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Concorp, N. C, Thursday. February 12. 1903.
number 81.
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Mr
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4 err as hiothkb used to do.
He criticised ber puddings, and be dldnl Ilka
her cake:
He wUbed b.d make the blseolt that bis
mother used to make;
Bbe Uidnt wash the dlahes. and abe didat make
; atew.
And the didnl mendlil ftocklnts as bis mother
, used to do. ,
Ah, wen, she wtsnt perfect, though she tried to
do ber bent.
Until at length she thought ber time bad come
to nave a rest; f
Bo. when one day be went the same old rigma-
' role all through, j
She turned and boxed his ear?, just as ibis
: mother used to do. i ,
Gives point to the If act that excessive o
irregular eating disturbs the digestion.!
Nightmare or night hag has it's day time
correspondence in the undue fullness
after eating, with the belchings and sour:
or bitter rising so often experienced after
too hasty or too hearty eating. j
Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery
cures dyspepsia and other diseases of the
stomach and its allied organs of ,diges- low- towns man, Derrick Alexander, the
lion ana nutnuunj wncn wesc uiacasc.
DBBBICK ALEXANDER AND THE
H. E. C. Bryant In Charlotte Obserrer.
"Good morning, Uncle Derrick,
where are you off for to-day?" asked
Dr. F. L. Smith, of Cone jrd, of his fel-
are cured, the -whole body shares; in the
increased strength derived from food
properly digested and; perfectly asaimil
. ated. 1 J f:' - .j
"Your ' Golden Medical triscorery and Dr.
Safe's Catarrh Remedy ;have been of gnat
"benefit to me." writea (Prof.) Pleasant A. Oliver,
of Viola. Fulton Co.. Art( "Before I nsed the
above mentioned remedial my sleep was not
aor.iid ; digestion bad: a (continued feeling of
tinwrry. I now feel like a) new man. Any one
in need of medical treatment for nasal catarrh
: con Id do no better than to take treatment of
Dr. R. V. Pierce. I know his medicines are all ;
right in this class of diseases." , ,
Sometimes a dealer; tempted by' the !
little more profit paid n the sale .of less
meritorious medicines!will offer the cus
tomer a substitute ajj being "just as
good " as the " Discover." Ft is better
for him because it pays, better, but it is
- not as good for you, if tou want the
medicine that has :curea othert, and ;
which you believe jwill! cure you. ; :'i .
Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets cwranse
the clogged system from accuniuijated .
impurities. I i h 'I
old colored wood-chopper, as he trudged
along the street.
"I's gwine to de Big House at Wash
ington, where de President lives," said I
the old darkey. "Yes, sir, I's on my
way to see President Eoeeanfelt."
"What are yon going to tee" him
for?" enquired Dr. Smith. ;
f'Why ain't you been readin' in de
papers 'bout dem big festerbula dat
Mr. Roae&nfelt an' hia fine lady been
havin' spechully fer de niggers ? Dat's
it, sir! Dere'a where Uncle Derrick's
goinV
The old fellow was in earnest. ' He
wore his best shoes a new pair of
number 14 brogans- a weather-beaten
stove-pipe hat and an antiquated suit
lookin' white rem'man who say dat II beam later dat it wax Mr. Tbea.
he's from Alabam. I knowed dat he Kluttz, from Salisbury. I had fetched
wux uv de bes' stock in de country fer water fer him ter drink at er peakia
he had on good clothes an' er big wide at Concord, one day.
brim hat, one la'k ole master nseter "Dey took me ter de lock-up an'oatm
wear. I pull off my hat an' say, 'Boss, i in er iron cell an' it was late in de day
does you live heref 'No he say, J f6re I knowed r thing. Den I waked
'why? ! I up an' looked 'round me. I seed nie-
"I seed dat he wus all right, so I pop gers in all de cells, an' mos' ov dem
er few questions to him. 'Boss, is dis had sore beads. Dey had been tryin
de day uv de featerbul at de Big House to git in de White House. I cried des
fer de culled peoples an' y udders ?' 1 la'k er chile an' wish dat I wu back at
Well, sir, he smile way down to his Concord wid de people dat I know. I
Adam's apple, d-s la'k de question do Imagined dat I seed all de good foks
him good, and say, . 'Is you thinkin' I here. ! i 1;
'bout 'tecdin' one uv de White House "Early de nex' mornin' de bossmaa
to-do's?' uv de place come to me an'aay,i Ef
" 'Yes, sir, dat's what I come up I you'll git outen dis town des as fas' as
here fer: I lives in Concord. North TcU kin hustle we'll let you sw. .A
Caroliny, wid Marse Jim Cannon,
Marse John Wadsworth an' de rest. ; I
aho' do wish dat you'd hep me
I'se des as good ss dem yaller
dat's been 'vi ted.'
