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T H E SJJjl D A B D . PUBLISH! D EVERY FRIDAY BY W. D. ANTHONY & J. M. CROSS. TLims : 0!YEAR,CAS:i IN ADVANCE, SIX MONTHS, $1..25 .75. 'Address all Communication to The Standard, Concord, N. C. Friday, May 4, 1888. democratic Conventions In The Township Primaries meet at tkcir respective voting place May 12th. The Cabarrus County Convention nieets in Concord May 19th. The State Convention meets in Raleigh, N. C. May 30th. The National Convention meets in St. Louis, Mo., Tune 5th. The Congressional Convention of the Sixth District moets in Wilming ton June 27th. EVERY OXK'S duty. AVe were very much impressed w ith one sentence of Judge Mont gomery's charge to the grand jury on Monday last. Very pointedly he averted that the people- not only made but enforced the law. This remark of His Honor is not only applicable to jurors who carefully weigh charges brought before them, but to every voter of this great country, and now on the eve of a great ballot battle all over the Union we can safely urge that in the incipi ent state of this coming contest it behooves each and every one to say at our primary meetings who shall represent them in legislative halls and on what basis, right or wrong. This truly should be a government by the people for the people," as was intended by our forefathers, and to thus keep it free from the en croachments of ambitious dema gogues it is necessary that the whole people should express themselves as to their choice of representatives. The leading issue before the peo ple is tariff" reduction, and with the Democracy favoring this reduction and the Republicans struggling to prevent it, it will not be hard for our people to decide who is for them. W'e say attend the primaries, each and every one, for it is your duty. KEXATOK YOOK1IEES S2EEIH. "Twenty-three springs and sum mers have decorated with flowers the graves of the dead, and as many autumns and winters have covered them with falling funeral leaves, and shrouds of snow, sires peace wis declared between soldiers in the held, ard yet at this late day a cam paign of political animosity is again declared against the people of the South, their rights, their security and their good name." The above is from Senator Voor hees' speech in vindication of the solid South, and every true southron heart will render thanks to the Sen ator for his eloquent speech portray ing the evils of carpet-bag Republi can r.ule,.and pointing out the differ ences between those days of dire ca lamity when honest men were brand ed as bandits and traitors and bitter Northern adventurers, under the name of Republicans, were promoted to offices of trust by a newly fledged and ignorant set of voters, and the present prosperity under democratic solidity which has added millions upon millions to her wealth. It is true that the "sound conser vative local government of the South" under Democratic rule has added a " brilliant picture of mate rial development" to the labors of the South and the " twin blessing of education and religion" have placed vs in the forefront of American re publicanism notwithstanding the bowlings of Northern fanatics. Com pared to the North in point of mo rality we are far ahead, and can but s;iy to these who are watching us with critic's eye, " By their fruits ye shall know them." I ; A I. L.N A XLISAXt'E. May 1st will long be remembered as a day of disorder in our Senatorial halls. Senator Ingalls, in reply to Senator Voorhees, again waved the Moody shirt, and in his bitterness attacked every one who was not of his own ilk. For the past twenty ears no such excitement has been witnessed in the Senate, and such uneourteeus epithets as "liar" and "t"';i:d,-'-l " were ficely passed be tween -rave and dignified Senators. This Kansas Sem.fur, us the cham 1 of tl RrpuM-can party, de-s'-rves 10 ' Guided rs a crank and ail! ftnler of the peace of the whole country. The dire extremity to Avhiehthe 1.:, publican party is forced, we suppose, necessitates the bringing forward of dead issues, but it "will redound to their own hurt, and the names of such men as Ingalls will le branded with infamy Verily "whom the gods wish to destroy they first make mad." IMMIGRATION. The Hot Springs convention hi behalf of immigration developed the fact that the old North State is no longer looked upon as the Rip Van Winkle of the South. The glowing words of praise accorded to her by delegates from other Southern States for her pieneer work in the interest of immigration should make us feel proud of our native land. Mr. Daw son, of South Carolina, spoke of North Carolina's exhibit at Boston as " the harbinger of the new pros perity of the South and a model of all time." Prof. Proctor, of Ken tucky, said that " North Carolina's exhibit at New Orleans was the gem of the greatest industrial exhibit ever made." Rut whilst we are heart and soul with any honest effort to add to the prosperity of the South by an in crease of her population, we em phatically endorse the sentiment of the Charlotte Chronicle when it says, "America for Americans must be our motto " not in the spirit of old-time Know-Nothingism that at tempted to debar good foreign emi gration from our midst, but w ith the idea that those coming to us and asking for equality in citizenship should be by us so educated as to realize fully the benefits of this the greatest of republican governments. What we, the South, need is a good, intelligent set of emigrants who look beyond the mere necessities of today and exert themselves to make ad vancement moral ly,mtelTcct u alTy and pecuniarily,, and our influential men w ho are urging immigration should see to it that North Carolina's fertile fields be settled with men of sterling worth, be they rich or poor. "With his usual clear-headedness President Cleveland has nominated for Chief Justice of the United States a man whose w hole life, pub lic and private, is "exemplary in, every respect." The man is Melville W. Fuller, of Illinois, grandson of Chief Justice Weston, of that State. Judge Fuller is a native of Maine, and was not an applicant for office. Although a Democrat he is not a partisan, and even Republicans assert he will make an excellent Chief Justice. He is about fifty-two years of age. His confirmation is assured by the support of such Republicans as Senators Farwell and Cullom. For Those Who Think. In the- Biblical Recorder (Raleigh) of May 9th, 1888, Prof. AV. L. Poteat, of Wake Forest College, will have an introductory to a series of articles the subject of which will be "Reli gion in Science." Trof. Poteat is known as one of the most progres sive scientists of the country. He is a deep and careful thinker, and in view of the fact that many articles of a skeptical nature are being I printed with a view to Establishing a conflict between the Bible and sci ence, Prof. Poteat's articles should be read, by everybody. The Democrats in the House, having granted, a division and- ex tension of time to the Republican wing, cannot now by any means be charged w ith the delay of discussing the Tariff bill, that is of so much importance to the laboring classes. It is necessary that this great ques tion should at once be settled, and the attempt of Republicans to inter pose barriers in the way of a fair and impartial discussion at once will brand the whole- party as the cham pion of monopoly. Portrait of Sir VUr Italrl-li. His Honor Judge Clark has pre sented the city of Raleigh with an excellent portrait of Sir Walter Ra leigh. Accompanying the gift was the following letter of presentation: "To the Honorable Mayor and Al dermen of the City of Raleigh: 'Gentlemen The first colonv of the Anglo-Saxon race in the western world was fouuded by Sir Walter Raleigh on the shores of North Caro lina long before the settlements made at Jamestown and Plymouth. When the Spanish Armada imperilled Eng lish liberty and with it the freedom which has descended to us, Raleigh's ship rode foremost among those that drove the "Terror of the Seas" up the channel. By laud and bv sea on ninny another occasion, in both hem ispheres, he illustrated the tradi tional rou rage of our race. And he wrote history as well as he read it; He perished at last, a victim to his Hatnotism and. to the ingratitude of a tyrant. "The .memory of such a man