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;!ic New York World recently
an interesting article on
tl. f.iinilv of the late Jefferson
t.ii. especially the little grandson
tti. Iu taken the Confeilerate lead
, i, . line, and who is now in New
Y,,,k. There were four sons born
j .U-tTtTson Davis, says the World.
T!i,' li i Samuel, died in Washng--o'i
wh. n hut a baby. She who is
r ,w Mis. Hayes was the second
child. Jefferson Davis II was the
third son. Then came William
after him Joseph, and last of
all. Yarina "Winnie," fondly chris
u.ud "The daughter of the Con
frtUmey." Joseph died in Richmond
thiriiii the war.
William died at Memphis in 1872,
iillti near the same city, during the
a ful vellow fever epidemic of 1878,
Jefferson Davis 11 gave up his life
while at the post of duty. Thus
jirifhed the male descendants of
thilersou Davis, all without male
j-.j.ie. There was no one to trans
mit the family name.
Margaret Davis was married in
or 1870 to Mr. Hayes, of that
citv, and bore a son. He was
christened Jefferson Addison Hayes.
Mr. Haws suggested that the baby's
l'aine might be changed, but Presi
dent Davis said no. The boy was
Mr. Hayes' only son. It would not
k- rig'.it that his heir should not
transmit his name. But the propo
rtion lingered iu the old man's
heart.
o the boy grew and prospered.
Two months out of the year he
f eiit away from his home at
Colorado Springs and with his
granifather at Iieauvior, Miss.
And eveiy day that he lived he grew
dearer and dearer to the aged mar,
Wheu they were separated such im
jvitant news as the advent of the
li-st tooth, the tirst step and the
li;;: gurgling attempts at speech
ou may well believe were hurried
iff to lleauvoir as fast as post could
Carrv them.
Hy and by another boy was born
to Mr. and Mrs. Hayes. Mr. Davis
then said to his wife that if the
oiu-r was made again he would give
l i; consent to the change of the
name of the first born. The months
i'ew by, and every mother knows
huw rapidly the mind of a child
grows after it b. gins to talk. In
tne pleasant evenings the grand
mother aud little boy sat out on the
wide veranda, boon companions.
And the old man told stones.
After his death, and when Mrs.
lkis w.is in New Orleans at the
giv;;t funeral, the governors of most
of the Southern States and many
of 'he old generals and veteraus of
t iie civil war called on her and asked
t!ut she consent to the change of
the name ot little Jefferson Addison
Haves. The father and mother
were willing, aud applicant;, was
made to the legislative f Missis
sippi. In the spring of 180U
in .senior Low ei y affixed hi signa
ture to u fornmi net which changed
the name of the little man, at the
New York hotel, to Jefteraon Hayes
Davis.
Therefore it was that in June
last, at Vicksburg, he was embraced
and kissed by the grizzled veteraus
ar.d given badges, no end, of every
o ganiz iliou of the ex -Con federate
soldiers. This pretty blossom has
grown out of the grave of the Lost
Cause.
This i i the little fellow who hav
ing bttn told 'hat some day he
might come to be President of the
United States, was offended because
President Harrison, not discerning
the future, did not lift his hat to him
as to other members of the party
that gathered at Colorado Springs
to gee the chief magistrate pass.
His father and mother do not like to
tell this somehow, lest it be thought
the lad ia vain. But be is still shy
aud devoid of that pushing, forward
nature that makes come youngsters
such poor company.
Mrs. Hayes delights to tell how
little Jeff wants to know :
"Mamma," he queried, "what is a
chaperon ?"
Tt is a companion for young la
dies, to take them to the theatre, to
tee tl at no harm comes to them."
"We, 1, that's very strange," said
he. "That's the first I've heard that
tin re was anything to barm young
ladiea at a theatre."
During his grandfather's life the
boy used regularly to take thesweet
ened drops of todtiy at the bottom
ot the old gentleman's glass. They
hud different ideas about toddy
when President Davis was a young
man, and Mrs. Hayes Baw with some
concern that the boy was beginning
to hke the warm, sweet taste of the
liquor. She didn't like to speak to
her father about it, 60 she took little
Jeff one day and gave him a long
talk about the evils that befall those
who become drunkards.
"Now, when grandpapa asks you
if vou want some of the toddy you
muU say, 'No, thank you, I don't
want any.' "
"Hut 1 want it. I like it." This
was t.io fcvbdiite of four years.
T
hat s just precisely wny it is
it fi.r ou to have it. There
w ronj
v iiimiiv ihiiips we like which are
not good for us, aud mamma doesn't
want her boy to be like that old
drunkard going by. See him? Do
ou want to be like that ?"
"No, mamma."
And that evening Jefferson Davia
III put his hands behind his back,
gulped and said, "No, thank you.
My mamma doesn't want me to."
Am! lie would not.
And here is the human side of
the luw. Onfi in Beauvoir after a
long day's play he .was very sleepy,
VOL. IV. NO. 31.
But his mamma wanted him to say
his prayers.
