North Carolina Newspapers

THE STANDARD. PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY AT CONCORD, X. G TEliMS : OME YEAR, CASH IN ADVANCE, - $1.25. SIX MONTHS. .75, -JIVE I THIS DAY OIR DAILY BHEAD." A beggar boy stood at the rich man's door "I ia houseless and friendless, and taint and poor," Said the beggar boy, as the tear-drop roiled Down his thin cheek, blanched with want and cold. "Oh! give rae a crust from your board today, To help the brrar boy on his way." " Net a crust, not a crust," the rich man said ; "Be off and work for your daily bread !"' The. rich man went to the parish church, His face grew grave as he trod the poreh, Ai: 1 the thronging poor, and un taught mass, Drew back to let the rich man pass. The service began, the choral hymn ose and swelled through the long 1 aNles dim ; T Leu the rich man knelt, and the words he said Y.'cre, "'Give us this day our daily bread !'' lUCl KATIX; DEATH Good-bye, dohn ; take good care f yourself and come back as soon you can." (J cod-bye, Nellie, dear, and don't target me w hen I am away." Th-.ir hands warmly pressed each v'hor as their lips would have done :.;.o net others been near ui- - - ivtr:;fe;. Xellie B : i;u :, strong r. itil it wa f.', prairie. V' dutv. M ever be for v. ay-station s t: kof tie tele-ranh instrument so ; , mv ' , 1; ,,,.. i..'.Moai;..-us. a he iv v a literally no-, t'-:...Y t W t,. ,i,ft ,vtlwr-nf "" " " i i .. ! tr;ii:i would pass for hours. mes- S'.-ldom troubled her. and she ;i exhausted her little stock of, al: What could she do to make ' t;:o hi'irrs pass less wearily? j SL:-' rested her head against the' V.vy hoard and gave herself to pleas-, wahing dreams, to inentallv f ol- .., 1 ( l. , 1 s., - 1. ' o.idoi tile pletuies thought lhoto- r,phediu her heart. . .... . . v- 1 it w , . . . " - 1 i 1 hnt1 to tho linit woouimI ti w: u hi iiae 10 zmrv inciT aione . .: t lit1 cai'in. ,1 . ' I . i , " ir i . - ? 1 1 ! ii.':. k of me all th. time, as I will of l---r . . i n e:.-t .-avoivd t fix her attention 1 i:: ..-j other things. But do what she j v o ild her thoughts wandered back j t ' her I r. the lack ot comfort he v. !!. experience, and the happv dav ! v.:..n she would haw the right'to be ; lii.S SlUL. As ff the hours had become leaden s'i.' listlesslv ate the lunch she had ' 1 -.ought from her farm home ; then ! -uls vd ni"iit would hurrv aloii" Barkhess did come after long'aml ! V.'e.jry Waitinrr, her hour. Ot dUtV 1 -.el er.d .1 and she wa- preparing to wi'Mii" her horn- of dntv 1 1 when the station was called, ; she was told in clicking whispers t" ; or: ic-ouut of an extra that was ... ... vi Meaf ?i" s i-1 would have to remain until riidiiig With epivss' 1 io- te i r:i i uns. s .oi-Kiiien about the station Wollt . , - . i. n oro; i. i ei 1 i : i.e.; e a::d left her alone: the frogs ! ked iiionrnfnllv fi-.n.i :. ii.-ifrfl. ! ng sioiigh and the wires niatlo i , , . . . o iiiusie as ine oriSK night winu od upon them. But the experi- was not new to her: there was . - , ... . , . . : ;n.g to fear, and her father M come for her when the night v as done, iiigh;, r.in ten passed, and the , i "gill was becoming painful. Some- "':.;g must be done. She failed to rowning stood watching' , ' ,l T v y.,,, , , . " l ---- mid air a ghost like hgure at least : s;f, of .. ' " n , , - h.iil ever lieen a ill lien r T;isk tor I In hoi-e r;it In-r.l for :t iniv(me i , . i .. ;lzeoiOUl nana. lormot iolm ivmg fIM f , , ,T..i ,,,.,1 ... Y.i0 . , - 1 jeignt ieet in lengtn.ana whicnemit-, ,:,,, S!l:,i j t.;nfT fi,. o i .;fi, -;.X i burden and flapping of skirts about the wind roared and the lire his;ed 1 . c.Ltr r, , , I coered Cioth in my hand, i , 1 , 1 .1 o i t . 1 ne tin. iwerwii:: tiuu. 1 iu i me 1 in on ie uuu neeu s i uieie;i 1 ; A , . . , , , , 1 ianj;cuiciH ; e had the little isolated , , . ..'i r .i. . ! . i 1 t i . i , . ! thing of a sunerratum! character! , , .... nn i , i 11 i i maae a uesiierate enori u unseai xne ; to carrv nun oevoua the iiiazing;, , , 1 ". :: --------- ies, sir, ne answereu w eemed so dull, and the ., T. . ...,!, r,.,,., , ... .. , i.