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BllOt A HP'S LETTER,
On. the Wine. TVo t
, O- " "'"U Hit lit i
dropped down from Chattannno-.
Meridian. It is over 300 mil Klt u
seemed like a droDnin
faet train on the Alabama Great South
ern earned me there in less than eight
hours while I elept. Beautiful care
and a smooth jtrack made the trip a
pleasure even to a veteran. T kh
some flattering calla to the cotton belt
of Alabama and Mississippi, and as the
larder was low and the family purse
looked like an elephant had trod on it,
and taxes were to pay and coal to buy'
and my female folks were in need of
winter garments, mv wife said I had
better go. That settled it, and here I
am in Meridian. Many years have
passed since I visited th a growing city
and I hardly recogniwsd it. It 1mm
since grown from 800 to 18,000 neoile.
and now pita on metropolitan airs, for
it is the largest town in Mississippi. It
osed to be a dirty place, and was a
dug-out for saloons arid disreputable
quarters. Six years ago there was a
great awakening and the saloons were
abolished and many of those who sup
ported Uiem left for parts unknown.
Grass dident grow in the streets as was
predicted, but the town took on new
life. Mr. Dial was elected mayor on
temperance principles and a system of
public works was at once inaugurated.
Since then fifty miles of sewerage has
been laid and thirty miles of Bidewalk
paved and twelve blocks of streets
graded and paved with vitrified brick
and as many more with chert Two
cotton mills and an oil mill and a
splendid system of waterworks have
been established. Six large buildings
for the public schools have been
erected. Two female colleges have
been planted there. The new city has
gasworks and street cars, and new resi
dences with handsome architecture are
m right on all the high lands that
environ the city. I never knew before
that there was a hill within miles of
Meridian, but there are not onlv hills.
but a mile or two south there are
mountain ridges like those in upper
Georgia, and from these come the
gushing springs that supply the city
with the purest water. . There is no
better kept hotel than the Southern
good fare, good beds, good service of
every kind and what was best of all
to me the people gave me a good audi-,
ence, all select, especially the eighty
college girls who came arrayed in
college uniform. . I saw more cotton
yesterday than I ever saw before at
one time and place. Meridian com
presses and markets 150,000 bales, and
half of it is there now in the ware
houses and outside. Much of it has
been sold, but cannot be - moved for
lack of cars. Cotton is still the king.
While at breakfast this morning two
northern men took seats at the same
tab! ; -and one rbsaarlied: 1 TniiS1- wt
is on a boom. They are building all
over it" "Yes," said the otherr "the
whole south is on the upgrade, and if
it keeps on Bryan won't carry a single
southern state." Well, they were for
McKinley, of course, but they will
know by waiting. A northern man
who has never been south finds much
to interest.and astonish him. Not long
ago Mayor Dial took one over the city
and asked him what he would like to
see specially. He replied that he
would like very much to see where the
negroes lived at d how they lived. So
the mayor drove up to negro town,
where he saw numerous women and
children and heard them laughing and
talking merrily. "What are they
laughing at?" he inquired. "I dident
know they ever laughed.' "Why,"
said Mr. Dial, "they laugh all the day
long; they laugh at anything." "Is it
oossible?" exclaimed the yankee.
SUDDOse we stop and ask: tnem wnai
tiev are laueine about? jviy curiosity is
ereatlv excited." So the mayor stopped,
and calling one of the women whom he
knew to the gate, said: "Hannah, this
gentleman is from the north up in
God's country and says he dident
know that the negroes down here ever
Uiicrhpd. and he wants to know what
you were all laughing about as we
drove ud." This, of course, provoked
unntVifir snfill and all thev Kot out of
them was that "Jinny axea manay
which was de most alike, a 'possum or
a coon?" The straneer was profoundly
impressed, and made a note in his
memorandum booK.
