i fy : .-v
IHE ST A HOARD.
WF P A IX KINDS OF
YFJTKST MJWJM
ANT A T-
THE S TiHDA RD.
T AND ARB.
LARGEST PAPER
-PUBLISHED IN CONCORD.-
FIE
LOWEST JUTES.
Till-.
lAKIUH " TALE.
tv, -n " Tli' Witness," Belfast, Ireland.
V extraordinary amount or interest
, I , i ken ia A merica in the collate
V ; :uul im o He of prices caused
. ; M'KinW Act. Amen other,
r n,e,ie. t hV "Triumphant .m-
force a reduction oi n ry
llit-n- salaries, wtij'"""
lias koi
which
general feeling of
.-tit in
...I ... ... t l.O.IV
''''.'""v ci.Wl'o gentleman semis the
following screed' on the sutieot
i,.. fiv t-Miresses lb1
the people:
Who is it l-ioueht me to one .j,..
An,i nfVr.mutfirr to my throat rKini
Who is the man that use mn9
To cut me oil from beef ami greens.
Anan.lLmeliveonporkaudns
Uh wa 'i s tierce intestine war
!-,,., pipe ami my fiar?
Who makes me drink domestic beer,
T'oii -li its etfect on me are queer.
A;ilitl,Hes.;uinm,spsodcarriKin
Who makes me go from had to worse,
nd leaner uet in form ami purse
M Kinley.
Who i- it causes me to swear
Vn, Mump iiiv feet and tear my hair.
nd wi-h 1 lived M ine other where;
M Kinley.
A'ho has at lat "oVrlcaped his selle,
And fairn o- t'other side' as well?
M Kinley.
Who thorn:! t the nation w.-s his dupe,
nd rode -o toouoK cock -a hoop.
Til! now he a MrUii-llIli: ill im-suiii.
VOL. IV. NO. 11.
CONCORD, N. C., THURSDAY, MARCH 26, 1891.
WHOLE NO. 167.
and happy still, as a long, rough and
toihome road of life's journey of
sixty-four years is passed and we
near the end.
Johk E. Pressly.
THE LEUIMLATIRE.
JOHN IScCAl'I.EY PALNEB,
MKinley !
Mi WE I.OMi i.t: AUOIHISttK
Hriflrll 1 l V ,,r- I'rewaly
I ttinl rolnied and dear Way.
Coddle Creek. X. C,
Match 18th. 1891. J
Kditor Standard :
When settled us pas'or in Coddle
creek congregation, there was a fam-
bv the name ot ti:lon, who nau
,d here from anli, 3iecKien-
. i . ....... i-
!' count v, during tne paiouue o.
the Rev. I-aac Crier, I. !., graiul
f,tl,rr tf Kvv. Dr. W. M. Grcr,
b. C.
I IV
!llo
v ho in
was a cripi
oroidont of hrskine College,
I Ik v were very old at the time of my
lii-.t acquainiam e with them, and
uc-v highly respectable people. The
lather had" la-en dead some time be.
f,,iv we came, leaving the widow,
li. r last d ys an at that time
de. and an only daughter,
M !.-: l ,rv. w ho never marneti. Mie.
however, was called and only known
as 4-Acnr Molly" by all who knew
her. Mie wits, like Zacehueiis, " lit tie
.f s'atiue." wi s slender, strai.ht as
a rule, and in her onng days very
;i,tivc, athletic aiid fearless, being
the- beat horseback rider in i lie conn.
try. Hat, best of -ill, she w. s a
godly, ciiftcnt woman, and with
out a blut n poa her known charac
ter, and was posted in t'e confession
i f t ai ! li. catechism-, Pick's Tlno -(V-v,
and books of that kind. When
out ninety wars old ihe rode a mule
v blind four miles to Coddle
Cprk church, and there was no one
more punctual. She wa.i ne of our
quests on communion ceasions dur
u:ir the last few y ..rs of her life.
Sift was b faM.ri e i'h u- f-r she
loved our family, ai.d i en r buys
became youths" after the r tnuthel
Aunt Moll , wan next. Ueieehen.e'
with the prea. hers wi.owvre w th
on such occasions, and aU-yn sat as
an interested listener unless addressed
and drawn out into conversation.
Sht- would then often surprise them
bv telling of church matters about
the hejiimiin of this century.
