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JM.. THE DEMOCRATIC BANNER.
"Prove all things; hold fast that which is good."
II Vol. 11. DUfMIM, IM. C. APRIL lO 1901. No. 13 "sr
lOWN DIRECTORY. I
b C » D h^ HBB A Forbes Pastor
I ..ight, and fourth Snn
" doming an* -KM. vm«meet«g
■ e ,v Wednesday oigM. tri w
f eve 7y Sunday morning at 10 o clock, (1. K.
amntlmni superintendent
Bnrtist Church.— Rev.. C. Barrett, pastor.
_ second Sunday morulug and
■ Vra' eLeettng every Thursday utght
eSay School every Sunday morulug, J. C.
I eiiffoiil superintendent.
Presbyterian Church.—Rev. R. - Hiues
Presnyteri flrBt alld flfth Sunday
pastor, W gs,„ school every
Sunday Nomine. D. H. McLean, Superinten
dent-
Disciple Cbur«h-Rev. A. P. Leighton pas
tod bWAW" «eJfing U eveo Tuesday
uight every Sunday evenuuc
»t 3 o'clock. P. T. Maasentfill supt.
„ wu . Baptist Church.—Elder R. C.
every first Sun
day morning and night.
,es!ssks?^S
LODGE
Palmyra Lodge. No. in A. P. U. M. BaU
OV er Free WUI Baptist church V. P. Jon«
\» m •W. A- Jobiison, S. «., °-
, w Jo- Johnson. Secretary. Regular
j. w.» •• 3rd
oiniDunications are held on the d
a M and on tbe Ist rnuay
day at 10 o clock A. h An Ma .
»! 7:ro o'clock p. m. in eacn "* invited
ions in good standing c^ dia
t attend these communications.
TOWS OFKICBRS
j- A. Gates, Mayor.
COJUUSSIONBB3
' V L. Stephen., P. T.Masseugill, aP. 8 e.l
j. k. Taylor.
W. B. Duncan, Policeman.
' i ■ corruTT orrtews
Sheriff, Silas A. Salmon.
Clark. Dr. J. B. Withers.
Register ot Deefis. A. 0. Hollo-way
Treasurer. I. D. Matthews.
Surveyor. D. P- MeDonild.
Coroner. Pr. J. P. McKay
County Examiner, Rev. J. 8. Black.
Commissioner*: B. P. Young. Chairman
N * Smith. T A Barrington.
A. B. HAROI-D. M. F. HATCl»»xrv.
Harold & Hatcher,
—ATTORNEYS AT LAW,—
DUNN, N. C.
Practice wherever service re
quired. Prompt attention to
all business. Collections a
specialty. Office over DEMO
CRATIC BANNER.
Edward W. Pou, F. H. Brooks
Pou & Brooks,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
SMITHFIELD, N. C.
• Claims collected. Estates set
tled. Practice in Johnston
and adjoining counties.
E. S. SMITH. E. J. BARNES.
SMITH & BARNES,
Attorneys-atLaw,
DUNN, - - - N. C.
Prr.eiue in all the courts of the State.
Pitimpt attention to all business
entrusted.
Office In the old Post Office Building.
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McLean & Clifford,
■A.TTORAA.EYS-AT.XJA.-SS'-,
DUNN, : : : : N, C.
fgp Office over J. J. Wade's Store.
W. A. STEWART. U. I- GODWIN
STEWART & GODWIN,
Attorneys and Counsellors-at-law,
DUNN, N. C.
Will practice In State and Federal
Courts but not for fun.
W- E- Mtirchlsoii,
JONESBORO. N. C.
Practices Law in Harnett, Moore and
other counties, but not for^fun.
Feb. 20-ly.
fERCBANTS iHD FARMERS
BANK, fill, I. t.
CAPITAL STOCK $20,000.
Every accommodation offered
to the public.
E. F. YOUNG, President.
V. L. STEPHENS, Cashier.
G. I. Smith. Alfred Wells.
SMITH k WELLS,
DUNN, N. C.
-EXPERT ACCOUNTANTS.-
Office in Gregory's Hall.
Books audited, balanced and
posted at regular stated- inter
vals. Charges moderate. Ac
curacy assured.
II BAMJIF Bill
We otfer unsurpassed advan
tages. aud loan money on easy
terms We will extend every
accommodation consistent with
conservative banking.
