North Carolina Newspapers

THE STAUD&RD. Friday, August 17, 1688. XATIOXAl TICKET. Fob Pbesidext Grover Cleveland, ' Fob Vice-Pbesidest Allen G. Thurman. ffTATE DEMOCRATIC TICKET". Fob Governor: DANIELG.FOWLE. Fob Lieutenant-Governor: TIIOMASM. HOLT. For Secretary of States WILLIAM L. SAUNDEKS, of Orange County. For State Treasurer: DONALD W. BAIN, ptTHCKEOUiity. For State Auditor: GEORGE W. SANDEKLIN, of Wayne County. For Supt. of Public Instruction: SIDNEY M. FINGEB, of Catawba County. For Attorney-General: TIIEODOKE F. DAVIDSON, of Buncombe County. Associate Justices Supremo Court: JOSEPU J. DAVIS, of Franklin County. JAMES E. SIIEPIIEKD, of "Washington County. ALP1I0NS0 C. AVERY, of Burke County. For . Presidential Electors at Large, ALFRED M. WAD DELL, of New Hanover County. 1 EEDEEICK X. STEUDWICK, of Orange County. NOTICE! Hereafter all payments to The standard for subscriptions or ad vertisiug must be paid to J. M. Cross, managing editor. If paid otherwise no account will be take tf the payment unles3 acknowledg ed by him. ENLARGED. lYfrir-TeaaeT, today Tiui Ztaxv Akd comes to you enlarged. It is now a thirty-two column newspaper. We have nothiag to complain of, but many thanks to the people of Cabar rus and surrounding counties for the liberal patronage bestowed. We have labored to make each issue worthy of this support, to the best of our ability. We feel justified now iu making this extra step in im provement for the benefit of our readers, thereby giving us greater margin. The weekly synopsis of current, every day news will be more extended. As every one will be in terested in the political affairs of this year we will cull the best articles from our exchanges on questions of the day, and our editorial columns will be penned from a democratic standpoint, endeavoring in every in stance to keep out of each article personalities, for the reason that we are satisfied that political differences are not personal quarrels. As the majority of our readers be long to the farming class, we will hereafter select interesting articles ou this all important industry. Our local page will continue to be filled with home happenings" from all the surrounding country. In fact we are going to use every endeavor to make Ti Stxvdxud oond to no weekly paper in the State, ami there by hope to merit a continuance of . patronage. With an ever-increasing subscription our advertising col umns offer to business men the very best medium for information to the masses.. To our neighbor, The Times, we arc indebted for many favors and kindnesses. May its youthful editor Mijoy a long life of journalistic suc cess, and may Cabarrus continue to improve in every public and private undertaking. VBOIIIBU'IOX CAM I MEETINGS. "Prohibition camp meetings are to be held in all parts cf the country this year, and General Fisk, the Pro hibition caudidate for the Presidency will attend as many of them as possi ble. He expresses the belief that the Prohibition partv will poll over half a million votes.' Wadesboro Messenger. This new mode of campaign work, after the Salvation Army style iti re- i: ' -a- - i ... . ,i .. . Ki'iuu. is auiie nonuiiir wirn tine. o . x - - Third- Party. General Fisk, the great National leader, seems of the same stripe that marks onr State Prohibition candidates. It will take very little common sense to see that this party in our own state is made up of a disaffected lot, whose whole intent is to work injury to the party in power. When we say this we mean the leaders and not those w ho have been led into it by fanatical preachers and sof e-headed politicians. These leaders have no idea that they will succeed, and Mr. Walker who aspire3 to the governorship of North j Carolina, has been, openly charged with receiving pay from the Repub lican party for his services. As. yet Mr. Walker has not denied this charge, or at least we have not seen or heard of a denial. Many who have Prohibition success at "heart would scorn to vote for a man for tmy office w ho would take a bribe or receive pay for services in any such a way. The success of the state depends on the honesty of state officials, and there can be no honesty in a man who would run for office in the pay of another party, and that party led by men whose labors for a decade have been in direct opposition to the cause of temperance, the cause Mr. Walker advocates. If Mr Walker is not hand in glove with the great State champion of the whisky ring let him come out and say so. Let him stop so much cant on temperance and morality until he nails the lie to this grave charge of receiving pay from those opposed to his cause. SOME CHEEK. We are in receipt of a "circular" signed'T-X. Mitchell, publisher of Woman's "Work, Athens, Ga., that for unadulterated cheek beats the ancestral progenitor of a mule. Here are a few quotations : "I submit this offer : If you will