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pINN.N.C.
Prt ,MCO wherever service re
•' Prompt attention to
Collections n
i| hii» l,u '
pjcialty
T £ Whitaker,
\'i"iOiiX FA-AI-i-AW ,
p;SN,N.C.
~-1-o-ever his service?
practice
are required.
nil. M. F. HATCH Kit.
1 Smith & Ha
Uttorneys-at-Law,
puss, N - c
, v in all tli*' courts of 'he State.
I'ro.ni - to hU bl,si,,ess
entrusted.
"fl. Scl kanT .t. C. Clikfoki
McLean & Clifford,
PINV. : : :: N.C.
ofi , y o vtT M.-n-l.ants & Farmers Bank
r7^v AB T. »• I- Godwij
®itl 4 G(«>
it-, aid Cooßseilors-at-Uw,
N. C.
~ ......-: ; v in State and Fcdcrs
cC.r:* but not for fun.
C. P. LGCKEY,
Lawyer,
BENSON, N- C
\\'lt::ce in the State anc
Fe-icral C -urts wherever ser
vices arc desired.
M -nber of the Washington, I>,
i F. tr. and will practice before
Government Depart
ffi 'us in that City, especially
u-«r:.ir ; n: compromises witl
the Internal Revenue Cominis
cases of seizure o
Government Distilleries *xc.
W- E- ilurchisoii,
JONESBCRO. N. C.
Practice? Law in Harnett, iloore an.
other counties, but not for fun.
Feb. 20-ly.
o r . J. C. Go
Dunn, N. C.
O.i'; "ooms on second floor J
J. Wade's building.
1
I CM
CAPITAL STOCK $20,000.
We offer unsurpassed advan
tag»aud loan money on easy
terms We will extend every
accommodation consistent with
conservative banking.
L.J. BKST. President.
J. W. PURDTK, Cashier.
DR. 0. L WILSON,
Dentist
OUIMN, IM. "•
0i; over Merchants & l 1 arm
er~ X(.\v Bank next door to
Hood & Grantham.
wmm ffl FARMERS
m, mi iJ.
CAPITAL STOCK $20,000.
Every accommodation offered
to the public.
E. F. YOUSG, President.
V.L. STEPHENS, Cashier.
If you have a bad cold you
n good reliable medicine
• k'- 1 hamberlain's Cough Rem
edy to loosen and relieve it and
to allay the irritation and infla
-1 niation of the thoaat and lungs.
Vol. 12.
The cigarette is coming hi for
a good deal of discussion latoiv
ana rhe mo*t- of it is adverse to
the little paper cigars. Recent
iy au editor at Liizabeth (Jii;
N. C., was arrested and plac«
in jail for violation of a local«.
di nance prohibiting the smok
ing of cigarettes by minors o
the streets of that city, the ed
tor being a minor. The edilu
reared back on his dignity an
went to jail rather than giv
bond for his appearance befor
the circuit judge. At last a
•:ounts he was still in jail. W «
haven't a great deal of admire
tion for an editor who smokr
cigarettes. He should havt
better sense.
Next to drinking whiskey ami
eating opiates there is hardly 1i
be found a more perniciou
habit than that of cigarett.
smoking. In the first place, i
injures one's health, aid in the
$• cond it smacks of cheapness
Boys begin smoking cigarettes
because they think it manly t;
smoke and their pocket b >ok
being light, they can't afford u
buy cigars and they don't can
to smoke a pipe. If they woulc
care for their health they wou'd
not smoke at all, but if they
must smoke and can't aftord
cigars, they should resort to th
pipe in preference to the cigar
ette. —GafFeny (S.V.) Ledger
Hancock's Liquid Sulphur
baths are superior to those ot
th« most celebrated sulphur
springs, having the additional
advantage of being made any
desired strength. Taking med
icine by absorption into the sys
tem through the skin by
taking medical baths is a very
efficient method of obtaining a
constitutional treatment. It
never fails to cure eczema and
all blood and skin diseases. Ask
I your druggist for a book on
Liquid Sulphur. I'or bale by
Hood «fc Grantham.
The sultan of Bacalad is a
grand stand player.
