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VOLUME XYIL
GOOD PRINTING ALWAYS PAYS
Concord, n; C, Thursday, JAay lO. 1900.
Number 45
-ss-THE TIMES --
STEAM BOOK AND JOB OFFICE
THE
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Second Time on Earth
No Bolls Nor Carbuncles NowA
Good Blood' Medicine.
" t I became convinced of the "merit
of Hood's Sarsaparilla when I took it
myself as a blood purifier. So, when
my husband had boils and carbuncles I
urged him to take Hood's and the re--suit
waif that when he had used but
one bottle the boils had nearly all dis
appeared. He continued the use of
the medicine and after taking two
bottles he was completely cured, and,
as he expressed it, felt aa if he was on
earth for the second time. lie has
never had any boils since. We take
Hood's as a spring medicine and gladly
recommend it." Mrs. Ar. E. Statsa,
Yonkei-8, N. Y. . .,' ' ,
1 Scrofula from Birth. ; "V
"I have found Hood's. to be the
greatest blood purifier I ever took,
aud i have tried many medicines. I
was '& sufferer with scrofula from
birth. My eyes were so badly affected
I woufd be almost blind for a week
at a time. - My neck began to swell
so that I' could not breathe freely.
Medicines failed to Jb me any good
until I began taking Hood's Sarsa
parilla. Today I have, excellent health
and ray eyes give .me very little
trouble. I owe it all to Hood's, which
" I recommend to all suffering from any
disease of the blood.'? Miss Kettie
, McGujee; Silver Creek, y, .
That Tired Feeling. .
" I cannot say. too much for Hood's
Sarsaparilla as a remedy for that tired
and worn out feeling one'has in the
spring. . As a strength builder and
appetite creator it has no equal."
Mils. LV B. Woodard, 285 Ballou
Street, Woonsocket, It; 1. 1
Hood's is Peculiar to" Itself.
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
Dft. H. C. HERRING.- DENTIST,
Is again at his old place over Yorke's Jewelry
Store, . .'-
' coxtcorb, nr. c. !
Dr. w. c. Houston.
SureGD Dentist,
CONCOBU, N. O.
Is prepared to do all kinds of dental work In
the most approved manner.
office over Johnson's Drag Store.
ltesidence 'I'hone 11. OOTjcej 1'hpne42.
L. T. HARTSLL,
Attorney-at-Law, y
f ONCORD,NOBTH CAOOUKA.
Prompt attention given to all business.
Oilice in Morris building, opposite .the eourt
house. " " ;l ; "
W. H. LILLY. M, D.
S. L. MONTOOMtar. M.
Iff
offer their professional services to rthe citi
zens or uoncora ana vicinity, ah cans
promptly attended day or- nieht. Office and
residence on Bast Oepot street, opposite
iresovtenan church. , ,
W J. MONTGOMEBT. 1. LKKCHOWEL
: MOHTGOMERI & CEOWELL, ;
i " Attorneys and Connselors-at-Law, f
CONCORD, K. 0. I-As-nartners.
will practice law in Cabarrus.
Stanly and adjoining counties, in the Supe
rior ana supreme uourts or tne state ana m
the Federal Courts- Office on Depot street.
Parties desiring to lend money can leave it
with us or place it lu Concord National Bank
for us, and we will lend it on good real es
tate security iree or 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 II. CALDWELL.
M. B. BTICKbKY
CALDWELL & STICKLEY,
. Attorneys at Law,
. ' CONCORD, N. C. ': - :
Office, ntxt door to Morris House. i, :
Telephone, 73a. I i '
I Spring Cleaning
;
is at hand and yon want
to' clean and - polish ', up
vonr silverware. ' Iti'srdit fe
' h:
ficult to find- a perfect poU &
f . - S
ish that contains no grit
of acid likely to scratch or
injure the articles. This
fear is done away with Jl
i
when von use
i
-
Imperial Silver Polish,
y which we sell under oiir
own name and guarantee
S to be the best and most
z.
economical cleanser of Sil
verware on the 1 market.
:'- Tiy one for convincement.
U A bottle costs 2oc,"and will
last a long, lbng time. - i
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THE JEWELER.
WHAT THE DRUGGISTS SAY OF -
MRS. GRIER'S
REAL HAIR RESTORER.
