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Volume XXXIII.
CONCORD, N. C, FRIDAY. MARCH 22, 1907.
Number 70 I
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I II John B. Shhrrili, Edttor and Fubllaher. t. PUBLISHED TWICE A. WEEK. IOOa YA' 4 m Avamc l! I Ultc the I
WHAT WE DO
r . i. Mr' - c at a. i
rws oi.inc most imponani inings we do
w is to finance the farmer. If vnnH
J money to pay your labor during; the
seasons of planting and
vance it; You can pay it back after the crop
has been harvested. You can carry your ac
count with us as a BORROWER during a part
, of the year then carry it as a DEPOSITOR
when you have realized on your efforts and
investments. See us now and arrange to
draw, ready cash from the bank in small sums
from time to time as needed in your business;
Citizens Bank and Trust Co.
!' Concord, North Carolina. . '
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Planning Times
At this time of the year the farmers of the
. country are making their plans for the com
iujrcTop year, flaking arrangements to make
onU meet, here there and every where. When
you; sit down to do this you can make no
Itetter resolution than to let us serve you with
. :ill your wants. We keep on hands, at all .
tinii'.s a good line of -
Groceries and
Dry Goods '..
- .-When you come to the city drop in and let us
hear your troubles and if they are in the above
line we will have no trouble in relieving your
in i lid. We invite competition ami promise
you that our prices will be as low as the low-'
. tt jor the same class of goods. Our clerks
arelinstructed to give our -farmer friends all
tlie advantage possible in trading. '. We are
always in need of your produce and can al-.
ways make a satisfactory exchange, or.willpay
vou; cash. Drop in to see us and make this
store your headquarters.
THE D. J. BOST
r.
Why
a NATIONAL
1. -A National Bank is tinder the supervision of the
United .States Government.
2 Laws governing National Banks are very strict.
3. They are required to submit to the government a
'. swonvdetailed statement FIVE TIMES a year.
k The stockholders are held responsible for "DOUBLE
the amount of their stock. This is for the benefit of
, ; . the depositors.
5. The capital stock is required to be paid in cash, and
1 must be held intact for the benefit of the depositors.
V. TheBank is required each year to add to its surplus
account before declaring dividends. This is for the
further security of the depositors.
7. A National Bank cannot loan more than 10 per cent.
of its capital to one man or firm.
The Concord National Bank
Capital $100,000 Surplus and Undivided Profits $26,000
NotIarge amount required
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neighbor of youn who paya 10 eta. I wiU then aend another
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President. 1Q1 C. P. Bld..TI aahvtlle. T.n,
"THKOW AWAY THE SHOVSL AND
THE BOS. .
The Weeder and h Harrow Are Wlut Yon
Weed Hoeing; Cotton to Kill Grass Is
Expensire Folly A Boy and a Kate
Are Worth a Dozen Hoe Hands Try
Mi. Broom's Plans.
Progressive Farmer.
Next in importance to increasing
the yield per acre in reducing the
cost of the cotton crop, is lessening
the cost of cultivation, and this is a
matter of unusual importance just
now to most farmers, owing to the
scarcity and high price of labor.
And we do not hesitate to say that
the cost of preparation, planting and
cultiration can be reduced one-third,
or even one-half by the intelligent
use of improved farm implements.
MORE HORSE POWER, FEWER MEN.
Instead of one man driving one
mule in the preparation of the land
for planting, he should drive two, or
even four. We drive but two now,
but are looking forward to the time
when we expect to drive four. We
are waiting for our mule colts to get
a little rrlder. iain, four is almost
absolutely necessary in heavy soils,
especially where the disc harrow is
brought into use. Mules are cheaper
than men, and most farmers could
use more work stock than they now
possess, and use them profitably
though we do hot f ise buying them
at prevailing pr , ; they should be
raised on the farm where needed.
The matter of the cost of the mule's
keep is not to bf considered ; he will
feed himself if we drive him at the
right time.
Haven't you realized the need of
more horse power just after har
vest say when peas needed to be
sown and all crops needing work ?
