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CONCORD, IM. C, TUESDAY, MARCH 6, 1906.
Number 71.
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Conocnscfc Statement Sbowino ConMtton or tbe
at Close of J3ueinc3d CucsJaE, Jebruarg 20, 1900.
"Kcaourccs.
T.rris and Discounts
Furniture nnd Fixtures
Cash on hami and due from Hanks
Xtabilitice.
Capital Sunk
Undivided I'rofits
Deposits
. $90,022 48
4,467.78
- 34 f2' 68
$129,711.94
$30,000.00
1,236.53
98,475 41
$129,711.94
Gross Receipts from all sources since open
ing of busim ss $,55; 84
Ooeni i l' and t; x ratinir exienst s 3,319.31
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II 110'$ AWFUL
21 DEAD AND MANY INJURED AT
MERIDIAN. MISS.
Storm Cloud Developed Toward the South
and at 6 P. M. Swooped Down with'
more Than Cyclonic Fury, Striking the
Business Centre Squarely and Devasta
ting Three or Four whole Squares within
Two Minutes.
THE CHINESE SITUATION.
Atlanta Journal.
The Chinese situation is still criti
cal. It is reported that the news of
the American preparations for
trouble has reached the Chinese, and
that they don't like a little bit. Na
turally, it is calculated to still futher
inflame the sentiment against Amer
icans. There is also talk to the effect
the rulers of China are not at all
LETTER FROM TRINIDAD.
Mr. R. S. Scarboro Writes Interestingly
from the West Indies.
Editor Times : No doubt you will
be surprised to hear from me, but I
cannot resist the temptation to say a
few words to the homefolks about
this part of the world.
Every winter the Atlantic fleet
comes south for manoeuvres, and of
ten it is necessary to keep the men
on board for as much as 40 or 50
days without any shore liberty ex
cept on the beach for swimming par
ties, and you know that doesn't sat
isfy Uncle Sam's men, consequently
they run us into those places for a
agreed amone themselves as to the
Mobile, Ala., March 3. Informa- attitude which should be assumed
tion reached Mobile by telephone, towar(s America. A palace quarrel
all telegraph wires being down, that between the dowager empress, the
a destructive tornado visited Meri- engaging Tizzy-Anne, and her son,
dian. Miss., at 6:30 o'clock last eve- the emperor, figures in the thing :i
ning, killing 21 white persons and manner. just how it figures j few days recreation, and while in
over 100 negroes and damaging prop- must a mystery to Occidental ! the different cities of the West In-
erty to the extent of $1,500,000. mm(js The details would probably dies we see many amusing things.
There were also scores of seriously j-emind us of a comic opera scene if The battleships Maine, Missouri,
injured by being caught in the wreck- we could have them u is our mjs Kearsage and Kentucky dropped an-
age of houses. The tornado caught fortune that we cant take pe0pie J chor in the Gulf off the city of Port
the city on the southwest ana who wear that sort of cothes
traveled to the northeast, expending curiously as they take themseves un-
ltselt in two suburbs where many
negroes were killed and injured, a
; whole tenement district being wiped
out.
Two large wholesale stores, sev
eral smaller ones, part of the princi-
til we get to the blood-shed stage of
business.
It is to be hoped that there will not
le serious trouble in China but the
hope is only a conviction. It appears
that the Chinese, in directing public
pal hotel, the electric lighting plant 3, against Americans, for the
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CANNON
CLOTHING
Is made
overtime
to give
service.
Tin v ftie not only made and
cut in style, but made for
durability. K very thing that
is used in the construction is
of tbe very best material, and
you can feel safe in buying.
If you will call at our store
and let us show you our
Clothing, you will under
stand why we make so many
claims for it. Give
trial.
and all the small property between
the Mobile & Ohio Railroad and the
business nart of the city were badly
damaged.
Twenty men were caught in one
restaurant and several were killed.
Two stories of the Y. M. C. A.
building were wrecked and other
buildings suffered in the upper sto
ries. The negro tenement district
north of the citv was demolished and
the debris caught fire, threatening a
new danger, but the local depart
ment, with the help of hundreds of
citizens, overcame this after a hard
fight. They were assisted by torren
tial rain following the tornado. The
known path of the storm was about
600 feet wide and one mile in length.
private long distance message re
ceived from Meridian at 9:40 p. m..
purpose of furthering the boycott
program, over-did the work just a
trifle, and that the rulers have raised
a little more hades than they bar
gained for. If a few missionaries
are slaughtered as a result of this
inflammation of the anti-foreign sen
timent, then the army of 33,000 men
which the administration has been
getting ready will likely be used.
