Arrivnl of Trains.
fmm Richmond arrives at 11:15 a. m.
So. 11 fr?,m Washington " " ' io:q3 p. m.
35
Atlanta " ." 7:23 p.m.
bnta " 8:05 a.m.
vpwVork ,v " 8:53 a.m.
12
-,6
57 .. tianta " 9:03 p.m.
' . fi-pisrht leaves at 12m.
63 Southbound the ' locai trains' between
No5- u, -" Atlanta. Nos. 35 and 36 are the
Ricnmu
Kiciu - between Atlanta anu whm-muk-tast
mall tiu afe the Washington and
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. . - j itr i: -
T.on u -tern Vestibuled Limited trains ana stop
TV rxC 77 il I V- - - .. .. . .
jlt Concord on
A BATOH OF LOCAL NEWS.
l,lfkoll'pa'lrtPutin Shape By On
llustlintf Pencil Pusher.
Concord has six beef markets. No
lack for beef.
g I, Kluttz has now opened his
beef market,
jlr. Herbert Cook is quite sick
with typhoid feyor.
Mrs. U J Bostian is qaite sick,. we
regret to announce.
Mr.- Noah Correll quit work
Tuesday eyening with a chill.
Mr. Maury Richmond is at
his post again at Swink's, after a
week's illness. :
Sims & Alexander haye the finest
assortment of French and plain
candy in the city.
Mr, Harry Fryling has a contract
for wiring some buildings at Chapel
Hill. He is there now. . '
Big line of children's knee, pants
just in 20, 25, 40 and 5'0 cents
per pair at Cannors & Fetzer'e, tf
Miss Bessie Gainey, who was quite
sink, is again at her post in the
office at tne Odeli Company store.
Just received a full line of sample
ailklined Golf caps, worth 50 cents
take your choice for 25 cents, . at
Cannons & Fetzer's. tf,
Mr. Gilland, Esq. W J Hill's
tinner, has gone to Rock Hill, S. C,
where he puts a roof upon the
3150.000 cotton factory at that
place.
Butler, Webster. & Co., of Char
lotte, made an assignment Wednes
oay evening, They could, not nur-
vive tne ettects or tne nre some
months ago.
Harve Blackwelder and his
aaugnter, Juna, both colored, were
arrested Wednesday night by Sheriff
Sims, Harve gave bail and was
liberated, while Julia was sent to
jail.
Our Mr. Deaton, with a nose for
news and an enerav to follow it. left
here Wednesday at 9.45, went 6
miles into the countrv to the scene
of the explosion, returned and by
o'clock the matter was all in cold
type. This Is rapid transit. -
A hacking cough keeps the bron
shial tubes in a state of constant ir
ritation, which, it not speedily re
moved, may lead to chronic bron
caitis. No prompter remedy can be
found than Ayer's Cherry Pectoral,
Its effect is immediate and the re
sult permanent.
Capi. T S Robertson, of Burling-
ton. the second man to run a loco
motive engine over the North Oaro-
!ina railroad, is in the citv. He is
nn a i . , . - . v I
iZ r ni8 many triena?, 01
-6 gu, ana astea about Beverai ins
Ornate ones that w r ,w.
t
Which is worse, imprisonment for
lie or a life-long disease, like scro
fula, for example? The former
certainly, would be preferable were
itnnfv j.
not that Oyer's Sarsaparilla can
ayg come to the rescue and give
ihi poor sufferer health, utreneth.
fcappineM. ,
, The city water works company is
a a "ain pipe on mill Bireei
deptb of eighteen inches more than
owing to the pipe having
11 close to the surface to pre-
nilfreezing iQ the winter. At
rut ' Wbile the work is going on a
13 hung out as a danger sig-
Another Boiler Explosion.
Sheriff John A Sims Las just ie-c-ived
a letter from Mr. R S Sloan,
forme ly of this county, who writes
from Eureka, Texas, his home. He
tells of a boiler explosion there.
Two wen (brothers) were instanly
killed and buried in th
duiud laiCi
I'he boiler was thrown through the
building, going through nineteen
2x12 joice and tearing up floor and
press and striking the ground 305
yards from the foundation and re
bounding went 80 yards further be.
fore coming to the ground.
Mr. Sloan adds that the crops are
a failure, especially cotton and corn.
