TIMES, 3 John B. Sherrill, Editor and Owner. PUBLISHED TWICE AVEKK. $1.00 a, Year, in Advance. Concord, n. C, January l, 1904. -f- y cfs"" Volume XXI. Number 34. THE CONCORD K ft J500 REWARD FOR WOMEN " v WHO CANNOT BR CURED. . Backed op by over a third of a century af remarkable ancf uniform cures, a record aucb a no other remedy for the dineasea and weaknesses peculiar to women ever attained, ate proprietors and makers of Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription now frel fully warranted la offering to pay Jyw in lcfai money of the United States, for any case of Lencorrhea, Female Weakness. Pro lapsus, or Falling of Womb which they f cannot cure. All they ask is a fair ana reasonable trial of their means of cure. mV ThVe are thousands of sick women draejrlns; eat a weary, miserable existence, who would be well and happy did they but have my experi ence with lr. Pierce's .Favorite Prescription," writes Mrs. Annie Lenman, of 106 Jackson St., Atlanta, Gs. "Four years ago I was nearly dead with inflammation and ulceration. I en dured daily untold agony, and life was a burden to me. I had uaed medicines internally and externally until I had made up my mind that there was no relief in sight for me. A friend of mine endorsed your Favorite Prescription,' and I determined then to give it a trial. It took Satience and perseverance for I waa in a bad con ition, and had to use youf medicine for nearly four montha before I was cured, but what a change it brought ; from despair to happineaa, from misery to the delightful, exhilarating feel ing that only health brings. I would not change back for a thousand dollars. Your Prescrip tion ' is s grand medicine. I wish every sick woman would only try it and be convinced." Dr.' Pierce's Common Sense Medical Adviser, in paper covers, is sent free on receipt of 21 one-cent stamps. Address Dr. JL V. Pierce, Buffalo, N.Y. PROFESSIONAL CARDS. DR. H. C. HERRING. Dentist, Is now on the ground floor of the Utaker Building. OOlf OOKD. W. JO. Dr. W. C. Houston . Surgeon v fiLl Dentist, OOHOORDtN. 0. Is prepared to'do all kinds of dental work In the most appraved manner. Office over Johnson's Drug Store. Residence 'Phone 11 Office 'Phone 43. L. T. HARTSELL, Attorney-at-Law, COZTCOBD, NOXTH CAROLINA. Prompt attention given to all business. Office in MorTlsTnilldlug, opposite the eoiyt house. Drs. Lilly & Walker, offer their professional services to the cltl sena of Concord and surrounding country. Calls promptly attended day or night. W I. MONTOOMSBT. I. IiOBOWW MONTGOMERY 4 CROWELL, Attorneys and Connselors-at-Law, - CONCORD, N. 0. As partners, will practice law In Cabarrus, Stan I v andjfdjotntng counties, In the Supe rior and Supreme Courts o I the State and in the Federal Courts Orlice In court house. Parties desiring to lend money can leave it with us or place It In Concord National Hank for us. and we will lend It on good real es tate security free of chartreCo the depositor. We make thorough examination of title to lands offered as security for loans. Mortgages foreclosed without expense to owners of same. Henry B. Adams. Frank Armfield. Tola D. Manes. Thoa. J. Jerome. IdaiES, Jerome, Armfield I Ihness, Attorneys and Counsellors at Law, " CONCORD, N. C. Practice In all the State and IT. 8. Courts. Pionipt attention glyen to collections and general law practice. Persons Interested in the noltlemeiit of estates, administrators, executors, and guardians are especially In vited to call on them. Continued and pain staking attention will be given, at a reason snnable price, to all legal businesi Office In Pythian Building, over Dry-Heath-Mlller A -Co.'s opposite D. P. Day vault at Bros, ap-ly Fire Accident, Lrabifi'ty, SjcIobs and - Use-and-Occupancy INSURANCE, CONG jftlENCf; Large number of tfery Best Companies represented ataour Agency on iVest Depot Street. 'Phone No. l. G. 6. RICHMOND & CO. HARD SOFT. SMITH 3 TEAM 1 1 Oft ft FOR SALE BY UTTrfTTT UKtS Writal Alltlj .MAS. CouKta Sjmp. TaswsCooO. I 1 BsstC 71 AO Aoinl Story Por Little Polks - - Why the - -Little Pig Was Whipped 4)I1 you ever bear the story about the little pig sJio ate his bjg slaters dinner? know yon bave not, tor tbe sfcry bus never been told. Well, tbere was a little pig wbojoved to tease bis sister, Just as many and many a boy loves to tease bis sisters. Kow.'tuls little pig had one sister who was very particular about her manners, which, you will admit, was an excellent trait She wouldn't think of sitting down to a meal without a nice clean apron on. At tbe dinner hour she would hurry to her room, fasten on her apron and then go to the