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CIRCULATION AT
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rV-YJC ONE, THAN
: TAPE R.
Krl WITHOUT BIAS.
.Vu. Kmtor: Undoubtedly the
t'i u:ng election will be one of the
.,.lir, important in all its, different
to t:.c K--u;hcrn people than
.1 v 1 1 ratiit d :-, if not at p.ny
. : ; , in the history of this nr.tion,
'i. ving it ;o be the duty of all
t:.. i.s of North Carolina to assist
n j.rs. mottt.g, by every houorable
; :;Oil, the success of the Denio
' r:iu.- 'urty, I jV-..l constrained to
.we vim my humVe views c the
j ;v.- ut political situation.
I'i.e Farmers, r.nl other laboring
':it?c-. are very justly complaining
hard times, scarcity of money and
r. low price of coir, 1, and every
one is advocating ectking a
it-riH-dy.
In 18i0, the Alliance undertook
r:it' the price of cotton, by hold
, r buck their crop. Wry ffi were
able to do so, for any Jer.gta of
time and in th- spring of 1SG1, were
i-vupeilod to market it at alow
I'o causes exist for the
tl.e v. '.ton m ;ru
. . ? fhott'd '-nv- so'd t!
u-prt-
:;O.'0:
... ;.i
.lle v.i'ioti,
fot bi r. t. Aleut the s.: i
- :icK:!i.ey ".' ar'i; Tax 'X I
'..ee .l ov-ei-atirfr, iu tCecr le::r.
;vrv i n t;:e farms-rg i-ud work-
i-.-'es of this ('untry,:n isev-.ry
v l:-i -iing to th ag--raud:?"-
of t"e Tiir'.iivfacturr j nn.-'
trusts cf the ii-iMtf.'.irer?
ivo-ed truits of the Nonbrn
, crvuiir.g a monopoly in their
:tl t..e e pTji
!r.nr.f, sm;..kir.a: t!
ti-e to-:!:ntr
;.n
.!', r:c
a: the pocr, corer.
if i- :i f.ct that f rar fifth-? of our
-ot:cn, is soil to the English and
"ther Kuri'P'-an Courtrijs, mostly to
the former.
Il.-t. mating the cap at S,0C0,0t0
tiny buy CylCO.000, bting a
iurp'.r.s o' rr th.e auie-nnt that our
in., u i: facta vers ren u i ; e.
This iui'iUitoui measure, (the
.'icKinlcy Uli) has almost entirely
stopped the exchange of their goods
: cur surplus cotton, and having
.v ?pot cii.-h, thtyriMe tha mar-
sn-.h ;n exiont that we are
.irJy at their mercy,
lise- iurpiu3 of cur agricultural
liuets fimouuts anaua!ly to nearly
',0'.00O dollars, which 13 ex
d in the great. r p .rt, for for-
i
i, i,
c:..
-. ;.;-3 Uicts. AO Seet J.tO"-' it'.B
f T;.-;ft T:.x tperate;: cur pro-a.c:- go
.? c- r tiicre, and we exchange them
f i viv, but as soon 3 we bring that
' : ieh we have received in payment
i f r our sur lus to New York or any
,f, p'rt of entrr m the L'nited States
McKinley Tariil Tax demands fifty
I p-r cent of it on behalf of northern
mij'.'onaircs, claiming it a3 protection
to taeir infant industries, but it i3
ru tiiii'g I?S3 than a public robbery
' of the tanners and laborers of this
W.mtry and it beara more heavily
or. the' South than any other section.
'JkV 11 -publicans claim that the
foreigner pays thi3 Tariff Tax, but
tV' c "turn'"" pars it-vtbis i? a truth
1. t.e ucr.K'it
o"i-rprc
:tion
.0 pri.-.-'cnt deprv:
i no suc.M
'j m orer
:-...i:..n until every man, wonia.i ane
ti i.d has all the necessaries of lit-.-3
:ii food and clothing, con.--;.;'..-!:1
; th their ' ans, and thy r-as :
many are net ab'e to get w'u.
ought to li?.ve, is beCa'.-t R"
'...,n Je'slation has iuipovf-r
.'. iie coat her a country to f.ucl
..t.rt that the "-sges of the, 'a
r nre trone b -.ow zero.
i
I '
! J".
