TIMES,
John B. Sherrill, Editor find Owner.
PUBLISHED TWICE .A. WEEK.
$1.00 8 Tear, in Advance.
Volume XXIII.
Concord, N. c, July 2B. 1905.
Number 7.
THE
25 Pounds
of good, clean
RICE fo& $1.00
Arbuckle Coffee, 15c
i per pound All other
Groceries
Lry Goods
and Shoes
to 8it the trade.
Highest Cash and
I Barter Prices paid
for Country Pro-
duce.
See us before selling your pre
duce. . "
Ill
Sate Prompt Liberal
THE
Capital Stock, - - $100,00(1
Stockholders' liability, 100,000
Surplus and undivided profits, 25,000
Assets, ... 850,000
t Your Business Solicited
4 percent. Interest paid on time certificates
S i M. ODKLL, President.
: W. H LILLY, View President
. H. OOI.TKAN UuhWr
L. I). COLTIIANB, Asst Cashier.
J. M. HKNDUIX Book-keeper.
1. 1. WOODHOU8B.
t President.
I W. 8WINK.
Cashier.
MARTIN BOG BE,
Vloe-1'resldent.
W. H. GIBSON,
Teller.
Vonoord, N. C. Branch at A.bemarle, H. 0.
Capital, t 50,000.00
r orpins and Undivided Profit 80,000.00
'. '"waits 850,000.00
V ll Resoorces 435,000.00
f i Dart success, as Indicated above by
' ires, :a quite gratifying, mnd we wish to
ore our friends and customers of our a
latlon o their patronage and cordial
e a continuance of the same. Should be
ed to serve a lame number of new cus-
irs. holding ourselves ready to serve you
ny way consistent with aouna banking.
DIRECTORS.
I. W. Cannon, Robert 8. Toons', L. J. Foil,
a. f. Goodman, M. J Corl. J no. 8. Kflrd, J
. Morrow, T. G. Ingram.
jrtland, Oregon, Exposition.
SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.
LOS ANGELES, CAL
JENVER, COL.
I Epworth League Convention
i July 5-9. t
PENVER, COL.
s G. A. R. Encampment, Sep
tember.
Very Low Round Trip Rates
: via
Illinois Central R. R.
CHOICE UF KUU iliS
Two trains daily, Atlanta to St. Lou
ia in connection with W. fc A. R. K.
The only through morning sleeping car
Atlanta to St. Louis. -
For full information, dates of sale,
rates, tickets and descriptive circulars,
Address,
V. D. MILLER, Trav. Pass. Afrt.
17 Pry or St., Atlanta, Ga.
The Southern Music Go.
22 N. Union Street,
CONCORD, N. C.
now hastl full stock of late and
popu'ar music that is being sold
lower than any other retail house
in the United States sells them,
and a selection of 4,000 copies of
standard music to be sold at 10
cents per copy. Come and see
or write for catalogue.
Farm for Sale in No. 4.
We have for sale in N?. 4 town
ship a farm of 148Va acres. Has
one tenant house, crib, smoke
house and a fair orchard. 1 Has
G5 acres tillable land, 20 acres
timber, and 50 acres old field
pine. Price $2,000, Hit cash
and balance in twelve months.
JNO. K. PATTERSON & CO.
en
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A BAD CASK.
As laaaeaas Man Kept la Frteoa tow
Tweaty-Oae Years,
Atlanta Journal.
Bent with age penniless, and Juat out
of a hospital, After months of illness,
tmarles Franklin, the man woo was
sentenced for Ufa to the penitentiary
for murder by a Bibb ooonty Jury, and
who served twenty-one years before hi
inf&eenoe became known whan the real
murderer oonfesaed bis guilt, cam to
Atlanta last week to appeal to the legal
islature for recompense for nil twenty-
one yea-s' falsa imprisonment. -
Franklin is 65 yean of ace. Ha lived
in Griffin twenty five years, served in
the Confederate arm as a private in he
Griffin Volunteers, of the Fourteenth
Qeorsia regiment, and then moved to
Macon, and followed the trade of car
penter. -
H met on the streets one day Fred
Knight, a man whom he characterized
as having been absolutely worthless and
the two engaged in a quarrel. A fight
ensued, and Franklin came out the
victor. Krjight ooold not forget the
humiliation of the whipping he received,
and he swore vengenoe, and he got it
Une morning, on one of the main
thorough fares of Maoon, the dead body
of Mitt Bryant wss fonnd, his throat cut
almost from ear to ear. Several ne
groes appeared, and said they saw
Franklin oommit the murder.