is a priceless inheritance for all times. " 1 ask leave to present to the city of Raleigh a portrait of the soldier, sailor, statesman, historian, patriot and martyr whose name our beauti ful city may well be proud to bear. The original picture in London, of which this is a good copy, has always been held an authentic likeness. " With profound respect and es teem, your fellow-citizen, "Waltzc Claek." The 5Tew Chief Justice. On all sides the appointment of Melville W. Fuller, of Illinois, to the vacant Chief Justiceship of the United States is commended in the highest terms. The appointee seems to he peculiarly fitted for the place he is to fill if his nomination is con firmed, lie is described as young and , vigorous, a staunch Democrat against whom no objection can be raised, of. the highest public and private character, standing at the head of his profession, one of the most popular men in the whole northwest, and every inch a lawyer and a gentleman. He is apparently just the man for the vacaucy, cho sen with that almost uneering facul ty Mr. Cleveland possesses of se curing exactly the right sort of men under any given circumstances for the service of the people. He seems to be one of the ablest lawyers in the country, and there is likely to be no difficulty about his confirmation, as Republicans as well as Democrats recognize the eminent fitness of his appointment. Senators Farwell and Cullom, of Illinois, are both said to have assured the President that their votes would be gladly given in his behalf;, and this alone would suffice to confirm him. From a sketch of Judge Fuller in the Washington Star we learn that the distinguished gentleman was born in Augusta, Me., in 1833. His mother was a daughter of Chief Justice Nathan Weston, of Maine. He was fitted for college in Augusta, and graduated at Bowcloin in the class of 1835, being a classmate of Minister Phelps. After leaving col lege he began the study of law in the office of an uncle at Bangor, and after attending lectures in the law department of Harvard University began- the practice of his profession in Angnsta in 185G-. While waiting for clients he acted as editor of the Age, and won his spurs in journal ism, but soon moved to Chicago to practice law. There his ability was speedily recognized and properly re warded. For thirty years he has enjoyed a lucrative practice and won distinction among the foremost at the bar of Chicago. In 1SG1 he was elected a member of the State Con stitutional Convention. In 18C2 he was chosen to the Legislature, and, although a Democrat, running each time in a strong Republican district, he was victorious by large majorities. He was a delegate to the Democratic National Conventions of 1S64, 1S72, 187G and 1880. In IS CO, when he had been in Chicago only about three years, he was selected by the citizens to de liver the address of welcome to Ste phen A. Douglass, and his effort is said to have been eloquent, scholarly and brilliant. His most prominent traits of character are said to be un compromising integrity, devotion to the interests of his clients, industry for the sake of the pleasure there is in labor, love of family and home, a heart and a hand ever ready to re spond to the claims of friendship. He has been tendered successively, it appears, the Solicitor-Ceneralship, a position on the Civil Sen ke Com mission, and on the Inter-State Commission and then a place on the Pacific Railroad Commission. None of these places he cared to accept. He seems to be wholly a lawyer and without ambition outside the line of his profession. The district from which he is appointed- is the. seventh, which has not been represented on the Supreme Court bench since the late .Judge Davis resigned. From all accounts it appears that his appoint ment w ill be thoroughly acceptable to- the country.