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YOL. IV. NO. 5.
CONCORD, N. C., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1891.
WHOLE NO. 163,
THE STAHDARD.
Y
Stan
I'HATTAIX ABLK.
The sails we see on the ocean.
Are a white as white can be,
But never one in the harbor
An white as the sails at sea.
And the clouds that crown the mountain
With purple and s;old delight,
Turn to cold pray mist and vpor
Ere we reach its topmost night.
Stately and fair the vessel
That comes not near our beach ;
Stately and grand the mountain
Whose night we may never reach.
I. A I..
BY MKS M. L. RAISE.
It was iii that birthplace of color,
the region of valley which lies alone
the Chattooga river, that the humble
cabin home of " Moonshiner Jim "
wh located, resembling, in its red
roofed isolation, a flowing ruby m a
Betting of emerald green. (July by
contrast, for the red roof was so low
it nested in the tender verdure of
the rich tiel is that hid all its defects
Biid exasperated all its beauties.
Just beyond wan another accentua
tion of coior, the blood-red blossom
of the cotton held which glowed in
ruady verdure all along the bottom
lands, like mimic reas of flame. Over
all this gorgeous vegetation arched
0 sky of Neapolitan blue, the mid
dav skv of Georgia, cloudless, and
with a dome of endless perspective.
Nature had wade shift to surround
her loneliness with a beauty that
compensated lor the lom of Human
companionship.
As far as the eye could reach there
was oiijv this on;- liHimaiiou.withits
red roof sunken to the ground, But
in the low doorway was something
fairer and of more exquisite work
manship than the blue skies, or red
blossoms, or sweet uelia of living
green. This was a young girl in a
tattered dreBS, through the rents
and rags of which her lovely arms
and satmsniootb skin were plainly
discernible. She was pleading with
Moonshine Jim.
" Dunn make me dew tnet agin,
pappy. Et ain't liken fur me to be
put to sech chores, no how. 'Tain't
gal's work. At yer tole ner as is
gone yauder you wouldn't nevah ax
lae no mo'. I ca n't seeui to stand
tu-ir agin, no how."
"Shet up. Lai," sail the long,
shamming mountaineer, as he cut a
round from the bar of plug tobacco
in i.is hand; "it ain't enuy cous-uin
of yourit, only to dew ez yure bid.
Aiu'l I er pap? Doan I tVeds an'
ciose yer" all the yah rown? Iain
poin' ter be 'sprised by no reveuios
along of yer laziness. N w yer git,
or I'll everlastingly talk ther strap
till yer."
"Pappy, I kin keep a lookvout
from thwdure. Et do be everlastiu'iy
not to stand yonder, likens I were a
rooted till the yeath. Tain't like
folks yeahabouts ter be informiu'.
and I kin see a revenoo miles and
miles fur off. Ef Rod Hawkins
heaUs as enuything were a foot he'd
sartinlv lidedeown fur to tell uns.
Yer kno' as how he would, pap."
She hang entreatingly on his arm,
looking into his ugly guarled face
with tne lovely eyes that her mothei
bad given her, and the rough moun
taineer father for a moment relented,
urn! then was ashamed of his weak
ness. He gave her a rude push as
he turned away.
" Ef I doan see you thar by th-
time I git to the still 'il be the wuss
fur yer, Lai, when I git hum ter
night. Yer ain't wuth ver salt, nor
yer mothah warn t afore ye.
Wifh that be turned ivi;y. mid La
never knew now sorry no was ail
that, afternoon, working secretly in
hia hidden stwi son y fcr his rough
speech; nor how the spirit of her
mother Had been witn mm, anu boh
ona hia heart, so tha he had re
solved to be kinder to his motherless
child. , ..
"Her air a bit lazy and tnflin, but
I 'low as Rod Hawkins have axed
her, her rnought as well hev it easy
fur a spell. I'll send her to git some
book larniu' and her shell hev a new
caliker gown. Lai ain't bad ter look
ut. She do favoh her mothah.
But the moonshiner's resolve cune
too late.
That same afternoon two young
men, each carrying a rifl rode along
the vallev naat Lai's home. One of
them was ltod Hawkins, a young
athlete in mountaineer garb, Ihe
other his dress did not betray his
profession was a young revenue
officer.
"No, indeed, mister," Rod was
saying, " there ain't a still on this
Bide of the Chatoogy river. Them
folks yander air planters. The man
is waitin" fur his craps and puts in
his time huntin'. He ain't no fam'iy
to speak on, his wife bem dean
i)u him!"
The last words he said under his
breath. They were inspired by
something he saw at tho moment a
hum t-breakiug vision of Lai pooi
Lai!
Look at that scarecrow," sa u
the young revenue oflietr. " I thiui.
that object might scare ail the crow
in the country. It i ready u nitei
niece of ait."
Rod hud seen, and deep iu hit
he rt was Hoping that his companion
Lad not. Now, lie grouud h.s strong
while teeth together and Ins biui
eves flashed with a steely augei,
ilut he nerved himself to sptak
quietly as he changed tue couvtrsi
tion. "Ef yer stay yeahbouts we kit
show ver a coou hunt by moonshiu-
hi.iI it barbycue and a dance-down.
