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TOE - ; ' . . - ; i John B. Sherrill, Editor Volume xyii. BILL. ARCS LETTKR. A few days ago I received a letter from a friend and it was post-marked er. He said I was wanted there to r J People, and he ventured to hx the day and the compensation for loss of time and waste nf rnnrr. t had never heard of Pelzer nor could I hnd it on my antiquated map. But I did find it on one of later date, and supposed it was some Bmall village that had a' cotton mill and a dam on the oaluda and some tenement v,, T .1. - . UVUOCS. JSevertheless, 1 accepted the call, for the offer was liberal. Th nii brought a similar invitation from Tied- moni, another mill town, only six milee from Pelzer. Sol journeyed from Atlanta tnfi Villa nnil tV.-. 1 1 . - ' tucxe uuangea cars ior mv J A ml -itsunauon, which was only 20 miles away, it was night when I reached ine place. My good friend. Mr. Pad. getu who is the Democratic postmaster, "j "ia ttuuse. i naa not seen the town, for it was quite dark. "What in me prospect ior an audience? I inquired. "Very good," he said. "I think you will have several hnn1l people out to hear you." "Why, how targe w your town 7 VV hat is your popu lation r "ADOut 7,UOU," he said. I was amazed. A town twice as Were as vanersviiie ana l never heard of it and ti l -11' . - - o it is not on my map. He explained by saying that it was only twelve years old, and had four large cotton mills that employed over 2,000 operatives. and consumed nearlv 100,000 bales of cotton, aud the company owned some ,uyu acrea ot land, and all the houses and stores and churches and miles of the river. "Did you advertise me pretty - well?" I asked. "Oh, yes!" nesaid. "We church folks told it to everybody we met, both in the town a-nd in tbe country, and thev all said they were coming." "Publish it in the papers?" said 1. "No.no. We have n papers here, and no printing office W e did not even hav a -Rt.r m hand bill but we talked it a good deaf. ell, 1 listened and wondered, and mv connaeuce was shaken. After a bounti ful supper and a little mixing up with the - children, we went to the large church where 1 was to hold forth, and found it already pretty well filled. In a brief tiru stood before more than oOO people, and was inspired to make my best enort, for I had an orderlv and attentive congregation, and we all leu in love with one another, l never have had a more gratifying lecture oc casion. .Next morning, was spent in viewing the city and i the mills and the library. The merchants carried im mense stocks in large stores, and there were many nice residences for the managers and heads of the various de partments, but they were all built and are owned and leased by the mill com pany. ihia company owns and con- urolu eTery-foot uf land and everything that is on it. Captain Smythe, of Charleston, is the king, the czar, a big- hearted, brainy man, and everybody respects and loves him. lie is a son of that celebrated Presbyterian minis- ister of Charleston who during his min Uterial life, was a notable man in relig ious circles. I rember that he was one of my father's friends. . "Who is your mayor? 'said. I. "We have none; no mayor nor aldermen, no municipal corporation, no marshals nor police. Captain Smythe runs the town. .Every body who comes here for employment is investigated carefully. His antece dents must be gdod or he can't stay, We have no lawyers nor editors; don t need any. We allow them to come in and look around." "Did you know that I was a lawyer ?" said I. "Oh, yes but we learned that you had quit the nractice and reformed, and so we in vited you "I don't see any negroes about here, said I. "No, we don't want them There are a few, but they live outside Some of them cook and wasa tor us, but Oantain Smvthe don't want us to mix with them or depend upon tnem He wants everybody to depend upon themselves as much as po88ibl." "And so you have ruled out lawyers, editors and negroes?" "yes," said he, "and tW are nn saloons or blind tigers or nitraretteB." "How about doctors ? asked. "Oh. oi course we nave aoc " : . , j tnrs! ves. we have two doctors and one dentist and four preachers, all select and one photographer." The company has a good library and pays a man. to Keen it. , I visited mill No. 4, an up to-date mill in all respects. It is operated by electricity that is generated two miles distant at some talis or the aiuua river. this mill amazed me. No coal and no fltpam' Tt is 128 feet wide and 528 uvv- . . . . feet long and is four stones mgb. in one great room a ew uv,wv di'"'vo two others tnexe were i 400 looms. It requires 1,100 opera- Hveaio attend to this mill, and it takes 56,000 bales of cotton for a year's sup- plv. Just unnKj vi ii. j-hc ou""- j0nt Afr-Onv: had the elevator to buuvuvf i.