T H E ST i H D A R D.
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'. TOWN AM) COUNTY.
"There's a Chiel Am ang ve Takin Notes
andFa.th He'll Prent Them."
Store Our l.asi Report.
NEW SVBSCEIBEK8.
1 A. Eai nhardt, Miss Mary End,
I.Seott, William F. Goodman,
i:' 1). W inert -ff. G. C. Lentz, John
Freeze. Geo. H- Ci use. Fight.
KCBSl'MPTIOJiS PAID
B. E. Parish, V. C. Pari1?!, Geo
Lie, H. C. Gook. John W.Cook,
Kcv, J. O. Schaid, Geo. me ron,
. C. Nogfcr, J. W. Dayvault. Mrs.
It. M Kriunniuyer. Mrs. Eliza W me
eoff. 11- S. Parish, H- H. Darnhardt.
Tuey Have Purchased and Will lluill.
The Episcopal congregation has
purchased a site for the new and
handsome church to be built soon.
The lot was bought of Mr. V.. 8.
Bincham and is located on corner of
Depot and Spring streets. The lot
is 50x110 feet.
At an early day a design will be
furnished by an architect and a new
and handsome church building will
be erected.
Badly Xerdrd.
Are there as many houses in Con
cord as are needed 'i Don't yon
think that some are needed for rent ?
If a family wanted to move here
what would it do for a dwel'ing
place? These are questions for
answer by 9111- i-itien. You say
that we do not need any more ah,
you don't, eh ': Mr. Maker, one of
the nicest and most gentlemanly
traveling men on the road, would
move his family here if he could
tind a h use to live in. There are
others that would come, but no
empty houses in desirable neighbor
hoods are to be had. Monied man,
put this in your pipe and smoke it
to ashes, if you please.
Willi Wood in Him Pocket, and Light
In III Eye.
Ed. Harris and his brother Jim,
of llarrisburg, were in the town on
the 12th looking for the Standard
man. Ed. had the broken pieces of
a " single-tre" of his curt in his
pocket; and he had, so several par
lies said, something in his eye that
flashed. Ed. was mad is the long
and short of it, ''or words io that
i'tfect." In crossing Rocky river at
l'harr's mill, his cart "tingle-tree"
broke. The plane is said to be ex
tremely bad. Ed. wants a bridge
there, so do others, and the County
Coninii?.ioiiers may just set them
selves for a big petition from that
section.
To Standard Friends.
We have a request to nutkp. Hear
us for our cauwe! If you like the
Standard, tell your neighbor. If
you think the paper ia worth ONE
DOLLAR, talk it anion? yoi-r
friends. We want our fiiends to get
each a new subseriler. Li the near
future we propese to enlarge, no as
to make room for more matter that
we desire to publ sh. The sooner
our fiiends rally in n lively roaumr,
the sooner we cpu affo: d to make the
chance.
We are arranging for nuid eu ros'.
pondence from diffen-ut r. cii-n.-: cf
the county.
JJriugin a name of a dipta.,i friend,
and lrt us s ! I the Standard to him
for one year.
Write us letters on any subject
that may concern your neighbor
Hood; come iu and shanethe hand
of the editor and talk on your neigh
bors' doings. Let's draw the tie of
friendship closer and closer, "or
word9 to that effect."
"While Stocking's"' Hide For Sale.
The racer owned by Mr. Geo. Mis
enheimer and known in races at. fairs
here as "White Stockings," will ru-i
no more races. He isoiad! He has
rnn himself away. From some
cause, the racer l.iid down Sunday
night, and died.
This horse was once but a common
farm animal without a record and
with id fame; but, by accident, his
ability to run wa3 discovered. Ik
was entered a number of times at
the county fairs here, and while he
run all-over-himself and got-up-got
he never enjoyed the luxury of a blue
ribbon or first premium. White
Stockings will be missid at the Fair,
as just up iu the opening of a bright
future he die.".
1 urrll Hill.
To a very large congregation Rev.
H. M.Blair, of Forest Hill, preached
Sunday morning an able and stir
ring strmon, from John 5-30:
" Search the Scriptures," etc. Th
congregation was moved and eddied
At the night service the persons
came forward for praer.
Four hundred and sixteen scholars
are now enrolled in the Sunday
school.
Can't the electric light company
be induced to give us lights a little
earlier 111 the evening and run tin 111
a itt e la er 111 the morning-. 1 nese
cloudy mornings, the lights are often
cut off in the midst of bnakfast
and in the evenings lamps are nee
tssary to carry on work
Alpha.
T Chaiign Ihe Same of Davidson Cot
leg.
Somewhat of a sti has been cre
ated in the .ouuty over the move
ment made to change the name of
the town of Davidson College to
llemsted. The movement, it is said,
originated with some of the profet
sors aiul the idea is to have the col
lege known as "Davidson College, in
llemsted." An dibit is now bein
made by th-se who oppose the changt
of name to defeat the movement,
and Mr. Mayes has introduced a
petition in the House -against tht
proposed change,
The Charlotte News learns the
above. It appears that much con
founding of matters, etc., would l
avoided, bv thi proposed change. It
is often t;uiei a difficulty to know
whet lu r tie college or the town is
Hcmfacr
meant.
