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UV A1H E. FERRIS.
,,r sphere," said the liquor
.. a woman's place,
', vour children, cook and sew,
ii vour womanly prace.
;,r.l "women who war on us
thrmsvlves and their sex :
i li'.ihv politics,
o ,,f the hind they vex."
.other, sit still at home,
n vour babv boy,
..Mcr lurks in the street with-
A-
!;is chance to destroy,
-e little feet can pass
; the garden pate,
! , : :iir piey, but sit you still,
' .'.: to sleep. 'Tis fate.
v.: cherish your winsome girl,
T::
-.; t ho fair, sweet life
. ..re and penile charm
: j the drunkard's wife.
- - fnir and sweet and wise
u in some careless love
a drunken stab or shot
i v send her above.
n'ppinp your song, and starting
, art and eyes afire,
Inz, with your soft white hands,
;lc the monster dire !
v:
A:ii
IV v r.c: The hare for her young will
y , t::v hiid prow wild
...;;i;ir his nest ; and dare you think
V -a, nun cares less for her child 1
t)!in' is woman s truest t-nere,
r tier deadliest foe ;
- 4 ..;.., i t. oil by j-our sleeping child
cut. est' too mild for a blow?
v. , you are womanly, tender and
true.
:: i vi nr home is your chosen sphere,
F:l-lit. :'iht as for life! If you shirk or
f,:'j
V in ;tv lose all life holds dear.
sil.f. OF PI'BLIC LAJfl.
The Concord Standard has a seu
article on the disposition of
tht-; :: ;:r lauds in this State. We
hrurti'v concur iu the idea of seud
i: the State's convicts to drain and
i:r"; : ve the waste places in Xortu
Carolina rather than have the con
::: i:.:i'!owd as they have been in
Ilia.. v castJ. Convict labor might,
i:i way, be made profitable to the
;,it. whereas it has too often been
..!:; :v:;;ub!e. There cau be no
vr..:it to the Suite to hire its convicts
t.i .-r at corporations. The same
I.ir;ti that were sold for a mere uoni
i:.:t um might have been sold for
ten times that amount if our State
if Education would have
evd.ivtl. through our legislature, the
i;.h labor for the improvement
ef tip s'',':"0 acres of land disposed
of. L-1 our next legislature look
to the interests of our free
f. iiin ls. and if possible use all such
a;ii!.iMe meaus for furthering the
fv;-m of free education. China
r;,Ac Dart.
I tie Klcctoral College.
The i ;ew apportionment bill will
Let i 'haiie the next electoral college,
nor the next House of RepresenU
t:ws. 'The increase in Congress will
i.i t take effect until after March 3,
lv i. The io-xt Presidential elec
tieti. ttu-n. will be held i.ion ih
j n - tit hash. In 1888 the electoral
culieire consisted -f 401, oi" which
2"1 re neLcss iy 'o a choice. In
l'ri the electoral college will be
4;' '. of which 211 will bea majority.
The six i,ew States have added the
ahhtional votes. In 1896 when the
a; i i tiotniient under the Dunnellbill
: into effect, the electoral college
have 444 votes. Six certain
O'Uioeratic States gain seven vote3.
Alaiama, Aikansas, Georgia, Mh
"ti:i and New Jersey one each, and
Texas two. Of Kegublicau gains,
Ca .fornia. Colorado, Kansas, Massa
chn. tts, Michigan, Oregon, Wash
ington and Wisconsin each gain one
thitoral vote, while Illinois, Minne
t' ta and Pennsylvania gain two and
Xeh;tka three a Republican gain
(f v vtiiteen. Augusta Chronicle
On (tie Move,
New Year's day has passed and,
as is usually the case, many of our
hu-ia, -.-s men moved to wh;tt they
thought better places in the pastur?
of trade.
-Morrison, Lentz & Co. moved their
et'tir.' stock of goods to the room
rec-iitly occupied by Bell & Sims,
and ktioA-n as the "Farmers' Store."
' in Miseuhimer moved from his
old stand in Caton's block o the
which Morrison, Lentz & Co.
bar, i,t vucated.
' Fisher will move to one of
huak. r's store rooms as soou as the
Cf'' -shelving is finisned.
i'r. J. P. Gibson will move his
et" k of drugs, etc., from the old
fUn, which he has occupied for
t' ! i.tv years, to the Caton building.
P. Dayvaulr will increase his
already large store by occupying the
r 1 tn which Gibson's drug store is
in connection with his store, and
W;'l run a larjre wholesale and retail
!'v ;'oods and grocery 6tore.
"Id Lady Caldwell, the Express
c m any'?; best man here, will move
ki place of operations to the
-M N'iiich building on Depot street.
I. J. Hopkius has moved into his
w resilience on Sprinjr street.
Manlus Goodman has moved into
th, I
louse lately occupied by 'Squire
i iiarr on Corbin street.