"He des chuckle when I tot
'bout my bizness up dere. He
git in.
higgers
him
reach
gem'man lef ' er ticket home fer you.
Take it an' git !' ! J
"Dat ebo' was sweet music to ray
I ears, l wuz ready to go right den.
went out de do' an' almos' skip to de
depot. j. :
"inanfc uawd dat de ole nigger s
in his iocket an' fetch out a ticket wid back home ergin. Dat's where j he's
his name on it an' when he write, goin' ter stay. Dem niggers what
Let dis nigger in de White House to to go to de White House 'ceptions kin
de featerbul,' he handed it to me an'
say, 'Dat'll git you in.'
" 'But, uncle,' he say, 'dey don't
call de to-do's festerbula, la'k dey do
down Souf, but dey is functions an'
ceptions.'l
go, but give me my ole fryin pan, er
big fat 'possum, a peck uv taters an' er
pint uv gravy. Dat's what suits dis
nigger. I ain't hankerin' artershskin'
nobudy's ban." 1 1
This said, Uncle Derrick moved on
ILL AatrS LVTTatBs.
'Well,'. I Bay, 'des BO dey have Roosevelt'. Ooo4 CItlxena.
AtUata Coast! tatnosj
A little moregrspe. Captain Brarjc,"
said Qeaeral Taylor, at lb battle of
Buena Vista. And so we say now to
Captain Teddy,! "A few more orgroes
io omces up north ana a few more to
our southern postofBoes. Go the wbole
bog while yea 'are at iL McKinlry
gave you a starter by appointing a ne
gro over a white community at Hogans-
ville, and another at Athens, the cul
tured college city of the south, but he
got alarmed and took the back track:
It was just such a case as you have now
in Mississippi at Indlanola, for the peo
ple of Hogansville went 4 miles to get
their mail rather than take it from a
negro-pa dirty politician.' , Teddy has
done no worse on the poetoffice line.
The postof&oet are the people's not the
president's. They are almost as near
to us and as sacred as is our preacher
or our! family physician. No greater
insult, j no greater outrage upon our
rights, could be perpetrated by a tyrant
than tO appoint a negro as postmaster
in a white community. The difference
between Tedd and Mr. McKinley is
that the latter played fool for a while
and quit, but Teddy keeps it up snd
grows more defiant of southern opinion
and southern indignation. 8ometimes
providence afflicts the people with a
fool, and sometimes with a knave to
Think cf Henry Ward Dtwchrr tvadb
log from bis pa'pil that Sharp's n&
were better than Bbk to eoatert the
s'ave owners of the soula, a! su bis
peOjJs bought the rid' aod th atn-
raunilion and to44 ulj Juhe Browa U
go ahead. Bat Ihf nigxw were kwsj
to their masters and wouklo't txira not
kill. nor devtroyi And hvtxv Lew Val
lace and Adams and : many cHhrrs
armed all they cpuUl mater up and
Juiaed the grand army .and marrhed
thera down urma jour hel;4is women
and children. - At thai limo there were
80, (XW runaways uj nonhf-Jrilive
slaves the meknt of the race and
nobody but an ! unprincipled dg i4 a;
man would have ltl them a?aiut. us.
Down further south the nrn-t mii,Al
with gentlemen and were true and
faithful during jthjejwar audi as Ueneral
Henery R. Jacksuja sa d, thy ought to
have a monument built to tluir loyally
as high as the stars! i
; But, psh'aw !; What's the . use cf
scratching the ;old sores? It them
scab over. Ar we not ail brtthmi
since the Spanish war ? Did not we all
finht and bleed and die togt tlwt; in
Cuba? i Don't the fdi tars and political
orators tell us that fraternal race jMre-
Tai's between the seetioust ,1 am ull
sick, and have be-'n outx of the house
but itwice in three months, and maybe
CHILD LiSMSSU
Women as Well at Men
.a.; Arc ladc Miserable by
Kidney Trouble.
PROFESSIGMf.
DR. H. C
CARDS. ! ,
HERRtNG. Dentist;
tvranmze over: them, but it looks tike
good things to eat dat's all dat I care I Cnarlotte Observer.) J rftA havJhnth fnol Ud knav In
bout. We calls dem festerbuls.' The first reborta of inflammatory ut-1 w 1 L t... ...u J r -t i .u
i - r iiucnuioucinu. uut lug iaiiu iuiciii
'Why,' he 'clare, 'dey don't have terances at a negro mass meeting inl whom ihe chasUneth.'
A medical friend from over the line
writes me that he has a growing sense
of justice and abounds in sympathy for
our long-suffering people, but that
Teddy's deformity does not come from
livery. In a bandanna handker- l othin, tQ you de8 go UA dere Washington last Mbnday night have
Is now on the ground floor of the Lltaker
. Building. A - 4 j
cotrcoRD. IT. o.
