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Ali. TRAINS STOP AT CONCORD.
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City Eallar
Coneord, N. C. December 28. 1911
Notwithstanding the peneral com
plaint about poor business and high
cost of living the reports from New
York indicate that there waa no great
lack of money this Christmas. The
stores, especially those eatenn,' to Hie
less wealthy classes, did a ireincndoiw
business and the high-class establish
ments really had no reason to con.
plain. The amount of money sent by
Ji.. in Mew York to tile,'.' friends
nt relatives in foreicn countries nt
Chri6tmas,which is always a good bar
ometer for the prevailing economic
conditions, was unusually large 'this
vaar and reached nianv millions of
dollars. The average amount for each
Christmas money order sent to foreign
countries by aliens living in this city
was about $13 this year, which com
pares favorably with the averages of
former years. The Christmas harvest
of the employes oif the banks, trust
companies, exchanges and broker offi
ces was not quJte so bountiful as in
the two or three years after tbe war
with Spain, but sufficiently liberal to
bring a smile upon faces of the clerks
and other employes. Only in a few
isolated cases the Christmas bonuses
of these employes amounted to more
than ten per cent, of their annual sal
aries this year. Some of the larger
banks and other financial institutions
abolished the bonus system several
years ago and substituted in its place
a system of raising the salaries of all
employes who hare given satisfaction
during the past year. Some few of
tbe banks also have introduced a regu
lar pension system and the money
Which otherwise would have been
spent in bonuses goes to the ension
fund.
DOWVTALL Of FIXACXEU.
Charity and CniMran.
Tba vary fact that a pr cber who
falls by tha wayside eraatea ao much
commotion is tha highest poaaible tes
timony to tb honor and tha faith
fulness of the ministry. But may
profitably draw some lessons from
thuae who do fall that may be of
help to thoae aho are weak. Two
rases of Haplial p rear hers this year.
Kirheson of Boston and Brewer of
Oklahoma. furnish us food lor
thought. There is not much danger
of a prea her becoming a drunkard.
He ran not afford to tamper with
liiiior. His people will not stand
for it. The same is true of gambling
r inilulsriiiL' in any of the spurts
that are of doubtful propriety. His
cry office will keep even a hypocrite
traight on all these matters because
it means the loss ol ins jon ui en-
age in any of them. But the dan
er point with a preacher is in an
other direction. It is women. He can
easily hide his transgression for a
long time because what he does is
done in the dark. Finally the devil
forces him to encompass his own
ruin, as in the case of Richeson. by
committing some overt act that will
bring him within tlie power of the
law, but the start of it all was the
sinful contract with some woman
who may have been led astray by
him. or who may have led him astray.
Preachers have all kinds of oppor
tunities in this direction. They are
trusted by parents and by the girls
themselves. Society looks on with
out suspicion and suffers long and is
kind to an imprudent preacher; but
this silence will not last for ever.
It will develop at last from a soft
whisper to a violent tumult, and
then cometh the end. Some men
have seriously injured their influence
by indiscretion. They are guilty of
no crime but their conduct toward
the women of their congregation
brings them under suspicion and
starts the tongues of those who love
to gabble. It generally happens that
even these good men show their par
tiality for t lie women who are pretty
and attractive. Few preachers have
ever '.rotten into trouble with old
maids however worthy and devoted
may lie. We have sometimes heard
of preachers who showed too much
attention to the handsome wives of
their members. This is generally
fatal and the preacher soon takes the
road, mat preacner is wise (ami
most all of those we know are of this
ind) who treats everybody alike.
he men and the women, the ugly and
the pretty. He is especially wise
who is careful to say no word or be
guilty of no act toward the hand,
somest woman in his church that he
would not sav or do toward the
liest old deacon in the neighbor
hood. This may be hard but it is
the price every minister of the gos
pel must pay if he would keep him
self unspotted from the world.
lOXISTEB TELLS
Or CB2XAS REVOLT.
the prayer or A E0U1
The people of Bellefontaine, 0., are
doing all they can to make the little
children believe that Santa Claus is
a myth. After a consultation of the
school teachers and ministers of this
benighted town all the children
were told that the jovial sainlt whom
they had loved so long was nothing
lees than a fake, a mere farcical story
told them by their parents. Many of
the ministers stated that they saw
grave harm and danger in the coriiin
oance of Santa's life. They who
would destroy the faith of the chil
dren in the good old man are little
less than murderers. They are ridicu
lous prudista who would sacrifice the
greatest pleasure of childhood on no
reasonable grounds that they can
name.