SHORT LOCALS.
Th Greensboro Workman has a
move
on
itself. It is using a drag!
net.
Will exchange a short treatise on
individual locomotion for a mess of
shad.
The cotton market was pretty
flush on Friday, notwithstanding the
bad weather.
The bill providing for a Graded
School in Concord will certainly
become a law.
Mr. M. T. Stalling re, orta that
nearly every family in Xo. 10 lias
the influenza.
A bll incorporating the "Concord
Wafer Works," has passed its third
reading in one house.
Hugh Johnson, of Xo. 1, is re
ported convalescent. He has been
bat 1 1 i n gw i t h pneu mon 1 a.
A fellow, with a hnnip on his
ba:k and with cocked eyes, ;s always
looking for a perfect mar..
County Surveyor Long was in
town and reports'that every member
of his familv, save one little boy,
was confined with the grip.
'"'A man from China Grove fays
that it is muddy in that place. The
Standard would tell all about it, 1 tr.
it would be wrong to publish t le
leading item in advance.
The character of the "botanical"
attention of two young men of the
town is nothing short of chronic
regularity well, every night in the
week beats regularity all-to-pieces.
The dummy pulled four partially
empty cars from the factory to the
depot Thursday evening. This rs
nothing, except that there were sev
eral tramps stealing a ride in each
one.
A bill suggested by our efficient
clerk, Jas. C. Gibson, for the adju
dication of magistrates' certificates,
has become a law. It is said to be
quite an. improvement over the
methods formerly in use.
lL.it t e Springs Montgomery, who
still wears dresses, did like the little
chav in the reader, went out into the
" W'ide World." After considerable
hunting the little fellow was found
with some little girls. Springs is
all right.
Thomas Coleman, colored, of At
latra, and brother of Warren C.
C leman, is in tovwi and was exhib
iting some cotton seed oil, the pr d
ucts of a mill that Coleman is man
aging. He talks cotton seed with
mucli vim.
Arrangements are making for the
laying of the sewerage system of the
town. The plans and specifications
are about ready and a contractor is
beiiiLr looked for. The management
now has live car loads of piping on .
the grounds.
A man has been standing in front
of II. E. Gibson's store for several
'days; he wiars overalls; he seems
to "be paralyzed, as he does not mow;
he speaks to no one, nor he is no
... . . C Tl I t
nuisance, lie is a preiry ienow, out
it is a pity he is dunt(mv).
See the aiticle in ano'her column
on spelling, l ne writer is nui a
moS'sdack, nor a fossil; but alive,
living a d a moving. Let on the
light. If there be any, who disagree
with the idea set forth, let the Ugh-
be thrown on from that side.
Johnson, the superinteine it of
the Raleigh colored graded school,
has published a "School History of
the Colored Face." We have not
examined tile woi k t ioseiv ; mu a
hort examination reveals the fact
that it is, at least, interesting.
The Standard has received a copy
in pamphlet form of the "An i
Prohibitionist, published at Mount
Holly, X. C, by ,M. 11. Pride. Any
one wishing to sec it, may call ; that
question is not on here and there! ore
does not concern us at this timv.
Mi." W. A. Deaton, a theological
student in Philadelphia, and sou
of Mr. Deaton, of Enochville, is
veiy sick with typhoid fever. He is
now at Hie German hospital in Phil
adelphia, aud is receiving all the at
tention that metlical skin can t;o ior
him.
The China Grove Dart says: The
scholarship prize free tuition for
the spring term ottered by the
principal of Clr.na Grove Ac .demy,
was awarded to Miss Cynthia ilag-
deler.e Svcbler and Master Arthur
Low Patterson, the combined giade
of each being the same.
The Standard was a little previous
iu announcing that all the Kerr bag
machines had been moved to the
blc.ichery. Arrangements have been
made at the biec!itry, the shafting
is all in place, but ttie machines v.nu
not be transf- rred ui til some he:ij
orders .'or some bigs can be li led.
Valentine Day Saturday ir. was
precipitated 110 fights but bam boo, led
muti) into histerical Jaurii ov r tne
beautiful faces that formed Valen
tints. The prettiest that wen.
thiough the rnai'S was Mr. "Lady
Killer" he is the coining man. and
is to be a hero and a martyr, ' or
woids to that effect."
What about a brass band for Con
cord 'i We have a siring baud most
excellent it is; we have an orchestra;
we have music talent, too. Let's
hate a band of brass horns. Let
t he young gentlemen with music in
their to.ils, iu their lips and in their
Iuiil's band together m a baud of
brass instriiuien s. Act!
It is sad, extremely sad! There's
a trust on water .-otla water or on
the machines that make it. It is
n ettv bad when a people, who are
u inperatc enough to drink nothing
but soda water, are forced to submit
to such treatment uron those who
sell Mich drinks. A trust on soda
fountains! Departed shades of de
cency !
Mr. Aaron Winecoff, who lives
above Forest Hill, was in town. He
was mid awfully "out of sorts."
