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offering Moleskin
Pints for 85 c;.-.
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h:o been Lining
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Just received 15
cast's Men's Fin
Hats in latest
summer styles and
colors, ami at 25
nor ceut undei
value.
.In elegant line of Fur
t'nidn-rs in four different
rulor.-. 5 cents ami $1.
Also
we want to
to say that Ave are
headquarters for Overalls
in all styles. We have a Blue
Deinia Overall for 50 cents that
we guarantee against an' you
can buy for 05 cents. Also
ttrowu ami Mode Ducks,
luekcts, Coats, Shirts
and Jumpers.
ALL STYLES.
A Fill like of the Cele
is i: tkd Sweet & Okr Over i. l
SflTS THAT WILL KEEP YOl'
as cleax as if you
were in a band
Jbox. .
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COME AND SEE THEM
JUST FOR CURIOSITY
JUST FOR CURIOSITY
A n"-e 'line.
A lore line.
of
of
Colored Mahuirs
ColorcdJMahairs
andjAIpaccas,
and Alpaccas,
IX COATS AND VESTS.
ALSO
Sekksi'ckkks and Fancy
Flannkls, at $1 foi:
Coat and Vkst.
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Single Coats at 50 cents in Cotton
Cheviots.
s I Fcizer.
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VOL. III. NO. 38.
An Obscure Cemetery
PROBABLY THE OLDEST IN CABARRUS
THE EESTING-I'IjAOK OF THE MOXEKCS OF
THIS SECTION 13 VISITED BY A
STANDARD REPORTER.
In all ages the human family has
had to suffer the ravages of death.
Although our forefathers were gen
erally longer lived than we, yet they
succumbed to this mighly reaper.
In all ages, too. men have had agist
ing resect for those who have been
called away, and for that purpose
they have erected tombstones and
monuments to their memory. In
those years when the pioneers were
just beginning to open up American
territory, they established their
burying grounds at places which
would be the most accessible and
the most convenient to the thinly
settled neighborhood.. One of these
burying grounds, and the oldest in
the couny, if not in western North
Carol im, is the Spears graveyard, in
No. 1 township.
While .-pending a few days in that
vicinity recently, a Standard re
porter, accompanied by an aged lady
for a guide, visit d this ancient city
of the dead. The spot was reached
bv a very rough road which wound
around hills and across branches. It
is on a high hill which overlooks the
surrounding country. On one side
may be teen the large hiils which
hold Reeky river in its banks, at
your feet may be heard the merry
murmur of the water in Caldwell's
creek, and beyond this the country
seems to slope o!f into hills and val
!evs. A sdid rock wall, the founda
tion of which was laid i:i mortar, is
.-till standin;: iust as it v. as built
ion before me revolution, with now
and' then a broken gap which h:is
crumbled with age, r be n broken
by falling timbers. Large cotton
fields are cultivated around it, and
the road that hads to it is sj reldoiu
traveled that my guide, who was
once familiar with the set. ties, lo.-t
her wav and it was sometime before
we could locate the spot. When we
found it, we taw great big trees
standing in it, som? of them, doubt
less, being nouri.-h :.-d bv human
usf. Tall oaks cast, their shadows
over the graves ; large hickories with ;
autumn t: golden tints on their leaves,
give the place a melancholy appcar-
uiee; the roar of the winds in the
branches of big pines gives it a sad
wail, and a thick undt rgrow tn makes
it almost as dark as night.
We found the old gate-way, which
is on tlie nit sine, gaineu an en
trance and then made a survey of
the scenes within. Near the gate is
the grave cf Capt. Archibald Mc
Curdv, w.ho was an ollicer iuth--war
for independence. The next I came
to was the grave ot 31 rs. .Manna
Harris, who was buried in 1?.)?.
The headstone of this grave had a
lion standing detiautlv on each cor
ner, resembling the British lion. and
under it was this inscription, "Vivit
nost funera virtus." This tomb
stone was made of soapstone, aq ua--1
ry of which is found m a neighbor
ing hill. The graveyard is laid off
in squares, and ia each square is bu
ried the members of-each family.
Among them I notired the names of
the following families: Cochrane,
Davis, Morrison, Bradhaw, Simon.
Caldwell, Morgan, King, Kimmons,
Andrew, Gingles, Russell, Harris,
Wiley, Spears, Ross, Archibald, Mc-
Cprdv and Dorton.