CAUTION.
This is not a gentle word
but when you think how li
able you are not to purchase for
Toe the ouiv remedy universally
known and a remedy that
has had the largest sale of any
medicine in the world since j
186S for the cure aud treatment
of Consumption and Throat and
Lung troubles without losing its
rrreaT popularity all these years,
you will be thankful we c>i icd
your attention to Boschees' Ger
man Syrup. There are so many
ordinary cough remedies made
by druggists and others, that
are cheap and good for lig -
colds perhaDS, but for Coughs,
Bronchitis, Croup, and especi
ally for Consumption, where
there is difficult expectoration
and coughirg during the nights
and at mornings, there is noth
ing like German Syrup. Sou.
by all druggists in the civilized
world. • G. G. GREER,
Woodbury, In. J.
TOWN DIRECTORY.
CHURCHES.
. Jt.b ,dtst Church-Rev. E. M. Snipes Fe9t "
first Sunday night, and I'-urth un
»'• morning and = *«.
, ery Wednesday night. Sunday B ehco.
.very Sunday morning at 10 o clock, Q- K
-Jrantham Superintendent
Baptist Church.— Rev. w. B. Morton pastor
services Ist and 3rd Sanaay morning and
Prayermeeting every Thursday night
*unday School every Sunday morning,
Taylor superintendent.
Presbyterian Cburch.-Rev R. W. Hme,
dent
Disciple Church- Rev. J. J. Harp^-pas
tor. services every first Sunday corning
Hid night. Prayer meeting every Tuesday
.light Sunday School every Sunday evenin,
4t 3 o'clock Rev. N. B. Hood Supt.
Frpe Will Ecptist Church—Eider J P
Ilili pastor. Servi ;es every first Huulai
morning and night in the Methodist Church
Primitive Baptiat.-Church on Broad street
virler B. Wood, Pastor. Regular servi
... 3 on the third Sal.hath morning, and Satur
i»y before, in each month at II o'clock.
LODGE.
Palmyra Lodge, No. 117. A- P- *A. M. IJa!
it M«m.iilc Temple. Z ii T; V. a' V;
11. h. Godwin, is. W-; H, B. An.1cr......
J W.* w. A. Stewart. S*c. l.csju.ai
-ommnnicationn are held on the 3rd Satur
lay at h; o'clock A.M., and on
it 7:30 o'clock p. m. in each month. All Ma
jons iu good standing are cordially lnvi~e
to attend these communications.
TOWN OFFICERS.
M. T. Young, Mayor.
Commissioners
. V. L. Stephens, McD. Holliday, J. P. Barne
I A. Taylor.
W. H. Duncan. Policeman.
COCKTT OFPICXRB
1 sheriff .Silas A. Satoon.
Clerk. Dr. J. H. Withers.
5 Register of Deeds. A. C. Kolloway.
Treis'iror. L. D. Matthews.
] Surveyor, D. P. McDonald.
Coroi.er, Dr. J. P. McKay.
County Examiner, Rev. J. S. Black.
. commissioners t E. P. Young. Chalrm*
J. A. Smith. T. A Harrington.
„ JJIN A. MCKAY. f.r.IJ "E.F.YOUNG.
Tii in. i m ifinu ft.
Manufacturers of Turpentine
TOOLS, MACHINISTS, IRON A.
BRASS FOUNDERS, AND GEN
ERAL METAL WORKERS.
Machine
A. B. I arquhar s '
. t Machinßrij and Mill Supplies,
Ajax.
FARQUHAR & CO : S Machinery and Southern Saw Works' Saws. We
lave an up-to-date plant and guarantee satisfaction.
THE JOHN A. MCKAY M'F'G. CO.
DUNN. N. C.
SOUTHERN NATURAL fie-
SOURCES,
Our Greatest Resource Is Our
Bovs and Girls.
Time was "when the opinion
prevailed that the natural -re
sources of the south were main
ly agricultural. The wealth of
the section was found in the
Traia iiolds of the border states
md the cotton plantations of
the farther t>outh. It was
known that there were iron and
:oal and copper in our moun
tains, and vast forests of tim
ber ; but none of these was then
thought about by the people of
the country generally as being
\ source of great wealth.
