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VOL. III. NO. 26.
CONCORD, N. C, FRIDAY, JULY 11, 1890.
WHOLE NO. 129.
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sr M.MARY,
The conferees on the silver bill
hold a session yesterday but came to
conclusion. An inquest 13 to
he held over the bodies taken from
the 1 1 i 1 1 mine. Aid is needed for the
widows and orphans of the miners.
The Democratic State Conven
ti,.:i of Pennsylvania mot at Scrau
tun vi slerd.iv. Ex-Governor Patter
son was nominated for (ioyernor on
the lii'-t bailor. Judgt Bond de
cides that the city of Richmond,
Va.. can not tax individual shares of
National Hanks and declares void
the aet of Legislation confirming
. -.eh ri;!it. The Democratic State
Convention advocates again submit
ting tlu- liienso or prohibition ques
t;..n t" tlie people. There are ru
mors of a tierce battle in Rowan
(nuiiiv. Teiir... between revenue raid
rr; mooushiuers. All reports
ailev ihe killing of three ineu. .
The Louisville and Nashville railroad
declare. a si mi-annual dividen of
1 t-lo per cent in script and 1-10
per rent on cash and an extra divi
dend of one cent in cash. The
(iladsUmian party gained a victory
at a rural election yesterday. Ex-
Judge Z. A. Rico, one of At Ian la's
oldest ami most prominent citizen3
died yesterday. The staff of the
central telegraph oflico in London
refuses tochc-r for the Queen, but
groaned for her. The commis
sioners have agreed upon the lako
front and Jackson Park as the dual
sites for the Columbian fair.
Mechanics at Sheffield and Birming
ham, England, protest again! the
Keiunley tariff bill. Three deaths
from cholera occurred in Candia,
Spain, yesterday. Fifty persons
were kiile.l in the recent riots in Er
. .rouin. A now Catholic Bishop
ric is t be created in Texas, to be
kaewn as the diocese of Dallas.
The Ka-t Tenncsse, Virginia and
ti erjia railroad has leased the Lou
iiilo S'l.tln-rn, thus making an
iinj-o! taut addition to its system.
Tii i p"rta of the condition of the
(tioii ei' p in the northeastern sec
t:n:i et the :.te are most gratifying.
Kfinniler has for the third time
b' rn .-eiiteneed to death. lie will
V c-xeev.te-1 early in August. A
dispare i'.ns arisen as to whether the
leu! board or the national
("h:!;i-.-io!ie!-s h.ave the right to ap
point the director general at the
lohiii.lian fair. At Bncna Vista
a., ve-ti-rday, the cage in a mine
f-11 14o fe.t, and three or four min
ers in it wire killed. The Gov
ernor yesterday appointed the State's
directors of the North Carolina rail
road. Senator and Mrs. Vance
reached Kalcigh yesterday afternoon.
The Soldier's Home fair is a
grand success. The conferees on
the silver bill held another session
vi-te'ihiy, but to no purpose. -
Striking tailors make an attack
upon an establishment in Nw York
City, and one of them is s. ot.
The Urst mooting of the L'nited
Confederate Veterans' Association
was begun at Chattanooga yesterday.
Many thousand ex-confederates are
in attendance. The Democratic
convention of the third judicial dis
trict met at Rooky Mount yesterday.
Two hundred and ten ballots wore
taken for solicitor without making a
i! o in i n a t i o n. The anticipated
tioables at the mines in Alabama
have been settled, and all the miners
will lvtip-n to work on Monday.
The last living member of the com
pmy which was playing in Washing
ton on the night Lincoln was killed,
dud Wednesday. It is said that
President Menendez was murdered.
The Republicans of Georgia
will put no State ticket in the field.
Two children are burned to
death in Pennsylvania by the explo
sion of an oil lamp.
Hanlon defeated Ilosmer in
a hotly contested scull race at
Sioux City on Friday. The
eu York shooting coris gave
an american concert at lirus
sHs on the 4th. A violent
wind storm blows a side-track
I train on to the main line,
and it was telescoped by an
ex p. ess train. Telephone
and oh'ctrio light wires at As
bury Park, N. J., were broken
Friday night by a severe storm
and soveral persons were sev
erely shocked. Many tele
phonos were burned out.-5
The grand jury of Chicago de
cline to present any indict
ments in the "L" road boodle
matter. William Brennan,
light weight pugilist, dies from
injuries received in a sparring
match. The Fourth was
without any public demonstra
tion in Washington. All the
dlicials were out of town.
