North Carolina Newspapers

The-Standard is Only One Dollar Per Year, Largest Circulation of Any Paper in this Section. $1. THE STANDARD. THE STANDARD. 1 ! inri? JL Xlii NDAJRD. K&-TUIS 4-PAGER HAS A H:.C.(i KU ( 1KCULATI0X AT EVKUY POSTOFFICE IN THE COUNTY, SAVE ONE, THAN ANY OrilEU PAPER. VOL. V. NO. 5. CONCORD, N. C, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1892. WHOLE NO. 213. ITT WATER IX OCR EYES WITH 81 Sta MAMtAKDIsnS. The House adapted rales yester diy and got down to ijUBiness toJay All is lowly now betwten Uncle Sam and Chili. The foreign minister of our rambunctious South American neighbor has been hobnobbing with Pat Egan. And all is serene agdn. The Unit d St es supreme court has d-.-c.ded th t Boyd, whom the Democrats elected governor of Ne braska, is a citizen. This ettles the validiry of his election, but 1 haver, the old Radical who has been hold ing over, declares that he will hra in until he is turned ou. by the mandate of the court. This is a case in point that emphasizes the old Democrat war cry, ''Turn the rascals out." ahd also serves to show how hard it is to turn 'em out when the people have no further use for them. Our typos made a funny mistake Thursday. They ut a "z'' instead of a "g" in Ilou. Kerr CraigeV name. Capt. Craige has had the honor of a boom for Lieut Cover aoramlhis declined a democratic nomination for Congress when his election was a foregone conclusion. He has no craze for office. He started up aa a beardless corporal of Co. "F" 1st N.C. Cavalry in 1861; and got to be Capt. of Co. "I" o' the same regiment and in every bat tle from Vienna to Appomattox he was there, so says an old com rade. The latest swindle is carried on by means of a fountain pen, one end of which is filled with good substan tial ink, the other with ink that fndes in a week or two. The sharp er writes his agreement, contract or whatever particular way he may have chosen, with the ink that will fade, and hi3 victim signs with the other end of the pen in the ink that will last, Iu a few d.tys he has a slip of paper with nothing but a signature, over which he can writ? a ncte and ea3ily turn it into cash. The president of the Loui-ianaj Lottery Company has published a card in which he declares that th company will not accept it ren-w;.l! of i'S charter. Thus ur.exp ctedh O 'i't to an end the inns disgrace ful spectacle of the greatest onjaiii red rot b"rv of mod m times contend ing with the decent people of a so - -ercitrn st tc for an t-t-nsion of it existence. Kope Elias, a gay and festive law jer of Isr.ieliti-ii ex'rai tion, who hi former years ued to go to Deino eratic state conventions with a pock etful of proxies from the mountain countries, wants to be judge in plae f James II Merrimon, resigaed. A big delet ion from Mison countv went down to Raleigh Friday to talk to the governor about the ma' ter. A convention wa3 held a f . w days ago in Augusta, Ga., and amori other things it tfas proposed to tax land planted in cotton so as to re duce the acreage in that staple. Such dictation might do very well under the Czar of Russia or the youthful emperor of Germany, but the people of this great republic would kick at any such high handed usurpation of power. The profit of a cotton crop at the pn s- i.t low price perhaps cannot be calculated, but if the planter thinks that after hi provisions are Trade his read cash is in cotton he will plant, gathe aril sell it, conventions to tin contrary, neverth-.ess notwithstandi ng. , M.WS IS (JEM RAt Within sixty two years Mexico has had fifty four Presidents, on Regency and one empire, and t-early every change of government ba. been effected by violence. All the States and Territories o! the Union save Idaho, Nevada. Rhode Island Wyoming, O-k-ikoma and Utah, produce tobacco. An exchange says boiling l.o lemonade, and plen y of it, cju.. the nearest to being a sp. ciii f the grippe of anything yt ivoo.o mended. Latest despatches teli of a io. .1; insurrection iu t'hii.a. Mi u men and children are b.uuliy in or dered. Athens Ledger. The Czar o: Rus ia is no goose, but le would I ke to be a turkey gobbler Au gusta Herald. Serfdom is to be re-estai dished