A Texas druggist (a North Carolinian
by the way) writes: "Yours" is the best
hair preparation I ever sold; it is truly
harmless, makes the scalp clean and
healthy and is full measure," $ j '
E. M. Esty, well known all long the
line, said: . "I ' have sold drugs tor 21
years' and handled dozens of so called
hair restorers, but Mrs. Grier's R. H' R.,
which I found in Charlotte, N. C-ris the
only perfectly reliable cure for falling
hair and dandruff I ever saw."
50c per bottle at .any drug store at
wholesale from the job ers of Richmond,
v a., and the leading cities of North Laro
lin a. - i
. THE 1HE.1 DME.1 1.
Horn. Go. E. Bacas. Punllrt. Tall ta a
tetter to Tkt PivtraulTt rrmr a
Oaslrtetad Hagra Sam-aga In. gaatfe
Conliit, aad Urges tmm Adoptloa of
the AmtadmtBi ta Tata Stat.
Progressive Farmer.
Editors Progressive Farmer:' I am
very deeply interested in the success of
the effort to secure a limited suffrage to
tne "negro in .North Carolina, by the
adoption of the proposed Constitutional
Amendment. I am fully persuaded it
would prove a great blessing to the State
Of North Carolina, to all of its citizens,
including the negroes. i, .
I have been sojournm? in South
Carolina, my native State, for about two
months, and Bee the great benefit to all
classes of its people, negroes included.
from) the practical retirement of the
negro . from political influence - - and
power. Ibis was virtually done by the
great revolution in 1876, which wrested,!
the power from the negroes and their
leaders, and vested it in the white peo
ple. For some time the whites retained
the political power by the entire control
of the election machinery. The m m-
agement of the. election was entirely in
the hands of the Democratic party. Tha
law. required that there should be a sep
arate box for the reception of. each Vote
for a candidate for1 any particular office.
Each box was to be marked for Gover
nor, Lieutenant Governor, for Senator,
far members of the Houee and the law
pro vided that in any case if the ballot
was not deposited in the right box it
was invalidated. It also provided that
each voter should deposit bis ballot in
person, with no one near him. As a
result illiterate persona could not vote,
unless the managers of the election
chose to give information aa to the right
box in which to deposit each ballot. As
a result illiterate voters where votes
were not desired were practically de
barred from voting. There were graye
objections to this. system, and many
thought that it was unwise to hazard its
continuance in case of division among
the whites. To fully secure the victory
that had wrested the power from the
ignorant and incompetent negroes, and
their eelf-seeking leaders, the amend
ment to the Constitution was adopted.
'. Before my recent careful investigation
into the actual workings of the law, I
had alwava been distrustful of it and
feared it might limit the rights and in
fluence of the plain common people for
whose rights I am ever jealous. That
such baa not been its effect ia plainly
shown by the fact that the plain, ; com
mon people who revolutionized the gov
ernment in this State a few years ago,
and got full control of it, still retain thia
power. . .. '.-
I have spoken with quite a number of
persons, of men of different professions,
of different occupations and various po
sitions in society, and have found not
a single one who did not speak of it with
full approval and commendation. - -
It ia very singular the good effect it
has had upon the negroes. They have
had their eyes opened to the fact that
casting ballots into boxes was not going
to secure for them either the financial
or social advancement which they ex
pected, and as a result the masses of
them have lost all interest in politics,
and many of them who can re&l and
write and can therefore vote if the choose
do not exercise their right. Their
whole demeanor is changed. They are
for more Industrious and contented than
they' were during their days of political
power.
T lived here during, that horrible
nightmare of Reconstruction, and, can
vividly recall the anxiety as to life and
property, that hung like a pall over the
whole people, can but note the amazingJrgenta already made will prevent my
chance that has taken place.
I wish to aay a few words, more es
pecially to my Populist friends, in re
gard to the pending contest in cur
btate. We have often criticised and
not infrequently abused the Democrats
for making the negro issue a paramount
one . : ' i
Now the amendment will practically
esliminate the negro question from our
political contests in the fnture and give
to us the opportunity of discussing 'ssue3
of far greater importance.
