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CONCORD, MARCH 1, 1897.
n-rtTi n t niivr.nhiHKMT UTS Wis NTT E.
It is a common remark that the
receipts of the government are not
now sufficient for its support. This
is not true. The government's in
come is ample to meet all just and
proper expenses. For the fiscal
year ended June 30, 1896, it was
$326,976,1200.
This sum would have been suffi
cient for the ordinary expenditures
of the government for any year,
from 186$. to! 1890, t and in every
year but seven during that entire
ceriod with such an amount of
xevenue there would have been
surplus of more than 850,000,000.
What we want is not more reve
nue, it is more economy. Billion
dollar coDgresaes have gotten us into
trouble and the government should
never have revenue enough to meet
reckless expenses. The present
tariff is not at fault as a revenue
raiser.- From it, from internal reve
nue receipts and other sources of
Lice me plenty of money comes in
to meet all the requirements" of the
government, honestly and economi
cally administered.-
The first fiscal deficit we have
bad since 1869 came not under the
Wilson tariff, but under the Mc
Kinley law. It occurred in 1893-94
when the revenue was $29 7,?22,019,
the erponditure $367,746,867, and
the deficit $69,803,261. But we paid
out the enormous sum of $141,177,
285 for pensions that year. The
next year we had a deficit of $42,-
805,223, caused by the payment of
8141,395,229 lor pensions. ' In the
last fiscal year we paid out $139,-
434,001 for pensions, and a deficit
of $25,203,246 was the result,- In
seven and one-half months of the
present fiscal year we have paid out
394,102.843, and we have already ah
excess of expenditures over rceipts
.of $48,547,921. '" '
Iff seven years and fieyen months
we have paid $1,043,302,777 in pen
sions. . ' v
The people of the United; States
should be protected from increased
taxation by the tariff or any other
method.. The government is now
making quite enough money to live
and thrive on. Atlanta Journal.
CRITICISES HIS OWN HANDIWORK.
There are those i who lay much
stress on Mr, Butler's every word
and work. We - respectfully refer
them to the following, in the
light of the fact that he- stole the
hearts of many that once claimed to
be good and true Democrats and
helped to make them implacable
enemies of the best party with the
best record that the State has lever
had, and through their alienation
secured for himself that coveted
boon, the Senatorship, and set in
motion that pie-making craza of
which he now complains, but prob
ably the more vehemently because
he could not defeat Mr. Pritchard.
The quotation bears the marks of
his usual - extravagant language
while it contains some truths that
might come from some one else than
Butler with very much better grace:;
"About ten more days remain of
the legislative session. Unless there
shall be, within this time, an almost
miraculous change, the record of the
Legislature will be nothing, abso
lutely nothing. All it will have
done when it finishes, will be the
spending of sixty or seventy j thou
sand dollars of the public funds for
which nothing will be returned.
Of course there are some good
men here who cannot, in justice, be
held responsible for the record, but
we are speaking now of the f record
of the Legislature as a whole; and
unlesss that record shall be phenom
enally changed within the next week
it will be the imperative duty, and
we think it will be the pleasure of
the people to see that sue a a crowd
is never sent up to make laws again.
The various committees to whom
bills are referred seem to be com
posed of men who are either gen
erally indifferent or pitiably ig
nor ant. It is almost impossible to
get their attention to any bill that
does not carry some iob with it. Of
course they will read a bill and then
make a motion to either report fa
vorably or unfavorably and thus
get rid of it without knowing or
carinc: what the bill
is
or what it
contemplates."
AN EXTRA. SESSION.
The News and Observer; says that
the Republicans in the General. As
sembly are talking of an extra ses
sion. The necessary financial legis
lation has not yet been made and
this is the last week of j the sixty
days for which the legislators can
draw their per diem. The calender
is full of bills many of which should
.
receive attention. If these consume
the time this week it may become
necessary for the Governor tQ con
vene the legislature in extra session
to make the financial appropriations.
So much time was taken up elects
ing a United States Senator and
distributing the Offices that the real
business of a legislature was over
shadowed.
It is to be devoutly hoped that
the necessary financial legislation
will be attended to and the body
will disperse promptly ,f
There are of course good and true
men in the legislature but the
fusion production has been such
that we hardly think we have any
party that does not feel humiliated
by its actions.
It is said that Governor Russell
himself has quite enough of it and
is anxious to avoid an extra session.
CORN STALES WORTH TWO
LARS PER TON.