in Russia, according to the ca'des, be cause the people cannot support themselves under the 8) callel sys tpm of fredo. He Has Been CaughtMf wh71. lflti;1 ied it and was just the AMI IS IX J All, AT HtRI.OTTi:--. HECOFESSES HIS AUI l l, itmi:. Cniixht tlit Wrecker of (lie Pnsxcnccr Train on the Western ri CnroU nit Itailroixl. Sunday's Atlanta Constitution. Twenty lives were lost in a wreck ou the Western railway of North Carolina, near StatesvilV, earl' la-t fa'l. TIim miscreant, whose fiendish ,h'"1' 11:5,1 ,hl' l'-'sso" of the moo happiness wa enhanced by thei:,ml i'w,Il'-v' i.vmced nholesalr murder, is no in jail. ' th lt he h;,,i 0iU ,he n8l,t u,an- And it was t!i- shrewd, hard o- k ! 15,11 il,Jd hls '''t'"tv, ..f an Atlanta mm who put lim 'due, ,1 t he S, vesville man to ar- behind the bars. , B-sides making the arrest, the i 'Atlanta de,.ctive-for that's whatilH,t'i " be is has secured a full, fne audi complete con?essio:i. : ' The prisoner's name is Jon Boyd, 1 -' i and the detective who trailed him to. his hiding place and th n jailed him i is Turn Hit.ev, once the well known and succe.-sful marshal, chief of police and detective of Gaines ville, Ga. Immediately ar'er the tenibl wreck occurred, the Richmond and Dinville road offered a reward of $10,000 for the arrest of the wreck ers. 'he best detectives in the country were caught by the munificent off.-r made, ami in a day or two that sec tion of North Carolina was overrun with p-ofessionals and amateurs all eag-r to grab the purse. Each worked for himself aud the money makers made many trails. Trails crossed and r ecrossx d until it seemed almost impossible to follow any clue. Every pointer became a mystery when an attempt was made to fol low it. But Ilaney, who was then, as he is now, doing the -ecret work for the Richmonl and Danville, was upon the ground. lie, like others, was n.ystiS.'d, but, in.iiKeouuTs, iv Kepi worKing narc: ii ji i i i . i i on tne case, hinally Ilaney, too, was ready to throw up his namis Atitl quit, so completely 1 ;:d t! deckers covered tluir tr cks. 1 1 .v n k s t) i ouiim: S.ven weeks ago, however, l?e:ec ive H-irey's g'.od fortune th.t's wmr i, may ue c .ueu inrew uim in com i any with a negro team hand on tne kichmonu .trnl i n vi : i . wn gavt1 him a str;eron thest-ov gain firsf Ilanev stiiilt d at the r wu iianci'a ttory, bu' decided, nevertln -j -ss, ! investigite it Aimot ;tt he first step he was aston.shcd at his discoveries, and th-n, dropping evi-r thing el.-e, went tlown to ii id work. Withi.u a fe v days Uar.iy tiecume coninced that h" wa' on he right tra k, but r. a'ized 'ia !. had ad fficult piece of work b fo -him. Point, after point was taK' c ip by Ilaney, until he located t e man upon whom Ids Ett-picion li d ieen directed. Every day the company's officials watched the detective's progress, ami when, three weeks ago, it. s.envi sure that he was upon the righ 'rack, Superintendent McBee, of the Cen'ral, who knew the countn about S'ates ville thoroughly, joined him. Then, in the superintendent's private car, Ilaney went on with the search, never losing sight of the nun about whom he was weaving hi3 net. A TELL-TALE PACKAGE, Two weeks ago Ilaney a-cert;ined tint a man in Statesville had in his possession a package which "Boyd had left with him. Two days later the detective knew the contents of that package. Sixteen hundred dollars in bills. Several watches and other jewelry. That's what Ilaney found it to be. Then the custodian of the pack's age was taken into the secret and Boyd, with whom he held frtqueiv ci n versa ions, was more closely watched than ever by Ilaney and more assiduously courted by his "banker." Boyd, it uppears-, h ,d. c v cor.G lenee in ths man who h Id he stuff, and one night, when closely que.vioned, told ho he cam 0 hau- Li. Tli it story was a 'nil cor,fe&ion if A-.-ckiiig -o k bv which s- ma y live wee lost. i ! me; S l)"t pi is d H i-e!l lie contVvsion was e e-itcd o t im, but 1 e was not wiling ) take the story a ir n e m him. Ii, hi- -'i'f. ssion B v l de.-cn!