Now, will it be consistent in ua to re
fuse to assist in the effort to suppress
the ignorant negro vote? I think it the
duty of every true lover of the State to
put aside any bitterness or estrange
ment that may have occurred in the
past, and unite in the request from all
to secure this modification of suffrage
and relieve ua from : this irresponsible
and dang, rous negro vote. U. E. Boggf
-. ''"
Colored Republicans frozen Oat by tne
Whttei.
Raleigh, N. C, May 1. The
Fourth District Republican Conven
tion was held here this afternoon and
ended in wild disorder after the white
delegates and the black delegates had
had a quarrel andthe latter had re
tired. Edward A. Johnson, colored,
presided as district chairman. The
convention was called to nominate
delegates to the National Convention
The negroes made a demand that one
delegate be a negro, and said if that
was not done they would knife the
white Republicans by staying away
frornthe polls. Speech after speech
was made by the- excited and angry
negroes, James H. Young and David
F. Lane leading in this. C. -T. Bailey,
postmaster here, and J. G. Millikeri
were elected delegates and F; D.
Jones and H. B. Pearson alternates.
All the whites then left the hall and
the black men met and elected as
delegates Winslow. district chairman.
and Giles, of Chatham, a member of
the Executive Committee. The white
men claim that a few negroes re
mained And voted with them.
! A Woman's Awful Peril.
f -".There is only one chance to save you
life and that is through an operation,
were the startling words heard by Mrs
'L B. Hunt, of Lime Ridge, Wis., from
her doctor after he had vainly tried to
cure her of a frigbtfnl case of stomach
trouble and yellow jaundice. Gall stones
had formed and she constantly grew
worse. Then she began to use Electric
1 Bitters, which whollv cured her. It's a
wonderful Stomach, Liver nd Kidney
TLamnA-o- . n-nroa TWcwTwiji. and Liosa of
ATmAtit iwit Onlv Kon tnaranteed.
For sale by P. B. Fetzer, druggist.'
BET. RAH P. JUE WHITES OF
llXOOOT, KtmilU THB DEVIL.
Memphis, Teis. I waited ever in
Atlanta three days last week on account
of washouts and floods on railroads. I
left Atlanta the 23rd insL for some
points in Mississippi and to Memphis.
1 have not been through - the worst
flooded districts of Alabama and Missis
sippi. A man win have to swim much
to do that yet, and, if what I have seen
is only a taste of
what has happened
for the south and
west, then devasta
tion must be complete. I esteem rail
roads-more highly now than ever.
When the trains top it looks like every
thing stops. The heroic, herculean ef
forts the railroads haye made and are
still making to repair the tracks and re
place the bridges, trestles, etc., is mar
velous to behold. " The railroads in
Mississippi alone! Lave been damaged
more than a million dollars. The farms
and loss of stock and crops, etc,', ' are
more than two millions'more. The old-
e,Bt inhabitant has never seen the river
and creeks so high or the lands so badly
washed. 1 believe when the costs of
tho floods in Texas,! Louisiana, Alabama
an i Mississippi are fully counted up it
will reach ten milliDnB of dollars or
more. The railroads are able to' repair
their tracks, the landlords can stand the
loss of. stock and. the washing of their
lands, but there are ten thousand, poor
tenants who lost, their all in the floods.
Poor fellows, I am sorry for them, 'j
The races are on in Memphis, and
that means much!
for any city. It's a
pile for" the hotel
biers. Its wreck
a, saloons and gam-
and ruin to the fellow
who bets,
bet on the
The gang who attend and
races are gointr to ruin and
hell faster than any thoroughbred horse
ever went around the track. There is
nothing more fascinating and so hurt
ful to the young ihen as the race course"..
A prize tight,
masquerade ball, a
a faro bank, a salo n
Louisiana lottery,
itself, any one
or ail or thes8 can t
wreck.mauhood and character quicker
or more surely than the race course. '. I
like a thoroughbred; horse, and I love to
see him go, but I think scrubs make up
the crowd tlfat attend the races, largely.
Memphis is a great city. Her trade
is large, and ehe is a growing town, but
the devil has pretty much his own way
here, as he docs i also in Atlanta. It
will be a sad day for Atlanta wiwn she
adds a race track jto her other deviltry.
