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HIE STANDARD. Ja.s. P. Cook, B. E. Habris, Editors and Proprietors. FRIDAY, MAY 31,1889. GIVE US BETTER ROADS. The people of Cabarrus are and have ever been ashamed of the con cnuon 01 tne public roaad ot our county. There is perhaps nothing that so reflects discredit upon our excellent county as the miserable roads in the winter. The roads are bad, not because of any insurmounta ble obstacle in the way of improve ment, or because of any peculiarity of soil that renders us less fortunate .than our neighbors, but because our system of working the Toads is so defective. It is about as slip-shod and worthless a3 anything can well be that pretends to be more than a burlesque. Most people who are called upon to work the roads do so unwillingly and as little as possible, as if Ibey knew their entire labor was for the benefit of other people and none whatever for themselves. Next Monday the Justices of the Peace are to meet with the County Commissioners. Among the impor " tant measures that will be presented for their consideration will be the adoption or rejection of the McDon aid Road Law. Let them consider it well. In order that they may be able to do this more thoroughly we republish the law in The Standard to-day. The law provides for a levy of tax for the working of the roads one of the best ways by which this impor tant work can be most thoroughly done. It also provides for a certain amount of manual labor from each citizen. And last, but not least, it provides a way by which our convicts and inmates of the jail can be util ized in working the roads. How much better this would be than cither supporting them in demoral izing idleness in our jail or sending them away to work for rich railroad corporations, or to compete with honest labor, as our last Legislature requires them to do. By these three methods the burden rests equally upon all classes. Uur loads will be vastly improved, ; every citizen of the county will be benefitted directly and indirectly, Don't be afraid of innovations, where the innovation promises to add so much to the material advancement of our county. Below we publish in full the McDonald Road Law : A If ACT to pbovidi fob as altekxative me- THOD OF CONSTBUCTING AXD KEEP 1X0 IK EEPAIB THE PUBLIC B0ADS OT THI 8TATE. The Gekeral Assesibly or Nobth Carolina Do Exact : Sectios 1. That the board of com- missioners and the board of justices discretion, purchase any of the im of the peace of any county in the prove(i road machines and such State, m joint session at any regular Gtner implements and tools as may meeting, or at any meeting called by De deemed necessary or useful in the board of commissioners of any county, may. by a majority vote. adopt an alternative method of con- gEC jq. That the board of com Btructing and keeping in repair the miBsioners of any county shall have public roads of such county ahere- discretionary power to make an ap inaf ter provided : Provided, that pr0priation out of said road fund where it is said that the commission- or out of the general county fund ers and justices of the peace may for putting in repair any place in Buuuub u, mu luonwu wuj Butui uwfc uw cuiibwuviwu tu menu Hiiiui. i Sec. 2. That said board of com- missioners and Said board Of justices I of the peace, at any of said meetings, may provide for a fund for the con- struction and keeping in repair said public roads by levying an assess- ment, by way of ad valorem tax, not exceeding fifteen cents on the hundred dollars valuation, upon all property in such county subiect to taxation for State and comity Dur-Uh.f - V 1 1 C.I I jjvocb, nuskuoj Dutuiuuiwuj ueiuug iuuuui luwiuyiHBu wwus uri Carteret, Dare, Hyde, Moore, unss otherwise ; and said board of com hour and Twil. missioners and board of maticeaofl the peace shall also levy, in case earn uiuuruj uii u ihtibu. a dou- tax uPon all persons not exempted iu:u "3 "V eicesuujK J"T-n,Te, cenfs, wmcn taxes snail collected by the sheriff or other tax- 5.11 .fii county &s other IhLn ha tt A.f 7 l1Xen shall be kept separate and shall constitute, when col ected. the county road fund, to be expended of the v"vwwu uu cyuu public roads ox such county: Provided, that this sec tion snau be construed so as to alTL?a 2 ooara oi commissioners and board of justices of the peace to adopt .the provisions of this act at any