-d lie tools h ha I d. and to'! jost w tin he had d-iiu- uih them. Ther" wa crob r, a n onkey aiet h and a ipikelifrer. Each one B,)d tiad hividen curely, but in his couversati' n wi h the Sta'esvdie friend he d scribed u.er x ct hiding race. Haney made a ecarch for th- im- plementa. The crowbar he fonnd he had secret- implement in evi ry detail Boyd had described. Then a half mile at the point Boyd had indicated, the spikelifter was rescued from a clump of bathes. The monkey wrench Boyd said he had tlirou in the creek just above the bridge. An tffort. or two was m.itlt- to fi d it but without success. The finding of the bur and pike Iifter just when- Boyd said he left ": -l '""o w ,i,,-v'1' 1 hii ,:i(etll!S or owr h vd r suited his storv. lie descriofd niir.o'elv how he had se- C,U'1 5110 s ltn(" ,iOW !u' ,ulU Pl" 1 i .1 :i , .., ,! .1.- ... :i ,tu ,m Vl" ,,IUU Ul- ,:u,s :u,u dlttl,t'u ,hc ,rM,n- r.VEltY DKTAIL IN' THE STORY. Was gnen with an evident pride in the work :s 1 vd related it. But a3 he finis 'ed the recital Ila uey work din and made his pull. Then tl,e s:,:iT was surrendered t- the detective an t in it ms a watch which had been lost, by a mau killed in the wreck, and was easily identi fied. At first Bovd made a vigorous kick, but finally gave in and to Ha ney and those with him repeated the story. Boyd was taken to Chariot e and jailed, and the crowbar and spike lifter were placed in Superintendent McBee's car and were carried by him to Savannah. Xortli Carolina nt Hi? Worlil' I'air. Mr. I' K Brnner, comissioner of txhihits, has issued a circular to the managers of agriculture fairs iu the State in which he says : "This be ing essentially an agricultural State, interest hinges ou the display to be made in this d pariment In order to reach all sections of the State in tne selection of agricultural pro- .,.,., .,,i ,!,.. ji ., ,,1,.,,, ,, tin ivpr. s ii fttiou ati-l to btain l' j th best of the Cereals grasses, cot tun, and tobacc . 1 r.ppea! to you to ; . ju ,),.., ..0:k. Believing that Li.., ,,,t ,vav : rt.:l(.l. ,iit. nin,t nro. i gres-ive element i;ri-ot!g the fartn-rs is tlirtlIlg, th-ir .rga.,;z-d far aso. eiatioiis a,d the pr. ss, direct this ap c.i t i ii ai d .-k its promulgation ti:'-' ugh yo ar fur a;;ieiunC'ineiit , premium !i-Ts, a 1 1 the local pres3 J( ;u;, ,,, t(, m.HV(J .cij a ri ku:ii products (not perishable) wh'ch i.a 1 U''u:''i-d premiums at i any of th fair- to 1 held this fall, .aid ixli 1; lh" same at h Wn. i'iV Fair i t r u-.r, .iving full ., i: t ti e d-.n-v. VVith ihi in ' ie v, h le -ei iiis loj-.- s ai why this additional o":., j t'th.n should no' tiuinla'e a fr;e-d!y livalry among i'arnnrs, f.ml make them m ue .e-i'ons in the e; ceavor to s C"!e th pr ze: nilered by local fai.s. liealizinglh.it p'emiuma nay oe al loted to somr w ho are unable 'o donate the tr.c.-ej.-fnl articles for exhibition at Chicago, I am author zed, if neee-sary, to purchase such articles, provide i not 1. ss than oi ? bu-hel of any of the cereals be taiv cn. Some member of the c nimittee on collections will attend the fairs, with this object in view." A Hit; wi; vor Xot hiriir, iii(iir I vely, and a Monopoly of the t'onrt. For a number of vcars the Wil helm Burleyson case has been in the covrt. It has been tried once alter a number of postponements. It went up to the supreme court, and that court grant 'd a new trial. It has bei n going on since Mon day, Feb. 1st. It sidetracked everything else. An immense cost to the cjuntv and to the pai ties. The controversy is over a little more than onf.four'h acre of gro;:nl, which is probddy worth 'G. T',e cost- in th- case vviil not lx less tlon SO 000, b sides the incideii f ;! expenses ir.currVd. D is regie' td hat so clever men as M Wilhelm Is ac Burley son hioild get into s'n h nn expen si v.- oiLa o i over comparatively noth r Via j ry fende-.d a v.idic foi h d. f inla- t, I'oirl- vs.-n' X ' State . mini. 'it iid- gh Nts and Observer hh: "Me tiovernor will call a Board o' officer-of t he State Guard t meet aboit' t ne hr.