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f i. THE STMlDiRD. Cj'VKDAT, - Januarv22, !S91 'iiliifSitente:, OTHEK PAPER EVF.K HAD AS LAKW1. CIRCII.ATIO I THE corsfTT. ( TOWN AND COUNTY. "There's Cmiel Amans ye Takin Notes Faith He'u Prent Them." TO OCR HV BSCR1RERN. j'jf management is de : 'reus that all subscriptions 11 paid at once. We hope i? clea n up our books and Mart anew the first of the ifar. W 'ill ach one, in ar rears, kindly come in and -Melp us in accomplishing this? I m m mm INilk of Colonel Trait. On last Friday, at Newton, Col. W. IlJTrott died, of pneumonia. For twenty-two year he was a resident . f Monroe, where he served several teriin as mayor of the town. But fipding it to his interest, he removed i?Nwton to make it his future liGBie. Ilere he soon won the confi ; tieiice of the people and waa elected t)( the office of mayor for several tudceeding terms. ' He had the confidt-nce and esteem bf H who knew him. ' Tkftt'a &ot mm. The following from the China Grove Dart is untrue: j , A gray cat, possibly from the Simdard office, came in contact with tie fast flying vestibule train just ' cratlide of China Grove and was completely annihilated." The editor is out late at night and he iflust be color blind. Ourcat is "yiller," and Salliecameinall right, hating stolen a ride from the rabbit market. The Dart man must be "out of sorts" if he is seeing mashed catft, etc. " ; mml I mm Jlla lffM. Captain J. M. Odell is the greit '.auc$esf,,a cotton mill man ia the twath. The meeting of the stock tellers of the Salisbury cotton mills w&iheld and officers elected. The Sail bury Truth remarks : Jlie annual meeting of the cotton mills was held ou Monday. Messrs. J. M. Odell. S. II. Wiley," W. Smith &x:ti Theo. F. Kluttz, J. M. Knox, W. L Kluttz and E. 1$. C. Ilambley irpr elened directors. At a meet ing afterwards six percent, dividend, j i vable in sixty days, was declared 'on U stock except th last series. f ml Caaarras. We notice in the telegraphic ac-: Ciioiitsof the Legislature that "Long tf Cabarrus" has been made chair ICiia of a committee ou "Citws, Towns and Townships " The man I .'erred to must certainly be our I'; remitative, Mr. Hileman, and the writer, when he wrjte that arti cle, must have had in mind that able Ititesmaii who represented us in the Legislature two years ago, .llou. Js. Now, we o'jict to this. It mak CaiLong feel ud to know that his preience is so much needed in Hal t that men write his name nn e&t iciouijy. In justice to this aged i ! wearied statesman let it be said i a a short time ago he thought he tould again be "called to the helm of State," but owing to the " puli (!0i condition of the weather" he promptly "refused unqualifiedly" to rjturn to the seat of government. . Catrb On. I4 speaking of a gentleman who recently re'.urned to this county, 'Bra, Cook, of the Standard, said that l;e went to the "hindquarters of the " f We have heard of places Itiig designated as "quarters," wf jiequ'irters" and other quarters, fc'sf we never before knew a county telchered into "hindquarters." Say, Bri, the; Standard is a daisy, we ad t :i but ain't its editor a regular Jial Dandy! Stanly Observer. .$0, we are not ; we are plain, very " 1 ', .In ! The editor of that sheet iently knows nothing about Corny. Don't you know that the fiitijpquarters or a beef is the best I ! t The title was intended for a ifpliment. If yoa don't like it, ; ti - change it to foreqnarter. !. ' 4 e Mere. 0 Mr.' Homer Barnlmdt, a quiet, 1 liaassurtiing, courteous gentleman, I I ed awav Saturday night. Having ' 'j' Ijeisna iu failing health for several years, his life was gradually worn ouC Mr. Barnhardt was unmarried, S liiii thii writer has never heard but j lie jyery kindest remarks for him I ,1m truly had no enemies. He fol .lowfl the printer's trade for awhile, Jbatihis health not admitting of bin 'orlciug at the business, he stopped articling type, and at his death he lsl a position in W. J. Hill's liar- it establishment. I IJonierhas set his last "stickful," I hit f galley " has been rad by the I Great Proof-reader above, and hifl M htm " is "locked" in the cold em : of death. :. I Tie funeral services were con iskcted in th Methodist church br 1 1: i t, Dr. Bars. Mr. Baruhardt was l,kit'33 years of age. 'He truly Ii4 without an enemy and died mUiout.'foe. - I '"be following are sonielin'es writ 1 fea by Mr,. Homer Barnhardt, a few f toi before he died, on "Hist':" In t e npirit land there's rest from pain, I , cf rom lDe 'ver of getting ain, I K!trom the care, the toil and woe, 1 l that's never found below; M ! l4 when lUll we find that peaceful rest, X ' reserved for the happy, good tui ! 