time, notwithstanding they may have at some previous meeting rejected its provisions : Provided provided XI. -I" i i. the provisions of this act may aban don the same at any time and return f7vC:yAHne to the present system, by a majority vote of the board of commissioners and the board of justices of the peace. Ji!J UZTa Vh TO the peace of any couuty adopting tne provisions oi mis act, at any oi said meetings, shall provide for call- ineon all able-bodied male Demon r of said reapectiye county between .me ages oi twenty-one ana lorty ing four days in each and every year. under such rules and regulation an K&BS. aSiS?ftSl said board of commissioners shall nave power to exempt irom labor on said roads any one on account of nhvBical disability. Sec- 4. That any person refusine !SV.,2St1S5Saa cruiltv of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined not exceeding fifty dollars or imprisoned not exceeding thirty days. But any person may pay said road tax in la uor. at tne uiourctiuii buu wiui v,:i. .. Sioners. at such price per day as assault upon a white woman. the said commissioners shall pre .'5: That all persons confined ia thfl county jail, either undr final sentence of the court for crime or imprisonment for tho non-pay ment of fines or costs, or under final judgment in cases of bastardv, or under the vagrant acts, and all persons sentenced to the State pri son ior a lerin less man nve yetirs, shall bo available to the county com- imbbioners ior sucn county, at the umcieuon oi saiu commissioners, for the purpose of working said persons upon the publio roads under tno provisions of this set ; and upon the application of said commission ers to the judge of the superior court, or, if there be a criminal or inferior court ior the county, the judge or presiding officer of said court, it shall be the duty of said judge or presiding officer to assign such persons convicted in his court to such commissioners for said pur poses. And when any county has adopted the provisions of this act, the judge of the superior court or criminal court, or the presiding jus tice of the inferior court holding any court in an Adjoining county which has not availed itself of the provisions of this act, may sentence persons convicted of crime as afore said to work on the roads in such adjoining county, and such persons may be sent direct to such county. Sec. 6. That the board of directors of the penitentiary shall furnish the board of commissioners ot any county, upon tho requisition of said commissioners, not less than twenty nor more than fifty convicts to work upoD the public roads of such coun ty. The said convicts shall be at all times undar the supervision and control, as to their government and discipline, of the said penitentiary authoiitiee, and any county apply ing for said convicts under the pro visions of this section shall erect suitable stockades for their safe keeping and protection, and shall pay tho expenses of the keep and care and entire expense of said con victs, and also tho expense of their transportation from and back to the penitentiary, which said expenses may be paid out of said- couuty road fund, or the general county fund, wholly or in part, at the dis cretion of said board of commis sioners : Provided, that when any county shall obtain convicts under the provisions of this act, the said convicts shall be allowed to remain in such county as long as the county authorities may want their services . Provided, the county shall not make default in the payment of the ex penses aforesaid : And provided fur ther, that it shall be the duty of the board of directors of the peni tentiary to immediately deliver to the board of commissioners of any county that shall apply for convicts under this act such number of con victs within the limits aforesaid as may be asked for, such county, how ever, first advancing money suni cient to pay the transportation of the convicts and their guard. And any such county shall have prefer ence over any railroad company in the State, any law to the contrary L0twithstandin except where con- victs are specially assigned by stat- That said " of commissioners may adopt anv me roads of said respective coucties, not inconsistent with the provisions eTdSnt 'ofHid commission' ers best adapted for their respective counties, and may use said road funds and labor provided for in this act under such