trough In which her food was served. "Why Is It that you only half Oil my trough?" asked she of her mother. "I always fill It," was the reply. "But It Is always only half full." de clared tbe little pig's sister. And the little pig laughed, for he knew 4-ery well why the trough was only half full. Whenever be saw bis sister start off to get ber apron be HB KNEW VERT WKI.I, WHT THB TRO0OH WAS HALF g'JLh. . would slip slyly up to the trough and. eat as much of ber food as be could before she could get back. One day the sister decided to watch blm, and she actually caught him In the very act of gulping down her meal "I was only fooling," laughed the lit tle pig. "I shall tell ninminn. on you," replied his sinter, "and she will paddle you with a shingle." "You would not be a 'telltale, would you?" uski'd the IHtle pig, who did not relish the Wen of a whipping. "No. I don't believe I would," re plied the siHter thoughtfully. "I shall not tell on you." "That's a good girl," laughed the lit tle pig. "But I shall paddle you myself," added the Bister. Then she caught tbe little tense and gave him a good sis terly thrashing, and he never touched her meals again after that. Detroit Journal. Blizzard Pat Oat Red Light. Grand Rapids, Mich., Deo. 27. The death list resulting from the head-on collision between two Pere Marquette Railroad passenger trains near East Paris last night stands at 22 tonight with 29 persons injured, several of them probably ft tally. The following are the main facts of the disaster : Number dead, 22. Number injured, 29. Eastbound train was going up grade at about 40 miles an hour. Westbound was running 60 miles an hour down grade. Nearly all the killed and in jured were on the eastbound train, its engine being demolished, smoker com pletely telescoped and other cars smashed. One engineer and his fireman were saved by beiog hurled clear of the wreck when the top of their engine turned somersault. Wreck was caused by the red single lamp at McOord's, where one train was ordered to stop, being blown out in the blizzard within two minutes of the train's passing there. The operator at MiCord's seeing the train passed knew the crash must come and ' at tnce ordered surgeons and wrecking train. Am tTnaeat Experience for Or. aVarr. Correspondence rfboresvllls Enterprise. On last Sabbath ice on the ground Dr. Pharr, with his daughter, drove out to Prospect from Mooresville, a distaitee of five mUm, to preach, audi when he reached tbe church not a sin gle person was there for the service. Dr. Pharr said he had been preaching ff or forty six years and had never gone and had no hearer before. Foand rare for ladlcestlaa. I use Chamberlain's Stomach and liver Tablets for indigestion and find that they-suit my case better than any dyspepsia remedy I have ever tried and I lave used many different remedies. I am nearly fifty-one years of age and hav? suffered a great deal from indiges tion. I can eat almost anything I want to now. -Geo. W. Emory, Rock Mills, Ala. For sale by M. L. Mgcjh. A boy weighing one pound on earth w uld weigh twenty -seven and half p ut on the sun. Mr. Wm. S. Crane, of California, Md., suffered for years from rheumatism and lumbago. He was finally advised to try Chamberlain's Pain Balm, which he did and it effected a complete cure. ' For sale by M. L. Marsh. V 4? " . - THING THAT EVEttY AMERICAN SHOULD KNOW. j New York City has twice as many Iruh aa Dublin, half as many Germans as Berlin, a hundred thousand more Germans tan Hamburg, and more Italians thansFlorenoe. Tue last Hawaiian school hat been converted into an English school at the request of the natives. From 189Q, to ltOO the numbe of Hawaiians de creased 4,637, leaving but 29,799. , California, since the- discovery of gold in 1848, has furnished bout one billion, four hundred million dollars' worth of that metal. Colorado, since 1859, hat yielded four hundred million dollars' worth of gold. The first free library in this 'country was at Peterborough, New Hampshire. It was founded in 1833, and succeeded a subscription library dating from 1799. Andrew "Carnegie recently gave five thousand dollars to this library. Last year was the most active in. patent business of any in our hist jry. Applications for the first time exceeded fifty thousand. There were 27,387 patents granted. Receips of the office exceed expenditures by $161,614. The total Indian population of the United States is about 269,306, of which 89,732 belong to the civilized tribes. The remainder occupy reservations containing 55427,000 acres besides those in New York and Indian. Terri tory. The United States consul-general