SMDJRD.
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CSHKD IX CONCORD
IKS MURK READING
;t: THAN ANY OTHER
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ARE I THV HA.MK
AND ARB.
THE SUHDIBD".
VOL. IV. NO. 2.
CONCORD, N. C, THURSDAY, JANUARY 22, 1891.
WHOLE 'NO. 158.
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come be dark or fnir
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winter chill the air.
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afar, through buds and bloom,
k-'dusters of the vine.
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Us sei-iet of the snow,
. wav i lie violets
1 tenches them to blow.
.'or me
dor love-iness to see,
it liitle liungs ami large
id's purpose opnil'y.
,1s planned,
I may not .understand ;
it mv iod, to know,
time-'are in Thy hand.
r share
,r loneliness, or care,
- kit, it cannot be
n Thy w ill for me to bear.
t the less,
r wcrt thing comes to bless
-n me, Thou art its source--er
of my happiness.
to me,
er gracious gifts so (tee,
- never turn my face
il hour from Thee.
at' sand
a, faith and feeling stand ;
lid sleep with equal trust,
- my times ara in Thy hand.
LU Tllf. PIE WITH PI1XS.
Ii Pluyed fcy Arlit 1; Jt.sc n
. kit Boyhood Day.
peaking of the pranks of
i( a Washington 'gentleman
r day told of one which
. larrison Gibson, the artist,
have played upon his near
bors. many yuirsago when
M of about ten years and
small Connecticut village.
. boy?, he had a mania for
oter. Having finally ob
e desire of his heart, he
to make the family mis
prising them at. all times
j the peas with a velocity
; to hurt.
living ran out of ammuni
'av, he discover, d a box of
rf l. sills which his mother had
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t out on, the side, porch to
le uog.
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look across to the
he nearest neighbor, the
afesh pumkiii pie on a
; ,ie open window, which had
: put there to cool.'
r if 1'. can .-hit that pie,"
t. "(Join' to try, anyhow."
:ind sacf1tdI admirably,
d- d abouf a dozeu pills in
Lot pie. Then he proceeded
life rleasant for the dog.
ite i at afternoon the neighbor
ore ; for Mrs. Gibson, the boy'e
icr.
THE IXOIAX MlI
A XORTIIERX I.ADT
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anger volunteered. She
ejiately, finding the iady
sildren in great tiianess.
r, who was hastily suni
xsrotiL'iiriced it strychnin
TT uilriiinisiered itiit-diiii
nice witii these views, mid
. to examine the food, but
f poison could be found.
,'y then concluded that, it
3 been the pie, all of which
eaten.
meantime the "culprit, who
i sneaking about with a
Fightened fi e, confessed to
i;it that if. those folks should
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le iVpposeU ue u oe naugeu iur
iec.:. .:3C " rf -it -was the pie that
e : t.so sick .it must have been
I L;..meu puis.
e C'l not pay the death' penalty,
it is sai J .that he never sees a
ihooter nor partnkesof pumpkin
tat that he has vivid recoilec
I t his mother's slipper.
hk'ton Post. :
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Hofr to Wear Nhe.
you know there isn't one man
. .wlio Knows now u wear
" remarked a Clark street shoe
m other day.' " The average
-g a pairf f "shoes, weirs them
ey are no longer presentable,
i throws tlieiii 'away and buys
r pair. A man OUgnc to nave
. i -i t
;t two pairs 01 uu.wn tuf bvci v
.ar, and no pair shouW he
I i to days in succession. At first
ff." t thu tnay strike you as a
r" : to benelit- 'he shoe dealer,
"If ia nothinsrof the kind. In
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h a alun wouw jniufe the
k. SHlIltS!.
Two pair of shoes
'xrnately will last three times
as a single pair. uc buij
so, is made in the wearing of
-her. A pair of shoes worn
iv goes to pieces more than
li fast as u pair worn every
day. I know that proposition
rgerer, hut it is true, never
, A man does not wear out
tirs of shoes iu exactly the
.inner. Do you kuow how an
rfeel when you first put them
iin after they have been dis-
for awhile ? They didn't fit
r new shoes, and the contrast
marked. But the same thing
,od la the case of new shoes,
p pair lit j. our feet iu exactly
se wav. Xu ote pair the strain
j of the i a'lher tell heaviest
cm particular part of the
.0. u .another the greatca'
d Lear fail upon another part
r." Chicago Mail.
itleeram of over lJIWO words
Jfttiaed through 4S'w York
tduia to .London oue night
:jt over the lines of the W.est
sau ouijniiiy, cvit a pvttty
' to truonmit, the it Lwiing
, a word. Tkia ould rtre
i outlay of ovt r&i.UOO, and is
-ly the largest toll id an iu
i or couip .uy outsi 't of
iper corpoiationa.
Tbnt Been I.o-alel In Sampson
' County.
Editor Standard :
Perhaps tuoof the most difficult
things to do is to change a beautitul
poem into prose and at the same
time preserve all of the soul-stirring
melody found in the original. It is
equally as difficult to write up a tra
dition that has its origin way back
i the centuries; for to fully appie
date an.l uu ieistaiixi one it must be
rd itvd by an aged persou and one
who is a good story-teller aud whose
veracity cannot be questioned. At
the teet of such an ore we are held
speil-bound if not actually cairud
back to that particular age vhci,
pleasure and 'happiness rippled tlong
as uninterruptedly as a May day or
when miKUuaeistaiidiug and jeal
ousy changes t he scene t om- of
carnage una bloodshed. So with thu
consciousness of u possible failure,
T will attempt to writ3 up a ttaditiou
that dates back, to the tirst attempt
to colonize what is now known as
North Carolina. While at my old
home during the holidays I was made
happv in the realization of a long
cherished hope that at some day the
exact spot of an Indian mouna would
be poii. ted out to me. Old Uncle
(labe, a former slave of my father's,
furnished all the in ! 01 mat ion.