- had been seen. Finallv. on last .t ..,.!. . llt. Moic u ana saien piungeu upoi a : i-ression in England ana elsewhere j to look to,YarJ the troP. 4n evcla- t!io reverse of a pleasant mirrow thread ot beaten earth, with ; abroad that sympathy for Ireland in mation of horror broke from his lips, nupon her face, and an al-, swiftly rushing toward it from this country was not be d bv the for there, not twentv stens distant, .ud tossing baek of her an-: either side. ,,,,,, representative classes. lhis ials;- i)unr the ghostlv object. A feeling he sat down aam. J lie nic uwm, niiiu-iiuu idwuwus nwn nas oeen easily ami ireMi;'iin ; . . . . -, ivmemher being so much oppress ingly tireless strides he stretched I a great portion of his time to Ire 1 the l.e-k of society and wondered ! himself. His black skin was flecked I land, and traveled through nearly 1. v h'ol.-inson Crusoe could have ex- isted l.efwre his man Friday. Then j -i thought of a female friend who I wa operator at the next westward ' at ion, and, nearly dying for some 1 .e to talk to, summoned ' Sterling." Til,: wa.-. i rePlv. lrv as she v.ould directly she could get none. I distance. But with every moment but utilizing a circuit she was an J it became nearer, closed upon them swered, and asked: j and blazing sparks fell thickly as "What is the matter with the 'rain, isain line!'"' j On, on, and the flames leaped up- Matter enough," was answered, j ward and at times closed over their and her trained oar instantly told; heads; they were rushing as through her the touch was not of a delicately lingered girl, but a heavy-handed man. The jirairie is all. on fire be t ween here and Buffalo Iieart Grove ; t hat is beginning to burn, and when the flames sweep round on your side you'll have to look sharp if they don't catch you napping, my pretty oaisy At. nimt her tune s h v.'ini imvp rlosed the kev with an angrv snap at i th,. ;i.n..,l..nt f;iin;i;:iritv. Hi ere ! w as room in her brain lor only one ; maddening thought. ' i .! tli m lv inrr u n ih.eiiinfT in the. old i cabin in th-Move. would he be sur-! l oumKd by tire, be stifled by smoke, i be burne l to d.ath? " j " The prairie round Buffalo Iieart ! VOLUME 1. Grove a sea of flame, line down, the bridges over culverts probably burn ed. Stop all trains at X' she man aged to flash back over the wire. Then she dashed out where all should have boon darkness but was not. For miles earth and sky were illuminated, the roaring of flames could be distinctly heard, their furi ous leaping distinctly traced, their speed swifter than the greyhound and their force resistless as a cyclone. Nothing to her now was duty, no thing that it wanted two hours of midnight, nothing that many lives might hang upon her remaining at her post. One life she knew was in danger, and that was to her more than all others in the world. With Hying feet, with a desperate resolve funning in her brain, she hastened homeward, but did not en ter the house, dared not for fear of the thwarting of her purpose. As she passed the window she saw her old father nodding in his chair, and a satisfied smile parted on her lips. For all of the hidden wealth of mountain and canvon she would not have him waken. Well she knew the swiftest and most untiring Loive in the stable; that it was .cue she had never rid den a young, fiery, valuable, blue blooded stallion she never gave a thought. Speed and courage were the thimrs now to be desired, and all j other considerations, even her own , safety, were dwarfed into nothing I ness by them. i With soothing voice and gentle ' hands the girl led the horse out, bridled, saddled and mounted. As- .l. i i... i. ... .!....:.... i,.. . , .. , 1 ri.l . i i- jMiHimueu. i no cuariu oi woman " V ,,1 , , ' , ! nanas that held the reign, utile as i ., , . e , tlu'.v were, had a grip of iron, and . the whip left a ve t upon the glos.v kin. Madlv shaking his head, dash-; ling out with his heels, with the reath whistling through thin nos- trils. he made a second attempt ; shivered as he received a more sting-, ing blow, then dashed furiously down j the road. i The clatter of hoofs disturbed the dreams oi tne oia rarnier. Jie sirang i"e ujjiii'.M. i'ui Mini in iiuin in , . ., . ., .v .i. . .1.,.. !. ... l, .. nitiisnnor vision or otn-r 11111". men : " . " V" , V " A , " ' , I "V v y y ; I I' 1 1 I r'l 1 ! (11 1 1 ; 1 I III ;i 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 I I I' ' 1 . 1- c , . - T . 7 1 1 , iV, i . ? "llliV- i iniv. uv. vhjj child and costlv steed were indulging in the wildest of races under a sky lighted as by the llanies of hell and surrounded by its hrv?, The switchman saw the girl as she flew past, saw the swift galloping Horse, the rider with her long hair streaming in the wind, the horse as LuLilill tTiil'IV j .Til HUOUl IV." 