A great manv of the tombstones
are made of soapstone rock. It ex
ists in large quantities near by, and,
as marble was scarce and costlv then,
soapstone was made use of. The in
scriptions were Cut by men who
knew how to do it, and are easily
read. The names and verses on a
great mauy of the stones are written
m old style English, and an "s is
almost like an "r." The style of
tombstone cutting is also very differ
ent from ours.
Near the center of the yard is the
g! avo of William Spears, who dona
ted i lie land for the cemetery. A
iarge toapstone slab marks his grave.
On it is carved the American eagle
with spread wings, and thirteen stars.
Just under, the eagle is "E l'luribas
Uuuni" cut in boid letters.' He was
born in 1731, and died oi March 2d,
1S03. He was a Revolutionary soN
dier. dust here an incident of his
life is recalled. While living in
Scotland, William Spears and Fran
cis Jewell were acquainted. In the
rush that wa3 made by the people of
the old country for America, Fran
cis Newell came to North Carolina
and settled in what is now No 10
township. Th following year Wil
liam Spears came over and settled
in what is now No. 1 township. Nei
ther knew the other was nearer than
Scotland. One morning in early
spring William Spears heard ihe
sound of an ax. There were no
white men in the County, and Spears
shouldered his gun and went to meet
the one who was using the ax. At
length he arrive I at the place and
there found his old acquaintance.
They spent the day in talking, and
then the Newell family went to
spend the night with did Spears
family. When they arrived there
they had a general re-union, which
hau more joy in it than anything
which they had experienced since
they left their native laud to setk
on j which had more liberty. .
Among f ie graves I fouuil where
Qiu of the Morgans, who had been
11
killed by a negro slave, was buried.
The negro murderer was hung for
Ids ugly crime, and his murdered
master was buried beside his dead
relatives, where his grave is kept
cleau, and has flowers placed upon
it often, by an old negro - woman, a
slave, who still survives.
The oldest, grave that I could lind
was that of Isaac Ross tlransr, and
was dated 1708. There are doubt
less others there much older than
this one.
Many of the marble headstones
were brought from Charleston and
were made by W. F. White. The
beating rains have washed some of
the inscriptions from the face of the
rock.
All over the cemetery is a green
carpet of box-vine which was plant
ed about the graves and has .grown
till it now covers the whole grave
yard. Why has this cemetery lost all of
its importance 'i Why is that wil
derness allowed to grow, and such
noble men and women as are buried
there allowed to till such obscure
graves 'i
Nuirll tl.Mts Winston.
The article below, from the Win
ston Daily, explains itself :
Yesterday a rumor became current
upon our streets that Rev. II. A.
Brown had dreamed during the past
week three nights in succession that
Winston would be destroyed by lire
on Sunf.ay the 21st of September,
and to this was added a statement
that Mr. Brown had r. Ceived a com
munication from the man who pre
dicted the' Johnstown disaster in
w hich lie prophesied something sim
ilar to Mr. Brown's dream. It was
even stt-tcd that Mr. Brown would
preach upon this subject at the
night service. This, of course, tend
ed to attract an unusual large c.owd
to his church last nig it, "jut many
were disappointed to find that he
made no reference whatever to the
matter. After service several took
the street cars and went down in
Salem as a City of Refuge and wait
ed until the hu;v of threatened dan
ger had past. Excitement ran quite
high among a few of the most credu
lous, in fact, w learn this morning
that some remained up aH night
through fear.
Rev. Mr. Brown came to us this
morning and assured us that he had
ha a no such dream, and was entirely
ignorant tiu.t any one hud even ac
cused him of sncii until this morn
ing, and he added further that if he
had have had such a dream he
would have attributed it to a supper
that disagreed wiiii him.
OT course .son:'1
rumor, but v ho ?
learn, but should
came from a soni c
one btarted the
We are tillable to
v lind that it
ft out which we
had a right to . pect la tter things,
and it was don simply to excite
people, we shall be Very apt to give
the party's name coupled with some
opinions of our own. It is a mat
ter no less strange io us than it is to
others why people w.ll allow them
selves to get so intensely excited over
ihe mere rumor of a dream of some
disaster, a disaster w hich would em
brace results that no
cvuld possible know.
finit
e muni
Ail Interest iiijc Cne.
At the special term of the Ala
mance court this week an interest-ingca-e
was tried. Last fall, when
the circus was in Burlington, a
great crowd assembled at Haw River
to take the train. The train was
jammed full, and the conductor and
engineer concluded not to s-top, and
went right on through, having a
m id crowd at the depot.