A street preacher (dressed like an
Episcopal clergyrhan, except he has
those large crosses on vest and coat,
and long hairVnamed B'anford, fm
Epgland, and whj by the way married
one of Oar Cartetsville girte, has been
preaching on the stjreets and in the au
ditorium of Memphis for six weeks. He
has gotten up no small stir in Memphis.
He preaches salvation from Bin and
heals the sick. lie has a flue face and
splendid address and seems to be about
26 years old, ..The good people are di
vided on him audi if suppose the sinners
consider him a qrank. One thing is
certain, "he can't hurt anything in
Memphis. The devil himself has done
about his worst on them here, and still
they survive. i ; . -
I am amazed," as I travel over this
country, and see thp life and push and
vim in the business world and the ac
tivity of the devil land his-gang. Then:
lookon and see the church, hew dead
and how indifferent it is to the condi
tion of things. Many of the deacons'
and some of the pi-eachers talk like they
think that matters tro going on lovely.
The Methodist pastors have just left
my room. Theyj Jure anxious that I
come to Memphis.! They admit that
the thing is in a hole, and are anxious
that something be done. But eneaee-
coming back to Ijlmphis in the. near
future. I begin meetingsJn Baltimore
May 6th, and will! continue there until
27th;" and will spend the summer largely
in campmeeting and chautauqua work.
Farm work is bidly behind in all sec
tions. May is upon us and not a tenth
of corn or cotton leither planted in the
sections whtre 1 have been, liut we
have 'still left to us the blessed fact that
we will live until we die, and the hard
Bhell brothers sky We wem't die until our
time comes.
The people everywhere though seem
happv and .hopeful. The towns and
cities say trade was never better and the
farmers say there Js plenty of time yet
left to tbem to make a crop.
I met a drummer this morning, iusi
from southern California; he said it had
not rained out thei-e in three years; so
we are better off
the old woman,
than,the'y. It's like
who always said it
might have been
worse,- to every ca-
tamitv. Her husband was run over
and killed by the tram, and the friends
went to her and tdld her of the tragedy.
She asked, "la he aeao r" xney said
"Yes, madam." She replied saying, "It
might have been worse." How, they
asked. ?'0h I" She said. "They might
have iust crippled I him and left him
here on my hands; to wait on
So, whatever betides us, we may say
it might have been worse.
SAM Jf. JONES.
'atory of a Pass.
Troy Times. j
The following is a history of the rail
road pass which, if true, ia very good of
its .kind. When Kl a. Kice, wlio. was
afterward president of the Michigan
Central railroad, waa the general man
agerof the JNew lore uentrai, he re
ceived by mail an: expired pass, across
the back of which -the holder had writ
ten in red ink r j i
. . Bless my stars 1 no more on the cars
As a deadhead 1 ride on the rail,
Unless Mr. Rlfce should take my advice .
And send me a pass by the mall.
Without a moment's hesitation Mr,.
Rice turned the pfes over and traced in
red ink on its face the following
The conductor will pass this bundle of gas 1
From July to the miaaie or lenc,
Idkeany other deadhead, without paying, a
red, I i
Let him ride to his heart's content.
The pass was never taken up, and is
today kept in the family of the bolder.
Miss Florence Newman, who has been
great sufferer from ! muscular rheuma
tism, says Chamberlain's Pain Balm is
the only remedy, that affords her relief .
Miss Newman-is a ; mncn respected resi-
. dent of the village; of Gray, N. Y., and
makes this statement for the benefit of
' others similarly afflicted. This liniment
t is for sale by M. L.j Marsh, druggist.
witrrwimoTHKai. i
She was little old woman, very
plainly dressed in black bombazine
that had seen much careful wear, and
her bonnet was very old fashioned;
and people starjat her tottering up
the aisle of tUe grand church, evi
dently bent on securing one of the
best seats, for a great man preached
on that day, and the house was filled
with splendidly-dressed people, who
had heard of the fame of the preacher,
of his learning, of his intellect and
his goodness, and they wondered at
the presumption of the. old woman.
She must have been in her dotage,
for she picked out thi pew of the
richest and proudest l4enlDer of, the
church, and took a seai. The three
ladies who were seated there beckoned
to the sexton, who bentj over the in
truder, and whispered something, but
she was hard of hearing and smiled a
little withered smile, as she said
gently: '.