Col. Watterson has had a bad at
tack of tphe 'Roosevelt scare, and be
makes the dire prediction that if
Teddy ever gets into the White House
gain he will never be gotton out ex
cept when he is carried out feet. fore.
most. The Colonel need 'have no fear.
The people of the United States are
till in the saddle, and this country
is not Mexico. No man can ever
play tha Dial in this country be
cause the country is bigger and
stronger than any one man in it. Be-
sides, if the Democrat nominate the
right man neA year neither Roose
. volt nor any other Republican will
' stand the ghost of a show against
him.
Benefit for Mountain Whites.
New-York,- Dee. 27. An initial
' performance of the Thackeray een-
tenary, consisting principally of tab-
' leanz representing , characters and
' seenee frotn Thackeray's novels, was
' giren. ia the Sixty-ninth Regiment
4 Armarr thk afternoon. The affair
k under the auspices of the South
' emr Industrial dueational Society,
'for the ; benefit of the mountain
white. .
Writes History and Btndy ef Eewal
tion for Men's League la Rich
mond. Richmond Time Dispatch.
Writing from Kashing, China, un
der date of October 31. with pmt
srripts dated November 2 and No
vember 6. Kav. J. Mercer Blain, in
a letter addreawed to the Men's
league of the First Presbyterian
Church, of Richmond, gives an in
teresting insight into the causes of
the existing revolution in China.
The primary reason, he states, is
the deep-seated hate of the Chinese
for their Manrhu masters. "It has
been a lonir time silica the year 15
St. " he says, "when t tie srreat Man
rhu leader, Noordschn. aeared on
the scene, the real founder of the
present reigning dynasty in the Chin
ese empire, hut it has not !een loni;
enough for the Chinese to ftirvet
Iheir coniiierors or conic to love
them. From lt44 to the present tunc
the Chinese have never i;iven up
hope of seeing a Chinaman on the
throne of their country. It has only
lieen a ipiestion of time when they
would rise up in their might and
throw off the yoke."'
Other reasons assigned for the up
rising are the failure to provide a
real representative government; the
incurinir of immense foreign loans
for which t he eople recognize no
necessity, and the nationalizing of the
main railroads of the empire, which
is regarded as the climax, the share
holders not being willing to give up
their investments on t lie terms offer
ed by the government.
Yuan Shili Kai, now real head of
the country, is referred to by Mr.
Blair as a famous statesman, who
he thinks accepted the position of
commander-in-chief under the hoie
that he might be able to bring the
two sides together under terms hon
orable to both for the future good
of the country. A high tribute is
paid to Admiral Sah.
From the standpoint of the church.
Mr. Blain thinks that whatever the
outcome, the people will be drawn
more closely together by a common
cause, no difference being recognized
between Christians and non-Christians.
"Indications point." he com
ments, "to more religious freedom
in the filiate, and we believe that (lod
will use this internal strife to estab
lish His church on a sure foundation
and to bring it more into favor with
the ieople of every part of this hoa
ry empire."
The note written on November 'J
records the imperial edict which prac
tically did away with Manchu supre
macy, wlule a line written in ink at
the bottom, dated November (i. re
cords the surrender ot Kashing to
revolutionaries without a blow.
Itns world is 'Imt a tleeting show!
and you've got to be pretty fleet to
get a bit of it.
Tha following appeal for I be bora ia
frtm tba pan ef F. II. Bugbar, first
IVputr Police Conmuaionr of Naw
York:
To Thee, uij Master. I nlTrr my
prayer :
Feed me. water and car for ma,
and a ben Uie day 'a work ia done
provide ma with ahclter. a clean, dry
bed and stall wide enough for me to
lie down in comfort.
Talk to ir. Your vuie often meana
as much as the reins. IVt me some
times, that I may ierve you more
gladly ami learn to love yon.
IKi not jerk the reln, ami do not
ship me when gung up 'ill. Never
slrike. teat or kick me when I do
ii"t undersiand lia'i ou want, but
give me a rhanr to undcr-tand you.
Watch me. and if 1 fail ui do vour bi-l-
ling. Me it something is nut the mat
ter ith my lianios or feet.
