THE STMIDARD.
1TBLISHLD EVERY FRIDAY BY
V. D. ANTHONY & J. M. CROSS
TEEMS :
CS'E YEAR, CASH IN ADVANCE, - $1-52.
SIX MONTHS, - " 75
XATIOXAL TICKET.
Fok President
Grover Cleveland,
For Vice-President
Allen G. Thurman.
STATE DEMOCRATIC TICKET,
For Governor;
DANIELG.FOWLE.
For Lieutenant-G overnor :
THOMAS M. HOLT,
For Secretary of State;
WILLIAM L, SAUNDERS,
of Orange (bounty.
For State Treasurer:
DONALD YV. BAIN,
of "Wake County.
For State Auditor:
;i:oi:ge w. sanderlin,
of "Wayne CJounty.
For Supt. of Public Instruction:
SIDNEY M. FINGER,
of Catawba County.
For Attorney-General:
THEODORE F. DAVIDSON,
of Buncombe County.
A
ociate Justices Supreme Court:
JOSEPH J. DAVIS,
of Franklin County.
JAMES E. SHEPHERD,
of Washington County.
ALPIIONSO C. AVERY,
of Burke County.
l'cr Presidential Electors at Large.
ALFRED M. AY AD DELL,
of New Hanover County.
1 REDERICK X. STRUDWICK,
of Orange County.
THE CHAIRMAN'S SUGGESTIONS
The Chairman of our County
JWrd of Commissioners, at its last
vt'-eting, advanced a couple of ideas
? hut are of importance to all of us
:UiJ should be carefullv considered.
The first suggestion is in leference
the clerkship of the County Board! so the Democracy of to-day, as in
f Commissioners themselves. The the Past believe Vith J efferson in:
-hairman, after a verv Ion- service h Equal and exact justice to all
' . , , men, of whatever State or persua
de-on nty affairs suggests that the si0, religious or political,
board appoint their own clerk who 2. Peace, commerce and honest
will be required to act as secretary friendship with all nations, entang-
their meetings and also compute ' lin2 alliances with none.
r he annual taxes. As it now is the I S,-,?1rt ? . th? J overu;
., . . T. , . I inputs in all their rights as the most
better of Deeds is clerk of the competent administrators of our
Hoard, by virtue of his oHice, and 1 domestic concerns and the surest bul
t her duties pertaining to the Reg-U"arks against the anti-Republican
iter's office verv often interfere with
these monthlv meetings.
The next suggestion bv the chair-
Mail IS that We have a re.fnlarlv
elected or appointed tax collector, J
whose dutv it shall be to collect and '
nl-f. r.-tni.a f n i, i .i
..ake leturns of al taxes due, there-
K relieving the shenft of the
.-possibility. The idea is advanced
that by these changes two positions! C. Absolute acquiesence in thede
v. ill be m.nl. f.v u-r.vfi,,. r.u;.n, icisions of the maioritv. the vital
citizens,
who under the present regime of
;s fairs, are unable if elected, to hold
either of the offices, and at the same
time botli the sheriff and register of
deeds will have a good, remunerative
oflice, and the new 2ositions Avill
give a snug little income to those
who do the work attached to them.
The outlay to the county will be no
greater than at the present. In this
first causual glance both plans seem
to us quite feasible and we think
will meet with approval. This
division would have, in a measure,
ve think, the effect of breaking up
such a scramble for these offices as
i here now is, and at the same time
give good salaries to all four officials.
If this move should meet with favor
by Cabarus people we believe it
could not become a law bHW iftni
- . ':
and we merely call attention to it j
now as a question that in all proba- j
bility will be considered and acted '
npon before that time.
'
xatioxal PLATioitn axi no.u. j
i.ees. !
We ask every voter of Cabarrus to
carefully read the National Demo
cratic Platform on our first wq. It
is to the point and fully sustains our
assertions heretofore that relief to
the laboring clasv-s will only be
gained through a Democratic major
ity. President Cleveland's Tariff
Induction Message cemented the
party in a solid phalanx and the peo
ple's delegation, assembled at St.
