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NUMBER64.
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Chickens, 20 to 30 cents.
Butter, 124c to 15c per pound.
Sweet Potatoes, 35c to 40c per
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Irish Potatoes, 75c to 90c per
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Onions 90c to $lper bushel.
Peanuts, 75c per bushel.
Pork, 8c per pound.
Partridges, 8V6c to 10c a piece.
Rabbits, 5c to 7V6c. Rabbitts
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m Mm iMrMy. janimry iw. iwn, at eiev.
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A MITIGATIOII.
SeaAe Poet-Intelllgenoer. '
"A few yean ago I was in . Little
Bock, Ark., selling goods for a Chicago
house," said a Settle real estate man a
day or two ago. "I made that city my
headquarters and run out through the
state. Oue day I started to make a
trip with several big trunks of samples.
The negro expressman was such a
good-natured, accommodating fellow
that I took a liking to him. I bought
a twenty-four hour accident ticket, ac
cording to my custom, but before the
train started I met man I wanted to
do some business with and I decided to
stay.
"As I started to leave the station I
saw my expressman talking tff a negro
woman, and aa I passed him he said:
" 'My ole woman is goin' on de
same train wid you, boss.'
" 'I'm not going, I said, 'so I'll just
give your wife this accident ticket.' '
" 'What's dat furf
" 'Whv. if rour wife criDDled in
an accident! s will get money, ac
cording to hoV badly she is hurt, and
if she is killed you will get 13,000.'
"The couple seemed much pleased
at the investment and I went awsy and
forgot it. In the evening I learned
that the train which I had failed to
take had been wrecked and several
persons had been killed. After dinner
I was sitting in front of the hotel, when
my expressman came along looking
anxiously on all sides. When he saw
me he came forward and asked :
" 'Be you de gemman I hauled some
trunks to de depot dis mawning furf
" 'Yes, you took some trunks down
for me.' "
" 'Den you is de man dat give me
dat ticket T'
" 'I believe I did give you an acci
dent policy.'
" 'Well, de ole woman was killed in
dat smash-up.' .
" 'Is that so T I am very sorry,' I
said, offering him my hand.' 'She was
a nice-looking woman and I know she
must have been a good wife.'
" 'An' you tole me ef de ole woman
got killed I'd git 13,000?
" 'Yes, that is what those policies
call for.'
" 'Am dat sho'ly true, white man?
Does I git $3,000?" .
" 'You certainly will. The company
is good for it.' .
" 'Well, dat do beat all. Now I kin
buy a fine house, an' have a organ in
it, an' have a two-hoss team 'stead of
one ornery mule. White man, lemme
shake yo' hand agin.' "
Df siamlte may Coat Eyesight.
Salisbury Sua.
Mr. George O. Ritchie, of Richfield,
is in Salisbury today and reports that
his brother, Mr. D. D. Ritchie, nar
rowly escaped la horrible death a few
days since while handling dynamite.
Mr. Ritchie had attached a lighted
fuse to a stick of dynamite and was
holding it in bis hand preparatory to
throwing it some distance Just before
the fuse was exhausted. His purpose
was merely a desire to hear the noise.
The stick had barely left his hand,
when there was a terrific explosion and
Mr, Ritchie, bleeding from face and
hands, his hat in shreds and the but
tons torn from his coat, called for
assistance which was immediately
given. He was and is still unable to
see anything.
- Bra tally Tortarea.
A case came to light that for persistent
and unmerciful torture has perhaps
never been equaled. Joe Oolobick, of
Colusa, Calif, writes, "For IS years I
endured insufferable pain from Rheu
matism and nothing relieved me though
I tried everything known, I came across
Electric Bittets and it's the greatest med
icine on earth for that trouble. A few
bottles of it completely relieved and
cured me." Just as good for liver and
Kidney troubles and general debility.
Only 50o. Satisfaction guaranteed by all
Drnffeist.
Soaswetaeer Eatc
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.. a tombstone In Indiana is the
following inscription: "This monument
was erected to the memory of John W,
Jenkins, accidentaJlywshot aa a mark
of affection by his brother."
eaherlal Ca h Reaee9 Abew
lately Hafaaleee.
The fault of riAis children medicine
containing injurious substances, is some
times more disastrous than the disease
rrom which they are suffering. Every
mother should know that nhuihi.i'.
Ooogh Remedy U nerfeotlT safe fnr
"" It contain. nnthino h.
ei - 0
lur ""UTS, colds and croon is
.TrT by si-1 Marsh
and D. D. Johnson.
Inches do not constitute the
only
measure of smallrassa.
-WHAT FHOHIBlTlOa DOES.
News and Observer.
The closing of saloons and stills has
decreased crime in North Carolina.