Forty-two of them brought suit
and placed their damages at $500
each. Tin; railroad company offered
to pay each one G",c. loe. for rail
road fare and 50c, which was the
amount most of them paid to go by
private conveyance to the circus.
The jury, under instructions from
the judge, gave the party in the case
tried 40c, as they paid only 25c. to
get to Burlington. State Chronicle,
The Tics That Riml.
Jame3 M. Brookshire and Miss
Etta B. Halliburton were united in
marriage at the. residence of Mr.R. V.
Walker in Asheville. The bride has
many friends here who wish her
much happiness. Clobe.
Mr. John Itockett, son of W. II.
Rocket, Esq., and Miss Bettie Cli .e,
one of Conover's most charming
daughters, will he married Thursday
at 3 o'clock. Hickory Dress.
Dallas Eagle : Mr. M. H. Augus
tus Surig and Miss Victoria J.Keagle
daughter of Mr. John R Neagle are
to be married to day. Mr. Surig is
a German and just came to this coun
try last year.
A Crofli.
There was a newspaper agent in Con
cord on Friday, lie is decidedly the
greenest man and tho biggest eater
in the whole South. He hails from
Georgia. He took no subscription
for his sheet, and in getting some
rncnev changed, he refused to take
a Congord National Dank bill he
wanted nothing with "Concord" on
it. When he boarded the train he
scraped all the dire off his feet,
That fellow ought to be shipped
home marked C. O. 1.
Birmingham, Ala., Septuiber 25.
Special. An attempt was made
last night to wreck the south bound
express train on the Louisville road,
near Falkville, lorty miles nortli ot
this city. A number of crossties
were piled across the track. They
were not heavy enough, and the pilot
of the engine knocked them off the
track without derailing the train.
This is the third attempt at train
wrecking on this division of the road
vridiin a few days.
Standard.
CONCORD, N. C. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 2,
Th dI owm.
AVe very much regret to see in some
of the religious papers of the coun
try a spirit of antagonism to frater
nal societies in which is frequently
seen the attempt to make believe
that these societies were alienating
men from the performance of their
Christian duties, and thus taking
away the usefulness and the growth
of the .churches.
The following extract from a long
article on this line in the Congrega
tion alist will give an idea:
"The lodge using the term to in
clude the meetings of various secret
orders will be found strongly in
trenched all through the country,
growing in numbers and power, and
everywhere detaching the devotion of
Christian men from th church, and
too often, we fc-ar, from straightfor
ward service of their master. Recent
figure.', carefully compiled, siiow
than Boston has 243 churches to 599
lodges: Brooklyn, 355 churches to
095 lodges ; Washington, 181 church
es to 31G lodges; Chicago, 381
churches to 1, OSS lodges, and the
same proportion obtains in other
cities."
Now, wi only speak for Odd Fel
lowship in reply to the above, and
we say it with till reverence and due
defen nee to the many branches of
the Christian church, that our
order is teaching, and ii endeavor
ing to practice fully what it teaches,
that "pure and undeliled religion
before Ood and the Father is this, to
visit the fatherless and the widows
in their aiuiotion; and to keep him
self unspoltcd from the world,
James 1 27. We have never yet
seen a man full cf the spirit of Odd
Fellowship, that was practicing its
teachings and living its principles,
that was not a better Christian, or a
betcr man by it. iVrhups one
eaue of men loving the judge bet
ter than their church, if such be the
case, is, that they lind more of the
solid feat Vies oF. rebgioii practiced
by their brethren of their lodge than
they do by the brethren of their
church. Men sit at church with
their brethren, in the fame pew dur
ing service, and bow in prayer Wy
the side o.' a man, and he a brother
that, they neve condescend to speak
to, much less try to comfort and to
build him up in the christian life;
but in his lodge he finds brethren
who sympathize with him and help
him over the rough road of lif.'.
Make the church nearer what it pro
fesses to be, and see how tint will
work on these, "aliens." Odd Fel
lows column News and Observer.
is ai;i.i:s h. m
A N KTIl CAROLINIAN Wli; HAS lll'.I.N
HKi!!LV IIONOI:EI.
