- Arrival of Trains.
The following change of schedule took
effect Dec. 4. 1898. 12 o'clock.
NORTHBOUND.
No. 8 arrives at 5 52 a m,
m " " 10 00am,
12 " " 7 00 p m,
33 " " 8.53 p m,
62 " 44 10.40 p ra (ireurni)
SOUTHBOUND.
So. 37 arrives at 8.49 imx
1 1 44 44 11.23 a; in,
7 44 44 8.53 pt;m, ,
35 14 44 9.20 pin
44 CI 44 44 6.30 a m, (freight)
No. 36, and 88 stop only at Chars
Sotte, Concord, Salisbury, Greensboro
and Danville. Passengers for local
points between these stations wiilhaye to
use the other trains.
Wade Barrier, City Editor.
j f S I 1 . .
riYD "uuurea unnstrnas cards at
one cent apiece at The Racket,
Mrs S J McKindley and chi drer-,
of Mill Hill, have moved to Can!
nonville.
All our
Strieker &
shelf
oii' v
good - at cost.
TELEPHONE KG. 71.
.ESTABLISHED: 1842.:
ffSifft i P&vfes! iff?
of
4 SING THEIR OWN PRAISE."
Ul
t when agents sing you a eong
about selling for less than the
yANUFAOTUBEK "wink the
ether eye." You can't buy the
qiial of a . Stieir Piano for less
than $150 more than a STIEFF
v-'illcost you. Write for catalogue,
juuts nuu terms.
1
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The Concord High School closed
Toesday afternoon j The pupils
willstudy no more until the 4ih day
tf January, 1899.
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For bargains in Xoaas goods,
such as candies, nuts, raisins, f ' .
go to Strieker & Son's.
Oar townsman," Mr. Beshamer,
wno is in tne commission busirjes?
received one half of a c r load
oranges the oher day .
xvk b ALU House and lot in
good locality. Call at this office. c23.
Mr Holland Thompson lef'-. Tuess
day night, for his home at States
villa. Ho will also ba at K-alcih
during some af the holidays .
The most beautiful of lampsjin
ivery variety, at Ffctzsr'e drug store.
If you want a fine lamp io ..the
latest ' style' at the wholesale price
they will supply yon. Hall, library
and reception lamps in beautiful
styles. tf.
Mr. Jno. McLaughlin, eon cf Mr.
W.J McLaavhlin.
We received this mormng a shipment of DIAMOND and OPAL
GOODS, which we have now on display in our window. - - - -Don't
fail to stop and look at our window It will interest you.
SILVER - 11T1IS - IN' - AB
DM .
CORRELL, THE JEWELER.
CI Mli
9 1
Headquarters.
Choosing
Cnristma
GENTLE READER
mill, and Mis3 Marv Townaend.
iiarlotte -Branch-Wr.eroom, 213 N. daughter of Jailer Tofrneend, now
Trjoa Stre?t:
C H- WILMOTH, Manager.-
married this
This is not an advertisement, advertise
inents exaggerate. This is a plain state
ment of facts that any one can verily by
walking -through my two storesj filled
to the ceiling ith CKEISTMAS Goods.
French PeTfurnery from 5c. to $5:00 per
bottle, Baskets from 5c. to S2 00. Musi
cal Instruments of every description
from a 5c. Harp to a $15.00 Guitar or a
$25.00 Eegina Music Box. Pictures,
Frames and Medallions at prices to suit
everybody. Vases from 5c. to $2.00
$2,000 worth ot China. Toys by the
dozen for every man, woman and child
m the county. Fireworks, $200 worth.
Dolls by the thousand from lc. to $5 00.
Toilet Articles. Albums from 50c. to
'Present
From our complete stock of
FURNITURE will be ey,
as there are so many Noveiti
in handsom Hookers, Combi
nation Book Cases, Ladies'
Writing Desks, Sideboards,
Lamps and Chamber Sets i hat
s . .
Last Hotice.
All claims due Dr. L M. Arcbev
unsettled on the firBt of January,
iest, will be sued on at once.
V G Means, Att'y.
SHORT LOCALS.
at Cook & Stone's gallery.
Concord will haye a marriage
Nes lot of handkerchief?, neck
wear, fascinators, and pur ;3 at the
Racket.