The Watts law was not advocated as a
measure to reduce stealing and to les
sen the terms of criminal courts, but
it and kindred legislation that preced
ed it and made it possible have had
that effect. ..-..'.-
Every good judge will state that (he
majority of criminal cases that crowd
the eourtcalandars can be traced to
the use of intoxicating liquor. If men
would quit drinkAg, court costs would
be greatly reduced. Here is the testi
mony of Judge Oliver H. Allen, in an
interview with a reporter of the Char
lotte Observer:
"There has been a wonderful de
crease in crime ithin the past few
years. In Duplin county, for instance,
the criminal docket used to consume
three weeks, and now, if there are no
capital cases, the business of the crimi
nal term is completed in three or four
days.
"How do you account for this im
provement?" "Prohibition," the Judge replied
promptly. 'I went to the circus at
Qoldsboro I didn't go to carry the
children, but went to- the circus and
I did not hear an oath or see the least
disturbance in the croud, I have heard
that the chief of police said that there
was not an arrest made that day. Sup
pose there had been saloons there ? -
"There are many prohibitionists
who are aware how the sentiment for
prohibition is growing," the Judge went
on. 'The first ballot I cast was for
prohibition in Duplin in 1881. There
were then some 300 votes for and
8,000 against it. There was a bar
room at every cross-roads. Yet Dup
lin was the county to have the statute
passed upon which the other prohibi
tory statutes are modeled, introducing
the 'jug law' idea. I have no doubt
that as prohibition grows, crime will
continue to decrease."
, ' FaltltOll.
Representative Fitzerald of Boston has
a story of an Irish couple in that city
who despite a comparatively happy
married life were wont to have violent
misunderstandings. . Nevertheless, the
pair were devoted to etch other, and
when the husband died not long ago,
the widow was inconsolable.
Shortly after the funeral a friend -who
bad dropped in to see bow Mrs. Milligan
was getting on, chanced to remark:
"Will, there's one blessing, Maggie,
they do say that poor Mike died happy."
"Indade, be did," responded the
widow. "The dear lad! The lasht
thing he done was to crack me over the
head wid a medicine bottle."
The Prleoner'a Advantage.
The man up for larceny had admitted
bis guilt when apprehended but at the
trial,' the Green Bag says, his youthful
counsel defended him with great ob
stinacy and unnecessary brilliancy.
, "Gentlemen," said the judge, re
garding the jury with a benevolent
smile, "the prisoner says he Is guilty.
His counsel says he is not. You must
decide between them." - .
Then, after an effective pause, the
judge added, "There is one thing to
remember, gentlemen. The prisoner
wss there and his counsel wasn't."
Mo Whipping Id New Yorkv'a Public
, (Schools.
New York World.
There will be no whipping in New
York's elementary public schools.
By a voje of 22 to 15 the Board of
Education yesterday decided not to per
mit corporal punishment in a moderate
form as a mode of discipline in their
ichool. , 0
Bad little boys may rejoioe r ""
tarily. But they had better w,'
For stricter discipline for tl s-'
suit from tM f r , w
.tl.cb.eer-
. auuiu vueenuiviewr Wiy ,l
a cemetery right opposite
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call that very cheerful,
Landlady Oh, yes, sir,
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If l when
you gsxe out to think th
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Wife Well, I thid II done very
well this Chrutmas. Yoftresent and
mine only cost 11. 43 a old. '
Husband I see you t yourself a
fur jacket. ,
Wife Yes.
Husband (qnizxically)-4bat did it
cost, may I ask ?
Wife (reluctantly) 90,
It's ail right to pay at go, pro
vided you can t get a pass
A man's best
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him when he v;'
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THAT HELPS WORSHIP.
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News and Observer.
There is no mus that helps in
worehin that does not reach the hearts
of the congregation. Operatic music
and music of all sorts that fails to stir
the emotions and touch the heart may
suit a limited few, but ought it to be
permitted to crowd out the music that
is in the grand old hymns of the mas
ters of hymnology ? In writing of the
music at the Baptist State Convention
in Elizabeth City, Charity and Children
nays :
"The music, under the direction of
Mrs.-Aydlett, was exquisite. The man
with a book to sell and a fierce look
on bis face was not there, and the
Convention revelled in "How Firm a
Foundation," and other songs they
could sing and understand."
One of these days some preachers
and churches are going to put a ban
upon singing anything except the old
fashioned tunes that all the people
know. What a power there is in con
gregational singing when the preacher
gives out a hymn that is familiar and
when everybody sings. The best choir
in the world cannot equal that music.
The trouble with much church music
is that the choir regards as good music
only such as the congregation cannot
Ijnderstand, and when you hear it you
recall the dialogue between, two people
at a musicale. A lady, just as an in
strumental solo that had occupied
twenty minutes in rendering was fin
ished, said to a gentleman who had
been bored by it, "That was a very
difficult piece of music," In his des
peration, he replied :' "I would to God
it had been impossible."