'i blenicdf tS h be when this deathless spirit fHe, 1 0 (fee beautiful land beyond theBkiea? I'"'" I -m.m.m- H' I The Standard it a httamer. SHORT LOCALS. "Progressive EuchTe" parties are now in order. Waitawhile! Washington's birth day is coming ! Charlotte Graded School has an enrollment of 909. Yorke and Wads worth do not advertise penders. No Editors Pass will be taken onl subscription at this office. McNamara & Brown are putting Morris House in good trim. W regret to learn that Esq. J. H. Morrison, of No. 2, is quite un ell. The oats that is sown in youthful days will scarcely ni:tke good oat meal. County Surveyor Long rides in a cart. It's just as convenient as a sulky plow. One window in the bank building will be converted into a door to give entrance to a private office. Dr. J. Y. Fitzgerald went up to Linwood Saturday evening to spend a short time with the "old folks at home." Rumors as to the sale of some valuable property on Main Street has, by the SttmdarJ, been found untrue. To some, gray hairs are a terror. The silver thread is hidden by the tiny hand of the owner and viewed as an ill omen. An exchange savs the lecturer who was pelted with ancient eggs had no difficulty in ascertaining the scents of the meeting. Sheriff Morrison is beginning to look around and to notice you when you hail him " Sheriff." " He's get ting used to Since the McKinley bill became a law axle grease has gone up, and now tar kilns are being put up in all parts of the country. Mr. John M. Moore was doing some work in our office, and used " wooden horses " that have been in use for eighteen years. It's right am asing to hear some of our town people disenss their agri cultural experiences. Not one of them succeeded, it appears. Court is going to be here after awhile, and we remark that some body had better be looking after the public roads of the county. Meetings of stockholders and the election of officers to the manufac tories of the State, take up a good part of our exchanges now. If any of our readers have friends visiting them they will coufer a favor by button-holding a Standard man and imparting the information. The boys have again flooded the town witS tops and top-strings. The little fellow who can't afford one feals like a poor boy at the frolic. Things around here will not hae the right ring until a few dozen chronic grumblers and professional dead beats are knocked in the head and drug out. In some localities the apple and cherry trees are wanting to bloom. We hope this will not go to any great extent, for it would doubtless hurt the next crop. A committee of the County Com missioners are making an iuventory of personal property at the County Home. Mr. Cook, the superintend ent, asked that such be done. Mr. T. A. Rogers has bought the milling property of Ja3. K. Deaton. This is the property that Mr. Deatcn bought from Asa Barnhardt Mr. Rogers will move the mill, etc., to his plantation. Efforts, looking lo a complete sys tem of telephone exchange for Con cord, are being made, and it looks now as if they would materialize, Mr. W'orrell, we understand, is working it up. He had hard work to get his mul? s started Sunday morning we mean a horse, or rather mule, drover. He left Sunday morning in broad day light, and on Main street. Freight trains don't run (?) on the Sabbath, but a horse drover goeB all the sameJ The entertainment by the Mission ary Society of the Presbyterian church, was a delightful one. Those who were fortunate enough to be present rejort the pleasures of the evening as complete and full. The voluntary contribution box was a success, too. , Cuan Gray and Jim Russell, of Clear Creek, have been slaughtering the turkeys for some time. About a month ago they assasinated four of a big drove in one day. Last Thurs day they went out before day and Gray was fortunate in bringing down the old gobbler. He had a beard twelve inches long, und it is said the Blayer wears it on the lapel of his coat. This is an inventive age, and the South has its part of the brainy men. According to the Asheville Citizen, C. E. Moody now has a ma chine into which a log of fat wood can be dropped, to come out at the other end in the form of sawed and split kindlings neatly tied up and ready to ignitt almost as readily us a match. A stove does not go with every bundle, but a bundle should go with every stove. Mr. J. M. Irvi'i, who lives at home near Ttiliu, this county, has a family; and in that family there is a six year old boy ; and he, like other boys, has a rabbit box. One morning la?t week he caught a cat and a 'possum in the same box. Mr. Irvin can not explain the occurrence, unless the cat wes a courtin' of the rabbit and followed it in the box. The rabbit was dead. Esq. John Hugh Moose, of No. 7, comes to town occasionally, but it was neve." convenient for Mrs. Moose to come. She at last re solved to make it convenient to come, and after twenty-three years absence she makes a visit to the town that has more than thribbled itself in thai time. Mrs. Moose is a sister of Miss Julia Arts, who lives with Mrs. A. FoiL It is not sur prising to know that Mrs. Moose did not know Concord, and it all seems now tP be dreaau . Be patient Easter is coming ! Salisbury wants ,a new passenger depot. There seems to be rut little mov ing this year. The Y. M. C. A. rooms are de lightful places. The inside work of the Morris rooms is being done. The good die young ; but all that die young are nor. good. Wait for the fourth of July ; it is coming without a doubt. There are 120 boarding pupils at Greensboro Female College. See notice of the proposed change of the charter of Concord, N. C. Jas. K. Deaton was in town with about a pound of cotton in his ear. A drove of mules reached town Monday night ; they each have four legs. A barber shop has been opened by a Randolph county man at Forest Hill. There is snow in the mountains, and many of the telegraph