The price of cotton runs from 7 to
71; and corn from 18 to 20, cents. .
This accident in it extent, to re
turn, seems almost incredible, but
Mr. Sloan is perrectly reliable and
is a high-toned, Christian gentle.
man,
Laid to Rest,
The funeral of Mr. J Whit Burk
head was conducted from the First
Presbyterian church this morninsr at
9 o'clock by his pastor, Rev. W O
Alexander, who paid a sweet tribute
o the deceased, and very touchingly
dwelt upon his faithfulness to man
and to his Savior, after which the
remains were conveyed to the ceme
iery, where they were laid to rest.
The pallbearers were: Messrs. J C
Wadsworth, J L Hartsell, A M
Faggart, W M Stuart, D L Bost and
A E Lentz.
The Jiegro Convention.
There were 150 delegates at the
colored conyention in Raleigh on
Wednesday.
John Williamson and Ed John-
son were the leaders, and they claim
that it was solid against fusion. It
was a har nonious and enthusiastic
meeting.
Do You Want Either ?
The following articles are offered
for sale privately and reasonably:
One pool table, balls and cues ; one
bagatelle table, one cook stove, one
gra., two parlorstoves and a dining
table. .For further particulars call
at this offiiee. s2tf
Abont the Wounded.
Mr. Matthew Safrit, a brother to
Mr. Jackson Safrit, the old gentle
man who was so badly wounded in
the explosion yesterday, arrived in
the city this afternoon and states
that his brother and old Mr. Bost are
vet alive" bnt H isnot thouSbt that
they can live 24 hours longer.
Senator liutler Issues Cards.
RanAtnr Butler and other Repub-
licans issue a call to their followers
to attend the non partisan silver con Mr. Chalmers Voils, once a resi
yention, which Mr. Ed Chambers dent of this place, but now of
Smith has inaugurated. It is pre'. Mooresville, is spending several
dieted that an immehse crowd will
be present.
A Greek Devil Belief.
The Greek conception of their
devil, whom they call Yama, make
that personage one of the most sa-
tViP whole devil tribe. Ac-
cording to their ideas of him he is
240 miles high and the hairs on his
v i- nt-A nnf I ?lra nalm trees on a I
Z: nrniHhe8 to
mouuiiu o-.. hifl
doomed beings submitted to his
... .
Uat?Z?
DOliing on, -6 ' .
two. pouring molten lead in
ears and such other little pranks as
lit A..mm. M Ad 0.nf1
otillinff out meir iuuguco, wo
gngeraiia and goughiog out their
eye8. He is a heartless old devil of
the most devilish kind, and has
many other exquisite little tortures
signed to his "chamber of horrors.
laia up ioru rv.r.- :;V'-
i M.m a no n v. rnUjii luu"
IVhen Baby was sick, we gave her Castorta.
When she was a Child, she cried for Castoria.
When she became Miss, she clung to Castoria.
Wfcen she had Children, she gave them Castoria.
THE RUSH OF HUMANITY.
People Who Travel, as Seen ty Oar
Beorter. '
Rufus D Patterson is in the
city. '
Mrs. G T Crowell is vi3iting in
Charlotte.
Mr. and Mrs. Joel Reed have
returned from the springs.
Oapt, J M Odell has returned
from a several weeks trip north.
Lawyer S J Durham arrived
in the city last night from Bessemer
City. ; " -
Mr. Charles Phifer returned to
the city today from a trip to Wins
8 ton.
Dr. and Mrs. J D Lisle, of the
Reed mine was in the city Wednes
day night.
-Messrs S J Ervin and Charles
E Alexander spent Wednesday
evening in Stanly,
Miss Mollie Dadson, oneof the
graded school teachers, arrived in
the dty TueSday nighfc-
Master Lindsay Ross will .leave
tomorrow morning for Mebanes, N.
0,, where he enters school. !
Miss Lou King left this mom-
ing for her home atKingwood, after
spending several days in the city.
Mrs, W A Wilkinson and little
Annie Kime have returned from a
i1 l relatives in Iredell county,
Mrs. W L Wiseman, of Saliss
bury, will arrive in the city this
evening to visit Mrs. G W Brown.
llr. H P Torrence, of Forest
Hill,
has gone to Charlotte, David
eon and Iredell, to spend several
weeks.
