IReflections of a bachelor. I A Denomination question.
The srorst thing about being I A prominent clergyman of the
fat is that you are so much, in Episcopal church, while travel
your own way.
The only thing a man won't
forgive a woman he loved for is
being able to live without him.
ing down in the" backwoods of
Maine, was obliged to spend the
night in a farmhouse. In con-.
versation with the farmer's wife,
hp n,sU-fid ! 4 ' A re there many
Probably the original idea of EDiscoi)alians about here?"
giving love wings as so a man ghe lied: ,Wal really, "I
1 J.. -1-1- -T-i- X --v4- -rv- n .- I A
.could use them after he got mar
ried.
dun know; the hired man killed
some sort of a critter the other
The man who gets his rights day out back 0f tke barn,', but
isn't the one who always insists think he 'lowed 'twas a wood-
on having them; he is the man chuck. "Home and Farm.
who in sists on other people's in
sisting on his having them. N.
Y. Press.
A SURE CURE FOR CROUP.
Twenty-Five Years' Constant Use With-
out a Failure.
The first indication of croup is hoarse
ness, and in a child subject to that
disease it maybe taken as a sur sign of
the approach of an attack, following
this hoarseness is a peculiar rough
- cough. - If Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy is given as soon as the child be
comas hoarse, or even .alter the croup
appears, it will prevent the attack. Is
is used in many thousands of homes
in this broad land and never disappoints
the anxious mothers. We haye yet to
to learn of a single instance in which it
has not Droved effectual. No other
preparation can show such a record in
twenty-five years' constant use without
a failure. For sale bvM L Marsh &
Co.
A Monster Devil Fish.
sDestroving its victim, is;, a type of
Constipation. The power qfjhis mur-
Wnns maladv its felt on organs and
nerves and brain. There's no health
till it's overcome. But Dr Kings New
Life Pills are a safe and certain cure.
Best in the world for Stomach, Layer,
d Bowels. Onlv 25 cents at
Fetzer'a Drug Store.
m m -
O brave old world take heart!
Each dav. each wrong is cursed
And the evil look askance
For who shall bravely speak
The word defiant, just,
Man loves his fellow-man.
Carroll Austin.
Mv son has been troubled for year
with chronic diarrhoea. Sometime ago
I persuaded him to take some of
Chambererlaifl's Coiic, Cholera and
Diarrhoea Remedy. After using two
bottles of the 25-cent size he was cured.
A Frightful Blunder
Will often cause a horrible Burn,
Scald. Cut or bruise, Bucklena Arnica
Salve, the best in the world, will kill
the pain and promptly heal it. Cures
Old Sores. Fever Sores, ulcere. Boils
Felons, Corns all Skin Eruptions.
Best Pile cure orf earth. Only 25c a
box. Cure guaranteed. Sold by P B
Fctzer, Druggist,
. . "...
TVTtc Tnr Tn nY fin on Ttrnrk Vine
I give this testimonial, hoping some "V" .
one similarly afflicted may read it and heretofore been living m Rowan
be benefited. Thomas C Bower, couniy and wnose nusb?na aiea
Glencoe, O. For eaie by M L Marsh & recently, will now make her home
here with her son, Mr. M u Buch
anan.
Co. Druggist.
In all itB tas tharo
should be cle&ulinaws.
(Ely's Crcasa Balm-
cleanses, 80otae3 an d heals
the diseased membrane.
It cores catarrh and drives
away a cold in tb.8 Lead
quickly.
It will not be a surprise to any who
are at all familiar with good qualities of
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy, to know
that people everywhere take pleasure in
relating h9ir experience in the use of
that splen.iid medicine! and in telling
of the benehi they have received from
it, of bad coxog it has cured of
threatened attackt f pneumonia it has
averted and of the cnildren it has saved
from attacks of croup and whooping
Yl . I J -mm 1U1UDU Ut VVi.
wt uu tare iouowb. it ig not crying aoe
boi proauce eneezirg. Large Size, 50 eenta at Drag
gists or by mail ; Trial Size, 10 cents bv mail.
Ei.Y BKOTHKRS, 66 Warren Street, New York.
PERSONALS.
COAL!
K.
L. Craven Has Brtt
TONS JELICO COAL
TONS HARD COAL.
Also Virana Split anil Bird Eye Camel
ucai Best steal coal at nine rate.
Good Smith Coal. Call and get
wuai vcu want. 'f HONE 74.
800
200
H
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to
rd National Bank
Mrs. R A Brown is s-Dendinsr
today in Salisbury.
Mrs. C B Miller and son went
to Salisbury this morning.
Miss Connie Cline arrived
here this -morning from Eliza
beth college to attend the fu
neral of her grandmother, Mrs.
J J Barringer. .
Mr. F V Barrier, of Salis
bury, arrived here this morning
on his way to St. Johns church
to attend the funeral of his sis
ter, Mrs. J J Barringer.