Difficult choir musio and the ten
dency toward formalism are partly
responsible for empty pews in many
churches.
The Boll Weevil to Stay.
Baltimore Sun.
The report of the board of practical
farmers created by the Texas Legisla
ture to award 150,000 to the deviser of
a remedy for the boll weevil is unfavor
able to the Guatemalan ant and to all
other means of destruction so far sug
gested. Many machines have been
devised to capture the 150,000, and also
many plans for poisoning the insect
that eats the cotton while in its succu
lent state; but none are effective. The
boll .weevil cannot be reached in a
growing crop without destroying the
cotton. "Boll wetvil," says the report,
"do not feed upon anything but cotton,
They do not reproduce in anything but
cotton squares and bolls. If the planter
can produce a reasonable crop of cotton
from some early maturing variety that
may be picked and out of the field on
October 15, speedily destroying the
plant left in the field at that date while
it is green and full of squares, he will
not only get the crop of boll weevil
that is in the egg, larva and pupa form,
but be will destroy the food of the
adult, and by this meaos leave few boll
weevil to enter hibernating quarters.
Iu other words, the campaign of the
farmer must begin in the year preced
ing the one in which be expects to
make a crpp of cotton. It is imprac
ticable in tho summer to keep the
weevil out )f the boll if it has been
allowed to wi tter in the field'the year
before. An early variety of the cotton
plant is wanted a variety which will
ripen the boll by the middle of October
before the weevil gets in its work. Then
if the stalk and leaves are all thoroughly!
destroyed, along with the eggs, larvae
and pupae, there will be no weevil to
breed next season.
A Coward at Heart.
Discussing the practice of wearing a
gun in the bip pocket, whjch happily is
confined to a few peor-'i- t is iwH r
u.u.y weapua bat U.ue eoafideneoln
or respect for hls fellowman. Usually,
such a one dt tiee law, he is a coward
withal, and bis life may be said to be a
menace to the morals, safety and wel
fare of the community in which it is
spent. The "pistol toter" may nave
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the outward appearance of a man, but
music
""Jthere is something in his make-up
Which makes him feel that be is not
much of a man, and a lack of moral
courage paints him as a coward whose
life has no character behind it to give
it caste and no goal before to give it a
purpose. Aimless, unsatitfied with it
self and all else besides; at times rant
ing about with the snarl of a bull dog,
the noise and courage1 of a fice, you
wonder not that drink, fiatred, or a
passionate moment ends such a life be
hind bars or in regions of outer dark-
Every day we have opportunities to
make our own life a bridge on which
another may pass over to something
that he could not of himself have attained.
OBITUARY NOTICES.
Blob. Square Time.
One of the most unpleasant duties
we have to perform inxonnection with
the publication of a newspaper is to de
cline to publish long obituary notices
and resolutions of respect, free of
charge, especially for or about those
who never gave the paper any support.
But few, if any, except relatives and
immediate family connections read
obituaries and resolutions of respect,
and to fill a paper with them from week
to week would soon cause the paper to
have no readers; and without readers
and paying subscribers none but sub
sidized papers can live.
The Roanoke-Chowan Times is de
pendent entirely upon the receipts
from subsciptions and advertisements
for support, not a dollar from any other
source has ever been paid to it. We
are willing to publish free of charge
obituary notices and resolutions of re
spect sent by our patrons provided they
contain not over two hundred words,
after that limit is reached to print the
remainder at a half a cent a word.
We would not deny the living the
pleasure of seeing iu print the kind
things' friends say of the loved ones
who have passed away, but to do the
most good for the living we must have
readers and to secure and retain read
ers we must print a paper that is en
tertaining aa well as containing matter
for the improvement of the mind. This
paper speaks to more than five times
as many people every week as any
minister in this or adjoining counties,
and we wish for its inlluence never to
grow less. After an experience of
thirteen years wo feel that we know
more about what a loeal paper should
be than we did when we first started in
the business.
We have been wailing for a long
time for an opportunity to say this
for a time when we had no urgent re
quest to publish a long obituary notice
free, as in writing we have no reference
to any particular case.
We wish to scatter as many flowers
in the pathway of the living as possible,
to carry sunshine into every home the
paper visits, and our idea of the best
way to do this is to speak of the pres
ent and future, of the living more than
the dead.
Stomach Troubles and Constipation.
"Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver
Tablets are the best thing for stomach
troubles and constipation I have ever
sold," says J. R. Cnllmnn, a druggist of
Potterville, Mich. "They are easy to take
and always give satisfaction. I tell my
customers to try them and if not satis
factory to come back and get their
money, but have never had a complaint."
Nor sale by M. L. Marsh and D. D.
Johnson.
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The Real Till ok.