"Oh. I'm quite comfortable here;
quite comfortable here."
"But you are not wanted here,'
said the sexton pompously. "There
is not room. Come with me, my
good woman, I will see that you have
a seat." . -', j
"Not roomj" said the old woman
looking at her sunken proportions;
and then at the fine ladies, "Why
I'm not crowded a bit. I rode ten
miles to hear the sermon today, be
cause " " I
But the sexton toolc her by thearm,
and shook her roughly in a polite,
underhand way, and she took the
hint. Her faded old eyes filled with
tears, her chin quivered, but. she
rose meekly and left the pew. Turn
ing quietly to the ladies,' who were
spreading their rich dresses over
the spot she left vacant, she said
gently: - ' I
"I hope, my dears, there'll be room
in heaven for us all."
Then she followed the pompous
sexton to the rear of the church,
where, in the last pew, she was seated
between a thread-bare girl. and an old
man.
"She must be crazy." said one of
the ladies in the pew which she had
at first occupied. "What can an ig
norant old woman like her want to
hear Dr Blank preach for? She would
not be able to understand a word he
said."
"Those people "are so persistent.
The idea of her forcing herself into
our pew. Isn't that voluntary lovely?
There's Pr? Blank coming out of the
vestry. Isn't he grand?" I
"Splendid! What a stately man!
You know he has promised to dine
with us while he is here."
He was a commanding looking
..i .
man, and as tne organ voluntary
stopped, and he looked over the
crowd of worshipers gathered ir the
great churchhe seemed' to scan every
face. His hand waa on the Bible,
when, suddenly he leaned over the
reading desk, and beckoned to the
sexton, who obsequiously mounted
the -steps to receive a mysterious mes
sage. And then the three ladies in
the grand pew were electrified to see
him take his way the whole length of
the church, to return .with the old
woman, whom he placed in the front
pew ot an, its occupants mating
willing room for her. The great
preacher looked at her with a smile
of recognition, and then' the service
proceeded, and he preached asermOn
which struck fire from every heart.
"Who was she? ' asked the ladies
who could not make room for her, as
they passed the sexton at the door.
"The preacher s mother," replied
that functionary in an injured tone, j
How few remember that "while
man looketh on the outward " appear
ance, the Lord looketh on the heart."
' Aflame la the Streets. .
Lexington Special, 2d, to Raleigh Post. . ;
JuSt as the Pythian lodge was cora-i
pleting an initiatory degree, third
rank to-night the alarm of fire was
given, Work was discontinued and a
general rush was made for the win
dows, where a most horrible spectacle
was presented. A negro woman by
the name of Chaney Gross came rush
ing down the street completely envel
oped in flames and screaming, "Lord
Jesus, take me just as I am. I am
going to hell anyhow." ,
The facts in . the case as learned
by a correspondent seem about as
follows:
An unusual light in a negro house
occupied by a boy and two negro wo
men was observed by some ladies and
the alarm was given. . The first to
reach the house battered down the
door and found the negroes all drunk
and the boy lying on. the floor. As
soon as the door was opened the - (wo
man, whose clothing had been ignited
by an explosion of a lamp, rushed
out and ran blazing and screaming
till she fell. -It is piteous to hear her
scream as this is written. She will die.
KBrmea ot the Alontbs.
The following characteristic rhymes
of the months are said to have been
written by Richard Brinsley Sheridan:
: January snowy.
February flowy.
March! blowy:
April showery.
May flowery.
June bowery. :'
July moppy.
August croppy.
September poppy.
October breezy.
November wheezy.
December freezy.
A Keest Clear Braia.
Your best feelings, your social position
or business success depend largely on the
perfect action of your Stomach and Liver.
Dr. King's New life Pills give increased
strength, a keen, clear brain and high
ambition. A 25c. box will make yon
feel like anew being. Sold by P, B
Fetzer, druggist.
Jaggs-r-Texas ia a great place for
snakes. - I once saw a green and
yellow snake down there 70 feet long
and as big round aa a whisky barrel.
Wagga Well, I don't doubt it
! but I'll bet you saw the whisk v barrel
j before you saw the snake
he. woody wms ma ot ad
Otmxa AT OETMSptKX.D
Toe U Companion.