-r -tnn abnut ha f way up heiween nooro so that I might have a gooa view ui iuc machinery and the busy boys and girls m this aninnins room. This room he called hM children's roomjtriot the children's room, but my children's rnnm. hefiaid. Scores of little ch.ips w.f irinrp thn ten VeaS OlU Wirrnnin.- A thpir lnve for him7 They -were the brightest and healthiest chiiureu i ever saw in a mill, and earn from 25 centa GO cents a day. Many of the grown from 60 cents to l.J2o a aay, onrl t.hft average pay of them all is 62 fa TViia is cood wages, for their woi-kis easv and healthy, ine rooms rnerat,,re is kept uniform by fans t,DO ftrs in trie basement. Nogrease W. I II 1 111 IM V ' ' - -t-;a used on the machin "V, ',!,; but pure mineral oil - -, . reauired to Wve These children are requ'reu w i the mill at certain periods and go to BChool and found 300 of the pupils eatnered in the large room to .receive n.o onri listen m a unci J old school days and some words of en- them up. Mr. ,hfl Afficient superintendent of mill xr a ; on Ansusta man, and has hA.o'n in the mill service for forty-four t iKa rar.kinfir room I observed that all the bales are marked to Shane- ni.:-. nA T lpard that China is c and Owner. ine Dest customer of Ronthem milla That government used tn Knw New England and old England, but they buy all their goods by weight and not by the yard, and in course o.f time John Bull and the yankee got to mix- jug wnite ciay with the starch to make the cloth weigh heavy nd bo they turned their trade down south, where people didn't adulterate p.vervt.himr they make to sell. Said Mr. Guv to me: "There is no sizing in these goods except that made of pure boiled corn starch." Nearly all the capital in these trreat mills i8from the south; and there's millions in them, foi Piedmont is on the same river and is only five miles away and has two large nulls and an other is going up at Belton, a few miles below. In fact, the tmveler through upper Carolina is hardly ever out of sight of a smokestack. In a few years that State will consume all the cotton that is grown in it. What a glorious prospect All around Pelzer and Piedmont the farmers are prosperous; for they have a regular, eager market for everything they grow, and I saw their wagons coming in on h every road. I visited Piedmont and stayed a day and night. It is a duplicate of Pelzer, though not so large; having about 5,000 people. It is most efficiently managed by Mr, James Orr. Jr.. a son of the governor and statesman. He, too, is a king and a czar, and his word is law about every thing. He is respected and loved by every man, woman and child in Pied mont; and the stockholders have noth ing to do but look on and receive their dividends semi-annually. Piedmont is more elevated than Pelzer,. and the views from her hills are charmiDg. And then her flowers: oh, the beauty of them. Out-door chrysanthemums and roses were in all their glory. Mrs. Kichardson sent my wife a box full by yesterday's express that excelled any thing that 1 ever saw in a conservatory. She gave a Caution to the expressman in these lines on the box : "If you desire to climb the golden stair. Handle these flowers with exceeding care. If you expect to play the trolden barn. Spjeed them with safety to Mistress Arp." The lyceum and public library at to Piedmont is an interesting place visit and is liberally patronized by the workers in the mills. Connected with it is a home made insurance or benefit association, a kind of savings bank where for a deposit of ten cents a week the family of the depositor geta forty- dollars whenever a death occurs. This ia of course to provide for funeral ex penses and a decent burial. In this library is the finest collection of Indian relics I ever saw anywhere. Fortunate people to have such phi lanthropic guardians. . Old FatherPel zer does not live there, but he is near enOUSrh-tn lroop a. ftitKi-ly xy o on ibcoo numerous children. He is a Charles ton millionaire, but lives at his up- country home, not for from the beauti ful Mill Citv that he founded and which bears his name. Just think of it, my Georgia friends; 00,000 spindles turning in one room, and 1.400 looms weaving in two others. V hy should not every cotton growing courty in Georgia, yea, in South Carolina, do likewise. Our couhtv produces ten thousand bales annually and surely our farmers can build a mill large' enough to manufacture it and