North Carolina Newspapers

81. TheStandakd is Only One Dollar -' ' 11 . . i . r-TiimM Mm TH E S IANDMB SETHIS -I-IWCKK II AS A iuccku i. ruiMiioN at KVKUV lMSittl-FH'!: IX '1UK COUNTY, SAVK ON'M, 'IUAS ANY OrilKU l'Al'Kli. STANLY HAS A LYNCHING. h ihti.kv, 01: hi uiti. MVCS(i T- A 'iitr.t:. l.-iK-l Mrii I!r':ili Info AHirm:irlc Jail Ami TnKo ilex. MliiUej Out Ami Swinir lfim In Tr- Tlir Mi-i-iil Ot ci iin rreI- llr Msihr o t'Olll'l'SMOIlS. Special ls The rian.Liul. A Lis km a I. n, X. C, June 0. At 1-.o0 o'clock this morning a laiul of mado i and disfigured men (about ',' in number), appi-artd ai tlu jail here ami demanded prisomr Alexander Whitley. Sh- riff Snugg? had a fiu.ill guard on tlu- lookout for ;h- mob, fears of lynching being on li-rtai nod by some. The tikmi ( ,iiiie with their b!o i'y shirts i-n, i;iid f.illy dct. mumd to have V hilhy or s-hed blond in ihe attempt to j.t t him. The nioh dm.;.; d d the keys of Sheritl" Si '. s. lie stood hia ground brau!y a.d luU on !o the k. vs. J-'.iilin to K't l:.-.- ke;., Hk' mob broke through all the doors, reached Wiiiihy, cnt the shackle?, s. emvd the pr;soiii-r and hastened off to the west side of Alhunarlr across the crick which borders the town, and thert -ew nng hi:n t the limb of a tree. "Whitby plead innocent and made no confession to any o'Lercrinns, but he s:id that Tucker was killed in hi.s (Whilby'c) house in Ark.-i.lel phi;i, Ark , but by ai.othvi party. Kvcrything passed off quietly and AVhiiby'd liieless body h.mgs in the breezes this inorumc-. J. D. Whitley tt od chained with the ninrder of 1) 1J Tucker .nWime in February last, the deed being com mitted in Arkansas. This is the first murder, by lynching, ever com mitted in Stanly. Tt is a genuine j nsation. That mob has done wrong if law b-j light. They stand today guilty of a crime that is more heinous thvn the one with which Whitley was charged. But in this day when justice miscarrys and our courts fail to do their duty, there is no surprise at some people tak'ng the law in their own hands. Both 'ATiitlty and Tutk.r w v Stanly bom im n. Tucker attended school at the college atMt. Tleasant. and while known as a bright and intellectual man, he was considered a man of bad character, and when it wa3 known that he was gambling, Tucker was expelled from college. He w::s one time consid- red the best public school teacher in Sfanv, but his association was such as to bring him into evil repute. This Whitley has never been conspicuous for noble deeds. l'nlltiro Flrtl MkIiI. Ti e Standard lea: in from a relia ble ouice that it was the purpo-e of a band to mob Whitby on Tues day night but their plans miscar ried. (uite a number from Caharm? had promised to go, but their wives persuaded them not to go and the matter was frustrated for that, night. The Standard believes that one of the mobbers is now in Concord, if the insinuating remarks m u'e by m passenger of the noon train, Thurs day, mean anything. Or sun of fcfnio Allinmo. Marion i:utki"s "iipcr. The J'rogreseive Farmer has done nuch valuable service for the cause of reform and we regret that it has eoen lit to resign as the Organ of the State Alliance. Iu an editorial hauled "Freedom" it says : W were w illing for the Alliar.ce people of Xorth Carolina lo dietab the policy of the paper while it was their Organ, but no ma-, no dozen men can do it." We think the above was uncalled for. "Xb one man, no dozen men,'' have attempted to do any dictating. Any p iper that is the Organ of the State Alliance must be under the direc.ioii of the State administration rt-pn sinking the Alii nee, or else it would not m fact be the Organ This is what the admini traitiou of the State Alliance insifted r" "' f1 t would have been untrue to the organization if it bad done kss. In fact the Organ of the AHlam e should be the property of the. Order, and its policy ma it m directed by the State officials. Sam Small runs for Congress on the Prohibition ticket. VOL. V. NO. till ni:yi:. aiiAvn.Y kcmcn. M'I'f oils of (ii(Mlri'iit Si1Utn I iioiirllifd on Ne. nlli Mountain One day recently, says the 1'oons boro, (Md.) Valley KeJsfer, while Mr. Clayton mifh ws ploughing oa the Daniel Kent, farm, now own ed and occupied by .Mr. Luther Warrenfcltz, and situated about one mile north of Mrs. M V Dahlgreii's suMimer home- in "Turn-.