THE ST&I1D&RD.
1(AK(HT PAPER
ri-HLlSlIKD IN CONCORD.-
l0TAlXS MOKE HEADING
MATTER THAN ANY OTHER
PAT Ell IN THIS SECTION.
rxMu chick.
A(.hrlsUiinwMory of IMnntntiou Day.
Vn oM m si'(1. Hie owner of a well
-uMivatnl Irtnu, bai wuu a numuer
of las srivnd-rhildren in front of a
blrtii"-' tire of hickory logs. Christ
cl.t 'time was drawing near aud on
the children's fact-s happy fancy had
ilravn pictures of bright eagerness.
vu, old man ha.i ;ust put some
fwi't-t potatoes ia the lire to roast
when a ' said: "Gran dady, tell
H (ibout er Chris Ws er long time
fi'sjo. 't'o' de wall, w'en you wuz er
slUuL! we Lad Chris'musses sbo
iiuiY in dem days, but I reckon da
yet ri d happier cnze I wuz youngr at
,le time- I btrlouged ter er ole man
jia-ned Jehu I'eter Thomas. He
wii'n t er bad pueson, but he had er
luirhtv heep o' cuis ways erbout
liiin. I rick'lecks one Chiis'muss in
je specially. Ole in. rster he pot
iuttr trouble wid de church, He
been er mighty man in de con
pHVUtiou furuishe I all de wood
fur ter keep de house wa'ui, an' ole
mistiss she mighty nigh alius baked
Jt- vickeruient bread.
' One day de preacher an' I neher
did like de man, he wuz so stuck up
torrid marster'8 boss ter ride ter
town, au I leekon he muster sot
drr.uk ur suthiu', fur w'en h got
luii k de boss wuz putty nigh dead,
1 had been ruuned so hard. Mars-
u-r didn't like it er tall, au' he gun
ter talk te-i de preacher er bout it.
au' de preacher he t:i!k porter short,
an deu luarster wiiupped ui.u, whup
ud him awful, too- vVnl!. de church
tuck it up.au ni ir t-i got inter er
quarrel wid de hea.) men au bless
o hearts.da turned inarsterout. It
tickled de niggers, but you better
blebe da soon gunter laugh on de
vuder side da mouths. Ole marster
Le lowed dathe wuz done wid 'ligion
dut he wan't eben gwine ter keep
Chris muss. Dis made us look pow
eiful blue, I tell you. We had been
in de habit o restin' an 'joyin' our
st'jsfur er whole week- All we'd
hatter do wuz ter git uo er null'
w ood ter last er week, an den we'd
. be ez free ez birds. We'd roam ober
de coi ntry an ketch rabbits, an hunt
possoms at right an hab dances
wid de gals, au jes' hab er high time
all 'roun'. Cut all dis wuz gwine
be stopped. De ole man wuz gwine
make us work all through de Chris
muss. "Dar wuz er fort o' Guinea nigger
libed in the cabin next ter mine- He
wuz er mighty funny pusson, an da
called him Chuck. WU, atter we
loun' out de tl ing had dun been
settled an' dat we wan't gwine ter
get no Chris'musB, I went inter
Chuck's cabin one night ter greave
wid him as I had dun greaved wid
all de yuuers. Chuck be wuz er
setting' by de fire makin' ar cross
bow.
' 'Whut you gwine do wid dat ?
says I.
" 'Shoot rabbits wid it durin de
Clris'niuss, 6ays he.
" W'y doan you know dat ole
marster ain't gwine gin us no Chris'
muss?'
" 'No, I loan know dat.'
" 'Wall, it's time you wuz ei find'
in out-'
" 'Oh, no 'tain't. Ole mars thinks
he ain't gwine gin us no Chm'niuss,
but he is.
" 'How you know?'
" 'Xeber inine suthin' 'dun been
er whisnerin' ter me.'
" 'Yas. an will whisper er long
time 'fo you Bhoot no rabbits wid
dat ar cross bow duri'i' d.a here
comin' ChrisVuuss.'
" 'All right, ef you think so, hub
it to' own way, but I tell you dat
dis is goiu' ter be one de mos' 'joy
able Chris'inusses you eber seed-'
" 'I doan know how it gwine
come,' says I.
" 'Oh, mebby not, but you ain't
er very smart pusson. no cow.'
"I thought de Guinea nigger had
dun los his mine, an I got up an
went ter my cabin an lay down,
mighty sorrerful-
"De next day marster tole me dat
Le want me ter go up ter town wid
Liui ter stan bet bine his cheer an
. wut on him at de hotel table, er
habit dat de white folks hab in dem
days, an 1 thought dat atter we got
out on de road I would had er
chance ter tolk him outen dat 'cision
dat he dun cum ter in de regards ter
Chiis'muss. But somehow I didn't
hub de nerve ter mention it ter him
ez we was gwine, an den I 'lowed
ter merse'f dat I wait till we come
back.
