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THE COUNTY UNION. DUNN, Harnett County, N. C, Entered according to postal regula gions at the postotHee At Dunn, N. C, as tecond class matter. - J. P. PlTTMAN, Proprietor, A. M. WoopAix, Editor. TERRS OF SUBSCRIPTION. Three Months 25 Cents Six Months - 50 Cents One Tear... $1.00 Sent by Mail. Payable in advance. Dunn, N. C. January 11, I899. Up to date the legislature has not exhibited much display of show and speech making.- The members realize that they have grave questions to deal with. There is only one . negro member in the Senate. His name is Fuller and is from War ren county. He is .said to be the only negro State Senator in thft Union. He evidently feels lonesome as there are few white Republicans to keep him com pany, v TnE Senator who wanted to repeal all the laws of the legis lature of 1897 at one stroke, thought that was probably the best way to get rid of them. Many of them no doubt need repealing and amending, but some of them are doubtless good. Sift them closely and of the good retain the bad repeal, it seems to us the best way. " The Raleigh Morning Post, although only a little more than a year old, is one of the best and most ably edited daily pa pers in the State. It. started the new year with a reduction in its subscription price to $4.00 per year and has adopted the cash in advance plan. May it Hye long and prosper. The Raleigh N server has entered the .New Year with an increase of size from six to seven columns, eight pages. It is deservedly popular with the people and has the largest circulation of any daily paper published in the State. . With a corps of the ablest editors in the State it is rapidly pushing to the front. This legislature is expected to do much and to eliminate the ignorant negro vote- from poli tics. One bill on the sufirage " j 1 1 i question nas aireaay oeen in troduced. Whatever it does in this respect it should take time to consider and have the bill thoroughly prepared so that it will stand the tests of the courts. It will doubtless make some mistakes, but cn the elec tion law it must be faultless. The idea of Senator Butler's bill to pension wounded confed erate soldiers has raised a storm of disgust among the Confeder : it . 1 ate veterans ana many camps have passed resolutions condemn ing it. The people of the South are opposed to the already large .b ederal pension bill that in creases every year. The Sena tor would gain their, sympathy and friendship quicker by fight ing the pensions paid to those not entitled than in trying to. pension the Confederate soldiers The Confederate soldier, though wounded and unable to work, is too much of a patriot to ask the government he fought to pen sion him. Senator Allen, of Nebraska, says he thinks Sena tor Butler was joking when he introduced the bill that it could never become a law. The old soldier is not dead with the Democrats. The posi tion that the fusionists. gave to the negro Abe Middleton is now filled by a wounded Confederate soldier and the places under him are given to old soldiers. But the fusion Reform legisla ture gave Abe Middleton six dollars a day for his services, while the Democrats give the old soldier less than five. This looks pretty bad upon its face, but the Democrats went in pledged to economy in the ex penditures of the state's money, and they are keeping their pledges. The fusionists went in pledged to do the same. The people know how they kept them. Ihey were repudiated and justly so. While the legis lature is chipping off expense on the clerks of the legislature they may find some other places that need it also. Let the work continue in the right places THE LEGISLATURE What our Busy Lawmab ers are Doing at cue Capital City. Senate Fifth Day. A number of bills of a local nature was introduced. Two important bills were introduced. One by Senator Ward to exam ine into the reasonableness of railroad, express and telegraph rates. The other by Senator Smith to elect Railroad Commis sioners by a vote of the peo nle. Bills passed to . authorize Reidsville to issue bonds. To prevent fast riding and driving over bridges in Gaston county. To repeal chapter 504, public laws of 1897, and chapter 316, private laws of 1895. These bills were ordered engrossed and sent to the House. House Fifth day. One of the' amusing features of the House was that of Isaac H. Smith the colored member from Craven, rising to a ques tion of personal privilege in re- gard to his expulsion from the Republican Caucus