is adopted to prevent and check fires than the one now relied upon ; counter-firing, left to individual discretion. It is proposed to discuss such meth ods of checking fires in other States and in other countries in connection with this present fire, at the forestry meeting at Newbern on March first. News and Observer Sunday, To Cuke Constipation Forever. Take eascarets Candy Cathartic. 10c or 25c. If C. C. C. fail to cure drug gists refund the money. A Pamphlet on Local Taxation. At the request of the State Superintendent' of Public In struction, Prof. J. Y. Joyner has prepared a pamphlet on lo cal taxation in aid of the public schools. It says : "For more than a quarter of a century the State of North Carolina has been striving to es tablish an efficient system by a general tax for schools. The tax has been gradually and slowly increased to 20 cents on $100 valuation of .property and 6 cents on the poll. The amount raised from this tax, a'dded to the amount derived from fines, penalties, liquor license, and all other sources, aggregates $1, 035, 31G. The number of chil dren of schqol age in the State is 021,249. 1 The amount spent for each child of school age, therefore, is $1.G6. The aver age length of the schools.provi ded for these children is, white 12.45 weeks; colored 11.83 weeks. The average salary paid the teachers of these chil dren is, white $23.60; colored $22.00. With the single excep tion of the Territory of Netw Mexico, North Carolina has the most illiterate white population in the United States. About one white person out of every four in North Carolina cannot read. Counting both white and colored population, she ranks seventh in illiteracy. This, brief ly, is our condition. This is what we have been able to do in a quarter of a century for the education of our thousands of uneducated people by a general tax." Raleigh Post. Educate Your Bowels With Cas- carets. Candy Cathartic, cure constipation forever. 10c. 25c. If C. C. C. fail. drug. gist refund money. - i Trial of Tom Adkins. The trial of Tom Adkins for the killing of John Campbell in Dunn on the 'night before Christ mas, came abruptly to an end last Wednesday evening when the defence submitted to a ver dict of manslaughter' and Tom was sentenced to the peniten tiary for a term of two years. All the evidence had been taken in the case and Mr. Jones was addressing the jury for the defendant when the submission was offered. Solicitor Pou ably prosecuted the case and found that a verdict for manslaughter was as much as he could ex pect from the evidence produced and to expedite the business of the court, ! proposed a submis sion which the defendant ac cepted.' It is stated that the j ury would have acquitted him had the case gone to them. It is also stated that the Judge and Solicitor have promised to sign a petition to pardon Tom from the penitentiary after he has served 90 days. The State was unable to pro duce any evidence except that before the Coroner's inquest, and the defendant made his story to suit his case and ap pealed to the jury that he was protecting the virtue of his wife and the sanctity of his home ; that John Campbell first as saulted him with the knife and cut him on the knee ; that he then got the knife and stabbed him in the back. As there was no eye witness to the deed ex cept Tom, his wife and a little four-year-old boy, the State was unable to contradict Tom's statement. r Tom was ably defended by Messrs. McLean, Godwin, and Jones & Stewart, of Dunn, and Mr. O. J. Spears, of Lillington. Solicitor Pou for the State, had no assistance. i The people Jiere, both white and colored, think Tom's pun ishment is very light. It was lucky for him that no one who could be a witness saw the bloody deed. "I can say one thing for Chamber lain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoei Remedy and that is that it excels aDy proprietary medicine I have 6een on the market, and I have been in the practice of medicine and drug business for the past forty