The American Art Association
in Paris are presented with a
Hag from President Harrison.
It is said Mrs. Harrison is
dissatisfied at Cape May, and
will go to Cresson Springs, in
P e n n s y 1 v ania. Beverly
Tucker, of Virginia, died Fri
day evening. Friday was a
yg clay at Chattanooga. The
Confederate veterans celebra
ted the day in crand stvle.
A vessel has put in at Ourbec
with smallpox on board.
A bale of new cotton has been
delivered at Albany, Ga.
A party oi picnickers are run
into by a train in Kentucky
and three of them killed.
An English and dutch syndi
cate has purchased six million
acres of land in Mexico.
The French Senate votes a
heavy duty on Auerican corn
and corn meal. A special dis
patch announces the drown
ing of young William London,
of Pittsboro, at Sewanee.
An outburst in the Balkan
region is imminent. Germa
ny has changed her semi-neutral
policy toward the porte.
The Seven Kieeper Klffii.
Last Friday, Juno 27th, was the
day of the seven sleepers. A citizen
of Cabarrus told the Concord Stand
ard, and a citizen of Chatham told
the Chatham Record, that if it did
not rain that day It would not rain
for seven weeks they never had
known that, rule to fail. It was
very dry and warm hero on the 27th
of June and there was no appearance
of rain, but we plucked up heart
upon reading these prophecies. A
few years ago, during an awful hot
and dry spell, two of Statesville's
most eminent weather prophets met
in the public square, surveyed the
heavens critically, and mutually
agreed ami gave out that, bad as the
news was, it must bo told that there
was no hope of rain inside of a
month. They sighed and parted
and that afternoon it commenced
and mined fourteen days hand run
ning. So that the splendid rains of
day before yesterday wore no surprise
tons. We would have bet any body
" that it would rain within a week
of the day of the seven sleepers.
But all the same a resolution of cen
sure if not of expulsion must be in
troduced at the meeting of the Press
Association against the brethren of
The Standard and Kecord.-States-
ville Landmark.
Pleas don't. We'll never do so
again.
Avery Butler ('mmiitrd.
Avery Butler, the fifteen year old
murderer, who killed his father with
i shot gun at Clinton last April, and
who was convicted and sentenced to
be hanged Julv 11, was yesterday
granted a commutation on the re-
connnend ition of the Judge, Solic
itor, jurv and manv good citizens
and in consideration of the youth of
the prisoner, the character of the
deceased, the treatment of the pris
oner bv his father and the suspicion
that undue influence was used to
induce the boy to commit the deed.
On these grounds his punishment is
commuted to life service tit hard
labor in the penitentiary. News
and Observer.
It would be bettor for the boy,
were he dead.
Reaull of !ti MrKinlry BUI.
Londox, July 3. All indications
point to determined effort, led by
Mr. Howard Vincent, in the British
parliament, to discriminate against
United States exports, in retaliation
for the McKinley tariff bill.
Washinotox, July 3. The State
Department is informed that the
Cuban government has increased
the duty on American Hour from
$IA6 to $5.03 per barrel. Spanish
our is admitted free.
Director or -Norlli Carolina KMlIroittl.
Gov. Fowle yesterday appointed
the following directors of the North
Carolina Railroad:
J. L. Morehead, A. Burwell, R.
Wr. Thomas, T. K. Kluttz, M. A.
Angler, W. II. Pace, 15. Cameron, P.
Mcllae. Armistead Jopc3, Esq., was
appointed State's proxy.
Hot Times: The people of South
Carolina are just now in the midst
of a great political turmoil. Till
m m, the farmer, is going around
making speeches and the Tillman
ites on every occasion offer insults
to the ol J time Democrats who fail
t) take their view of the matter.
On one accasion Wade Hampton was
invited to make a speech and they
called him down and offered every
insult they could to this old and
tried friend of the South and the
"Palmetto State." This kind of
conduct is a disgrace to the sons of
that great State. When the people
of the South lose their self respect
aud forget the sacrifices of their
leaders in a time of need, whom
shall they look to for help when
they are again placed in a cricis
which will try the hearts and souls
of men.