DOL
It. was some time after the late
-war that it was announced that
thereuwas merchantile value in cot
ton' seeds. Before that time cotton
. . .. . -
seeds could be seen lying around oh
neaps to rot and often to waste. Al
know how eagerly they arc sought
now.
Until recently no one thonght of
the corn stalk as a source of revenue
What were gathered were taken for
Xhe fodder on, them, but the chemist
has'been at work and finds two doh
lars worth in every ton of stalks, or
five dollars worth per acre.
It is estimated that the stalks
from the ; six great corn grow ing
States would' be worth annually
$225,000,000. j
j . Thus it seems ' not improbable
that early in the twentieth century
corn ft stalks may be gathered and
marketed as frugally as the. cotton
seeds are now .
Fifty Years Ago.
Who could imagine tliat tfcis should be
The place where, in eighteen ninety-three
That white world-wonder of arch and
j " dome , .
Bhould shadow the nations, polychrome ...
Here at the Fair was the prize conferred
On Ayer's Pills, by the world preferred.
Chicago-like, they a record show,
Since they started 50 years ago.
-if..--
:
1 Ayer's Cathartic Pills
have, from the time of their
preparation, been ja continuous
success with the public And
that means thatj Ayer's Pills
accomplish "what is promised
for them ; they cure -where
others fail. It was fitting,
therefore, thai the world-wide
popularity of these pills should
be recognized by the World's
Fair medal of 1893 a fact
which emphasizes the record I
SO Years of Cures...
SCHEDULE
mi
IN EFFECT JAN. 18, 1897.
This condensed schedule is pub-
nsnea as lDiormation, ana is sudh
jeet to change without notice to the
public : ' j
TRAINS LEA. VE CONCORD, N, C.
9:27 p. m. No.. 35.. daily for Atlant
ta and Charlotte Air Line division!
ana all points South and Southwest!
Carries through Pullman drawing
room buffet, sleepers between New
York, Washington, Atlanta, Birmv
ingham, Galveston, Savannah and
Jacksonville, Also Pullman sleeper
Ob arlotte to Augusta. r
8:18 a. si. No. 37, daily, Washing
ton and Southwestern vestibuled
limitei for Atlanta, Birmingham,
Memphis, Montgomery, Mobile anil
New Orleans, and all points Soutfi
and Southwest. Through Pullman
sleeper New York to New Orleans
and New York to Memphis. Din
ing car, vestibuled coach, between
Washington and , Atlanta, Pullman
tourist car for San Francisco, Sun
days , ' i 1 ' " : i
9:02 p. m. No. 9, daily, fromRichi
mond, Washington, Goidsboro,Nor
folk, Selma, Ralign, Greensboro,
Kiioxville and Asheville to Char-
lotte, N. C. I I - ., ' ., j
10:30 a- m.4No. 11, daily, for At
lan ta and all points South. Solid
train, Richmond to Atlanta; Pull
man sleeping car, Richmond to
Greensboro. K
10:07 a m. No. 36, daily, for
Washington,' Richmond, Raleigh
and all points North. .Carries Pull
man drawingroom buffet sleeper,
Galveston to New York : Jackson-i
ville to New I York ; Birmingham to
New York, j Pullman tourist, cars
from San JTrar cisco Thursdays. "'.-
9:02 p. M.-iNoi 38, daily, Washings
ton and Southwestern; vestibuled.
limited, for Washington ' and I all
points North. Through Pullman car.
Memphis to New! York; New Orleans
10 JN6W xorK; Tampa to jnow xorlr.
Also carries vertibuled coach and
dining car.
7;22 p. m-i-No. 12 daily, for Richs
mond, Asheville Chattanooga, Ra
eigh,- Goldsborp;- and ,; all- po-nts
North.; Carries Pullman sleeping
car from Greensboro-to - Richmond.
Connects at Greensboro with train
carrying Pullman car,lor Raleieh
6.17 a. m.N6. 10, daily, for Rich
mond,;. connects at Greensboro for
Raleigh.: and Norfolk tavI)anjrUle
for Washington apLd; points North ;
at Salisbury for Ashville, Knox
ville and points West. -
All freight trains carry passengers
John M. Culp, Ww A. Turk v
Traffic TM'gr. Gen'l Pass, Ag'fc,
W. H, Green, Washington, D. C.
Gen'l Superintendent, -. I
Washington ,-3, , C.
