THE milD&RD.
Fkiuay, - July 26, 1889.
Jas. P. Cook, 1 Editors and
B. E. Hakeis,- j Proprietors.
STANDARD MOTES.
The Statesville Landmark isn't of
much use as wallpaper when we get
through with it It is a paragon
among newspapers.
Honors of all kinds are now con.
tested. A man has been found in
London who claims to be the trne
and only "Jack the Kipper," and in
proof of it describes Tery minutely
the various murders committed by
Jack. He seemed very much dis
gruntled and hurt when the police,
after examining carefully his claims,
dismissed him as being a fraud. It
is a shame for any one to come in
now, after Jack has with consider
able trouble made a reputation for
himself, and try to rob him of it
Never steal a man's character.
A new light has suddenly loomed
up on the political horizon. .It is
no less or greater a personage than,
the lion. John M. Brower, one of
our Congressmen from this State.
There is a possibility, though surely
nrt a probability, of his being made
Speaker of the next House of Rep
resentative. As the Republicans
have a bare majority, if Mr. Brower,
who is disaffected toward Harrison,
can get a following of two or three,
he will hold the balance of power,
and can dictate his own terms to
the Republican party. His " terms"
may be that he be made Speaker, or
receive handsome recognition at the
hands of his party.
DA. GRISSOM'S acquittal.
Tht great Grissom trial is ended.
After examining a great number of
witnesses, and listening to an elo
quent array of counsel on both sides
of the case, the Board of Directors
of the asjlnm, sitting as the jury,
have declared Dr. Eugene Grissom
innocent of the grave charges made
against him by a vote of six to two.
It perhaps shows bad grace to ques
tion the decision of those who have
had such ample opportunities to
weigh carefully the merits of the
case as the directors have had. But
through the press the people of the
State have had access to all the evi
dence in the case, and they, too, have
been sitting in judgment on the case,
and their verdict, by a large majority,
seems to be against Dr. Grissom.
Indignation meetings were held in
Raleigh to condemn the action of
the directors. The press of the
State generally seems to disapprove
of the verdict
The impression of the people as a
whole seems to be that there is some
thing gravely wrong ; and the posi
tion of Dr. Grissom is such a respon
sible one that there must not be a
doubt as to his character. The
asylum was founded that the unfor
tunates of the State might be re
lieved of the hardships, and some
times cruelty, incident to confine
ment in jails and other places not
specially prepared for the purpose,
and be placed where they could have
the best opportunities for recovery
that science and humanity can afford.
The superintendent of such a place
must be like Caesar's wife above
reproach.
Onr people would have been much
better satisfied if both Dr. Grissom
and Dr. Rogers had been removed,
as the latter also has been somewhat
compromised in the course of . the
investigation.
The acquittal of Dr. Grissom was
immediately followed by the resigna
tion of six subordinates, those of
Dr. Rogers and Mr. Thompson in
cluded. A DANGEROUS PROJECT.
A huge trust of $1,000,000,000 is
how talked of. Its object will be to
control the railroads. This sounds
big, and twenty years ago such a
scheme would have been pronounced
visionary. But why should it be
impossible now ? If a trust involv
ing ten or twenty or evj fifty mil
lions can be organized and prove
beneficial to those who enter into the
scheme, it will not be long before
this great trust will be possible. A
large and wealthy corporation has
practically its own way in matters of
this kind, as by competition it can
choke off smaller individual enter
prises. A trust involving a billion dollars
can even, if necessary, defy the gov
ernment itself. In this mercenary
&ge a large number of those who are
entrusted with what was once con
sidered the sacred task of making
the law for a country are men who
hate price, and they support those
men and measures that promise the
irreftteit financial returns for their
own. parses.
it will be a Bad day when this
great trust ii organized, for not only
will it immediate effect be deleterious
to the people, but it will be a dan-
gcrbul precedent, showing what are
the. pouibilitiei of thil iniquitous
method
A CORRECTION.
An experienced Cook, who ha9 been
spending the season at forehead, has
applied for a position in the Friend office.
His object is to raise the profession to a
higher Standard and do away with the
necessity of warmed-over opinions. His
intentions are laudable, but for the
present, at least, we prefer making our
own " roasts."