insert the reading notice below for one mouth, and the one-inch double column display advertisement for one year, each beginning at once, I will, at the expiration of that time, send you a due bill from the 3 C. Co., Athens, Ga., which they will honor for $8, in payment for Certain Catarrh Cure at any time." "If you will prove your regular circulation by affidavit I will allow an extra $S order for each thousand regular circulation, after the first thousand, for weeklies, and each two thousand, after the . first two, for monthlies. Hence, a weekly with a regular issue of 2,000 will receive two $8 orders, or one with 5,000 will receive five $8 orders. We don't know Mr. Mitchell, and have no desire to fill our columns with advertisements of a medicine that the man himself acknowleges "there is no general demand for." It i3 our private opinion publicly expressed that the nostrums sold by quacks under the head of patent medicine in the United States is about as great an evil as intemper ance, and we think Gen. Fisk, Par sou Walker & Co., ought to have tacked in their platform the prohi bition of these worthless articles. Xow, if Mr. Mitchell will send us an affidavit from Athens, Ga , offi cials, guaranteeing the pnrity of his medicine, and that said stuff is not a humbug, and accompany said affidavit w ith the cash at our own rates and not his figures, we will consider the matter. As long a3 we don't humbug our readers we will not be hard up for patent medicine ads. that "have no general demand." FARMEBS' STATE ALLIAACE. The Farmers' State Alliance con vened in Raleigh last Tuesday, and many farmers from all orer the State were present. We are glad to note that this first meeting was a success in every particular. The Standard tenders its best wishes to the Alliance in its erery endeavor to advance the interests of the Farm er. On their success rests the pros perity of every one: With their advancement comes pecuniary suc cess to all others. We are glad to 6ay that from every portion of the State favorable reports are given as to the condition of the growing crops. Corn is splendid and cotton bids fair to be quite an average crop. With this year of favorable crops the people will begin to regain the losses caused by so many half crop years and be in condition to reach and begin to accumulate. THE TEE LOW FEVER TV FLORIDA. Official bulletins from Jackson son ville, Florida, gives us the infor mation that the yellow fever panic continues. People are leaving in every possible way. Already thirty two deaths are reported, and' it is a singular fact that not a case has been reported amongst the colored popu lation. Business in the city is com pletely paralyzed, and thousands of negroes are out of employment. It is feared that they will soon com mence to pillage and plunder if no relief comes to them. The police force has been increased and it is feared that marshal law will be nec essary. Governer John B. Gorden was re nominated by the Georgia Democrat ia State Convention. JUDGE FOWLZ. Judge Fowle's tour" through the western counties has been one of suc cess. Our exchanges say that every where the democracy are electrified and that great victory awaits the them in November. We hope our Third party friends in Cabarrus will fall in line with these sturdy, mountaineers and aid in defeating "my Son Oliver." Let us not have any more Shoffner bills or Canby Constitutions, Read, tne article in The Standard from the "Baleigh News and Observer," and be sure and remember that the Republican leaders of today were Republicans then. Letter from Boatb America. Malixo del Cabcabaxa, June 28, 1888, Province de Santa Fe, Argentine Republic, South Ameri ca. Messrs Editors : If you will allow me space in your valuable paper, I will write a short article for your many readers as I have been asked by quite a number to give them a description of this coun try, how we live, and what we have to eat I know it is quite a novelty fcr some of them to read articles from this country, but the novelty of the country has long since disap peared with me. So it is a difficult matter for me to write just what would suit your many readers who have never been farther from home than to the nearest camp meeting. But, however, I will do the best I can to please them. If your young readers think as I did when I was young, they think that nothing but Indians, monkeys and snakes can live here. But such is not the case, we have white people who live here, or at least exist here. We don't have much to eat, a little corna de vaca with some bread and coffee. This is what we eat every day. Once in a great while we have some sweet pumpkin or a little macaroni for a change. Now, if you think people die here with gout you are sadly mistaken. At this writing we are having mid winter. Our mornings are generally occupied in trying to keep warm by a grass or