.rod
mtion m:iy be iccai, o
c
- b;; f:
th. n.j
ic-ral or universal a.
cs require the pro-
due's of the manufacturer and he
lK--d.-: ar cotlo.u.
: Th- iiepubbcars exult iu the
tiowi.f .11 of the European mnu
ifacturer and merchant. Such an
? exulta'ion, so fallacious aud suicidal,
never entered the brain of any but
political idiots.
i O-.e question sufih-es to answer
this assertion, viz: If you destroy
your beet and only customers what
"are you going to do with your sur
plus cotton they now buy aud which
our mills cannot consume. NowJet
us t-.-ke a look at the political horn
best to attain the
otj et sn much desired, viz: Justice
te ail, special favor to none
Doubtless, the true interests of aB
the citizens of North Carolina with
out reepect to race, color, or previous
Condition, beyond the possibility of
a mistaker, Iie3 in the success of the
Democratic party at the coming elec
tion, it being the only one to cham
pion tie cause of reform, und civil
and ri-ligious liberty pure and unde-
VOL.V. NO 3 .
filed standing pledged, to undo, and
repeal all the obnoxious laws now
existing and to place others on the
statute look that will alleviate and
dipped the adversity aud tyraney we
now are subject to and give to the
toiling masse?, both :illi..uce and non
alliance every relief they justly
claim.
The coming election will be a
great political circus; Harmon and
Cleveland performing in the big tent,
the side shows being nn by Bid
well and Weaver, respectively, rep-,
rerouting the Prohibition and Third
parly. Now fellow citizeas; don't
you know that the genuine perform
ance is heUl in the big tent, and you
come out satisfied, out when you
patronize the side shows, you are
heated and swindled out of your
money, and you come out full of re
cret and conscious of having gone
astray.
Let us all stand up like men anc"
lay our blows where they will do the
most good against the common ene
my and vote for that astute etates
m::". that upright citi.vu, whosc
e . e:
' j Tt
lLb.
y .o: ' :s of.-e: , is s..:l
t';i. icvar.?? fe.riherirg the
l'.:U R.!
J ., l.'.g -o
e ?e'.re:.rv ef j
Ohio, n?ki--. 1
pr:rc:n:-;s r.-j
h? eonia-ce;
t-'.X V i'.:'d "Ot!
1!
: once
in t!-. rn,
-1 '-v r,
is c
1 .
er.-n i'i
that the farmers a
tier in
anu sooner, and that
a 5 :n perieet accord with the
cux'-it. 1 do not believe that a
1
party n
can L"ive unv sound
. - -1
:t:. him ;iec.;nuo, vo.e
i!.:-v.t'nr. !T ' ri Pftniii i
, ... '
sav, tl
j.-iuit'Liu a nae uone !
n,. 1 . i .1 -
noting ;
iiro'-'i-at
' f f 6UmJimU5t kEW and U Ulo:iS toi
: -.iuM. has been. .one. by tirth and linr-r.ee. !
ih-y have stood up like a wail
01 aa tmant .gumst every oppressive
I ... I
an.'i oLmoxieu? measure trat
"M
neen mongat lorwara by the 1
publican: end successfuuy laid
succe,.iu iy jam (
tne present, that;
nei revoiuaonary 1
aside, at iea.-t for
l" y it..uvUl.i;
measures, Kr.owu as the "rorcejYou have nothing to gain, but
Bill," is a.-.ju coining to the front, j to 0c9 by following after
depends oc, r-ur conduct at the polls. !SL.C a nolitica! nondercrir-t as
'r-Vau-riU"? ea7 thev want to
try a new rai ty. it would be advia- j
able for every maa to take a search-1
inglDok at the p-dilical status ol
Ne.rth CaroiiL.i before going dia. j
tracted over any pirty, and endeavor -
to reach tde'goal of his desire by the
b'.-:t and shortest route. This can
only be done by giving the Demos
cratic party your united support
from beginning to end.