-r's 'ap," on South Mountain, acid about six miles west of this place, he ploughs ed up the skeleton of a Confederate soldier. On Thursday evening of last week Mr. Warren f el tz went to the spot to make further investigation, and in a short time succeeded u: unearthing the bones of two more soldiers, lie was confident that there were still more bodies to be found, but night coming on he ceased hi.s search. The following morning Mr. Warrenfelfz informed the Register br letter cf his ghastly find, and re nested U3 to notify the Confederate. Memorial As sociation of Frctloruk which was don'-. 'I'he dialing of t he bodies was soon nois( d about, and on Sunday after noon, I.ts-f, a number of pe sons vis it d the scene, and w!ii!c there they uiicovu-ed f.iitr more boJie.-, makiL'g seeii in all. The cnes were not mnch over a foot Ik low the turface of the grcuiid, and Several of the skulls were remarkably well pre-s.-rvul, even to the t-eth. Tne soles and uppers cf some of the shoes were fo.md; al-o small buckles, &hirt buttons, frag m .uts of clothing, etc , oeveral cf the skeletons revealed in a 'cry foicib'e manner the cause of death. Firmly imbedded in one of the skulls were three bullets one in the jaw and one in the back part of the ski. 11. T .vo breast-bones each c'ji.tained a l-n'iet, and there was :1 so a leaden missilo in One of the thigh bones. In all fourteen bul lets were found iu the seven bodies, but some of them had never been lired, and were presumably in the p ck-.-ts or cartridge boxes of the men when kilhd. A tooth was picked up that had a gold filling iu it that was as bright as th? day it was placid there. One strange thing, how- ver, was the fact that no coat but tons could be found. 'This at the time the r.ni,.in; were exhumed, e mmented upon, but could not be explained. Vlxtiit IMijle V- Know. The llutherferdton Banner take: time to wri'e this about some peo ple we know : There is a new.y in ted boat on Broad river, which mak-s regular voyages at irregular intervals between a point romantically n :ined " Turtle Hole," and the foul on Broul liver known a? Twitty's Ford. Thooui oers of the boat are Cap: am W M Worrell and Bib.t J.-hn C Twitty. The passengers are Dr. and Mr.!. T B Twitty, Captdo and Mrs. J W Clark, a: el Miss Mary Waller Camp I'he cargo, going north, consists of bait, tackle, lunch an I the usual ippurtc -nances ; go:.- g south, of fun, fish mid an occasional turtle. We have be; n Irving to figure up just what it would coit to move the Ban ner ofliee on board the boat for reno vation. Ton Iiii'lx'H of SinrH :il Dcntlwooil. St. Paul, Minn., June S A great snowstorm is racing west of the Missouri river, in South Dakota. At IXadwo -d -now lcs been full, ing steadily for ton hour.-, and lior- cn the ground t) the depth of about f-n inches. Traffic is alruo-t su;. pei.d d ar.d the temperature has fallen below the freezing point. Xothing of the sort 4ias ever be fore occurred in June in the Xorth west in the history of the signal ser vice. l iK lr Sum ;-Ih .Soiin- ' Territory Paris June S. A dispatch re ceived from Kingston, Junacia, states that great excitement lias been Cars J in S im D iningo by an anmmncemei.t of the riport that Sahara Bay, in the western part of Dominican republic, terminus of the Sanchez Livega railway, has been ceded to the United State.", hud been confirmed. TIip irf-tsloro Wnler 'nmpany ! " It--i ver's IIaml. Cnei'sloro, June s The news leaked out to-day that the property of the (Irtenbhoro Water Company, of this city, hail been placed in the han s -r' a receiver by Judge Bond. Gen. J D Clenn was appointed re ceiver. The city of Greensboro will probably buy the plant and enlarge it. That St. Loins brewery employee who di inks fifty glasses of beer i:S his daily allowance believes in ens couraging home industries. .1 A v.u i:ii.isii isaxk sisi'i:ms. Itol'iisril Aslsliiii liy mo liaiik of J:ii!;iiI anscs Siipoiision A Vensni ion In ininK iii- ir I'x. London, Jiwio S The new Ori ental bank applied to the Bank of England today for assistance to tide over its troubles