Much of Mr. Moody' influence with
the studetot was undoubtedly due to
his interest ia their amusements, and
his love of honest fun. , II never nut
grew the boy in his own nature. -
This sen on -minded, rret-beartd
evangelist brlieved thoroughly ia the
wholesome moral mnuence of physical
exercise, and did everything in bis
power to encourage open air amuse
ments. He not only entered joyously
into the sports on both sides of the
river, bat took special delight in giviog
a holiday of hi own now and then. In
the fall this was usually known aa
Mountain day, and for .many a girl toe
happiest 'memories of tern i nary lifu
cluster around these glorious autumn
days on Strobridge Mountain, jost back
of the seminary, with Mr. Moody as the
centre of the day's delight.
He also dearly loved a harmless Joke.
Once, in the early days at Mount Her-
mon, while he was acting as "anchor
for one side , in a "tug of war' he
planted himself in front of a large tree,
round the trunk of which, without be
ing observed, he slyly got a turn or two
of the rope. Then he sat there and
shook with laughter while the. other
side, beaded by one. of the teachers,
tugged away in vain.
-At the close of the field-day sports at
the seminary last spring, he drove op
with his market-wagon and invited a
number of the girls to ride with him.
The wagon was quickly filled, and the
party drove off in great glee. In a little
while, however, Mr. Moody tamed off
from the main road, toward Bound Top,
slyly remarking, You girls must pay
for this ride; there's a job of work to be
done." Then it transpired that some
burdock bad appeared in the fresh
grass on that knoll which was so dear
to him and he had taken this amusing
way to tw rid of them. He provided
the girls with the necessary tools' and
set them to work, hugely enjoying their
efforts at weeding. They accomplished
the tisk so well that he told theni be
snould speak a good word for them to
all the young farmers ot the neighbor
hood. Now that that knoll has In come
his burial place, everv girl in that com
pany will prize her share in that; hour's
fun."'. ...'j i
One of the most characteristic photo
graphs of Mr. Moody ever taken was
caught one day in 1808,- when he had
given a clambake to the whole school,
and was sharing a game of "duck on
the rock" with his boys. At another
time one of the boys challenged him to
run a race. Mr. Moody accepted at
once, but stipulated that the boy should
carry a handicap equal to the difference
between his own . weight and. Mr.
Moody's. As this would have been
something like one hundred and fifty
pounds, the race was never run. f t
In the Christmas vacation he would
often drop in at Weston Hall and play
crokinole and nalma With those of the
seminary girls who, having no homes
to go to, were spending their holidays
as best they could. These quiet games
brightened the days for the lonely girls,
and they rested the busy man after his
hard day's work. He played them . as
be did everything else, with spirit and
enthusiasm, and was seldom beaten.
. From tne Stamp. '
The first candidate rose and said: "I
fought for you, my friends, and today
the bones of my right arm are bleech
ing among the hills of Tennessee I"
The second candidate followed with
"My left leg, friends, lies listless in the
shadows of the Virginia yales 1" I
''Both of my legs," said the third
candidate, "are in Mississippi !" :
Then the fourth man rose aad said :
"I went. 'through the war without a
scratch. Here are two strong arms to
uphold your rights, and two live legs to
kick till you git em 1" j i
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One of the fitttxat and most dctar
mined fighter.1 in tS Gnl War was
Oeeeral 2. B. fVrreat, cavalry ceta
maoder ia the Cuefdrat Artny. Hit
name was a redoabtatws oo aad few of
bis opponents were .aware of a buour
ous aide of his dujweatioo, familiar lu
his friend, says a writer iathe Youth's
Companion. For many vrt the Geo
eral krred to tell the story of an incident
which occurred near Cowaa's Btatioa.
. The few troopers he had with him
were being hotly pursuod by the Fed
erals, and the Geoeral was gauopinK
along at lop speed. A fiery Southern
dame happened to be standing by the
roadside, and when she taw the flying
Confederate officer her indignation
boiler over. ' Shaking her fiat in acorn,
she ecreained:
"Why don't you tare and fight, you
cowardly rascal? It old Forrest were
here he'd make you fight !
Fortunately the General's horse aooo
carried him out of range.
