HE TIMES, PUBLISHED TWICE A WBEK. John B. Sherrill, Editor and Owner. $1.00 a Tear, in Advance. VOLUME XXI. Concord, N. C; January 22, 104. NUMBER 40. I i rip's Grim .Grasp CauaeS Heart Disease. Could Not Lie On Left Side. Dr.M iles'Heart Cure and Nervine Cured Me. Ma H. R. Jobe, formerly of Birmingham, Ala writes bom Eldredge, the game state, M follows! Its with the greatest pleasure that I rec ommend Dr. Miles' Nervine and Heart Cure. I only wish that I could tell every sufferer how much good they have done me. Last winter I had a severe attack of La Grippe, which left my heart in a very bad condition. I coulcknot lie down for the (mothering spells that would almost over came me and the feeling of oppression round my heart. I had not been so that I could lie on my left side for a long time. I fot your Heart Cure and took three bottles, have no troubb now with my heart and can lie on my left side as well as my right Formerly I had suffered for years with nerv ous prostration. I bad tried so many rem edies that I had got clear out of heart of get ting anything that would help me. The nerves of my heart were so affected that sometimes it would lose beats so it would seem to stop altogether. It was on the ad rice of a lady friend that I tried your Restor ative Nervine. I felt better after the first . few doses and two bottles of Nervine and one of Heart Cure made me feel like a new person. My heart is all right and my nerv ousness is all gone. I never fail to recom asend it to others afflicted as I was." All druggists sell and guarantee first bot tle Dr. Mile' Remedies. Send for free book on Nervous and Heart Diseases. Address lit. Miles Medical Co, Elkhart, Ind. PROFESSIONAL CARDS. DR. H. C. HERRING. DENTIST, Is now on the ground floor of the Lltaker Building. ootrooRD. sr. o. Dr. W. C. Houston Sutfeon Itfar-X Dentist, CONCORD, If. 0. la prepared to do all kinds of dental work In ' me most approved manner Office over Johnson's Drug Store. Residence 'Phone 11 Office Thvjns42. L. T. HARTSELL, AtUnej-at-Law, CONCORD, HOETH OAKOLI "A. Prompt attention given to all business. Office In Morris building, opposite the court bouse. r vDts. .Lilly & Walker, ofTerthelr professional services to tne cm sens of Concord and surrounding country. Calls promptly attended day or night. W . MOlfTOOMKBT. . LMOROWBXT MONTGOMERY & CROWELL, Attorneys and Conoselors-at-Law, CONCORD, If. O. As partners, will practice law In Cabarrus, Btanlv and adjoining counties, In the Supe rior sua ouprwmw uuuru u I omw, aim uj the Federal Courts OINce In court house. Parties desiring to lend money can leave It with us or place it in concord National Hunt for nil. and wo will lend it on good real es tate security free of charge to the ileixwitor. We make thorough examination of title to lands offered as security for loans. Mortgages foreclosed without expense to owners 01 same. Henry B. Adams. Frank Armfield. Tola D. Maness. Thos. J. Jerome. iiiis, Jerome( Armfield Attorneys and Counsellors at Law, CONCORD, N. C. Practice In all the state and U. 8. Courts. Piompt attention given to collections and sreneral law uractlce. Persons lnteretited In the settlement of estates, administrators. executors, and guardians are especially in vited to call en them. Continued and pain- staking attention will be given, at a reaeon- eonanie price, to u legal ousiness mnce in Pythian Building, over Dry-Heath-Mliler ft Co.'e opposite D. P. Dav vault Bros, ap-ljr Fire 'Accident, Liability, I;:!::: ui ,::--e1-D:::;i:sj INSURANCE. MOM EXHRiEIH."" Large number of Very BestCorrfpanies represented a our Agency on West Depot Strot. Phone No. 184. C. 6. RICfiilOND 4 CO. WANTED. A fewcres of good farming " land near Concord. Also have . For Sale one building lot 50x140 fe5t? corner of Ninth and Myers streets, in the city of Charlotte. QVVill exchange same for farm ing lands if desired. Apply to K. L. CRAVEN, Dealer in Soft, Smith and Hard Coal. ---"Mi' :S WHtHi all USE ft MlKf All Hsf falL k JBeatCou Jougli syrup, rmnem wooo. id time, la or arng. AO Aoirr)vl Story For -Little Folks ThAlittlARrcMnn I I IIVUIIIVIVAII o iuvu I m I J "Oh, bow unbarniy we ffel" exclaim- ea Mr. near, making a very long race. "We bad better be dead," agreed Mrs. Bear. But the little bear took a n5ueh more sensible new or twigs and be was convinced that bla papa and mamma were wrong for once. "See here," he cried; "why don't yon try to make yourselves happy T Why don't you forget your troubles and look at the bright side of things?" "How can we do it?" walled Mr. and Mrs. Bear together. , "Why, simply shake off the ugly feel- lng you bave and make np your minds to enjoy life," replied the little bear. 