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—ATTORNEY AT LAW,—
DUNN, N. C.
Practice wherever service re
quired. Prompt attention to
all busiuess. Collections a
specialty Office over DEMO
CRATIC BANNER.
Edward W. Ton, F. H. Brooks.
Pou &
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
SMITHFIELD, N.C.
Claims collected. Estates set
tled. Practice in Johnston
and adjoining counties.
K. S. SMITH. M. F. HATCHER.
Smith & Hatcher,
Attorneys-at-Law,
DUNN, - - - N. C.
Pluetic* in all the courts of the Slate.
Prompt attentiou to all business
entrusted.
Ofllce in (lie old Post Office Building.
11. Ncl EA*. c. CIJIFFOKI»
McLsan & Clifford,
ttoraeys - at T n
DUNN, : : : : N. C.
jgy otliee over J. J. Wade's Store.
W. A. STEWART. H. L. GODWIN
mm & GODWIN,
Attorneys and Counsellors-at-law,
DUNN, N. C.
Will practice in State and Federal
Courts but not for fun.
Smith, Hatcher & Smith,
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW,
Benson, N.C.
Practice wherever services are needef'.
Special attention to matters entrusted.
W- E- Murchison,
JONESBOKO N. C.
Practices Law in Harnett, Moore
other counties, but not for fun.
Feb. 20- ly.
Dr. J. C.
BEN~ISX.
Dunn, N. C.
Office rooms on second floor J.
J. Wade's building.
~ THE 8111 DUNN.
CAPITAL STOCK $20,000.
We otfer unsurpassed advan
tages. aud loan money on easy
terras We will extend every
accommodation consistent with
conservative banking.
L. J. BEST, President.
J. W. PURDIE, Cashier.
DR. 0. L WILSON,
DUIMIV, rsi. c.
Officice 011 Lucknow Square,
Dr. C. H. Sexton's old office.
'pCOANIS A! FARMERS
■" M, 11, IC.
CAPITAL STOCK $20,000.
Every accommodation offered
to the public.
E. F. YOUNG, President.
V. L. STEPHENS, Cashier.
A XKARLY FATAL RUNAWAY
*i
•Started a horrible ulcer on
the leg of J B. Orner, Frank
lin Grove, 111., which defied
doctors and all remedies for
f'»ur years. Then Bucklen's
I Arnica Sale cured him. Just
as good for Boils, Burns, Bruis
es Cuts, Corns, Scalds, Skin
• Eruptions and Piljs. 25c at
I c^STpni.A..
the Ins Kind Von Have Always Bougitl
F'HE DEIMOCRATIC BANNER.
Vol. 12.
Can YO\J
Eat
anything you want? Most people ean
iict. When you can't, its called "indi
gestion," which develops "dyspepsia"
—the agonizing terror of the age.
Coleman's
GvieLrarvtee
positively cures all forms of indigestion
and dyspepsia. "Take it, eat what you
want and be happy."
CUKED BY ONE BOTTLE.
"I suffered for several months with indigestion
and could scarcely eat anything without intense
suffering afterwards. I found no relief until
Coleman's Guarantee" was recommended. I
bought one bottle, and took it as directed, and
from the very first found relief, and by the time
I had taken the first bottle was not only feeliug
better, but was entirely cured.**
V. W. JEFFERSON, Danville. Va.
PRICE 50c. A BOTTLE.
Sold by all Druggists.
•yTake no substitute.
COLEMAN REMEDY CO.. OaovHlt. Va.. 0. S. k.
Good Schools ond Farmers.
A RURAL STATB THAT HAS
GOOD PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
lowa is is a rural state, hav
ing 41 persons to the square
mile. Its largest city contains
about G3,000 people. Of the
entire population of 2,231 853,
less than 300,000 live in.the
fourteen cities of more than ten
thousand inhabitants. The
public schools are kept open
160 days or 8 months in the
year; of the 735,159 children of
school age (5 to 21), 562,662,
or 66 3 per cent, are enrolled in
the public schools, and the
average daily attendance is 373,-
159, 76.5 per cent. There aiv
18,498 school rooms in use, and
18,984 teachers are engaged in
teaching through the eight
months—a teacher for every 29
children enrolled.
During last year the 99
teachers' institutes were at
tended by 19,231 teachers. The
average length of these insti
tutes was two and a half weeks,
and over $59,000 were paid for
instruction and lectures. The
value of the public school prop
erty in the state is $18,223,749.
The total cost of the schools in
1900 was $9,321,052, an in
crease over 1599 of nearly sl,-
500,600.