rules and regulations as they may prescribe. Sro. 8. That any person who may be appointed by the board of com missioners of any county to aid in carrying out the provisions of this act, ana wno en&u reiuse 10 periorm the duties assigned him, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof fined not exceed ing ten dollars or imprisoned not exceeding ten days. Sec- 9. That the board of commis- linnaro nf mv (fliin(v mat in tVioii- COnstructine and keepinc in reDair 4 any pUDilc r0ad requiring more than an ordinary expenditure of money or labor bv the road nanus. m;!nnari nf anv nrmnt.v nViftll havfi the power to re-locate or change any part cf any public road, when in their judgment such re-location or change shall prove advantageous to travel ; and such re-location or change shall be made in the manner now provided by law for laying out nA mrna fit fVio nrnTiflinn a of thin """" v - . 1 7, , . r RCt shall apply to tne counties oi ,, io t),.k tv Kanraiaw nf state is hereby required to furnish tk. kn. ni mmrmoginnorg nr Men county affected by the provisions-of tnis act witn fifty copies oi tms aci R That thia act Bhall not KSrinri Transylvania Rorkinffham.Wilkes.' Hyde. Tyrrell, Beaufort and Duplin. But this act ,7i i ioni Ah.nfr twn ""YV" SnmTt tte i -f rmA fVinnnand eierht nun- I T"A :u, ; nv tnwn. ship of Cabarrus county wherein :rn:nTrrhM been adopted; and w Baia chapter shall at any time be Copied m any other township in ffl hv kLa provided in 0 one 'thousand eight hundred and eighty-five, then such adoption shall serve as a repeal of WODUO this act in said township. Sec. 14. That this act shall be in force from and after its ratification Ratified the 11th day of March, A D. 1889. Jndge II. L. Bond is trying to jail the commissioners and treasurer ot Rutherford connty for alleged neg L . , , ... . ,. r. lecc oi uuuea railroad. The work on the Governor s man well. The BUI. wilf own somo hane I property when this magnificent i,,- ATTmw,d buldin 18 completed. I A man a nesrro man at that h been lynched at Port Huron I Miohiean, and vet we see no flaming editorials in Northern papers about " .... . l . the bloodthirsty savages of the - North. The negro was lynched for - seems that the northern people are 8 to protect thdr wives and ftlttaughtera m the soutnern people. DROPS OF Tar, PltcU and Turpentine from the Oia Kortn Ntnte. . The roof work of the Governor's mansion is finished. Raleigh votes on local option June 10th. The State Press Convention will meet July 17th. Pluce not selected. The town of Rockingham gets $1, 750 a year from the tax on selling liquor. The North Carolina Dental As sociation meets this year at Greens boro on June 15th. Rev. R. G. Pearson is this week stiring up the people of Greensboro with his powerful sermons. The Y. M. C. A. at Winston-Salem has made a new departure by having enclosed regular athletic grounds. Messrs. J. S. Carr and Harry Walters have each agreed to give $500 to the North Carolina Soldiers' Home. Rev. 1). G. Hill, of Fayetteville, was elected moderator of the Southern Presbyterian Church which met m Chattanooga last week. A little girl in Tarboro, twelve years old, goaded by ill treatment, took off her clothes and jumped in a well and killed herself. Bill Weddington, the negro who killed policeman Pierce in Monroe about a year ago, has comfessed his crime and will he hanged. Gov. Fowle has pardoned Ephraim Davis., aged 05, sentenced for life as accessory to a murder eight ago, he having served these years many years. LuG range Sentinel: A stnrgeon nine feet long and weighing 300 pounds was caught in the Neuse river opposite LaGrange one day last week. Ex-Gov. Jarvis having been elected an alderman of the town Greenville, the Twin-City Daily wants a stop put to all this chat about republics bein ungrateful. The Henderson Gold Leaf says: Glorious rains have visited this sec tiou during the past few days. Up to Sunday we had been without rain for some weeks, and it was getting terribly dry and dusty. Three white men disguised as "White Caps" attacked two white lads in Hyde county. One of the boys was not afraid, and attacked his his assailants with a razor. He badly wounded one of them. Robert Sitton, of Jackson county, while sick with typhoid fever, on Thursday night when no one was in the room got out of bed, procured pistol, put it to the temple, and fired, killing