but was refused. It accordingly suspended. It has braiudies at several points in India, Australia and Japan, and in Xew York and f?an Francisco. The cir cular issued by the directors gives the liabilities as 7,250,000 and un called capital as .CG,000,000. The directors recommend to the deposit ors to withdraw only twenty percent, of t lit i r deposits in or !er to allow the successful reconstruction of the bank. The suspension in the value of silver, to the consequent increas ing distrust in Great Britain of in-1 vestments iu silver countries, and to j the withdrawal of capital in the! Last, coupled with the unprccedens ! ted condition of trade in China, Ja-I pan and Australia, and los es incurr ed through the hurricane at Mauri tius. The report conclud es with the statement that steps will be taken to proh ot tin of the bank. Im- m diate liabilities are believed to! amount to s.",.MO,b00O. The failure J has iM'is-.d a great sen.-a'ion. l:oiss lliiil Mii-l ! Iiill'l. ' Mr. Yv'ilion Wallace, of Crab Or-i cLard tov. n: hip, came into the city; yesterday and reported two horses in that township that are suffering from I a diseas.' that is to all appearances glarub.rs. Th? law of this State is I that hories alllicted with gland-.rs1 must be killed, danders is invari-! ably fata1, and is contagions The j law is to be f ruid ::i Sect ian 2,-1 SU of the code and says : Eveiy uv'i- 1 mal having tli- glami.rs or farcy j shall at oi re be deprived of life by; the owner or p-.rson having charge j thereof upon discovery or knowl-j edg of its i ondi ion, nnd any such ! owner or person mittingor rtfusing : to comply with said section shall bc guilty of a misdemeanor. The matter wa3 called to the at tention of tin? commissioners and a veterinary garj;con was ordered to examine into ih-.i condition of the hors-s. The veterinary surgeon returned t Iii.: jif urnoo:-. He reported, that the two horses !elongel to Mr. Kartlett, near Xewtll's. lie found one horse already dead and the oth er in the last stag s of glander.?. The commiscior.ers ordered Mr. Bartlett to kill the sick horse. A Miolulic. I-...- Uk- S-t.-i!:.':.!-!. Mr. Editor: which does i". " i i m in Viii' v b I '.opy the following, .: n justicp, from an . . V ... ... J . "Bosi?s Mi! a. i'c ):? : 'The pc-' Hi.- j authorities are weekly in;-iiri:ig into an offense against tin- ':. ";J luws, committed it Mint Ilii1, , " , in Xovember, I. S01." Xow, I li-ive fo fay, that the "non dejdume is i i :..L( n, or Las made a misrepre; nf-.- ; in. If there ever has been an eff iho committed at Mint Hill, a gab the postal laws of enough mijior'ance to command the attention of tic authorities, it has i' ver come to in er has there e 'tiiry sent to i h know ledge ; neith- f-n a lettti of in "flic; inquiring into said (stT-.ise. Yours re.- p-; fully, j ir--NDi-:usoN-, p m Mint Ilili, Jam- S, 'M. Iiitii"l Soil. Charl'ilto ' ilii'-rvir. Tliat is a veryp.e'.ty ttory from Minneapolis about an unsuccessful attempt to buy for 1,000 the vote of "W C Henderson, a delegate from North Carolina." T"ne pet son re ferred to is WT E Henderson, the colored deputy collector of internal revenue for the division which in cludes Charlotte, and the only thing the matter with the efory is that he ia not a delegate at all, but an al Urnate from the seventh district, ami therefore has no vote, either to O:- to give away. This is not an intimation that he would sell it if he had a vote, for ho is a colored man of unusually exce llent charac ter. IV r. lrlU-lmrl Heslan-. His liarsc Raleigh, June 8. rteY. Dr. T II Pnfchard, pastor of the First Bap. tist church of Wilmington and one of the most eminent divines in the State, ha3 tendered his resignation as pastor of that church. His health Las for some time been declining. A protection organ remark.? that although "England has 'no robber tariff,' her IS,000 landlords take rent from 33,000,000 tenants." If she had a 'robber tariff in addition to her 18,000, landlords, here' 3S,- 000,000 of people would be in a ter 'rible plight. Per Year. Largest CirculationofAnvPaper in this Section SI iii ib mmi mmmi im . im iiL-imi - n in p i iim nm p,, , L, , " mia , m 11 -Tin ibiimi ii J