weed fire. Wood is a luxury here, only the rich can afford it; wood is worth $1.00 to $2.00 per 100 pounds, owing to its scarcity and the severity of the winter. Up to this time the winter has been extremely cold for this climate. Although the tempera ture never goes below 26 degree3 above zero. The atmosphere is damp and piercing, owing to the altitude above 6ea level, This country lies between 32 and 36 latitude South of the Equator, and from 1 to 5 longitude west of Green wich. The Province of Santa Fe is to this country what Texas is to the South or Xew York to the Xorth. The banner Province of the Republic is adapted principally to agriculture, with its level and fertile soil, and a mild climate. Anything will pro duce well, from a peanut up to a magnificent crop of wheat. Before many decades the vast plains will be as thickly settled as the praries of Illinois. As yet it is so thinly set tled that you can scarcely see from one house to another. Farmers are busy now seeding wheat. They cultivate wheat here as scientifically as any plaee in the world. But it is a novelty to see how corn is formed. They first plow up the ground, then harrow and roll down all the clods. Then they sow the grain the same as wheat, or they plow furrows about fifteen inches a part, and strew the corn m them and then harrow it level. Xow you would think this a poor way of farming. So it is But labor is scarce in this country and land is plentiful. Two men in this way can plant 200 and as much as 400 acres in corn. Then they trust providence. If the sea son is good this corn will make from 60 to 150 bushels per acre. If the season is dry, the stalks put out the tassel when about knee high, con sequently they lose all their labor. But this does not discourage them. The next year they trust in provi dence again probably with better results. This year there will be an immense crop of wheat and corn planted, as both was almost an eutire failure last year. Wheat is worth now $1.20 per bushel, corn from 50 to 05 cents, flour, patent, $8.00, bakers, $7.00, low grade, $5.50. These are prices in paper currency. Gold is worth $1.45. Business of all kind is in a thriv ing condition. Money is plentiful such as it is; everybody seems to have a pocket full. When paper and gold becomes equal, is a ques tion of Quern Saba. It ranges from $1.30 to $1.50, all the year round. I shall bring my article to a close, for the want of more time and some thing to write about. Probably be fore my next, w e shall have an earth quake or a revolution just to break the monotony. If we do I shall write you all the particulars. I have been receiving The Stand ard for the last month, and must say that I am highly pleased with it.. As it is purely democratic,, that is what suits . me. Wishing The Standard and the Democrat party many years of success; I remain truly yours, G. T. Crowell. Cenua anl cation New Edinburg, Ark., Aug. 7, 1888. Editors Standard: When I look back to my old home and think of the working class, what a disadvantage they are living under, I feel it my duty to improve their in terest as far as I Can. Having been requested many times to tell about this county, I mean the renters, knowing most of them, 1 would like to see them better their condition. If they will come here I am almost certain they will not regret it. I am aware, that in North Carolina, Ar kansas has the title of graveyard, but there is no healthier place in America. There are two doctors in Edinbnrg and they have as many families to look after as eight or ten in Cabarrus and one of them does the most of the work. They charge $3 for a three to five mile visit If it was not for the mid-wife prac tice they could not make a living. I think I have said enough to satisfy your readers that Aikansas has been misrepresented. There is both good land and poor land, all the same price, and you can take your choice from some of the oldest settlers. There are but two things that will keep a man poor here. That is lazi ness and extravagance. If you are a young man and live to te old you will be able to leave your children a good estate. If this does not find its way to the waste basket my next will be land owners and small farm ers. Yours, David Slough. Mtantons Record. News and Observer. Have the people of North Caro lina forgotten the infamous legisla tive 'Address" of August l68? Have they forgotten the no less infamous Shoffner bill of 1869 70? The address was published in full iu the Weekly Raleigh Standard of the 26th cf August, 1868, and was signed by George W. Stanton, now the Republican candidate for Sec retary of State, and the rest of the Radical members of the Canby leg islature. It went out as the delib -erate utterance of those who signed it in their capacity of representa lives of the Republican party, since it was declared in its very begin ning that it was issued