The gentleman whoso name ap
pears at the h'ad of this article, hits
be n cleet ed (mml Sire of the Sov
ereign (irand Lodge, I. O. O. F.,
O
unanimously. This honor is one of
the greatest an American citizen can
wear. The total revenuo of tho or
der, of which he is the fuinreme
head, wiii approximate -S7, 000,0311,
and of this amount $3,000,00.) is ex
pended for the relief of sick and
woody members.' Mr. Busbeo is 15
years oM.
The Oil Well.
Some people think that because
the oil does not How m a solid
stream and by the barrel fulls from
the well of Mr. J. J. Phoenix, which
is only about 38 feet deep, that it is
a failure or a fraud. We wish to
say that the well has not been de
velooed whatever: no boring nas
been done, as Mr. l'lioenix is await
ing the analysis of Dr. Battle. In
the meantime lie is completing ar
rangements for sinking a test well
Men who know, tav that oil h
seldom ever found less than 1000
feet under the service, and at the
depth the Phoenix well is down,
nothing but the "signs" or "dhow
could possibly be looked for. It
would be a good idea for the
"croakers," instead of trying to dis
courage everything that shows any
signs of advancing the interest of
the citv. either to "put up" or "shut
up," and await the results of the ef
forts of more pushing' and liberal
minded men. In reporting the .But
ler field of Pennsylvania, the New
York Daily Commercial Bulletin
says : "The greatest surprise this
Held has had was the Griffiths and
Miller well. Yesterday noon, the
well was considered an A 1 duster,
and the, owners would gladly have
sold her at cost or less. It was de
cided to drill to fourth sand, and
just after dark the shell was cracked,
nnd when tools were drawn, the
well began flowing ; a gauge at noon
showing 2G inches in the tank."
Now, gentlemen, let the "oil well"
alone, (if you can't say something
in its favor,) and wait till :i test is
made. If it turns out a failure, yve
will acknowledge it then you can
fay "I told you so." Greensboro Pa
triot. Globe : The stale election in Geor
gia comes olf on the first Monday in
October. The entire Democratic
ticket will doubtless be elected bv
an increased majority over any
former state election. Georgia does
not propose to oe the hrst state lo
break the Solid South, but the last.
state sorts.
Ashevil lo Citizen : Frost was pre
dicted for today tho 25th. but has
failed to appear, though the weather
feels very frosty.
Evening Visitor: Wo have privi
lege to state upon authority that all
uniformed police from tho State, will
be admitted to State Fair grounds
fiee of charge.
Hickory Press: Another large
hotel is in course of erection at Blow
ing Rock. Messrs. Harper, Bern
hardt & Co.,of Lenoir, we understand,
are the juincipal parties interested
in the building.
Policeman liogue, of Raleigh,who
shot and killed u colored man while
making an arrest, ha;j been held for
murder. The grand jury has found
a true bill against him. The day for
trial has been set.
Morgauton Herald : Freight con
ductor. Crawford was badly hurt at
the W. N. C. depot last Monday eve
ning, a large box of bacon, w hich
was tiding taken from a car,fallingon
his leg and crushing it.
Lenoir Tropic : Just as we go to
pres3 we learn that in a drunken row
Monday night, in the vicinity of
Adderholt's distillery, John Hobbs
was cut by John Jolly and will prob
.i"u'.y die. Jci' nas run away.
Carolina Banner: In a difficulty
at Centre Blulf, Pitt county, on last
Friday, R. W. Smith received a pain
ful stab in the back from a knife in
the hand of Howell Hearne. Mr.
Smith is not seriously hurt and is
improving.
Morgauton Herald: Prof. A. L.
Butt has been exhibiting his celebra
atcd panorama of Bible scenes in
Morgauton this week to large crowds
of people. On Monday and Tues-
dav nights about 500 people went to
see the panorama.
Greensboro Patriot : Senator Z. B.
Vance spent last night in the city.
When asked by some one at the ho
tel how heavy he was, he replied
that he "did not know his weight
in pounds, but he was heavy enough
for an" Rad. lie had met yet."
Gaston Eagle : Mr. B. G. Bradley,
pr.diibitioniat, lias announced him
self as a candidate for the Legisla
ture. Mr. Bradley seems to have a
haukeriug for the Legislature, as he
ran for the. same ofiice on the prohi
bition ticket in lSSG, if we mistake
not.
Greejville Reflector : Mr. Johu
"lanagan is ahead with the largest
weet potato of the season that has
yet been reported. He kit one at
the Keiieetor oiiiee Monday that mea-
srves 2o incites in circumference
and weighs live pounds-. It was
raised in his garJen'plot here in town.