It's Little But It's Loud. It
would take about twenty copies of
the Concord Standard to make one
of the Atlanta Constitution, but the
truth of the matter is that when
The Standard foils to come to
time we are worse up-set than when
the Constitution fails twice in sue
cession. We've had to stand all this
hot weather today without the re
freshing privilege of readiag Tue
Standard. Charlotte News.
Thauksl The 4th of July celebra
tion caused, the trouble.
NEGRO KILLED.
He Celebrated Here and Starting Home
Took Some Corn Juice.
Coroner Brawn InveHtifffttlns; the
Cnne--TlieFn(itlity of Tlint Plarr.
Negro Henry Tyler has done his
last celebrating ro more glorious
fourth of July celebrations will fill
him with bright expectations and
afford him the opportunity of giving
vent to his patriotic and enthusiastic
measures. He'll celebrate in other
climes, he'll practice patriotic meas
ures under different auspices here
after. After enjoying himself here, and
spending the day as he had a right
to do, Henry Tyler played the fool
by starting home drunk. This
morning in a twenty foot cut, just
above the County Home, his body
was found lying leside the railroad
track; a hole was found in Ins head
resembling a bullet shot,one shoulder
was right badly bruised; one pint of
blood had prabably escaped from
the wound in the head, his coat was
lying near by and so was his hat, in
his coat pocket was an empty flask
that Mnelt of whiskey. And of
course his banjo, with which he cele
brated, was with his lody.
From the circumstance, and the
fact that there is no sign of a strug
gle, gome are led to believe that he
was not killed by a train.
The no: th hound passenger train
stopped at this point and put the
body in charge of some railroad
lauds.
About five weeks ago and about
one-fourth of a mile from this place,
George Miller was killed.
COKOXEIt'S WORK.
Coroner J. N. Brown is always
prompt in the discharge of bis du
ties. Summoning the following
men as jurors they went to the
scene: r . YV . ti lass, U. A. Mier wood,
red Cline, II. M. Winecoff, Wrll N.
Bamhardt and R. S. Harris. The
ury was not long in finding a ver
dict, as there was nothing to make
t at all mysterious. The body was
found on the east side of the track;
his right side completely mangled
and a big gash cut in the side of his
head, and not a hole resembling a
bullet hole as stated above. There
is no doubt that the midnight
(southbound) passenger train knock
ed Tvler off the track, and there is
not a possibility for a doubt of Ty
ler's being killed by a train.
t any rate, Henry Tyler will
never celebrate in Concord again.
Drvoieri '-Spooning.'
The storm is over, the clouds have
passed away, and everything has
rocked back to its proper place.
Hut one dusky maiden and her char
ming beau left an impression imper
ishable and indelible. Her arm
around his neck, his arm around her
neck, walking slowly along, looking
into each others' faces dotiugly
They had an apple: The beau
would hold it for her to bury her
shining ivory into it, the dusky mai
deu would hold it. while her char-
mirig,fascinating beau left the shape
of his beautiful teeth in the hard,
green horse-apple. After each bite
and in the yem-yam-snamb-yum-yom
of mastication, such express
ions as these would come rushing
up from a love-overflowing bosom:
;you sugar you": "you old sweetie";
"uze the goodest, weetest shing I
ever seed," &c. The reporter feeling
a fainting and an une sy sensation,
had to move out of sight of the
spooning couple.
If they didn't melt, it was not
their fault.
A SI ranee Performance.
Mr. J. F. Willeford told ns an en-
teresting story yesterday which he
came in possession of while on a trip
to Odell's factory as conductor on
the dummy. As the train rounded
the curve in front of Capt. Joe
Moose's blacksmith shop, a strange
sound fell upon their ears, and, of
course, they were curious to know
the cause, so they went to the shop
as the biggest crowd seemed to be
congregated there. Here a strange
sight was seen. Just twenty-seven
besides the children were gathered
around the Odell company's great
bovine, which was lying down fiat
on his side tied in every direction
with straps and strings to hold him
there, while Joe Moose, the veteran
blacksmith was busily engaged nail
ing shoes on his hoofs. This is the
first time we have ever heard of a
bull being shod, but they say it is a
good idea for one that works in the
shafts.