LOCATION.
The mound is located in the ex
treme southern part of Sumpson
connty.about three miles from Black
river, and near Old Salem chinch,
(which was dedicated over one hun
died yeaisago.) It is located on a
sand hill on the borders of Wolf
swamp, (so called from a litter of
wolves having been found within the
recollection of persons now living.)
There was nothing bi t tradition to
locate tie mound. A fat lightwood
stump stood within the circumfer
ence of this mound. The spading
was commenced and carefully con
ducted, which soon reveal&i undis
puted evidence of a huge burial.
Owiug to the fact that the lime salts
had been dissolved from the bones,
leaving nothing but the frame work,
which crumbled away after a few
minutes' exposure to the air, only a
few specimens were brought away.
The greatest curiosity was a lower
jaw ot gigantic proportions iu a tol
erable state of preservation. It w is
a typical jaw of nature's own handi
work. The teeth were perfect, and
showed the owner to have been
about eighteen years of age.
While excavating around the cir
cumference a most beautiful sight
presented itself which would have
made an arch;eolosit smile with de
lisrht. By shaving down the sand
the perfect skeletons were plainly
seen, and proved the truth of the
tradition that tney were buried with
their feet together : 11 I their Lu ads
radiating like the spokes of a spin
ning wheel. There is a grain of truth
in a tradition that has for centuries
preserved the exact spot of the
grave and described the manner of
the burial. V
"in . th a m T I fv
Over two hundred years ago a
tribe of . Indians (some of them
white), came from Roanoke Island
and besran to settle on Black river.
They found the country already oc
cupied by a small but warlike tribe,
to whom they sent souic corn ami
beads as a "token 1 1 friendship.
These were promptly rnui i.td, -u-compartied
w th a ruttlsuake t-t;i.i
iiik-a v itl' arrows, which meant a
.ii ,. ..Latum of war. LJeitiii d-MUu
of tacUiug I tie tiiiM- a -l.gr.- oj
civilization unknown to U. m, tU y
prepared oiU-r presents ana scm
them by a maid named ngiir."
Cooper (.Cooper i eiug the maiden
name of my moth r, ar.d lrom which
tube a tradiiiou says .;escended)
feeling assured tLa tuis would In
sufficient evi lence of their good in
tensions. But Virginia never re
turned. The hostile tribe forcibly
uuivaA hpr. and after izoing near the
river almost at the dooi of my old
home bound her to a tree, set tire
to wood piied around her, aud
burned her alive. (Only a few years
ago her screaming voice could be
harA unv lark rain v nisbt by cer
tain people who for no amount of
money could b - induced to go out of
their houses.) This inhumanity gave
a just provocation for war on tne
other tribe. The Roanoke Indians
quickly put on their war paint an i
hastened to where the little girl per
ished. They found tne cruel sav
ages engaged in a dance, but they,
seeing that the others were greatly
their superiors in numbers, lied,
leaving many women and children
who suffered death at the hands of
the pursuers. Battle after battle
followed, in wl ich the little tribe
were as often defeated. When their
numbers were f?reatly reduced they
fled to Wolf Swamp. Here they were
surrounded and massacre!, hardly
less than a just judgment tor sucn
atrocious cruelty to the MUe maid.
The ltoanoKes lived in mac section
for many yeais, and then moved
higher np the river on the uonaries.
Now here comes a bit of history.
In the year J57 Sir Walter Raleigh
planted a colony on Roanoiie Island.
As they were never again seen by
while men, history reports them as
bavin? been destroyed by savage
cruelty. When the vessel which
brought them over returned to Eng
land it was found that everything
was being placed in a state of de
fence aerainet an attack from Spain.
As Sir Walter Raleigh was virtu .ily
at the head of affairebeing Queen
Elizabeth's right hand ijiau-there
was no time to think of hs colony
r i t..i..i i. i .
on iwanote isiauu niucu jcpb ijj
send tbftis supplies. So it was not
until after the war, a little over
three years, did another vessel reach
Roanoke. But the cohorts were not
on the island. Mr. Hamilton Mc
Millan, of Wilson, N. C, has by J;;s
tory.and the a:d of tribal tradition'
to supply mining Jinks, reasonably
pioved that .the colonists, alter find
ing that their countrymen had do
ioerted them, had accepted tho iuvi-
tatiou of the friendly Uro 'tans and
crossed over to the maiuland, ami iu
time were amalgamated by that race,
lie further traces them through
Sampson county to their present
howa in Robiaso courty." Tins,
then, would fully explain the pre
sence of white Indians reluted in
the tradition, '$0 any one who has
a curiosity to know Ihe fate of tne
Koanoke colony he will lid n most
instructive and fntertnining pam
phlet written by the gentleman above
hude.d,t'J, H. 0. llEKKixo.
Of f'oniternbIe Observation Write
In a XortliMPNtrrn Paper, and ttie
Story in I.Ike All Our Northern
friend Learn.
The Standard presents below a
etter that was written by acharming
lady, well known here, to a Norths
western paper. It reads:
Coxcord. N. C, Nov. 13, 1890.
We frequently bear of the bound
less hospitality that existed in the
South 4.'Befo de Wah." It seems
impossible to belit-ve that it could
have been more generous than it is
at pres.-nt ; if so, I am grateful to
my guiding star which kept, my feet
from stm mg to the Southern bor
ders a that time, for if I had wan
dered here in those days I should
never Itsvc lefl; a few feet of arth
would have coveied me, i;d "Killed
by Kindness" w mid have been my
itnph.