And many a time you failed to get in
the. peas and thereby lost a large
amount of valuable hay, not to men
tion the value they would have been
to the soil. Anyone man riding a
disc harrow, driving four-in-hand,
could have put in five acres in a day.
This is one of the ways toward
which we are working to reduce the
cost of production.- It provides for
and insures thorough preparation of
be sou, and there is more ease and
pleasure in the doing for both man
and beast.
NO NEED TO HOE COTTON TO KEEP
DOWN GRASS.
What about hand-chopping how
are we to get along without hoe
hands? How can expenses be re
duced here? We say emphatically
that in no place can there be a great
er saving of labor than in this mat
ter of hand-chopping of the cotton
crop. In fact, the hand-hoeing can
be entirely eliminated.
flADE FROfl NATIVE ROOTS.
SAFE AND RELIABLE.
That tha roots of manv native nlarts.
growing wild in our American forests,
possess remarkable properties for the cure
of human maladies Is well proven. Even
the untutored Indian had learned the
curative value of some- of these and
taught the early settlers their uses, ine
Indian never liked work so he wanted his
anaw to set well as soon as possible that
she might do the work and let him hunt.
Therefore, he dug" papoose root " for her,
IOr uai waa luuir greau icmeu iui iD
Dala weaknesses. Dr. Pierce uses the
same root called Blue Cohosh in his
Favorite Prescription," skilliuuy com
bined with other agents that make it
more effective than any other medicine in
curing all the various weaknesses land
painful derangements peculiar to woman.
Many afflicted women have been saieW
from the operating table and the sur
geon's knife by the timely use of Doctor
. . tt ' ii. : .i niujrt
fierce s voriM irxtjsciipuuu. icuuh
ness over the lower pel vie region J with
backache, spells of dizziness, faintness,
bearing down pains or distress should not
go unheeded. A course of " Favorite Pre
scription" will work marvelous benefit
In all sncn cases, ana geaeraiiy eneci a
permanent cure if persisted in for a rear
sonable length of time. The "Favorite
Prescription " is a narmiess agent, Deing
wholly prepared from native medicinal
roots, without a drop of alcohol in its
make up, whereas all other medicines,
put up for sale through druggists- for
woman's peculiar ailments, contain large
quantities of spirituous liquors, which
are very narmiui, especially w uuiitow
women. "Favorite Prescription" con
tains neither alcohol nor harmful habit
forming drugs. All its ingredients are
printed on each bottle wrapper. It Is a
powerful invigorating tonic, imparting
health and strength in particular to the
organs distinctly feminine. For weak
and sickly women, who are "worn-out,"
or debilitated, especially for women who
work In store, office, or scnooi-room, wno
sit at the typewriter or sewing machine,
or bear heavy household burdens, and for
nursing mothers, Dr. Pierce's favorite
Prescription will prove a priceless benefit
because of its health - restoring and
strength-giving power.
For constipation, the true, scientific
cure Is Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets.
Mild, harmless, yet sure.
THEY
'COME ACBO
How? .
By using the harrow and weeder
at the right time, i, !,
We know that most farmers are
skeptical as to this method. We
were ourselves; so much so that we
refused an offer of a manufacturer
of one of the leading weeders on the
market to ship us a weeder on con
dition that we use it from the time
of planting until the first of June,
and pay for it if satisfactory.
This was four or five years ago.
In the meantime we have noted the
experience of others, and after talk
ing with an Alabama farmer and
getting his experience, we determ
ined to give it a trial. '
THE WEEDER WHIPS 'GENERAL
GREE" COMPLETELY.
We were discussing the merits of
various farm implements, and we
asked what was the greatest labor
saving tool he had on his farm. The
weeder," he replied, with emphasis.
He said that it had enabled him to
dispense with hand-hoeing entirely.
.except some hand-thinning, and this
was reduced more than half.: As to
grass, he said he had had none since
beginning to use the weeder.
Our experience corroborates his.
and we unhesitatingly recommend
its use in the cotton field as a great
labor-saver and grass-destroyer.
