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VOL. V. NO. 12.
CONCORD, N. C., THURSDAY, MARCH 31. 1892.
WHOLE NO.
. The Standard.
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6not Throgh I.nugr.
"While going from the depot in
Mt. Airy, Joe Cruse, a native of this
county, was shot through one luug,
by a livery man. What the diffi
culty grew out of, the Standard cau
not learn. The Greensboro Kecord
of Thursday has this item: The Joe
Crews, who was shot at Mt Airy
night before last, was the Irishman
who was at one time a porter for the
McAdoo House. It is reported to
day that he will likely die.
The Mt Airy News, just to h;
(and it is printed Thursday moi
ing) gives the particulars of the J
Cruse shooting scrapes Mount A...,
was in a fever of excitement on last
Tuesday uight when the news spread
along! the Jstreets that Sam Allred,
of the livery firm of Allred & Pat
terson, had shot Crews, the omnibus
porter of Mr. S G Vac?.
It seems that while calling for
passengers at the depot upon the ar
rival of the freight at eight o'clock
that night Messrs. Allred and Crevv.s
got into a dispute as to which was
entitled to drum for the Central Ho
tel, and the :v-u't was some hard
words. As il.e '.wo 'bus-'S were com
ins: slowly up Fmnkliu trcet, All
red's 'bus in th lead, o.e Crews goi
oil of Pace's "o-s and walked along
behind Allrtd's. Seeing Sam All
red on the steps h- told him he must
take lack what he said at the depot.
Allred r plied that iie would take
back nothing.
At this jjnctnre Allred got off the
steps and Ed Pattersnu crawled out
of the 'bus. This put the three
together and they all walked along
between the busse?, Crews and All
red fussing. All of a sudden Crews
jumped at Allred, pushing him
against the side walk and, as Mr.
Patterson states, choked him down.
Allred pulled out his pistol and
shot him, the ball entering the
breast just above the diaphragm. Dr.
Joe Hollingsworth probed for the
ball and secured it Ed. Patterson
carries the empty shell. Crews is
painfully iujured but it ia thought
his wounds will not proTe danger
ous. Allred was tried before Mayor
Graves and bound over to court in
the sum of $300.
nUra.klQK It. Value.
Friday night the electric light
system here was discussed by a small
group of individuals. The question
of per cent realized was the main is
sue. One tsaid the system paid 80
per cent.; another, 2 per cec t
this is a pretty wide difference. All
hands went to figuring and up to
this hour none knows. But strange to
Bay when the matter of 2 per cent,
was mentioned the lights went out
and did not appear up to ten o'clock,
if then.
While the service is by no means
extraordinary, it is very satisfactory
and beats the "lightning bug sys
tem"two to one. One can appreciate
the electric lights, when they fail
to turn up on a dark night.
It was the consensus of opinion
that Concord wa3 the best lighted
town in the State, which the Stand
ard doesn't believe at all. It bents
Salisbury and Kaleigh, but the crowd
was talking about live, progressive
towns.
Upon the whole, it's no one's
business how much per cent, the
system pays except the stockholders,
w ho will not call upon any of the
crowd, that wa3 discussing the mut
ter, to find out.
toiiltlu t rinl POIlUTOllOIII'.
Col. Jame3 'Wilson Ling, who re
presented this county at one time in
the Legislature and made himself
famous by the delivery of an oration
on tooth carpenters and a bill look
ing to their government, has his
Lobby as well a3 other great men.
jfey You can't find a man or a wo
man who hasn't a hobby of some
character.
Col. Long, a right smart of a Bible
student, one would judge from his
remarks, ia very much interested in
a gtalernent in the Bible a3 regards
one getting full of corn licker and
other intoxicants and then being
prepared to do more good etc.
He made a statement to that effect
Friday evening, in Dr. Johnson's
drug "tore, in the presence of quite
a crowd when it was at once challen
ged. The Col. called for a Bible.
Through a mistake, or otherwise,
Dr. Johnson, who ''won't be recon
structed," handed the colonel a dis
pensatory The colonel looked for
a long time and finally declared that
he couldn't understand such a Bible,
that if he had his he "could find
Deuteronomy or Exodious in a min
ute." When the amused crowd told him
that the book waa not the Bible, but
a druggist's directory the old colonel
Jfelt very indignant
DISCI ! INSl'ES.
A Letter From M ake Forest College
That Is M'orl li Heading.
