The Conxord Times.
PUBLISHED EVERY' THURSDAY
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CONCORD. N. C. j
BvOOHN B.SHERR1LL, :
Editor and Proprietor.
That very old chestnut, the Settle
Williams contest for a seat in Congress',
is again in the papers. This time the
case has been postponed until February.
The term will have expired before the
case is decided, if, indeed, it is ever
decided at all. We suppose the case
will be decided in favor of Mr. Wil
liams just for convenience.5 Mr. Settle
has already held the position for two
years, and received the honor ana the
emolcments therefronv If the case is
decided in favor of Mr. Williams, he
will not get the honor, but he will get
the cash .-rmounting to $10,000 besides
an allowance for costs of the suit. Thu?
two men would get pay for the service
rendered by one man.
Another of lillman's whisky con
stables or spies was killed last Saturday
at Gaffney City. It seemed that he
had hired a negro to purchase a pint
of whisky for him (the negro not know
ing who he was). When the negro re
turned with the whisky, he was arrested
by the constable. Suddenly the con
stable was shot from ambush by an un
known person and he was ; killed
instantly. Many people will say, ''serv
ed him fight. ' '
President Cleveland yesterday (Wed
nesday) afternoon after an extended
conference with Secretary Carlisle and
Internal Revenue Commissioner Miller,
issued an order putting store-keepers,
gaugers and 'clerks in offices of collectors
of internal revenue in the classified
civil service.. This increases the list of
persons who are thus protected by the
civil service by about 2,C00.'
The Late J. B.Lanier.
News and Observer.
The death of Mr. James B. Lanier, ,
which occurred at Salisbury last Friday,
removes one of . the most remarkable
men who ever lived in the Slate. This
writer knew, him and knew hjm well,
lie was the boldest and most. courageous
man in business affairs I ever knew.
Making money with him was a past-
' time, and spending it seemed even a
greater pleasure. In his business deal
Fnss he sought, nor heeded anybody's
advice, or suggestions. He had most
excellent judgment, and a moment was
all the time he ever wanted to settle a
business proposition. "Yes" with him
was forever yes, and "Xo" was forever
no, and one or the other; came like a
flash the moment a proposition was sub
mitted .-whether it- involved hundreds,
thousands, or tens of thousands. He
was the 'largest distiller in the State.
He was also largely interested in manu
facturing, in farming, in mining, and
was a stockholder in many of the en
terprises in and around Salisbury.
To a stranger he appeared rough,
and uncouth, almost repulsive, with his
neighbors he appeared sometimes equal
ly rough and uncouth, but those who
knew him, knew that beneath that
cold, icy exterior was another side of
his character, a deeper and .better na
ture. It exhibited itself when appeals
from the needy came. ..It was charity
. broad and unsparing. He lived but
fifty years but he made fortune after
fortune. lie never married and had .
few intimate friends and fewer asso
sociates. He had two sister'-a widowed
sister-in-law and several nephews and
nieces. The never Lad to ask for what
they wanted. Every store and business
place was open to them, - and the. bill
presented to the brother and uncle.
His giving was not confined to hi3 own
peple, nor was it confined to dimes and
quarters. It went to whomsoever ap
pealed, and in whatever sums were
necessary. It went to the white and
the black, to the high and the low.
Few, if any, were ever turned a way.
Many stranded strangers have been to
Jim Lanier, and not in vain- He did
not give for ostentation. It irritated
him to. have-it -mentioned. He gave
because ho could not help it. It was
his nature. He was rich and able to
give. If he had been poor he would
have given in the same proportion."
In his death the poor of Salisbury
have lost the best friend they ever had.
Mr. Lanier was also a friend to deserv
ing young men. With his confidence
went his money, and many have been
helped by him in various business un
dertakings.' You Should Get It.
Should get what? Why, the Rev. Trl
K. IIicks' splendid Almanac for 1895.
He has kindly sent to this office a copy
of the same, and we speak advisedly in
saying that -it is a rare publication the
very latest and best of all that has
emanated from the pen. and brain and
heart of this well-known . friend of r the
public. The history ofthi3 man's work
now an open book to. all America
and a casual glance at his Almanac for
1895, convinces us that this vitally use
ful and instructive book ought to find
its way into every shop, 6tore; office
and home in the land. The price of
the book only 25 cents could not to
our knowledge be invested for any one
one thing more profitably. It contains
84, pages, printed on find book paper,
with elegant covers in colors. It is for
sale by all newsdealers. This fine Al
manac is given as a premium to every
yearly subscriber to the Rev. Irl R.