There are some soils, however, that
are not suitable to its use. On very
strong land, and on fresh stumpy
land, it would not work satisfactori
ly. . On stiff clay soil, in the event of
a packing rain a steel frame slant
tooth harrow should be run in front
of the weeder, going straight across
the rows, and then follow with the
weeder going diagonally across. This
will stir every particle of the top soil
to a depth of half an inch, extermi- i
nating all grass and weeds while in !
sprout. Should another rain fall!
right away, go over again as soon as
the ground is dry enough to get on.
KILL THE GRASS EARLY.
The point is to kill the grass in the
sprout or before, it gets rooted.
Keep this up until first of June, or
until its further use is inexpedient.
It is the May grass, or the grass that
would come; with the cotton, that
gives the farmer trouble. We suc
ceeded in keeping the grass down
last year, and we would have lost
our crop but for the harrow and
weeder. We had to do some hard
thinning, but it was quickly done.
HOW TO PREPARE FOR WEEDER. r "
The land should be well prepared
to a depth of six to eight inches, tfcg
rows laid oft and bed made with four
furrows with small plow leaving a
bolt in middle. Should a ram fall,
run slant tooth harrow straight across
rows; if it does not rain, . we would
run lengthwise the rows. In either
case the bed made by the four fur
rows will be visible. Get on top of
this bed with guano distributor, hav
ing on small plow, and put fertilizer
not over'two or three inches deep.
IWe recommend this because as it is
usually put in, at the bottom of a
deep furrow and a heavy bed thrown
on it, it takes the cotton roots too
long to reach it.l The fertilizer
should be covered with a forked har
row or small tooth cultivator, and
should be put in a week or ten days
before planting.
When ready to plant, let forked
harrow or weeder precede planter;
this will leave the land comparative
ly level and gives a good seed-bed to
the young plants and is in condition
for the weeder to do its best work.
MR. BROOM HAS CUT HIS LABOR BILL
ONE-HALF.
If it rains do not wait for cotton
to get up to start weeder, but drive
right on; it will help the cotton to
eet up and kill the hrst crop of grass
Reader, if you are a farmer, and
your land is suitable to the use of
the weeder, get onerTbr the chil
dren's sake, if nothing else; It will
save them many a hard day's work,
A boy and a mule will destroy as
much grass in a day as a dozen hoe
hands. With the use of the weeder,
harrow, and expanding cultivators,
and other labor-saving tools, we are
running our farm with half the force
we formerly required.
T. J. W. Broom.
Union Co.,' N. C.
"Come and have a drink with me,
old man.
li"Sorry I can't. To begin with, I
belong to a temperance society bee
ondly, I haven't any time, and lastly,
I have just had three glasses.
After Bill Bailey because it is the
best medium priced tobacco
. that can be mads.
MANUFACTURED .BY
-BAXJLET BROS,"Inx,
Winstoav-Salem. N. C
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DNo Better
tured by
GOOD TIKES PREDICTED.
Jodit Bennett Thinks That the Htrt Tea
Years Will Be Frotperoas Oos For the
Farmer.
Wadcsboro If ewnixr uU luUWgetterr.
I predict for the farmers during
th next ten years, a period of un
matched prosperity. The enormou
out-put of gold has depreciated that
metal 30 per cent, since 1HS. By
this, I mean it takes 30 per cent, less
of the 45 leading products of our in
dustrial life to buy ten dollars of
gold than in 1895. Moreover, we,
have learned so rapidly to this time
the sobering lesson of farm life that
a youth, born and reared upon a
m t t t .
i arm, snouia resolve never to go
more than one mile from a cow's
tail.
It will stagger the farmer of 1917
that we ever lingered about wheat
sowing. -
The strong, sensible young man.
who gives patient and sedulous at
tention to his work, will save in ten
years a down-setting reasonable as
surance against old age. All agen
cies close to the farm point precisely
to success. If we had negro labor
back again, instead of the volcanic
stuff from the basin of the Mediter
anean and foothills of Vesuvius, we
would have our hands on the nuni
ments of a fortune.
Brethren, please take notice and
foster this goljen nursery. I see it
coming. We know what we want
and how to get it. Attention,
friends !