Forrest's biographer relates that once
at a ainner party, where he had been
invited as the guest of honor, there was
a loquacious widow, , with hair of raven
black, who rudely interrupted the con
versation by asking General Forrest
why it was that bis beard was still black
while his hair waa turnic. gray. .
With great politehtis Forrest turned
toward her.
"I fear I cannot give a satisfactory
answer," Jsaid be, "nnlees, poaib!y, the
reason is that 1 hare need my brain a
little more than I have my jaw..
In the midst of one of his campaigns
a captured Federal chaplain was brought
to his headquarters. The man showed
the deepest anxiety and depression, for
stories of Gen. Forrest's severity were
rife in the Union camp. A little later
supper was announced, and Forrest, to
the chaplain's surprise, invited him to
share it; but his surprise grew to
amazement when' the General turned
to him reverentially and said :
"Parson, will you, please ask' the
blessing f" .
The next morning Forrest courteous
ly gave him an escort through the Con
federate lines, for he wished no" non
combatants tor prisoners, and bade him
good-by with the remark :
"Parsou, I would keep you here to
preach fur me if you wereu't needed so
much more by the sinners on the other
side."-.-
A Wllefc Haas la Hats Away,
Mooresville Enterprise.
A resident of Mooresville tells the
following true story of how he was re
lieved of rata several years ago' while
living in Mecklenburg county. He says:
"It waa during the. '70s, and I was
running a grist mill near Charlotte. The
rats became so numerous that I was
annoyed a great deal ard couldn't get
rid of them. An old woman who lived
near claimed to be a close communi
cant with the spirits, and had performed
many miraculous-deeds about in the
neighborhood. Finally I approached
the old lady and offered her a calico
dress if she would rid my mill of the
pests, and send them as a plague to a
neighbor who did not love me any too
well. The offer was accepted. The
old lady wrote something o i two little
slips of paper I don't kow what was
on them and instructed me to place
one on the floor at the meal chest and
place the other one at the door of my
neighbor; also to arrange a board for
the rata to climb to the foot log cross
ing the creek. I dip as I was told, and
next morning to my surprise, I saw
tracks in the sand where the rats had
been scrambling to reach the foot-log.
The rats left every one of them. I re
mained there six years afterward and
never saw a rat The old gentleman to
whom the old woman sent the rats waa
compelled to vacate his premises on ac
count of the great number. It was a
wonderful delivery; What I say can be
substantiated."
mil, abut ytrm.
WlatlmUd,UtblrklKe
aad alaodun su2 live He watasmuch
a fanatic at oil Joha firowa ajad t
doubt old John UataWt from him
firat Umoo ta &air4 of the soot's and
iavery. WfciUMCs poems are bwtar
me aad thiity-to ibre art waa
lags tor Vm slave aad aaahtraaal iag
agaiast the southern sutaamea. ta
ctodieg Calhotta. and the soutWa
people. Us vu aa in teas mtemmsmm
aad wbo Texas was admit! be prayed
in vr fur a yawning gulf to opo and
erperate, the north from the soul.
When Daniel Webstar made hk last
aad create fiech at Capoa gpriag,
in which be defended the sooth aad
declared that we bad the right to vita,
draw from the acdoa when we behawd
the federal, compact had bea broaea.
w tuttier new to his inkstand aad wrote
this of him: . .
fatten! feat! The tttt wuMrewa
Tb ctury rrtMa ale fray hair a
For Mtman. t '
Let not u tatxl oat prou4 af Ida .
fn.ult him now. - i . ..
Nor braa4 wtta oaaper ahanx bis diav.
IhHMiorad brow.
All la la ran; from tho sraal time
Tbaacwl U Bad. . -
Whoa faith ! kt ai,4 buour dat '
Tla au la daad.
Tbea pay th rvvwrvtx ot oU oaj s
Walk iMkrka ard, tlh aTartad a . .