It lias been my ill fortune to kuow
by experience a good deal of the
Northern, Western and Eastern ho
telsreading, in small places, where
they aie something weird ; playing
in cities vh re, :oo frequently, the
most noticeable features of even the
best hotels are hard beds and steep
prices. From California to Massa
chusetts it is the snue old story.
You are a " transient " simply one
of iIim enormous traveling public a
passing mote iu the air. You will
perhaps be; made comfortable if you
are continually "kicking" (to be
more forcible than elegant.) By an
nihilating oue or two chambermaids
a day it is possible but scarcely
piobable that you will get an extra
" postage ttamp" towel; and by giv
ing the bell boy all your salary, and
as much more as you can borrow, he
may condescend to attend to your
tire and supply you with ice water.
Iu leaving, if you think you have
torgotten anything, elo not be alarm
ed, for you are sure to fiua it in
your bill. In f ict, you are liable to
find many things there, some that
are quite unexpected. The same pro
gramme is repeated in each place;
the w eeka and months roll by, and
you feel that life hotel life in parx
ticular is a delusion and a snare
and you long to crawl quietly away
and get under a good sized blotter.
Utter obliteration has no terrors
after passing a few years "on the
ro id.''
Look on thai picture, and then on
this:
A small party arrive at a quaint
little town iu one of the Caroiinas.
The platform is crowded with grin
ning darkies of all sizes and descrip
tions. We drive up a long winding
road, part of v.bich lies through the
odorous Southern pines, and at last
reach the hotel, though that word in
this case is certainly n misnomer, as
it looks much more like a home. A
large, rambling house, with two im-
" There's No Conflict
BE1WEEX TOWN ASO COUNTRY."
From Copions Notes Taken, We Pre.
neat Nome of tbe Lending Thoughts
of Connty Lecturer Anderson's
AddresH at County Alliance.
The Alliance, Mr. Anderson said
in substance, realizes the full import
of tbe efforts now being made for
relief. There are principles govern
ing the foundation and existence of
every institution aud government
Nations mus proceed to dissolve
unless the foundation 'rinciplef are
sustained. Let us look what our
country is and what it might be;
God ha3 never dealt with other na
tions as he has with this American
people. In climate, soil, variety of
products, resources both of mineral
and vegetable ; no other country upon
the face of the earth equals America.
The; geographical extent of this
country is far greater than we real
ize; it is immense. England and
Wales could be placed down sixty
times withiu the boundary lines of
this country. The five powers of
Europe Austria, Germany, France,
Spain and Great Britain could.be
placed three times in this country
west of the Hudson. Gladstone says :
"America has the base for the great
est country on the globe." This is
a compact couutry; State lines are
virtually imaginary; the rivers and
lakes and railroads and telegraph
wires unite ua into one compact
country. East of the Rocky Moun
tains there are 80,000 miles of river
water course, while in all Europe
there are only 17,000 miles. We
have three millions of square miles
of territory, and one-half of it is
cultivatable, while the Chinese Em
pire has only about one-half as
much and supports 400,000,000 peo
ple. In 1879 we supported our peo
ple and shipped away , 300,000,000
bushels of grain to other countries.
If the increase would continne for a
number of years, we could , support
400,000,000 people and ship two and
a-half billions of bushels of grain
to other countries. And if this
country was fully developed and
brought up where her resources and
climate justify her, 900,000,000 peo
ple could be supported and 5,000,
000,000 bushels of grain could be
exported. God has dealt with us
kindly indeed. There has been pro
duced more than $732,000,000 worth
etise chimneys, cue on either side, tf gold in America. Coal and iron
I IK
and on tne on. side, over wLicu the
ivy creeps in marvelous profusion.
As the carriage stop.-s dojxs of every
breed, or so it seems, come bounding
OUt Pol ,,3 -n Mrnnlnt littlp
l'UT, lAll-U JllLLCi CV'UII I'CWHIVD I u c
bane of our existence. A trim dar-i-ey
steps to the pate and takes
suicliels, umbrellas, etc., with a po
iite "Tins way, .N.iss; riyht heah,
.Ma'am," and a little imp about ten,
widi v.ooly hair, gleaming teeth,
shiny skin and snapping eyes, uian-agi-s
to get uiider our teet Ht eve y
other step, and to mix us, hinised,
and tlie dogs, up, in the most pro
misouous inn 1 1 .', s he cap. rs and
.lances about in wild" i Xcitement over
tin- ""I eV. pet pie tleln e off." im
1 le im !aie; ite d.-si.tK.les tili trav
elers. There is no landlord at tnis hotel,
; but on the steps stands a lady, liai d
jsouio, gracious, charming. She
gtet'ts us, j.'t us strai-g'-srs, but u:oi
like fnends Kooins are selected,
luul Raptufe ! in each room is an
mormons open fireplace with glit
teriiicr andiions und the oid-fash-ioned
crane. Oar hostess is de
lated -at our eutnusiasui over the
. .1 1 - . ... L . . .1 T
open nres, ana in less um man a
can write it immense pine logs are
biazin? on the hearth aud the names
are dancing and sparkling as they
chase each other up the wide old
chimney.
You probably ask if it is cold
are round in abundance one state
has iron ore enough to answer for
centuries. God knew the place, for
be'?ufaiI3'rt sou fees of this coun
try. Our manufacturing enterprises are
large and still increasing at an. enor
mous speed. Before England man
ufactures one yard of cotton cloth
she has to send 3,000 miles for the
cotton. There is inventive genius
here 'n America Europeans have
gone ba k to their homes and spoken
fieelyaiid favorably of the inventive
ieniiH of this country. E en ten
years ajo u r productions surpassed
England y .050.UO0,000. -. Our po
s ti in ghra us advantage. In a mil
irary sense we are s'reng, though
America's standing army is composed
, of onlv 30.000 men. It is said,
"America holds 'he future."