to Mexico estimates that American capi tal invested in that country now amouuts to seven hundred and fifty million dol lars,, of 'which two hundred million dollars were invested between January and May of 1902. The imports of manufacturers' ma terials for tbe ten months ending with last October were fifteen per cent, greater than for the previous year, and more than eighty per cent, greater than in 1896. Exports of manufactures were also greater than any year except 1900. During 1902, New York received more than half of all the import brought into America, five hundred and fifty-five million dollars' worth. New York exported about one third of the total six hundred and nineteen millions out of one billion, five hundred and seventy-one million dollars. Tbe cash income of the United States for 1901 was $699,316,530, of which $307,180,664 was derived from internal revenue taxes, mainly on li quors and tobacco. The income of Russia or that of France exceeds that of this country, the former having $360,412,882. While Great Britain, Austria-Hungary and Italy spent more than their incomes in 1901, the United States had a surplus of $77,717,934. The total value of farm property in the United States in 1900 was more than five times as great as in 1850, and 28.4 per cent, greater than in a 1890. The railway industry was in its infancy in 1850, so that comparisons extending back fifty years are unfair, but, takftig 1890 aa a basis, it is found that raiiway property, as indicated by total, capitali zation, rose from ten thousand and twenty-nine millions of dollars in that year to eleven thousand eight hundred and ninety-two millions in 1900. Railroad milettge has steadily grown until now we bave two hundred thous and miles of steam railway in the United States. These railroads employ over one million men, whose wages amount to over six hundred million dollars annually. Their capital is over twelve billion dollars, and their earn ings last year exceeded one billion, five hundred million dollars. They carried more than six hundred million passen gers last year, and one billion; one hundred million tons of freight.. tola IHeaer aa4 Pled. Charlotte Observer, tb. Telegraphic communications from Concord last night indicated that a father hid double cause for worry over the sudden flight of his son. Tbe son stole money, it w alleged. He also pur poses to marry a young woman. The father wanted nim arrested aid tasked tbe local police to hold and lock up Tom Trull, Wash Foster (son of the anxious parent) and Jane Halley. The police had no official instructions in tbe mattat, or no warrant, but they met No. 29, wmch arrived here at 10:40 o'clock last night. Jane lljjey and another girl were on the train. They said they were going to Rock Hill, S. C. Trujl nd younjr Foster could not be found. Th$ rumor became cur rent that the two j&ya had eloped wit the girls and proposed to be wedded in Rock lift. . When bilious try a dose of Chamber lain's Strimach and Liver Tablets and realise foj- once how quick x a first -class np-to-dati medicine will orAect the dis order. For sale by M. L. Marsh. Behavior is a mirror in which every displays his image. Soetaa. THRILLING STORT OF THE NBA. A number of the pafsengers wlio lore on the Atlantic Transport steamer Menominee, bound for New York when she was struck by a hurricane December 7 and disabled so that she drifted at the mercy of the storm for five days, arrived last week on the Cedric. Thej told a thrilling story of ineir experience. The Menominee left London Decern ber 3. Four days later she ran into a terrifio gale and a huge wave, which the ship's officers said was 60 feet high, struck the ship, throwing her on her beam ends. It came with such force as to crash in the heavy dead lights in the cabin ports on the star-board side and the state-rooms were flooded. Most of the passengers ' were in bed when the wave hit the ship.. Tbey were thrown frpm their berths to the floor with bedding, baggage and every thing movable on top of them. The utmd&t confusion prevailed for a time among the passengers, according to the story told, and tbe officers had difficulty in quieting them. When the ship righted itself it was found that her rudder post had been snapped off, leaving the steering gear disabled and the ship helpless. One sailor was caught in the back wash of the wave and dashed against the bulwarks; receiving injuries from which he died an hour later. Three other searrlan were seriously injured by waves which broke over the ship while they were trying to make re pairs to the shattered steering gear and it became necessary to