Wake Forest, X. C, Mar. 21 '92.
On the night of lGth the Wake
Forest Scientific Society met in extra
session to discuss the financial depres
sion in this section and the cause
of the low price of cotton. Prof.
Mills in his inimitable way gave
four reasons for the low price of
cotton.
1 TV failure of the Barin
v ion, owing to the de
Osgovernment bonds
' v N republic. The
bih.a tried to prevent
this financial panic by selling bonds.
So much stock was thrown upon the
market, thus everything dropped.
Cotton being a necessary staple it
did not fall off as much as other
things, but it fell enough to damage
the farmer. The speaker showed
by this Unit the world was so closely
related that a financial panic in ou-.j
part of the world is felt in eveiyj
ot her part. The recent strike of the j
mining hands in England caused j
eo:ton to drop two-thirds cents on
the p minis. I
2. The McKiuley bill. Here thoj
speaker got wanned up and said j
sometimes when bethought of the
misery and distress in so many!
homes caused by this bill his blood j
boil d and he felt like shouldering-!
his musket again. Owing to this bill
Efglaud had lost her best customer
and since she could no longer sell us
her tin plates, cutlery, and woolen
goods, she could no longer .buy our
cotton. To buy $100 worth of
pearl buttons in Austria would cost
1-1.00 to land them at Xew York.
Thus five thousand hands were
thrown out of employment in one
town ia Austria and of course they
can't buy our cotton. If A buys
B's products B is expected to buy
from A.
3. Over production. An extra
crop waa gathered in the fall of 1890
just at the time of the great finan
cial panic spoken of above and a
large surplus remained. In 1891
the yield was not so treat still there
was a large surplus; and from last
year's crop there remain3 1,300,000
bales. The middle man or specu
lator has to hold this amount and
there being a great risk he cannot
afford to pay a3 much for it as he
could if he knew consumption would
even overtake production.
4. The grain famine in Europe.
Last year nearly all Europe failed
on the grain crop. They had to be
supplied from our graneriis, hence
the high price of flour and the im
potency to buy our cotton.
The speaker closed by saying that
he waa no prophet and conld not
say whether the price of cotton
would soon be any better or not but
there were smie hopes of the work
ing class of Europe becoming settled
and the supply curtailed he hoped
for an increase in the price. Dr.
Taylor made a few remarks, saying
that the day for cotton in North
Carolina wa3 done. The price had
become so low and other sections
coal! grow it so much cheaper than
we could that we were forced to
resort to something else. Years
a:o the Atlantic slope was a great
grain section but now it finds a mere
genial clime in the northwest. The
poverty of the southern farmer was
not due to laziness a J many of the
press S'.ems to think but the calamity
of the "tixties" was still upon u,--,
t'iat the poverty encountered then
had been just pished ahead. The
speaker said he wished he could re
tire some nigh' and after a peaceful
rest awake to find that all the mer
chants had shut down on the credit
system. lie said it would be the
greatest blessing that could happen
to both merchant anu farmer.
Many of the farmers of the sur
roundiug section came in to hear
the discussion, thus showing their
eagerness to catch ,a word whereby
they might better their condition.
11. N. C.
Henry mount's Confession.
Wilson Mirror.
I threw my arm3 around her waist,
And drew her to my breast,
And then of bliss I got a taste
In that one sweet caress;
But all at once a string did bieak,
She gave a little tussle,
And then her nerves began to quake
For off had dropped her bustle.
ifoayCol. Blount is a widower, and
this may account for all.
Albemarle has a little BkatiDg
rink. It appears that quite a num
ber are displeased over the matter
and consequently a meeting has been
held with a yiew of putting a stop
to such. In some towns a skating
rink doesn't even raise a ripple of
excitement. 1
UAVE HIMTlIEDBYilRIXS.
How a Durham Drummer Sold a Tex
an Wewnpaper Reporter.
Durham Sun.
It is a great fad in Texas just now
for the larger papers to poll their
respective cities on the pending issue
of Governorship several gentlemen
being named for the position and
Governor talk has spread all over the
state, just like it does in other states.
In Dallas or Galveston, there hap
pened to be a Durham drummer,
who was conversing with the inhabi
tants 'upon the good qualities of
smoking tobacco made in Durham,
and like a free man in thisFreeland,
he would occasionally enter into the
topics which most engaged the at
tention of the trade there at that
time.