The speaker's reference to the
scenes and trials during the critical
moments of the signing of Americas
Declaration of Independence was
beautiful and stirring. I his con
stitution had in view the elements
and principles of freed im a gov
ernment of, for and by the people.
The object of the constitution was
to secure perfect freedom and to pre-
StatQSviJ.le is making a powerful
effort to get on a boom. If Jot'
Caldwell is Ltfjind i;; it will succeed.
enougu ior a nrer iot wnn ciosea Teut anything like centralization ot
doors, out iuh uuuib are an open,
and while the sun is warm, the air is
cool; roses bloom in the garden and
old Sol sails majestically along in a
sky as clear as crystal; so with open
doors and windows and a blazing
pine fire, the whole makes a picture
so glorious and fascinating that we
are enraptured and do not wonder
that the people of the South call
this "God's country."
Among other traditions that have
come down to us is one which tells
of the slave owner who whipped his
slaves. We do not so often hear of
the negro who whips his own. There
is a story of this little ebony faced
child here mat 1 must ten you.
About three years aeo his father
died, and his mother Ood save the
mark ! treated him more like a
brute than a human being, lie was
only seven, and his skin, though
black, was just as tender, and the
flesh just as easy to bruise, as that
of a fairer chilu. lne mother treated
him o badly that she was finally
arrested, and the child taken from
her and iriven to a lady in the town.
The lady, of a fine old Southern
family, has taken the child into her
home, and ne is ner constan t snadow
As this home almost adjoins the
hoi el, 1 see a great deal of both. It
is a pretty picture she of large,
commanding presence, followed
wherever sue goes by this grateful
littlo toad, who seems to fairly wor
shin her. aud to remember that it
was from her hand he received the
first kindness Ins wretched baby life
had ever known.
The drives around the town are
simply delightful.
Tb.6 ;.'-st prominent tree is the
pine, and m pome places its tall
branches stretch up tQ a marvellous
height, while it heaitTi-'giving odors
are most delicious.
The laud is overflowing, not with
" milk and honey," bin with quiul
and wild turkeys, and is tb ye
sportsmen The happy bunt.ug
grounds."
It is rather late now for the cotton;
Btill the last p ckings are not yet
over, and rot the least picturesque
sight is the large cotton field, dotted
over w'i'h what appear to be count
less snow balls, wfci! the' darkies, as
they btr,li along in their gay turb.5r'a
picking the jetton and hummluS
som-3 ot tlie old familiftf eouS al
most make us think Old Father Time
has gofie backward, and' weT are 'ui
tie old "plantation" days."
"Peppers."
power.
Ihe value of the wealth in lbbU
in this country was $43,000,000,000.
We cannot realize the greatness of
this sum; if I had that amount I
could go and buy Russia, Turkey,
Spain, Norway, Denmark, Austria,
Italy and South America, including
her ships and nocks, ihe increase
in wealth is ereat. Even during the
Civil War the increase in wealth
amounted to $27,500,000, Between
1870 and 1880 the increase in wealth
perhoui was $260,000, and now it is
increasing at the rate of $9,000,000
per day. Truly did Emerson say
"America is another name for oppor
tunity." This country, by the right
and principles of the constitution, is
oui country.
But why the cry of poverty in tlie
land? It is not a false cry it
comes from a genuine hard condi
tion. I'm not disposed to defend the
lazy man, for if he had an eye to
tle eternal fitness of things be might
go off and die. But I'm not disposed
to believe that the hard times come
from any great laziness of the far
mers ; they work hard, very hard, yet
many of them are suffering for the
necessities of life
This is no wild alarm ; it's a con
dition. W. II. Vanderbilt's estate is
one-two-hupdredth of the whole
wealth ojT this country; ne owns
more than the value of four Stages.
My friends, the' rich are getting
richer and the pjor .are . getting
poorer. This ought not ;o be ; it is
not according to the principles of
our government. ; the spirit of it was
po avoid cen'traHzat'oti and to follow
the principle of 'the distribution of
power. A money king, as it now is,
can accomplish more, and he exerts
more influence upon legislation, than
governors or even a president, and
yet he's not responsible to any man
or oouy ior nis acts aua innucnge.
Is this rijsht ? Hutchispn. tan do
what the Czar" of Tfussia would not
4aje to do. Were, the' C?ar tq do.
what; phii mone kjng has. he woujd
be frlpwri up a); once.' ' 'JAyGipuI$ hits
an ihpofne'of $2, ($0,000 per nipnh,
and he exercises and enjoys ten times
the influence of President Harrison.
That's the power that's robbing us
of our freedom and making circum
stances such as to render the making
of a living hard and difficult. It
goes into our homes, legislative
halls everywhere!
When we vote for representatives
we naturally expect them to repre
sent us. But whom do they repre
sent? Not ns! (The free citizen
was intended, by our constitution, to
be and to hold the power, but, my
friends, it is the dollar. I have
regard for aristocracy of the right
kind, but this -ristocracy that preys
upon and thrives on the lives of
toiling masses I have no respect for.
Railroad companies have, by fa
vorabl legislation, gotten control of
lot3 of land. The Northern Racine
now has 47,000,000 acres of land ;
and a!l other companies own 208,
000,000 acres. There is more laud
owned in this country by foreigners
than is owned by Englishmen in
Ireland. It is a sad sight to see
hundreds and thousands of men go
to the polls and vote under the dic
tation of one man. The men who
framed th constitution . did not
dream that 20,000 men would be led
to the polls by a political boss. The
money power of New York city
checked Congress from acting in the
Mormon matter.
In Kansas, farms are being sold
under mortgages at the rate of 500
farms per week ; the children are
ragged, the women are ieart-broken
and the men discouraged ; notes are
dne and no money to pay them with
and all this in a great country of
the free ! Many papers assert the
prosperity of the country ; the sub
sidized press cannot make us believe
that the laboring classes are pros
perous. The farmer is a toy, a tar
get; he's robbed by transportation,
by j tariff, usury and other things
growing out of legislation.