In the last quarter of a cen
tury, there has been a change
}f opinion on these matters. It
iias be«m found that one of the
;hief of :ill„our natural resources
is the mines deposited by na
ture in our hills and mountains
;ind it has been demonstrated
that we may become a manufac
turing people, fiiat i: is .iOt ne
•essarv that we should send
away our raw material and
brinix b'ick the imished product.
We can do things as 'VN ell as
other people it we will only try.
There is, howeuer, one thing
that we have been siow in iind
ing out, thougli there is evi
}once of an awakening now.
That is, it is not possible for us
;to accomplish the best results
and to help ourselves, without
first training the minds of our
voung people so that they will
know*how to do that which is
to bro? self-defense, if there be
no higher motive, the people
of the south must be equipped
bv education for the work that
is to be done, and to do it at the
best time and in the best way.
In other words, as a matter of
self-defense, ii' there be no high
er motive, the people of the
outh most be equipped by edu
cation for the work to be done
or else they must have men and
women from the outside come
in and do the work for them.
We are now pretty well ac
quainted with the natural le
-ourc- svi the section ; will we
prepare ourselves to take ad
vantage of and develop them?
If we mean to do this, it fol
lows beyond all h doubt that our
voung people must be educated,
and whatever the cost it must
oe provided for and it must be
done. To undertake to keep
our place among our sister com
munities and to compete in the
industrial world with tha*n,
withoutieducating our boys and
girls, would be as unreasonable
as it would be to undertake to
build a great railroad line by
the employment of one-legged
and one-armed laborers, and to
expect it will be done as well
and as expeditiously as with
able-bodied men with their
members strong and pertcct.
Knoxville Journal and Tribune.
A THANKSGIVING DINNER.
Heavy eating is usually the
first cause of indigestion. Re
peated attacks inflame the rou-j
cous membranes lining the J
stomach, exposes the nerves of j
the stomach, producing a swell-j
inir after eating, heartburn,sour
risings, headache, and dually
catarrh of the stomach. Kodol
relieves the inflammation, pro
tects the nerves and cures the
catarrh Kodol cures indigestion
dyspepsia and all other stomach
troubles by cleansing and sweet
ening the glands of the stomach
ITood & Grantham.
All the world's a stage and
all the women thereon want
speaking parts,
"Prove all things; hold fast that which is good.'
DUIYIM, IST. C. NOV. 12. 1002
Rural School Libraries.
The Observer correspondent
had and interesting chat today
with State Superintendent
J. Y. Joyner regarding
the rural school libraries,
lie says North Carolina is the
first State in the South to have
these. It will no doubt gratify
the legislators who voted for
the bill giving $5,000 out of the
public school fund for the two
yjars 1901-1902, to know what
a great success those libraries
are. Durham was the first
county to have them. Fo u
vears ago it established two by
stibsription. Then two years
ago it got the six for which the
State allowed appropriation.
Along came big hearted Julian
S. Carr offering and offered $lO
for each school in the district
not thus covered. In a few
week* 2o libraries were provid
ed. and in less than six months
there was one in each of the 3o
1 white districts. The State has
lin all given SOO, the county
*:r>o, Julian S. Carr $290, the
remainder being raised by pri
vate subscriptions. There are
4,733 volumes in these libraries
and they cost over $l,lOO. 'lhe
largest number of books read
by any one pupil was 07, and
307 pupils read over 10, while
1,000 were read by 1,000 per
sons outside of tho schools.
Only three books were lost and
■ they were replaced. Scholar
ship is greatly aided by these
! libraries, says the County Sup
erintendent of Durham, who
I makes this report to Superin
! tendent Joyner. They have
created a demand for all kinds
of good literature. They are a
itrue inspiration. The State
; Superintendent i s delighted
with this report, the first ever
made. He says that Georgia isi
taking up the matter of estab-l
lishiug these libraries, but in
that State there is no special ap
propriation, the movement be
inf purely voluntary. In this
State the plan will grow. The
old libraries will be maintained
new ones will be created. The
State Literary and Historical
Association, which drafted the
, bill for the libraries, can always
Ibe sincerely proud of its work.