W M Gorzine i& qaite eick.
m m
Sir.
thia place, will be
(Wednesday) afternoon.
When you start out for holiday
goods, Fetzer's drug store is the first
place to call, and you will find that
you need not look further. You
will hud everything there to suit
old and young, grave and gay, and
low prices is their policy. tf.
About twenty-of. their laiy and
Cabinet photos, 98 cts. per dczen gentlemen friends were entertained
u23 I TafsdftV nicrhfc Mis.iea Ptarl and
tjnaasie xrown. Lne evaning was
. . -
j?een Ch.iEtra and New Year. iJ enjojed, so mach 0 that the
ones could not leavj until the email
nours. uyetera ana fruits were
ssrvea.
Whether you buy or not, don't
fail to go to Fetzar'e drug store and
eee the beautiful goods for holiday
trade. They have excelled all
tormer enorts to present a variety
of beautiful selection, and the low
prices are astonishing. tf.
A box was placed on the table at
the Concord High Synod, to receive
any voluntary coueciions oa ice
part of the pupils, the amount to ba
given to the orphans at the ssylum.
Mrs Ella Sapp and children, of Tueoday afternoon when Mr.
Darham; arrived here Tuea lay night Thompson opened the box he found
to visit at the home of Mr D J $5.66 therein.
Ajueswaiu. vrr i, u-mr T
A 2nd story room back of Gib- E Palmer, who for some months has
Swa s drue store tor rent, cheap. I y th rtavpr pammndaiinp
d21- clerk at the St. Cloud notl, will
Mrs Elliott and Mies Lida White sever his connection with that place
Virvi afMfci nnsiHnnB in the on tne 25tn of this montn . Mr
.-tiffing with soma
nation on his hand.
iod of for-
Big line of pictures just received
at the Racket.
We are informed by one who
ought to know, that Forest Hill will
have four weddings tomorrow.
Choice pickles at Strieker (fcSon's,
43ts dozen.
E F Rolf.
Racket store until
season is over. -
FOR SALE A good buggy-
very cheap. Call on
d-w tf.
Miss NellieiFisher returned horn 8
from Langley, SCffuesday night,
where she has been teaching school.
She will retura the first of next
month. !
The wroughi-iron goods In um
brella stands and jardinier stands at
Fetzer's drug store are beautiful, and
the low prices are a feature. tf.
The 25-cent counter at Fetzsrs
drug store displays many useful
and beautiful goods for Christmas
presents. tf,
Moose's car has now been moved
near the Cannon mills, and I will
make you six nice protographs for
25 cents. Mr. L H Fesperinan, of
Charlotte, is now in my employ.
All work guaranteed first-class,
tf. W J Moose.
the Christmas Palmer while here has made a num
ber of friends, especially with the
traveling olass of people .
For one cent you can buy a
pistol, a watch, a doll, a rubber
ball, a lot of fireworks, &c., &c . at
Gibson's drug store. For 9 cents
and 999 hundredth's of a cent you
can buy an armful. For 48 and
forty eleventh' of a cent you can
buy a wagon load, and for 98 and
75-90Q.of a cent you can buy a car
load of Christmas goods at the same
place, r At the Bame time all of
these goods are first class. Don't
buy till you see them.
SC. 00, etc. etc. In shoit, any one can
ct an elegant Christmas Present for
the most fastidious youii lady or the
swellest young gallant in this ccra
rcunity, nt prices that defy competition.
No one will or can undersell, me. I haye
the goods and I intend to sell them at
some price. Don't buy one single item
for Christmas till you haye seen my en
tire stock or you will be sorry for it.
Santa Claus sends me the following let
ter from a lady in this town, dictated by
her little bov, seven years old :
Dear Santa Claus: Buddy and I
treated you mighty bsdly last Christ
mas eve." You see, it waa all in!fun. We
knew you would fill our stockings, but
that rouldn't satisfy us. They wouldn't
bold half enough. So we a put a cap
on our toy pistol and tied one end of a
string to the trigger and the other to
the mantel-piece. You- would haye to
push against the string before you could
fill our stockings -the- Distol would fire
and wake us up and you would be o
badly scared that you would , tike to
your heels and forget all about the sled
full of toys' on the roof. Well, as you
know, the pistol fired and Buddy and
( we had gone to bed with our clothes
on) darted out of the house expecting
to find the sled and reindeers on the
roof, but alas and alas ! they had gotten
clear away and we had our labor for our
pains. Now, dear Santa Ciaus, forgive
us. We meant no harm and are sorry
we scared von so badly. We haye re
formed and hope you will not forget us
this Christmas.
