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THE OIRSON MILL.
TlkV (tn:scii 5?ftniifsu'turiiij? : Company
Crfa;:lze(-V'ork to Cciuinciica Early
j thoSyniiff-Stock Can Be Taken On
th ltitlliiiont Plan. ;
0 ;v ro another year has passed
Concoril will have another large
Coton mill added to her present
Ipj o-o list.- This new one, to be
built above the Buffalo mill near
the railroad, will be-known as
the Gibson mill, the name of the
company to be known as the
ibson. ivlanuf acturing Company.
Tboir tract of land, known as the
Misenheimer lands, contains 65
f.erivs and is situated ' on both
siaes oi. ue liiuruuu. l is a
nice location for a cotton naill. '
The company has been organ-
izeii viiii tne loiiowmg pincers:
Prcsiaeut, .J as. VV Cannon; Sec
retary and Treasurer,- Robt. E
Gii)Son. The directors are: Jrno.
A Earnhardt,' of Pioneer Mills;
BF Cannon, Jas. C Gibson, jno.
Allison, Dr. Robt. S-Young,
Dr. J. V Byers, of Charlotte:
Jno. McGill, of Philadelphia,
and Jas. W Cannon, Robt..E Gib-
At the outset it was intended
to:- ari-this enterprise with a
capital stock of $100,000 but its
rock will be 8250,000. Of this
amount s200,000 have alreadv
been subscribed.
Like the Cabarrus mill, there
will be an installment plan clause
in the subscription of stock. '.In
stallments- of. fifty cents per
wees ior two hundred weeks
have been subscribed by num
bers. A certificate of one hun
dred dollars stock in the mill will
be given for $89.68 cash paid in
on the 6th cby of next January.
All stock nubscribed is to be paid
in on that date.
Work .. ill commence on the
building as early in the spring as
possiido. As to the class of
vorkimd the amount of machin
ery, this has not been definitely
decided yet.
As an evidence of the amount
of business in Concord it is
enough when we say that this
will be the . th i rteen th cotton
mill for Concord.
Fire At An Early Hour.
One rover knows how near he
comes to having his business
was a narrow escape from fire,
which might have proved seri
es, that occurred about 6:30 a.
a. today (Thursday). At this
bme before many of the stores
crp opened, Mr. b W Swink
discovered a barrel, containing
asio mat tor, burning rapidly
dtl bo back porch of his
'iuivi jurKeu li) away
- - me porcn m time to
f'.lv. Jl
'- r fh mni dated norch a,ud
fu'" ::" f goods boxes from
mgnlso. Had it been a few
I """ w uuuui tuc
fi0V;n Vld have had a morning
1Fej bill fortnnnrtlr u u
earned. No cause is
- n -ut- the fire. : V . ,
51 ' J-iy Mashed.
caf llle trainien of the lo
,aUreigbt train had th mkfnr.
UUTlQ 4 . v "
1; LU Set one of his fingers
t f.i ....
morning between
T
-do coupling cars;
r
' it vras mashed
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CONCORD,
HAilRIS-HILL TODDESG.
A Beautiful Carriage at the bride's
Home Wednesday Evening-A Bridal
Tour to Northern Cities-Many Beau
tiful Presents.
On Wednesday evening at
7:30 at the home of Mr. W J Hill
on North Main street midst a
host of friends and many beautiful
decorations, the" marriage vows
were given by Rev. W OvAlexan
der to Mr. Chas. J Harris and
Miss Lallh Hill.
It was a beautiful home wed
ding, to which only the intimate
friends and relatives were in
vited. The bride's sister, Miss
Fannie Hill, preceded the bridal
couple to the parlor, after which
the beautiful wedding march,
played by Mr. Robt. L Keesler,
began. "Leaning upon the arm
of the groom was the bride robed
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m n uyuuuiui traveling suit ot , ; ... ? '
ashes of roses cloth; carrying in f SmeSS'llJre methiods are what
u i n -, , - Ithe TDroblems that
Her nana a nannsnmfi hnnnot, nfl r wuxxuuu uxi
her hand a handsome boquet of
bride's roses.