Mr. Dial savs the new law about
voting works well in Mississippi, and
has ceased to excite any comment or
,1,-aaor.r The neOTO DODUlatlOn OI
Meridian is about equal to the white,
but there are only about fifty Colored
voters most of these are teachers,
preachers and barbers. About eighty
ngistered the first year after the law
was passed, but the number has de
creased from year to year, ana tne
nporn has loner since ceased to take any
interest in politics. Quite a number of
white men have retired from registra
tion because thev can't swear that they
have paid their taxes for the two past
years. Mr. Dial says that the registrar's
office was in bis office, and that officer
was uniformly considerate toward the
negroes who applied, oome'oi tuem
who couldent read made right good
answers when called on to explain a
clause in the .constitution, and if he
was a eood. negro be was questioned
very lightlv and was admitted. But
Borne who could read missed it a mile
a id were rejected. The law, he said,
was harder on a poor, trifling white
man than it was on a thrifty, industry
ous negro. But nobody makes any
fuss about it or proposes to change it.
Well I have been impatiently wait
ing on the stars, but do not believe that
this is the year for - the meteors--my
books do not say 'so. 'Humboldt is
pretty high authority, and bo is Apple
ton's cyclopedia, and both say the
periodic interval is thirty-four years
instead of thirty-three. They fell in
1799 and in 1833 and a partial display
in 1867, and so they will not come
again until 1901 year after next.
And the anniversary was 12th and 1 3th,
November, which has already passed.
d.. ,;n Vnnv bv waiting another
day whether Mr. Ashmore is right or
Humboldt. I remember well the fall
in 183$ and would like to see another
before 1 die, and I wistl my wife and
children to see one. It is a grand and
solemn sight. Bill Arp.
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SOME NOTED BACHELORS.'
Men of Maik ln Politics, Art And lit
erature Whs Never Married.
St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
Samuel J. Tilden WAS t.hn rifVi oat
Americans who ever entered public life
and remained single to the end of his
days. His persistent celibacy was re
markable, for, unlike Sir Thomas Lip
ton, Mr. Tilden was horn
and thus from his youth was considered
eligible by the mammas of many young
women. . j
No Republican of half Mr. Tilden's
prominence has gone through life with
out marrying, but. inclnriino- nanxt
Bennett Hill, who seems tn hp. a mn.
firmed bachelor, Democracy's rollB show
a noieworthy triumvirate of the dis
tinguished celibates. James' Buchanan.
rtbmy bachelor President, being ; the
mini member thereof. Buchanan is
understood to have refrained from tak
ing a wife because the girl upon whom
he set his youthful affections was obdu
rate. He is said to have regretted the
single state to the day of his death. Mr.
Hill, on the other hand, is reported to
be a bachelor from choice.
Literature has furnished a long string
of names to the list of eminent bache
lors. Possibly fhe best-known unmar
ried "man of letters today is Henry
James, the novelist. He maintains
stoutly that the artist, no matter what
the medium of his expression, should
remain Bingle, on the ground that the
petty cares and carpi a gs of domestic
life tend to wear on delicately adjusted
nerves and exhaust the mental fiber of
genius, whether its possessor be a paint
er of pictures, a worker in works, a
modeler of statues, a composer of music,
a singer, or one who amuses the people
irom the tage.
John Greenleaf Whittier was a bache
lor, though not from the same cause as
the brilliant fiction writer mentioned.
Whittier was a great admirer of the
married state, we are told, and in his
boyhood had a blue-eyed, red-cheeked
New ; England girl for his sweetheart.
Together they went to school as child
ren, and when thev grew to youth's es
tate he told her the itory most girls like
t-J hear. She beard it gladly, too, but
he was poor, and a poet love muct wait
for recognition. She promised, but
waiting is wearisome; before recognition
came to the young, gentle versemaker
she forgot him as a lover, and was mar
ried to Bomeone else.
Edward FitzGerald, the translator of
Omar Khayyam's quatrains, was a
bachelor, and there was a romance in
his life, much like the one which sad
dened Whittier's, but there was little
else which they had in common. The
celibacy of Charles Lamb was full of
pathos, for he remained Bingle all his
life that be might care for his Bister.