' . Your true friends,
WlLME AND BUDBIE
Before closing I will give the boys
and girls a real live bear story, as it was
told to me by a lovely old lady in Vir-
erima
"Braddock's Defeat" occurred on the
Qfch of Jul v. 1755. iust outside of Fort
Dnauesne.the site of the city Pittsburg
The shattered remnant of his army, un
der Col. George Wa&kington; ot cherry
tree fame, fell back to Fort Cumber
land. On the evening of its arrival,
about an hour before sunset, Lieutenant
Fitzroy, of Virginia, was standing bare
headed in Col. Washington's quarters
and was thus addressed by him. "Lieu
tenant. I send vou tonight on a danger
ous mission. For the past three nights
the sentry at outpost No, 4 has been
tomahawked and scalped by an Indian.
There was no outcry, no noise, but the
sentinel ha3 been found dead each
morning. Bring me the body of this
wily savage, dead or alive, and you will
render this community a good service.
Aurevoir! "Bon voyage." An hour later
the Lieutenant was atone in the prime-
gun) and on top he placed the soldier's
cap. He then retired a few paces to a
large oak tree and sat down to await
events. He tully realized his situation
and although hope had not altogether
left him, he was fully persuaded that death
lurked near at hand and his five senses
were keenly alert to every , sight and
sound in his vicinity. The rustling of a
leaf, the crackling of a twig, the hoot
ing of an owl, the piercing cry of the
night-hawk, the growling of a bear, the
the wind TiroFaiTtaSBtG wu ma.Ke suuaDieoitem,
trees overhead, would cause him to and articles that the nouses
start, forward and peer into the darkness wiJfe loves to beautify vT
and make cold drops of sweat bead his v.w -i .
brow. But a succession of false alarms Qome VI tn, and there IS no
soon bred indifference and anon his need 01 seeking farther.
thoughts turned to the loved ones at T
ii . ii i . I a uvea uiaxixcu uuu u v inu u
was she doing ? How thankful he flt
:hat they were all unconscious of "i-is
present awful plight I Would he . ever
eee them again ? Beguiling the tedious
hours with such thoughts, the time flew
rapidly by and the night was far spent;
He was beginning to look for the first
gray streaks of dawn, and withal, hope
had taken complete possession of his
soul. The Indians had left the neigh
borhood, perhaps, or the arch-fiend of a
savage was afraid to tempt fate a fourth
night in succession. Our hero was fast
becoming jubilant. He had been as
signed to the post of honor, his promo
tion was assured and his bosom swelled
with pride
Horror of horrors! What sound js
fhftt ? . Srvrin ori nor t,r his ffifit rrp,kin?
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his gun and assuring himself that the
handle of his huntirfz-knife was within
his reach, he stood at bay, ready for the
death-struggle. It was oaly a bear pass
ing near-by on her way tin-ouch tne for
est. It wa a false alarm Trie byar
after coming within fifty yards bent her
course to the left and was soon lost m
the depths of the woods. His thoughts
soon resumed their roseate hue. Day
light was near at hand. His weary
vigil was almost at an end. Suddenly
he hears sounds m the distance,- famt
at first, but erradnallv rr owing more
distinct. Straining his eyes to the ut
most he finds out that it is only the bear
returning. Wild animals, in a state of
nature, ey en lions and tigers, are per
fectly harmless unless they are very
hungry or haye been attacked. So,
Lieutenant Fitzroy paid yery little at
tention to Sir Bruin. The latter came
along slowly, leisurely, now and then
oivinpr a OTimt of satisfaction when he
reach of all.
GRAVEN BROTH'S.
Fciraltare Dealers
AND '
Funeral Directors.
FBESH LOT
Eaisins, Currants j
Citron, Nuts, Co
coanuts, B A L
LARDS OBEL
ISK FLOUR for
Christmas trade.
