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The Concord Times. PUUIIHEO TuC80rl AND FHIOAYS CON CORDON. 3. B JOHN B. 8HERRILL, EDITOR AMD PROPllTC atanlj Bond Case. A lbemarle Enterprise. It Should be a fatter of interest to our taxpayers to learn that the cost of the Stanly county bond case to the countv. according to the Treasurer's settlement with the county commia (.inner, was 2.299.13. This covers every item of expense p the (fvunty except a few incidentals heretofore pub lished in tlS annual exhibit. Some of the most eminent lawyers in the State of North Carolina were employed, and wheajt is considered that thOsuit was fought through six different courts and given seven hearings, and continuing through a period of more than seven years, the wonder is how our commis sioners went through it all with so little expense to the county. If they over stepped their very binding contract with the lawyers in paying them amounts before the suit was ended, they in turn received more than a full measure of service from the lawyers, and the sum total paid barely represents the actual court costs, hotel bills and traveling ex penses. It js well known how intensely earnest at least ninety per cent of our taxpayers were in pressing the suit. Decisions by the State Supreme Court and the Court of Appeals, favorable to the county, naturally created within the minds of commissioners and law yen an impression that(the county would finally win. Judges Avery and Shepherd had faith in the suit, and they wisely, managed it. The loss of the case mVt much to them not only in the way ml dollars and cents, but sincere regrets that the cause they so faithfully championed should have been lost. In conclusion, we would say that our commissioners deserve praise, not cen sure. They have concealed nothing, and they do not desire to. Their ects are on record and the earnestness and unselfishness with which they devoted themselves to saving the county from a burden which they deemed unjustly and fraudently imposed arehe strong est evidence that they have kept faith with the people of the county. Men will differ as to the adviability of having instituted the suit and the reasons calling for such action. The Enterprise has always believed that the legality of the act creating the bonds should have been conceded. It was a pure technicality, resulting from an error in the Legislature in taking the aye and nay votes. Our lawyers thought beet to take advantage of it; but back of it all there was, as the main reason, resting in the minds of our people, a belief that the Railroad Company had acted in bad faith with the people and an actual fraud bad been perpetrated. The case was fought and fought hard. We lost. Now let us bear up under the loss, and not try to attach blame where no blame belongs. The man who ft ready to say "I told you so," may talk, bufcbe does so to no good purpose. For Betlersaenl f Raral Irkools. Raleigh, N. C, July 22. The an nual meeting of the Woman's Associa tion for the Betterment of Public School Houses in North Carolina has 'just been held here. One hundred delegate were present, representing forty-three counties, all of which sent in reports. There are six field workers, who also made report. The adorn ment of school houses, the improvement of grounds, and everything along this line was reported upon. The statement i made that the state, counties and school districts had, by their united effort, placed over 1,000 free libraries in rural public schools and that these had immensely stimulated good read ing, not only on the part of pupils, but on that of their parent and other re lative. A Battle apfpidlno The position of the Japanese force east of Liao Yang is such according to a Russian army journal, a to suggest thafSheir next movement will be into the Liao river valley. This valley is north or the Russian position at Zanzol pas. Leaving the Notieo, Laffco and Tapan passe the Japs will thus occupy a favorable position for endangering Russian communication northward with Mukden, at the same time flank ing General feller's army. Their strength has been increased, it is stated, by Urged reinforramenta, so that they are now able to bght an important bat tle with a fair chance of winning. An engagement of the first magnitude is believed to be imminent. Three Tralaoara Killed. Salisbury, N. C, July 22. Engi neer Charlie Hall, Fireman Millaway and brakeman McClanhan, all of Spen