Venerable John Burroughs, naturalist
as well as writer, and one of the most
charming of men, has never married.
Mr. Burroughs was not even a woman
hater, neither has anyone ever surmised
that a romance caused his bacaelor
hood. The only literary bachelor who is ac
knowledged to be a hater of women is
the English poet, Algernon Charles
Swinburne. , His Bentiment appears to
be based upon the fear that a woman of
little culture would be dull beyond de
scription aa a' life partner, and the con
viction that the clever woman is the
least attractive of her sex.
Only one noted Protestant divine has
been aachelor. He was Phillips Brooks,
who finished life as Bishop of the Epis
copal Church, and seemingly possessed
every quality desirable in a model hus
band. The cause of his remaining
single appears never to have been un
derstood,, even by those who werecloseet
to him.. He did not avoid the fair, nor
has anjme been able to. recall a ro
mance in his life. In his student days
and his career as a clergyman he had
many friendships with women, while
his passionate fondness for children was
remarked often. His letters to some of
bis juvenile friends, published in one of
the magazines, were models in their
way.
The. bachelorhood of Sir Isaac New
ton was a puzzle to some of his con
temporaries, but others knew he re
mained single solely on account of his
mothe He thought the world of her,
and her affection for him was unbound
ed; but her maternal love was marred
by jealousy, and whenever her son
thought on marriage or evinced a pass
ing interest even in a pretty face she
wept and wrung her hands, and man
aged somehow to check true love's
courses "He finally told her he would
give up all notion of marriage as long as
she lived. After her death be found
himself too deeply absorbed in his scien
tific work and too mature to think of
matrimony.
- Something funny.
Mistress Well, Anna, have you found
the rose for my hair yet ?
Anna Yes, madam; but I cannot
find the hair.
Gerald I'll bet you a kiss on the re
sult of the next general election.
Geraldiue Isn't there an election be
fore that ?
He Nell's engagement to Jack is
broken off.
She Goodness! Whodidit?
He Both. They're married.
Brownleigh (visiting friends in the
country) I don't often get such a good
Bnnrier.
Johnnie (son of the host) Neither do
we.
TiiraPrthaw ! anv man of ordinary
intelligence ought to be able to see that
Biggs That may be. uut under
stand, sir, that I'm not ajnan of ordi
nary intelligence. ,
Barkerj Well, my little man, how
would von like vour hair cut? '
Freddv (nee six." seated in a barber's
i " . . . ...
! chair)--Like father's, with around hole
at the top.
She Promise me that if I die you
will never marry agaja.
He What? And let people think
l my dear little hret wile, was sucn a ter
ror that I didn't dare to? Never 1
i Vnn Gabler I Bee the fashion ifi com
; " I
imr in ncflin for ladies to wear ear-rings.
1 1 suppose now you'fl need to have your
ears bored.
Miss Ennui I'm used to that. -
"BE TTTST -A-OSnD
Concord, N. C, Thursday, November 30,
WHY THE SOUTH Is POOH,
Charlotte Observer.
The Staunton, Va News calls atten
tion to the fact that "of the stock held
by the New York Life, the Equitable
and the Mutual Life Insurance Com
panies of New York at the beginning of
the present year, only $226,000 was in
vested south of the Potomac." There is
no lack of opportunity for safe and
profitable investment of insurance
premiums or any other money in the
South, but what is need here ia not bo
much that these Northern companies
re-invest here all or a part of the money
they collect here, as that Southern peo
ple organize and conduct their own in
surance companies and get the dividends
as well as the benefit of a part of the
surplus. The Staunton paper says the
Northern companies would find South
ern cotton mills and iron furnaces yield
ing as good returns as the railroad, bank
and trust company stocks in which they
put their money; which moves the
Charleston News and Courier to Bay
that it does not know that it would bo
to the interest of the South for these
companies to own the stock of the
Southern cotton mills in any large or
controlling measure. Nor would it.
The South needs the profits these mills
are earning, even more than it needs
the first investment necessary to their
erection, and in like manner it needs
the profits to be derived from insurance
and not merely the investment of such
part of the surplus above interest as
may be doled out to it.