After the m arr iage was o'er,
and the many congratulations
were extended by friends, the
newly married coupk and friends
repaired to the dining hall
where an . elegant supper was
served. After partaking of the
pleasures of the dining hall the
couple boarded the northbound
vestibuled train for Washington,
New York, Philadelphia and
other northern cities, to be gone
about two weeks. ;
This marriage is the joining of
two of Concord's well known!
people. The groom is a promi
nent business man of our town,
while the bride is one of Con
cord's most lovely, beautiful and
popular ladies, and all will join
us in extending the best ol con
gratulations to the newly wedded
ones.
As evidences of their esteem
and love, many handsome pres
ents were' given to the bride,
consisting especially of cut glass
articles, a diamond brooch, and
a pearl brooch.
Mr, Jno. McDonald Back.
Mr. Jno. McDonald who over
twenty years ago went' from
here to the West, has returned
to Charlotte and will be here
also to visit his brother, Capt.
Chas. McDonald. Mr. McDonald
has spent most of his time in
Arkansas. Many are the
changes that Concord has made
since he left here and' no doubt
he will scarcely recognizing the
scenes o this boyhood days.
The Building Was Insured.
The dwelling of J A Lankford,
colored, located out near the
Coleman mill and which was
burned some weeks ago one Sat
urday night, was insured by the
Aetna Fire Insurance Co. : The
company paid; him 375.
My son has been troubled for years
with chronic diarrhoea. Sometime ago
I persuaded him to take some of
Ohambererlain's Code, Cholera and
Diarrhoea Remedy. After using two
bottles of the 25-cent size he yas cured.
I give this testimonial, hoping, some
one similarly afflicted may jead it and
be benefited. Thomas O -VT
Glencoe, O. For sale by M L Marsh &
Co. Druggist.
TO GOT B 4 CUbU IN ONE DAY
Take laxative Bomo Quinine Tablets.
. ii J . .Zr-tr, fn-nrl mflTlfiV if it IftllS K
cure.
ine genuiii ua
N. C., THURSDAY, DECEMBER
THIS SESSION OF CONGRESS.
Yonnger Heads Now Taking the Place
of Some of the Old Landmarks The
Democratic and Republican Elections.
Washington, D. C jail minority assignments to com
The battle of legislation is now mrttees upon the recommenda
.n Tne PPsinS forces are in ; tion of the Democratic leader,
line, and on Saturday night, the ! thus giving Mr. Richardson a
eve of the opening of this Con-1 prominence worth much more
gress, the first skirmish was ' than a mere title,
fought. ; J ' Mr. Richardson is well known
The Congress that meets this ( in Washington. He is a man of
week is the fiffcyj-sixth of the ' magnetism, tact, and. ability, and
United States, but the first of ' will make a good leader.
Greater America. 'The scene of! Altogether, the position of the
its work will take- in the whole Democrats will be much stronger
world- v 7 ' jand more harmonious than that
It will be a great Congress for : they held during the last Con
young men, and 'especially for gress.
young men of the: South. The
last political freshet swept away
a "raft" of the eld landmarks.
v it -, ,
i ounger blood has replaced
'them, and Vfinthvnnfl vicrnrnT,
fifty-sixth Congress demands.
Boss rule, filibustering, ob
struction, and the like, will cut
no figure in this session. There
is a tremendous amount W work
to De aone, ana a good start has
already been made.
The caucus of House Republi
cans brought forth nothing that
was not already anticipated. Its
whole proceedings were cut and!
dried. . Gem D B Henderson was
nominated for speaker by accla
mation and the slate of minor
officials went through "without a
single roll-call. It had been
fully expected that Col. Hep
burn would oppose the adoption
of the old "Reed Rules." It was
hoped that a bitter fight would
be waged against them. How
ever, when the vote was finally
taken op the resolution, which
was offered by Mr. Dalzell, of
the committee on rules, there
wn.Q Tint n, fUcCOnti'ncr vnino T'Vio
means that Republican agitationTjj
against Keed7s iamous manual
has been stopped? and that the
House majority will have an
united front against criticism of
its procedure.