"No, mamma, let me lie down,
I'm so sleopy."
"Let him lie down, daughter,"
said Mr. Davis, who, as all grand
fathers do, humored the child.
"No, you must say your prayers,
deary," persisted Mrs. Hayes, who
knows the effect of a good habit of
life and the value of living up to a
rule.
"Oh, mamma, God knows i am
tired. He won't care if 1 don't say
my prayers this time."
And this is the lineal descendent
of Jefferson Davis. They say he
lo.iks like his grandfather, but it is
hard to discern in his rounded fea
tures much likeness to the guaut
face with the tuft of beard under
the chin made so familiar by the war
prints.
1IOW TO ADOKl.SN THE llt KSIPENT
He it Xot Yonr Kirrllcnrv or Your
Honor, but Mr. I'rcwliient.
If you ask the President's private
secretary he will tell you among
other things that not one person out
of ten in writing to the President
addresses him properly. Each cor
respondent seems to follow his own
sweet fancy. Thus the man who
writes and asks for a pension or an
office on the ground that he served
in the war is apt to begin this letter,
"Dear General," and after having
told his wants he signs himself,
"Yours fraternally."
This is pretty familiar. The
President isn't a general, except in
that he is coininuuder-in-chief of
the army, and as for all men being
brothers, it is true as a theory, but
is hardly correct on all occasions as
a practice. If the letter from the
old army man is answered, as nearly
all letters are, the writer ia ad
dressed with due formality as "Sir"
and not as "Dear Comrade." This
ought to be a sufficient hint to him
to keep bis distance, but it is not,
and a week later be bobs up serenely
with another long communication to
his "Dear General."
There are a number of bis coires
poudents who wih to be very for
inal and respectful, an! they always
call him "Excellency." It sounds
so big. is such a pleasing mouthlul,
that many people who ought to
know better cannot resist the temp
tation of using tnis form. As be
tween such an expression as "Dear
General" and "Your Excellency'
the former is preferable, for there is
no law against it, while there cer
tainly is an unwritten law against
the latter. "When the Constitution
was formed there was a great deal of
discussion as to the form of address
that should be applied to the Presi
dent. Some people Thought he
should bo addressed "Excellency,"
others would be satistied with
"lour Highness," while still otlxis
thought he should be called "Aluji
esty." The New Yorkers who bore
in mind the days of the Dutch
republic, wanted the bead of this
republic called "His Hi'h Mighti
ness." After a great deal of wi tingling
and considerable exhibition of
party feel.ng over the n atter, it was
linally decided for ull time to eo.ne
that the Chief Executive should be
addressed simply as "the President
ol the Uuited Stales." That settled
it and made it nn impropriety to
call him "Excellency."' The Gov
ernor of a State has more foim
about him in correspondence than
the President, for unless there is a
clause in the Constitution of the
State expressly prescribing some
other mode of address, it in correct
to call him "Excellency." The dem
ocratic spirits of some States has
interfered to prevent this, aud it
has prescribed that the Governor
receive some simpler title, but there
are only two or three of these
States. As a general thing the rule
can be laid down that the Governor
of a State should be addressed,
"Your Excellency." To begin a
letter to the President iu the same
way is to establish an equality be
tween the two executives that docs
not exist.
Another frequent mistake is made
by those who begin their letters to
the President, "Your Honor." His
honor is the presiding judge of a
court,or usually the ninyor of a
c.ty. Some meu, from constant
association with courts of justice,
come to regard the judge as the
highest and inighti.st individual on
earth, and they can conceive of no
greater distinction to be conferred
on the President than to call him
"Your Honor."
To cut a long matter 6hort, let the
correct form for addressing the
President be given- It is simply
this : "Benjamin Harrison, Presi
dent tf the United States, Mr.
President." Then after you have
said your say, if you are not proud,
you can finish the communication
thus : "I have the honor to be, Mr,
President, your obedient s-ivait,
John Smith-" Don't make the mis?
take that'is sometinus perpetrated
of signing yourself thus: "I have
the honor to be John Smith." It
may reflect honor on you to be who
3 ou are, but it is hardly modest of
you to say so. What you want to
say is that you consider it an honor
to be the President's obedient ser
vant, ' . .
To the rest of the world Uncle
Sam and the President are oue, and
thut is whv the latter insists upon
ceremony in his dealings with pother
powers. Jrrobably tne readers oi
the Star are fa niliar with the form
observed in correspondence be
tween the President and the head of
another government. It is a part of
tho law of nrdions that they are all
coequal. The King of Samoa writes
to Pi esidtut Harrison in tho same
terms of equality as are used by the
Emperor of Germany ami the
President replies iu kind. The head
of these little islands receives tho
munificent saiary of less than $300 a
year that is, ho rcc. ives it if there
is money enough in the Treasury to
pay it. When Germany had trou
ble with his Majesty and demanded
an indemnity for damages of 40,
000, a broad smile went around the
world, for it was well known that
the Treasury of Samoa had never
had, and in all probability never
would have, a Bum half so large in
its colters. Yet the King of Samoa
is addressed by the President as
"Great and good friend," and the
President siens himself, "Your good
friend," and when Queen Victoria
receives a letter from the Tresidei t
be treats her wdh precisely the
s,inu formality and no more.
