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Tlircalcii- l ('(iiiic to Itlowv.
Mi;. KniTt'!!: I have been away
on a little visit to one of my married
children for over ;t week ami the
first thini; one of my neighbors
showed me when I pot back was a
Mand.trd with aiioth' r attack ou me
by "S," whohisbtvn in iking attacks
on me ever since I gave my views on
the e-ehuol tpnstion which 1 only did
on the request of many friends and
which I thought was due to all par
ties, little thinking I should become
the object of continual attacks by
enemies of the public schools through
tin 'r agent "S."
seems to think he is some
gve it o:i'' for h- starts oil' by calling
himself -A Hard Old Fighter" and
sas I have waked the wrong passen
ger he:i I answered ills ariiele. He
a!s sas he has buried me under an
avalanche of wrrusm. Now Mr.
Editor. I do net rue-i'i to blame US"
for thinking so mue.i of himself and
his wonderful -turs for we are
tanglr in th. Scriptures that ''the
little which the poor man hath is
Lis all and h-- lvjoieeth greatly there
in," and all that ' seems to have
in the nay of knowl.-dge is his con
ceit and I no; :d;-.me him for "re-joi'-irg
i"i atl v t !.. ; in."
Tin- idt a v.hiiii he favors of
making children pay a line for not
coming to school in time and so help
tc pay the expenses of the school
sh.'ws where st-iinis on the
school question a: d you miy rest
assure I that if he h.'.u h;s way his
taxes, would not help to educate poor
people's children. Xo one but an
enemy of the puldie schools would
trv to save expenses by lining poor
sick children foi being tardy or ab
sent. lint I am not surprised at any
thing "S" doe, for the way he has
dodged from one side to the other
in this discussion proves him to be
entirely unreliable and nothing he
can say now will have any effect on
the mind of the intelligent public.
I will adl but one more thought,
and will then leave to the judg
ment of the public, lie winds up
his article with what he thought
wa3 a very sarcastic postscript, '-Seed
oats are in demand,' but I have so
far been unable to see the point my
self and haven't f.-und anybody that
can see it. Perhaps it requires a
sarcastic rerdu- like "S"' to see it.
A.v Old Subscriber.
THF.Y -MKT.
I SoliK" I - llllir wn Kais'l IPl--
i:ats !iiilol tu I ho lt'iiilicaii
t ll V'll 1 1 a II .
On Thursday, the preliminary
convention of the County liepubli
cana, was held in the court house.
In tome respects the meeting was
'hot.
A we're Ii publican, of Charlotte,
.app 'ire ! iud given th- privilege of
.making rome remarks at oi:ce raised
3 en ; feeling in one of the leaders
Jt is cl, limed, so the chairman tells
me th it there are two factions
known as the Eaves' and Mott.v par
ties' The Charlotte IP-puMicm is
a follower of Dr. Mott. This caused
revenue officer Henderson,! bright
and sharp colored man, who believes
in Eaves, to go for the Charlotte man
with a int.
The local politician c-rried the
day.
I L Montgomery was elected
char. -nan of the County Executive
.committee and 0 W li'ger, Secty.
J I
foi:
S'a
Ha
Montgomery and V E Ileiider-
!! were appoiu'e l delegates to the
a'e Convention which meets in
neigh, (-11 April 11.
There were only three white deles
rate
in the convention, winch was
largely attended by representative
colon d me'ii of the county.
Harrison's administration was en
dorsed amid enthusiasm.
asiinlle Spring I'ootrj .
Tis now the busy farmer,
En-ly blows his horn,
And scatters in the furrow,
The little grains of corn.
Coscoi;i Standakd.
' m.w tli; prudent housewife,
l;ega;d!es of the dew
To s ive her choice flovver3
Cues out the hens to "s lho o !"
Nex t ! 0 reensboro Kecord.
'Tis now the fancy maiden,
Thoughtless of the times
To purcha.se new Spring bonnets
Expends our hard earned dimes.
Come again !
The' is uo danger of forgetting
i railroad election. We all want
tl
Tin: (ii:iii!irii: soi.dhk.
Ir. Itny'N AIlr's nf I lie War Courrrt
I ! v M-lil.
Mr. President, ladies and gentle
men : Our coming together at this
evening hour is, itself, a fond me
morial of cherished recollections.
The changes wrought upon our
native land in the years of war are
visible in all the walks of life.
The unbidden tear still fails from
the cheeks of the aged mourner.
