North Carolina Newspapers

THE STAHDARD. PUBLISHED EVEKT SATURDAY BT V. I). ANTHONY & J. M. CROSS TEEMS : CN YEAR, CASH IN ADVANCE, - $1.25 SIX MONTHS, - - - ' " -75 Satuhdat, Januabt 21, 1888. THE ROADS. Tu dealing with questions of in terest to the public, it is always nec essary to consider what wiil be of the most benefit to the greatest number. The continual harping on the tariff question by political pro fessors has not jyejt made it plain to the staid, hard working farmer ; nor can these meu, who trust to their county and church papers for news, and who are the real support of "the rest of mankind." whose taxes each year aid most materially in filling the coffers of the .treasury, who$e dollars jingle in the pockets of mer chant, mechanic, lawyer and doctor, point out the legality or illegality of the Blair bill, b.ut there is one thing they do know, and that is that the roads are bad. At this .time of the year nothing, is more talked about; the difficulty of getting to church, to market, and even to a Neighbor's house through the slush and mud, makes the subject of roads a theme of conversation at eery gathering. All agree that in jsqjne way they ought to b? improved there is not a dissenting voice. Even the lawyers, doctors, merchants, mechanics, and so on, take up the cry and want better roads, but how is it to be accomplished ? It is not for us to advance any plan, but we join in the general growl, ,and ask the farmers, who are most interest ed, to speak right out and give their opinion of the most feasible plan. In some places the working of con victs has become very popular, and it is claimed by its advocates to be the.cheapest.; others think it should be done by a direct road tax, and the Farmers' Convention in discussing the question favored a mixed sys tem of taxation and labor. The jle jmblicatis have already taken a stand against the present mode, and the Democrats will of course do something, of the same sort, but avhat will the people do, for this is not a parly question, but a question lor .the whole people. It .will un doubtedly b up before the next Legislature for discussion, so let the people, everybody, think.it aver and work out the most practicable ,plan. IThe Senate confirmed the nomi nation of .Secretary Lamar to the Supreme Court bench on the 16th ,be a vote of 32 to 28. The intermingling of the people North and South for the past twenty years has had its effect. The very many northerners who spend their winter. months in our sunny south ern land, and the commercial tour ists, flitting hither and thither, have borne back, not, tales of bloodshed, murder and rebellion, hut . bright, Lapp- and pleasant memories of an hospitable people, prosperous and prospering, who have naught but a kindly feeling to all, and who are ready to let bygones be bygones. The attempt to arouse the old war feeling of bitter sectional hatred by political aspirants, or old time fa ratics with the cry of rebel is grow ing weaker and weaker, and in the near future the oratorical gush of the political Forakers, Boutells and 'Chandlers will go begging lor an applause. .Dispatches from various portions of the west report -the. cold the. se verest for years. The sweep of the blizzard is accompanied by fearful loss of .life. .Many persons are miss r iug, supposed . to have lot their lives in the great drifts of snow. .Horses and cattle have frozen to death in their stalls. In Kansas whole families are reported to have perished in . their houses. Thero is .not-kj s, want of fuel, but .the sup -.-ply of food., is short and starvation stares many in the face. Travel is - almost entirely, suspended. .Monday night is reported as the coldest, the theimometer registering from 30 to 35 degrees below zero. It is claimed by railway . officials that the wreck on the Chester and i Lenoir fcarrow-guage roa 1 nia" Hick ory, was caused by wreckers, and they say futher that two unknown men were observecLprowling around the trestle just before the wreck oc curred. ..Au examination of the tres tle shows that its timbers were sound and that it was in good, con dition at the time of the accident. It is believed that obstructions were placed on the trestle which threw the traiD o, and that .the: train-' in its fall carried the trestle down with it under an unusu al strain. Dr."W. C. Shaw, a Baptist minis ter of Johnston, S. attempted to commit suicide on the 14th by cutting his throat. The Doctor is a con vert to the doctrine of "sanctifica