double its value. Bill Arp, Heflectlons ot a. Grass Widow. Chicago Tribune. A wedding fee is not wholly wasted. It helps to support the preacher. There is no fool like an old fool ex oept a young fool who marries one. Never throw a pair of old shoes after a bride. Save them and give them to her. She will need them some day. If you are faithful in sewing the but tons on your husband's trousers he will think vou ought to be able to make vour own bonnets. If you,; humbly ask your husband for money you spoil him. if you demand it he raises a fuss and wants to know If you think, by George he is one of the Kothschilds. Never " marry a man with the idea you are getting one of those superior vnunc men Vou read about in Julia Magruder's or Frances Hodgson Bur nett's novels. They don't exist, my dear. Don't save the letters your husband wrote to you in the days of your court ship. If he should hnd them some day hv ace dent and read them ne win De much disgusted. If vour husband turns out to . rje ine man you tnougni no wau.wueu jruu married him. and never givrtTyou nroM word. don't tell any other wife about it. She will not believe you. New Use In Dlslnfectnts. An English clergyman was walking through the outskirts of his parish one evening, when he saw one oi nis parisn ioners very busy whitewashing his cot toffo Thfl narBon. oieasea ai laeee " 1 3 A .1 somewhat novel signe of cleanliness, called out, "Well, Jones, I see you're making; your house nice and smart. With a mysterious air, Jones, who had recently taken the cottage, descended from the ladder and slowly waisea 10 the hedge which separated the garden from the road. "That's not 'xac'ly the reason why I'm a-doing of this 'ere inh " he whispered, "but the last two be no infection,' xe see, sir, as we got ten of 'em already." ow Blimsrk'i Iron. Nerve Was ,the result 01 his spiencua neaitn. Indomitable will and tremendous energy are not found where Stomach, Laver, Kidneys "and Bowels are out of order. If vnn -want these qualities and the suc cess they bring, use Dr. King's New Life Pills. Only 25 cents at Fetzer's drug store. . 'Soi" exclaimed Senator Sorghum, indignantly, "that man told you my ryote was for sale.' "He said so in so many worus. Well, you can go to him and refute the calumny. It's for rent once in a while, but never for sale," - - - i couples as lived in tms ere cottage au twins; so I eays to missus, '111 tak' an' whitewash the place, bo as there mayn't 7 ONGORD "IBIS JUST .A2TX5 Concord, N. C, Thursday, November 23, EDlfCATIOM OK THE HEGUO SOUTH. Baltimore Sun. A case which was argued in the Sa preme Court of the United States on Monday involves a most interesting and important point namely, whether the State of Georgia nyvpt provide equal school facilities for whites and blacks. The Board of Education of Augusta, it appears, is about to establish a high Bchool for white children in that city. A number of colored residents have taken the matter to the courts, asking that an order be issued either compelling the Board of Education to give colored childre j the advantages of a public high school or to refrain from carrying on white high schools for the support " of which the petitioners are taxed. The case involves the construction of the Federal Constitution, nd in soma measure the right of Federal courts to determine how money collected by the several States by taxation Bhall be expended. Those who are not familiar with con dition in the South might infer from the suit instituted by the colored people of Augusta thet they are the victims of unjdst discrimination and do not receive a fair share of the school funds of the State or city. This is highly improbable. If the colored taxpayers of the South were to have the bevt of all the money they pay into the State, county and municipal treasuries, the entire amount would not, it ia likely, give them the school facilities which they need and now enjoy.' Unless Georgia is unlike every other buuthern totate, .the whites practically pay all the ex penses of the State government and th cost of maintaining the schools and asylums. In Virgina a few years ago it was estimated that colored taxpayers contributed lees than 10 per cent. Ot the sum required to defray the anuual ex penses of the State government The proportion may be slightly higher in Georgia thau in Virgiuia, but thre can be no question of the fact that in Georgia, as iu Virginia, there would be few schools of any kind if the taxes paid by the whites were in the same proportion as those paid by the negroes. The generosity f the southern white people in providiug educational facilities