lock the passen gers in the cabin. Oil was used to still the waves, but with little effect. For five days the ship rolled in the trough of the sea, the captain remaining on the bridge. Finally at noon of the fifth day a temporary steering gear was rigg'ed and the ship limped back to Fal mouth, where the passengers were sent to Liverpool, And such 'of them as chose were sent to New York on the Cedric. . Lawyers and Liars. The mistake made in the court report that Judge Spofford had called William J. Bryan ajiar, when he really galled him a lawyer, reminds me of a -classic story, says a writer in the New York Press.' A Scotch preacher and an Eng lish lawyer were riding together. Said the former; "Sir, do you ever make mistakes in your pleading?" "I do," replied the lawyer. "An' what do ye do wid mistakes?"' "Why, sir, if large ones I mend them; if small, I let them go. Da you ever make mistakes in preaching-?" "Oh, I dispense wid them in the same manner as ye do yoursei'. I rectefee the lairge an' let go the srua' ones. No' lang since, as I wus preachin', I meant to obearve that the devil was the father o' al' liars, but made a mistake an' said the father o al' lawyers. But the mistake wus so sma' that 1 let it go." stampede at Free Dinner. Chicago, Dec. 27. In a stampede of the 10,000 men, women and children waiting for admission which followed the opening of the doors of the Coli seum, where the Volunteers of America to day gave their annual Christmas din ner, several glass doors were smashed and the dozen policemen on duty at the place managed to restore order only with the greatest difficulty. In the rush several women and chil dren were knocked down'and trampled, but none was seriously injured. Tbe crowd was the largest that ever assemb led at such a dinner in Chicago, and when everyone had been satisfied not a morsel of the tons of food remained. Working- Night and Day. The busiest and mightiest little thing that ever was made is Dr. Kiqg's New Life Pills. These pills change weakness into strength, listlessness into nergy, brain-fag into mental power, they're wonderful in Building np the health. Only 25c per box. Sold by al druggists. . Salisbury correspondence Charlotte Observer: It is estimated by one of the dealers that tbe shipments of liquor from Salisbury during the month of December would amount to an average in value of $2,000 a day. The same informant said that the amount ship ped during the week preceding Christ mas was hard to estimate, even re motely; it was so aoormous. This business is certainly assuming large proportional as a glance at the express trucks at the railroad depot will show at any time. Several of the persons who were recently Jfanted distillery license expect to have their plants in operation by the end of January. Na PUT Shown. "For years fate was after me continu ously," writes F. A. Gulledge, Verbena, Ala. "I had a terrible case of Piles causing 24 tumors. When all failed, Bucklen's Arnica Salve cored me. Equally good for barns and all aches and pains. Oaly Me at all drug stores. SOttB INTHRKSTING PROBLEMS. Detroit Free Press. An ice wagon serves 55 customers in tbe course of a day. Each family should receive 15 pounds of ice, but owing to the near-sightedness of the driver the average weight is only ten. Hotv much does the wagon gain in one day and why is it that th near-sighted collector never takes a three-cent piece for a dime ? If one man with a lawn mower can arouse 35 persons from sleep af o'clock in the morning, "how many could seven men with lawn mowers arouse if they tried their Jevel best ? It takes a district messenger boy 35 minutes to travel 170 yards while on business for the company, but only four while on his way hora . What is his speed per hour in each case ? What is the per .cent, compared to chain lightning? . A has the sum of $12 in his pocket, when B gives him a pointer on the races by which he can win. 13 times his capital. What did the sum total amount to, and why was it that A had to borrow a nickel to get home on ? By adding two quarts and one gill of water to his stock a milkman brings the total amount up to seven quarts and two gills and swears by the bones of his ancestors that it is' pure milk. How much milk did he have in the first place? A and B buy a lottery ticket costing $5 in partnership. A contributes $2.90 and B $2.10. In case the ticket draws $50,000 what . share will each take ? Needn't be iu any hurry to work this out. A farmer has five miles to drive. He figures that while he is driving one rarle his hired man ought to hoe three rows of corn across a seven-acre lot. He gets