"It wuz putty late in de night ez
we rode toward home- Dar had
been er little skift o' snow, an de
yeth looked like er sheet dun been
spread out on it. Every thing wuz
60 ghost-liue dat I didn't see Low he
could git mad at me fur talk in' ter
him, so I says, says I: "Marster,
Chiis'muss will soon be yere, won't
it?'
" 'Hush yo' mouf,' says be; 'dar
ain't no sicher thing ez Chiis'muss.
Dar uster be, but dar ain't dow.'
" 'I thought it waz gwine keep on
jes' like it alius did,' says I.
" 'Doan make no difiunce whut
you thought an mo'n dat, ef you
war ernuther word on dat subjeck
I'll make you git offen dia hoss (I
wuzridin' behin'him) an walk home.'
"You better blebe I hushed up.
It waz monstuss skcery right er long
dar, an I woulder tuck r duck lit ef
he hader made me git down.
"Wail, we turned off inter a skirt
o' woods, an lid er long whar de
trees hung low ober de road. Putty
Boon I think my blood gwine ter
freeze. Er voice frum it seemed like
x way up yanier call out:
" 'John Peter Thomas, John Peter
Thomas.'
" 'Whoa,' says ole mare. 'Who
dat call me?'
" 'John Peter Thomas, John Peter
Thomas. '
" Mussyful Lawd, who dat callin'
me? sklatned de old man, an be
socked de Bpurs in dehors, anerway
he went down de road. Dar wuz er
big bend in de road, an marster kep'
ridiu' wid his head tucked down, an
not sayin' a word till we got roun
lat bend, an den, jest ez he guutor
talk ter me in er skeered sort o way,
yere ccme de voice ergin. Dis time
it say: John Peter Thomas, John
Peti-r Thomas, you kaiu't run erway
";! me. Stop.
.''You better blebe he stopped
right dar in de road, er ehakin' all
ober.
" 'John Peter Thomas, John Peter
1 bourns, wharfo you gwine treat
dem po' culled folks bo? I'se got
mv eye on you, John Peter Thomas,
a you better look out. Doau fur
Pt 'em on de day o de Chris'muss,
John Peter Tboinad.'.
"Den de voice hushed an ole mars
ter groaned. Atter while we rid on,
an bimeby the ole puson said:
ti&ke, doan you say er word o' whut
AOL. III. NO. 50.
has took place ter night. I wuz jest
er loolin 'bout you folks not habin
nr Chria'musS.'
"I wau't gwine say nuthin fur I
wuz mighty mgn sKeerea outen my
raw hide shoes, I tell you; tin y,en
I got ter my cabin I wuz so 'cited
dat I bumped bof sides o' de, do' ez
I went in- De next day marster call
us all up an say: 'I'se mighty sorry
dat you thought I wan t gwine gin
you no i ollerday. Wy de Lawd
know I lub you, an 'stead o' habin'
er week, w'y bless yo' souls, you
may hab two.' He looked at me
w'en he say dis, but he ueeter, fur I
wan't gwine ter say a word, de Lawd
know'd, fur I wan't done bein'
skeered at dat miuit.
"Dar wuz er mighty beep o' hap
piness in de quarter dat night, an
while I wuz settiu' by de fire, mos'
ieady ter go ter bed, who should
come in but old Chuck.
" 'Whut I tell you?' says he.
" 'You tole me de truf au' nuthin'
shorter, but I 'clar I thought you
dun los' yo' mine. Say, ef you swar
you neber mention it J will tell you
suthin. Will you swar?
'Yas ' sav he. 'I will swar.
Den I tole him whut Lad happen
ed, on den he say: "Ef you swar not
ter say nuthin I'll tell you suthin'.'
hwo.e, an deu he laughed like he
gwiue take er tit an atter he gat able
which peered ter be er monstuslong
time, he wuz so tickled, he say, he
i-i 4Xr - I. 14 1. U .n
uia: Aian up a ueuuiu tree,
haw. White man an er nigger come
lidiu' er long. Mau upde tree called
denameo'de white man. White
man gits skeered an' gallops his
boss. Mau drapped down outen de
tree cuts through de woods, gits
iuter er nuder tree ahead o'de white
man, au gins him fome-haw, er
haw so ne advice. Whitt man. de
next day, call up de niggers ter he,
lie tou know de rest.'
"Wall, chillun," the old man con-.
tiuued. "I sot dar er lookin at
Chuck, an er thiukin' dat he wuz
sartiuly de smartest pussou 1 eber
seed in my hie, an 1 sometimes won
ders whut he would er been ef be
haderliben. Po' ole man- One
Chiis'muss we laid him down under
c.e big red oak tree. lake yere.
lr: -me eit deze sweet taters outen
de tire.'' Opie P. Read, in Detroit
Free Press.
It Wim Another Chap.