Hick's well-known and deservedly pop
ular, Word and Works. This unique
journal is a peerless educator of .the
masses, and is fast becoming a house
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and all social, commercial, intellectual
and domestic subjects, should subscribe
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direct to World and Works Publishing
Co., bt. Louis, Mo. ,
The Modern Mother ;
Has found, that her little ones are im
proved more by the pleasant laxative.
Syrup of Figs,, when in need of the lax
ative effect of a gentle remedy than by
any other and that it is more accepta
ble to thema Children enjoy it and it
benefits them. ;; The true remedy Syrup
of Figs, is manufactured by the Call
fornia Fig Syrup ((Jo. only.
It now corrfes out that one of the
things which the fusion legislature will
do, will be to abolish the merbhants
purchase tax.
IN HONOR OF ZEB VANCE,
One Week of Congress. Hansom's Speech
Defeats Change of Senate Rule. Bj "
nnms North Carolina Hunt Person- :
al.-Other Points of Interest. ' :-
Washington, Dec. 8.
Tuesday the House resumed its usual
routine and has kept steadily , at work
since that time. Messrs. Henderson
and Grady were the only members of
our HpuseI'delegation who responded to
the first roll call. Messrs. Ransom and
Jarvis were both present when the Sen
ate convened. Senator Ransom walks
with a cane, limps a little, but he shows
no other sigh of his recent runaway
accident. Senator Jarvis tells pre the
the result in North Carolina would have
been different if the "primaries" idea
nad been brought to tha front earlier in
the campaign.
The Senate caucused all the week on
a resolution to change the rules of that
body in favor of cloture. The motive
underlying a chance to take up the
"popgun" bills and pass them. The
caiicus remained in session until a late
hour Friday night. The main speech
was made by Senator Ransom, whose
masterful effort was in the nature of a
revelation. For years he has not made
a lengthy speech in the Senate and his
abilities as an orator were as a ; sealed
book to his younger colleagues. He
held their undivided attention for nearly
an hour as with his eloquence, his
logic, and his patriotic utterance, he
pleaded against the Senate being swept
off its feet, so to speak, by the current
of the passing .hour. He rehearsed tne
long years, during which the Senate
had been true to the traditions and the
purposes of the founders of the govern
ment he pictured that body as the
only barrier betweerr-absolutism and
the people , and with impassioned tones
appealed to his colleagues of the South
to remember that if it had not been for
the power instrusted to a minority, the
people of that section might have been
without the representation which they
now enjoyed. He infused into his
words " a depth of feeling that carried
conviction, and when he concluded his
brilliant peroration, even the friends of
cloture were moved to commendation.
The effect of Senator Ransom's effort
was immediately seen in the announce
ment by Senator Pugh, of Alabama,,
that while he had been disposed to re
gard with favor the proposition to
change the rules .he could no longer
hold such opinion in the face of the
arguments which had just ben uttered.
Other Senators, including Mr. Palmer,
of Illinois, and Mr. Fasco, of Florida,
added their strength to the anti-clotureH
side, and against the tide of opposition
Mr. Vilas, Mr. Vest, Mr. George and
Mr. Berry were ixnverless. In other
words, the sentiment in favor of cloture
which seemed to be almost uppermost
last Tuesday, was completely reversed.
In the meantime the resolution of Sen
ator Daniel which proposed a cloture in
its first section and referred to the most
important bills in its second clause, had
been divided so that each paragraph
could l?e considered separately. Mr.
Daniel seeing the sentiment of the cau
cus, arose and asked leave to withdraw
the first part of his resolution.
Ransom, Gurnfan, lince and Harris
carried the dav. This victory makes
any tariff legislation absolutely impos
sible. Senator Ransom went home
Friday night to rest until Monday
morning. This caucus' - action brings
the financial problem to the front in
both Houses. This, and the passage of
the needed appropriation bills, will con
stitute the main work of the Fifty-third
Congress. There is a general disposi
tion to endorse Carlisle & financial
policy as outlined in tVfe message.
Judge Bynum came back to Congress
from the "happy hunting grounds"
near Scatesville, North Carolina. He
savs he killed ten dozen partridges.
He is charmed with hisvisit.
Francis N. Cooke, of Louisburg, has
been appointen a cadet to West Point.
Zeb Vance alser, Esq., candidate
for Speaker of our next Legislature, nas
been here this week. He thinks
Pritchard will be the Republican Sena
tor. " : -
lion. Wm. M.Eobbins, J. W. , Wil
son and Paul Faison are among the
most prominent North Carolina visitore.
Miss Aliee Sharp, of Taylorsville
Solicitor Webb of Shelby, Mr. and Mrs.
Eccles of Charlotte and others were in
terested spectators in the galleries of
Congress this week:
Memorial services in honor of Sena
tor Vance will be held in the Senate
Chamber January 17th. No day in
Calender could be fraught with more in
terest to all North Carolina. II.