While in one of the stores, a re
porter of one of the papers in t-2
city came in with note book and pen
cil in hand, and began to ply hU
question. He took down the vote of
all upon their choice for Governo
of Texa- ami finally .-truck th?
Durham drummer m this way :
"Who are you for for G overs. or ?"
"Jule Vars;" replied ihe D. d.. and
the reporter hesitated and looked
pu 7.y. ana rem.irkeu : j
''Who's he? I never heard of hi.; I
being in the race." !
" .i'e!!, I'm from North Cannula, j
and I've answered your question," j
replied the D. d., amid the laughter j
of the crowd, while the reporter)
closed his book and stepped out to
interview another man, with a very
dry grin upon his countenance.
There are a few that are well
versed, but the majority of drum
mers are very poor authority. Then
how greedy Durham is to send elec
tioneers out of the State, especially
to Texas, to boost their man ; the
truth of the matter is, to get him in
will take a deal of boosting.
Probably True.
Salisbury Herald.
A man hailing from Concord
walked up to the ticket office here
this morning and called for a "ticket
to the Stanly road." The agent had
to inquire to what point he desired
to go before the ticket was sold. The
Concord folks "oughter lam suthin"
before leaving home.
That may be true. If there is a
messy place, utterly without system,
order, regulation and comfort, it is
at Salisbury, depot. Iu a conglonr
eration of irregularity such as Salis
bury's dej ot displays, it would re
quire a ticket to find the Stanly road,
unless one knew where it was.
When you don't see what you want.
Tudie Wichard, the right way is to
ask for it. And if these folks of
ours don't learn before they leave,
they surely can not be better infor
med after a trip to Salisbury.
Eon ii re EnNtXiKlit.
Greensboro Workman.
Dr. H W Bay's of Concoid, de
livered his lecture at G F College
last evening on Courtship. There
was a good audience present as
everyone is interested in the subject.
He gave some sound advice in re
gard to who should marry, but when
n, came to the point as to how a man
should do his courting he missed
the mark. There are no general
rules for that kind of business. The
modes of attack and retreat are as
varied us the colors of the rainbow.
The boys and girls smiled when they
thought of it.
We wor.d r if he lunght Jim Cook
how to court. If he did he ought
to be sued. Jim is a mighty good
looking man and the nason he has
not had better succ-ess must be due
to his mode of prcceedure.
We ask for sin exter.iion of time.
Dr. Bays, methods have been tried
and found good, and out of appreci
ation for his services theStandard will
defend him against any damage suit.
But may be, in the roughs'and trials
of the hidden future, we may wish
that his methods had failed and may
feel ourselves like suing him.
Pay the Printer Promptly.
An exchange gets off the follow
ing bit of alliteration: "Persons
who patronize papers should pay
promptly, for the pecuniary pros
pects of the press have a peculiar
power is pushing forward public
prosperity. If the printer is paid
promptly, and hi3 pocketbook kept
plethoric by prompt paying patrons,
he puts his pen to his paper in peace;
his paragraphs are more pointed;
he paints his pictures of passing
events in more pleasing colors, and
the perusal of hi3 paper is a pleasure
to the people. Please paste this
piece of proverbial philosophy in
some place where all persons can
perceive it."
Sleep may knit the raveled sleeves
of care, but it absolutely refuses to
darn holes in socks.
HILL IS FOR FREE SI EVER.
Ills Georgia Organ Declares His Po.
fcitlon Explicitly.
New York Times.
Atlanta, Ga., March 20. David
Barnstormer Hill ia leading the
most ludicrous political life imagin
able. Down here in the south he
has been a free coinage man by nod
or wink and innuendo. Up in New
York public opinion forced him to
put a sounel money plank in hi 3
snap convention platform. Of
course.David has been too candid to
say out and out, while in the South,
that he was for free silver. As
noted in the Times dispatches, he
has dodged the silver question alto
gether, but he has allowed his
friends to carry the information to
the public hero that, while he must
appear to be for sound money in
New York State, he is nevertheless,
for freo Bilver, especially when he is,
traveling in a freo silver section.
Hill's henchmen in New York wil
admit that the nomination chaser's
first and foremost spokesman hero
in Georgia is Evan Howell, owner
of the Atlanta Constitution. lie is
ceitaiidy the man who has authority
to voiee Hill's view- tha is, hia
sou the on views for David'a north
ern and southern views are as much
unlike ;ik a per and a. potato. Hill
l a 1 a talk with Howe i I when ho
mssod through Atlanta last Thurs
!.;y l.::nn! uiil lbs-re hi 110 doubt
ih..t I'.ivid gave Evan f re fell iu
r : r iV.i. .