For some time past a San Fran
cisco Matrimonial IJuretu man has
been causing the Baron Von Malt-
zahn, who recently married Mi-s
Maggie McDowell, of Charlotte, a
great deal ot annoyance, it seems
that the smoke has all cleared a av,
and the Baron comes out unhurt
We clip the following from the
Charlotte Chronicle, which explains
the whole thing:
Baron Hermann Von Maltzahn,
who was married here to Miss Mag
gie McDowell, of Charlotte, last
week, has been seriously annoyed by
the escapade of a young man in Ber
lin by the same name.
There are several baronial families
by the name of Von Maltzahn in
Germany, and the gentleman rece .tly
married here has been mixed up with
one by his name who last year an
swered the advertisement of an al
leged Matrimonial Bureau in San
Fraucisco.
When the marriage here was pub
lished, a California comspondent
uoiiced the similarity of names be
tween the Charlotte groom and the
man who had written to the bau
Erancisco Matrimonial Bureau, tele
graphed the letter to the New York
World. Th-.t paper inune '.iately
connect! the names as one indi
vidual. As soon as the Barou saw the
World article, he promptly estab
lished the fact to those interested
that he not only had never written
such a letter, but that he had ntvt-r
been dismissed from the Prussian
army, as the same paper had said,
for writing the letter ; that he had
resigned as an officer of the Prus
sian army to marry Miss McDowell ;
and that on his resignation, he was
tendered a position as consul in Nor
way, which he de lined in def -rence
to the wishes of his expected bride,
who did not desire to live in Nor
way. To add to the embarrassment, a
story went out from Charlotte about
an alleged correspondence between
the bride's brother aud the groom
about the respective financial condi
tion of the contracting parties The
brother denies the statement, and
thus another unfortunate feature in
the affair is eliminated.
Disturber of Worship.
The pastors of the churches here
have determined to break up the
disorderly conduct that frequently
prevails here during religious wor
ship, and by which both minister
and congregation aro disturbed, llev.
It. 1$. John recently preached a ser
mon in which he touched at some
length upon this. Sunday night
Rev. A. D. Hunter had to stop after
taking his text and send one of the
deacons out to stop 6ome boys who
were very noisy about the door.
Again during the sermon he was
disturbed by their noise and says he
is not going to submit to it at another
service. If some boys in town are
not better looked after by their par
ents and learned not to disurb
worship, there are going to be court
costs aud fines for somebody to pay
There are some almost grown girls,
too, that need to be learned how to
behave themselves tter getting in
church, ' This is too enlightened an
age for such conduct to be genteel.
Greenville Reflector.
The Concord Standard tell3 "Two
Whoppers" rivalling Joe Mulhat
ton in fiction and yet doubt3 the
truth of the mild wire grass state
ments published in the Day. Editor
Cook is very, very cheeky. Oxford
Day.
Pshaw, brother 1 You don't know
what you are'talking about' This
climate ana soil up here beats the
world and can produce whoppers
no little wirey things about it.
E
FROM ASH EY I LIE.
! Most of the nelegatea Have Arrived,
and OtherM Coming In- The Dur
ham (lobe Man There Every
thing In a Happy t'omlfttoit.
Editorial Correspondence.
Asheville, Dec. 1C, 1890.
It is a grand section this moun
tain section is !
Asheville is on her p's and q's ;
hustling humanity ia hustling to
make the entertainment of the large
crowd of delegates already here, with
every train increasing the number.
I met Awful Funny Al Fair-
brother, of the Durham Globe. He
claims to be 29 years of age, but we
don't believe he's that young; he
wears a churn, broad and very long
roots; his head is a 7 ; he looks
like Sam Jones and just as witty ;
he's always in a fighting attitude aud
chews "pig-tail tobacco." He's a
desperate eater, and has pocketed
our pipe. Last time seen here, he
was wading snow, blood in his eye,
and looking tor the Citizen man,
whom he seeks to devour. That man
Fairbrother is a terror.
It is snowing here with a vim,
and everybody is bragging on the
weather. Hundreds are wearing
silken ribbon badges " Member
Southern Inter-State Immigration
Convention."
The Deputy Sheriff and "we" are
comfortably quartered at the elegant
and hospitable home of Mr. A. 1.
Summey, whose better-half is a na
tive of Cabarrus county aud the
pioneer section.
Several men along t lie Western
North Carolina Kail road, where the
trains stopped, enquired if there was
a middle-aged bachelor on the train
Ironi Concord ; they said he was a
physician, had auburn hair, was fen
derly built and wanted to buy a
horse we've been wondering who
he is.
A young shoe manufacturer of
Concord is remembered here as hav
ing walked over the mountains, fear
ing to ride dow n Hound Kuob.
The convention opens at 10 a. ni.
tomorrow, at which time most of the
delegates are expected to be present.
When we become '-thawed" up
and adjusted to circumstances, some
thing further w.ll be given.
t.ot the Irop on Him.