Loi.is, emphatically sustained his
iidministration by a re-nomination
viva voce. The nomination of Allen
C . Thurmuti for Vice-President is a
e-assertiou that the party is wedded
to Tariff Reform views and will
stand by the Presidents ruanfesto.
As a people, irrespective of party we
should demand reduction by our ac
tion at the ballot box. The strug
gle for this reduction has been car
ried on year after year by the democ
racy and in all this time there has
been but one stumbling block in the
way and that is the Republican party.
Their present cry of Internal Reve
nue repeal is only a "catch penny"
trick. Vote for Cleveland and Thur
man and an honest and economical
irnrprnmpnl.
O" '
THE RAILROAD CO M M ITT ES,
The committees appointed from
each township at the Railroad Meet
ing held In May met in the Court
House as per appointment on the
first Monday in J une. This prelim
inary meeting of the township cam
mittees was in every way harmoni
ous and its acts were in behalf of
Cabarrus' Interest and advancement.
It was after mature deliberation, de
cided to ask for a subscription of
one hundred thousand dollars (fifty
thousand for each end of the county)
and that said road be built from the
Stanly line to some point on a road
west of us, thereby guaranteeing a
through line east and west. YVe
hope our Stanly neighbors w ill be
gin to feei and see that we are in
earnest and not only willing but
ready to aid them in securing rail
road communication. Let us all
urge this matter to a reality and
thereby make our county site what
its neighbors are, a growing prosper
ous town.
Democratic Principles.
Now and then we read that some
one has either said or written that
there is no very real difference now
between the two great parties which
are to-day rallying their forces for
combat. Let us see about this as
sertion. In order to disprove it we
only need state the principles of the
Democracy of the country to which
there has been loyal obedience from
the very inception of the party. YVe
can in doing so, find no happier
phrase than that employed for the
same purpose by Hon. Patrick Col
lins, of 5lassachusetts in his great
speech berore the St. Louis Conven
tion. Every Democrat knows the differ
ence. The Democratic creed was
not penned by Jefferson for a section
or a class of the people but for all
the time. These principles conserv
ed and expanded the Republic in all
the better davs. - A strict adherence
j to them will preserve it to the end;
! tendencies.
i. The preservation of the gen
eral government in its whole consti
tutional vi;or as the sheet-anchor of
our :iro mid snfi-tr nbronil
o. A jealous care of the right of
electiou b)' the PeoPle a mild aml
Miie. corrective oi wiiises, wmcu
, d off b the gwonloJ revolu
re-Inhere peaceful means are un
1 vided.
saie corrective oi anuses, wnicn are
tion
unpro-
principle of republics, from which
is no appeal but to force, the vital
principal and immediate parent of
despotism.
7. A well disciplined militia our
best reliance in peace and for the ' f
! hrst movements in war.
8. The supremacy for the civil ,
oruer auove me military authority.
9. Economy in the "public ex
penses, that labor might be lightlv
burdened.
10. The honest payment of our
debts and the preservation of our
public faith.
11. Encouragement of agriculture
and of commerce as its hand maid.
12. The diffusion of information
and arraignment of all abuses at the
bar of public reason.
13. Freedom of religion.
14. Freedom of the press.
15. Freedom of the person under
the protection of the habeas corpus.
L V inai )' juries imparuaiij e-
lected.
Add to these the golden economic
rules that no more taxes should be
levied upon the people in anyway
tnan are necessary to meet the honest
expenses of the government and you
have a body of principles to sin
against which has been political
against which has been political
death to every party hitherto, to sm
against wheh in the future will be
political suicide.
True to these principles the Dem
ocratic party fought successfully our
foreign wars, protected our citizens
in every clime, compelled the respect
of all nations for our flaff, added
imporial domain to our territory and
insured peace, prosperity and happi
nes to our people. Charlotte
Chronicle.
Nearly all the United States Sena
tors are large men, their average
i weight running close to 180 pounds.
1 heir entire weight, according to a
correspondent, is nearly 14,000,
BEI ROSES AND BAXDAX5TAS.
The Home City of Judge Thurman
Decked in Lurid Color.