Dr. W. C. jHpusTON
; Surgeon tgj Dentist,
" ; CONCOBD.K. O r
'Is prepared to do all kinds ot dental work in
the most approved manner. ! '
Office over Johnson's Drag Store.
Residence 'Phone U. lOfflce 'Phone 42. ;
of
chief, swun over the end of a stout
cat e across his shoulder, he carried a
few odds and ends of dress
"Well, Uncle Derrick, how much
money are ypu taking with you? Can
you go in good style?" ; :
. "Boss, dat's de weak pint 'bout my
trip. De ole nigger's 'des gut ernuff to
git to Salisbury, but ef he can't fine er
frien' dere tq hep him on he'll walk.
I's gwine, to go ef de Lawd let's me
live.; De time dat I's been waitin' fer
J J , T. 1 , All 1 1 1
is uonecorae. is sno is. , au ue mg- &t me aQ, laugh aQ, deQ gQ Gn ports led-one to believe
gere iu uiy pari, uv ue iuwu la uuuu
and shake hands wid de big foks. j Dat's been fully confirmed. The principal
all you do. Dere ain't no eatin' speaker was James H. Hayes, a Eich-
'bout it.' ! Imond negro, and this was one of his
"Dat didn't suit dis nigger an' I wux declarations :
hot under de collar, fer Marse John
Wadswbrth tolt
woul' have er
x "c uwuu,,lsu . j . n- tnfX dpr.rs.vitv. htit from
me, 'fore I lef dat dey we are anarchists and I give the warn- physical defects in his anatomy, and
'possum as big as er mg that if this oppression in the South I j J
sheep an sweet-taters an' gravy by de
gallun. Dat wuz what I went fer. I
kin shake han's wid foks at home. I
thought de gem'man wuz tryin' to
fool me, but I didn't tell him so. He
says:
"I have studied his cranium and find
that he has too small a cerebellum. His
occiput goes straight up from the med-
ula oblongata and meets the sinciput at
right angles and leaves no room for
moral attributes . A perpendicular back
'bout goin'. President Roseanfelt (dat's
L. T. fljRTSELL, I what de Dutch folks uv Keebarrus
Attorney-at-Law, -
c oitcojid, xtosltb caeouna.
ProraDt attention sriven to all haslness.
Office in Morris building, opposite the court
' hOUSe.- I k:-
Drs. Lilly & Walker,
offer their professional: services to the citi
zens of Concord and surrounding country.
Calls promptly attended day or night. .
W I. MOSTGOMKBT.
MONTGOMERY
(I. LKBOBOWKU
& CROWPX.
continues the negro must resort to the
sword and torch, and that the South
land will become a land of blood j and
desolation."
This is worse than the original re-
And again
bout his bizness. "No two people, having the me l j i-l. itj j. .
religion and speakingthe same tongue, L.y athIetic and fooihardy
de foks. L didn't know dat dere wuz c wwiikh The aphryon and me88iai
so many people in de worl'. I step in aP"; This is Well known, and It is pjaae together and Teddy's
fjont uv of a nice lookin' man an' ax, ' "7"" uomin"ni back head is a perpendicular plane
'Boss, is church out ?' I seed de crowd race is crusning ouj me strength oi the wi&xt hm lor daie. A man with a
an' thought dat wuz de trouble. But negro m ine south.. - nj-i, pecujliar, and
de man hain't answer my question yit. This is worse suU, because it suggests u w found on inspection of the
" ' 1 tj j .:u u: I worse tban nre and awnm - a.nit ilh trn-l ... i ...... .
mo: wl rUa rn'rvior, , rr, me UJ. uc CJfC, bum. nut uio - 7 ' ; I BIQClDUt OT lOreneaU luSl TOc 11UOO mm
Souf will diand me outer thankv-su to 8hake d me an 'Jones the reaponb rest on an enor
ttti . jr j, I rHKrainnpni or i nn nainmnm imi n vm . .
is my name, w nas uia you say yuura - j- ; ' I mous liawbone, or, as you might say,
wuz ?' Dat wuz somefin' else. I wuzn't WQ reasoa . the iawbone of an ass. If Teddy bad
r . m .a w . - "
uster ter shakin wid white foks, but II ine temper oi tne meeung indicates l Uved JQ gamson's di
L . 1 I 1 a - 1
w.wsw.y 1 ,rHi nu rummaie over and youth a ho have gone into the
the wrongs we have fulfil. When f.olory nd mill have had great wrung
the spring comes and the bird-, tii. to done them by sturUidv Th truth
sing and the tlowers to bloom nuyt- I j, that the rnat bulk r what h
.ill write more ; loving ietu-mi and if published on this sul.Wt has l-n iu
Teddy will retract and apologise for the utter ignoranos of the facts, and many
lies he told on Sir; Davis I will let hira times, under the itdu-e of a Wind ie-
aione, considering that his ccrelHum judice.