cer, were instantly killed in the wreck of north bound passenger train No. 9 " near Franklin Junction, Va., at four o'clock this afternoon. It is learned that the train wa making sixty mile an hour when the engine struck a box car abutter which had fallen from a passing freight train. TBI HERALD FOS riMKER. Declares Hoasevell Hal Lost Coaa tfeare at me People) br Freakish HedeMlogi Dictatorial Ware. The New York Herald, noted for it political independence, comes out tronelv in favor of the election of Judge Parker. In it leading editorial, under the cantion. "The Democrat and Their New Leader," the Herald says : "Judge Parker' telegram declaring himself for sound money ha made such an impression that it may save the Democratic party in spite of itself, "The commejta it is still eliciting show that Judge Parker's action has won the confidence of the people and that sort of confidence President Roose velt ha not inspired. "His imperialism and his dictatorial ways, together with hi revival of the race issue in the South and other rough rider fads, have awakened among the people a distrust of Mr. Roosevelt and the Republican party quite as great as the distrust which Bryanism, sixteen to oneiem, populism and other freakish isms had excited with 'respect to the Democrats. "Mr. Roosetalt has the support of his intimate friend and his political proteges, but conservative people eye him with distrust. They acknowledge that he is irreproachable as an individ ual; that he is a staunch patriot, a good husband, a loyal friend. But they doubt his capacity for self control, dis trust his judgment and question his conception of presidential duties. "Like the German Emperor, be wishes to meddle in every detail of the public service, to control every depart ment, to rule 'every official, to be both the law-maker and the executive, to be the source of power and apply it. "Between Mr. Roosevelt's views of the President' duties and the views of the American people on that subject there is a very wide difference. He evidently thinks the President of the United State is a sort of dictator, while the people rightly regard him merely as their chief magistrate as the executive head of the administration. "This domineering conception of his official duties has excited widespread resentment among Republicans and has led him to make mistakes that would have prevented his nomination if the Republican party had any other available candidate. "As it was, however, he had virtu ally a walkover, and the Democrats were entirely out of the running until Judge Parker' telegram to W. F. Sheehan at the St. Louis convention re vealed to them that they had a candid ate possessed of strong sense and statesmanship. "Before his ultimatum was delivered it was said in the Herald that Judge Parker was the servant of the Demo cratic party, not its master. His tele gram on the gold question proved the contrary. It showed that the Demo crat who had nominated him, be lieving him to be King Log had really chosen King Stork. "What the Demoqfats needed was a master. They have foundone in Judge Parker, and he may yet lead them out of the wilderness." Strike "Oa" A gala. The meat strike is "on" again be cause all the striker were not given employment Friday when they went back to work. The agreement by which arbitration was accepted pro vided, say the packers, that present non-union employes should be retained and that strikers should be given places as fast as possible, whereas the sriki leaders hula that all the sinkers were to be taken back at once. The two sides, it is said, understood the agree ment differently, which is strange, see ing that it is presumably in black and white. As the allied trad are now to be called out if possible for a sympa thetic strike, the situation is likely to be worse than it was before the strike was called off. The innocent public will suffez, severely because of some body blunder in the wording of the terms of peace. Ed Deals a (Uvea Life Seateare. Fokt Mill, 8. C, July 23. The jury in the case of Ed Deaton and wife, charged with the muder of J. Laurie Patftrson, last night brought in a ver dict of guilty a to the former, with a recommendation to the mercy of the court. Deaton was given a life ten tence in the penitentiary and hi wife, who testified that she fired the fatail oi in aeience oi her husband, wa ischarged. People here are satisfied with the verdict. Bl; Textile Strike Bare. Fall River, Mass., July 23. The manufacturers met to-day and in lengthy session voted not to withdraw the notices of a reduction of wages in the various mills. This make Jftper- tain that a big textile strike begins Monday. Early Tuesday morning work begun by a Large force to rebuild Greensboro Female College. Material is on the ground and it is hoped to have the buiiding completed in time for the opening of the fall session by October first. "Water, water everywhere," said Modern Mariner, contemplating the the the trusts. 