poles are down. Miss Rumor, if she has any mat rimonial news, can call. The thing is dull. Sunday was a beautiful day over head, and a great many people went to church. J. M. Loman has accepted a posi tion in Liddell's machine shop, at Charlotte. There are only two boarders at Hotel de Will Johnston, outside of the chain gang. What will be done with our side walks? That is a question that confronts us all. The Standard is glad to see John P. Allison-out after quite a severe attack of the grip. The town-trial-office has rusty hinges on its door, and the policeman has nothing to do. Between three string bands and the telephone office," there'o music ironnd the St. Cloud. The general delivery window of the post office had a hanukerchief screen over it, may be aews. . it is said that Esquire Morrison contemplates erecting a handsome residence on the Mehaffey lot. If the weather continues to im prove, evening drives will soon as sume their former and original de lights. The latest brand of guano is dec orated w i h a dog-scared frizzly cat running off with a dry bone. May the cat survive. The Standard regrets to learn that Mr. Victor Caldwell, of No. 4,whose illness was noted in this paper, is not improving very rapidly. Joe Goodman 6ays that Dave Hill will go before the National Demo cratic Convention with a solid Ne Yor delegation behind him. Mr. M. W. Ferguson called and said: "Just consider me a life sub scriber to aiiy paper jou may eer edit" or words to that effect "Coming events cast their shadows before them." How about the flag man at the railroad crossing at Cor bin street he has neither shadow nor light. In life's journey, boys, remember t hat to do your whole duty and f aith ful'y perform every promise made to your fellow men should be your chief desire. The town schools are well attend ed ; and it is h pleasure to know it. Right now free school is going on, and certainly everybody will avail himself of the benefits to be derived. The Standard has heard of an un taught boy, eighteen months old, that could read the Bible. Je read until he was four years old and hen died it was supposed to have killed him. T le Oxford Day claims that the quality of the tobacco crop is over rated. The crop, it says, is composed of overgrown, diseased, bony leaf, with very little first-clase, smooth wrappers. While people are freezing to death in Holland and Belgium, on the streets and in the bed, we people are tasking in the-bright, love rays of a glorious sunshine, in a glorious clime so to speak. More wild geese have passed through this part of the country this winter on their way South than in any winter in a long time. The extreme cold of the northern winter has driven them to the sunny climes. N. F. Yorke and J. P. Beatty left early and cold for a several days' rustication around Bilesville. Yorke went for goobers for his firm, and Mr. Beatty went to buy timbered land for the Wool and Iron Works. A fair maid of the town carried off the Standard man's every-day hat. After wearing it for some time it was returned with this label pinned on it: "Shake well before using." The advice of physicians and wisdom is always obeyed here. Frea Smith is carrying one leg in a swing. He's been operating a machiii in the bag factory, and in an effort to stop this machine, he struck the wrong p:rt cf the ma chine with the wrong part of his leg and got it pretty nadly cut. At present it is st:ff, but we hope Fred may yet get it limber. The bachelor editor of the San ford Expreas an expre6Bly good paper iu copying our report of the "Courtship" lecture, says locally: "Attention, is called to the article on the fourth page on courtship, take from the Concord Standard. This article may prove of service to the bachelors and maids of this county, who eeem to misunderstand each other." Dr. W. IL Bays has been invited by the Missionary Society of the Mt Pleasant M. E. Church to deliver his lecture on "Courtship" in Mt. Pleas ant. Dr. Bays, we learn, will go to our neighbor town; and the Stand ard congratulates those people on the prospects of a highly enjoyable and profitable evening. The Standard man will follow him there. The date has not been decided on. It is the fixedneBS of purpose in a young man that counts. A neat tower is being built on the Presbyterian chapel at Forest Hill. The peanut market was steady today, a good article bringing one dollar per nut. In less than a month's time the woods will be beautified by the white bloom of the dogwood. The railroad schedule has g"ot in better running order. The trains are not behind so much now. The Standard man has heard it remarked that there is now in the country more cotton than Was raised in 1889. Applicants for license to pratice law will be examined before the Supreme Court on Friday, the 30th and 31st inst. Fred Swink is now wrapping goods for D. T. Dayvault. Fred is a hand some and accomplished clerk, and will please everybody. Some of the pretty windows, that were arranged for holiday displays, have been rearranged, but do not look as fine as they did. A few loads of crushed rock were taken to East Depot street yesterday. Several holes that resemble the "Hole of Death" are still there. The Standard will give a commu nication, possibly in Thursday's issue, from Dr. Mary Walker, who