'Tell us how to do it," they cried, "Suppose you begin with a dance and a song." Tne old bears aid not think very much of that, "but they agreed to try riiTlKa ABOUND MOHT FOOTED AND tlOHT HEAItTED. It lp they got on their hind legs and began to dance around and sing, while the little beiir whistled a tune that he hud learned at school. Aud the first thing they knew they were flying around light footed and light hearted and feeling ten years younger. They laughed and forgot their troubles and were as happy as a bride and groom. Of course, the little bear was very much pleased with the success of his plan. "This life is not so dreary, after all," exclaimed Mr. Bear. ."Indeed, It is not," agreed Mrs. Bear. Moral. You can be happy if yon try to be. Detroit Journal. Fanners, Stay In she South. The Charlotte Chronicle states that ths Great Northern Railway is flooding its section with posters and circulars holding: out strenuous inducements to farmers to go to South Dakota, Mon tana and other frigid States. The farmer who leaves the South now is either a sorry farmer or a fool For the next few years certainly, intel ligent fatuijne: will pay better in the South than ever before, at the same time the farmers can enjoy a climate that is tolerable throughout the year. And here everything needed for man or beast can be produced profitably, while in the Stales mentioned one crop only, wheat, can be depended upon, and when the glut comes with this crop when the supply exceeds the demand the condition of the wheat crower is quite similar to that of our farmer with 5 cent cotton on his hands. Our farmers can raise .something to sell every year, and always enough to live well if they wilf. In times past circumstances may have justified migration of our farmers from this section to the Northwest, but that time, as veil as the circumstances, have certainly departed. . The Way of the World. Durham Sun. This is a topsy tusvy world. One man ia Struggling for justice and an other is fleeing from it. One man is aavingto build a bouse and 'another is trying to sell his for less than it cost. One man is fpending allhe money be f can make in taking a girl to an enter- ment and sending her flowers in hopes, eventually, to make her his wife, fjhile bis neighbor is spending the gold he has to get a divorce. One man escapes all the diseases man is heir to andgeU Killed on tne railroad. Another , goes without getting hurt, and dies with the whooping cough. Such is life. Working Nlc and Day. The busiest and mightiest little thing that ever was made is Dr. King's New Life Pills. These pills change weakness into strength, listleasness into energy, brain-fag into mental power. They're wonderful in building np the health. Only 86c per box. Bold by all druggists. A Washington dispatch says the op ponents of Senator Smoot will not press the polygamy charge against him which probably means that the Mor mon Senator will tiold his seat. When bilious try a dose of Chamber lain's Stomach and Liver Tablets and realize for once how quickly a first-class up-to-date medicine will correct the dis order. For sal by M. L. Marsh. . DEVKLOfltlENT TllK TADKIY Great Poulbi lilts or the Yadkla Narrow Enterprise Salisbury Cor. Manufacturers' Record. That North Carolina ia to bave 1 water-power development second oajjr to that of Niagara is a fact not gen erally known even to those who keefM in pretty close touch with Southern in dustrial affairs. Something has been said from time to time of the prospect of the Whitney Company, wbich has been engaged fot some three years in the preliminary work of developing the water-power of the Yadkin river at a poiy some 5 miles from this city, but what progress has been made and how vast are tht plans and purposes of the company very lew outsiders bave any definite knowledge concerning. I had a talk here to-day with Mr. E B. C. Hambley, engineer, capitalist and local representative bf the company, wbich, besides himself, is composed of but two others, Mr. G. I. Whitney and Mr. F. L