Hon," and his enthusiasm on that subject has unbalanced his mind. In some of the southern countries , of Virginia, thecultivation of peanuts is gradually taking the place of dot v. ton as affording a more profitable i crop. . The Blair Bill and the abolishin of the Internal revenue tax now myoD fhfi attention of the U. o. cL nn the ISth Senator Vance addressed the Senate in support of Gov. Brown's resolution to aoousu the internal revenue tax. From the Associated Press news of the Vil- mington Messenger we clip tne iox- lowing synopsis of his speech : The lines, he saidj.had been drown closely by the President's message on the subject of the surplus .and taxation. The contest had to be fought squarely, and the question had to be decided unequivocally on its merits. That question was, should taxation be enforced for the support of government, or for the enrichment of private indi viduals, should money be collected from the people f pr public or for private pur- . i-i-i- i ii : poses. JSSO repuraoie ujpumejsis could be formed which, presented any other phase of the question. The question was, where should the reduction of taxes begin? The proposition of mo?t of the Demo cratic Senators (following the lead of the president) was, to begin and end With tariff taxation. The Republicans on the other hand :pro posed to begin by reducing (only in part) the internal taxes, and by ad ding to .the free list those things coming from abroad which did not compete with things made if? this country, and the duty on which was, therefore, all revenue. For himself ho proposed to begin with both evils as he found them excessive in internal and excessive tariff in ex action. In North Carolina there was cause of complaint against each, but there w far more complaint as to the method of internal location than .there was as to the amount. Why, he asked, should not the excise tax be repealed or greatly modified? The axigency which. called it into existence had long since passed away. It involved the right of a man to do what he pleased with his own, within the bounds of the law of liberty. It involved the right of the farmer to sell the product of his labor to any purchaser who offered the best price. It involved the right of the husbandman to utilize the fruit of his orchard instead .of leaving it to rot on the ground. It involved still more momentous ques tions, whether the poor man's cabin should be indeed his castle, pro tected by the organic law, or wheth er it might be ransacked at any hour of the daj or night by a petty offi cial "dressed in a little brief au thority," in search of tribute for an overflowing treasury. The people of North Carolina cared little or nothing about the tax on spirits and tobacco. They would pay it cheerfully if they could be spared oppression and the vexatious methods and machinery of its col lection. It was rot a question, as was often, so triumphantly stated, of a choice between free whiskey and free blankets, because the duty on blankets was now practically pro hibitory, anctthey would not be any cheaper if the excise on whiskey was removed. Mr. Vance proceeded, with much detail, to illustrate many of the in- j consistencies in the tariff, particu larly as bearing against the articles consumed by. the poor and in favor of those consumed by the rich. He declared that the central theory of the tariff was iniquity, and that he was opposed to the whole thing.out and out. He should not vote to put anything oa the free list, the tax on ; which was pure revenue ; he should ! ptrjYcearnestly to reduce taxation on the necessaries of life, and he should discriminate in nothing ex cept against luxuries and in favor of the .helpless and unprotected. Under the new deal in the It. & I. system, Col. A. B.Andrews is retain ed as .3d Vice President, Capt. W. H, Green is general superintendent, with he'adquar.ters traferred. from Richmond to Washington, Col. J. N. Staples is made assistant legal coun sel and Manager Thomas retained. The removal of the company's of fices t?ack to "Washington does not meet the approval of the RiobmiKl people. NEWS ITEMS. Gen. Bragg -has been appointed minister to Mexico. Mrs-- John Jacob Astor bequeath ed all her property to her husband except $168,000 which is devoted to charity. The crowff rrino of Germany has sent a special messenger to Beilin with news of his improved condi tion. Mr. Delano, president of the Wool .growers' Association, has called for organized Resistance to Mr. Cleve