Other Washington Notes,.
The Democrats in Congress have sur
prised everybody, including themselves,
during the pa9t week. Instead of the
bickerings which were expected and
predicted by Democrats as well as mem
bers of the other parties, they have
been quietly at work and have actuallv
succeeded in mapping out a partial pro
gramme of legislation which they expect
to pass. 1 hey had no caucus in the
House, but are acting upon general
consent of the party in pushing the
Fithian free ship bill and the two ap
propriation bills pensions and fortifica
cations which have been reported.
The railroad pooling bill, now before the
House, isn t regarded asapoliitcal
measure.
The Democrats of the house commit
tee on Banking and Currency, who were
hopelessly at sea' during the last session,
have announced their intention to re
po.-t a currency bill before the holiday
recess, and it is an open secret that it
will be very near to the reccommerida-
tions made by Secretary Carlisle and
endorsed bv President Cleveland's mes
sage an extension of national bank
currency. and an authorization of State
bank currency under proper safe guards.
This week the committee will grant
hearings to a number of prominent fi
nanciers, beginning to day with Secre
tary Carlisle. The idea is to get the
bill reported before the recess, so that it
can be fully discussed by the public be
fore the reassembling of Congress.
Chairman Hatch, of House Commit
tee on Agriculture, was one of the slaifT,
but his greeting to ex-Speaker Reed
shows that his wit is still alive ;"Reed,
1 want to congratulate you, I have in
jart represented the State of Missouri,
in Congress a good many years, and I
thought I knew something about it. but
lam ready to acknowledge that you
Know more about .Missouri than I do.
I read the speech you made in St. Louis
with great disgust. You said the people
of Missouri were good pecle except
mat tney didn t nave sense enough to
Know now to vote. I'm blessed if you
weren t rignt.
Delegate Rawlins, of Utah, has noti
fied Secretary Smith that if the Govern
does not remove the Ute Indians from
Utah the people will drive them out by
force, lie says he fears that an Indian
war wm be tne outcome of the present
difficulties, owing to the depredations of
the Indians, which, he says, have
reached the unbearable stage. , -
STATE NEWS.
The eleven-year-old son of Mr. W. S.
Hyams, of Bakersville, Mitchell county,
weighs one hundred and sixty pounds.
There, is talk ot two Republicans being
elected to the' Senate when the Legisla
ture meets. : That is all bosh.
The town of Morganton is very much
exercised over the liquor question and
the temperance people are making war
on liquor. ;
Frank Wilson, a well-to-do farmer of
Howard's Creek township in Lincoln'
county, eloped last week with' the wife
of Tinth Smith, carrying with them
three of Smith's wife's children.
Mrs. Elizabeth Setzer, of Hickory,
has sued the town for $2,000 damages,
because, as she was returning from the
opera house one night a few week ago,
she fell and broke heleg.
Mr John Wanamaker, of Philadelph
ia, was in Lenoir Saturday. He. had
been visiting Linville City, Blowing
Rock and other places of interert in the
mountains and was on his way back to
Philadelphia-.-
Six of the prisoners, who were being
guarded in the court house at Marion
on account of the burning of the jail
last week, escaped from a window.
Three were United States prisoners and
three were State prisoners.
Alien W. Whittington, of Wilkes
county, is the oldest magistrate in the
State. He is now over ninety-four years
of age, and lately married Miss Mariah
Vonnoy, aged forty-one years. Reports
Bay that he gave her a $ 1,000 bank
check before the marriage.
It is said that more than eighty resi
dents of Pittsburg, Pa., and surround
ing towns will soon take up permanent
residence in North Carolina. Farming
lands to the extent of 50,000 acres have
been leased and purchased in Crayen
county, , at the junction of the Neuse
and Trent Divers. .
The Caucasian will be removed from
Goldsboro to Raleigh about January 1st
and will be issued both daily and week
ly. Mr. Butler will probably be editor
in chief, and there is all sorts of guess
ing as to who his assistants will be. It
is rumored that Mr. J. C. L, Harris,
who has a natural fondness for print
er's ink, will be the assistant editor.
President George T. Winston, of the
University, being asked if he was going
to attend the Baptist Convention in
Charlotte, said he generally visited the
Convention, but that since the receipt
of a note more forcible than courteous,
from a gentleman high in Baptist cir
cles, he had ceased to honor the Con
tention with his'Tjresence.
Judge Walter Clark, of Raleigh, has
a short communication in the Atlanta
Constitution looking to a Change in the
plan of voting. He favor more and
better facilities in voting. He suggests
more ballot boxes, and that the polls
should close at 2 o'clock in the after
noon on the day of election, so that the
vote can be counted and consolidated
on the same day of the election.