Kxainme my teeth when I do not
cat I may hac an ulcerated tooth,
iiiid tha'; you know, is very painful.
Do not tie my bead in an unnatur
al xsi:ioii. or take away iny Inv4 dc
fene again:-! Ihes and iiiomiiiIos by
cutting my tail off.
An, tinallv. O master, when niv
iix-ful Mrength is gone, do not 'i urn
me out to stane or freeze, or sell nie
to some cruel owner to be slowly tor
'ured and starved to death; but do
Thou my master take niv life in the
kindest way and our fiod will reward
von here and hereafter.
You will not consider nie irrever
ent if I ak this in the name of Him
who was Ismi in a stable.
My Further Appeal.
Uemcniber, O master, that t lie
-trength and service I can give you
depends upon the feed mid care you
ive nie. dive me good, wholesome
food in reouin1,! oiiant it ios, keep nie
lean, then I can serve you to the
laM ounce of niv strength.
Do not harness me to a (Hiorly con
structed, heavy-pulling wagon, it will
exhaust niv rfireneth without profit
able service to vou.
I'se wisdom in vour selection of
the wagon I am to draw. 1 can pull
twice as much load with the same ex
ertion, and it will take less iood to
keep toe in condition, all of which
ineuiM dollars to you.
Therefore my good Master, heed
mv advice.
YOl'R FAITHFUL 1IORSK.
ITCH! ircai iTcn!
Hera Irk and rub rwb ana aerate!
nntll Toa TmI aa If 9om eoala
taar tha burnlac ia frsai jour body
until II mmi aa If you esuld ee
lonasr sadura thasa analMa dare aC
awful tort ur those tarrtbla Blskta
of alaplaa aony.
Then a faw dropa of IX D. IX, the
famoua Kraama fipeclfto ana. Oht what
rllf! Tha Itcb sone lastaaUrl Oaaw
fort and rest at laalt
I. 1). D. la a almpla asternal wash
that olaanasa and baala tba Inlbunaa
skin as nothing alaa eaa. A raoosnlssd
peclne for Ecsema, Paarlaala, Bait
Rheum or any other akin trsuata.
we can aire rou a nu sue una
of the r en ulna D.
Seaboard Air Line Christmas Holi
day Sates.
The Seaboard Air Line Railway
will sell Christmas rates to all points
in their territory at greatly reduced
rates, tickets on sale December 15,
16, 17, 20. 21, 22, 23, 24. 25, 30, 31
and January 1st, good to return until
January 8th, 1912. For further in
formation call on your nearest agent
or write the undersigned.
JAMES KER, JR.,
T. P. A. Charlotte, K. C.
LEONARD,
D. P. A. Raleigh, N. C.
ran ulna D. D. u. rsmaar for
11.00 and If tha Terr flrst bottle falls
to rtve relief it will Dot ooat T
We alao can Bire Ton a sample bot
tle for II cents Why suffer laatb at
dajr when rou oan get D. IX CI
For SaU r Ofhees Jnut Store.
M,
Plato'a Phlloaophy.
Belt conquest la the greatest ot all
aictorlea. Plato
State sf Obis, City at Telede,
Lacaa Caamty.
Frank J. Cheney makes oath that ha
la senior nsrtner or the nrm of r . J
Cheney 4 Co., dolnc bualnesa In tha
City of Toledo, County and State afore
said, and that said firm will nay the
aum of ONB HUNDRED DOLLARS for
each and every case of Catarrh that
cannot be cured by the uae of Hall's
Catarrh Cure. FRANK J. CHENBT.
Sworn to before ma and subscribed In
my presence, this (th day of December,
, u. lies.
A. W. OLBASOlf.
(Seal) Notary Public.
Hall's Catarrh Cure le taken Inter
nally, and acta directly on tha blood
and mucous surfaces of tha system.
Bend lor teatlmomaie Tree.
F. J. CHKNKT a CO., Toledo, O.
Bold by an Drnrviata. Tec.
Take Hall's Family Pills for Consti
pation.
Town's Claim to Prominence.
The town of Qrasse In France Is
one of tbe largest centers for the
manufacture of perfume.
Are Ton Going to Get Marriedf
Give us your orders for Engraved
Visiting Cards, Wedding Invitations,
Announcements and Enclosure Cards.