John Z. Neal, who shot and killed
Liville Eller in Ashe, is under arrest
and goes to and from his business in
Jefferson with a guard. Eller was a
"bud" man. Soon after his brother
was killed and his band of rohbeis
broken up he left the country for the
West, but soon came back, and
tboilirll he was outlawed ami hnd a
price put upon his head, he went in
and out among his neighborhood,
about nine miles from Jeffersou,
uear the Thomas Springs, as if he
were not afraid of molestation.
He had backed down squads of
three men attempting to airest him
more than once. He registered and
voted at the lat election, remaining
around the polls all day. At the
I last tax paying he paid his t ixes and
shook hauds with the she. ill, who
had a warrant for his arrest in his
pocket. Nea', who had been in his
company for several hours previous
to the killing, but never could get
the "drop" on him till they reached
a county liquor shop. Neal drew
his pistol on Eller in front of the
goocery, when Eller dodged inside,
Neal followed. On going it Neal
saw Eller levelling his pi3tol at him
but he was too quick for the desper
ado and brought him down. Lenoir
Topic.
Two Mi.-hirander Believed to Have
Discovered a ( lire Tor Consumption.
Detroit, Mich., Dec. 18. Two of
the foremost physicians of Michigan
announced yesterday that they have
discovered a consumption cure whose
efficacy is be)ond question. The
medical men who have thus distin
guished themselves are Dr. E. L.
Shurley, principal physician of the
Harbor Hospital, and Dr. H. Gibbs,
of the Michigan University, of Ann
Harbor.
For over two years these two doc
tors have bent all their energies to
the discovery of a cure, and not un
til yesterday, when the success of
their labors was beyond a doubt,
they announced it.
j. he theory upon which this work
had been carried on does not har
monize with that advanced by Dr.
Kocli. The hospital has spent $12,
000 in perfecting arrangements for
tho cure, and success at last seems
to have been reached. A dozen cases
attest the efficiency of the treat
ment. The most marvelous feature is the
cure of Miss Jackson, of Wind
sor, who was taken to the hospital
in a dying condition, in an ambu
lance seven weeks a.o, and yesterday
on beiDg discharged as cured, walked
two miles to her home apparently re
stored to health. Both Dr. Shurley
and Dr. Gibbs stand high in their
profession, and Michigan physicians
regard their cure as the great dis
covery of the century.
The Citizen Xatlonal Alliance.
Emporia, Kas., Dec. 16. Presi
dent Holden, of the National Farm
ers' Alliance, has returned from
Ocala. lie says that the Citizen
National Alliance will be a select
political organization, similar to the
Farmers' Alliance, and its member
ship will be drawn from people in
cities and towns, who sympathize
with the larmers Alliance.
Ralph Brumont, the prominent
Knight of Labor from New York,
is largely responsible for its forma
tion. The headquarters will le
opened at Washington, and a naiional
organ established. Mr. H ldeu says
there are two Citizen Alliances now
in Kansas.
Stan
CONCOED, N. C, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 25,
lAXB AS AX I.WESTMEST.
Paper Seeurttte Lowing; Clround.
The great Farmers' Alliance and
Industrial Union, Ocala, Fla., has
unanimously agreed to petition Con
gress to remove the restriction from
laud as a basis of banking. The
failure of the famous house of Bar
ing Brothers with fifty million of
South American stocks and bonds
(supposed to be safe and guaranteed
by them) has at last shaken the faith
of the commercial world in all paper
securities, and turned money lenders
and investors to land, as the only
real stronghold of financial safety.
At the same time the Financial
Chronicle shows that this country
is gradually letting un on fctate,
county, municipal and other public
or corporate securities. I hat the
amount has decreased relatively)
rather than increased with the
growth of trade and wealth, and
they are loudly denounced as the
ready means of the Wall street
harpers for creating combines and
corners, often followed by universal
panic and lasting depress ons.
And still again conies the North
American lie view with an article
showing that the over-production
in secnn'ies" has Ld to world-wide
speculation and demoralization. And
rather curiously follows the "Spirit,
of the South," (of Richmond count)-,
in this State,) with the broad charge
that Ihe "hard times" are largely
due to the wild, wasteful mania for
Life and Fire Insurance. And more
curiously still he miotcs "an aired
capitalist of Charlotte," ;s the
author of this ide;u But the world
moves and the leaders of great agri
cultural classes are bringing the
industrial interest rapidly to the
front.
We would advise all w ho can to
secure at once either a "tow n lot or
a "spot of land" as the best of all
coining investments. "X" in Meck
lenburg Times,
Nlttintf Hull Dead.
La Crosse, Wis., Dee. Hi. A dis
patch was received by Mr. Frank
Powell late last night -from
l'idge agency, asking if Col.
Bine
Cody
had left this point, and stating that
tien. Carr would go to the field
to-day witn the sixth cavalry to o.xn
tne campaign.
Col. Cody will leave here f r
North Platte, Nebraska, this morn
ing land says that he will take no
part ' in the canii nign, unless the
Nebraska State militia is ordered
out, r he receives instructions fro a
the War Department.