land's free-wool .scheme. The Congressional Club of Minne- sota'protests against the admission of Utah into the Union q&ti) it aban dons Mormonism. Monday prayer meetings for. busi ness men are now held in the board of trade rooms, Philadelphia. Thus far they are a success despite the constant attention which. a yery vigorous telephone, in the rooms,con stantly needs. Washington, Jan. 16.r The, Senate thi afternoon confirmed the nomi nations of Messrs. Lamar, Dickinson and Vilas, to be associate justices of the Superior . Court, Postmaster General and Secretary of .the In- terior respectively. Jhe voteVas oZ to 28, . ,i INGERSOLL ON THE BIBLE. Robert Ingersoll is generally look ed unon as a railer. a doubter, a scoffer at things sacred and divine, who can find in religion nothing that is worshipful and good. The popu lar impression is in a measure a mistaken one. How much so, read what he says of the Bibje an.d thpn decide for youiqsjtf: - " ' "This collection of bqpks has la Jken such a h,ohi yxon ibe world as 1 mi " A m no otner. xne lueraiure oi ijrreece which goes up like incense frpyj that land of temples and heroic deeds. lias not half the influence of this book lrom a nation alike despised in ancient and modern times. It is read of a Sunday in all the 30,000 pulpits of the land. In all the tenv pies of Christendom -is its voice lift ed up week by week. The sun never sets upon its gleaming page. It goes equally to the cottage; of the plain man and, the palace of the king. It is woven into the litera ture of the scholor, and colors the talk of the street. The bark of the merchant cannot sail the sea with out it ; no ship of war goes to the conflict without the Bible js there. It enters men's closets ; mingkg in all the grief and cheerfuluess of life. The affianced maiden prays God in scripture for strength in her new duties; men are married by scrip ture. The Bible attends them in their sickness ; when the fever of the world is on them the aching head finds a softer pillow uf such leaves lie underneath. The mariner, es caping from the ship-wreck, clutches this first of his treasures and keeps it sacred to God. It goes with the peddler in his crowded pack ; cheers him at eventide, when he sits down dusty and fatigued, brightens the freshness of his morning face. It blesses us when we are born ;'gives names to half ;of Christendom ; re joices with us ; has sympathy :for our mourning ; tempers our grief to finer issues. It is the letter part of our sermons. It lifts! man above himself ; our best of uttered prayers are;ic its storied speech, fwh ere with our fathers and theatriarch prayed. The timid man, about awtikeniug from this dream of life, looks through the glass. of scripture and his eye grows bright ; he does not fear to stand alone, to tread the way unknown and distant, to take the death angel by the hand and bid farewell to wife, and babes and home. Men rest on this their dear est hopes. It tells them of God, and of .his beloved son ; of earthly duties, and of heavenly rest. Fool ish men find in the -source of Plato's wisdom, and the science of Newton, and the art of Raphael ; wicked men have used it to rivet the fetters on the slave. . Men who believe nothing else that is spiritual, believe the Bible all through ; without this k.hey would not confess, say they, even there was a God." And yet Ingersoll, giving utter ance to such words as these, can still maintain that the Bible is in ferior to Shakespeare. Inconsist ency, thy name is man ! The Bible of all books is the best worth reading. To read it as it should be read is, even to him who maintains that its origin is human, a liberal . education. No where else will you find deeper, truer poetry, more broad and mercilul philoso phy, more moving and soul stirring theology, sublimer or more heart- quickening pathos than are to be found in its pages. Read to receive , or read to confute if you will, but akose all read it. Alas ! that so many of its professed admirers and ex pounders should in their practice be so widely astray from the precepts of ihe Book they claim to be the lamp of life ! A COMMERCIAL LANCELOT. Nearly every one of us has made use of Arbuckle's coffee. Tho N. Y. conwjqspadeot, of, the Richmond Dis patch thus writes of him : A soug came Out of the West many years ago, a verse of which ran as fol lows : "Come, Philander, let us be a marchin', Every one his true love a 'sarchiti';' Choose yuur true love now or never." Chvles Arbuckle, the