Saturday night. He roundly scored the attempt of the Republican members to read him out of the party. One petition, two resolutions and twenty five bills were intro duced, and only one bill passed providing for the appoint ment of a cotton-weigher at Dunn. Seven of the bills were to place certain Confederate sol diers on the pension list. Among the others were one to provide books and to pre scribe a course of study for the public schools ; to authorize Bertie countv to issue bonds : to establish a textile school at Charlotte; to repeal the Rail road Commission act ; to pro vide against incompetent ser vice upon railroads ; to pre scribe a form and fix fees for chattel mortgages. bEjNAiD (SiitTTT Day. Resolutions were passed call ing on our Senators and Repre sentatives in congress to use their best efforts to have a con stitutional amendment provid ing for the election of United States Senators by the people submitted to the several states. Bills were introduced to pro vide for white government in Hertford county ; to appoint a cotton-weigher at Dunn ; to al low Reidsville to issue bonds, to establish a fish cultural station passed its readings ; to allow Charlotte to issue bonds. The contest from the thirty fourth district was heard by the committee on elections which decided in favor of Franks, Republican, the sitting member. IJouse Sixth Dax. Resolution in favor of electing United States Senators passed. Bills to amend charter of Fay etteville ; to exempt manufac turing enterprises from taxa tion were introduced. The bill to repeal the act of 1897 which requires officers of corporations to file oath with the State Auditor created con siderable discussion, and was finally defeated by a vote of 40 to-71. A bill permitting the bank of r ayetteville to reduce its capi tal stock to $100,000 was pass ed. There are said to be 120 cases of small pox in Norfolk, Va Raleigh has ordered a general vaccination of her citizens as a preventive against the disease. a To The Public. We are authorized -to guarantee every bottle of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy and if not satisfactory to re fund the money to the purchaaer There ia no better medio ine made for la grippe, colds and whooping cough. Price, 25 and 50a per bottle Try it. McKay Bros & Skinner. The Bank of Guilford, at Greensboro closed its doors last week. It is said depositors will be paid in full. To Cube Const iPATipir Fokever. Take Cascarets Candy Cathartic. 10c or 25c. If C. C. C. fail to cure drug, gists refund the monev. Two trains running thirty- five miles an hour collided on the , Southern railroad near Knoville, Tenn., Monday. One engineer, a fireman, a brakemau and a flagman were killed, and an ingineer and fire man badly hurt. About 20 pas sengers were on but all escaped injury. Tobacco Warehouse Meeting. A good number of bur citi zens met at the town hall last night for the purpose j of put ting on foot a plan for the erec- tion of one or more tobacco warehouses and the establish ment of aobacco market here for next season. Mr. Jno. A. Oatss was made Chairman and Mr. J. C. Clifford, secretary of the meeting. After a general expression of opinions a resolution was passed for the chair to appoint a com mittee to solicit subscriptions and report at a meeting to be held at the town hall next Mon day night. The committee ap pointed are Messrs. J. H. Bal lance, R. G. Taylor, J. H Pone, J. L. Hines and E. F. Young. . j That we will have a tobacco market is almost an assured fact. The people are interest ed. One of our merchants who has been talking of leaving says that if we will build the ware houses he will take stock and stay on. He believes in tobac co for a town. At this meeting there was some discussion as to the price of a share. Some favored mak ing them $50 or $100 each, and some less. It seems to us the smaller the share the better. Say $10. This will enable quite a number of farmers to take stock and to make the warehouse popular I with the farmers is to get them interest ed in it. If the houses could be built by one or two hundred farmers it would be an advan tage to the market for the far mer would feel an interest in the market because he has mon ey invested in it. We feel sure that with the proper effort enough money could easily be secured from the farmers to build a large warehouse. In the meantime we would advise ' our farmers! to make preparation for planting tobac co. Dunn will furnish a mar ket for it. La Grippe Successfully Treated. "I have just recovered