-t of March to re i-e le la- and r'gulations of the S at Guard that they may eon f.oin to the recent- military laws, and cocsequei ce of the entire change in t a - orill regu!atio s and in the formation of companies, battalions and regiments. int. ii c iierrixo Leaves vs. Or. JE arllaiil Snoeoerti hl-n-The Stantlnrtl Will Take One More Snap ut the Doctor. The Stendard ha3 known and re gretted for some time that Dr. Ilerrinjr was to leave us. On Monday, Dr J tl Cartland, of High Point, will move into and take complete possession of che office now occupied by Dr. Herring. A few personal notes : Dr. Herring was born i.. Sampson county, which is to his credit; and that he became a citiz -n of Cabar rus is 8 ill a greater crtdit. The first fcchool he attended was in a log hut cue of the rules of the master was to be there half an hour by sun. If a pupil failed to conform to this demand he was Sent on a mission to a birch thicket near by. The doc tor, then i youth, often visi ed the birch thicket. We do not know how old he is, but are reliably in fo nied that the Southern Confed ercy still owes him for a few weeks' service. In 1SGS G9 he was under the trainiug of B F Grady, now Con gressman from the 3rd .nstricr. He was a student at Wake Forest CoK lege in 1871-72. He graduated iu 1880 at the Philadelphia Dental College. He located at Clinton, Sampson county, but health breaking down, he came here, wh re he has been for about ten years. Dr. Herring has built up a large aud lucrative practice, aud gathered around him many friends, who will regret to know of his decision. But he has a little girl, who can not hear, and it is his intention to perfect himself in teaching these unfortunate ones speech and devote his life to it. The best wishes of the Standard, together with that of many friends, attend the doctor in his noble pur pose. Dr. Cartland is likewise a gradu ate of one of the finest dental col leges north. Two years ago he took a port gradnate cour.-e in Chicago. He comes with the endorsement of all toe people of his acquaintance rs an excellent 'enlist and a Chris' ian L'entleman. Dr. Herring could not have chosen a better man for lis successor. A KE.n AKKAI1LE CAS I", Sticks of Wooil aiwl a Tuft of Hair Ileiti.) ! from lliv VVoiinlol l.cir of A. I.. Sink, a Vit-lim of the tloitiitii llrl'Uo Wrrtk. O rrespoiiilcnce Lexington Disjiatcli. Y'our local la-t week in reference to tne condition of Mr. A L Sink, me of the victims of the railroad1 wnckat Bostian's bridge, August 27, 18U1-, vas somewhat misleading It is true that Mr. Sink had been able with the aid of crut:h-s and an attendant to get out on the street, a shoit dis'auce from the house: but ther was wa lting at the same time indications of a "rapid" recovery. Mr. Sink, it will be remembered, received a very bad punctured wound six or seven inches deep in his right hip at a point about seven inches above the break in his thigh, which has obstinately refused to heal, and by the constant discharges, has been a great drain upon hie system. Ir is doubtless owing to this terrible wound, more than to his broken bone, that his. recovery has not been more rapid. To ascertain the cause of the wound not healing, and if possible, to remedy the difficulty, his attend ing physician, Dr. It L Payne, Jr., determined to perform an operat:on, and accordingly on last Thursday, assisted by doctors Payne Sr., Craw ford and Riley, he made a perpen dicular incision about four inches long and in depth to the bone oppo site the fracture in the thigh and extending upward to the bottom of the old wound. At this point the Doctor introduced his finger and took from the wound a splinter of wood about 2i inches Ions, J or J of an inch wide and nearly as thick On a further search he found another splinter aout one fourth as large, ad a small tuft of hair, which had been peeled from the heud of some other poor yictim (probably his wife), of this most horr'b'e wreck, befo'e it reached Mr. Sink, and was driven through his clothing and into his lb-sh to the depth above stated, and for more than five months has caused intense suffering. The operation was a tedious one, but skilfully performed Mr. Sink submitted to and stood the operation with much nerve and fortitude. lie has, of course, necessarily suf fered much and is still suffering from the oper 1'ion. Hopes may now be entertained of his recovery. L. . II. Blaine is G2 ; and Second term has