CONCOliD.N. C. THURSDAY. JUNK 10. ISD2 WIIM'II ARK III4illt.Il. OK AX u:i.s? r.Y KEY. J E ritKSSLY, I) 1. Coddle Ckj-fk, X. C. We have men thinking a jrood deal recently about both men and angels. With prayer for direction the conclusion reach ... eu is, mat man is in slier in position, honor and privilege than angels. After some thought and research it might be safe before Settling down to say something about our first impressions. As the foundations are now being tampered with all about, we do not wish to fall into a Biiggism; ucither do we wish blindly, not to comply with what we solemnly promised when ordained, t amely, that we would "not follow any divisive courses by complying with the defections," etc. Our subject, however, conflicts very deciledly with what had been sung and read in the Bible accord ing to the authorized version of King James, long before our day. In just about one score of years more that version w ill have existed for three hundred years, or since 1010. The (jne-tion of our subject is a very important one, though sjme may think it a quiddity not deserv ing attention. When we sit down to write it was simply to bring the enquiry to view. But down, we of ten have but little idea what the trembling mountain will bring forth a rediculous mouse or a roaring, rumbling, dashing train of cars with its putting, smoking engine and screaming .whistle. We believe man is higher than angels, localise (1) lie was sd made at his crea tion. When this was done, God as the Dhine Three in unity, eiid: 'Let us make man in our image1, after our likeness." Such an im age ami likeness would, of course, be higher, nearer and more like God than any angi 1 he ever made. So man was made as the Trinity proposed. Angels were never made so near to Cbd in their creation, neither, were they made with the power of pro-creation, and her.ee have never increased since made directly by God. Man was sj made, and thus through him the In-datable earth was to be filled with human beings. So it was that this wonderful world was to be for thousands of years a place, where would be developed the most amazing possibilities and the most gracious and glorious results. V e believe man higher, as appears iu connection. (2) With his being involved in the sin of Adam and its causal and occasioned results. As to liability everything threat ened was deeply felt to be true. But God opened up a way of deliverance out of the estate of sin and misery to thove thus involved, by faith in the promised seed, who as the great Redeemer of those the Father gave to Ilim, would thus bring them into in estate of salvation. When angels fell and rebelled in heaven there was an entirely differ ent state of thing. There was no great plan devised through cove nants, promises and oaths. There wa3 no great mystery of God's man ifesting himself in the nature of man for redeeming these rebels by his obedience to law, by His suffering and the shedding cf blood divine. Nay, verily, the angels thus sinning were driven from their high abode of light, and were, as Peter says, "Cast down to hell and delivered in b) (h.iius of darkness, to be reserved unto judgement." There is no' anything about all this which shows that angels are higher and more nearly related to Hod than man. We believe it, because of the divine pro cedure. (3) In developing the plan of this salvation. In doing this, the Son of God assumed another nature con joined with the Divine person only two natures and one person. Hence, in the epistle of Hebrews it is said, more literally as the Holy Spirit has it : "He taketh not hold of angeh', but of the seed of Abra ham he taketh hold." The assumption of humanity by any supposed number of angels, and their being offered as a sacrifice for man's benefit, would have been of no avail to satisfy divine justice, make reconciliation for iniquity,or procure a righlcuisuess that would secure for man acceptance in God's sight. All this, however, and more, was ac complished by God's Son taking hold of the seed of Abraham, 'thus assum ing the nature of man, or taking to himself a true body and a reasonable soul. We believe it, because of his being brought (4) Into a union with Christ and close