Washington Star.
That Awful Wreck I
THE BlXllMI OF BODIES STILL
UOIXU OS.
A I'nHscnicor Train, Two Mile Wm( ol
Kintrwllle. In Thrown o "et--Tle
Kntlrrt rrw mid l"nt-eiiirer-, ho
l'r KrtorfM. Are lei The
Klut'-i Wrrek Ever Oo
4'iirr-l in I lip Male -A
liritlal Couple of n
Few llMir Honey
moon milted
From Daily Standard, 27th.)
The greatest wreck that ever oc
curred iu North Carolina happened
Wednesday night, two and one-half
miles west of Statesville, at about 3
o'clock. Passenger train No.9, having
on board a large number of passen
gers (among them the Ashiville
firemen on their return from the
meeting iu Durham.)
Some infernal scoundrel removed
a rail on the approach to a bridge,
ninety feet above water, and the
train came along at a rapid speed
and the whole train rushed with a
mighty crash to the bottom of the
stream. The conductor, Mr. Spaugh,
though painfully bruised, at once
started back on foot to Statesville.
When reaching there he managed to
say " wreck " at certain place and
immediately fell to the ground un
conscious and has remaiued so since.
Eugineer West, though alive at nine
o'clock, is terribly bruised and
burned ; he cannot live.
Hundreds of people from States
ville and surrouuding country are
there and all the physicians along
the line have been sent to the point.
Work in rescuing the passengers
from the terrible and frightful look
ing debris was commenced at once.
Up to 10 o'clock, thirty-live had
been taken out cold in death. Thus
far not a single live passenger has
been found in the mass. The train
was well filled, the Asheville fire
nun being ou the train, and it is
thought that every one on board
is killed, or fatally hurt.
The Standard has gathered this
information from several private tel
egrams and from several travelling
men who were in Salisbury this
morning. Telegrams sent direct
from this office to Statesville asking
for information have not been heard
from, owing to irregularities and
unnecessary delays in the telegraph
offices.
A private letter just received from
Salisbury says that the conductor is
d ad ; also a Mr. Hugh Liuster, the
baggage-master, was killed, so not
any of the train crew escaped.
There was a bridal couple from
Lexington on the tram, and their
honeymoon was ended with short
notice.
It is impossible to get the full
facts from the wreck, as the tele
graph offices along the line between
Charlotte and Danville and Salis
bury aud Asheville are stacked cp
with telegrams. The operator at
Siatesville is so crowded the service
is miserable, to say the least of it.
A simple request from his wife is
all that kept Mr. M. J. Freeman,
of this place, from being ou the
wrecked train. He intended to go
to Asheville last night, but at the
request of Mrs. Freeman he waited
until this morning.
The Standard is satisfied that no
Concord or Cabarrus people were on
the train.
From all tint can be learned,
since the death of the conductor,
none of the crew or passengers es
caped alive. It is fearful ! 'Tis
horrible!
It is believed that a rail was re
moved, but at this juncture and in
the midst of excitement the truth
can not be ascertained.
Later.
Information comes to this office
that the scene of the wreck was
nothing but the "Long High
Trestle" over Catawba river, as the
crossing is known to railroad men
aud the public generally. The
reasou of so many deaths is due to
drowning in part. The whole train
tumbled into the river.
The passengers on the train repre
sented nearly every part of the
United States, many being on their
way to mountain summer resorts.
The bridal couple killed are Mr. and
Mrs. A. L. Sink, who were married
nt Lexington just a few hours before
Mr3. Sink was Miss Sue Haine3. Will
Houston, of Houston Brothers, of
Greensboro, was killed. State Audi
tor Sanderlin was among the passen
gers, and reports as to his escape are
conflicting. Lute reports indicate
that not all the passengers perished.
The private car of Superinten
dent McBee was hitched on to the
train, but the superintendent him
self wa3 not abroad. His car, how
ever, is lyiug a total wreck in Ca
tawba river.
There is no doubt that a rail was
removed on the approach to the
bridge, as the engineer lived long
enougn to ten tne cause vl wig uui-
rible accident.
Mill Later.
There were on the train also Col
J. D. Cameron, Senator Matt Pansom
and Auditor Sanderlin. Thirty-live
dead already taken from the wreck,
the work being pushed as rapidly as
the complication of affairs will ad
mit.
All of the Asheville Fire Com
pany were on board except one, who,
for one reason unnecessary to men
tion, could not leave Salisbury,
It is believed that Kev
Price, pastor of St. Martin's and
Harkey Lutheran churches, near
ML Pleasant, was on the wrecked
ttain.
From Dailv Standard, 28th.)