The decayed branches of the wil
low, without bud or bloom, still
hang in the hall ways of our souths
eru homes withered momeutoes of
departed hope.
The rusty old sword hangs in the
dingy scabbard upon the wall, but
the invisible tooth of the moth has
eaten away the cherished and ven
erated gray blanket.
The saddle and spurs, with the!
speeds of the brave warrior, have!
gone to dust and deca. j
Th mother who bore him, and;
the wife, who loved him, rest in the!
, i
siience of the grave. j
And the wooden slab placed at ,
his tomb, by their devotion, rwenfy- j
five years ago. Inn long since fallen
a wreck to the touch of time.
.Names and dates are invisible now ;
and the last trace of personal hh-nti-
ty ha- forever disappeared. j
Tli-.- Hag which h- loved and f.d- !
lOW.-ll TO.- II 1 r 11 !.!.- V.-'lO'.' f
10'e
he bled and died, is
ed, is k.-Mt :m a .-ad
lnemorial of hi death and defe :.
His riile and musket have fallen
into the bands of las idoi-ion?
rival; and hi-children are left with,
naught but the memory of hi- d ed
aud tjie rich heritage of ids un
marked grave.
1-Vw indeed are the remaining
relics to remind us of his valor.
J lis ancestry are dead, his prop
erty was swept away, his children
ate allied with a later generation a
generation which knew no war.
And now, sir, almost the last fond
relic which is left us, is the silent
grave which entombs him, and ut
ter forgetf ullness threatens that holy
avoid such a calamity as this,
and to aid in the erection of a mon
ument to his memory, is the object
of our meeting tonight.
Our wives, our mothers, and our
sisters have thrown themselves into
the arena, and by their prayers and
tears, they declare that his fame
shali never die.
The first question which suggests
itself, is, why do we wish to perpet
uate Hie. memory of the Confederate
soldier?
Why not let his name perish?
To answer these questions in a
few brief sentences, is the duty now
imposed upon me.
To remove all evidence of south
ern chivalry, first and last, from
the annals of American history,
would leave us without the heritage
of many noble and cherished names.
lb.it patriotism, is said to be the
only just ground upon which to
commemorate the soldier's deeds.
Tee patriotism of the soldier is
not always to be determined by the
wisdom of his policy, the size of his
army and th? wealth of his fol'o.vi rs.
Uisniark said " Patriotism is love
of home, love of law and love for
liberty."
Ca'sar said "The highest testi
monial of patriotism is a chivalrous
stroke to be free."
And we hold sir, that the Confed
erate soldier was the living exponent
of all these cherished principles.
His was a defensive warfare.
He fought for neither lust nor
empire then let the rose and the
myrtle bloom on his grave. He did
riot waste his life on fame's empty
altar. nor make a fruitless libation
of himself to the god of war.
He first sought redress for wrongs
in legislation, and when this failed,
he returned to his home, to pursue
the arts of peace beneath the vine
and fig tree of his own native land.
And he never appealed to the
sword, until an hostile army had de
termined to invade his native land.
This was his last protest against
wrong, apd his first apology for
war.
I shall not pause here to discuss
his rights, or his wrongs, whether
real or imaginary. I shall not
pause to exhonerate him from all
blame.
But sir, I do ause to assert, and
in the name of the richest blood
that ever stained devotion's altar,
and over the neglected tombs the
hollow skulls and benes of our
chivalrous dead, that, if love for
country, love for law and love of
liberty are the signs of patriotism,
then sir, the patriotism of the Con
federate soldier ha3 never been sur
passed in the history of time.
We have no quarrel with the
federal government, because she has
not. seen Ih to erect, a monument to
the memory of ten- fallen heroes;
and we are not jea'ov.s because our
living comrade--! receive no pensions
from air national coffers.
They need no such aid, they claim
no such recognition !
No mercenary motive led him to
appeal to arms in the days of war,
and no mercinary n-.oiive should, ever
dim the fame of valor, bv an appeal
to his victor for aid, in times oi
peace.
For he was no hireliac. who
made war his trade, and pillage his I
vocation.
He made no bargtin wiih the
state for bounty, and fought and ;
itid witlirv li,. )' 'Ut.-o lit
u',:?1
for pensiim.
lie needs ro p.-r.-'o:
no ivi!;.:: : -
t !!,
:' :r 11 I
r' ry. j
nee
I to
:d.s, :.--r to f- get --ry : t.
chiva'ry. nor !..'.. a to .-it-.; the
of Ins iieroi.-m.