'cognition, and superstitiously imag ined that the ghost of mie red; c,llUl ot the wilderness. whoe LM.nes , disturbed in building the iron ira'-w oi me paie iace, was oui r a midnight revel. t" or a considerable distance the road j i ui iuuiumviuuicuisiaiin; uie iuau uVcr uu undulating prairie, and hoUl hv' ana rider enjoyed the r:,Co: t,K'n tlKT Wvrc t'-'reed uj-on lle tleS and the heavily shod hoofs ; 1 . . 11 .1 1 ..! 1 .. . 11. ... il. ..i ciauereu aiong uie wiuge ; men uie . , i..-. i ii i. . .I. . 1.,, wa uuivu,u eu ne migui , mi tlK hand ot the rider was linn ana the whip merciless. A brief hour 4 .... f . ,.1 v .-,,.1 i-uJsioiiei iue nui- " "t.t.t umtu .v .. ..v j lM-rior U) gc-r. The one idea 'had taken possession of brain ......i.i. .. i l... l ..... ...... i ... that and 'l'Ulsating heart remained permanent. !John King was in .danger of being consumed. She must save him or she soon the horse became With long and seein- mad as well with foam, his sides were heaving as a bellows, like escaping steam his breath was blowing, his eves were red with exertion, and his frame trem bled with excitement. On, on they pressed, on thus far in mile uanger, ior ine nre was vet at a a tunnel of hissing, roaring fire ; it was crowding in upon them, was be neath their feet, was playing in fan tic shapes around, above. Mad as the girl was with desire to reach her lover the horrors of the situation were forced upon her brain. ! She bowed her head to the lierv vb.rm lnplded h. r f:iee. :illd often evniKTiislleU. lier mrmnir Uless spoke encouragingly to the horse, lotted bis miiverin!? neck, used the deep cutting lash, cutting a hundred times more cruelly, for his sides weve rrii.ekin w ith the heat, and blood was oozing from the blistered wounds. On, still on, but more slowly at every stride, with steps less firm and I cu'iiuuuu, jiiv in v-i viiuui- i iauiiv.an i ir ai ru'n'.uu, 111 i wsift hull rrpi t h f V hm ccion h i n m n y 111 , , . , 0 1 his flank, he reared, plunged, pawed ! more savaelv. , , , ., ., , sever catch any hsh with I,,,. 1: , ii 1. - .1 -i 1 1 1 : ea at ana the idea hooted that am--' 1 L'j. " i . - 1 .. A I . 1 I .. - 11 1 1 1 1 1 HE CONCORD, X. C, APlilL secure, breath more scant, courage less high and pace less swift. Never yet steed that could bear such a fear ful strain, never flesh that could re sist a prairie fire with hundreds of acres of dry, tall grass and reeds for fuel and fanned by a gale. On! the girl shielded her eyes with her trembling hands, and above the smoke saw the waving of trees. As yet the furious fire had not piite reached, at least had not penetrated, them. There was life, safety, and, more than all, love. Could she reach them? A scanty half mile had yet to be traveled. Instinct, often as clear to discover as mind, told the horse of. the situation as clearly as her eyes. She called upon him, and he answered; she bo wo J Xo-the sal die, she shut her eyes, and then ! The flames swirled round, and they were wrapped in a winding sheet of them; the huge, red, forked tongues touch them with blistering kisses ; the wind roared through the gigantic furnace, the earth was hot beneath, the air burning above ; deer, wolf, every creeping thing were out footed in the race, were beaten down by a swift death, and How could they possibly escape i On ! Between them and the shel- tering trees but a few rods remained; but a few feet. Could they be over- j last month by sL inob of enraged come? Voice and lash urged the , citizens, various rfunors have come ..,1.1- i .... ir. ...... ' Li t a.i it i . ,r , , nooio uorso on. n.e sirugieu 10 ..W w 1,;, i..,t ff. '" ---"-i v-.i-ivj wviv ing teebler, his iieart was beating slow, the iron muscled limbs were fast becoming useless. A single burst of speed, as at the beginning, would have been enough the racing of a few seconds all that was required. .luaiut l'"fVlW ana the trees rose above ana i-.ro- . , , , . , 1 , tee tod them from the .scorching heat. God be thanked," exclaimed the suffering girl as she knelt beside the 'gallant horse. "God be thanked." and she flung her arms around his neck and shed hitler tears as she saw how scared and burned hew re- gardless of her own sufferings. With difficulty she urged him to his feet and led him for v. arJ. I ! f t t i-c he knew as well as she ot their saietv. e .k , u me ueees.-ii i mm inn. ;i;;u i;uu:.- ,., . , , . iik-f t .woi m..n liitit rn, wooii . : . . ' .u;, .... " , ! .1- ic t.i.. vf.-iu ! ! 