Sinhl White
Phone 6.
j
found an acorn or something else to
Aat. p-radnallv. however, inclining his
nonrse in the direction of our hero.
Keeping his eye upon him, but still not SEND
n'nS thenKSorT whrt the CHRISTMAS OYSTERS TO
IN YOUR ORDERS FOR
riisuince of fiftv feet he saw the bear
suddenly raise himself upon his hind
legs and, in the twinkling of an eye,
the bear-skin was thrown to the ground
n r( ft stalwart Indian bounded forward,
swift as an arrow and struck the cap of
the dummy soldier a terrific blow with
his hatchet. The sharp blade encoun
tered the steel butt of the musket and
a shower of sparks flew in every direc
tion. Aha. thought our lieutenant, my
turn no w ! Vengeance for my dead
comrades! He pulls the trigger, there is
a. flash of light, but no report, the gun
misses fire, and before he can raise his
cam fTom his shoulder, a -gleaming tom-
l nhft-wlr. raised high in the air, is de-
val torest, a quarter ox a uiuo uuui tuo scenaing upon ius ueau.
THE
City
Restaurant
QUAIL ON TOAST IS a SPECIALTY
WITHjUS.
TWO TONS OF
fort, at Post No. 4. Ho naa Drougnx
with him the uniform and gun of one of
t.h rlfiad men. and sticking th e gun,
by its bayonet, in the ground, after nni times,
stuffing the uniform with leayes, he'
fastened the dummy figure to it (the
Call at Gibson's Drugstore on Satur
dav. the day before Christmas, and you
can learn tne sequel io ims taio oi oiu-
J. P. GIBSON.
CA N D Y!
I
The Rochester stamped wars at
FetzarV drug store is the delight
of house keep3r8. This ware in tea
and coffee pots, trays, pitchers, su
gar, cream and spooners, crumb
trays and scrapers, chafing dishes,
and other useful pieces are going
fast every day. Selections from this
line for holiday presents will be
greatly appreciated. The prices are
low; very low. Don't neglect to
look at it. tf-
There are few men more wide
awake and enterprising than P B
Fetzer, wno spares no pains to se
cure the best of everything in his
line for his many customers. They
now haW the valuable agency for
Dr. King's New Discovery for con
sumption, coughs and colds. This
ia the wonderful remedy that is pro-
Arinirct atlflh ft furor all over the
UUUIU
country by its many startling cures
It absolutely cares Asthma, Bron-
chitis, hoarseness and all affections
of the Throat, Chest and Lungs
Call at above drug store and get a
trial bottle free or a regular Bize for
A $1. Guaranteed to
cure or price refunded.
A Local Disease
A Climatic
Affection.
CATARRH
Nothinc: but'a local
remedy or change of
climate will cure it.
Get a well known
specific,
ELY'S CREAM
BALM
nt is quickly absorbed
Gives relief at once.
Opens and cleanses
the Nasal passages -
n a.i
- Allays mnanunauou.
Heals'and'protects the: membrane, restores the
senses of taste and smell. No cocaine, no mercury,
no injurious drug. Full size 50c; Trial size 10c, at
Druggists or Dy man. .
ELY BROTHERS, 56 Warren street, xxew xotk.
COLD'n HEAD
Constipation prevents tbe body
from riddine itself of wafte matter.
De Witt's Little Early Risers will
remove the trouble and cure Sick
Headache. Biliousness, Inactive
Liver and clear the Complexion
Small, sugar-coated, don't gripe or
1 cause nausea. J r uioson.
For the holidays just received.
Will sell in any quantity. Rais
ins at bottom prices. Our Crer m
Cheese and JjVesh Crackers are aU
the go. '
Besides our large EtocK of Gro
ceries, Dry Goods, Shoes, Crock
ery, etc., etc., we will for a few
weeks offer come very low prices
on ,
HATS. ;-v;-i:
Nice new stock to go at re
duced prices at
J
Pa
rais
, Many a household is saddened by
death because of the failure to keep
on hand a safe and absolutely cer
tain cure for croup such as One
Minute Cough Cure. See that your
little ones are protected against
emergency. J P Gibfbn.