J. E. Brown, of the U. S. Fish
Commission, placed over a half a
million one-day old 6 hade in Six
Runs at the bridge near Elliot, yea
terday evening. Clinton Caueasion.
w Ginnee.
Several hundred cloak-makers,
who are on a strike iu New York,
are starving. Only $13.75 was in
the treasury Saturday, which would
not amount to ten cents to each
family. Hundreds of icebergs are
reported as having been seen and
passed by steamers arriving in
port at New York. Some were
passed with great danger, owing to
the dense fog which prevailed.
The fourth destructive storm of last
week passed over Parkersburg, "West
Virginia, Friday doing much dam
age. The crops in the Muskingum
valley were washed away, and the
loss is estimated at $500,000.
Captain Fisher, president of the
Rowan County Alliance, announced
himself a candidate for Sheriff sub
ject to the action of the ballot box.
The NorthCarolina Press Association
will meet in Durham on July 23d.
That hospitable city, with out
stretched arms and open hearts, will
give the journalists of this grand
old State a royal reception.
Statesville is to vote on water
works next Monday. Work has
begun on the French Broad Valley
Railroad which i8 to connect Ashe
ville with the Carolina Ceutral at
Rutherfordton. Mr. AV. B. Phil
lips, a distinguished mining engineer
has been employed by the North
Carolina Bessemer Company, to open
up their iron bed3 in McDowell
county. A regular hot race is be
ing made by several politicians for
the place of c lector Eaves.
Hon. A. Ijcazer has said he is a can
didate for the Congressional nomi
nation strictly and solely on the
Democratic platform. It is the
talk in Pittsburg that Wannamaker
wants to get the nomination for tho
Presidency. Rev. R. L. Selle,
well and pleasantly known here, of
Harrison, Ark., was married to Miss
Minnie D. Ayars, of that place on
June 2G.
Contest aud Yard Parly.
The W. C. T. U., the young peo
ple, the preachers, the speakers, the
judges, the children, those in love
and those trying to get that way,
were in their glory last evening at
the Academy,
The exercises were opened with
f rayer by Dr. P. M. Trexlor ; then a
song, "liark: the song of Jubilee:
In the singing of this song some of
the best talent of Concord engaged.
The contest for a Demorest medal
was the first on programme. The
young gentlemen, who. so kindly
asiisted the ladies, wire Messrs.
Chas. Wagoner, Jas. C. Willeford,
R. S. Wilson, A. S. Correll, Ed.
Keesler and Ephriam Carter. Each
one of the youDg men did well; they
put in some hard and effective licks
for the cause of temperance. The
decision was certainly not an easy
task, as each one really deserved a
medal for the manner in which he
acquitted himself. But as only one
medal could be given, the judges,
Capt. J. M. Odell, Dr. P. M. Trex
lor and Mrs. J. W. Burkhead, de
cided that Mr. R. S. Wilson was
entitled to it. Each young man
received nice flowers and they de
served a bushel apiece.
In a happy, manner, (itcould not
be otherwise) Rev. J. II. Page pres
ented the medal.
Then out into the campus the big
crowd poured. Lemonade, ice
cream, cake, melons, etc., kept the
large crowd busy until after 11
o'clock.
Saturday Evenluff Reflection.
We have been running on the
train of life for six thousand years,
and haye not got such momentum
that the least jar will derail us, and
we will find ourselves mangled in a
fearful wreck. There are boys to
day, who, because they wandered out
of the way of the right, are looked
down upon with a cold, chilly sym
pathy that makes them almost regret
they ever were born. These boys may
have drawn themselves far beyond
the reach of Christian deliverance,
(and when the day of final accounts
puts at rest every wrong and in
justice,) to this icy friendliness will
be given the shame of driving a hu
man being to a state of wretchedness.
There is no true religion that does
not extend its strong arm to the
weak and faint and try to lift theui
to a higher plane of usefulness and
happiness; when it ceases to do that
it is an awful mockery, and echoes
and re-echoes with the harm and
misery it has inaugurated.
Let a genuine Christian devotion
and benevolence be exertad through
out the universe till not one erring
son of Adam shall wander beyond
the fold of Uod.