for the negroes is worthy oft he highest comniendatiou. It is not sufficient to say that it was their duty to do what they have done. If they had pursued a different course undr the conditions which prevailed afur the'Qivil War, they could not have been censured very severely, for their prorxrty had been destroyed and many of them were al most pcnuiiess and unable to provide properly for the educational needs of their own children, much lees the needs of the children of their former slaves It is ereatly to their credit that, under Bitott truing oiMum.nM tiy tti tvxff discriminate against the negro, but allowed his children to have a share of school funds which were derived almost entirely from taxes paid by the whites. This fact Bhould not be overlooked, in view of the proceedings instituted by the colored people of Augusta pro ceedings whi-.h might produce a mis leading impression upon the minds of those not familiar with the facts, In several Southern States movements have, been inaugurated from time to time to devote the taxes p ud by whites exclusively to the education of white children and to eive to the negroes for the education of their children Buch sums as they might pay into the State treasury in the form of taxes. If such a plan had been adopted, the Southern negroes would have had yery few schools, while the educational facilities provided for the whites would have been materially increased and improved Although there might have been justi fication for such a division of the school funds, the suggestion was never favored by a majority of the white tax payers in any Southern State, regardlese of the legality of such a division. They have continued to educate the negroes at their own expense and at the expense of white children, never stopping to iaquire whether the results justified the expenditure, although at timts they mav have had serious doubts on the subject. If they had taken the attitude now assumed by the colored people of Augusta, or had divided the school funds in proportion to the taxes paid by the representatives of each race, they would have had more and better schools for white children. If they had ob jected to taxation the object of which is the support of colored school, the negro would be in a very bad way as far as his opportunities for eetting an education are coucerned. It is poesible the Su preme Court of the United States may tigcjttd that there shall be no white high schools unless institutions of a similiar cttaracter are provided for colored pupils. But such a yictory in the courts would be really a misfortune for the colored people of the South. It would inevitably nrovoke comparisons between the amount of taxes paid respectively by the negroes and the whitee, and the latter might be compelled, in their own defense, to regulate expenditures ac cording to the proportion in which each race contributes to the maintenance of the schools. In that eyent the negro would not find the school facilities for ! his children as liberal as thf-y are under prtseut conditions in the States of the South Robbed the Grave. A startling incident is narrated by John Oliver, of Philadelphia, as follows "I was in an awful condition. My skin was almost, yellow, eyes sunken, tongue coated, pain continually in back and sides, no appetite, growing weaker day by day. Three physicians had given me up. Then I was advised to use Electric " Bitters ; to my great joy, the first bottle made a decided improvement., I continued their use for three weeks, and am now a well man. I know they robbed the grave of another victim, No one should fail to try them. Only 50c., guaranteed, at Fetzer's drug store. "Harry, said the teacher, "m your essay on 'George Washington you say that he never went fishing. What au thority have you for making that asser tion ?" "Whv." replied Harry, "haven't we been taught that he never told a lie ?' j ElR SSTOTV : , . I10UK.IBL.K AFfAIH. Nash?llle Advocate. We have never heard of a mote ter rible i tragedy than that which took place on the 20th ult. in Leake county, ftiiss. A respectable farmer named John Qambrell, living at a considerable distance from any neighbor, went to the adjacent town of Canton to sell his cot ton. I When he returned he discovered that his house had been burned to the ground, and that the charred bones of the nye members of his family were in the smoking ruins. As a matter of course the whole" community became grought up over the occurrence. Sub- picion fell upon a negro named Joe Le Flore, who, on being arrested, confessed that he had murdered Mrs. Gambrell and her children, and bad