Though Franklin had served faith
fully in the civil war, and had always
had a reputation, in the face of the
positive testimony of the negroes, he
was convicted of the murder and sen
tenced to serve a life sentence in the
penitentiary. One of the negroes, John
Daybawk, as he wsa testifying, dropped
dead on the stand.
In February, 1901, Fred Knight,
while on his death bed in Augusta,
called for hit sister, and asked her to
write down his dying confession, which
was in effect that he had killed Bryant
and had put it on Franklin because he
was mad with him. He committed
the crime and got John Daybawk to
swear against turn. Hi confession
closed with the appeal:
Turn him loose, turn him loose, for
I am dying, and I am miserable."
The letter was sent to the proper au
thorities and the wronged man was given
his freedom after having served exactly
twenty-one years and eleven days. At
the lumber camp at Adrian, , Franklin
fell in the machinery and lost his left
hand.
When Franklin cam out of the pen
itentiary his health was broken. Most
of the time of the two years and more
that be has, been free has spent in
the hospital. Ill nearly all the time,
and with one hand gone, he has been
compelled to depend on charity for his
scant living. "
Franklin got out of bed to come to
Atlanta to appeal to the Legislature for
some manner of recompense for bis
imprisonment. He spent his last cent
last night for supper, and was forced to
appeal to the desk sergeant at the polioe
station for lodging last week, which was
cheerfully given him.
Franklin did not have a word of re
buke for the man who wronged him,
or the Jury that sentenced him.
I have a wife in Qiiffin, and a mar
ried daughter in Femandino, Fla.," he
said. "These are the only relatives I
have left. I wish I was able to earn
my own living, but that is impossible.
Hon. Joe Hall, the representative
of Bibb o nnty, is going to appeal to
the legislature to aid me, and I feel
sure they wiil not refuse. I don't ask
for any certain sum; but want the leg
islature to give me ,what they think I
dt serve.
'Since Knight's confession my inno
cence has never been questioned. He
had a grudge against me, poor fellow.
God Almighty had ruled that the ne
gro, Dsyhawk, should not tell that lie
on me. There was not anything else
the matterswith him.
There is no use in going into the
awful days I spent while imprisoned;
the torture of both mind and body, for
that, thank God. is over. I oould have
begged the rJoney for lodging, bdt pre
fered to come here."
Bay ItN.w
Now is the time to bny Chamberlain's
Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy.
It is oertain to be needed sooner or later
and when that time conies yon will need
it badly yon will need it quickly. Bny
it now. alt may save life. For salBby
. L. Marsh and D. D. Johnson.
"Teacher," ftid Willie, who had
been snapping his fingers in a On
effort to attract attention, "is it right
to y 'I is!" "
"Of course not, Willie! You should
now better than thai. Ahrsy say 'I
am. " , .
Willie's Vritten lessnV that -after
noon contained the fbflowing state
ment:
"I am the ninth letter of the alpha
bet."
BUBAL BOUTS FIGURES.
tat Has a BoateslaOperalteaas
, Agalast its Tear Ao.
The semi-annual report, showing the
growth and development of the rural
delivery system by State and oongres
sional districts, which ha Just been
issued by the Fostoffice Department,
give a total of 975 route in operation
in North Carolina on July 1, as com
pared with 578 routes in operation in
the State July 1, 1904. There are now
347 petition for additional routes pend
ing. Since the establishment of the
rural delivery system 2,065 petitions for
rural routes have been received from
North Carolina, and of this number,
743 have been acted upon adversely
The Tar Heel State baa had more
petition acted upon adversely by the
Poetoffioe Department than any other
State in the Union, with the solitary
exception of Georgia, where 9C2 peti
tions have been turned down. Bad
roads are probably responsible for this
situation, but the fact is not to be over
looked that political considerations
have always played an important part
of the rural delivery system. Districts
having Republican Representative in
in Congress have always been favored,
while Democrat have bad to wait. -
Tennessee leads all the Southern
State in the number of rural route,
having a total of 1,376.. Texas takes
second rank, Georgia third and North
Carolina fourth. The fifth North Car
olina district, Representative W. W.
