North Carolina Newspapers

THE STANDARD. PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY BY IX ANTHONY & J. M. CROSS. Friday, March 30, 1888. OUR XEW DRESS, Today The Standard, at the arlv age of twelve weeks, discards iu swaddling clothes and dons a new dress, and, even like the gentler sex, it has cast off its winter head-gear and conies out in the coveted new spring bonnet. True, it has had no thing but good, kind words for its former get-up, and complimentary well-wishes for its future, but its editors, in the endeavor to keep up with their, promises, think that the addition of this new head-gear, and the changes otherwise made in its columns of this issue, will aid in giving to their readers later, better, more select and original news than heretofore. .hveryhouy Knows tnat this is a National, State and county campaign year, when politics will run high from Maine to Texas, and that very laudable trait, American curiosity, will be exercised to its uttermost by each and every one. The sober-sided old farmer as well as the capitalist and the w ire-working politician will want the news the verv latest news of everything that is going on in this progressive nineteenth century. We are not, like our forefathers, content with the home happenings around us, interspersed with, now and then, a city news sheet giving a synopsis of far-away foreign news, but we anxiously await each and (.very mail 1nd con every telegram in daily news sheets so as to satisfy this innate curiosity. The Standard will endeavor to give a regular weekly synopsis of the very latest at home and abroad. We t rust our readers will like the changes now made, and will appreciate the spirit of improvement labored for by its proprietors. If they are satisfied we are content. THE COMIXG CAMPAIGN. Already the political pot is begin ning to simmer. From every State newspaper columns come to us filled with political suggestions and wise forecasts in regard to the coming campaign. Nothing definite is yet known as to who will be the leaders, National, State or county, of either the Democratic or Republican par ties, although it is generally con ceded that the popularity of Presi dent Cleveland's one-idea message will make him his own successor in the Democratic ranks. The Labor and Prohibition elements that have of late come to the front demanding recognition in National political cir cles, independent of other political organizations, are credited with no shadow of success save only so far as their influence may be felt in taking from or adding to the majorities of the two great leading parties. The alliance among our farmers of the South will in no wise affect the ma jorities of former years for the De mocracy, but their course will be so shaped that the agricultural interests of the country will be advanced, not through a new party, but the old one to which a majority of them have so long held allegiance. It is very natural for aspirants for office, irrespective of party, to put on the sociable-hand-shake-inquiry-after-the-family dodge in each elec tion, and by the way of securing the gentle homo influence of every voter some of these same seekers after place add the just-like-its-father-kissing-the-baby act. Now to com mon sense people this is a little sick ening, and we hope that voters gen erally will set down hard, right hard, on these honey-f uggling, baby kissing, button-holing bidders for public favor. RATHER SEXTniEXTAL. An exchange savs : " Many a wearv youth, sitting in his solitary room at midnight, and driving a big needle through a button with the back of his jack knife, is wondering whether he will be doing his own sewing in 1889." What a pity such a thins- has found its way into print ! It no doubt will persuade many a " weary " and poor "youth," who needs no wife, that he should at once " fly around." "Instead of wondering whether he will be doing his own sewing in 1889 " he should be won dering if a cow, a cook-stove, a frying-pan, skillet, a home and many other things could be easily paid for. Too many children getting married anyway, and not a few are making desperate efforts. A little more apron string is sadly needed in these days ;ud times. EVEKT OXE TO THE FRONT ! The opening scenes are upon us. In a short time we will be called upon to rally to the support of the several standard-bearers. Who will they be ? Let every Democrat come to the front and say. In some respects the coming cam paign will be to the South of more bearing and importance than those in the past, the record of a President of our own faith to endorse, and those of the governors that have gilded and anchored our ship of State for a number of years. And, too, many representatives of other departments of government will de mand our attention. Commence, fellow-citizens, right at the township conventions ! In the primaries every man has the right to speak, to sug gest and to resolve. Let him go, and there say his say. Stay at home, give the great questions no thought, at the tail-end jump in, and trouble and discord are sure to follow. Com mence right at the beginning and go the entire way without flinching! In the name of harmony, and