Farmers who work out their joad tax
will appreciate this bit of humor from
the Indianapolis Journal:
'There aiu't no sich a thing as a real
Chrietain," said the man with the
patched jeans.
"Don't you think there ain't," said
the man with the soft hat turned np
behind. "I know one myself."
"Oh! he never missed going to meet
ing, I s'pese?" sneered the other.
"I ain't laying so much account on
that as when it come time to work the
roads, he went out and did an honest
day's work, as if he wss working hie
own farm 11'
Newport News. Va., July aa, 1903.
1 summer while recovering from ill-
f fever, I bad a severe attacK 01
History Rheumatism in the knees,
which I was unable to leave my
jr several months. I was treated
b two doctors and also tried different
kinds of linamenU and medicines which
seemed to relieve me from pain for
awhile, but at the same time I was not
any nearer getting well. One day while
reading aoaper I saw an advertisement
of S. S.3rfor RhPumatism. I decided
to give it a trial, which I did at once.
After I had taken three bottles I felt a
great deal better, and I still continued
to take it regularly until I was entirely
cured. I now feel better than for years,
aad I cheerfully recommend S. S. S. to
any one suffering from Rheumatism. l
613 33d St. Cbas. E. GUJEKS.EKV8.
Rheumatism is caused by uric acid or
some other acid poison in the blood,
which when deposited in the murles
and joints, uroduce the sharp, ctating
pains and the stiffness and soreness pe
culiar to this disease. S. S. S. goes di
rUly into the ddtilation, all irrita
ting substances-tare neutralized, and
filtered out of He system, the Bwod is
made pure and the general health is
built up under the purMng and tonic
table remedy.
Write for our spe
cial book on Rheu
matism which is
sent free. Ourphy
sidanswill advise
without charge all
who will write us
about their
Tss Swift Spoolfle Cesjpaay, Atlatta, 8a.
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The Pace That Klffs. '
Bridgeport (Conn.) Post.
' In New York and most of the large
centers of wealth there has been an
alarming increase of death from or
ganic heart trouble and Bright's disol
ease. This need not worry the com
paratively poor to any f reat extent, for
these are aristocratic ailments. Bright's
disease comes along with a rapid exis
tence and late hours and rich feeding.
In 1871 in New York ciy the two
diseases mentioned killed 17.08 persons
out of every 10,000 of the population.
Xew York was a little slow thirty-three
years sgo. It had only begun to learn
bow to burn up money. The rich did
the best they knew how then, and were
willing to learn more.
The pace quickened, and so did the
death rate. You can't fool the Old Man
with the Scythe. You cannot sneak
late hours and high-balls and thousand
dollar dinners in on him, and so in
1883 the deaths jumped to 2,888 from
heart disease and Bright's disease, or
21 01 persons in every 10,000. In 1903
the total deaths from the causes named
were 5,947, and the number of persons
per 10,000, 27 20.
The remedy is sane living. That
('oeBn't mean that one can begin living
sanely after he has sowed wild oats for
a quarter of a century. The crops put
in must be harvested. It ' means sane
living from childhood up. A look at
the vital statistics quoted ought to make
the average poor man who has robust
health fairly well satisfied with his con
dition. No Pity Shown.
"For years fate was after me con
tinuously," writes F. A. Gulledge, Ver
bena, Ala. "I had a terrible case of
Piles causing 24 tumors. When all failed
Bucklnn's Arnica Salve cured me.
Equally good for Burns and all aches
and pains. Only 25c at all Druggists'.
A woman can make a fool of almost
any man if nature doesn't get the start
of her.
Many a man is long on dollars and
short on sense.
The best signature for a note is that
of a man of note. "
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IMMENSE VALUES IN
Ladies Fine Shoes
We will place on our counters the world
known Regina Shoes, 13.00 for $2.50;
$2.00 for $1.65. The greatest bargain
ever offered. We have other Fine Shoes
we can furnish you at reasonable prices.
We have a spocial good thing in Ladies'
Underskirts to offer you, i to $3.50.
A splendid line of Dress Goods 15c to
$2.50 per yard.
Big Line of "Wool
Blankets at Rea
sonable Prices . . . .
A magnificent line of Ladies' Misses, and
Children's Coats and Reefers, all at popu
lar prices. You want to see them.
IMow for Clothing.
We have as strong line as was ever shown in
town, at any price you wish. Men's Suits,
$3.00 to 35 00. Youths' Suits, $2.00 to $16.00.
Boys' Suits 1.50 to H?.oo. Thousands of Odd
1'ants from 65c to $6.00. We can please you
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Retail Grocery Business for Sale
We now have for sole one of the best
retail grocery businesses in Concord.
Will trade it for real estate or sell on
reasonable terms to the right party. It's
a golden opportunity for some one wish
ing to make money.
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