Kitobin's, has presented more petitions
for routes, ha had a greater number
acted upon adversely and ha more in
operationlban any other district in the
State. There are 16S routes in that
district, and 88 petition are pending.
The . petitions acted upon adversely
number 142. Representative Fon's
district, the fourth, rank second with
a total of 101 routes in operation, and
31 applications for additional routes
pending. A total of 62 petitions have
been turned down.
The ninth nistnot, Representative
Webb', is a close thisd with 100 routes
doing business and 80 petitions on file
for new routes. This district bas pre
sented 193 petitions, of which 63 have
been acted upon unfavorably. In the
second district, Representative Claude
Kitchin's, there are 97 routes, 26 peti
tions pending, and 75 applications for
routes have been reported unfavorably.
Representative Patterson, of the
sixth district; Page, of the seventh,
and Blackburn, of the eighth, are run
ning a neck and neck race for the fifth
rank. In each of these districts there
are 93 routes in operation. In the 8th,
828 application for route have been
presented, 128 adversely reported and
97 are pending. In the seventh 211
petitions have been filed, 87 reported
adversely and 81 are pending. The
sixth district baa filed 174; 60 have been
turned down and 21 are pending. In
the third, Representative Thorns' dis
trict, there are 92 routes; 188 petitions
have been filed, 75 acted upon unfavor
ably and 21 are pending. Representa
tive Small's district, the first, ha 77
routes; 129 petitions have been filed,
28 turned down and 24 are pending,
The tenth, represented by Mr. Gudger,
ha 61 routes, has had ,137 petitions
presented, 48 turned down and 28 are
pending.
"Took It" Literally.
Medical Talk.
Once, upon a time a very nervous
man called on his physician and asked
him for medical advice.
"Take a tonic, and diamiB from
your mind all that tends to worry you,"
aid the doctor.
Seveutl month afterward the patient
received a bill from the physician
asking him to remit f 18, and answered
it thus:
"Dear doctor, I have taken a tonic
and your advice. Your bill tend to
worry me, and so I dismiss it from my
mind?"
Moral Advice aometiAe defeat it
giver.
Bla Awful Beveaae. 4
Visitor I thought you mad a vow,
oolonel, never to forgive young Tootj
for the trick he played you at Bourne
mouth last summer, and now I hear
you have given your consent to hi
marriage with your daughter, Blanche.
Colonel On my honor a a gentle
man, 1 nave never forgiven nitn.
My daughter, Blanche, take after her
mnlhw.
I far Btos
lack Treable BBS Co
ellpallea-
"Chamberlain' Stomach and liver
Tablet have done me a great deal of
good," says O. Towns, of Rat Portage,
Ontario, Canada. "Being a mild physic
the after effects are not unpleasant, and
I can recommend them to all who suffer
from stomach disorder." For sale by
M L, Marsh and D. D. Johnson.
Moat men feel like giving good meas
ure when malice is in the market.
root, RHOt'CD IVrPEHSKT COT-
TOM.
Southern Farm Magazine.
Wool and cotton are the two greatest
textile pqfjjucta of the world and give
employment in their manufacture to
more people. Every human being in
the civilised and in most of the savsge
countries wear (abrios woen from one
or both of Jthese (products of nature.
They are the foundations for the most
extensive andj useful manufactures of
the earth, and there is no reason why
the South should not produce wool
enough to keep the growth of the man
ufacture of this important staple on a
par with the manufacture ca cotton.
