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AVERAGE CIRCULATION l,QOO. Place you A"ad' ' with us-'and sop he results. . Vol. 8- TOWN DIRECTORY. CHURCHES. Metl.o.list Church-Rev. W A. Forbes Pastor ' ,.rvic-s Hr.-t Sun.l.iy niglit.ard fourth Sun-)j-y mornin,' ami mght. Fraycrmeetififf i-vry WeJewlay nitflit. Sunday schcel every Siuulay morning- at 10 o'clock, O. K. (Jraiitliaui Smei iutemleiit. Baptist Cliurcli.-Rev.L. R. Carroll, paster. Services eve.y necend Sunday morning and niht. Frayermeeting' every Thursday night .s-iiiiiay Scl.ool eery Sunday morning, J. A. Taylor Superintendent. ? Presbyterian Church. -Rev. A. M. Hasael pastor. Services every first and fifth Sunday moriifing .and night. Sunday school every Sunday morning, Doug Smith Superinten dent. Discii-le Church-Rev. X. B. Hood, pas tor Services every third Sunday morning and night. Christian Endeavor Society every Tuesday night. Sunday School every Sunday evening at .. o'clock, McD. Holliday Supt. Free Will Baptist Church. Elder R. C. Jackson, pastor. Services every first Sun day morning and night. Primitive Baptist. Church on Broad street Elder W. i- Turner, Pastor. Regu'ar servi- c s on the third SaV.lath morning, arxl Satur day before, in each month at 11 o'clock. LODGE. Palmyra Lodge, No. 117. A. F & A. M. Uall over Free Will Baptist church. F. P. Jones W. M ; W. A. Johnson, S 'A .; E. A. Jones J. W.; J. i- Johnson, .-Vcretary. Regular eommunications are Veld on the 3rd Satur day at Pi o'clock A. ' . and on the 1st Friday at 7::f) o'clock p. in. in each month. All Ma sons in good standing are cordially invited to attend these communications. TOWN OFFICERS. . J. F. Phil.ips, Mayor. ; Commissioners E.F.Young. R. O. Taylor, J. W. Jordan and Mcl. Holiday. M.L. Wale, Policeman. COI NTY OFFICERS . Slieriir, Silas A.Salmon. Clerk. Dr. J. II. Withers. Register of Deeds, A. C. Holloway. "Treasurer, L. D. Matthews. Surveyor, D. P. McDonald. Coroner, Dr. J. F. McKay. County Examiner, Rev. J. A. Campbell. Commissioners : K. F. Young, Chairman N. A Smith. T A. Harrington. PROFESSIONAL CARDS. D. II. MCLEAN ) Counsellor and Attorney at Law, DUNN, N C Practice in all Courts. Collections a Specialty W- E- Mnrchison, JONKSIiOKO, n. c. rractiet's Law in Harnett, Mooie and other eoiinties, hut not for fun. Feb. 20-lv. Isaac A- Murchison, FAYETTE VI LLE, N C. riactHM S Law in Cumberland, Harnett ;ind anywhere services are wanted. J, "C CLIFFORD, Attorney at Law, DUNN, n. c. Will practice in all the court; of the State, where-services desired. H. L. GODWIN, Attorney-at-Law Dunn, N. C. Will practice wherever services may be required. Dillieult collections promptly made. W. L. HUDSON. M. D. Physician and Surgeon, Dunn, N. C. Ollice on X. E. Wilson St., second build ing from Broad St. Keideuce at junction oTe. Broad and l.lni Streets. I'rompt attention to ad calls from either Town or Country, day or night in the various blanches of the profession. F. P. .IONKS. W. A. STEWAKT JONES & STEWART, Attorneys, Dunn, N.C. Will practice anywhere in State or Federal Courts. Collections a specialty and prompt attention given. GET THE BEST When you are about to buy a Sewing Machine do not be deceived by alluring advertisement and be led to think you can get the best made finest finished and Most Popular for a mere song. See to it that you buy from reliable manu facturers that hav gained a reputation by honest and square dealing, you will then get a Sewing Machine that isioted the world over for its dura bility. You want the one that is easiest to manage and is Light Running tn the world that can equal in mechanical con- glrucuon, uurauiui; "i parts, fineness of finish, beauty in appearance, or has as many improvements a mo Nkw Home It has Automatic Tension. Doable Feed, alike it : New Stand (patented), driving wheel hinged. on aajustaDie cecien, nm.ncuuv.ms t Vi o mini m 11 m . WRITE FOR CIRCULARS. THE HEW HOME SEWISG HACHIKE CO. CfBAXom, Mass. Botrroir, Mass. 8 TTino Sori, K.T , ClUCiOO, ILL. 8T. LOUIS, MO. DAIJJ., TtXA. Sam nuvciaoo, Cai ATLamza, ui. FOR SALE BY Gainey & Joraun, Dunn, N. C. Educate Your Bowels With Cas- C A RETS. C&ndy Cathartic, cure constipation or fever. 