Too Busy to Grow.
Miinh St. Nicholas.
A small office boy, who had worked
in the same position for two years on
of Spain on the 18th of February,
and "Fighting Bob" at once gave
orders for liberty parties, something
every one was waiting for. Our
small boats hit the docks at 11 a. m.,
just as the boats from the other three
ships came up with their load. of hu
man freight. You might ask what
kind of reception we met with as
we landed, so I will do my best to
tell you.
Lined up along the docks were
about 8.000 people of all kinds,
shapes and colors Englishmen,
Americans, Negroes, Chinamen, Japs
and Coolies ; also others too numer
ous to mention. The latter is sent
here by the English government,
just so they can say there is some
one living on the island. After seven
years they will take them back to
India if they do not fall in love with
the island in that time. Coolies are
dressed all the time ; they never un
KEEP DOWN THE ACREAGE.
News and Observer.
Mr. Harvie Jordan gives many in-'
teresting figures to show that, the !
balance of this year's crop should !
bring higher prices and says that if j
the small balance held should bring
15 cents, the average for the year
would be only 11 1-2 cents certainly
not too much for a crop that will not
reach 11,000,000 bales. One year ago
cotton sold at seven cents a pound in
February and advanced to over ten
cents in July in the face of a 14,000
000 bale crop. This year the crop is
two to three and a half million bales
shorter while consumption and spin
dles have not decreased.
The increase in the crop last year
of from seven cents in February to
ten cents in July was chiefly due to
a reduced acreage. If the acreage
is kept down this year, history ought
to repeat itself. If the acreage is in
creased, the farmers who are hold
ing last year's crop for better prices
and the farmers who will soon plant
a new crop will both suffer.
The whole cotton fight waged by
the farmers depends upon their abil
ity to keep down the acreage. A big
acreage and a bumper crop will pre
vent fair prices for the crop now on
hands or in storage or for the new
crop that is to be made. Everything
depends upon not making big crop.
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Capital $ 50,000 00
Surplus & Profits . 39,700 00
Deposits 676,30000
Total Resources 763,000 00
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the devastated district. The work of
the rescuers is going bravely on, but
owing to all lights being out lanterns
and candles are being used and the
work is necessarily slow. Many think
that 150 bodies are in the weckage.
The Union depot is one of the build
ing blown away. The telegraph wirs
are still down between Meridian,
Mobile and other points.
Several fires were started as a re
sult of the cyclone, but the only one
' of serious consequence was that in
one of the compresses. All fires were
extinguished by 10 p. m.
Died of Complicated Failure.
"Very frequently," says a New
York lawyer, "there is an element
of unconscious humor in the findings
of a jury. To my mind, the best I
! ever heard in this connection was the
verdict brought in by a coroner's
jury in Michigan, who were called
upon to pass upon the case of a sud
den death of a merchant in Lansing.
"The finding was as follows : 'We,
the jury, find from the physician's
statement that the deceased came to
Vhich Shall It BG i ms death from heart failure, super-
inaucea oy ousiness ianure, wnicn
was caused by speculation failure,
which was the result of failure to
see far enough ahead.' "
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Hot Baths always ready.
Thoroughly Experienced Barbers.
We are equipped to meet Metro
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prices. Let us trim your hair.
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COAL and WOOD.
Having tried all other rem
edies, will you continue to
suffer through false pride?
Don't Be Foolish
Repeated Eye Headaches
sap one's vitality and bring
about a general nervous
break (1 wn.
Let Us Eelieve Your
Headache "by Remov
ing the Cause.
Save your Eves and Ner
vous energy.
Either or both of which
can tret lv i;illinr us.
have a laie supply good pine
anil oak wood cut as you wish,
and sold in hiiv tpiantity.
Iest soft coal lor stdves ant
rates4 Egg and Nut sizes
Pennsylvania. Anthracite, (jive
us your orders for fuel and get
what you want.
J. L. Peck & Son,
'PHONE 11)7.
We have for sale auother excellent
oottage on, Spring street, with bath
room eto. Price $2,416. See Jno. K
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I 1 Agents Mrs Hester's Cleaning and Hi
Happy Thought.