" Tell menot of a soft-sighing lover,
Such things maybe had ty he score,
I'd rather be bride to a rover,
And polish the rifle he bore."
Oxford Friend.
That keen, bright and handy little
HatcheH has been chopping again
but not a cherry tree. It is painful
to have failures, but fearful to see
them published to the world; indeed
it is cold encouragement from a
Friend. The above paragraph from
the Oxford Friend, the beautiful,
brilliant and charming Miss Mamie
Hatchett's paper, is not accurate. It
"might have been" the Hatchett
and not the "position," as "applied
for." Every "experienced Cook"
needs a Hatchett and this is un
doubtedly true when he places him
self in the midst of sudden and cruel
attacks, such as hover around jour
nalistic efforts. We never write or
quote poetry. We pass this by,
without criticism, as the charming
editress and her "soft sighing lover"
have a perfect right to their own
style and manner of wooing each
other. We kuow that we are in
danger; we know the awful results
that may follow; and we know our
utter helplessness. May the goddess
deal with us in mercy and make our
fate endurable, at least We trem
ble. Err. -
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A GRACEFUL ACT.
The stockholders of the North
Carolina railroad did a very graceful
thing at their recent meeting in
Greensboro. They ordered a monu
ment to b erected to the memory of
Calvin Graves,, of Caswell county,
whose vote decided the building of
that road. Away back in the forties,
when the dreani of the gifted More
head that there should be a railroad
built by the State from the east to
the west across the eutire length of
the State had taken shape and come
up as a bill before the Senate, there
was bitter opposition to it, and the
vote resulted in a tie. Calvin Graves
was president of the Senate, and by
his vote wa3 to be decided the ques
tion a question involving millions
of dollars to complete an undertak
ing the expediency of which was
doubted by many of our best and
brainiest men. Foreseeing that this
road would redound to the material
advancement of the State a view
fully justified by time and expe
rience in 6pite of the fact that he
knew the people of his own county
were bitterly opposed to the road, he
proved himself a true patriot by
casting his deciding vote in favor of
the road, and it was built He knew
that by this vote he sealed his politi
cal doom, yet be accepted the situa
tion and made the sacrifice for his
State. What a pity we have not
more men cast in the same mould as
Calvin Graves. But it seems that
after he was made, that mould was
broken.
KealtftM for Admission t the A. and
M. Col Ire.
The trustees of the Agricultural
and Mechanical College met yester
day morning, Mr. W. S. Trimrose in
the chair. A report of the executive
committee was taken up and discuss
ed and the following regulations
were adopted :
Applicants for admission to the
college must be not less than four
teen years of age, must furnish evi
dence of a good moral character,
must be able to read and write and
show a knowledge of arithmetic
through fractions, and have, a fair
knowledge of geography,' and the
history of North Carolina.
Applicants will be required to ap
pear before the county superinten
dent of education in connection with
not less than two members of the
county board of education, and sub
mit to an examination by written
questions which will be prepared by
the president of the college. If such
examination shall be passed satisfac
torily, the exainiuers will issue cer.
tificates of qualification to the most
meritorious applicants, in number
equal to the representation of their
respective counties in the House of
Representatives. Students thus ad
mitted, in number on the basis of
county representation in the lower
house of the legislature, will be giv
en tuition free of charge and provided
with board at eisht dollars rpr
w - j
month.
As to other students the 6ame qual
ifications shall apply ; but they will
be charged a tuition fee of $20 per
year. Books and stationary will be
furnished to all students at cost
Bishop Wilson, of Baltimore.
came near being killed in the rail
road wreck near Liberty, Va. He
was badly injured. In the darkness
of night the train running at forty
miles an hour plunged into a wash
out There were eighteen persons
killed. He was in a 6leeper. He
does not know how he escaped.
uod was with him. He is the
most eloquent of all living Metho
dist Bishops in the South. Wil
,mington. Messenger.
' Oar Exchanges Speak.
Fred Douglas has taken advan
tage of his opportunities. He has
accumulated $300,000 and a white
wife. Wilmington Star.