10c 25c. If C. C. C. fail, drug gist refund money. THE LEGISLATURE What our Busy Lawmak ers are Doing at che Capital' City- Tho General Assembly of North Carolina for 1899 con vened in the capitol at Raleigh last Wednesday, January 4th, at noon. Both Houses were open with prayer. Rev N.- M. Journey invoking blessings in the Senate and Rev. Jesse Page in the House. The members of each branch were given the oath of office and proceeded to elect officers. Ex-Judge H. G. Con nor was elected Speaker of the House. Quite a ripple of laugh ter floated oyer the House when Isaac H. Smith, the colored Re publican Representative from Graven arose in his seat and cast his vote for Conor for Speaker. Senate First Day. After the.elec.tion of officers, a message was sent to the House! that the Senate was organized; and ready for business. Notices of contest were an nounced from the 14th, 31st and 34th districts. Senator Glenn introduced the first bill which was an act to regulate the pay of clerks and other employes of the Senate which was put upon its passage read three times and ordered sent to the House without en grossing. This bill reduces the salary paid clerks from $5 to $4 per day. House First Day. In the House after organiza tion the customary message was sent to the Senate anouncing it readiness for business. Mr. F. D. Winston, of Bertie, intro duced the first bill which was a bill to repeal tho public print ing bill of 1897. With it he sent a resolution to have a com mittee appointed to make con tracts for printing, and that no public printing shall be sent out of the State. Contests were announced from j the counties of Green and Pam lico. In each of these counties the Democrats have a certificate of election from the Clerk of the Superior court, while the. Re publicans have certificates from the Sheriff. The contests were referred to the committee on elections and privileges. Senate Second DAY.t Senator Robinson, of Samp son, sent foward the papers in the contest from his district, with the request that they be referred. Senator Jieltl did the same. Senator Brown, from Colum bus, sent forward a bill (senate bill No 2.) to appoint a joint committee to investigate the af fairs of the penitentiary, which was put upon its several read ings and passed and sent to the House without engrossing. Senator Glenn offered a resolu tion that a committee be ap pointed to go carefully over the laws of 189o x, 9 and recom mend such changes as seemed best. The resolution was pass ed and sent to the House. Senator Fields introduced a bill to repeal the a?t of 1897 taxing horse dealers. Also a bill to repeal the bill creating a State Board of Equalization. Also one to repeal the act rela ting to the procuring of and dis tribution of dead bodies. Several other bills of local im portance were introduced. House bill to repeal the law establishing a cotton-weigher at Dunn was put upon its several readings, passed and ordered enrolled. House bill to create the office of enrolling for both Houses was amended and passed and sent back to the House for con currence. ..House Second Day. Several important bills were introduced in the House. Among the most important were two bills to provide soperate cars for white and black people by the railroads of the State. One by Representative McLean, of Hal-net, the other by Representa tive" Overman, of Rowan. Each Was referred to the . committee jm Railroads and Railroad Com mission. - "Prove all DUIMIM, A bill to repeal the law of 1895 creating the office of cotton-weigher at Dunn was intro duced by Mr. McLean, passed it several readings and sent to the Senate without engrossing. An act to abolish the crimi nal court circuit of the counties of Buncombe, Madison, Hay wood, Henderson and McDow ell was introduced by Bryan and referred to the Judiciary com mittee. A billby Leak io regulate fees of registers of Deeds for regis tering crop liens and chattel mortgages. A bill by Mr. Davis to repeal all the laws of 1897 was intrc duced and referred to the Judi ciary committee. Mr. Julian, of Rowan, intro duced