The Conxord Times. PUBLISHED EVERY' THURSDAY - AT ' . '.' 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. 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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! .- i 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 whn8salaiulli!tiSI1" c liGEi

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