For two years more Wake county will
have her popularDemocratic sheriff. Last
week the board of county commission
ers, having in hand all the bonds of the
newly elected county officials, went into
secret session to pass them. An hour
later, Mr. Adams was notified that his
bond was not satisfactory and that it
could not be accepted. Sheriff Page
was then sent for and informed that he
had been elected by the board to suc
ceed himself."
It is learned that the plan of anti"
State aid leaders is not to withdraw the
appropriation from the University all a
once, but, as the $10,000 special appro"
priation expires with the year, the next
general assembly will oppose the renew:
al of that, and will change the regular
appropriation of $20,000 into a special
appropriation to run for two years.
This will throw the burden of doing
away with State aid upon the Legisla
ture two years hence. The Legislature,
it issaid, Will .be largely anti-State aid.
A man named John Gulledge,' of
Anson county, went out to cut wood,
and while passing a thicket, by a branch
he heard a rustling in the leaves and
bushes and stopped to see what it was.
In about half a minute four wild tur!
keys came trotting out along a little
path. Thinking he might accidentally
kill one, Mr. Gulledge threw hisjixe at
them with all his might and was more
than surprised to see all four of them
felled at one stroke. He supposed nat
urally that the handle had broken their
necks, but not so, for he found upon
examination that the blade of the axe
had severed each head from the neck.
It is not a common occurrence, but is
said to be true all the same, or at least
is believed in the communitv where it
took place.
J
Tillman's Defense.
Columbia, S. C. December 9.
Through a friend, ex-Governor Tillman
tonight gave to the press his defense
against the charges affecting his official
integrity which were made by B. F. Per
ry to a member of the South Carolina
legislature several days ago. He was
accused of buying property largely be
yond his means, and it was ' charged
that he had received and pocketed re
bates on whiskies sold the state dispenT
sary. A certificate from the clerk of
the court of Edgefield county snows that
there are recorded in his office $9,000
of mortgages on Tillman's Edgefield
farms.
The president of the Carolina Nation
al bank, of this city, makes a statement
that his bank furnished $8,000 of the
money secured by these, mortgages,
$6,000 of which was furnished to pay
ior tne plantation he has lately pur
chased. The president of the railroad which
has brought. the dispensary liquors into
tne state makes denial of the statement
that his road gave or Tillman received
a rebate on the freight.
An agent of the Mill Creek Distilling
Company, of Cincinnati, from which
Tillman bought most of his whiskey, in
an interview 6tates that his company
gave no rebate on it, the purchases be
ing made at a price which excluded the
rebate.
The defense does not cover the charge
that Tillman borrowed to pay . mort
gages on his property $14,000 from his
brother, ex-Congrsesman Tillman-, be
fore his election and has repaid- the
money since; nor does it deny that he
has lately bought $6,000 worth of fac
tory stock. The ex-governor, however,
privately denies that he owns any stock
except two shares in an Edgefield bank.
Much damage to property atBlockton,
Ala-, was done by a storm,Monday. A
little later in the day a fierce wind storm
did much damage near Westville, Fia. ,
ind in Bartow county, Ga., the damage
and one man was killed and others
wounded. Many persons in the track
of this storm became paralyzed several
1 hours after its passage.
GENERAL NEWS.
Texas reports an enormous tide of
immigration from the Northwest.
Ex-Senator Ingalls will probably en
ter the Senatorial contest this winter.
A woman in Galveston, Tex., poisoned
her children. Four are dead, the fifth
may recover. She is insane..
The Missouri Supreme - Court says
that the distribution of liquor by a club
to its members is not a sale within the
meaning of the license laws.
The Georgia Legislature has killed
the bill which provided for the election
of judges and solicitors by the -people.
As it is at present the Legislature elects.
The gold reserve is now $112,000,000,
and treasury officials look to. see it great
ly reduced in the near future. Already
$4,500,000 has been withdrawn since
the last bond.
It id given out that sugar may be
cheaper instead of higher. That is if
German sugar is sent at the low price!
promised 3.56 cents a pound. The
net price of the Sugar Trust is 3.98.
Daniel F. Beatty, a millionaire organ
manufacturer of Washington, N. J.,
has been convicted of using the mails
for fraudulent purposes in promoting
the sale of organs.
The Brooklyn Tabernacle, of which
Dr. Talmage was until recently pas
tor, was sold under foreclosure proceed
ings for $73,000, about $10,000 in ex
cess of Russell Sage's mortgage on the
the building.