The scene of pain, horribleness
and death ! That is a mild descrip
tion of the place where the wreck on
CONCORD, N. C, THTJESDAY, SEPTEMBER 3,
the Western road occurred on
Wednesday at 2.30 a. m,
The reports today are some fuller
thsn yesterday, but so much excite
ment prevails and the character of
the wreck such that rescue proceeds
very slowly, hence nothing like the
full account can be had today or
even for another 24 hours.
The information we have comes
from Mr. J. P. Caldwell, (by tele
graph), of Statesville, from private
telegrams and from three letters
about the awful accident received at
this office. What we have is sub
stantially correct, yet the whole
story can not be told until the rescu
ing party completes the clearing
away of the debris.
Ihe latest information is to the
effect that quite a number of bodies
are rescued but can not be recog
nized. The party at work at Bostian's
bridge have not yet reached the
second-class car, where most of the
passengers were riding. It is proba
ble that these are all killed, as re
ports seem to indicate that this car is
pretty nearly submerged in the wa
ter and badly crushed. At any
rate, being caged in as they surely
are and under the circumstances
does not promise much.
The conductor reports having
taken up seventy-two tickets, and
the twenty-two killed already gotten
out with the ten or fifteen injured
and not, the reader can see that
there are at least thirty-five or more
not yet taken out. The picture
every one mustj mentally form is
sickening.
Just the cause of the wreck can
not now be told. Some reports have
it that a rail was removed, another
that the ties were rotten and the
track made a spread, and still
another, which is pretty well sub
stantiated, is to thi3 effect :
Thirty yards from the bridge one
rail was taken up and 6piked down
so that one end fitted towards the
direction from which the train was
coming, and the other end was
placed out about three inches from
the end of the rail to which it was
fastened before, or something like
this :
" Bridge
It is said by railroad men that
had the rail been entirely removed,
the engineer could have discovered
it and stopped the train. Though
the certainty of the cause is not yet
known beyond a doubt, at least it
has not been established.
The Mrs. White killed is a rela
tive of Mrs. W. G. Mean3, of this
place.
It was believed that two Misses
Freizes', of Mill Hill, this county
were in the wreck, but such is not,
true.
It is not known yet whether Kev.
J. P. Price, of this county, was on
that train, yet it is eenously feared
that he was.
Esq. T. A. Moses, of Mt. Pleas
ant, was making some inquiries
about his brother, Pev. John F.
Moser, of Monroe, who is believed
to have been on the ill-fated train.
J. C. Brodie, among the killcd,was
in Concord on Tuesday, stopping at
the St. James. He was a glove
drummer of New York.
Incomplete as the reports aae, it
is safe in saying that this wreck, in
the point of complete destruction
of life and property, is the worst on
record. More have been killed at
one time, but the proportio'nof those
escaping from injury in this one is
far less than any known to railroad
circles.
Special to the Standard.
Statesville, Jn. u., August jjs,
3:00 p. m. The dead and wounded
from the wreck on the Western
North Carolina road, near this place,
yesterday, are as follows:
The Killed.
Engineer William West, Salisbury;
Fireman Warren Fry, Salisbury;
Baggage Master II. K. Linster,
Statesville ; Doc Wells (colored por
ter), Salisbury; Rev. J. M. Sikes,
Clarksville, Tenn.; J. B. Austin,
Hickory: Davis, Statesville;
William Houston, Greensboro; W.
WicBlow, ABheville; Charles Bar
uett, Asheville; Samnel .Goiman,
Asheville; W. J. Fisher, Campo
bello, S. C; Charles G. Webber,
Pittsburg, Ta.; J. C. Brodie, Chicago:
Mrs. George McCormick, Ilowan
county; Mrs. Page, liowan county;
Perry Barnett, Asneville ; Mrs. 6ue
Poole, Williamston ; Mrs. rea w.
White, Memphis, Tenn.; Miss Ophe
lia Moore, Helena, Ark.; Henry Pat
terson, colored ; unknown white man
with ticket from Reidsville to Cor
inth and name of "J. L. Bingham"
iu testament.
The Wflnndfd.
Will Bradford, John Gaye and
Marshall M. Cox, of Asheville; Ben
Smith, colored, ot Reidsville ; N. C.
Deming, Harrisburg, Pa.; C. A.
Barthy, Danville, Va.; Andrew tr.
Wvnn and James Dobbins, both col
ored ; George Bowley, Atlanta, Ga.;
Conductor J. F. Spangh, Salisbury ;
sleeping-car conductor M. O. Clep
per ; O. W. Talouns, Louisville, Ky.;
Miss Lnellen Poole, Williamston, N.
C; J. M. Brown, Salisbury ; Flag
man Charles Hoof, Lexington ; otate
Auditor Sanderlin : Pat Ransom, son
of the Senator, Asheville, all slight
ly wounded. R. Johnson, the news
boy, and B. M. Estes, Jr., of Mem
phis. Tenn., more seriously, ami n..
L. Sink aud bride, of Lexington,
and Mrs. R. C. Moore, of Helena,
Ark., and J. F. Holton, of Catawba
conntv. verv seriously. "
Col. Baccehan Cameron, of Ral
eigh, and Otto Ramsay, of Norfolk,
Ya., practically escaped.