>l Raleigh Cor. Charlotte Ob
. I server.
THE BEST REMEDY FOR CROUP.
[From the Atchinson, Kan., Glolx-]
This is the season of year
when the woman who knows
the best remedies for croup is in
demand in every neighborhood.
One of the most terrible things
in the world is to be awakened
jin the middle of the night by a
! whoop from one of the children.
! The croup remedies are almost
1 sure to be lost, in case of croup,
i as a revolver is sure to be lost in
.case of burglars. There used
!to be an old fashioned remedy
for croup, known as hive syrup
and tolu. but some modern
mothers say that Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy is better, and
does not cost so much. It causes
the patient to throw up the
| phlegm quicker, and gives i*fc-
I iief in shorter time. Give this
remedy as soon as the croupy
cough appears and it will
prevent the attack. It never
fails and is pleasant and safe
jto take. For sale by Hood &
. j Grantham.
i ~~ " *
'1
;i CASTORIA
For Infants and Children,
A Big Job in Hand,
The commission appointed :by
the President to investigate the
Pennsylvania coal strike, with
a view to adjusting differences
between mine operators and
miners preventing further
strikes, have undertaken a la
borious task, much more so per
haps, than some of them sup
posed when they accepted the
appointment, but they seem to
be going about it in a deter
mined, systematic and thorough
way, and as far as can bo in
ferred from what has been said
and cone they intend to secure
all the information possible
from both sides and to ren
der an honest, impartial decis
ion.
They have begun by impos
ing upon themselves a very ar
duous labor, that of visiting
the different mines, going down
into and through them, and
spending hours with the work
men engaged an mining and get
ting out coal, which was doubt
less an entirely novel a)d not
altogether a pleasant experience
for most, if not all of them.
Some of them had probably
never been so far under the
ground before in their lives.
It was a happy suggestion,
for by thus going under ground
aud seeing the work of mining
going on they got a better idea
of the actual situation than they
could have gotten from volumes
of testimony if they had not
seen for themselves.
They get teitimonv. too, tes
timony from the men at work,
and testimony of what they see,
which will be worth stacks of
written stuff and arguments of
counsel who know less about it
than the commissioners who
take these underground tours.
But they have undertaken a big
work and it will take time to
complete it.—Morning Star.
ASLEEP AMID FLAMES.
Breaking into a blazing home,
some firemen lately dragged the
sleeping inmates from death.
Fancied security, and death
near. It's that way when you
neglect coughs and colds. Dr.
King's New Discovery for Con
sumption gives perfect protec
tion again&t all throat, chest,
and lung troubles. Keep it
it near, and avoid suffering,
death and doctor's bills. A tea
spoonful stops a late cough,per
sistent use the most stubborn.
Harmless and nice tasting, it's
guaranteed to satisfy by C. L.
Wilson. Price 50c and SI.OO.
Trial bottles free.
General Corbiu is about to
swap imperial dinners for dairy
lunches at home.
Grover Cleveland has recog
nized Tammany but not Henry
Watterson.
ONE MINUTE COUGH CURE.
Is the only harmless cough
cure that p;ives quick relief. It
cures coupes, colds,croup, bron
chitis, wluiopiug cough, pneu
monia, asthma, lagrippe and all
throat and luug troubles. "I
got soaked by rain," says Ger
trude E Fenner, Muncie, Ind.,
"and contracted a severe cold
and cough. I failed rapidly;
lost 48 pounds, My druggists
recommended One Minute
Cough Cure. The first bottle
brought relief; several' cured
me. I am back to my old weight
148 pounds. One Minute Cough
Cure cuts the phlegm, relieves
the cough at once, draws out in
flammation, cures croup. An
ideal remedy for children. Hood
& Grantham.
ILLITERATE VOTERS.
They Comprise 11 Per Cent, of
the Total in the Un it e d
States.