himself instantly. Shelby Aurora: The academy bonds, $8,000, will soon be engraved and placed on the market. The building site will soon be selected, and soon Shelby will have a build ing worthy of our enterprising place. Charlotte man who was just in from a tiip through Kershaw and Lancaster, S. C, says that no rain has fallen there in two months, and the cotton crop is a complete failure. There is not one-tenth of a crop so far. , A great wolf hunt, organized by the people of Macon county ,has re sulted in the killing of ten wolves. Thirty experienced hunters led the hnnt. Wolves have done great dam age to sheep in that section of the country. , Raleigh correspondent Wilming ton Messenger : The negro must be popular with the postoffice depart ment, as a route agent. Four or five of them come in here. The last ap pointee i3 George T. Wassom, of Goldsboro. The people of Harnett county, in accordance with the provisions of the act of the last legislature, have voted upon the question of the re moval of the county seat from Lillington to Dunn. The vote was largely against removal. A shocking accident oceured near Dunn last Saturday. The little ten year old daughter of Mr. W. C. Jackson was thrown from a cart and kicked to death by a horse, the animal becoming frightened at the driver's walking by its side. The Farmers' Alliance of Craven, Jones, Lenoir and other Eastern counties will meet in convention in June to consider the practicability of establishing a pine straw bagging factory at Rivcrdale. The machinery has already been purchased. The case of William Mahone and others against the Carolina Oil and Creosote Company has been settled. Hon. Wainer Miller, of New York, has been elected president of the com pany, Mr. Thomas, of Washington, having resigned. The charges against Canady were vacated. Salem Press: The Arista Cotton Mills, of Salem, have made regular shipments of cotton cloth to China for the past two years. The Salem Iron Works have also shipped saw mills to Siam and South America. The tobacco manufactured in Winston-Salem has also reached foreign markets, WASIIINOTON liETTlSR. THE SUNDAY EXCURSION AGAIN ALL THE FAMILY TO BE LOOKED AFTEK HE WILL NOT RE SIGN DEFICIENCY IN THE PENS ION S ALLOWANCE. From Our Regular Correspondent. Washington, May 27th, 1889. Postmaster-General Wanamaker, or as the irreverent persist in calling him " Cheap John," is deserving of a leather medal as the champion hair-splitter of the age. Saturday afternoon he tendered the use of his newly-purchased steam yacht, "Rest less," to Harrison and a party of friends all men this time to go on a Sunday excursion down to Chesa peake Bay, but asked to be excused from accompanying the party on the ground that he could not be away from his Philadelphia Sunday-school on Sunday. He probably thought to ease his conscience for lending his yacht to the Sunday excursionists by staying away and attending to his Sunday-school class, but what would the members of that class have thought as they took their instruc tion from Mr. Wanamaker yesterday could they have seen at that very time the gay party aboard of the "Restless," which wa3 being need lessly run on Sunday under the or ders of and at the expense of their teacher ? What a picture of man as he professes to be and man a3 he ac tually is would that have put before those Philadelphia young people. Harrison and the other junkets re turned to Washington to-day. . This is quite a family sort of an administration. The latest appoint ment is that of R. C. Spooner, of Wisconsin, brother of Senator Spoon er, to be United States consul at Prague. Any other Senators or Representatives of influence having brothers or sons to be provided for will do well to address J. G. Blaine, Department of State, at once. United States Treasurer Huston, j who is incidentally chairman of the Republican State Committee of In diana, has gone home in a terrible pet because Corporal Tanner, of the pension office, and the Postmaster- General would not allow him to name a lot of appointments in their offices. But when he returns he will not resign his office, as some of his friends hint. He knows when he has a " snap," and is not likely to give it up because he can't get a few places for his strikers. Corporal Tanner has already an nounced that there will be a de ficiency of at least $15,000,000 on account of pensions during the