HIE STANDARD.
Ja.s. P. Cook,
B. E. Habris,
Editors and
Proprietors.
FRIDAY,
MAY 31,1889.
GIVE US BETTER ROADS.
The people of Cabarrus are and
have ever been ashamed of the con
cnuon 01 tne public roaad ot our
county. There is perhaps nothing
that so reflects discredit upon our
excellent county as the miserable
roads in the winter. The roads are
bad, not because of any insurmounta
ble obstacle in the way of improve
ment, or because of any peculiarity
of soil that renders us less fortunate
.than our neighbors, but because our
system of working the Toads is so
defective. It is about as slip-shod
and worthless a3 anything can well
be that pretends to be more than a
burlesque. Most people who are
called upon to work the roads do so
unwillingly and as little as possible,
as if Ibey knew their entire labor
was for the benefit of other people
and none whatever for themselves.
Next Monday the Justices of the
Peace are to meet with the County
Commissioners. Among the impor
" tant measures that will be presented
for their consideration will be the
adoption or rejection of the McDon
aid Road Law. Let them consider it
well. In order that they may be
able to do this more thoroughly we
republish the law in The Standard
to-day.
The law provides for a levy of tax
for the working of the roads one of
the best ways by which this impor
tant work can be most thoroughly
done. It also provides for a certain
amount of manual labor from each
citizen. And last, but not least, it
provides a way by which our convicts
and inmates of the jail can be util
ized in working the roads. How
much better this would be than
cither supporting them in demoral
izing idleness in our jail or sending
them away to work for rich railroad
corporations, or to compete with
honest labor, as our last Legislature
requires them to do.
By these three methods the burden
rests equally upon all classes. Uur
loads will be vastly improved, ;
every citizen of the county will be
benefitted directly and indirectly,
Don't be afraid of innovations, where
the innovation promises to add so
much to the material advancement of
our county.
Below we publish in full the
McDonald Road Law :
A If ACT
to pbovidi fob as altekxative me-
THOD OF CONSTBUCTING AXD KEEP
1X0 IK EEPAIB THE PUBLIC B0ADS
OT THI 8TATE.
The Gekeral Assesibly or Nobth
Carolina Do Exact :
Sectios 1. That the board of com-
missioners and the board of justices discretion, purchase any of the im
of the peace of any county in the prove(i road machines and such
State, m joint session at any regular Gtner implements and tools as may
meeting, or at any meeting called by De deemed necessary or useful in
the board of commissioners of any
county, may. by a majority vote.
adopt an alternative method of con- gEC jq. That the board of com
Btructing and keeping in repair the miBsioners of any county shall have
public roads of such county ahere- discretionary power to make an ap
inaf ter provided : Provided, that pr0priation out of said road fund
where it is said that the commission- or out of the general county fund
ers and justices of the peace may for putting in repair any place in
Buuuub u, mu luonwu wuj
Butui uwfc uw cuiibwuviwu tu menu
Hiiiui. i
Sec. 2. That said board of com-
missioners and Said board Of justices I
of the peace, at any of said meetings,
may provide for a fund for the con-
struction and keeping in repair said
public roads by levying an assess-
ment, by way of ad valorem tax,
not exceeding fifteen cents on the
hundred dollars valuation, upon all
property in such county subiect to
taxation for State and comity Dur-Uh.f
- V 1 1 C.I I
jjvocb, nuskuoj Dutuiuuiwuj ueiuug
iuuuui luwiuyiHBu wwus uri Carteret, Dare, Hyde, Moore, unss
otherwise ; and said board of com hour and Twil.