Our Charleston contemporary remarks
further that "Southern fire insurance
companies managed on business prin
ciples have paid good dividends to then
stockholders, and Southern life insur
ance companies managed upon the
same principles would pay equally well,"
it has no doabt. There is no reason for
doubt. There is in Charlotte a Ire in
surance company which is doing well,
as it deserves to. It is quartered in iU
own building, the finest cilice building
in the State. O her home fire insur
ance companies of the State are likewise
doing good business, and encouraged
by the success already won in this field,
a combination of gentlemen of business
experience and Unanciai standing is
about launching m this city another
company, organized under the laws of
the State. Of course the field is an in
viting one else they would not enter it
If for fire companies why not, then, for
life also? Both kinds we mean back
ed by locaL capital are needed, and
Southern people need to give them their
business, not from sentiment; not for
personal regard for any of their stock
holders, directors or officers, but from
business considerations solely. Of course
they must be ' solvent, conducted on
business principles and able to pay the
risks they take, otherwise they are not
entitled to expect public favor; but these
essentials assumed, it is not simply the
duty of the people to give them their
business but their individual selfish in
terest to do so. We decline to put the
case upon any other ground than this. -
The News and Courier concludes what
it has to Bay upon the enormous drain
upon our reeorces with the observation
that "what, with paying premiums on
insurance policies for the benefit of
Northern companies; tariff duties on
imported goods for the benefit of North
ern manufacturers, and taxes for pen
sions, for the benefit of Northern 'pa
triots.' it is only of the Lord's mercy
that the people of the South have not
been utterly consumed." This is a
phase of the question upon which we
have touched, even dwelt, very often,
perhaps to the fatigue of our readers.
The tariff and the pensions in particu-
ar are factors in Southern poverty which
we are not able to contemplate with an
equanimity and which the most ami
able of us of the South, who think much
upon them, are not always able to dis
cuss temperately.
A Free Choice.
Many anecdotes are related of John
Randolph, of Virginia. One night,
when traveling through the "Old Do
minion," he stopped at an inn Dear the
forks of two roads. The inn-keeper was
a fine old gentleman, and, knowing who
his distinguished guest was, he en
deavored during the evening to draw
him into conversation, but failed. But
in the morning, when Mr. Randolph
was ready to start, he called for his bill
and paid it. . Toe landlord, still anxious
to have' some conversation, tackled him
again.
"Which way are
you traveling, Mr.
Randolph, with a
Randolph ?"
"Sir?" said Mr
look of displeasure.
"I asked, raid the landlord, "which
way are you; traveling ?"
"Have I paid you my bill !
"Yes."
"Do I owe you anything more?"
"No."
"Well, I'm going just where I please.
Do you understand ?" "
"Yes."
The landlord by this time got some
what excited and Mr. Randolph drove
off. But to the landlord's surprise, in
a few moments he sent one of his ser
vants to inquire which of the forks of
the road to take. Mr. Randolph Btill
being within bearing distance, the land
lord yelled, at the top of his voice :
"Mr. Randolph, you don't owe me a
cent. Take whichever road you please."
Robbed the Grave.
A startling incident is narrated by
John Oliver, Tof 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
50o., guaranteed, at Fetzer's drug store.
Crashed Him.
The Shoe Clerk Beg your pardon,
madam, but it is a number five shoe
you want instead of a number three.
She Number five? You must
thinking of the size of your hat
be
B-Alia ZOTOIV
RULES FOR
TOUSU MEN
1M LIFE.
STARTING
St. Louis Republic;
Men who become successful jn the
latter part of their life sometimes give
out the set of guiding rules to which
they attribute their success. The fol
lowing rules are said to have been
formulated by Andrew Carnegie for his
own guidance :
1. Never enter a barroom, nor let the
contents of a barroom enter you.
2. Do not use tobacco.
3. Concentrate. Having entered up
on a certain line of work, continue and
combine upon that line.