Some party cr parties entered his
pasture without his (Winecoff s)
knowledge or consent the fellow
went in with a tooth hungry for
1 ork. This occurred last b nday ami
le butcher, d, that is to siy, skiuntd
three geod-siztd pigs and carried
hem off. That was me.m, and the
fctandsird dec'ares it.
. Several of the public schools have
closed. Some closed with entertain-
! mei.ts.
The goober market is pretty steady
just now. Not many have been on
the market recently.
That handsome card in the vesti
bule of the Y. M. C. A. was most
assuredly printed at the Standard
office.
Every company, every organiza
tion and nearly everybody has his
strikers. It is the result of laws
and circumstances.
The Standard received two bushels
of sweet potatoes, on subscription
Siime Irish ones, for planting, will be
received, or for family use.
The telephone system does not
seem to be materializing rapidly
the materialization of the necessary
materi d does not materialize mate
rially. Let her come. The system
is" needed.
Mr. M. T. Stallings closed his
school at Dry's Mill, on the 13th.
Rev. Ceo. II. Cox made an address.
Several parties report the exercises
very entertaining.
Our enterprising colored citizen,
Warren C. Coleman; is investing in
town lots at Bilesville ; and report
says that he has purchased live hun
dred acres on the suburbs of Nor
wood, Stanly county.
The crowd that pull off palings
might make 1 big farm smile with
abundant growth, if tbey were as
faithful at thatf a3 they are at the
wood jerking business.
The Standard has a sure cure for
Pmice and rats. It is not for sale nor
to be given away, but you can bor
row it for a while. It cleared this
office of the "varmint."
Col. James W. Long will soon re
tire from the life of an auctioner as
the work is injuring his lungs. Life
is very fictile and pulicose, and we
cannot tell what is coming.
Mr. M. M. Fnrr, of Xo. 10,-was
in town and says that there is
scarcely a . family in his section
where some one is not. sick. This
seems to be the general report from
the county.
The little children of the town
want a tame alligator; let us buy
one for the boys to carry to school
with them. The Standard is always
on the side of the boys the coming
men that are to set the river on fire,
"or words to that effect."
Col. Jim Long was trimming the
trees of his office. He guaged the
tiling by his hand. By a bad aim,
he stuck his little hatches into the
back of his hand instead of the
limb. The Colonel always takes
misfortune in an humble aud grace
ful way
From the Charlotte Chronicle we
a"n of a mail bag steal. Jim
Morris alias McCobbins grabbed the
mail bag as it was thrown from the
train 1 imrsdav morning, lie was
elected - and lost his boodle in the
flicht to clear his person of the au
thorities' hands.
Dr. Battle has resigned the presi
dency of the State University, and
is resignation has been accepted.
It will go into effect in June. The
doctor will fill the chair of history.
It is said that the woods are full of
candidates for the vacancy. Open
the gates let them 'come.
E-q. Bob Temoleton, who lives
within two miles of Mooresvule,
Iredell county, hii for the last two
years brought all his cotton to this
market. He drove 111 Wednesday
night Avith nine bales. What does
this mean? It mean3 that this
market is the best within his reach.
If the train is late it ought to be
eported at the hotels; if it is late,
it ought not be reported 011 time ; if
it is known, the authority ought to
report it; if the authority d-?t 8 not
know it, he ought to this is the
stuff that would save from an hour
to two hours' lingering around the
beau ti fu! depot.
Drs. Bikle, X. D. Fetzer, H. C.
Herring and Messrs. W. A. Smith
and Ed Hall counted the number of
seeds in a bushel of clover seed.
They made the number 18,0G0,112
seeds. This is supposed to be cor
rect, as the gentlemen are experi
enced in fieurts. and know a little
about farming theoretical agricul.
ture.
Mr. Jim B. Winecoff, of Xo. 4
brought in an egg. The hen is just
starting out, but seems to be an im
nrovetnent on the ol 1 edition, lh.s
hen numbers her eggs. The one we
have has a fig re " 5 " on it in such
1 manner that a blind man could
read it it is a raised figure. Now
the next -gg Mr Whieeoff's hen lay?
will be n nnber G.
The Standard man walks we are
here to declare hat it is good. From
a prominent .Legislator we learn mat
the recently pa-sed Railroad Com
mission bill distinctly forbids th
railroads issuing a put-s to any one,
not even to an editor. Our friends
of the :niil. notwithstanding the
value r. reived business, v ill soon
have o "ive un their "advertising
contracts" wito the railroads.
The Standard remarked that
Yorke & Wadsworth used the Yad
kin railroad the first of Concord
merchants. We are in errr just one
day. Hoover, Lore & Co. shipped
quite a large bill of dry goods over
it the day previous. The R. & D.'s
baby gets food from the town. It
is all right! Let her go. The
Standard man will ship himse'f over
it when it reAches Albemale. Mm
have decided to do this, since the
concern is willing for us to do that
if we pay our fare.
The big wire rope, of which the
Standard spoke sometime ago, has
been sent to the new ferry, owned
bv Arnold Parker. It was shipped
over three roads (not hope, faith or
charity certainly oue of the roads
13 not) the street railway, tne i $ u
gigantic, and over the Yadkin (a
baby of the gigantic) to Bilesville
The Concord street railway company
will please excuse us for associating
their road with the road of coal
fraud fame. But Yorke & Wads
orth are the first merchant of Con
I cord to use the R. & D.'s baby, the
1 adkin.