relationships with God, into TANDA which it is not posible for angels to be received. Of Christ and the individual or the church collectively, it is dis tinctly stated that they sustain to each other the relation of husband and wife, bride and bridegroom. Hence, Paul says of believers : "Ye arc married to another, even to Ilim who was raised from the dead." Jesus himself assumed Bride and Bridgroom as a title which lie bore, and a character he sustained to II is chosen ones when, he asked His dis ciples : "Can the children of the bridechamber mourn while the bridegroom is with them ? The end and object of the union Paul distinctly annouces when he savs That we should bring forth fruit unto God. Believers are members of His body, of His llesh, aud of His bones, and that he who is joined un to the Lord i3 one spirit." Paul craws at length a parallel between the dutie3 of the marriage relation as subsisting among men, and those we owe to Christ, as the husband of the church; and he adds: "This is a gieat mystery, but I speak concerning Christ ami his church. Jesus is also the elder brother of believers, ar.d He is not ashamed to call them brethren.. Xow, is it possible for angels to be received in to such a union with Christ and uch a close relation with God him self? Again: the Old Testament Scrip tures are just as clear on this point as the 2(:Vf lestamont. inueeu, they go more into detail about the duties between God as the husband and His people as His bride and wife. He is never unfaithful; she often is. Hence she is represented s put away for unfaithfulness, as a forsaken and restored wife. There is also a mutual pledging of faith fulness to each other, whn to His chosen people He says, "I will even betroth thee unto me in faith fulness Thou glial t not play the harlot, and thou shalt not be for another man; so will I also be for thee," llosea 2: 20; 3: 3. Hence unfaithfulness or defection from God, in the Scriptures is called adultrv. But more, Isaiah (51: 5) says to God's people: "Thy maker is thine husband. The Lord of hosts is his name," etc. Here His people are reminded cf the Trinity as the Maker of man; md also when it is said, "llemember thy Creator;" the Hebrew in each place is plural Makers, Creators. This should impress those in such relationship with God of the im portance of faithfulness, and of the relationship as having been origin ated by thy Triune of God. It was our desire to assign pi am reasons that might he satisiactory about this matter for the people, the readers of the English Bible. What has been written will prepare such for what follows, as four good rea sons have ueen presenteu, openeu and illustrated, if our last argument should be doubted or is unsatisfac toiy. Finally, we refer the matter, that man is higher than the angels, by appealing (5) To the umpire the Hebrew of the Old Testament. In Psalm 8: 5, it is said, "Thou hast male Ilim a little lower than the angels." Here the maker is Jehovah, the lirst Lord of the Psalm, known in the English by being written in cipitals; the per t-on made is man. The word for angeis iu me original is i-jiouiai, which means God. A form of this very word when used of God es the object of worship occurs about two thousand times; but it is no where else translate- angels. The word correctly translate 1 angels is entirely different in the original. In thi3 great number of references, Robert Young, LL.D., in his Ana-, lytical concordance, though he goes all around it in the Psalms, never refers to this Psa'm and verse. We have not the revisi d version of the Bible by the committees of two Continents. They were composed of godly, faithful and . learned nun, ind surely would not overlook a mattvr so very important. These may be a misprint iu our II- brew Psahn book, but we don't think so. We will rest a little while after 6uch hard but profitable work till we hear from some one who has the revised version. The population of Rhode Island must he increasing wry lapidly This was suspected from the large vote polhd at the last election, but is fully established by the fact that the petitions sent in against holding the Chicago Fair open on Sundays contain 50,000 more names than there were