There are 21,300,000 inhabi
tants of the United States of
voting age and 2,300,000 of
them, or about 11 per cent.,
were returned on the last cen
-us as illiterate—a very large
proportion for a country in
which the opportunities for ed
ucation are universal,
An examination ot the figures
shows that, contrary to the gen
eral belief, it is uot the foreign
born voters who cause this per
centage to be so high. The pro
portion of illiterates among the
foreign-born voters in the Unit
ed States is 11.5 per cent.,
whereas among the native-born
inhabitants the proportion if
10.5 per cent.—not a very im
portant difference.
The part of the United States
in which there is least illiteracy
is the group of States which
make up the Middle West and
Northwest lowa and Nebraska,
have less than three per cent.,
Kansas less than 4, and Ohio,
Illinois and Minnesota less than
5 per cent, of illiterate inhabi
tants over the age of 21.
In Utah and Washington, in
the Pacific group of States, the
percentage of illiteracy is less
than 4 per cent.; in Colorado,
Oregon and Wyoming less than
5.
In New Englaud and among
the native-born inhabitants the
percentage is still lower, 1 per
cent, in Massachusetts, 1.5 in
Connecticut, 2 percent, in New
Hampshire and 2.5 in Rhode
Island.
In the South the rate of illit
eracy among the native-born
white inhabitants is highest in
Louisiana, being 20 per cent.
In North Carolina it is 19 per
cent., Kentucky 15, Tennessee
and Alabama 15, South Caroli
na, Virginia and Georgia 12,
West Virginia 11, and Arkansas
10.
The high rate of illiteracy in
the United States is due largely
to the colored inhabitants.
There are some 2,300,000 of
them over 21 years of age and
of these 1.075,000 are illiterate
—46 percent.
Wherever colored inhabitants
are numerous the rate of illit
eracy is high ; where they are
few in number it is low ; and,
leaving out the colored inhabi
tants, the rate of illiteracy in
the United States is not high
aud is being reduced steadily.
A child of Mrs. Geo. T. Ben
son, when gettiughis usual Sat
urday night bath, stepped back
against a red hot stove which
burned him severely. The child
was in great agony and his
mother could do nothing to pac
ify him. Remembering that
she had a bottle of Chamber
lain's Pain Balm in the house,
she thought s'le would try it.
In less than half an hour after
applying it, the child was quieit
and asleep, and in less than two
weeks was well. Mrs. Benson
is a well known resideutof Kel
lar, Va., Pain Balm is an auti
ceptic liniment and especially
valuable for burns, cuts, bruises
and sprains. For sale by Hood
& Grantham.
Don't Air The Ills of Your Town
Don't air all the ills of your
town to the public. In other!
words don't talk to much. If
you must talk seek a gabberto
rium, and there talk yourself
clean out. Banish all petty
jealousies, silly strife and vain
bickerings and all pull together.
Never mind if your neighbor
has a finer house than yours or
is getting along better than you.
Do you know that you will do
just as well, if you will only
stop grumbling and go to work?
Work for the upbuilding of your
town and community, first, last
and always. Then let grum
blers cease from grumbling and
go to work, helping the town
and thus help yourself.
Hancock's Liquid Sulphur is
endorsed and prescribed by
many leading physicians
throughout the country for all
blood and skin troubles. Hun
dreds of cases of eczema and
other skin diseases have been
permanently cured by the use of
Hancock's Liquid. After all
other remedies failed and pro
nounced incurable. For sale by
Hood & Grantham.
FOR KARNFSS an( l • >oddls Rores M»*lcan 3rluenng Link
' ment is just what you need, ic lakeseffeet
ut ouc©| aad you will bo astonished to seo liow quickly it soros*
| It's thiis way:
You can burn yourself with Fire,with 1
Powder, etc., or you can scald yourself )
with Steam or Hot Water, but there is 'a
only one proper way to cure a burn orj
scald and that is by using .
Mexican
Mustang Liniment;!
It gives immediate relief. Get a piece of soft old I
j linen cloth, saturate it with this liniment and bind |
' loosely upon the wound. You can have no adequate J
idea what an excellent remedy this is for a burn until j
jou have tried it.
•*
ACfIWI TIP If you have a bird afflicted with Roup or any
rUfIU I other poultry disease ute Mexican Mustang
Liniment. It i» culled u STAJJDAIU> remedy by poultry breeders. _
Building Good Roads by a Bond
Issue—The Prospect in Guil
ford County.