Sow your gardens.
The Cabai ru s & Union Railway!
That sounds elegant. '
Mr. W. L. Morgan leaves for
Salem. He will be gone one month.
Flies are worried nearly .o death
by an insect called blacinicees peper
moris. The Concord Improvement bond
bill will pass the . legislature, it is
eported.
The Cabarrus Wood and IronWorks
has in contemplation a move to Al
bemarle. A man can get along without ad
vertising so can a wagon without
grease but it goes hard.
D. P. Davvaulthas 17 barrels sit
ing in front of his store they are
empty kerosene barrels, too.
Mr. R. D. Winecoff, of Xo. 4, lost
a fine horse on the 12th. It went
like others in a mysterious way.
Monday was pay day for the em
ployees of the R. & D.'s road. They
are all flush, but they never walk.
Mr. Geo. R. Swink, who has been
making foot garments here, has
opened out a shoe shop in Salisbury.
The Standard is glad to learn that
the condition of Col. Jacob Barn
hardt, of Pioneer Mills, is rrkich im
proved. , , .
The Standard man got a valentine
it was lovely. The portrait was
of oue whom the world calls a "Lady
Killer."
All work at the Wood & Iron
Works was suspended Tuesday
morning until further arrangements
are made.
Patterson's establishment bought
over 300 dozens of eggs on Tuesday,
and they say it wasn't a first class
day, either.
According to the " Spirit of the
South," Edward Gibson, of Rock
ingham connty, lost his barn by lire;
loss $7,000.
The passenger car, on its way to
the depo Friday evening, got off the
track. It was due to the switch
being open.
Operations are not going on now
at the Allison mine. Work may be
resumed there in te spring, under
a new lease.
The McGibeney Family (musical)
is neauitig this way. Ihe uate is
March 5th. The company travels
111 its own car.
Did you ever think how few men
have knives; and if they have any
not one in a hundred will cut a pud
ding gracefully.
An exchange thinks the dogs
should now be allowed to vote. Thev
are not put to that trouble; they have
always voted by proxy.
The fourteen year old sou of Mr.
Billy Black, near Bethel, No. 10, is
very ill with typhoid rever. jus
recovery is despuired of.
Rex" Henderson, in the "purty"
husiuess, is now in Rockingham.
rhe paper down there speaks very
complimentary of him.
Mr. M. Scot', of Xo. 5, has been
hauling cotton to market for two
days. Scott is a farmer he is a
worker from a-way back.
A perambulating perambulation
strengthens the ankle, t is said
that is about right, The doctors
say that walking is healthy.
Little boys and girls are invited
to come up and make their guesses.
The bottle will be opeind iu a few
dtys and the peas counted.
Four men are kept busy in Ral
eigh at putting up tags for fertili
zers; the tags bear the name of the
Commissioner of Agriculture.
Cord wood is selling for $13.00 per
cord now. Ihe wood is not worth
more, but is is the sloppy slop that
runs deeply into mother earth.
Mr. J. B. Stoddard, who has been
spending considerable time lit re in
tra ning bird dogs, is now 111 Missis
sippi tor a while, lie will return
here.
S. J. Biles, carpenter and musi
cian, lost an his tools in the nre at
White Hall. He showed us his
square, which is still iron but 110
more.
The "Auction of Old Maids" at
M. M. Gillon's, Thursday night, will
draw a large number of buyers.
The trnth of the matter is, lots of
people have been waiting on tlie
"final s tie.
The Legislature has been guilty
f discriminating I hey insist that
the noble beasts of the forest, such
as theelephanf and tnastadon, should
be protected, or at least placed on
the same scale with possums.
( harlie SappenlTeld comes to the
front as an early gardener. He now
has new Irish potatoes, the raising
since jew lears day. ihev are
not. large, being the size of what a
doctor calls a bolus. Charley ought
to move to the country. "
Mr. T. K. Samonds is now being
tried on the charge of murder, at
Charlotte. Mr. Samonds, it will b
rememoereu, killed a colored man n
Mecklenburg county, on the 8th of
December last. Considerable time
was taken up in drawing a jury.
It is now quite certain that the
school tax instead of being doubled
and made 25 cents on property and
7a cents on the poll, will he made
16 i and 50 cents respectively. On
that the committees have agreed and
hence a bill providing for the forn ear
rate has been tabled. The Alliance
called for the 25 cent rate.
John Atkins had an occasion to
weigh a beef on foot. He told the
country gentleman that it would
weigh 780 pounds ; when the steer
stepped upon the scale's platform, it
registered 775 rounds. Atkins came
from the "Hindquarters of the
Globe," and in that State they can
guess the weight of a cow one hun
died, yards away.
There are some ventilators to
several stores in town that need re
pair. In the first place they are
tempting, so to speak, for some one
to go in when they ought not, and
the primary object in calling atten
tion to their condition is, they are
dangerous. Some one miglifc step
in that would break a h?g, or spare
the person severely.