moves about in male attire. Those who took notice and believe the first twelve days to be an index can now tell pretty well what the weather of the next year will be. There was a musical warfare in town on Tuesday. Two men trying to sell one man an organ. Neither succeeded, but the Standard bets on his man. Wednesday yes, a cold day. Everybody the men walked along at a rapid rate with hands in pockets and noses red. and remarked : "It is going to snow." Mr. Noah Correll wants it under stood that he did not cut through the bank wall by night it was done in broad day light, and by order of the directors. A door is wanted. Let a Railroad Commission bill be passed at once! Why suffer any longer the grinding weight of cru ul monopolies? Put men on it that cannot be bought by whiskey, etc. Captain J. M. Parks, the genial Confederate soldier and son-in-law of Col. T. H. Robinson, and a resident of Statesville, gave us a pleasant call. Captain P-irks belongs to Ca barrus county. " Last Friday evening while the oratorical exercises of the colored town school was going on, the build ing began to spread a wild rush to the door put an end to the enthusi astic oratorical efforts of the Africo, Am. ricans. Now when you hear something that happened several weeks previ ous, don't you get mad and grumble, and say we didn't tell ou about it. If you will read everything in the Standard you will Jtiow about all that is going. Thpy are now kicking about the width of Three-Mile branch. Thai's all right. The water w ashes mud off buggies and from the legs of horses ; and in the summer it will swell sorry wheels. Let it alone it may have fish in it bye and bye. Not a tew wagoneers from Stanly camp here at night. Would it not be a nice thing for the merchants to erect a house that could be used for camping purposes? The cost would not be much, yet the good accom plished would be immense. Jus' behina the new Morris build ins is an old well, that, in its present, condition, is dangerous. There is nothing (except a few small copal trees, that are more of a blind than a protection) to keep animals or any thing else from falling into it. A man came to town the other day riding a mule. He told a tale that all who heaid it did not swallow it exactly. He said that he crossed a creek that morning that was 30 feet deep. The mule waded through in safety, breathing through his ears. Mr. John A. Sims left Monday night at two o'clock for his father's home, in No. 3. Mr. Sims was re ported dangerously ill with pneumo nia, it being the third attack. The messenger who came for Mr. Sims thought that recovery was very doubtful. Mr. John Atkins displayed some chickens in front of R. -A. Brown's store. They were labelled" "Orange Buffalo." They are orange color, but don't look much like a buffalo. The rooster weighs nine pounds and is done growing, and he can eat as much corn as a pine-rooter hog. Colonel Charles Dry, who helps Yorke & Wadsworth, brought Mack Hartsell over and tried so sell him our grindstone. It was brought to this office about a year ago by eome middle-aged Americas. It weighs just 325 pounds and-is good grit. The Standard claims it by right of possession, and if it's removed there'll be some litigation at once. - Thursday night, Joe Nerthrop was in town shaking hands with some of tne men whom he used to know in his boyhood.' His father was superintendent of the mines at Pioneer Mills. Joe and our popular dry goods man, Baker Morrison, fought many1 a hard fight when they were going to school together. But both are men now, and Baker is a merchant and Joe is a commercial traveler and sells him goods. He lives at Poughkeepsie, N. Y., and, is popular with all the drummers. We hear nothing but words of commendation and praise for the Weekly Standard, the largest and best printed paper in the State. We have printers in our composing and press room, and if anything should go wrong, they are able, from long experience at the business, to set' things right, and the consequence ia we always have our paper -out on time and printed in the best style of the art We employ none but first , class men, and those only who have served the requisite number of years at the business. Court begins Monday. None but civil cases will be tried. The St. Cloud is white washing its inside. People do their outsides that way. Mr. D. P. Dayvault, who has been on a visit to his father's at Barium Springs, has returned. Mrs. Sarah Estridge died last Sunday morning, at her home in No. 10. She was 7G years of age. Horse swapping ha3 begun in earnest now. Several "right good plugs" were trotted in on Friday night. The coal business, while the Leg islature is in session, will not be pushed very hard. The lobbying around the Legislative Hall requires some time. ' The R. & D. railroad has some feelings. A few items in the Stand ard brought the grinding, gigantic, do-as-they-please usually concern down upon our silver locks. The entrance to the Hall over Dr. Gibson's drug store will be changed, so as to enter from the end. The present stairway will be torn away and a handsome window, be placed there. That's a good letter f om "Corn cracker." The Standard man always leans back in his spring chair to read his letters. His remarks on the New Methods are pretty plain and