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I Albert B.
I AT law,—
DUNN, N. C.
Practice wherever service re
o:-lvtl. Prompt attention to
ijusmoj*. ' Collections a
pecialtv Office over DICMO
CKAVH BANNER.
JWVK.NL WM*". F. 11. Brooks.
pou & B
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
smlthfield, n. C.
Claims collected. Estates set
tled. Practice in Johnston
and adjoining counties.
£ SMITH. M. F. HATCHER.
Smith &
Attorneys-at-Law,
DUNN, - - - N - c
-I>, .dice in all THE courts of the State.
Prompt attention lo all business
ent rustel.
OtUce in die oI.L POST Office Building.
11. NCI KAN. .1. C . CIiIKFOKI.
McLean & Clifford,
At i .:raer s ' at -"^ ja ' w ' 1
DL'N'X. : : : : X. C.
Office over J. J. Wade's Store.
W. A. STEWART. H« I-GODWIN
SILWART kGODWIN,
Attorneys and CoanseHors-at-Uw,
DUNN, N. C.
v, ill |.: :irtice in State and Federal
Courts V.JJT not- for fun.
Smith, Hatcher & Smith,
ATTORN K YS— AT—LAW ,
Benson, N. C.
I'A :tice wlieivver services arc needed.
S; i:il attention to matters entrusted.
W- E- Murcliison,
JONF.SbOKO. N. C.
Pr:l rices Law in Harnett, Moore and
otl: r counties, but not for fun.
FNB. 20-1 Y.
Dr. J. C.
DELM*IS'r.
Dunn, N. C.
Oilice rooms on second floor J.
J. Wade's building.
THE MM il.
CAPITAL STOCK $20,000.
We oifer unsurpassed advan
tages, aud loan money on easy
terras We will extend every
accommodation consistent with
conservative banking.
L.J. BEST, President.
J. W. PURDIK, Cashier.
DR. 0. L WILSON,
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OUIMIM, IM. C.
Oflicice on Lucknow Square,
Dr. C. H. Sexton's old office.
f MM AND FARMERS
m, ii, ic.
CAPITAL STOCK $20,000.
Every accommodation offered
to the public,
E. F. YOUNG, President.-
V. L. STEPHEN?, Cashier.
BU( -KI.KX'S ARNICA SALVE,
ihe best and most famous
compound in the world to cou-
M'l'-i' aciu- and kill pains. Cures
' heals Barnes and Bruises,
'ifliif-s Inflammation, masters
I Millions of Boxes sold
v« "|i"ly. Works wonders in
'' I'leers, Felons. Skin
fcruption>. It cures or no pay.
at L. Wilson's drugstore.
®sara tho Bought
Can You
iCat
anything you want? Most people can
not. When you can't, its called "indi
gestion," which develops "dyspepsia"
—tl:e agonizing terror of the age.
Coleman's
G\iss.rai\tee
positively cures all fornis of indigestion
and dyspepsia. "Take 'it, eat what you .
want and be happy."
CURED BY ONE BOTTLE.
"I suffered {or several months with iudicestion
Olid could scarcely eat anything without intense
suffering cfterwards. I found no relief until
Coleman's Guarantee" was recommended. I
Lou>:ht one bottle, and took it as directed, and
fropi the very first found relief, and by the time
I had taken the first bottle was not only feeling
better, but was entirely cured."
V. W. JEFFERSON, Danville. Va.
PRICE 50c. A BOTTLE.
Sold by all Druggists.
*S~Take no substitute.
COLEMAN REMEDY CO.. CaMiUa. Vs.. 0. S. 4.
The Case of Miss Stone.
Ransom Money Paid, But Re-
Lease is Still Delayed—Ac
tion of the U. S. Gov
ernment.
Washington, Feb. 21 .——lis
estimated at the State Depart- !
ment that fifteen days have now
elapsed since the money for
Miss Stone's ransom was paid
ovtr. At least five days have
elapsed beyond the time fixed
to place her in the hands of her
friends. There is no explana
tion for the delay. It is hoped
that physical conditions, such
as snows and adverse weather,
may account for the failure to
secure her delivery. The offi
cials are loath to believe that
there - has been a breach of
faith on the part of the brigands
but even if this were so they do
uot regard themselves as blame
worthy for having trusted them.