missioners and board of maticeaofl
the peace shall also levy, in case
earn uiuuruj uii u ihtibu. a dou-
tax uPon all persons not exempted
iu:u "3 "V eicesuujK
J"T-n,Te, cenfs, wmcn taxes snail
collected by the sheriff or other tax-
5.11 .fii county &s other
IhLn ha tt A.f 7 l1Xen
shall be kept separate and shall
constitute, when col ected. the
county road fund, to be expended
of the
v"vwwu uu cyuu
public roads ox such
county: Provided, that this sec
tion snau be construed so as to
alTL?a 2 ooara oi commissioners
and board of justices of the peace
to adopt .the provisions of this act
at any time, notwithstanding they
may have at some previous meeting
rejected its provisions : Provided
provided
XI. -I" i i.
the provisions of this act may aban
don the same at any time and return
f7vC:yAHne
to the present system, by a majority
vote of the board of commissioners
and the board of justices of the
peace.
Ji!J UZTa Vh TO
the peace of any couuty adopting
tne provisions oi mis act, at any oi
said meetings, shall provide for call-
ineon all able-bodied male Demon r
of said reapectiye county between
.me ages oi twenty-one ana lorty
ing four days in each and every year.
under such rules and regulation an
K&BS. aSiS?ftSl
said board of commissioners shall
nave power to exempt irom labor on
said roads any one on account of
nhvBical disability.
Sec- 4. That any person refusine
!SV.,2St1S5Saa
cruiltv of a misdemeanor, and upon
conviction thereof shall be fined not
exceeding fifty dollars or imprisoned
not exceeding thirty days. But any
person may pay said road tax in la
uor. at tne uiourctiuii buu wiui v,:i. ..
Sioners. at such price per day as assault upon a white woman.
the said commissioners shall pre
.'5: That all persons confined
ia thfl county jail, either undr
final sentence of the court for crime
or imprisonment for tho non-pay
ment of fines or costs, or under
final judgment in cases of bastardv,
or under the vagrant acts, and all
persons sentenced to the State pri
son ior a lerin less man nve yetirs,
shall bo available to the county com-
imbbioners ior sucn county, at the
umcieuon oi saiu commissioners,
for the purpose of working said
persons upon the publio roads under
tno provisions of this set ; and upon
the application of said commission
ers to the judge of the superior
court, or, if there be a criminal or
inferior court ior the county, the
judge or presiding officer of said
court, it shall be the duty of said
judge or presiding officer to assign
such persons convicted in his court
to such commissioners for said pur
poses. And when any county has
adopted the provisions of this act,
the judge of the superior court or
criminal court, or the presiding jus
tice of the inferior court holding
any court in an Adjoining county
which has not availed itself of the
provisions of this act, may sentence
persons convicted of crime as afore
said to work on the roads in such
adjoining county, and such persons
may be sent direct to such county.
Sec. 6. That the board of directors
of the penitentiary shall furnish the
board of commissioners ot any
county, upon tho requisition of said
commissioners, not less than twenty
nor more than fifty convicts to work
upoD the public roads of such coun
ty. The said convicts shall be at
all times undar the supervision and
control, as to their government and
discipline, of the said penitentiary
authoiitiee, and any county apply
ing for said convicts under the pro
visions of this section shall erect
suitable stockades for their safe
keeping and protection, and shall
pay tho expenses of the keep and
care and entire expense of said con
victs, and also tho expense of their
transportation from and back to the
penitentiary, which said expenses
may be paid out of said- couuty
road fund, or the general county
fund, wholly or in part, at the dis
cretion of said board of commis
sioners : Provided, that when any
county shall obtain convicts under
the provisions of this act, the said
convicts shall be allowed to remain
in such county as long as the county
authorities may want their services .
Provided, the county shall not make
default in the payment of the ex
penses aforesaid : And provided fur
ther, that it shall be the duty of
the board of directors of the peni
tentiary to immediately deliver to
the board of commissioners of any
county that shall apply for convicts
under this act such number of con
victs within the limits aforesaid as
may be asked for, such county, how
ever, first advancing money suni
cient to pay the transportation of
the convicts and their guard. And
any such county shall have prefer
ence over any railroad company in
the State, any law to the contrary
L0twithstandin
except where con-
victs are specially assigned by stat-
That said " of
commissioners may adopt anv me
roads of said respective coucties,
not inconsistent with the provisions
eTdSnt 'ofHid commission'
ers best adapted for their respective
counties, and may use said road
funds and labor provided for in this
act under such rules and regulations
as they may prescribe.