'It's enough to drive a man to drink." Glbeoa Mill liens. Mr. John White is erecting four- room cottage on his lot in the Wads- worth Addition. On Sunday morning at the residence of the bride' father. Mr. J. K. Gurler. Mr. Brioe Medlin married to Miss Dora Gurley. The ceremony was con' ducted by Kev. W, T. Talbirt. IJgere was a very interestigp sermon preached in the Second Baptist Church Sunday night by Rev. Mr. 8ummy, of Davidson county. The congregation was unusually large and much interest manifested. There was a Children's Day meeting held in the Second Baptist Church Sun day morniug, which Oi very much enjoyed by the old a well as tht young. Prof. Gardner' singing school closed with a mudi'-al entertainment Saturday night. Ae patrons of the school are verv much deased with Prof. Gardner. and also with his teaching, and regret to see him leave. Fore! Hliytlews. Mr. Tom Mills and family moved to this place Saturday, where they will work in the mill. AH the mills, including the Mag nolia, have started to run again, after a two weeks stop-off. There is very little sickness of .any kind in this neighborhood, and no serious ailment that we can hear of. Mr. H. C. Willeford has moved from North Spring street to a house on Church street. The t'ottea Situation. Charlotte Observer. The receipts at the city cotton plat form yesterday were 12 bales, the high est price being 11 cents. The corre sponding date of last year no cotton was sold. The price at that time wa 13.75 cents. The cotton receipts for the week ending yesterday were 83 bales against 23 bale for the corre sponding week of last season. Rarely has there been a year when the prospects for a good crop were bet ter than they are now. Good crops are the rule all over the county and if favorable season continue Mecklen bur farmers will be prosperous this fall, except in the section that suffered by the hail storm Thursday evening. Will Mecklenburg farmers sell cot ton for 10 and 11 cents a pound, after having received 15 and 17 cent for it last rear? is a question that is often heard down on the wharf. It is the general opinion that at the opening of the season a great deal will be sold, if the price remains at 11 cents. Later, if prices do advance, cotton will be stored. Automobile Line. Salhbi-ky, July 22. The Yadkin River Park Company, which wis re cently organized at Spencer, it is learned today, has decided to operate an auto mobile line between Salisbury, Spencer and High Point instead of doing only a local transfer business as was at fust intended. The extension of the line was agreed upon only a few days since and arrangements are already being made for the initial trip to be made about August 1st. Mr. J. M. Brown, who has been doing a mercantile bus iness at Spencer, has decided to sell out his business and take the personal management of the automobile line, of which he is also secretary and treas urer. A Verr Close Call. "I stuck to my engine, although every joint ached and every nerve was racked with pain," writes C. W. Bellamy, a lo comotive fireman, of Burlington, Iowa. "I was weak and pale, without any ap petite and all run down. As I was about to give up, I got a bottle of Electrio Bit ters, and after taking it, I felt as well as I ever did in my life." Weak, sickly, run down people always gain new life, strength and rigor from their nse. Try them. Satisfaction guaranteed by all Druggists. Price SO cents. Hall stoma la SJaloa. Monroe, N. C, July 22. A very destructive hail storm visited Goose Creek township yesterday evening ex tending also into Sandy Ridge destroy ing the Entire cotton crop within its path, which covered an area of about two miles wide aqd twelve miles long. Cotton being the principal money crop of farmers in this district, it leaves some of them in almost destitute cir cumstances. Blashaaa Oaa or the Best Hehools li the Soath. Greensboro, N. C. June 10, 1904. As I have been a pflron of The Bgfe- ham School at Mebane, N. C, I can cheerfully testify to it high character, excellent instruction, wise rule and the perfection of it discipline. My son made the most satisfactory prooAss in his studies during the months be waff there, and I hope to be able to send him back next session. I regard the School as one of the best in the South and take pleasure iArecommending it to parent who wish to send their sons to a first-class, all-round training in stitution. Mrs. Da E. Osborkb. first Bala Froaa tieargla. 