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Vol. 9.
EUIMIM, IM. C. AUGUST 30, 1899.
No. 35.
Marriage Injurious to Man.
Holiday For the Circus.
The Cotton Crop.
Silver The Main Issue.
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Siinijiier Dress Goods at your own price.
LADIES' FINE SHOES.
of every description at any price you wish..
We have two stores full of goods and enough bought to fill
them up 'again, so you see we must sell cheap to make room for
tlie other .goods. To do this we shall offer for the next 30 days
OUR ENTIRE LINE OF EVERY
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Speech Before the Woman's
Congress Ilithej to Unreported.
The National Congress of
Women Lady Betty which
assembled in London, has not
yet disturbed the gayety of na
tions. This is the more surprising
seeing that several of the dele
gates are in favor of total ab
stinence in every direction ex
cept in the direction of dress.
It is understood that the re
ports of the proceedings which
have been published in the
newspapers are not genuine.
The following account of one of
the meetings has been supplied
by a moderate delegate who
advocates the retention of man,
though in a position of seconda
ry importance.
Miss Lavina Biggsbury
(Ohio) presided and read a pa
per on "The Use and Abuse of
Man."
"The brain," said the presi
dent, "is the capital of man;
beauty is the capital of woman.
(Hear, hear) . In this our sex
has altogether the advantage,
for no arm, however rich, can
buy brains, while woman may
easily and inexpensively im
prove her appearance. (Loud
cheers) . It is waste of time,
of money and of energy to cul
tivate the brain of woman be
yond a certain limit. (Mur
murs). But no amount of
money, however large it may
be, no time, however considera
ble ; no energy, however, great,
is illspent which is devoted to
the embellishing the surface ol
woman. (Loud and prolonged
cheering) , Ladies, we are all
supposed to have a heart and
man judges our heart by our
face. (Uproarious laughter) .
Look after the face, then, and
the heart will look after itself.
(Much cheering) . Let man
monopolize passion ; for us
there is fashion. Man may
rule the world with force ; we
rule man with flounces and fur
belows, with false hair, false
complexions, false hearts and
false to voices. (Vociferous
cheers. Several of the
younger delegates shed tears,
while some of the elder seized
the opportunity provided by the
commotion to dab another layer
of powder on their cheeks) . I
will not trespass upon time
further. (Cries of Go on, go
on) . But in one sentence I
will describe the use and abuse
of man. (The attention was so
concentrated that a pin would
have, been heard fall) . The use
and abuse of man is marriage.
(Vigorous cheering). A little
marriage goes a long way ; it
occasionally goes as far as the
divorce court. (Several ladies
here were understood to be
strongly opposed to divorce) .
Take my advice, continue along
the road which your sisters
have traveled, generation after
generation- use man and abuse
him afterward." (Ihe presi
dent resumed her seat amid
loud and prolonged cheering.
A Mother Tells Bow She Saved
Her Little Daughter s Life-
I am the mother of eight chil
ren and have had a great deal
of experience with medicines.
Last summer my little daugh
ter had the dysentery- in its
worst form. We thought she
would die. I tried everything
I could think of, but nothing
seemed to do her anyT- good. I
saw by an advertisement in our
paper that Chamberlain's Colic
Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy
was highly recommended and
sent and got a bottle at once.
It proved to be one of the very
best medicines we ever had in
the house. It saved my little
daughter's life. I am anxious
for every mother to know what
an excellent medicine it is. Had
I known it at first it would have
saved me a great deal of anx
iety and my little daughter
much suffering. Yours truly,
Mrs. Geo. F. Burdick, Liberty,
R. I. For sale by Hood &
Grantham's drug store.
uaroftD
desiring trip to the Paris Exposition, with good
italary and ezpeneea paid, should write
The I'ATKJiT KKCOttX). lialUmore, Bid.
Rp.lisJilA nrsnns nf a tnH.hnwAl nr Inventive mind
Once a Year Employes Make a
Pilgrimage t o Elephant
Keeper's Grave While
the Band Plays.
In a beautiful cemetery
in
the quaint city of Charlotte, N.