Sro. 8. That any person who may
be appointed by the board of com
missioners of any county to aid in
carrying out the provisions of this
act, ana wno en&u reiuse 10 periorm
the duties assigned him, shall be
guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon
conviction thereof fined not exceed
ing ten dollars or imprisoned not
exceeding ten days.
Sec- 9. That the board of commis-
linnaro nf mv (fliin(v mat in tVioii-
COnstructine and keepinc in reDair
4
any pUDilc r0ad requiring more than
an ordinary expenditure of money
or labor bv the road nanus.
m;!nnari nf anv nrmnt.v nViftll havfi
the power to re-locate or change any
part cf any public road, when in
their judgment such re-location or
change shall prove advantageous to
travel ; and such re-location or
change shall be made in the manner
now provided by law for laying out
nA
mrna fit fVio nrnTiflinn a of thin
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RCt shall apply to tne counties oi
,, io t),.k tv Kanraiaw nf
state is hereby required to furnish
tk. kn. ni mmrmoginnorg nr Men
county affected by the provisions-of
tnis act witn fifty copies oi tms aci
R That thia act Bhall not
KSrinri Transylvania
Rorkinffham.Wilkes.' Hyde. Tyrrell,
Beaufort and Duplin. But this act
,7i i ioni Ah.nfr twn
""YV"
SnmTt tte
i -f rmA fVinnnand eierht nun-
I T"A :u, ; nv tnwn.
ship of Cabarrus county wherein
:rn:nTrrhM been adopted; and
w Baia chapter shall at any time be
Copied m any other township in
ffl hv kLa provided in
0 one 'thousand eight
hundred and eighty-five, then such
adoption shall serve as a repeal of
WODUO
this act in said township.
Sec. 14. That this act shall be in
force from and after its ratification
Ratified the 11th day of March, A
D. 1889.
Jndge II. L. Bond is trying to jail
the commissioners and treasurer ot
Rutherford connty for alleged neg
L . , , ... . ,. r.
lecc oi uuuea
railroad.
The work on the Governor s man
well. The
BUI. wilf own somo hane
I property when this magnificent
i,,- ATTmw,d
buldin 18 completed.
I
A man a nesrro man at that
h been lynched at Port Huron
I Miohiean, and vet we see no flaming
editorials in Northern papers about
" .... . l .
the bloodthirsty savages of the
- North. The negro was lynched for
- seems that the northern people are
8 to protect thdr wives and
ftlttaughtera m the soutnern people.
DROPS OF
Tar, PltcU and Turpentine from the
Oia Kortn Ntnte. .
The roof work of the Governor's
mansion is finished.
Raleigh votes on local option
June 10th.
The State Press Convention will
meet July 17th. Pluce not selected.
The town of Rockingham gets $1,
750 a year from the tax on selling
liquor.
The North Carolina Dental As
sociation meets this year at Greens
boro on June 15th.
Rev. R. G. Pearson is this week
stiring up the people of Greensboro
with his powerful sermons.
The Y. M. C. A. at Winston-Salem
has made a new departure by having
enclosed regular athletic grounds.
Messrs. J. S. Carr and Harry
Walters have each agreed to give
$500 to the North Carolina Soldiers'
Home.
Rev. 1). G. Hill, of Fayetteville,
was elected moderator of the Southern
Presbyterian Church which met m
Chattanooga last week.
A little girl in Tarboro, twelve
years old, goaded by ill treatment,
took off her clothes and jumped in
a well and killed herself.
Bill Weddington, the negro who
killed policeman Pierce in Monroe
about a year ago, has comfessed his
crime and will he hanged.