"There is ko conflict be
tween THE TOWJT AND COUNTRY,"
said the speaker in emphatic tones.
"I ask you, Mr. Reporter, to say
that in your paper in nonnmistaken
way." At thia utterance of the elo
quent and enthusiastic speaker the
large gathering of sturdy, sons of
toil, representing the intelligence of
the country, gave long, loud and
hearty applause. No; there's no
conflict between town and country,
said the speaker. The town people
have better schools, .better church
and mail facilities, and can wear
better clothes, than country people ;
we are not complaining; they have
what we are claiming is ""that we
country people haven't what we de
serve and must have.
The speaker's description of the
average farmer's home was true to
life. Is there any wonder, my friends,
that so many young men are leaving
the country and going to towns, &c?
They have ceased to enjoy the dis
tinction of beint' "hewers of stone
and drawers of water." 1 met a
young man some time ago wlv had
winked hard the cut ire year I know
it and after paying hie debts hi-did
not have mone ei-ongh to Uu a pair
of shoes.
'Ihe official report from the Agri
cultural Department of llliuois
shows tha for the last five vea's the
actual cost ot the grain has , been
$52,000,000 more than its value.
Repot ts show that the railroad
freights eat up the profits.
The speaker presented figures and
statistics so rapidly that we regret
we could not keep up with him.
In 1866 the circulation per capita
was $52; in 1889, $5.12. In 1866
the pri-.e of cotton wa such that
7,000,000 pounds would have paid
the public debt; today it would re
quire 13,000,000 pounds. The rem
edy for the hardships of the labor -ing
class lies in proper legislation.
The national banking system is not
a friend to the laboring classes ; it
helps those who can help themselves.
The Alliance was not noticed much
until the Sub-Treasury plan was dis
cussed ; then the money kings began
to howl. If it is constitutional to
let Wall Street money kings have
money on easy terms and not the
laboring class, then there's Bome
thinsr wrone with the Constitution.
The reserve fund in banks, like
money hid away, doee the masses no
good. There are in circulation only
$300,000,000.
The railroad business is attended
to but the Sub-Treasury bill is
pigeon-holed. The present Railroad
Commission is no good ; it's a farce.
The speaker referred to trusts,
futures, and the evil effects of
fBulls" and' "Bears." "If a man
wants to fool with a thins let him
not fool with the life-blood of.
a people. There is considerable leg
islatioii in behalf of foreign Com
merce, but Commerce between the
States is unconstitutional. (?)
The speaker made reference to
Senator Vance in a very kind and
conservative manner,
Rev. Anderson's address, of two
hours' length, wa3 full of beautiful
illustrations, With here and there a
pointed anecdote. We regret that
our ability was such as not to enable
i u mi
us to taKe it uown in iuu. ine
address was manly, and came from
a man thoroughly in earnest a'd
sincere. 'The large aiidiehe'e showed
its appreciation py trequent applause,
LITTLE mors OF
Tr, ritob. Turpentine and Other Tor
Heel Products.
Madison reports much sickness.
A three-legged calf in "Alamance.
Lexington has loaded her ice
houses.
Concordia College will remain at
Conover.
Alamance wheat crop is reported
unusually fair.
Cleveland county will now have
another cotton factory.
The Tarboro Banner has breathed
its last. A great pity.
Mrs. H. F. McCarty, of Thomas
ville, died Saturday last.
Bridge breaking and sign smash
ing is a night pastime at Charlotte.
The county map of Davidson will
be ready for distribution next week.
Newton will have another cotton
factory. Work on it will begin in
the Spring.
The Shelby Aurora is clipping
from Sir Walter Scott. That old
fellow is dead.
A little daughter of Jake Rhyne,
of McAdensville, Gaston county,
burned to death.
. The man who used to keep Gaston
county's jail is now locked behind
prison bars himself.
Work on Raleigh electric street
railway progresses rapidly ; wire and
motors have arrived.
It is proposed to run electric cars
between Burlington and Graham,
the county seat of Alamance.
W. F. Holland, captain of the
Dallas, Gaston county, military
company, has made an assignment.
Revenue raiders captured, besides
stills, etc., 1500 gallons of beer at a
moonshine affair in Gaston county.
The town of Shelby has permitted
its graded schools to go down for
the want of means. The merchants
and one preacher are opposed to tax
ation. Graham has marketed $30,000
worth of cotton this cotton year, and
the Gleaner thinks there is a good
opening for a broker and commis
sion merchant.
Dallas Eagle: Mr. Samuel Black's
house was accidentally set on fire and
burned to the ground last Saturday
night. Mr. Black lives near Cherry
ville. His loss was heavy.
Congressman Rowland passed
through Charlotte Wednesday for
Washington, a very sick man, 6um
mojied ,tPr WAVtv.Ju? "-
The Salisbury Truth says: We
reeret to hear of the death of Mr.
T. .1. Meroney, which occurred at the
Morganton Asylum this week. He
was once a prosperous merchant of
this pLce.
Raleigh News & Observer: Gov.
Fowle yesterday commissioned J ulian
E. Wocd, of Elizabeth City, as
Colonel of the First Regiment, and
W. T. Followell, of Golt'storo,
Major of the First Reg meut.
Greensboro Record: The State
executive committe of the prohibi
tion party is in session in this city
today, and it was resolved to place a
stare organizer, in the field at once.
Rev. W. T. Walker will probably be
the man. He will, make a good one.
This means an aggressive movement
all along the line in 1892.
Dallas Eagle : An Alliance factory
at Stanley's Creek is a certainty.