There are "some inten sting items
aboit the parents of Aunt M'dly
whi.-h we feel satisfied nre trie for
we were told by those who got them
directlv fmm the old people, her
jaretits Her father, when a voting
man, t..ok an active part in the ex
citing times during the revolutionary
war. Once he was looking around
as jt picketing hornet from the nest
in t I arlotte. He w.-.s at a place
called "TIk Sassafras Old Fields,"
ten or twelve miles from Charlotte,
on the great road l-auing to Salis
bury. I here he was surpri-ed by-,
scouting party of British dragoor s,
who tout overtook him, and by two
or more strokes of their ewoids on
his head sp it open his skull a :d left
him for dead, then dashed otf, frar
vi there misiht be others of the
same sort about. Shortly after some
one passing heard moaning near the
road, (b.ing in the direction of it,
he was found in the above conditi m,
was nc guizet, cared for and lived.
That man became the fathtr of
Aunt Mollv, and was a member at
Coddle Creek, and there his mortal
lemains are burn d. Those great scars
were distinctly viable in the church
and whenever bareheaded by all neir
him, for he was very bald. I he cleft
in Ins skull, it is ; a d, was clos. d by
ins. itinij a silver plate over which
the skin grew, and it was a very
skillful operation.
FIRST Vls.IT TO THK AGED MOTH EK.
On the appointed day wc were
there, and it was iinoms velv i.ffect
inir. The aged l .d v, har.i of hearing,
almost blind and neatly clad, sal
facing I he great fireplace. Aunt
Molly first inirodiictd Mrs. I'tessly
in a beomin? wav, then myself, as
'our preacher now." Expressing my
tdeastue in meeting with her, and
that she was looking so brignt atiu
ronifortable. she leldi-d. "And how
is vnur U.-v ei -. nee today. S rV and
other words we do n-.t now reinem
ber.
A giMi d day we hid. It wa
closed with family worship, which
included singing, -in which their ser
vants joined heartily. When through
Aunt Mol'y remarked that she could
not sing, and hence omitted it when
she conducted famil) worship. But
she always ha I her psalm book at
church, and the new tuned gave her
no trouble-, m she drmed audibly
through on whatever line or space
she struck.
lleturnin,' home we had food for
tl ought. Happy days were those,
A Partial Reply to J. A. Harrell'm Ar
ticle In l hcie CoIuiuum Some
Time Ago.
Editor Standard :
There are some wonderfully wise
men in our day. Especially abun
daut are advisers and advice. From
the chimney bweep dowu to the ver
dant country schoolmaster advice is
freely triveu to the legislators. Giv
ing advice is hke sv Piiing horses
lie poorer it is the more auxious the
owner seems to be to get shut of it.
I'd rather hear two ladies comment
i n another lady's new bonnet than
to hear some men give adrice, and I
would rather take a bottle of patent
medicine, maybe, or what vould
give me more chance of life, take a
plunge over Niagara, than to take it.
Jut now about half the populac
seems to be suddenly awake to the
fact that they were "bom to rule,''
and that a certain set of men at Ka-
eign nave made a uaii jou 01 w uatj
;b v could have done nicely. Some!
nu n are anxiously h qiiinng what i
the present Legislature has doiK-.
Io these I would say there is one
thing tin y didn't do: hell themselv s
to some monopoly, and there.is an
other thing for which they, perhaps,
dt-seive more credit: They did not
appoint any of these auxio .8 ques
tioners li. It. Uotumissiouer. Due
gentleman in your issue of the 8th
instant wants to know who would
risk a crow of field hands to take
him io Euro -4. I would hk to
know who would not risk a crew of
honest field bauds rather t ban a crew
of old sailois whom he knew would
seek the tiist opportunity to sell him
to the Harbai pirates. The same
writer has also discovered that the
sea is getting very lough and tie
ship is not obeying the rudder." I
will merely sugges that it is the
rather diminutive number ot law
yers, politicians, Sic, who managed
to get into the Legislature that the
ship of statu is m t obeying instead
of the rudder. Perhaps if the uiael
strom of Norway and tb monsoons
of the tropics are both attracting
the old ship she will tike the line of
the resultant ind go straight across.
Maybe, t o, some people who are
"scared" would find the Sandwich
Islauds more congenial, but we
would like very much for them to
point out to us the inci easing " bil
lows" before taking their departure,
t ossibly, too, they ha. some i!lu
minatit g measure that would light
up the "daik days of 't"8." so sud
denly atoleu upon us. But somehow
I fancy the peop'e rat! er like the
dark days that are frightening th
timid so terribly, and that they wil.
invite them to come again on next
election lay.
The writer asks furl her if "A in
vests l,00v) in a store, 11 31,000 in a
farm, ami C. and 1). and others a
thousand in a railroad, ought not
North Caiolina to protect all alike?"