Gov. Fowle has pardoned Ephraim
Davis., aged 05, sentenced for life
as accessory to a murder eight
ago, he having served these
years
many
years.
LuG range Sentinel: A stnrgeon
nine feet long and weighing 300
pounds was caught in the Neuse
river opposite LaGrange one day
last week.
Ex-Gov. Jarvis having been elected
an alderman of the town Greenville,
the Twin-City Daily wants a stop
put to all this chat about republics
bein ungrateful.
The Henderson Gold Leaf says:
Glorious rains have visited this sec
tiou during the past few days. Up
to Sunday we had been without rain
for some weeks, and it was getting
terribly dry and dusty.
Three white men disguised as
"White Caps" attacked two white
lads in Hyde county. One of the
boys was not afraid, and attacked his
his assailants with a razor. He badly
wounded one of them.
Robert Sitton, of Jackson county,
while sick with typhoid fever, on
Thursday night when no one was in
the room got out of bed, procured
pistol, put it to the temple, and
fired, killing himself instantly.
Shelby Aurora: The academy
bonds, $8,000, will soon be engraved
and placed on the market. The
building site will soon be selected,
and soon Shelby will have a build
ing worthy of our enterprising place.
Charlotte man who was just in
from a tiip through Kershaw and
Lancaster, S. C, says that no rain
has fallen there in two months, and
the cotton crop is a complete failure.
There is not one-tenth of a crop so
far. ,
A great wolf hunt, organized by
the people of Macon county ,has re
sulted in the killing of ten wolves.
Thirty experienced hunters led the
hnnt. Wolves have done great dam
age to sheep in that section of the
country. ,
Raleigh correspondent Wilming
ton Messenger : The negro must be
popular with the postoffice depart
ment, as a route agent. Four or five
of them come in here. The last ap
pointee i3 George T. Wassom, of
Goldsboro.
The people of Harnett county, in
accordance with the provisions of
the act of the last legislature, have
voted upon the question of the re
moval of the county seat from
Lillington to Dunn. The vote was
largely against removal.
A shocking accident oceured near
Dunn last Saturday. The little ten
year old daughter of Mr. W. C.
Jackson was thrown from a cart
and kicked to death by a horse, the
animal becoming frightened at the
driver's walking by its side.
The Farmers' Alliance of Craven,
Jones, Lenoir and other Eastern
counties will meet in convention
in June to consider the practicability
of establishing a pine straw bagging
factory at Rivcrdale. The machinery
has already been purchased.
The case of William Mahone and
others against the Carolina Oil and
Creosote Company has been settled.
Hon. Wainer Miller, of New York,
has been elected president of the com
pany, Mr. Thomas, of Washington,
having resigned. The charges against
Canady were vacated.
Salem Press: The Arista Cotton
Mills, of Salem, have made regular
shipments of cotton cloth to China
for the past two years. The Salem
Iron Works have also shipped saw
mills to Siam and South America.
The tobacco manufactured in Winston-Salem
has also reached foreign
markets,
WASIIINOTON liETTlSR.
THE SUNDAY EXCURSION AGAIN
ALL THE FAMILY TO BE LOOKED
AFTEK HE WILL NOT RE
SIGN DEFICIENCY IN
THE PENS ION S
ALLOWANCE.
From Our Regular Correspondent.
Washington, May 27th, 1889.
Postmaster-General Wanamaker,
or as the irreverent persist in calling
him " Cheap John," is deserving of
a leather medal as the champion
hair-splitter of the age. Saturday
afternoon he tendered the use of his
newly-purchased steam yacht, "Rest
less," to Harrison and a party of
friends all men this time to go on
a Sunday excursion down to Chesa
peake Bay, but asked to be excused
from accompanying the party on the
ground that he could not be away
from his Philadelphia Sunday-school
on Sunday. He probably thought
to ease his conscience for lending his
yacht to the Sunday excursionists by
staying away and attending to his
Sunday-school class, but what would
the members of that class have
thought as they took their instruc
tion from Mr. Wanamaker yesterday
could they have seen at that very
time the gay party aboard of the
"Restless," which wa3 being need
lessly run on Sunday under the or
ders of and at the expense of their
teacher ? What a picture of man as
he professes to be and man a3 he ac
tually is would that have put before
those Philadelphia young people.