Historians tell of L-ecid.s a?
his Spartan baud-: poets sing if j
f.reeee and rev. Hannibal an. i
Scipio were the wonders of that age.
1'ompey and Ca-sar w-.re Demigods
in their generation. Later periods
have immortal;, d the Briton and
Scot.
The f urines Frank
and the
and song.
But Mr. IV. .-id t. :t v. as r-.serv-
ed for AuK-ric-.:: .-vi. ! ccom,- M-j
theatre, and Ai.e iic pi c.a :a::
and soldiers the actors, in the mo. t ;
wonderful mditarv dramas in thej
, t j
march ot t:i;i.-. i
With ait army of n'd q':it- itoo.foi
icr u, composed of the ch'.valr.v o:
the south, llobevt K Leo an
J'' !
immortal coa-ijuto: s, 1 -.A at, tay
and defeated in many pitched bats
LiL-s, i i iuui i-..'.;-, .! .;. , in. i ....... i !
army compose i of :;,o.W,ouO men j
fiom every nation on tin- cut!:. J
Where, sir, do-s l.i.-tory record
the story of su-ii 1.. i o'
Tin- tact itian ' n;ee stcil.,. ihe art s j
of war i.s seen in the genius of
tiade.s at Marath')u, Leonid. ts at j
Thermopylae, Hannibal on the Alps,
Caesar at the Khinc, on. the Khone
and the Bubicon.
lint now he !hd i I-:-.--K--r.s nearer
I'.fti:'1, :r : ' :e ' : - of ; or:.
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..take be, f : cap
broad, th d P. - . t
of UVolu.'ei..s. , . 1 Me-!.
tegrations of tu
..lake it if yee. can, ic.:
wintirr's frosts a. d sip en;
l ..r.cs
riant it in ro:c :: public place, the
the asser-by m y n ad t ' s t :y v
his chivalry when you cud i are.
KOUO.
Build it in memoiyof Ids heroic
i i M a . : i i ... i . . i
tious of joy.
Then let the orator speak of his
fame from tho forum, and lot the
pret tell of his deeds in. verse, ami
eong.
Tho dead warrior cannot speak to
his faithful co nrudes and sisters,
to commend them for their devotion
to liia memory. Tho living must
discharge that holy trust.
A trust committed to Lis wife and
children, on the faith of the snrrens
eler.d sword, a sword which was
never tarmsiu-u ay disgrace, nor
rendered odious with dishonor.
And now iu the name of our deael
comraeles, we thank you for the pro
posed monument. No puit-r cause
ever claimed your devotion.
Wc thank you, in the name of
the unmarked Confederate graves
throughout the country.
We thank you, in the name of the
aged mot ler, vho slid weeps in
mournful sorrow over her soldier
bey's j;ruve.
orohnnehibkenwhos, richest her-
itag.j is tho memory of his heroic
u.-eds, and the quiet retreat of his
du -ty bed.
Yes, we than'.: you. for the pro-
1 A I'
poseu monument. A r.aerea irusr,
which you would consecrate fo the
i!:f liv.ny of our fallen comrades. A
token of love and devotion, which
no na'ioned endorsement could ever
supjny.
It is to be the fruit of your devo
tion not. to a dead cause but to
the memory of our dead compan
ions. I is not to be buiit by taxation,
j nor by extortion or chance, but by
lie wants th Toad and free ollering of devo
v;, ... .,, ,i : tion to til.- mcnury i.i our cherished
'- ! t a 1.
:.n leo! i .
, ' ! J. qc.i. v.u.i t!;e teats o their
Jle 1 : 1'. S I ,. 1 ; T . , ii
1 . M;i! silt.! !file.ilfi! 'n tin lirav-
t i.eir v. ivcs, siP-rs :H.d daugh-
.nineiit to the i.ici.oiv o:
..: tp.. v. .;, ,; :.), p claiuj
n j the 1 ;..r its eternal iri ardlans.
I Then, let the :nut:um'jit b- built j
Jiohi. : ' ::eT. Iiiub.1 it in the)
f i c n;' (1. 1 a. ret h r:i uit'.
A;e! lb, - by day, and the moon
,,,u ,,: .v,.; ,y ii--!;t, shall !:-c: Ii- i'y
t'.'i I !e.:i':iii " i e'd ..virgil e.-ver t h it s-icrcd i
, ;
!