Offers the business public a reliable, per.
manent, conservative and accommodat
ing banking instution.
3We solicit your patronage with the
assurance of honorable treatment and
due appreciation of your patronage.
If we can serve you any time we will
be glad to have you come and see us.
LIBERAL ACCOMMODATIONS!'
TO CUSTOMERS. - ... . .
Capital ani Snrjlns - - $70000.
D. B Coivtbane, Chashier,
J M. Qdeie President I
For Sale.
One hundred loads
of cinders.
E. McNish.
PHONE . .
..410.
.VVANTKDT& buy 100,000
pounds of old cast-iron scrap, de
li verni at the foundry at once, toi
wbujh we will pay a fair price. Nc
Iwrnt iron wanted.
ailtf. Concord Foundry Co.
A lice
Line
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made
iMinceMeatsl
at
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Notice to Tax-Payers.
. The tax books have been
open since the 1st of September
and you have not been, in to pay
your tax. I have to settle with
"je town by the 10th of January,
1900, so I am obliged to have
your tax at once. 1 1 will call
on you at once for the .amount
of your tax and shall expect you
to be ready for me.
If not paid when I call, I will
proceed to collect same by law.
This is plain talk, and it means
business.
S. J. Ervin,
City Tax Collector.
Dec. 9, 99.
Baptist State Convention
Written for The Saandard.
The convention met with the
First Baptist ' church of Ashe-
ville and was the largest tnat
ever assembled in .Nortn Caro
lina. ,
Tuesday was the B. Y. P. U.
conference. Tne opening .u-
dress was delivered by Dr. O S
Blackwell, of Wilmington, and
he was followed by Dr. Chivers,
who spoke . on "Disciples arid
Apostles."
The address 91 welcome to
the young people was delivered
V ' J C
by Rev. J l vines, pasiur u
West End Baptist church, of
Asheville, arid was responded to
by Secretary 'J -F Watson, and
then the "Old Roman," Dr. J D
Huffman, took the floor and
spoke 011 the "Heritage of the
Fathers." ' V
J WiBailey, editor of the Bib
lical Recorder, was elected pres
ident. , The meeting adjourned
to meet with the State conven
tion next year.
The convention proper opened
on Wednesday morning and Dr.
R H Marsh was again chosen
president and W B Broughton
and H C Moore were re-elected
secretaries, and J D Boushall
treasurer, and Rev. . John E
White corresponding secretary.
The introductory sermon was
preached to a large audience by
Dr. R T Vann, the armless
preacher of Scotland Neck, from
Exodus 13:19 "And Moses took
the bones of Joseph with him."
At the close of this eloquent
sermon Pastor W M Vines bade
1 Jn j 1
us" welcome on Denaii 01 tne
First Baptist church, and Hon.
J H Tucker welcomed us on be
half of Asheville.
Speeches were made by Dr.
oeymour, 01 i'nuaaeinnia, m
behalf of the American Baptist
rumiction Society, and Dr. E
Y Mullins, president of the
Southern Baptist Theological
Seminary.
Dr. Hume, of the University of
North Carolina, presented a re
port on foreign missions and
spoke for a short time, and yield
ed the floor to Dr. R J Willing
ham, of Richmond, Va., seore
tary of foreign mission board.
Bro. Boone made a speech m
behalf of the Orphanage and at
its close, Bro. N B Broughton
took the floor and raised 2,580
fer a new building.
Dr. F H Kerfoot, the new sec
retary of the home mission
board, made a fine speech in be
half of this board. Rev. L R
Pruett, of Charlotte, spoke on
the mill problem, after which
Rev. J E White reported that the
State mission board had 1 paid
all debts and would begin the
next year free of debt.
Secretary White reported the
for the past year as follows:
State missions, - $20,074.03
Foreign missions, 10,640.34
Home missions, - 5,770.62
Education, .-. - 3,271.76
Sunday school and col- '
portage, - - - 372.65
Ministerial relief fund, 1,059.07
Students' aid fund,; 1,059.07
Students,-' aid- fund, :"' :
(LouisviUe) - 560.37
Baptist book store re-
ciepts, ; . ; 10,260.38
$52,009.22
"There is but one" small chanoe to
save yonr life and that is through an
oper-i-,, was the awful prospect set
before Mrs. I. B. Hunt, of Lime Ridffe,
Wis., by her doctor after vainly tryine
to cure her of a frightful case of stom
ach trouble and yellow jaundice. He
didn t count on the maryellous power of
Electric Bitters to cure Htomach and
liiyer troubles, but she heard of it, took
seven bottles, was wholly cured, avoided
surgeon's. knife, now weighs more and
feels better than ever. It's p3Sitivelv
guaranteed to cure Stomach e, Liver
and Kidney troubles and never disap
points. Price 50c at Fetzer's drug store.
AN-OPEN-: '.LETTER
To .MOTHERS.