'v'iiiru Pharr has moved into the
v. Peeler house on Church atreet.
orgc W. Fisher and family have
'H' wd into the house recently occu-
I'.e'l by Sinoot Day vault, near the
jail.
r . i . .....
u Ma3 tieen satU tnat two moves
ar 'tial to one lire, but judging
from tlie ahove it would seem that
'ir citizens don't think so, or that
fh-v don't mind a fire. At any rate
they are well satisfied, and things
iikelv rock on through the xsew
1 -tar, and briug as much prosperity,
a"d possibly more joy, as any of the
uoi years. We hope so any way.
'l'li Standard is a hummer.
VOL. III. NO. 52.
Mr. Lewis, of Bladen, had a ter
rific encounter with a black bear.
LITTLE DROPS Of
Ifar, Pitch, Terpentine ad Other Tar
Heel Products.
Dr. B. F. Dixon, of Greensboro,
is chaplain of the Third Regiment.
Edward Atkinson, the great econ
omist, of Boston, owns property in
Cherokee county.
The new revenue cutter, Winona,
will arrive in New Berne waters the
middle of January.
Greensboro Record: Greensboro
is to have h telephone exchange.
Onward is the word !
Dr. Wood, the superintendent of
the Raleigh Insane Asylum, makes a
most gratifying report.
The tracklayers on the W. IN". 0.
road are this side of the trestle at
Marble Creek. Murpny Scout.
Since the middle of December, the
Blackwell Durham co-operative to
bacco company has shipped to or
ders 700,000 " pounds of the Bull
tobacco.
Asheville Citizen : A brokeu axle
on a freight tram derailed several
cars at Black Mountain this morning
and delayed the passenger train from
the east about four hours.
Our superlatively haudsome and
irresistibly charming rustic amicuses
of Cullowhee, C. A. Wallace and R.
L. Madison, made us an extrava
gantly appreciated visit last week.
Harry Blount in Tuckaseige Demo
crat. Wilmington Messenger: Yester-
I day while the fox hunters were com
ing from Wnghtsville one of the
Gregory-Arlington pack of hounds
was run over by a carriage on-l so
badly injured that it is feared he will
have to be killed. One of his legs
was broken.
in answer to a letter ot inquiry
in regard to the intentions of the
Murphy Land Company, N. B. Duke,
of Durham, writes: "We have
merely purchased a lot of land in
aud around Murphv, and at present
rt is not our idea to do anything
towards developing the same.
China Grove Dart : Mr. L. E.
Propst killed a wild turkey last
Wednesday that weighed twenty
pounds. He says he is having "beef
steak made of the breast. At this
writing, he cannot see, after having
eaten at least six Christmas dinners,
that he has made any impression on
the dish.
Already the Charlotte Chronicle
has received $2d from a young man
for the advertising fund, and $10
from a noble Charlotte woman for
the fame purpose ; and now it has to
report a subscription to the fund of
$108 from E. M. Andrews, the lead
ing furniture dealer in the State, and
tho largest advertiser himself that
North Carolina ever knew.
Wilmington Star: The Masonic
procession last night was a very im
posing one. About two hundred
members of the Order were in line,
marching in column of fours. Pre
ceded by the Second Regiment Band,
they moved down Market street from
St John's Hall, up Front to Mul
berry, thence to Third street and
thence to the opera house.
The scarcity of prize-house room
is being complained of by the tobacco
men of the city, and they consider
this a great drawback to the tobacco
interests. Raleigh, as a tobacco
market, has Veen on a boom all the
Fall, and will continue so during the
present year. Now let us have more
prize houses, larger houses aud bet
ter prize houses. State Chronicle.
Captain Mclver with a squad of
convicts, about 112 in number, from
Mocksville, passed through Albe
marle last Saturday. This squad i3
camped near Mr. W. II. Randall's.
Nearly 500 convicts are now at work
in this county on the ladkin rail
road. The grading to Albemarle is
in a manner complete, and it looks
as if the road would be complete to
Norwood by or before the 15 th of
March. Stanly Observer.
Lumberton Robesonian; Mr. W.
E. Lewis killed a bear near Smith's
Bridge ' in the edge of the Big
Swamp last Saturday night that
weighed two nunureq a.nu eigniy
pounds. The bear had killed
number of hogs and was eating
hog when Mr. Lewis found him. The
bear was shot nine times aud then
had to strike him several times with
an axe before he was killed.
Greensboro Record: Mr. Robert
Whittiugton won his five turkeys
yesterday shooting at two hundred
yards range. Bob is a good marks
man and inherits his skill from his
grandfather, Nehemiah Whitting
ton. who was famous with his rifle
many years ago, and lead many
shooting match near the old "Liber
ty tree." at the GuilforM Battle
Ground. This old flint and steel
rifle is an heirloom in the Whitting
ton family to-day, and no money
could purchase it.