S.H. Hard wick, Ass'tGen'iP. Ag'fe
--- - Atlanta,- Ga
W. H. Tatloe, Ass't Gen'lP.Agji
I Louisville; y.
Ggwan Dusenbeby, Local Ag't, J
r j ' Concord, NJ O.
WAVL L ifcy Dr JlUes" Nerve Plasters.
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Tin Ware Pep't
Plain coffee pots 5c up.
Extra heavy copper bottom at 20c
Covered buckets 5c to 12c.
bpen buckets 9 to 12ic.
Zinc bucKets 20c.
Wash pans at 3c to lOc.
Granite wash pans 25c.
Dish pans 10 to 25c
Extra heavy dish pans 35c.
Waiters 5c to 60c.
Milk or baking pans
Gray granite baking
octolOci
pans 13 to 25c.
Blue and white baking pans
35c.
Tubed cake pans 5 to 20c.
13 to
2-quart tin stew pots luc
2-duart gray, granite
stew pots 25c.
Gray granite rice boilers 75o to $1.15
Blue and white rice! boilers 95c.
Sauce pans 15 to 20c.
Milk Btramers lUc.
Soup strainers 10c.
Gravey strainers 5c
Tea strainers 6 and
Bowl 5c.
4c.
Bread boxes 38 to 680.
Cake boxes 33 to, 60c
Spice boxes in case 48o case
Cash boxes with lock 60c.
Zinc coal hoods 25c.
Zinc slop buckets with lid 38c.
Painted tin slop buckets 25c.
Foot tubs 38c.
Toilet sets 81.25.
Never-leak oil cans 25c.
Iron bread pans 10c and 15c.
Tin muffin cards 10 to 18c. I
Tin graduated quart measures 5c.
Painted toy cups 2c.
1 pt cups 20c doz.j
1-2 gal milking cups 5c.
Black handle dippers 5c.
Black handle granite dippers 15c.
Vegetable graters lOo.
Nutmeg graters 4c. '
Pie pans 2 for 5c. j
Granite pie pans 10c.
Jelly pans 3c.
Granite jelly pans 10c
Flour sifters 12c. ' ,
Child's trays 25c. - J ,
Stove lid lifters 3p, can openers 4c,
vegetable ladles 5 c.
Cake turners 4c, sad iron stand 4c,
coffee pot stand 4c, ' soap stand 56,
and lots of other tinware, j
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Remnants Silkoline 7c yd.
Remnants of percale worth 10c at
7Jc. . I , ) , .
366 yds of. the finest black sateens
made at 15c; regular price 25c. yd.
Shirt waist silks 25c to 75(fyd.
White goods 5 to 22c yd.
We have in stock and on the road
about 50 bolts of nainsboki lawns,
dimities,! Marseiles long cloth etc,
ranging from 5o to 25c yd.
Good gingham at 5 to8 l-3c.
Bargains in red or white flannel.
Embroidered flannel skirt patterns
of 2 yds at $1148 per pattern.
fJnt.tnn flannfil at 61- tnllOo vd.
Counterpanes 48c to S2 25.
Nice line of Marseilles crib counter
panes at 48c I
Cotton blankets 48c.
9-4 bleached sheeting at 20c
Red or light blue cotton plush at
7jc. ? . ! ' 'f
Chenille table covers at 40c, do por
tiere $2.50. 14 I ; ' f ,
Goat rugs $2.50. j 1
Lace curtains 686 to S2 pair.
Oil window shades 25 and 30c
Brass trimmed curtain poles 22Jc4
Oil table cloth 18c ydi
Floor oil cloth 25c ydl
1 piece 8tra;w matting at zoc yd.
baskets from to 1.4.
Dep4t
Pencil tablets with 125 leaves at 2c
larger ones at 4 and 5c.
Ink tablets worth 5c ajt 3c; 10c ones
at 5c and 15c ones at 10c
Jobs in box paper at 10c box.
Fine note paper at I80 per lb.
10-inch envelopes at-5c per pack.
Lead pencils 3c doz to 36c. .
Ink and mucilage 3cJ
Steel pens 4c to 10c doz.
Paper back novels at 5 and 10c.
Cloth bound novels 15c.
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SAVE YOU 60
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PER CEJN T OF THE AGENTS
PRICES ! OF STANDARD
WORKS.
We sell for 84 sets that they charge
UO for. See
7 twill cost yo
us before buying;
nothing to look.
Can get you I almost any standard
works from Encyclopedia Brittan
ica at $28 down to Juvenile works.
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