Because a nniteel iifoit would
place it in a position it never enjoyed
since the war.
Becmse it ie p!ed-ed to give all
the relut asked for r.y the masses of
the people.
Because it lacks but little of bein"
in a j osi'ion to annihilate all oppo
sition. Because there is no ibmb
but ill
will fultiil all its pledg'S.
Because it has always given u?,
when in power, the most economical
ud constitutional g''
st.it - and n; ti n-'.
IlC ;use i t is in lavr
li 'uicia! pelicy, and
r-rnment, bc'b
of a g- nnir.e
s.unti arJ
it mone
CtlTl : it
c-.
1. rcc
I-
m;i?y v:: -nou
1,
to
f.ii.iffi-.y.
fa.'
i 1 fill servant,
;.j ext:e.ns
Lie
th
any
the
lUi.'t
11 a'
of f-.'lI-".-2l:l
Sou!', ;;.d has never Riven
re -.sou t.i doubt tho sincerity of
same.
Other, and various reason conld be.
advanced ":;d ii!tum," but it is
useless to expatiate further, sufiice
it to say, that every patriotic citizen
of the South owes his allegiance to
the Democratic party. There is no
chance of the election of Bidwell or
Weaver; therefore, let every man,
civil, and ecclesiastical, under the
pressure of preen t circumstances,
give it, iu this election, their undivi
ded and cheerful support, for if we
lose this election every hope of
southern equality is dissipated.
To the disafTected I would say in
all kindness: "Ueturn O, wandering
sinner home," reflect well on the
consequences of your defection, if
carried out, and don't injure the
p-ood oldState of North Carolina
by committing political suicide,
Eemember that you should never
let private feeling overcome your
sense f public duty. The Demo
cratic party promises everything you
ask for ; let us place it m a position
to redeem its pledges; "give it
fair trial," and then should it fail
to do everything ia its power to full
fill it3 sacred promises, I say then,
and only then, discard it as unworthy
of our continued support and con
sign it to political oblivion.
supposing you could elect
Weaver ? What then ? It would
mystify and disarrange the whole
financial and mevcantil system of
the nation ; n ! chases would be in
uncert; inty a: d doubt, for who
would reasonably expect anything
solid from so frail a leader? Everv
vote given either cf the side show
candidates is a vote thrown awuy
and in favor of the Repub'icar.s.
Old comrades of the army of
northern Virginia: What would the
immortal Je, the gallant Stuart,
the matchless Jueks n, the impetu
ous Ilili?, and the thousands of our
brave companions, whose bones lie
scattered from Bethel to Gettysburg
'. to tbnik that anv man who
fought with them would be so re
creant to every chiyalious impulse,
to every patriotic feeling, would act
,,-v
A
that
n.r :v. co
:i TO'
i" 1 Ci j
; re-ken : b
ocat' I
"int.
t :,
rith ti
tL.
"ii oi i;;-or
ov,-fr i
erMj
"l s ;
n cf:
:lir.n !
Laroiisia v, 11::
' come trie
the twer-ty mil'
more
twet-ty yearV intere::. Think of
this and rav.se in your mad cr.reer, ;
ane return to that vartv to which '
by evfry impulse of yonr manhood, !
and the sac-ed love you ought to !
i r. i . c . j . .
i.e ioi iu- i:0!.er 01 vo'ur native ;
m,, t. i.. 1
8uc .vOU In y-Hl- ,BC1c?: n-arr, ,
Tho ticket of the Third tvirtv is i
ja perft barles(rae oa the avowed
im.'.t.
principles and discipline cf thelrv,; fWonHnn
Alliance; not one of them leic?
fanner aml IC0re than onedialf i
bxrnd by their rrofession and
canjn:r fron beccmine member-. I
calling iron Decerning
10 is rradv to ride
j,.0 Cp:c? a the Hddlne" of
anv
c;:qne) on any ana e-ery pretext; a
wb0 by his conduct has proved
himself deserving the scorn and
COutempt of every Southern man.