A tvlpjrani from Chicago announc- I J
ing the death of Sitting Bull undf
his son, was received by Col. Cody
last night. "If the report is true,"
he said, "it will take but a short
time to end the Indian trouble. In
the death of Sitting Bull the Indian
tribes of America have lost their
head."
Arrest of a orlb Carolina Murderer.
Norfolk, Va., Dec. 10'. Kind) Free
man, the negro who kdled and Mr.
Mrs. W. Atk.ns, at Vuland-r, N. C,
on the Norfolk and Carolina road, on
the night of the 1th of October, was
arrest id tonight just outside of the
city limits by Chief of Police IVttus
and three police detectives. Five
man's crime was one of the most
brutal that has ever occurred in this
section. While Mr and Mrs. At
kins slept he crushed their heads
with an axe and then set. the house
on fire. The housekeeper managed
to escape, and aroused the neighbors
in time to extinguish the flames be
fore they had burned the bodies of
his victims.
Filly .lien Hilled.
Denver, Col., Dec. 17. A news
carrier from the camp near Daley's
ranch has the following from Rapid
City, Dakota: A rancher has just
arrived in great haste to our com
manding office, and reports the com
mand of cavalry attacked and two
officers and fifty men killed, but the
Indians were repulsed with heavy
losses. The number of Indians
killed is not known. The Indians
were put to rout. This report is
probably credited. It is not known
which command it was. It was
probably that of Major Tupper, of
sixth cavalry and his three troops of
140 men. Our command marches
to their assistance at once.
Kobked of $2,500.
Atlanta, da., Dec. 17. J. J. Mur
doch", treasurer of the Blue Beard
Company, who was found uncon
scious at his room door in the Mark
han house here last night, and who
had been robbed of 2,500, regained
consciousness this morning.
Murdock cays he was in his room
when two men came in and stated
that they were railroad men who
wished to negotiate about rates. As
they started to leave one of them
grasped his hands and caught him
by the throat, while the other struck
him back of the head and knocked
him down. No arrests have j'et been
made.
Want Will the Harvest He?
Soon North Carolina's Legislature
w ill be in session, and already there
is speculation as to what will be the
result of the work of the session.
Whatever else is done, the idea
advanced by the Concord Standard,
in favor of a Reformatory, House of
Correction, is worthy serious con
sideration. The confining of minors
in the penitentiary where they asso
ciate with hardened crimiuals, is
certainly not the acme of prison
reform in a Christian State. Char
lotte Chronicle.
Seventeen hundred and ninety
seven marriages, at least, are reported
in our exchanges this morning.
barb.
THE CITY OF THE SKY.
A Few Remembered Things.
The Inter-State Immigration Con
vention was at its high water murk
at 12 m. on the 18th. Just how
many delegates are in attendance
could not be ascertained, but a fair
estimate places the number some
where between six and seven hun
dred. Fourteen States are repre
sented, and the delegations ae lart,e,
but that of North Carolina, of
course, is the largest. There is a
great deal of consistency in the ar
rangements of the hall. On the
banner of Kentucky some delegate
hung an old brown jug, labeled
"Bourbon;" on North Carolina's
banner was seen a hornet's nest, ana
Hondas banner showed a bright,
fresh pine apple. -
Whether the convention amounts
to much good cannot be well pre
dicted. There were a great many
present who, having nothing to con
tribute to the good of the convention,
of teii rise to a "point of order," to a
request for "infoimation," "to move
to table," to shoot off a mouth in a
stentorian voice, aud to make their
presence felt. There were not a few
resolutions read and ref cried to the
proper committees. Up to 1:2 m.
none of the resolutions had been
acted on by the committees.
The President, lion. M. T. Bryan,
of Tennessee, is a liue looking man,
and presides with grace, dignity, and
with an eye to the dispatch of busi
ness. Snow having covered the ground,
the driving wind at its height and
shortness of time, prevented seeing
the heauties of Asheville.
Work is going on in the building
of the government house. It is cu
rious that the foundation stones
should be shipped there from Anson
countv when 't is remembered that
that there are a few rock in and
around Asheville.
Talking about big trees, an Ashe
villian had this to sav: There is a
church near Ckde built in its en
tirety of one poplar tree; the house
has a seating capacity of o, and
'all the lumber, shingles, floor, cic
vised in the construction of the house
, ,:.ume from the products of one tree."