Harrison and the other junkets re
turned to Washington to-day. .
This is quite a family sort of an
administration. The latest appoint
ment is that of R. C. Spooner, of
Wisconsin, brother of Senator Spoon
er, to be United States consul at
Prague. Any other Senators or
Representatives of influence having
brothers or sons to be provided for
will do well to address J. G. Blaine,
Department of State, at once.
United States Treasurer Huston, j
who is incidentally chairman of the
Republican State Committee of In
diana, has gone home in a terrible
pet because Corporal Tanner, of the
pension office, and the Postmaster-
General would not allow him to
name a lot of appointments in their
offices. But when he returns he will
not resign his office, as some of his
friends hint. He knows when he
has a " snap," and is not likely to
give it up because he can't get a few
places for his strikers.
Corporal Tanner has already an
nounced that there will be a de
ficiency of at least $15,000,000 on
account of pensions during the fiscal
year beginning July 1st, and he is
trying to make it appear that the
late commissioner, General Black, is
responsible for it. To any one fa
miliar with the rulings of Tanner
and of Assistant Secretary of the
Interior Bussey, who hears appeals,
there is no difficulty in placing the
responsibility for this deficiency. I
shall be greatly surprised if it isn't
nearer $25,000,000 than $15,000,000,
and, besides, I am satisGed that there
is a large deficiency for the current
fiscal year, ending June 30th, about
which Tanner has yet said nothing.
Senator Quay's bluster has had its
effect. Harrison has surrendered,
and the Pennsylvanian boss gets all
he wants in spite of the opposition
of Postmaster-General Wanamaker,
B033 McManes and Representative
Bingham. Quay has had the f ollow
ins: Pennsvlvanians appointed bv
Harrison : B. F. Gilkerson to be Se
cond Comptroller of the Treasury ;
S. B. Holliday to be Commissioner of
Customs, and David Martin to be
collector of internal revenue for the
Philadelphia district.
Senators Cullom and Farwell are
not so fortunate. They are still
floundering around in the shadow
thrown by the influence of Represen
tative Cannon, of Illinois. It is
very seldom that a Representative is
strong enough to down two Senators
of his own party, but "Joe" Cannon
performed the trick.
Harrison is going slower instead
of faster in the matter of making
appointments, and the dissatisfaction
among Republicans is daily spread
ing and the growls growing louder,
as the cause for all the trouble
Harrison's weakness becomes more
apparent to the disappointed men
who nominated and elected him.
Washington sent a big delegation
to Alexandria, Va., last Friday to
witness the unveiling of a handsome
statue erected in honor of the Con
federates of that city. The princi
pal speech was delivered by Gov.
Lee.
Gen. Twiggs' famous swords,which
have been on exhibition in the Bu
reau of Engraving and Printing, in
this city, ever since their capture
during the late war, have, in accord
ance with the recent decision of the
court claims, been turned over to A.
C. Myers, executor of the estate of
the late General David Twiggs.
The standing of parties who passed
the civil service examinations will
be made public hereafter. This ia
a victory for the people, and will to
a great extent prevent f avontism.
The love of money is the root of
an SYU. at. 1 aui,
Oar Exchange Speak.
Senator Sherman is in Rome. It
may not suit the venerable Ohioan,
but for the present he will be com
pelled to do as Rome does. Review.
The Oklahoma boom has about
played out, and it is now said that
the disgusted emigrants are leaving
there in as great numbers as were
recently to be seen pouring into its
borders. Herald.