Look at the Democrat' of South
Carolina, although divided on other
questions, thev like noble patriots,
join hands and march together in
rolid column against the common
enemy unanimouslv advocating the
election of Cleveland and the whole
Im"oratic ticket Weaver's heart
failed h:m when he entered that
chivalrous State, and he left with,
out li!iir.g his appointments, There
is no defection there! But they are
Smit rn patriots worthy of the
name No demagogue can parade
through their state, dissemminating
anarchy ar.d communism! God
tdess South Carolina!
I have met men thinner this
n: P
co'ors) '
b.-s
!,.
Y't ;
', . v ( i:;e
thev
wvy V'
.'0')
I ! "
m
fit;
1
p... ..i-..-nt lot t.--c : a!:
I
01 0-:r.li'.;" TO UTluel'i'O ;-UlV
ueu chane ', but eerUbin;; inn
so arrayed that the Lusir.e.-.-' 0
nation should hare amp'e tiw
ee.
to
conform to the :cv state cf r.iTairs
R-ithout tending to a panic.
The Democratic party at t;us time,
the only cue that deserves the sup
port of all patriotic citzen3,being the
one that as approaches nearer than
anv other to the wants and require
ments cf the masses of the people,
and is sacredly pledged to uphold
the fundamental, issue of these cam's
paign, viz. To carry on tne gov
ernment for the benefit of the toil
ing masses, against the rule of any
favored special interest, or trust
No-y, fellow citizens; If I who am
only an adopted citizen of North
Carolina, feel so acutely the pro
found importance cf the coming
election, how much more should it
interest you who are to the manor
born ? Echo, answers, How much S !
Citizex of No. 0.
The following Cabarrus gentle
men participated in the tournament
of the Salisbury fair: Messrs John
Fink, E T Bost, Ed Henderson anu
aJUeorge L Batterson.
CONCORD N.C.THURSDAY. OCTOBER KMSj2.
on. S, 1 Mm
TELLS WHO HE WANTS
TO P. EAT THE BIG
BASS DRUM.
tux E :
IInr3i ! Frit-.i the Tnm;
I Ilonr H Mournful NoiiikI.
Grctnsboro Vr!vni:;!i.
Mr. (iudger spoke in the court
house last night.
He said :
We ought to vote the Democratic
ticket, because it is the ticket of the
only Natiomd party in the United
States.
I say so because the Republican.
Presidents have never recognize
the people of the South.
I do not recall but two cabinet of
ficers appointed by Republican Presi
dents. The Republican parly ha3 not
si:wn it3e!f national.
juiv I
j
' e ! '
Th.v
tacii ovtn
part
n ex-
the South
ir.se:
J, oC J).-j:iv,
led. of Arl.
re re
lie r-
ui'.tivt-s of the
If :.fr Clev-.lar-d h.id dene noth-!
irg else, re ougnt to feel proud of
him, and extend to him the friendly
Wnl nfnnnrW n-un.
t 1, ;,a
th.,t h;jVe vecn ma.Ie to j,r. cieves
1..,, 1
Ttwi,fnM;,! tw he is the
candidate of Wall Street,
....t
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vote frnm vew York at the .reat
Chicago Convention.
York did
Lot lve him a ;iugle vote.
Th. t St?tc cC New yori
. , . . ,
York did
not give him a single vote.
Mr. Cleveland was nominated not
withstanding the politican.
He was nominated because he was
the choice of the people.
When he was elected Breoident
he found a depleted Treasury.
lie paid off the indebtedness and
left $100,000,000 when he went out
of oCice.
. Air. Harrison has had the same
sources of revenue and yet it has
happened during his ael ministration
that the court? could not be held,
becau?e there was no mouey to any
eipences.
The I'epublicans bare kept one
promise at any rate.
They promised to reduce the sur
plus.
Thy have done it.
Mr. Cleveland's administration
was an economic one,
It was predicted that if he were
elected the county would go to ruin
lie was elected.
The county flourished as it had
never dene before.
i It ha been eaiel that Mr. Clevc
j land was loo Loncrit.
' I eto not want our great leader to
idc:..-:-ale.