The public schoo' libaries
contain 453,454 volumes. The
average salary of county su
perintendents is $1,242. The
total expenditure for schools
amounts to about $1 80 on each
SIOO of taxable property, and
$4.17 per capita of population.
■ ■ ♦• ♦
Goon FOR RHEUMATISM.
Last fall I was taken with a
very severe attack of muscular
rheumatism which caused me
great pain and annoyance. After
trying several prescriptions and
rheumatic cures, I decided to
use Chamberlain's Pain Balm,
which I had seen advertised in
the South Jerseyman. Aftei
two applications of this Remedy
I was much better, and after
using one bottle, was complete
ly cured — SALLIE HARRIS, Sa
lem, N. J. For sale by Hood
Grantham.
TOWN DIRECTORY.
CHDRCHEB.
t"Jth >dtst Church—Rev. w A. Forbes Pastor
■7\ :es ttrst tsuuday uigbt, and fourth Sun
1/ morning and night. Prayerm.eeting
,jr/ Wednesday night. Sunday gchcoi
-very Sunday morning at 10 o'clock, O. K,
tranthaui Superintendent.
Baptist Church.—Rev. .C. Barrett, pastor.
•Herrices every second Sunday morning and
light. Pr.iyeruieetiug every Thursday night
ianday School every Sunday morning, J. C.
Clifford Superintendent.
Frest'jterifcD 11 in I.-}> T > . Hlnes
pastor. Services every first and fifth Sunday
aorning and night, Sunday school every
-Sunday morning, D. 11. McLean, Superinten
dent
Disciple Church—Rev. J. J. Harper, pas
tor. Services every first Sunday morning
iud night. Prayer meeting every Tuesday
'light. Sunday School every Sunday evening
it 3 o'clock Rev. N. B. Hoyd Supt.
Free Will Baptist Church.—Elder R. C.
ackson, pastor. Services every first Sun
lay morning and night.
Primitive Baptist.—Church op Broad street
older B. Wood. Pastor. Regular servi
-.s on the third Sabbath morning, and Satur
iay before, in each month at U o'clock.
LODOK.
Palmyra Lodge, No. 117, A. F. &A. M. Hall
•ver Free Will Baptist church. F. P. Jones
W. M ; W. A. Johnson, S. W.; E. A. Jones
-. W.; J. O. Johnson, Secretary. Regular
ommunlcations are held on the 3rd Satur
tay at 10 o'clock A. M., and on the lat Friday
t 7:30 o'clock p. m. in each month. All Ma
•ons In good standing are cordially Invited
t > attend these communications.
TOWN OFFICERS.
M. T. Young, Mayor.
COXXISSIONSBS
7. L. Stephens, McD. Holliday, J. D. Barnes
I A Taylor.
W. H. Duncan, Policeman.
COUNTY OFFICKBS
Sheriff, Silas A.Salmon.
Clerk, Dr: J. H. w: tiers.
Register of Deeds, A. O. Holloway.
Treasurer, L. D. Matthews.
Surveyor, D. P. McDonald.
Coroner, Dr. J. F. McKay.
County Examiner, Rev. J. S. Black.
Commissioner* : E. F. Young, .Chairman
J A. Smith, T- A Harrington.
JOHN A. McKAY. . ' E. F. YOUNG.
Tie M I Mia! MiMf Ci.
Edged Tool Foundry & Machine Works.
We have one of the largest and best equipped plants in the State. Come and see for your
selves. 30 men skilled in the different branches of our business.
jaTMACHINE REPAIR WORK OF EVERY DESCRIPTION ..jpflf
OLD ENGINES, BOILERS, SAW MILLS, AC MADE ALMOST AS GOOD AS NEW.
ALL KINDS IRON 4. BRASS CASTINGS.
Pulleys, Boxes, Post Hangers, Set Collars, Shafting, Gear Wheels, Ac constantly on hand
We also carry a large stock of Pipe aud Steam fittings of all kinds. Prices low down.
FINE ARCHITECTURAL CASTINGS A SPECIALTY.
We are agents for A. B. Farquhar Cos. & Erie City Iron
Works, Engines, Boilers, Saw-Mills, Threshing Machinery
Ac. Also Southern Saw Works Mill Saws. All the above
50 tons of old Cast Iron wanted at ouce. We also buy
old scrap brass. For catalogue, prices, or other informaiion
THE JOHN A. MCKAY M'F'G. CO.
DUNN, N. C.
"INTERNATIONAL"
CLOTHES
ARE WINNERS.
THE CLOTHES 0 .,
MADEBY
The International
of New York and
won approval from the first JwSx
and they keep on winning new
THEIR POPULARITY HAS SPREAD
ALL OVER THE UNITED STATES.
