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CHURCHKH.'.
Metliodist Churcli Rv. VV A. Forl.ea Pastor
first Sunday iiitfht, an.l tourth. Bun-
d.iv liioriiiii,' and mlit. Frayerme.eting
t-very Wednesday niffht:' Sunday gehec'
every Sunday uioriiing1 at 10 o'clock, O. K.
(Jraiitham Superiutendeut.
Ba)tlat Church.-Rev. L. R- Carroll, pastor.
Services e.veiy second Sunday morning and
nifc'lit. Prayermeeiing every Thursday night
Kuuday School every Sunday morning, J. A.
Taylor .Superintendent.
Presbyterian Church. -RefeAT M. Hassel
' pastor. S-rvices every first aiiffl fifth Sunday
morning and night, KuudayUschool every
.Sunday morning, Doug SinpL Superinten
dent. , j'.
Disciple Church-Rev. -V. B. Hood, pas
tor Services every third Sunday morning
ami night. Cm istiaii Kndeavor Society every
Tuesday night. Sunday School every Sunday
evening at A o'clock, McD. Ilolliday Supt.
Free Will Baptist Church. Elder R. C.
.Jackson, pastor-Services every first Sun
day morning and night.
Primitive Baptist. Church on Broad street
KlderW.O. Turner, Pastor. Regular servi
ces op the third Sabbath morning, and Satur
()ay before, in each inontli at 1 o'clock.,
LODGE,
Palmyra Lodge. No. 117, A. F. & A. M. Hall
over Free "Will Baptist church. F. P. Jones
W- M ; W. A. Johnson, S. V.; E. A. Jones
J, W.;. J. O. Johnson. Secretary. Regular
"communications are held on the 3rd Satur
day at jo o'clock A. M., and on the 1st Friday
at 7:"0 o'clock p. m. In each mouth. All Ma
sons in good standing are cordially Invited
to attend these communications. J
TOWN OFFICERS.
J.F. Phillips, Mayor.
Commissioners
E.F.Young. R.O.Taylor, J. VV. Jordan
and McD. Holiday.
M.L. Wade, Policeman.
County Officers.
Sheriff, Silas A.Salmon.
Cleik. Dr. J. H. 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 : ' E. P. Young, Chairnii n
N. A. Smith. T A. Harrington.
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
D. H. M CLE AN,
Counsello and Attorney
at Law,
DUNN, N. 0.
Practice in all Courts. Collections a Specialty
W- E- Mnrchison,
JON ES BOKO, N. C.
Tract ic:es Law In Harnett, Moore and
otlu'r counties, but not for fun.
Fob. 20 lv.
Isaac A- Murchison,
FAYETTEV1LLE, R. C.
Pi act ices Law in Cumberland, Harnett
and any where service are wanted.
JVC CLIFFORD,
Attorney at Law,
DUNN, n. c.
Will practice in all the court; of the
State, where .services desired.
H. L. GODWIN,
Attorn ey-at- Law
Dunn, - - N. C. ;
Will ptactice wherever pervices m iy
"be rc(ii-red. Difficult colleclion?
jirompily made. ,
yj l. iiudson. m. n.
Physician and Surgeon,
Dunn, N. C.
Ofliee on N." E. Wilson Sr., second build
iiiir from Broad St. liesidence at junction
of K. Broad and ltJm Streets.
lirompt attention to iul calls from
either Town or Country, day or night in
the various blanches of the profession.
F. P. .I0XES. W. A. STEW ALT'
JONES &r STEWART,
Attorneys, Dunn, N. C.
Will practice anywhere in State or
Federal Courts. Collections a specialty
Oscar J Spears, ;
Attorney and Counsellor at Luvr,"".
LlLLINGTON, N.C.
.Office iii the Court House.
General Practice in all State Courts.
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V. Lcvf.as $3 and $4 Shoes.