! i van?: ire ti-u-'s to improve,
I i "ii' u :t dio?;;- 'h silver qut3-
t;.-.u ie n:--;t 1
-:1
disgrace u miti
tw.oe
iuteor
(if the world.
ren Congress de-
i e Jutia-s V-.itraua! bis Lord and
r for thirty pieces of silver.
r.e!:rse are the only times.
Th" Republicans declare not sim
ply for a tariff for protection; but
for a high protection tariff.
The Democrats declare for a low
tariil"; one for revenue only.
They say that the McKinley Bill
increases wage3.
The New York World prints a list
of 500 manufacturers vho have res
duced wr.ges since the McKinley
Bill went into operation.
The World has challenged the
Republican papei'3 to show one ins
stance in which wages haye been
raised because of the McKinley Bill.
They have not shown a single in
stance. I ask any working man here if his
wages have been increased by the
operation of the McKiuley Bill.
Who then is bent fitted lvhis
tax.
I ot the laborer clearly.
Who then?
The manufacturer.
They claim that the tax la to pro
tect the manufacturer a,nd, yet that
they claim th?t goods are sold
cheaper than they could be without
the tax.
A strange anomaly.
They s.iy that goods are cheaper
than they were 50 years sgo.
Of course they are.
The perfection of ehii cry huc
the i::crased utill tlie hi lor tccounta
fo that.
The greatest objection w? have
to the Republicans is that they tax
the nece.-isaries of life, and poorest
classes most heavily; p.ud that the
luxuries of life are subject to lower
rates.
The Force Bill is not a de-ad jSBue.
Mr. Harrison was in the senate
and lobbied for it.
The farmers at Ocala did not.
think it was a dead issue.
The Third party wants the Gov
ernment to buy the railroad. Sups
pose they conld do it. There are
now 130,000 Government employees.
There are 800,000 railrrad employees.
This would give the President the
power of appointing 920,000 men.
Nearly a millbn.
;- j ia e- uve coaars ro ire
oa::" viern fund.
j have a v.i'Iioa men md live
Ihr-n
do1 la:
te
tnrred out
; wou ' t
thf
e m
I : ruit .5 tilf '.-HO t.i:
th..t th
Deinc'i-itie p?-rty n'v.Cs. opno.-red to.
J T rre only fro wr.v? of getting
th-rai'vead-
1. I'y b'lyir g them.
2. Coi.fiscatirg them.
No good citizen, ro Christian will
entertain this second plr.u.
What would it bad to?
As for buying them:
The railroads arc listed for area- j
tion at $12,000,000,000.
During the last fif'y years there
has been mined in this country onlv
four billion dollars worth of gold
and silver.
It would take all the gold and sil
ver that could be rained in one hun
dred and fifty year3 to pay for the
roads.
North Carolina demands that her
sons shall serve her.
I appeal to you as sons of thi
great Commonwealth to do your
duty.
I ask for nothing 01 your hand
myseif.
All that I want is a great tele
scope placed on Mitchell's Bark with
the focus on Wathington, to that
our pcopie can see that solemn pro-,
cession a3 they march out, two-by-
two, to the tune of that oal hymn,
Hark ! from the tomb,
I hear a doleful sound.
Up in our country wo ara cons
strutting a big bass drum. We
want Jim Boyd, Charlie Price aud
Revenue White fcr drummers.
Tune: "Turn the raoCais out."
And then we will all join in that
other hymu "Braise God from
whom all blessings How."
ratal RMii't of nn A.Trny n
WndoKboro.
Wadesboro, Oct. 4. A serious af
fray occurred here yesterday after,
neon. Mr. A J Bhyne, of this coun
ty, goo into a dispute with Mr.
Marice Fort, cf Darlington, S. C,
formerly of this town. Bhyne cursed
Fort who knocked him dovn and
stamped him. They were arrested
and carried before the mayor. Mr,
Bbyiee c-ald net stai.d up and was
ton urur. - ir.: tnai ko
j j'Ut him iii t!
he guard house-.
This ncrnin-e
was 5 our a
the e.,uard case. Mr, Fort
idtutiJi up r.i.'J ic now in iail.
reave
Will Cxrff,::;u.i Yolo for Clcvclaiid ?