Such
fever.
weather promises Fpr'nj
The minstrel show will
one night next week.
be
given
Mr. Calvin Little, the lady's clerk
of Swink's, is enjoying a week's va
cation. They have-quit talking mud it
hot now. Cau't the people be
pleased ?
1 he bill providing for the amend-
ment of the charter of Scotia Semi
nary has passed both houses.
Poplar Tent has furnished a con
tribution for tne schedule colum.
Wait a few days, and wait for Xmas.
The price of eggs in New York
has gone down. It is said to amount
to almost a panic with some large
dealers.
A colored man for stealing a coat
off a dummy, was sentenced to 12
months in the penitentiary from
Greensboro.
Mr. Crawford Goodman is opposed
to a tax on dogs. He says if it were
not for them the rabbits would ruin
all the wheat.
The ladie3 will remember that thev
are invited and welcome at the rooms
of the Y. M. C. A. on Thursdays
from 2 p. m. to 10 p. m.
Dou'r lose an opportunity that
may bless your life make it worth
Irving by staying away from the
" Old Maid Auction."
An engineer and conductor of a
passenger trail on the R. & D. were
arrested for running their train too
fast through the corporate limits of
Durham.
" Nox " ha3 a newsy letter in an
other column. ' He wiites from
Pr sperity, a good thing to have in
neighborhood, " or words like
that"
Mr. Benjamin Burleyson,of Flows,
was here with cotton. He is think
ing about trying tor tne premium
offered for the greatest yield of cot
ton to the acre. - '
Esq. A. S. Lentz, of Dry's Mill,
gave the Standard a pleasant call.
He reports considerable activity in
his community and a rush for the
Standard on Fridays.
The Charlotte Chronicle wants to
know why the Catawba river, cannot
be made navigable. Why, it is:
some parties near niu iionv nad a
little steam boat on the Catawba.
The officers of the Ladies' Memo
rial Association are requested to
meet at Mrs. R. E. Gibson's Thurs
day evening, February 19th, at five
o'clock. Business of importance.
Governor Stedman, representing a
land syndicate, purchased 15,000
acres or la .d irom tne uoard 01
Education, on Tuesday. It is to be
hoped that the Board received more
than 45 cents per acre.
The new county, Mr. Springs in
forms us, to be formed wa3 named
'Andrews." " he Legislative com
mittee would not consider the bill
until the name of the proposed
connty was made "Elkin."
Let every old bachelor and " bo
tanical chronic get a move on them
selves. This Old Maid Auction may
never come again. Go! In the
words of Xol. A I. Fairbrother, "A
stitch in time saves nine."
Air. II. . l'arisn and his three
little
bovs left Tuesday night for
Track, Texas. That will be
Race
their
home for some time to come.
Th?
Standard wishes the parties
much of earth's prosperity,
Mr. T. L. Martin, of Xo. 1, was
in town and reports something about
the mail bag steal at llarrisburg.
He found quite a bundle of mail in
his field; the papers wereintxt, bat
the letters were all broken open.
A new saw mill was started inXo.
7, by the Washboard Co. Col. John
Fritz Moose was there he mounted
a stump and counted the crowd (20
we are told) but the colonel rorgot
the number before he got home.
Charley Warner, of Forest Hill,
died suddenly on the evening of the
15th. The death is a sad one, us
the young boy was only 17 vearsof
age: ripening mto mannoou. iieart
disease is supposed to le the cause.
Mr. L. W. Springs, the 330 pound
drnmmer, came Tuesday night. He
rode on the dummy, which stalled
twice it had difficulty to start and
a lots of it coming up the grade at
the Lutheran church. Springs said
it amused him to see how hard he
work d the little dummy and for
only ten cents.
. On Friday the Standard published
an account of the burning of White
Hall Semi nay. Tuesday evening's
mail brought us a letter from some
prominent parties in Atlanta, stating
that they saw the account in the
Standard and wrote us for some
further information. This is it:
"The L!ttle Standard" fetches 'em,
every pop.
It is with peculiar sadness that
the Standard announces the death of
Rev. M. L. Little, at ten o'clock on
Tuesday morning, the result of his
injuries in the railroad wreck near
Newton. Rev. Lrtle was a great
worker, and as he was the backbone
of Gaston College, just what will be
the effect upon that institution can
not now be told.
JOIIX K. F.I.KIXS CLAIMS
That Abemrle Is Muddy and thai If
(nu t afford o BIocKen IIIm isnoet,.
James R. Melton is jailor.
Clerk Melton is "laid up" (down
you mean) with carbunkles.
Jonal) Caudle, tried for blockading,
wjs acquitted. David Luther,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Sid Hearao,
died on the 12th, aged 14 months.
Mrs. Mercer, of Wilmington,
is visiting her mother, Mrs. Lilly.
Albemarle is to have a cotton
buyer, J. M. Fairly, of Mon
roe. Xot a peck of corn on the
market, owing to its scarcity.
They are petitioning to Mr. WTan
amaker to have the mail carried on
the Yadkin railroad. Mrs. Eb.
Burleyson dropped dead on the 11th.