Mr. John Corbin, of Mill Shoal,
is eighty-live years out, lias rais
ed I t cnildren, has 71 grand-children,
125 great-grandchildren and 3
gn at-great great grandchildren. He
cultivated S acres of corn and 8 of
oats this vear, and a few davs ago
walked 1. miles in 5 hours Frank
lin Fivss.
Reidsville Review The great
object of the State- Convention of
Ditiocratie clubs, which convenes
iatRaleigh today is to boom Mr. Jul
ian S. Carr, of Durham, for Governor.
If such a movement is crowned with
success the Slate may well be proud
of its work. There is no one whom
N rth Carolina should be more
pleased to honor than her favorite
son.
benator ance will make some
twenty-live speeches in the State be
tween the end of September and
election dav. Senator Ransom has
promised to do the same thing.
Among the other speakers who will
rn nut-, under thi ntisnices of Die
democratic state executive committee
are T. J. Jarvis, A. Leazer, H. A
Gudge, 0. W. McClammy.R. B.Glenn
R. T. Bennett and T. M. Holt.
Raleigh Visitor: Near the mouth
of Neuse river, on the south side,
bears are reported very numerous
and troublesome. They have killed
three hogs belonging to Mr. W. M.
Lincoln, and several belonging to
three other farmers in the neighbor
hood, and another farmer, Mr. C. II.
Sanborn, is losing hogs nearly every
day. One of the bears killed some
time ago weighed 3S0 pounds.
Hickory Press: It is a great sin
that people will slander each other
rather than learn the truth. Some
months ago a misstep and a fall
caused a premature birth and
immediately the devil in several vol
umes began his work of slandering
an innocent mother. Such liars
have lived in the world since the days
of Susannah and will we fear, Uuti
the devil gets them to their own
place.
Nashville Argonaut: In 1SSS,
Mr. Lawson Knot of Granville comi
ty, bought GOO acres of land in this
county, and from his first year's crop
on o0 acres, he made more than
enough t j pay for the laud, besides
paying all expenses. This year his
hts on less than 50 acres will be
over 10,000. mis liuormation
comes direct from Mr. Knott him
self, who is a man of the highest
character aud whose statements can
be implicitly relied upon.
New Berne Journal : Mr. F. T.
Banks, who lives near Arapahoe,
Pamlico county, was bitlen by a rat
tlesnake while helping a neighbor
raise a barn a few days ago. The
snake was under a plank which was
overturned. The snake ran under
the barn after biting Mr. Banks
and was there killed by Rev. Mr
I'arsons, uiscipie minister, wnn a
shotgun. The snake had thirteen
rattles ana a outton. xne bite is
on the calf of the leg, and Mr. Banks
is yery low and not expected to live
1890.
The graded schools of Raleigh
have enrolled 1,487 pupils.
Mor?antou Herald: Work on
the Y. M. C. A. hall and tabernacle
should be j u shed at once. $5,000 is
a neat sum to begin with.
. The Durham Globe says: Night
before last a man was locked up in
the guard house. He broke the
water pipe and deluged the house,
and then yelled fire. An officer ran
to his rescue anil found him stand
ing in water shoe-mouth deep, and
had to let him go on his own recog
nizance to keep him from drowniug.
Greensboro Workman : We have
been informed, by a Raleigh man
that there are five or six cascB for
divorce pending in the Wake coun
ty court. This has certainly been a
fruitful year of domestic disturb
ances in Wake, unless our informant
is in error in regard to the number of
dissatisfied people with their mar
riage relations.
Two colored women diad quite a
serious affray yesterday morning on
Brunswick street concerning a man.
Both of them were somewhat intox
icated. The set !.o resulted in a
badly cut eye for one and the other
had two of her fingers nearly bitten
oif. The belligerents were before
Justice George L. Morton Thursday,
but the examination was suspended
until today. Wilmington Messen
ger.
Morganton Herald: Another se
cret marriage has leaked out in Mor
gauton, and this time Mr. Jacob
Parson, who has charge of the Asy
lum dairy, and Miss Ottie Sherman,
of Morganton, are the contracting
parties. The marringe was perform
ed by Rev. J. N. Payne on the bank
of Wilson's mill pond, on the 4th day
of May last, and was not made public
until last luesday. 1 hey have owned
up now, and are living happily as
two birds on a bough.