Gaj t J. F. Parker caught three
sturgeon on his trap last week, one
of which weighed over 200 pownds
and was 8 feet long, but it spoiled.
However, we learn that one of his
neighbors butchered it and got the
oil, he says "to put in his beans."
The: witness who looked through
the key-hole and saw Dr. Grissom
and Miss Burch is offset by the wit
ness who peeped through the window
blind and saw Dr. Rogers and Miss
Edwards. In the matter of under
hand testimony it is a square stand
off between the two doctors. Land
mark. The future condition of our
country depends more upon the
farmers than any other class of
men. As they go down all must go,
and as they improve and prosper,
as they must when they get back to
the true idea of agricultural life,
all kind of business must feel the
throb of that new life. Southern
Planter.
For eloquence, logical deductions
and scorching sarcasm, the speech
of Col. Waddell, in the Grissom in
vestigation case yesterday, has but
few equals in the history of the bar
in North Carolina, and no superior.
This is the general verdict among
all whatever may be their opinions
as to the issues involved in the case.
Raleigh Visitor.
The negroes have been educated
since the war by whites andioklay
the negro of twenty-five years stands
little more intelligent than his be
getter. This very fact shows the
stability of the question the negro
is practically where he was, and needs
only to be lifted out of ignorance or
out of the South. Charlotte Demo
crat It is about time for John Wanma
ker to make an inspecting tour to
the South to investigate the very
inefficient mail service to which the
Southern papers axe subjected. It
would have been well for some of the
route agents and postal clerks to
have gone to school a little longer
and to have made tho study of
ography a specialty. Dallas Eagle.
North Dakota is talking of estab
lishing a State government with only
one body in her General Assembly.
Under our system, and that of all
the other States of the Union, there
are two Senate and Commons. But
unless they represent different inter
ests in the State, it is not apparent,
as remarks a cotemporary, of what
use there is for more than one.
Watchman.
A New York paper says : " The
bustle, after a futile resistance to the
mandates of fashion, has at length
retired 'from activity." This may
be the case in a comatose town like
New York, but not so in a live
town like Wilmington, where there
is 6till bustle enongh to keep the
trade in old newspapers, umbrella
ribs and oak splits decidedly buoy
ant Wilmington Star.
We note the fact that representa
tives of one hundred Georgia mili
tary companies met in Atlanta last
week to frame a memorial to the
Legislatrnre of that State" asking
for the enactment of a law providing
for one year's compulsory military
service. This is an important move
ment, and will doubtless engage the
attention of the Legislatures of other
States. Wilmington Star.
Rural Stitesman : "Say, I'll vote
for your city grab bill if you'll vote
for my bill providin' for a Third
Deputy Auditor in my county."
City Statesman What on earth
do you want of a Third Deputy?"
"Well, ye see the regotlar Auditor
is a relative of mine, an' he's deaf
and dumbj and the First Deputy is
a relative of Boss Pmury and is bed
ridden, and the Second Deputy is a
relative of Boss Buckwheat and is
crazy. We want some one to do the
work."
Among the new laws enacted by
the last Legislature is one aimed at
the suppression, of idiots who think
it is fun to point a gun at persons.
The law says : " It shall be unlaw
ful for any person to point any gun
or pistol at any person, either in fun
or otherwise, whether such gun or
pistol be loaded or not. Any per
son violating thi section shall be
guilty of an assault, and upon con
viction shall be fined, imprisoned,
or both, at the discretion of the
court" Durham Sun.
Winston Republican: At Enon
Baptist church, Yadkin county, on
the Cth, a picnic was held. The Sun
beam Missionary Society, composed
of children, offered for sale ice cream
aud other refreshments, the proceeds
to be devoted to the benefit of their
society. After some $10 had been
realized some scouudel stole the
box containing the money, much to
the regret and tears of the little
folks, me oox and a $a paper
bill were afterwards found m the
public road leading to the church,
where the thief had cast it, not
noticing the bill hid away in the
paper that lined the side of the box.
DROPS OF
Tar, Pitch and Terpentine from the
Old North State.
The Newton Enterprise says crops
in that county promise to be the best
for many years.