The coroner's investigation pro-
rreasini?. The town is crowded with
newspaper and railroad men and
relatives of the dead and wounded.
J. P. Caldwell.
KCEXCS AND 1XCIDEXTS AS TOLD
BY THE LANDMARK.
The Coroner' Invent igrnt lonH The
Probable a live -Interewtinfr Inei
tlents Worthy or 'ote, Etc., Etc.
From Daily Standard, 29th.
Since our last report of the horrible
wreck, the party of rescurers have
been busy at work trying to get out
the dead and ameliorate suffering. It
is most generally supposed that the
track 6pread and caused the wreck,
while others think that Superin
tendent Bridges car, being in the
rear and very light, was jerked off
the track and this pulled the others
off. The unknown lady reported as
wearing a ring with several iuitals
is said to be none other than the
wife of F. H. White, of Memphis.
Twenty-two persons were killed,
with possibly one other lady yet in
the debris, and twenty-six are
wounded. Neither Mr. or Mrs.
Siuk were killed, but both were
dangerously hurt, and Mr. Sink
probably fatally.
Statesville Landmark, Friday.
Business in the town was practi
cally suspended. Stores, bank and
offices closed their doors ' in respect
to tne dead and that tne injured
might be better cared for. The peo
ple had no heart for work they
could think of nothing but the
dreadful calami y.
The telegraph office was besieged
from early morning until midnight
The survivors sent telegrams to their
friends in all directions, and tele
grams of inquiry poured in from ev
ery quarter. During the day and
night the Landmark received not
less than forty dispatches, from news
papers and individuals, calling for
tidings.
THE COBONEB'S INVESTIGATIONS.
CoroneT G. W. Clegg yesterday
morning summoned Messrs. P. C.
Carlton, John Stephany, J. U. Lam
precht, George. F. Shepherd, M. C.
Williams and J. S. Kameay as a jury
of inquest and proceeded to investi
gate the cause of the accident. The
jury viewed the bodies, took in
charge the effects or the dead, and
examined witnesses yesterday after
noon. Without reaching a verdict
the jury adjourned at 7 o'clock last
evening and resumed its investiga
tions at nine o clock this morning.
Up to the hour that this goes to
press no verdict had been reached.
The jury adjourned at 1 p. m. until 2.
Mr. J. C. Irvin was before the
jury this morning and testified that
Wednesday afternoon a well-dressed
stranger accosted him while he was
passing through aback lot on a dray
and asked him : "Are yon going to
cross the bridge tonight ?" Mr. Ir
vin answered in the negative and
the question was repeated. It was
again answered negatively and the
strangei passed into a colored res
taurant, near by, ordered a meal and
went out but did not return for it,
and has not since bsen seen. The
man did not appear to be undir the
influence of drink.
THE CAUSE.
Owing to the fact that the pins
w hich had held two rails together at
the eastern approach to the bridge
were found yesterday morning un
bent and lying in the track, and the
threads on the nuts unscratched, the
theory is advanced by some that
these pin? had been drawn with the
design of wrecking the train. The
railroad people argue this theory
quite stoutly, but such a suspicion is
too horrible to be entertained in the
absence of positive proof on the sub
ject
APPRECIATION OF KINDNESS SHOWN.
The praises of the people of
Statesville and of those who live
near the scene .of the wreck, are on
the lips of all the survivors and
their friends. Certainly nothing
that they could do to temper the
awful calamity which fell upon those
who were on the fated train has
been left undone. It was the call of
humanity and our people responded
to it with alacrity. Heroic work
was done in rescuing passengers
from the cars, and if it would not
regarded as discrimination it might
be said that none did better work
than Messrs W. F. Munday and J.
P. Goodlake.
INCIDENTS WOBTHY OF NOTE.
Col. II. C. Deming, Pennsylvania.
who is one of the leading spirits in
the i armers Alliance, and probably
the ablest man in the order, was
gotten into town at dark last evening
and lodged at Mr. W. E. Anderson's.
He lost $700 in the wreck but it was
found during the day by Messrs. J.
K. Morrisou and Frank Page and
promptly restored to him.
Mrs. R. L. Linster, who was visit
ing in Tennessee, was called home by
a telegram announcing the tragic
death of her son, and arrived last
evening, liotn ot Mr. .Linster s legs
were broken and he received injuries
to his bowels by a trunk falling
across him. His funeral took place
this afternoon at 3 o'clock, services
by Rev. J. II. Page. The Iredell
BlueB, of which deceased wa3 a
member, will have charge of the
burial.
The Messrs. Barnett and Mr. Gor
man, of Asheville, who are among
the dead, were members of the
Asheville fire company, which had
been to Durham to the firemen's
tournament Only six of the com
pany happened to be on this train,
and of this number three, Messrs.
Bradford, Gaze and Nix, escaped
with their lives. The bodies of the
dead firemen were embalmed last
euening by J. M. Harry, of Char
lotte, J. D. Cochrane and J.