Columbus, June 12. The red
roses of June are blooming in every
garden patch in Ohio's capital. They
decorate the shop windows and flame
from the windows of private resi
dences. The fair ones wear them,
and the hack and car drivers sniff
their fragrance. It would be a city
of crimson and pink with the roses
alone, but with the addition of the
bandaunaSjwhich are seen everywhere
the homo of Judge Thurman is the
reddest city in the country to-day.
It is rank heresy for a Democrat to
appear on the streets without a red
bandanna wound about his hat or
tucked in his coat pocket. Matrons,
fair-faced maids and schoolboys all
flaunt the bandanna or a streamer of
hte same linen, In addition to all
this is the vermillion, with which
the returning delegates to the St.
Louis Convention are painting the
town. There are streaks and patches
of it extending from the railroad
station to the judge's home, two
miles away. It is one wild whoop
of exultation. It so disturbed Gen
eral Forakerthat he thought it nec
essary to issue a stereotyped inter
view declaring that Judge Thurman
Is not only quite old, but apparently
infirm also.
The judge's home is a quiet and
modest ono. It is surrounded by a
velvety lawn, and on it his two
young grandsons, Allen and Dan,
play base ball, and waving a red
table spread from a clothes line pole.
The spread belonged to the dining
table. They waved it at all the vis
itors, and sturdily cried: "Three
cheers for grandpa!" The judge
was surrounded by the red roses of
June and smoked a mahogony colored
cigar. He was dressed in black,
wore a stock and flaunted the
famous red bandanna.
A Speech from Judse Thuruinn.
Baltimore Sun.
The Thurman Club, of Colum
bus, organized a demonstration last
nisrht in honor of the nomination
nf .Tndw. Tlinvninn Tf w;i nnrtiV.
inated fn bv the Samuel J. "Rambll !
Club of Philadelphia.which stopped ! Great Britain. In the hard contest
at Columbus on its wav home from I that followed her people made both
St. Louis. The clubs marched to! those declarations good. North Car
Judge Thm man's residence and the j oYma has ever been grander in
old judge made a speech to them. ! df-eds than words and has always
Among other things he said : "My j loomed up larger in war than in
friends, I should be the most in sen-1 p?ace. In the late struggle she sent
sible and cold-blooded man in the ' more soldiers to the field than any
world if I did not feel grateful for I other Southern State, and nobly as
the kindness you have manifested ' the Old Dominion did her duty,
toward me to-night; yes, and I may j North Carolina left more of her
say that you have manifested toward sons dead on Virginias soil than
me before to-night. And yet I do Virginia herself. Our State grandly
not know about that, quite. I say , makes histovv, but magnificently
kindness what is kindness? I was ; :,: tA w f.n ir it
living in my own quiet home, with ' to otbers to write it Noue ht ! quite sufficient to lead to the dissolu
my good old wife and children , better than her sons in the Revolt j ;io the relations which have
grandchildren and friends around j ti but Xew Englliml waa alIowed been admitted y strained since the
me wishing for nothing in tins j .rite the recorl No soldiery accession to the throne of Frederick
world but peace and qmet, ; ,e L HI. Impatient of Bismarck's dic-
you and others like you forced mo uu . lai,ltr t,mu is up Ue , tatorship the Emperor has felt ph v
n,im, ;t. ti,.,,, i;t;n.,i i heights at Gettysburg while the : . .f. , , , , "ipm
v-.v.. ..uv i in- journal aieu.i.
11 hi. h,.r thi: it-oc L-m. .... -.,f ,-.,
will tell; whether it was well advised ;
or not time will disclose:
thins: I need not wait for
disclose and that is I
OWe OU UK'
deepest and profonndest gratitude the fire of battle can fai! to saj "I : changed. Frederick feels himself
from the very bottom of my heart.'1 1 have seen them do their duty.'' I unable to undertake such cares of
"I think that there is still in tl is Nor Ney, nor Massena, nor the statesmanship as would be entailed
old head some remnants of brains to great Frederick, nor Crcsar, nor by a change of ministry, and the
enable me to tell the people w hy it is ; any other captain ever led forth to ' best posted European thinkers seem
that all my life 1 have been a Dem- j battle better troops than those j to concede that a new regime is im
ocrat and nit-an to die one. I tell j Xorth Carolinians who for four long I pending.