Chiciigo, October 2. Judge Wal
ter Q Ore-sham will neither afiirm
nor deny the story printed in a
Sunday paper that he intends to vote
for drover Cleveland. He was seen
to-night by a rt-presentatiye of the
Associated Tress. He refused abso-
Bolutely to say anything upon the j
subject. His reply to all questions !
was "No, I will not say a word," and
uioie than that could not be obtained
fr.ni him.
Claim 40,000 tieriiinn Yet en for Cleve
land. The executive campaign commit
tee of the German-American Cleve
land Union met yesterday at No. 4
Eeast Twentieth street. Reports of
theprganization of German Cleve
land campaign clubs in many cities
throughout the country were receiv
ed. Over 9,000 names of German
Democrats are now in the books as
members of the Central committee
for this city. Every assembly dis
trict has a separate organization,
and it is said that the enrolled num.,
ber of German Democrats in the city
already foots up 40,000,
Subscribe for the Standard.
m
i 0
Through Georgia
avi'S DEMOCRACY SEVENTY
TIIOVSAXD MAJORITY.
Cnsi't lite Xlonnl Execntive Com
inlstoo of the nemorrnlic Pnrly
Vet Weaver nnl Sister I.obno;
to Canviixs nl tho StnteM?
It Is More Tbnn nny
Expected.
It now seems certain that Georgia
iir.3 gone Democratic by a majority
somewhere between Bixty.five and
seventyfive thousand. It is an
awful Waterloo for Weaver's party,
had Gen. Weaver met all his aps
point ments in Georgia, it is believed
that the Democratic majority would
have exceeded one hundred and
twenty thousand. 'Tig a" pity he
It has
:7r f icnal
Ictcmittc;
ixw suggested that the
Democratic Executive
ought 10 hire sister
j I.? '.?-, to carry her shew through all
j the Southern etid Weetern States.
A v ." '.1 :
r.v:: t UK's. TALK.
I He f-is Q-.;r '.(-;? mid is "aivir.-r '
I Stor": n:i;t CrnHlni; fir.iln mi;l!
I Sir:'---:.
!
Mr J F Frwii
cf Cabarrus, the I
father of Mr John Erwin, the night
! clerk at the Central Hotel, has been
in the city for a few days. He and
hi3 son, Mr C L Frwin, areconduct-
jcr
R o-rric-s' nrut ef"irt- -form "ki n..
i harms, and yesterday an Observer
repoiterhada very interesting con
versation with him on the subject.
The farm consists of 237 acres and
the land has been used for the pro
duction of cotton for 75 years, or
until it wis washed and run down.
Five years sgo Mr Erwin realized
that there was no money in cotton
(though it was then selling at 10c
and he was raisimr half bale to
the acre), aud that, besides, if he
kept on his land would soon be
worthless. He thereupon abandoned
cotton and has raised none since.
but turned his attention instead to
grain, grass and stock-raising. He
lfilled the gullies with brush, fertil
zed the lands and sowed clover and
orchard grass seed. At the same
time he began stock-raising on "a
small scale and now ha3 25 head of
horses and mules. One of these, a
one-year-old colt, a grandson of
Abdul Koree, took the first prize at
the recent Concortl fair. He is rais
ing stock for market and sees some
thing in it.
But a3 to the grain and grass
growing Mr Erwin last year raised
1,100 bushels of wheat and oats.
On ten acres of ground he made 300
bushels of wheat an average of 30
bushels per acre, and but for the
loss from the wheat falling down
would have realized 33 bushels per
acre. A1J of his wheat is made on
clover scd; clover, m Mr Erwin's
opinion, far surpassing peas as a
fertilizer. He is satisfied that he
can grow wheat at better profit at
$1 per bushel than he could cotton
at 10c. per pound. He has 50 acres
11 clever row, makes his own clover
seed pr d will hereafter have it to
s 11. Seeing that this is worth $G
to f. per 011 -n. ,, it v:n at once aps
pear that tne c.cTer feed iauustry is
not an insiguficrnt one.