people in that bailiwick wo years ago. skws of ;r..:.it ai. mti ui It is said that some of the en graved stones in theBrit:sh museum show thai the fashionable female at tire in the days of the Hood was sin ilur to that worn now, something on the bathing suit order, a3 it were There is a good deal of talk of California's gocd yield, hut it can't hold a candle to her fruit crop, which is worth $50,000,000, while her gold pans out only $15,000,000 Senator Ingulls still declares that this Government owes the soldiers in back pensions $1,000,000,000, every dollar of which ought to be paid. Ingalls ought to pool his is sues with the third party fellows, aud get in that 12th plauk. Deacon Cowles, of Beloit, Wiscon sin, showed liisj thoughtfulness by presenting hia wife on her 87th birthday with a coffin which he had made himself. As an evidence tha' she aj predated the gift the old la dy died shortly afterwards, and was buried in it. A bicycle insurance company has been organ i.ed in Xew York, to in sure bicyles against damage by acci dent. It repairs the damaged bi cycle, or if too badly stove up gives a new one in its place. This is all right; but what is really watted is an insurance company to insure am ateurs against headers and conse quence. Counsel very frequently saves the lives of their clients who are tried for murder, but it is not often that they do it in spite of themselves, as wa3 the case with Henry Fanning, of Xew York, who wa3 convicted and sentenced to eleath for the mur der of a woman. Hi3 sentence was commuted by Governor Flower, the jury that convicted him signing a paper declaring that he was wretch edly defended by his lawyers. The United States Fish Commis sion 1ku been for some time engaged in working out the problem of a boneless shad. It is experimenting by cross-breeding the shad with the flounder and an edible Japanese jel ly Gsh. The first experiment result ed in a jtlly fish with the full shad compliment of bones, but it i3 get ting it down fine now, and has sev eral hundred of the new combina tions had with less than 18 per cent of the bones of the original shad. A Man in tlie II mime. He- was Jim among the boys Jecms to his grandfather, Jimmy to his mother, James to his, father, and "Bub" to his sisters. He thought if the time ever came when he would be Mr. there could be no greater happiness beyond, says an exchange. His father overlooked him, his mother coddled him, his sisters snubbed him, but there came a day when he had his revenge. The day was like any other ordinary day to the rest of the 4world, but to our James it was the dawning of a new era. If anybody has said that be fore, the writer forgives them. The family were seated at the breakfast-table when Jame3 plunged down stairs, opened the door of the breakfast room, and threw this bomb ia among'them : "There's a man in the house ?" 'Goodness gracious me'." gasped his mother, running to hide in the china close t. "Where is he." gusppd the sisters, c-awling under the table. "Don't be geese !" chattered the father. "Who's afraid?" and he seized the carving knife and rose to the occasion. Meanwhile James had kept on to the ki'chen, where he continued shouting. "There's a man in the house!" "Lawd ajmassy, we'se be all killed dead !" quavered the cmk. Then she rushed out. and shouted ' Police! ' and soon she had the patrol wagon at the door. ' 'Where is thenvui?" inquired the minion of the law when he had been informed that there was a man in the house. "Here," crieef James, as he w inked at his frightened family, "I am 21 jrars old today, and if I ain't a man I'd like to know who is?" Manly on I lie inorl S. It. It. St.inlv News. The potnm'ssioncrs ordered ;:n election to be held in Big Lick town ship on the Concord Sou i hern R. R $10,00f is called for from that township and the people express great hopes in voting for the sub scription. This railroad would be of untold benefit to Western Stanly and directly an interest to Concord. Our best wishes are with it, and we trust at an early day the road will be built. WIIOLK NO. 2:50. it mi nt itr. (ai)i:. .s i:ax:. Treasurer Sims, Itesirln- the I.iUlr. I'aets in the Case. VVriies a Letter "nil iel One lie, in