from the second attack of la grippe this year," says Mr. Jas. A. Jones, publisher of the Leader, Mexia, Texas In the latter case I used Chamberlain's Cough Remedy, and I think with considerable success, only being in bed a little over two days against ten days for the former attack. The sec Qod attack I am satisfied would have been equally as bad as the first but for the use of this, remedy as I had to go to bed in about six hours after being 'struck' with it, while in the first case I was able to attend to busi n;ss about two days, before getting ting -down' " For sale by McKay ! Bros. & Skinner. Deserved Prominence. . The citizens of Harnett coun ty are justly proud of their Rep resentative, Hon. D. H. Mc ! Lean, in the Legislature. The ! prominence he has already at itained there is attracting the attention of the whole State TT T 1 "I . ie nas tne aointy and as a speaker and orator he is second to none in that body. A safe counsellor and a champion of the people s rights, we feel safe with Harnett's interests in his hands. He has already shown us that he is not a mere figure in that body but an active worker for tne interests of his constituents and the people of the whole State. He was first to recom mend that the per diem of clerks be cut to $4.00 per day ; first to introduce resolutions to inves tigate the affairs of the State's institutions, and an earnest supporter of the resolutions to have the name of James H. Young, colored, removed from the corner stone of the building for the white blind. He had the law which provided for a cotton-weigher at Dunn prompt ly repealed and introduced a new bill in its stead. That he is held in high es teem by the members and that his ability is recognized by the presiding omcer is evidenced by his appointment on the many important committees. We note that he has been made chairman of the committee on Blind Institutions, a very im- mi portant position, and a member of the following committees : Judiciary, Election Law, Pen sions, Penal Institutions, Edu cation. , He was also selected as one of the steering committee for the House which is a very im portant position J The Negro is not in 'it. When the legislature met Hon. D. H. McLean introduced a resolution in the House cau- cus declaring ior oniy wuue men to be employed by the House if they could be had. This resolution was unanimous ly adopted, and so for as we are informed it has acted up to the resolution and employed none but white men. In the House there are three or four negro members, among whom is one Isaac H. Smith, a banker from Craven county Isaac has-aliened the white Re publicans in the House from him bv voting for Judge Con- nor for Speaker. Thej" did not j like his independent way of do ing things. So these few white Republicans held a cancus and turned Isaac out of the party passing a resolution forbiding him to enter a ReDublican Cau cus, and now Isaac is in the House representing no party This caucus of Renublicans de clared that the Repnblican par r,r would not be responsible for his acts. Now the white Republicans have thrown Isaac overboard, the wrath of the negroes of the State'has been kindled and a mass, meeting of negroes' was held in Raleigh yesterday to take some action in regard to the expulsion of Isaac. How to Prevent Pneumonia. Yoa are perhaps aware that pneu monia always results from a cold or from an attack of la grippe. During 1 he epidemic of la grippe a few years ago when so many cases resulted io poeumonia, it was observed that the attack was never followed by that disease when Chamberlain's Cough Remedy was used. It counteracts any tendency of a cold or la grippe to result in that dangerous disease. It is ihe best remedy in the world for bad colds and .la grippe. Every bot tle warranted. For sale by MoKay Bros. & Skinner. Nnr Reiair SHOPS. I have started up a new Repair Shop in the building known as the A. IB. QGDWIRSIflORS and am prepared to do all kinds of Repairing on Buggies, Carts and Wagons. I also make Bug gies and Carts, using the best of material and employing the most skilled mechanics to do the work. A pleased customer is my best advertisement. guarantee all of my work . and I make prices to suit the times. I also repair Guns and Pistols. . James JoJuison. son of Rufus Johnson, deceased, who has the best reputation of any median ic in this country, is witn me and invites his friends to call and see him and to give him their work. I Shoe horses and profess to give better satisfaction gen a . . 