1
WE ARE ASSERTING IN THE COURTS OUR RIGHT TO THE
EXCLUSIVE USE OF THE WORD " C ASTORIA," AND
"PITCHER'S CASTORIA," AS OUR TRads maric
;. J, DR. SAMUEL PITCHER, of By amis, Massachuset
was the originator of " PITCHER S CASTORIA," the same
that has borne and does now Yfs " 071 every
bear the facsimile signature of fc wrapper.
This is the original " PITCHER'S CASTORIA," which has been
used in the homes of the Mothers of America for over thirty
years. LOOK CAREFULLY at the wrapper and see that it is
the kind you have always bought yjf vTZ-r" on tto
-and has the signatureKof wrap
per. No one has authority from me to use my name except
The Centaur Company of which Chas. H. Fletcher is President.
March 8 1897.
Do Not Be Deceived.
Do not endanger the life of your child by acceptino;
a cheap substitute which some druggist may offer you
(because he makes a few more pennies on it), the in
gredients of which even he does not know.
"The EM You Have Always Bought "
BEARS THE SIGNATURE OF
rJf .j "jnf'S3
Insist on Having
The ' Kind That Never Failed Ton
iTHE CCNTAUR COMPANY, TT MURRAY 6TRCCT, MEW YORK Cmr.
ODELL
liCTUBlOG CO .
- " t
Gmghams,
Plaids,
Sheeting,
Salt Bags
oathern
aiiway
AND
Outing Cloths.
-7-IEALER IK
General Merchandise
BUYERS Oy
COUNTRY PRODUCE
r fall kind.
O
Pour-foot Wood always Wanted, Best
Prioe for same.
We inyite anjinspection of all thejgoods
. weznannfacture . .
ill PiaistnGo,
Ponoord N. c.
SCHEDULE.
N EFFECT JULY THE 16TH, 189.
This condensea schedule is pub
Iished as information, and is
subject to change without notict
to the public : ;
. Trains leaye concord N. C
5.52 A. .M. No 8, daily, for Eich
mond; connects at . Greensboro foi
Raleigh and Goldsboro; at Goldsboxo
for Norfolk, at Danville for Washington
and points North, at Salisbury for
Asheville, Knoxyille and points West.
7. 19 A. M No. 33, the New York and
Florida Express, carries Pullman Sleep
ing Oars between New York and Au
gusta, New York and Tampa, Fla.,1and
Norfolk to Cnarlotte.
-8;49 A. M. No. 37, daily, Wash
ington and Southwestern limited for
Atlanta, Birmingham, Memphis, Mont
gomery, Mo Due ana New Orleans, and
all points South and Southwest.
Through Pullman sleeper New York to
new urieans ana JMew xoik to Mempnis,
Dining car; veatibuled eoach, between
Washington and Atlanta.
10:00 A. M. No. 36, daily, for Wash
ington, Richmond, Raleigh and alL
points North. Carries Pullman drawing
room buffet sleeper, New Orleans to
New York; Jacksonville to New
York: Pullman tourist cars from San
Francisco via New Orleans and South
ern Pacific Sundays and Wednesdays.
11:23 A. M. No. 11, daily for Atlanta
and all points Soutn. Solid train, Rich
mond to Atlanta.
7.-09 P. M.N0. 12, daily, for Rich
mond, Asheville, Chattanooga, Raleigh.
Norfolk, and all points North.
8;51 P. M. -No 7, daily, from Rioh
aiond, Washington, Goldsboro, Selma,
Raleigh, Greensboro Enoxville and
fAahevdle to Charlotte. N. O.
8: 51 P. M. No 38, dailv, Washington
and Southwestern limited, for Wash
ington and all points North. Through
Pullman oar, Memphis to New Yorfe
New Orleans to New York. Also carries
vestibuled coach and dining car. Close
connection at Greensboro with sleeper
for Norfolk.
9.20 P. M. No. 35, daily, for Atlanta
and New Orleans, carries Pullman
sleeper New York to New Orleans. New
York to Jackflonnlla and Charlotte to
Atlanta; flinniTig oar Also Pollxnan
tourist car Washington to San Ft&bcis
co, via New Orleans Tuesday and Fri
days. -9.45 P.M. No. 84, daily, the Hew
York and Florida Express, carries PaU
man Sleeping Cars between Augusta
and New York. Tampa, Fla, and New
York and Charlotte to Richmond. Car
ries sleepers Charlotte to Norfolk yte
Greensboro. ;.
First sections of regular through or
local freight trains carry passengeri
only to points where they stop according,
to schedule.
Frank S. Gannon,
Third Vice-Pres. and Gen'l. Mf-
Washington, v. C.
John M. Culp, Traffic Manager,
Washington, D. U
" W. A. Turk, Gen'l. Pass. Agent,
- - Washington, D.
Gowan Dnsenberv. Local Agent
liOCal Ageujr
Concord, N.u-