Freeland, of this place, and were
earned home on the i:o a. m. train
this morning.
All day yesterday great crowds of
people from town and country
1891.
visited the wreck and crowds are at
it again today. As the height from
which the tram fell is contem
plated, the wonder ia, not that so
many were killed, hut that more
were not
While parts of the cars are in
the water, the engine, No. 1C6,
looking like some great beast sud
denly stricken helpless, lies on its
side up and down the steep embank
ment, and looks as if its wreck
were not total. Railroad men, al
ways secretive, are never s-much
so as in the case of an accident, and
none of them have been interroga
ted as to the probable loss.
A number of persons m town
heard the crash.
A diamond pin and rine of Mr.
J. C. Brodie, which were supposed
to nave been lost were found this
morning in the watch pocket of his
pants.
A force of about 100 hands is
working actively on the wreck to
day.
Considerable concern has been
aroused by several telegrams from
Memphis asking that Miss .Ed
munds, who was with Mrs. White,
be looked after. No such person
has been heard of since the accident
It is hoped she was not on the train.
A strange experience is given by
both Col. Cameron and Mr. Gaze.
Both were fully conscious of the
descent but testify that they were
unaware of any jar when the train
struck the ground.
Among the excellent volunteer
professional workers among the
wounded was Dr. A. H. Hayden, of
Shelby, who got off the fated train
as it passed Statesville.
Mr. Brodie, (whose home was in
New York but who traveled for a
Chicago glove house,) remarked to
Mr. J. P. Burke here Wednesday af
ternoon that he had been traveling
eleven years and had become timid
about it ; that he intended to quit
the roud at the end of the year but
was afraid something would happen
to him before then.
Lexington Dispatch.
The saddest event of the whole
thing to us was the serious injury to
Mr. and Mrs. A L. Sink, who had
left Lexington Wednesday night on
their bridal tour, and were among
the passengers on the ill-fated train.
Our seporter saw both Mr. and
Mrs. Sink, and they seemed to be
resting as easily as could be ex
pected. Mr. Sink 8 right thigh was
broken, and he received several se
vere cuts on the face. Dr. White
head Friday evening expressed hope
of his recovery. Mrs. Sink's face is
terribly lacerated, but otherwise she
is uninjured. Her case is not con
sidered at all dangerous. She is
perfectly rational and knew all her
friends. Her face will be disfig
ured for life, and Mr. Sink, should
he recover, will always be a cripple.
Contrasting the happy couple and
eircle of friends who were at their
marriage a few hours before, when
all the future seemed so bright for
them, we cannot help but feel a
pang of sadness when we remember
the awful sequel that terminated
their bridal trip. But in the twink
ling of an eye the scene is changed
to one of sadness and misery, and
both are injured for life. We hum
bly pray God that Lexington will
never again be veiled in so much
sadness and despair as hung over
her like a death-pall on yesterday.
The Rebel Yell.
A gentleman from Washington,
D. C, writes to the Richmond Dis
patch :
"Will yon please publish as near
a representation of the "rebel yell"
as you can put in print; also its
meaning and its origin, and how it
became the "rebel yell." By this
you will greatly oblige a subscriber,
who often hears the remark, "That
infernal yell was enough to break
the line without a charge."
We do not know where or when
the term originated. It is used to
describe the prolonged, continuous,
spontaneous. phont of victorious or
defiant bodies of Confederate troops,
as distinguished from the formal
"Hip I hip I hurrah IT or "three
cheers" of the Federal troops. Any
one having the time and the ability
might write a very readable article
on the influence of the rebel yell.
It still lives! Occasionally, often
very unexpectedly, it "breaks out,"
and is instantly recognized by those
who have heard it before, Char
lotte Democrat
Here Lies I
Epitaphv is a demoralizing kind
of taffy. It appears on the tomb
stone, and eulogizes the dead almost
to the very stars. The usual
method of beginning, is : "Here
lies, v ery suggestive, for the lies
are frequently quite astonishing al
most enough so to both amuse and
amaze the dead of whom they are
vmtten. A truthful epitaph, in
many instances, would be: "Here
lies cne who omitted to take Dr.
Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery."
If sick and suffering, and dreading
premature death, test the potent
remedy. It cures all chronic, liver,
blood, and lung diseases, as bilious
ness, sk in and scalp diseases, scrofu
lous sores and swellings, saltrhenm,
tetter, erysipelas, and even scrofula
of the lungs (or consumption) if
taken in time.
One of Tamna'a" nrincinal ci?ar
factories will turn out 15,000,000
cigars tnis year.
Tan larc ntronmn nf wnfor Am rfi-
ported to be flowing into the Salton
sea from the (iulf oi (jaiiiorma via
fVio nam riwor. TViia malrpn two
Bources of supply for the island sea
and goes far to establish the claim
that the desert lake will be perma
nent.
"WHOLE NO. 190.
TOWN AND COUNTY.