the Interest of lU-lit. Wauls the I.luM Thrown On. Much has been said recently about the existence of Gideon's Band to control politics in different sections. It having been stated that such an order was exposed in Georgia, Troas. Sims desiring all the information that could be had for the interest cf truth and the good of all, addressed the following letter to the Treasurer of Hart county, Ga : Concord, X C, June lSOv'. Treas. Hart Co, Ga., Dear Sir ami Bro. : I see a state ment iu the "Atlanta Constitution" and copied in t he "Charlotte Observ er" that one Rev. J T W Vernon of Hart county, Ga., in a speech at Lavonia, Ga., makes a statement to the effect that he wa3 a Member of "Gideon's Band," a secret organi zation of the Alliance for the pur pose of controlling the politics of the county &.c. Will you be so kind as to state whether the facts are reported cor rectly ? Whether you know such a man and what about him; iu short give any information you can. Being a member of the Alliance myself, 1 am interested in this matter and Wi:n t to be able to get at the facts, WIIATKVER THEY MAY UK. By giving this matter your early attention, you will confer a favor. Y'ours Truly, JXO. A. SIMS, Treas. Cabarrus Co. Coming from the postoflice, this (Saturday) morning, Mr. Sims called the editor of this paper ami began reading a letter just received from Hart county Ga, in reply to the above printed one. It is; Ilartwell, Ga., June It, ISO 2 County Treas. Cabarrus, X". C, Dear Sir: Ycur3 of the 3rd, inst, received and in reply will say: that the statements you saw in the At lanta Constitution are correct. I am well acquainted with Rev. J T W Vernon and know him to be an honest upright gentleman. There 13 no doubt about the "Gid eon Baud" being a secret organiza tion to control the politics of the county. lor further information will refer you to M C Jones, Ral eigh, Xr. C. Absence from town prevented me from answering sooner. Very Respectfully, T II BlHTOX, Treas. Hart Co., Ga. Mr. Sims gave us a copy of his le! ter and the reply that th:-y might bo published, so that all may know that the published reports are cor rect. 1 lie btai.uarel concurs with Mr. Sim3 in the belief that such an organization has not and does not now exist in Cabarrus county. Mr. Sims is in a position to know where of he speaks, and his effort to find out the true inwardness of the Geor gia affair for the protection of the noble organization of which he is an honored member, and making them known to the general public, is a service that will be highly apprecia ted. As we say elsewhere, the Standard doubts the existence of such a band in the State. There are a class that are seeking to destroy every institu tion for the common good, but when it comes to the protection of these institutions none will be quicker to answer than Cabarrus bone and sin ew. 'I hey Want Dlvoree. Atl.inCi Journal. The startling news c unes from McDonough that Hiram Lester, aged 121, probably the oldest living man in the world, and his bride of a year, who is SO years old, have had a row and both have entered suit for a total divorce. Lester married Mrs. Mosely at the Edge-wood Avenue theater in Atlau t i last fall, just after the close of the expos! tiou. It wa3 a sort of s.iow, aim 2 cents aumission was charged. They arc probably the oldest couple in the world, and it is a pity that with them marriage has proven 1 1 be a failure. Conrord Sun l hern Xewn. Elections have been oidered for subscriptions to the Concord South ern as follows : Wadesboro $25,000; Big Lick $10,000; Goose Creek $5,000; these are on two different route3. On Sat urday the following townships will atk our County Commissio.iers to allow them an election: Xo. 8, $20, 000; Xo. G, $5,000; Xo. 11 $5,000. The management of the Concord Southern has decided to give a ele pot to each township through which the road runs. Its course now de pends on the encouragement each line gives. STANDARD. OXLY TWICE AS MUCH HRADING MATTER AS AXY PAPETI EVER OR XOW PUB LISHED IN THE COUNTY. TICKLE US WITH Si. Legislator at 21. Alu-vill lemot-!:it. Rev. Thomas Dixon, jr., the noted Xew York preacher has been arrest ed for criminal lilel on account of