Lenoir Topic: On the night
before Christmas a nine ounce can
non cracker exploded in the right
hand of Dockery Df Crisp, one of
the Topic's compoaitors, and injured
him very badly, the middle finger
having to be amputated at the first
joint and the flesh on the palm of
the hand aud ball of the thumb
being painfully lacerated. It will
be two months or longer before he
can work at the case, if he ever can.
He had laid in a supply of fire-works
and gone to the residence of his
grandfather, Osmond Gragg, Esq.,
on Abingdon creek, to spend Christ
mas. The cracker" had been lighted
and set down when Dock thought
the fuse had gone out and picked it
up to relight it. Just as he gasped
it it exploded.
There wa3 a large fire last night
in the woods somewhere back of the
Poor House and the glare of the
fiames was plainly visible here. I"
was the first of the season. The
rain, however, squelched it. Wil
mington Review.
A few days ago a trunk belong
ng to a certain young man living
not a thousand miles from Tarboro,
was opened by a blacksmith, the key
being lost, and what do you suppose
was found therein ? A pistol, poker
chips and' a Bible, were all there
together. larboro Southerner.
The enterprising people of Madi
son have on foot a scheme for utiliz
ing the water power at CardwelFs
mill for generating electricity for
light aud power purposes in the
town. Three new tobacco factories
and other manufacturing industries
are to be established, all using elec
tricity for power and lighting.
lhe remarkable impetus given to
the clam industry hereabouts, as
shown by the shipment of 147 bar
rels by the Pawnee to New xork
yesterday, is due, it is said, to the
fact that former attaches of the
Court House, thrown out of a job
by the recent election, are digging,
like the boy after the ground-hog,
for meat, and are bound to have it.
Wilmington Star.
ARRESTED FOR I'OISOXIXG.
Till Grly and Hin naughter-ln-Law
Held on a Serious Charge.
Tilla J. Grady and his daughter-
in-law were brought here yesterday
and committed to jail charged with
the murder of Grady's wife by pois
oning, lirauy is about sixty years
old, and his daughter-in-law is about
twenty-two, and has a child only a
few months old.
Grady and wife have not lived
happily together for manv years, and
she has frequently had Grady ar
rested and before the courts for as
sault and battery upon her. Since
her son married he aud his wife have
been living with Grady and his wife,
and the elder Mrs. Grady has im
agined that her husbaud aud her
daughter-in-law saw too much of
each other, and this has caused Til a
Grady's wife to become intensely
jealous of her husband aud her
daughter-in-law.
On Monday of last week the four
iu family took breakfast together,
and very soon afterward Mrs. Tilla
Grady was taken violently ill with
symptoms that indicated arsenical
poisoi.ing and died in four hours.
Her hufaband had left home as soon
as he finished breakfast, and was
not there when his wife died. The
deceased declared from the time she
was taken ill till she died that her
husband and daughter had poisoned
her by putting something in the cof
fee which she drank. Coroner liui
falo has for several days been hold
ing an inquest, and the evidence was
found to be sufficient to hold the
accused parties for action by the
grand jury. The body of Mrs.
Tilla Grady has not been exhumed,
but it will be, and a post-mortem
examination will be held at once.
The family r sides several miles trom
this city, near Mill brook, and there
is much interest manifested in the
matter. Raleigh News-Observer.
A Bit of History.
Poplar Text. Jan. 1, '91.
Editor Standard :
I beg space in your valuable pa
per for a bit of history, and hope
that the readers will paste it in their
hats and read it often for their con
science' sake :
When Egypt went down 2 per
cent, of her population owned 97
per cent, of her wealth. The people
were starved to death.
When Babylon went down 2 per
cent, of her population owned all
her wealth. The people were starved
to death.
When Persia went down 1 per
cent, of her population owned her
land.
When Rome went down 1,800 men
owned the known world.
There are about 40,000,000 people
in England, Ireland and Wales, and
100,000 people own all the land in
the United Kingdom.
Where are the United States has
tening to? "There is something
rotten in the State of Denmark "
Here is the mile post: In 1850 capi
talists owned 37 J per cent, of the
nation's wealth ; in 1870 they owned
63 per cent.; in 1889 out of 1,500,
000 people living in the city of New
York, 1,100,000 dwelt in tenenuni
houses. Here comes the best of his
tory : Isaiah x, 1 and 2 " Woe unto
them that decree nu righteous decrees
and that write grievousnes3 which
they have prescribed. To turn aside
the needy from judgment, and to
take away the right from the poor of
my people, that widows may be their
prey, and that they may rob the
1 " k pvn
Keno.
THE KOAXOKE A SOITIIEKX R. K.
The Line South or W lnston to be Lo
cated The line of the Roane ke & South
ern railroad ha3 been located, in its
entirety, in Virginia. Engineers
have been stnt to Winston to begin
the surveys south from that point.