Every acre of land in our county.
laid down in wheat, may make re
turns of wheat straw to the value of
$6.00. Good wheat straw is a first
class long forage nor fodder, nor
clover hay, in and out, excels it. Rye
straw is not as nutritious and digesti-,
ble as the wheat straw. Oat straw
more nearly approaches it. Yet
bundles of rye, though covered with
spikes that is beard may have its
harshness tempered by immersion in
water and thus serve horses without
other grain. -
In the rush to chase whiskey out
of our country-side, I trust our peo
ple will not forget feed for beast.
We have to live in coparcenery with
our beasts of burden and lactation
our milch cows, our beeves, sheep.
lambs, kids and along so.
If we push for grass rendered into
hay, for wheat, rye and oats convert
ible into a sweet blend, we shall
stimulate nature and save ourselves.
Our system demands stimulation. It
is the problem of the age! You
can't thresh it out. .
Prudent men look for help in ex
pedients parallel to the situation. If
you refuse compromise the fight is
on and. cunning, the natural de
fence of the weak," takes the run,
The sun is not yet risen on our parts,
We will not isolate ourselves, but
embrace the good, the situation, and
go on. , R. T. Bennett.
Notes from the Billville Banner.
Atlanta Constitution.
We've been having a halleluia
time, but spring ploughing will make
us lose all our religion. '
Two temperance conventions and
six moonshine distilleries are in full
blast here.
Joy is playing the fiddle up this
way, and Trouble is dancing the
nippity-nop shoes off his feet.
The juicy sap is flowing, and the
trees in this neighborhood are too
full for utterance.
The mocking birds will soon be
eivmg us melting notes, but we re
still bothered about the 30-day notes
m bank.
Seven alligators have made their
appearance in the local mill-pond,
and an we need now is a summer
hotel, with board as high as our am-
bition.
Our additional evidence of Pros
perity is that the moonshine dis
tilleries have all moved six miles
nearer town.
- When you meet Trouble in the big
road these days he climbs a tree, so
that he can't hear Joy playing the
banjo.
The cities are singing," the valleys
are ringing,, and Good ' Times have
jumped into a dress suit. .
An electric railroad from Biltmore
to Mon treat is projected, and sur
veyors are now in the field making a
preliminary survey of the route.
The living the world owes a man
costs more to collect than it is worth.
tobaccos made than those manufac- n
BAILEY BROS. Ill U i TUST. U
MRS. THAW, THE MOTBIX
By Mr. W II. lto.
My heart Vas surely touched hen
I read the testimony given by Sir.
Thaw, the elder, to aid her .sun. who
is on trial for murder.
This gentle, well-mannered old
lady has been a victim of sad circum
stances, in these Utter daj s. but her
dignified appearance doubt lesa has
done more for her son's relief than
all the mass of other evidence that
has been dumped into the criminal
court during the past six wet ka.
Everj body treated her with proper
respect, and it is clearly shown that
poor Ilarry Thaw has a worthy
mother, however far he has t raxed
from her love and her teachings.
The faithful old mother has done
her best for the poor son, and this
trial and its long strain on her heart
and her purse will, go far towards
shortening the dear woman s. life.
Constant friction will wear out any
machine whether,of iron or the hu
man frame.;. The wounds may heal
over, but the scars remain, and no
one but a mother can understand the
agony of a mother's suffering when
children bring shame and scandal on
the mother s heart who bore them
into life.
Mrs. Thaw, the elder, is tin" most
interesting person to me who has ap
peared in the Thaw trial. When one
remembers the natural aversion this
good woman felt towards the soiled
actress who entwined herself about
her son's affections, and yet who had
courage enough to put all her own
feelings in abeyance for her son's
good, as she saw it, and who still had
to go down into the valley of deep
humiliation, aler she hoped the
marriage might work well, and who
has been drawn out on tender hooks
of apprehension and distress ever j
since her son shot Stanford White,
one cannot fail to feel deep sympa
thy and respect for this long-suffering
mother who battles against i
the tendency to give way so heroic-!
ally. .