O. II. Dockerv has left Washing
ton for Newport News, whence he
sans ior iuo Janeiro. 1
Misses Lilly Long and Kate-Shipp,
of Charlotte, returned from a
European tour Saturday.
Track-lavinrr on the Durham end
of the Lynchburg and Durham rail
road was begun several days ago.
Another factory will probably be
erected by the llocky Mount Mills
between the new and the old one.
Mr. J. S. Carr of Durham, N. C,
is said to have two hnndred and fifty
thousaud dollars insurance on his
life.
Two young men of Henderson
county, Sam White and Capers Har
ris, were di owned while bathing last
week.
The State Convention of the
Women's Christian Temperance
Union is now in session at Aeheville,
n. a
The congregation of the First
Baptist Church of Asheville have de
cided to build a new and larger
church.
. The survey of a portion of the
line between Union and Mecklen
burg counties, ordered by act of the
last Legislature, began on the 23rd
of July. "
Kev. Mr. Leitck, the evangelist,
will hold revival meetings in Monroe
soon. A new building, erected for
a livery stable, has been secured for
the purpose. '
Mr. Dolph Luper, an idiot of Gas
tonia, dropped dead at the dinner ta
ble one day last week. It is reported
that there were three deaths at Gas
tonia that day.
The representatives of the Weldoa
Fair Association have offered toj
give one day's gate receips at the
next fair towards the fund for buil
ding a soldiers' home.
Mrs. D.C. Kelley, of Moore county,
was attacked by a Jersey bull a few
days ago, and very seriously injured.
the bull ran up behind her, and
threw her up into the air.
Mr. Webb Austin, of Caldwell,
dropped dead while plowing in his
field on the 9th. He had just re
turned from Salisbury with a reve
nue appointment in his pocket
Lexington at last has a town gov
ernment. The board of commis
sioners have qualified and organ
ized and elected Mr. T. 15. Eldredge,
editor of the Davidson Dispatch,
mayor.
George Hoyle, in Catawba county,
was drunk and fooling around a
threshing machine. His arm was
cut to pieces, Drs. Anderson, Falls
and Goode amputating his arm near
the shoulder.
A large number of the citizens of
Union county turned out to hunt
a bear a few days ago, which
was seen dragging a chain. After a
long, weary hunt, it was found to be
a large bulldog.
A colored man near Tarboro was
killed last week by being pierced by
a wagon tongue. He was standing
in front of his team when they
became frightened aud ran against a
tree, thus impaling the driver.
Joe Frayley and Bettie Hall, both
of Dukes' factory, Durham, went
out to ride sometime ago with the
intention of getting married. Frayley
nad a bogus marriage performed,
and when it was discovered, ran off.
The private stockholders of the
North Carolina railroad, in annual
meeting at Greensboro, July 11th,
elected Thomas M. Holt, president;
H. W. Fries, R. F. Hoke, Bennehan
Cameron and Thomas M. Holt, di
rectors, There is a strange state of affairs
in Rocky Mount It appears that
W. D. Stokes, editor of the Rocky
Mount Plain-Dealer, sold his paper
to two parties and these two parties
have established two Plain-Dealers
in the same town. A newspaper
row is imminent
The Charlotte News says Mr. L.
C. McCoy, of Huntersville, CO years
old, has not drunk as much as a
pint of water in the last five years.
He never took a dose of medicine
in bis life, and though he had
smallpox and tjphoid fever, neither
of them put him to bed. ,.
Col. It J. Page, editor of the Ma
rion, N. C, Times-Eagle, and a near
kinsman to Gen Robt E. Lee, was
shot in the back of the neck and in
stantly killed by Ed. Brown, a Mc
Dowell farmer, for alleged intimacy
with Brown's widowed sister. The
shooting was done Monday night
Mr Samuel Howie, of Waxhaw,
had a very narrow escape last' Tues
day. He was attacked by a vicious
bull, which threw him about; ten
feet in the air, and then followed up
the attack. Fortunately he was res
cued from his perilous position, and
liis injuries were attended to by Dr.
Monroe. Three of his ribs, we learn,
were broken. j;
WASniXOTOEtTER
VARIOUS ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.