4. Do not shirk; rather' go beyond
your task. Do not let any young man
think he has performed his full duty
when he has .performed the work as
signed him. A man will never rise if
he acts thus. Promotion" come3 "Trom
exceptional work. A man must learn
where his employer's interests lie, and
push for these.
The young man who does this is the
young man whom Capital wants for a
partner and son-in-law. He is the
young man who, by and by, reaches
the head of the firm.
5. Save a little always. Whatever be
your wages, lay by something from
them.
6. Never speculate. Never buy stocks
or grain on margin.
7. Never indorse. When you enter
on business for yourself, never indorse
for others, it is dishonest. All your
resources and all your credit are the
sacred property ot the men wk;0 have
trusted you. If you wish to help an
other, give him all the caih you can
spare. Never indorse; it is dishonest.
Aootnrr set of rules for young men i
to follow are those laid down by a man !
who built up an immense business, the
ramifications of which extended all over
the United States.
They will bear perusal, and are as
follows :
Keep good company or none. Never
be idle.
If your hands cannot be usefully em
ployed, attend to the cultivation of your
mind.
Always speak the truth. Make few
promises.
Live up to your engagements. Ke"p
your own secrets, if you have any.
When you speak to a person, look
him in the face.
Good company and good conversa
tion are the very -sinews of virtue.
Good character is above all things
else.
Your character cannot be essentially
injured except by your own acts.
If any one speaks evil of you, let your
life be so that none will believe him.
Drink no kind of intoxicating liquors.
Ever live (misfortunes excepted) with
in your income.
When you retire to bed, think over
what you have been doing during the
day.
Make no. haste to be rich, if you
would prosper.
Small and steady gains give compe
tency, with tranquility of mind.
Never play at any game of chance.
! Avoid temptntion, through fear you
may not withstand it.
E-rn money before you spend it.
.Never run into debt unless you see a
way to get out again.
Never borrow, if you can possibly
avoid iu
i Do not marry until you are able to
support a wife.
I Never speak evil of anyone.
Be just hefore you are generous.
Keep yourself innocent if you would
be happy.
: Sve when you are young to spend
when you are old.
i Read over the above maxims at least
once a week.
General Lee's Way.
;Soon after General Robert E. Lee
went to Lexington, Va. , he was offered
the presidency of an insurance com
pany at a salary of 110,000. He was
at that time receiving only $3,000 as
president of the Washington and Lee
Ulniversity.
, "We do not want you to discharge
any duties, General," said the agent;
'we simply wish the use of your name;
that will abundantly compensate use."
j! "Excuse me, sir," was the prompt
and decided rejoinder; "I cannot con
sent to receive pay for services I do not
render."
;' Nearly every mail brought him simi
lar propositions, and just a short while
before his death a large and wealthy
corporation in New York City offered
him $50,000 per annum to become its
president. But he refused all such of
fers and quietly pursued bis chosen
path of duty.
Advantages of Worrying a Little.
An Atlanta paper says, "Don't join
a Don't. Worry Club. Don't try not to
worry. While contentment is a pleas
ing virtue, the people who are contented
would be better off if they worried more.
Absolute contentment and indifference
to the possible troubles of tomorrow will
land anyone in the poorhouse. The
cow doesn't worry, neither does the
clam, but people are built to worry, and
it was intended that they should. On
the other hand, if you worry much it
will laud you in the insane asylum. It
is the. insane asylum on the one hand
and the poor-farm on the other; the
point is to worry just enough to keep
I
Used By British Soldiers In 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, Bechuanaland, he writes-:
'Before starting on the last campaign I
boncht a Quantity of Chamberlain's
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 bv M. L. Marsh &
Co., Druggists.
How He Knew.
Hotel Manager : "I see you have
given our finest suite of rooms to a man
named Bilkins. Are you sure he can
pay the charges f'f
Clerk : "Yes, he's rich enough."
Manager : "How do you know ?" .
Clerk : "He is old and ugly, and his
wife js young and pretty."
1899.