then set fire to the house to conceal his crime. He alBQ implicated two or three other per sons in hia crime. Without the least delay he was fastened to a stake, a heap of fagots was piled about him, and he was literally roafted to drath. The per sons whom he asserted to be particeps criminis were all arrested. One of them, however, proved an alibi by a respetcable white citizen, and was turned looee. The rest are held till it can be determined whether they are really guilty. If it should be proven that they had any connection with the murder it is certain that they will be speedily put to death, without the inter vention of judge or jury. The corres pondent of ' the Memphis Commercial Appeal, who is on the ground, and has carefully studied the situation, says: "The temper of the people is peculiar. They are not excited and bent on killing for the love pf slaughter, nor do they peek to wreak vengeance on negroes They are aroused aB they never were bo- fore. They know that while one of the best citizens was away from his wife and children that his home was entered, and that ruthless murder was done., The horror of it is beyond comprehen sion. Gambrell has no enemies; he is a quiet farmer, having a small farm, and so far as goes in this county is pros perous. He had about two hundred dollars in the house, and when he left be had no idea that this would excite the cupidity of men to the point that to obtain it they would murder five per- persons, burn them, and nsk the chances of capture and death. It is now h fight in self-defense The coun try is sparsely Bettled, and the people feel that unless the quintuple tragedy is avenged fully, that every man who di rectly or remotely is concerned in it is hunted down and made to suffer the tortures of a slow death coming in the most excruciatiDg form, he who next may leave wife and loved ones will have no reason to hope that they may not die as did the wife and children of John Gambrell. Throughout the South, tvay trirv .utia, OTcrr maa io i.uly lord of his own castle. He must pro tect his own home from the ruthless murderer. The Bheriff in the county does not prevent crime in the way that he ahd his deputies patrol the county. He comes into evidence only after the act. i Hence it is that such posses as are now in Leake county are moving in eelf-dtfense. They hope to strike; such a blow that will stand as an awful warn ing to any wretch who, driven by cu pidity or lust, seeks to gratify either even if he must commit,murder." Our readers know with what vigor and earn estness we have denounced all the forms of mob law. But what Bhall we say in a case of this kind? That the law ought to take its course is certain. But who can wonder that its operation should be suspended under such circumstances? Let any man ask himself what he would do if his family had been dealt with as John Gambrell's was. The recurrence of such events as this sicken us to the heart, and almost cause us to lose hope But we still insist that no action of any bad negro or of any number of bad ne groes is an excuse for indiscriminate hostility toward the negroes as a race Hundreds of thousands of them . are harmless and useful citizens, and de serve to be protected in all their rights, "Fire Doiit's" Society. New York Sun. "ihe society of the f ive uon'ts" is the title of a society recently started in Brooklyn by Henry N. Niles of 660 Quincy street The "Fiye Don'ta" are 1. Don t ride simply for pleasure on Sunday. 2. Don t (save in an ocean voyage) ride in a public conveyance on Sunday a. ixtn t read a Sunday newspaper on Sunday. 4Jj Don't buy anything on Sunday, except in case of an emergency. 5.! Don t mail letters on Sunday. The members sign a pledge to observe the rules of the organization for a year and to send a written explanation to the secretary when it be found necessary to deviate from them. Used By BrttUb Soldier 1m Africa. Capt. C. G. Dennison is well known all over Africa as commander of the forces that captured the famous rebel Galishe. Under date of Nov. 4, 1897 from Vryburg, Bechnan aland, he writes 'Before starting on the last campaign bought a quantity of Chamberlain' Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy which I used myself when troubled with bowel complaint, and had given to my men, and in every case it proved most beneficial. For sale by M. L. Marsh & Co., Druggists. At a recent duel the parties discharged their pistols without effect, whereupon one1 of the seconds interposed, and pro posed that the combatants should shake hands. To this the other second ob iected as unnecessary. "Their hands," said