The polite reporter was in a di
lemma the other morning when he
was told to write up a wedding of
two popular young people. The
facts were all right, but When it
came to put the usual heading, or
caption, hesitated and asked for
further instruction. The persons
married were Carrie Dunn and Ed-
ward Brown. This was his qustion:
"What heading shall I put over this
wedding? Either way I 'putt some
body gets done. It is either Dunn-
Brown or Brown-Dunn.' "
"Oh, that's easy," replied the man
at the next desk. "Head it, 'Well
Done, Brown.' "'
For any kind of work. All the
latest finishes. We have prices
and styles to suit every one Our
a salary of $3 a week, finally plucked , dress. In fact, they have never been greatest pleasure is a pieaseu .
up enough courage to ask for an in- dressed - they only get tangled up customer. Bring or send us your j
in cmli nrrnr, f ,wv, Woiu. picture to enlarge; no danger of:
I I filr 111 VV till t ?l, ... iit. Ulaivsuiav A VIVtll. H CKl IV- ,1 1 J 1 1
"How much more would you like , ing down the street of the city early - ntefd. Our orices are as
to have?" inquired his employer. , in the morning you will see some of iQ s can et eood WOrk
"Well," answered the lad, "I i them washing their face in a small j for Call and see sam Dies.
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Finest gTade Crayons. 16x20
$1.75. Pastel $2.50. Sepia $2
says that the fire was then raging in (Jon,t think 2 more a week wouid De stream which runs down on each side
too much." , of the streets.
Well, you seem to me a rather It seems I can't get oft" the Coolie
small boy to be earning $5 a week," j question, because they interest me.
remarked his employer.
"I suppose I do. I know I'm small
for mv age," the boy explained.
but to tell the truth, since I've
been nere l naven t nan time to
grow."
ural Circulation Best.
A correspondent of Printers' Ink
asserts:
Good rural circulation of any pub
lication daily or otherwise, is, in my
opinion, ot a greater average value , and emon eroVes. also
ler capita man city or suDuroan cir- COCoanut groves and
culation. This is a fact not generally
admitted or recognized but it grows
stronger every year. If this is found
to be true, eventually it would dem
onstrate the lact that the average ar.incr nf int., tua n.v
strength of purchasing power of the groundS( which j must confess
country comes from the stratum of ' nnvth:n of th( v:a t nQVO
population or caste which makes and pvpr u . onnnrtlin:tv tn Hp
r w w
surely has all around him that a hu-
met some that had as many as two
dozen silver bracelets on their arms. !
They had rings on every finger, not
excepting the thumb ; the nose also
had rings. In fact, every- part ofi
them was decorated with some kind '
of ornament. j
Here one can see women coaling j
ships, driving carts and doing many !
things which people in America j
would not think of doing. j
I visited some of the nicest orange
coca farms,
groves and bread truit
trees. Bananas and lemons are also
plentiful.
Our party wandered on out through
many such places as I have been
Kirs. Ida Harbaugh
Successor to J. T. Cook.
Studio over Marsh's
Drug Store.
insures its prosperity the farmer.
I am, of course, speaking in aver
ages, ot importance to advertisers.
man could wish for. I will not at
tempt to describe it more than to
Tiie Bre.th or me. be has all the fruits and all the
it's a significant fact that the strong- flowers of a South America climate,
est animal of its size, the gorilla, also But as we wandered further away
has the largest longs. Powerful luDgs ; from the city of 55,000. inhabitants,
means powerful creatures. How to keep we came upon a dead line which, on
the breathiDg organs right should be closer investigation, proved to be a
man's chiefest study. Like thousands ; hospital, where nothing is treated
ui uu.ni., ' v, --i - - , but leprosy. Here all patients are
taken. Some have no fingers, some
no arms, no feet ; some have their
face most all eaten off, but they don't
Lippard& Barrier
General Family Grocers
and Country Produce...
We suply the best families in
Concord Do we supply you ?
Always a complete stock of
finest Canned Goods and
Delicacies. We aim to please
tbe most exacting.
Lippard & Barrier
Plain and Fancy Grocers.
W. Lee Ezzelle, j
DENTIST. !
Prepared to do all class of Dental Work in the
noit approTo manner.
Satwfactioa roarantaad.
Oite avar Cor
orraU's jewelry store.
Williams, O , has learned how to do this.