Our engravers are the best in the
South. When yon buy engraved
work from us you know you are get
ting the best at a moderate price.
Address THE TIMES, Concord, N. C.
Bead the Advertisements.
llcndersonville (iold Leaf.
Everybody should read the adver
tisements in the local paper because
it pays in dollars and cents to do so.
People who make a regular practice
of reading the advertisements in the
omc paper are sure to be handsome
ly repaid for the time thus spent.
prominent citizen of the county
remarked the other day that lie had
found the advertisements to be one
of the most valuable features of the
paper and that in the run of the year
he saves many times the subscription
price of the Gold Leaf by keeping
a watchout for the bargains and other
opportunities offered from week to
week in the advertising columns of
the paper. Most people in this day
and time r ad advertisements and
find it protitable to do so, but now
and then you can find a person who
has some sort of ill-founded preju
dice against it. The advertisements
in your home paper are very differ
ent from those usually found in
foreign papers and cheap magazines.
The advertisement in the Gold Leaf
are the personal business messages
tbat your merchants and other busi
ness men send you each week, and
as such they are of peculiar impor
tance to you. Did you ever notice
how much it pleases your merchant
to tell him frankly that you read his
advertisement in the paper f Well it
does please him immensely as a rule,
lie sees that you are interested in
him and his business and he will at
once be inclined to favor you in any
way he can. Try it and see for your
self.
Reyes is a Prisoner.
Linures. X. L., Mex Dec. 2.'). De
feated and stripped of former arro
gnnce and pride, (ien. Bernardo Rey
es, Mexico's one-time greatest mili
tary leader and more recently lead
er of a revolt that htreatened to tear
the country from border to border.
surrendered here today but later was
given his liberty on his word that he
would not leave the city.
Mexico City, Dec. 'Jti. Death may
he the penalty Gen. Bernardo lieves
will pay for the effort to overthrow
resident Madcro. I lie least lie can
exjiect is ten years imprisonment
The Mexican law urovides these ex
treines for the crime of inciting re
hellion. It is not generally believed
that the extreme penalty will be in
Dieted, but a term in the penitentinry
for the venerable prisoner with his
seventy-four years wil doubtless be
the equivalent.
PILES CURED IN 6 TO 14 DAYS.
Your druggist will refund money if
PAZO OINTMENT fails to cure any
tase of Itching, Blind Bleeding ot
Protruding Piles in 6 to 14 days. 50e.
Madam Rosena
TEE
Celebrated Clairvoyant
HAS RETURNED
And will continue her stay
here during the Holidays and
probably longer.
She locates missing articles,
stolen goods, looks into the
future and tells the secrets
of your life.
Ask the many of who have
visited her while here what
they think of her work.
Hons 9 A. M. TO 8 P. M.
Booms 34-36 Morris Bldf.
CHICHESTER S PILLS
W-? THE DIAMOND BRAND. A
I. Ad I Call Ah jreMt IMrVBTMt H
! ktasw textual iMnaWis! Ttrsirii
I'lIU ta lt-el iusrf netatlie?
1- net. UajHl witk lUtM KUaSoss.
Take e !. Bay ,Jf .
DIAMOND HRAND fMUJk far
yean known M Base, Satest, Always lUttabal
SLD BY DRUGGISTS EVtBTWHEtt
DR. J. S. LAFFERTY
Practice limited to Eye.
and Throat and Fitting- Ola
Office In the Morrle building. Room
So. 20 over Cabarrua Savings Bank,
oillce houre: I to 11 h m. and 1. to 4
NeaVeLUIaeBtli S
beat rented? lor Ehasoaw
tasn, BaaUtos, Isbm Baok,
Stlfl Joints and atoacM.
Sara Throat, Ooede,Btraine,
Spraau. Cats, Bruleee,
OoUo, Cram pa, Nemelate,
Tootoaaae, uj all Nerre,
Bona and Maede Aokes
and Pains. Tbe gamine
aaa Nosh's Ark on every
Daoksas and looks Uks thai
Mtt hnt haa RED band SD
front ol package aad
NMaa LMaMa" always
In RED kik. Beware ot
tmitatlona. Lars bottle.
K eenta, aad sold by ad
dealers loaiedlelna
Guaranteed ar asoney re
funded by Noah Ranady
Co las. Rfctunonn. Vs.