There's a heap of iun in em."
His compauiou did not answer,
Ri.d Rod turned jealously to look at
turn.
" Hi !" he shouted, " look out thai
Mr God ,:
He was too late. The young offi
cer, in a spirit of fun, had rained hif
rille to his shoulder and taken aim at
the fluttering, scarecrow that stoou
sentinel in the soft green of the rice
held. Simultaneous with t .e report
of the rille rang out a woman's cry.
and immediately after the echo of a
second rifle shot, and the gay anu
fanciful youmr revenue officer lay
proce on the dust of the road. Anc
Rod Hawkins was runniug for hie
not his own life to the poor flutter
iug scarecrow in the ragged gowi.
and limp sun-ibounet.
"Tell papas he were'nt tei
blame, gasped L.al as she lay 11
Rod's arms, "he Rod mo:hah '
She lifted one small brown hand.
and Rod pressed it to his quivering
lips.
"Air ye hurted, Lai? I've killed
nun as did it, like be were a varmiut
Mv Uctla T.ol urn vt h-.rtjrl?"
liut Lai bad spoken her last words
on earth. Detroit ree I'ress.
The Standard is a hummer.
NOME THOUGHTS,
From a Prsrtlral Ticher, on the
Bliibek Speller.
EditorJStandard :
The effort to belittle the Blue
bnck and banish it from the school
room is a senseless undertaking, and
the educators engaged in i ought to
be ashamed of themselves, if they
have found a better way of begin
ning the ascent of "the hill of knowl
edge," why do they not content
themselves with showing the merits
and idvantages of that way, instead
of using their time and talent to
depreciate the tried and beatn
way: i$y raising a hue ana cry
against the use of the Ulueback
hev do not and can not convince
the friends of this speller that it is
worthless and should be discarded
iu the work of the school room.
Teachers of thought and sense are
competent to uecide for themselves
on hearing what can be said in favor
of the ''word method," but they
will be slow to adopt it if the chief
argument for its adoption is abuse,
or depreciation, or noicule ot tne
Blueback.
It cannot be denied by the most
fierv and enthusiastic advocate of
the "word metnod thit the Blue
b.i. Ic has done a good work in the
education of past generations. It is
a patent ami well known fact that in
the hands of progressive and wide
awake teachers it has been success
fully employed in laying a solid edu
cational foundation. How senseless
then to condemn it is having lost its
value and potency as a factor in the
early training of the pupil! Every
sane person must admit that by its
proper tivd faithful use the same
progress may be made now that has
beeu made in years gone by.
The oortion of the Blueback most
savagely criticised is that found at
the beginning. It is said that in tnis
part ot the speller there are combi
nations of letters tnat spell notmng
and mean nothing. We admit that
tnere are some combinations of this
sort, but when we are told that
fifi pen or twenty nacres are thus
faulty, we must ask permission to
sav in our most allable manner that
he statemeut ia an unwarranted
exaggeration. The truth is there ate
not more than two rr three pages
that contain the combination so
offensive to the zealous advocates f
the " word method," and all of these
with very few exceptious are fouud
s syllables in reputable words, or
olav a nromineot part ia the forma
tion of such syllables.
We think we can hhow this to be
the fact. Take the combinations.
CHA, CH, CHI, CHO, CHC. I HA IS the
first syllable of chaos and charade;
CHE, 01 CHELT ami CHEMISE; CHI, Ol
CHIROGRAPH Y and CHICANE; CH'S of
chorus: chc, of chcet; chy, of cht
laceous. lake, also, qua, que. qui,
quo, qvy. Qua is the first syllable
of quaver; que, of quehy; qui, of
quiet; quo, of quorum. b'it we must
not overlook scra, scrk, scri, scro,
scru, and scla, sole, scli, sclo, sclu
the combinations that are rolled
out with such vigorous gusto at
Teachers' Institutes by certain
cranks in education, to create tin
impression that these are fair specie
mens to be met with on every page
of the first filteen or twenty. Why
even of these scra is found in scra
per; scre. in screamer; scri, in scrib
ing; scro, in scroll; scru, in scruple,
scla, in sclavonian; scle, in scle
rotic. We have not counted the
words on he condemned pages, but
we do not believe that out of pro
bably fifteen hundred there can be
found twenty-five combinations that
are not used as syllables or parts of
syllables.
In tnis connection it 19 not amiss
to state that our best readers have
" Exercises in Articulation, and we
will noiico in examining these "Ex
ercise a that tney contain very queer
combinations. What is the object of
these cpmbinationsf lhey spell no
thing aud mean nothing. But do
they not serve a good purpose? We
fear that our educational lights are
disposed to strain at a ga e but find
no difliculty in swallowing a saw
mill. B. A. L.
The Revenue Men Come Down on
DUtlller.
We take the following from the
Salisbury Herald:
On Tuesday Mr. J. 15. Lanier is.
sued a circular letter to his custom
era announcing the fact that owing
to "circumstances beyond his con,
trol " his distilleries would be closed.