1 erallv than any other shop in ,town. Give me a trial is all ask. Most Respectfully, J. W. GREGORY. PRIZE FIGHT. NOT KNOCKED OUT BUT STILL IN THE RING and prepared to furnish Beef, Pork, Sausage, Fresh. Fish and Oysters in SEASON, cheaper than ever before, at my same old stand, next door to Hood & Grantham, where I will be pleased to serve you with the best the country af fords at prices that can't be duplicated. Thanking my friends, who have so liberally patronized me for the past four years, and ask ing a continuance of the same, am yours to serve in the future, as I have been in the past. - R. M. PEARS ALL- ! Are Sou Weak? Weakness manifests itself in the loss of ambition and aching bones. The blood is wstiery ; the tissues are wasting the door ia being opened for disease. A bottle of Browns' Iron Bitters taken in time will restore yonr strength, soothe your nerves, make yonr blood rich and red. Do yoa more crood than an expensive special course of medicine. I Crowns' Iron Bitten is sold by ail dealers. I A railroad collision on the Lehigh Valley railroad at West Dunnelleii, N. J., Monday caused the death of sixteen per sons and injured several more. The General Assembly of South Carolina . convened yes terday in annual session ajt Co lumbia. T Beauty is Blood Deep. " Clean blood means a clean skin. No beauty without it. Cascarets, Candy Cathartic clean your blood and keep it clean by stirring up the lazy liver and driving all impurities from the body. Begin to-day to banish pimples, boils, blotches, blackheads, and that sickly bilious complexion by taking Cascarets besiutv for ten cents. All drr agists, satisfaction guaranteed. 10c. 25c, 50c. The legislature of Tennessee yesterday elected Hon. W. B. Bate United States Senator. He is a Democrat and succeeds himself. The legislature of New Jer sey has elected ex-cengressman John Kean. Rebublican, to the United States Senate. "Truth wears well People have learned that Deitts Little Early Risers are reliable little pills for regulat ing the bowels, curing constipation and sick headache. They don't gripe. Hood & Grantham Representative Dingley, the farmer of the Dingley tariff bill is very ill with grippe at Wash ington, D. C. ! . O Bears the Signature of STOHIA. Jhe Kind Yoa Have Always Bought North Carolina, In the Su- Efarnelt County. perior Court. J. W. Pipkin. Administrator of "l Lewis Pipkin, deceased, j vs. 1 E. H. McNeill, A S. McNeill, J NOTICE. R. C. McNeill and others. J The defendents above named will take notice that the plantiffin the above entitled action has moved that execution issue upon a judgment heretofore ren dered in the Superior Court of Harnett County, N. C, at Fall term I88T of said Court and merged in a Creditors Bill wherein said judgement was again ren dered at November Term 1S0O; and the said defendants will further take notice that they are required to appear before the Clerk of this Court at his office in Lillington, N. C, on thei;28, day of Jan uary 1899 and show cause if any they have, why execution should not issue upon s;iid judgment for amount still un paid, or the plantiff' will apply to the court for the allowance of said notice This the 3rd day of December 1898. F. M. McKay. Clerk Superior Court. W. E. MukChison, Att'y for Plaintiff rtOTlCE. The undersigned having VI been appointed Commissioner by Judgment of Harnett Superior Court to sell the following described Lands, e longing to tle estate of Neill S. Stewart deceased by virtue of said Judgement an order of Harnett County superior Court, I will sell to the highest bidder for cash at the Court House door in Lil lington, N. C, on Monday January 2nd 1S99 a Town Lot in the Town of Lilling ton, known as No 9 in plot of said Towi; Also a tract of Land containing 47 acres in Johnston County, adjorninj the Land of Gideon Keen, Berry Dean Reuben Johnson and others on the South side of Black Creek on little swamp. Dec. 1st 1898. J A. Green, Commissioner The above sale is postponed un til first Monday in February 1899. lJOTCE is hereby given to parties owing ac counts for meat purchased at McLeod Beef Market, to call and settle the same and to pay no moiiev for same to any one except to me or my authorized agent at the market. 