I' is as good as a play to hear Mr
Erwin talk farming. He cor Id
give the cotton farmers of this sec
tion valuable points. He docs not
run much to corn but sees great pos
i'oihties in stock-raising and grow
ing grasses and the small grains.
!(- it Itim tor n Turkey aud
Killed I!im.
llindlemau, Oct. G. Jesse Ker-
fey, a citizen of this town, was ac-.
cidenlally shot by Cicero Cooper
at about G o'clock this evening. The
facts as gathered by your corres
pondent from Cooper's father, who
was an eye witness, are about these:
Kersey, in company with Cooper and
his father, were turkey hunting on
Banks' mountain, about three miles
southeast of here. They were sta
tioned some distance from each other
along the mountain side and young
Cooper seeing Kersey concealed in a
clump of bushes, mistook him for a
turkey and fired the fatal shot which
took effect in the back of his head.
Kersey was an old citizen and no
one enjoyed in a higher degree the
confidence and respect of the entire
community.
Rob Roy won the running race in
Salisbury.
in i;
WHOLE NO 246.
F.X, B.1RKISUEK ON THE ''Dl'TfU
SIDE."
A Historical &ketcb...OId Merklen
bnrsrTtae flrt 0rmnn Settlers
A Body f JleHsiaiiHThe
Story of their Life -A Wo
nan'N Book.
The Stale of North Carolina is
singular in the diversity of it3 first
settlers. The English occupied the
Northeast; the Huguenots came in
numbers from South Caroliua'andthe
West Indies and settled the lower
Cape Fear; the Scotch (Highlanders)
the upper " Cape Fear; the Scotch
Irish struck mainly for the Middle
and Western sections, while Quakers
and Germans squatted in clusters
nearly all oyer the State and grads
ually intermingled with the others.
But, from various causes, the Ger
mans of the "Dutch Side" long re
mained a distinct community. Be
fore the division of the old county
of Mecklenburg by cutting off the
present county of Cabarrus, in 1792,
all spoke German and the large ma
jority of the settlers of the "East
End" always used that language.
Their preaching was almost exclu
sively German, and for a long lime
they seemed averse to much inter
course with other nationalties. Ex
cept, in going to the market towns,
tbpy rarely saw the outsiele world,
and remained for nearly a hundred
years an isolated community with
its own peculiar habits and customs,
"a law unto themselves." So mark
ed was this isolation, that when on
some public occasion the Dutch bide
j sent its proud militia company to
county seat at Charlotte, the
commands were all in German, and
the story is told, too, that so em
phatic were those commands, given
in quaint "Pennsylvania Dutch,"
that they provoked no little mirth,
and that the laughter of the Scotch
Irish on this occasion had something
to do with the 'ultimate division of
the county. Certain it is that the
"Dutch Side" did not, in the earlier
days, figure much in the public life
of Charlotte. My grandfather, John
Paul Bamnger, was one of the sev
eral sets of commissioners to fix the
site of the court house for Mecklen
burg. But that commission indi
cated a site further east, near Sugar
Creek church, and nothing ever came
of it Afterwards young John
Fhifer, who married the daughter of
John Paul Barringer, became
one of the signers of the
Mecklenburg Declaration of Indes
pendence. The Phifers were Ger-
mansSwiS3, and first settled on Big
Cold Water. After this marriage,
the home of John Phifer, at the Red
HilJ, three miles west of the present
site of Concord, became the head
quarters for all the public meetings,
musters, etc., for the East End of
Mecklenburg. This brought the
"Dutch Side," in tome closer inter-.
course with the English and Irish
of the other sections. But up to
the war of the reyolntion, there was
little or no trade or business between
the "Dutch Side" and Charlotte.
On the contrary, most of their busi
ness and social life was at Salisbury
only twenty miles off, and where the
Oerman3 "re strong and where the
Lutherans early founded a church
Most of the public roads through
the "Dutch Side" led to and from
Salisbury.
This long and marked isolation of
the early German settlers in the East
End of Mecklenburg had a striking
and lasting eiTe-ct in perpetuating
the peculiar German characteristics
referred to in this end former letters,
aud led to another historical inci-
dtnt not generally known.