es pecially that of success, we appeal to all good, intelligent and hard-work ing Democrats that they go to the primaries. STATE PRIDE. Texas is not such a small State and she does things on no small scale. The new State capitol, soon to be completed, is a grand struc ture, reaching up four feet above the capitol at Washington. For thi magnificent structure the State has not paid one cent of money. The work is all being done by a syndicate for 3,000,000 acres of land, which virtually amounts to nothing, since she has one hundred and seventy millions of acres left. The State has a balance in its treasury, too, o about $9,000,000. Some time past a newspaper from one of our neighboring States con tained the following paragraph in reference to one of its State judges "Aj n inilnra rrrn Ki qs -a l'lliili amiable as a dove, just as Brutus, and pure as chastity.'' " Such a mess " as this is enough to make man sick unto death. It sounds like the flowery swell of some budding school-boy orator. To at tribute to a common sense judge w ho does only his duty the characteristics of a "lamb" and a "dove," and to cap the climax by publishing to the people his chastity is boundlessly disgusting. It is, as a divine used to say, " passing strange " how some people go off in fits of ecstacy over the fact that in some instances we have even a "just judge." Two colored women are reported as having a prize fight in Beaufort county to decide which was the own er in fee of a colored gentleman in dispute. We have not heard which one got the coon. Statesville Mail (Republican.) Ere the ides of November, when the coming campaign warms up, this "coon " " et id genus omue " will re ceive the oft reiterated promise of " forty acres and a mule " by those who now nickname him and his man hood will be praised for his vote. 'Tis strange that an exponent of the G. O. P. should thus early in a cam paign year call the strength of his party in North Carolina by such an endearing name. We are all more or less interested in the educational advancement of our State. On this alone hinges our mental, moral and pecuniary worth, and the ground work of progressive education in North Carolina is our common schools. On our first page we commence the publication of a series of articles on the "Public Schools," by Major Finger, Super intendent of Public Instruction. They are well worth perusal by each and every one. Major Finger has made a special study of our school system, and we recommend these ar ticles to our readers as from one in every way fitted to discuss the sub ject fairly and intelligently. Mayor Hewitt refused the appli cation to hoist a foreign flag over the City Hall of New York. In the justification of his refusal,, says the Charlotte Chronicle, he shows some facts that are very significant. He points out the fact that only 20 per cent of the population of New York were born of American parents. Forty per cent, were born abroad and 40 per cent., though native born, are children of parents who are one or both aliens. Therefore the kindly and yet loyal American Mayor would at least remind all of what ever clime that New York is part and pared of the United States by flying the Stars and Stripes. DEATH OF CHIEF JUSTICE WAITE. He Dies Suddenly and Unexpectedly. Acute Pneumonia His Disease End of a Prominent LireHis Jtoble Record. "Washington, March 23. Morrison E. "Waite, Chief Justice ot the bu lDreme Court of the United States, died very suddenly at six o'clock this morning from acute pneumonia. He died without a moment's warning in the presence of only a professional nurse. On Saturday night the 10th inst , the Chief Justice walked to the home of Senator Hearst, because of the illness of his coachman. He also walked home. Next morning he com plained of feeling unwell and a phy sician was summoned, who an nounced that he was suffering from a slight cold. He remained in the house during Sunday, and when Monday came he conferred with two of the Associate Justices and his physician, and determined to go to court because of the decision to be delivered in the telephone case, de ciding, however, that he would not read the decision, but would trans fer the duty to Justice Blackford The exposure consequent on this journey accentuated the cold, and on Tuesday he was advised to go to bed Nothing serious was expected, but on Wednesday Miss "Waite decided to telegraph her brother, Mr. C. C. Waite, of Cincinnati, who arrived on Thursday afternoon. Surgeon Ruth, of the United States Navy, the phy sician in attendance and a friend of the family, advised Mr. "Waite on his arrival that it would be advisable to call in another physician in consulta tion. At that Dr. Gardner was sum moned, and the result was that last night at midnight the patieut and family were assured that there was no danger. At 5:30 o'clock this morn ing the nurse heard the Chief Justice moan, and on going to the bedside was informed that he felt pretty well. The nurse retired, and a half hour later, hearing a gasp, ran to the bedside and found him a corpse. Mr. "Waite and Miss May "Waite were immediately broughi into the room, but too late ; tne father was