felt like sixty, too, since its war cloud wtat glimmering. SOJ1K rSTEK -.ED COTEMIMIKARIES Our Kodak Gets a Salt mil Ioea Its Best lor Two of ortli Carolina's JH tcl Moulder of Public Opinion. The other day, when Farmer Al Fairbrother passed through Con cord on. his way to Charlotte, there was something about him that seemed to convey the impression that there was something up. This im pression became so fixed in our mind th;:t we lay awake that night until long after nine o'clock trying to think what it was Fairbrother was after. Eer since ho came to this state we have been doing for him in one way or another and every effort he has made to do better has been instigated or encouraged by us. After mature delibera1 ion we tele graphed Jake Newell our suspicions and requested him to keep an eye open for developments. The result was satisfactory. Newell reported and v.e are able to lay before our readers an illustrative account of what seemed at one time an impene- trable mystery. Fairbrother was It seems that TRYING TO SELL HIS YAMS and was successful in disposing of the entire product of his farm, last year, to a waitress at the railroad restaurant in Charlotte, who wanted them for her sick mother. Newell says it was reported that he made an attempt to tell her a carload of Durham B Fertilizer for use as a condiment in the railroad sandwich es, but we shall not refer to that as it lacks confirmation. A private letter from Clint Brown brings us the pleasing intelligence that the editorial staff'of the Salis bury Herald has been increased. As the event is several weeks old it is due to our reputation as a news scooper to state that the delay in re por ing this interesting iem is due to the tardiness of tin; mgraver and the difficulty Cliut experienced in getting the young editor to hold still long enough for the kodak to work on mm. ei l - im r: if I ii im ! ' il5AZ;& I'll S T1IF. EDITORIAL FAMILY", but he finally succeeded with the pleasing result above given, aud Tudie is correspondingly delighted. Automatic Junk Sbop. "Correct w eight, one cent," is the legend inscribed over a piece of mech anism, which appears to be a cross between a clock and a platform sc ties, and stands in a conspicuous place by the side of one of the principal thoroughfares of Concord. It wa3 erected some two or three weeks ago, and was at first supposed tobeapennyin 'he slot weighing machine ; but in the course of time, various experiments established the fact that is was anything else but a collector of the small coin of the realm. It is now well known that for the purpose of asceitaining your incorrect weight, a button, an iron washer or a piece of lead cf ei ht au I suj ipprotim a ting a cent, will do just as well as the festive o.ipper. In consequence of thh di.-oovery there has been a heavy draft oti the stock of hardware -tores; old clothes have been lobbed of attachments uoth useful and or namental ; uhile the Standard olice hell box ha3 been almost depopula ted of its scraps of leads. When the prop i ietor of tne machine tin locks it, he will have enough junk o i hand to make him rich. A Strike. Coddle Creek, Cabarrus county, X. C, Feb. 4th '02. Mr. Editor: The latest: A lady out hunting for eggs, asked by anoth er if she had any on hand replied: My hens are on a strike they won't luy. I suppose the reasons to be the high price during Christmas caused them to get abov their business. The complaint seems to be general. Dou't know how we will manage when there is so much of something nice in the air. 1 Dr. J. E. Presslt. fin few- Better Times Ahead. THE RICHMOND AND OAXVII.I.E JIAHISG IMPROVEMENTS. Important Additlonto the Company's I'lant BusineNS Not as Fla as Was Supposed. Special from Greensboro Workman. The Richmond and Danville Co. i3 erecting an additional chimney on their palatial passenger station here. Ic the meantime, travelers cau stand on the platform for want of room to get inside. WILL TOTE THE FLAG STAFF. Col. Jim Long on Cabarrus Politics He Will Rnn for tne Legislature. Col. Jim Long was in Charlotte on Friday, and was interviewed by a Cnronicle reporter in regard to the state of politics in Cabarrus with the following