Ignatius Donnelly is a fit of disgust
announces his retirement from public
life. He has resigned the presidency
of the Minnesota Farmers' Alliance,
and proposes to devote himself to litera
ry work and to the editing of his paper.
A farmer named George in Florida
went to town accompanied by his little
son. He gets drunk and a neighbor
took the boy home. In the morning
George could not remember what be
came of the boy and committed suicide.
A newspaper in Atlanta edited by a
colored man of some parts, is urging a
colored brother, Rev. R. C. Benjamin,f0r
Chaplaincy of the next House of Repr i
sentatives. The Washington Post in
dorses him for the place.
Ferdinand de Lesseps, "father of the
Suez canal," and originator of the Pan
ama Canal project, died near Paris last
week. Since the disclosure of corrup
tion in connection with Panama funds,
he has slowly wasted away in mind and
body until death doubtless came to him
as a welcome relief. "
The December report of the Agricul
ture Department gives the farm prices
of products for December 1st, as com
pared with former years. Corn is high
er than the average since 1880. Wheat
is lower than intwenty-five years. Oates
are higher than last year and tobacco is
low. The low price of cotton is unprec
edented. In the South Carolina Legislature last
Friday the House, by a vote of 55 to 56
killed the bill to reduce the legal rate of
interest in this State to 7 per cent after
a hard battle by the friends of the
banks. A bill has been prepared by the
joint committee on offices and officers
making a horizonal cut in all salaries of
State officers to fit the five-cent-a-pound
situation. The reduction 4s over 20
per cent., leaving the Governor's salary
$2,200.
The Porte's defense regarding the
Armenian atrocities is that Armenians
and Turks were engaged in civil war
which Turkish soldiers were sent to
suppress. The Armenians were attack
ed, and is admitted that a number who
surrendered on promise of pardon were
executed, but it is denied that any towns
were stormed for the purpose Of mur
dering the men and outraging the
women. The Speaker says if the Porte
shall Co nothing in the matter the only
alternative will be European occupation
of Armenia.
The Carroll ton, Ky., Democrat had
something to say last week about a fat
boy in Carroll county, and claimed that
he was the largest boy of his age in
Kentucky. He is, however, a pigmy
compared to Horace Dane7 says the
Wycliffe Yoeman. The boy spoken of
by the Democrat is nine years old and
weighs 131 pounds. Here is the other
fat boy's measurement and weight: He
was seven years old in August of this
year, weighs 142 pounds, measures 39
inches around the waist, - 41 inches
around the chest; hips 31 inches; thigh
21 inches; calf, 16 inches; arm 13
inches. His,height is 4 feet 5 inches.
The Glasgow, Ky., Gazette is respon
sible for this: Hiram Boles and wife left
home on a visit, and on their return
found their smoke house door open,
and a two bushel sack with some beans
and potatoes in it, some corn arid an
old fashioned spinning wheel prinfi fin
going to the stable they found their
eignteen-montns-old favorite calf choked
to death. They called in the assistance
of George Matthews, who ran his arm
down the calf's throat and drew out
the. two bushel sack of beans and pota
toes, after which the animal soon re
covered. The corn and the sninninsr
wheel have not yet been found.
The South Carolina Aristocracy.
Baltimore Sun.
Mr. Beniamin Rvan Tillman, who
has been lording it over South Carolina
lorsome years past as Governor t gave
way Tuesday to a successor who is ap
parently constructed on the same ner-
sonal and political lines. His inaugural
aooress was not calculated to soften the
factional asperities which have so long
existed in the Democratic ranks in that
State. His sarcastic reference to the
anti-Tillmanites as an aristocracy of
lands and money and to his own side as
an aristocrary of brains, and his ex
pressed determination ; to compel obedi
ence to the dispensary law will scarcely
pave the way for the unity which, he
urged almost in the same breath. Har
mony in South Carolina can onlv be
secured by justice and conciliation. The
old aristocracy of lands and money is an
aristocracy of brains, culture and cour
age as well, and Tillman and-Jtns fol
lowers cannot crush it out by threats or
forces If they really want to unite the
South Carolina Democracy they should
a different programme.
There was a fatal mistake on the part
of a conductor on the Carolina Central
railroad one night last week that caused
the instant death of one gf the en
gineers and the injury of another.. Be
tween the .-Charlotte and Hamlet, at
Rockingham, Conductor Brauch had
orders to wait for the train from the
east. He either misnnderstood the or
ders or else recklessly neglected to fol
low them, for he ordered the train to
proceed. Not many miles beyond, the
train running at the rate of thirty miles
an hour, collided; insUutly killing
Wells, the engineer of the Branch train,
and fatally wounding Watsuh the other
engineer. ,
" NOTES AND COMMENTS.