, . . j u niie ine in me nail msr n4 im an
the sinciput. i ideal one. vet it is true ' that lht enndi
1 never reaa tne niodem novel. I hey
U 1' it r .. '
vu...e iu niey. go anu are lorgoueo; hu in0omiraU Smi.n.nxl
mil reiiu8t or Aianama, sent me t,v thrir into lnemiU.
luo lrluce88 oiienuaje, ana i re- Kr I it from me to cast any rrti.v
j i' tton uiion lucm in saying that as a
and got caught. ! I turned the leaf and rule th(,v ,no ,,, Il00rr.i tm-mlf
county calls him) show' is de frien'
uv de nigger. Think uv it ! Niggers
wid deyer shinin' clothes on eatin' wid
de rich white foks uv de lan' 1 I ain't
got no fine clothes but ef de ole nigger
kin des git dere he'll be all right;
Attorneys and Conn selors-at-Lav,
CONOOBD, N. O.
As partners, will practice law In Cabarrus,
tanlv and adjoining counties, in ine nupe-
No, sir, I ain't 'spectin' no trouble ar
ter I git dere fer de ole nigger's mighty
handy 'bout de house. Ef I can't git
in at de fust table I kin at de secon V
i '.'But, Uncle Derrick, they won't let
a corn-field neiro go in the White
day he would have
thought he might be kin to de Presi- interpretation put by them upon rejoiced to Uve teen armour
dent, bo 1 ketched his han' an' 'clare, Mr. Roosevelt's encouragement of the and hi8 jawb0ne some."
my name is iernci Aiexanuer, irom i e ,
Booker Washington and John Dancy, j
Maniv ana aajoining counties, in me oupe- i f. . . . x. rwpntinna of tho Prpai
rlor and Supreme Courts o t the State and In I maiaitena tne recepuons OI tne rresi-
w,- ;t' v.h-tnnl n. 1;Vft Concord, North Caroliny.' Well, de
I KrA tat9 ma vhftn Vio aav ' W Vi Q f tin T I
the Federal Courts. Office In court house.
Parties desiring to lend money can leave It
with us or place it In Concord National Bank
for us, and we will lend it on good real es
tate security tree ot charge to the depositor. .
We make thorough examination of title to
lands offered as security for loans.
Mortgages foreclosed without expense to
owners or same.
I
MllfiKI
U II I U il
dentj"
; "What? Dem yaller niggers ! Dey
ain't fitten to go wid de quality. It's
de right black nigger dat's got de
Aristocrat blood in him. - My ole mar-
ster uster ter say dat a lightskin nigger
an' er roan mule wuz de wust things in
de worl'. No sir, I aint ekeered uv no
nigger wid er yaller skin. Ef I des kin
git to de Big House dat's all I ax; I'll
do de rest."
j Dr. Smith, seeing that Derrick was
serious, . furnished him with money
enough to buy a ticket to Washington
and urged him to go forth and be
merry. - . " - .s
But, a week later, Derrick returned
to Concord, ragged and bruised. ' His
clothes had been rent in many places
do fer you, Mr. Alexander?' I'se 90 fresh and rosy,
years ole but dat's de fust time dat erlShe who is blushing with health uses
Just so exactly not only so, but
mysterious Circumstance. ) I also. I understand it all now, and
One was pale and sallow and the other thank my medical friend. The lack of
Whence the difference? cerebellum and medulla oblongata and
A brick is a brick; yes. bdt: whst a differ
ence In them. Good brick. Wood machinery,
up-to-date methods, in tact a thousand de
tails, are a necessity jto produce the best
brick '. We have our planjt, fully equipped
for a capacity of 45,000,000 not only that, but
have a body of the finest riivr clay ever lo
cated in this country. Ouri plant is on the
Catawba river near Fort jMiri. S. C and
shipping station, Orattan, Sj. C.
"A man Is a man for a' that, bat what a
difference in 'em. You require the best lum
ber for your house; the best! coal or your en
trine; the best flour for yourtable..One does
not buy a common horse when he can get a
much better one for near the same price.
This Is true about everything one needs.
In .a buUding nothing ik more essential
than good material. It adds to the safety anv where else. I'll die ritrht here,
white man ever calt me 'Mister.' I
slip erway frum de man quick fer I
knowed dat he wuz one uv dem "Yan
kees dat ole mars ter uster cuss so hard.
I went on up de yavanue but kep'
lookin' back to see ef he wuz arter me.