L. J. BEST, President.
J, W. PURDUE, Cashier.,
CHINA'S INDKMIMTIRP.
IMtOt'OS.ll.S M'IIMII'TED FOIt THE
KAIHINCS OP THE HOSKY
To be In the I'owers for the
■ ■•fiirioh SiiKlttlnrd in the l'oxer
ItiiiilN—Kmiio of the I'owi rn .4ver»>
lo himi t» Contrnel n
I.onn for (be Purpose—rrotpcclive
Reduction of the Cnitril Nlnifn
Knval Force on tbe Asiatic station.
Pekin, April 4.—The Minister# are
considering proposals submitted by
financial experts for the raising of a
sufficient sum for the payment of the
Chinese indemnity. It is probable that
some arrangement will be arrived at
on the basis of the scheme of Sir Rob
ert Hart, director of the imperial mar
itime customs, which provides for the
handing of salt and likln taxes over
, to the maiitimt customs administra
tion and the levying of an annual house
tax equal to one-hiilf a month's rent,
which it is calculated will provide
twenty million taels yearly, sufficient to
I pay 5 per cent, interest on 250,000,000
j taels and clear the whole principal in
less than forty years. Two hundred
and fifty million taels is equivalent,
roughly- estimated, at £36,000,000, but
the total amount of the indemnity is
likely to be much more. Some of the
powers are greatly averse to compelling
, China to contract a loan for the pay
ment of the indemnity.
London, April 5. —"The Italian Minis
ter in Pekin telegraphs," says the
Rome correspondent of the Daily Mail,
"that M. de Giers has threatened that
Russia will leave the concert if the
powers continue to oppose the Man
churian convention."
Washington, April 4. —The prospective
reduction of the United States naval
force now on the Asiatic station is be
ginning to assume definite form. Thus
far the matter has not been considered
by the President, nor has Secretary
Long had an opportunity to confer with
Admiral Remey. But the Naval Bureau
if Navigation, which has charge of the
assignment of ships to the various sta
tions, has proposed that there be a re
duction of the force on the Asiatic sta
tion. This has been based on a con
sideration of the needs of the navy and
without reference to any of the politi
cal questions involved. Should it be de
cided to reduce the force the home
of v *2ic*s probably
would not begin before Summer.
DISPOSITION OF CHINA'S FORTH.
Genernl Ciinir-p Ask* for Instrncttnm
for »• Is Cini'lnncc in Ihe Conference
With Ibe Farcisn l'«wer».
Washington, April 4. —General Chaf
fee has cabled the War Department
from Pekin that the military com
manders representing the foreign pow
ers there are now considering the ques
tion of disposing of the Chinese forts
and of establishing fortified posts at
proper intervals along the route from
Pekin to the sea. General Chaffee ask
ed instructions for his guidance in the
conference.
After the subject had been well con
sidered at the White House, as well as
at the State and War Departments the
instructions were cabled to General
Chaffee. The text of these is withheld,
but it is stated that they are drawn on
the lines of the instructions sent to Mr.
Conger at the time he accepted the
joint agreement under which the ne
gotiations between the Ministers at
Pekin were to be conducted. It so hap
pened that the reservations which Mr.
Conger was to make in that case are
precisely the subjects which are now
before the military commanders at
Pekin, namely, the destruction of the
Chinese fortifications and the provision
of an armed international post along
the route from Pekin to the sea. Gen
eral ChafTee will favor the disarma
ment of the forts instead of their de
struction, but cannot participate In
the establishment oi armed posts. He
will, however, remain in the confer
ence exerting his best efforts to
ameliorate the conditions along the
lines Indicated. Meanwhile the Wai
Department is pushing itJ preparations
for the complete evacuation of China
by American forces, save only the le
gation guard, and it is said that every
thing AVill be in readiness to embark
General Chaffee's army at Taku for
Manila on May 30th.
Not a word has been heard from Mr.
Rockhill at Pekin for the last three
days. Consequently there is no official
confirmation of the Pekin report that
the Chinese Government has ..nally re
fused Russia's proposition as to Man
churia.
CHINA'S REJECTION OF THE
! MANCHURIAN CONVENTION.
I London. April 5. —The Reuter Tele
-1 pram Company has received the follow
ing dispatch from Pekin, dated April
4:
"China's rejection of the Manchurian
convention appears to be of a rather
embarrassing nature. The matter is
open for further discussion."