The N. Y. Press refers to Hon. J ohn
Wanamaker as a representative of the
fifth estate, and the N. Y. Sun wants
to know where the fifth estate is. It's
probably where the fifth wheel in a
wagon is or thereabouts. Wil. Star.
The best evidence of the selfish
ness of mankind in general is that
nearly every man you meet wants to
tell you something about himself,
but is,not willing to listen while you
are almost dying to do the same
thing. Review.
The workingman who takes stock
in the idea tariff gives him high
er wages is about the most profound
ly gulled individual in the land. It
simply helps millionaires to greater
profits and the worker to less wages.
Pittsburg Post.
The reason cotton was slow com
ing up this season was that it did
not propose to be wrapped in jute
bagging, and was only waiting to
hear what the farmers had decided
to do, at the Birmingham conven
tion. Mecklenburg Times.
There are some things a Chicago
mat can stand and some he can't
A recent order by a horse railroad
company requiring the conductors
to wear clean white shirts and col
lars is regarded as a piece of despot
ism justifying insurrection. Star.
It is well that so many of Senator
Edmunds people are moving their
business to Alabama. The dreary,
inhospitable State of Vermont is fit
for nothing but the growth of sense
less prejudices. All the Green
Mountain boys should come South.
Sentinel.
Bob Lincoln is well received in
England. The prestige of a great
name helps an ordinary sen. Bob is
a clever sort of a fellow, but he will
never set the Thames afire. As long
as there is nothing to do and no sort
of complications, Bob will do as well
as any other figure-head. Messenger.
If the editors of the Alliance
papers in the South will just stop
covering their cotton crops with jute
bagging-the trust will have to go
At a rough estimate the editors of
the agricultural papers of this sec
tion must raise seven-eighths, proba
bly nine-tenths, of the cotton crop.
Landmark.
Mrs. Belva Look wood has gone to
Europe. She will be away some time
will probably not return until
after the National Conventions meet
in 1892. She is going to try to make
the European tour dodge a greater
success than Blaine did last year.
Failing in this, she will petition
Victoria for a colonelcy in the Royal
Horse Guards. Plant.
Minnesota has a law under which
people may be punished for being
drunk "in secret," and a contempora
ry asks : "But if the man is drunk
in secret how is the fact to become
known?" If you know your men
you can find them every day on a
"secret" drunk. This class never
stagger, and look wise as owls, but
they are loaded all the same. Star.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
There will be a meeting of the
stockholders of the CONCORD FE
MALE ACADEMY at W. M.Smith's
office on MONDAY NIGHT. June
3d, at 8 p. m. A full attendance is
urged, as business of importance
comes up for consideration.
VV. It. ODJSLIj, Pres.
J. A. Clixe, Sec'y and Treas-
1ST OH ICE,
Under a mortsraee executed bv ,T.
C. Johnston and wife I will sell, for
cash, at the court-house door in
Concord, on MONDAY, the 1st of
July, 1889, a TRACT OF LAND ly
irg in No. 3 township, Cabarrus
county, adjoining the lands of C. A.
Overcash and others, containing
about fifty-seven (57) acres, and
known as a part of the Cope place.
juay sucn, iso
J. STIREWALT, Trustee.
H. S. Ppbyzab, Att'y. my 33-tds
Richmond an Danville R. R. Co., 1
jnorth uarolina division, i
Division Passenger Office, j
Raleigh, N. C. , May 27th, 1889. J
LOW RA TES.
The Richmond and Danville railroad
will sell round-trip tickets to the
CENTENNIAL REUNION
OF ALUMNI
A T
CHAPEL HILL, N. C
May 3 1st to June 6th,
UNULUSlVE,
GOOD RETURNING UNTIL AND
INCLUDING JUNE 10th, '89:
From Charlotte and return
" Concord "
" Salisbury "
" Linwooa
" Lexington "
..$4
.. 3
.. 3
.. 3
.. 3
.. 2
.. 2
.. 2
xnomasville
High Point
" Jamestown
" Ttnrftl Hall
u
It
3 25
" Salem-Winston
"
" Kernersville ,4
3
and from all other stations in the
State at proportionately low rates.
