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price $4.00 Per Tfaar;
E SMITH'S GREAT SPEECH.
I
IPE HEIiBS OPBX TO THE TOCJfO
The Sontn Demands
Thorotigbly
j.qnjjIert Yonnar Talent Industry
nBl tomplote Education Necessary
t0 Rise i" World.
Concord was treated to a gem . of
piactical thought at the Close of the
Ocncorii Kisjh School Friday by
nr Henry Louis Smith, of David
son College. The speaker ra aires no
attempt at oratorical flourishes but
.poors ont a stream of thought un
jmbellished with aught but. facts
put in plain, good English.;
He took for his subject, ''How
to Rise in the World."
He would not have come to Cons
cord but for the hops of addressing
the joang.
He was sorry for anyone eontet ted
with his. or her attainments and his
object was to inspire ambitions
amoDg the young for the highest
proficiency in any calling.
He declared that the young in
the Sjuth have better opportunities
tasn anywhere in the world.
The day was ..when the world de
manded those ofriper age to fill the
palpUP, to exercise the judicial
innctiona, to occupy political posi
tion, to manage grand merchantile
aid industrial enterprises, to be at
the herid of great institutions -of
learning.' and to? command grand
armies, but not sa.now . All 'thing
els being (qual che young man is
preferred. Young men . tiiat can't
sport a moustache are found at the
b??d of v.ist. enterpriae?.
1; 13 a young man's era and even
more a jcun woman's era. .
E?ery avenue u open to the young
especially in the South.
Gradually, even the office of pres
ident of the United Staiea is being
filled by younger men, asd that, too,
f rem' the humbler walks of lite.
He contrasted the opportunities
here with those in Earope. A hotel
waiter m Earope is the best in the
world but he is born and bred a
waiter. His ancestry were waiters,
1 88 his posterity will be.buthere the
waiter ambitions to succeed will yet
own the hotel and command others.
Tne worthy heroes of the great
.civil war were long idolized and
were practically the leaders and die
tatoia in the South. They are now
filling honorable graves and there
are no conspicuous leaders. No bets
to- opportunity ever existed for
great political talent toforge to the
front. E3pecielly is this true from
the fact that politics in the South
fa unsettled and unstable, with no
Pedominent issues. The Democratic
Party would now drop into factional
fragments but for the race problem.
E?ery manufacturing establish-
ent is a standing advocate of the
protecti ?e system.
There is a field for some towering
polical talent to bl&za the pathway
The pheonominal growth of man
QGturiog in the South opens the
7 for many to rise to positions of
gnity and emolument. We need
Professional industry.
The field of literature, once pracs
tically closed against Southern
jWbors, is wide open and Southern
literature rfrom Southern anthers la
more eagerly sought today than from
anJwhere.
The population is growing denser
aDd ere long Journalism will reach
a hlgher stage and must have the
mre advanced talent. .' Great lead
1De journals will be needed to moald
CONOOUD,
the adyaning thought in the ex
panding development of the South .
Gpllegeal and schools are mnltU
plyin? and nillSt haV fthl hrfc
and efficient corps.
There itj room fc r all and the man
well equipped is pprplexed to chocse
among hisj opportutities.
The 'mf ana by which to attain
these desrable ends are indnstry
;e1ulPped with education.1
The epjaker assailed village lsz'-
ness. the
anging around the soda
7
fountain for a five c4t drink that it
takes fourj hours more to digest. !
There sould be no idlers and at
tainment8j should embrace a com
plete mastery of the line of industry
engaged ijb. The South demands
more industry and education than
formerly.!
The speaker said that Appleton's
biographichal encyclopedia con
tains the names of all men
w. LU.acu ouuueBs in jue in our
country. iThere are 175.000 m-Artn.
I ' i-
ates on the rolls of our colleges since
the birth
of
the
nation'.. Five
thousand'of these, or 1 to 5, have
their names in the cyclopedia. Of
about lpo.OOO b00 of men that have
lived in the United State beside, bat
ten thousand-x)r 1 to every 10,000,
have woa places in this cyclopedia.