Anil blitalil. i,,. " I
That is part ot the tribute hs m'J
the Immortal Webster, tM.gra&dett
ngure in new tog land Ctstoryw
But I was not troubliar my4l aliout
the gifted old fanatic. I was ruminat
ing about Chauncey Depew. who i not
dead and who every httle wbUef bobs
up serenely to set a Utte more fame as
a humorist It teem that when Gen
eral Early pawed ; tfcjough Frederick
City, in Maryland, he paused long
enough to it from the good, paopie
the sum af SC1,iiStt foe army purposes,
for as V.jtOr r ,te tf them, they were
a tm4hi hordV and now that city
has apUed t-j eeRgress for a refunding
of thl uoticj iiflj one reason they give
is that an M woman in ber ninety-
xlh year waved the union flg at the
rebels and: Stonewall Jackson ordered
his men to fire at her and they fired and
broke the window giant and riddled the
flag and knocked it out nf her band and
she picked it up and waved it again.
ThatV ta poetio yarn that Whiter told
about liirbara Fmtchle and a commu
tes from Frederick City hat been or fore
cou grees and said it was so. Chan nee)
Depew heard it all and said it was worth
f 100,000 to have the truth of the atory
established and be nodded his bead
approvingly and said that "old Barbara
was one of the idols of bis childhood,
and wbea ha pUyed around hit moth
er'i knee hit heart throbbed with
sympathy for the gray-haired old wo
man wnote patriotism defied the ene
mies ot his country." The old fiip Van
Winkle! I -reckon that is one of bis
latent joka, for he Was born in -183 i.
and was twenty-eieht years old wbea
our army was in Frederick City, and be
was men playing around hit mother
knees in the rew York legitlature.
Dr. J. William Jones, of Itichmonl.
the highest authority on confederate
ruitory, has published in the March
number of The Confederate Veteran
another exposure of this wanton malig
nant myth about Barbara Freitcbie,
and does so only 1ecauM the poem has
gotten into, same southern scboolbooks
and be wishes to brand with falsehood
this vile slander on Stonewall Jackson.
The whole miserable thing was. investi
gated not at waabington, but on the
spot at Frederick City, and it waa es
tablished years ago that no confederate)
troops passed in sight of the bid wo
man's house; that no flag was I waved;
that Stonewall Jackson was not then
with bis troops, and; that old Barbara
was bed-ridden and paralyzed and could
not nave waved a nag if sbe bad bad
one. The dame s nephew. Valerius
Ebert, has published bit certificate that
the flag story is all a myth without the
slightest foundation,1 and that bis old
aunt was at that time -bed-ridden and
had lost the power of locomotion. Ebert
was there at the time, and war the - ad
ministrator on her estate when the died
and never heard of any flag, and yet
one of the rascals who U after that
money testified that: he had the flag at
home at his bouse. The tery isst cure
in that Bible is agai net him who maknh
or loveth a lie, and it makes no differ
ence whether be it a poet, priest or sen
ator, he will find himself in awful bad
company in the world to' come. Years
ago this myth was exploded in The New
York Sun while Dina was living,, but
now that he is dead It baa come to light
again in its col imns. That paper's
motto used to be "If you see it in T e
Sun it's so," but now if you tee it in
The Sun it's not so, would fit it better.
I wish that every confederate soldier
and their children and grandchildren
would subscribe for Tne Veteran and
keep up with the best memories of the
Lost Cause a cause for" which we ire
still proud, for it gets t r'ghtor and purer
as the yean roil on. Some months ago
Dr. Andrews, the great educator, de
clared and published that every prin
ciple the south fought for had since
been before the supreme court of the
nation and decided in its favor and
recently a notable New England minis
ter has declared that zr gro suffrage was
ji miserable blunder, and that the
fifteenth and sixteenth amendments to
the constitution should be repealed.
" Well, time is a good doctor, and the
south is on the upgrade. - The Repub
lican party may be re-elected, but the
south 'cannot be worsted. The day will
come when pensions and back pay will
be given oar old soldiers and par - coo
federate widows, and our northern
slanderers will take off their hats and
apologize. We are trying bard at my
nouee to be reoonciiea to forget and
forgive and be calm and serene when
holding social intercourse with those
who fit on the other side, and we get
along pretty well aa long as they meet
us on half cay ground, but as for these
vile slanderers who keep' on lyine and
rubbing it in, we are very, much like
my lamented friend, George Adiir, said
about a preacher in whom be bad no
confidence: "Well,! he may get to
heaven, for the grace of Ood it very
great, bat if I get there I'll not hunt
him up to say howdy I don't want to
live on the same street with him."
f Bill Akp.
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