North Carolina Newspapers

r THE STaUD&RD. ANBARB. I'UDLlSUiD EVEKV FRIDAY BY lANDAKD Pl'BLlSHIXG Co. Rates of Advertising! - . One square, one insertion, . $ 00 One square, one month, I 05 One square, two months, 2 00 One square, three months, 2 50 One square, six months, 5 00 One square, one year, 9 00 TERMS : CHE YEArTcASH 1 ADVAMCE, - $1.25. Sit MONTHS. ' - .75 VOLUME I. CONCORD, N. C, SEPTEMBER 28, 1888. NUMBER 38. BlE AGRICULTURAL ft iEGMlOfiL :0: CONCORD, N. C, OCTOBER 9, 10, il and 12 1888. THE FALL TRADE Will soon open, and H. A. BROWN, as usual, is fully pre pared to sell every thing in the line of Dry Goods, Groceries, AND General Merchandise AT EOCK BOTTOM PEICES :0:- A BKAVE HIDE. Ided.. "But the Yankees will a sonrn Boy AHmiinro in the Ron ' return and they will rind Eariy iy of the c iva war. j my dispatches on me. They By the side of a little stream, j are important ones and had to in the shade of an oak tree, 1 l delivered by ten tonight, Paul lay watching the cork! or else we would lose the bobbing up and down on the j battle tomorrow." "Uouian t tney be sent, queried I'aui, anxious He is, now receiving a Full Stock of Fall and Winter Goods i . 1 . VI water at nis leet.- ar on m the distance a misty haze hung like a veil over the dark mass of trees on the mountain side. Over the fields of yel low grain swept agen tie breeze wafting from the distant meadows the soothing swish of the clumsv farm wagon as they toiled up the long hills, laden with the golden har vest. The qniet rusting of the leaves, thesubdued sounds of the distant reapers' call, the low droning of bees mingled into a soft, drousy music, and Paul's eyes closd involuntary. The cheerful tune of the sup- such as the people need and will have. He will not be under-! Per horn' the wllirr of a lark's sold, and takes for his motto LOW PRICES." His line of Dry Goods, Hats, Boots and Shoes are no Shoddy Articles or sec ond hand purchases, but the Price will raise a RACKET in the Market. regular GBQGEBI1S of the very best quality for everv customer. The : grades of FLOUR A SPECIALIY, : and alwavs in Stock. Bargains. Be sure to call on him if wings close to his ear and the sudded slash of the fishing pole inio the water were unno ticed. This was the first summer of the civil war. North and Sou tli were ablaze with enthu- isiasm; the country was full of marching regiments, and i troops of cavelery with sing Sing bugles at their heads very best ! would dash through quiet vil jlage streets and speed away in the darkness to the distant i battlefield. i Terry quiet it was this sul S try afternoon, and no one who you want t looked at the peaceful farm Country Produce of all kinds taken in exchange ; house and the buisy slaves lor goods, at Lash Prices.- Do not sell before you see him. And now thanking you for the very liberal patronage so freely oestowed iieretotore, and asking a continuance of t 1 1 am Very Respectfully, same. IR. A. BBO"WSr. large and varied exhibit of Stock, Poultry, Farm and! Dairy Products, Fruits, Flowers, Ladies' Fancy Work, Ma-1 A, H. PR0PST, CHAMPION chinerv, &x, &c. ft i i i r i SI i I - j Plans and specifications of build-! 4 il i 1 r . . j Ii:gs made in any style. All cou-i A well-constructed track for the trials oi trails for tHitiifuii.v ?s-; 1 iTk . . . I 1 ) (. "55 d iv. Running races by well-(rained horses.!