"By the end of May," says the Mos
cow correspondent of the Daily
Graphic, "the Russian army in Man
churia will number 300,000 men. It is
understood that the Russian Minister
of War (General Kouropatkine) reck
ons upon the possibility of having to
dispatch an army corps southward into
Corea."
THREE MEN KILLED.
Jonesboro, N. C., April 4. —Late this
evening there was a wreck on the Dur
ham and Charlotte railroad near Gulf,
in Chatham county. The engineer and
two negroes were killed and another
man was injured. : The train ran off the
track into a creek, catching three men
under it. The bodies have not yet been
recovered. A similar wreck occurred at
the same place about a year ago, a
young lady being killed and several in.
jured.
THE THORNTON'S TRIAL TRTP.
Annapolis, Md., April 4.—The torpedo
boat Thornton made an effort to com
plete her two hours' official trial to
day. For this time a speed of 26 knots
was to be maintained. After running
twenty-five minutes at the rate of over
27 knots, owing to the breaking of a
feed suction pipe it was decided to stop
the trial and make another attempt
Saturday. The Shubrick will have her
speed test to-morrow.
A TUGBOAT SUNK.
Brandford, Fla., April 4.—The tug
Amelia, at Grant's Ferry, fifteen miles
above Branford, is reported sunk. One
life was lost, that of a machinist
named White. The Amelia is owned by
*he Drew Company. The Suwanee
«fsr is very high and still rising.
♦ • ♦
"Upon that," said the stu
dent of antiquity, "do we base
the statement that Solomon was
the wisest man?" "I dunno,"
answered Senator Sorghum,
"unless it is on the report that
he was also the richest .man."
—-Washington Star. i
NORTH CAROLINA NKWS.
Till: AUJOI'K\KI> SKKSIOX OP THI
| LKUIHATI'KE A UHKAT FARCE.
A Nucgrcniioii that Admiral White be
Orler«d to Sink Ih* Steamer I.lly
at Once—l he ► lntillekt Knight of
Pythian in the Wor Id—Bridget*
Waxbed Away !iy Freshets—.Major
Martin's Defalcation May Heach
918,000.
Raleigh, N. C., April 4.—The ad
journed session of the Legislature Is a
' great farce. The body is composed
mostly of clerks and the few members
who happen to be here attending the
Supreme Court or meetings of various
State boards. Only a few stocky law
bills, exemptions from tbe State pri
mary law, and verbal corrections of
acts have been passed. The session
(would have adjourned an hour after It
! met, but for the fact that neither the
, Lieutenant-Governor nor the presl
, I dent pro tem. of the Senate were pres-
I ent, and therefore the bills could not
i be ratified. Mr. H. A. London, presi-
I dent pro tem., is here to-day, and the
j session adjourned this afternoon. In
j the discussion in the House, Repre
sentative Gattis suggested that a man
damus be secured against Admiral
( j White, of the oyster department, order
; Ing him to sink the steamer Lily In
deep water at once.
The Legislature adjourned this after
noon after ratifying bills. These bills
[ were passed: Abolishing enrolling
clerk and have the work done In the
; I Secretary of State's office; to increase
• the number of commissioners in Wilson
and Iredell counties; authorising all
persons to give bonds to the State in
guaranty companies; to provide for the
: publication of the proceedings of the
court of impeachment.
" Major and Mrs. Merts, the Salisbury
dwarfs, have signed a contract with
Forepaugh's circus, and will travel
with the show. Major Merts Is the
smallest Knight of Pythias In the
world, and the smallest member of the
! D. O. K. K. He has been quite a feat
ure of secret fraternity gatherings in
this State.
Major W. H. Martin's defalcation ha*
" mounted from $3BOO to about $15,000.
The special investigating committee is
now at work, and it is thought that in
, of two VrVsts the official re
' i port will be made publiA
' J Major W. S. Mat tin, defaulting
State Treasury clerk, was this after
j noon sentenced by Judge Starbuck tc
. j ten years' hard labor in the peniten
tiary and was carried to prison at
| once.
i Mrs. Stonewall Jackson, who lives In
Charlotte, has received a great many
Invitations to attend the Confederate
! reunion at Memphis, but while her
health is better now than it was a year
ago, she does not think she will be able
to attend.