SOUTHERN MEN IN LAST WAR
Old Their Part and Won Full Share of
Distinction Against Spain.
Chicago Times Herald.
The long list of officers killed and
wounded during the struggle of the last
18 months includes a large Fhrire of
Southern names. As large a share of
the names known to the Southland may
be found in the list of the officers of the
army and navy who during the same
time have distinguished themselves for
heroism. Saffold, killed- Saturday at
the bead of his men in a charge at
Novelet in the Philippines, claimed
the same Alabama home as does Hob
sou of Merrimac fame. Worth Bugley,
the only naval officer killed during the
Spanish War, came from North Caro
lina. A negro was killed by a fragment
of thesheU, which .struck Bagley down, i
The dying ensign asked that the negro
receive the first care. Victor Blue,
Southerner and Annapolis graduate, J
dared the fate that overtook Nathan
Hale during the Revolution by travel
ing with a single companion the Pro
vince of Santiago, subsequently repoU
ing to the American authorities the
disposition of the island's defective
forces. Andrew 8. Rowan, Virginian
and West Pointer, dared death in a
similar way by piercing the heart of j
Cuba before any other American soldier
set foot on its soil.
Twenty years ago there entered West
Point with the writer of ths article two
Southern boys William E. Shipp and
William H. Smith. They met each
other for the first time as they left the
ferry boat to toil up the steep hill lead
ing to the hotel. Their orders of ap
pointments as cadets gave them uutil
the next day to report for examination.
The two youiiglSoutherners occupied the
same room at the hotel; they passed
their examinations together; they tented
together during the troublesome months
of plebe camp; they roomed together
during the four long years of their cadet
course, and finally joined the same reg
iment as second lieutenants, the Tenth
United States Cavalry. We used to
speak of Shipp and S uith as Damon
and Pythias, and more than once it was
jocosely remarked that in order to carry
the comradeship to a dramatic end they
ought to die together. Smith and Shipp
were shot and killed within five min
utes while they were leading their dis
mounted black troopers of the slopes 6f
San Ju.a hill. .
In -the Bame West Point class was
John W. Heard, of Mississippi. Heard
is now a captain of the Third United"
States Cavalry. Oa the way to take
part in the battles before Santiago the
transport to which Heard and his im
mediate co'mmand were assigned ran
close to a point of land where a large
bodof Spaniards were in ambush. The
decks of the transport were swept by
Mauser bullets for half an.hour. It was
necessary to transmit orders from for
ward to aft. This could only be done
'..y the appoi tment of a man to do the
duty. Every step of the messenger's
way was one of imminent danger,
though this fact at farst was not realized.
Two men were ordered to' the dangerous
duty, and they were both shot iu quick
succession. Ciotain Heard Said: "I'll
ask no more of my men to expose them
selves. Give nie your orders." For 20
minutes he carried messages from one
end of the vessel to the other, though
Mau3er bullets cut his blouse, spattered
the dnck and splintered the railings
about him.. Every stride of his way
was marked by leaden volleys, yet he
cam8 through unscathed. He now
wenrs the medul of honor given "For
Valor."
In the blood of its sons in Cuba and
the Philippines ths union of the North
and Siuth has-been cemented. In the
wiping out of sectional lines the nation
finds full compensation for the cost of
the war.
BUmark'a Iron Nerve
Was the result of his splendid health.
Indomitable will and tremendous energy
are not found where Stomach, Liver,
Kidneys and Bowels are out of order. If
you want these qualities and the suc
cess they bring, nse Dr. King's New Life
Pills. Only 25 cents at Fetzer's drug
store. ' '
Two Men.
Paterfamilias (furiously) You scoun
drel ! why did you elope with my
daughter?
New-SonTin-Liw To avoid the insuf
ferable fuss and nonsense of a society
wedding.
Paterfamilias (beamingly) Thank
heaven ! my daughter got a Bensible
husband, anyhow.
Reason far liaste.
The Irishman was painting hh barn,
and he was hurrying his work with all
his strength and speed.