The Editor in Luck: This
writer received, by express, a box
containing two fine yellow cats. They
are extremely beautiful and are not
afraid of dogs. They were sent by
two charming young lasses from
China. As a guarentee of our up
preciation we change the cats' names
to "S" and "F," these being the first
letters in the donors' names. -Later:
One died at 11:17.
UNLOADED PISTOL.
An "Empty" Pistol KIIIn a Colored
51 ft ii.
Near Miller & Nesbit's store in
No. 3 township, a fatal shooting af
fair occurred this morning. Full
particulars could not be had, but
enough is known to show the care
lessness of some people and the fatal
effects of an unloaded(?) pistol.
Will Saunders,al ready in the wag
on on his way to Concord, called to
Will Howard to "fetch my pistol, its
uuloaded and I want to get some
cartridges to suit." These Were the
last words Saunders spoke, for How
ard came out with the pistol; he,
cocking and aiming it in fun at
Saunders, pulled the trigger and his
victim feel dead before him.
A messenger eam for his mother
who was in town, and she left
screaming as if almost heart-broken.
This is a case of pure and simple
cussed carelessness. It ought to be
a hanging offense to point an un
loaded fire-arm at anything.
Two Trip for the Mall.
The mail route from here to Mt.
Pleasant is an important one The
United States mail car, drawn by
a combination team with occasional
changes in engineer?, left yesterday
at 1:33 with one of the boss engin
eers at the throttle. The several
passengers kept ccol as the car as
cended and descended the little
mountains on the journey Mount
Pleasantward. When the throttle
was closed and the mail chariot
came to a uead stop in front of the
post oflice building at Mt. Pleasant,
the passengers alighted and the route
agent scrambled around for the mail
bags. The student of Civil Service
turned deathly pale. An " eager
crowu, waiting for The Dail
Standard, abserved the alarming
expression on the agent's face; he
sat down, run his fingers through
his hair, and, without a word, shift
ed his engine. At G;30 Luther A.
Lentz, the mail agent, drove up to
Unci Sam's postal representative in
Concord, and inquired for the Mt.
Pleasant mail sack. Luther Lentz,
a big mover and a hard worker,some
time ago purchased exclusive right
to sell a useful patent in the States
ot Virginia aud West Virginia, and
it is thought a proposition had been
made to him during the day for the
territory, which lead him to forget
the mail bag. His forgetfulness
only cost him a drive of 20 miles.
A Cirand Re-l'nlon.
Many thousand Confederate veter
ans are now having a glorious time
in Chattanooga at their reunion.
Army men from both sides of the
late great struggle have met on the
scenes of battle and are shaking
hands on the once blood v Chicka-
inga. Time is healing alike the
scars of the woods and the hills,
and the bitter hatred of these two
great parties.
After now what seems to be thirty
years of forgetfulness the brothers
of our country are making friends,
and forgetting the hatred they once
cultivated. When our people, as a
nation, realize that we are one great
people and that division weakens
our strength, they will forget all
these things that once almost crush
ed us, and our country will stand
before the world just as she is
one glorious united people, combin
ing in herself the strength of many
nations.
nentorent Medal Contest.
The contest for the Demorest
medal will take place tonight at the
Female Academy.
Following are the subjects and
speakers :
"The Result of Prohibition."
Chas. B. Wagoner.
"Liceuse an Outrage." James C.
Willeford.
"The New Moral Reform." It.
S. Wilson.
"Legal Suasion the only Remedy."
A. B. Correll.
"Liquor Selling." Ed. Keistler.
"Liberty and Prohibition."
Ephriam Carter.
The exercises will begin at 8:15.
More Report.
No one expects to hear good re
ports from the wheat crop; indeed
it is worse than the most despondent
calculated on.
David L. Parish planted 10
bushels and realized 8 bushels.
V. C. Parish planted G bushels
and realized 5 bushels.
Newton Harris planted 20 bushels
and realized 30 bushels.
Oats is much better than was ex
pected some time ago.
The Charlotte Chronicle is the
personal organ of Col. Ham. C.
Jones. Two years ago he bought it,
and be is now the President of the
Chronicle Publishing Company, and
is responsible lor tne course ot tliat
paper. Wonder if he thinks he is
improving his chances for Congress
by fighting the Alliance as the
Chronicle is doing? Monroe Register.