This poor Harry is apparently .the
black sheep in the Thaw fleck, and if
he is mentally unsound, he has been
hardly dealt with, under present con
ditions.: His inheritance of wealth made
him attractive to the very class of
people who always follow after the
pickings which are garnered from
the spend-thrift rich. .His money
was the attraction. He dropped into
questionable company, and the gang
hankered after the money he spent
in wild profusion. He was evidently
more sincere and right thinking
than Stanford, White s class of men
He really loved the girl whose dis
reputable mother traded on her
beauty and made merchandise of her
virtue.
All this, Mrs. Thaw, the elder, has
been forced to see, to know and to
endure, while she was helpless- to
stop or hinder any of it.
It is a real satisfaction to woman
kind to know and appreciate the dig
nified and womanly attitude of the
elder. Mrs. Thaw during all this
turmoil and vexation. She has be
come her trouble gracefully and
every reader of the Thaw trial will
insensibly think' better of poor Harry
Thaw because of his mother, and for
his mother s sake.
Madstone Madness.
Raleigh Cor. Charlotte Observer.
A policeman who was met on the
street to-day, said he had just come
from the home of, a boy who was
bitten by a dog alleged to be mad,
this having oecured day before yes
terday, near the postoffice, and the
dog having been killed by the police
man with his club. : He is a white
boy 14 years old and his people must
have faith m the so-called madstone
The officer said that the boy had not
been taken to any doctor, but that
yesterday a "mad rock" had been
applied and had been sticking ever
since except at such time as. it had
been removed tQbe washed. He
said the boy's leg was greatly swollen
and inflamed. When asked if the
lad would be taken to a doctor said
no, that to-morrow he would be
taken to Apex, where there was an
other "mad rock" as he termed it.
This shows there are yet people in
North Carolina who believe in mad
stones and don't think anything of
the treatment of hydrophobia. So
missionary work is necessary and
the act by the present Legislature
to provide preventive treatment for
this class of people comes none too
soon. The "mad rock" used in this
case is known as the "Buffalo," and
there are people who regard its
virtues as most profound, equaling
the "King's Touch" of olden -days
and that sort of thing.
The Public Mast Share the Suffering. ;
Charlotte-Observer.
From an interview with General
Manager Nichols, of the Carolina
Northwestern Railway, in the York
ville, S. C, Enquirer, we learn that
the extra passenger trains run each
summer to accommodate pasengers
to the Blowing Rock country will not
be, put on this year owing to the
recent action in making the passenger
fare 2 cents flat. "We are up
against a-4iard proposition," Mr.
Nichols is quoted as saying, "and
one that we can hardly see light
ahead in." This is not the only
minor road whose already hard
struggle for existence has been made
harder by the cutting of passenger
rates to the bone. Of course, the
public must share the suffering. It
remains to be seen what the big
roads can or will do, but we fear the
access to the North Carolina summer
: resorts will be less convenient and
more expensive than in recent years.
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See. this Machine and hear it play.
Shipment
Freo with. Every
of Cash Business. e "
ia've arrangetl with the Standard Phonoharp C. tivpvo
one of those espleud id Machine freo. You buy nothing but the
Records, nnj you don't have to buy the Keconk o d u't
have to buy fifty dollars worth at ii "time or in one d iv, wi-k..
month or year. We give you coupon with ev ry dollar you pay
us until you have the desired amount. See ! ...jri"t"iH -:iy
to own one of those unlendid Mac hine as foiling oHji'lo. The
Store that Sntislus w behind it. Come and nee.
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Has on Sale a Line of ;
Dress Gooqls!
hard to match in quality
and style.
The PRICE Does Its Talking
A Splendid-'-lino of Laces and
Embroideries. .
Our Dry Goods Department
full to the brim.
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Children's Spring
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that would be a credit to a
much, larger town than this.'
We are fully onvinced that Cash Buying
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and Selling will win.
DAY VAULT COMPANY.
P. S. 20 Care of EuiuoT
1 Car lied C OU Oil that makes light
T Car Mill Feed. V
1 Car Imperial Flour.
Fanner3 stand in their own light'who fail lo ee; u
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