: e : tht ling t! wdrop- from j
-eau Mia. i v. cj , uc-ii i cmiracter ju anything sue lias wnt
d i ! ssings upon that holy ; tuK
. I "S'.s" time Is now put in for the
: -v r.s.-ur.'it that ms quiet I , .
. , ,-. i,- i ! purpose ot correcting errors m tne
' I"- t "
sec. 'do tribute of original
:.: lin
es v.biel:
i wt-cd.s and;
row upon hie j
tear of sorrow !
:;Iit. -I: sprinkle
v, reel lemo!- thy
Mr that hallow the
1 i.e
No.
m.' and the
ur.race. we call thee not bueli to i
,r:h"- w crpin
Thot; an free from its carnage, di-tract-
i-ai ar.-l nam.
The -pirit of truth, ami ot faith is thv
keepia.:.
P.e.-t then, fellow comrade, till we greet
thee- again.
No more shall the shout of the ua'eroken
eoiunin
Of the foe on the field., drive thee mad
-a it h its gloom,
h no, fallen comrade, for truth is thy
nertion.
.,,.; -hrdl enshrine thee in the arms
of the ;,.m:.
The yen - have e.ane fa.-t -nice the circle
was broken
IV: t- - arm ot grim tk-ath, when the g-u'at
reets .laek-on. Oh. raptures
our heeler "Laomti," and his ehie,'lv his
--c 1 like a ship in the storm, -on the
ocean.
Tlic lie:, fall-ai comrade, was ebbing and
ij,t,.,
-, ;.-ti.;,.-drive the-bark from the reck
to he haven.
The haven of rest, where the faitJiful
The storm has subsided, and cahn are the
No.lebiis of wreck can be seen on the
Tic portal i- gaitied, and the harbor is
n
And ;h- din of the war cry is hushed
ever in, ire.
On :b- :M-of Ids fame the cedar and
. 'Vi;!""V
Keep w.'.P-h bv ins g'rave, for life's drama
'.
, ,
And
:;e,
night bird shall sing from Ins
; ereh on their branches,
Av.a.cn r -et memories of dear com-
j ra;
! The ro
gi -tie.
bv his grave are the sentries)
i Tl;.- ro and pa:i:-ics, with arms open
-; ! Mac1 1 ;.e;i- in his fame, in his fa.mc for
j Till . '.it- ' dia of war, and the clash of
en', 1 And i he roar of the camion are hushed
i
hi '..'.'. le.
j VtYih ic:nic:e-t feelings: of grateful devo
, "V- :: to thy .grave with thisj token of
- .: Ac: t'd . he t tribute in the name of a
c.. And e thy re:.., 'til we greet thee
With granite and marble, and branch of
1 he cypress,
The emblems, of pence shall bhy slumbers
; nshrine,
, lln "H-inento, us all we can
! oiler,
' 0h ;rave of m comrades, thu tribute
I is tlnne !
r.ntl,c I1m- Itrrortl.
Aslicviltc Citi::i.-!i.
The verdict that acquitted Dr.
Baker convicted Mrs. Gilmer of
being a monumental liar, and yet
this woman, whose testimony was
discredited from the moment she
came into the co nrt room, may have
told the truth- if not the whole
truth.
That old saying. "A woman and
L ,J))g gfa,,(1 er iu court seems
once to have bee n broken. It is not
impossible, however, for a woman to
be a "momtiik'ii liar" and the
court not ascertai n the fact.
The buds are tjwellirg, thank you.
to 3MKK m:s: madikk.
S' living: Itip 'Mollier ot 1' Koiiio
I'cr-'.iial ;al TIu VltSe Tiling l-.as
4.otlen Oil' lti Track Tin- Ik.n
4 iiil'tly I.ust in tli Miillit : of
Yor!s.
?,lu' El,I'r0TJ: "An 01d Sbscri
j lier" JIf!S Srteu wrathy and consid- j
erably muddled,
She attributes the entire heading
0f the last article to me. I would
j iik(1 fil Qnw t. i,,.,. fi,.!t . ti. ,.,Vltnr isi
responsible for the heading of my
article, and I suppose he is, alike,
responsible for the heading ot her
immortal production. I am not
aware that I am an enemy to pub- i
lie or private schools, and have never
written anything indicative of that
fact. An old Subscriber ought, by
all means, to review all that has
been written, and then condense it
and put it in the space occupied by
'Seed oats are in demand." My
dear friend. I did not propose to
tine children for being too latent!
school, but to impose the line upon
'10 parant, as it is the parent's place
to have them present at the opening
of each day's session.