'fWhat are you in such a hurry for,
Murphy ?" asked a spectator.
"Sure, I want to get through before
me paint runs out," was the reply.
A newly married editor gets off the
following : "What's the difference be
tween a honeycomb, a honeymoon and
a pretty girl? A honeycomb is a small
cell, a honeymoon is a big sell and a
pretty girl is a damsel."
"Did that bottle of medicine do your
aunt any good ?"
"No; as soon as she read the wrapper
she got three new diseases."
Baking Powder
Made from pure
cream of tartar.
Safeguards the food
against alum
Alum baking powders are the greatest
menacers to health of the present day.
SOVM. BAKING POWOCft Ml, NEW VORK.
$1.00 a Year, in Advance.
Number 22.
MANAGEMENT OF MEN.
Baltimore Sun.
It is commonly supposed that one
must have an understanding of men in
their various humors to successfully
manage them, but some men and some
women have intuitive knowledge on
the subject. They are born managers.
The success attending the careers of
great men has generally resulted from
their ability, natural or acquired, to
pick out the right assistants and get
them to use their best efiorts. Their
methods are not . always the same.
Some men have to be driven and some
led, with every possible shade of differ
ence between the two processes. But
the successful managers of men exhibit
one characteristic In common. They
have command of themselves and
pursue their course, whatever it may
be, with an even temper. When they
drive they do so with moral force rather
than with physical; when they lead it is
with cheerful manner. Thev are al
ways in earnest, and their purposes
command respect The driving man
may be verv quiet, though determined ;
it is his persistence without passion
that breaks down opposition. If he
should be arrogant, he would arouse
resistance and perhaps fail in his pur
pose. The noisy, abusive, domineering
ruler of men may command them
through fear, but he has no real hold
upon them, and the moment they are
given an opportunity to escape from
his tyranny they rebel. He is not a
good manager of men, though for the
time being they may obey him with
alacrity. Successful management of
men implies that they have been so
trained by him that they will do their
duty whether he is present or absent;
whether he has the power to punish or
reward, or is the mere agent of another
and higher authority. Such a man
rules by force of character, because the
men under him have learned that he is
fair-minded, sympathetic and devoted
to duty. He is not arbitrary or bad
temperedj but has obtained control
over himself before undertaking to
control others. He is, moreover, an
observant man and quickly learns the
dispositions of those whom he rules
and treats them accordsngly. With
one he is indulgent, with another severe;
with all he deals justly. Such men
are, of course, rare, but these are the
men who rise to the higher positions
in business life; they are the men who
are fitted to become foremer, man
agers and principals. Some of them
are fitted for such posts by nature; all
can qualify themselves for higher office
by giving some attention to the qualities
required of those who are to success
fully manage other men. They must
first of all learn to control themselves
so that their tempers shall be even;
they must be free from prejudices, able
to deal justly with all men; they must
have a definite- purpose in life and
sufficient determination to follow it
unswervingly. Men' thus constituted
command respect, and are, therefore,
fitted to rule or manage other and
weaker characters. The common idea
of a manager or boss is of an arrogant,
loud-mouthed, cruel ruler who governs
bvtheear he inspires, but the real
rulers of men are gentle and just, but
persistent. They are men who control
themselves and are thus fitted to con
trol others.
Playing the Fool.
Nashville Advocate.
This a free countrv. Nowhere else
on the earth do men have such un
limited opportunities for making fools
out of themselves, and nowhere else,
we-mav also add, do so many of them
live up to their chances. But we must
confess that in our poor judgment Mr.
E. Benjamin Andrews, once a Baptist
minister, lat President of Brown Uni
versity, and now Superintennent of
Public Schools in the City of Chicago.
has gone beyond all his fellows in this
respect He objects to teaching Kip
ling's "Recessional" to the children on
the ground that it is too theistic, and
may offend those parents who do not
believe in God. If Dr. Andrews will
find any English poetry worth the name
that is not distinctly theistic, outside of
Shelley and Swinburne, we shall be
glad to be informed of the fact. To be
consistente must rule out Chaucer,
Spenser, Milton, Shakespeare, Words
worth, Tennyson, Browning. Long
fellow, Whittier, Bryant, Lowell, Sidney
Lanier, and Paul Hayne. When
theism is torn from the works of the
great master singers the poor shriveled
r3mnants v. ill be without life and value
of any sort.