The Progressive Farmer claims Pear
son and Iinney as Populist Congress
men. It is noticeable that Northern news
papers are anxious for the income tax
passed shall be blocked, repealed and
even nullified. :
But a homeless people is an unpatri
otic people there is no counting on
them in any thing It is in the home
that the patriotic spirit is engendered-
born men count it glory to die in de
fence of their homes, but men -without
homes could be induced to join the
enemy, like as not,, and help devastate
their own country.' But we may be
pessimistic so we desist further writing.
Red Spring Scotch Scion. XZ:l-!
The Peoples party gained everywhere
in the past election.--Caucasian. Any
man who makes the above statement is
either guilty of gross ignorance or of
lying. W have always regarded Mr.
Butler as a well informed, sensible man.
The lisses f jr the People's party have
been great. They have sustain ei heavy
losses in Kansas atfd Colorado, their
two strongholds, and in many other
places.--Smithfield Herald.
The strongest testimony yet given to
the scarcity of money is that of the pre
siding elders of the North Carolina Con
ference, who report distressing financial
conditions throughtout the bounds of
the Conference. The Methodists are
among the most generous people in the
world in their contributions for Church
purposes, and when Methodist ministers
cannot raise money money is scarce in
deed. Charlotte Observer.
The Paris Temps has - a leader on
' 'The New Department, in the Foreign
Policy of the United States." It sayB:
President Cleveland, who but recently
had only the Monroe doctrine on his
lips, now throws himself into the thick
of the conflct, in another hemisphere
Doubtless the Chinese-Japanese war af
fects American interests, but what is to
be said of the sending of an American
commissioner to Armenia ? There are
indications that America may become
the Seventh European power."
Those Populists who will not come
back to the Democratic party must
.hereafter ally themselves with the Re
publicans. Principle can no longer cut
any figure with the Populists in North
Carolina. They can no longer conjure
with that magic term. They have put
that virtue, which they fondled with so
much apparent affection, behind them
and seem content to let it remain there.
Fusion means the absorption of the
Populist party in the State by the Re
publicans. It can mean nothing else.
Clinton Democrat.
Lexington Dispatch to the Louisville
Post says: Ii the factions in Breckin
ridge's district don' t get together in the
next legislature and elect the next gov
ernor. Breckinridge and his friends
are hot for revenge. The first victim is
to be Senator Blackburn. In fact,
Br'ckinridge would be willing to take
his place. Of Breckinridge this corres
pondent say 8: "Heretofore Colonel
Breckinridge ha9 been considered a
man of peace, yielding rather than con
tending, relying more on; his mellifluous
voice and his power of persuation than
on opposition or aggressive conduct to
carry his point. The past twelve months
have changed all this, and. at bay Col
onel Breckinridge displays a courage, a
determination, a' vindictiveness, and
unrelenting enmity that , betrays his
kinship to a long line of Scottish an
cestors." In the South Carolina House a bill
aimed at profane swearing has passed.
The fine ranges from $5 to $20. So
"cuss words" will become a luxury to
the indulgers as it is an offence to many
not iudulging in such unseemly profan
ity. Is there not a law in North Caro
line against this useless, indecent abuse?
We recall that before the great war a
mayor of. Danville, Va., enforced a law
against profanity with rigor and put
some hundred or two dollars in the
city treasury each year by it. - He
merely executed faithfully a law that
.had been ignored by his predecessor in
office and treated as a "dead letter." A
good law should be, enforced because it
is needed and will do good. A bad law,
Gen Grant wisely held, should be en
forced in order to make its badness ap
parent and insure its repeal. Wilming
ton Messenger.
Catarrh Cannot be Cored
with local applications, as they cannot
reach the seat of the' disease. Catarrh is
a blood or constutional djisease, and in
order to cure it you must take internal
remedies. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken
internally, and acts directly on the
blood and mucous surfaces. Hall's
Catarrh Cure is not a quack medicine.
It was prescribed by one of the best
physicians in this country for years,
and" is a regular prescription. It is com
posed of the best .tonics known,
com-
bined with the best blood purifiers,
act-
ing directly on the mucous surfaces
The perfect combination of the two in
gredients is what produces such wonder
ful results in curing Catarrh. Send for
testimonials, free.
F. J. Cheney fcCo., Props., ToledoQ,
old by Druggists, price 75c.
Post-OiHce Business in North Carolina.
During the last fiscal year domestic
money orders in North Carolina were
issued to the amount of $1,748,637.51
The number was 186,020 and the fees
paid thereon amounted to $15,559.59.
Of postal note3, 87,559 were issued to
the amount of $146,331.11, and the
fees $2,G31.99; of international money
orders, 1,167 were issued, amounting to
$24,988.56.