a bill to amend Section 2, Article 9, of the Constitution. The first section of this bill reads as follows : Section 1. That section 2 of Article 9 of the Constitution of North Carolina bn amended by striking out all after the word "schools ' in the eighth line thereof, and inserting, "md all the moneys arising from the taxation of the polls and prop erty of .the white, race, for pub lic schools, shall be appropria ted to the support of the public schools of the white . race, and the monevs arising from the taxation of the polls and prop erty of the colored race, for public schools, shall be appro priated to the support of the public schools of Jhe colored race." The bill by Mr. McLean, of Harnett, to provide separate cars on railroads is given as fol lows : I Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of North Carolina that all railroads and railroad companies engaged in this State as common carriers of passengers for hire shall fur nish separate compartments in in all first class coaches for the accommodation of white and colored passengers, provided equal accommodations shall be supplied to all persons without distinction of race, color or pre vious "conditions, in such coachj es. Section 2. That any first class coach of such carrier for passengers may be divided . into compartments, separated by a substantial partition, in lieu of separate coaches. Section 3. That should any railroad or railroad company, its agents or employes violate the provisions of this act, such railroad or railroad company shall be liable to a penalty ef not more than $500, nor less than $200. for each violation, to be collected by suit to be in stituted by the State, and the penalty recovered shall be paid into the general fund of the general fund of the State Treasury. Section 4. That the provi sions of this act shall not apply to nurses on trains or to passen gers holding inter-State tickets, nor to relief trains in case of accident or emergency, nor to through sleeping cars, nor to the officers and guards trans porting prisoners, nor to the prisoners being so transported. That the provisions, of this act shall not go into .effect until , 1899. Section 5. That all conduc tors or other employes in charge of such cars shall . be required to assign all passengers to their respective cars or compart ments of cars, so as to separate the white and colored races ; and all conductors and other employes of railroads shall have, and are hereby vested in, police powers to carry out the provi sions of this act. Section 6. That any person remaining in any car or com n:irtnipnt other than that to l which he may have been as signed, shall be guilty of a mis demeanor and on conviction shall be punished by a fine of $ . Jurisdiction for this of fense shall be in the county in which the same occurred. The conductor and any or all em ployes on suclrcars are hereby clothed with power to eject from the train, or car, any passenger who refuses to remain in such car or compartment as may be assigned to him : and for such ' refusal to carry any ejection from the train neither the con-j ductor, nor the employes, nor! things; hold fast that which, IM. C, JANUARY the railroad company shall .be liable for damages in any court. Senatv Third Day. Pvidence in the contest for seats from the 31st district was submitted. By Mr. Daniels a bill to reg ulate the disposition of ' fees from insurance companies, and agents, passed. This bill pro vides for the fees to be paid in to the State Treasury. Bill to provide for court ste nographers was introduced. Also one to providea perma nent S3'stera of county govern ment for Craven. A resolution providing for the removal of .the name of James H. Young from the cor ner stone of the new building for the blind white children was put upon 'its several readings and passed. At night the Democrats held a caucus and agreed on the members to constitute the com mittees of the Senate which Lieutenant Governor Reynolds will appoint tomorrow. House Third Day. Representative Winston, of Berlin, introduced a bill in re gard to suffrage. It is modell ed after the Louisiana election