The grazing areas that abound on the
sunny slope of the Allegheny moun
tains, which pass on down from West
Virginia through Kentucky, Virginia,
Tennessee, Georgia and Alabama; the
extensive plains in Georgia, Alabama,
Mississippi and Louisiana that grow
Bermuta grass, and the broad prairies
of Texas, where the Mesquit, Buffalo,
Texas bluegrass and many forage plants
grow in unrivaled luxuriance, not to
mention the bluegrass region of Ken
tucky and Tennessee, offer such advan
tages for sheep husbandry that no
other country can surpssjif equal them
in these' manifest advantages for the
flockmaster. It would be a reflection
upon the intelligence of the Southern
people to doubt that in course of time
flocks of sheep will be seen in greatly
increased numbers roaming over these
rich pastures and will be a source of
profit wherever grasses grow and waters
flow. This is a resource that would
make the heart of the planters glad
with a new property. Nor should they
eiyrage in sheep husbandry to the ex
clusion of the cotton and other crops.
In fact, the one supplements the other.
Terrible Death In Nebraska Valley.
Goldfield, Neb, July 20. John
Mullin, . M. Til us and Earl Weller, ot
Tulleride, Colorado, left Rbyolite June
20th on a prospecting trip into death
valley. Today Mullins was brought to
Rbyolite half-crszed from the terrible
suffering he bad undergone. He told
bow Titus and Weller wandered ovei
the desert and in fifteen days failed t 1
return. It is believed that they per
ished. Two ho.ses and nineteen bur
ros belonging to the party also met
death from thirst.
Hotel Project Abandon d.
Charlotte, N. 0 , July 20. It is re
ported on what seems to be good au
thority tonight that the Highlands
hotel project, which has been exploited
at some length in the local papers,
to be abandoned. A site in the heart
of the city was purchased, the building
cleared and bids received from a dozen
architects for a $250,000 building.
It
is stated that inability to raise the nec
essary subscriptions after mouths of
persistent effort to interest local capi
talista is responsible for the collapse of
the project.
A Orlna Tragedy
is daily enacted, in thousands of homes,
sa Death claims, in each one, another
victim of Consumption or Pnenmonia.
Bat when Coughs and Colds are prop
erly treated, the tragedy is averted. F.
G. Huntley, of Oaklandon, Ind., writes
My wife heat the oomsnmption, and
three doctors gave her np. Finally she
took Dr. King's New Discovery for Con
sumption, Coughs and Colds, which
cured her. and to-day she is well and
strong.'.' It kills the germs of all dis
cs. One dose relieves. Guaranteed
at 50o and 11.00 by aU druggibi. Trial
bottle free.
VERMIFUGE
U th tafli ro4. old-fash-toned
.uedicln that has saved
th Hv of iittra children for
tha paat 6o years. It Is a med
icine ade to cure. It has
never been known to fait If
your child is sick get a bogjl
tie of
fuey'S v e Riii fug e
A FINE TtttIC (OR CHILDREN
Do not take a substitute. If
J'out druggist does not keep
t, send twenty-five cents in
stamps to
353. eft? S. i'-llHTST
Baltimore, Md.
asd s bottle will be sisltea 70.
Buggy Painting.
No use to send to Salisbury
orasewhere to have your bug-
. a . 1
gy oaintea when it can De
donPhere at my shop for the
east possible price. Work
guaranteed to be first-class in
everyway. Will make good
any defect in painting. Give
me atrial.
0. B. BLAIR,
P. O. Box 128, Concord.
TM pbacb Outlook.
Charlotte News.
It wil lnot be very long now before
the representatives of Russia and Ja
pan, appointed to meet in the United
States for a conference on the question
of peace, will meet and take up their
mostJmportat work M.Witte,Ru.-l
aia'ss n 1 ef wiAetaB sa m Ka susa tA - haaa 4 nail
OA ) VA1AV1A JfOBN BUI WSJBsaWsMAUl J USBjal jUBl
left St. Petersburg for tie United States
and he should arrive the first part of
August.
It is impossible to make an4ntelli
gent forecast now of what will trans
pire at the peace conference and what
its final outcome will be. When M.