, It was a pleasure to meet Eugene
; Bernhardt, who is the superintend-
lent or a large cotton mill. -Mr. Jntrn-
l harut is a young man, son of Col,
Jacob Bernhardt, of Pioneer Mills,
r'e is a voung man of considerable
worth and promise. Having gone in
to learn the milling business, he has
risen to a high standing, but it was
character, energy and brains that
id i
Mr. George Vandcrbi't N dropping
a good many dollars into ;Li valleys
and peaks of the ni'.uniaius near
Asheville. lie has
land, for which he
J'.'-l-o acre. of
paid 4uu,t'uu;
this land was returned for taxes for
about 4 per acre. His weekly pay
ments for day laboivs on his prem
ises amount to 2,000. This does
not iiiclude .fG7,00 that he paid out
for t ire construction of 2i miles
of railroad lending from the main
line of the R. & D. to the location
for his new home. His house i.i to
cost $1,500,0t0, and to be built, ot
brick. He lias a brick-making plant
that cost f-SO.OoO.
The w'nd that blew over Ashe
ville on Wednesday 'aud nig t, is
said to be the heaviest for many
yars. A part of Battery Park Ho
tel was unroofed, and some other
damage was done.
The Citizen man man gave us a
warm reception. Tins was due to
the irritation caused by the frequent
visits of the Durham Globe man
trying to borrow one dollar. To
avoid the annoyance caused by the
Durham Bull, Mr. Robinson did not
show himself the last da, but did
his editorial work arou.id his own
vine and fig tree.
If the city editor of the Citizen
North Carolina McLoud is not
watched pretty closely, he'll commit
suicide from the terrorizing effects
of Al. Fail-brother's course, for when
he left not a chair remained in the
office.
ST A X I A It I X T ES.
They have had a great earthquake
in South American governments.
The securities have shrunk at least
300,000,000.
In Richmond they have a judge
named Fauntleroy. It is not stated
whether or not he is any relation of
the famous "Little Lord."
Irby, the newly elected Senator to
succeed Wade Hampton of South
Carolina, is said to be an Alliance
Democrat, and a man of marked
ability.
The president of the high tariff
league was Mr. Ammidown, of New
York. The "high tariff" has cap
sized, and the able president can now
appropriately change his name to
"I-am-down."
The people who are not getting
too old, and who don't die defore
hand, will live to see the Three
America's railroad completed. When
it l finished th cost will amount
to only 400,000,000.
-Mr. J. Lu Kamsey, wno, tor some
time, has been associate editor of the
Progressive Farmer, has bought the
Watchman, of Salisbury, and has
entered upon his duties as editor and
proprietor of that aper. Mr. Ram
sey has shown himself to be a liue
writer and we wish him the success
he deserves.
Lenoir Topie: Rev. L. W. Thomas,
who is conducting a protracted
meeting at Lower Creek church, of
which he has been re-elected pastor,
baptized Mr. John McCall in Pow
ell's mill ;pond, Sunday morning,
and had to oreak the ice.
1890.
KlXCi ITT THE OLD, RIXO IX THE
SEW.
Christmas is nearly at the door
and old Santa Claus, with his sled
loaded with many clioxe things and
drawn by his beautiful reindeers, is
just across the hill, coming at full
speed. The little boys and girls
have already had their stockings fix
ed to bang by the lire place, and
everybody, little and big, old and
young, are looking forward with
happy anticipations of a week of
pleasure.
But it is not all without its sad
r collections, and reflections which
bring grief to all of us. Many of
the davs of the past year have been
illy spent, and have not produced
the fruit they should-have borne.
The year has gone and gone forever;
it is useless to regret that the past
has passed and passed forever ; that
can't be helped; all we can do is to
start out on the new year with greater
ends in view, and increase our deter
mination till we shall be enabled to
reach them. Let i.he old men and
women encourage the youth of the
land to march out and fight the bat
tles of our country, for to them we
must look tor our tutnre protection.
Never before in the history of the
world were S"ch golden opportuni
ties offered to any people as are now
extended to the youth of America
right here in our own beautiful
sunny southland, let us learn to
love it to love the gorgeous grand
eur of her mountain peaks, in whose
bosoms are stored millions of untold
wealth ; the beauty aud serenity of
her hill country whose swift rolling
streams lill her valleys with merry
laughter ; and her broad stretching
plains whose air is made pure by the
breezes from the sea, and whose sides
stand as safe guards to check the
surging waves of the great ocean.
Let us work together till the New
South shall rival in beauty, in power,
in greatness, in everything any coun
try or nat'on that ever had an exist
ence, and let us honor the voting
men and young women because they
are our bovs and girls, and because
it is them that will bring about this
great work.
Xorth Carolina History.
The State Chronicle at Raleigh
renews the appeal to the people of
the State to aid in securing the
"Chair o' History" at the State
University at Chapel Hill. We wish
to add in this connection that Dr. K
1. Battle, President of the Univer
sity, on his last visit here in behalf
of the endowment, made a very
favorable impression in regard to
the end and aims of that important
work. The plan, in a word, is to
organize the department of History
and State Literature into a number
of branch heads and subjects, and
seek to assign one or more specialists
t , each. For instance the whole
subject of the "Regulators' War"
would be put into the hands of one
or two special writers. So of the
Meck'enburg Declaration. On th
o her hand, the broader topics of the
fir.-t im mgration, the Indian wars,
and educational movements might
be divided, or referred to a com
mittee of several aud by them sub
divided.