As a matter of fact, David's refusal
to define his portion on silver
while on lib; Southern delegate hunt
has turned hundred of Farmers' Al
liauee men away from him, They
were originally attracted to him by
the diligent way in which his friends
down here had starred him as a free
silver coinago man.
The Hill people are evidently
startled at the way in which Hill's
silence has been reached; so this
Sunday's issue of Evan Howell's
Atlanta Constitution contains an
editorial expose of Hill's Southern
silver policy, aad coming as it does
from Howell, it must be regarded
as official, because he is conducting
Hill's campaign here under Hill's
direction. The editorial says:
"The Appeal Avalanche challenges
the Constitution to give its author
ity for its assertion that Senator
Hill .is in favor of free coinage.
The authority is Senator Hill's
speech in the course of which he
declared that ODly free bimetillrc
coinage would restore the parity of
the two metals. The declaration is
explicity made in half a dozen para
graphs. To that document we refer
the Memphis editor."
How will this strike Richard Cro-
ker and the other politicians in New
York who know how the voters of
New York stand on the silver ques
tion ?
. . .
DROVE OFT THE FOSGREGATIOX.
A Steer Stops Services In n Oiunecti-
ent Church.
A dog and a steer formed a com
bination Friday which proved ex
tremely disastrous to the congregas
gation of the Long Meadow meet
ing house in North Plains, Conn.
The canine was dozing under a wag
on when George Keating, a stock
dealer, drove a herd of cattle by the
meeting house and disturbed his
slumbers- The dog ran among the
herd land stampeded them. One
steer dashed into the church carry
ing the light green baize door with
him, and came to a stand in tie cen
tre of the edifice
The pastor was in the midst of his
Kimon when tho animal entered.
A-i far us bis heavers were conc.ru
od it ended right then and there,
livery one tried to get out at once,
and they left the steer iu undisput
o 1 p xssssion of the place. Not so
civ- pastor.
When ho grew Lor.rso i:i his en
.to vor- to have some of the men
remain and drive the animal out, be
Mine down from the palpifc to do no
hi i.s. ii". But he did not succeed.
Had he not sought refuge ia a pew
where tLo steer could not reach Lim
the thou thoroughly infuriated ani
mal would have made short work of
him. He was compelled to sit
perched on the back of a pew in a
very undignified position and watch
the steer demolish the church prop
erty. When the animal became tired he
trotted out. The pastor descended
from his perch, re-entered the pul
pit, and when the congregation had
returned took up his sermon at the
point where it was so rudely intjr
rupted.
Moonshiners in a Cave.
State Chronicle.
Deputy revenue collector Massey
and a posse made a raid in New
Light township, this county, this
week and found an illicit distillery
in a cave. The entrance to the cave
was very small, barely large enough
to admit a man on ,call fours," but
the interior as roomy. Inside was
a CO-gallon copper still and a lot of
liquor. All was destroyed. The
cave had been dug by the moonshi
ners, it was found, and had been
in use a long while. And all this
in Wake; though it reads quite like
a story of the wild West. The
moonshiners were not captured, hav
ing in the usual way received infors
mation of the coming of the officers.
Sonnd ftaylngs.
Satisfied men can only be found in
coffins.
What we learn with pleasure we
never forget.
Presumption is our natural and
original disease.
Experience is the cream of life, but
it sours with age.
No, Minnie, a parachute is not a
double barrelled gun.
Time and tide wait for no man's
three months' note.
It often happens that fear ia mere
ly dread of being afraid.
The man who keeps his mouth
shut never has to eat any crow.
The plant of happiness cannot
thrive without the air of cheerful
ness. The innocence of the intention
abates nothing of the mischief of
the example.
Make friends with your creditors
if you can, but never make a credit
or of your friend.
If you want to know how to keep
a hotel, ask some one who never tried
to keep one.
A felon is not a desirable thing to
have, but it is always on hand when
you don't want it.
Promises made in til e of affliction
rt quire a better memory than people
commonly possess.
A tack points heavenward when it
means the most mischief. It has
many human imitators. ,
Many people mistake stubbornness
for bravery, meanness for economy
and vilene3S for wit.