From the first the United
States government has been ad
verse to paying ransom, but in
response to appeals from every
quarter, reluctantly authorized
Mr. Leischman to deal
with the brigands. How
ever, if it turns out that the
brigands have broken faith and
they either have taken the ran
som money and spirited the
captives away again or tlrat
they ; ave killed them, then
there will be no further attempt
to deal with the brigands on the
part of the United States gov
j eminent, but its entire power
; -vill l>e directed upon Turkey
and upon Bulgaria to procure
the swift and certain extermina
tion of the brigands, regardless
: of cost or effort.
• Mr. Wheeier Got Rid of
His Rheumatism.
j "During the winter of 1898 I
was so lame in my joints, in
fact all of my body, that I
could hardly hobble around,
when I bought a bottle of
Chamberlain's Pain Bnim.
From the first application I be-
to get well, and was cured
and have worked steadily all
the year. —R. WHEELER, North
wood, N. Y. For sale by Hood \
& Grantham.
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TOWN DIRECTORY.
CHURCHES.
1 vh idist Church—Her. A. Forbes Pastor
•?! ses tlrst Sunday night, and fourth Sun
./ morning- and night. Prayermeeting
/er/ Wednesday night. Suhday gchccl
avery Sunday morning at 10 o'clock, Q. K,
arantham Superintendent.
Baptist Church .-Key. .C. Barrett, pastor,
services every second Sunday morning and
uight. Prayermeeting every Thursday night
3'inday School every Sunday momiug, J. O.
Clifford Superintendent.
riest'jlcrinn (1 ml.-la. J . Hines
pastor. Services every first and fifth Sunday
morning aud night, Sundav school every
Sunday morning, D. U. McLean, Superinten
dent
Disciple Chnrch—Rev. D. H. Petree pas
tor. Services every third Sunday morning
and night. Prayer meeting every Tuesday
night. Sunday School every Sunday evening
at 3 o'clock P. T. Massengill Supt.
Free Will Baptist Church.—Elder R. .C.
/acksou, pastor. Services every first Sun
lav morning and night.
4- primitive Baptist.—Church on Broad street
Slder B. Wood, Pastor. Regular servi
ng on the third Sabbath morning, aud Satur
-lay belore. In each month at 11 o'clock.
LODGE
Palmyra Lodge, Ko. 147, A. F. &A. M. Hall
iver Free Will Baptist church. V. P.Jones
W. M.; W. A. Johnson, 6. W.; E. A. Jones
X. W.j J. O.Johnson. Secretary. Regular
ommunlcations are held on the 3rd Satnr
lay atlO o'clock A. M., and on the Ist Friday
it 7:30 o'clock p. m. In each month. All Ma
ions in good standing are cordially invited
t > attend these communications.
TOWN OFFICKRS.
M. T. Young, Mayor.
COMMISSIONERS
V. L. Stephens, McD. Kolliday, J. D. Barnes
I A Taylor.
W. H. Duncan, Policeman.
COUNT? O/PICBBS
Sheriff, Silas A. Salmon.
Clerk, Dr J. H. Withers.
Register of Deeds. A. O. Hollowaj.
Treasurer, L. D. Matthews.
Surveyor, D. P. McDonald.
Coroner, Dr. J. F. McKay.
County Examiner, Rev. J. S. Black.
Commissioners: K. F. Toting, Chairman
N A. Smith, T. A Harrington.
OHN A. MOKAY. E. F. YOUNG.
Tic Jil McKay Mannlacim Ce.
Edged Tool Foundry & Machine Works.
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We have one of the largest and best equipped plants in the State. Come and see for your
selves. *3O men skilled in the different branches of our business.
f»-MACHINE REPAIR WORK OF EVERY DESCRIPTION.
OLD ENGINES, BOILERS, SAW MILLS, &C MADE ALMOST AS GOOD AS NEW.