Among physicians the thoroughly
educated have nmteen chance? of
eminencej to one of those Bhort of a
complete college course, as shon
by the cyplopedia.
The sneaker was impressive , with J
the idea that there is too much ease
1
and idleness that hinders ednca
tional anjl iuduatrial progress which
the outh is demanding.
The
speaker strongly urged that
no one w
ho will equip himself well
a remunerative place to 1
wijl lack
ii life. !
Death of Mrs; J. L, Cook.
' Mrs. j L Cook, of Forest HilJ,
died on Friday evening. She
was pro 3ably 40 years of a'ge, and
a husband and four children are
bereft by this visitation ot death.
The yotjngest child is an infant
of one month The funeral will
take place at 6 o'clock this even
ing conducted by Eev J D
Arnold!
lpr Over FUty Tears
Mrs. Wihslow's Soothing Syrap has
been used for over fifty years by
millionajof mothers for their child'
ren while teething, with perfect suc
cess. lt soothes the child, softens
the res, allays all pain, cures wind
colic, and is the best remedy for
Diarrhoea, It .will relieve the poor
little sufferer immediately. Sold by
druggist! in every pare of the world,
Ttfentypve eents a bottle. Be sure
and asttfor "Mrs. Winslows Sooth-
' .
ing Syrup," and take no other kind.
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Conflagration on Coney Island.
ConeyJ Island, N. Y., was the
scene and suiferer of a feaiful
conflagration Friday morn
ing. Itjwas evidently the work of
firebugs jfor plunder's sake. Twenty
acres off the heart of the city was
jSftcp; over ouraiog some zvv oanas
ings, inflioting a property loss of
$i,ooo,obo.
NO CURE. NO PAY.
That is thd way all druggists sell
Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic for chills
and Malaria. It is simply Iron and
Quinine in a tasteless form. Children
love it. fAdnlts refer it to bitter, nau
seating Tonics. Price, 50c.
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SATURDAY MAY 27,
CLOSING
EXERCISER.
The Uraded School EntertainsGood
Mnsic Winning: "Tots' diryfnir
Essays and Recllatlon-Diplomas
Presented.
The
annual
commencement of
the Concord Graded Schools helcV
in the jcourt house; Friday night
was a pleasuralble occasion.
. The
the ch
chancel
was decorated and
ss motto
"To Be Bather
Than
to Seem" was snfinnnrled
I
gracefully oyefe the five girls who
have jjist finished the course.
Kev. C B Miller opened ''-the
exercises with an invocation after
whiehthe program was rendered
without "announcement. Prol.
Keesler presided at the organ and
that whole enthusiastic band of
singers seemed in the heights
joyoniness as they sang to perfect
t,mfl ;a t uj
It is always a treat to hear these
childred and watch their expres
sive countenances as they sing.
Miss Hams band of little "tots"
were just so. cute, lovely and
sweet in their charming little mo
tion spnss that the aged and staid
could but descenc from their
gravOj and dignified mien t and in
sympathy be "tots" too, again.
. line essays of M i?s Daisy Bar
rier, subject, "Henry W Long
fellovy," Miss Nina Dayvault, sub
ject, The Value of Books," Miss
Olie Fisher, subject, "China and
Chinese" and Miss Flossie
! j
Pouhds, subject, 4Th6 Friend,'J
were all of high and edifying
order. Miss Mary Strieker re
cited a. poem on tho great snow
clad natural cross in the moun
tains of Colorado entitled "The
Mont of The Holy Cross." The
tones, the emphasis and. the
enunciation were up to the
average of the same number of
speakers in any performance.
They showed good training.
Mr. D B Coltrane the president
of the board of school commision
ers presented diplomas to each
of the class which is a n'ew feature
in the Concord Graded School.
Mr. jColtrane extended his re
marks in the interest of all the
-i
children of the town as invited
and urged to attend tho Graded
School.
The class then sang their
"Farewell to the School" which
was the onlv feature of the enter
tainment calculated to bring a
pang of serious reflections.