he. "have been shaking for half an hour." "Am I the first girl you ever loved !" "I cannot tell a lie," said he. "You are not. You are simply the best of of the bunch.' Being a modern maid, iue was con tent with that. Mother Hattie, dear, you haven't dusted the piano very well this morn ing. Hattie Well. ma. the teacher told me that I must endeavor to cultiyate light touch, 1899. prison REFORM .NEEOKU. N. C. Christian Advocate. The Advocate has no sympathy with carping critics, nor with those who for selfish or political purposes seize upon every mistake on the part of men in authority to heap a tirade of abuoo on their heads or write bitt r things against them. But there are times when the most conservative and patient must speak out. We have not felt called upon hereto fore to speak oFthe humiliating, not to say disgraceful, things developed in the management of the convicts in our State prison and the farms connected with it B it recent investigation by the commit tee appointed by the last Legislature have brought to light a condition of affairs that is to us painful in the ex treme. If the evidence reported by the daily papers, and notably by the Raleigh News and Observer, is true, then there is an immediate and imperative demand for a revision of our whole system of prison discipline. That some must be punished all ad mit that persons who violate the law must suffer the penalty. This is neces sary for the public welfare. That it is necessary to Lave prison dijcipline goes without saying. But wanton cruelty to these unfortunate people is a crime against them, against the public, and a wrong in the sight of God. Such treat ment cannot be tolerated by a Christian people or connived at by a great State. On the Roanoke farms it is stated mat ou per cent, or ine prisoners are whipped; at the central prison, Rileigh, 30 per cent. How severely nobody knows outsidfe the prison walis. The thud of the whip and the cries of the sutterer do not reach the outside world; they fall on the ears of men like them- Btlvee, who may at any time be sub- ected to the same torture. I here is no inspect r of prisons to make investigation and give informa- lon to the people, and the law does not limit the number of stripes laid on the backs of these sufferers. That is left to the discretion of the official in charge, and the lash is laid n until he is satisfied. The people of North Carolina owe it to themselves and to humanity to de mand a radical reform in the manage ment of prisoners and convicts. Great discretion night to be .used in selecting persons to control our prisons. It is a mistake to put them in charge of cold, hard, or cruel men. Men of the best habits, of the highest integrity, and of the strictest sense of justice and right should be put in charge. - iLven convict8'have some right and these rights ought to be rigidly protected. They are deprived of liberty, they are denied all the privileges that others enjoy, they are put to hard, exhausting labor, surely they are entitled to hu-. mane treatment. They should have (jlcuty uX nliulcouiuc fuuU, cuoiior tame clothing, and such religious privileges and instruction as will enable them to understand the plan of salvation and appropriate the benefits of the Christian religion. An Evasive Answer. "John," said a clergyman to his factotum, "I shall be yery busy this afternoon, and if any one calk I do not wish to be disturbed. "All right, sir. Will I tell them you're not in?" "No, John; that would be a lie." "An' what'll I say, yer reverence?" "Ob, just put them off with an eva ai ve answer. At supper John wad asked if any one had called. 'Yes, there did," he said. "And what did you tell him?" asked the clergyman. "I gaye him an evasive answer. "How was that?" queried his rev erence. 'He asked me was yer reverence in, an l sez to him, sez l, 'Was your grandmother a hoot owl? " The Color Ltlne in Cuba. Havana,Nov. 18. Three Americans, Hanson, King and Holland, have each been sentenced to two months' impris onment and to pay a fiue of $65 a,id two-thirqs of the coHts of the proceed ings, lor placing over tneir saloon a sign reading: "We cater to white peo ple only. . .. Their place had been closed January last by order of the civil governor, be cause they had refused to serve a col ored Cuban general, but they had been allowed to open the saloon again on promising to serve the public without distiaction of color. . The defendants have appealed the case, the costs Of which already amount to $2,000. A letter has been published in a pa per of this city, written by another col ored Cuban general, complaining