Stephenson, members of the prominent banking and financial bouse of Whitney & Stephenson, Pittsburg. The situation at the Narrows of the Yadkin is one. which has always pre sented alluring possibilities to enter prising capitalists, and several attempts have been made from time to time to organize a company to utilize the situation. There is a rapid fall of the river, some 25 feet to the mile, and at the Narrows the river is forced into a narrow gorge with banks of solid rock. The Whitney Company, through Mr. Hambley, who has resided in thi vicinity for more than 20 years, aud bad long been familiar with the possi bilities there, finally took steps to ac quire the property and to develop the water-power. There has been a long and tedious delay in the preliminary ora, 11 naving oeen louna aesirauie. in furthering the broad plans of the company, to acquire title to all of the land on both sides of the river, a dis tance of 13 miles in all, and the com pany now owns 15,000 acres in fee simple. Id- many cases it was a deli cate and difficult task to secure title, cure defects and acquire possession of the tracts desired. It has also taken mucbtime to draw plans, prepare spec ifications, rpen quarries for the mas onry required and put everything on the basis of exactness which the success of so extensive an enterprise demands. Again, a railroad had to be built. This has been finished from New London, on the Southern Railway, and is of standard gauge and most substantial construction, and six and one-half miles long. The high price of cement and construction work generally also oper ated as a deterrent, so that work on the dam and-canal has not yet started, although it is now expected that every thing will be in readiness for the beginning of this work by May or June. Already, however, about f 1.500,000 has been spent here by the owners. This is a private undertaking, and the public has not been called on for aid, and is not likely to be, although first and last this enterprise will represent an expenditure of some $5,000,000, What later may be done in the way of letting the public have a.chance at the securities of the company I am not in formed about ; buWtbe important point for present consideration is that the success of the undertaking is not dependent en public favor, for the three owners are furnishing all the funds re quired to carry on and complete the work. In its entirety the enterprise contem plates the ultimate development not only of 46,000 horse-power, wbich is far and away greater than anything tbis country has outside of Niagara, but the creation of a manufacturing city that seems destined to become one of the most important industrial centres of the South. Mr. Hambley tells me it will be the policy of the company to give away factory sites, take iffxk, maybels mufh aa one-half, in factories which may be located there, and enter nto long-time contracts to furnish power at snow rate. I notice that Sat isbury and several other towns around here expect also to be able to secure transmitted power from the Whitney Company's plant. After a careful survey rf the prop erty this company has decided to build two dams, the first one of wbich yll be some fine miles above the Harrows. The other, which will not bMinder- taken for some time in fact, not until after tbe power of the first ia utilized will be below the Najrows. It used to be the theory of investigators that the rock walla of the Narrows would afford a great opportunity for successful dam contraction, but the Whitney people have found that in constructing canals and utilizing the power to the best ad vantage the locations chosen offer very superior advantages. The dam on which work is to be com saenosd this spring will be I,S00 feet long, 58 feet wide at the base and 38 feet high above the river. The base will be of enormous cut stone, each one weiehinc from five to ten tons, and it will be aa substantial a piece of masonry as exists. The cost or the dam alone will Its $600,000. . e canal, or what we used to call in the old days the mill-race, will be four and one-half miles long, 96 feet wide at the tooaand carrying 14eet of water. At the power house, at the eld of canal, there will be a drop of 125 feet. The penstocks will be nine fret in diameter. The power to be de veloped here will be 26,000 njarse-power. The second dam is tq