Revi B L Hogo closed the ex
cises' with prayer and benedic
tion. Thus ended a most successful
i
session of the Graded School and
the exercises aa well as the gen
eral atmosphere of the school
shows it to be at the high water
mark of proficiency and progress.
AN EPIDEMIC ' OF WHOOPING
COUGH. ;
Last winter - during an epidemic of
whooping chough my children con
tracted the disease, having severe
coughing spells. We had used Cham-
berlain Cough Eemedy very succesful
ly for croup and naturally turned to it at
that time and found , it relieved the
cough and effected a complete cure
John L Clifford, Proprietor Norwood
House, Norwood N, Y. This remedy
is for sale by M. L. Marsh & Co.'
ffobofly aesd have Wenraigla. Ge Dr. MHeo
1899
A Concord Man Prospecting. "
There was a gentleman from Con-,
cord; here last week to buy or rent
the J P Beatty sash and blind shop.
Success to him. Mr. Beatty speaks
of returning to the North.New
London correspondence to Slanly
rjnterpriye.
: I Baeklen't Arnica arr.
The Best Saive m the world- for
Outs, Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt
Rheum, Fever Sores, Tetter Chapped
Hands, Chilblains, Corns and all
Stin Eruptions, and positively cures
Piles or no pav required. It is
guaranteed to give otatiefaction or
monev refunded. Price 25 cents per
box j For sale at P B Fetzer'a Drug
Biore.
PERSONAL POINTERS.
Miss Willie Durant returned to
Charlotte this morning.
j-Mr, S J Lowe arrived yesterday
evening to spend Sunday here with
his iamily.
1 Mr
M L , Buchanan returned
J
home this
morning from Wash-
ington.
i Messrs, Robert and McGhee
Phifer will leave for Salisbury to
night on their way to their home
in Danville, Va. ! j
j . I j
-Mies Mamie Ury went to Char
lotte this morning to spend Sunday
With Mrs. C L T Fisher and Miss
Caldwe'll at Elizabeth college.
-Dr. R C Holland, of Charlotte!
passed through' here today on his
way to Mt. Pleasant. He will preach
thej baccalaureate sermon there
tomorrow morning.
Misses Ida and Mollie Dodson
left ihis morning for Milton. After
visting there Miss Mollie will go
to jWitheville, and, Miss Ida will re
turn to her home in Baltimore, f
t im
PINEAPPLES
IN TODAY AT
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FURNITURE STORE
Bell, Harris
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Is
what those hustling boys have been experiencing for the past few
A car load of those famous STAR
Two car loads of FURNITURE, and last,
SPRINGS. REST EASY.
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We are in a position to give you prices that, in spite of the steady advance
all along the line, will make you glad.
When in need of anything in our line we will be. pleased to i i
s."voe y"otj 3nosrss"y. i
BlflljLaHABBIS &c CO. I.
Single Copy 5 Certs
ORGANDIES.
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We haye made some
late purchases in Col
! i t
ored Organdies at a
very low price and the
advantage is all yours.
The show is beautiful;
can satisfy almost any
color taste.
One range of patterns, of 50c.
Organdies, very sheer, priced
a i
Another line of colors worth 40
cents marked 1
Still another line of fiae sheer
goods at
19
These are all fine Or
gandies, simply priced
at one third real value
ROUBLE io mm
H.LPARKS
Company.!
To Our Customers.
On account of th extra
work and expense required to
keep and collect small; acs
counts, we have . decided to
adopt a
Cash System, beginning June 1, ,
For the convenience of those
who prefer it, we will sell, at
a discount of 5 per cent., con
pon boos in denominntioTis of
$1,00 and np. 'We believe
this will prove highly satis
factory aDd ceriniy more
convenient to you vA'e solicit
your patronage rrd promise
to do our utmost tu please you.
Onr work is equf I 4o best.
The above will be st ictlv
enforced. HespetfnUy,
Concori Steam Laundry & Dye foris
K K KiUeiihour, J ffl Pnroell,
Frrletor. Alaimsrcr.
Phone So. 2. Sbirts Repaired Free.
TIMES:
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days.
TjF.ADFR COOK" srnVFQ
but not least, a car of MOiiPHEOTTS
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