The "circumstances alluded to,
while not Btated in the circular, are
that Mr. Lanier is being singled out
by the revenue department as a spe
cial pet upon whom to bestow all the
favors possible m the way of im
posing unreasonable and unjust re
strictions. A Bhort while tince Mr
Lanier was notified that in future
his largest distillery ivonld be ;ts-
et:sied 'Si gallons of spirits to each
bu6hel of corn, and more recently
ie was notified that his ottir-r distil
ierv woiru ue assessed at gallons per
bushel. Heretofore th a-ses-innit
upon these distilleries has been 2i
gallons per bushel, and as uo othe
d sti.ler in the district was placed
under such restrictions us Mr. La
nier, the injustice and malevolence
of the action was shown at one
Some one was to be oppressed and
deviled by the revenue spies, 11 ud
Mr. Lanier was selected, ht beiDg
the largest and most prominent dis
tiller in the district. But for once
the revenue folks got more than they
bargained for. Mr. Lanier deter
mined that he would not submit to
such treatment, being singled out
from all the distillers in the district
for oppression, and accordingly when
the officers called upon him and no
tified him of the fact that they had
come to assess .the capacity of his
lower distillery he very promptly
told them that he would work no
onger. Both distilleries will close
if ter this week, and a big slice of
money will be lost to the department.
F e glory in the spunk of Mr. Lanier.
An attempt was made to impose un
usual restrictions upon him, and he
very properly resented it Whether
or not the distilleries will resume
work depends upon the action of the
department.
The House committee a'lows
150,000 additional for Baltimore
harbor improvement.
WILLIAM WI5TDOM.
"illim Windom, late Secretary
of tha Treasury, was born in Bel
mont county, Ohio, on May 10th,
1827, of Quaker parents. When he
had completed his educa ion he
studied law and was admitted to the
bar at Mount-Vernon in 1853. Two
years later he emigrated to Winona,
Minnesota, where he practiced law
until 1859, when he was elected to
Congress, being re-elected for four
successive terms. In 1871 he was
elected to th? United States Senate,
and re elected in 1877. He left this
body to enter President Garfield's
administration as secretary of the
Treasury, but resigned after Gen.
Arthur's accession. He made an t x
cellent secretary, showing both wis
dom and courage in his successful
efforts to refund the high interest
bearing bonds at a much lower rate.
He was conspicuous by the reliable
conservatism, which is the soundest
capacity in tha world for a financial
head of any government.
In the memorable year 1883, Mr
Windom waB again a candidate for
the Senate, and was apparently the
choice of the Republicans of the
State, but he was bitterly opposed
by M. H Dunnel, member ot Con
gress from the First Minnesota dis
trict In caucus Mr. Windom re
C6ived eighty-three vots out of
eighty- our ne-essary to a choice
Dunnel fo .ght him openly and se
cretly, and th deadlock continued
for some time. Finally 11 break wa
made and Dwight M. Sabiu was
elected. After his defeat for tin-
Senate Mr. Windom spent most of
ins time in iew xoru with hib fami
ly, but always nut in an an enrance
in .Minnesota before each general
election.
Mr. Windom has been interested
in s me railway schemes, aud is be
lieved to have died a wealthy man.
His administration of the treasury
was infinitely creditable and most
useful to the country, and our funds
were safe in his ban Is.
Til F.TREAfcritER'M REPORT.
We are indebted to Treasurer Bain
for a copy of his bi-ennial report,
from which we gather that if there
be no increased appropriations there
need be no increased taxation.
Whether there are to be increased
appropriations is then a mutter of
concern. His estimates are for the
penitentiary, f 250,000 ; Insane Asy
lums, $172,500; Deaf and Dumb
and Blind Institute, $50,000; for
interest on the 4 per cent, bonds,
$123,000; for pensions, $93,000;
public printing, $20,000; for other
items, $252,000 ; making a total of
1960,400, not including the interest
on C per cent, bonds, which will be
met by railroad dividends.
The estimated revenues lie states
a3 follows: Penitentiary earnings,
$215,000; State tax of 25 cents,
$53',750 ; the 3 cent tax for pen
sions with ! cent poll tax, $84,000 ;
other taxes, $110,000; total, $954,
750. The treasurer has a balance
now on hand of $34,408.97.
An appropriation of $10,000 is
proposed for the Normal School for
girls; one of $25,000 is asked for
the Agricultural College, and it may
be that other new appropriations
will be made. Besides, more old
bonds are to be funded, which will
increase the interest charge.
There are outstanding $1,570,000
of old bonds, which if funded would
increase our four per cent debt
$400,000, entailing an additional in
terest charge of $16,000. The Bu
l ean of Labor Statistics is to be pro
vided for by a separate appropria
tion, as we understand. The fish
interest has already involwd some
expense, and an ppr-'priation of not
less tarn $25,Oou ought to be mule
for that, although so much may nor
be needed. There i- a 1 robaility of
add ritni.il appiopi i 1 ion-beiin' in.de
to berwe-:. $'.0.000 a ! $100,000.
One ut of i-.x wil ra $20.uu0 of
income; and it ;ks a- if n addi
iohhI ;axof 4 cents win -e requisite
if the S:ate is to do ba tdi- mgh
b do. Then there is a demand for
ncreaied echtiol terms, which if fa
vorably coMsidtTt-d will require an
dditton to the school tax. Govern
ment is neces-arily expensive, and
while the State ought to do w'-at is
necessary in the way of fostering
her public interests, the Legislature
ought to be careful that no oppor
tunity is afforded for the people to
susrect their representatives of ex
travagance or a want of due econo
my. News and Observer.