The elections ' on the Demo
cratic side were much more in
teresting. Nearly .a five-hour
session and six roll-calls were
required to choose a leader. Jas.
D Richardson, of Tennessee,
was well in front all the time
and was nominated on the sixth
ballot, the votes of Bankhead
and Sulzer then going to him.
Judge De Armond, of Missouri,
had a strong following, but the
much touted Sulzer, of New
York, was never better .than a
poor last. y
This nomination gives Mr:
Richardson the titular leader
ship of the minority, and will
doubtless get . him a leading
ipembership upon the committees
on rules and ways and means.
It is also reported that the leader
THE BEST PEESCSIPTION FOB
' . CHILLS
and fever is a bottle cl Grove's Taste
less Chill Tonic. .Never fails to cure;
Then why. experiment -with worthless
imitations? " Price 50 cents. Ycur
money back if it fails to cure.
NO CURE. NO PA? , .
- That is the way all druggists sell
Grove" Tasteless Chill Tonic for chills
and Malaria. It is simply Iron and
Quinine in a tasteless form. Children
sove it. Adults refer it to bitter, fnan
leating, Tonics .Price. 50c.
7, 1899.
of the ninority will have more
courtesy shown him in the mat-
ter of committee assisrnments
than has been the usual custom.
Working Niht and Day.
The busiest and michtipfit liffla fTiiop
uai1 cfci h uiauu i jt. jinsr s i ew
Life Pills. Everv ri n iq ft fintraT.finatnH
. that ever was made is Dr.-'Kinar's New
erlobule oi health, that chaneres weak-
ness into strength, listlessness . into
; energy, brain-fag into u mental power,
health. Onlv 2fr T1PT V-"V ft-l1 Vtt
Fetzer's Drug store
PERSONALS.
Mr. R L Tate, of Charlotte,
spent today here.
-Mr.
CH Dudley, of Char
lotte, spent today here.
Mr. Jno. L Freeman, of
High Point, spent today here.
Mr. T G Williamson, of
Spartanburg, spent today here;-
Mrs. Robt. Duval, of Char
lotte, arrived here this morning.
Miss Saide Young, of Char
lotte, is expected Tier er in a few.
days to visit Miss Emily Gibson.
Mrs. DeWitt Swearingen,
nee Miss Ethel Patterson and
sister, Miss Myrtle Patterson, of
China Grove, spent today here.
Rev. R G Barret and wife
arrived here this morning from
Statesville to live at Cannon ville,
where Mr. Barrett will be pastor
of Epworth Methodist church.
They will board at Mr. Gus
Hackwelder's next door to Mr.
Jno.-Parnell's.
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Do you' hear those "Wedding Bells. "
They be ringing loud and clear, 1
Evidently calling you to the -
Fu rn itu re! Store of
Bell.
where they make present a 4 Specialty "-useful as well as ornamental
at prices that suits everybody. Come and see. Xmas will soon '
be here. If you want a present for Father, Mother, Brother, or
Sister, or some other body's brother or sister, we are the people,
so bur customers say that keep everything at prices way down..
We like you in fad; we love you; and the larger your bill the Abet
ter we love you. Increase our love won't you,
Residence Phone .... CO.'
Single copy 5 cents.
It -will not be a surprise to any who
are at all familiar xvith zoor! qualtties of
Chamberlain's Cong u Bou. y to know
niat people eve y w b er t ta e n!
pi vire in
iciauaiaeir exieriejce iu tne use of
that splendid medicine fw.-i m U.lic
of the benefit they havo received L-orn
it, of bad colds it has cured, of
thror.tened attacks of pneumonia it has
jvfjted and of the children it Las saved
rrcftn attacks of cronp aud wnoopinf?'
cough. It is a errand, 'srond medicine.
For saW-by M. L. Marbh 0,
ompany.
Beautiful glased
pitchers, mettled
colors, only
China
ment.
Harris & Go.y
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