ALL KINDS IRON & BRASS CASTINGS.
Pulleys, Boxes, Post Hangers, Set Collars, Shafting, Gear Wheels, &c constantly on hand
We also carry a large stock of Pipe and Steam fittings of all kinds. Prices low down.
FINE ARCHITECTURAL CASTINGS A SPECIALTY.
We are agents for A. B. Farquhar Cos. fe Erie City Iron
r Works, Engines, Boilers, Saw-Mills, Threshing Machinery
&c. Southern Saw Works Mill Saws. All the above
50 tons of old Cast Iron wanted at once. We also buy
old scrap brass. For catalogue, prices, or -other informaiion
THE JOHN A. MCKAY M'F'G. CO.
DUNN, "N. C.
A Representative Gathering.
EARNEST, VIGOROUS YOUNG
MEN MEET.
In Convention.
The Twenty-sixth annual Con
vention of the Young Men's
Christian Association of Nort:i
Carolina will take place in
Charlotte March 8-11. It will
bo unlike any Convention ever
held in previous years. Not
more than one half a dozen
topics will be discussed, as the
Convention will confine itseli
to the discussion of several
vital, live subjects, which have i
to deal with the religious life j
of men. It will, in every re-,
spect be a Twentieth Century
Convention. Practically every |
important collego and many |
preparatory schools for boy - j
will send delegations of their
choicest men. City and town
Associations will be represent
ed by some of their leading
men. Railroad men from sev
eral terminal points are also
coming to participate in the
Convention program.
This year the Convention
will open on Saturday evening,
closing on Tuesday night. Sun
day will be a red letter da) in
Charlotte. There will be ser
vices in nearly all of the prom
inent churches, with union
meetings at night, addressed
by some of the most prominent
Association leaders in North
America. In the afternoon
there will be a great mass meet
ing for the men of Charlotte.
The local Association hopes to
have over a thousand men pres
ent at this service. Mr. Au
gustus Nash, the Religious
Work Secretary of the Cleve- j
laud, Ohio Association, will |
address this mass meeting fori
men. Among other prominent I
speakers who are to participate
in the Convention, are Messrs.
Don O. Slielton, of New York
City, C.IJ. Gates, of Atlanta,
H. E. Rosevear, of Louisville.
The music will be a special
feature. The Executive Com
mittee having secured Mr. E.
O. Sellers, of Washington, D.
C, to have general charge of
this feature.
A cordial invitation ex
tended to every Pastor in North
Carolina and to all men who
are interested in their fellow
men. Young men from towns
and rural districts where there
are no Associations, will be
especially welcome. It will be
necessary, however, for them
to secure the proper credentials.
By writing to A. G. Knebel,
State Secretary Y, M. C. A.
Asheville, N. C., within tho
next ten days, these credentials
and all other information will
be promptly forwarded.
The good people of Charlotte
will entertain all delegates.
The majority of the railroads
have granted reduced rates. It
would be well, however, to see
your local ticket agent in ad
vance, and ascertain whether or
not lie has received instructions.-
O.A.ISiTORTA.
Bears the The Kind You Have Always Bough
Rural Free Delivery Matter.
Washington, Feb. 19.—Thej
House Committee on Rules met'
to-day to consider the advis
ability of a special rule iu con-|
uection with the proposed]
changes in tin rural free deliv
ery system in the Postoffice Ap
propriation Bill This subject
will'come up in a few days and
there is a question as to wheth
er the change of rural carriers
from the salary to the contract
system can be considered on an j
appropriation bill unless a (
special rule is framed. For the
present, however, there will be
'no action, as it was decided to
j await the developments of the
i debate.
The committee has not yet
I considered the recent request of
jB7 of the Republican members:
who met in caucus and a.-;ked •
I for a special committee to in- 1
vestigate questions of disfran
chisement.