Track laying will soon commence
between Bilesviile and Albemarle.
T. C. Hearne was paid $500 for the
land on which the depot is to built
on. Try Iron Bitters if your
back aches.
THE HAND OF DfTT
Is I'romplcd by Hearts and Koala to
Work.
When itcomes to heeding the call
for help iu cases of loss and dire ne
cessity, this Eeciion is awake.
From the pulpits of the several
churches of the town, on Sunday, it
was announced that money collec
tions and clothing and other . things
for the temporary relief of the em
barrassment at White Hall Seminary
would be received.
Besides a subscription list is show
ing a liberal spirit, clothing, etc., is
being left and will continue the en
tire week at the Furniture Store, at
C. G. Montgomery's and at Hoover,
Lore & Co.'s.
Saturday evening the King's
Daughters, with but little effort,
gathered up a wagon load of articles,
sach as are needed, and hurried them
off to White Hall.
My masters, this is religion it is
the kind that does good it is the
kind that holds society together and
puts the devil to shame it is glori
ous religion, this is.
Times are smely changing. The
charitable people didn't 8 op to talk
about churches, and the only ques
tion was, "what is my duty." The
old heart, be it hid by ugly skin and
a dwarped flgurement, if it responds
to the call for help, is a good old
he.rt and let it throb on and on.
A Xative Irishman Dead.
Mr. Daniel Hagan, a native Irish
man, and father-in-law of Jas. K.
Deaton, died in Spartanburg, S. O.,
on Monday, February 16. Mrs.
Hagan is not expected to live. This
family had just moved from Clifton
to Spartanburg. Mrs. Deaton has
gone to Spartanburg on the sad mis
sion of attending the funeral of her
father.
Mr. Hagan was an aged man.
Silver Medal Contest.
On the 14th, at Mt. Gilead church,
a contest for a silver medal was held
under the direction of Miss Jennie
Sapp. There were live contestants.
The committee of decision con
sisted of J. S. Sapp, E. W. Bost and
J. A. Spencer. After the contest
the medal was awarded to Miss Lol
lie Misenheimer. The next contest
will be held in Salisbury and will be
for a gold medal, inasmuch as nine
medals have been already contested
for. This is within keeping of the
instructions of Demorest himself.
Guessing Match for the Children.
Here is something for the children
those children, male and female,
under fourteen years of age.
We have a round bluebottle filled
with sugar-peas; the bottle is sealed
and no one know3 the number of
peas in ihe bottle. We want th?
children to come to make a guess.
All you have to do is write your
name and your guess after it.
There are three prizes: The one
guessing nearest the number will
get $1.00; second 50 cents; third
will get a tin cup.
Cot Ihe Fever Bad.
George C. Heglar, the merchant
that cannot run, stopped a reporter
with this question : " Did yon know
Motley had the fever r
Heglar & Motley bought the Har
ris plantation, and Mr. Motley is now
out there superintending it. But he
love3 money so well that he began
hunting gold. He found a specimen
on the 11th, and the following day
he sent for a pan, some picks, a
shovel, a pair of scales to weigh the
gold on, and for a price list of
stamp mills. Heglar, who cannot
go into the sun, is worried now ; he
doesn't know who will run the farm.
Somewhat Exaggerated.
The report was current that much
bad feeling had beeu engendered in
Reidsville ovf.r the rulings of Prof.
Hughes, the Graded School Super
intendent. The Review says :
The Review desires to compliment
the graded school committee upon
its action in setting about the invest
igation of the frequent clashes
w hich have occurred of late between
'he scholars of the white and colored
schools. The matter s,hould be fer
reted out and the guilty parties pun
ished. Considerable bad blood has
been stirred up on the part of white
people of the community, but the
timely work of the committee will
arrest any serious trouble, we hope.
A Rich Mine.
Mr. J. F. Beatty, of Xo. 8, was
in town. He and D. L. Lefler are
working the newly discovered mine
on Westly Castle's farm, an account
of which appeared in this paper.
He brought with him four ounces
and ten pennyweights of pure gold,
as the result cf but a short time's
work. Three fine veins have been
found aid as the development goes
on the improvement in the ore is
very markel. A party has an option
on it until the first of March, and
at that time, if no change is made,
the necesiary machirery for its suc
cessful operation will be placed at
the mine. There ia lots of gold in
Cabarrus county to get it is an
other matter.
Rivals Florida,
W. M. Eudy lives in Xo. 8, aud
he declares that hia plantation beats
Florida and southern Georgia.
He brought in some " new " Irish
potatoes, the raising of this year.
They are larger than a partridge
egg and very firm. Last fall he
" banked " his poratoes and through
the roof some water dripped in. The
potatoes began to increase at a rapid
rate. .
Odr. Eudy suggests that potatoes
can be raised much earlier. He
thinks that if the seed were planted
ih about Xew Y'ear's day .when the
ground not frozen, cover with about
four inches dirt, and when all dan
ger of the gronnd freezing passes
away most of the cover can be raked
off. He says that all that time the
young potatoes will be forming, and
when t:ie tops appear it will not be
long till a " mess " can be had. Mr.