by "the Republican members of the Legis laturo upon earnest and careful con sideration." What was it? Noth iDg short of a bundle of suggetiors to the negroes, then very much excited and in an angry frame of mind, as we all well remember, to burn the property and take the lives of white people. Its instigations were simply horrible. So much so that "Honest John Ragland," of Granville, himself a Radical, declar ed that it "was so utterly infamous that any man who signed it ought to be hung with an untrimmed grape vine." In part the address was as follows, its signers pretending to talk to the land owners, that is to say, to the white people, but taking patticular care to make themselvs heard by every negro in the State. Here is what they said : "We do not deny that if a poor man comes to our cloor in the cold and storm of night we have the right to deny him admittance. But if he perish before mcrningj whether we would not, in the sight of God, be murderers, is another question. There are in North Carolina about 1,000,000 of human beings, but not one person in twenty in the State owns land. Have these few the moral right to say to the many we own the world which God made, ami yo shall not live in it ? "But suppose these voters do not choose to submit to be intimidated. Suppose they conclude that their rights and liberties are iu danger, and that the object of thoee who seek to intimidate or coerce is to op press and enslave them, and to make them hewers of wood and drawers of water, and that their safety consists in their independence and demands resistance. WThen you tell them that they shall not till thy soil to make tbeir bread, suppose they say, We are obliged to make bread or die, and we cannot submit to die ? When you tell them that they shall not hve a shelter from the cold.suppose thiey determine that neither shall you have a shelter from the cold. When you tell them they shall not have meatr suppose they tell you that they are willing to work, but that they are not willing to starve, What may all this come to ? "Did it ever occur to you, ye gen tleman of edudation,. property and character, to you, ye men, and espe cially ye women, who have never re ceived anything from these coloied people but services, kindness and protection did it never occur to you that these same people, who are so very bad, will not be willing to sleep in the cold when your houses are de nied them, merely because they will not vote as you do? That they map not be willing to starve while they are willing to work for bread ? Did it never occur to you that revenge, which is so sweet to you, may be as sweet to them? Hear us, if nothing else you wll hear; did it never occur to you that if you kill their children with hunger they will kill your chil dren with fear ? Did it never occur to you that if you good people . ma liciously determine that they Bhall have no sheltei they may. determine that you shall have no shelter ?" - What could have been more devil ishly insidious than this what more calculated to excite the negroes, in j their inflamed condition.to arson and murder? Was. it without effect? Let the record of the" destruction of dwelling-houses, barns and gin houses by the torch of the incendiary especially in the east a record so startling lis to make insurance com panies loth to take risks in the sec tion indicated1 lei this record an fewer and the story of nights of sleep less anxiety, of loss of property, of physical suffering endured during the whole period is enough to satisfy the most malignant hater of the Southern people enough also to consign every signer of the address to the loathing and scorn of all law abiding people to the world's end. George W. Stanton was one of those signers, along with the rest cf the Radical workers of iniquity in the Canby legislature. Is 6uch a man fit to be presented to the people of North Carolina for their suffrages? Yet he is presented by the Kepubli cans. Feur years ago he was nomi nated by the State convention of the Radical party for the office of Secre tary of State. Later on the declina tion of Mr. Duke, he was made, by the Radical executive committce the candidate for the Radical party tor State Treasurer. Now again he is the Radical candidate for Secretary of State. Is he a fit man to be pres ented to the white men of the State? Have we reached a pass where we can vote for a man whose name was affixed to the monstrous publication from which we have quoted ? Have we reached such a stage of disregard of our own interests that we can support in anywise a party which in sists year after year on putting for y. ard such a man for office ? J3ut the "Shoffner bill," what was tlat ? It was a measure adopted by the same Canby legislature, to which we have referred and which we all have reasons to remember well for Hi rumberless iniquities, and it sarept away iT.ry vestagjof