- 31ule races on Friday afternoon. Fcr Sale Cheap, A ONI) HAND OWJNIBUS I still keep on hand a stock of l Champion Mowpv liepairs. My I old customers ' A linl lijeat the old stand, Allison's corner. I nl-tf C. R. AVHITE. harvesting in the iields would have imagined that a few' ; miles away were two armies ! ready to begin the terrible I drama of war. i The shadows of the old stone fences and dusty alderberry j bushes lengthened across the iroad. The cows came slowly I up from the pasture tinkling j thier mellow bells dreamily as (they waded in the brook. The ! reapers, with their scythes jaeioss their sholdies, came j hoemward across the new ! mown meadow singing some low sweet lullaby of old slavery days. Presntlv there was a sound ISFOTIC3: I The undersigned having taken out j letters of administration on the es j tate of Aaron Ritchie, dee'd, all per I sous w ho are iudehted to said p-ttite with a caj'ciry for te vc piisM-npcr-, are hereby notified to come forward I , - il i . 1 . 1.11 .... 1 1 1: in Lt'id nuiLins nicer, v aii ai nils' juiu senie, aim an persons noiain llice. FUNiTURE CHEAP FOK CASH AT M. E. CASTOR'S I of horses feci o;i the hard j pike road. Closer and closer it came and the loud hoof- beats awoke Paul from his slumber. He raised himself on his elbow and peered through the tall grass to see who was coming. Suddenly a loud yell broke -n tin- HH uviniimi- nir I'nnl claims ngiiinst the said estate will I A i . i prese jt tl.em for puvment within ! Png- to his feet. Over the twelve months of this notice, or the! top of the hill just ill front of same wi'l be pleudod in bar of their him dashed four confederate I horsemen, tlieir horses reek- lifcoveiy. S. M. Ritciue and Lvtuei; Ritchie, Adnu's ot Aaron liitchic, dee'd. Aug. 21, 1SSS. nn ur mm J1U nu iug with sweat and ilecked with form. Almost at their heels charged half a dozen un ion cavelerymen. Three pistol shots rang out simultaiii eouslV. and one of the confed- By authority vested in mo as knttes threw up his arms, reel Commissioiitr, by a decree to sell ! ed for a moment 111 his saddle land for partition, tiled in the oiiice and then fell on the dustv of the Clerk of the Superior Court ! iV'iv;idp Thp rest il-mlied Sale of Land. Rosm SiitBS, sines, fates peised eaIa disy at H o'clock a, m9 ami c!gsI at 5 o'elocli p. nu Prniiuiti list turifilNlied mi application Sie railroads will give the is&aal low rateo Come each day mm term your fafimlses. ;lise Ag-ricsiltoal air. Dl 'If P I 00 of Cabarrus county, on the ICth dav of August, 18.L'8, in a Special Pio ceedinsr, wherein Paul liarnhardt and others are PlaiutifTs and Paul Barnhardt, Guar han, D. W. Ury, Guardian, and others are Defend ants, l win sell, by ptib.ic auction, at tne lonrt House door in Concord, X. C, on Monday, the 1st dav of October, I8S8, a tract Of land, known forward with the union men close in the rear. Down the rockey road, en veloped in a cloud of dust, they went, urging on their tired horses with shouts and i turnin tire on the foe, who tiO ! ADK COFFINS, ALL KINDS A SI'ECIALI'V. I d net f-ell fer cost, but for a small profit, t ome and exin.ine my line of g(D(li. Old furniture lepairect 12 M. E. CASTOH. It 'if. Miseh to ee asid misch t pSeae 12vesayl50iy come. A grooel tMiie all aroits&d me or 5T:Sre aci "MM. cl Mwlc hv ii weil-iraicfie! hassd Siiif;f? admission, 50 cents; Children under 15 years of ngc, 25 cents; under 8 years, free. Season tickets, till 25th of September, $1.00. h. c. McAllister, 1'iesident. Ii, T. J. LUDWIG, . 3ecrefcry, H. A, 43L.VCCTTLPEE, Treasurer. Sale of Valuable Land! By virture of a decree of tho K perior Court of Cabal rus count y in the Sneci-il Pn-ceediutrs of E. G. Irwin, AdinY of J;lm A. Baker, oe ceaf d, vs. J, P. Baker and otlurs. I, asCoinniifeiouev, will peli at public auction, hi front of the cuurt nciibe doer in Concord, on the sent laden messengers whiz zing pas their heads. So pursued and pursurs galloped out of sight leaving the poor fellow mortally wonded bv the way side with his faithful horse standing near. Paul sprang over the low stone fence and approached the wounded man. The confederate courier, for such he was lay on his side, one hand supporting his head and the other clasped tightly to his heart. His face was j 4. Jl fC 1 ? i A- till XV K, J . j