The Post-office Department lost mon
ey in the North Carolina business last
year. It required'$309,907.09 more to
carry on the mail service in North
Carolina than was received. The total
receipts from all sources were $563,272,
99, and the total disbursement $873,-,
280.08. Of the receipts, $546,640.80
came from the sale of postage 6tamps
Of the disbursements the compensation
of postmasters was $278,588.56, and it
required $452,092.82 for carrying the
mail on trains and star routes. The
balance went to rent, clerk hirer mes
sengers, carriers, fec.
II Greased It. i
Lenoir Topic.
We were talking with a gentleman
from Watauga the other night and,
naturally the conversation turned to
politics. -He said: "It was a bad pill
for the' Watauga Populists to swallow
the Republican ticket in Wautauga at
the late election. It was siy bard that
one Populist said he couldn't swallow
it without it being well greased," so he
accordingly got him a piece of taHow
and thoroughly greased it before voting
the ticket. ' ' This is a tact that the
gentleman can prove it. Wonder if
there were any greased tickets in Cald
well? - - '. - V: .- :. . . r-
There is a small-pqx scare at Niagara
Falls.
nocklns; To Texas.'
"The Augusta Chronicle states that
people are leaving the upper part of
South Carolina and flocking to Texas by
the scores. It is the usual fall attack
of "Texas; fever" that has cropped out
among the people in the Piedmont
tion. The cause of" their leaving is
supposedly on account of the dispensary
j law and other State legislative acts that
J have proven to be offensive and objec-
tionapie to many citizens oi tne rai
metto Stale, and for the further reason
that the people in that section believe
they can better their condition by going
further South. That, section of the
country is further being drained by re
moval to the towns especially the fac
tory towns. A number of cases are re
ported of owners of fariwrs renting out
their places and taking their families
to Piedmont, Pelzer and other places. ;
All the North Carolina' Democrats
have to do is to sit quietly down and
await the division of spoils by their Pop
ulist Republican enemies. Political
greed and mongrel misconduct will do
the rest. Washington Post,
Torturing Disfiguring
Skin Diseases
Instantly
Relieved
by
CDTICDRA
the
Great
SKIN
CURE
Cuticuka, the great skin cure, Instantly alUys
the most intense itching, burning, and inliam
mation, permits rest and sleep, heals raw and
irritated surfaces, cleanses the scalp of crusts
and scales, and restores the hair. Citicc&a
Boap, the only medicated toilet soap, is indis
pensable in cleansing diseased surfaces. Cun
cciu Rxsoltbxt, the new blood and skin puri
fier and greatest of humor remedies, cleanses
the blood of all impurities, and thus removes
the cause. Hence the Cuticvka. Remkoiks cure
every humor of the skin, scalp, and blood, with
loss of hair, from pimples to scrofula, from
infancy to age, .
Bold throughout the world. Prije, Cuticura,
60c.; Soap, 25c.; Rfsoltknt, $1. Potter Dane
AID Chix. Corp., Sole Proprietors, Boatoo.
" How to Cure Skin Diseases," mailed free.
n - st
One, entire store formerly occu
pied by Morrison, Lentz & Co.,
just below the Racket full of
CHRISTMAS :-: GOODS.
For the fifth time since we
our ' 27c stock of goods seven
years ago, we have been com
pelled to have room to accom
modate our ever increasing bus
iness. We btfve opened up our
i
i i
in the room just below Racket
formerly .occupied by Morrison
Lentz & Co.
Our stock has not all arrived
but will be in "in time for
Santa ClauS !
We have in a
BEAUTIFUL LINE !
which is much cheaper than ever.
China Cups and Saucers at 5c
up, Chipa Mugs 4c up.
1,500 Dolls !
lc and up in time for Christinas.
Did you ever see a
WAR SHIP?
We have a true model of the
cruiser x
"City of New York,"
36 inches long, price $1 ,25.
COME AND SEE IT1
We have a fine assortment ol
FLINT STICK CANDY,
at 7Vc per pound 1
Nuts at 10c &c. Story Books
lc up to valuable sets at 25c on
the dollar.
D. J. BOSTIAN.
A B; CORRELL.
JEWELER,
CONCORD. - - N. C.
STORE OPPOSITE POSTOFFICE,
7
II!
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J
j
,
Coughs and Cold
Xjimg General TwT
all forms of Emaciation are Bpeedilv 11 Deb
J A
Consumptives always find m-eat. ri,v v . .:
consumption is often cured. . 0 other nouLv " U'
strength so quickly and effectively. un8Maent rc-storei
Weak Babies and Thin Chiitw
are made strong and robust by Scott's Emulsion 1
forms of food seem to do. them no good whatever
The only genuine Scott's Emulsion is put Un
colored wrapper. Eefuse cheap substitutes! Salmo
Saidjortamphlet on Scotfs Emulsion. FREE
Soott A. Bowne, N. Y. All Drugslata. an'.'