Two lines will be surveyed, says
the Winston Daily Sentinel ; one
line by way of Salisbury and Enoch
ville to Charlotte, thence to Lancas
ter, S. C, by way of Waxhaw and
Catawba Springs. The Sentinel
says still further i
Besides two lines, a 'cut off ' line
will be surveyed' from Salisbury to
Mt. Pleasant. This gives these two
places two chances for the road to
one for all the others."
The Winston Sentinel says noth-;
ing about Concord, but possibly
something will "drap yet."
CONCORD, N. C, THURSDAY, JANUARY S,
CourtshiP
WAS THE THEME OF A MOST
SPLENDID A DDK ESS.
By Dr. Bays, Paster of the t'oueord
M. E. ( hureh, In the Court House
Friday Mftbt.
As was announced, a lecture was
given Friday night iu the court
house, by Rev. II. . Bavs, D. D.,-
on the subject of "Courtship."
The court room was well filled by
a very large audience. The lecture
was given by request.
Esquire C. G. Montgomery, in a
few pleasant remarks, introduced
the speaker. A Standard reporter
was desi-ous to give a full short
hand (?) report of the speaker's re
marks on the subject of Courtship,
but became, at times, so deeply in
terested that his mission was forgot
ten But our notes suggest the
leading features of the address. In
substance, Dr. Bays said : Before I
proceed I wish to say that I'm no
lecturer, aud have been pursuing
other work for twenty years. The
lecture I shall give is but fragments
of some reflections, observations and
personal experiences. What I shall
say is true, and my experience is not
unlike others. This address was
prepared and delivered at Bristol
College, and at points in all of the
Gulf States. It was not done to
make mcney for myself, for every
dollar I received two were given
away.
To find a popular aud suitable
theme for an address to entertain
and please the public, in this dav of
fastidious tastes and orthodox relig
ions, is no easy task. Iu this time,
the facilities for knowing other peo
ple's business, etc., are great. We
are a nation of critics; no age has
equalled it; the lawyer, the preacher,
the editor, the teacher, the black
smith, the cook, washer-woman -all
are critics. Here the speaker told
of some common criticisms. The
person goes home f roiii church ; she
says the sermon was too long, not
sensational enough, and so and so
has but one bonnet and her children
eat dirt. Another critic says the
merchant is a scoundrel, the physi
cian gives dough for pills and ashes
for calomel ; the lawyer is so cor
rupt that buzzards get sick and 11 y
over him ; the blacksmiths use but
two mils in shoeiuga horse ; the
carpenter is so mean he steal nails
from a dead negro's coffin ; I rubbed
agaiust an editor down street and
can scarcely tell the truth; I saw a
bonnet that looked like a crazy quilt,
aud many other criticisms are heard.
The girl conies home from church
and tells what she saw. Oh, did
you get a fair look at that squint
eyed, bow-legged, squirrel-jawed
fellow, and many other such things
form a common topic. That girl,
when asked the text, hesitated and
then answered, "Job building the
ark."
The s ibject of courtship strikes
the popular and practical ear; it is
one of the fine arts, and an enter
prise in which everybody, male and
female, old and young, is engaged in,
or has been, or expects to be, at the
first opportunity. All boys expect
to court somebody aud all girls ex
pect to be courted.
The speaker made this proposi
tion : If any one present has never
courted, or never intends to do so, or
has never been courted, will please
stand up. Laughter. (No one
arose.) You plead guilty, hence my
subject is a necessary one. Courting
is like eating ; it is necessary and a
matter of business. Volumes have
ben written on "How to Court,"
"When to Court" .and "What to
Court " Those who have crossed
the Rubicon, those of us who have
crossed on to this side, can give some
points, suggestions aud advice.
Those young people Avho are just
learning to strut are amusing they
are making the first step towards
courting. Strutting is not courting ;
it is always a feature of courting
I've tried it. Strutting is something
that id philosophy can explain. The
world calls i primping in girls, and
polishing in boys. It is something
that repells or attracts. The girl or
boy need not say a word the face
tells it. The old bachelor has a hard
time shaping himself. It is amus
ing to see a fifty-year-old bachelor
cutting his pm feathers on strutting.
When he gets nto that mood, his
preparations are interesting; he goes
to see his girl, he 6its in one comer
and whis .les. - He goes home, a
dreary room, curses the cat and falls
into an unmade bed. But I'd rather
be a bachelor at fifty than a hen
pecked husband in mj teens.
Courting is a natural impulse
the natural impulse of animal and
vegetable life is to pair off. Right
here the- speaker's picture aud de
scription of two distant trees,
through breezes, etc., commence
courting, loving and finally wedding,
were beautiful, indeed. Courting is
nothing but finding some one to
trust, to place confidence in and to
cling to in preference to all others,
and when these pledges are made
the obligation is a great one.
The subject revolves itself into
"How to Court," "When to Court,"
and " What to Court." No rules
can be given for conductiug a court
ship. Tastes, temperaments, and
easterns render it iuijwssible. They
sometimes court by letters, by third
parties and sometimes in person.