C, thero is a trrave covered
with. velvety sod, like hundreds
of other graves in the cemetery,
but distinguished from them
all by the unique monument
which adorns it. The marble
shaft -h:is carved uponpit the
name of the dead man and the
time of his death, but upon it
also is engraved a huge ele
phant, sculptured with striking
fidelity. To the casual passer
by the old sexton sometimes re
lates the story of ths marble
elephant, and tells of the touch
ing ceremonies which take place
once a year at this grave.
Every Cincinnatian remem
bers bid Chief, the pride and
terror, of Robinson's circus,
had a long career, in which he
was responsible for the killing
and maiming of many men, but
his bones are now interred be
neath the' grassy slopes of the
.Zoological Garden. Many years
ago Robinson's circus was pay
ing its annual visit to Charlotte.
The railroad journey or some
other cause had stirred up
Chief's fiendish temper, and
when the sullen brute was let
out of his car, the lust of slay
ing was upon him. King, his
keeper, was leaning against the
side of the car. Chief's little
eyes gleamed fiendishly as he
say.him, but with almost hu
man intelligence he displayed
no other sign of rage. Slowly
and darefully he saunted over
until he was alongside the un- i
suspecting keeper, and then,
with one vicious lunge, he crush
ed him to a jelly against the
car ' Then the enraged mon
ster cast off all, restraint and
started for the town, trumpe
ting furiously and leaving rack
and ruin in his path. They
picked up the crushed form of
poor King, and as he heard the
shrill trumpeting of Chief he
gasped: Turn Mary loose," and
died. Mary was the mother of
the herd and knew instantly
what was required of her.
When her chains were cast off
she started in pursuit of Chief
and caught up with him in the
court house square. Wrapping
her trunk around the handle of
the town pump' she tore it out
and with it as a weapon bela
bored the now frightened Chief
back to the tents.
About this time of the year
the Robinson circus is turned
to wand the Sunny South.
When they reach Charlotte
the Tiead of the show will call
all his subordinates together
and announce a holiday. Every
one fixes up in his best, and,
with the band playing Chopin's
funeral march and the herd of
elephants shuffling along in
front, they slowly wend their
way to the cemetery, where
their companion sleeps the last
long sleep that knows no wak
ing. Perhaps the sculptured
image of the man-killmg Cjiief
and the simple services that
are performed impress the dan
gers of their calling on them,
but if so, it is only evanescent,
for show people are notoriously
optimistic. At all events, the
monument and the annual pro
cession to the grave are unique
and touching things. Cincin
nati Inquirer.
Volcanic Eruptions
Are grand, but Skin Erup
tions rob life oi joy. Bucklen's
Arnica Salve,cures them; also
Old, Running and Fever Sores,
Ulcers, Boils, Felons, Corns,
Warts,
Scalds,
blains.
Drives
Cuts, Bruises, Burns,
Chapped Hands, Chil
Best Pile cure on earth,
out Pains and Aches.
Only 25 cents a box. Cure
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Bears the lh8 Yoa "atB Waf3 UsM
The twelve million bale proph
ecy by Mr. Henry Neil, the
cotton statistician, as to- the
size of the cotton crop will
again result in low prices for
our farmers.
Whether or not Mr. Neil is
correct the effect will be the
same, for tlie farmers of the
South because of his enormouilwi11 be the. ma!n
estimate, will rush their cotton
to market early, fearing still
lower prices. This will cause
the receipts to swell,, and their
weight will naturally force
prices lower.
After the farmers have sold
and 'the speculators and mill
men have secured cotton at bot
tom prices, it doubtless will be
discovered that Mr. Neill has
made an error in his estimate
and prices will again rise as
they did last January.
The extended discussion that
went the rounds last spring
among the cotton mill men as
to the large profits in cotton
doubtless had its effect, and
caused the farmers really to
believe there was money in 5
cent cotton.
Cotton goods are high and
mills are making enormous
profits, from 25 to 40 per cent.
This profit is secured because
the farmers of the South will
raise cotton to pay for all their
needs, and the influence of Mr.