And Abont all lie Doe Know.
We know of a drove of fine Vir
ginia horses that is heading for Con
cord. Now that the Standard maa
has lost his railroad pass he had bet
ter set himself up to something,
that, for speed and comfort, will
rival the R. & D. vestibule train.
China Grove Durt.
It is very doubtful whether school
teacher Brown knows a drove of
horses from one of Texas steers.
Treasurer Seeberger, of the Chi
cago World's Fair directory, says the
directory never expected to run the
fair on a ten-million-dollar basis. It
was all along contemplated, he says,
that fifteen millions would be required.
UNCONTROLLED TEMF.PRS
Cnnae Two Maid to Quarrel and fight
and the Dignity of the Law
Reap the Benefit.
Since the fall of Adam, way back
in the early history of the garden of
Eden, man has been getting mad
and his fair neighbor, in a dress, in
response to the rulings of an ungov
erned inheritance, gets mad, too.
This is an angry world, my friends ;
brure and man, alike, in moments of
some grievance, some wrath and
perhaps an imagined wrong, go to
gether battling fighting for a cause.
The bickerings, the quarrels, the
spites, the scratcbings and fightings
oh, it is sad to recall. All these
things, in a boasted age a glorious
time civilizing civilization in the
land of the free, the brave aud where
right is preached and taught. It is
a made Btate ! A sorrowing picture,
strife, contention, it is !
Two heated tempers steamed up,
boiling, scorching, burning im
agined wroug ; they quarrelled, the
young girls did ; one gave the lie
the other struck the blow, vv ith a
soft hand doubled into wrath. Ah,
it is bad to see the gentle ones
"lose their tempers," forget the pe
culiar charms and graces that belong
to them, give the lie and strike, like
men do !
The eye of the law sees it sees
straight, sometimes and the young
maids surrender to the law's de
mands. They are fined ; they con
tribute, each, $4.35 to the wounded
dignity of the law. That settles it?
No, no. The fine is paid, the young
maids appeur in His Honor's office,
the blow and the lie were given
these are the facts. It is not settled I
If the scar was not there : if the
$4.35 removed the scar; if the!
"making of friends followed all
would not yet be right. It is the
sorrow for the wrong, the resolve to
control the temper and the execu
tion of the resolution these consti
tute 1 he healing, the betterment, the
good.
But such is life' It is a nir-an,
mad, fighting world, this is.
- m
Tbe Standard Gel Mad
At the way some kickers make
remarks about things thaf do not con
cern them.
To see fashions change before the
garment is worn out.
To see a man let a golden oppor
tunity pass by ; and ihe same fellow
have occasion to criticise some one
else for doing the same thing.
To hear the "Industrious Alexan
der" positively assert that he could
have told you so before. It is pro
ductive of a weary feeling to hear a
man say "I told you so." But the
woods are full of such cattle these
days.
To step into a dry looking place
on the pavement, and th'U mire
down over the shoe.
To find no one else abont Mount
Pleasant to catch in our subscrip
tion net; the trap ha9 caught nearly
every man in that neighborhood.
But then, when they get a railroad
down there, it is probable that some
immigrants will go in they will be
"yanked in," too.
To see some would-be Christian
men or things that call themselves
men cry down and sfep on a fellow
mortal and roll him in the mud
when he fs already downed, possibly
forever.
To see a man try to be cheerful
and happy when he has the tooth
ache light bad.
When a lazy, poky son of Adam
remarks about the luck of enter
prise in a town that he can't keep
up with.
To hear men regret an awful oc
currence before there is any sign of
it except the ground-hog theory.
Because the stores don't close ear
lier and allow the clerks time to read
newspapers, good books and study
their Sunday-school lessons.
And it makes the Standard mad
because it haj notning e se to get
mad about.
American Cotton g Ntill Ahead.
Since Southern mills have begun
making a good quality ol the coarser
gihdes of cotton fu n ic aud th pro
tluctiCH iuisshowua teady inci ease,
Ne Ei'ghtU'l in tii'ifaciui'- rs hny
turn d then- atte tion to in iking the
tm 1 gi. iM- . F--I tdat. puip se thy
Uhw uiicu-rtaKen t. nun a neap r
si. i. ramie id se 1 inUml cotii-u.
Kgvpti -u ci itit l.a. been tri d ami
i fit iu some it pecis saiisfa loi v.
iim lhey hnd mat curnliing machines
m Me-eerNary to woi k it with That
nas probabiy prevented the adop
iioti .f it ueyond t'venty mill.s or bo
Stiit those mills have -een consum
iug a good deal of cotton.
In Egypt the average cron is about
450,000 ualeH of about 750 pounds
weight. I hey do not manufacture
any there. Most of it goes to Enu
laud. In 1885, however, 4,553 bales
were brought to this country : 111
188G, 3,815 bales came; in 1 87, 4,700
bales; in 1888, 5J)i bales; in 1889 the
number increased to 8.430 bales, and
last year the aggregate was 9,000
bales.