Already nearly $20,000 have been
subscribed and an organization has
been formed. This is a gocd move
on the part of the Alliance and we
wish them the success they so richly
deserve in their new enterprise. We
would, however, have been pleased if
they had decided to put the factory
here at Dallas, the county seat
Nevertheless we can congratulate
Stanley's Creek-
Statesville Landmark : Mr. Martin
Sumpter, of Shiloh township, lives
within six miles of Statesville, but
has not been to town in 27 years.
The last time he was here was im
mediately after the war when every
body came in to take the oath. Dur
ing these 27 years he has rarely been
further from' home than Watts' mill,
which is about two miles distant.
Mr. Sumpter is a man of character
and intelligence. He is a Republi
can in politics but has not been to
the polls but once since the war, in
187s:, and then he voted the Demo
cratic ticket.
It is not alone among the people
of Greensboro that there is a for
ward movement in the matter of
house-building. A yam potato was
found some days ago in the cellar of
the residence of the editor of the
Workman, which had been hollowed
out in a nice manner by mice, and in
the hollow a nest made of bits of
paper and straw. This must have
been done by an improved stock of
mice who were not satisfied with
primitive architecture. The contri
vance marks an era of advancement,
and shows that even our mice are in
the spirit of progress. Greensboro
Workman.
BEWITCHING RADIANCE
Seen by Henry Blount in "Dralnlens
Eyes"-The Widower H it Bad.
The presence of an exquisitely
beautiful lady fiom a distance in our
town has sprinkled golden sunshine
in many hearts and is likely to melt
away the cold frost-works of a lonely
celibacy, which have mnde a dreary
winter there. ' The vernal breezes
are blowing o'er the nat-A. -v-p.
dream will be blooming. At least
we should judge so from the num
ber of strollers we have seen bending
most willing footsteps to her stop
ping place: and we are not surprised,
lor since we have stood under these
sparkling showers of bewitching
radiance which comes poring forth
from such drainless eyes, we saw
hat even the very archir-g of those
wanntr brows unfolded a lustre of
asl beauty which could soo'h 'he Cares
'of Mnv man and lift h.s thoughts
Ralngb Chroircle: A oomuiitr- e t forever up to worship
of irommeut citizens from portions! Wilson Mirror.
of Wake, r'ranklin, Nash and John
son are in the city for the purpose of
asking the General Assembly for a
new county to be formed out of the
five above mentioned..
and deiight-
Durham Suu: Gov. Fowle is at
last living in he Governor's mansion.
Let us give thanks. JSortn Carolina
Governors have been along time get
ting there. -The first reception was
held last night, and the Governor
did the honors in a grand style. It
was a great occasion. Over two
thousand people attended.
Statesville Landmark: Rev. R.
W. Boyd and wife, the superinten
dent and matron of the Presbyterian
orphanage, have arrived aud are
installed at Barium springs, ine
repairs upon the hotel building,
which is to be the home of the
orphans,"liave not yet been completed,
and it is learned" from a business
note from Mr. Boyd that it is not
expected that the" children will be
transferred from Charlotte before
the 15th.
WTinston Sentinel: The intelli
gence reaches here of tbe death of
Rev. C. L. Rights, which occurred
last Friday evening in Indian Terri
tory, aged 70 years. The deceased,
as it will be remembered, accom
panied by his wife, eft their home
in Kernersville last July for the
above 'LVrritory to visit' their daugh
ter, wife 'of Rev.' Benj. Lineback,
and a son, Rev. Theodore Rights
Moravian missionaries b that coun
try. '
Wilmington Messenger : As press
dispatch received from. Washington
last night by the Messenger states
that the House committee has made
a favorable report on a bill appro
priating $150,000 for a light house
on Cape Fear. The present light
house on Bald Head, we understand,
is hardly nr and will be re
placed by a light house which will
throw its light as far as Frying Pan
Shoals. This will be of incalculable
Bervice to mariners in the event that
the light ship at Frying Pan Shoals
ever goes adrift.
According to t.ha Raleigh News &
Observer and. Chronicle the estate of
Mrs, Mary Moreheadj recently de
ceased, is valued at about $300,000.
The News & Observtr says $200,000.
"11' 5 ' 1-' l ' . -vv 1 .V
19 wuieu 1.0 uoirs, ana iiuua'vt w me
is going to Cftpthe StelTniyersity foretahir,ganA
New York
climax on the hotel tmestion bv
building a fourteen story one, ancl
liTge enough to cpver seve Jta.
When the buildjrjg aone is pom
pie 'ed it wjll C0taUeas$ $1,500,000.
The aeyspape.rsf p,'f7 Durham qiight
t'phave'set a cqmnyittee. up to, Nw.
Yprfc to draw up plans fo,r
WE DO ALL KINDS OF
TCXB "woirik:
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THE LOWEST si,-, T7.:s
STANDARD NOTES.
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Let Theiu be Pardoned.
The Go'.ernor of th-1 State w i 1
soon oe aKea to paruon aiessrs.
Cross and White. The petition to
be sent him bears the signatures of
mativof the leading, and best men
of the State, from our L. S. Sena
tors down to the humblest citizen
of the State. Quite a number of
our best citizens in Raleigh, who are
well acqua nted with all the facts
in their cases, have cheerfully signed
the petition for their pardon. 1 hey
have already suffered severely how
much no one can tell. We firmly
believe that the Governor night to
pardon them now and we do not hes
itate to saj so thus publicly. We
would not cover up or tidIc at their
offences, bu,t there were some miti
gating circumstances enough to
make' a plea for mercy for them
now that they have suffered a por
tion of the penalty! pronunced. We.
think we voice the sentiment of a
large number of our best people
when we express the hope that the
Governor will pardon them. We
believe such an act oa his park would
be approved by the. purple generally.