quivered, his breath came slow land painfully- and a violent j tremor shook his frame. From j a wound near the right temple I a little stream of blood trickled ' slowly clown, staining the gray ; jacKet and .settling m a criin The YWekly News and Observer is i 'son )0ol in the load, a long ways tiie best paper evemub-! tj it n 1 i ; i : b.ntel in North Caro.b.a. It is it 1 x aul knelt by Ins side, rais- dit'to the ieoi)iea:idtotbe State jed JllS head tellderiv. nil'd lest- as the borne piace of Daniel Earn hardt, deceased, in No. 9 township, Cabarrus county, containing 200 acres; the description :md bounda ries whereof are fully set orth in a deed, for said tract of land, from Daniel Barnhardt to Eyeiine Barn l.ardt, recorded ir. Book No. 28 page 393, iu the office of the Register of Deeds, for Cac-nri us county. Tjerips of Sale: One fourth o$ the purchase, money in cash, balanec paj'abje twelve mouths after date of salet secured by note, at eight per cent interest, with good sureties and title reserved till purchase money is PAid in full. Title to this land is pprfect. GEORGE L. PATxERSON, Cinuiissioner August 16 th., 1888. News-Obsever. sir to relieve him "There's no one to take them at least no one I could trust, murmured the soldier. "And besides, the distance is over thirty miles and the Yankees are before us on the road"" A bright thought struck Paul. UI will take them, sir," he said quickly. "To whom are they to be delivered f "Colonel Raynor, Forty third Virginia cavalry, at lioekville. But could you really undertake such a ride thirty-five miles in four hours' and the dying soldier looked anxiously at Paul. "Yes, sir; I promise you I will do it," answered Paul bravely. The man pointed to his vest pocket. Paul drew out from it a blood-stained packet of dispatches. The man was very near the end now. With a greatful smile at the young face, bend ing over him, he whispered faintly : "Thank you, oh, thank you you will save the men. Tell them why I could not scome. feena mv warcu ro my j mother, Avhose address is on j this letter. Tell them how I ! died and burv ma here here. ! The eyes closed, the hands dropped, the head fell back, and the brave courier lay dead by the roadside. Paul spread the cavalry cloak over the still form, thrust the dispatches in his pocket, sprang on the wait ing charger and started down the road. It was now about six o'clock. If he wished to keep his prom ise there was no time to lose. Should he go home hist, it would be a great delay, and perhaps they would not let him go at all. So he deter mined to start immediately. He called a negro man who stood in a field near by, tell ing him to run to the house, inform the family of what had happened, and have the sol dier s body cared for immedi ately. Then touching the iiery horse with his heels, he dashed off down the road. The horse, a blooded animal with arching neck, slender limbs, plunged forward as if stung and swept on at a hard gallop. Down they clat tered, past the farm, over the wooden bridge, then out into the level road once more. It was growing dark rapidly. Low in the east were great banks of dark clouds, through which the lightning Hashed, and in the distance could be heard the low rumble of thun der. They n eared a dark forest that loomed up before them. Paul was a brave bov, but he could not help glancing anx iously at the deep shadows of the woods,, at the tall trees Hit ting by and listening to the dismal echoes his horse's foot falls awoke. Suddenly there came a Hash of lightening and and a tall oak, shivered from top to bottom, fell across the pathway. At the same time a loud clap of thunder shook the ground and died away in low reverbeations over against the distant mountains.. Paul's hors.e reared on its haunches, paralyzed with fear; then, trembling in every- limb with a wild neigh of