They stick letters about in fences
and cracks I've tried it. There are
general rules for conducting a court
ship. COVRT STBAIGHT.
Tell the truth; be honest: let
your words be true ; your look? be
honest and your actions sincere.
Don't use a false face ; she'll find
you out. Dou't try this game on
her I've tried it for it's her game;
she'll beat you at it. She, with the
use of a bolt of cloth, a box of Lily
White, etc., meets you with her own
game. It will be nice and encour
aging for a while; but when it ends
you'll look like the tail end of a
March whirl wind. Beat a woman
beat a woman the slicker you shave,
the more she frazzles ; the more you
brush, the more she bangs. A man
is mighty silly to try to beat a wo
man at her own game I've tried
that.
COURT IS A BUSINESS LIKE WAV.
'"here is too much sentiment in
Amevican courtship This is the
most important act of life, and yet
it is treated in a light, sentimental
way. Another thing is
CLANDESTINE MAKIilAGK
in American courtship that ought to
cease. Thera is no business or sense
in it.
Young ladies, hear me ! I demand
that you hear me. I've been here
forty-five years and I demand a hear
ing. Be careful, be thoughtful, be
prayerful in your courtships; this
applies to men. Young ladies, your
lover has no right to have you keep
it from your mother. Find a man,
with a man's heart, a man's f ice, a
man's arm, a man's hand and a man's
character. When you have accepted
his love, don't den it. Tell it! I
was always proud of it; told every
body I saw and sent it to those I
couldn't sec. The speaker recited
the actions of a girl in Tennessee
who denied her purpose to marry on
the wedding day. She did not mean
it.
WHEN TO COUKT.
This depends on circumstances,
age, &.c. I'm not opposed to chil
dren and quite young people asso
ciating tog ther; but going into so
ciety and courting are two different
things. Hasty marriages are often
disastrous; long courtships are not
well, but sometimes save lives from
ruin and disaster.
There is a rich experience in first
loves and sweethearts. Who can
forget walking home with a girl (his
first time) from a corn-shucking, a
school-house, or a hog-killing? The
remembrances of such touch a ten
der chord in every patriotic heart.
The speaker told of his first expe
rience It was extremely amusing,
because true to life. He gave the
circumstances, and the audience,
from a memory ot just such trials,
sympathized with the speaker. Yes,
my friends, it is difficult to get a
start it is hard woik I've tried it.
",o find whether thciv i confidence
requires time; it reqnuvs time to
st.uly self, consult mail and consult
God. As to time, adept the golden
mien neither hasty marriages nor
long courtships. Don':, court life
away; don't make courtship a frolic
to burn up time; make it a business.
The kind, Christian girl need not be
in a hurry; she'll have enough
callers.
The speaker's description of the
"capers" of a young fellow prepar
ing to call during his strutting days
was rich, rare, racy and real. He
works on shoes ; shaving comes next ;
he whets his barlow knife, gets some
soft soap on a cob, a cup of cold
water and makes for the barn loft,
takes some straw for a brush, and
has a time with his shaving utensils
and a pocket looking-glass. He puts
on his corduroy breeches, his sister
fixes his tie, and he bathes himself
in cinnamon drops he's turned
loose a great knight.
WHAT TO COURT
The women dj half the courting
and no mistake. Were I to ask one
of these elderly sisters if she ever
courted, she would become indignant.
When she answers "yes," she courts
that's half of it. Why, she waited
three months for the popping of the
question I know it.
There are dudes and dudines
The dude is the gr-atest man of the
age; he's no interloper but the beau
of the age. Young man, court a
woman, not a bolt of cloth; young
woman, court a man, not a roll of
putty in cinnamon drops. Down
with false aristocracy. The speaker
paid his respects to aristocracy in no
uncertain way. I tell you you had
better court a bag of saw dust than
bag cf ind ; you can rid yourself
of one and the other is always with
you. There are strange things in
this life I've seen a boy n ho loves
home, his pareuts, is manly, etc., be
discarded by a girl who takes up I
don't know what to call it. She
says he's a pretty (?) boy pretty
pretty boy! Goodness, I'd rather
look for a white black snake than a
pretty boy. Be sure you are court
ing a woman before it is too late ;
be careful, be cautions.
Don't expect to find the young
man or woman to be perfect; look
for faults and defects. Here the
point was nicely illustrated by a
description of a marriage and the
scenes afterward where a blind man
and an ugly woman with a sweet
voice figured.
Look for defects, don't wait until
afterwards. Don't cover up faults
with fashions and fine cloths. If a
young man were in the lofc above
the kitchen where his sweetheart is
cooking he'd hear wme things un
lawful q be heard. '
Let a girl become intoxicafed at
her home she'll be discarded. But
the man! Insist oil as much purity
in man as is required in woman. The
speaker quoted Gladstone: "The
future of the world may be judged
by the choice Anglo Saxon speaking
women make of husbands." The
closing remarks of the speaker, in
regard to the purity of women, the
influences of w,oman, reference to
1891.
mother and home, were beautiful,
touching, sublime.