This shows that the imports have
steadily grown from the beginning.
Only a few days ago the largest sin
gle importation of it ever received
in America arrived iu New York. It
Nggregated 2,150 bales, valued at
$350,000. It was a good grade and
was well handled. But even those
who use itconfess that the best of it
is far from the equal of the sea isl
and product. bt vannah .News.
Moscow, Feb. 5. A terrible fire
occurred in an orphan asylum in
this city last night. The building
was burned to the grouni and most
horrible scenes were witnessed as tbe
youthful inmates were being rescued.
As it was nine children were burn
ed to death and others so seriously
injured that their lives are despaired
of.
1
Extremely cold weather prerails
over theJNorthwestern States.
LITTLE DROPS OF
Tar, Pitch, Turpentine and Other Tar
Heel Product.
Inspector-General Cameron re
signs. Mecklenburg farmers cancelling
mortgages.
lialeigh electric street cars arrived
Wednesday.
Episcopal convocation at Fayette
Tille this week.
Charlotte May Festival promises
brilliant success.
Lowest temperature in Wilming
ton during January 29.52.
New and extensive cottage im
provements at Wright8ville.
Crown cotton mills run day and
night, and behind on orders.
New Hanover people want impo
sition of $500 liquor license.
Paleigh colored people raised $300
more for the State Exposition.
. Confederate pensioners propose a
summer reupion near Asheville.
Greensboro is negotiating for the
Hammond Manufacturing plant.
Droves of mules are prohibited in
the streets by Charlotte ordinance.
Paa planting m fall blast through
out the trncking regions of the State.
Wilmington had 13 cloudless days
in January ; highest temperature 75.
Wilmington January cotton re
ceipts, 18,594; 11,223 same time last
year.
North Carolina railroad directors
declaie 3 per cent, semi-annual divi
dend. Wilkesboro votes the 14th inBt.
on issuing $5,000 bonds for improve
ments.
Capt. Piatt D. Cowan has charge
of the uptown railroad ticket office.
Asheville.
J W. Rutledge, of Stokes, has lo
cated iu Greensboro in the tobacco
business
Re ard of $200 out for Charles
Williamson, of Cleveland for killing
his brother.
Durham Globe : It is stated that
a company will be formed in Dur
ham to bore for petroleum.
The Commonwealth Cotton Man
ufacturing Company, of Durham,
begins business at an early day
Miss Dora Hill, of Laurinburg, a
beautiful girl of 17, has gone blind
from the effects of the la grippe.
Hereafter the partridge 6hootinz
season will begin November 1st, and
end March 1st, in North Carolina.
North Carolina's increased tobacco
production and improvement in
quality is most marked this season.
Governor Fowle has rnditioned
Sidney Smith in Columbus jail on
requsition of Governor iillman, of
South Carolina.
Charlotte Alderman vote 6 to 2 to
submit a proposition to the city to
ters for issuing $300,000 local im
provement bonds.
Kinston's new knitting mill em
ploying seventy operatives, adds one-
third more machinery, and has or
ders three months ahead.
The Chronicle objects to the name
New Wilkesboro, for the twin to f n
on the rsorth side 01 the xaakin.
It insist upon the name of Gordon,
or North Wilkesboro.
Carpenters and painters on the
government building at Charlotte
struck, because the Superintendent
put on a negro mechanic, which the
laws of their union forbid.
Stockholders, all practical work-
ingmen, have organized a sash, door
and blind manufacturing company
with $25,u00 capital at Cnarlotte,
$13,000 already subscribed.
The New Berne Journal 3ays the
Beaufort Canning Company is using
bushels of oysters per day. This is
the only packing house in the State
owned by .North Carolinians.
The Progressive Farmer is in fa
vor of working the roads in North
Carolina by taxation, and we hope
the present Legislature may take
some action in that direction.
The New Berne Journal says:
Yesterday the steamer George H.
Stout, of the Clyde line, took out .-.
part of hei car-o 8,755 l a-vs c n
laiiiina 210,120 t ans of oysters, the
toral weight ilf waich was 150 tons
Mr. E K. P. O.-borne, who la'elv
faiied in Chariot e, has jost recov
rtd fiom a severe ill Mess, and now
gives a mO(t encouraging report of
his situation, and says notwithstand
ing the reports about him, uot a sin
gle person will lose a dollar by him.
Same Facts Abont Wanamaker's Sto 0
More than 14 acres of floor space.
Thirty-tiv hundred to five tnous
and employees, according to the sea
son.
Eleven boilers, aggregating 900
horse power.
. Seven steam engines, with a com
bined power of 625 horses.
Four hundred and seventy-two
arc lights and 550 incandescent
lights the lar jeet private electric
light plant in the country; besides
these there are 4.550 ga ie s.
Sixty delivery wagons and 120
horses, delivering at times as many
as 20,000 packages in a day.
Fifty-three merchandise dpart
ments, of which dress goods, millii
nery. furniture, house furnishing,
books and linens are the largest
retail stocks of their kind in the
country, while any of the others will
compare favorably in size and com
pleteness of assortment with any
retail store devoted exclusively to
the one branch of trade.