Will the. venerable ".Mother of
! please show 'S" where he has dodged
j anything in this discussion ? It ;
1 would be impossible to dodge an;
arg-iiuent from the ''Mother of 1 o"
. ' 1
ior there has been nothing of that ;
articles of "An old Subscriber."
"I will add but one more thought,"'
says my ( ste-nced friend. Mr. Kdi-
b !', i am sorry you f..ih d to get that
thong h t i :. Did vou overlook it?
I woiihl like to have one- thought to
d- .1 with.
1 am accused of having great, pos
sessions, which consist chieily of
"conceit."
Will the venerable "Mother of 13"
quote something that I have said
that will even indicate self-laudation
? My esteemed friend seems to
have nothing but a stupendous
imagination to draw from, and she
has a wonderful capacity in draw
ing, for she can draw "seed oats"
from any source. Will you, Mr.
Editor, please remove that "demand
for seed oats" to the other side of
your paper so that the connection!
will not be so close? You should
not. allow such ''pci.-.-ripts" to oc-
cur in your paper.
j The venerable "mother of 13" lias
; , , - . ,
j convinced us of one fact, and one
i only. She eaid in the outset of this
animated discussion, that she did
not often write for newspapers, and
her writings have shown conclusive
ly that ehe does not read them very
carefully, if she reads them at all.
She glances, and then jumps overall
argument, and grabs at a conclusion
without any premeditation or fore
thought. S.
The Standard calls the corres
pondents oli. They have been on
the issue long enough.
If they can see what they have
accomplished, we are glad; we arc
sure no one else can. Knowing that
a woman is e.vpec ed to have the last
word, tiie Standard maintains its
reputation for oddity by saying that
the woman shall not speak last on
this subject.
Besides, the temper of both is be
coming such that legal action might
be necessary to settle what may fol
low if the heated discussion goes
much further.
In the meantime we keep the
secret": "S" shah never know- "Moth
er of 3 3" or she "S." This is posis
tively th last on this line Ei.j
t'roti.-iM.v Soiiio One i:Im.
Nerueinl Yi. telle.
Yc had not been in A'.bomarie
long before wc learned that Jim
Cook was somewhere about here.
We had the pleasure of an introduc
tion to this well-known newspaper
man, and found him to be, as we
had always supposed, a very clever
fellow. Jim remarked to us that
"th -re were no flies on the Standard."
There is probably some mistake
about this ; we have never met the
Vidette man. He mav have met
our shadow, Jimmie Iloneycutf,
who sometimes sings in our place
and passes himself off unconsciously
for us oftentimes. Jimmie is a
friend of the Standard and hence
his allusions to flies at this unsea
sonahle time.
i: iiiiiin of the Jreat Strike.
London, March 11. When the
night shifts left the mines in Dur
ham this morning they brought
their tool3 with them. This was
;lone in accordance with yesterday's
decision and makes the coal strike
a certainty. The latest estimafe
places the number of members who
will quit work tomorrow at 400,000.
' A It A I.YZ K I'..
An Aw fill Acroiiiil of'an AuTul Affair.
l'eople idionld take warning and
not say too many nice things about
Sam Jones. There's danger in it
The Cartersville Conrant-Ameri-can
published the following in its
last issue, from Xecoma, Kancas.
This village was thrown into a
state of excitement yesterday by an
occurence which has no parallel in
point of mystification and sensation.
Yesterday morning's service in the
Methodist church was largely at
tended, and the pulpit was occupied
by the Bev. J W "Ward, who is a
great admirer of Bev. Sam Jones,
the evangelist. During the course
of his sermon Bev. Ward took occa
sion to extol Mr. Jones in suchterm3
as to cause alarm to his members
as he wrought himself up into a
frenzy of excitement. He declared
that it would give him the pros
fou ndest pleasure to see those who
are ridiculing the methods of Sam
Jones consigned to a liteial hell,
where they would sizzle and burn
throughout eternity, and that he
would rather believe that God is a
lie, than Sam .Tones had not accom
plished even mo-e for the good of
mankind than Jesus Christ. He car-,
rkd on his blasphemous manner for
some time, when he brought the
thing to a sudden climax by stand
ing on his tip-toes, stretching his
right hand toward heaven with hi3
index linger pointed into space, and
with a demoniacal laugh said, veho-nic-.nly:
"I declare from this pulpit to this
people and all the world that Bev.