1 have purchased the market from Mr. McLeod and keep on hand Fresh. Beef, Pork, Sausage, etc., and will be pleased to serve the people , Try my meat. Live and Dressed Poultry always kept on hand. I pay the best market prices for Beef Cattle, Pork etc. See me before you sell. . Yours to please, S- T. HOLLAND, Market on Lucknow Square. W. L Douglas $3 Shoe. Stylish, durable, perfect firHnjr. Endorsed by over 1,000,000 wearers. V. L. Douglas $150, $4X0 and $540 Shoes are the productions of skilled workmen, from the best material pos sible at tbese prices. Also $2-50 and $2 Shoes for Men, $Z50, $2 and $1.75 Boys We ue only the best CalC Hauls Calf, French Patent Calf, French Enamel, Vlcl Kid. etc, graded to correspond with price of the ahoea. If dealer cannot tnpply yoa, write Catalog free. W. L.DOUGlAS,Brockton,Mas. OLD BT The Massengill Dry Goods Co., Dunn, N . C. WE MEAN STRICTLY BUSINESS. m Walk in and see for yourself. These goods will positively -be 5 cent Handkerchiefs for 2 and 6 cents. 50 cent Shirts for 20 to 35 .cents. Ladies' Vest 12 cents. Ladies' Corsets 15 cents and up. Gent's Socks, 3 cents and up. Gent's Suspenders, 5 cents and up. Children's Hose, 4 cnts and up. Gingham, 4i cents. ' - Bleaching, 4 cents. Dress Buttons, 3 cents per dozen. Gent's Collars, 7 cents and up. Pants Cloth, 8 cents and up. Nice Glass Goblets, 15 cents. Gallon Tin Bucket, 5 cents. 1 Gallon Tin Bucket, 10 cefits. 2 Gallon Milk Bucket, 10 cents. 1 Gallon Oil Can, 10 cents. 1 Large Wash Basin, 5 cents. 1 Gallon Milk Basin, 8 cents. Best 5 pound Bunch Cotton, 60 cents. Knitting Cotton, 14 cents. Brass Pins, 1 cent. Towels, 4 cents and up. LACES BELOW COST. Good Plaids, 3f cents. River Side Plaids, 4f cents Children's Shoes at cost.' Good Molasses, 21 cents per gallon. All Calicoes at reduced prices!. Lard Stands at lowest prices ever sold in Dunn. i pound Package Soda, 4 cents. Tea Spoons, 4 cents per set. Baking Powder 4 and 8 cents per pound. J. W. GREGORY. S CASH HARDWARE HOUSE, now located on the Wilson corner, Main Street, wishes to announce to the people that he now has a nice, clean stock of Hardware, Crockeryware, Building material, Harness &c, that will be sold cho.ap for cash. I have made a sweeping reduction on previous prices in Hardware and ask my friends and old customers to come to see me before buying. I will promise to treat tou right. Come and see me and bo convinced. The following are some of my prices: A Good Axe for. ? .50. A Nice Hatchet' for. .' 50. A Nice Hammer for. , .15. A Good File for.... 5. A Good Hand Saw for. 50. Set of Plates for 25. Set of Cups and Saucers for. . .25. Large Flat Dish for 15. Set of Tumblers for 20. Set of Goblets for 25. Lamp Chimneys for . .; . . 5. And many other things in proportion. Yours to serve, LUXN, EvErybady S T Give me your attention for a moment. If you are thinking of pur chasing a new Buggy this fall, you siioula not do so until you call at my shops and examine my home-made Buggies. I use the best material and employ skilled workmen in all my de partments and guarantee my Buggies to be equal to any! sold in North Carolina. ! 1 i Small Profits. I don't expect any big profit at the present low prices of farm products, and if you will get my prices you will not go elsewhere to purchase vour BUGGY. All kind of repair work done at my shop at moderate prices.1 Horse-Shoeing. For the best Horse-Shoeing in town, call at my shops. Give me a call and I will treat you right. W- D. THORNTON, Carts, Manufacturer of w agons, RIDE Buggies-J sold at prices mentioned below : nft.rrWVCrWr ttrtttrttft ttKt.tvtt&H E. LEE, NORTH CAROLINA AT o -o -AND STILL SELLING- HEAVY AND FANCY GROCERIES at pi ices to correspond with t lie times. If you want anything good to cook, or anything to cook with, we have it. Do you wi.sh any thing to correspond w ith weak, strong, poor, or good.ap- petite. We Have It. Anything to smoke or chew, VTc Unxv It. We keep Coffees and Teas al.-o. We want to buy all the I'roduce 3 011 have to spare, all the Hides and Beeswax yoii have to sell. A Vnr Loud ! Sail Jnt receiv ed and miiftt be Hold. Confectioneries to give away. tSyjlemember we are no "Cheap John," as we do not handle that elas of good3. Only I'IrMl-CliifcM Goodx handled, with full weights and measures Call and sec for yourself. P. P- JONES. Dunn; N. C. ADMIN ISTR ATO US N OTIC E. The undersigned having dnlr nu.ilinVd as Administrator cf Amos N orris, de ceased, all persons Indebted to ttie es tate are requested to settle same at once. All persons who have claims again.-t said estate are requested to present same within 12 months from date or the stat utes will be plead in bar of same. This Dec 22nd 1898. J. K, Strickland, Admr. Jones & Stewart, Attorneys. You should subscribe for this your county paper, and keep up TDK Sill with the Lsgislaturc.