Men V.'lio Rnlld I'p Towiin.
Greensboro Pal riot.
As lias always been i is yet; men
who build up towns and instil life
and prosperity in localities are those
who are willing to take some risk in
developing the resources that lie
around them. Progress is the
watchword and those who fail to
realize its full import are going to
get left just so sure as there is any
display of energy elsewhere, and
there is in the greatest abundance.
We doubt if there is today a State
in the Union making greater ad
vancement than North Carolina.
What is the cause ? Simply public
spirit. "Who is it displaying this
public spirit? Each man has his
share, but in the main it must be
the business men, those who have
capital to take the lead. If they sit
back with their money in bonds or
place a dollar only where they see
another in sight, directly they are
destroying their own life blood.
Even with an advanced position we
cannot afford to hi "satisfied, for we
must either go forward or backward.
Just so true as is this statement wirii
individuals, so true is it with towns
and cities.
Why is it that some places with
scarcely no natural advantages are
outstripping others more blessed ?
Because they have men of tact, en
ergy and push who are wiliing to
see some one el.se thrive besides
themselves. They have men who
endeavor to open up new business
instead of dividing that of their
neighbor.
A Terrapin of June IS, 1S71.
Mr. B. W. Pressley, of Coddle
Creek, came into The Staxda p.d
office on Thursday. In answer to a
reporter's ijuestiou about the news,
Mr. Pressley smilingly answered: "I
have one little item but scarcely
think it worthy of notice. A terra
pin was caught near Coddle Creek
Academy, on Wednesday, that is of
a little interest to me. Nineteen
years ago, while attending school at
the Coddle Creek academy, I remem
ber that a dry land "cooter" was
caught; its body was about 5 inches
lon and 3i or 4 inches across. In
my boyish nature, I thought it would
be ambitious to engrave my name on
the terrapin's back,so I cut this on it:
B. W. Pressley, June 18, 1871. The
terrapin caught on Wednesday by a
son of Prof. W. A. Kerr, was the
very one I practiced on during my
school days. The inscription was
clear and unniistakeable. The re
capture of the terrapin is not re
markable, but during 19 years and
14 days it does not seem to have
grown a particle- I turned it loose,
with the hopes of again meeting my
boyhood friend."
IIoAT old do terrapin's got? Some
body please tell.
omm - -
t'orst Hill M. K. Clmrch.
The sermons preached bv the Rev.
II. M. Blair, pastor of the Forest
Hill Methodist church, for several
Sundays past have been full of
thought and delivered with power
and earnestness.
The (sermons preached by this man
of Cod are always intensely practi
cle, and ileep and lasting impressions
are being made on the minds and
hearts of his congregation.
Mr. Blair announced from his
milnit on last Sunday that on Sun
day next he would preach a special
sermon to parents, and mat on tlie
following Sunday that he would
preach on temperance to the chil-
tlren. Is o doubt tne parents oi tne
congregation will avail themselves of
the opportunity of attending this
special service and will be present
on Sunday.
Cabarrus Klack Boys.
The military company drilled last
night, had the monthly inspection
and some changes iu officers were
made. Capt. R. S. Young, owing to
his professional duties and a proba
ble absence during the summer, ten
dered his resignation, which was
reluctantly accepted. The commis
sioned officers are: J. F. Reed, cap
tain; W. S. Bingham, first lieuten
ant; John W. Props t, second 1 ion ten
ant.
One of the funniest things our re
porters have seen in a long time hap
pened in front of one of the hotels.
A guest (we reckon he was a guest)
was sitting on a chair on the side
walk when a fellow who knew him
more by reputation than anything
else walked by and said, "Right
cool this morning." The guest
arose from his seat very indignant
and collared the scared looking fel
low and said " Hold up sir! Did you
call me a fool?" The fellow stam
mered out "Ao sir. 1 saifl. it was
cool." The fighting guest resumed
his seat as he said to himself "I don't
allow a man to call me a fool." The
reporter was bound to laugh, but
fearing he might be "collared," too
waited till lie got out ot signt.
i HE FOURTH OF JULY
An the Colored People Celebrate
It.
The Dark and Bright Side.
Our streets today were filled with
a moving mass of colored humanity;
The occasion of this great gathering
was the Fourth of July Celebration.