All nxvr titws are rc.unliy matisfactcrrt
They (rive tlf Lea 'ie Tor tne money.
hey eaui.: cus.c'.i soea in style aud 3t.
Their ww, in ; quahlics :re uncu paired.
The pric-os are us!fer:n stamped cn solo.
j; rum k sae.i i vtr hit r.asi's.
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sA $StG,.70 Cry: School
II ynv.r t'p?j?r ccr.not eur.'J
7. L. Dougln-.
DRY GOODS CO., Dunn, N. C.
The Duel Between Mr. Shott
and Mr. Nott.
A duel was lately fought in
Texas by Hiram Shott and
John Si Nott. Nott was shot
and Shott was not. In this
case it was better to be Shott
than Nott. There was a rumor
that Nott was not shot and
Shott avows that he shot Nott,
which proves either that the
shot Shott shot at Nott, was
not shot, or that Nott was shot
notwithstanding. Circumstan
tial evidence is not always 'good.
It may be made to appear when
the trial comes off that the shot
Shott shot shot Nott, or as ac
cidents with firearms are fre
quent, it may be possible that
that shot Shott shot shot Shott
himself, when the wdiole affair
would resolve itself into its
original elements and Shott
would be shot and Nott would
be not. We think, however,
that' the shot Shott shot, shot
not Shott .but Nott. Anywa7,
It's hard to tell who was shot
and who was
not . E xch a n ge .
Odd Things That Happen.
The meanest thief on record
has turned up or rather hasn't
turned up in battle Creek,
Mich. He broke into the house
of a colored man who had died
d urine the day and stole the
suit of clothes
buried in.
The weather
he was to be
was so cold in
Kansas last week that a prison
er who broke out of jail over
night came back to keep from
freezing. .
Mrs. Lottie Bunker, a Chica
go wh eel lady, has a record of
19,000 miles for last year and
45,000 miles for the past three
years. She became Mrs. Bun
ker before she took to wheeling.
A Ballviller. O., schoolteacher
has been asked to resign be
cause he punished the scholars
by making them Jiold their
noses in a small ring which he
had drawn on the blackboard.
An interesting young man of
Lima, 0., last week shot his
sweetheart, his rival and him
self m the order named. His
act would have been more com
mendable if he had begun at
the other end. of the list of fa
talities. Greenville Reflector.
Cloth From Pine Needles.
Grant's Pass; Ore., promises
soon to have a manufactory
where wooly cloth will be made
from pine needles. That is, a
cloth closely resembling that
made from wool -will' be manu
factured of the slender spines.
The industry has; been carried
on in Europe for many yearsV
and now it has been found that
the material in the Oregon for
ests is better than that in the
old world. Several grades of
cloth may be made from the
outer fibres of the needles. It
is said that the cost of manu
facture of those peculiar cloths,
is uo more " than that attached
to making the better: grades of
woolen goods, and it is asserted
that the pine-needle fabricjias
medicinal qualities tliat make
it particularly , desirable for
bandages and1: underwear.
Excjiange
Jk8 Kind Yea Ksyb Always Bcgit
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Bflontlia : A
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"Pi-overall
57' v'ot? the Sea.
The pinna (mvtilidae),
shellfish found in the - Mediter
ranean bea, contributes to tne
world's silk production in small
quantities. This shellfish has
the power of secreting a viscid
. . .it
silk, which is made into a hand
some fabric in Sicily. This
fibre is ejected by the shellfish
for the jmrpose of fastening it
self to the rocks, and it is able
to guide the delicate filaments
to the proper place and there
clue them fast. The material
when gathered (which is done
at low tide) is washed in soap
and water, dried, straightened
and carded, one pound of the
coarse filament yielding about
three ounces of fine thread,
which, when spun, is of a love
ly burnished golden brown
color.