law. " A bill was introduced to in crease the number of Judicial districts. A bill bv Reinhart. of Lin coin, to repeal the law for spe cial school tax elections, and to provide for white committee men for white schools and ne gro coinmittemen for negro schools. A bill by Moore, of Jackson, to repeal the law giving certain dead bodies to medical colle- By Hoey, of Cleveland, a bill to abolish the Bureau of Labor statistics. By Thomson, of Onslow, a bi 1 1 to i e pc al th ft 1 a w v. Pre ve u t ing emigration agents inducing negroes to leave the State. This bill was put upon its several readings and passed. Fleming of Clay, introduced a bill to abolish the State Board of Education. . By a vote of 113 to 0 the House seated J. E. Sugg, Dem ocrat, as the member from Greene county, instead of B. r . Mitchel, fusion. Republicans voted for Sugg. The first count elected Mitchell, but a recount elected Sugg by 27 votes. Ed. Senate Fourth Day. The Senate held a short ses- sion. Several bills and resolu tions were introduced, among which were : to appoint a joint committee to investigate the af fairs of the agricultural depart ment, the State charitable in stitutions and the State Ireas- urer's office. House Fourth Day. Quite a number of bills were introduced in the House, nearly all of a local nature. A resolu tion was passed appointing Mrs. William E. Shipp an assistant enrolling clerk. Also a resolu tion to appoint a committee to investigate the fees of the Sec retary of State. Eight bills passed their third reading. A Narrow Escape. Thankful words written by Mrs. Ada E. Hart, of Groton, S. 1).. "Was taken with a bad cold which settled on my lungs ; cough set in and finally termi- nntpd in ConsuniDtion. rour Doctors gave me up, saying I mil Id livft but a short time. I gave myself up to ray Savior, determined if' I could not stay with my friends on earth, I would meet mv absent ones above. My husband was ad vised to get Dr. King's New Discovery for Consumption, Coughs and Colds. I gave it a trial, took in all eight bottles It has cured me, and thank dnA T nm saved and now a well and healthy woman." Trial bottles free at McKay Bros. & Skinner's drug store. Regular size 50c. and $1.00 Guaranteed or price refunded. Jim Booker, a negro, will be hanged in Raleigh jail on the 18th of this month for the mur der of his sweetheart. STOniA. Bearttfc Its Kind Yoa Haw Always Baognt signature f CJ I 1 - -4 3 is good.". 11, 1899. GENERAL NEWS. News From all Parts of The World. Senator Pettus, of Alabama, is now the oldest member of the United States Senate. He is seventy eight years old. There are ten others who have passed 70 years. Mrs. Heloise H. DurantRose, of New York, has begun suit to obtain $1,500,000 from her brother William W. Durant, which she says is one-third of the estate left by her father. . It is stated that a national crisis is expected soon in the government of France. The people have lost confidence in the government and a revolu tion is imminent. An Havana editor published' an article in which he accuses a Spaniard named Bresnes, wl o was a lawyer and politician in Havana, and three others with blowing up the Maine. The United States of Colum bia has made amends honora ble to Italy and paid the claims leld by an Italian citizen against her and averted trouble . The government has decided to send four more boats to rein force Dewey. These are the gun boats , Princeton , Yorktown and Bennington, and the sup ply ship Solace. Rear Admiral W. T. Samp son's daughter, Miss Olive, was married to Henry Harrison Scott, of California last Wednes day evening in the Congrea tional church at Glen Ridge J. N. Th reports, from Cua to Washington by the officers in charge of .the cities of Havana and Santiago siate that the health of the island is improv ing and the death rate is de creasing. There are only a few cases of yellow fever now in the island. Henry Miller, an aged citizen of Westville, Pa., fell from a porch on December 24th and broke his neck. At last ac counts he was still living and was in a hospital at Lancaster for treatment. His case is a remarkable one says the