Frum dat time on it seem to me dat all
de foks dat I see wuz Yankees. Dey
la'k ter driv' me crazy, Dat's de truf .
to de Big House yard. I wuz des wile
fer ' all de niggers dat-tieed wuz bigity
an' de white foks wuz mean. De little
Dr. King's New Life Pills to. maintain I
it By gently arousing the lazy organs
they compel good digestion and head off
constipation. Try them. Only 25c, atl
Fetzer's Drug Store.
occiput has j made Teddy crazy about
bears and negroes and other black
wooly things. But I should like to
know what kind of a cerebellum that
fellow Crumpicker or Stumpsucker or
Dirtdanher has pot. that makes him so
Senator Overman'. Credential Ljnomous toward our people. At
Sews and Observer, 3rd. Teddv's request he has introduced
Vnatnr-rlav Qonatn) T aa O rtHm n m 1 . ...
vtciuiou i fegQintion to have a- committee ap-
received his certificate of election from rin to visit Indianbla and see' what
"Dat wuz de longes' street dat I ever the Governor, and the event was one our iare doine to the colored
seed for it took m er half er day to git of much interest. I ! oostmistressi Of course, b
When the reriificate was signed that -oi-t chairman of the committee
made Mr. Overman a Senator from 1 u.. tmi t n, ua Annt rt
0 .
.orinarounaiorsix years from the He ia nothine but a eaa bae and a
fourth of next March there were present Mn Thompson tried to get
niggers look at me an iaugn. jm 1
had been back in Concord I'd busted besides Governor Aycock and Senator him to dow to Alabama and see
some uv dere noggin's.j but I wuz Overman, Col. P. M. Fearsall, Adju- how thg negroes on his big plantation
skeered to do it up dere. By de time I I'tant p. Jioyster, iol; Joseph I were gettingl He was invited and ac
Law, tt JSilU Ma
I - -'
To lb liLtof of Tt trt tChaf fr eadi As
Tb qurUAn of tVhild Ulv ' ! mmam sfcte' ttoSf , vs
to t in tf rarm4)Dt riruux- at
this lime, rnfromibg math 4 U
thoukht snd laU f th pLtlaalLr
irt, Um lvm, the fJ jrur atJ lb 1
maker. : "I
pfhf this is so may Ue vtttdl It
fr4i tfim rfcftadVrmtk llnt'
Ui t4 th t..iJrn ia th itdl
gttU arrival ia ipductk, :and lb
s!rujjr toward aa ideal (vMMhuoo vf
life fyr the maw.
IKore th rx.min j of t c.ti.- nuli
sod the factory, the childrro and ym
re n srauercd that their nutuU-r
and cmditioa did ot jrt, acd
ccnild Ht attract atu-uttn. Now ytm
are cofifrouUd with them every ber.
so that you could; ihH diarrgani llw-m
if you swiuld. A id this is writ. They
tnijtht .not U le disrrgardM, lot sbmiU
rrcfive thrir du share of vnbstdrra.
tioo. . J.
With jrha aj very f-w ecri'tKti,
in what has ln n : said and -wnlten ua
this subject, there has lru Itllix or no
discrimination. The 'r-uerJ tread ul
thought seems to b that the children
r m af
Kif trvU Was
V UhstauiMti
mf, H&m cboi
aTtSA. 9 M
c m dU, M aiJ
t aaf. a ts y a!?aa4 tra
twMMsf . -4fM ta) K tS Mm M
i&s d.Wi-iry u sOr travU, sjs! ts ru
tamp stMHtM fc lrlt 0 trmvmi 4
lham imfxxuet (. TKn i)ssai
kidoys i4 tt.Ur a sma u a aM m
Ml fl tfWM,
Wokr a wa a ms v rasia snt.
trsUs ktf sr.4 tUJkfev Wt4.
M O rtMi rswxiv.
Ths tntl4 aM lS mnMtii nmt J
wamp-K(Mi u n raa4Ti4. It Is
ty bvfeSs. ta t.?r
wM a4 Acilati
Y msr a
smrs Wils tt ist
a, SIM .T,ISI ant (
tnf all sbet . UKlitdHkf wtaay 4 tM
frwn uffa Cu't la itra Dr, Kama
K , lwrrsmiM, ft, T- Ut SasrS Ui
mar.iua lha papa.
WAIK A ruarrtai' miiMUS
U!r lt Hi ll OiHJIitir tti Htvn IwImm t
an bid ttit4 4 a..(wt Snsnwtal
tUtxiln A trtH, (fta M ryu
larr nt l J tmiA ht rr mIiim
1ar Mh atl liit .1ul rnxat Ba4vMr
to- M a-l n.-a fti nir.
With An Experience
or. . 1
YEARS YEARS
read on and had devoured one hundred
pages before breakfast and all of it dur
ing the day. It Sis a faithful and
charming recital bf j southern home life
on a big plantation before the war.