It would be seen at a glance that
this method would set to work the
whole'historiG life and energies of
our people alike among students,
writers, and the "curious."
Special provision would also be
made for a "Library of History," a
collection of art, and a museum of
relics and antiquities.
So impressed were our people here
iu Charlotte with the great value
and importance of this move that
they responded quite liberally to JJr,
Battle's call for aid, and he got
several hundred dollars in subscrip
tions, mostly by alumui of the Uni
versity, but one public spirited gen
'Ionian who has never enjoyed the
blessings of a liberal education,
gladly put down his $50.
It oulv remains for all who have
the name and fame of our good old
State sincerely at heart to come at
once to the rescue and make the
"Chair of History" a complete suc
cess.
Here, too, we would again appeal
to Gov. Fowle to impress thi3 mat
ter, also, on the coming Legislature
and make assurance doubly sure.
The time has come when "leading
men" must really lead. The people
themselves are ready if only public
men could learn to throw themselves
forward in all great advance move
ments. Charlotte Democrat.
Cold Medal Contest.
The eight contestants having won
silver medals in previous contests.
will coninete for a gold medal at
New Gilcad church Dec. 20, 1890,
Exercises will begin at 10 o'clock
a. m. Subiects and numbers of
speakers as follows : "A Voice from
the i-oor House, No. 1; "Frohibi
tion the Hope of Our Country," No,
2 ; "The Martyred Mother," No. 3
"The Original Liquor League," No,
4; "Young America's - War Cryy
No. 5; "Rum Selling Our Country's
Scourge, aud the Remedy, No. 0
"The Crv ot Toaav. JNo. 7; "iwo
Fires," No. 8. Decision cf judges
Recitation, "The Voter's Dream,
by Miss Lillie Miseuheimer. Pre-
senhit'on of medal by Rev. J. E.
McManaway, of Charlotte. Address
by Rev. J. C. Clapp, D.D., of Newton,
N. C. The exercises will be inter
spersed with music. The public is
cordially invited to bepresent.
- JEXimr'sipp, Supt.
j
Ashboro Courier: Eighteen head
of sheep were killed by a locomotive
between High Point and Ashboro
his week.
WHOLE NO. 163.
STATE NOTES.
The Morganton Herald says" that
Capt. Joe Mills met Alf Cowan near
Dysartville while out bird hunting,
and asked Cowan if he was not one
of the men who attacked him and
beat him just before the election.
Cowan's reply was to draw a pistol
and begin shooting, and Capt. Mills,
who was not slow about blazing
away, filled Cow; n full of bird 6hot.
From the account no serious damage
was done, though Cowan will prob
ably lose some time in picking lead
out ot his carcass.
North Carolina has 29 cigar fac
tories which used 2,429,202 pounds
of tobacco, made 3,290,925 cigars
and 169,002,560 cigarettes during
the year now closing. Two hun
dred and thirty-four tobacco fac
tories used 27,371,0G0 pounds of
leaf tobacco,' 371,753 pounds of
scrap, iid,0oU pounds of stems,
l,3o5,139 pounds of other material;
manufactured 17,292,506 pounds of
plug tobacco, 19,372 pounds of fine-
out chewing, 5,198,955 pounds of
smoking, 52,828 pounds of snuff,
etc. Stamps valued at $1,921,484.10
were used.
Shelby Aurora : Mr. Miles Wear
called to see us and kindly requested
us to state that Commodore Carico,
who was shot by Thilo Harris near
a distillery, is still in a dangerous
condition, the ball is still in his
neck. Also that the shooting did
not occur near his still-house. As
he looked like a young Hercules,
whose arm and shoulders would do
credit to a Roman gladiator, and he
politely told us that he did nt wish
tne reputation of his still-house
injured, we cheerfully make the cor
rection that it vas not near his still.
We are gla I to sustain the reputa
tion of his still-house if he will
sustain for five years the reputation
and lives ot those who drink his
compound that steals away men's
brains and brings woe upon the land.
We hope our farmers will not fail
to put in a larger tobacco crop this
year than ever before. Tobacco rais
ing in Burke is no longer an experi
ment. 1 he experience of the Messrs.
Tilley, Winters, Crawley and others
shows conclusively that tobacco will
pay four fold more than any other
crop in this country. All it needs
to make it a big success is a little
pluck and push, aud there is no rea
son why the tobacco crop of this
county should not yield a half mil
lion of dollars every year in hard
cash. One tenth of our farm acre
age devoted to tobacco culture would
vie'd this sum if the average was
anything like that of the Messrs.
Tilley, and they would mean $200
more per annum for every farmer in
the county. Morganton Herald.