you, my friends, that the bt. Louis I t-0ovQ .ov,io,l the. fm-tnnnv nf thai Curionslv mono-h nu-bio- n th
onventionuiti the thing that should
immortalize u. it am one thing, j lheir bayonets.
which of itself should command the j MoJegtf b unambitious, in-
es eem and respect and gratitude of j Jifferent tQ f bufc teuacioug of
hinldr 1 oue! their rights, loving liberty and ap-
thing which set a mairniffcent exam- ... .. .
pie for all time to come to the Amer-! Pciahng its blessings, the people
ican people, and, indeed, to all other ! of North Carolina are a sturdy, an
people who have anvthin" to do in dependent and a noble rac.
the choice of the rulers and that Those vho kllow them best will ap
thing was to renominate Grover j pveeiate them the most.
Cleveland bv tbp unrtniinons voire of !
the convention.
Tench i ii j; Humanity lu School.
Philadelphia Call.
A bov in school was having a verv
. 1 i ," i j , . ...
" "IV, '- cin.n.n.e l 1 IHIV,,
hjm auj laughing at their antic
liiv; icas yJi- iii-- uv'i3 cut iilai iu
The teacher caught sight of the pro
ceeding, and taking a pin he went to
the first mentioned boy, and said:
"Would you like to have a pin
stuck into you like that?" He
laughed as though it might be a cap
ital joke, whereat the teacher used
the pin rather freely, and his jump
ings and squirmings accompanied by
his "ouch!" and endeavors to save
himself by the use of his hands, at
tracted the attention of the whole
school. The teacher finally asked
him what was the matter and why
he did not sit quietly, when he said
that he could not, "it hurt,' so the
teacher said:
"Well, that is just the way it feels
to other people. Have you had
enough of it?"
He was very decided in his opin
ion that he had, and the teacher
took occasion to say a few words to
the school in regard to their treat
ment, not only of each other, but
of the lower animals. She said:
"I saw a boy kill a toad last night,
and I wondered if he knew
that the toad is a help to us and
if he thought of the toads suffer
ing." Most of the boys looked
thoughtful, a few laughed, and the
very hoy that killed the toad raised
his haiul and said: "What cood
can a toad do?" Upon the teacher's
inquiry among the scholars she
found that only a few knew anything
of the good that a toad does 'in the
garden. It was the means of re
form in that direction, and a talk on
the use of birds revealed the fact
that very few of them knew that a
bird is of any use whatever.
STATE NEWS.
The Mayor of Asheville receives
1,750 per annum.
An addition is to be built to the
Eastern Insane As3lum.
The first Normal School of the
State opens at Sparta on tlie 30tb
Judge Schenck, of Greensboro, is
buildirg a cottage at the Guilford
Battle Ground.
Charlotte is to have a vetenary
hospital especially adapted for the
care and treatment of horses.
The Farmer's State Alliance will
hold its first annual meeting in
Raleigh on "Wednesday, the 14th day
of August, This body is made up of
members of that order, who are del
egated by the County Alliances.
The Mt. Holly Knitting Mills arc
in full force "and the sound of its
whistle and hum of its machinery,
added to the other noises of fac
tories and machines hops and the
sounds of the many hammers and
saws are a guarantee ot the growing
importance of their town.
The degree of LL.D. has been con
ferred by the University of North
Carolina upon the following gentle
men: T. B. Kingsbury, Esq., editor
of the Wilmington Star, Bishop E.
R. Hendrix, of Missouri, and Judge
Ii. P. Dick, of Greensboro. These
gentlemen are well and favorably
known in literarycircles
The People of North Carolina,
The people of North Carolinr have
shown themselves to be more than
equal to every emergency. Of almost
pure English and Scotch extraction,
nowhere does the love of liberty glow
with a steadier and a more enduring
flame. They were the first to resist
British aggression at Wilmington.