certain expressions uttered in a re cent sermon referring lo Excise Com mission," r Koch of Xew York City. The Doctor says, however, that he is ready for the light and has nothing to take back. In giving to a repor ter a sketch of his career, as lawyer and minister, Dr. Dixon is reported to have made this singular state ment: "But I was a member of the leg islature of Xorth Carolina beforo that that wa3 in ISS4-'S5 and I was only 20 years old when I enter ed the legislature." "Did not your conscience trouble you when you became a legislator before you were of legal age?" The reporter asked. "Oh, no ; I did not have to take any oath-" We must think the Doctor ha3 been wrongly rerorted. He must have been more than 20 year3 of age at the time ho qualified as a member of (he house, for he swore, as all members are required lo do, "to support the constitution and laws of the United States and the constitution and laws of Xorth Car. olina not inconsistent therewith;" and the constitution of Xorth Car olina expressly provides that a mem ber of the house of representatives shall be 21 years of age. - . They Are Married. On Thursday evening at Mt. Olivet Methodist church, in Xo. 4, Dr. A L Petrea and Jliss Bettie Winecoff were united in holy Wed lock by Rev. J J Renn. The church was beautifully decorateil. Miss Essie Fisher aud Mi, Frank Gil lan attended the bridal couple. The two flower girls, Gertrude Lafferty and Annie Goodman, did their parts handsomely. The wedding march was nlayed by Milton Rogers. Dr. Petrei is an excellent genlte mau and enjoys a Cue practice in Rowan county. He is a native of Forsyth. Miss Winecoff i3 one of Cabarrus' noblest younar ladies and in winning her Dr. Petrea has won a great prize. They left on the evening train, Thursday, for Forsyth, Dr.Tetrea'a home. Many friend3 extend best wishes. Itnstetl Wiile. A Federal pensioner, living in this county, has been notified that it ia impossible to pay until the treasury has something in it with which to pay. If this Federal pensioner lived in the Xorth he might get it now. But really there is no-surn prise when a little editor become strapped, but it's awful for Uncle Sam to get on par with us. A lioiMl Time Coming The Salisbury Watchman treats us to this interesting item: At the request of Hou. f John S. Henderson, member of Congress from this district, the United States Commissioner of Fish and Fisheries had 300,000 shad fry deposited in Catawba river at Morganton, and 250,000 in the Yadkin river at, a point nine miles.from Salisbury. 333 Friend Wishes to speak thronp;1i the Register of the beneficial results ho lia3 received from .1 rt!gul:ir uso of Ayer's IMIls. lie says: "I was feeling sick and tired anil my stomach seemed all out of order. I tried a number of remedies, but nono seemt-il to K've me relief until I was in duced to try the old reliablo Ayor'a Pills. I have taken only ono box, but I feel like a new man. I think they aro the most pleasant and easy to take of anything I ever used, being so finely sugar-coated that even a child will.take them. I urge upon all who aro In Need of a laxative to try Ayer's rills." Coothbay (Me.), Ilcji$ter. "Between the aes of five and fifteen, I was troubled with a kind of salt rheum, or eruption, chiefly confined to the lejrs, and especially to tho bend of the knee above the calf. Here, running sores formed which wonld scab over, but would break immediately on mov ing t ho lefj. My mother tried every thing sho could think of, but all(wa.l without avail. Although a child, I read in the papers about the beneficial effects of Ayer's Tills, and persuaded my moth er to let me try them. With no great faith iu the result, she procured Ayer's Pills and I began to uso them, and soon noticed an improvement. Encouraged by this, I kept on till I took two boxes, when the sores disappeared and have, never troubled me since." II. Chipman, Ileal Estate Agent, ltoanoke, Va. "I suffered forycars from stomach and kidney troubles, causing very severe pains in various parts of the body. Nono of tho remedies I tried afforded mo any relief until I began taking Ayer's Pills, and was cured." "Win. 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