Sam Jo:i(3 is pre-eminent when
compared to Jesus Christ and in
evidence of this belief I call upon
Cod to paralyze me here and now if
it is not so."
Scarcely had the words died on
his lips, when he became perfectly
rigid and a ghastly pallor over
spread his countenance, his hand
remained pointing to the ceiling.
Consternation which seized the audi
ence i3 not within the scope of
human imagination, much less
within the power of human pen to
describe, for there stood a man a
monument of the wrath of the Al
mighty, for he died to evoke a diss
play of his infinite power, strong
men, trembling, approached him,
and when they laid hold on him
they found it impossible to move
him.
He has been standing in the same
posture since 11 o'clock yesterday
(Sunday) morning until the present
writing, 3:30 this (Monday) after
noon. The villagers are in great
fear and prayermeetings are being
held in churches and residences,
and those who were never known
to have been on the inside of a church
are today upon their knees in ear
nest supplication that God will with
draw his avenging haml and restore
the unfortunate creature to his for
mer condition.
Several ladies are prostrate from
tho awful shock to their nervous
system, and the children are won
dering what has so suddenly chang
d them. It is considered as a
terrible warning to those who trifle
with Jehovah's name and no man
can be found in town hardy enough
to ask God'- name derisively on his
lips.
The Standerd believes this to be
utterly false, but a man that is so
cra::y ought to have something done
to him. The account may be true
but let us hope not let us hope
that no sane human can be so blas
phemous and such a man worshipper
TOSJ'IPVK IX (-II.VKI.OTTi:.
Senator HiEl Aeeeiilsau Invitation to
Sjxeili at the .lleehlenhurK Anniver
sary. Washington, 1). C, March 11. A
de!eg.:;tinn from Charlotte, X. C, ars
rived in "Washington to-day to pres
ent a formal invitation to Senator
David B Hill to deliver the anniver
sary address at the commemoration
of the Mecklenburg declaration of
independence, at Charlotte, May
20th. The delegation consists of B
T Brevard, mayor of the city ; E 1)
Latta, J L Chambers, J F Bobert
son, T 11 Bobertson, Jerome Dowd,
J B Caldwell and Wade II Harris,
of the Charlotte Daily Xews. The
delegates met Senator Hill at
1 o'clock and he cordially accepted
the invitation. Senators liansom,
Vance and Butler will accompany
Hill to Charlotte.
Striking Similarity.
Bykes : Why do the hands of a
clock remind you of a pouting hus
band and wife?
Sykes : Give it up.
Bykes : Why, they pass each
other a dozen times a day without
speaking.
who is sm; k nr.?
A iron. vinous 4'iiiiiMiiii-at ion Tlint
Puts lh- 11 Man In a Mutly Who
Wrote It Nome Opinions .iv-n.
The Standard requires the name
of the contributor when a communi
cation that will precipitate a light
or hurt feelings goes into our Long
Primer. We don't publish many
like this, either.
This party signs herself or him
self "A True Friend" of the editor.
That's square ; we are all friends ;
if we are not, we ought to be.
Who i3 the author of the article
below is the question. The commu
nication is in a lady's chirography
and sounds just like some woman
who feels a powerful interest in us.
It's good advice, unless it's spite
work to get us to quit the field Cu
pid has assigned us to you know
there's a green-eyed goddess that
tries someti nes to knock a fellow's
confidence into a cocked hat, so to
speak.
A lady may have written this, or
a woman may be behind it, hut the
Standard has an abiding opinion
that Dennis (that one who worked
himself into our confidence, learned
our faults and weaknesses and then
stabbed us by turning a traitor to j
us it's equal to an assassination, J
for our life has been blasted and our
hopes are all ashes) wrote it or had
his private secretary to write it.
His private secretary is a woman
because the communication is in a
woman's writing.
Dennis is hard to understand ;
he's been told this by us and by
others cf lesser attainments. He
thinks he can make us go off in a
jealous mood and put an end to what
he thinks a wrecked existence. It
i3 Dennis, because Dennis reads
Longfellow, ana he writes poems
gobs of nonsense and gobs of wiss
dom and he claims the authorship
of "Casabianca," "Mary's Lamb"
and "Somebody's Darling" and
many other classic poems and some
that are not at all classic.