If there is anything that makes a
very poor man feel sarcastic it is to
read advice to rich men on how to
secure a good appetite.
A Coiuliiiient to 91r. Daniel.
State Chronicle.
Last evening Mr. Josephus Dans
iels, the late editor of the State
Chronicle, gave a supper at his
pleasant home in compliment to the
typographical and mailing force of
the uaper, which was headed, by
foreman Bogasse. It was in all re
spects an enjoyable affair and there
were no empty chairs. The supper
was just what a supper should be,
and all the guests were made at home.
When the ice cream and cake had
been disposed of Mr. II B Hardy,
the veteran and invaluable canvasser,
made a neat little speech, presenting
Mr. Daniels with an Odd Fellows'
pin, of gold, the gift of the guests of
the evening. It was a genuine sur
prise to Mr. Daniels and his remarks
in accepting it were full of kind re
gard to those who had been such
faithful and always considerate em
ployees and friends.
Animals and the H'eather.
If a cat sneeze it is a sign of rain.
The goat utters a peculiar cr be
fore rain.
When the fox barks at night it
will storm.
If the dog eats grass in the morn
ing it will surely rain before night.
The wind will blow from the
point the cat faces when she washe3
her face, and fair weather will fol
low. It is a sign of rain if the cat
washes her head behind the ear.
Cats rub against an object before a
storm.
Sheep are said to ascend hills and
scatter before clear weather, but if
they bleat and seek shelter it will
snow.
Sailors do not like cats, and they
have a saying when the cat is frisky
she has a gale of wind iu her fail,
and charm is often resorted to in a
calm by throwing the cat overboard
to raise a storm.
That's Alright, Dot-tor.
Charlotte Democrat.
The article on our second page
concerning early settlers, is copied
from the Concord Standard, and the
Standard vouches fo.- the authentic
ity of the facts stated- It also says
that the article was furnished by
Col. Paul Barringer Means, a great
grandson of John Paul Barringer,
but it takes occasion to add that
Col. Means himself does not believe
in the 20th of May, as the day of
our Mecklenburg Declaration, May
31st being a much safer day to stand
on.
Under a proper arrangement with
the Standard we hope to continue
this series of biographical sketches,
simultaneously with that Journal.
We sincerely rejoice that the people of
North Carolina are so thoroughly
aroused on the great question of
State history, and the best way to
work it up i3 to begin with personal
and local sketches.
The Buffalo N. Y. Courier says :
"Mr. Cleveland went down south
some time age to hunt duck and now
Mr. Hill has gone down on a wild
goose chase."
A Letter to to the Alliance and Other
Folks.
Special Cor. State Chronicle.
Morganton, N. C, March 24.
The Alliance is not responsible for
the "People's party," that "herma
phrodite" of American politics
which expects no issue, and wears
the brand of stertility. I lay no
stress on the fact that the St. Lo us
convention did some things as deles
gates, then, by a deft back somer
sault, getting into their popular
capacity, did something else. That
is too fine for me. There is too
much diplomacy in that for rustic
honesty. Right is right, and it has
but one face. These fellows were
Janusfaced. With the face wearing
an air of subdued and suffering
patience, they said: "We resolve so
and so."
Then that face disappeared in
stanter like a "jack in the box," or
like weak stew at a Republican ban-,
quet. The other face, limited up
with high resolve and dynamite
determination they said: "We are
not the same fellows we were a
minute ago; we've out grown and
"shucked" our representatives
clothes, now we are the people, the
whole people and nothing but tho
people; and in our amalgamated
and popular form, we bo blanked if
we don't set down and mash t'ie
grease out of DemociatB, Republi
cans and cverrbody else." What an
unmitigated farce! The friends of
this mushroom concern complacent
ly speak of it as the Second .Declar
ation of Intlependence.
Just think of those stout yeomen
like John Hancock and his copat-
triots solemnly passing resolutions
as delegates, and then by a feat of
politic gymnastics, tumble back
in propria personae, and doing
something thev were afraid to do
before the metamorphosis. I despise
such leeerdemain. Whatever is
right for a citizen is right for an
Allianceman. Here is the point: let
no member suppose that he is tied
by the action of that convention.