She writes : ' Tnree bottles of Dr
King's New Discovery stopped my cough
of two years and cured me of what my
friends thought consumption." Guar -i seem to suner mucn. ineynavetne
anteed by all druggists. Price 50c and . best treatment by skilled doctors and
$10 oo Trial bottle free. nurses. Nevertheless, they can't
--";"- hope to recover. They only make
Keep the little ones healthy and happy the of ife in this small block
Their tender, sensitive bodies require , , . .
uMii Sm never hoping to get out into the
Rocky Mountain Tea will kepp them
strong and well 35 cents, tea or tablets
Aat mnr Hrnonst. nr rWier what is known as Pitch Lake. Here
is a lake of pitch that the amount
What engaged people like about taken out has no effect on the sup
not seeing each other for ten hours ply. It matters not how many ship;
is all the letters they can write each loads they take out it fills up again j
world again.
On a few miles further we find
FRED. BECK,
., Choice Meats...
Fresh Every Day.
I cater to the most particular peo
ple in Concord and please them.
Let me sell to vou.
DR. L N. BURLEYSON
Proffers his Profes
sional Services
Calls promptly attended day
or night.
other in that time.
Five Years
in your city ought to prove
tV vou that the BEST
PHOTOS are made by
O. V. Foust
Opposite Court House
Concrd, N. C.
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When Yon Have This Marvelous
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Anyniht your little one may waken
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Be prepared. Keep a bottle of Gowan's
Pneumonia Cure in your room. A mo
ment's brisk rubbing on the throat and
chest, and you have the croup under
control. In'a few moments the healing
liquids have driven the cold out; the child
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Read a Father's Letter
"Yoar remedy is truly a God send to human
ity. We have used it in our family for the past
year, and ouly last night our baby had an at
tack of croup. We at once applied Gowan's
Pneumonia Cure, and in fifteen minuteaour child
was fast asleep, and this morning is quite welL
We do not feel safe without the Cure in the house,
and we recommend all people to pet it ana usa
It promptly. J. D. Gcntse, Saadford, N. C."
i in a short while. It being warm at
the bottom it slowly fills up. The
; quantity never diminishes.
I can look out west and see the
coast of Venezuela, but I don't know
, anything more about what is going
on over there than a man ten thou
sand miles away.
We have only had two mails since
the 17th of January, and the chances
are that we won't get mail again be
; fore February 25th. By that time
we expect to reach Guantanamo,
Cuba. - We are going from one port
1 to another so much that our mail
can't catch us and those people here
, seem to get most of their news by
cable from the United States.
R. S. Scarboro,
Musician U. S. S. Missouri.
Port of Spain, Trinidad, British
; West Indies, Feb. 12, 1906.
J. J.
GOOK
MT. PLEASANT, N. C.
Beginning the first of March and con
tinuing about six weeks you should
come to my gallery in Mt. Pleasant and
have your photographs and enlarged
pictures made. Your work finished dur
ing my stay, and satisfaction guaran
teed. Respectfully,
Feb 13 lm. I.J.COOK.
Last Notice.
Just thirty days from to-day
you will pay cost on all taxes
that are not paid. Now pay
your tax and don't ask me to
remit cost, as I have taken all
the blame so, far, and alter this
date you must pay for it.
Respectfully,
JAS. F. HAHUIS, Sh'ff.
Feb. 20, 1906
Stock-Taking
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Thanks to our thousands of friends anil customers L'-
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in town and country for the splendid trade given us
during the past year. All we can ask is that you will
keep up the pace for l'.KK We are in a position to do v
V greater tilings in the future than in the past. We have
lengthened our cords, strengthened our stakes and are
av . ita
going after business with a rush.
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better not give us a chance, for fig
if you do the business is ours.
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j DAYVAULT
COMPANY
1 CASH STORE.
We are through with our semi-annual inven
tory, and are very much enoouraged with
our past six months' business. Cash will
count. Any sane man knows that a cash
dollar will buy more than a credit dollar.
We find a good many Winter Goods that we
are going to move. We will cut our
entire line of Clothing to the
quick. Our entire line
must be reduced by
MARCH ist.
5uch aline of Sho es was never offered
at the prices we are offering.
The Dayvault Company
l. S. We have just received
Two Cars of Flour
One Car of Mill Feed
One Car of Standard Tobacco
One Car of Salt