yaars" writes J M. Jackson M D., Brocson, Fla Phy sicians like Chamberlain's Colic, Chol era and Diarrhoea Remedy because it is a scientific preparation, ar;d because it always gives . quick relief. Get a bottle at N. B. Hood's drue store. The Bright Side of Life in Siberia. Thomas G. Allen, Jr. who traveled across Asia on a bicycle shows, in the March Ladies' Home Journal, that we hold many erroneous ideas regarding Siberia and her people. There are fashions and fashionable people even in Siberia, and ac cording to Mr. Allen one meets as well-dressed women in Sibe ria as are to . be found in anv European city. The social forms that exist in the large cities of Russia are observed in Siberia, and the fashionable people of that vast province en joy life to. the full.. "--Mr. Allen's pictorial article on "In Fashion able Siberia will present a really attractive picture of a land which the public mind has always associated with sterilitT, perpetual cold and unrelieved human suffering. From, all over the country come words of praise for Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. Here is a sample letter from Mrs. C. Shep, of Little Rock, Ark : "I was suffering from a very severe cold, when I read of the oures that had been effected by Cham berlain's Cough Remedy I conclud ed to give it a trial and accordingly pr cured a bottle. It gave me prompt relief, and I have the best reason for recommending it very highly, which 1 dr with pleasure." For sale by N. 13. Hood, Dunn, N. C. Gets 15 Years in the Penitentiary. Harry Dobbin, the negro who killed another negro boy named Hugh Ray, on December 23rd, last, at Britten & Johnson's sawmill near Spout Springs, was arraigned for trial at Lil lington last Tuesday and plead guilty of man slaughter, and was sentenced to fifteen years in the1 penitentiary. He is a ginger-cake colored negro, about 18 or 19 years of age. D. H. McLean, Esq., of Dunn, was his counsel. There are th.ee little things which do more work than any other three little things created they are the ant, the bee and Pe, Witt's Little Early Risers, the last being the famous little pills for stomach and Hvei troubles. Hood & Giajithanj. You don't know where you got that cold. Do you know v. here you can get the cure for it ? Every drug store keeps Ayer's Cherry Pectoral. cures coughs and colds. Local Dots Gathered at ISuie's Creel. By Telephone. Miss Gertrude Downing, of Fayetteville, visited the school Friday and Saturday. Capt. "Wellons and Cadet Simons spent Wednesday in Lillington. The family of Mr. Frank Mc Leod are all sick with the measles. We are glad to learn that Prof. Campbell is receiving liberal help on the Tabernacle building which he intends build ing here. " Rev. A. N. Campbell preach ed at Antioch Saturday and Sunday. Miss Daisy Shaw, Mrs. Jim mie Washburn and Messrs. John.Rodgers and W. H. Young of Lillington attended the mock trial here Friday night. Mr: A. T.-Blan chard of Wake is a visitor here this week, the guest of Mr. Wm. Pearson. - We learn that the Dunn High School has a base ball team. The B. C. A. team will be pleased to meet them oir the diamond. xV.'M. Hawley, Esq., of Giles' Mill, one of our old stu dents, spent several days here last week. . Several new students have come in this week. The en rollment for this session has reached 240. We still continue to grow. Miss Ella Blanchard, of Wake county, visited here Sunday. Mrs. Dr. J. F. McKay, of Dickinson, visited the school Friday. Messrs D. M. Spence and Marvin Bradley, of: Bradley's Store, spent several days 'with us last wreek. - The mock trial by the societies last Friday night was a decided success and drew a large crowd. The court convened promptly at 7 :30 o'clock with Judge Peel presiding. The defendant Akin was arraigned for putting an anvil in a bale of cotton ; he plead not guilty and the trial proceeded. The witnesses for and against were all examined and the case went to the jury for discussion by the attorneys. Each did admirably and deserve