dead. Mrs. Waite, the Chief Jus tice's wife, was in California at the time of her husband's death, but left immediately for the East on be ing informed of his death. official notice of the death of TnE chief justice. "Washington, March 23. The fol lowing official notice of the death of Chief Justice Waite has been issued by the Department of State: "To the People of the United States : " The painful duty devolves upon the President to announce the death at an early hour this morning, at nis residence in this city, of Morrison R. Waite, Chief Justice of the United States, which exalted office he had filled since March 4, 1874, with honor to himself and high usefulness to his counhy. ''In testimony of respect to the memory of the honored dead, it is ordered that the executive offices in "Washington be closed on the day of the funeral and be draped in mourn ing for thirty days, and that the na tional flag be displayed at half-mast on the public buildings and on all national vessels on the day of the funeral. Grover Cleveland. "By the President : " T. F. Bayard, " Secretary of State." It is announced that the remains will be taken to Toledo, Ohio, for burial. So little was a fatal termi nation expected that Miss "Waite called last evening on friends living on the same block with her and re mained an hour or more gaily chat ting. A NOBLE RECORD. Morrison Hemic h "Waite was the seventh Chief Justice of the United State, and was born in Lyme, Conn., November 29, 1816. He graduated at Yale College in 1837, and studied and began to practice in Maumee City, Ohio. In 1849 he was a mem ber of the Legislature, and in 1830 he removed to Toledo. He declined repeated nominations to Congress and also a seat on the supreme bench of the State. In 1871-'2 he was one of counsel of the United States be fore the tribunal of arbitration at Geneva. In 1872 he presided over the constitutional convention of Ohio. On January 21, 1874, he be came Chief Justice of the United States, and has since resided at "Washington. The circumstances of Judge Waite's appointment and confirmation are still fresh in the memory of observ ant men of this generation, and they formed a striking episode of the time. President Grant had nomi nated successively "Williams and Ca leb Cushing, both of whom, after the pendency of their nominations some time in the Senate, were withdrawn. and Mr. "Waite, not then very well known to the world at large, was nominated. He had been nn Tnrlp pendent Republican candidate for congress against one of Mr. Sum ner's warm personal friends, and had incurred the enmity of Mr. Sum ner,, who at that time entertained no very iriendly relations towards the Grant administration. The proceed ings of the Senate, though more than a dozen years have el apsed since then, are ttill covered by the veil of executive session secrecy, yet it was well known that Mr. Sumner's speech in opposition to Mr. Waite was one of the great efforts of that remarka ble man's life. He dwelt historically upon the eminent services and at- tainments of each one in the long line of incumbents of the office of Chief Justice, and spoke in bitter terms of disparagement of Mr. Waite's qualifications. Sixty-three Senators were present, and listened for two hours with absorbed atten tion to the Senator from Massachu setts. No voice was raised in de fense of the nominee, yet when the question of confirmation came to a vote, which was immediately upon the conclusion of Mr. Sumner's speech, sixty-two Senators voted in the affirmative, and Mr. Sumner did not vote at all. How far astray Mr. Waite's oppo nents were, in their estimate of his character and attainments is strik- 1 1 1 J 1 J ingly displayed in tne sentiments expressed by public men .who have known him. Senator Vest says : " J had a very high opinion of Chief Justice Waite. He was one of the best men I ever knew a most excel lent lawyer and a very just man. He possessed an eminently judicial mind and was peculiarly fitted for his po sition. I knew him well and deeply deplore his death." Senator Evarls .said: "I was greatly surprised as well as grieved this morning to learn of the fatal result of an illness which all his friends had hoped would not prove seriou?. There is an universal agiee meut in personal affection and re spect for the Chief Justice and grief at the loss. His death will be re garded by the judiciary and the pro fession of the country as a great calamity." Senator Hawley, of Connecticut, when told of the Chief Justice's death, said: " Fully sharing in the general sorrow, the people of Con necticut have their own reasons for an added grief. The families of the late Chief Justice and his wife are among the oldest in our State. He was born and educated there. His father was for twenty-two years our Chief Justice, and both father and son were jurists of sound learning and spotless character, and had a strength, symmetry and balance of intellectual and moral qualities which gave them a success that so- called genius often fails to reach." cexekal xetvs items. A census has just been completed of Dauville and North Danville, Ya., showing a combined population of nearly 16,000. This