Durham Sun : The Sun wa3 ten
dered a serenade last night by the
tnng band. The music was heartily
enjoyed and we thus desire to make
our acknowledgements to the gentle
men for their kindness. Jitn Davis
played the first violin; Turk Davis
md ooun Mc.ui nnin seconds; J. L.
CJates au.l A. L. Wiggins guitars;
and Herman Dowdee piccalo. They
made music just as good as we wish
to hear.
Stale Chronicle: There was a
bad light yesterday just below Bled
soe's grve between Hubert Warren
and Frank Glenn. The trouble
seems to have arisen out of some trou
ble over the visits which Glenn had
been paying at Warren's house. It
is stated that the two men fought
nearly an hour, and finally Warren
got Glenn's head under his arm tiDd
cut it u ji terribly with a short hick
ory stick. Both men were arrested.
Glenn was badly hurt, the blood run
ning irom his head down into his
shoes.
Durham Globe: Fourteen young
men from the law school at the Uni
versity passed through to.-day on
their way to Raleigh to get license
to practice law. A Globe man knew
nearly all of them, aud wagers
S4.50 against a pewter sixpence that
they will all get their "sheepskins."
What, all these attorneys thrust at
one time on a suffering people, did
you ask? Beg pardon, it's just the
other way. All ihese suhenug at
torneys are trust on the people at
one time. G'luck, boys.
Greensboro Patriot: Prof. Henry
L. Smith, who l as been solicitin
aid for the Davidson College gymua-
v r n a troll Knii.itnn-
Ol U 111 tlUU J. HI. V .AV XJ.U11 LUliUlilQj
3a ys he lias met with unusual gene
rosity. He wanted $3,000, but he
has already received subscriptions to
the amount of S3,500, for the build
ing alone, and the Faculty and stu
dents have subscribed $250, for
fitting up the gymnasium, and sever
al small amounts have been sent in
with which the Y. M. C. A. Hall
will be partially fitted up. This
hall will have an asssmbly room,
parlor, &c. Prof. Smith is just
beaming on account of the good for
tune of Davidson, his favorite col
lege.
Wilmington Messenger: Very
large schools of skipiack, or blue
fish, are reported as on their way
down the coast and ought to be off
Wrightsville and Masonboro now
I'hey were opposite Atlantic City
last Saturday, running South, close
in shore aud feeding on small mul
lets and mossbunkers. They bit
freely and thousands were caught
with the hook and line. Ihe sport
was so great that storekeepers locked
their doors and went out to catch
blue fish. A great mauy here are
on tne lookout lor mem on our
coast, and they too hope to enjoy
the sport.
Durham Sun:
Last evening, about
8 o'clock, just this side of Eno river
bridge the construction train on the
Lynchburg and Durham happened
to a very unaccountable accident, by
which George Cooper, a colored cook,
lost his life and one or two others
were slightly injured. The train
was running at a very slow speed,
about four miles anhous, on a
straight piece of - road, which passed
through a cut. "When it got in the
cut, the rearer truck of the rearer
car, from some unexplaiuable cause,
jumped out, and the car was twisted
around against the cat embankment.
George Cooper was in this car, and
he unfortunately jumped out on the
side in which the car was going and
was crushed between tne bank and
car. He lived but a short time after
the accident. Another party in the
next car, front, jumped out and
struck a pile of rocks, considsrally
bruising himself. The accident is
not attributed to any carelessness or
neglect, but the unaccountable jump
ing of the truck from the track.
WHOLE NO. 151.
NEWS OF THE DAY.
A cat over a pan of fresh mil
might be called a lap of luxury.
Columbia, S. C, Sept. 24. E
the Democrats of the 7ih district
The Democratic primaries in
Philadelphia passed oil" quietly, a
slight vote being-polled except: in
the third congressional district,
where Mr. McAleer's friends won.
It has been discovered that under
the constitution of the new state of
Wyoming the late election is partly
invalidated, and that probably no
general election in 1802 can be held.
Rock Hill, Sept. 25. John Rat
teree's livery stable, occupied by
Neely & Fewell,was burned here this
afternoon about 2 o'clock. The loss
is about oue thousand dollars, fully
covered by insurance.
Vienna, Sept. 24. The miners on
strike number 5,000. Troops have
taken possession of the mines. The
soldiers have made several charges
on disorderly crowds, and many ar
rests have been made.