4i.BA.tY, Ga., July 22. The first bale of Georgia's new cotton crop was brought in today by Deal Jackson, negro farmer who has marketed the first bale in this section for seveal years past. The bale weighed 351 pound and classed as good middling. It wa old for fifteen cent a pound. I Mills la Mxla Caaee StA&e at Fall sliver. Fall River, Mas., July 24. The strike of 80,000 cotton mill operatives ordered to begin here to-morrow be cause of the 121 per cent, cut in wages announced by themanufacturers, pro mise to be one oCTthe bitterest fights ever waged between capital and labor. The operative say that they cannot posMily live on the reduoed wage ill-' fered by the manufacturer and the pinner in turn say that they can never rtQrn to the wage which have been paid to employee. 4 The situation result from the compe tition by southern mills and wa brought to the present acute stage by the high. price for cotton and the failure of cot ton goods to rise in price correspond ingly, acording to the view of the spin ner. Cotton manufacturer . assign the continued low price of cotton goods to the ability of the southern mill to manufacture good at a profit even when sold at figures that mean a lost of money to the mill here. A feature that will add to the suffer ing from the strike is the poverty of the operatives. Already over a dozen famile have appealed to charitable institution for help. Manufacturer aay that (hi mean the strikers will not be able to hold out long, but the operatives say it is almost as well to starve in a fight as to attempt to live on what they term the starvation wages offered by the maunfacturera. CaaaoaTllls News. Mr. Robert Culp, who lives on Sim mons street, is very sick. He is suffer ing from a severe attack of fever. Mr. Robert Brown, on North Kerr street, who has been critically ill for the past ten days, we are sorry to learn ia no better. Mr. J. N. Poplin had the misfortune to get his right foot badly mashed by a piece of machinery one day last week while at work in the Cannon mills. It is so badly inflamed that it is feared (hat it will have to be amputated. About all the people in this neighbor hood who Went to the country to visit relatives and friends have returned, and have settled down to work. Rev. L. C. Nash and wife attended Children's Day at Smith's chapel in No. 5 township Suuday. Mr. Coleman Dry fell from his bicycle Friday evening, breaking ' bis collar bone. Buffalo Mill News. - Our mill started up yesterday morn ing after a two weeks shut down. All the employees seem to be in high spirits, a the most of them were tired of resting. Mrs. M. A. Blackwelder moved her family from here over on West Depot street yesterday. Her children will work in the Cabarrus mill. Mrs. S. A. Thomason will move to day into the house recently vacated by Mr. D. M. Pate. Jordan Wants Cottoa Held. Raleigh, N. C, July 24. Harvie Jordanrpresident of the cottoa growers association, has written a very strong letter to the growers in North Carolina urging them to put their cotton in warehouses and to draw upon it if needed; also not to market more than a tenth of their crop at once. He says that by this means the prices can be kept around 12 cents, while if there is no system the speculators, aided by mill men, will keep the prices down around 8 cents, until the bulk of the crop is marketed. The grower in North Carolina are called to meet in convention here August 2. Weaaedar;aagnst lo ll oBKMoiNT, July 23. It was an nounced that the formal notification of Judge Parker will take place at Esopus on the afternoon of Wednesday, Au gust 10th. A telegram to this effect was sent from Bosemount to Champ Clark, chairman of the notification committee. Precedent will be rigidly followed throughout the function, but the cere mony will be made as brief as possible. Concord Markets. COTTON MARKET Stained 8 Good Middling 10 PHODUCI MIT. Corrected br J no. O. Smith. Pork 8 Bulk Meat, Sides 9 to 12 Belswax 20 Butter . . 