The colored man just as he is found
in the country and in town was here.
The female representation was
strong, there being about three for
every one of the men. They were
nearly all dressed in white and this
fashion socmed to have more attrac
tion than any other. One of the
marshals took his best girl in to
take a drink of soda water, but when
he got there she paid attention to
another gentleman. No. 1 refused
to treat her. "You promised to" she
said. "I didn't promise to, if you
act a fool." "I'8e actin' no bigger
fool den you." ".v-y, di;: don't
call me a liar," and dc :.'t contradict
my word." "Use not londickin' your
word" was the woman's reply, as she
rolled her white eye3 up and down
and made some wild jestures over
the drink she had missed.
Big two-hundred pounders could
be seen with pieces of watermelon so
large that you could only see thier
ey-3 aa they would roll between it
and their hats. One old fellow wore a
white flax sirtand had wet the back
of it with perspiration and let the
watermelon juice soil his immacu
late shirt front so badly that you
could not tell which way he was
walking. They believe in lots of
'celebration" and each individual
was determined to do his part of it.
There is one feature about the gath
erings of colored people in this coun
ty that is worthy of mention. There
ire now, at this writing, not less
than fifteen hundred colored people
on the streets. Not a single man in
toxicated, not a single fight or quar
rel so far as our reporters can learn ;
the behavior and general conduct
show that the colored race is making
considerable progress.
They had their bands, their fire
companies, their parades and speech
es. They had a good time; they
deserve it.
We are not in sympathy with
those people who doubt the progress
and betterment of the colored man.
We believe that he is more intelli
gent now than ever before and so
long as you find him willing to take
pattern from the leading white spir
its in public demonstrations and in
dustrial exhibits, there is abundant
evidence of his progress.
loday is a bright page in the
history of many a colored man and
woman.
Dr. Archey at Home: Dr.
Archey came home last night from
Union, Monroe county, W. Virginia,
where he had gone to see his father,
who is now seventy-five years old.
Though the doctor's old home, he
has not been tlre in nearly six
years. Monroe county is in a basin
right on top of the mountains, and
is a fine wheat and grass country.
He says they harvest by means of
i i i rti
reapers and binders atoue. me
raising of stock is a prominent feat
ure in the business of that section.
Owing to location, etc., there are
no wells, but everybody has a con
venient spring of clear, cold water.
Dr. Archey likes his old home well,
but this country better.
Presidixg Elder Dead. Capt.
Propst returned from High Point
this morning and reports the death
of Rev. P. F. W. Stamey, Presiding
Elder of Trinity College district
Mr. Stamey was sick only a few days
with typhoid fever, but it was of
such a severe type that it shattered
with ease his strong constitution.
Mr Stamey was a promising, bright
and energetic worker. He preached
in Albemarle, Stanly county, for
two years.
A xoth er Treat. On Friday, J uly
ISth Miss Anna Gordon, of Chicago
will hold a children's meeting in the
Methodist church. We can promise
the children an unusually interest
ing speaker in Miss Gordon, and wish
them to contribute to the Buccess of
the meeting by furnishing Eome
good music. The children of the
town are cordially inyited to par
ticipate, and all who will do so are
requested to meet Miss Young at the
methodist Church Tuesday even.
ing at 5.30 o'clock for practice. Let
all the children come and learn some
bright, new songs.
.
Lexington Dispatch: Some par
ties are giving Mr. James Wilson,
postmaster at Jubilee, a great deal
nf i ron hie. l nev went mere lasi
Sunday night and rocked the house,
broke "the glass out of the windows,
riddled the house with shot, tore
down his kitchen chimney, threw
rocks in the well, turned out his
hogs, and tore up his sulky.
STATi: XOTES.
In Guilford county last year only
710 negroes paid poll tax and 1 ,S"0
voted.
The safe in the People's National
Bank at Winston, weighs 7,000
pounds.
The Alliance of Caldwell county
failed to endorse the sub-treasury
bill by a vote ot 23 to 28.
The Winston Sentinel, of yester
day, says John Love, (Col.) while
bathing in a pond near Tobaocovilh-,
was drowned.