1 1 ' 1 T - T 1 1 t 1 T ! T i ' ( I : T I M I ti... . v" ' . . . ? " v . , , , , tu' au:i vivu auu wuvruwiivu, uiui u i moment later she was locked" in his protecting arms. In a few words she t.dd all, and begged him to do all possible for th; v ,j.i0 '-Xow and ever," he answered, -One moment." lie climbed to the top of a tall tree, .looked around, descended and said cheerf nil v : " The i wind has changed and the fire is ! rushing away from the timber: we; aie sare neie. imu w m in rne name ; f heaven did you attempt such a uauei vu uiamc, .Kmc . Because, dear, I love you so ' anu sue uroppeu uunung upon ni '- vt.-'j-v. t-tt.t.i. anxiously throbbing breast. flulisli Ioli'.y in Irelnntl. A brazen attempt has been made .. . . ,, at ditteivnt times to create the mi exidoded, and tnen the apologists ot ' i i i. i i ? i British tvranny have resorted to the tactics of attempt to show that the condition of Ireland is not so terrible j as has been pictured. But an im-, partial witness now appears in court, j recitinr -faits which indicate that : the sufferings inflicted bv British misrule have never been fully re hearsed. Gen. W. P. Walsh, of Arkansas, returned this week from a several months' trip in Europe. He devoted all the counties of that poverty- j stricken country. lie wanted to make a personal inspection and find out the true condition of the Irish people, and here is a paragraph as to his observations : " It is simply appalling, and more frightful than pen can describe. I traveled through the country dis tricts in a jaunting car, snow -on the ground, and nearly all the people I met were barefooted, poorly clad and pinched with hunger. The tales of hardships, evictions and the brutality of the constabulary telegraphed to America by bright correspondents have not been exaggerated in the least. Industry in the country is paralyzed. If the rich landlords would only spend their money at home .which they obtain from their i tenants the country would be pros i POrOUS. Instead of that the land - lorus taKe tne ,iy,uuu.uuo oi anuiuu . , . ri t - , w-. t . C 1 rental and spend it in England, Paris and the continent No coun try, whether a Bepublic or mon archy, could stand such a yearly drain. The peoide are industrious. ! and the lands would produce well if j the tenants were prosperous and able j to occasionally enrich the soil. And again : " Did I see any pros- , , , , . t i-i V OI ilOllUl )iei IIUL'U Hit tfUvU-Ut'lOHU. Standard perous people ? Yes, the landlords, the agents of the landlords and the constabulary. These classes of citi zens revel in luxury, are warmly clad and do not seem to care what be comes of the starving people. Every where! went I saw barracks, soldiers and the. constabulary. In fact, Ire land is just now a camping-ground for the English army. While in Cork I witnessed the trial of an evicted tenant. " The courthouse was surrounded by four companies of soldiers in oreer to make the judge feel secure. The conviction of the prisoner was a foregone conclusion. The Irish people do not wish to sep arate from England; they only want home rule." This is the evidence of a disinter ested witness, and his evidence es tablishes conclusively two facts: First, that the suffering in Ireland is exclusively the pijoduct of British injustice; sc-cond, that the demand is not separation from the mother country, but honC" rule. Xorfolk Virginian. A Ttsan --r. A Huntsville, Texas, letter to the Fort Worth Gazette says . Since the hanging of Bed Page, one of the horse thieves of Madison county, ; to tne town oi Jiacusonviiie, about L i,.. i... mt'iii inu uiiica iuiii neio, lii.xl u ghost could be seen suspended from I ffccti0J1 in tha eveui jast aboufc he identical tree upon which Page the Hme the smi setti had been hanged. Several parties! nQi.r,n .i. fii- , , 7 -i- -i .i 1 Une huge natch oi hooks attract reported that on ndmg along the , , nw, nffinfl-An Tllovo i road which runs within twenty paces , , , L, , , . oi mtj iree oa iiieu iiie uosse iniei Monday, throe citizens of the county came to Midisouville and reported i that, in company nitli two others, they had gone down to see for them-; selves, as they had heard of it, and, not believing such c thing, they , wished to satisfy themselves in re- j gard to it. Upon arriving opposite I the spot they saw the unearthly tiling of which thev had heard I. 1.1. omeenougu, uteie u as, oexweenthe boS office there Wftg & fect e:iiih an.l hwivpii : n Ion-' wintp tic-- ure, giving forth a veird light. The n. . x .1. x ",,uiei " !i lUe 11 ' ihe parties were known to be men ot . . . . " . i i . 1 . 