terror, it made a Hying leap over the prostrate tree and darted down the road with Hying feet. Paul knew his danger, but he was accustomed to riding, and he clung tatlie saddle with his head bent forward on ed neck, quivering nostrils, limbs trembling with fear. Out of the woods into the open road again, and Paul drew a sigh of releif. Before him were the twinkling lights of a village. Up the hill he came and down the long, nar row street, the iron hoofs stri king fire from the stony pave ment. The shop windows looked like patches of light in in the darkness, and he could see the clerks run to the door to see who the mad rider was. As he left the village behind arid trailed out into the coun try again, Paul heard the town clock slowly chiming seven. He had ridden ten miles in the last hour. . Still the mad pace was kept up as the horse Hew by iields " of corn, through low pasture lands and by farm houses perched on rocky hills, over rus tic" bridges that cracked be neath the beating- hoofs, up muddy hills and down in low valleys through ankledeep water that splashed horse and rider from head to foot. He must have been riding at least r half an hour longer, -when at " t'te turn of theroad Paul caught sight of a man on horseback. - It was the picket of the union . cavalrymen, w ho were resting and eating supptr in a small cabin a few feet from the roadside. 'Halt!" cried the soldiei, da Paul came galloping-up. Sut the horse and rider dashed by without heeding the command. The picket raised his pistol, there was a crack, and a, bullet wizzed by the boy's ear. The soldier started in pursuit and ' the rest of the men ran to their horses and darted away after him. Paul heard them coming, heard the heavy splash of their gallowing horses on the muddy road. But the pursurers were soon left behind, and Paul sped on alone through the night. Just as he crossed the railroad track he heard tluN heavy rumbling of the approaching express, and the bright headlight burst in view around the curve. "With a bound the horse cleared the track and sped onward . It was five minutes of eight, Paul knew, for at that hour the traiu was due. In a few minutes more he was at the station, which was 18 miles from his home. As he left behind him the long line of light from the car windows the horse began to slacken his pace, and his rider could hear the heavy breathing that was the first sign of exhaustion. He galloped still, but it was in u labored way, and Pant could see that his strength would not last much longer so he pulled in the reins a little. The horse re lapsed into a swinging trot and. Paul sat upright in the saddle., The storm was now past and the. dark clouds drifted by rapidly before the rising wind, leaving the drench.- ed landscape Hooded with silvery moonlight Paul could see tho corn lying prostrate in the flooded Iields, the meadows gleaming in the watery light, with the overflowing brooks that washed over them, and now and then a fallen tree or over turned fence. The horses trot grew slower and slower, Paul could feel the trembling limbs totter as they staggered on ward. 1 he heavy breathing grew shorter and quicker, the smoking Hanks were covered with foam, and from the distended nostrils trickled a tiny stream of blood. One mile, two miles, they crept on. The trot relasped into a walk, the walk into a .stagger. Then, with a loud half neigh, haf-groan, the exhausted auimal fell to the ground dead. " Paul sprang off as the horse rolled over and set out down the road at a run. Up and down hill, splashing through the streams, he hurried with but one thought in his mind to deliver the dispatches in time, i'or more than a mile he ran, but his exertions began to tell on him and his legs began to weary. Once he slipped and fell, then eat for a mo ment breathless, but he sprang up. and hastened