Here's his introduction to the re
cent poem :
"We all know of our dear Editor's
Poetic soul and how eagerly his
famished eyes devour anything that
rhymes, so we take it upon ourselves
to present him with a slightly alters
ed poem from "Longfellow's Beware.
If we find he appreciates this, we
will send others with pleasure.
"A Tiice Friend."
And then comes the gobs of poet
ry, which we interline that the
music may be sung with understand
ing. Here it is:
fTAXZA I
I l;ivw a maiden fair to see
Take care,
She can 1 j. tli false and friendly he,
Beware, beware.
Trit her nut,
Sin.; is fooling thee.
Oli, Dennis, she has; she has
done it twice and is trying to fool
me again.
ST.ISZl II
She lias one eye, so soft and blue,
Take care,
She take? a ono-eyed glance at you,
Beware, beware.
Trust h.T not,
Plie is f 'olinsr thee.
Ob, Dennis, one eye was enough
to ruin me ; two would have paral
yzed me.
STASZA III
She has hair of a reddish line,
Take rare,
And what she-ay. it i not true.
Beware, he ware,
Trust her not,
She is fooling thee.
Oh, Dennis! That hair is what
did the work, and we now see
through the glass clearly.
STANZA IV
She lias a hand quite small and fair,
Take eare,
No, she's compelled tj wear,
Bi-ware, beware.
Tru-t her not,
She's fooling thee.
Oh, Dennis! that hand does
nothing and is gloved, and i3 worth
less. STANZA V '
She may prefer you to a score,
Take care,
But just "Propose," she'll phow you the do r,
Beware, beware.
Trust her not,
She's fooling thee.
Oh, Dennis, she said she preferred
us, but we don't prefer her; we
can't afford to "Propose" for fear
she'll accept.
JCSrGiving thi3 communication a
second thought, the Standard is
satisfied Dennis did not write it. It
i3 the work of several young ladies,
whose footprints are spotted. We
will not tell on you, but, hereafter,
sign your names (not for publica
tion but good faith) and write on
one side of the paper only.
Bemember that, if you want to
vote, you must see that your name is
on the registration book for general
elections. Your name on the town
register alone will not do.
THE KKIl"'TIOX OF I'l'.KTl.lZER.
A if Interview that Miow What han
1l,.eu Hone in thet.iiauo Business in
( nl.trrii.-'l lie IMil'erenee in Iol larH
And Ceut.
A prominent merchant of the
town has iven us a record that tells
a tale. He in a few days intericwed
prominent farmers on the subject of
guano. The ditlereut sections of
the county are represented in this.
It also shows, m a iret!v accurate
measure, to what extent cot-ercial
fertli.ers have been used.
Here's the list as secured:
ism ls:?
SACKS SACKS
..Milton Bodgers l."
II M Goodman 1,"
Joseph White ."
U W Misenlieimer 1 1
Jas. J Brown lo
J H Earnhardt xlo
F F Slarnes '. ;
O B Veils i;
B J Kerns 1
Daniel Ceok X'5
C W Barnh.irdt )"
William Be.itz 10
BM Day van It 11
F D Brumly l'i
DM I sen hour :. '
Jackson fcafrit
J J I a r ringer .1 u
Watt Barringer 'h.
C B Bdackwelder i
W II Beaver '-!' '
Nelson Bitaker 1"J
Ben Burlyson 300
All Cook :h
P C Deal ;
Jas. F Litaker "-'0
M C Carman -hi
C A Isenhour in
D C Iloldbrook -V)
Total r.:.'n
none
none
none
none
none
none
none
3
none
5
ti
;
H
none
none
none
none
none
none
10
1
10
10
-i
none
Id
The amount us?d this year is ju.-.t
about B per cent of what w es used
last year. Iu dollars arid cents the
value of the guano used in lS'.il is
$1,9S0; the value of this year's pur
chase is sm55.To.
From the interviews the Standard
has had, kin addition to tiiose our
friend has furnished us above, we
are sure that fully Un percent, of
the acreage in cotton will be the
comparison of lS'.)2's cro to that
ot 1891. We are told, too, that the
farmers have increased the making
of home made fertilizers. This is
anenconraging item about our great
est enemy fall obligations.
.
Xot i:noiili Money in I lie SoiKli to
laj- Our Share.
Chatham Kecord.