Neil's estimate will enable our
millers to declare still larger
dividends for the next twelve
months. Wilson Times.
Excursion Rate to Philadelphia-
The Atlantic Coast Line will
sell round-trip tickets to Phila
delphia, on account of the Na
tional Encampment G. A. Rv
at rate of one first-class fare for
the round trip. These tickets
to be sold September 1st, 2nd
and 3rd, continuous passage.
Good returning,' to. leave Phila
delphia not later than Septem
ber 12th. An extension of
final limit to September 30th
may be obtained by depositing
ticket with joint agent at Phil
adelphia between September
5th and 9th (Both days inclu
sive) on payment of a fee of
fifty cents at time of deposit.
Merchants going North to
purchase their fall and winter
stock can avail themselves of
these tickets. For schedules,
sleeping car reservation or oth
er information, call on or ad
dress, C. G. Terry, Soliciting
Agent, Fayetteville, N. C.
Says She Saw Heavdn.
Wheeling, W. Va., Aug. 1G.
Mrs Alexander Taylor, a wid
ow, 35 years old, of ToroDto,
near here, has been slowly dy
ing of consumption for some
time past. Yesterday morning
she became unconscious. A
doctor was called and pro
nounced her dead, and funeral
preparations were begun.
About midnight her frienas
were astonished to see Mrs.
Taylor move, open her eyes and
ask for water. She asked that
a favorite niece, who lives in
Iowa, be summoned at once to
receive a message from her
mother, who has been dead
several vears.
Mrs. Taylor says her spirit
was disembodied and soared
through space till a brilliant
hnd beautiful grove was readied.
Here angels were flying about,
guarding what seemed the en
trance to heaven. She was re
fused admittance, but was al
lowed to converse at a short
distance with her husband, who
died last winter, and with her
sister the mother of the favorite
niece. The message sent for
the niece she refuses to disclose,
except to the young woman.
Mrs, Taylor says she was prom
ised that she should come to
paradise very soon. Mrs. Tay
lor is an educated, sincere,
Christian woman, and 3is in
ecstasy over the belief that she
will soon join her friends gone
before. The neice has been
telegraphed for. Mrs. Taylor
cannot live more than a few
days, it is thought. Ex.
Advertising Page
Tlie Question May as Well Be
Finally Settled.
In a speech at Omaha on
Saturda', Mr. Bryan "reitera
ted his views on the silver ques
tion at length, claiming that it
issue in the
next presidential campaign."
This ought to satisfy those
vuidnuncs who have been say
ing largely hoping -that the
silver issue would not be prom
inent next year, and that Mr.
Bryan would conseut to relegate
it to the rear.
As the Post has said before,
Mr. Bryan stands for free sil
ver, with or without a platform ;
and that circumstances are such,
and may as well be recognized
and prepared for, that the fight
of next year must be fought
along the same lines as those
of 1896, with the free coinage
of silver as the chief rallying
cry.
In the first place the Chicago
platform will be reaffirmed.
This ends the contention as to
the "main issue" of the con
test. Mr. Bryan's nomination
will follow as a matter of
course, being, as Senator Mor
gan puts it, the "logical" can
didate on that platform. The
reaffirmation of the platform
and the nomination thereof of
Mr. Bryan, of itself, means the
forging to the front of the silver
issue. -
But should Mr. Bryan or any
of his supporters show any dis
position to lag in support of
this issue, we may rest assured
our enemy, the republicans,
will lose no opportunity to as
sist in1 keeping it altogether to
the front. There is no disguis
ing the fact that the republicans
regard the silver question as
the weakest point in the armor
of democracy, while the' regard
the new issues which have but
recently arisen as their own
most vulnerable points. They
will therefore do all in their
power to force the fighting, and)
confine it, along the lines of
189G.
And we are frank to say,
that with the sentiments pre
vailing among so very large a
number of the people, specially
as regards this silver question,
notwithstanding the result of
the last election, it may be well
that the question should again
come squarely before the coun
try, and be settled.