be built some distance below here, will have a canal only about two miles long, but on ac count of the rapid fall it will be possi ble to develop here about 10,000 horse' power. The lands are well located here for the building of a town ; the situation is healthy, and with the meanaat hand and the broad-gauged plans adopted jt seems certain that here will be worked out within the next two or three years one of the most important single en terprises the South has ever seen. Albert Phenis. , Sea of Asuf Disappearing;. A strange phenomenon is reported from southeastern Russia, where the Sea of Azof, an important body of wa ter, is disappearing The Sea-is about 235 miles long by 110 in its greatest breadth. It lies to the north of the Black Sea, with which it is connect d by a navigable strait. . Though it has always been very shallow it is of great importance to the commerce of that section. Tagamog is a city situated on a bay from this sea, formed by two sandy peninsulas some fifteen miles long. Owing to its proximity to the fertile wheat lands of South Russia, this city is one of the most important to the empire. It has 'a large quay, but its- roadstead is too shallow for large ships, which have bad to stop at a distance. A dispatch from Taganrog of December 16, said that during' the preceding five days the wa ers had re ceded to such an extent that the bed of the sea was visible for several miles. High winds hurled clouds of sand shoreward and vesels were left lying high and dry. Two Ktnda or a u t. In an Iowa law court an attorney was arguing with great earnestness and elo quence. In the midst of his argument he paused a moment, says the Green Bag, and said : '"I see your honor shakes his head at that statement. I desire to reaffirm it, although your honor dissents." "I bave not intimated," replied the judge, "how I should construe tbe evi dence or what my decision will be in tbe case, and your remark is uncalled for." "You shook your head." "lbat may be true," tne court re plied. "There was a fly on my ear, and I reserved the right to remove it in any manner I saw fit. Proceed with your argument. Ills Qaallflcailon. Senator this friend that you want me to get a government position for you can recommend him as a man of ability and capable of filling the place I suppose? Constituent Why, no Senator, can't do that. It's because he can't make a living at anything else that Wint you to get a government job for him. . Fnand a car for Indication. 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 have used many different remedies. am nearly fifty -one years of age and have 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. Marsh. The dispatch says tbat a party of Lexington citizens killed 400 robbins in the cane brakes along Abbott's creek in Davidson county, one ight$last week. More than 40 persons, says the Dispatch, were buntine robbins the same night and ifis believed that 5,000 of the bififs were slaughtered in that locality that night. The Salisbury papers report a similar slaughter of rob bins near that town. f Angry Wife It seems to me ae've been married a century. I can I real member when or whergtre first met. Husband (erriphaticalljJjf- I can. It was at a dinner party where vttat thir teen at Uble. A Mr. Wm. S. Crane, of Califofi3'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 sals by M. I Marsh. picker! A Successful Slachlue Would Have a r.. l.O.ene... lb. lnd... Manufacturers' Record. In the address mate by Mr. D. A. Tompkins before the American Eco nomic Association at its annual meet ing at New Orleans on the at&ject of the cotton industry, he laid great stress on the scarcity of labor now through out the South for purposes both of farming and of manufacturing. He though, that the cotton crdp had reached its limit as to size until there should be'more labor for the farms of tbe South as a result of immigration or an invention to pick cotton by ma chinery should be perfected. He em phasized the statement that the oppor tunity for making money by farming now in the South was better than any other part of the United States, or, in deed, in any other part of the world. Besides the excellent price of cotton as a staple crop, the new manufacturing population have made most excellent cash markets for perishable farm prod ucts. With high cotton and high food stuffs, with