practical. The Olive Alliance, of No. 4, will meet at the usual place of meeting on Saturday, at 1 o'clock, p. m. A full attendance is desired, as some very important business is to be transacted. The Register of Deeds is issuing only a few marriage license now. It should be remembered that each ap plicant gets, in addition to his pa pers, a spool of button-hole twist and a wife. Hurry up ! Last week the pastor of the Re formed church, Concord, and his family, received from Lebanon, Pa., a box containing many articles for the use of himself and family. Many thanks to the kind people who sent it. The Mayor has advertised that amendments to the town charter will be asked for. Some people are anx ious to know what they are. The Standard does not know, either ; but all will be well and the town com missioners can not do two things at once. Morrison, Lentz & Co. have some thing to say to you ; they wanted to say it today, but the Standard is more considerate of the feelings of its readers and has decided to warn every reader that that speeeh of their's will come tomorrow. Nerve yourselves. There's a kind of a dress coming in fxshion that seems a puzzle. The New York Wrorld calls it a "street Bweep'-r," but the ladies call it "demi train," or "dummy train" or s -niething. Ave have heard of Demi- Johns, b-it the.e Demi trains bother 113. Will some body please set us aright on this important subject. What is that just iu front of the post-ofhee. Jo chin1' it, is hard on legs and back, to descend it, vou give fearful pains to vo:.r toes that carry corns on them. In rainy weather there is positive danger of supping and breaking your neck Don't vou think thai the little hill should be removed ? Or shall it be kepc there for the sake of being funny? The Charlotte News savs: Fire occurred in the two-story wooden building opposite the electric light engine house, on r if til street, at 11 o'clock this morning. The fire de partment answered a telepnone alarm and subdued the names, lhe house is occupied by colored people and the blaze was in the second story. A large hole was burned in the floor, but no other damage was done. The questiou of a Graded School is beins talked no little by many people in town. There is no doubt that the bill will be pres ed to suc cessful issue at no distant day. Then is need of such a school in Concord, and such a school would bring more people to town people that would come for a purpose: to educate their children, follow some honest work and make of themselves good and substantial citizens. OBSEBVERISJf S From Old Man Jatan Elkina' Looking laaN, Down In Alaruiarlr, Where Land Sella for 500 Per Half Acre. The telegraph wire is now up in Albemarle. Fire broke out in the Academy Wednesday morning, but was extinguished. Good time to get a supply of hats, shawls and music. Ed. Dr. Douglass, of Troy, will locate at Big Lick for the practice of his profession. The trains run within seven miles of this place. The Old Arm Chair Club had a ' nice oyster supper. The wind blew violently last Sunday night fairly made the buildings rattle. There was preaching in the courthouse by Rev. Denny. Rev. Brower was concluding with prayer. The wind surged aaiust the court house, and the building, which is scarcely safe at a quiet time, began to hake. Well, almost before the preacher had time to say amen the court building was emptied' of its living contents. Hotel Morris. Col. H. McNamara ha3 taken charge of the Morris House again. Old Uncle Mc. has made for himself quite a reputation as a hotelist, and now he goe3 b&ck wjth his boarders. Success to the Morris House. Came Sear Being- Burned. ' The school house in District No. 19 came near being burned last Thursday. Miss Emma Alexander is teaching there, and noticed the fire before it had done any great damage. Some of the boys, the largest of whom have not cut their mustache yet, carried water in their hats and extinguished the rapidly growing flames. About the only damage done was the burning of a few hundred shingles, which was soon repaired, and then things moved along a pleasant as ever. Tie Standard Boycoiied HE DARED TO DO THE RIGHT! A Cilftantle Railroad Monopoly Kleka BecaoBO or a Little Honeat Llgfet Being-Tnrown on the Canoera. Thk Standaed is sad this morning! Very sad! A communication from the munaginsr brain of the Richmond and Danville railroad to the QUI Man who manipulates the keys on this musical instrument a paper that npeak-t wnat it believes to be the truth conveys the sad (?) intel ligence that we are to have no " Ed itor's Pass " on the raihoad, &c. So The Standard is boycottid by the great railroad concern known throughout the world as the Rich mond and Danville Railroad Company- We are not surprised, in the least, at the action of the boss. He has a right to do as he pleases with his little red cards that bear bis signa ture and which his blue-coat, brass button men accept as genuine tickets on the concern's rolling stock, ex- cept the bar-room vestibule. And The Standabd has a right to UBe its columns for any legitimate purpose. In losing our pass we have gotten rid of a pretty tough contract. To recall some paints that lie be hind this great official act of a very humane (?) company. The Standard rises to remark: Some time ago this paper, representing