The ocean steamer, New York,
has just won the race across the At
lantic, beating the Teutonic by only
21 minutes, and coming within 3G
minutes of the best eastward record
of 5 day?, 22 hours and 50 minutes.
Fort Monroe, Va., Sept. 25. Fire
at Hampton last night destroyed
Blackmor's feed store and Hardens
residence, on King Street, und broke
the plate-glass fronts in Schentz and
Slaughter's block. " The loss was
$5000.
London, Sept. 24.-Suakim advices
report ti.at the famine in the inte
rior is terrible. Thousauds are dy
ing oi starvation. Lara vans are
plundered by the desperate natives
to obtain food, and the owners are
murdered if they resist.
Williamsburg, va, Sept. 25.
Colonel W. C Carrington, ex-mayor
of Richmond, Va., died here tonight,
after an illness lasting several weeks.
The colonel had served Richmond as
chief magistrate for six consecutive
terms, and was very popular, and
was widely known. Iliseniains will
taken home for interment.
Philadelphi?. Sept. 24. In the
case of Charles A. Reutzen, one of
the peddlers of the Krentzer Sonata,
who had been arrested on the charge
of selling obscene literature, Judge
Thatcher today rendered an opinion
in which he decided that the accused
had committed no offense, and the
judge excused them.
total number of immigrants ar
rived at the ports of the United
States from the foreign countries,
except the Dominion of Canada and
Mexico: For August, 1800, 37,387,
against 31,148; for two months end
ed August 31, 1800, 72,084, against
04,202 ; for eight months ended Aug
ust 31,1800, 335,021,against 300,203
for the same time last vear.
Binghamton, N. Y., Sept. 25. At
yesterday's election here over 500
women casi their ballots, the largest
vote of the women ever polled.
Active electioneering was indulged
in by many of the ladies and several
;eadmg society women voted. Ihe
good order which the attendance of
wemien at the polls produced, was
generally commanoed.
Richmond, Va., September- 25.
A special from Lexiugton tonight
says two cadets at the Virgina Mil
litary Institute F.W. McConnico,
of Texas, and W. T. Taliaferro, of
Gloucester county, Virginia today
enraged in a personal encounter, m
which fifteen rounds were fought.
Two hours afterwards Taliaferro
died, it is presumed, irom the pun
ishment received at the hands of Mc
Connico. The affair has cast a gloom
over the entire community.
The Lynchburg News of Thursday
says : Captain John C. Brain, of Mo
bile, Ala., formerly a gallant officer
of the Confederate btates navy, row
representative of the Walker syndi
cate of London, has secured all of
the idug tobacco factories of this
city for his srndicate and is now en
gaged in an effort to secure the leai
factories and warehouses. Captain
Brain says the Walker syndicate has
a capital of ten millions pound sterl
ing, or nearly $50,000,000.
The National Smokeless Powder
Co. has been organized in New York
with a capital stock of $750,000 with
B. R. Cod wise, president, and t. Lu
Kellog, vice-president and manager.
This company has, we understand,
purchased the patents on smokeless
blasting powder, which, it seems,
promises to revolutionize the blasting
powiler DUSmess. it is reporieu mm
the company has purcnasea large
tracts of land in Southwest Virginia
and West Va. on which to erect mills
to manufacture this blasting and
high explosive powder. Baltimore
Manufacturers Record.
Among the several replies to Mr.
Bellamy's noted book, "Looking
Farther Forward," by Ricnard Mich-
aelis, must be accounted the best,
for besides aboundiug in criticism it
starts from the impregnable stand
point that no change of circumstan
ces can annihilate the fixed passions
of humanity as a body. It is not a
charming story like "Looking Back
ward." Although there are some
incidents from the lives of Mr. Bel
lamy's supposed characters, the bulk
of the book consists ot arguments
the speakers being Professor Juhau
West, of Shawmut College, aud his
predecessor, a Mr. Forest, who had
been degraded to the position of
janitor for having introduced much
of the logic of the niuteeath century
into his lectures, thereby making
the students dissatisfied with the al
ledged millennial status or the new
era. The author is editor of Chicago
Freie Presse.
11m-
ott, who was unseated by the House
of Representatives yesterday, was to
day renominated by acclamation by
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State Convention or Democratic Claim
Extracts from the State Chronicle
of speeches made :
HON. "BUCK" KITCUEX TALKS
Mr. Kitchen's committee brou ght
hi m in and he talked. That means
he said something. He said he felt.
so good he didn't know how to he-
gin, lie was delighted to look into
the faces of such a glorious and
good assembly.