result: Col. Long stood against a brick building on Tryon street, while the reporter climed around him on a step lader and shook hands with him, and then proceeded to question him as to the political status in his county. Col. Long said : Yaas, the boys over there want me to hold the flag staff for them in the next campaign that is, they want me ter go to the Legislature. I have viewed the puli cose situation from every side and have decided that I must heed the the call to the helm of my country's destinies. "Do you mean that you think you will be a candidate for the Legisla ture in the next campaign?" asked the reporter. "Yaas, that's what I mean, if I continue to think this way. I have decided that I ought to be better posted on the Bible to stump the county right, and so I have been reading considerably." "How are you succeeding in post. ing yourself?" "Fine, I am getting well acquiint with the book of Exodious. Solo mon and me were always good friends and I'll tell vou what is a fact. I have lately found in the Bible where Solomon said to the Queen of Sheba to 'give to the rich man wine, and to the poor man give him corn licker. Oh, yaas, I'll be 'lected providen I run, an' shore's I am, I am gwine to have something for the poor man to do with his corn make juice out of it." The colonel then lighted a match to fire his cob pipe, whistled for his dog until the little terrier barked right under his master's I avoirdupois t o let himknow that he was near by, and asked the reporter to tie his shoe for him, adding by way of apology that he had not seen his feet for years, and hurried off to catch the train for Concord. N'o Prospect of Free Silver. The prospect for the passage of a free coinage bill at the present ses sion of Cougress is not encouraging to free coinage advocates. The vote of the Senate committee Tuesday, adversely to the Stewart free coinage bill, is a pointer which may be taken to mean that when the measure comes to a vote next Tuesday it will be defeated. The house ha3 evidently read correctly the signs of the times and the majority party has abandon ed the idea of a caucus on the silver question In other words the Dem ocrats of the house dedline to make free coinage a party question. Mr Bland says that unless they do so the party will be defeated next fall, and just as wise men as Mr Bland say that if they do so it will be defeated. Such declarations a3 these are of a piece with the views of free coinage and anti-free coinage men generally : the free coinage people feel certain that if the mints were opened to the unlimited coinage of silver, prosper ity would return to the country, while the tnono-metalists thiak that free coinage would result in a de based currency. Charlotte Chronic cle. fjood Omen for Fariiiers. The fertlizer agents at his point say that they expect their sale8 in thar odorous commodity to fall off more than half this season, as the farmers have come to the conclusion that there is no money in using it to the extent they have in former years. The best farmers say they expect to pay more attention to making their own fertilizers and will raise less cotton and more grain and home supplies. In former years our merchants were heavy shippers of flour and grain to Southern markets and, if the farmers carry out their present intention, they will again be exporters instead of importers, and we will all enter upon a new era of prosperity. Statesville Landmark. The pension law just passed by the legislature of Mississippi, allows pensions to negroes disabled in the confederate service. LEAP YEAR RECEPTION'. The St. t'lond a Scene of Beanty, Joy aud Happiness. Friday night will long be remem bered by the young men of Concord. The long talked of "reception" has come and gone, aud now lingers in our memories as a "beautiful dream of fairy-land," filled with visions which will always make it pleasant to remember. About 9 o'clock, the gentlemen with their fair escorts, began to ar rive, and ire long the halls of the hotel were filled with "lovely maid ens and gallant men," presenting a scene unrivaled in the history of onr "city of fair women." No escort3 could have been more careful