Of course she oulit, ami that is
just what she is doing. Mr. C. and
Mr. 1). were endeavoring to rob A
and B- of their thousand, and the
State said quit, uud in so doing pro
tects all . like.
That's sad about the editor's losing
his pass "half the means by vvlii -h
he train s a living" and if the editor
of the Staudani has been living on
half rations ever s i.ee the lb & D.
H. II. boycotted him.
Then, too, the writer has discov
ered that the Lcgis at ore is not
made up of "tield hands, as he told
us in the outset, but that they are
not even farmers, but aie gigantic
landlords who loan ueal and west
ern poik under a mortgage, and yet
tby sell only for ca b! Strang
bargain this. Whether this Legt.
tature was made up of landlords or
field hands, hay seeders or what not,
they a least have remembered the
fate of the old man who took eveiy
body's advice, and they have acted
upon their own judgment. Whether
or not they have acted wisely, time
alone can demonstrate. Which is
most bktdy t be lght, that body or
every cross-road Gladstone who
feels it h s duty to criticise ill Most
of uscau guess. But what impresses
us niOf t is the fact that the class or
classes of me i who have had the
i.il'airs of the State in their hands
since the war are wofullv afraid that
some measure has been passed w hich
may give the people relief.
Very Respectfully,
Wake Forest Coixeok Student.
1'mtted Mlaten Menntor-Eleet or Illinois
Briga lier-GeneralJohn McCau'ey
Palmer was bom at Fkgle Creek,
Scott county, Kentucky, on the 13th
of September, 1817. He removed to
Illinois ia the year 1832, settling in
Carlinsville, in that State, in 1839.
Re was admit t d to the bar in 1840,
and appointet a delegate to the
State Constitutional Convention of
1817. In 1852 to 1855 be was a memt
ber of the SXate Senate. In 1856 he
was piominent in t"e organization
of the Republican party, and being
a delegate to the Natioual Republi
can Convention of that year, he was
also sent to the Peace Convention
at Washington. February 4, 1804- He
entered th Uuiou army i-i April,
1861, as colonel of the Fourteenth
Illinois Volunteers; accompanied
General Fremont in his expedition
LI1TXK BROPHOF
Tr, Mien Turpentine and Other Tar !
Heel Prodneta.
Some IPoints
I. ate I,aug-h at Bolt and Kara.
The old adage, " love laughs at
bolts and btre," was verified Sunday
night at Pineville, in the runaway
marriage of Miss Fannie Yandle,
daughter of M. M. Yandle, and Jno.
Crump
The young lady made her escape
from the parental roof at 12 o'clock
Sunday night. For fear of awakeu-
mg the inmates oi me uuum-, sue
made her exit through the window
of her bedroom, carrying her shoes
in her hands. Once on the outside
she was soon j incd by her lover and
thev started out to walk over the
dividi. g line into South Carolina.
The night was very dark, and hot
being famili..r with the road the
lovers lost the way, ai d spent several
hours groping their way through
the woods.
'There was no such word as fail "
in such an undertaking as they had
engaged in, so they mutually cheered
and coinfoi ted each other until the
day was dawned, when they made
their way on to South Carolina, ar
rivinar at Magistrate John 1. Culp's
house about ! a. m. Mr. Cnlp per
formed the ceremony and the "true
and" tiled " returned to Pineville, to
receive the congratulations of thei
friends Charlotte Chronicle.
Who can fathom the depth of a
woman s love mat nerves ner io
climb out of a window, in her bare
feet, to join her lover in a m'dn;ght
search for a magistrate? This
thing the world calls love is a pecu
liar thing; it is very strange. But
if the world is satisfied all light.
to Springfieid, Missou-ti, and on the
13th of December w .s made Briga
dier-General of Volunteers. He was
with Gen. Pope an commanded the
First. Brigade, First Division, of te
Amiy of the Mississippi, lie sub
stq iently commanded a division at
the battle of Stone river, where h
was promoted for bravery November
29, 1862. He afterwards took part
m the battle of Cuictiutna in 1803
and commanded the Fourteenth
Army Cori s under Sherman in the
Atlanta campaign duritg 1864. He
lesigued in ldS, and three yers
afterwards he was elected G. vernor
of Illinois, which office he held till
1874.
John McCauley Palmer was an old
Free Soiler. As Governor of the
State he w as a Republican. Ju 1872
he flopped to the Liberals wi.h
Trumbull and others, and ker-t on
fighting with the Republicans until
be fought himself clear into the
ranks of the Democrats.