Note. The address is a fine one;
while there is lots of wit, auecdotes,
etc., in it, all unite beautifully in
conveying an idea and convincing
one of the truth of the same. The
effect of the lecture is very good and
wholesome. While courting must be
a funny thing and the treatment of
the subject appears funny, the ad
dress is such a one as is needed, and
it will do good. Dr. Bays is a pleas
ant, forcible and earnest lecturer
It has been a long time, if ever,
since a finer and a more entertaining
address was delivered in Concord.
A STRAXiE NVIC1DF..
A Daughter Poisoned Her Father's
Mind -He Found Out the Deception
and Shot Himself.
ueorge vvasnington vvynn, near
Robersonville, about ten days or two
weeks ago killed himself with a shot
gun. He was insane. His mental
troubles grew out of his anxiety
about his property.
A few years ago he married a
pretty womau, and for a time all
went well. The " wolf in the fold "
entered later, it is said, in the shape
of an illegitimate daughter who
poisoned her father's mind against
her step-mother, and persuaded the
old man that money which he hid
and disappeared was stolen by the
wife. Mr. Wynn made a deed con
veying all his property to this daugh
ter and forced his wife to leave.
Some time thereafter the old man
became suspicious of his daughter,
and watched her tiL he became s:t
isfied that his wife ras innocent.
Man and wife became reconciled,
and Mr. Wynn sought to have the
deed set aside. H orry and anxiety
on this account affected his mind,
and he ended his troubles iu the
manner above stated. He was worth
$20,000 or $25,000. Tarboro South
erner.
Hillsltoro Masonic Lodge.
Oxford Friend.
The old records of the proceedings
of Eagle Lvdge, No. 71, located at
Hillsboro, North Carolina, show that
said lodge wa3 organized on the 12th
day of October, 1791, by authority
contained in a dispensation granted
to sundry brethren by James Glas
gow, I 'entity Grand Master and Grand
Master Proline of Free and Acce Ued
Masons for the State of North Caro
lina. Said lodge was opened in due
form, the Deputy Grand Master
presiding. The Worshipful Master
was duly installed, placed in the
chair and proceeded to appoint a
committee to draft a code of 13y
Laws. The subsequent meetings of
the lodge for many years were held
in tne dwelling house of Bro. John
Taylor. These old but neatly kept
records develop the occurrence of
many things peculiar to the masonry
of that day and age. They received
petitions for the degrees, appointed
no committees, ordered a ballot and
initiated the applicant at the same
meeting he was proposed. Much of
the work of the lodge was done in
what thev denominate "extra meet
ings."
Their records show that in the
space of a few years the lodge con
tained a large and enthusiastic mem
bership, and while these old but
valuable recor Is bring to light many
strange usages and seeming irregu
larities yet they forcibly demonstrate
the fact that a spirit of brotherly
love and affection characterize all
their meetings and governed them in
all their deliberations. The work
ings of the lodge since its organiza
tion have been uninterrupted except
for a period of about three years,
181G-17-18. Labor was resumed
during the year ISIS) by the election
of Chief Justice Nash Worshipful
Master. The lodge building stands
upon the same site of the residence
of Colonel David Fanning, whose
property was burned under the
direction of the 'Regulators, com
manded by Herman Husbands, of
Revolutionary fame. Among its
members are found the names o
many of the wise, learned, and gold
men of the State, such as Irancis n
Hawks, L. L. D., Chief Justice Nash,
William Kirkland who received the
degrees in Scotland and affiliated
with this lodge in 1762, Dr. Edmund
Strudwick, Col. Wil.iam Shepperd,
and the Hon. Henry K. Nash, Cal
vin E. Parish and others. The lodge
at present has a large membership,
none of which are known to be
guilty of the improper use of ardent
spirits, or the degrading practice of
using prolans language.
B. W. Hatcher, G. L.
It is t' be Hoped.
The heart of that little god Cupid
would twell with pardonable pride
could he look at Register Mackey's
" Matrimonial guide " in the court
house today. According to ' that
popular journal forty-nine couples
decided during the month of De
cember that their pathway through
life could not be strewn with roses
without the permission of the regis
ter. That they obtained, and ninety
eight souls were made happier
thereby. Asheville Citizen.
logaUm' 1H Pcrtent.
Kansas at present is in a bad con
dition. The farmers are in danger
of being ground to powder under
the heels of the money lenders. In
galls lent his cash at 18 per cent, to
the farmers. This is merely a sam
pie. It is reported that under a
foreclosure of numerous mortgages
there is really exceeding danger that
the farmers will be without homes
and become mere tenants at will.
Wilmington Messenger,
New Berne is making great pre
parations for the fair in February.
WHOLE NO. 165.
MAMMOTH HOrSE.