The Alliance is a democratic organ
ization; it gets its power from the
people. Cob Polk with his head.-
ship, Messrs. Macune and Ramsey
with their organs cannot dictate one
letter of our policy. Only our own
representatives whom we send from
the subs to to the county, State
ana national councils can order our
btep3. The St. Louis convention
was extraordinary, it was a body
not provided for in our organiza-e
tion, it binds no one. The birth,
heralded over the country with so
much fuss and fury, was quite
unique. They first made the3 plat'
form, then made the party. The
baby was born backward. Such
will be its future direction. Now,
I am an Allianceman; I make
no apology for it. I am
an Allianceman because the
movement is one for human free
dom, and there is but one side for a
patriot to take. I believe in every
one of the Ocala Demands inclu
ding the "sub-treasury," or some
thing better. Honestly, I don't like
to vote for a man who is opposed to
these demands. I will not do it, if
I can help it. I believe in free coin
age. Is there any reason then in
my indirectly helping to power the
party that demonetized silver? I
am opposed to the National Bank.
Shall I vote this new bastard ticket,
and aid the party that created and
yet sustains the bank? Because I
am for reduced taxes and a more
economical administration of the
government, surely I do not want to
play into tho hands of the party of
Blunder and of the Billion Dollar
Congress. So of every one of the
demands; they are nothing else tho
Alliance is nothing else but a pro
test against thirty years of Republic
can robbery and misrule. But somes
times a fellow is fool enough to
say: "The Democrats have not done
anything for the people!" Neither
has "the man in the moon." Yet he
has had just the same chance since
1SG0 tho Demoeratic party has had.
Since James Buchanan went out of
office, everybody knows that the
Democrats have never had control
for one minute, and the Republis
cans are responsible for every law of
which we complain and under which
we suffer. I am a Democrat. There
Is nothing else to be. The Demos
cratic party, the only party, at least
in the South, is not what we wish
in all respects- It may have its
rings all parties have every large
body on earth, not excepting the
churches, has the same thing. It
may lack courage on some new and
radical issues, but the only remedy
s to fight it out inside the camp.
The human race is not as good as I
wish; I am not disposed to change
into a dog or some other animal for
that reason; better stay inside and
reform the human. We want none
of the Republican party. Its record
is rotten, and its existence is a dis
grace to every Southern State. So
long as memory survives, so long as
there lives within the bounds of
North Carolina one solitary member
of that pirate gang, which robbed
our State, and ravished her honor
in her hour of darkness surely,
surely, my countrymen, we will
not suffer them nor their mongrel
descendants to tag on to the tail end
of any reform, and thus get back
into power They can't ride in on
the Alliance you may be sure of
that. They will get kicked to the
"dog-star and the devil."
W. E. Abeenethy,
Lecturer of Burke County Allliance
KIOT AT THE IU1LE GOLD 5IIXK.
Fights Have Reen Going: on Ret ween
SOU Negroes Mince Sunday- A De
tachment of the Hrewer's Monkeys
OU'ered Am Temporary Relief.
Charlotte News.
There is serious trouble at the
bigHaile gold mine, in Lancaster
county across the border line. A
war has sprung up between the
North Carolina negroes and the
South Carolina negroes. Already
several sharp skirmishes have occurr
ed and a lot of blood has been spil
led, but a more serious final riot is
daily expected. Capt. A Thies is
superintendent of the Haile mine.
This is one of the greatest gold
mines m the country anu employs
over 300 hands. It runs sixty stamp
mills, and a chlorinating works.
The laborers employed in the mine
are principally colored, and number
300. Of this number 150 are from
North Carolina and 150 from South
Carolina. Last Sunday war began
betweeu the two factions and a very
lively free fight ensued. The North
Carolina negroes wanted to drive the
South Carolina negroes away, and
the South Carolina negroes were
equally determined to drive the
other crowd out.
Capt. Thies realized that in either
event, the work of the mine would
be seriously interfered with, and he
used every means in his power to
keep peace between the two factions.
The fighting began Sunday, and it
has been kept up at intervals each
day since. Monday there wa3 a cut
ting row and Tuesday they used
pistols. Five or six negroes were
laid up for repairs.
Things became so serious that the
protection of the civil authorities
was called, ami the sheriff and posse
from Camden have since been sta
tioned at the mine. Work is now
going on, but the final and decisive
riot is expected at any moment.
Capt. Motz, superintendent of the
Brewer mine, where monkeys are em
ployed, has telegraphed Capt. Thies
that if the worst comes to the worst,
he can send a detachment of mon
keys to the Haile to keep the works
going until the inter-otate riots are
over.