But as to the fight, whether
wise or otherwise, we are going
to have it, with silver as the
main issue. Raleigh Post.
His Life Was Saved-
Mr. J. E. Lilly, a prominent
citizen of Hannibal, Mo., lately
had - a wonderful deliverance
from a,f rightful death. In tell
ing of it he says : "I was taken
with Typhoid Fever, that ran
into Pneumonia. My lungs
became hardened. I was so
weak I couldn't even sit up in
bed. Nothing helped me. I
expected to soon die of Con
sumption, when I lieard of Dr.
King's New Discovery. One
bottle gave great relief. I con
tinued the use of it, and now
am well and strong. I can't
say too much in its praise."
This marvellous medieine is the
surest and quickest cure in the
world for all Throat and Lung
Trouble. Regular sizes 50 cts.
and .$1.00. Trial bottles free
at McKay Bros. '& Skinner's
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Concord Times : Last week
Mr. Bailie McKethan who lives
at the Sam Christian gold mine
in Montgomery count-, saw the
head of a big rattlesnake ap
pearing on tlie side of his chick
en coop. He quickly got a hoe,
and going up near his snake
ship with one blow severed the
head from the body. btrange
to tell the head of the snake bit
a pig near by, and the animal
died in about five minutes. Tl e
snake was one of the largest
ever killed in that section, and
had 10 rattles. This is a true
bill.
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Wives of Great Men.
Byron married Miss Millbank
to get money to pay his debts.
It turned out a bad shift. -
Robert Burns married a farm
girl, with whom ho fell in lovo
while they worked together in
the ploughed' field.
Milton married the daughter
of a country squiro. Ho was
austere, a reciuso, while sho
was a rosy, romping country
lass, who could not endure the
restraint imposed upon her ; so
they separated. Subsequently,
however, she returned and they
lived tolerably happy together.
Queen Victoria and Prince
Albert were cousins, and about
the only example in the long
life of English monarchs where
in sincere affection existed.
Shakespeare loved and wed
ded a farmer's daughter, Anno
Hathaway.
Washington married a woman
with two children. It is enough
to say that she was worthy of
him and that they lived as mar
ried folks should in perfect
harmony.
John Adams married tho
daughter of a Presbyterian
clergyman. Her father object
ed on account of John's being a
lawyer he had a bad opinion
of the morals of the profession.
John Howard, tho great -philanthropist,
married his nurso.
She was altogether beneath
him in social standing and in
tellectual capacity, and besides
tins was hfty-two years old,
while he was twenty-five. Ho
would not take "No" for an
answer, and they were married
and lived happily together until
she died, which occurred two
years afterward.
Peter tlie Great of Russia
married a peasant girl. Sho
made a sagacious empress, and
an excellent wife.
Humbolt married a poor girl
because he loved her. Of
course they were happy.
Edvard Lytton Bulwer, tho
English novelist and statesman,
marrried a girl, much his infe
rior in position and got a shrew
for his wife. Of course he was
unhappy. -Selected.
The sootlnng and healing
properties o f Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy, its pleasant
taste and prompt and perma
nent cures, have made it a great
favorite with tho people every
where. For sale by Hood A
Grantham's drug store. "
Weldon News : Persons com
ing up from the Eastern coun
ties report great damage to tho
crops corn, cotton and tobacco
being blown down by the storm
of last week. So far as can be
learned there was, fortunately
no damage to crops in , Halifax
county. We learn that no dam
age xf consequence was done at
tlie State farm on Roanoke river
and that tlie crops were never
more promising. A curious
freak of the storm last week
complicated things at Enfield.
The telegraph wires and tlue
telephone wires between Whit
akers and Enfield were wrapped
together in such a manner that
the current was turned from the
telephone'oflice entirely and tho
central of the telephone' com
pany was turned into the tele
graph office. The telegraph
operator was forced to take his
train orders from the switch
boardof tho telephone company,
where he could easily catch the
little dots and dashes as they
were flashed in by tho operator
at the other end of tho lino.
This was certainly a curious
complication, and is perhaps
the first of the kind on record.