Then the war comes, with its distresses,
and Forrest with; three hundred men
In large part, they belong to the U nant
class, living in mere huu ud mst
uncomfortable hou1, ;on rnor faTms,
greatly exposed, thinly ft-d, and furred
from these considerations to associate
with much that was vicious; and were
unable to avail themselves of either
pursues oiraci witn nneen;hundrel and educational or relianous advanUg.
captures him, and Miss Emma Sanson Manv times their narenta were di.as.Hl.
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nguresasa neroipe in guiuingrorrest or thetr mothers widowed; and abso-
aruss tue river, ana men comes ine ,uUly unable pr0jriy to provide for
sau story 01 cam avis, the typical them tbe 0 nect-ssiti.-s of life.
sou i bora h-oro. Ioiorovt unw Uaoa
,1 . ... , . ... ... .
tne oeauuiui story ana it. will be a
landmark for our children and chil
dren's children, for it is faithful to the
truth of confederate history.
Bill Am-,
Hxrit tlf T liw watli ai Uunatl
than the average well-to-do country
men, are not exposed, many of th
young women wearing finer clothes
than the daughters of the mill owners,
eat the very best of food that can be
-ine npuiuiion is mistaken, had-much better able to take advant-
Williama lin moAa . . r . ....
y.""" age of every superior educational, Pun
speecn in new XQTK, was not nortnern ,uv -rhonl and rplioiou. nraw.r.iir.itipa
.,! . . .. 1 j r . .
Williams, DUlSOUtncrn Williams. He -hat vi-r r.for. Manv of the mill
Irum n, anu saia -w- or tne l miKht My aU of them whether
soutn. ioi nortnern man except
Charles Frances Adams said a kind
word for us, and he left cut Mr. Davis.
If he had said what ; Watterson said or
what i southern' Williams said i he
couldn't have gone back to Boston.:
i
B. A.
Jew or Gentile, build them good school
houses and churches, largely defraying
the expenses of these themselves. And
yet there comes up a great wil from
all over the land that our General As
semblies enact some law for their pro
tection against tbe cruel rapacity of the'
mill man. Nothing was ever more
cruel or slanderous. The mill man
Royster, Col. Joseph E.
and his head badly wounded. He hob- Sot to de Big House gate I wuz mad J Robinson, of Goldsboro, and Col. W. Upt the invitation, but he did not
bled ud town and called on Dr. Smith, and 'stracted." It 'peers dat everybody J D. Pollock, of Kmston. corae.i He (was afraid. And that is
. . -m I rwl T . a .1
As 1 started to step up - x ne ceruncaie was Bignea witn a hat rnacouraires me about ariy erowing
to Washington and recited the fearful in de ate er man wearin' er uneeform handsome gold pen,! with pearl handle, of ju8tice prevailing kUng the
tale of woe that foUows : . an' brass buttons come out f.um be- which Col. P. M. Pearsall had purchas- common pebp'e up north. Jlf they" are
Marster, I 'clare 'fo' Gawd dat I'B kinter busn an" say, sassy la ic, -on t eu especially ior tne occasion wnen getting any: kinder why do they send
never leave home ergin while I! live. I come in nere, oie man uu a nu piate 1 "s"""s yiu ni8ach a maiignant man to congress!
Dere's mo' good foks in Concord dan Ier mKBer3 1 r" CUtt "UUIH ul ltJI 1,1 re- Hating the south seems to be the stock
Dem " wen, sir, uat raiseu mp uanuer. wvcimau. jh. wm a Kmciui mci, iuom 1 in trade of most of the northern mem
des made up my mine to go in dere I gracefully performed.
ana wear, oesiues wi s xr "-. Washington foks is de meanes' 'oeoDle
WAiun nnr. nnw snnra rnr sa : iiNiiiniitf 11 1 1. 1111 1. w a-
.. . MjrZ .nt th. n; dat 1 ever seed. De nWera is hirrftv anyhow. So i say, 1 m; goin' to see
v - ... j . , 1 oq 00 1 .
thrown together out
brlci.
common ordinary
of CO
Let Us Correspond HUH You.
Prompt SerYica in Shipments.
Uob Brisk Csqai;,
OFFICK
(WITH
S. S. McNINCH
an de white men aon t pay no ten-
tion to you, an' dat's one place de po-
leesmens don't take no draggin' fer
dey'Jl knock you down fer lookin' mad.
I bIio' did think that judgment day
had pome when I got dere. j
. . -lr-v : . ' m 1 . 1!
; "ve mp up aere on ae train: wuz
fliBt-clss. I seed lote uv fine people on
de way. But no sooner dan I lit on de
de President ef I have ter lick you.' He
grin back at me au' 'clare, 'Dere's de
President now." He an' his boy' goin'
fer er ride.'
"I turnt my head an' looked roun' J haVe ever nsed in my family,
bers. I The brainy men, Jike Charles
wr - a 3 ' 1 J:c I " 1
A motber'a Recommendation. I rrancis Aaams, nave mouiueu anu
I have nsed Chamberlain's Cooehl mollified very much of late. Forty
Remedy for a number of years and have I years ago he was commanding a nigger
no hesitancy in saying that it is the best I regiment down hene for which I will
Wnat the Lectataiore Is Doing.