The Berlin Roval Museum
has recently received a pair of
crnblon hrnwn silk odnvps mnrlf
of byssus silk. This silk is j
obtained from the small silky
tufts protruding from the bys-
sus sneJl. Tins nore is siiny
and changes in color from green
ish yellow to dark brown. The
single threads are from two to
three inches lone, and after
and dried they
are spun into yarn. Byssus silk
woven, into material is still a
great curiosity, for the supply
of material is so scarce that in
dustrial development of the
manufacture is out of the ques-
tion. r lsiiermen tear tne slieil
. tt- ,i tin
rora the rocks, and, after cut
ting the tufts, return them into
basins of shallow water : the
tufts will crow" again in a year.
It requires between 3000 and
4000 shells to obtain one pound
of fibre. Philadelphia Record.
Millions GJven Away.
It is certainly gratifying to
the public to know of one con
. . . -j .
cern in tne land wno. are not
afraid to be eenerous to the
needy and suffering. The pro
prietors of Dr. King's New Dis-
covery i o r consumption,
Coughs and Colds, have given
away over ten million trial bot-
les of this great medicine ; and
lave the satisfaction of know-
ng it has absolutely cured
thousands of hopeless cases.
Asthma, Bronchitis, Hoarse
ness and all diseases of the
Throat, Chest and Lungs are
urely cured bv it. Calf on
McKay Bros. & Skinner, Drug
gists, and get a free trial bottle.
Regular size 50c. and $1.
Every bottle guaranteed, or
price refunded.
Ten Beaus For Every
Idaho.
Girl
in
With the bachelors outnum
bering the maids in every State
in the Union it ought to be easy
for the unmarried Woman to se
cure a partner anywhere, but
the region where bachelors are
most in excess is, of course, the
most favorable to the spinster,
since the abundance of unmar
ried men gives her a wider
range of choice. From a mat
rimonial point of view Idaho is
the best State of the Union, for
there the number of the bache
lors is to that of the ; maids as
16,584 to 1426, each unmarried
woman in Idaho",' therefore,
having ten or eleven bachelors,
not exactly at her beck, but
available as a husband. From
most points of view the West is
the "Mecca of the young unmar
ried woman, for not only are
there more unmarried men in
the Western States, but a living
is more easily made in the West
than in the East, and therefore
the Western men are more ad
dicted to matrimony. Profes
sor D. R. McAnally in the
March Ladies Home Journal.
That Throbbing -Headathe
AVould qujckly leave you, if
you used" Dr. King's New Life
Pills. Thousands of sufferers
have proved their matchless
merit for Sick and Nervous
Headaches. They make pure
blood and strong nerves and
build up your health. Easyto
take. Try them. Oaly25 cents.
Money back if not cured. Sold
by McKay Bros. Skinner,
Druggists.
rssirr fizz-- r
things; holdfast that which is good."
EUIMIM,.IM. O. MARCH
The Peabody School Fund.
a The
Peabodv school fund
- j from
which so iiumy voting men
i ana women or, tne ooutn are
j receiving benefits, was given by
j George Peabody, who was born
at Danvers J(now Peabody),
tt i . h r i .i
Mass., February 18th, 1795,
and died at Eaton Square,' Lon
don, Nov. 4. 1SG9.
The North Carolina Journal
of Education in the February
number enumerates the princi
pal gifts for education made by
Mr. Peabody as follows:
$250,000 to found the Pea
body jnstitute and libraries in
his native town.
$1,000,000 to found the Pea
body Institute in Baltimore.
$60,000 toWashingion College,
(now Washington and Lee Uni
versity.) $2.5Q0,000 for homes for the
homeless poor in London This
now amounts, with rents and
interest, to. more than $6,000,
000, and furnishes comfortable
homes for 2U,000 people at a
rental of about $5 a month for
each complete dwelling, with
gas and water free.
$150,000 to Yale College.
$150,000 to Harvard College.
$3,500,000"for the promotion
fof general .education in the
South.
This I give to the suffering
South for the good of the whole
country.