Misj Sallie Walker Stockard's new
book, "The Lily of the Valleys," which
Is Just published, is a very prettily
bound volume of the Song of Solomon
t In dramatic form. A portrait of the
author is the frontispiece.
William Sherwood, the noted pianist,
will give a recital at St. Mary's School
on the 10th. He came to this State to
attend the meeting of tbe State Music
Teachers' Association, which meets in
Durham on the Bth. A large number of
prominent musicians will attend the
convention.
The new State Prison Board has al
ready begun to make changes in the
penitentiary force. They have request
ed the resignation of Warden Green,
who has served during Captain Day's
administration.
Major Hemphill,editor of the Charles
! ton News and Courier, and a delega
tion of Charleston business men ar
rived here to-day to interview the
officials of the State Board of Agricul.
ture in regard to a North Carolina ex
hibit at the Charleston and West In
dian exposition. As yet no provision has
been made for an exhibit from this
State. Colonel J. S. Carr has also call
ed a meeting of the commissioners for'
this State who are to confer here with
the Charleston delegation. The Board
of Agriculture will consider the mat
ter, and decide later as to the nature of
the exhibit.
The Pi Kappa Alpha Fraternity is
holding its annual meeting in Char
lotte to-day.
News comes that a number of bridges
have been washed away by the fresh
ets in the past few days.
Miss Pearl Thompson, of Salisbury,
was married to Mr. A. Jones Yorke, a
well known traveling man, last night.
It was quite a society event in the
town.
The Southern golf tournament at
Pinehurst was ended In a driving rain.
Tt was quite successful, players enter
ing from most of the Northern States.
. There is still a large crowd at Pine
hurst. and the hotels there and at
Southern Pines are well filled with
guests.
James F. Spencer, E. F. Gurley and
1 William Roach have been arrested at
I Goldsboro for passing counterfeit half
! j dollars.
. | Governor Aycock has appointed
j 1 George A. Jones, of Macon county,
| Judge of the Sixteenth district, and
Francis D. Winston, of Bertie, Judge
, ! >f the Second district.
i ' THE TBAP SHOOTING CONTEST.
Fbe WnrK of Ansley H. Fax, *f Balti
, more, by Far the Most Creditable.
New York, April 4.—The shoot for
the Grand American handicap,
was postponed from fcegan
this morning and was continue4~%p tb
dusk this evening. During the.'c&tfre
shoot rain fell continuously
made what otherwise would haveT>een
fast flyers very slow birds.
, All told there were 222 entries for
the event, ten of which were .post en
tries. Twenty-one men failed to toe
their marks when their turns came,*
and these absentees forfeited $lO each,
' , which went to swell the purse. The'en-
I tire amount of money which will be
distributed among the fifty-four high
| funs when the event is concluded to
: morrow is {5355. When the shooting was
1 discontinued this evening there were
forty men with straight scores of twen
ty kills each and fifty-three with nine
teen each.
Of the leaders the work of Ansley H.
Fox, of Baltimore, was by far the most
creditable. Since the shoot began Fox
bas taken part in every event on the
program and has not missed one bird
In any of them. In actual competition
he has shot sixty-three birds without
missing any. In addition to this he has
shot at sixty eye-birds, and the only
miss recorded against him among these
was one which died out of bounds. This
makes a total for the four days of 122
kills out of 123 birds shot at by the
'Baltimore man, who is looked upon as
a likely winner of this year's blue rib
bon of trap shooting. Among those
credited with twenty straight kills Is
Ji. L. Pierce, WytheviMe, Va.
. Beacon—"That Miss Bangs
} in the next flat has got a new
1 piano." Egbert—"l suppose
you can compare her to a kitten
\ now." "How so?" "Why, I
' suppose she's playing all the
i tine/ I —Yonkars Statesman.
Cotton Still Going Down.
The cotton goods trade docs
not improve, and raw cotton
i continues to go down.. Between
- lie Chinese tangle which seems
i endless, promising to keep Chi
, na closed even into the next.
r cotton year, and the new crop,
( ihe bears are supreme in the
cotton markets. From 10 cents
a pound the price of the staple
has fallen below 8 cents, and
, may go below 7 cents. Fortu
i natcly this heavy fall in a great
> crop does not as a rule
! the farmer or producer, for he
, long ago sold his holdings. But
. the loss to merchants at the ports
r and in the interior towns is con-,
1 -iderable, and it reduces the
; capital of this section.