medi cal men. An American syndicate will build a railroad in Ecuador, from Guayaquil over the Andes mountains to Quito, a distance of 300 miles. The estimated cost of the road is $17,500,000. The syndicate will establish a bank in Guayaquil with a capi tal of $1,000"',000. News comes from Madrid that Gen San Martin formerly Military Governor of Ponce, Porto Rico, and who surren dered the city to the Americans without orders, lias been tried by Court Martial upon the charge of cowardice and5 sen tenced to life imprisonment. Advices from Manila state that Aguinaldo,- the insurgent leader, has issued a prociama tion to the FiliDinos to resist the occupation of the Ameri cans, lie roundly aouscs rres ident McKinley and says that the promises that the islands were to be independent have been grossly violated by , the Americans. i Spain's Greatest Need. Mr. R. P. Olivia, of Barcelo na, Spain, spends his winters at Aiken, S. C. Weak nerves had caused severe pains in the back of his head. On using Electric Bitters, America's greatest Blood and Nerve Rem edy, all pain soon left him. He says this grand medicine is what his country needs. All Ameri ca knows that it cures liver and kidney trouble, purifies the blood, tones up the stomach, strengthens the nerves, puts vim, vigor and new life into every muscle, nerve and organ of the body. If weak, tired or ailing you need it. Every bot tle guaranteed, only 50 cents. Sold by McKay JSros. & Skin ner, Druggists. 'v, i The Atalantic Coast Line. The purchase of the' Cape Fearfe Yadkin Valley Railroad by the owners of the Atlantic Coast Line is a guarantee to the people living along the line of that road that it is in the hands of wise, progressive and conservative railroad managers. They will manage it not alone for the benefit of the stock holders but also for the develop ment of the section through which it runs. This is the first railroad the Atlantic Coast Line owns or has purchased that runs from the seacoast to the mountains. To show how successfully it has operated, and how handsomely it has paid all its stockholders, we give the ''results on their main line, the Wilmington & Weldon Railroad. m After tho war, the stock in th'at road sold for 40 cents in the dollar, and most of the present stockhold ers purchased at that figure. After it was purchased by the present capable owners it be gan to rise until it was soon above par. Since that 4ime in less than 30 years the stock holders have received dividends that are as large, if not larger than have been paid by any railroad in America. The first dividend was one of 100 per cent, on the Atlantic Coast Line stock. The second dividend was 100 per cent, in debenture bonds. The third was 100 per cent, in the Atlantic Coast Line stock. The capital is now vir tually four times what it was originally ; and hereafter divi dends will be paid on $400 for every $100 original stock or on fivprv $40 invested i hc uur- chase oi tne same oy me present holder. ' . . 1 1 1 1 M. This year (1898V the road has paid a dividend of 6 per cent, on the Wilmington & AVeldon stock 6 per cent, on the Atlantic Coast Line first issue stock, in terest on 7 ner cent, debenture bonds, and in addition tins year 1 - tney nave issueu uiviuenus "Mi nmi,nn bonds and stocks of 65$ per " . cent, and a second issue of At lantic Coast Line stock of 100 per cent that is to say 15H per cent, has been paid this year on every share of stock, which, as each have cost less than $40 on an average is over 375 per cent, on the investment. In the history of railroads we do not know an investment that has naid so liandsomely. Menci who have done this in the east ern part of the State will soon make the Cape Fear & Yadkin Valley system strong and val uable. Raleigh News and Ob server. Ked Hot From The Gun Was the ball that hit G. B. Steadman of Newark, Mich., in the Civil War. It caused hor rible Ulcers that no treatment helped for 20 years. Then Bucklen's Arnica Salve cured him. Cures Cuts, Bruises, Burns, Boils, Felons, Corns, Skin Eruptions. Best Pile cure on earth. 