G.L.TATLOB W.A.TCB?,
Mho
win
AT- SWIJNTK'S
-)
-TO THOSE
GrOOD ZE3I
I WOULD BE GLAD
I can sell you a HAM
try them and you will always
tSjTTlease don't say
officers : To those who love a
Ono PouhcI Fine-Cut Smoking Tobacco and Pipe
I HAVE JUST RECEIVED ANOTHER LOT OF
TRUNKS, HAND-BAGS, YALLSES, &C.
TRAVELERS, GIVE ME A CALL.
13 WHITE LAWN 10, 12 and 25 Cents per yard-.Jgfl
GREAT
ATTRACTIONS
-AT TIIE
LEADING
I have juit received another lot of the
most elegant
SPRING MILI1ERY !
EVER BROJtPHT TO CONCORD.
I have a beautiful and endless variety of
TRIMMED & UNTRIMMED
H -A-T - S
FOR
LADIES, MISSES & CHILDREN.
Also a most handsome line of
-AND-
Trimming Material,
which will be offered at a
SMALL ADVANCE ON COST
I STRIVE TO PLEASE ALL, AND
ONLY ASK A FAIR TRIAL.
SSfl also have a beautiful assort
ment of LACE CAPS and BON
NETS FOR CHILDREN.
Reepecifully,
h j. i. m
SIO SAVED.
ALL KIND OF REPAIRS
FOR
Cook and Heating
STOVES.
When you want Repairs
bring me the name, number
and maker's name of your
stove and I can get them for
you.
Cook Stoves
CAN SUIT EVERYBODY IN
PRICES AND QUALITY.
o
FIRE CLAY FLUE PIPE,
Safest and cheapest material
for building Flues.
Lightning Hods
For Dwellings, Barns, &c. &c.
Tin RoofingAnd buttering
A Specialty:
RUBBER ROOFING PAINT
for preserving Tin and Shingle
Roofs and stopping Leaks.
MILLINER T E
F owe
Tips, Ribbons,
Saddles and Harness
Saddles, Harness, Bridles, Col
lars, Whips and everything in the
Saddle and Harness line.
HAND MADE HARNESS OF
THE BEST OAK TAN
NED LEATHER.
Highest Cash prices paid for
Hides.
Come and see me.
W. J. HILL-
CQKCQRD.N.C.
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WHO ENJOY
A X ZMI IE A T
TO SUPPLY YOU.
THAT IS DELICIOUS. Once
want in ore.
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anything about this to Revenue
GOOD SMOKE I can sell you
P
W. J. SWINK.
TO RAILWAY CONTRACTORS.
Bids are now wanted for building
and equipinff the Concord Street
Railway, in accordance with the
Profile and Specification on file in
my omce.
Contractors may bid for the entire
work or upon any part of it.
Bids from parties who are prepar
ed to do the work at once will be
considered most favorably,
J. P. Allisox,
President Concord Street Railway
Company.
Carpets and Rugs
RENOVATED AND RESTORED
to their
ORIGINAL COLOR & BEAUTY
at residence
WHILE ON TIIE FLOOR.
Sample of work free. Leave all
orders at Cannons & Fetzer's.
mv 10-4t W. B. DONALDSON
NORTH CAROLINA
COLLEGE.
Next session begins, the first Mon
day of September. Location healthy
Terms moderate.
For catalougue Or paiticulars, ad-
dress
Rev. J. G. SCBAID, Pres't,
Mt. Pleasant, N. C.
Aiifrust 3, 188S,
.A. LIVE
DRUG STORE!
-IN-
ConcordatLast!
" Cupid and my Campappe' play'd
At cards for kisses. Cupid paid ;
He stakes his quiver, bow and arrows,
His mother's doves, and team of sparrows;
Loses them too ; then down he throws
The coral of his lip, (but none knows
how),
With these, the crystal of his brow,
And then the dimple of his chin ;
All these did my Campaspe win.