THERE are strong reasons for this continued endorsement
by good dressers. They are :
QUALITY ALWAYS HIOH.
WORKMANSHIP THE BEST.
FIT PERFECT.
PRICES LOWEST.
THE COMPLETE LINE OF "INTERNATIONAL**
SAMPLES CAN BE SEEN AT
T. C. YOUNG & CO., Dunn, N. O.
BUY - A - PIANO.
VX « -JA. M « ax
VX /X vx ■//. vx « j^~*
Buy a PIANO and make home attractive.
Buy a Standard Piano, a good Piano and thereby save
money and trouble.
Buy from a
STANDARD RELIABLE HOUSE
and run no risk.
Buy it at lowest price for cash or on our easy plans of pay
ment.
Write for catalogue and our salesman will call on you.
Will put a PIANO OR FRGAN in your home to try. We
are North Carolina factory representatives for a complete line of
Pianos and Organs apd guarantee best possible value, Write us
for full particulars, Write today,
DARNELL & THOMAS, Raleigh N- C
His Own Experieuce. -
"After years of bitter
ence, including lmnkruptcy, I
learned the value of advertis-j
ing," says Mr. C. C. Shayne, i
the largest fur merchant in i
New York. "I discovered that |
the road to success is through
judicious advertising. I be
lieve in advertising, and I think
that if $lO worth of newspaper,
space pays sls worth will pay'
better; if $25 worth pays SSO (
worth will pay better —and so
on until your business reaches
such a magnitude that you can- 1
not supply the demand. Even
then it is not good policy to !
quit advertising."—Philadel
phia Record.
OUIMIM, PJ.C. APRIL O, 1902,
THE GREAT DISMAL SWAMP
Of Virginia is a breeding
ground of Malaria germs. So
is low, wet or Marshy ground
everywhere. Thpse germs
cause weakness, chills and fe
ver, aches in bones j\nd
muscles, and may induce dan
gerous maladies. But Elecric
Bitters never fail to destroy
them and cure malarial troub
les. They will surely prevent
typhoid. "We tried many rem
edies for Malaria and Stomach
and Liver troubles," writes
John Charleston, of Byesville,
0., "but never found anything
as good as Electric Bitters."
Try them. Only 50c. C. L.
Wilson guarantees satisfaction.
Prove all things; hold fast that which is good."
CONFEDERATE VETERAN
RE-UNION,
Dallas, Texas, April '22-25, '92.
For the above occasion South
ern Railway will sell tickets to
Dallas, Texas and return at
rates named below :
G>ldsboro, * $27.55.
R.leig'i, 26.05.
Durham, 2G.05.
Greensboro, i4.9>.
; Winston-Salem, 25.55
Salisbury, 24.00.
Statesville, 23.90.
Hickory, 23.25.
Charlotte, - 23.10
: Approximately low rates from
other points. Tickets S'jld April
18, 19, 20, with final limit May
2nd, and if deposited with Joint
i Agent at Dallas, Tex , on or
before April 30th can be ex
tended until May 15th, 1902. A
fee of 50 cents is charged by
Terminal liues at Dallas for val
| idatiug each ticket whether ex-
I tended or not. These rates ap
ply via, Atlanta, Birmingham,
, and Memphis ; Atlanta and
; Slirev^port; Atlanta and New
| Orleans; Atlanta and Chitta
: nooga, and Memphis, or Aslie
ville and Memphis. Stop-overs
allowed within transit limit of
ticket in territory west of and
including Atlanta and Chatta
nooga. General J. S. Carr has
selected the Southern Railway,
via, Atlanta, Mountgomery,
New Orleans, and Houston as
the official route for his Vet
eran Special Train" which will
CQUsist of first class Coaches,
standard Pullman, and Pull
man Tourist Sleepers to be
handled through to Dallas
without change. This train
will leave Raleigh at 3 :50 p. in.
Friday, April 18th, 1902. Berth
rate from Raleigh and Greens
boro in Standard Pullman
$8 50, Tourist $4.00. From
Charlotte $7. 50 and $3.50. Two
persons can occupy a berth
without additional cost. Ex
cellent service on regular trains
in both directions. Rare chance
to visit your friends in Texas at
small cost. Ask your ageni
rate from your station. .For
further information and sleep
ing Car reservations write
R. L. VERNON, T. P. A.
Charlotte, N. C.
CASTOHXA..
3ettr» the KM Always BdUTfli
WILL NOT HIDE MY LIGHT
UNDER A BUSHEL.