the independent thoughts of its own, feeling itself duly Dound to espouse the cause of the masses where we believe them right, to fight soulless monopolies, to expose abuses of corporations and to publish the news, took occa sion to publish a few remarks about the freight charges made, by the R. & D. R. R. Co- THauling $21 worth of coal from Roanoke, Va., to Con cord and charging $63.00, &c in a way that we saw fit. From time to time we remarked upon the company's lack of appre ciation for this town in the traveling facilities afforded us. Word came to this office that one of its employees propbesu d that we would lose our pass. This ia the way we looked at it: The company gave us a pasB for the publication of its schedule and train news a business contract, and one that we did not included our honor, our soul, and life and our hide. In accepting the pass, the Standard did cot convey to the Richmond & Dan ville Railroad Company its freedom, its bouI, its body, its all we simply gave them a column for their ached ule. It appears now that the R. & D. employee knew what be was talking about when be prophesied our losing the pass We have done right, we believe; we told tie truth, as we got it from freight bills signed by their own agents; what we have done, we are preparing to do again; and it will be a late day, when the Standard, under its present management, sells its honor, its freedom and its birth right to a gigantic monopoly that is robbing, by degrees, the hard earned shecE.es of a nard working people, When we carried an "Editor's Pass" in our vest pocket, we told "'tales out of school" oa the R. & D. ; now that that vest pocket is empty. we can continue to grind way every time a "turn of grain" is brought to this mill. ... While the brains of the R & D. are lobbvinc around the Lesri lature. that proposes to look into the mo nopoly, we are boycotted by the management for having exposed some of their mka acts. In the mean-time. The Standard sail grind at the some shop, and has the satisfaction of knowing that its honest and fair showing up of the practices of the gigantic, rough shod corporation has gone direct and penetrated tbe hide of the great spirit that controls its interests in this btate. 1 m m mm Hung on Oatalde. The Weekly Standard containB enough reading matter to fill a book twenty times as large as Webster's Blue Back Speller. There was so much interesting matter for publica tion this wek, that a column was hung on the outside of the chase Instead of eight columns of solid reading matter we have nine on the first page and one on the fourth page. it is true that the margin is only the width of a hair but that is all 0. k. Every day new men are coming in nd ordering the only one dollak weekly to go to their homes. Admitted to Ball. Ex-Sheriff Rogers and Mra. Par ker, of Granville county, who were under arrest charged with poisoning the husband of Mrs. Parker and a negro man, have been admitted to bail in the sum of $10,000 each, The fact of the bond being so large is conclusive evidence that theaffair is wrapped in considerable doubt. A Story Ran Down. It went the rounds of the State papers that an ex-jailor, of Gaston county, was in jail, and the Stand ard's drag-net got it, too. Dr. Bikie is pastor of a church over in Oaston and an ex-jailor, A. M. Rhyne, is a member of his congregation, ur. Bikls spent last Saturday with Mr. Rhyne, and he declares he didn't sleep in jail, either ; he further states that Mr. Rnyne is not in prieon and never was. That item evidently was a fa'e. By the way, our jailor, Mr. Johnston, is in jail. HenkartotHebrelaanerkrantkranawn rta, Is a new dish by the silvered pen of Henry Blount. He says "one of our boarding house keepers has prepared a dish for her palatable looking table which is likely to remain unmolested It i3 called aenkartofflebrei8auerkra utkranzwurts,' which is crowned with a wreath of black puddings and hashed meats. A mart never makes an attempt to call for it but once, as he would rather suffer the pangs of starvation than endure the paroxism of torture consequent upon its pronunciation, and hence that fine dish reposes in its serene and undis turbed majesty with 'none to molest or make it afraid.' Buggies, hacks, wagons, carts at Yorke & Wadsworth's. They have proved to the trade that they have the cheapest and best bngries, backs, etc., ever offered in Concord and at prices and terms that any one can buy at. A complete line of home made harness, bridles, collars, etc. nino-a-oi Mr. E. M. Andrews, of Charlotte, will have a new ad. in next week's issue. Be patient and read it when it comes. CABARRUS NORTH EASTERN Quarters Have Caught tbe Step and are Moving: Along- at m Rapid Rnto. Naturally one of the best, but for a long time No. 7 township has not been thoroughly awake. Bat that part of oar county is a-stlr; there's nothing dead-over there, nor nothing a-dying there's young life turned loose. That No. 7 did not rank with the leading townships of the county ia due to its great distance from "the county seat and a railroad. But now ! It ia not generally known that Cabarrus has two railroads ; the Yadkin railroad runs across No. 7 township. My, my ! how the whole country round about is alive and moving with the keen spurs of ac tivity. Why, the