millionaire coffee merchant, waited v until he was fifty years of age before he yielded to some such sentiments as that embodied ia the sentimental stanza and began his love-lorn peregrinations. His "march- i'" and his "sarchin"' Jed ' him to he fee t of a maiden of a certain a?e, said io be about forty, and he called her "Bunny" and she called hm "flaby Banting." She. accented mon ey from him, wrote long letters to him one of which, $he avers, contains thirteen more words 'than the one Uvhich it answers is said to have pro posed marriage to him ; receives from letters full of such initials as "H's and KIi-hugs and kisses and "K. II. Q,'7 wich .stands for "kfss me quick." A tv length, kwhen the lover sighs, less vehemently, the .. lady drops poetry and sentiment, and jnJthe most prosaic manner, saes him for breach of promise, and has just recovered a...ver diet of 845,000 from a jury of esteemed shoe-string vendors, suspender - dealers, and other equally important lights. of commerce. Who is Charles Arbuckle ? I His name has became known all over the country by aa unhappy de nouement of his sentimental 'adventure?, which baye been the theme f gossip in society for several weeks. He is one of the largest coffee flferchants in the world. Short, stout, ruddy-faced, wi:h round, moon-like features, small, dark eyes, and a thick bull neck, he is a familiar figure on the Coffee Ex change and in lower Wall street, Jhe haunt of coffee importers and-brokers He is plainly, ajmost shabbily, ilress ed, wears a moustache dyed black, and has quite off-hand manners. He is ill iterate, close, aud sharp in a bargain. but as a business-man, he is straightfor ward. Standing by the trading ring in the Coffee Exchange be is a picture of stolid ignorance and petty vulgarity, a man worth a million and a half in moiey, but appraising his worth in every other respect at an appropriately modest .valuation. In other words a mere trader. SOME BUSINESS BON' IS. DoirH forget that a chatel mortgage is, in fact, a conditional bill of sale. Don't transcend your authority as agent, or you will become personally responsible. , , Don't go into, a firm already con stituted unless you expect to be liable for its debts. Don't pay off a mortgage until you receive a property executed satisfaction piece. Don't take a note after it has matur ed, unles you expect fo meet all the ordinary defenses. Don't think that infa t's neglect to rcjudiate a contract whence becomes of age, wil' ratify it. Don't expect to construe an impor tant.pr qMnacnlt trust without the advice and consent of the court. Don't erect a building upon the foundation sunken into the ground, or it will bbcpme part of the reality. Don't except a chattel mortgage un hss the schedule annexed contains every article to be covered by the lien. Don't imagine that a mre joint pur chase by two or more, each receiving his share, constitutes a partnership. .Don't think that a promise to marry will be. void .Vcvise no time is fixed. The law will allow a reasonable time. Don't acknowledge a man as an agent unless lib can show that he t-tands in his principal's shoes as to,thc business in hand. Don't take a title where there js a judgment ngain?t.a man of the same name as your grantor, without a con clusive proof that he is Hot the judg mcnt. debtor. Dju't hold a paper Or account an un reasonable time, or you will be pre sumed to admit its correctness. Don't forget that a promissory note in the hands of innocent th,ird. parties for value, thuts out all defenses usually made on contracts. No past popularity, no fame earned by a lifetime wjll avail if men 2o not keep to lha front and -keep up the stioke. Keputajioa js as gpqd as capital; characters better, imputation is what a man passes for, character is what he is. Never hold goods that are slow sale and unea.soyalje. Make the drive wheu trade is good, ,not wait for the lull season. WILL18S8 BE A.XEAROF WAR, The present year is the fifth year ot modern. limes in which the aggregate of ihe figures arepnty five, and there will be but five more years in which such a combination is possible prior to th a year 2190. "Probably few have ever heard of the old prophecy, which runs as follows: In erary future year of our Lord, Wheu the sun of the figures is ,, twentyifive, Sotnc warlike kingdom will - draw the sword, But peaceful natjp&rjn peace 6hall thrive. Students ti modern history will readily recall how faithfully this prophi ecy has been fulfilled in the