From Our Regular'TJorrespondent.
i Washington. July 23,
- Ex-SenatoKMahone, of VirgimVp
is one of the happiest men in the
country. He has succeeded in get
ting the Republican. National ,Oom-.
mittee to take a hand" in the political
muddle in his State fand the " resul t
is that the 'wily Mahbne ' ia more
firmly seated as the Republican bore
in that State than ever. This result
was not however, obtained without
an effort how great an effort may
be judged from the fact that the
sub-committee of the National Com
mittee, composed of Messrs. Quay,
Dudly, Clarkson, Fressendin : and
Hobart, was in continuous session
one entire day and night and after
wards had a long consultation with
Mr. Harrison. The only thing that
the anti-Mahoneites get as for as can
be. seen on tbe surface, is a share in
the federal offices, an the State, and
some people here are uncharitable
enough to say that's about all they
wanted. At auy rate, the, decision
of the committee in Mahone's fa,vpr
was closely followed by the appoint
ment of Col. J. L. Brady to be col
lector of internal revenue .for; the
Second District of that State. Col.
Brady lias been about the, bitterest
opponent Mahone had in ; the, State.
Hia salary will be $4,500 a year,
which is not to be sneezed at by a
man out in the cold.. He accepU the
situation, and said in ; an interview
here - that Mahone could have the
renomination : for Governor if he
wanted it. - , - . -
Mr. Harrison reached Washington
last week, stayed t several days , and
turned out. a : surprising number of
appointments, fiurpnaing ;to ., the
fellows ' who were only ; expect
. W.T 1
ing disappointments.. - . ixq aiso
took a hand in the deal between the
National Republican Committee and
the Republican faction of Virginia
a proceeding which, while it eru-
hauced his repntation as a politician,
ca used him to be more or less harshly
criticised by a large number of peo
ple who think the President should
keep out of partizan politics. He.
has now gone back to Deer Park.
For the present he will divide his
vacation into periods of a fortnight
each : he will remain away two
weeks, return here for two or three
days, then go to Mr. Blaine's cot
tage at Bar Harbor, Maine, for a two
weeks' stay, then b-itk to Washing
ton for a few days, after which he
will go to Deer Park to stay until
October.
Ex-Land Commissioner Sparks
will feel good when he learns that
Secretary Noble has sustained the de
cision made by him that eight years
must elapse from the planting of
trees on the public- lands before a
patent can be obtained under the
timber culture law.
The ex-funny man of the House
of Representatives, Rose well G. Horr,
of Michigan, has written a letter to
the State Department declining to
become United States Consul at
Valparaiso, Chili, notwithstanding
his recent appointment to that
position. He did not see that joke
in the appointment to a $3,000 posi
tion when he was applicant' ' for one
at $12,000. ;' ' ' .
Ex-Congressman Nichols, of
North Carolina, who made such a
strong fight for Public Printer, has
taken quite a tumble and accepted
an appointment as chief of the mail
divison in the treasury department.
Indiana has captured another nice
position. M. M, Hurley, formerly
postmaster at New Albany, has been
appointed Third Auditor , of the
Treasury. Alt the: auditors are now
Republicans. , '. .' '. .
Charles C. Austin has' been ap
pointed United States Marshal 'for
the Northern district of Alabama
There were only twenty-two appli
cants for this position, and the man
appointed was not one of them
either.
Public Printer Palmer has been
worried to such an extent by the
office-seekers that he has gone to
Pennsylvania to try to get a few'days
rest ' ",'''
Secretary Noble is very much
dissatisfied with the methods that
prevailed in the pension office in re
gard to the re-rating of pensioners.
He has ordered applications to be
held up until he can, make a ruling
to be followed in the future. Several
discharges have been made on ac
count of these re-ratings.
The opposition . to. the present
Civil Service law is rapidly becom
ing formidable. Not that the peo
ple do not believe reform is necessa
ry in our civil service, but because
they have found out that there is no
reform in the present methods, nor
do they believe any reform possible
under the law. It would hot be sur
prising if an effort was made tp re
peal the law at the coming session
of Congress. , ' ".
The'British Minister has a much
larger stock of politeness than the.