-New s-Observer. The sixty-sixth birthday of (Jen. C rant was celebrated in New York by a banquet, to which a number of ex-Confederate Generals were in vited, Gov. Lee, of Virginia, Gov. Gordon, of Georgia, and Joe John ston among the number. Some of these latter attended, and from all the others came letters breathing the spirit of reconciliation which all recognize now at this distance from the war except the Northern malig nant led by Sherman, Ingalls and all the rest of that blatant, bitter ki n d. I ialei gh N e ws-Obser ver. Dexter, the famous trotter, and belonging to Robert Bonner, of New York city, died on xYpril 20th, aged thirty years. In 18G5 he made a mile on the race course at Buffalo, N. Y., in 2.1ii, which stood for so long as the best record ever made by a trottin? horse. It was in this race that the sulky drawn by Dexter was overturned and the driver was killed. Dexter broke and left the track and the sulky by some means turned over again aud got on the wneels and Dexter regained the track and won the race without a driver. A special from Key West to a New York paper gives a iiightftrl picture of tha terrorism exercised by bandits on the Island of Cuba, who are in the habit of capturing wealthy planters and holding them for ransom. The evil has become so outrageous that tobacco and sugar merchants in Ha vana cannot induce their clerks to go out into the rural districts to make purchases, nor do they dre go them selves. The worst feature in the casejis the allegation that the Spanish soldiery areas bad as the bandits, if not actually in collusion with them, and are exceedingly apt to shoot peaceable travelers on suspicion of their beiug. law-breakers. Virginia is prosecuting everj citizen who presents State coupons in payment of taxes,. STATE NEWS. Asheville is crowded with visitors. Durham is to have a free hospi tal. Wilmington will have a $20,000 canning factory. Poultry raising is getting to be quite an industry in Fayettville. There were forty-seven arrests in Raleigh during the month of April. A re-union of the Confederates will take place at Pittsboro, July 4th next. Judge Thomas Settle has returced to his Greensboro home from his duties in Florida. A man is now suing for the ground that the town of Grover, Cleveland count', stands oc. Rev. Dr. Deems, of New York, will deliver the address at Chapel Hill commencement. Wilmington has a society for the prevention of cruelty to animals, with a membership of sixty. Work on the Wilkesboro road is progressing finely, something over three miles having been graded. A destructive hail storm visited a portion of Iredell last week, cov ering the ground to the depth of many inches. Seventeen hundred boxes of truck went into Goldsboro over the A. & N. C. R. on the fast truck train one day this week. May 10th (Menioiiald-iy) promises to be unusually interesting in Ra leigh. Rev. R. L. Bennett will de liver the address. The Asheville Citizen says about 300 negroes- have left Buncombe county for California within the past two months.- In twenty years, from 1866 to 1886, thirteen divorces were granted in Alamance county ten to whites aud three to blacks. The engineering ctop of the Cape Fear & Yadkin Val'ey railroad have begun the survey between Fayettc ville and Wilmington. The Elkin Manufacturing Com pany's cotton nulls are running with all their available force, and are crowded with orders. J. A. Lockhart, of Wadesbcro, will deliver the address at the Nor wood (Stanly county) High School commencement on May 25th. The Wilmington Star has made the discovery that the Rev. Mr. Pearson's mother was born in EJgecombe and hit lather in Nash i county. The Wake Count Cattle Show will open on May 15t.i. Mr. Briggs, secretary of the cattle club, has se cured excursion railroad rates from all points. Mr. J. R. Wrum, an aged and highly respected citizen of Raleigh, was badly injured by a morning freight train at the R. & A. depot in that city Tuesday morning. Raleigh has had baby shows, cat tle shows ar.d other shows. Now !