home to find that only seven rows have been hoed in all. What was the average per mile, and how long was tbe hired man roosting on tbe, fence? Tbe Two Pise. Atlanta Constitution. A man was taking a pig to market, when they came to a tree on which hung hundreds of apples. "I'd like to have an apple," said the pig, as he looked tip, wistfully. "I'd like to have a barrel of apples," said the man, eying the fruit greedily. A little farther they came to a pear tree. "I'd like to have a pear," said the hungry pig. I'd like to have a wagon, load of pears," said the man. Presently they passed a grape vine." "I'd like to have a bunch of grapes," said the pig. "I'd like to have my wine, press full of grap:s," said the man. They walked on until a large melon patch was seen a, the side of the road. "Oh! I wish I had a melon," sighed the pig. "I would like to have a car load of melons," growled the man. "Well, look here, mister, jou are a bigger pig than I am. I think we are at the wrong ends of this string." And he began a jeik and broke away. With a dash, he went between the man's legs and upset him on the ground. Then Mr. Pig ran into the melon patch and picked out a good, red, ripe melon and ate it, while the man got up and brushed off his clothes and went home . One Wife Sureljr Knouslt. Margherita Arlina Hamm, the well known traveler and author, called, when in China, upon the wife, or rather the wives, of the great manda rin. Her visit partook of the nature of a festival, so novel was the experience to the Chinese women, whose lives are passed almost entirely within the wall of their yamen. They examined ber clothing, and were partly pleased and partly astonished at especially by the fact that her feet were not confined by ' bindings. Finally one of them said through the interpreter: "lou can walk and tun just as well as a man?" "Of course." , "Can you ride a'pony as well its a man?" 'Why, fleatainly." m "Then you must be as strong as most men?" "Yes, I think I arm. "You wouldn't let a man beat you not even your husband, would you?" "Not at all." The Chinese woman paused, laugked and then said: "Now I understand why foreigners never take more than one wife. They are afraid to? Mr. Whitehead Kluttz, of Salisbury, has accepted an offer from Mr. W. R. Hearst of a position on the Washington staff of The New York American. The engagement is not of a permanent nature, and will not be the cause of hie abandoning his present profession, the law. Mr. Kluttz will leave for Wash ington during the latter part of the week. SONG SAVED LIFE OF LOE SENTRY. fl if i 4 Two Americans who were crossing5' the Atlantic met in the cabin on Sun day nigbt to sing hymns, says the Pitts burg Gazette As they sang the last 'hymn, "Jesus, Lover of My Soul, 'tone of them heard an exceedingly rich and beautiful voice behind him He looked around, and, although he dirt not know the face, he thought that he knew the voice. So when the music ceased he turned and asked the man if he had been in the Civil War. The man replied that he had been a Confederate soldier. "Were you st such a place on such a night?" asked the first. "Yes," he replied, "and a curiouB thing happened that night which this hymn has recalled to my mind. I was posted on sentry duty near the edge o'f a wood. It was a dark night and very cold, and I was 'a little frightened be cause the enemy was supposed to be very near. About midnight, when everything was very still, and I was feeling homesick and miserable and weary, I thought that I would comfort myself by praying and singing a hymn. I remember singing this hymn: All my trust on thee Is stayed. All my help from tbee I bring: Cover my defenseless head With the shadow of tby what. 'After singing that a strange peace came down upon me, and through the long night I felt no more fear. "Now, said the other, "listen to my story. I was a Union soldier and was in the wood that night with a party of scouts. I saw you standing, although I did not see your face. My men had their rifles focused upon you waiting the word to fire, but when you sang out: "Cover my defenceless head With the shadow of thy wing. "I said, 'boys, lower your rillcs; we will go home." ' Over-Work Weakens Your Kidneys. Unhealthy Kidneys Make Impure Blood. All the blood In your body passes through your kidneys once every three minutes. i ne Kidneys are your blood purifiers, they fil ter out -tho waste or impurities In the blood. If they are sick or out of order, they fail to do their work. Pains, aches and rheu matism come from ex cess of uric acid in the blood, due to neelected kidney trouble. Kidney trouble causes