ciyil law iu North Carolina, authorizing the Governor as it did at his own will practically to declare martial law in any portion of the State he might designate. The Governor too, as will be remembered, proceeded to declare martial law in Alamance, Caswell and Orange counties, brought the brutal Kirk from Ten nessee, put him in command of a re' giment of cut throats and sent him into Alamance and Caswell to inaug urate a reign of terror sueh as had never before been known in the State. Arrest after arrest was made, and there were thrown into prison some of the best and most highly honored citizens of North Carolina, for whose trial a drum-head court niartial was organized What would have been the result had not Judge Brooks, of the Federal Court, inter fered, no man can say. It is certain ly not beyond reason, however, to suppose that there would have been "military executions" following the military trials.- George W. Stanton was a party to this infamy as well as to that of the 'Address" He aided in perfecting the provisions of the bill and now he is presented a second time by the Radical party to the people of North Carolina, to people with memories, to people of self respect, as a candi date for their suffrages. Stanton helped the iniquitous Shoffner bill at all its stages through the legisla. ture and gave it the sanction of his vote on its final passage. He was a party, therefore, to all the mon. strous iniquity which it set in oper ation And yet he seeks honor and emolument at the hands of the peo ple as a representative of the Repub lican party. Shall he receive them? For doing his part in executing the law made by the Shoffner bill Gov ernor Holden was impeached, driv en from office and forever disfran chised. George W. Stanton ha3 thus far escaped all punishment. Are the people not only to permit this exemption from the penalty of his outrageous misdeeds, but to be expected to elect him to the high office of Secretary of S"tste ? And what is to be thought of a party that puts such a man forward year after year to b e honor and trusted ? A Iloperul Tlew. There is so much to make people feel bad there probably will be for years and years to come that it is really refreshing, and certainly en couraging to read a condensed report of the trade outlook. In the New York Herald' we find that there are indications of a pros perous fall trade in all parts of the country. It is a good plan to stop in the midst of our croaning over the misfortunes to ourselves ou the short comings of our friends, and look at the good that comes to each and contemplate the many acts of kindness that flow to each of us through the channel of friend's hands. Now as the summer is pass ing away, let us shake off the leth argy that warm days enhance and take a hopeful view of the future. Here is what the Herald says of the country: Present indications are in the di rection of a prosperous fall trade in all parts of the country. "True, the government returns show some injury to winter wheat from the chinch bug, but even ac cording to these returns the total crop of spring and winter wheat should fall only nine per cent, short of last year's, and on the other hand the indicated crop of oata should be fifteen per- cent, larger this year and corn nearly fifty per cent, larger. "On these figures we should have a handsome exportable surplus, and, as our dispatches from Europe show, the injury to the harvest there must create a market for all we shall have" to spare. In London they are al; ready talking of shipping gold to us this fall in payment for securities we are exporting now and the bread stuffs we shall presently be sending out "Reports from all parts of the United States are of cheerfulness and confidence in business circles. The great- staple industries iron, woolen and leather are in much better form than would be thought possible by any one who credited the wailing protestations that went up from certain manufacturers when the tariff question Was taken up in in Congress. Bank exchanges throughout the country are incaeasing, labor is gen erally employed, railroad earnings hold np well, and the transportation og the new crops and the merchan dise for which the farmers will ex change them promises increased re turns to holders of railroad securi ties. Meanwhile money is very cheap, and the general restoration of confi dence in the future is certain to lead to its investment in new enter prises. Altogether the outlook is very gratifying, and unless signs fail, the coming year will be one ,of the most prosperous in our history." Plant. Weather Crop Bnlletin for the Week Ending Saturday, August II. RAINFALL. In the Eastern District there was a slight deficiency of rainfall. Crops were favorably affected. More rain, however, is still needed in this dis trict. In the Central District there was about an average amount of