excellent markets for both, the farmer in the South finds money, making to be a very easy proposition. On the subject of a cotton-picker Mr. Tompkins spoke as follows: "If a machine could be devised to pick cotton successfully, its invention would bave as great influence on cot ton production now as the invention of the cotton gin did in its day. I do not regard a cotton picking machine as an impossibility. The art of printing or tbe art of ginning cotton seemed as difficult before they were done as the art of picking by machinery does now It costs $100,000,000 a year to pick the crop now. If this picking could be done by mule-power instead of man power the cost Bhould not exceed $10, 000,000. It is not alone the reduced cost tbat wouKl be of great advantage, but at present any farmer can mak more cotton than he can pick, and even now the crop is limited to what can be picked. Even with the present short crop there is throughout th soutb much cotton tuat is yet un picked, and much of it never will be Present conditions are immensely fa vorable to immigration, to improved methods of farming and to the inven tion of a cotton picking machine to be operated by a mule or horse. Is Pneumonia Coutaloasr Btatesrllle Landmark. There is much pneumonia abroad in the land. This terribly fatal die ease appears to be more prevalent than ever before and its ravages are attract. ing much attention. It is now said to be contagious and much advice is be ing given gratis as to how it may be avoided. For instance Rev. P. R Liw, whose column in the Lumber ton Robe- sonian we always read with great in terest, advises that a cold bath be taken every morning as a precaution against pneumonia. Tbis is an illustration of the fact that what will cure one will kill anotber. There is no doubt tbat cold bath, where it might prevent pneu monia in some cases, would certainly bring it on in others. But pneumonia is a present and serious danger, and it behooves everybody to guard against it in such manner as seems best. Building New York's Great Cathedrah The Cathedral of St. John the Divine, wbicb is in course of construction on Morningside Heights, New York city, is making gradual progress towards 1 completion. One pf the most difficult problems the contractors have to deal witb has been the moving of tne im mense pillars for the interior of Hhe cathedral up the hill on which the building stands. The pillars are in four sections, weighing from forty to ninety tons each. As it was found that at least thirty horses wquld be required to move them, it was decided to use steam With the aid of a steel cable and s traction-engttie a huge truck bearing the columns was hauled to the top of the hill. Several days were required to move each? section. a Woman Roasted Alive. f Wilmisgtos, N ft, Jan. 18. Lu? cetta Bowden ,aged 4ityears, was fatally burned at her home yesterday. She sat down in front of a big fire and fell asleep. When she awoke her clothing was burning, and befofiassistance ar rived she was roasted from head to foot. Even.atitch of clothing was burned off her body and her skin was. c&p. The woman lived several hours and was con scious. . PHj Shofra. jff " U'Tdryears late was after me continu ously," wnterF. A. Uuuedge, cp-bena, Ala. "I had a terrible case of Piles causing 24 tumors. v nen au tailed, Bncklen's Arnica Salve cured me. Equally good for barns and all aches and pains. Oaly Me at all drag stores. N BED or ACOTTi RELI- The National Congress of Religious Education will be held in the city of Washington, D. ft, March 1, 2 and 3. The theme will be "The Bible jjp SpiritualLife." The work of the American Society jot Religious Educa tion, under the auspices q which this meeting is to be held, is interdenomifra tional. All members of the American Society of Religious Education will be entitled membership in the Congress. Besides these, ech State snd Territory is requested to send at least twice as many as it now. has representatives in the lower house of the United States Congress. Two persons in each politi cal dfvision to be called Senators, wift be designated by the Regents to assist in securing these delegates. Becaute ofthe unusual importance of the occa sion, a general invitation is extendi d, and all will be welcome who send their names to the secretary. Pastors cf churches, Faculties of Colleges and workers in the International Sunday School Association are especially in vited. The Senators from North Caro lina are Revs. G. II. Cornelson, of Concord, and II. M. Blair, of Greens boro. Many prominent leadeis of all denominations will be present, and take part in the program. D.iggs Age isn't inclined to favor reciprocity with woman. Biggs What's the whichness of the why? Diggs Sooner or lati r age tells on a woman, but she never tells on it. 