Hon PiealuB Karres Beceied.
We have just receiret. shipment
of two gross of pocket knives which
we are giving free to all subscribers
to The Times or Tribune who pay a
year irt advance. These are excellent
knives, are brass-lined and have name
plate on them. Come in and get
one.
emteHhrnmaalaaavfaa aVaafammm aamaL
eaBrTTTeWTST ay esaperesT srvrTSnTwav
Rarely Is the grumbler a mendei
ef methoda.
Southern Railway Offers Greatly Re
duced Kates for the Christmas And
New Tear Holidays.
On account of tbe Christmas and
New Year1 Holidays, the Southern
Railway will sell tickets at ereatlv
reduced rates from all points on its
line. Dates of sale, December 15,
16, 17, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 30, 31
and January 1st, 1912, with final re
turn limit January 8th, 1012.
For further information apply to
your nearest agent, or to the under
signed, H. H. DEBUTTS,
Traveling Passenger Agt.,
Charlotte, N. C.
For Bale A two story, 8 room dwel
ling on South Union street ; lot 113s
419. Good stable, garden end ont-
Duudings. J no. a. Patterson,
J.
Pocket Knife
FLt EE
To Every Subscriber of
THE TRIBUNE
Who Pays a Year in
Advance.
Until further notice we are going to
give to every subscriber of THE
TRIBUNE who pays a year in advance
and all arreages, if any, a SPLENDID
BRIDGE CTJTTELET 00,'S POCK
ET KNIVES.
These Knives are brass lined and
have name plate on side.
The Tribune
CONCOKD. It. 0,
TO THOSE WHO PREFER IT, WB
WILL GIVE INSTEAD OF THE
KTNFB, A PAIR OP SPLENDID .
INCH SPRING TENSION SHEARS.
If you are already paid in advance,
you ean take advantage of this offer
by paying np for another year.
Mo Have
; TofcBrgotten ?
It sometimes happens that you have over
looked giving a good friend a Christmas pre
sent. Tis very becoming to give New Year's
Gifts., Send him an order on us for a
"Schloss Baltimore Made"
Suit Overcoat Raincoat (cravenetted) Tuxe
do or Full Dress Suit a new model Raglan or
a dozen other novelty models of handsome Over
coats. This kind of a gift is useful and. would
be greatly appreciated and serve as a memento
of good feeling at the same time not very ex
pensive. You will be astonished to see what
a $15. order will do.
From there on upwards 'tis simply a question of
elegance or luxury, well worth the amount ex
pended, no matter what it may be. Besides
when you send him a Suit or Overcoat of the
"Schloss Baltimore Make"
he will look properly dressed at the begining of
the year which will give him a good start.
Don't forget to put on your order
"Schloss Baltimore Made"
Suit or Overcoat.
Cannon & Fetzer Co.
I B. ffinsonl Co.
Cheapest Furniture
and Undertaking Store
in Town.
Eyei Strain
RELIEVED IT CLASSES
fOTSimnCAIXY FITTED,
" If your fee- trouble on, or yea
can't see aa we'l aa you once did,
eons nit me. I will make ft eomplete
test. I get reeultoiaGUrittlgi
OppoalU0abafrurSi1JwBaak.
Olliiasa aBr3.?.
,Ve:-IW4 one, of ear
BArTTTART ATJT01CATI0
POULTET FOUNTAINS.
A eUld.sjfta .fln, then One
SOtccsto..
Grady-BradCo.
Vm tkt Feaay Ooluaa It Pays.
To MeaProper
Appetf .ace for
The Holidays
Let oa clean and press you clothes.
Wear ft suit cleaned, and pieesed, at
my etatefoliahmetft and you will be, in
keeping .with the gay holiday ettire
Clothes Cleaned, Pressed .. and re
turned the same. day. Pheo. 188
and we will eall for them promptly.
City. Pressing Club
' J), B. F0WKLES, Proprietor.,
Dili Ji V. DAVIS.
-""dentist;
Oftot nt itarah'i Drug ; Store.
. THOjrB JtO 43X.
DENTISTRY
t am a aw ta the alorrlBnlldlaa; ever
the Cabarrus SaTlnsa Bank. :
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Xeore'i Lease Leaf Ledger- Sheetp
kept in stock at The Times-Tribune
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