8 to 20 Chicken .......... 10 to 30 Corn . 90 Eggs V . 15 Lard 8 to 12 Flour, North Carolina . . . 2.75 to 3.00 Meal, NeV. 1.00 Pea 1.40 Oat 60 to 65 Tallow 4 to 5 Salt . . W 65 Irish Potatoes, New . ... 1.00 Ham 15 to 17 For Sale orient. One four-room house to rent for $3 00 per mon'Ji, and one three-room house for $2.60 per month. Win soil either or both of these bouses at a reasonable price. Apply to J. B. 8HKRKILL. For 8ale Cheap. A number of H allon oak barrels. CAROLINA BOTTLISO CO.. Jul; M-lm Church Street. NOTICE. I hereby forbid any one entering my pas ture, under any excuse or for any reason. 1 will prosecute to the full extent of the law. . , w. L-yviNBouFr. July O-tt. n nMmiW! Bay Real Estate tf?erf it Will Yield an Enormous Profit. Chicago Highlands a suburb of Chicago, who the Chicago and Northwestern K. R. Tnd the Elgin, Joilet est. Eastern K. K. cross. 1 The Chicago Highlands Association capital $1,000,000,000, is developing the property. The Chicago Title and Trust Compa ny, capital $5,wUO,000, is the trustee lor The property. More than $300,000 has already been expended on the property. Large man- utactnnng plants are being erected. every lot ottered lor sale fronts on a finished street, sixty-six feet wide, is on line of water mains, and is accessible from an alley sixsten leet wide from the rear. $10 downand $10 a month is an easy way to save money. No interest charged. No tales nntU lot is hilly paid for. Free life insurance an unusual feature. Real estate, the road to wealth. Yon have the privilege to go to Chi cago to investigate the pioperty. The association guarantees the con struction of sidewalks on both sides of every street. Buy now while yon can realize the largest profit. Lots are being sold all over the United states. W. 0. OSTRANDER of Philadelphia, is the exclusive sales agent. H. A. M. Holsbouser, of Con cord, N. C, w the local agent. Call on him and get particulars, and buy through him. He has an option on a number ol lots tor a lew weeks. Mow is the time. Do not delay. Offers are made only as far as they can be made good. Advertisements are to be tound in nearly all the leading religious papers. The Lutheran Observer, of June 3, 1904, says: "We call the attention of our J A - . 1- - - J l- . C 1 IT rcHucrs to inc auvcriiscmcni ui vv. ivi uscranaer on toe last page ot tnis num ber. .He offers to investors one of the choicest and safest investments on the market. We invite a careful reading of the ad. by the reader who are looking for a place to invest their spare money where it will earn good dividends. It will certainly pay yon to invest your money through a broker with the standing that Mr. Ostrander has. He is in a position where he can afford to be extremely particular, and otters to m- vestors only the propositions that be has thoroughly investigated and found that be can sately recommend. Last Tear hia extensive fldvertisincr brought aim proposals to handle 600 big investment proposals. Uut ot tne 600 he accepted 8. Many of the other 592 were very good, but none were quite up to Mr. Ostrander s high standard. When be is not satished with every sin gle detail ot the pr position, he takes the sate course by refusing to bandle it upon any terms. We advise you to at least write to Mr. Ostrander, mentioning the Lutheran Observer, in reply to this advertisement, and let him send you further particulars of what he has to oner. Any one wishing to invest $10 per month for thirty-one months where it will increase irom lUU to sou percent, in the same length of time should inform H. A. M. HOLSHOUSER. TRUSTEE'S SALE ' OF THE LINN ERYIN FARM. His Honor Thomas A. McNlel having; de cided the case In the Superior Court of Ervln against Morris Brother in favor of Morris tlretners we as axecutors oi tne late r. m Morris and bv virtue of authoritv vested in us by a deed In trust or mortgage by Laura K. moss on tne 1st uay or uecemoer, iwt, which mnrtiratre or deed In trust is duly re- oorded In Register's offlce for Cabarrus county. M. C , In book No 8, page 128, will sell at public suction at the court house door In Concord, N. C, on Monday, August Stli. MM, to the highest bidder for cash: One tract in no, i townsnip aajoining wnac are Known as tne u. n. isrvin lanas, tne i;. a. Alexander lands, Nicholson lands and the lands ot others. Beginning at an ash on the corner of V. H. Brym stnai