D.irham Sun : There was a capi
tal joke played on one of our popu
lar drug men and his force yester
day. Some time during the after
noon an old lady wearing an old
white straw hat something less than
three stories high, with a large shawl
wrapped around ner and a veil over
her face, steoped into the store and
handed a note to the head clerk
The note read thus : "Any cue giv
ing this old lady fifty cents to buy a
load of wood will be rewarded
The clerk did not give her anything,
but the owner of the establishment
requested him to hand her ten cents,
The old lady pocketed the money
and oft Bhe went, without saym
many words. Imagine the surprise
of the young man when a charming
young lady went in the store later
aud handed him the money back.
It was some minutes before she
could make him understand.
Mill Hill Items.
The Cabarrus chain-gang ha3 been
with us for the past few days, work
ing a ford on the public road that
goes out by New Beth page.
Mrs. J. M. Powell, of Lenoir, will
spend the holidays at her father's,
Jacoulreeze.
A. W. Freeze is now engaged in
the rabbit business. Success to him,
Mrs. Ella Stirewalt will move to
Statesville on the 24th instant.
The people of Mill Hill are ex
pecting a superlatively dull time
Xmas, and we know we shall not
be disappointed.
The Standard is always welcome
in every home in this vicinity.
Percy.
Got There Too Late.
Thursday afternoon at four o'clock
'Souire Jesse Willeford united in
marriage Mr. John Welsh and Mrs.
Julia Jones. 'Squire Willeford was
in the best of humor, and the way
things turned out. was enough to
tickle anvone. It seemel that the
two contracting parties misunder
stood each other, and the groom had
invited the Squire to tie the knot,
whne the bride desired that Rev. W,
G. Camnbell should officiate. At
any rate each one had invited th?ir
choice to be present at saitt nour.
Neither the 'Squire or the preacher
knew the other was to be present
but the 'Squire beat the brother to
the tank, and a3 he had as good
rieht to do the lob as any one else.
proceeded to business. After the
ceremony had been performed, and
everything reflected a scene oi joyous
ess, aud every face in the house
beamed with a radiance of good
hores and best wishes for the happy
couple, a ring of the door bell sound
pd nut loud and clear, and, to the
'Squire's astonishment, in stepped
Kev. W. tj. uampueu wim a oroau
smile on his face. The tnmg was
over ; the 'Squire 'ad got there ; and
we don't know how the two men
agreed, but when last seen, they were
off to one sid and sorter "canoodlin,"
don't know how they divided the
fees.
THE STANDARD.
WE DO ALL KINDS OF
JOB "W-OIRIBI
IN THE
NEATEST MANNER
AND AT
THE LOWEST BATES.
L. M. ARC HEY, M. D..
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON.
Office opposite St. Cloud.
Dealers in
DRY GOODS,
FAMILY GROCERIES,
BOOTS, SHOES, HATS, CAP3.
TRUNKS, VALISES, &c.
COUNTRY PRODUCE taken
either for the highest. caBb. price or
in exchange for goods.
se 16-d&wly
SALEoFBRICK
AND
racier: :-: Holies.
I have BRICKI on hand at all
times. Parties needing any will do
well to see me before purchasing.
1 also TAKE CONTRACTS to do
small or large jobs in brick work in
any part of the country.
Write me or come to see me.
R. J. FOIL,
A BIG LOT
OF
ISTMAS 0
FANCY CANDIES,
PLAIN CANPIESf
APPLES,
ORANGES.S-cSc
COME, LOOK AND YOU
WILL BUY.
Yours to please,
J. F. fillSEHHEl I.1ER
Have U Been
IF NO I1, YOU SHOULD GOTO
THE
Furniture Store
and see for yourself, for no one can.
tell you of the immense stock they
have in store, consisting of Furni
ture and House Furnishing Goods,
Pianos and Organs, Oil Paintings
and Steel Engravings, Easels and
Screens, Boy Wagons and Veloci
pedes, &c. Don't fail to see our
Xmas Chairs in 10th century and
antique oak, Plush, Willow and
Queene Anne, for they are beauties.
The ladies say our tables are just
lovely. Come and see. Thanking
you for past kindness, we are yours
to serve,
s, Fetzer k Be
TO Till PUBLIG
I HAVE JUST OPENED A FIRST
CLASS t
RESTAURANT
BACK OF
Cook - SavpenUelcl's store,
where you can getanything
in the line of eating.
Fresh Oysters
a specialty.
C. M. SAPPENFIELp
A Big Accident
ON THE
CONCORD STREET RAILROAD!
While Santa Claus was passing over
the second division of the Concord btreet
Kailroad, No. 54 (Lightning Express
Train), collided with a show-case In
y.Jolip'sDifSh
and left some of his
Wk i Nicest Presents
heart, sister, brother, father, mother,
husband, wife, aunt, cousin, friend, son,
daugMe , children, little folks, grow w
boyl and girls, kia folks or anybody
Bs folks to whom you. would q like to
make la! present, come right along ana
get one before they are all gone, and
oblige yours very truly,
D. D. JOHNSON, DrogfMt
Concord, ! CV
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