At last he set her both his eyes;
She won, and Cupid blind did rise.
Oh, Love ! has she clone this to thee?
What shall, alas ! become of me !"
These lines were penned more
than three hundred years ago,
and yet it would be hard to
find anything to surpass them
in the poetry of to-day. And
yet we live in a world and in
an age of progress. One hun
dred years ago New York had
a population of 33,000, To-day
with Brooklyn and Jersey City
her other suburbs the cen
sus would give her 3,300,000.
Concord, in about the same
length of time, has developed
into a village of 3,000 inhabi
tants. ' Why should a man, whose blood is
warm within,
Sit like his grandsire, cut In alabaster."
Why, indeed ? The answer is not
far to seek, but it is none of my bu
siness, and is far from my intention,
to point it out at thia time. Of one
thing we are all assured, however,
and that is that Concord is entering
upon a new era of growth and ex
pansion and prosperity, and believ
ing, as I do, that the attention of our
people needs only to be awakened to
the importance of keeping all of our
money at home, I have determined
to offer such inducements to the
JOBBING & RETAIL TRADE
of Concord and its vicinity that no
one, hereafter, shall have any excuse
for going away from home to buy
anything in the way of
Drugs, :-: Medicines,
PAINTS, OILS, Etc., Etc.
New York, Baltimore and Charlotte
prices will, at
GIBSOirS DRUG STORE,
in the future, BE DUPLICATED,
and at any time if tho article is not
in stock it will be ordered direct
from the nearest city by express or
freight, as directed, and DELIV
ERED AT THE PRICE MARKED
ON THE BOTTLE. Instead of or
dering medicines direct, turn over
your order to me and I will get it
more promptly than you can, and, in
addition, save you the freight-
BST"I have just received a large lot
of PAINTS, which will be sold as
cheaply as they can be bought any
where. I have also added to my
stock an immense and beautiful line
of MOULDINGS for picture frames.
With my patent mitre-box I can
make any size of picture frame in
ten minutes, ranging irr price from 5
cents to $10, out of moulding worth
from 2 to 50 cents per foot. My
stock of Toys, China and Fancy
Goods, Baseball Goods, Croquet
Sets, Tobacco and Cigars is the
most complete in town-
J. P. GIBSON.
or
! TO TH5
RETAIL TRADE:
We have added a full
line of
Staple Dry kk,
Stes ani l
to our stock. EVERY
THING, besides being new,
was bought at the lowest
cash prices, and we guar
antee to sell you as cheap,
and many things cheaper,
than you canbuy elsewhere.
Our rule is to buy in large
quantities and pay the cash
dawn, as soon as they come
in the house, mark them at
a small profit, and sell
for CASH.
WE GUARANTEE PRIECS 0r
SALT, SHIRTING AND
PLAIDL, TO BE AS
LOW AT TIIE
LOWEST.
TO THE
Our wholesale business lias
been very successful, and Ave
thank our friends and custo
mers for kind words of en
couragement and lilnjnil or
ders. Our stock is larger than
ever, and our
Prices Lower.
Save time and trouble or
dering your goods when von
can do as well in Concord.
WE OFFER:
1 Car Load Kerosene Oil,
1 " " White Eose Flour
50 Barrels of Sugar,
HQ metes of Coffee,
25 Cases of Potash.
100 Canned Goods,
50 Boxes of Tobacco,
50 Thousand Cigar etts,
250 Kegs of Powder.
150 Bags of Shot,
50 Cases of Matches,
1UU,UUU Paper Sacks, $c-
We have the Agency for the
Baltimore Mel Oil ft).
and keep all grades of Oil in
stock.
ALSO TIIE AGFNCY FOR
When in Concord, will be
pleased to have you call.
PATTERSON'S,
king Wholesale
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