As these merchants are the
: bankers of the farmers, the
latter will feel the loss indirect
| ly in one way or another. Of
course much of the loss will be
j borue by those who held cotton
i'ar from the cotton fields, but
'he holdings at home are by
no means insignificant, and the;
| losses are considerable.
I The crop is proving to bej
' larger than the estimates of it,:
' and the closing of China has |
| reduced consumption so much i
i that the crop is ample for all
needs. Thus earlier predictions
have been shown to be baseless.
If the diplomats in and out of
China could bring the troubles
in that country to an end, and
ihat vast unclothed population
were left free to supply their
needs, there would be a quick
revival in the cotton trade, and
the decline in prices would be
checked. But no one cr.ri :cc
HPCI of the Chinese negotia
tions.
'1 he belief in a larger crop
next fall is also a factor. But
it is not certain that the acreage
will be unusually-large. **Ten
cent cotton is no longer regard
ed as a certainty, and farmers
ire not planting expecting to
get ten cents. The decline in
prices will serve to increase food
and forage crops, and to de
crease the cotton acreage.
Stocks are not large, and a
reasonable acreage would nssist
in lifting the price, while the
' opening of China to trade would
certainly do it.
But ten-cent cotton is very
improbable. Eight-cent cotton
is more likely to occur next
fall, and the planting should
not be above that basis.—
Goldsboro Argus.
Bod Burdette, "To My Son. "
So you are not going to
church this morning, my son?
Ah, yes ; I see. "The music
is not good." That's a pity.
That's what you go to church
1 for, to hear the music, we de
mand.
"And the pews are not com
fortable." That's too bad—the
Sabbath is the day of rest, and
we go to chuich for repose
The less we do through the
week the more rest we clamor
for on the Sabbath.
"The church is so far away ;
it is too far to walk, and I de
test riding in a street car, and
they're always crowded on the !
Sabbath." This is, indeed, j
distressing. Sometimes when
I think how much farther j
away Heaven is than the church
and that there are no convey
ances on the road of any de
scription, I wonder how some
of us are going to get there.
"And the sermon is so long
always." All these things are,
indeed, to be regretted. I
would regret them more sincere
- ly, my boy, did I not know that
you will often squeeze into a
street car, with a hundred other
men, breathing an incense of
• whisky, beer and tobacco, hang
to a strap by your lids for
two miles, and then pay fifty
cents for the privilege of sit
ting on a rough plank in the
hot sun for two hours longer,
while in the intervals of the
game a scratch band will blow
discordant thunder out of a doz
en misfit horns right into our
ears, and come home to talk
the rest of the family into a
state of aural paralysis about
the "dandiest game you ever
saw played on that ground-"
Ah, my boy, you see what
staying away from church does.
It develops a habit for lying.
There isn't one man in a hun
dred who could go on the wit
ness stand and give, under oath,
the same reasons for not going
to church that he gives to his
family every Sunday morning.
My son, if you didn't think you
ought to go, you wouldn't make
any excuses for not going. No
Jman apologizes for doing right.
—-Selected.
...
An Eventful Moment.
;j DO VOL'R BEST IN YOUR CAREER
TO POSTPONE IT.
; j -
Napoleon says :
"In all battles a moment oc
curs when the bravest troops,
after having made tho greatest
efforts, feel inclined to run.
| That terror proceeds from a
; want of confidence in their own
courage, and it only requires a
slight opportunity, a pretense,
:o restore confidence to them.
The art is to give rise to the
opportunity and to invent the
pretense. At Areola I won the
battle with 25 horsemen. I
seized that moment of lassitude,
gave every man a trumpet and
gained the day with this hand
ful. You see that two armies
I are two bodies which meet and
! endeavor to frighten each other.
| A moment of panic occurs and
j that moment must be turned to
; advantage. When a man has
I been present in many actions,
he distinguishes that moment
| without difficulty. It is as easy
jas casting up an addition."
j "There is a moment when
' the bravest troops feel inclined
1 to run."
There is a moment when the
hardest fighter feels inclined to
quit. i
Postpone that moment in your
career. You are not fighting
other men physically, hut you
are fighting conditions. You
are fighting the competition of
all men around you.
