North Carolina Newspapers

T H E ST i H D A R D. TlUKSDAY, stalks, 11 so oTi"it: i-APr.n i vek "v'r I..B:K V CIRCCI.ATIOX 1 THE OI VI '. 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. -m-m 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.