Opening of the New Pulitzer Building
The Pulitzer building, erected as
the publishing headquarters of the
New York World, was formally
opened on the evening of December
10 Seldom has there been so large
an assemblage of distinguished peo
pie from all parts of tho country
gaiuerea under one roof. Many
uovernors ot otates were there.
senators, congressmen, judges, law
yers, authors, editors, merchants,
and prominent persons in every walk
ol lite
The building, which stands upon
the corner of Frankfort Street and
Park Row, New York, is remarkable
for its great height. It is the highest
office building in the world, and is
the highest structure of any kind m
the city. The top of Trinity Church
steeple is barely on a level with the
floor of the lantern on the dome. In
the mai 1 structure there are 11 full
stories above the sidewalk level, aud
iu the dome there are six full stories.
Underground there is one full story
devoted to the press room. Besides
these there are four mezzanine sto
ries. The total number of floors is
26. From eidewalk to the top of the
donid or lantern floor is 309 feet,
nearly a hundred feet more than the
h(juht of the Bunk .Hill monus
ment. It contains 2 miles of wrought
iron columns, 16 miles of steel
beams, and about 5,000,000 pounds
of iron and bteel, enough metal to
lay 29 miles of railway. There arj
142.861 square feet, about 3 1 acres,
of floor space. .There is brick enough
in the building for 250 ordinary
houses. The composing room is on
the twelfth floor. There the type is
eet and the matrices ninde for si ereo
typing. The latter work is executed
iu the basement, so that the type
never leaves the" composing room
floor.
The editorial offices are elegantly
furnisned, aud the building contains
every rmxhrn appliance for the ten
ants as well as for the publishers.
U contains 79 rooms devoted to the
publishing of the paper and 149
rooms for general office purposes.
The success f the World is one of
the marvels of the day, and is the
result of the extraordinary abilities
of its enterprising proprietor, Sir.
Joseph Pulitzer, who is justly styled
the Napoleon of journalism. The
World has by far the largest circus
lationof any daily newspaper on the
globe, namely, 300,000 copies, while
financially it is most profitable.
The new building, contents, and
land represent a cost of about two
millions of dollars, and according to
the official certificates published in
the World there is no mortgage or
indebtedness upon the property.
Scientific American.
A Surprising Occurence at Poplur
Tent Manse.
Editor Standard :
On the evening of the 3isfc of
December, when Rev. II.' G. Gilland
and his family were beginning to
think it about time to retire for the
night, their attention was called to
the mysterious moving of two lan
terns at the gate. Supposing the
mystery to relate to some persons
who were about to make a call and
were detained by some accident at
the gate, the pastor of Poplar Tent
started down to offer his assistance
and welcome the new comers to the
manse. He was. quickly etirtled by
an - alarmed cry from his beloved
companion in life, saying, Mr. Gil
land, don't' go" down, they have on
dough faces." But putting on a
bold face he determined to meet Jthe
consequences and proceeded to the
front door, which he cautiously
opened and peeped out. At that
time two men approached and seeing
him, informed him that they had
been deputized to come aud give nim
a gool pounding This they . began
at once to do, not giving liim time
to inquire into the reason of such
an extraordinary proceeding. He,
however, bore it all without n,ur
munlig or complaining until they
had finisned their work. He then
permitted them to depart, not feeling
capable at that time. of giving suffi
cient expression of the profound
thaaks -of his family and him -elf
for the kindness of those good peo
ple who had deputized them to carry
iuto effect thi peculiar deed.
Let not his friends be'mistaken
and suppose that now Mr. Gilland
is fu'l of wounds and bruises and
putrefying sores of the fiesh and
that he needs the pity of the people,
for this was a New Year's pounding
of hams, sausage, other fresh meats,
chickens, butter, eggs, flour, pre
serves, lard, etc., etc.
Mrs. Gilland happened o be mis
taken as to the dough faces, which
was caused, perhaps, by the ; glare of
the lanterns. There wa3 joy in the
old manse that night, for the in
mates knew that they had much to
supply the needs of the hungry na
ture for many days. But that which
was most gratifying to them Wa3 the
evidence and assurance that they
held a good place in the hearts and
affections of the people whom they
loved. This is not the first time
such evidence has been given.
H. G. G.
A OVEL RI OGKSTIO.V.
To Nell Cotton In the Manner of tbe
Sale of Tobacco.
A prominent citizen of the town
hes no big farmer, nor cotton
buyer, but he has mighty good hard
horse sense made a novel suggestion
in the presence of a Standard re
porter about a new system of selling
cotton. The Standard can't ' pass
another day without printing it.
"Why not sell cotton like they dc
tobacco," says he, "and thereby save
time. The cotton could be unloaded
on the platform, and at a regular
hour the cotton buyer3 could be
present and the sale take nlace."
The gentleman contends that just as
good, if not more satisfactory, prices
could bo bad, less time would be
onsumed and the whole transaction
would fall right under the eyes of
seller and buyer. The columns of
the Standard are open for a discus
sion on this subject.