The dairy has a seating capacity
of 800, and th average number of
persons served daily is upward of
3,000.
Near Camilla, Ga. , there is a j u slice
of the peace who uses the oath to
witnesses as follows: "The evidence
you shall give in this ease shall be
the truth, the whole truth, and pay
all costs, bo help you God."
THE ARIZONA KICKER.
Home Kicks Worthy of a Kicker.
We extract the following from the
last issue of the Arizona Kicker:
A "Wise Man. The deadlock in the
Common Council was broken last
night by the absence of Col. Taylor.
J. he colonel couldn t help b unir ab
sent. Some of the boys had him oat
in the suburbs, under a tree, with a
rope around his neck. It was either
hang or break the combination, and
the colonel decided to help break it.
We want to Bay right here and now
that if there is anymore " fussing
in tbe council we will move to im
peach the whole gang, and if we
can't get 'em impeached we'll head a
body of outraged citizens and clean
'em out to a man. They were elected
to do public business, and the publ c
is in no humor to put up with their
peisonal quarrels. Col. Taylor ex
hibited wisdom in coming down off
his high horse, and we trust the
lesson he received will not soon be
forgotten.
A Wobd to the Mavor The mavnr
of this town hasn't tha decency of a
wolf nor the dignity of a monkey.
tie nas been drunk at least three
times a week for the last month, and
he would as soon pub hair with a
half -breed as to argue with a gentle
man. We've trot tired of his caDers
and we now give him due notice that
unless he comes to a right -about-face
we 11 give him dead away and rid the
community of his presence. An in
dividual about bis size is wanted in
one of the Eastern States for cow
stealing, and while we don't want to
be pizen mean, we owe a duty to this
community. We have got our eye on
the mayor.
Stand Up, Tom Hartweix. Tom
Hartwell, City Marshal, you were
appointed as a guardian of tbe peace.
now have you iulblled your mission!
On numerous toccasions within the
last three months you have been
drunk, aud jou can befounl in a
saloon oftener than on the street.
You i.ave set a bad example all
around, ard the idea that you ae a
guardian over anyt ing except a
whiskey jug makes us laugh. The
Kicker has given you a fair show,
but you would not in-proveit. Open
your ears now, Thnm s! If you do
not res gv 01 brace up the boys will
call on you within the next fort
night, and when they do so it will be
too late for any excuses. You'll be
taken out and made a pendulum of,
and the grave will be shallow and
the obsequies mighty brief. If you
want to cull the wild cactus when
the springtime comes again.Thomas,
we have pointed out the way. Ii
you don't, theD the boys will cull
you.
Come Out, Jim! While Jim Kaniff
was not elected mayor of this place
on a tempeiance platform, the pub
lic expected him to be decent about
getting drunk and whooping up and
down the streets. It is with sorrow
thai we announce the fact that Jim
is a complete failure except as an old
soak He hasn't drawn a sober
breath in six months, and bis official
career has been enough to shame a
wolf out of the country. We have
kept quier. on this matter, hoping
Jim would brace up, but tbe time
has come for a little plain talk. We
say to him in the most friendly spir t
that he must come out of that and
brace up. The boys are muttering
and growling, and if His Honor con
tinues his present career something
will happen within a fortnight. He'll
be waited upon by a committee,
mounted on a mule, and the mule
wi-1 be headed towards the hills and
told to travel. His Honor will keep
going and never return, or if he
should be foolish enough to refuse,
the boys will plant him and proceed
to sign a call for a special election
No Bed Tape. We learn that a
gentleman named Scott is coming
here from Ohio to establish a bank.
It is good news, but we feel it our
duty to utter a few words of advice
to the new comer. Remain sober
during business hours. Don't be too
anxious to pick a quarrel in order to
show off. Have a back room where
the boys can sit down and discuss
financial matters. If any of our
people want $50 tor sixty days don't
demand that the whole town shall
indorse Make your rate of interest
a reasonable one. Treat every faro
bank tlike, atd show up in oi.e sa
loon as ften as in auother. By
paying attention to the custo s and
chaiacteristics f our people y u
wil do a rushing business here and
be elected to the Legislature. The
other road lea-is to certain failure
and a midnight departure. Detroit
Free Press.
Death of a Centenarian.
Mr Iluichison lay lor, the oldest
man in Union ctmvty, and in a.l
,-robabilit tne eldest ii' the Siate,
!id at the home of his son, Mr.
John Taylnr, two and a half miles
from Monroe, a few days ago. He
was said 10 be 115 yean old. He
was a native of fStauly county, and
lived in that county until about 15
years ago, when he came to this
county, lie was a .eighbor and
playmate in his boyhood days of
William Whitl. y, the Stanly county
centenarian, who died last year at
the age of 117 years. Mr. Taylor
was only a little younger than Mr.
Whitley, making his age about 115
years.
His death w3 very sudden. His
health was quite good, considering
his age, and on the morning of his
death he ate a hearty breakfast.
During the morning he went to his
room and lay down on the bed. Here
he was found about one o'clock,
with his hands folded across his
breast and apparently peacefully
sleeping, but upon closer examina
tion it wps found that he was dead.