Eudy may be right, the Standard
man. never did raise potatoes that
way and hence can' pass on the
merits of the plan.
AJf EXPERIMENT
On Sidewalks that Promise a Success.
Mr. W. A. Smith hes just com
pleted a job on the pavement in
front of his residence. The result
of the workwill be watched with
no little interest, for there is a craze,
a fearful craze, in Concord on the
subject of sidewalks. People are
tired of walking through the mud
everybody is dick of it
Mr. Smith put the pavement in a
proper slope towards the ditch; then
a three inch layer of finely crashed
rock was placed on it, then enough
sand to fill up the crevices and to
make the surface perfectly smooth
It ia a capital walk. It will be
watched very closely during the next
ramy "spell."
Mr. Smith claims that it will last
for ages, and that the pavement can
be made for 3 cents per square
foot, or 30 cents per square yard. If
the plan is a successful one, there
will be no excuse for walking in the
mud in the future.
A Young Striker Heard From.
About a year ago there was a strike
of hands at the Oliver Oil Mills, and
among those who left was a colored
boy named Arthur French. He
struck in earnest, and his mother
had not heard a word from him
until yesterday, when she received a
letter stating tnat he was alive md
well in Germany. . He has secured a
position as second steward on a ves
sel, at six pounds a month and is on
his way to Egypt Charlotte News.
The Germans were frightened,
doubtlessly. It is very seldom that
a colored man is seen in Geamany,
itis said.
Talk With Representative Hileman.
Mr. Hileman, before returning to
Raleigh, was interviewed 0.1 several
measures, demanding the attention
of the present Legislature.
Of the bill to reduce the rate of
interest, he was inclined to think
that the House, especially, was very
much divided: although Mr. Hile
man is a warm advocate of the bill,
he yet thin s that the House will
kill it.
He favors the Railroad Commis
sion bill.and thinks its resulting good
will depend upon the character of
men who fill the commission. He
thinks that the avowed candidates
for the positions will be left in the
woods and that commissioners will
be selected from parties yet not be
foie the public.
Mr. Hileman thinks there is no
reason to doubt that the bill provid
ing for the charter for the Cabarrus
& Union railroad will pass.
I
A Friend of the 'Possum.
The toothsome 'possum ha3 a
friend in the present Legislature in
the person of Mr. Gill, who has in
troduced a bill aimed at the protec
tion of the opossqm. Mr. Gill's bill
makes it unlawful to hunt or slay
the 'possum between February and
October of each year. Mr. Gill
should have included rabbits and
coons in his bill. Charlotte News.
Take away all the sports and
rights of the people. That Legis
lator ought to have put in the bear,
the elephant, the deer, the wild cat,
Joe Caldwell's "santer," the tiger
and all the animals of a first class
delirium tremens. We don't hunt,
but we hate to see the hunters dis
criminated against. The poor cur
dog, of North Carolina, is protected
but his territory is curtailed might
ily, "or words to that effect."
Old Tet Young.
This paper respects age! An old
horse receives sympathy from this
office. But there's" a cat in the com
munity that deserves, from venerable
age, a local.
Mr. A. J. Blackwelder, of South
Concord, says: "Sixteen years ago I
moved to Concord, and brought with
me the family cat, then seven years
old. She is the mother of 264 kit
tens." Xow this cat ia yet young,
hears well, sees well, looks well a'ld
catches mice well. Thus far the
Blackwelder cat is the most ancient
cat on record, with the most enviable
record. This must end the chapter
on the lion specie, unless one can be
found that is decidedly superior.
Xo cat story will be received from
China Grove, under any circum
stance. A Splendid Directory.
The Standard received, by mail, a
copy of " Directory of Forest Hill
M. E. Church, South, Concord, X.
C, 1891." It is a neat pamphlet of
nine pages. On the outside of the
cover is the cut of the handsome
church. It gives the names of the
officers of the various' societies and
organizations within the church.
Pastor Blair has done much good by
issuing the directory ; all churches
should have 1 directory. The sum
mary contains some interesting facts:
Number of Sunday-school pupils
354 ; number of officers and teachers
29; total 383. ToU number of
church members 272; value of
church property $12,500.
Ills Mind is Tottering.
Governor Fowle today pardoned
P. D. Gregg, who some months ago
at Cleveland Supenor court wa3 con
victed of slander of an innocent wo
man and sentenced to jail. Soon
after bis incarceration his wife and
child died and hia reason is now
tottering. Application backed by
strong petitions, signed by Ihe Judge
and many prominent citizens, was
made for his pardon, but GovernDr
Fowle refused it Today he issued
a pardon on the certificate of county
physician Gardner, whicn states that
insanity will ensue if the imprison
ment is continued. The pardon was
recommended by the Attorney Gen
eral, Solicitor, Judge and many
prominent citizens. The case has
been a very notable one.
The character of woman once
ruined, destroyed forever on earth
must be protected from lying tongues
and the slimy injury from slander
ous lips. In this case to save rea
son from being totally dethroned
Gov. Fowle, in granting pardon,acced
more wisely than when he turned
two aristocratic rogues loose from
justice's grasp.
A RAILROAD ACCIDENT
On the Xarrow dtnge Xear Newlon.