fiscal year beginning July 1st, and he is trying to make it appear that the late commissioner, General Black, is responsible for it. To any one fa miliar with the rulings of Tanner and of Assistant Secretary of the Interior Bussey, who hears appeals, there is no difficulty in placing the responsibility for this deficiency. I shall be greatly surprised if it isn't nearer $25,000,000 than $15,000,000, and, besides, I am satisGed that there is a large deficiency for the current fiscal year, ending June 30th, about which Tanner has yet said nothing. Senator Quay's bluster has had its effect. Harrison has surrendered, and the Pennsylvanian boss gets all he wants in spite of the opposition of Postmaster-General Wanamaker, B033 McManes and Representative Bingham. Quay has had the f ollow ins: Pennsvlvanians appointed bv Harrison : B. F. Gilkerson to be Se cond Comptroller of the Treasury ; S. B. Holliday to be Commissioner of Customs, and David Martin to be collector of internal revenue for the Philadelphia district. Senators Cullom and Farwell are not so fortunate. They are still floundering around in the shadow thrown by the influence of Represen tative Cannon, of Illinois. It is very seldom that a Representative is strong enough to down two Senators of his own party, but "Joe" Cannon performed the trick. Harrison is going slower instead of faster in the matter of making appointments, and the dissatisfaction among Republicans is daily spread ing and the growls growing louder, as the cause for all the trouble Harrison's weakness becomes more apparent to the disappointed men who nominated and elected him. Washington sent a big delegation to Alexandria, Va., last Friday to witness the unveiling of a handsome statue erected in honor of the Con federates of that city. The princi pal speech was delivered by Gov. Lee. Gen. Twiggs' famous swords,which have been on exhibition in the Bu reau of Engraving and Printing, in this city, ever since their capture during the late war, have, in accord ance with the recent decision of the court claims, been turned over to A. C. Myers, executor of the estate of the late General David Twiggs. The standing of parties who passed the civil service examinations will be made public hereafter. This ia a victory for the people, and will to a great extent prevent f avontism. The love of money is the root of an SYU. at. 1 aui, Oar Exchange Speak. Senator Sherman is in Rome. It may not suit the venerable Ohioan, but for the present he will be com pelled to do as Rome does. Review. The Oklahoma boom has about played out, and it is now said that the disgusted emigrants are leaving there in as great numbers as were recently to be seen pouring into its borders. Herald. The N. Y. Press refers to Hon. J ohn Wanamaker as a representative of the fifth estate, and the N. Y. Sun wants to know where the fifth estate is. It's probably where the fifth wheel in a wagon is or thereabouts. Wil. Star. The best evidence of the selfish ness of mankind in general is that nearly every man you meet wants to tell you something about himself, but is,not willing to listen while you are almost dying to do the same thing. Review. The workingman who takes stock in the idea tariff gives him high er wages is about the most profound ly gulled individual in the land. It simply helps millionaires to greater profits and the worker to less wages. Pittsburg Post. The reason cotton was slow com ing up this season was that it did not propose to be wrapped in jute bagging, and was only waiting to hear what the farmers had decided to do, at the Birmingham conven tion. Mecklenburg Times. There are some things a Chicago mat can stand and some he can't A recent order by a horse railroad company requiring the conductors to wear clean white shirts and col lars is regarded as a piece of despot ism justifying insurrection. Star. It is well that so many of Senator Edmunds people are moving their business to Alabama. The dreary, inhospitable State of Vermont is fit for nothing but the growth of sense less prejudices. All the Green Mountain boys should come South. Sentinel. Bob Lincoln is well received in England. The prestige of a great name helps an ordinary sen. Bob is a clever sort of a fellow, but he will never set the Thames afire. As long as there is nothing to do and no sort of complications, Bob will do as well as any other figure-head. Messenger. If