forward. His strength was beginning to fail him when before him he saw a light twinkling in a farm house, ;th the energy of desperation he ran forward and opening the door fell prostrate in the room. A woman who was knitting ilea a crib screamed at the sisrht of tho the : ii0y divnchtd to the skin, splattered the i with mud and sprinkled with blood. horse s neck. To keep horse straight in tl-M road was lying on the floor, but a soldier in and each moment nearer their desti- 188 8 st cue i.Viotk land situated in No I he people should take a pride in it. i ed it on his knee. '1 uoa.ti ue m every iamur. it is ' ! aJ eisht page paper, chock fu.l of p.m. a irsK-t i-fiihe best sort ot readmy mutter. ;i T..wnsl.in. sa;d!V-fcWS' "ark--t P?i;ts. nil that. ,.,; fir... i iou cannot anoru to re viinout it. county c,m a...u.c fifty mv w.-.re or , rrice 8 , 2- u r We ,vi; Un.nh l.ss, iu-vl J i-nngtlie h.r.d-,f K A. the Weekly News and Observe barn h&i rlt, u . 1- Luiu:ui and ut!i ! until J.inuarv 1 st .. 18(j. for 31. send : 1 v. he man i moment, and iixed frightened fn-, it ben!;; a nsiri of v l a' was the liomet place of said Jt.lm A ISak'-i. I ill alo sell the inversion in the (lo v oi Saiali A. Dak i. j-m d dt-w jr ens'.-t ing o -4 acie.sa.nd btitig a rait f said heme placf. Tc nns of sale fhnv.'iitd e-li. ludauce on six montli.-t(ine with S peri tut interest per anuuai Irv'n day of i sslf. jeeured by scud b"nd title re served umil pui chase moiiey is p:tid in :Ul! G InyiN. Co.ni iT.er- By W. G. gleans, Atty -Aug. :S; 1SS8- If .1 1 . 1 ior sutupif copy. Address, News and Ob-ehvek Co, closed his eyes for then opened them them on Paul's face. kvOh. sCr." gasped Paul faint- is thnre anything I can do i his object, ; bore die in nelioii. ! The dispatches must lie de 'liveiedin time the-y were of t vital importance to the army, land the boy was a true south Werner at heart, ready to die for ! his country, lie would do his the uniform of a confederate colonel sprang up from the chair in which he sat smoking, and lifting up the helpless forni,laid it tenderly onasofa. -Oh sir," gasped Paul, jerking the dispatches from his pocket, ''take these, take liiese quick th Colonel llavnor. His courier was killed and I I brought them!" Colonel Kovnor, for it was he, j - Kalei-h, N. C. J iCRrsflmsiil! UBis-iii uieiiuititiu i for you '." "Nothing, nothing," mur mured the man. 'It s all over with me now." and he pointed to the wound in his forehead. Let me run to the house duty; no one should ever say 'opened the pipers, read them hasti he was a coward. ! ly, and calling an orderly from the Suddenly ih : rain began to : "xt suwl 6yme hurried or pour in torrents,making a blin- j il'no- bcor of water Th 1 In the meantime the woman had lh-hteniri'' Hashes lit the wild ; poureu a giass vi Mine wu -m fiT.m tiniP ti fimo nti( uiniai, aim ae swu ii-gcuu eueugiu scene boom on boom of time, loud, rnm- ' arid get something for you ordding thunder echoed among In oi Hat:;, to purchaser poseu oi. can and see me just what I say. Mrs., I M enough to tell Ins story. 'the next day he returned home on a fine bay horse, of which the colo- him a present tor nis The horse" lived many alwavs pointed out henever he told the -sfory Vr nr.. let mo Hp Tiered Tithe rain, the darkness of the ! of his terrible ride when he brought CRSs. j haven't long to live," he gas-jdisnml forestj with outstretch i i l. .. i ii. . i. ii .. I ,!d , .,llf mxr ,f f I nave mem onng you up nome in.e mih. i nel had inade RonnPt. t?;v,i. vinvcuv on u wasrtfon, pieauea raui, i unwaru iu noiftc c, services. will offer ereat. inducements as he wiped awav the blood : Deal of thunder lending fresh j veilrs , nd was s until the same is dis- ! ,,-;fi, lc, hon,!1,.-uw.li' ! snperl to his feet. On thiouuh ', bv Paul w . 1 mean the dispatch that saved the battle.