"How do you make your paper pa?
I never see it anywhere."
"We print pictures of prominent men,
and they buy it.''
"To distribute?"
"Oh, no; to destroy."
"Something is going on in that house
with the green blinds," said the neigh
bor opposite. "From the looks of the
women who are arriving, though, I
really can't tell whether it's areception
or whether they've advertised for a
cook."
"So his mother intends making a
pianist of him?"
"Yes."
"Who is to be the master ?"
"She hasn't got that far yet; at pres
ent she is merely just letting his hair
grow."
Lady (to dog fancier) What kind of
dogs have you for sale?
Dog f ancier Scotch t'-rners, Chi
nese, pugs, French poodles and English
setters.
Lady Have you any of those ocean
greyhounds that I have read about?
"Want a situation as errand boy, do
you? Well, can you tell me how far the
moon is from the earth, eh?"
"Well, guv'nor, I don't know, but I
reckon it ain't near enough to interfere
with me running errands."
He got the job. .
Mrs. Nagsby (impatiently calling)
Not a, drop everything at once and come
to me! ,
Nora Yes, ma'am.
Mrs. Nageby Now, what's the baby
crying for?
Nora 'Cause I dropped him, mum.
- Leading Paper in Tills Section.
LARGE AND 'ESTABLISHED CIRCULATION
ESTABLISHED IN 1875.
If you have anything to sell, let
the people know it.
You have used all
I sorts of cough reme-
J dies but it does not
yield; it is too deep
seated. It may wear
itself out in time, but
it is more liable to
produce la grippe,
pneumonia or a seri
ous throat affection.
You need something
that will give you
strength and build
up the body.
SC0TFS
EMULSION
will do this when everything
else fails. There is no doubt
about it. It nourishes,
strengthens, builds up and
makes the body strong and
healthy, not only to throw
off this hard cough, but to
fortify, the system against
further attacks. If you are
run dowff or emaciated you
should certainly take this
nourishing food medicine.
Soc. and fi.no, all druggists.
TT & BOWNE. Chemists, New York.
SCO
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
DR. H. C. HERRING. DENTIST,
Is again at bis old place over Torke's Jewelry
Store,
. COtfCORD, If. C.
Dr. W. C. Houston.
Surgeon
Dentist,
CONCORD, N. C.
Is prepared to do all Mnds of dental work in
tlie most approved manner
Office over Johnson's Drug Store.
L. T. HARTSELL,
Attorney-at-Law,
CONCORD, NORTH CAROLINA.
Prompt attention given to all business.
Office in Morris building, opposite the" court
house.
W. H. LILLY. M . D.
' 8. L. HONTOOmir, M. D
DRS. LILLY & IS WEE!,
offer their professional services to the citi
zens of Concord and vicinity. All calls
promptly attended day or night. Office and
residence on East Depot street, opposite
Presbvterian church.
W JT. MONTOOMEBT. J. LXBOBOWEIi
MONTGOMERY & CROWELL,
Attorneys and Coimselors-at-Law,
CONCOBD, N. 0.
As partners, will practice law in Cabarrus,
Stanly and adjoining counties', in the Supe
rior and Supreme Courts of the State and in
the Federal Courts Office on Depot street.
Parties desiring to lend money can leave it
with us or place It in Concord National Dank
for us, and we will lend It on good real es
tate security free of charge to the depositor.
We make thorough examination of title to
lands offered as security for loans.
Mortgages foreclosed without expense to
owners of same.
MORRISON H.CALDWKl.U
M. B. STICK LEY
CALDWELL & STICKLE Yr
Attorneys at Law,
CONCORD, N. C
Office, ntxt door to Morris House.
Telephone, 7Ha.
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