This last was' given in 1867
and 1869 Only . $2,000,000 of
it has been productive.- This is
the Peabody Education Fund,
which, through its wise use, has
done so much to stimulate and
help the public schools of the
South.
The disbursements have
amounted to more than $2,500,
000. To September 30, 1897,
Alabama had received $146,
000.59!; Arkansas, $129,100;
Florida, $67,375 ; Georgia $132,
531 ; .Louisiana, $135,200 ; Mis
sissippi, $86,878; North Caro
lina, $173,015; South Carolina,
$129,441; Texas, $141,974;
Tennessee, $216,300 ; Virginia.
$305,949.41 West Virginia,
$167,510 ; Peabodv. Normal Col
lege (at Nashville) , $228,562.25
for support and $398,690.88 for
scholarships. Of this , scholar
ship fund North Carolina has
received $38,625.58.
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You have used all
I sorts of coueh remc-
I dies but it does not i
I yield; it is too deep I
seated. It may wear f
I itselr out in time, but
it is more liable to
produce la grippe, j
I pneumonia or a sen-f
I ous throat affection.
I You need something I
mai win tyve you
strength and build
up the body.
SCOTT'S
.EMULSION
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f will do this when everything f
else Jails. There is no doubt
about it It nourishes,
: strengthens, builds i up - and
makes the body strong and
; hsdthy,' not only to throw i
otf this hard cough, but to
I further attacks. If you are
f run down or emaciated you
I should certainly take this 1
nounsnmg iooa mcaicinc
SCOTT & BOWNE, Chcmisu, New York.
Rev; Bennett Sraedes, prin
cipal of St. Mary's School, Ral
eieh. died on last Wednesday
morning. He was 62 years of
age and one of the State's most
progressive educators.
1, 1899.
"Not the General's Cow.'
"Tommy Atkins" the slang
name of the British private
is not noted for his politeness,
but for his obedience to orders.
Years ago in a Seaport town
in England a general and an
admiral were neighbors. The
general's house was fronted by
a grass-plot, on which Jie pas
tured a cow. One day his wife
complained to him that the sup
ply of milk was falling short.
The sentinel accounted for
the deficiency the public trod
down the pasture. Thereupon
the general gave orders that no
human or other animal exceo
his cow should be allowed on
the grass-plot. He added that
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if this rule was infringed the
sentinel should be flogged.
Soon after, the admiral's
wife, in haste to keep an en
gagement took a short cut over
the plot, disregarding the sen
tinel's order to keep off the
grass. . ,
'Common soldier, don't you
know who I am?" ejaculated
the offended lady. ,
f A 1 1 T" 1 .1.
"ail i Know is tnat you re
not the genera s cow. -Youth's
Companion.
A Frightful Blunder
Will often cause a horrible
Burn, Scald, Cut or -Bruise
Bucklen's Arnica Salve, the
best in the world, will kill the
pain and promptly heal it.
Cures Old Sores, Fever Sores,
Ulcers, Boils, Felons, Corns,
all Skin Eruptions. Best Pile
cure on eartn. uniy zo cts. a
box. Cure guaranteed". Sold
by McKay Bros. & Skinner,
Druggists. :
March Ladies' Home Journal
The March Ladies Home
Journal has a noteworthy feat
ure in the page showing "Pope
Leo XIII as He Lives in the Va
tican." The pictures were
made by the only photographer
wlio has been admitted to the
Vatican for a number of years,
consequently they offer the first
close view the public has had in
a long time of the Pope and his
surroundings. An article that
will be widely read figures out
"The American Girl's Chances
of Marriage." and another, "So
cial Life- in America's French
City" gives a really charming
glimpse into the exclusive Cre
ole circles of New Orleans.