Mrs. p R T?txr. nhn iifl
visiting at Dr. H C Herring's in
Charlotte, arrived home Wednesday
evening, I
Mr. James A Deaton left on the
11:15 train today for Columbia, S.
CM where he has secured a position
ina:e-
iur, anu Dira. iv a. rowen are
snendin? several davs in Charlotte.
Mr. Powell snperintenda the work
at the Heed gold mine.
Mrs. K S Harris left this moms
ing for Winston, being called there
by the sad and fatal accident to lit
tle Richard Wilson, her grand son.
Rev. J Y Allison, wife and
daughter and Miss Davant, left the
city last evening for Roanoke, Va,
W BUCUU DC Y CI al CCS UC1UIO
tarring to their home in Louisiana,
-
days with his sister, Mrs. John
Litaker, at Forest Hill.
Rev. W H L McLaurin and family
left today for Rutherford College
where thev will spend some time.
Rev. McLaurin was adyised by his
physician to take a rest in the mount
tains,
Mr. Charles Burdette Cross, Jr
who was injured Monday evening
Uj his horse falling with him
J " . :J
o'clock af hi.
iiraciurinff ni8 buii, uieu .ficuuoo
UsvnA n.av -KTawaIIV in MpftVlftnhnrff
county. He was just 20 years old.
MORRISON H. CALDWEL
ATTOBKBY AT LAW,
CONCORD, N. O,
Office in Morris building, opposite
! Court House.
ADVERTISE
rT RIGHT HERE!
LOWE SON.
. W are not offering our en
tire stock of goods for less
than it costs us we don't
want you to think so.
But we want you to know
that we have gone through
or stock and picked out sevh
eral hundfed pairs of
Ladies Shoes
the finest goods we carry in
No. ,2, 2h 3, Bh and 4, that
we waht to get out of our
way.
You may know this means
prices are not wnat we are
looking for today, but we
want you to have a pair of
these shoes. They will go
anyway at about
Half-Price.
Now is the time t0 come- They
v. ill not last but a few ilays.
Tn the iot will' be about 50
pairs of
Men's Shoes
lo. 6, 6 and 7 that must be
m, ci 1 :ii 11
i tti rt irun r u r. 11 f imm u i i x e
be on
Bargain Counter
on the right when you enter
the door.
Come in a hurry to
LOWE & SON.
THE
COMING
WOMAN
If the fashion plates are
to be believed, will wear
black, and there never
wasUuch a demand for .
BLACK DRESS GOODS
to the exclusion of all col
ored fabrics. Nothing
adds more to the beauty
and dignity of a woman'
appearance than a .fine
black gown, which is alike
economical and ultra fash
ionable. We have just
gotten in our black and
navy blues bought when
the prices were low can
sell you 75 cent Henrietta
Surah for 50c 46 inches
wide Can sell you a $1
' goods 50 inches wide for
75c. Our stock of. Black
Creapones are the latest
production. We ask all
Ladies to see our dress
goods betore buying else
where. Do you want to see the
prettiest line of
, LADIE'S SHOES "
ever shown in Concord
0i . Then come and see us and
be convinced.
Our No. 49 narrow Opera
Toe perfect beauty.
Cur No. 71 Needle Square
Toe"prettiest seoe on the mar
ket.
Our No, 69 Pointed Razor
Toe the most stylish yt.
Our No, 70 Round Toe a
grand seller, all at low figures.
UNLAUNDRIED SHIRTS
, Our city trade VLeader"
pure Linen Bossom extra
heavy muslin double front
and bacK, patent continu
ous facings on back and
sleeves, custom cut and
at the low price of 50c.
Morrion, Lentz Af. Co
Fall Goods
Bought Before the
Advance in Price.
Beautiful, dark Crepons as
changable and as Pretty as
silk only 12 cents, worth 15
cents.
WWW JTJfLL S!TT.f7ES
inpLenriettas 40 inches wide
only 25 cents per yard.
ALL WOOL SERGh
36 inches wide, 27 cents wortb
35 cents.
PRETTlt I FALIA STILES
in irercaies oni y lv cents.
ALL WOOL (fine Merino)
French- Flannel for Ladies
Dressing Saeqmes only 50
cents Der vard.
See our Croyenette abso
lately BAIN PBOOF 56
j inches wide.