GENTLEMEN : —I will not hide
my light under a bushel, for I
want the people to know what
your Gooch's Mexican Syrup
has done for me. For four
years I have beon afflicted with
Asthma, aud CQuJd not get any
thing to do me any good until I
got your Gooch's Mexican
Syrup. I took three bottles
and it cured me entirely. I give
you this hoping it may be the
means of saving some one from
a horrible and premature death.
Yours uudeT obligations,
REV. THOS. B. WARWICK,
Scott Town, O.
Consumptives try it. It cures
a simple cough as if by magic,
and is the best remedy for
whooping cough. Price 25
cents.
DO YOU WANT TO VOTE?
It is materially essential that
every white man, who is re
quired to pay poll tax should
have his tax receipt on or be
fore May Ist, 1902. No danger
confronts us on account of the
educational qualification among
our people because those that
cannot read and write as pre
scribed by the Amendment to
the Constitution, could vote on
Jan. Ist, 1867, or prior thereto,
and if not in this class, they
are the lineal descendants of
some person who could, and
hence the'white people of Har
nett county will not be effected
along this line by the new law,
This part of the Amendment
to the Constitution has been
considered the most vital part
of it—and is, to all except the
white people—the part that
effects tho white people we are
now endeavoring to impress
upon the public. That is Sec.
4 of Chap. 11, of the Adjourned
Session 1900 of the Legislature
of North Carolina which re
quires that "before he (the
elector) shall be entitled to vote
he shall have paid on or before
the first day of May of the year
in which he proposes to vote,
his poll tax for the previous
year as prescribed by Article V.
Sec. 1, of the Constitution."
This section only applies to
persons between the ages of
twenty-one and fifty years.
Those voters who are over fifty
will not be effected by this part
of the law. But those elecors
who are less than fifty will
have to see that their poll tax
is paid on or before the first of
May 1902—unless the County
Commissioners have released
such votpr on account of pov
erty or infirmity—or they stand
a good chance to lose their
vote in the coming election of
this year. The tax required to
be paid is the poll tax for the
year 1901 and not for 1902 as
some have understood it to be.
We vvill have an entirely new
registration in North Carolina
this year to put in force and op
eration our Constitutional
Amendment which was so
triumphantly ratified at the
August election 1900 and in
this registration it will have to
he shown that these poll taxes
have been paid bv those who
are of taxable age and applying
for registration.
The Secretary of State of
Louisiana informs us that -a
number of worthy men were
not put upon the permauent
roll because this feature of the
law was overlooked. This was
also true in another state in
which franchise laws have beeu
recently passed, but there's no
reason why this should occur
in this state and especially in
Harnett County.
Then let every patriotic cit
izen bestir himself to see that
every white man obtain this in
formation and get himself on
the permanent roll this year—
which will contain all that is
noble, true aud good of the
electors of this grand old com
monwealth.
Nrglfct ncnuK Hanger.
Don't neglect biliousness and
constipation. Your health will
suffer permanently if you do.
DeWitt's Little Early Risers
cure such cases. M. B. Smith,
Butternut, Mich., says, "De-
Witt's Little Early Risers are
the most satisfactory pills I
ever took. Never gripe or cause
uausea." Hood & Grantham.
Tallest Man in America.
Montana will have at least
one exhibit at St. Louis Ex
position which will attract at
tention, according to The Globe-
Democrat. The State will send
the tallest man in America—
Edward Beaupre, aged twenty
one, who is 7 feet 10+ inches in
height and weighs 367 pounds.
He slesps on the floor in hotels
because no bed is large enough
to hold him. On the ranch
where he has worked five years
he often takes a 1,000 pound
horse under his arm and carries
it about the pasture. He can
walk off with 2,000 pounds on a
straight lift. Unlike many
giants, Beaupre is well develop
ed generally. His chest meas
ure is 54 inches, hips 64, neck
21, head 28 and wrist 10. His
span with anus extended is 92
inches, and he wears No. 22
shoes.—Exchange.
CASTOR IA
For Infants and Children.
The Kind You Have Always Bought
Bear, the /if,
Signature of /W&FLM
FOR HARNESS f or f ****«"> Mustang Mbl«
at ouce, mH you W iii °if Jj U " y° u nee d- It takes effect
uee, tuiu you wdl be astonished to seo Low quickly it heals sores.
It's this way:
You can burn yourself with Fire7with 1
Powder, etc., or you can scald yourself ;
with Steam or Hot Water, but there is I
. only one proper way to cure a burn or, i
scald and that is by using oO
Mexican
Mustang Liniment.;
It gives immediate relief. Get a piece of Boflt old !
linen cloth, saturate it with this liniment and bind
loosely upon the wound. You can have no adequate
idea what an excellent remedy thi3 is lor a burn until
you have tried it.