Progressive Farmsrs, I
The legislature has a yet done; little is not to blame for the child being in
important work. I j The Ixtndoo and the mill. Mahy timts he it in there
Watts liquor bills are attracting more because of his mercifulness,: not being
attention than any thing else. ; The ble to resist the appeal of tbe destitute
London bill is endorsed by the ; Anti- The child can but be the least desirable
Saloon League, and a vigorous cam-1 of all operatives. He is necceaanly
paign in its favor lis being waged by utterly igporant and incapable of per
Mr. J. W. Bailey the legislative man- forming any remunerative labor for the
' - I . -- a'' a W . ... . m
ager of the organ izat4on. But the time- Ana yet 1 anow plenty 01 gin
whiskey forces are hot idle! They have d boys ten and fifteen years of agp,
employed well-knjwn lawyers to rep- who are receiving from thirty cents to
resent them: their i forces are well ope dollar a day, who bad no earning
organized, and they have money to capacity at all before they went there,
spend. The Watts' bill is not nearly so but were an actual charge on those who
thoroughgoing as the London bill, and bad the care of them
is by no means satisfactory to the Anti- It " hardly necessary for me to say
Saloon; League. As We write this, it that I am not in the employ of the mil!
seems certain that a decided advance man, or writing at his, suggestion
in temperance legislation wilt be made,
though it is not likely that the League
will get all it has asked for.
or
by bis! knowledge. i "
My native county ranks third in tlije
number of cotton mills in the State
and I have large ersonal and officii
knowledge of the cotton mills an
factories of tbe State; and from th
A .Heat Fata! Clfl,
Would be the power of foreseeing
! pvpntja . This wmiH ditrnv hnr A
remedy for coughs, colds and croup I never forgive himL but lat.ly he has vnowledlTe of the fhtore would uuma:kiktedes I that but Just to
"II J " " 1 ! , ; i I's a L i. -I ' J - a
happiness. There are. of coarse, some mem to say, mat as a ciaas, 1 ao noi
e future we do know. 1 know any more humane and clever
1 - 1
concerning the ngntoi a sute to seceae: if, ror instance, a lact or energy, amui- set of gentlemen than they are many
"If we accept the judgment of modern , tion and loss of appetiteshows itself we or the most of them, Christian geutle-
The Observer is informed that the f students and investigators it would seem , know it will bo followed by serums com- men ,and greatly interested in the
COMPANY,
CHARLOTTE, N. C.
I have I made a speech at Charleston and an
an' sho"nuff dere wuz er man an er not words to express my confidence in otherin Nw YoA, in hich he says things about the
boy ridin' bob-Mil horses, I yell out, tbis remedy. -Mrs.' J. A Moore, North concerning ihe righlof a sUte to secede: '' It, for instance, a
'Hel o. Mr. President ! Dis ole Derrick. oiar J""0"- r OT Baie J Joarsn.
from Concord. He's come to yo' fea
terbul.'
Kidney trouble follow quickly. In any
1 event Electric Bitters will restore jrou to
health. It strengthens, builds np and
groun at Washington my trouble
Btartedl I followed de yudder travelers I" to make him mad an' his upper at Washington, have decided to have I the 'confederate scale
1 . . 1 . a 1.
I don't know why, but dat I head officials of the Southern Raih-a I 5 tk. -Jrht nt .rnmont f.lla int plaints if not checked. Often Liver and
him mull an' Yiia nnncr .t Vir.-U U A 1 l., I . rr., Kidnev trouble follov
Dec.,18 Cm.
; Machinery
i' !uVi bis lower Up fall down, I 'clare fo' de future terminus for the passenger con- Then why don't they pension our sol- TcZ,Z
ixin' to Lawddatlnever seed sich a mouf fnlllductors and their crews. This, it is diers and pay us for the property they ' 5 guaranteed by Fetaer's Drujr
for Sale.
destroyed ana as it our paraon besides, store.
Four generations 1 Old John Adams, i
One pair Flatforni Scales.
One 20 horse power Boiler
One 40 horse power boiler."
One Cotton Press.
. One 20"horse power Engine.