One of the most bitter struggles
ever seen in Illinois nas just oeen
ended by the election of Gen. Pal
mer as United States Senator in
stead of Senator Farwell. The
Legislature met on January 13th.
Each branch voted separately Gen.
Palmer, who bad been nominated by
the Democratic State Convention of
last year to be the party candidate
for the honor, receivtd the full party
vote in both houses, which gave him
a majority of one in the House over
Gov. Oglesby, the Republican nom
inee. Three members Farmers' Al
liance men nominated A. I. otreet
er. These three men held the bal
ance, as Oglesby had a majority in
the Semite, ihe 101 Democrats, in
joint session, stuck to Fahmrand
never voted for anybody else. The
Republicans voted for Oglesb-, but
the granger members were firm in
their determination, and maintained
the grip they held, standing, as they
did. between two ev uiv balanced
parties, the trio always votiug for
Editor Sti eeter. Meauwhilo the peo
ple cf the Slate grew impatient; the
farmers w ere urged by their constit
uents to vote for Palmer, this ele
ment piifeiriug a Democrat to a
Republican, and when an indepen
dent was el cted in South Dakota
by a combination of the Democrats
with the Independents, it was sup
posed that the farmers of the Illinois
Legis ature would .reciprocate by
throwing in their strength with that
of the Democrats. 1 his is what two
of their members did, w ith the result
that Gen- Palmer was elected by the
majority Oi one vote.
A BlK Suit.
Lincolnton, March 15. The peo
ple of this county are very much
excited over a big land suit involv
ing the titles to a great portion of
the land in this and adjoining coun
ties. Before the Revolutionary War
Win. Magress obtaiued a large lmd
grant in Tryon county, N. C, which
county embraced apart of what is
now Lincoln, Cleveland, Gaston and
Catawba counties. Durii g the life
time of Magress his estate was ad
ministered on by a kinsman by the
ualii' of Roberts, w ho divided the
property and Sold it to various par
ties. It has been subsequently resold
many times.
A lawyer has been here under the
diseui-ed name of Johu Sweat who
was formerly conn cted with the
famous Pinkerton detectives. He
has been searching the records in
the court house ard looking up the
titles of land. It was learned that
he represents one of the heirs of the
original V!. Magress and that he has
absolute proof that Wm. Magress
was insane and that his estate was ad
ministered on bv fraud.
The titles to land in this county
can be traced back to the sale of
the Magress estate. Suits will be
brought to recover this large tract
of land. At first our people made
light 0! the case, but upon investi
gation they began to see that their
ho'dines are in danger. Some of
our lawyers think that the case is
a serious one. The first Biiit will
be brought up at the next Cleveland
county court. Much excitement is
prevailing in this section.
lieidsville ia measled.
Burlington has prospect of water
works. Five circles of King's Daughter's
in GreeDBboro.
Dr. J. B. Dunn, of Raleigh, is not
expected to live.
L. M. McKinzie is reported quite
sick at German ton.
Charlotte called out her street
spriukler this week.
They threaten to erect a big wagon
factory at Eei.'sville.
New Berne furniture factory
8'arted up yesterday.
Wilmington rotes on improvement
bond issues the 26th.
Colored candidates for Wilmington
collectorship multiplying.
Railroad Commission has office in
Agricultural Building, Raleigh.
Pitt county farmers still hold a
large portion of last year's cotton
crop.
Moore county aspires to the lead
ing fruit growing county of the
South.
Judge Boykin was too ill to pro
ceed from Alamance to Orange
county this week.
A plug of tobacco goes as a pre
mium with a pint of Stokes oil of
corn, at Germanton.
Ernest Bender, a fish buyer, was
upset in his boat, outside, near New
River Inlet and drowned.
General complaint throughout the
State trat railroads are not deliver
ing mails on Bchednle time.
J. Van Lindley buys 1100 acres
of land in Moore county and will
set out 50,00 fruit trees this year.
A. Y. Rash and lice Templeton.
imprisoned in Wilkes jail for 9 and
0 months respectively, have married.
Mrs. J. C. Clark, wife of a Rich
mond and Danville officid, Char
lotte, died from an overdose of mor
phine. Farmers organizid a district al
liance at Fayetteville embracing all
the counties of the third congress
ional distric
At a meeting of the directors of
the North Carolina Geological Sur
vey, at Raleigh, Professor Holmes
formally accepted the position of
State Geologist.
Farmers are cautioned ly the Ag
ricultural Department against buy
ing any commercial fertilizer not
bearing the guaranteed claim and
the ta, as required by law.