"The Most Wonderful" Musical
Festival in. America" recalls
the great-Peace Jubilee held at
Boston in 1872, with its seven
teen thousand. "Ghurches Dec
orated for Weddings," "The
Prettiest Country Homes in
America," "Flowers and Flow
er Beds," and "Fifteen Good
Mantels and Fireplaces" are
shown from the photographs
submitted in the contest for
Journal prizes. 'In nature's
Garden" pictures and describes
our wild flowersso their identi
fication will be easy. The arti
cle is by Neltje Blanchan and is
the first of a series.
On his editorial paee Edward
Bok pays deserved tribute, to
his late associate editor, Isabel
A. Mallon, who also wrote for
the journal under the pseudon
ym of "Ruth Ashmore," As a
matter of course considerable
space is given to Easter hats
and frocks, etc., all illustrated
from original designs. Besides
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the concluding chapters of, "The
Girls of Camp A ready" and the
experiences of ' 'The Jamesons
in the Country" there is an ex
cellent short story, "The Touch
of a Child," and a h umorous
sketch by John Kendrick Bangs.
Mrs. S. T. Rorer continues her
cooking lessons and advice upon
domestic economies, and every
phase and condition of home life
is considered. By the Curtis
Publishing Company - Philadel
phia. One dollar per year ; ten
cents per. copy.
G ASTORIA
Per Infants and Children.
Tt3 Kb j Yea Hits Afcgj
Bears the
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CUAU1A
February the Cold-Wave Month-
It is a curious fact that stu
dents of the weather have long
ago observed that the coldest
weather in our northern win
ters usually occurs early in
February, says Leslie's Weekl v
Icemen on the Hudson, who
fail to gather a crop of ice be
fore the middle of February,
usually give up all hope of se
curing on?, but no matter how
mild the weather may be before
the 1st of February, they still
look with anticipation to the
prospects of the periodical cold
wave between tire 4th and 10th
oi reoruary. in tins connec
tion it is well to observe that of
- T7! 1 -r . 1
the 15 snow storms of consider
able magnitude recorded by the
weather bureau between 1893
and 1899, half of them occurred
in February, and in nearly
every instance these were among
the severest. Philadelphia
Record.
Siz8 of the Tobacco Crop.
Are you in possession of an-
data bearing upon the size of
the tobacco crop in the United
States and in Europe.
R. E. McH.
Charlotte, N. C.
The world's product of tobac
co is estimated at 1,900,000,000
pounds, valued at about $220,-
000,000. Of this the Western
Hemisphere raises about 650,-
000,000 pounds the United
States contributing- 480,000,-
000 and Cuba, whose tobacco is
the widest known and highly
esteemed, only producing 62,
000,000 pounds. Europe raises
about 5,000,000 pounds, the
East Indies 400,000,000, Aus
tralia 10.000.000 pounds and
Africa not enough to be count
ed. By the addition of our new
territories the United States
will increase her product by Cu
ba 62,000,000, Porto Rico 8,-
800,000 and the Philippines 45,-
000,000, which will give us a
total of 603,800,000 pounds.
Of the States in the Union,
Kentucky leads with about
185,000,000 pounds, which is
far in excess of any other State.
North Carolina comes next with
only 40,000,000 and Virginia
next with 35,000,000. Alanta
Constitution. . . J
Spain 's Greatest Need.
Mr. R. P. Olivia, of Barcelo-
ua, bpain, spends nis winters
at Aiken, S. C. Weak neryes
lad 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. Aii
America knows that it cures
lver and kidney trouble, puri-
. 1 -v. .1
nes tne oiooa, tones up tne
stomach, strengthens the nerves,
luts vim, vigor and new life
uto every muscle, nerve and
organ of the body. If weak,
tired or ailing you need it.
Every bottle guaranteed, only
50 cents. Sold by McKay
-Bros. & Skinner. Druggists.