is an increase of nearly 4,000 over the census made by the same persons in 1885. In the death of Rev. J. W. Pratt, D. D., of Louisville, Ivy., who died at his home in this city ou last Sat urday, the Southern Presbyterian church has lost one of its most widely known and ablest divines. The new California method of preserving fruit is simple, and said to be excellent. Wide-mouthed bottles are filled with fresh, sound raw fruit and securely corked. No sugar, water, or anything is added. The bottles are then placed in cold water, which is brought to a boil, and gently boiled for ten minute's. It is claimed that the fruit preserved in this way will keep for years. There is an International Council of woman suffragists in session in Washington City this wee k composed mainly, of course, of females. It is said to be remarkable chiefly for the ' good clothes of its members. Good looks are at a discount. Masculine femininity doesen't run to beauty. There is said to be only one possibly good looking female woman suffra gist in the country.' and that is Miss Phoebe Cousins, of St. Louis, who is herself now approaching middle age and growing too stout to be pretty. If this fact doesn't keep the girls from embracing the craze that has brought about the Washington con vention we do not know what will. News and Observer. Mr. Charles Dickens, son of the eminent author of the same name, read iu Wilmington Saturday even ing, before a large and appreciative audience, five chapters of "David Copperfield," and Bob Sawyers par ty in "Pickwick," Mr. Dickens be gan his readings in New York in Oc tober last and has since appeared in ninetj--six cities of the country, in cluding quite a number of the lead ing southern towns. He says, acord ing to the Messenger, that nowhere in the United States has he found his audiences more intelligent or ap preciative than in the South. He finds that southern audiences have quick perception and are opportune in demonstrating their appreciation. He went from Wilmington to New York. We are sorry he did not come this way. A decree authorizing Crown Prince William to represent the Emperor in the transaction of official business, in the event of the Emperor being unable to act for himself, will shortly be issued and proclaimed throughout the German Empire. The decree is dated March 21, and is addressed to Crown Prince William. It permits the Crown Prince to prepare and discharge all state business entrust ed to him by the Emperor, and he is empowered to affix all necessary signatures, as the representative of the Emperor, without obtaining spe cial authority upon each occasion. The first cabinet council under the new Emperor was held Friday The ministers took the oath of allegianee to the King of Prussia. A proclama tion granting amnesty to political offenders i3 being prepared. STATE NEWS. North Carolina asks the general government for five public buildings to cost $625,000. Charlotte is soon to issue an il lustrated handbook of her advan tages and resources. A permanent Fair Association, with a capital of $25,000. has been or ganized at Newberne. The Citizen is informed that half the peach crop in that vicinity of Asheville has been killed. The North Carolina Teachers" As sembly now numbers 3,500 members. Eery township in the Stato is said to be represented in it. Much interest is felt in the coun ties on Pamlico sound in the project to cut through Ocracoke inlet, so as to permit the entry of large vessels. The executive committee of the North Carolina Agricultural So ciety have fixed the time of the next State Fair for October 16, 17, 18 and 19. Wilmington is taking preliminary steps in the direction of an indus trial school, and, it is claimed, will press the scheme to a successful con elusion. Mr. David Ramsaur, a prominent citizen of Lincoln county, died at his home, about two miles from Lincolnton, on last Sunday evening, in his 72nd year. News was received here yesterday of the death, on Sunday at the Bap tist Orphanage at Thomasville, of Rev. Jacob Uutley, a venerable and estimable Baptist minister. A capitalist from New Jersey has purchased the Long Island factory, in Catawba county, and will estab lish a hosiery manufactory, giving employment to 150 persons. Solid blocks of stone 10x15 feet are being furnished by the Wadesboro Brown Stone Company, for the Maryland State House at Annapolis Each block is valued at $500. Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Ross have been greatly afflicted during the past week, in the illness of their lovely child, Galloway. He is bet ter, and we trust will soon be quite well again. Arrangements have been perfected by which all-rail route North for truck from the Newberne section has been secured, so that it will be transported in twelve or eighteen hours' less time than ever before. Bishop Hargrove laid the corner stone of our new church at Chihua hua, Mexico, January 25th. This will be the first church on foreign soil helped by ourJBoard of Church Extension. Raleigh Christian Ad vocate. Truckers are badly hurt by the continued com weatner, ana say that there will be more than half i crop of the early varieties of straw 1 1 1 1 1 1 - Denies, ana tnat even tne insn po tatoes are badly damaged, the seed rotting in the ground. Wilmington Star. The Charlotte Chronicle says Wm E. McGinn, who killed J. Leroy El liott in an affray at the Capp's Hil goia mine, Mecklenburg county, on the 13th inst., was lodged in jail on Saturday at Charlotte, having been captured by J. C. Bowman, Friday at the residence of James McGinn near Mt. Holly. Fire broke out at 1 o'clock yester day morning, in the planing mill of A. Whitener & Son, at Hickory, and the mill was completely destroyed, involving a loss of $1,000 upon which there was no insurance. Fry, Hen nan & Co., also lost about $600 in machinery stored in the mill build ing, with no insurance. Charlotte Chronicle. Rev. Rosser Lide, colored, jumped in a well at the house of a colored man two or three miles north of Wadesboro, Sunday morning last, with suicidal intent. The chilly water brought him to his wits, and he scrambled out, Domestic in felicity is said to have been the cause of the rash attempt at ducking himself. Wadesboro Intelligencer. Eight miles from Durham last Saturday a daring highway robbery was perpertrated, the victim being Mr. John W. Bowles, a well-known farmer. In passing along a road he was met by a negro, who fired at him three times. The negro then knock ed him down by a blow on the head with a club and robbed him of $80. It is the most daring robbery known to have occurred in Durham county. At last a definite step has been ta ken m the matter of securing the budding of the proposed railroad from Charlotte to some outlet in the East, and books for subscription are to be opened faith with at different points along the proposed line. This arrangement was effected at a meet ing of the commissioners under the old charter, held in the city yester Jl mi i m . uay. jluq cnaiter ior tne roaa was granted by the Legislature of 1872-'3, and is to be found in chapter xcii, of the acts of that session. The secre-. tary was directed to make the-neces- sary advertisement for the opening of subscription books, and the fol lowing parties were appointed to open the books at the places named : In Cabarrus county Pioneer Mills, Col. J. C. Earnhardt ; Bost'sMill, M. Li. Uost ; Mt. Pleasant, J. C. Cook, G. R. P. Miller. Charlotte Chron icle. BEAT VICTORY OVER MM PRICES! Till 1ST I S P B I Gr The undersigned once more comes to to lead all competitors in the good work pljiDg them with a superior quality ot GENERAL MERCHANDISE. We are ''loaded to the muzzle," and if our s-tock is not speedily reduced. there is danger of an explosion when we fire off our big gun. Everybnrly must "stand from under," for th bottom has dropped out of LOW PRICES, and if any body gets caught when it falls, somebody is sure to get hurt. Now Open your eyes, bargain hunters, know a go' d tning wnen you seen, come ana see me u you wauno save money by buying yonr )rj Goods, Groceries, provisions and other articles which cannot be purchasod elsewhere of it. .Don t sell your country produce P. S. Thanking you for past favors, prices to merit a continuance of the same. UNDERBUY! U Muclion in Prices invnvnsisrsiE stock i WE 1 Car Load of 1 1 1 it it a Our flour is all bought di;ect from the Largest and best And we can sell vcu flour for less money have a large stock of GrEOCEEIE And you will always find our prices as PATTERSON'S CHEAP CASH STORE. FURNITURE CHEAP FOE CASH AT M. E. CASTOR'S FI1IT1E STOR Room Suites Bureaus Buna fas Cash s,k I do not sell for cosr, but for a small profit. Come and examine m line of goods. Old furniture repaired. 12 M. E. CASTOR. TB Li SE ASOUI thei front and avows his determination of saving the people money and sup and u you are close calculators aivl SI ef home use. A specialty on flour, the sama grade as cheap as I will sell before calhusr on I hope by fair dealing and reasonable R. A. t. UNDERSELL! of Flour to Esiuce our als, Ms an OFFER Pilgrim, Light Loaf, Choice Family, Bob White. Mills for CASH, than you can buy elsewhere. We S low as the lowest. THE KAFFIR CORN. This crop was cultivated very large ly in some sections of the South the past year with great success. It should when required lor forage, sot either broadcast or thickly in lows about; three tect apart, or if desired for thj grain, plant a few seed every foot in the row and thin out to three or four stalks, according to the quality of the, soil. When the grain turns white, clip the heads, and othtr heads wi'l come ; this ensures the largest yield of grain. It gives the best results by cutting the first growth for forage when in early bloom, and letting the second growth yield both grain and forage late in fall. If forage only is desired, the seed may be drilled light ly in tl-e furrow. It withstands drought and is particularly adapted to the thin land of the Cotton Belt section. The grain when greund makes excel lent food for stock, and equal to flour for bread. Price per lb 25 cts ; 5 les. 1.00 For sale at FETZEK'S DRUG' STOKE. i r C HTCwJfiDEI?r?oTcir9: iUUllO Sample te to thoc-e becoming ayeius. No risk. Quick sales. Territory civen. CySntisfactlon srnaranteffl. Addre VR. SCOTT. 842 Broadway, NEW YORK