1 unaouDteu veracity, ana not iiiieiv joKe or ciemaeu uy tneir linagmation It created such excitement that a UI"t'11"e l-ersous w as t r x a.-j- was made U1 tLat n;-h.t to 3 down and sngaie, aim n any joice was oe - j lg perpetrated to cxjiose i' , as many .residents of that neighborhood had j le:i greatly frightened by what they j believed to be a veritable ghost, I When the party came to within one hundred yards of the spot a halt was called, and it was agreed that five or six should go 1Qwavd and see n the "thing'- made its appearance. They rode forward, and seeingnoth- j ing, called for the crowd to come up. i There stood the tree upouwhich Page ! had paid the last great penalty, but j no ghost or goblin was tobe seen. The crowd were sitting on their , horses discussing the whole matter, when suddenly some one happened ... 1 ,. One or the parties ., Al - prev: present thus dc' M;ilMU1Uil "The blood ran chill and cold in my veins. An indescribable sensation , :i ii.. , . a sickening, terrifying feeliiij crerd over me that I shall never for- get until my dying day. hat was j I knew after one or two tugs he'd it like ? Well, sir, Bulwer himself ! quit. When I reached my wife she could not describe it. It seemed to j HaiJ: "William, who is this gentle be composed of a grayish white sub-1 mau with you ?" I told her he was stp.nce.and was surrounded by a faint pale, mysterious light, and appeared i to be about eight feet in length, ,,-ifl o I.'-itu. cl.imnfr cli'tvfi1i.il n cnr Rs fftCe not geeu Jislinctl ' After viewing the. unearthly object for some minutes the crowd rode off a few hundred yards and a consulta tion was held, but of all the brave men in that crowd there was not one who .would approach it. We were all satisfied that it wes not of this earth, and . no one present was particularly anxious of forming more intimate acquaintance with this weird visitor from the great un known. What it is, where it came from, or what its object in coming is I do not know, but as sure as faith I saw it. I looked at it, I scrutis nized it carefully, and from that mo ment I will be a firm believer in ghosts." The ghost still remains a mystery, 1 - , , ilfarti1 f f B iivivi l t llliil.uv vt vttc vj. intii .iAth). Adam Lutts, of Carlos, Tnd., get up a dinner and chtpped a half cord of wood to celebrate his 100th birth - dav. When he cot' through two or three men were at hand with docu ments to prove that he was only tight j-six, and the temperature of the lloosier Stare rose to ninety-six degrees in the shade. 6, 1888, HE OAJL'CilJT A SICKF.K. The Exiterienoe of a Ian who Forti Isctl His Pocket with rishliooU-,. "Bill Charters was a very original man that is, if he was out of a job he'd devise some way of his own to procure the wherewithal to keep a fire in the grate and provisions in the pautiy," said a man in a Main street cigar store the other night. "Bill was also fond of fishing. Oa winter evenings at home, if he had nothing better to do, he would haul out his fishing tackle and inspect it thoroughly, and then, after making two or three new fangled fly hooks, he'd place the outfit back in its box, at the same time kno.viug he'd bo urable to use his tackle for pro bably six mouths. "Bill lived in Boston when I first knew him. That wa3 eighteen or twenty years ago. He was a tiusmith by trade. I went up one night to see him concerning seme work he had been engaged on for several days. Bill was in the dining room examining his fishing tackle when I entered. After settling our tin smithing business he began ex plaining the different methods ,used to catch tke various species of the finnv- tribe. This hook was fine for ( jrou ju e,uj , ' i in i orown tackle was n morning, tLat immense at noon i i , n i - i ,i , wlieu the suu wa3 shining, and that ! i n " ti , ' n i i bably thirty very small eyehooks, hook lid you this ar- ith a that collection last fall that weighed 1(30 pounds.' "'Where and how?' I asked, hardly knowing what Bill meant, as I had never seen a sucker that weighed more than three or four pounds. '.Tnsf this w:iv.' rpnlied Bi'l. j .0uQ night my wife au j j Jeoi Jo j to i go to the theatre. "When we reached 0 jam of people. I left, my wife near the door while I straggled bravelj' j. T. jl. . i- i.