The progressive county of
Guilford, of which Greensboro
is the county-seat, lias started
upon an era of road building in
keeping with the marvelous in
dustrial development of this
richly favored section. The
movement is the natural out
come of the many cotton mills
and other manufacturing in
dustries recently started there,
and it being fostered by the en
terprising citizens who are
largely responsible for the im
portant position to whic li
Greensboro has been elevated in
the commercial world. They
have already a number of miles
of substantially constructed ma
cadamized road and are adding
to it by the use of convicts
when they are procurable.
It has been computed that
the road tax now levied in the
county is equal to an amount
sufficient to pay the interest on
$300,000 and a sinking fund in
addition. This would enable
the county authorities to con
struct immediately a system of
good roads throughout the coun
ty, thus benefiting the rural
districts withoot increasing the
expense of taxation. Mean
while the bonds issued would
mature at a time, several years
hence, when property valuation
would be enhanced many times
and the owners of property
would be wealthier by reason of
better facilities for hauling farm
products to the centers of trade.
11l order to secure this bond
issue an election would be ne
cessary in the country and it
septus probable that such an
election will be held early in
the coming year, Greensboro,
with ?he many and rapid strides
it has made recently, iu the
right direction, can't afford to
do without good roads and a
bond issue for that purpose
would afford a mean 9 of secur
ing this improvement immedi
ately without burdening the
people with expense.
Indeed such a system is de
sirable for most of the counties
where the people are enterpris
ing and desire better public
highways. A number of North
Carolina counties eoutemplate
such a bond issue and it is hop
ed the movement will be agita
ted over the State.
URICSOL—ITS WONDERFUL
POWERS.
Mr. Harry Isaac, geueral bag
gage agent Santa Fe Railroad,
Los Angeles, Cal., the home of
URICSOL, writes: "Having
suffered from rheumatism and
a torpid liver, I was advised to
try UCICSOL. I can assure
you the result is astonishing.
It never fails to cure. I take
pleasure in testifying to the
wonderful curative powers of
Uricsol. It also cures kidney
and bladder troubles caused by
uric acid in the system. Drug
gists sell it at SI.OO per bottle.
No. 43
The
Southern
Railway.
Announces the
Opening of the Winter
Tourist Season
And the placing
on sale of
Excursion Tickets
To all prominent points in the
South, Soutnwest, West
West Indies Mexicoand
California.
Including
St. Augustine, Palm Beach,
Miami, Jacksonville, Tam
pa, Port Tampa, Bruns
wick, Thomasville,
Charleston, Aiken,
Augusta, Pin 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 yourjticketfreads
VIA SOUTHERN RAILWAY.
Ask auy Ticket Agent for full
information, or address
It. L. VKRNON. C. W. WESTBURY
Traveling Puns Agt., District Put. Agt.
Clxa.rlotte. IT. C. XU.c2xrß.eaa.L. "T7"«k
S. H. IIARDWICK,
General Pas.seuger Agrnt.
J. M. GULP, W. A. TURK,
Traffic Manager. Asst Pass-. Tr&flc MJIJ
"W 33. C.
A STARTLING SURPRISE.
Very few could believe in
looking at A. T. I load ley, a
healthy robust blacksmith, of
Tilden, Ind., that for ten venrs
he suffered such tortues from
rheumatism a 9 few could endure
and live. But a wonderful
change followed his taking elec
tric Bitters, "Two bottles
wholly cured me," he writes,
"aud I have not felt a twinge
in over a year." They regulate
the kidneys, purify the blood
and cure rheumatism, neural
gia, nervousness, improve di
gestion and give perfect health.
Try them. Only 50c cts at C.
L. Wilson's drug 9tore.
"WINTER HOMES IN SUMMVR
LANDS."
The above is the title of an
attractive booklet just issued by
i the Passenger Department of
> the Southern Railway. It is
f beautifully illustrated and fully
r describes the winter resorts of
r the South. A copy may be
- secured by sending a two-cent
• stamp to S. H. Hardwick, (i.
|P. A., Washington D. C.