people of that sec tion look better out of their eyes ; they talk business and squeeze your band like they feel good and happy. The railroad has done this ! The washboard company, com posed of George and Claudius Dry and Malcohn G. Lentz, has done a big business in manufacturing a first class and salable washboard, of which the Standard has frequently spoken, but now the company is en larging its plant and placing down machinery for the manufacture of tobacco boxes in connection with the other work. White, red, post and black oak will be used. The com pany has one order of 5,000 boxes from a Salisbury firm. Col. John Fritz Moose let his son come to Concord to spend a day here. He always makes his head quarters in the Standard office and behaves himself, excepting using a great deal of our stove heat. That son of Fitz tells this tale: "We have a decent family row over the Standard every week Who's to read it first ; it was decided to let the one that goes to the post oflice for it to have first read, then draw straws ; but now we row over who's to go to the office." Colonel Moose ought to take an inventory of his family and order a Standard for aach one. This No. 7 son told some more things, but the Standard won't publish them. Tke Bank af Henderson. ' The Henderson Gold Leaf is noth ing, if its not an observer of history. From it we learn that among its bank officers the following is true : It's Vice-President, on his mother's side, can trace relationship back t Benjamin Franklin ; the President of the bank is a lineal descendant of the eminent theologian, Jonathan Ed wards ; and the cashier is a descend ant of tbe sister of George Washing ton. Historically, the Bank of Hen derson has a goon showing. The Standard would modestly re mark that none of our bank officers can trace any relationship back to historical characters, but its presi dent is a mighty fine business man and was once a poor boy ; its vice president is a mighty safe business man and was once a poor . boy ; and its cashier is a mighty careful and successful bus:ness man, and he started a poor boy. But such is the world I A CARD OF THANKS. From tbe China Grove Dart and Pnb. lUherf in tbe Standard, by Reqneat. The present pastor of Lutheran Chapel and Central Grove congrega tions, greatly desires to say, that he has had very many evidences of affec tionate appreciat on, both in word and deed. The people seeming to vie with each other in showing him kindnesses. Not many davs pass unmarked by some such demonstra tion, be it said . to their praise. Groceries of all kinds, fruits and vegetables of every variety, milk, butter, beef, chickpns, backbone, sausages, spareribs, lard, hams &c, have come in an almost ceaseless stream. The "Thanksgiving turkey" was not forgotten- Maud has been remembered with hay, straw, fodder and corn. The pastor a birthday was not passed by lightly, but made pleasantly memorable by a delightful visit of a company of friends, who, through Mr. John Barrier, presented a well filled purse. Christmas 1890, signally marked, will live long in memory. Chris mas. eve quite a number of the good ladies gave the parsonage a complete surprise pounding the inmates well. "Articles too numerous to mention." That night a young lady sent a beautiful painting, her own work, to her "dear pastor." Christmas day several pre sented .smaller amounts, whilst one brother gave $25 in cash. The Centre Grov congregation united in presenting as their Christmas gift, a handsome gold watch, tbe latest pattern. This is surprising for so small a congregation. These many unmistakable tokens of esteem awaken most pleasant and encourag ing reflections and nil our hearts with affectionate gratitude to our many and most kind friends. C. A. Maeks. List of Advertised Letters At Concord, Cabarrus county, N. C, for the week ending January 19, 1891: &ADIE8. Abernathy, Mrs Joe Hames. MrsM Falton, Miss Fannie Kelly, Miss A Goodman, Miss L Sewell, Miss E OZSTLIMXX. Carter, W B Laton, Green Earlv. K F Leazer, John Johnson, Sam F Stephenson, Wm Johnson, Thomas H To obtain any of the above the applicant must pay one cent and call for " advertised letters, stating the date of the list. Maby R. Dusbsbiby, P. M. THAT B3,009 JOB. It Appears an All Circulars by State institutions. RALEIGH: Jobxphus Daniels, Stati Pbinter A5D BlNDZB. Presses of Edwards & Bboughtox, 1890. Yorke & Wadsjuorth have received their guano, acd acids. Come early if von want the best. A GRADED SCHOOL Tor Concord is Being Talked . Bill Looking; to Hn KNtitbliwhmcnt will be Introduced initio Leg-lHlature. "Look here, I want to show you something," said a prominent citizen of the town to a Standard reporter. It was a bill, providing for the establishment of a Graded School for Concord. That bill will be sent on to our Representative with the request that it be introduced and pressed to successful issue. That bill provides for the questiou 4 being subm.tted to the voters of the town; no intention whatevei of run ning it rough-shod over the people. It provides furthermore that the public school property now used by the Principal of the Virginia Dare Institute be enlarged and put in shape for the purposes of a Graded School, thereby making the starting expense quite small. It provides furthermore that