-l :.. .1 T i 1 j to reach the ticket window j 10 reucu me ueh.eu wiuuuw. iu.fcii.eu i i T 'It'll 1 tor two uress circle tickets, ana . .i. t i i .,,.i.rti covered that my pocketbook was gone. "Stolen !"' exclaimed I, and . treated , .. Charterg aml j walked ; home She felt disappointed ; she wanted to see that play. A thought struck me instantly, and just as quick as possible I put my plan into execu tion. Turning my money pocket inside out I hastily sewed all the sm.'ill fishhooks T had to the inside of that pocket in such a manner that j when mv pocket was shoved back to . its propcr position the barbs of the hooks stood out and pointed dewn- I ward T took some more money with me but I placed it in another pock etand again we started for the theatre. There was still considerable of a crowd in the neighborhood of the box office, and once moio I be gan edging my way through for the purpose of procuring tickets! I al lowed my fishhook money pocket to take care of itseTf. " 'Just as I was being handed my tickets I felt a bite. I attempted to turn round, when I found I had hooked a very fine looking sucker in the shape of a well dressed man who wore a shiny tile. I paid no atten- ! Hrm to ld tncfinc nt. mv noeket. as ja very particular friend of mine. An officer standing at the door accompanied my friend and me, at my request, into an adjoining room, where I explained matters. 1 recov ered my lo?t pocketbook and green backs. It was keeping conapanj with seven other similarly situated purses. I had to cut the pocket out to have the thief handed over to the officer, but it was returned to me after the doctor succeeded m getting the hooks out of the fellow's hand.' " 'Yes,' concluded Bill, 'he was the biggest sucker I ever caught must have weighed at least 1G0 pounds. And this is no fish story, either.' " Stockton (Cal.) Mail. An authority on jugs says he never thinks of cutting off the tails of his pigs. Tails are indicators of the porkers' condition. If piggy doesn't feel well, if his food doesn't agree with him, his tail begins to straight en. The sicker the pig the straighter the tail, and the healthier the pig j the tighter the curl. The old theory j that it takes a bushel of corn to fat- ! ten an inch ot tail this pig raiser scorns. A pig s tail is his pulse; never cut it off. Worry is the cause of more trou ble than any other one thing not ex cepting alcohol. NUMBER 13. TII DEMOCRATIC CHART. The A'lan of Organization Of the Democratie I'arty. Dem. Central Ex. Committee. ) Raleigh, N. C, Feb. H3, 1888. S The following is the plan of or ganization here fore adopted by the State Democi-atif. Committe for tiic guidance of the party. TOWXSHIP OflGAXIZATIOX. 1. The unit of county organization snail ue tue township, in each fcWnsl hf re Sh' e Executive rw...., u uiii... j.,.1.1 l... iyciuuoiiiiio, ij.u oiiuii ui.' titieieci u. the Democratic voter of the several townships in meetings called by the County Executive Committee. And said committee so elected shall elect one of its members as chairman, who shall preside at all committee meet ings. 2. The several executive com mittees shall convene at the meet ings of the several county conven tions, or at any time and place that a majority of them may elect, and shall elect a county executive committee, to consist of not less than five members, one of whom shall be designated as chairman, who shall preside at all the said committee meetings. 3. In case there shall be 5, failure on the part of any township to elect its executive committee for the period of thirty days, the count- ex ecutive committee shall appoint said committee from the Dcinoci alio vo ters of said township. 4. The mcmbers'of the township committees shall elct to any vacancy occuringin said committee. 5. The couuty executive committee shall call all necessary county con ventions held, giving at least ten days notice by public advertisement in three public places in each town ship, at the court house door, and in unv T).imrrvo ir TMivsi!inf-v flint may be published in said count', re- questing all Democrats of the eoun - ty to meet m convention m their re- snective townships on a common day therein stated, which said day shall not be less than three days before the meeting oi the county conven tion, for the purpose of electing their delegates to the conventions so held shall elect their delegates to repre sent the townships in the county conventions from the voters of the respective townships, which dele gates, or such of them as shall attend, shall vote the full Democratic strength of their respective town ships on all questions that may come before the said county conventions. in any township in pursuance of said call, or no election shah be made, the township