"There's a Chiel Amanq ye Takin Notes
and Faith He'll Prent Them."
Big Crowd.
At the sale of the personal prop
erty of Billy Bost, deceased, there
was simply a big crowd. Hams
three years old brought from four to
seven cents, and old nay and corn
went at sacrificing prices. Upon
the whole the property sold well,
and there has not been a bigjrer or
more interesting sale in the history
of the county. Several parties went
down from Concord and this sec
tion.
Peaches all the Year.
Mr. Isaac Goodnight of Mill Hill.
brought us a curiosity in the shane
of a limb of peaches. It is only a
twig and has eight peaches on it
Two of them are full erown and
are nearly ready to ripen. Six of
them are young peaches with the
Diossom just shed off. They are
good size and well developed for
their age. Mr. Goodnight has a
whole tree like this twig, and ex
pects to be feasting on green peaches
from the tree at Christmas.
The Sockless Statesman.
Capt McDonald attended the
Alliance Rally in Charlotte. He re
ports an immense crowd to hear the
only speaker, Sockless Jerry Simp
son, Col. Polk being unable to reach
Charlotte before night Capt Mc
Donald is dead gone on Mr. Simp
son, who he declared does wear
socks and boots, too. He says that
Mr. Simpson captured the crowd,
and is a most elegant and fascina
ting talker. Effort is being made to
get this distinguished gentleman
here at the air. As yet he has not
signified his purpose to be present
Noeks for the "Noekless."
"Sockless" Jerry Simpson is now
a misnomer. Yesterday, Columbus
Morrison, ot Kocky liiver, Cabarrus
county, who came to hear the fa
mous Kansan speak, presented him
with a pair of Bocks which his wife,
Mrs. Morrison, knit for the "sock
less" politician. Charlotte Chroni
cle.
Those socks were intended as a
Christmas present for his brother,
Deputy Sheriff Marcus M. Morrison,
of thi3 place, but it was ascertained
that they were entirely too small for
our deputy, hence "Lum" gave them
to the next best fellow.
A Heavy Salt Against the K. D. It. R
A Washington, D. C, correspond
ent says : Frank T. Evans entered
suit Saturday against the Richmond
& Danville Railroad Company,
claiming $30,000 damages on the
Midland Branch of the Richmond
& Danville road, on the 15 th of No
vember, 1889, at "Rush's Branch,"
in the county of Prince William, Va.
He was, to avoid imminent peril of
death, which was occasioned oy the
negligence of the defendant, com
pelled to jump off the engine and
suffered "railway concussion of the
spine" so that his right leg has be
come permanently distorted and de
formed, for which he claims the
damages mentioned.
The Coffee Crop of the World.
It is a little surprising to us lay
men, who know little or nothing
about the raising of coffee, to hear
statistics about the crops, &c. Read
this: The annual coffee crop of
the world is estimated at over 11,-
000,000,000 pounds, worth at first
hands $135,000,000. This enor
mous quantity is grown in islands
between the parallels of 30 degrees
north and 30 degrees south latitude,
mainly in Brittish India and the
neighboring islands, in Liberia and
other parts of Africa, in the West
Indies, Mexico, Central America
and Brazil. The domestic consump
tion of the United States amounts
to 561,132,100 pounds, which is
valued here at $72,140,000, and of
which 90 per cent comes from coun
tries geographically belonging to
this continent
Opening of Trinity.
The authorities have decided lo
begin the fall term of Trinity Col
lege in the old college building at
Trinity in Randolph county. The
fall term will open on Thursday,
September 3d. Students should
present themselves for examination,
and other duties, on Tuesday and
Wednesday before. Arrangements
have been made for Trinity High
School, that was to open in the old
college building, to occupy a large
and spacious building adjacent to
old Trinity. It will be well lunished
and equipped. This change is made
on account of the sinking of the
tower on the new college building
at Durham, which has so retarded
the work that it 13 doubtful it
school will open there before Jan
uary I8t
A Ground II ok Case.
In front of Bell's furniture store
is a little nig tail with its end just
sticking out above the surface of
the earth. It has been there several
davs and no one was able to account
for it Jim Lentz was sitting on a
goods box, and talking to nimseii.
In his solilloquy he was heard to say
something about poor manly s nog.
lie was aroused trom ms reverie ana
told the reporter that one bright
sunshiny day he saw a Stanly razor
back walking along the sidewalk,
and the dummy passed along. The
hog was bo frightened mat ne im
mediately bored a hole in the solid
sidewalk with his nose and went
down. It ia supposed he struck a
rock and was unable to cover' up
his tail and all. At any rate his
tail is sticking out, and the hog
seems unable to draw n in.
CONTA1NS MORE READING
MATTER THAN ANY OTHER
PAPER IN THIS SECTION.
THEOCAl,.V ll.n V.VDS.
The demands of the National
Alliance, known as the Ocala De
mands, have not been seen by a vast
number of people. The Standard
prints them below :
Some inaccuracies having crept
into the demands of tho Supreme
Council at Ocala, as copied iu tho
press, the following is taken from
the minutes published by authority,
as being reliable. Quito often tho
Feventh demand had been omitted.