SAVED HER CHILD'S LIFE,
"In three weeks our chubby
little boy was changed by Pneu
monia almost to a skeleton,"
writes Mrs. W. Watkins, of
Pleasant City, O. "A terrible i
cough set in, that, in spite of a
good doctor's treatment for
several weeks, grew worse every
day. We then used Dr. King's
New Discovery for Consumption
and our darling was soon sound
and well. We are sure this!
grand medicine saved his life."j
Millions know it's the only sure
cure for Coughs, 'colds and all
Lung diseases. C. L. Wilson
guarantees satisfaction, 50c,
$l.OO, Trial bottles free.
Wanted, Young Men in Trades.
It is an encouraging sign of i
the growth of practical com
mon sense among the young
men of the South that much of
the old prejudice against trades
is being overcome, and that
many of the representatives of
our most aristocratic families
are no longer ashamed of work?
ing with their hands when they
can do that work efficiently and
thoroughly.
Still, there is plenty of room
for first-class mechanics, while
the so-called learned professions
are overcrowded with incom
petents. In many a small
southern town there are hun
dreds of young men looking for
work, while iu the same town
it is almost an impossibility to
secure the services of a first
class machinist, brick-layer or
carpenter. The only hope in
this case is for the young men
to learn trades, and to master
them so thoroughly that they
will be the best workmen in a
! certain shop, become the fore
i man, rise from that position to
that of superintendent, and so
1 011.
A college education is a most
desirable thing but it is doubt
ful if it is any more valuable
; than practical mastery of a .trade
backed by a substantial com
mon school education, and a
firm determination to grasp
every opportunity for acquiring
knowledge afforded by the great
j outside world-Augusta Herald.
Medals of Honor.
Washington, Special. Ad
jutant General Corbin to-day
made public the report of the
army board of which General
Mac Arthur was president, ap
pointed to consider and report
the names of officers and en
listed men of the army who. so
distinguished themselves dur
ing the recent campaigns in
Cuba, China and the Philip
pines, as to entitle them to the
award either of medals of hon
or or certificates of merit.
Medals of honor will be
awarded in thirty-three cases
of which ten go to commission
ed officers, and twenty-three to
non-commissioned officers and
privates. Only one medal is
awarded on account of service
in the Cuban service, two in
the case of the Chinese cam
paign and thirty in tho Philip
pine war. The medal list shows
few names of persons familiar
to the public, perhaps the most
notable ones being those of
musician Calvin P. Titus, who
was the first to scale the wall at
Perkin and who afterwards was
sent to West Point, and Lieu
tenant Matthew A. Batson, who
commanded the Macabebe
scouts.
The certificates to meirt are
all awarded to non-commis
sioned officers and privates,
and of the total nuraeer of fifty
six, four are on account of the
Cnbau campaign, forty-five on
accouDt of the Philippine* cam
paign and seven on account of
Chinese trouble.
"T have used Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy for a number of
years and have no hesitancy in
saying that it is the best remedy
for coughs, colds and croup I
have ever used in my family, I
have not words to express my
confidence in this Remedy.—
MRS. J. A. MOORE, North Star,
Mich. For sale by Hood &
Grantham.
President Roosevelt attended
a meeting of the Grand Army
of the Republic in Washington
Wednesday night, and of course
was called upon to make a
speech, in which he made a
very feeling reference to Presi
dent McKinloy. but it is report
ed to have concluded as follows :
"You wore the blue in the
early 60s in a war against an
archy in one form, and so now
it behooves each of us so to do
his duty as a citizen that he
shall iu the most positive man
ner condemn existing anarchy
in 1902."
This reference to the South
and the Southern soldiers of
"the early 60s" is as false and
offensive as inexcusable and un
called for. It was therefore no
compliment to the men whom
he addressed, and was a posi
tive and direct slander of the
cause and the soldiers whom he
referred.—Raleigh Post.
CASTOR IA
For Infants and Children.
The Kind You Have Always Bought
The Isthmian Canal.
A VITAL QUESTION NOW.
✓
Project Nearly 400 Years Old.
Among the vital questions
now engrossing the atteution
of the American people, the
Isthmian Canal has a preemi
enence. The question is not
only for American people but
for the civilized world. A short
waterway between the Atlantic
aud Pacific oceans has a sig
nificance which touches the
commerce of the world. Our
readers will do well to keep
themselves informed on the
nature and progress of this
great enterprise.