then n m K ai notes to a mack lack, said u. H . Krvin's cor ner; then with the C H. Ervln line to a stake on Coddle Creek; then up the creek as It meanders to a corner of the Alexander land, and near the Nicholson ford; then with the Alexander line to a black oak, corner be tween Alexanker. T. U Martin and the lands hereby conveyed; then N 7 w 15 poles to a hlcknrv. said Martins' corner: then 8 2X B 154 poles to a oelar on bank of Uock Ulver; then down the river 31 Doles to a hickory, form erly H. 8. Pharr's, now T. K. Phsrr's corner: men Bwt a vi poles to a cluster oi eims in a glade; then n US II 16 poles to a black Jack: then 8 76 E 128 poles to a hickory; then Nil 34 poles to the beginning point, containing Bfl acres more or less, and same being what was formerly tne J. r. Krvm lanas. Title to said DroDerty Is snpDosed to be good, but the purchaser only takes sucb title as we are authorised to convey uuaer saio mortgage. This &th day of July, 1(04. Z. A.. W. L. and Vf . W. MORRIS. Executors of P. M. Morris, Trustees. By w. at. sunn, Attorney SPECTACLES and Eye Glasses. Why strain your eyes when you can get them properly fitted with the very bst Glasses at moderate prices? For the ben efit of old people who are not able t stand thejong, hot drive to Concord, I wru be at the fol lowing places for one day only lor the purpose of fitting Glasses. No charge for examining your eyes: Harrisburg, July 15. Flow's, July tf. Miami mine, at D. 0 L. Bost's store, July 27. Georgeville, July 28. Glass, Dayvault's store. July 29. Remember the date and meet me there. W. C. CORRELL, Jeweler and Optician. July li-td, Grand yuctioji Sale Sommtr-DcuUch A Co. 4.00 and 5.00 Worsted Pants for $3. These fine Trousers have been arranged on a table near the door and are mixed sizes from our best sellers during the sea son, your choice for. 3.00 Pants at $2. This lot contains light and dark colors in flannels and neat stripe worsteds that sell for 2.50 and 3.00, priced in this sale. -2.00 $2 Pants $1.50. Some of these are all wool flan nels and others hard finish, in good assortment of sizes, extra values for the price 1 .30 $1 Panfs 75c. These are cotton stripe Pants of good value, sold anywhere for I.OO Boys' $1.00 Long Pants for 50c. We have quite an overstock of boys' long Pants in sizes 26 to H. L. PARKS & CO. The Mattress Store The Iron Bed Store 5 say a hundred years, as there is really no wear out to ours. They're cool, too, just the thing for summer. fiie IHLTEN 36 "in. Bleached Shirt Waist Linen at 25 and 374c per yd. 36 in. Bleached Linen Lawn 37V6 and 48c yd. du in. itieacnea .uinen, sneer quality, 65c. 68 in. Bleached Linen Table Damask in 2, 2Vi and 3 yd. rem nants at 5Uc per yard, worth 25 per cent. more. 60 . Bleached Linen Tnble DatQsk at 45c per yard, lengths 22 and 3 yd, value 65c yd. 58 in. Bleached Linen Table Damask at 40c yd, will cut anv length. 55 in. Bleached Cotton TabV Damask 25c yd. Linen Table Napkins from 12c to 98c per set ot six. ID- J. BOSTIiLlT. TP Ofileo's Soils, FhW Trousers and Foot wear . . 3 9 From now untikAugys 1st is not a question of profit, but of ridding these shelves and qpun ters. You need extra clothes for vacation time and now is your opportunity at a small cost. 29 inch lengths, that we sell for 50c per pair. Great values in Men's $10.00 summer suits at 750 Buy a new straw hat for a change. The price is small, 25c, 50c, and 1. 00 for hats that are worth a great deal more money, Special Value in Men's Socks. One lot of 50c Sample Socks, all colors and kinds only 25c. Big lot 25c Socks in drummers' samples at . 15c Do j 011 want all the Shirt goodisess you can possibly get for the money in neot patterns, well fitting and full made for 50c and i .00 ? Then come in and have a look. , Shoes Reduced. Great reductions have been made in men's, women's and children's low shoes. SPECIAL. ' Large assortment of Whift Counterpane in the Crocket and Nfcirsailles patterns, both hem med and fringed, at 85c to $2 68. You will do well to lay in a sup ply of these now before they ad vance. Girdle and short waist Cot sets 48c. Gauze Vests 5 to 15c. A good assortment of Infant's Lace Trimmed Lawn Hoods at 25 to 68c. Ladies' Umbrellas 48 to $1.33. The best 9V and 7bc Gingham m town. New lot pound Orcandie at 90c per pound. New lot Silk Taflctta Ribbon, Nos. 40 to 60, at 10c yd. New lot Fans 5 to 25c each. Miet Store
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