"It is human to. err but divine to
forgive." Raleigh Christian- Advo
cate. . I
If they are in ill health, or if
their confinement in present quarters
is sure to result in the ruin of their
physical health, let them" be par
doned. It is a sentimental feeling
that goes out, sometimes, in the in
terest of one once high in social
life ; but if they were guilty when
sentenced, the scar is Btill there ; if
their offense, waa grave, enough to
merit the length c-f their sentence,
by the judge, they should not be
relieved unless for some physical
reasons. i
The Senatorial situation in Kansas
is exceedingly interesting, and t be
gins to look as if Lngalls' hopes of
succeeding himself, ia the million
aires' c'ub tnown as the U."S. Sen
ate might turn out to be only "an
irridescent dream." , The election is
held on the. 27th, and on th.e .result
a great deal depends, not so much
to the smart Senator hipiself, but to
the whoa country. As tbe forces
now staftdj the Republicans have
a k "
die
Emma Abbott left the bulk of her
fortune to charitable institutions.
She leaves $5,000 to the Citadel
Baptist church, of Charleston, S. C.
It wts thought that Hon. Paul 0
Cameron would leave quite a large
sum of money to the Umvorsit v.
His will shows nothing of the kind.
Some of the most respectable Re
publican papers speak in high com
mendation of the Republican mem
bers who helped to lay the infamous
Force bill back.
Who was it that said a printer
would never be anything, except a
printer and a tramp ? Thev slipped
up there, for just think tlie author
of "McGinty" was a printer.
The Behring Sea, that has been
talked of so much, has been dumped
into the Supreme Court, and yet thev
have not made a call for life pre
servers. That thing must be a
mighty big little thing.
It now seems very probable that a
training school for teachers will be
one of the realities before a great
while. The people generally are
in favor of it, and when they' want
anything they are sure to get it.
With the McKinley tariff, how
thankful we ought to be that we did
not have a European winter over
here. With no coat and breeches
twice as high as they ought to be .we
would have been nipned pietty
badly.
North Carolina has an act pro
viding against the killing and snip
ping out of the State of partridges,
yet every week we find the express
cars piled np with the birds that
have been killed and are now coing
to the northern cities.
It is stated that the Central Pro
testant, which has tor a long time
been the organ of the Methodist P.
church in this State, has suspended
publication indefinitely. Rev. J. L.
Michaux, of the Greensboro Work
man, has been editor and publisher
of the paper for several years.
For several years a regular oyster
war has been carried en in the waters
of eastern North Carolina. Those
who take away the most are Virginia
and Baltimore boats, and the State is
now determined to put a stop to the
piracy, by allowing no boat, unless
owned by citizens of the State, to
take oysters away.
Cotton rope sells for 12 i cents per
pound ; cotton sells for nine cents,
yet cotton rope, it is said. i man
fipinctics in cotton factories
The merchants don't mak-' the profit
but the rope manufacturer will
eventually hang himself with large
and extravagant prices.
The New York Legislature elects
a United States Senator on the 20th
of this month It is among the
probabilities that D. B. Hill shall be
the lucky citizen. If New York
wants, as her representative, a -man
vho is a Demecrat and docs his
peakinir before an election, the lin
ger of the eternal fitness of things
points, with unmistaking pmision.
at Dave.
The invidious di.-crimination
which our talented townsman, C.
McDonald, makes against a certain
class of dogs, in the section of an
ict to raise revenue, proposed by him
for the consideration of the solons
at - Raleigh, ni? due to the state
of confirmed b..u el irhood in which
ne has established himself despite
the blandishments of the fair sex
and contrary to the expectations his
own personal charms would warrant,
b"t we do not believe- it.
Yorkc .i.
nianv roo,i-consequent.!
will bo tnei'v ;:t tin
Z ;,.tu,i:,n.!i t'v State :;';,
-" a co vviliiotti sntmnng
countvv-.fii tho -above' namet
iuioau.iv llicHhlli: till
Hi
ner was, rcutru
and in ;;ls-.
u'oiid sized bov
thc name of
L' hi liking the
valuables and
the eiuiiii-.'u.. . .
got OU.t i;;jv
that -valua'sle
'Did
from the c
S a wagon h.
on i;. iu 1
the mkstng
box eontaiiif
was' to Iv shi
,'',.. ,. ... . '
. UcJiUl", tVliiOl.
of athtclim
the stuff,
drawn a
was set
to cans
at, a
liuiE e,r;
red iii:irl
ledger pa
memoria,:
I V;ut v'
orris.on was ;
:" ou the box
in the rue:;;
;:' iv heav.
to hunt il
a hi
lerurh-u en denier.
.uarK jiataion
to serve flic paper
junior member,
got, tired of some
ing and went out
partner. Seeing him
yards down s;reet: he crii
"Here's the store;" but that
was hunting fur that "box."
Morrison took hk paper to th
but it, fit no box there; he can
and begnn a sie.., on the bad'
At hist it was found. O'hee;
nson read his paper and nu.
York- stood bv to see the fh'u
done. It came very near frigl!
the young man to" death. '
said he, "this box. is mine r.iu"
Several bushels of goobers Fn
to sell"; with this' he began i
ing off the lid. The senior r,;
of the firm was satisfied t
box belonged the young n:
from some cause had" his ous
name on it. Paying over
the deputy for his services r
ning down the box, and getti"
ground peas from the yonn
he went to his place of In
tie gave his partner ono of
Johu Wads worth- declares h
afford to put his tooth into i
ground iiea, and refu ses to t
forted. The day' closed iyi
page still rerunning r3 a nie
while the bookkeeper chavn
firm up with 2.00, as the:
hunting for a, box incorrectly 1
-! range how cc
!o some Ui nes. "
that appears w!