special mention but for the want of space we have to for bear. The jury were out only a few minutes and brought in a verdict of not guilty. The au dience was delighted with, the entertainment. Mar. 2-'98. St. John. Persistent Coigts a oougti wnicn seems to nang .. r . it f ' -1 on in spue oi an tne remedies which you have applied certainly needs energetic ana sensible treatment. For twenty-five years that stand- aro preparation oi coa-uver on, EtifffJlLSBON has proved its effectiveness in cor ing the trying affections of the throat and lungs, and this is the reason why: the cod-liver oil, par tially digested, strengthens and vitalizes the whole sys tem; the hypophosphites act as a tonic to the mind and nerves, and the glycerine soothes and heals the irritation Can I you think of any cornbi- f nation so eriective as this? Be sure you get SCOTT'S Emulsion- See that the man and fish are on the wrapper.- jt 50c and $1.00, all druggists. SCOTT & BOWNE, Chemists, New York. "Tramps very often sleep on the road-bed, with only the "mantle of night" for a cover- 1112. A Suke Thing fok You. A transaction in which you cannot lose a' sure thing. Biliousness, sick headache, furred tongue, fever, piles and a thousand other ills are caused by constipation and sluggish liver. Gas carets Candy Cathartic, the wonderful new liver stimulant and intestinal tonic are I y all druggists guaranteed to cure or money refunded. C. C. C. are a sure thing. Try a box to-day; 10c, 2oe., 50c. Sample and booklet free. Sold by all druggists. Mere All Kissed Their Escorts. The diversions of New York ers of the last century were very much milder than are those of the present day. ''In winter a century ago," Mrs. Burton Har rison writes in the March La dies Home Journal, "when not assembled for skating upon the Collech, the favorite amusement of Hans and Katrina seems to have beenja sleighing frolic in Jan Derickson's f o u r-h o r s e sledge to Harlem, where they had a dance and a supper at the hostelry of Mynheer Borsum. Ten couples (packed close, as it suiteth young men and maid ens to ride,' said the old chron icler) was the sleigh-load ; and after a repast of bread and hot chocolate, concluding some hours spent in capering to the fiddlers' strains, the party re turned to town. Speeding by moonlight over" hard-frozen roads, past manor house and cottage wrapped in deep repose, the chief adventure of the re turn was apt to be a stop on the Kissing Bridge (at Second Avenue and Fiftieth Street, across the rivulet flowing from Tea "Water Spring) , at which point custom allowed the cava lier to demand of the lady he escorted the privilege of a spec ial salution. ' Unless this toll were yeilded the cortege came to a halt, or else it turned in another direction." . f For some time, I bave suffered with rheumatism and tried every imagina ble remedy, without effect. Mr. F G. S. Wells advised me to try Cham berlain's Pain Balm, telling me that it had cared many cases of long stand iog like mine. I have used four bot tles aod feel sure that one more bottle will make my cure complete A. P Kontz, Claremore, Ark. Sold by N ; B. Hood, Dunn, N O. Sunday School Institute. Rev. B. W. Spillman, Sun day School Missionary, will hold a Sunday School Institute at Friendship church, on March 18th, 19th and 20th. An in teresting programme has been arranged and several other good speakers are expected to attend. All Sunday school workers of the Little River Association are requested to attend, and all Sunday School workers of other denominations are cordially in vited. The time will be occupied in giving instruction to teachers and Superintendents, and infor mation helpful to the manage ment and conducting Sunday schools with the greatest suc cess. The blue b'rd is bailed as a harbin ger of Spring It is also a reminder that a blood-purifier is needed to pre pare the system for-the debilitating weather to come. Listen and you will hear the birds singing: "Take Ayer's Sarsaparilla? in March, April, May. i . Green Shoes. . The latest fad of footgerfr fashion are shoes of green-col- orecl leatner. iney vary in lighter and darker hues. The Schuhmarkt (shoe market) of Frankfort, the leading sutorial magazine of Germany, in speal insr of the coming season's stvles mentions the various patterns of green shoes just brought out by large manufacturers.