four prei vious years t Jiffbicli it applied. In 1609, Russia, Denmark and Poland formed the coalition against Sweden :wluch inaugurated the great war that ended in . the disastrous dei feat of Charles XII, at Pultown. The yeai 1789 will ever be rnemoi rable ou account of the breaking out of the Er.ench revolution. The year 1898 witnessed the cam paign ot Bonaparte in 'Egypt .and the formation f the ecojad European coalition agaipst France. In 1879 war broke out betTeea;EngH hind and Afghanistan, followed by the invasion of .the Matter country by British troops. In what manner the p redicti, on is to be verified in 1883 remains yet to be seen, but the present condition of Eu rope seams to promise an abundant fulfilment of the prophecy. It has been positively decided to hold a fish, oyster, and game fair at Newberne for three days, beginning March 13th. '" ' ' STATE NEWS. J. Van'Lindley, of Guilford, goes this week to California to attend the annual meeting of the American Horticultural Society. Stanly Observer : Mr. Jonathan Bell of this county, though , one of our oldest citizens, is quite active .for $ man turned upon his SQth year. He can yet jump upon a horse's back from the ground. An earthquake was plainly felt by many people at Raleigh on the 12th rust. Some persons ran out of the houses in alarm. Mr. Birdsonsr. State librarian, says the shock was very strong on the third story of the capital. Soeaker Carlisle has recognized the farmers of North Carolina by placing Major C. W. McClammy on the Committee of Agriculture."' Th Jiiajor grows tne largesc wacermei Ions of any man in the 50th Con eress. And long may he continue to grow theru. Raleigh ,rrogre?.- lve f armer. The Oxford and Clarksville rail road is completed almost to Oxl ord. Only about six miles remains to be laid. Just as soon as this part of the road is completed work will be gin on the part from .Oxford to Dur ham. A new Episcopal church is in course of construction in Craven county, at Tuscarora. The name of the little town is, by the way, the only public recognition of the mem ory of the Tuscaroras, once North Carolina's greatest and most war like Indian tribe, of which the pres ent King of the Sandwich islands is a degenerate descendant. News and Observer : North Car olina has fared badly in the matter of chairmanships of House commit tees at Washington. But one has been given her and that of minor importance. Tne long and distin guished service of her representa tives entitled her to greater consid eration. Col. Cowles has -the chair manship and it is of the committee on expenditures in the department of justice. Col. Cowles is also on the committee on patents &nd on ex penditures in the post-office depart ment. Mr. Henderson is well plac ed on the judiciary committee and is also on the committee on pensions. Mr. Johnston is on the committee on public buildings and grounds ; Mr. Rowland on the committees on post-offices and post-roads and the election of President and Vice President ; Mr. Latham, the com mittees on District of Columbia and private land claims ;Mr. McClammy, the committees on agriculture and the alcoholic liquor traffic; Mr. Simmons, the committees on claims and expenditures in the Treasury department ; Mr. Nichols, the com mittees on labor and mines and mining, and Mr. Brower, the com mittees on war claims and expendi tures iu the State department. "If I should tell you, dear." he said, "that my love for you had grown cold, that I had ceased to care for .you, and that the happy time when I shall claim you .as my ownest own, will never, never be, would it really be a trial to ytu. darling t" "Yes, George," . shyly admitted the girl, "it would be a breech of promise trial." & GROCERS, Are fully alive to the people's interest, and are prepared to make things lively in the sale of heavy and fancy GROCERIES, By puttiug them down to. bottom prices tor. Cash, or Barter. Their stock duriag 1888 will be of the very choicest and freshest, and is iboui.d to please. Don't forget the place, one door be ow Cannons & Fetzer. c WALTER & STJTHERS 18m Announcement. The firm of SWINK BROS, has t , been dissolved by mutual consent, C. W. Swiflk selling his stock in trade to the undersigned, who will continue the business. Thankin.tr tha nnKlu fvi . favrtva . y ""l""o new one will meet a contmuaice of the same, 1 am Yours truly, W. J. SWINK. All persoDs . owiner na hv nnta nr account must come.ancl .settle at once, as we have only .'a shorty