Why Is It That
St. Louis Republic.
Bee3 never store up honey where
it is light ?
The moth ha8 a fur jacket and
the butterfly none ?
Leaves will attract dew when
boards, sticks and etones will not?
A horse always gets np foreparts
first aud a cow directly the oppo
site? Corn on the ear is never found
with an uneven number of rows ?
Fish, flies and caterpillars may be
frozen, solid and still retain life ?
A squirrel comes down a tree head
first and a cat tail first ?
Electricity is never vissible except
when it comes in the form of ziz-zag
lightening ?
A horsefly will live four hours
after the head has been pinched off ?
The draggon-fly cau devour its
own body and the head still live ?
Kernels of 1 ruth.
An angel is always amiable be
cause it has no stomach.
Living down a trouble is as diffi
cult as trying to live down old age.
When women applaud fools the
wisest nun make fools of theni
selres. Look over any shiftless man's door
and you will find a horseshoe hang
ing there.
No children m the eyes of their
mother are even old enough to take
care of themselves.
If a man was half as good as he
claims to be he would be a hundred
times better than he is.
Too many women forget when a
man flatted them that the deeper
the coating of sugar the more bit
ter the pill.
Always hope for the best. You
will never get it, so there will be no
excuse for abandoning hope.
North Carolina's Oldest-Newspaper.
Wednesday the Durham Record
er entered upon it3 73rd year, and
can say what no other paper in the
State can, that it has subscribers
who have been taking the paper
over sixty and who a few years back
were placed on the free list because
they had stood by the paper so long.
At Hillsboro, so Mr. DennisJIIeartt's
later days some people called the
paper the "Old Testament," for Mr.
Heartt was a very old man, and
nothing appeared in its columns bat
the truth.
Capt. Charles McDonald calculat
ed that he would have 1,000 cabbage
plants set out by Friday evening.
The captain made a success of cab
bags raising last year.
Lessen Production.
Commercial Journal.
Overproduction, whether of the
raw material or the manufactured
product, always lessens prices. In
the manufaetured product, there i3
always an outlet for surplus stocks
through the au tion rooms, and
though the prices realized may not
be remunerative to the manufactur
er, he recovers at least a portion of
his outlay at once. There is no
such easy channel for the disposal
of the raw material.
The excess in the production of
cotton In this country for 1S91, as
compared with that of former years,
has had a very depressing effect on
the market, to which the India cot
ton crop, aggregating nearly 2,000,
000 bales, has also contributed.
Then, again, the failure of the grain
crops throughout Europe and the
East, has reduced the working clai3-thc-ie
to a state of move or less pover
ty, which prevents them from spend
ing much for wearing apparel and
household use3, and this has restrict
ed tho demand for cotton goods, and
consequently, for cotton itielf.
Egypt which produces a fine grade
of cotton has not competed much
with us, nor has Pern, but the sim
pie fact is that wc have grown much
more Cotton than the combined de
mands of this country and of tho
rest of the world required. The ef
fect of this has been severely felt in
Southern States for some time past.
The only permanent remedy is to re
place the growing of cotton, to a
certain extent, by the raising of
other crops. The soil and climate
of the Southern States are well ad
apted for tne growiug of a variety
of crops, and a large acrage might
advantageously be laid in such grains
as corn, wheat, rice and other food
products, not only sufficient for home
consumption but export as well.
The establishment of manufact
ures, so as to create a home market,
is also becoming a necessity. Un
fortunate, conservatism and old
time methods are very strong in the
planters of the South, who have an
idea that cotton growing is the only
industry that their sections and the
negro labor are fitted for. If the
present depression arouses them to a
sense of the necessity of varying
their products, it will eventually
have been a blessing in disguise,
and the population and wealth of
the Southern States will advance
with much greater strides.
The Roard of Charities.
The state board of public chari
ties is receiving reports from all the
counties, which are certainly very
satisfactory. Secretary Denson says
that six months ago some of the re
ports did not show a satisfactory
condition of the penal and charitable
institutions in some of the counties.
Th? attention of the local boards
was called to these, and the last re
ports Bhow that the desired reforms
have been effected in many cases.
Some of the jails, however, are yet
far from satisfactory as toventilation
and other hygienic features.
Capt. 11 P Khinehardt, mayor of
Newton, has made an assignment
with preferred creditors to the
amount of of 1,52G.
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