rainfall, affecting crops somewhat favorably. There was generally a large excess of rainfall in the West ern District, which was very benefi cial to all growing crops. Salisbury, Rowan County, reports 4.03 inches well distributed through the week. Davidson College, Mecklenburg County, reports 3.000 in three days. TEMPERATURE A5D SUNSHINE. In all districts there apparently has been an excess of temperature and sunshine, all crops being favor ably affected. REMARKS OF SPECIAL CORRESPONDENTS. Central District. Gibson Station, lucnmond uounty. All crops growing nicely." Greensboro, Guil ford county. "Corn and tobacco favorably affected." Haw Riyer, Alamance county. "Crops favorably affected, but still want rain." Jones boro, Moore county. "About two inches of rain fell in one hour on the 8th, crops are as good as could be expected, cotton looking very well." Louisburg, Franklin county. "The eastern portion of the county has had good rains, the central and western portions only slight rains." Monroe,- Union county. "The rain fall has been slight which is favor able to the cotton crop and bottom corn, especially where good seasons have prevailed all along. Most of this county has a fine promise now." Oxford, Granville county. "Local rains have fallen in the last week and have affected the crops favor ably in small areas, but is a large part of this section the crops have 8ufferedlgreatly." Pittsboro, Ghat ham county. "There have been some good local rains in portions of our cocnty, still dry at the station, crops and gardens suffering very much." Raleigh, Wake eounty.--"A very decided improvement in all crops, cotton especially. Outlook very promising." Rockingham, Richmond county. "Good rains in some sections of the county ."Salem, Forsythe county. "The seasons are ail that could be desired and the prospects for good crops are very good. " Smithfield, Johnston coun ty, "No rain since last report, the crops in some portions of the county needing rain badly." Wake Forest, Wake county. "Some rain since last report but nothing like enough.'1 Warrenton, Warren connty. "Lo cal rains on- the 3rd and 8th in small sections of the connty affected crops very favorably, in balance of the county crops all most ruined by heat and draught." Western District. Charleston, Swain county. "Corn, tobacco and sweet potatoes are doing well." Davidson College, Mecklenburg county. --"Good seasons here and all around us the past week all crops are much improved." Hickory, Ca tawba county. "All crops doing well, farmers are plowing wheat lands." Lincolnton, Lincoln coun ty. "Have had good rains during the past week which have had- a very favorable effect on the corn and cotton -crop3." Mt. Airy, Surry county. "The corn and tobacco crops will be short for this season especially on the uplands." Mor ganton, Burke county. "The corn crop has not yet suffered materially for want of rain but the rain was very opportune." Salisbury, Rowan county. "Rain every day but one during last week. Late corn is booming." Shelby, Cleveland county. "Have had good rains all around us. Crops favorably effect ed. One and five-tenths inches of rain during the week." H. B. Battle, Ph. D. The tax returns made to the clerk and treasurer show that there has been an increase of $16,000 in the value of the real and personal prop erty in the town of Statesville since last year, and an increase of 11 in the number of polls. These figures do not indicate any , phenomenal growth, but they indicate a substan tial and steadily increasing prosper- ity. YORKE& WADSWORTH , Hardware Headquarters. fJEBCH&HFS, MECHANICS, HGIKEERS, TAIHERS, Farmers and Everybody Else can be suited in Hardware at YORKE tOr (De lAOQ. UQf SIOCK IS lull anu CUUiyituc. A epicuiuu jiu vri vmii Stoves and cooking utensils in stock. Turning Plows, PloT Stockf, Harrows, Belting, Feed Gutters, Cornshellers, Tinware, Guns, Pistols, Knives, Powder, Shot and Lead, Doers, Sash and Blinds, Shingles, Glass, Oils, White Lead, Paints and Patty a specialty j Wire Screens, Gil Cloths, wrought, cat and n.. UL.. VT :i A ! Jn l .....it,!n nonillir Irnnt In a tiorrtarnro cturo Wa will sell all these goods as cheap, quality i: JilSVllUiU Qor 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 cqme to see us, whether you buy or not. YOKE & WADSWORTH. P. S. We have always on hand Lister's and Waldo Guano and Wando Acid at prices to suit. Y. & V. COME AND SEE US! AND YOU I'ILL SAVE LIOMY DY SEEING OUB PRICES GREAT REDCTION In Prices of Groceries to Reduce Our Immense Stock, we offer 75 BBLS.OF StJGAR, 25 SACKS OF COFFEE, 25 BOXES OF TOBACCO, 10 " " GAIL AND AX SNUFF, -i 2,000 FLOUR 3ACKS, 25 BBLS BOB WHITE FLOUR. o Our Goods ale all bought duect from the Largest and Best Houses for ASH, And we can sell yon groceries for less money thatf youcan buy elsewhere. 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