the editors of the Alliance papers in the South will just stop covering their cotton crops with jute bagging-the trust will have to go At a rough estimate the editors of the agricultural papers of this sec tion must raise seven-eighths, proba bly nine-tenths, of the cotton crop. Landmark. Mrs. Belva Look wood has gone to Europe. She will be away some time will probably not return until after the National Conventions meet in 1892. She is going to try to make the European tour dodge a greater success than Blaine did last year. Failing in this, she will petition Victoria for a colonelcy in the Royal Horse Guards. Plant. Minnesota has a law under which people may be punished for being drunk "in secret," and a contempora ry asks : "But if the man is drunk in secret how is the fact to become known?" If you know your men you can find them every day on a "secret" drunk. This class never stagger, and look wise as owls, but they are loaded all the same. Star. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. There will be a meeting of the stockholders of the CONCORD FE MALE ACADEMY at W. M.Smith's office on MONDAY NIGHT. June 3d, at 8 p. m. A full attendance is urged, as business of importance comes up for consideration. VV. It. ODJSLIj, Pres. J. A. Clixe, Sec'y and Treas- 1ST OH ICE, Under a mortsraee executed bv ,T. C. Johnston and wife I will sell, for cash, at the court-house door in Concord, on MONDAY, the 1st of July, 1889, a TRACT OF LAND ly irg in No. 3 township, Cabarrus county, adjoining the lands of C. A. Overcash and others, containing about fifty-seven (57) acres, and known as a part of the Cope place. juay sucn, iso J. STIREWALT, Trustee. H. S. Ppbyzab, Att'y. my 33-tds Richmond an Danville R. R. Co., 1 jnorth uarolina division, i Division Passenger Office, j Raleigh, N. C. , May 27th, 1889. J LOW RA TES. The Richmond and Danville railroad will sell round-trip tickets to the CENTENNIAL REUNION OF ALUMNI A T CHAPEL HILL, N. C May 3 1st to June 6th, UNULUSlVE, GOOD RETURNING UNTIL AND INCLUDING JUNE 10th, '89: From Charlotte and return " Concord " " Salisbury " " Linwooa " Lexington " ..$4 .. 3 .. 3 .. 3 .. 3 .. 2 .. 2 .. 2 xnomasville High Point " Jamestown " Ttnrftl Hall u It 3 25 " Salem-Winston " " Kernersville ,4 3 and from all other stations in the State at proportionately low rates. G.L.TATLOB W.A.TCB?, Mho win AT- SWIJNTK'S -) -TO THOSE GrOOD ZE3I I WOULD BE GLAD I can sell you a HAM try them and you will always tSjTTlease don't say officers : To those who love a Ono PouhcI Fine-Cut Smoking Tobacco and Pipe I HAVE JUST RECEIVED ANOTHER LOT OF TRUNKS, HAND-BAGS, YALLSES, &C. TRAVELERS, GIVE ME A CALL. 13 WHITE LAWN 10, 12 and 25 Cents per yard-.Jgfl GREAT ATTRACTIONS -AT TIIE LEADING I have juit received another lot of the most elegant SPRING MILI1ERY ! EVER BROJtPHT TO CONCORD. I have a beautiful and endless variety of TRIMMED & UNTRIMMED H -A-T - S FOR LADIES, MISSES & CHILDREN. Also a most handsome line of -AND- Trimming Material, which will be offered at a SMALL ADVANCE ON COST I STRIVE TO PLEASE ALL, AND ONLY ASK A FAIR TRIAL. SSfl also have a beautiful assort ment of LACE CAPS and BON NETS FOR CHILDREN. Reepecifully, h j. i. m SIO SAVED. ALL KIND OF REPAIRS FOR Cook and Heating STOVES. When you want Repairs bring me the name, number and maker's name of your stove and I can get them for you. Cook Stoves CAN SUIT EVERYBODY IN PRICES AND QUALITY. o FIRE CLAY FLUE PIPE, Safest and cheapest material for building Flues. Lightning Hods For Dwellings, Barns, &c. &c. Tin RoofingAnd buttering A Specialty: RUBBER ROOFING PAINT for preserving Tin and Shingle Roofs and stopping Leaks. MILLINER T E F owe Tips, Ribbons, Saddles and Harness Saddles, Harness, Bridles, Col lars, Whips and everything in the Saddle and Harness line. HAND MADE HARNESS OF THE BEST OAK TAN NED LEATHER. Highest Cash prices paid for Hides. Come and see me. W. J. HILL- CQKCQRD.N.C. (O) (- WHO ENJOY A X ZMI IE A T TO SUPPLY YOU. THAT IS DELICIOUS. Once want in ore. -:o: anything about this to Revenue GOOD SMOKE I can sell you P W. J. SWINK. TO RAILWAY CONTRACTORS. Bids are now wanted for building and equipinff the Concord Street Railway, in accordance with the Profile and Specification on file in my omce. Contractors may bid for the entire work or upon any part of it. Bids from parties who are prepar ed to do the work at once will be