Ia. We demand tho abolition of
national banks.
b. AVe demand that the govern
niwnt shall establish sub-tro.isuries
or depositories in tho several States,
which shall loan money direct to tho
people at a low rate of interest, not
to exceed 2 per cent, per annum, on
non-perishablo farm products, and
also upon real estate, with proper
limitations upon tho quantity of
land and amount of money.
c We demand that the amount of
the circulating medium bo 6peedily
increased to not less than 50 per
capita.
2. That we demand that Congress
shall pass such laws as will effectu
ally prevent the dealing in futures
of all agricultural ana mechanical
productions ; providing a stringent
syBtem of procedure in trials that
will secure the prompt conviction,
and imposing such penalties as shall
Becure the most perfect compliance
with the law.
3, We condemn the silver bill re
cently passod by Congress, and
demand in lieu thereof the free and
unlimited coinage of silver.
4- We demand the passage of laws
prohibiting alien ownership of land,
and that Congress take prompt ac
tion to devise some plan to obtain
all lands now owned by aliens and
foreign syndicates ; and that all
lands now held by railroads be re
claimed by the government, and
held for actual settlers only.
5. Believing in the doctrine of
equal rights to all and special privi-
leges to none, we demand :
a. That our national legislation
shall be so framed in the future aa
not to build up one industry at the
expense of another.
b. We further demand a removal
of the existing heavy tariff tax from
the necessities of life, that tho poor
of our land must have.
c We further demand a just and
equitable system of graduated tax
on incomes.
d. We believe that tho money of
the country should be kept as much
as possible in the hands of the peo
ple, and henco we demand that all
national and State revenues tiiiall bo
limited to the necessary expenses of
the government economically and
honestly administered.
C. We demand tho most ricrid.
honest and iust State and national
governmental control and supervi
sion of the means of public com
munication and transportation, and
if this control and supervision does
not remove the abuso now existing,
we demand the government owner
ship of Buch means of communica
tion and transportation.
7. e demand that the congress
of the United States submit an
amendment to the constitution pro
vidmg for tho election of United
States Senators by direct vote of tho
people of each State.
Nh wait M illing to iivc I i All.
WThen Queen Elizabeth, of En
gland, found death approaching her,
she cried despairingly, "All my pos
sessions for a moment of time V
There are wealthy ladies to lay, the
world over, who would gladly ex
change their riches for sound health.
Many are made well and happy by
Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription, a
never-failing cure for diseases so
common to women. As a corrective
for all functional weaknesses it is of
universal repute among the eex, and
thousands of pale, worn-out, enfee
bled victims have been changed into
Vigorous wonen and girls by its
use. Guaranteed to give satisfac
tion, or price refunded. Druggists
have it
Yorke & Wadsworth have a model
showcase for different kinds of locks.
They are those from such that can
be opened with a hair pin to one a
burglar couldn't manage. The case
is beautiful.
A FAMOUS REMEDY.
The Man who invented pills, especial
ly those of the sugar-coated sort, de
serves the gratitude of mankind; for,
If we munt swallow physic at all, the
smaller and more agreeable the dose is
made the better. But, we presume, tho
first ingenious pill-roller must continue
to remain in obscurity among the great
Unknown. Not so, however, the maker
of Ayer's Tills, the most famous of
modern medicines. Few names are
more familiar than that of Dr. J. C.
Ayer, whose sugar-coated pills arc man
ufactured by tlie ton and are used all
over the world.
The immense popularity ot Ayer's
Pills Is due to a happy combination of
qualities: they are agreeable and easy
to take, mild but thorough in operation,
beneficial for a great variety of ail
ments, adapted to all ages, climates,
and constitutions, and their u is at
tended with no ill-effects. "Ybut more
could be tloiiircil ?
These excellent results are secured by
the combination of purely vegetable
aperients, of which the essential virtues
alone, and not the coarse fibre, are used
in compounding Ayer's Tills. No cal
omel, or any other injurious drug, en
ters into their composition a recom
mendation that all must appreciate,
especially when in need of a domestic
medicine; for, however useful and even
necessary calomel may be in certain
cases, it is, without doubt, one of tho
most hazardous of drugs aud should be
taken with extreme caution.
In'the liver derangements peculiar to
southern climates, where calomel is
so often resorted to as a specific, Ayer's
Pills are strongly recommended, being
quite as effective as calomel, and with
out its dangerous results.
An intelligent Texan puts the case in
a nutshell when he says: "After many
years' experience with Ayer's Tills an
a remedy for the large number of ail
ments caused by derangements of tho
liver, peculiar to malarial localities,
simple justice prompts me to express
my high appreciation of the merits of
this medicine for tho class of disorders
I have named." ,
"We are assured that Ayer's Tills have
largely superseded the old-time reme
dies for stomach anil liver troubles, not
only in the South and West, but all over
this country as well as iu foreign lands,