25 cents a box; Cure guaranteed. Sold by McKay Bros. & Skinner, druggists. . S rain's Fatalities inth3 War- The Spanish government has. tit Inst m.idn known the cxac figures of the army sent ou since 1895 to the West Indies and the casualty lists of t'.ie war. When the insurrection broke out at the end of lebrua ry, 1895, Spain had barely 14, 000 men in Cuba and 3,000 in Porto Rico. To these forces were added in 32 months 235, 000 men. Fifty thousand died in Cuba alone, of whom 7,000 were killed in action or died of wounds. All the rest were vic tims of the climate. Forty;! thousand were sent home in the! first three years of the war as invalids, many of whom sue- cumbed on the voyage or after their arrival. The loss of90, - 000 men would leave 1G2,000 in the islands. These figures! show what gigantic efforts;! Spain made to retain her rule if in Cuba. The register of deeds of Wake county during the first month of his term of ollice issued marriage licenses. HARNETT, CUMBERLAND, JOHNSTON, SAMPSON Large . circulation in each county. No. 2. STATE NEWS. Items of news gathered from all parts of the state. - Rev. Jesse A. Cunninggim, one of the ablest and best known ministers of the North Carolina Conference, died at his homo in Greensboro Saturday night. Prof. J. J. Blair has resigned the office of Superintendent of schools of Winston, and ac cepted a like position ii Wil mington. - ,i Edward Foy, a young negro, -was acquitted by the jury in tho Criminal Court at Wilmington Fr)day last. He was charged with burglary. Charlotte had a $75,000 fire early Saturday morning. Tho three story buildings of tho Shaw-IIowell Harness Co. and the Liddell Machine Company were burned. William Barnott the negro small pox patient at Wilming- ton, was released last friday by the city authorities, as all danger of contagion had pass ed. A thirteen year old boy nam ed Frazier, while playing with a rifle, accidentally shot a colored woman and instantly killed her last Wednesday, " near Golds boro. A little four year old son of Mr. David Thompson, who lives near Indian Trail, met a horri ble death by burning last Tues day. The little fellow was W in the house while J"' mother went to uiwna to tho cows, bo fore she returned the child's dress caught on fire and ho was fatally burned. The child lived about 3G hours after being burned. Monroe Enquirer, There was recorded in Hall fax a few days ago a deed whoso figures stood $1,952,G72.50. It .1 1 .......u.l OI was Ji ueeu uacuuicu wy. , 189g , tho Petcrsburc Kaij road Company to the Richmond I liiLll 7 Will 11 and Petersburg Railroad Com pany. It had upon it $2,000 worth of revenue stamps 40,. stamps of $50 each. Tho deed had to be recorded in every county through which tho rail road runs. Scotland Neck Com monwealth. In an interview with Mr E. McK. Goodwin, superintendent of the Deaf and Dumb Institu tion at Morganton he stated that there were now 199 pupils in that institution and that there are 80 applications for ad mittance on file.Bcsides these ap plicantshe has the names of 100 more who should bo admitted. The school building is being rapidly completed and will bo ready for occupancy by April 1st. This will then givo tho institution a capacity to accom modate 300 pupils. This new building will contain 27 rooms and Superintendent Goodwin says that it will be one of tho best in America he makes no exceptions. He says that tho institution is in good shape and that there is a corps of 18 teach ers employed. News & Observ er. Are You &s Easily Tired? j t .Tn mt remember that all your strength must come from your food. Did you ever think of that? Perhaps your muscles need more strength, or your nerves; or perhaps your stomach Is weak and cannot digest what you eat. . If you need more strength then take f of Cod-liver Oil with Hypo phosphites. l'he oil is the most easily changed of all foods Into strength ; and the hypophoa rtMtea are the best i ! I a f tonics for the nerves. Id BCOTTS EIIUIi- BlOir is the easiest and quickest cure for weak throats, for coughs of every kind, and for all cases of de bility, weak nerves, and loss of flesh. ... . wv all drurrisU. SCOTT ft BOWNE, ChetnUtt, New York. O mP J