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 he Kidneys are your blood purifiers, they fil ter out the waste or impurities In the blood. If they are sick or out of order, they fall to do their work. Pains, aches and rheu matism come from ex cess of uric acid In the blood, due to neclected kidney trouble. Kidney trouble causes quick or unsteady heart beats, and makes one feel as though they 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 doctorlne 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 Us wonderful cures of the most distressing cases and Is sold on Its merits by all druggists in fifty- cent and one-dollar sir- KtXWiSi es. You may have a sample Dome dv man noma of s.uiid-Rooi. free, also pamphlet telling you how to find out if you have kidney .or bladder trouble. Mention this paper when writing Dr. Kilmer Co., Binghamton, M. T Cabarrus Savings Bank. .Concord and Albemarle, N. C. CAPITAL, $50,000.00. Nnrplua aud undivided proms, 2-2,OO0.0O. Resources Over $300,000. General Banking Business Transacted. Ac counts of individual, firms and corporations solicited. We cordially Invite Every Man, Woman and Child who wishes to "lay by something for a rainy day," to open a Savings Account with us. 4 per cent. Interest paid ons ;vlii(rs deposits and time certificates. OFFICERS. D. V. CANNON, H. I. WOODHOU8E. President. Cashier MARTIN BOG Kit, C. W. SW1NK. Vlce-1'resldent. Teller. m.LT. When a lady wants a watch, she wants one thnt vfill keep time as well aa look pretty. Our Lffclies' Watchesjtre fitted with Eldn or Walthaiii move ments that arguaranteed accu- fate. 7- ,1 When a man wants a watch he wants one of our inoderu, thin mfolels that do not bulge the Hocket. vet saertflcins none of tne strength and time-keeping qualities of their clumsy prede cessors, f W. C. CORRELL, Leading Jeweler. NATIONAL TONGUES OP HOIS EDUCATION. rfrrwrT::,Itsi Horse Health ! For putting in prime cdbdition any horse r mule the best of all remedied is Ashcraft's Condition Powders. These Powders are won derfully effective because they cre ate appetite, the digestion is made perfect, worms and ptrasites de stroyed, and the system cleansed of all gross hjimors. The Pow ders fatten but never bloat. Ashcraft's Condition Powders are wrapped in doses. In fact, in their preparation (he 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. "Havtnir tried manv kinds of Condition Pow ders, 1 consider Ashcraft's the best oo the market. I take pleasure tn reoommehdlno them to my friends and customers. E. CAMP- bull, Hickory, N. u. , Price 25c. package Sold by im:. l. :m:-a.:r,s:e3: 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. (MS. H. Sllflll, Low-Price Man. NEW RESTAURANT. We have opened up a restau rant in the new Corl building on West Depot street, next to SitnS' beef market, and will have on our tables tne very best the market affords. Both Board and Lodg ing Furnished Meals 25 Cents. LITAKER & LEFLER. Concord, N. C, Oct. 29, 1902. THE Concord National Bank. With the latest approved form of books and averv fsa-llltv for handling acr-nanta. of fers a Brat-class service to the public. Capital, $50,000 Profit, .... 22,000 Individual responsibility of shareholders, 6Q.00P Your Account 'with Us. KEEP Interest paid as agreed. Liberal accommo dation to ail our customers. f J. M. ODELL, President. D. B. COLTH.ANB. Oashlar. S.-J. ERYIN CO., DEALERS IN u Keep all kinds ofthe best P'hone 220 grades of coal. Executor's Notice Havtnir qualified as the Executor ot the es tate ot M L. Bawl deceased, all persona ow ing said estate are hereby notified tbat they must make prompt payment, or suit will ba brought. And all persons having cli-ima against sail estate muot present them duly nutheut'eaff"!, on or before the 24th dav of Deceinrwr. 1M0. or this notice will be Dtaadad In bar of their recovery. This December ia, le. E T. BOBT, Iwentor. Bj Ueata-ensry a Croweu, Attorns y. e