quick or unsteady heart beats, and makes one feel as though Ihey had heart trouble, because the heart is over-working In pumping thick, kidney poisoned blood through veins and arteries. It used to be considered that only urinary troubles were to be traced to the kidneys, but now modern science proves that nearly all constitutional diseases have their begin ning in kidney trouble. If you are sick you can make no mistake by first doctoring your kidneys. The mild and the extraordinary effect of Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root, the great kidney remedy is soon realized. It stands the highest for its wonderful cures of the most distressing cases and is sold on its merits Iv'Cl by all druggists in fifty- cent and one-dollar siz- KlSrfiytSH I es. You may have a sample Dottle By man noma of swunp-Rnot. free, also pamphlet telling you how to find out if you have kidney or bladder trouble. Mention this paper when writing Dr. Kilmer V Co., Binghamton, N. Y. Ye make Flavoring Extracts, and they are VERY FINE. Our friends who use them say so, and we know they are abso lutely pure. If yfu are not using our make, be sure to try them On your next purchase. .They are cheap they are PURE, and of exquisite ttetvof. VanilTa, Lemon, Orange, Bitter Almond. Pistachio. Cetery. Pine rApple. Banana. Fetzer's Drug Store. is. i tins I have just received thefinet lot of Orgms ever shipped to Concord lind atn going to sell them on easy terms. Persons desiring to purchase an Organ should see me at once. F.H.TRAr.llYlELL, CONCORDfcN. C. Horse Health! For putting in prime condition any horse or mule the best of all remedies is Ashcraft's Condition Powders. Thae Powders are won derfully effective because they cre ate appetite, the digestion is made perfect, worms and parasites de stroyed, and the system cleansed of all gross humors. The Pow ders fatten but never bloat, Ashcraft's Condition Powders ae wrapped in doses. ' In fact, in their preparation the same care is used that a druggist would exer cise in the filling of a physician's prescription. High grade and real merit is the first consideration. Ashcraft's Powders consist of small doses, prepared from the purest and highly concentrated in gredients, that have been found beneficial to horses and mules. Ashcraft's Condition Powders always high grade are not to be classed with the many bulky, good-for-everything powders now on the market. Ask for Ashcraft's, the kind put up in doses, and good for horses and mules only. "IIiivlnK tried manyklnrti of Condition Pow dor. I consider Ashcraft's the beat on the market. I take pleasure In recommending them to my friends and customers. H. CAMP BELL, Hickory, N.C. Price 25c package Sold by HUH. L. M.K,SEC you taking advantage of the great slaughter in prices on STOVES ? If not it is your own fault. I am 'compelled to reduce my stock by the first of the year, as my building is to be over hauled, and a glass front to be erected. It will pay you to take advantage of the many Bargains that are offered daily at my place. I have two new Organs and one new Ivers & Pond Piano that I will sell at a sacrifice between now and January ist. Easy Terms . Small Payments - 40 No. 7 Cook Stoves, full trimmed at $8 each until Janu ary i, 1904. 'Phone 163. Cbas. II. Shall, Low-Price Man. Notice. New Series Building and Loan Books now open for subscrip tions to stock 31st Series Con cord Perpetual Building and Loan Association, rirst pay ment due Saturday, December 5, 1903. Call on Secretary and Treasurer at Cabarrus Savings Bank and subscribe. ROHT. S. YOUNG, Pres. II. I. vVOODHOUSE, Sec. i J. ERVIN & CO., DEALERS IN con Keep all kinds of the best grades of coal. P'hone 220 Tax Notice. The last acts of the Lerlalature, section 7?, pa e I, says taxes are due flret Monday in Svpteoiaer. Now we all know that time la Ion pasu and your tax Is not paid ?t. His your duty to come and pay your tax. Tfce Htate Is wanting and demanding the tax, and the school tax must be paid by the nrst of January, and 1 can't pay the taxes till the people pay me a earnestly ask all to come at oace and get your receipts. I am bound tv collect this tax, and If I have to go behind the law, I will certainly add In all the cost. Now, I clone with the old adatare, "a word to the la la suihclent." , J AS. F. HARRIS, 8hertff. NEW RESTAURANT. We have opened np a restau tnt in the new Corl building on West Deoot street, next to Sims' beef market, and will have on oyr tulles thtt. very best'the piftrket affords. Both Board, and Lode: ing burnished Meals 25 Cents. UTAKER & LEFLER. Cnord,N. C, Oct. 29, 1901. O .O 9 ( , 1 V