-he i going t have a llower show, and all varieties of these ornaments of nature will be on exhibition. Ex-President Jefferson Davis has expressed bjT letter to the com mittee that it will be impssible for him to participate in- the memorial services at Washington, N. C, on May the 10th. A number of ladies, most of them two-hundred pounders, occupied the sam6 seat at the Baptist church last Sunday night, when the seat give way and the crash was equal to an earthquake. Morganton Star. The Raleigh News and Observer says a Commercial College will be established at the capital at an early day. Its work will be to give in struction in type-writing, short hand, telegraphy, book-keeping and penmanship. The date fixed for the commence ment at Trinity College is J une 14th. Rev. W. W. Bays,. D.. P.,. of Ashe ville, will deliver the annual address cn June 13th. . Rev. W. H. Moore, of the North- Caroliua Conference, will preach the theological sermon on the Sunday preceding commence ment. - Morehead City is having a gala week. Many prominent citizens of the State are in attendance at the laying- of tho corner stone of the Teachers' Assembly Hall. "The weather is perfect aud the occasion is ono of perfect enjoyment" says the Raleigh Visitor. The Agricultural Pepartmeut Bul letin for April says the prospect for the immediate building of the North Carolina College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts is flattering ; that ground has been broken and that a good pait of the main building will be erected this summer and fall. Theie is in the possession of Mr. J. J. Whaley of this place, a clock which did service for Wm. Tryon, who was Governor of North Caro lina, by appoint int-nt of the King, between the y airs of 17(3 '74. -The Governor's Mansion was then situa ted at New Berne. Fayetteville Journal. Teople are taxed on a,n average of 50 per cent, on all they wear and use, aud yet some tail to see that the Republican high-tariff is to blame. Punch put it right : "Ho that is taxed, not seeing how . you tax him. Let him not know it and he's not taxed at all." Winston Sentinel. GENERAL NEWS. The defalcations of ex-treasurer Tate, of Kentucky, is estimated at 150,000. The late Governor's election in Lousiana gives Nicholls, Pemocrat, 75,000 majority. A National convention of all the Democratic clubs will be held at Baltimore on July 4th, next. About five hundred car loads of melon are shipped annually from Valdosta, Ga.y to northern markets. The total net receipts of cotton from all ports front September 1st, is officially reported at 5,228,925 bales. Last vfeek the Alabama State Temperance Convention placed in nomination a full ticket for State offices. The government is going to build, on its own account, a first-class armored cruiser, to cost $2,500,000. It will be called the Maine. Gen. Booth, the Salvation Army leader, is one of the sharpest busi ness men in England, and has accumulated a large fortune. The existence of yellow fever iu Southern Florida is reported. Three deaths supposed to be from that fatal desease have been reported at Plant City, Fla. In his great speech on the tariff question Mr. Mills proved that the Republican party had taken off the tax on playing cards and added a tax of twenty per cent on bibles. Miv Tillman thinks we ought to have at least COO Representatives.and uo lelrB tban300 Senators.- In a multitude of counsellors there would be no surplus. Augusta Chronicle. It is said that Mrs. Cleveland wears no bustle when she goes to church, and an exchange thinks this is sufficient evidence that this is a Reform Administration with a big R. Carefully compiled statistics show the losses by fire in the United States duiing last year were nearly $120, 000,000, an increase of over 13 per cent, as compared with the previous year. According to the clerk of the board of coroners there were deaths in New York citr during 1887 as follows: Drowning, 225;suicide,233; run over, 95; natural cuuses, l'.SOO"; homicides 57; infants found dead in the street, 174 ; asphyxia, 25; burns, 63 ; scalds, 44. It is a somewhat singular fact that Admiral Porter, the head of the navy, should receive a higher salary than the commander of the armies. He is paid 13,000 a year, while Lieu. Gen. Sheridan receives only 11,000, although the latter is allowed a communication of 100 a month for quarters and forage for four horses. Gem Sherman, a3 general of the army, and Gen. Giant also received 13,000. : . A La rare Lot of FBESH GH SEtD, LANDRETH'S Buist's and Ferry's, JEST ARRIVED AT . o. JoJinson s DRUG STORE THE KAFFIR CORN, This crop was cultivated very large ly in some