and attentive to all the wants of their partners than were the ladies on this occasion, and the mod est blushes and drooping eyes of several young men gave evidence that they had been listening, with what result, only the future can tell, to "the old, old story, of a lore that never will fade." At 11 o'clock the doors of the spacious dining hall were thrown open and the party flocked to supper. Such a supper! Oysters, salads and pickles; fruits and ice3 in abun dance. Even the most fastidious could find no fault, and our most peculiar tastes were fully satisfied. After supper the crowd gradually dispersed, each one filled with regret that the most enjoyable evening of a life time had been numbered with, the past. The entire assembly is indebted to Mrs. Dusenbury for her kindi ess and personal attention, which added much to the enjoyment of the even ing. The following is a list of those who attended, with their costumes and partners, as nearly perfect as your correspondent could make it: Miss Ada Rogers, white faille, en traine, diamonds; Chas. Wads worth. Miss Annie Cannon, white hen rietta, en traine, angora fur; Mr. Worrell. Miss Bell Bost, black lace and forgetmenots; B E Harris. Miss Lucy Richmond, blue Bilk; E P Mangum. Miss Carlie Fetzer, black silk; Mr Alexander. Miss Nellie Fisher, white swiss anu flowers; Arther Faggart, Miss Clara Oehler, black net, red ostrich feathers; J B Harkey. Miss Mary Adderton, blue fliik; A II Mitchell. Miss Estelle Adderton, white bro cade silk, gold trimmings; J F Parker. Miss Minnie Cochran, yellow silk and chiffome; Dr Fitzgerald. Miss Grace Cochran, white silk; John York. Miss ILlen Johnson, yellow satin, white lace; Q E Smith. Miss Willie Richmond, lavender cashmere ; Howard Cannon. Miss Corinne Harris, white Swiss, satin, hyacinths ; Jl L Keesler. Miss Jeanette Erwin, pink silk mull ; Frank Robbins. Miss Lillie Patterson, black net, lace and diamonds ; Dr. Houston. M133 Emily Carter, china silk and chiffornne ; II S Puryear. Miss Collins, white henrietta, hya cinth; Rufus Patterson. Mis3 Mary Fetzer, cream cash mere ; M W Ball. Miss Fannie Fisher, cream cash mere, en traine ; R E Ridenhour. Miss Lizzie Young, black lace, pink roses ; J C Leslie. Miss Maggie Keal, cream cash mere, marechal neil roses ; Gowan Dusenhery. Mis3 Marie Reed, lavender silk mull and flowers ; R T Gowan. Miss Julia McGruder, black lace : Rev B S Mckenzie, Miss Jennie Smith, black brocade silk, en traine, japonicas: Dr Fetzer. Miss Kate Smith, black silk, gold trimming; Will Morris. Mis3 Lallah Hill, corn colored satin, feather trimming, diamonds; G L Patterson. Miss Nannie McDonald, blue silk, chiffonne, silver ornaments; R S Wheeler. Miss Minnie Thompson, red eilk; Ed Hill, Joe Goodman. Mrs. Dr. Archey, white silt, en traine, hyacinths ; Dr. Archey. Mrs. Dr. Young, yellow silk, en traine, pearls ; Dr. Young. Mrs. W R Odell, black silk, dia monds ; W R Odell. Mrs. W G Campbell, black net; Rev. W G Campbell. Mrs. li E Gibson, black silk, en traine, diamonds ; R E Gibson. Mrs B F Rogers, black eilk. Mrs Anderson, gray cashmere. Mrs J C Gibson, black silk; J C Gibson. Mrs E D Brown, black silk, feath er trimmings. Mrs J W Cannon, china eilk and purls ; J W Cannon. ONLY TWICE AS MUCH READING MATTER AS ANY PAPER EVER OR NOW PUB LISHED IN THE COUNTY. sr TICKLE US WITH $1. Elections by the People. The House committee on elec tions last Saturday took a vote on the principle involved in several resolutions offered in the House and referred to this committee, looking to the election of United States Senators by direct vote of the peo le. and it was ascertained that the committee is almost unanimously in favor of the proposition. This is very significant, and, very gratify ing. And, moreover, it looks much like the beginning of the end. It will be rather surprising if, after this expression from the elections committee, the House does not at this session piss a measure propos ing a constitutional amendment agreeable to the views of the com mittee. The Senate will defeat it, but it will some day come. Next after it will come a measure abol ishing the electoral college and pro viding for the election of President