that the owner of a barber shop had re fused to cut his hair on account of his color. It was in a remote county in which byclcles are rarely seen. A wheelman approached a toll gate, where a sign warned him that vehicles were charged twopence and pedestrians a half-penny each. Being a man. of frugal habits, the rider dismounted, and, supporting ine his wheel upon his back, tendered the toll-keeper a pedestrian's fee. "Two pence," said the keen, sternly. "Why bo?" replied the artful .lodger. "Am I not a foot passenger r "iNaw," was the answer, "you're a cart !" Baking Powder Made from pure cream of tartar. Safeguards the food against alum Alum powders are the greatest mrnarmto ot the present day. ROYAL BAKING KMDC CO., HCW YORK. . . . , $1.00 a Year, in Advance. Number 21. HAKI OP SUPT. MKll VXE'S UKPORT. The State Superintendent of.rublic Instruction has completed the statisti cal portion of his report for this year. It shows that the receipts were as fol lows: State ahd county poll tax $303, 313; special property tax, under local acts, $15,781, and poll tax $9,751; fines, j forfeitures, etc., $14,413; liquor licenses $71,122; other sources $56,275; total $896,531. The balance on hand last! year was $1S9,681. The disbursements were: For white school teachers $520,415; negroes $216, 491; Croatau Indians $1,426; white school houses $42,237; negro school houses $15,061; county superintendents $21,175; commissions to county treas urers $18,444; teachers' institutes $2, 200; boards of education $6,471; city schools $46,356; other purposes $40,744; total disbursements $936,891; balance on hand $165,655. The apportionment to the white schools 18 $575,441, and to negro schools $226,894. The assessed value of white property is $246,713,000 and of negro property $8,980,000. There are 181, 548 white polls and 71,744 rregro polls. The amount actually paid for the schools by whites is $522,808 and by negroeB $71,183. Of children of school age there are 406,787 whites and of these there are enrolled 263,217, while the average at tendance is 140,162. Of negro children there are 199,600, of whom 127,399 are enrolled, and the average attendance is 67,148. The average Balary of white teachers is males $26 33 per month, females 23.65. of negro teachers males $22.53, females $19 70. The average length of school terms is for wnites a trine over fourteen weeks and for neeroes a little under thirteen weeks. There yet re main 715 log school houses in the State. It thus appears that of the white children 7-20 or a very little oyer one- third, attend school, while ot the ne groes almost precisely one-third attend. Taking the polls as a basis the average wealth of a white man is $1,359, and of a negro $126. The negroes pay almost $1 each for schools; again taking the polls as a basis the whites pay $607,000 for schools, the negroes pay $71,183. In other words the negroes pay about one seventh, while they are in proportion to the whites according to polls, as 7 is to 18; in other words a little aver one-third in numbers. 'rr One Man Who Needs flanging. Carutheusville, Mo., Nov. 13. News reaches here .of a distressing tragedy at a levee camp, below here. Charles Pearman, who had for eome reason become augry with a family named Poe," cams to Poe's tent with a double-barrelled shot-gun and fired both barrels into the tent, striking and dangerously wounding seven out of the familv of nine. One small child was killed instantly, one has died and the mother is not ex pected to live. Pearman escaped across the Mississippi river and tookj:efuge in the Tennessee forests. A posse followed and captured him, and he is now in jail here. Pearman is about 21 years old. More Moving Literature. "Do you know, Margaret, said a Columbus father to his 18-year-old daughter the other morning, "that it was alfter 12 o'clock last night when that young man left here?" "Oh, it couldn't have been, papa." "But it was. Now do. 't let that happen again." "But Ppa, I couldn t tell him to leave. I did nothing to entertain Mr. ctaylate except to show him my scrap- book." "Well, I 11 bring home my account book this evening, with the dry goods, millinery and dressmaker expenses bal anced up. If he calls again show him that." A Pennsylvania doctor who has a de cided vein of humor in his make-up tells this story : "I had an Ineh wo man for a patient many years," said the doctor. "God rest her sout ! she is now dead. I once pulled her through a lingering attack of typhoid, taking her temperature from time to time by having her hold a thermometer under her tongue. When she had nearly re covered I called one day 'and, without further testing her temperature,' left simple prescription and started on my way homeward. About three miles from her house I was overtaken by ner son on horseback. 