DOWN THEY GO!
Everywhere. you go in New York v0n
LEiDTTaa?ioisrs in iWqJ
I strnck the nail on the head. I Wenf -H
Dress G-oods, Cassimere, Jeans, Hosiers tv
uuiue auu bee ior yourseli. 1 u;
large stock of Ladies' Dress Goods
at about half price.
IToiir "Pi
- Stranger, friend, fellow countryman, here's somethincrfor
consideration :
I am in the market to sell goods. I have sold them; I
selling them; and I shall continne to sell them all these Yea
500 Suits at Half Price!
Now hear me! I have the Jbest line of Shoes in lown-
: : i t i : a i. r r-vi-ii
uritc is iuw. uavc au mimcusc mulk ui viumiii can suit am
badp in quality and price. Dry Uoods world without oi
Anything in the line ot .Notions you can think of; and mv Mil
nery stock is complete. Come in and see, whether you buy or not
All we ask you to do is to mspectour stock we will risk the rest.
Mr. Ed. Fisher-is a representative of ours. Listen to what
A 1 - J' .1.' J.1 1 t 11 3 , 1
says iry ms uirecuun io me piaec ll nnu great narams in even-
thing in a stock of General Merchandise.
Now get in the procession and you'll forget the "harp times
Very Respectfully, .
ID.
P. S. I have if full line of Groceries, and sell bv retail or whok
sale. Am agent for Red C. Oil Co., Arbuckle Bros' Coffee, and tit
G. W. Gail & Ax Snuff. Am also agent for other staple goods. s
ALMOST HERE,
Only a few days unl Xmaa
will bo here. We isli to -ay to
one and all that we are reutly to
serve all who are looking out
for
XMAS :-: GOODS !
We always try to keep up with
tbe times in that respect. We
have Eome
Special Bargains
to offer in
Dress Goods !
48 inch Tricot Flaunt-1 at 25
, cents, BioadClotli8 for Ladies'
Capes 45c. 75c, $1.0.) per yard.
40 inch Silks for Shirt tVaists
25c. Embroidered Handker-
. chiefs for 15c. 25o Black Hose
for school boys at 15c Ladies'
Side Combs at Eb, 10c, and 15c.
Bi lot cf CAPS for boys and
girls 25c to 50. $;er Jot oi
Ladie d Gloves!
all shades. The best
60c Wool Pant Goods
ever seen in this -town for 40c a
yard. We have a big lot of ,
i Boys and Girls School Shoes i
that are $1.75 to go at $1.25.
We have the best $1.00 shoe for
ladies ia the town. Se our !
$1.35 Shoes for men, reeular .
hammers. Come and see ns.
; mm, mn & i
Concord Markets, i
OOTTOK MAKKET
Corrected weekly by 0. O. Montgomery.
Stained 4 to 4$
Low Middling 4t
Middling..... 4?
Good Middling 5.05
PBODTJCE MAEKET.
Corrected wreklvbv Dove & Boat
Bulk meats, sides.
10
18
15 to 20
10 to 2)
45
15
10 t o 12
Beeswax
Batter .
Chickens...
Com..... ...
Eggs ....
Lard
Flour, North Carolina....... 1.75 to 2.00
Meal ........ .
70
50
45
4to5
65 to 75
75
30
Peas.
Oats.....
Tallow
Irish Pota'oes...
Sweet Potatoes..
Notice to Farmers.
We want to buy your cotton seed.
chickeDS, eegs, &c. Will pay ihe high-'
and pee us. UPPA1 DS & BABBLER,
octll 2m
and
Emul
iortn alter tne great deduction mft
duced by the TARIFF BILD. YouNvili
be amazed at tbe low prictsUf you will
call and examine my line of. ... -
x wm liuv euujjieraie, out war4 you to
iave a
and
No firm in town will sell you a better
Shoe for the money,, and 1 arn t-till
jl uiso nave cone ana rotasb, especially
for oats. When you sell Cottorj, CLick
ens, Eggs, or any Farm Product, call to
see me. Yours trulv.
C. G. MONTGOMERY
ar
- -"."f, vuwmv. i mcei till coes
X 1 E
--AXD
erne
We :'.r'c
SOLE SELLI
This Market
for the
Ccsson Lime Gj.'s
Lime and Cei
When in the ma
be pleased to
Have Your Onto
Oranges.
We will have
- I3I
-oF-
Florida Oranges
for the
Trade
Xmas
PATTERSON'S
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