sections of the South the past year with great success. It hhould be sown or planted early in spring, when reqaired lor forage, scv either broadcast or thickly in- rows about three teet apart, or if desired for the 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. W hen the grain turns white, clip the heads, and othnr beads wi 1 came ; this ensiiics I he largest yield of grain. It gives the brst res alts 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 f- ragti only is desired, the seed may be drilled light ly i the- fuirow It withstands drought at;d is particularly adapted to the thin land of the Cottou-Belt section, the grain v. hen greund makes excel lent food for stock, and equal to flour for bread. Price per lb 25 cts ; 51es. $1.00 For sale at FE'.ZE -'S DBUG-SIOKE. CLOTZHHHSTG- CANNONS WE HAVE DECIDED NOT TO "WAIT UNTIL THE END OF THE SEASON TO IF TXT 3RZOElS ZDOWZLST, BUT HAVE PUT THE KNIFE IN RIGHT AT THE START ! :: 1 AVE HAVE A BIG STOCK OF7 CLOTHING, HATS AND SHOES. AND THEY MUST GO t AVE OFFER : A BLUE FLANNEL SUIT, men's size, at $ 5 00 worth $ 8 00 A GOOD UNION CASSIMERE SUIT, men's size, at. . 5 00 ,4 9 0o A GOOD WORSTED SUIT, men's size, at 5 00 8 5i A GOOD UNION CHEVIOT SUIT, men's size, at .... . 6 00 " B0i A GOOD UNION CASSIMERE SUIT, men's size, at... 4 00 tf 7 00 A GOOD TWEED SUITr men's size, at 4 50 " fi 50 A GOOD ALL-WOOL CHEVIOT SUIT,, men's size, at 8 t V " 11 no A FINE ALL-WOOL CASSIMERE SUIT, men's size, at 10 to " 12 50 A FINE ALL-WOOL WORSTED SUIT, men's size, at 12 50 " 15 0 JGSAN ENDLESS VARIETY OF PANTS at 75c, $1, $1.25 and SI. 50, worth 25 to 50 per cent. more. All kinds of LIGHT SUMMER FABRICS AT VERY LOW PRICES, HATS, Boys' Men's Men's Men's Men's Men's Men's Men's Men's Men's Men's Malaga Malaga Malaga, extra wide Mackinaw Sunday Hat. . . Wnite Canton Sunday Hat . . . . White Canton Sunday Hat White Canton Sunday Hat. .-. Drab and Calf Canton. Fine Manilla, six different styles, all good. Brown Manilla Brown Manilla JB ALL OTHERS Ladies Gents', Misses 1 Children's Shoes, AT PRICES TO PLEASE' THE MILLIONS. - Now Do You Catch On? IF TOU DON'T, COME AND SEE US, AND THEN YOU WfLL- ta:k::e it insr. CANNONS & FETZETt. A. H". PRQPST, Uitsst aiil Contractor. Plans and specifications of build ings made in any style. All con tracts for buildings .faithfully car ried out. Office in Ctou's building, up stairs. 13 Notice ishere'y given that a Petition has been filed before me by E W. G. Fisher, guardiau of J S Fisher, asking for the attachment of the home stead and personal property exemption fo J S Fisher, and you are hereby no tified that petition of paid Fisher's will be heaid at my office in t'oncord on V onlay, 8th October, 1S8S. 13 7t j: F. WTLLEKORD, J. P. The Weekly ews-Observer fllii'ili The Weekly News and Observer is a long wavs the best pa-ier ever pub lidied iu North Caroliua. It is a cred it to the people and to the State. The people, should take a pride i.i it. It should be iu every family. It is an eight page paper, chock fall of the best sort of reading matter, news, market re orts, and ail that. You oa:!nit' af ford to be without it. Price 125 a year. We will furnish the Weekly News and Observer until January 1st, 1889, for $l. Se id for sample copy. Address, . News asd Ojjse'ever Co., Kaleigij iSt C- A.TTJD HATS -AT- & FETZER'S! ZHZ-A-TS. .10cent .15 " ......20 50 worth 40 " 60 7" 1 0 1 on 2 0ft 1 7.V 150 . 50 . 65 . 65 .$1 50 . 125 100 IN PROPORTION.. FURNITURE CHEAP FOR CASH AT M. E, CASTOR'S Til hm Suite, Bureaus,' kial Cases, Caskets, I do not sell for cost, , but for a small profit. Come and examine my line of geods. ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE. Having this day qualified as admin istrator of the estate of J. F. Green, deceased. I: hereby notify all persou indebted to this estate that they must make immediate payment of their in. debteduess, and all persons havb g i ctains against this estate that they st piesent iue same, uuly authenticated, to me. for payment before the 3rd day cf March, 1SS9, or this notice will be p!ead in bar of their recovery. R. L HAItTSELL,' Adm'r of J. F. Green" March 2nd, 1883 TFiA TIE STORE. v