'Mother is worse ' said he: 'come right back.' Back I went Docther, said the old ladw, reproach fully, 'why didn't ye give e the jigger undther my tongue ? lhat did me more good than all the rest of yer trash !" As to Graveyard Fences. It was a Maine grayeyard and the fence thereof was in a most disreputable condition. Some of the neighbors were trying to start a movement to refence the ceme tery, and it was meeting with general aDDroval till the caustic wit of Darius Howard was aroused. ' What for?" he inquired. "What's the need of fenciDg the graveyard There ain't no one inside thai wants to come out and I'm darn sure there ain' anv one outside that wants to get in So what's the use of a fence ?" And the fence was not built till folks had ceased to chuckle over the thrust of Darius. Kicked to Dentil by Ills Uun. Kansas City Journal. Near the Hulmboldt the other day Mr. D. Wittich accidentally discharged both barrels of his shotgun while hold ing the gun before him. The shock rebounded, striking him in the stomach and inflicting injuries from which he Boon died. With inanimate things as well as prize fighters in possession of the seer t of the solar plexus, no man is safe. Dentist I see that I shall have to kill the nerve. Patient For heaven's sake, don't1. It. would ruin me in my business. I'm a life inaur nee agent. THE CONCORD WEEKLY TIMES Leading Paper in This Section. LARGE AND ESTABLISHED CIRCULATION ESTABLISHED IN 1875. Itou have anything to sell, let the people know it. How To ain Flesh Persons have been known to gain a pound a day by taking an ounce of SCOTT'S EMUL SION. It is strange, but it often happens. Somehow the ounce produces the pound ; it seems to start the digestive machinery going prop erly, so that the patient is able to digesT and absorb his ordinary food, which he could not do be fore, and that is the way the gain h made. A certain amount of flesh is necessary for health ; if you have not got it you can get it by taking jeeirs poisioR Ycu will f ind it just as useful in summer ?J. in winter, and if you are thriving upon i don't stop because the weather is warm. Sec and $r.oo, all druggists. SCOTT & BOWNE, Chemists, New York. PROFESSIONAL CARDS. DR. Is again at.his;Old place over Yorke's Jewelry oujro, CONCORD, N. 0. Dr. W.. C. HOUSTON: Surgeon ggg Dentist, CONCORD, N. C. Is prepared to do all kinds of dental work in the most approved manner. uiiif e over Joiuison's Drug store. . T. HARTSELL, Attoraey-at-Law, CONCORD, NORTH CAROLINA. Prompt attention iriven to all business. Mlice in Morris buildinir, opposite the court house. W. H. LILLY. U. D. a. . MONTHOMKBV, M. D :;: lilly & offer their professional services to the citi zens of Concord and vicinity. All calls promptly attended day or night. Office and residence on East Oepot street, opposite resbvterlan church. v W J. MONTGOMEBY. . I. LBB OBOWEIi J. MONTGOMEBY. MONTGOMERY CROWELL, Attorneys and Counselors-at-Law, CONCORD, N, O. As partners, will practice law in Cabarrus. Stanlv and adjoining counties, in the Supe rior and Supreme Courts of the State and in the Federal Courts Olliee on Depot street. Parties desirlmr to lend money can leave it with us or place it In Concord National flunk for us, and we will lend It on good real es tate security free of charge to the deiosltor. We make thorough examination of title to lands offered as security for loans. Mortgages foreclosed without expense to owners of same. MnltltlSclN H.CALDWELL. af. B. BTIf'KLKV CALDWELL & -STICKLEY, Attorneys at Law,. CONCORD, N. C. fflce, ntxt door to Morris House. Telephone, 7;ia. jPyny-Pectorall f A QUICK CURE FOR f t COUGHS AND COLDS J Very valuable Remedy in all affections of the THROAT or LUNGS! Large Bottles, 25c. T)AVT3 A I.AWIiTSXPR CO Tlmltv1 Trop's of Perry Davis' Pain-KUler. X BUYS AN 1 Eight Day Clock, S3! a; Walnut or Oak, P Fully Warranted, FOR 12 MONTHS, AT s " V A I I i 1 W. C. CORRELL'S. 1 p Fine Watchwork and Engray ing a Specialty. Mn rry Chen ply 1 f We don't mean marry a cheap, no account man, but to let us print your invitations at fZM for first fifty and $1 25 for additional ntty Jncmaes ouisiue uu maiuc curciujioo. rHE TIMES, Concord. N-C- DROPSY CTJEID with TegeUble Remedies. Hsts cured many thousand caaea called hopeless. In tea day at least two-thirds of all symptoms remor- mptoms remoT trsatrnent f re. fl. Testimonials and TEH DATS 02. h. m. CKIZl'S SOBS. Box K. Atlanta, U Iiai, Vyuiun.,