Hot U:xl. isihI
It's a lit:'
people will
ever they il -
not wrons, siri. tiv so.Un- t
they do not do it with any
intent, but simply to carrt
point.
Por a long lime Ed Ch:jr
youugand industrious farm
lives a few miles above town, 1
:i f ill, I.. I- f.,..i ;,.,r f, ,..
Miss Means returned Ed's lc-.
was a devoted lover ever aftc
Finally they were engaged!
married, but their plans im
by the objection of the girl's J,
But th6- voting couple decide'
tO each life Would l,e ;.u .r.l;
burden without the other's
through its pathway. Weif
night t In- two were ready to s
South Carolina where no !
have to be paid. But they f
way to go. Their mi nils ,
time were fertile witk ii"
powers and each decided to (
.Mr. Means' horse, with u
knowing it would be tin i e:
Mr. Means is anxiously aw.-il,
return o. tin- bi-idal con Jib- I
horse) so he ear. giv; them in
reception.
sum: muhvT vrATi.-iu;:
;;;. i. ,iit r.iuior
China t,ioe Dart.
Mr. Jacob B, ;;vcr died la:
nesday. Miss Fannie Pi
of Concord, is here. Wi
sixty-five votes, the Democrats
and the Alnanoemen mao nn. nn
maintaining ft vnai of Agricultural joint ballot, A 'ty.two of the
Chemistry, he cpndition being that Altfaneemen -e ex-Republicans and
free tuition be given. fr w many th r 0f their attachment to tne
siuuenis as we ipiiWHW miu- unkn0wn factor it re
:ii v, nA..i?
eWd bj tetiesof the
V WWft. ";e chronicle puts the
.7n bequeathed to the University at
S $75,000.
j. o. rj. is an unKiiuwu
mains to be seen whether John
James chances are as dead as they
look. It is to be hoped tliat ap
pearances, in this case re. not deceptive.
The United States officials regard
the Iadian war as virtually ended.
fce conclusion of so iniquitous a
business will be hailed with delight
by all humane citizens of Jhis alleged
civilized country. The record of our
treatment of the Indian, when ; read
in the dry light of impartial history,
will make our descendants blush for
the humanity of their ancestors, as
the descendant of the Puritan crim
sons now when, he reads the story of
the Salem, witches' sufferings under
the barbarous cruelty of his ances
tors. The Legislature struck a pretty
big job when it undertook the one
of stopping gambling. But they
undertook it, and whether they stop
it or. not they will doubtless put the
gamblers to some trouble to carry it
on. It provides that for every firm,
or individual, or agent dealinjr in
what is commonly known as futures,
$10,000 per year shall be paid to
the county in which the business .is
carried on. This shall not be de
manded of any cotton warehouse
dealer, or provision broker. Tin
object is to stop gambling in the
style that hum the people at large,
aud keep things that are necessary
to every day use out of a gambling
market.
Senator Vance is liked by every
body in Washington City." Ilels
good natured and his friends like to
have something; to say about him.
because they know it will idea,
everybody. , In a recent issue c the
New York World, a AVJhinffton
correspondent writes lengthy ar
ticle on the nose3 tic rubers of
the Senate. -He concluded his arti
..i ti,: j ,. ... .
"D1" wav: "Senator Keagan s ;
noseJ fat and bunchy, and that of
stance, is one of the best all-rouirj
noses m the Chamber, i wo.uld
rather live behind Vance Vnoso than
behind that of any other IV.nocratie
Senator. It has iUl the li'aes of good
nature and. ood fellowship, and,
like contentment, it is better than
gre?xt riches."
(.., . . -Bm
The salary of the pastor of the
Methodist church in Monroe has
been raised from $900, to a $1,000.
Kddleman bought 22o rabb
ing the month of Deeernl
There is a sidewalk in front
post office. The Dart ha
well.- Mrs. John A'. Jo
last Friday morning.- 1
F. Beaver to Emma A. fA
-Mrs. S. J.Sloan, of Mill
has' an egg with a " T " on
Mr. James Frieze, died la ! i.
of typhoid fever. Marric
drew ' W. Sechler to Mis3
Beaver.
Officers of ta-Hitil l.iKle. A. r
The Grand -Lodge of .Mas
in Raleigh, ui. l after a plea:
profitable meeting officers,
ensuing year tere elected as i
Most Worshipful tirand M
A. Gttdger, Aihcville ; 1 epu
Master, John W. Cotton, .'
Senior Cram! Warden, F. .
Mo '-ton ; Junior Grand W;
J. Noble, Smlthlield; Gram';
urer, j). S. Waitt, Kaleigh'
Secretary, K W. Bain, Hale'.
B. Broughton, A. 11. A.
riti-1 ;. Rosenthal were cie
rectors for the Orpnan A.-y!
f '
itn'rn i:.;T.i
l"r'i2i Ttitiie Uri ii" 'i !t.i.i:
Forty-eiafct les of cott
Pi
ill tic:
tit
in hy wlt;Ajfc.
partv will lnv,
""pjeipal jirtion.
'I'rfy, supcritftp Mcnt of
pot r.mi mill i. vva nnc
sail 1 ting Po.KTTTiliii
the dark Tran
t s. are nmmug "'
Kli Jiali, oue of. the oe.
Mecklenburg fount',
d av evening 'it thi
Blaciv
3 0!i !
M.irio;,
oie1.'
s
In 1 Sin ri'l Vrr -
,1 1
V'-
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Sner
The SumiUi'u
l'ri "!!,. er.it rn. - that C'f
of Granville county,
charged ' with liaving p
men. He has oi'ed
habeas eoniu
.Judge Boy kin. ii:
LiddiL-'
popular :
linger tq
ou
to 1 e '
Dnrlrr.
.0-w,As is !
: a'ie !j the "ta
.s sorer.