'
CONTAINS MORE READING
MATTER THAN ANY OTHER
PAPER IN THIS SECTION.
. MT.tSAltI .UTI.
Bad prophets are predicting hard
times in the spring.
Buckle on the 4git up and
aud go with the processiou.
The question is: What will the
Kansas Legislature do with Ingalls'r
That Reformatory, the Standard
insisted on, seems likely to material
ize. It's needed.
The President has approved the
bill providing for a $25,000 public
building iu Reidsville.
One hundred and seventy-seven
couples were tied in Durham county,
says the Durham Sun.
When aerial ship j come in wc
shall have Jly time all the year
round. Raleigh News and Observer.
The Oxford Friend, Sister Roun
trec, editor, says: "Several of our
boys left this week." 'Tis sad, and
you have onr sympathy.
The last shipment for 1890 of
smoking tobacco from Durham con
sisted of six solid cars, or 75,000
pounds. Let all smoke the pipe
of tobacco.
The citizens of Poplar Tent com
munity did a right thing in pound
ing Rev. Gilland for his work. To
pound some more of them would bo
right and to the poiut.
It is now stated, and by Mr. Job a
Wanamaker, too, that the revenues
of the postal department increased
$5,000,000 during the last liscal
year aud the mail service decreased
just about that much. .
The Richmond and Danville Rail-
road Company-is getting tiisty. There--
are no flies ou the vestibule cannon-
ball train,-but there ought to bea
flagman stationed at the street cross
ing. Will the authorities look into
the matter?
DuiilKG the year 1S90 the whole
amount stolen by bank officials, ad
ministrators, clerks, etc., reached
$8,G22,950. Pennsylvania leads, with
New York just behind. Mississippi
does the grand act by heading every
Southern State.
The town of Wilson has voted to
issue bonds to the amount of $35,0O0
for water works and electric lights.
That rings right. Concord, through
the enterprise of public-spirited cit
izens, has both. But bonds would
do the town good in the way of pay
ing debts am making further im
provements. What say you ?
The Scientific American, referred
to in. another column, under the
heading of ''patents," is the very
best publication in this country-for
those interested in science, engineer
ing, mechan'cs, inventions, etc. -A
copy of the Scientific American may
be seen at the office of thi3 paper,
where subscriptions will be received.
The Greensboro Daily Record is
very speculative and enthusiastic in
making some predictions about
Greensboro iu 1801. It predicts for
its town the best military academy in
the State, about 500 pupils at G. F.
College, an increase of 5,000 inhabi
tants, &c. These things the Record
puts under the head of "certainties."
It is said that many of the negroes
who went from North Carolina to
Mississippi," Louisiana, and other
Southern States, are now moving
farther' westward and settling in
Oklahoma. Many of the negroes
who were raised' in these States are
gjing with them to their new homes.
Rev. B. Foster, colored, of Katif-aaj
who was a candidate for State
Auditor on the People's Party ticket,
is the man to whom these "children
of Wander" look for guidance.
The Standard man was thrown
into a chat with a prominent mem
ber of the W. C. T. U. The con
versation drifted to the movement
towards the organization of an In
dustrial. School.- We think the good
lady is satisfied that such an institu
tion is not needed in this State, but
acts to be in accord with the move.
It is to' be hoped that the W. C. T.
U. will not present the petition to
the Legislature, but fall in for tho
Girls' Training School and a Refor
matory. They are needed.
THK
ALLIANCE TIIASKSIVI3f
SKRVKK.
A Large Crowd Present and Eerc-iet
Very Intere.llng.
The Thanksgiving service afc
Smith's Chapei, No. 4 township, on
January 1st, was a joyful occasion.
Mr. Jim" Winecoff was caught on the
wing" 'and gave us some pointers.
The sermon was preached by Pier.
Marks and. greatly enjoyed ; Rev. T.
W. B.uith made a practical talk on
"Why we ought to be thankful " ; J.
P. Rogers was earnest in his appeal
for "Temperance"; Rev. Paul Bar
finger talked vigorously, freely and
earnestly upon the "Great necessity
for farmers organizing"; and Rey.
R. S. Arrowood spoke on "Success
and victories through difficulties,"
and made splendid aud happy hit3.
The music was conducted by Rer.
An-owood. Several of these services
were held over the county, and -reports
say they were largely attended
and highly enjoyed. These meet
ings are' good and bring man and
man closer !
Haven't Time.
We- congratulate Bro. Cook, of
Concord, on his success with th
Standard. Last week's issue of the
weekly Standard reached 1592 copies.
And the Daily; well, its a regular
daisv. and it i3 well sustained. Bro.
Coo you ought to go right off and
get, get married. Stanly Observer.
. What Have You to Do Wltu It ?
The next "live-stock" deal the
Standard makes, .we want to be
through the Register of Deeds.
China Groye Dart.