The first settlers of the "Dutch
Side" were mostly pure Germans
from Eurone. The three whose
names were best known were John
Bheringer, Daniel Derr (Dry) and
William Schmit. They were from
Wurtemberg, aud landed at Philas
delphia about 1743, and finally
made their way to North Carolina
and settled in what is known as
Eastern Cabarrus about 1750.
Many other Germans soon followed,
and by the time of the revolu
tion, in 1776, the country was pretty
well occupied and furnished a large
contingent for the war both con
tinental and special service troops.
On the pension rolls of Cabarrus
in 1835, the names of twenty-one
old soldiers still appeareJ, and of
those twelve were Germans. At
Gates' defeat at Camden, in August
17S0, many of these" Germans were
made prisoners. Some of them were
held, on Epecial grounds, for long
periods, and in this way they came
in contact, sometimes, with King
George s Hessian mercenaries. In
this way hundreds of them "Hated
Hessians got a first insight
into the character of the war thev
were engaged in aud of the country
an 1 people they were sold to fight
ana conquer. And so, naturally
OjVLY TWICE J1S MUCH
HEADING MATTERJ
AS NI PA PER M
EVER OR NOW
PUBLISHEDIS
INTHIS
COUNTY. -
enough, af tei the defeat of the
British at Entaw Springs, in Sep
tember, 17S1, ard especially after
the surrender of Charleston and
Savannah, under the treaty of peace
in 1782V3, many of them sought to
remain in thi3 country. They natur
ally, too, sought the German settle
ments, and thus fifty or more of
them found refuge on the waters of
Dutch Buffalo and its far off
tributaries.
A Colored Man Rnshe Into Prlnt.
Harrisburo, N. C, 1
October 4, 1892. J
Mr, Editor: I wish to say
through your paper to tha Demo
crats and Republicans and Weaver
ites, the rumor the Third partyites
are circulating that I am employed
by the Democrats of Earrisburg
and raid, a few chews of tobacco a
week, to canvas3 among the colored
people in the interest of the Demo
crats and against the "Weaverites ia
untrue. The Democrats at Harris
burg have never asked me to vote
with them, nor have they asked me
to ask anyone else. The Third party
claim about twentysfive colored
votes in the township and because I
said I would vote the Democratic
ticket straightout in preference to
the Third party ticket and I adyise
my people not to vote it. They got
uneasy and misrepresented me. I am
a Republican and nothing else. I
will vote the Democratic county
ticket and advise my people to do
the same if the Republican party
does not put out one. I am worki
ing in the interest of the Republis
can party and good policy. The
Democrats have never offered to hire
me and if they would they would
do bet Ler by me than the Third party
would do. Now they claim twentys
flye colored votes in No. 1 township
and I say if the Third party gets
over two votes in this township,
national, State, or county, I will
give them a good reward for them:
Sirs, we are going to vote the Re
publican ticket from President all
the way down to constable. If we
can't do that we are going to vote
the Democratic ticket. We don't
propose" to follow after strange gods.
On the sixth page of the "Progres
sive Farmer," September 13, 1892, is
column and a half, credited to Mr,
Cleveland, in the interest of the
colored people. I think that is ono
of the reasons that made some of
the Weaverites a little sick, because
they say there is no difference be
tween the two old parties oaly the
tariil and some of our preachers
have gone about and said that the
two old parties were rotten. Now,
don't know, but when the great
reckoning day comes, it will find
some of our preachers and Weaver
ites about a3 aotten as anybody else;
Now, I am not advocating Democ
racy. I am a Republican, but the
ruth is the truth and you can't
make anything else out of it. Now
I want to say to the Third party
that if Gen. Weaver & Co. want to
get to Washington and Raleigh, and
can't foot their own bill, they win
have to walk, as we colored people
do not expect to help them. Now a
word to the Weaverites: "ane way
of the transgressor is hard." Now,
what I have said for the Democrats
and against the Weaverites has beea
done free of charge.
J A ALEXANDER.
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