considered most favorably, J. P. Allisox, President Concord Street Railway Company. Carpets and Rugs RENOVATED AND RESTORED to their ORIGINAL COLOR & BEAUTY at residence WHILE ON TIIE FLOOR. Sample of work free. Leave all orders at Cannons & Fetzer's. mv 10-4t W. B. DONALDSON NORTH CAROLINA COLLEGE. Next session begins, the first Mon day of September. Location healthy Terms moderate. For catalougue Or paiticulars, ad- dress Rev. J. G. SCBAID, Pres't, Mt. Pleasant, N. C. Aiifrust 3, 188S, .A. LIVE DRUG STORE! -IN- ConcordatLast! " Cupid and my Campappe' play'd At cards for kisses. Cupid paid ; He stakes his quiver, bow and arrows, His mother's doves, and team of sparrows; Loses them too ; then down he throws The coral of his lip, (but none knows how), With these, the crystal of his brow, And then the dimple of his chin ; All these did my Campaspe win. At last he set her both his eyes; She won, and Cupid blind did rise. Oh, Love ! has she clone this to thee? What shall, alas ! become of me !" These lines were penned more than three hundred years ago, and yet it would be hard to find anything to surpass them in the poetry of to-day. And yet we live in a world and in an age of progress. One hun dred years ago New York had a population of 33,000, To-day with Brooklyn and Jersey City her other suburbs the cen sus would give her 3,300,000. Concord, in about the same length of time, has developed into a village of 3,000 inhabi tants. ' Why should a man, whose blood is warm within, Sit like his grandsire, cut In alabaster." Why, indeed ? The answer is not far to seek, but it is none of my bu siness, and is far from my intention, to point it out at thia time. Of one thing we are all assured, however, and that is that Concord is entering upon a new era of growth and ex pansion and prosperity, and believ ing, as I do, that the attention of our people needs only to be awakened to the importance of keeping all of our money at home, I have determined to offer such inducements to the JOBBING & RETAIL TRADE of Concord and its vicinity that no one, hereafter, shall have any excuse for going away from home to buy anything in the way of Drugs, :-: Medicines, PAINTS, OILS, Etc., Etc. New York, Baltimore and Charlotte prices will, at GIBSOirS DRUG STORE, in the future, BE DUPLICATED, and at any time if tho article is not in stock it will be ordered direct from the nearest city by express or freight, as directed, and DELIV ERED AT THE PRICE MARKED ON THE BOTTLE. Instead of or dering medicines direct, turn over your order to me and I will get it more promptly than you can, and, in addition, save you the freight- BST"I have just received a large lot of PAINTS, which will be sold as cheaply as they can be bought any where. I have also added to my stock an immense and beautiful line of MOULDINGS for picture frames. With my patent mitre-box I can make any size of picture frame in ten minutes, ranging irr price from 5 cents to $10, out of moulding worth from 2 to 50 cents per foot. My stock of Toys, China and Fancy Goods, Baseball Goods, Croquet Sets, Tobacco and Cigars is the most complete in town- J. P. GIBSON. or ! TO TH5 RETAIL TRADE: We have added a full line of Staple Dry kk, Stes ani l to our stock. EVERY THING, besides being new, was bought at the lowest cash prices, and we guar antee to sell you as cheap, and many things cheaper, than you canbuy elsewhere. Our rule is to buy in large quantities and pay the cash dawn, as soon as they come in the house, mark them at a small profit, and sell for CASH. WE GUARANTEE PRIECS 0r SALT, SHIRTING AND PLAIDL, TO BE AS LOW AT TIIE LOWEST. TO THE Our wholesale business lias been very successful, and Ave thank our friends and custo mers for kind words of en couragement and lilnjnil or ders. Our stock is larger than ever, and our Prices Lower. Save time and trouble or dering your goods when von can do as well in Concord. WE OFFER: 1 Car Load Kerosene Oil, 1 " " White Eose Flour 50 Barrels of Sugar, HQ metes of Coffee, 25 Cases of Potash. 100 Canned Goods, 50 Boxes of Tobacco, 50 Thousand Cigar etts, 250 Kegs of Powder. 150 Bags of Shot, 50 Cases of Matches, 1UU,UUU Paper Sacks, $c- We have the Agency for the Baltimore Mel Oil ft). and keep all grades of Oil in stock. ALSO TIIE AGFNCY FOR When in Concord, will be pleased to have you call. PATTERSON'S, king Wholesale ii mi mi w id ebrated I B i II Hi an