and Vice President by the people. And why not? The circuitous method now in existence for the election of Senators and President are remnants of monarchical ideas, incorporated into the organic law by the fathers when the government was founded; when popular gov ernment was an experiment in the world and when there wa3 no light of experience to guide their feet. Time has demonstrated that the people are to be trusted with their elections and there are not lacking instances which prove that in cases where the elections are removed from them their will may be thwarted. Yes, let us get the Senators near er the people by having them chos en by popular vote, and let the consti tution be so ameuded that in the election of President and Vice Presi dent the ticket that gets the major ity of the votes not the ticket that carries a majority of the States shall be the one elected. Statesville Landmark. An Em of Peace. This end of the nineteenth cen tury of ours is an age not of war but of arbitration, not of passion but of reason. As the barbarous prac tice of duelling between individuals is now reprobated and condemned; so war, which is the duel of nations, only attended with more serious con sequences to third parties, strangers and would be neutrals to the quar rel, is similarly to be condemned and avoided by all means consi3fent with honor. War, which used to be styl ed the "last argument of kings" ultima ratio regum may mw be more appropriately termed the- sn. preme folly of nations. Baltimore Sun. Russia's tiroat Famine. It i3 estimated that 14,000,000 people iu Russia are suffering from famine. A failure of crops for three years has not only made a scarcity of provisions, but there is a crying demand for clothing, fuel, farming implements, &c. Barns, thatched roofs and boards have been used for fire wood. Fifty car loads of pro visions per day are necessary to feetl these starving provinces. Mrs Cleveland and Baby Ruth are? back in New York, both plump rosy and happy. TUB BEST." It U easy to say of anything, especial. Jyof a medicine, that it is "the bet-t"; Imt to show the reason of its superiority to the satisfaction cf the public, Dia bo quite another matter. When we aftirm, however, that Ayer's Sarsaparilla i superior to any other blood medicine, wo make no inconsiderate statement, liut tell the plain, unvarnished truth. Other so-called blood-purifiers may pro duce a temporary exhilaration, which is mistaken for cure; but the cures effect ed by taking Ayer's Sarsaparilla ara radical and permanent. It not only purifies the blood, but renews and in vigorates that JIuid. Ayer's Sarsaparilla has been ia use for t'.io better part of half a century, and lias achieved a success which is without parallel in the history of medicine. People early learned to appreciate its valuo as a purilier of the blood, and the lapse of years has only confirmed and strengthened tho popular opinion of its merits. Only the choicest and most approved ingredients enter into the composition of Ayer's Sarsaparilla, and these are secured regardless of cost It is on this principle that tho Honduras sarsaparilla root is exclusively used in this prepara tion. The domestic variety is cheap and abundant, being indigenous all over the American continent, but it has little medicinal value compared with the richer growth of the tropics There fore it is that the extract of the Hon duras root, solely, forms tho basis of Ayer's preparation, the other Ingredi ents being stillingia, podophyllum, yel low dock, and the iodides of potassium and iron. The effect produced tiy these Ingre dients depends largely upon the pro portions used, and it is only by the greatest skill in compounding them that the remarkable alterative and tonic -qualities of Ayer's Sarsaparilla are secured. The appliances f Ayer's laboratory are unkmo and costly, and experience shows that their use result in producing a compound extract ct far more curative power than can be obtained by any other methods. This fact, together with the most attractive, liberal, and original methods of adver tising, readily accounts for the world wide reputation and enviable success ot Ayer'g Sarsaparilla.