Persian "Minister, who took "Freuch
leave " the other day, and has noti
ment of his departure for England
and big intended return in October.
T O T I"! K
CO-SB
Vine
.. .Our Mr.. W. C. Coi:ukll has just returned from Parson's
Ilorological Institute, La Porte, Ind., wheve lie lias just com
pleted a full course in
"Watchmaking and Engraving,
and we are better prepared than ever to do work in our line.
tVE HAVE AN OUT-FIT FOR OUR BUSINESS SECOND
TO NONE, All we ask is a trial, and kt the merit of the
work speak for itself. We also keep in stock a suierb line of
WATCHES, CHAINS,
Jewelry, Silverware, &c., &c.
SPECTACLES WITH GOLD AND STEEL FRAMES.
We O-tauantke to give
Reaso n A Ji L E P R IO ES.
AVe cordially invite pur friends and the public generally
to call and give us he opportunity to verify all our claims.
CORRELL & BRO.
LADIES, CALL
Jelly Glasses, Berry Bowls,
our i lew crate of
PORCELAIN WARE.
It will afford me much
examine my goods.
" . ; 1
i Black Boys
You?TCi,lJ have" to tell your
yotf at Camp Latimer, AVrightsville, N. C, in care of Com
pny;'Qj Fotirtir "Regiment of ithe North Carolina State
Guards Adeo be sure and equip yourselves with a pain of
S WINK'S $2.00 or $3.00 SHOES.
f g?(3R REMKM BER
That whether marching thronngh Wilmington sand,
Or dancing with Wilmington's girls,
The most comfortable SHOE to wear,
Are the $2.00 or $3.00 a pairat SWINK'S.
()
louwdl also need several pair of White Gloves, of
u:7i ich I h a re a la rge stock.
Call and see inc. llcspectfvlhi,
W. J. SWINK.
Something New
-fo li
no KS 33 MEN !
Parker's Horse Detacher !
In offering to the public Parker's
Safety Whillletree, I present au article
that is good ami durable, and which will
be appreciated for the convenience and
safety it furnishes all who drive. an
the use of this device much labor U saved
in hooking and nnhookine horses besides
the safety and assurance it gives against
accidents and runaways and smash-ups,
as the horse can be released from the ve
hicle instantly without the occupants
moving out or their seats, and with no
more effort than would be employed in
lifting a two-pound weight.
SOME POINTS or EXCELLENCE
It is invaluable m 'Hrwiking young
horses, or horses that are in the habit of
running away, or horses that are usually
kind and tractable under ordinary cir
cumstances but nervous and excitable in
noisy, crowded thoroughfares.
The most timid lady can drive a spirited
or: dangerous animal without fear of
harm. It Is strongly made, the best ma
terial being used mats construction, and
it will outwear any buggy. It is made
interchangeable in all its parts, and can
be duplicated at a trifling cost. V i
A- Tiorse can be hocked up in less than
one-fourth the time employed by the old
way. No change to be made in the har
ness in using the tree.
'It is the best thing forthe purpose that
has ever been invented..' :
It is a saving of time and labor, and in
many instances will save life and prop
erty. I invite inspection and investiga
tion of this tree, and a practical test of
all I claim for it. -
CLIPPINGS FROM THE PRESS.
The Parker Manufacturing Company
promises to be the biggest enterprise in
Glasgow, and deservedly so, for their
whifrletree is decidedly ahead of anj'
thing of the kind ever introduced.
Glasgow (Ky.) Banner. For safety and
convenience it surpasses anything we
have yet seen. Cave City (Ky.) Herald.
The Safety Single-Tree and Fixture
patented by Dr. G. T. Parker, of this
place, is proving' a marvelous success.
We are glad to know that it is meeting
with the encouragement its real merit
deserves. Glasgow (Ivy.) Times.
Concord, N. C, July 10th, 189.
For safety and convenience it sur
passes anything I have yet seen.
M.J.COM..
FOR SALE BY
G. W. Vaughan,
CONCORD, N. C.