the amount now given to the public schools of Con cord shall be turned over to the Graded School fuml. This being the case, but little extra money will have to be raised by taxation. This move involves many points of interest to the town, and the Stand ard, always favorable t the idea of some cencerted action in respect to schools anywhere and everywhere, will have something more to say about it in the near future. In the meantime, let us not form opinions until all the facts are in and then discus) the question on its merits. i in County Alliance. The Caburrus County Alliance will meet at the court house on Fri day, February Cth, 1891, at 10 o'clock, a. iu. All the secretaries must be gresent, as I have a "Word," for you, of importance. J. S. Laffertv, . Secretary County Alliance. Clear Creek Items. Applea are ten cents a dozen on this market. Oid Aunt Sally Estridge, who has Buffered several years with dyspep-. sia, died Sunday morning at six o'clock. She was interred at Clear Creek late in the evening of the eamo day. Mrs. Ida Cook, whom we men tioned last week as having typhus, is now in the most critical stage of the feyer. The many friends of this truly good lady await the develop ment of her present suffering with much anxiety for her recovery. Later: A gentleman from No. 10 informs us that Mrs. Cook is dead. To her bereaved husband, H. C. Cook, the sympathy of the entire community is extended. Ed". There is a man not quite a thous- and miles from here, and not less than fifty years old, who spends forty dollars a year for tobacco, about fifteen dollars for clotht-b and nothing for a newspaper. Every, body ought to help pity such mis guided wretches. One day. last week, in broad days light. Mr. Henry Pi?g's barn vas burned to the ground. There, were no men folks at home, and when Mrs. Pigg discovered the tire tho flames were lapping and leaping far above the sinking timbers. The com crib etood a short distance from the barn and was not burned. It is sup posed to be the work of an incen diary rat and alucifer match. On last Friday evening the creeks between here and Monroe were all out of banks. Several people who went from this vicinity to Monroe with cotton on Thursday could not get home till late Saturday evening. Union county ought to come up in Cabarrus, get a few good patterns, and go home and build Borne bridges. We don't want to discuss the mat ter of " New Methods " of teaching ourselves, but think that a little free ventilation 01 the subject by those who know what they are talking about would serve to enlighten many of our teachers. As a rule, the teacher is conscientious in his work, and wants to do what is right and best for bis pupils. Many of our best teachers tiatly condemn the "word system," while many efficient teachers show a willingness to teach it if they knew how. There is one thing sure: Either the new way of doing it is wrong or the majority of the doers of the latest "agony" fail to get the proper grip on the thing. These narrow-gauge theories and short-cut routes are new to most country teachers, and we don't bes lieve they will ever learn how to do it effectually. There is danger of falHLg into serious error in either extreme. While we favor many fea tures of the new system of teaching children to read, we think the child ought to be taught the alphabet and the principal vowel Bounds while he is learning to read the small words in the first reader, ind there is no better way of doing it than that given us by Webster. It is true you can teach a child in a short time to pronounce at eight a few monosyla bles, such as mat, cat, hat, &c., but when you get beyond that you must go back to Webster and teach prin- ciples as well as words. The fact of the whole business is we teachers, as a rule, do not bestow enough indo pendent thought upon our work. A lew of the prominent educators of our country are trying to take this country by Btorm with their new fangled nonsence. They are very skillful in their work, and usually make a grand display when they rise to demonstrate the superiority of the new over the old way, but their work is necessarily circumscribed, and when you have skipped along merrily over tlrs royal pth of knowledge, plucking only the roses, you will boou realize that you must retrace your steps and garner a few of the thorns too. " No presump tion or hypothesis can be of force enough to over hrow constant expo-' rience." Cornchackeb. A Peculiar Micht Acting- Pecnliarlj. L. D. Coltrane and John F. Reed have seen something that startles them. It must be cor sidered with a great deal of faith, aa one is a bookkeeper of a bank and the other is the captain of a military company. On Tuesday night they were walking up street and saw something of the nature of fire and eolof of electric light hanging about one hundred yards above their head3. As they moved, the messenger of firc moved in the same direction and directly above them. It waa not a pillow of fire, neitner was it a jack-o'-lantern. The young gentlemen are very much excited over it they were not lost and therefore needed no guiding star or light imn mm . Yorke & Wadsworth have received two car loads of stoves, grates and heating apparatus. Call and sec them. jl9 2t i
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