In every man's life, whatever
struggle lie. be engaged in,
'mere conies a, moment when
his courage fails, and, as Na
poleon says of his troops, this
often comes after making the
greatest effort. It often comes
just before success. Often you
will hear a man or a woman
say :
"I have tried and tried, and
it is-no use."
That man or woman has
reached the point which Na
poleon mentions when the
brave feel like running. You
have all heard the old and
probably false story of the
miner who struggled on from
day to day, seeking for gold,
and at last threw down his pick
in despair, ready to give it up.
That last despairing blow of
the pick uncovered the sign 9 of
gold which would make him
rich.
Many men fail for lack of
that last blow with the pick ax.
Many fail because they do not
know how to inspire themselves
as Napoleon inspired the army
at Areola. Napoleon was the
soul of the army—he was the
army. When "he gave the
trumpets to his men and
charged, winning the day, he
acted as a brave man may do
in any moment of despair and
hesitancy.
Stir up y T our courage, shut
your teeth, "give trumpets" to
your imagination and resolu
tion and ambition and hope
and the other 21 motives that
inspire us. If you don't give
up, y 7 ou can't lose in the end.
Don't be discouraged. Don't
despise yourself because you
feel downhearted and timid.
Remember "a moment comes
when the bravest feel inclined
!to run." When that moment
I comes to you, make up your
mind that you won't run.
Fight it out, win and thank
Napoleon.—New York Journal.
•
Says He Was Tortured.
"I suffered such pain from
eorns could hardly walk,"
writes tt. Robinson, Hills
borough, Ills., "but Bucklen's
Arnica Salve completely cured
them." Acts like magic on
sprains, bruises, cuts, sores,
scalds, burns, boils, ulcers.
Perfect healer of skin diseases
and piles. Cure guaranteed by
C. L. Wilson. 25c.
DISSOLUTION.
The firm of Dr. J. F. McKay
& Co., has this day been dis
solved and J no. A. Rodgers &
Co., have bought the entire
stock of drugs; furniture and
fixtures, also the good will of
all its patrons. The debts of
the firm will be paid by Jno.
A. Rodgers fe Co., and all debts
due the firm will be collected
by Jno. A. Rodgers & Co.
DR. J. A. MCKAY.
JNO. A. RODGERS.
Lillington, N. C., Feb. 26, 1901
The above firm will be run
under the supervision of Dr.
J. F. McKay and will do their
utmost to please, and ask &con
tinuaace of patoouage,
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II Sfcff. i.i>» "*S?V--r-lM
Light on a Horrible Crime of
Long Ago.
Poultney, Vt., March 27.
Working removing a cellar wall
under a dilapidated building
just north of the bridge that
• crosses Fair Haven River, a
, quarter of a mile above Carvers
> Falls, has apparently un
earthed evidence which solves
- the mystery of a murder which
occurred seventy years ago.
The discovery was made by
accident, the laborers having
fallen into a pit while trying to
' lift some heavy stones. The
pit was about eight feet deep,
with a solid stone - wall about
twenty inches thick surround
ing it. In the centre of the pit
was set a solid iron post, at
tached to which was a heavy
iron chair and an old fashioned
pair of nandcuffs. Nearby was
a heap of human bones. In
quiry disclosed the fact that in
1 1831 Perry Borden, a young
Frenchman, brought his young
wife to Poultney to live in the
house which the workmen are
tearing down. She was witty
and vivacious and attracted
considerable attention. - In a
short time Borden became jeal
ous of her and forbade her visit
-1 ing a certain tavern nearby.
1 The wife would not*, submit to
be dictated to. Oue night in
' November, 1831, styfe was at the
: place when at about 10 o'clock
Borden called for her. She left
the place with hinu She never
was seen by her friends after
that.
Mr. Borden said his wife had
deserted him and fled to Can
ada.
After a year Borden went
away, and was not Jieard of
again until 1882, when he sud
denly re-appeared in town. He
said he had been at sea for the
50 years he had been away.
His mind seemed shattered.
He went to the little house and
remained two years, neighbors
supplying him with provisions.
He finally became sick and the
town took charge of him. He
died in 1897 and was buried in
the potters field.
The discoveries made by the |
workmen have led everyone in
this vicinity to believe that
Borden chained his wife in the
underground cellar and left her J
to die a horrible death.