Witte was first appointed for the im
portant work it was considered that the
Czar bad played hi strongest card for
peace. But since that time M. Witte
has given out an enterview in which
he showed a disposition to dt ubt the
extent ot bis power and expressed fear
that he would not have a ftee hand.
At the same time a report reaches the
Togio government to the effect that
Czar Nicholas ha assured General
Linevitch, in command of tbe Russian
army in Manchuria, that the provisions
and other things needed by hi troops
would be forwarded in haste, and also
that four new army corps would be
formed at once for service at the front.
These reports 4ead Japan to question
the sincerity of Russia in going into
peace negotiations and it is doubted in
oertain quarters at Tokia if the con
ference will amount to anything after
all.
There is one thing that the public
might as well rest its mind about. And
that is the terms of tbe indemnity
which Japan will denand. She is not
going to do any great philanthropic
stunt and allow Russia to conclude
Rydale's Tonic
a new, sdentiflc remedy for the
Blood and Nerves
It purifles tiie blood by eliminating the waste
matter and other Impurities and by destroying
the germs or microbes that infest the blood. It
builds up the blood by restoring and multiply
ing the red oorpuscles, making the blood rich
and red. It restores and stimulates tbe nerres,
causing a full free flow of nerve force through
out tbe entire nerve system. It speedily cures
unstrung nerves, iiervousneas. nervous proe
traUoo, and all discs now of the nervous system.
RADICAL REMEDY COMPANY,
HICKORY. N. C.
X. 23. JO
Has Stood The Test 2 Years
Grove's
Tasteless Chill Tonic
No-Cure-No-Pay. 50 cents.
.Always Remember the Full Name
I .axative - Rromo Quinine
Cures a Cold in One Day, Grip in Two
PRUSEHVirJG TIME
This is the season when the thoughtful housewife will
be making preserves, jellies and jam for the. winter
months. The part we would like to play in the game,
is to furnish the vessel.
Robin's Eggs Blue Enamel Ware Preserving
Kettles on sale now. Note the prices :
Large Size, 90c. Medium Size 75c.
Smallize, 65c.
'Phone your order
to No. o.
?SPSqSv'eeoepepegeepeqegeeftewrtrehs
peace at a cost that will not amount to
more than a mere song. While we do
nftt think that Japan is going to be un
reaionahjp in ber demands, she will
be very apt to stand out for what she
consider due her.
But with all the unfavorable talk
that is emanating from St. Petersburg
dIoki must remembere
that this is a time when both nations
want to make bold fronts anS each is
apt to do a good deal of talking for the
benefit of the other' ears. However,
nothing can be told about the whole
proceeding until the peace representa
tive meet and the terms are laid before
them.
Thinks Bynnm Was Guilty or Harder
Biblical Recorder. e
Bynum, the murderer of Deacon
Alford, pleads guilty of murder in the
second degree, and the court ban ac
cepted the pleading. He committed
murder in the first degree, having no
provocation whatever. It is true, how
ever, that be was "crazed" by liquor;
but to aecognize that condition as a
justification or an extenuating circum
stance is to break down the law entirely,
A man planning murder might get
himself drunk with a view to getting a
verdict in the second degree. If By
num had been a negro he would have
paid the full penalty. It is tacts like
these that create tbe impression thtt
the negro does not get justice; but the
white man does not. Bynum's sen
tence is fi.'teen years in the peniten
tiary. John Wilson, colored, who recently
shot and killed Henry Maxwell, also
colored, in Mecklenburg county, was
arrested at High Point last week and is
now in Mecklenburg jsil.
a retU cure for
Malaria.
RYDALE'S TONIC Is a specific for all forms
of Malaria. It acts on a new principle. It kills
the microbes that produce Malaria. The cause
being removed, Uie disease quickly disappears.
BYDALE'S TONIC Is guaranteed to cure the
most obstinate cases ot Malarial Fever, Chills
and Fever, Ague, etc. We authorize all dealirs
handling our remedies to refund tbe pun-haae
price for everf botlle of RYDALE'S TONIC
that does not give satisfaction.
on Box. 23c.
i efteaweoefte fteaeaeise ereaer
Every vessel for kitchen
use in Enamel Ware.