while in which to close up business of Swlnk Bros. W. J. SWINK. II sin GREAT SLAUGHTER III Sats and Bonnets 20 Per Cent. BELOW ACTUAL COST! In order to make room for my Spring gjtock I will sell Hats and Bonnets, Jerseys, Hose, &c, jower than cost prices. I mean what I say Now is the time to secure bargains. MBS. J. M. CROSS. FtTZER'S DRUG STOEE, Concord, N.C- P. B. FETZER, Pkoprietor, N- D. FETZER, Manager. HEADQUARTERS FOR Drugs, Patent Medicines, Paints, Oils, Varnishes, Fine Toilet Goods, flair Brushes, Combs, Lamps aad fine decorated China Goods. We lead in Low PBTCES and keep the .fullest stock in our line v in this market. We solicit your patronage on the basis of low prices; we wid give you more.JCcr.a, dollar than any other house in this or any other market. Come and see us, one purchase will make you a permanent patron We guarantee best quality in every thrg in accuracy in compound!;. We keep in stock a supply of Hawkes' celebrated CnmiLIIED LENSES And patent Eye Glasses. The most brilliant pure and perfect spectacle lenses in use. They are as transpa rent s light irself, and-for softness of endaraoce to the eye cannot be sur passed, enabling the wearer to read for hours without fatigue; in fact they arc perfect sight preservers. All eyes cau be fitted, and in all cases perfect satis faction is guaranteed or the money refunded. Removal. Having removed to the neat store room on Litaker's corner I am pre pared to furnish old and new , custo mers with good goods, nice goods and cheap goods in .the grocery' line. Thankful for many past favors I trust to merit a continuance by strict attention to business and fair dealing. BE .si 2I That's a common expres sion aricf.ha a world of meaning. Hqy much suffering- is summed up in it. Ttte singular thing about it ts.' that pain in the back is occasioned hy so many things. "Maybe caused by kidney Urease, liver com plaint, consumption, colci, i heumatism,dyspepsia,over Xvork, nervous debility, &c. AVhatcvcr the cause, don't neglect it Something is Wrong and needs prompt uttention. No medicine has yet been discovered that will so quickly and surely cure such diseases as Brown's Iron Bitters, and it docs this by commer&iri at the foundation ..and iriik .ing the blood pure and rid. Lojjajisporwiini..Dec. I, jt For a long lime I have been " sufferer from stomach and kidnej Jisease. My appetite was very pot and the very small amount 1 did eat disagreed with me. I was annoyed very much ironi non-retention oT uriae. I tried many remedies with, r.o success, until I used Brcwtfs Iron fitters. Since I used that row stomach ic not bether me any. My appetite is simply immense. My kidney trouble is no more, and my reneral health is such, that I feel like a nevr man. After the use of Brown's Iron Bitters for ore month, I have gained twenty pounds ia weight. - - - O. B. Sajiobkt. Leading physicians and clergymen use and recom mend Brown's Iron Bit ters. It has cured others suffering as you are, and it will cure you. CAUGHT A BAD COLD & )The SUMMER COLDS and I Coughs ar quite as dan gerous as those of midwinter. But they yield to the . same treatment and ought to betaken In time. For all diseases of THROAT, NOSTRILS. . HEAD or BREATHING AP PARATUS Is the SOVEREIGN Remedy! ALL DRUGGISTS KEEP PAIN KILLER WEBSTER'S UNABRIDGED. " GET THE BEST." ' BeeWebster1! Unabridged, gi'" p the name of each sail, nhowing the value ol . tni EFI2finONS BY XLLVSTKATl02.fi. Ths pictiirea in Webster under the 19 word. Boiler. Castle. Column, Eye, Horse, fiirfdings, Flirenoloffy, Ravelin, Shi8. (pages Hfi and 1219) Steam engine, Tim berg, define 343 words and terms fcur bettee lhaa they coiild be defined in words. New EdlJon of WEBSTER, he. '4600 NEW WORDS and Meanings, Biographical Dictionary of over 9700 Names. WEBSTER'S is th" Dictionary used Ttf in Goveriit. Printing Offic 18U WW Every State purchase of Dictionaries in for Schoo'a has been Webster's. JC Books in the Public 8chools of they U. 8. are mahil based on Webster. JQ) Sale of Webttoi'i is over 20 times the C! -sale of any other series of Diet's. 3 THIRTY-TWO - THOUSAND have been put m in the public schools of the U. 6. JL Each new edition has "become more and TT" more The Standard. rf Wenmn fbySUte Sapt's School lu T AW iD ourae. &ua oj uonege f res is jut XV IS IT NOT THE STANDARD Aibltabed be 6, AC. MERR'M.SvrinsfieJd. U.Mf SIOOO RE WARD , IM.rsTRATKn lUrWt M much Olcrer Vrd i " A?. 7J Respectfully, II. M. GQODMAN. O.W. SWINK. EWARK MACHINE CO.