... 1
A Wonderful Invention. i
They cure dandruff, hair fall- j
ing, headache etc., yet costs the .
same as an ordinary comb—Dr. ;
White's Electric Comb. The \
only patented Comb in the (
world. People, everywhere it ,
has been introduced, are wild ,
with delight. You simply '
comb your hair each day and ]
the comb does the rest. This j
wonderful comb is simply un
breakable and is made so that it J
is absolutely impossible to (
break or cut the liair. Sold on (
a written guarantee to give per- (
feet satisfaction in every respect, j
Send stamps for one. Ladies' (
size 50c. Gents' size 35c.
Live men and women wanted
everywhere to introduce this j
article. Sells on sight. Agents
are wild with success. .(See (
want column of this paper.) j
Address D. N. ROSE, General ,
Mgr., Decatur, 111.
UNDERTAKER
m
Coffins, Caskets, Ladies' and
Gents' Robes and Burial goods.
All kinds, colors and sizes, rang
ing in price from $2 to $6O. We
also have a nice hearse furnish
ed at moderate prices on short
notice.
R. G. TAYLOR.
- Night Was Her Terror.
"I would cough nearly all
night long," writes Mrs. Chas.
Applegate, of Alexandria, Ind.,
"and could hardly get any
sleep. I had consumption so
bad that if I walked a block I
would cough frightfully and
spit blood, but, when all other
medicines failed, three $l.OO
bottles of Dr. King's New Dis
covery wholly cured me and I
gained 58 pounds." It's abso
lutely guaranteed to cure
Coughs, Colds, La Grippe, Bron
chitis and all Throat and Lung
Troubles. Price 50c and $l.OO.
Trial bottles frp2 at d, L. Wil
«on's drqg-store.
47-Miie Message Sen*.
Washington, April 3.—Prof.
Willis L. Moore, chief of the
Weather Bureau, has returned
from an inspection of the wire
less stations 011 tbe Virginia
and North Carolina coast and
has reported to Secretary. Wil
fon the results of his observa
tions. He found that the ex
perimental work is progressing
satisfactorily between Hatteras
and Cape Henry, where elabo
rate plans have been laid out for
important experiments.
At Cape Henry an excellent
plant has been established for
the physical and mechanical
development and investigation
of the fundamental principles of
wireless telegraphy. Signals are
exchanging daily between these
two stations and messages can
be transmitted at any time,
though there is no necessity for
exchange of messages as yet.
These two stations are 47 miles
apart with no land between
them, and the course is regard
ed as an ideal one for the ex
periments. It is intended to
keep this section for experi
mental and research work,
which will be prosecuted vigor
ously throughout next summer.
The next great problem to be
solved, according to Chief
Moore, is the differentiation of
the wireless messages, so' that
the messages sent shall be read;
only by the stations for .'which
they are intended and npt in
terferred with by the * crossing
of messages for other stations.
WANTED—Ladies and Gen
tlemen io introduce the "hot
test" seller on earth. Dr.
White's Electric Comb, patent
ed 1899. Agents are coining
money. Cures all forms of
scalp ailments, headaches, etc.,
yet costs the same as an ordi
nary comb. Send 50c in stamps
for sample. D.N. Rose, Gen.
Mgr., Decatur, 111.
Be Something.
There is much talk of politi- i
cal independence. That means!
with some a splitting up of the j
Democratic party. A man can
be so independent as a Republi-j
can to be a Populist, or so in- j
dependent as a Democrat to be i
a Republican. There are but j
two parties of consequence, orj
that mean much, in this coun-j
try. You must be one or the
other, or indeed be so independ
ent as to belong to no party.'
If you are an indepenedent, do ;
not pretend to be either a Re
publican or a Democrat, but be i
a "mug-wump," and neither
run with the hare nor hold with
the hounds. If you break up!
the Democratic party you de-1
stroy the the only party of the 1
people, aud leave the country 1
helplessly bound by the Rppub
lican party that is not of the
people or for the people, but of
the plutocracy and for the reign
of monopoly, high crushing
taxes and practical slavery.
Choose ye. If the Republican
ism be right, tie to it and swing
corners with it, and show your
colors. Do not call yourself by l
another name. If Democracy j
be the thing—government by
the people—then tie to it. Be
something—either fish, flesh,
fowl or good red herring.—Wil
mington Messenger.
PHOTOGRAPHS
BEST WORK GUARANTEED,
* I
I make a specialty of nice work.