The project of a ship canal
between the two oceans is near
ly four hundred years old. The
Spaniards explored a route
across the Isthmus in 1529,
with a view to effecting the
passageway which offers such
possibilities to the civilized
world. Suffice it to say that at
that time the scheme was so
impracticable that all efforts in
this direction were abandoned
for the time. The interest
shown by the Spaniards has
not peen fruitless, as what they
did has furnished a foundation
for succeeding projectors to
build upon.
The Isthmian Canal Com
mission was appointed in 1899
to determine the most feasible
route for a ship canal across
Central America. After exteu
sive surveys, only two routes
were considered practicable:
The Nicaragua and Panama. If
our readers will look at a map
of Central America, they will
plainly see the force of the state
ment. It will also bo seen that
much more work is to be done
on the Nicaragua than the Pana
ma route. Both routes lie in
tropical countries, and the dan
ger to life is greater than in any
other great enterprise inaugu
rated by tho civilized world
The entire distance of the
proposed Nicaragua Canal from
Greyton-on llie..Carribagua
to Brito on the Pacific is 183 06
miles. It cuts the continental
device only twelve miles from
the coasts. Certain attitudes
constitute the greatest difficul
ties to be confronted on this
route. Lake Nicaragua is the
highest point, and undoubtedly
furnishes a great advantage in
constituting a part of the waste
way. Four locks have been
planned in passing up to the
lake level from either ocean.
An innnese dam is necessary at
Conchuda on the San Juan riv
er. The total length of the dam
would be 1,310 feet, and its cost
is estimated at $4,017,650.
The Panama route is but
49.09 miles from ocean to ocean.
Colon is the Atlantic termiuus ;
Panama Bay, the Pacific. The
summit elevations are about
twenty feet less than that Lr
the Nicaragua route. The great
est difficulty in the Panama
route is a place for a dam which
will not cost an exorbitant
sura. The estimates of the
Canal Commission are $lBO,-
864,06*2 for the Nicaragua route
and 144,233,358 for the Pana
ma. The difference is consid
erablc as can be seen at a glance.
The panama route is about one
fourth the length of that of the
Nicaragua. The estimated an
nual cost of operation of the
Panama route is but six-tenth
of that required in the Nica
ragua route.
Before the Isthmian Canal
Commission was appointed, a
French corporation, which
Ferdinand de Lesseps was the
head, began work on the Pana
ma route in 1886. In 1887,
operations were suspended for
lack of money. In 1889, the
company became bankrupt,-and
was dissolved. The liquidator
succeeded in forming in 1884 a
new company kuownas the new
Panama Canal Company, This
company agrees to sell its rights
and property valued at $109,-
141,500 for $40,000,000. The
matter is before Congress, and
what the result will be is prob
lematic, It is likely, however,
that the Nicaragua route will
be chosen. The question is
complicated, and the United
States has on its hands a problem
which is very difficult, but
which, we have no doubt, will
be solved to the welfare of the
civilized world. —Christian Ad
vocate.
Hood & Grantham the drug
gists, will refund you your
money if you are not satisfied
after using Chamberlain's Liver
Tablets. They cure disorders
jof the stomach, billiousness,
constipation and headache.
Price, 25 cents. Samples free.
Mexican Hustang Liniment » ~
don't stay on or near the surface, but goes in through the mnacka and
tissues to the bone and drives out all sorenees
For a Lame Back,
f | Sore Muscles,
or, in fact, all Lameness and
ness of your body there is nothing I «
J that will drive out the pain and in-i J
i flammation so quickly as # ]
Mexican
_ Mustang Liniment?*\ I
If you cannot reach the spot i
self get some one to assist you, for j
it is essential that the liniment be v
L rubbed in most thoroughly. j
Mexican Jlustang Liniment
overcomes the ailments of horse# and all domestic «ntm»i« j n f Ae *
It is a flesh healer and pain killer no matter who or what the patient ilk
Pointed Paragraphs.