He said : "Some of you may haye
kept closely up with the work of
Senator Vance in your behalf. Some
of you have not. I have, I have
watched him closely. I have known
him to stand between us and op
pression ever since he entered Con
gress. 1 here has never been an ef
fort on the part of Radicalism to
inundate us with shame, humilia
tion or oppression, that the body of
"Zeb" Vance has wot opposed be
tween it and us, and that his voice
was not heard in earnest and solemn
protest against the advance of that
wave upon us.
Mr. Kitchen expressed his con
tempt for the white man who refused
to vote for that party which made
the country tolerable for all men of
every color. He had heard that in
Wake county there were white men
who professed to be Democrats, who
had declared that they were going to
vote for some man who was running
for office as a Radical. " Is that so ?
Oh! My countrymen is that so? If
it be so, and you will send one of
those men up here and he will kneel
by this musical instrument, (organ)
I will offer a prayer in his behalf.
If I fail to convert him, I will call
on the United Mates benator to
plead for him. If the Senator fails
to reclaim him, then I will call on
a committee to bring in a parson to
plead with him. If that should fail
to redeem that straying soul, then I
would cast him into outer darkness
where there shall be wailing and
gnashing of teeth, and let him go to
the dogs where he belongs."
MR. EEDDINttFIELD.
Mr. E. C. Beddingfield was called
up. lie is secretary ot the otate Al-
lance, but he said he came into the
convention as plain Eugene Bed
diuglield. In the course of his re
marks he said that he recognized
that all the freedom and all the
liberties we had arose from the prin
ciples on which the Democratic party
was based. There was oppression
now, and if relief was desired and
wished for there could be no diviion
among white men. They must 6tand
solidly and unitedly together.
He referred to benator V ance, and'
pointing to his name said : "There is
lus name. Four-f ths of his name
is in the "Alliance"; and I am ready
to say that I recognize and believe
that four-fifths of this great man's
life work has been for the interest
of the people who compose the mem
bership of the farmers Alliance.
Mr. Beddingfield favored a system
of primaries by which every man
could have a free expression of
chcice. By this means only could
good men be nominated. When
once nominated, they must be elected
and therefore good men must be pnt
before the people.
Lotteries And The Mails.
New Orleans, La,, Sept. 22. The
Anti-Lottery law passed by Congress
ast week has had a wonderful ettect
on the New Orleans Post Office, and
its busines has decreased so that a
reduction in the force has become
necessary. Although the law has
been in operation only a few days,
the business in the registry and
money order departments has shrunk
30 to 40 per cent. It is estimated
by the Post Office inspectors that
this business will snrinK aitogeincr
two-thirds in consequence of deny
ing the lottery the use of the mails,
and that the general business of the
office will decline over 33 percent.
This will, of coarse, entail a reduc
tion in the number of clerks.
Postmaster Eaton expresses regret
at this, but says it w unavoidable.
He anticipates no trouble over tne
enforcement of the law, as the man
agers of the lottery company have
given him notice that they have in
structed their people not to violate
the law, but to use the express com
panies. When the Anti-Lottery law
was signed the Louisiana Lottery
Comnanv discharged all its mailing
clerks on the ground that it no lon
ger had need for them. It has since
taken them back, explaining that
it has made other arrangements tor
transacting the business, which will
necessitate their services. It is un
derstood that this . arrangement is
with the express companies, which
have con). ,'"Ti jo handle its money
busiuess."i,1iails, however, seem
to be thoroughly closed to the lot
tery. Indeed, the company is maK-
ing no attempt to evade the law, at
though there is talK or testing
its
constitutionality in the courts.
Hard Seine.
"If anyliody comes to Lexington
with the view of starting any kind
of an enterprise, don't talk to him
so that he will think he had struck
the wrong place. Talk up your
town in every way. If you don't,
depend upon it, nobody else will."
The above from the Lexington
Dispatch has the right ring about it
The same i3 true of enterprises as
well as persons. You are pulling
the right string, brother; pull it
hard. We need more public spirit
in every town and in every neigh
borhood. We need the good, honest
spirit that prompts us to not only
wish but encourage eucces3 for
every undertaking that means enter
prise and g03d to the public.
Remember The Standard does
any and all kinds of job work in
hSit- class styUand at living prices