executive committee shall appoint such delegates. G. Each township shah be entitled 1 ocf. in Ihe ennntv pon vpii riO!i to cast in the county convention ono vote for every twenty-five Dem ocratic votes, and one vote fcr frac tions of fifteen Democratic votes cast bj- that township at the last pre ceding gubernatorial election: Pro vided, That every township shall be entitled to cast at least one vote, and each .township may send as many delegates as it may see fit. 7. Iu cases where townships con- cinct, each of said wards or precints ! whiles, u :s certainly true that irom shall be entitled to send delegates"; .of attention more of thorn pio to county conventions, and shall tonally die before they reaeu the cast its proportionate part of its ! school age. These hguros torn! township's vote, based upon the j strn? to showt hit instead oi last preceding vote for Governor f.s oved polls hsted ior axa in said township. l0tl f. hoM, have .f.)20,nn 8. The chairman of township com-1 uf e, than we have-if the negroes ,.i,..ii ,.,Mo. of n hsted as well as the whites. conventions. In their absence any other membeis of said committees may preside. 9. In cases where all the township execuive committees are required to meet for the purpose of electing county executive committees, said meetings shall be deemed to have a quorum when a majority of such townships shall be represented in said meeting. C0UXTY AXD DISTRICT CONVENTION'S. 1. The several county conventions shall be entitled to elect to their Senatorial, Judicial and Congres sional conventions, one delegate and one alternate for every fifty Dem- Vwar lwlrv fw"rivT TV m fractions over twentj-nve Uem - OCiailC VOLcn eail. UL tiic idi utuu- . 1 , . ! 1,;,., 4.1. :v mg gubernatorial exectw then 1.1 .. 1 .i. ..4. 1, ,,..-.-..1 .llt.tj-iif ou nr nif.prnfi.fpa so filer tod lespecme wuuuts, ami xivn shalf be entitled to seats in caid cons entions : Provided, That every prt.tnttr ln11 linvp t. lpnst nnfi vote in each of said conventions 2. The chairman, or in Lis ab sence, any member of the county, senatorial, judicial and congres sional committee, shall call to oider their respective conventions, and hold the chairmanship thereof until the convention shall elect its chair man. 3. The executive committees of the senatorial, congressional and judi cial districts, respectively, thai! at at the call of their respective chair- men. meet at eome time and place in their respective districts, designated j number of negroes, which would in said call. And it shall be their J doubtless swell the amount conside duty to appoint the time and place j rably. I think it safe to estimate for holding conventions in their re-1 the loss to the school fund from spective districts ; and the chairman j failure to list and pay poll tax at not of said respective committees shall less than $75,000; aud to the c mn immediately notify the chairman of j poor fund at $25.00) a total lo;-:s ou the different courtfy executive com j poll tax of $I00;OW. nr. t tees of said appointment, and Of course these figures are only the said ouuty executive commit-, an approximation, but they are not tees shall forthwith call conventions t very far from the truth. ud ed the. .111..:.... ...il.r. a l in 1. . ..-ii 11 oi men lespecLivu uuuuura iu ttm formity to said notice, to send dele gates to said respective disc-riot con ventioLS. STATE CONVENTIONS. 1 Tl, tJf. nitrtt-s.nti.trt c-to.11 1- . J. lit- uiaic iiuuicuiiuu 01:1111 composed of delegates appointed bv rM,fT7 pnnKi.iim,.! Each county shall be entitled to elect ! l.euee. Surely people who get t he one delegate and one alternate for 'tVe tue i!u -hc ?ooh mjni every one hundred and fifty Demo-! least to pay then- p ,ii tax, almost tratic votes, and one delegate fur 1 all ot which goes to tne scuool tunJ fractions ovei'seventy-five Democrat-! . lne comity oflieers iyiv-gradual ty ic votes cast therein at the last pre- : "creased the sch(;oi fun Is witho u cedii-g gubernatorial election; and ; au cang. m tne law-(the law has none but delegates or alternates so!1." been. essentially changod elected shall be entitled to scats in i mi So f;ll as i:,x,;s ;i,,v said convention: Provided. That ' concerned) by givpiOihgem-e to th every county shall have at least one '-"" of. ;oilvctioii I p-.ir.t to this vote iu said convention. matter ot failure to list ami pay then j poll tax to show where hll ni.ue r GNEAL EWS- 1 diligence is required and perhaos 1. Such delegates (or alternates ' additional legislation, of absent delegates) as may be pies- ! s. ih Fixiv.K, ent at any Democratic convention. Sunt. Public Instruction. THE STAfiDHeO. Kate of AdvertifciKft': One square, one insertion, $ 50 One square, one month, 10) One square, two months, 2 : One sq laie, fhioe months, 2 iV One square, months, 5 0i One square, one year, 9 0 shall be allowed to cast the wheb; vote to whi h their town&hip or county may be entitled. 