A FOWL TIP If you l»ave a bird afflicted with Roup or anr
' " 1 • other poultry disease use Mexicuu Mustang
Llniiaent. It is called a BTAndahd remedy by i>oultry breeders.
An Old Garden.
Perhaps no word of six letters
concentrates so much human
satisfaction as the word •'gar
den." Not accidentally indeed
did the inspired writer make
paradise a garden, and still to
day, when a man has found all
the rest of the world vanity, he
retires into his garden. When
man needs just one word to ex
press in rich and poignant sym
bol his sense of accumulated
beauty and blessedness, his first
thought is of a garden. The
saint speaks of "the garden of
God." "A garden inclosed is
my sister, my spouse!" cries
the lover, or "There is a gar
den in her face !" he signs, and
the soldier's stern dream is of a
"garden of swords." The word
"heaven" itself is hardly more
universally expressive of hu
man happiness than the word
"garden."
And you have only to possess
even quite a small garden to
know why—a small old garden.
So long as it be old it hardly
matters how small it is, but old
it must be, for a new garden is
obviously not a garden at all.
And most keenly to relish the
joy which an old garden can
give you should perhaps have
been born in a city and dream
ed all your life of some day
owning a garden. No form of
good fortuue cau, I am sure,
give one a deeper thrill of hap
py ownership than that with
which oue thus city bred at last
enters into possession of an old
country garden.—Julius Nore
gard in March Harper's.
THE BEST BLOOD PURIFIER.
The blood is constantly being
purified by the lungs, liver and
kidneys. Keep these organs in
a healthy condition and the
bowels regular and you will
have no need of a blood puri
fier. For this purpose there is
nothing equal to Chamberlain's
Stomach and Liver Tablets, one
dose of them will do you more
good than a dollar bottle of the
best blood pruifier. Price, 25
cents. Samples free at Hood
& Grantham's drug store.
Marries Pupil he Whipped.
Professor W, W. Womack,
of Stonefort, 111., principal of
the public school there, was
called upon a month ago to cor
rect Mary Marshall, a fair pu
pil of eighteen summers, for
disobeying the rules of the
school. He gave her the choice
between a whipping and sus
pension from school. She chose
the whipping, which the pro
fessor proceeded to administer
publicly.
While he was administering
the lashes the pleadiug eyes of
the pupil met those of the pro
fessor. With his sternness sud
denly changed to pity for the
culprit, he dropped his lash,
and gave up the task. A few
days ago, a week' after school
closed, the two were married at
the home of the bride's parents
in Stonefort. Apparently they
are t'.ie happiest couple on earth.
No 11
The
Southern
Railway.
Announces the
Opening of the Winter
Tourist Season
And the placing
on sale of
Excursion
To all promineat points in the
South, Southwest, West
Indies, Mexico,and
California.
Including
St. Augustine, Palm Beach,
Miami, Jacksonville, Tarn
pa, Port Tampa, Bruns
wick, Thomasville,
Charleston, Aiken,
Augusta, Pi D e
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 RAILWAY.
Ask any Ticket Agent for full
information, or address
R. L. VEKNON, C. W. WFIFCTBUBY
Traveling Pass Agt., District Pass. A*t.
C2aa.rlott©. IT. C. TTa.
S. H. HARD WICK,
General Passenger Agent.
J. M. GULP, W. A. TURK,
Traffic Manager. Asst Puss Traffic Mgi
Waah 1 rigtcaa., 3D.
A DOCTOR'S I}AD PLIGHT.
"Two years ago, as a result
of a severe cold, I lost my
voice," writes Dr. M. L. Scar
brough, of Hebron, Ohio, "then
began an obstinate cough.
Every remedy known to me as
a practicing physician for 35
years, failed, and I daily grew
worse. Being urged to try Dr.
King's New Discovery for Con
sumption, Coughs and Colds, I
found quick relief, and for last
ten days have felt better than
for two years." Positively
guaranteed for Throat and
Lung troubles by C. L. Wilson.
50c and SI.OO. Trial bottles
free.
"WINTER HOMES IN SUMMFR
LANDS."
The above is the title of an
attractive booklet just issued by
the Passenger Department of
the Southern Railway. It is
beautifully illustiated and fully
describes the winter resorts of
the South. A copy may be
secured by sending a tv\o-ceut
stamp to S. H. Hardwick, G.
P. A., Washington, D. C.