SALE S TOWN LOT
By virtue of a mortgage or deed in
trust executed to me by G.V. Montgomery
on the 11th day of November, 188(5, and
registered in Deed-in-Trust B oo No. 3,
pages 4G0 and 461, in Register's office of
Cabarrus eounty, I will sell for cash, at
the court-house door, in Concord, at one
o'clock, p. m., on MONDAY, the 24th day
of June, 1889, a certain LOT OF LAND
containing One-Half Acre, situated in
said town, adjoining what is known as
the Ephraim Means lot, arid bounded on
the east by the 6treet which runs back
from T. C Stric er's residence, and on
the south by the street which runs by A.
J. Blac welder's lot to said Means lot.
This the 23d day of May, 1889.
J. E. JOHNSTON,
my24-4w r By W.G. Means, Att'y.
PUBLIC!
LL & BBQ
JEWELERS.
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Perfect Fits (not spasms) at
AND SEE OUR
Fruit Saucers to match, also
pleasure if you will call and
Respectfully,
W.J. SWLYR.
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of Cabarrus
best girl, to direct her letter-
to
tea
O F
Drugs, Medicines
PAINTS, OILS,
Patent :-: Medicines,
PICTUKE FRAMES,
TOYS, FiNCy GOODS,
A T
Drug Store !
The following dialogue was
overheard a few days ago :
Little Boy Mamma, do
good little boys go to heaven
when they die Vy
Mamma "Yes, my son."
Little Boy "Is there any
candy in heaven V
Mamma "Oh, no, my son."
Little Boy" Then Pmglad
we've got such a good doctor,"
Speaking of the doctor, our
thoughts, by a very simple and
easy transition, turn to the
IDIRTTG-GKEST
The latter is frequently ac
cused of charging too much.
Like many other popular pre
judices this one, as I shall now
endeavor to show you, has very
little foundation in fact. A
man is suddenly, in the dead
of night, attacked with hydro
phobia, and his son gallops
thirteen miles to the nearest
drug store for an ounce of
bromide of potash. In the
hurry and excitement he for
gets to bring his pocket-book,
and he must either go back
without the medicine or the
druggist will have to charge
it. Again : William K. Van
derbilt stops over a'day in our
booming little town and, just
before supper, walks into my
store and, calling for a box of
Rough on Rats, tenders a
fifty thousand dollar check
in payment therefor. It is
past 4 o'clock and our bank
is closed. What am I to do?
Of course I have to ciiakoe it,
and yet I am blamed for charg
ing too much ! I write this in
the interest of the drug trade
of the whole country, and
hope this injustice will never
be done us again. In closing
permit me to call your earnest
and undivided attention to my
stock of ELY'S TURNIP
SEEDS and SCARR'S FRUIT
POWDERS.
mylO-ly J.P.GIBSON.
summer Sac
TO THE
E:
We have
line of
added a futl
Staple Dry kL
Shoes and Hats
to our stock. EVERY
THING, besides being lutr,
was bought at the loircst
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 luvje.
quantities and pay the cask
dawn, as soon as they mint,
in the house, mark them at
a small profit, and sell
for CASH.
WE GUARANTEE TEIECS OX
SALT, SHIRTING AND
PLAIDL, TO RE AS
LOW AT THE
LOWEST.
TO THE
IE
Our wholesale business has
been very .successful, and wo
thank our friends and custo
mers for kind words of cn
courairciiK'id and i 1 1 -in 1 or
ders. Our slock is larger than
ever, and our
Prices Lower.
Save time and trouble
dering your goods when
can do as well in Concord.
or-
Voll
WE OFFER:
1 Car Load Kerosene Oil,
1 " " White Hose Flour
50 Barrels of Sugar,
25 Sacks of Coffee,
25 Cases of Potash,
100 " Canned Goods,
50 Boxes of Tobacco,
50 Thousand Cigaretls,
250 Kegs ofFowdcr.
150 Bags of Shot,
50 Cases of Matches,
100,000 Paper Sacks,
We have the Agency for the
MiiiD MM Oil k
and keep all grades of Oil
stock.
1Q
ALSO TIIK AflFXCY Foil
When in Concord, will be
pleased to have you call.
'S,
and Retail Store.
RETAILTRAD
WD
Lafin& Rand PowdcrCos
PATTERSON
Leadin
Wholesale