No man can form an adequate,
idea of the vast and incalculable
amount of money that would be re
quired to "pay the Union soldier
the difference between the price of
depreciated money in which he was
paid and gold." During the war
nearly three million soldiers (the
exact number is 2,778,1504) enlisted
in the Union army, and now it is
gravely proposed by the Third party
patriots and philanthropists to pay
to those soldiers, or their heirs and
legal representatives, the difference
between the greenbacks, with which
they were paid during the war, and
the price of gold at that time. If
such a project as this should be se
riously attempted, there would not
be enough money in the South to
pay our share.
v;;t;vAr.:. or i ...m.t.i.
.i;-h hi r. vry In . : r-of. . I
:.'.'. ir i ' i:i.'-t.:.1:i ai.d ie-! it-i-tl
co:. j.-.. :i. 'i'iie !..-c. y -.,!;. . ;it 1 ilii.-s,
f-.r Ille-hflii t;v;;l!lle!!t h;i- . .-h M ;..!..
jin-'-.-ing ie .-isy -ther l.ec. '.y, soi.'
it, i.s f-.r th;.- reason tie ; v. -a ..til.!
eariles,': i y r;ei';t.ii our l'. ;el, , i".'a.;i-,:
(?..- iee of any but I hi: li.-.-' j ; ... i
ri-M-.l:e-. Irreparable injury i i'i-u
by j-l.;.-:i!g i-i.iiCJ.-itr.- hi Tie ii--i:n-s
which. ;.hlni!!li tti-w !:... 1 .f--ii-tioiis,
ar hi;. 11 woi'lii! ! I h. lb-:
::!i::o- I in.-v ital.'.i- failure , . ; :.. ... e...,;
punie! - i li.e throws i: .--reiht i ; '. h::r-Jiei-y
ami l;i.-.i;.-:.l f,oj. i : . . i il.
J'i- -ii he - l. oi ; i.e . ... u r !
I., o.y IV e , :;i---;. IV " -.
piVY. !., ee, !-.: CXVV! i .- ' .
the ;l pe..!::,e, v . .
tail,! of se;...,e !.-; C; ; ; ,
therefore, a pre-, n" ive '-' e. ; .: ;.t " e.
That. Ayr's S:-r:;t:ti-;::a ' : .i-
ly pr-.v-.l it-.-ir .-!! h r. " '" :.
v.'ell-I.ni.wn !:-i :h-it. et.um.t !. -... .:-
(f-.ieliily and i.r "M IV J.roel ...
A I' .--:; ... 1. I ill-, -ii "Mi i n -
Cl le !.V I ee, ,. . ' li b. lh .", ! . .1 I.e '
ell l!:e n.i-t se''.!veto; y vm! i- v:.!
.veb-uee. that "the b .: ! : ! i:-e . .
Av -r'.i S.irvip irilhi wiil th.i)- uhl..
erveliee.l'- si r- ! :ihi." 1 : e f m t 1,. r :e i rt- :
"I have li-e.: ;t :-s ;i:i . e t i vi- i-mI
h!ooii-pui ilh-r, ,';!:il sey tlial I
boi!-';y beh. -VI- it to be t! i- best b!.., !-ei-ilie!
.ie ever eelllpoUUileil." This t- -
tiiiii-isy, vhieh lei.- been r---:i(iirii." i! 1.
litni.t.H.-. ef "-'.h--;'S, --heuhi be Mi.'.h-i. - -In
iioluee ;i!l who lire of MTofub uis ! i : 1 1 . :
to ree.rt, v. ii!:o;it. delay, to tin: i.t: of
Ayer' S;;r- ip irilhi.
Aii'e'.i -r iii ibi'ly very prcvab nt in the
Unileil :-'t:itij i.i eiilarrli. 'J'hi is ai-o a
bloo.l ili .i-ii-e, aii-l one of the I:io-t stiib-bi-rh
with wliii h ph sieialis bin e 1o e..u
ti ml. We have b.-eii repeat 'iiy a
sureil, hmvev -r, Jiiat tiie p.-r-i.-' i-et u-e
of Ayer's S irse-virilla e!f.-et -i:-; '. v i -p'-ls
fro-ii th:- sy-ti-ui this m-.-t il,--ust.tu:
and il.-.nueroas ei.-iipi.iint. la
.-. Woril, the way to hf-allli is throieii
thij "purilieatioii of the 1 1 1 which
nourishes the whole system. Try Aycr'iJ
Sarsaparilla.
fill outlet.