Seventy-five per cent, more fer
tilizers have boon shipped through
our depot this season than ever be
fore. The farmers are using more
guano than usual. Reidsvi He Ro
view. Bottie Smith and Sarah Jenkins,
two colored women, were intensely
jealous of each other and their long
continued encmit culminated yester
day morning in Bettie administering
a severe thrashing to Sarah.
Greensboro Patriot.
Winder Anderson, the six year eld
son of Capt. T. F. Anderson, agent
of the Raleigh and Gaston Railroad
at Weldon, was run over and killed
by a shifting engine on the Atlantic
Line Saturday. State Chronicle.
The knitting mill to be located iu
Oxford, will give employment to
from seventy-live, to a hundred
girls. The work will be pleasant,
and only respectable, and neat girl;
will be employed. Orphans' Friend.
Some sad scenes may be witnessed
now and then, even in so enlightened
a country as this. Yesterday, when
the funeral of a little six year old
child was being conducted in the
southwestern part of the city, the
father was so drunk he could not at
tend the ceremonies. Stale Chroni
cle. The Daily got reliable in forma
tion from Kornersville today thai.
Prof. J. II. Scarborough, wiio ac
cepted the prineipalship of Kcrners
ville High School several weeks airo,
tendered his resignation a few days
ago. His reason for so doing ; r
informant had not learned. Win
s'on Daily.
Mr. Scarborough read law in Con
cord about two months in 1 S8'..
Lenoir Topic: On Saturday after
noon there was a severe hail, rain
and wind storm from the McLain
flat on the turnpike to Patterson.
The centre of the storm was about
Mr. Thomas Coffey's', at the loll gate,
and a mile or so down the river from
there, w here trees wore broken down
and uprooted and the corn badly in
jured by the hail. Mr. Coffey thinks
he will scarcely make a half crop of
corn, though there is a chance for
the crop to make itself yet.
Mr. Jehu Jackson, of South
Greensboro, has a dog of the Sh.-p-heard
variety that has so far improv
ed on the tricks taught him by the
children in his earlier days, that his
depredations are becoming grievous
AVe here give a list of some articles
which this dog gathered up, carried
out into the yard and gnawed into
shreds. 1 man's hat 3.00; 1 oov's
hat, 1.25; 1 girls hat, l,2o; 1 umbrel
la, 2.00; 1 door mat, 25 cts:
Messrs Eugene Murrow ami O. (.
Patterson have come in from a very
successful raid in Burke county.
Beer, singlins, iuice, caps and the
engineers of the illicit enterpiises
are naving a nam nine tins not
weather. A colored man named
John Lindsay a native of this city,
was murdered and robbed at Jjoa
nake, Va., last Saturday. Ilis skull
has been crushed with a club. The
body arrived here Monday night.
The. murderer has not been annrch-
ended. Greensboro Nort State.
The biggest boom we have heaid
of late'ly has got a hold on Ashe
ville. The fallowing telegram ad
dressed to the Danville Register
proved that beyond a doubt.
AsnEVlLLE. N. C, July 5. Tre
mendous boom here. Enormous
crowd of speculators on hand. Two
thousand barreles ot sugar and one
million lemons dumped into the
French Broad river which is dam
med to furnish lemonade for the
crowd. Things are in a regular
swoop. Signed
J. LP. and E. W.
Lumberton Rohcrsuiiap: The
Presbyterian church of Red Springs
was organized last June with sixteen
members. It now has eixty mem
bers. In addition its house of wor
ship has been greatly improved in
appearance and convenience. On
Monday a severe and startling elec
trical storm passed over Laurin
burg about 3 o'clock in the after
noon. It wa usually terriflic. The
Baptist church was struck and igni
ted and consumed. Fortunately the
pews, the organ and some other fur
niture were gotten out and paved.
But more fortunately still the build
ing was insured for one thousand
dollars.
Rev. J. T. Bagwell and wife, of
Matthews, N. C, spent yesterday in
she city. Mr. Bagwell says exten
tive preparations are being made for
the Hickory Grovecampmeeting thi3
year. Instead of being conducted
oh the old impromptu-compmeeting
style, a regular program will be made
out, special sermons being delivered
by specially appointed preachers. A
large platform, capable of accommo
dating 100' persons, being erected
for the choir. Two organs and a
cornet will be used in leading tho
singing. Charlotte Chronicle.