2. If no delegate or alternate shall attend a State convention from aiiV county any person appointed by t ho president of eounty convention, or on his failure by its secretary, may represent the county. 3. In all conventions provided for " by this system, after a vote is cast there shall be no charge in such vote until the final result of the bal- lot glmll be aunoniieed t the cll;Ur m;U1 of gIlM couyt,ltiolu; 3 4- All Uemcciati executive coin- n h ; l u IT'Z ' S Va ,Cl?,5?5cullll, 1U tLeu le' o. That the chdrman of the dif ferent county conventions shall cer tify the list of deitgaesandaltei tiat s to the different district and State conventions, and a certified list oT said delegates and altt mates to the State conventions slja'l bo sent to the secretary of the State committe. For the committee. It. H. Battle, Chm'u, B. C. Beckwith. Sec'y. m ! .. TIEE P1BIK SCHOOLS. A j:'fat Loss of ?! onpy. We Oalit lt Hit .More I rum ioll Taws. No. 2. We ought to get much more money from poll taxes than we do. During 1SS7 the school census showed th iL the white children between six and twenty-one years of age were 62. i per cent, of the whole census, and the colored children 37.G per cent., which is about the proportion that has existed between the children for four years, as far back as I have cal culated it. But it is specially to le noted that the tax lists for the vear j 18;'G hows 141,123 white polls an.l j only CA, COS colored polls, which make. the white polls OS.G per cent, of the whvle number of polls and the col ored polls only 31.4 per cent., which is just about the proportion that theie has been between the listed white an 1 colored polls for four years also, as far back as I have calculate d it. The United States census of 1S.S) showed the number of white voters to be 188,732 aud of colored 10.1,018 294,750 voters, of whom (51.4 per cent, were white and 3".G per cent, colored. I bring the figures together for contrast wllito voters White n lisleJ , . (v,im..i f.i,ii 1i-pm Cnlorp.l votpr . .(12.4 per cent. . .04.4 -. .GS.G " " ..?7.C " ..35.0 -.31.4 " Coloml pols listeJ- This evidently shows a large fail ure to list for taxrrtion on the part of the negroes, for I feel sure that th colored people between six and twenty cne years of age are not more in - number proportionally to th-1 whites than they are beyond the age of 21 years, at which age the poll are required to be listed. Even if it is contended that pioportionaliv more colored children are born thun Aud further State iu 1880 The property of the iv as 1 ?.v : 2. (). this the school tax is twelve and one- half cents on 5?100. which wonh: amount to 3253,440.77, which is .es sentially all collected. Tue wh ih number of polls listed was 205,73!. At $1.50 on each, which is about the average applied to schools, the po):s would give a revenue of .3 !;)8.f ;. ;.. t Puttiug these two items together .ve. haveS502,l:i7.27. But from these tw sources the returns show receipts f; the school ri'ND of only 3h)7,387.:M which represents actual collections of 8523,5o0.21, the sheiiftV coniniis- sions of five percent, deducted be. I fore the revenues are 'placed tolht I i roil if. nf flio Sfir il fund Tii. figures show a loss of 38.r,71.00, a 1 ,, . ,u iwi ,...:i. c . .1 to a failure to pay the li.-.tei po.; 1 T . . - tw,.;,,, I (roflior Loss on polls that are listed. . ; LOSS on 20 201 colored $38,571 0-i 3H.301 s; polls not listed Total loss to school fund on polls Total loss to pool fund ( as much) $0S,72 S'J 17,218 22 Total loss on polls. . $S0,O81 11 This is what it would be if the no groes listed as well ah tuk. wiitti and all pells listed wlki: pa id. The estimate dves not take into cons-de- 1 ration the number ot whites th;.". I faii to list and the proportional reiuiiis ami tei tieuieuts wuu ito sheriffs in many counties show very large insolvent lists. Whatever oai; be done by the. count j oilhers to correct this del nqueucy siio;ihl by all means be done, and I :a ike the 11 .1 11 -lti ! statement to call special attention to ! " as a m ttter of no small cons,