In grand words at Charlotte they
wrote out the first Declaration of
Amei ican Independence. At Halifax
her Provincial Congress was the first
to instruct for a national declaration
of a separation of the colonies from
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liliiil us t;tiiii; uii. uui imci iuc
.ui .s on. um " -
othor troops are pushed
war 15 ovcr
but one farther up the hill when it is no tiou ()f Bismarck, as mk of his co
time to longer dangerous to do so. No one ajjutors would follow him to
U1U UilS fCl SCflt DWUICI3 11U11U !
n.rova rtn th nmt,a nf!
ui)on
The women of North Carolina are
above all praise. They are as true,
as noble, as patriotic as any that
historj can boast or that poetic fan
cy has ever painted. No wonder ;
their husbands, sons, brothers and
lufis ueei iu:icicu iu uu.)
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hour of their country's danger.
They could not and they dared not.
As a gifted speaker lately said, our
women went into the var "carrying
the standard of the Confederacy in
their fair hands and the cross of
Heaven in their hearts." They are
peerless, indeed, and "true lisbt
wood at heart."' Judge Clark at
Chapel Hiil.
Wanted, Two Millions.
One of the girls in fashionable
society in New York made up her
mind to get married the other day
and after confiding her intention to
her father, she said: "What do you
intend to do for me?" The father
was a wealthy man, and thought
that he was showing a liberal spirit
when he answered: "Well I will give
you $100,000 to buy a house and $25,
000 to furnish it with." "And what
will you give me to live on ?" the
young lady demanded, with a dis
satisfied look on her lace. "Oh, I
will allow the interest on another
100,000, ''replied her father. "But
my cook will cost me $1200 a year.
How do you think I can possibly
manase with so little?" The father
looked slightly grieved but only
said: "That must do while I am
living; you will probably have more
when I am gone." The young man
who was interested in hearing the
result of this conversation between
father and daughter said when he
heard it: "He might at least have
given her two millions." The mar-
riage did not take place. New York
Press.
GENERAL, NEWS.
This country has just half the rail
roads of the world.
Thus far the government's bond
purchases have resulted in a saving
of $7,339,707.91.
Mackay, the California million
aire, has a dinner service that cost
8195.000.
Ex-President Hayes is teaching
one of his sons the trade of carpen
tering. General Boulanger's wife and
daughter are believers in woman
suffrage.
Minister Jarvis's health is bad, and
on that account he has written that
he will soon return home.
Clinton B. Fiek is the nominee for
President on the Prohibition ticket,
and John A, Brooks, of Kansas, far
President.
Mrs. Belva Lockwood announces
that she is in the presidential rape
to remain until the finish in Novem
ber. Senator Ransom has had $10,
000 added to the River and Harbor
appropriation bill for the improve
ment of the Yadkin river.
The United States Fish Commis
sion recently distributed 1,000,000
young shad in the Catawba river.
Other streams are also being stocke 3,
Gen. Stonewall Jackson's remains
are to be removed to the "Jackson
Circle" at Lexington, some 100 feet
from their present plae.
The public debt statement shows
the decrease during the month cf
May to be $1,618,095.96, and the tota
debt of all descriptions 31,706,400,-
413.08,
Brunswick, Ga., has invested in a
new 50 cent Bible for swearing wit
nesses on. The reason for this is
that the old Bible has had the first
four chapters of Genesis kissed
away, and the lawyers are in doubt
whether an oath made on a Bible
minus its nrst lour chapters is
binding.
A South Carolinian stands No. 1
in the graduating class at West Point
this year, and another Southern boy,
an Alabamian, is the only star grad
uate at Annapolis. This section is
resuming her old place of leadership
in talent and accomplishments at
the public institutions of the coun
try. The Impendinffifterman Crisis.