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
DR. H. C. HERRING. DENTIST,
Is now on tbe ground floor ot tba LI taker
Building.
COMOOB.D. Zf. O.
Dr. w. C. Houston
S"0eon Q Dentist,
oohoobd, a. o.
la prepared to do all kinds of dental work In
rlie most approved manner.
Office over Johnson's Drug Store.
Residence 'Phone 11. Office 'Phone 41.
L. T. HARTSELL,
- Ittoraey-at-Lai,
OQ1TCOB.D, WORTH OAlOLXaTA.
PromDt attentlnn riven an 11 hndnM.
Office in Morris building, opposite tbe oourt
house.
DRS. LILLY & WALKER,
offer their professional services to the cltl
sens of Concord and surrounding oountry.
Calls promptly attended dar or night.
W 1, MONTOOMIBT. I. LBBOBOWBLI-
MOITGOHERT 4 CROWELL,
Attorneys and Connselors-at-Lii,
OONOOBD, H. O.
As partners, will nractlce law In Caharrna .
Stan I v and adjoining counties, In the Supe
rior and Supreme Courts o f the State and In
tbe Federal Courts. Office In court bouse.
ruiLttT ueairuig to iena money can leave is
itb ua or place It In Concord National Bank
lor 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 exnenae to
owners of same.
Henry B. Adams.
Frank Armfleld.
Tola D. Man ess.
Thus. J. Jerome.
kinmt .fanssss lemJSsli) f Vaaaae
sjHasai ll.UaUil ttlalal.ia USUI
attorneys and Counsellors at Law,
CONCORD, N. C.
Prsctlce In all the State and IT. fl. Pnnrta.
Prompt atteutlon a-lven to coUectlona and
general law practice. Persons Interested In
the settlement of estates, administrators,
executors, and guardians are especially In-
viuki w can on ua, as we represent one 01 tne
largest bonding oompanles In America; la
Curt we will go any kind ot a bond oheauer
than any one else.
f antes desiring to lend money can leave
It v ith us or deposit it in Concord National
Hank, and we will lend It on approved secu
rity free of obarge to the lender. -
fc-Continued and painstaking attention will
oe given, at a reasonable price, to au lege
business.
office in new Morris Building opposite
Executor's Notice.
Havlntr ouallfted as the Exe&rtor of the
state of Martha K. Harris, deceased, ail per
sons owing said estate are hereby noticed
suit wiil be brought. And all Dersons haviiiafN-
LUE1L biiev iiiuhii iiitin.t iiroiuui unvfiimiii m
claims against said estate must present them
to tiie uuderainned, duly authenticated, on
or before the Wth day of Juue, lUUtf, or this
uoiice wui ue pieauea in oar or tneir recov
I V. JMJ. A. UAltlNUAKUr,
June 6, 1005. Executor.
Sale of Town Lot.
By virtue of an order of the Superior Court
in the cause of D. il, Corzine. admlutstor,
against Willie Corzine, I as administrator of
it it. uorEiue,aeceaseu,wiii sell to the higiieat
uiuuer xor casu, at me uourt House in uou
cord, on Monday, August the 7th, 1905, the lot
known as the Emmons lot. adjoining 0. U.
Wagoner and others.
There are two houses on this lot, which are
now rented, any person winning to Looking at
tiie property can do so by seeing me or Mrs.
it. K Corzine, who lives on tiie Jot adjoluiutf
the property. D. H. O HZINB, Adiu'r
W. M. BmlUi, Att'y. it ,orzliie, Dec'd
Mount Pleasant
CjlIlfillt-lDSlil.iS,
MT. PLEASANT. K. C.
Course of study embraces five years' work,
giving young men thorough foundational
training, and Ota them for business, teach
ing, or prepares them for regular entrance
Into the Junior Class of College. Large oom
modlous brick building. Two well-equipped
Literary Society Halls.
A Faculty of Five College
or University Men.
Expenses from S80 to tlOO.
Next session begins September 12th.
For catalog or full iutormatlon, address,
H. A. MoCULLOUOH, or
G. P. MCALLISTER.
Jnne 30 till Sept. Li.
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