Parties visiting Dunn cail call
at my residence and
work made in the late's V m:
most pleasing style. Call "KfTif
see samples, and get pris?. J-v
J. D. KEEN! ,
DUNN, N. C,
Gallery up stairs over J. W.
Gregory's store.
_
t "Can't Afford
to Paint."
The man who says that, forgets that painting pro
perly done is economy, and the fact is he can't afford
MOT to paint.
How often yon require to paint is largely depend* 1
eat upon the paint you use.
SHERWIN-WILUAM*
PJI/MTS
eat last others. They are the moat economical paint* you ean OM. NEEAUW
they cover most and wear longest. Add to thia their rood appaaran.e, and
you have perfect palnta-fA, Skvwin-WUliamt Puintt.
They are made lor many different kinds of pointing. Whatever it la
yon want to paint—a house, or anything in or out of the boose—v f make
i the right paint for that particular purpose—not ona slap-dash OIXMII tor
•IL
Dunn Hardware & Furniture Go.
Kodol
"Dyspepsia Cure -
J Digests what you eat.
If' artiiicialiy digests the food aud aids
Nature ID strengthening and recon
. struct/lag the exhausted digestive or
gans. It is the latest discovered digest
ant and tonic. No other preparation
; can approach It in efficiency. It in
i stantly relieves and permanently cures
Dyspepsia, Indigestion, Heartburn,
Flatulence, Sour Stomach, Kausea,
• Sick Headache, Oastralgia Crampsand
all other results of imperfect digestion.
PrlcjjMc.andtL Lai*e »l*e contain* tmtraea
small tlae. Book aU about dyapepsia mat i«dtrM
Prepared ky C. COe WITT* CO. Cfelc«»«.
For sale by Hood & Gran
tham, Dunn, N. C.
A Clever Woman.
"Why do you always dress
your two* daught* i\s alike?"
querried a society w man of a
friend. "It must be a
deal of trouble, and, s.s they are
uot twins, it is not necessary."
"Well," answer, d ih»* other
quite frankly, "it j s b.-eause of
the effect. jVlygirJft-.ro 'ather
ordinary looking— »... ;iin . iu
fact rather pretty, I lm.k—and
with fail 1\ good tiuiirc'f, but
quite unnoticeable in i|„ j r j,p.
pearance. Ifonewer in hrown
and other in blue on the
street, no one would e\e;* ujyg
a second i-l.itce, but,
dressed alike, tliev '• ok really
distinguished, li is dig same
in a ballroom When thev go
in together in prcr:v. Trrs.ll
eow]i- ; ;; io y each
other, so to spe.-.k, ard sim
plest t-oilest lipconi-striking.
A pink bow by ii.-e.'f is a pink
bov , and noll.it:g . |«. hut two
pink hows become imimdiately
an nrratigeniHi r. You -ee that
id«*a exemplified on f| ( ,. -tage in
a ballet. It i.sdic r petition of
dress that gives tho c tf. ct. If
the dancers w. ro in different
costumes it won Id I e lost com
pletely. Of course, as you say,
| it is a bother t.» have everything
!to match, a;id wh> n one frock
j is ruined, thai renders the other
useless, too. Still, I think it
I pays.' —New York Tribune,
I
- - — _
A Fireman's Close Call.
J "I stuck to my engine, al
though every joint ached and
;every nerve w.i« racked with
I pain," writps C. W. Bellamy, a
locomotive fireman, of Burling
ton, lowa., "I was weak and
i pale, without any appetite and
I all run down. As I was about
.to give up, I got a bottle of
1 Electric Bitters and, after tak
jing it, I felt as well as I ever
J did in my life." Weak, sickly,
,run down people always gain
new lif>, strength and vigor
from their use. Try them.
Satisfaction guaranteed by C.
L. Wilson. Price 50 cents.
.
• mmm gruceriesi
o o
T desire say to the public that
: I have a complete line of
FANCY GROCERIES
andean sell at a close
; margin of profit. Flour, Sugar,
Coffee, Ground Meal,
Meat, Molasses, Canned Goods.
Everything fresh and nice.
FEED STUFF!
You can find at my grocery,
Oafs, Corn, Peas, etc. I take
country-"produce in exchange
Give me a call
whAffrttt-'visit Dunn and I will
for piwt patronage I beg to re
main, '
W. J. JARMON.
Next door to J. R. McPhail.
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