- The new color is expected to afford a suitable relief for russet wear whicli still continues to be a favorite style. Ladies' shoes will remain pointed, the heels being raised, while with gentle man the the truncated point will be'de rigueus. Baltimore Sun. "A crick in the back," a pain un der the shoulder-blades, water brash, biliousness, and constipation, are symptoms of disordered stomach vkid neys, liver, and bowels. For all ail ments originating in a derangement of these organs, take Ayer s Pills Hall's Hair Renewer renders the hair lustrous and silken, gives it an even color and enables women to put it up in a great variety of styles. A thrill of terror is experienced when a brassj cough of croup sounds through the house at night. But the terror soon changes to relief after One Minute Cougb Cure has been administered. Safe and harmless for children. Hood & Grantham. CASTORIA For Infants and Children. Tit fao limila rigaatnre a 'ism 6T617 vrafpez. ZZ Diseases of the Blood and Nri-res. No one need suffer with neuralgia. This disease is quickly and permanently cured by Browns' Iron Bitters. Every disease of the blood, nerves and stomach, chronic d otherwise, succumbs to Browns' Iron Bitters. Known and used for nearly a quarter of a century, it stands to-day fore most among our most valued remedies. Browns' Iron Bitters is sold by all dealers. IL 3. HOOD Tlie Oil! mim On DUNN, - - - N. C. i My stock consists of anything found in a first-class Dni" Store whicli I am selling cheaper than ever for the cash. Prescriptions compounded with care and accura?y. I thank all for past favors, and invite 3011 to come and see me. I lu a straight legal business. Mr. A. L. Pear'still is with me and he invites all his friends to call and see him. Yours to please for best goods and lowest prices, N. B. HOOD. Nov. 17, 1897. WHAT YOUR NEIGHBORS SAY ABOUT IT : ( Dunn, N; C, Mar. 2nd, 1893 2148 persons nov using Indian Herbs. Why ? Because it ha the desired effo et and it is so cheap, 180 doses for 1 00. W F UTVEIt. "Bowie's Ckekk, N. C, February; 23rd , 1808, Great American Herb Co., "Washington, D. C. r Dear Sirs: No other medicine known to science has the power of Indian Herbs in curing bowel disease?. , Ihave suffered twenty-five years' with my bowrN, having from 4 lo 7 actions a day. Your Indian Herbs has cured me of tlut trouble and also of rheumatism of which I had been a eugercr for lf years. The indigestion arid ail these miserabl-s heavy feelings are gone and I can now sleep well and my rest refreshing. I can truthfully recoiuuu ud your Indian Herbs for which I am very thankful to you. This medicine has coi;ic to stay. Thankfully youre, J. T Johnson Bakclaysville, N. C", February 14th, 1808 Great American Herb Co, Washington, I). C Gentlemen: After years of suffering and trying many different remedies your (ir.at Cure came to my relief. .For three years I have been in the jaws of death with kidney trouble and have had rheumatism for eight years. Could iiot, eat or work to any satisfaction. Now am well and doing more woik ban I have in years and my rest is sweet and refreshing; before taking vour Indian Herbs I would rise in the morning as tired as when I went to b d; now that is all cured, thanks to Indian Heibs. Yours with heart felt gratitude, W. It Love. JJSTAny one desiring to purchaee a package of IudiaQ Herbs can get it L. F. Jernigan's store or at my lesidenco. W F. TJTTKIl Dunn, N. C . MORTGAGE SALE. By virtue of power conferred hy mort gage executed to nie by Jiinos A. Mc Leod:ind vyilliam D. MeLeod, will sell ;it public auction, to the highest bidder, for cash, at the Court IIoue door in Lil lington. N. C, on Saturday, April 0th 1808, at 12 o'clock, M., a certain tract of land in Black River township, Harnett ctuuty, N. C , containing acres inoiv or less, adjoining' the lands of M'iVs Maiy Stewart and other. For a more, com plete description reference is made to Book H No 2, page 477, Kegi-ter of Deeds ollice, Harnett county, whore? said mortgage is recorded. This February 28th., IS98. J. O. IJALL.ENTIXK, 3-2-4t. Mung;igco. ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE'! The undersigned, having this day qual ified as. Adi'itiiislrat or of the estate of Alexander Cameron, di-etased herobj' notifies all nersons having: claiins'agaiu t said estate to present the same to him ut Swanu's Station, N. '., within the time limited by law. or this notice will be plead in bar of recovery. This Feb ruary 21t.. 1808. W. K. MURCHJSOX, W. II. SlKES, ilch-2-Gw, Att'. Administrator, ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE ! Having duly qualified' as the administra tor of (J. I). JJyrd, deceased, notice is hereby given to all persons holding claims against said estate lo present the same for payment, duly verilied, on or before the 3rd day of arch, 18'jy, or this notice will be plead in bar of their re coverj'. All persons indebted to said es tate are hereby notified to make immedi ate payment of the same. This Febru ary 25th, 188. Dk. O. E. Dennino. Adm'r. Jones & Stewart. Attys. Mcn-2-6t. . COMMISSIONER'S SALE OF LAND, By virtue of a decree of the Superior Court in in case of J. C. Unchurch vs. Callie Upchurch and others, J will 011 Monday. April 4th, I898, at the Court House iu Lillington, N. C, sell to the highest bidder, for cash, the following described tract of lyiujr on Black river, beginning at a stake 111 Burbee line, Matthews' corner, and runs east 2 i chs : then N. C E. 6.0O chains; then west 3 chains; then N. 11 J W. Z7.jl chains in Black river: then up saia river-C. 70 chains to Barbee's line: then south 21.50 chains: then south 13 W. 24.80 chains to the be ginning. Containin": 57i acres more or lets, ibis February 2Stli. 18ns. B. F. SHAW, 3-2-4w. Commissioner. The fao . tiail $lgnxiun It it ea rery 7 , Si AVe have jut arrived vtoth a load of the tyst Ten nessne Horses and M 11 1 e-s 0 v v r brought to 'Dunn. If you want good SOUND, HKLI ABLE stock give us a call. Lane cSc Galfcraith, Dunn, N. V INDIAN A A a A u. 0- -0 THE GREATEST BLOOD PURIFIER And Liver Regulator on Earth- W. F. UTTER, General Agent. Dunn, N. C. at FIIOTICE ! Having d dv qnalili- l i Iw Aduuni.-tiatiix of F. A. I'.nk. r. deceased, notice is hereby given t' all persons holding claims aaiu-t 'M estate to present tin same for pi iii nt, duly verilied oil or lefotv 27th iay "f January 1800 or this notice will be plr.el in bar of their recovei y. AM ;ei.-.ii indebted to said estate are. bcrchy noti fied to make immediate paunent of ih: same. This January 20ih, I s'.iS M. D. JL'akki k, Adiniui-i 1 ut 1 ix. Jones & Stewart, Attorneys. SALE OF VALUABLE LA XI). By virtue of authority conM': 1 d in a inort ;arc dn-d ixccutsl to mo by M. W . Barefoot and wife on tin- 2nd d f S-j--ti niber, 11)5. and recorded iu tie- K gi---ter's oil lee of Harnett County hok J No. 2.41:10 57, I 'lli.:-!i at puhiic audio ., for cah. at the Coin t Jlou-e door in the town of Lilli.'igton, at 12 o'dodi M., on the 4th. day of March, 1808, the tiact of land lying in the Coun ty of Harnet and descrlded in said uiort- : gage , as follow : Beginning at a .-take near the fence, and runs S. H h 1 4. . - chains to a stake, thence S. 5 W. 10 eh to a stake in Mingo Warren's line. th im with his line N. (;n0 V. !.:( chain- t a stake in said line, thence X 5 E. Ill h to the beginning, containing 50 a-i--, more or less. This the . second day of February, 180S. II. A. HODGES, Mortgagee. Simmons. Foil & Ward, Att's. 2-0-4 uks. ' DUNN MAKKKtT CORRECTED EVERY WEDNESDAY. Cotton,. "i". Peas, !.....,. .40 v ;. Sugar i to k. Coffee .10 to -joe. 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