A correspondent writing to
the Raleigh News & Observer
on February 22, from Jones
boro says : "Some time ago there
appeared in the town a negro,
by the name Geo. Edwards,
torhb claimed to he a clergyman
of the BaptUt church. He was
modest and humble in his way,
and was not long in gaining the
affections of Penny McCoy, 20
years his senior, and who is
possessed of some cash and a
good tract of ground. They
were married. It turns out
that the negro is not a preacher,
but a veritable demon. In the
last month he has beaten his
wife cruelly several times ; tied
her out in the yard during the
cold snap; sttnk a pitchfork in
her arm ; and, finally, last Sat
urday, stuck the prong of an
iron table fork into the old wo
man's eye, destroying the sight
thereof. It was only by acci
dent that his atrocities 'became
knonn. The negroes were on
the point of lynching him. But
be is how, I understand, safe in
jail at Carthage, and Penny
don't want to see him any more.
HARNETT, .
CUMBERLAND,
JOHNSTON,
SAMPSON
Large circulation
in each county.
No. O.
STATE NEWS.
Items of news gathered krom
i
all parts of the state.
Joe Rodgers, colored, was
run over and killed by a freight
train on the Southern road be
tween Wilson's Mills and Sel
ma last Wednesday morning.
A deaf and dumb man named
Pool while walking on the rail
road track in Vance county was
struck by a train and severely
injured one day last week.
Mr. David S. A vera, a well
known and highly esteemed
citizen of Raleigh, died at his
residence in that city last
Wednesday morning, in tho
77th year of his age.
The dwelling of Mr. James
Morgan at Forest Hill was
burned last Monday morning
and with it his ten year old
daughter Jennie who was sleep
ing just over the room where
the fire originated. The family
thought she had escaped from
the house and did not discover
that she was not out until it
was too late to rescue her from
the room, says the Concord
Times.
The Washington Messenger
quotes Judge Bowman (Senator
Pntchard s father-in-law), who
is holding court in Beaufort as
saying that there are only sixty-
hve registered colored voters in
his county (Mitchell) and in
one township a negro is not al
lowed to live. On one occasion
he states that a drummer went
to that township, accompanied
by a negro driver, to remain
over night, and the negro had
to be guarded all night for fear
of receiving bodily harm7
Wednesday morning Mrs. G.
H. Watson met with a serious
accident which came nigh being
fatal. She suffers from rheu
matism, aud was bathing her
lower limbs with gasoline before
an open fire when the liquid
became ignited. Before help
could arrive she was painfully
burned. The fire destroyed tho
carpet and spread to tho ceiling
before it could be extinguished.
Smithfield Herald.
Lawrence Pullman, ex-cashier
of the National Bank of
Asheville, who gave himself up
to the sheriff at San Francisco,
Cal., in January arrived in
Greensboro Thursday afternoon
in charge of a United States,
marshal from California. He
was turned over to Marshal
Milikiu. Pulliain left Ashe
ville five years ago last Decern
ber, with his account short. It
is said that he left the bank for
the Express office with $5,000,
but failed to ship the money or
return. He was not heard from
until he surrendered. It is
said that Pulliam spent all of
the $5,000 and did not have
money enough to come home
on. This is thought to be the
reiison he surrendered. Greens
boro Record, i i r-"1
CET TE-3E -BEGT?
Wben yon are about to bay a Sewing1 M achte
do not be deceived by allurm? adrertiaement
and be led to think 701a can get the best made
finest nnisnoa ana
Most Popular
for a mere aonjr. See to It tbat
roa buy from reliable manu
facturer that hare rained -reputation
by honest and sq nare
iealingr, you will then get a
Sewing Tiachlna that i noted
the worU over for ita dura-r.iUt-r.
Vnu want the one tbat
U easiest to manage and 1
Light Runninc
h;- Ttera U sots In the woril thai
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Y
Improvements a inm
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H fas Automatic Twislen. DooMe Peed.
on both des of needle fatentufX no other ba
it : New Stand ( patented), driving wheel blcarea
on ad justable center, tbn reducing friction to
the nunlmnm.
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the m eoue sraira nicso .
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roil SALE BV ,
Gainey fe Jordan. Dunn, N. C.
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