He had died as gently and calmly as
a child goes to sleep, and death was
doubtless a painless transition from
this world to the next
His health through life had been
remarkably good, and his eyesight
never failed him to an extent re
quiring tbe use of glasses. Monroe
Register.
Mr. W. R. Taylor, Jr., and Mr. W.
E. Brandon, of Virginia, arrived in
Baltimore and told of the disastrous
failure of an American farming
I colony in Paraguay.
THE SHOWMAN
That Gave
Tp Here in l- T-.-III
Touib-KtoneThe Account of II in
Last Daytf-Hin Wife Koine Be
lief Abont the HatterThe
Nhowiuen Do II in .Memory
Honor.
On the 7th of November, 1827,
George Yeaman, the showman, gave
up his life here in Concord. He
fell the victim of death, the inva
ding and stern power that tikes,
sooner or later, every one, whether
willing and ready or not.
George Yeaman was a Scotchman ;
be was a young man ; he chose the
life of a showman ; in the duties of
his profession he cut short the ties
of his earthly life he simply died
from the effects of a fall.
All that was mortal of young Geo.
Yeaman, the showman, was buried
in the old cemetery (Presbyterian)
near the Episcopal church.
A Standard man, prompted by cu
riosity and a desire to learn what
could be ascertained, visited the
tomb of Yeaman. It is not magnifi
cent, neither is it well kept, but it
is a tomb, and the tomb of the only
showman that ever departed his life
in this town. Though dead for 64
years, unknown to us a stranger
in a strange country a reeling 01
sadness mingles with that of curi
osity as one looks at the slab that
covers the spot where lies the dust
from Geo. xeaman s mortal parts:
Geo. Yeaman Scotland 27 years
thousands of miles from native
home it is this that touches one.
To know his history, to know what
killed him, and the circumstance
attending his death here is what
causes curiosity.
On the slab, supported by a frJl
foundation of crumbling brick, bears
signs of thoughtless and unskilled
sculptors other than the original in
scription. " In memory of " forms
a semi-circle, and beneath it in a
horizontal line, is "Geo. Yeaman,
Scotland." 'hen follows this:
"Equestrian, born ii Edinburgh,
Scotland, Jan 13, 1801, departed
this life Nov. 7, 1827." Below,
finishing up the original inscription,
is:
" Fare thee well, and sleep forever,
Fare thee well, my husband dear ;
May guardian angels o'er thee hover
While on earth I linger here."
Since the slab was placed, other
parties have cut with chisels and
knives their names. It is said that
some of them are those of showmen
that have come here from time to
time with other shows. Some are
not showmen's names, they are other
parties they ought not toiave been
put there, neither the names of
showmen nor those of Cabarrus peo
ple. But the slab is filled with sig
natures and initial?, executed rudely,
to be sure, in various ways, designs
and in as many positions. We give
some be'ow. Who knows that one
of these parties may not yet be alive,
or his son or daughter may be ? But
should it be caught up by a special
friend or relative well, it's all
right any way. Some names found
on it, among many others: "Gill
Robinson, Frank Robinson, Christie
F. Ashton, C. J. Parker, W. T.
Lynch, T. Burn ., J. T. Ray, J. D.
Irwin, J. Mills, Ned Howson, C. Val
landt, J. Riley, 1880, jugler (this is
in a square border), Jas. Pay, W.
Yeaman, J. Oliver, G. Holland, W.
Johnson, John WTeaver, C. Morrison,
1857, J. F. Fox, 1880, M. G. Gaston,
J. Holland, C. A. Peterson, J. Sher
man, F. Rine, S. Neave, J. M. Hutch.
F. F. Holland, E. W. Dawe."
THE CAUSE OF HIS DEATH.
George Yeaman was an equestrian
(the finest ever in this country, as is
claimed by many old men and wo
men, and the boys assert it, too,
from strong faith and confidence in
the reports handed down) and while
in Salisbury, during the exhibition
of the circus, Yeaman fell from his
horse and received injuries thai
proved to be fttal ones. He wa
brought, to Concord ihe following
dtv (which was on Wednesday, ac
calculation shows), this being th
i.ext point for exhibition. The only
hotel then was what is now knowu
as the "Foard House," near the
Lutheran church ; it was kept by
either a Lilly or a Moss, this beinjj
unknown exactly. The house being
so much crowded and the ncise so
great, Yeaman was quartered, in his
serious condition, in a house diag
onally across the street from the ho
tel. The house is now the property
of Mrs. Hettie Li taker. It was in
this house George Yeaman's life took
flight The noted equestrian, though
young, lay cold in death. His wife
was with him in these sad moments.
Devotion of associates, watching and
caring of his wife and the skilled
nursing of physicians, all failed to
successfully battle with the grim
monster, death. He died.
THE snow.
The death of an important actor
did not prevent an exhibition. It
opened doors as if nothing had hap
pened. Mrs. George Yeaman was a
leading figure in the exhibition at
other points. Here, when her time
came, she stepped out. She was at
tired in mourning habiliaments, and
wore the first long black veil ever
seen in this section, made a " nice
and tender" speech to the audience,
and left the canvass, the heroine of
that immense crowd. She went to
the hotel.
THE INTERVAL BEFORE BURIAL.