Two Cotton Gins. r
One Saw Mill-! i
Lot of Shafting. ;
Apply to j -f;
1 MRS. M. L. GOODMAN,
or Z. A. MORRIS.
ihe issue was
W S m I 1 (- --
frum de train out to de street, where I UP ni8tea UP lacJe er Winaer shade an' Spencer, instead of ; Charlotte, as the settled by tnight and not by right.
met a big buck nigger wearin
beaver. I know'd dat he was fixin
go to de featerbul. He had on er Jim- ov teef in my life. Dey shine so dat dey said, will result in the removal from
swinger coat an' high-top boots. I step I00 l,lf dem new tombstones in Red tbis place of the conductors of the Co
up to him an say : 'Is dis de dar fer Hill graveyard. An' he ain't stop at lumbia, Ashevill?, Danville, Richmond,
de President'slng blow-out to de nig- g"nin' fer he Ba7 to de plesman. close J Washington and Charlotte divisions of
gers an' xle big white foks ?' i De rascal to me ' 'Rest dat cra uv er nigger the Southern , and as the change will
look me up an' down an' all over an' n locK nim aP 1 i,at wuz e affect the porter, flagman and baggage
ax : 'What is you talkin' fbout, ole straw- 1 de8 square mysef fer to fight, master on each train, it will mean the
i Rube? What do you know 'bout ie But dat 8 know den fer del removal from this city of more than
President's functions ?' I I ston ritrht man mi de uneeform whack me over 100 men. Charlotte Observer.
dere fer I seed de kinder nigger I wuz j de bead wid his billy-stick an' put me
' liUKtS Wntrtt AU. Wit. tAILa.
Bert Congh 8yrup. Tastes Good. Ita
ra iime. o in dt aiuinrists.
The best nhvaic. "OncA tried an il von
talkin' to. He was too high-ferlutin j ter rieeP- Dat'8 wfaat made de hole in always use Chamberlain's Stomach
fer me, ta'kin' 'bout functions; when er m7 ,oid- As 1 wuz on d way to del and Liver .Tablets," says William. A.
nieeer quits ssyin featerbul it's i time 8" oouse wid de othcer, I hearn IGirard, Pease. Vt. These Tablets are
to let him erlone. I axed him de way
to de Big House an' he sed 'go to de
yavenue an' go up.' I say,' 'What's
dat?' He answer, 'It's de bigges' street
In de town.' ; ! !
L "I move on till I meet er pleasant
somebudy say, 'Why, dat's ole Derrick I the most prompt, most pleasant and most
Alexaader. What's he bin doin', Mr. j reliable cathartic in use. For sale by M.
Offifsfirf Trvin' tn trit tr d Whita L. Marsh.
House, weu, aes as soon as netntsl a mrtv of hnntAra ;n Uui;n
aoie to travel 111 sena mm nome. 1 enontv. n. last wk- t;ni . .
'I didn't krfow who it wuz den, but I weighing 230 pounds.
wellteing of their employes, ready at
all inies to resent any insinuation)!
against them. Hence I submit thai
if any lcgislafiori is to be had io defer
ence to tbe so-called "cry of the child,
that it be notaimedlat the mill man as
the enemy of the child.
There may not be any blame attach
It is learned that a butcher at Lit-
TaWm Aninmr Ijlama m ftin nK1oa ' . . . ... .. 1 .
wuuu vuiuvt tiotrtn Mrnp1 . hill In 1 ho m-i If nf a
Frances Adams and now this Charles' parchaaer. She disputed id and he ,n8 n one for the child being I
Frances, his son, and he is 70 years old mrmtj, in w ' nnp. Ab n the :miUl. It is possiWe that he
and has been forty years finding out v vnahand WrnWf nfthiaJ'h Kr,t in there as a stern nd inexorable ne-
that we had the right to secede and ' bntcherl but! did not serioualv ceseity. g""1 wbich there can be no
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they had no right to free our negroes ' nm him Th. hutcW laid in U- I
without navine for them. Besides all ' o.h.j.J.!.i., .j ' .wl If. however, it is insisted that therej
that, this Adams took charge of a whole man fiTe time8. xhe butcher was ar- " bUme pmebere, St must he at the
regiment of our runaway negroes to 're8ted and uken Warrenton jaiL door of tbe child's father. And if he
fight us with. Lew Wallace did the ! . is too trifling to make provision for
... ! . ... ! Th arrratahnf a nin miT cause thnlma .. . . : j -rt
sams thing Xef, ne ma worse. Me ,. ' , ' " TV " . , aim, preiernng w pui mm ia me uwu
was president of the court that tried
of a limb or even death when blood
poisoning results from the injury. All ;
that be may live in; idle luxury and
Win and convicted him and hung him , 'H' j dissipaUon on the hard earnings of bis
on perjured evidence. The longer I v BromDtlr aTOlvine tihamber- off-springj then turn the thunder bolts ,
live the more I am convinced that as a pain Balm. It is an antiseptic and the law on his guilty bead.
general rule the smartest men are the qttick healing liniment for cuts, bruises ' j i
meanest especially the politicians, and burns. Tor saIl)yM.L. Marsh. Durham, X. C.
Fraxk H. Wood.
Merchant Tailor.
Clothes Made
to Order.
Cleaning and Repairing
! done on short notice.
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