STorth Carolina.
A combination passenger and
freight train, on the Chester &
Lenoir railroad, jumped the track on
a trestle two mile3 from Newton,
Monday evening at 4 p. m.
W VV. Ross, a flagman, of Chester,
S. C, and D. M. Morrow, were killed;
the fireman. J. Iloag, of Chester,
died two hours afterward.
Rev. M. L Little, piesident of
Gaston College, and with whom Dr.
L. A. Bikle, of this place, was asso
ciated with, is dangerously hurt ; ,he
has been unconscious since the acci
dent. This is about the third accident
on the read, since its completion in
1878. This writer saw one near
Dallas several years ago, when the
engineer and conductor of the grand
train were drunk, and the train
struck a high trestle at a sixty miles
an hour speed the trestle was
knocked down, train demolished and
six or seven persons killed. The
accidents on the road have been re
markably few, and especially when
it is remembered that the road is a
narrow guage and the schedule time
ia nearly as fast as that on the Rich
moud & Danville.
It.VIMtOYV RECEPTION'
And "An Old Maid And Ion.-
"We are requested by a young lady,
one of them, to announce that the
" Fife Circle of King's Daughters '
will give a " Rainbow Reception " at
residence of Mr. M. M. Gillon, en
Thursday night, February 111. The
leading feature will be the "Auction
of Old Maids." Those, who wish
it, will be furnished with supper at
25 cents. The entertainment is to
raise funds for charitable work.
The Standard advises every mar
riageable man to go. It will be
pleasant, nice and satisfactory.
The Standard man has about fif
teen bachelors and two widowers in
view that he will eudeavor to get
there it is their opportunity, golden
opportunity !
We have been employed as what
they call a "by-bidder," and if these
old bachelors get an old maid, they
will have to pay more than IK) cents,
for it i3 our instruction to run the
price up to that point.
At any rate, let a big crowd go.
You will get value received and
think more of yourself afterwards,
for the entertainment is given with
the view of raising money for sweet
charity.
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Sammoiwls Acquitted.
The State vs. Sammonds for mur
der, wa3 given to the jury at a lato
hour yesterday evening, and at 11
o'clock last night a verdict of not
guilty was returned. Charlotte
Chronicle.
It is strange that Sammonds was
committed to jail, on the 8th of De
cember, without biiU, and on tw
17th of February be tried with but
a little case against him, according
to the evidence.
' -s
Concord's Minstrel.
" The Tar Heel Minstrel Com
pany," which was formed here sev
eral days ago, is preparing for busi
ness. The company has not yet
decided as to where it will place its
order for a private car. J ust when
the company start3 out on the road,
depends on the completion of the
car. The first date will be here.
The gentlemen composing tho
company are: R. L. Keesler, John
Reed, R. E. Ridenhour, Ed. F. White,
R. P. Benson, J. M. Lentz, W. M.
Stnart, Will Leslie, Harry Deaton,
Sidney Lent2, John Cannon, Julius
Parker and Q. E. Smith.
What Is It Coming To ?
As R. B. Wallace and L. W.
Wolfe were coming into town yester
day morning from the country, the
roads were so dreadful that Mr.
Wolfe's buggy sank deep in the mud,
and he had to get out and walK, and
get Mr. Wallace, who was liding
horseback, to lead his torse and
empty buggy on to town. Charlotte
Chronicle.
The Standard insists that walking
is the latest fad. We are nearly
all walking; a few yet are not walk
ing; but some always hold back to
see " how the wind blows." In the
meantime, let us all practise.
A Pleasant Occasion.
The Ladies Missionary Society of
Poplar Tent are arranging for an
entertainment at the Alliance Hall
on February 26tb, at 11 o'clock, a.
m., of which the following is a part
of the programme :
Music by a well trained choir;
recitations by the celebrated elocu
tionists, who have promised to bo
present; an address by a prominent
young orator ; a cob web party that
will be entertaining and amusing,
after all an elegant dinner with the
following menu:
Beef (Porter house and surloin),
chicken (a la mode), boiled ham,
stuffed turkey, chicken salad, salmon
salad, pickles, jelly, cake, candy,
coffee and bread.
A Remarkable I.twly.
Mrs. Martha Morri3,of this county,
widow of the late Col. Zebulon Mor
ris, will celebrate her 95th birthday,
at her home, ten miles east of Char
lotte, on the 20th of this month.
Mrs. Morris is the mother of Mr. P.
M. Morris, of Cabarrus, and grand
mother of Esquire D. G. Maxwell,
of Charlotte. She is in good health,
but has been blind for sometime.
She is remarkable for the accuracy
and extent of her memory. She can
tell tne year, month and day upon
which each of her children, grand
children and great grand children
were born. Mrs. Morris tells as
one of her recollections how she has
seen the grand mother of Jas. K.
Polk standing on the steps of tho
old stone house six miles from Char
lotte, selling whiskey to groups of
men. The stone house wa3 a tavern
in those days, and it was customary
to sell whiskey to the traveler.
Mrs. Morris' 95th birthday will
be celebrated by a reunion o her
kinsmen. Charlotte News.