Co-existent with the recent favor
able symptoms in Emperor Fred
erick's case are the renewals of ru
mors as to a breach between the Em
peror and his Chancellor. The pre
text for the quarrel is slight, but
Mcau unauie to unuertake the new
formation of hi3 Cabi t which
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ltp Jillf HAW t lf R hint All is
peculiar eW-tive r,mb'non
upon
wnicn the l'russiau Landing is cho
sen, the convening of that body for
five years, as proposed by Bismarck,
is an effort to curtail the elective
functions of the subjects of the Em
peror, and to enable Bismarck to
perpetuate his autocratic absolu
tism. The Emperor opposes an ex
tension from the present limit, three
years, and insists on the submission
of his letter calling for untrammeled
elections, along with the Bismarck
bill, when the latter is presented to
the .Landtag tor debate. Keconi-
2ing that Frederick's letter would
defeat his bill, the Iron Chancellor
declines to submit the bill unless
unaccompanied by the letter. This,
then, is the rock upon which the
split bids fair to occur. It is hard
ly necessary to add that all the Eng
lish influence in Frederick's court is
being exerted against Prince Bis
marck. A resignation may be averted in
some manner, but the universal
knowledge that the ruling Hohen
zollern is posses3ed of a hard head
leads to the prediction that the
downfall of the Bismarckian policy
is at hand. What will succeed is a
matter of mere conjecture. At all
events, the crisis is near at hand.
Evening Visitor.
Akron, O., June 10 The case of
Eunice H. Thorp, vs Manville Thorp,
in which alimony "pendente lite" is
asked, came on in court, The plain
tiff is 80 and the defendant 81. Fifty
years ago they became engaged in
their native New England town, but
the engagement . was broken and
each married another flame, and
reared a family of children. Thorp
became a widower, and the present
Mrs. Thorp a widow. One year ago
correspondence was renewed after a
half century of separation, and they
were re-engaged and married at San
Francisco. They came to live in the
suburbs of this city. Mrs. Thorp
however, did not liko the simplicity
of Mr. Thorp's home and sued for a
divorce. She is one of theheirs of the
5,000,000 Mosher estate in England.
Mr. Tiiorp appears in court, but his
wife of a year is represented by her
daughter, Mrs. Eunice Perkins, of
Chicago, with whom she. now lives.
UNDERBUY!
Great Eoduciipn is Prices of Flour to Ecducs our
WE
1 Car Load of Pilgrim,
1 " "Light Loaf,
1 " " Choice Family,
25 Barrels M Bob White.
Our flour is all bought dhect from the
Largest and Best Mills for CASH,
And we can sell you flour for less money than you can buy elsewhere. Wt
have a large stock of
G-EOCEEIES,
And you will always find our prices as low as the lowest.
PATTERSON'S
CHEAP CASH STORE
Y0RKE & WADSW0RTH.
Hardware Headquarters.
SEE HEBE,
BEKIHIS, DEOUIIB, EIHIEBS. IIIEHS,
Farmers and Everybody Else
Can be suited in Hardware at YORKE & WADS WORTITS at bottom prices
fortheCASU. Our stock is full and complete. A splendid line of Cook
btoves and cooking utensils in stock. Turning Plows, PloT 8tock, Harrows,
Belting, Feed Cutters, Corn tellers. Tinware, Guns, Pistols, Knives,- Powder,
bhot and Lead, Doors, Sash and Blinds, Shingles, Glass, Oils, White Lead,
Paints and Putty a specialty ; Wire Screens, Oii Cloths, wroaght, cut and
Horse Shoe Nails, and in fact everything usually kept in a hardware store. "Ye
will sell all these goods as cheap, quality considered, as any house in .North
Carolina.
Our warehouse is filled with Carriages, Buggies, Wagons, Reapers, Mow
er, Hay Rakes, of the best make Ou the market, which must and will be sold
at the lowest figures. Be sure to come to see us, wnether you buy or not.
YORKE & WADSWORTH.
P. S We have always on hand Lister's and Waldo Guano and Wando AcM
at prices to suit. y vy
WE ARE NOW READY!
SVITH A NEW JOB
WE ABE NOW
ALL KINDS OF
COMMERCIAL,
BOOK Am) JOB PRLNTIXG.
Those needing anything in our
us a call.
Opposite :-:
UNDERSELL!
OFFEB
PRESS AND OUTFIT
PliEPAEED TO DO
FANCY,
line will find it to their interest to nv
Postofiice.