Before the coffin was made, George
Yeaman's remains lay upon a board ;
over the still form of the dead hero
CONTAINS MORE READING
MATTER THAN ANY OTHER
PAPER IN THIS SECTION.
of that day a white sheet was
spread. During the night, among
others " sitting up," was the clown,
named Crayton. Tin y were sitting
at the opposite end of the house from
the corpse. Abont 1 (midnight)
clown Crayton saw the white sheet
move, lise and sink, ns if the hands
and arms were moving. The alarm
was given, the "sitters-up" rushed
for the door, and Crayton grabbed
a hatchet that was lying near him
and drew back to throw at the corpse,
but, thought he, "1 shan't do that,
if he's coming to life we must help
him;" so he chopped the hatchet
into the wall. The mark is there yet
to offer testimony. At that moment
a large cat appeared from under the
cover. It was the cat that moved
the sheet, and not the showman's
hands.
OTHER TOIXTS IN" THE LITTLE niSTOKY.
Several parties thought they re
membered to have heard that Yea
man died from consumption, but
this is doubtless untrue, for the tes
timony and evidence all point to the
showman's death due to an accident
in Salisbury. One party said that
Mrs. Yeaman " married one of tho
show crowd a few days afterwards."
This is too uxkixd to think of a
woman.
The shows that have come here
since send representatives to the
grave. They have even leaped,
turned somersaults over the grave
and rendered music. Yeaman was
a Master jviason ; the sauare and
compass are cut in bold and plain
lines. They are prominent upon
the slab.
There is not enough superstition
now-a-days to fancy that his spirit ia
seen around the house where he died
it's too far gone. But George
Yeaman's dust lies in Concord; his
grave needs some attention; the
tomb is sadly in need of repairs. His
is a memory i Yeaman was not a
hero. He may have been a good
man, who knows? He may have
been a poor, sorry fellow ! Well, if
he was, he was some mother's boy ;
he was once soma woman's ideal.
His remains are in a foreign land ;
let's see that his grave gets some
flowers in the Spring; let's see that
his slab is repaired and his grave
kept green. Who knows but that
George Yeaman, the Scotch show
man, had a good heart ? But let us
see to keeping his grave as it should
be.
TheXegra anil .IiiKtiee in aMonlhern
4'wurl.
Letter in the St:its Chronicle.
Concord, N. C, Feb. 5. It has
been charged for many years, espe
cially during campaigns, that a negro
is not only debarred from voting as
he pleases in the South, bat also
that he stands 110 chance of justice
in our courts.
At the session of our Superior
Court here last week, Judge Graves
presiding, we had a cr,se that would
put to shame such men as Hoar, In
galls and others. The case was that
of two old negroes, man and wife,
vs. , executor of , de
ceased. The plaintiffs are old, fee
ble, uneducated and dependent, do
not own uny property or exert any
influence in the community, even
with their own race.
They brought Buit against said
executor, who is one of our wealthiest
and most influential citizens, for
$800 for services, viz: 100 days at
$5 per day for attending the deceased
during his last illness.
Able and learned counsel were
employed on each side two each.
The case was tried before a Demo
cratic Judge. Every member of the
jury a democrat. All the lawyers
Democrats, and Judge, jury and
lawyers all white men. The trial
consumed a whole day, dnd we have
seldom, if ever, witnessed more
earnes ness or greater effort put
forfh by counsel than in thi3 case.
The Judge's charge was fair and
ithont exception.
Verdic: in favor of the plaintiffs
for SIX HUNDRED AND FORTY ($040)
dollars. No appeal.
I will add that the jury was at
least equal to an average jury sev
eral large property holders, a county
.ommissioner, an ex-member of tho
House of Commons, among them.
All this occurred in the Demo
crat ic county of Cabarrus, a county
that has been continuously Demo
cratic since 18G.".
Can there be any more convincing
proof of the fact that all men stand
equal in our courts ?
C A 15 A RHUS 1 ) K M Or R A T.
Xewiter Men of Tly.
the " typical newspaper man " of
today is a young man. He is college,
bre t; becomes from a good family
and is a gentleman by birth and
breeding. He is brighter, quicker,
hns broader knowledge of men ami
affairs, and he makes and spends
more money than his brother who
goes into " business." He is well
dressed, well housed and well fed.
He has learned that bohemi mism,
as exemplified by irregular hours,
infrequent baths, and incessant rum
does not pay, and he has left that
sort of bohemianism to chronic
bummers and greenhorns. The tone,
the morale of the profession hae
changed within tho last twenty
years, and the public is only just
beginning to find it out. Educated
people, who keep their eyes open,
realize that their notions of the,
" typical newspaper man " are sadly
out of joint, and they are revising
their types. The profession is slowly
moving towards its rightful place in
public estimate n, and the time in
not very far distant when it will
stand, not on a par with, but ahead
of the law, the pulpit, medicine ana
the other liberal professions. In tho
meantime we will be obliged to en
duie with what grace w may tho
would-be brilliant sketches of play
wrights and novelists and the unius
tentionally stupid conclusions of
misinformed outsiders who see in
every whiskeysoreheaded scribbler
a typical newspaper man- Printer's
Ink.