A young man told a Clay
county girl that she looked
sweet enough to eat. She told
him he couldn't prove it.
There are plenty of smart
Alexanders about this town
who know more at sixteen than
their grandfathers do at seventy
five.
We know of a girl who has
participated in so many-engage
ments that she has assumed
quite a military appearance.
A Tompkinsville girl married
a liveryman because she said
she wanted a man with stable
qualities and plenty of horse
sense.
A bachelor of this town says
there is still hope for him,
That it is not absolutely certain
that he will ever marry.
Hearing one of our citizens
boasting of his illustrious an
cestors reminded us of the fact
that it is a good thing to have
ancestors, but sometimes pretty
hard on the ancestors.
A lady of this town accused
her boy of being unthoughtful
when everybody else thought
him full, but it might have been
that this idiotic way of acting
was natural.
"Have you ever made a criti
cal examination of Paradise
Lost?" euquiried a Monroe
county school teacher. "No,
but I live in Paradise, Texas,"
answered the Western belle.
A Monroe county girl says
that, the reason why she never
cries at church is because she
is afraid of soiliug her complex
ion. The fact is she got her
complexion from the drugstore.
An Oklahoma man who is 64
years old married a seventeen
year old Monroe county girl be
cause she knew how to cook.
There is wisdom in old age af
ter all.
The other day we witnessed
the monkey shines of-two young
sports who convinced us, by
their actions that the old legend
that man descended from the
monkey is only a question of a
tail with them.
A Louisville woman was very
much enraged at being kissed
by a dentist who was filling her
teeth. It was evidently her
first visit to a dentist's shop,
and she was not familiar with
the rules.
Darwiu says that man de
conded from the monkey. If
he did his decent has been very
great, especially in the case of
some of our citizens whom we
can credit with trying to raise
again, in as much as they are
doing their best to make mon
keys of themselves.
Since a Chicago professor has
discovered an art by the aid of
which it is practically possible
for a man to live forever, people
will begin to have some con
cern about how they all, as
time passes on with its increase
of humanity aud no deaths,
will be able to make a living
for their never ending lives.
The
Southern
Railway.
Anuounces the
Opening of the Winter
Tourist Season
And the placing
on sale of
Excursion
To all prominent points in the
South, Southwest, West
Indies, Mexico,and
California.
Including
St. Augustine, Palm Beach,
Miami, Jacksonville, Tam
pa, Port Tampa, Bruns
wick, Thomasville,
Charleston, Aiken,
Augusta, Pine
hurst, Asheville,
Atlanta, New Or
leans,. Memphis
and
THE LAND OF THE SKY.
Perfect Dining and Sleeping-
Car Service on all Trains.
See that your ticket reads
VIA SOUTHERN RAILWAT.
Ask any Ticket Agent for full
information, or address
R. L. VERNON, C. W. WESTBUBY
Travel lnjf Pas* Ag-t., District Fui. A*t.
CiLaxlotte. IT. e. "Vm
S. H. HARDWICK, ?
General Pusseuger Agent.
J. M. GULP, , w. A. Tumc,
Traffic Manager. Aast Paa« Traffic Mfi
w" 33. C.
A LEGACY OF THE GRIP.
Is often a run-down system.-
Weakness, nervousness, Jack of
appetite, energy and ambition,
with disordered liver and kid
neys often follow an attack of
this wretched disease. The
greatest need then is Electric
Bitters, the splendid tonic,
blood purifier aud regulator of
Stomach, Liver and Kidneys.
Thousands have proved that
they wonderfully strengthen the
nerves, build up the system,
and restore to health and good
spirits after 1 an attack of Grip.
If suffering, try them. Only 50c.
Perfect satisfaction guaranteed
by C. L. Wilson.
"WINTER HOMES TN SUMMER
LANDS."
The above is the title of an
attractive booklet just issued by
the Passenger Department of
the Southern Railway. It is
beautifully illustrated and fully
describes the winter *esorts of
the South. A copy may be
secured by sending a tn o-cent
stamp to S. H. Hardwick, G.
P. A., Washington, D. C,
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