Mount Airy News; A report
reached this place last Wednesday
that James A. Brown, the murderer
of Harnett Lowe, had been caifured
and lodged in jail at Jefferson, Ashe
county.
Rockingham Spirit of the South :
Mr. Robert N. Fai. l v, of this county,
after an illness of 18 vears frm pa
ralysis, is dead, aged 05. Thieves I
broke into Mr. John A. Broach's
bar-room last night and stole a
ABOl'T COXCORIt AND WHAT THE
PEOPLE WAST.
The Standard Interview a Few of the
4'ltlcenM on the Nubject of Bond)
and Election.
A comparison of records shows
that Piesident Harrison has made a
far greater number of removals in
presidential postmasters in two
vears than Mr. Cleveland did during
the rst twenty-eight mouths of his
administration.
A bill has been favorably reported
in the Michigan Senate making it
indictable for a woman to appear
upon anv stage so dressed that her
nether limbs can be seen, and the
city council of Mankato. Minn., has
decided to keep the city bill boards
free from pictures of women so
dressed.
whole barrel of corn whiskey.
Milton Advertiser: It is now
about the middle of March and no
oats have been sowed. Our people
depend largely on their crop of
spring oats for horse feed. But this
time it begins to look as though they
will le unable to sow any part of
this crop.
Smithfield Herald: Mr. II. F.
Norris, while cutting down a tree
on the river eighteen miles below
here, was instantly killed Wednesday
by the tree falling on him. We
regret to cnronicle the death of Mr.
Willis II. Sanders, of Cleveland
township. We learn that he wa
out a little distance from his house
feeding his hogs on Monday even
ing about sunset, and returning to
the house when he fell and died in a
few moments.
Marion Free Lance: Mr. Paul
Scmidts, who his recently moved
from Wyoming to oar country, re
ceived a full grown Rocky Moun
tain eagle a sho-t time ago. A
revenue officer was in our town Sat
urday drunk and riding his horse on
the sidewalks. Ihe Marshal, Mr.
lleizer, very promptly arrested him
and allowed him the use of the
guard house.
Washington Gazette: Washing
ton has seven good size steam mills.
The average cut per day is estimated
at 200,000 feet. Mr. Joseph Crain
died at his father's residence near
Bath recently, after a long illness.
We are informed that all the
Bohemians will make their final exit
on the steamer Alpha in a few days.
They go back to Baltimore. Our
esteemed townsman, Mr. C. C.
Thomas, while playing the part of a
somnambulist last Monday night,
fell down stairs bruising himself
very badly, but fortunately no ser
lotis injuries were sustained.
New'on Enterpiise: Mr. Geo. A.
Warlick is cutting a fine crop of
rye off his garden. This is very
enrly considering the weather we
have had and entitles him to a prem
ium. Rev. W. L. C. Killian has
quit the milling busii e-s and will
fill up his null house with machin
ery to make fine furniture, doors,
blinds, sash, mouldings, etc The
machinery has been ordered and
will soon arrive and be put to work.
Some time in January one of
Catabas weather prophets pre
dieted that there would be fifty days
of rain almost on a stretch before
any permanent clearing up. Most
people laughed at the seer's words
at the time. But everybody is will
ing to admit that the prophet knew
what he was talking about, and are
now as' ing when the fifty days will
expire.
It is Concord that p incipally
concerns us in this article. We now
write, influenced chiefly by the ex
pression as obtained by a personal
interview with quite a number of
leading men of the town. The
election of officers for the town gov
ernment is near at hand, and it is
well to agitate these issues living,
burning, sizzing questions. No one
nor any place is hurt or injured by a
fair and square ventilation of opin
ions. Concord is not a one-horse town.
Concord is not a city, either, and
doubtless will never be, but it is a
place of 110 ordinary and insignifi
cant size and importance. It is our
home, our temporal ab ding place,
and it deserves some of our best and
most earnest thoughts. Aleti usually
talk when it is too late. They venti
late their powerful thoughts when
the battle is over. Some men vote
like their fathers this is all right
if their fathers vote right. Some
men go to the polls and some don't;
and geuerally those that do not vote
do the most kicking and raise the
biggest Cains. It is not only onr
privilege to vote but it is the duty
of every citizen to express at the
balbt box his sentiments, ai d the
man that neglects this duty neglects
one of his greatest ones.
Concord is not on a boom, and to
make Huch a statement would be to
badly misrepresent the trim state of
affairs. In some respects no t wn
in the State equals Concord, and in
others we are badly behind. There
is some discord and it canuot be
deaied. Men our representative
men are not united as they should
be. There is too mucn difference of
opinion. We ueed to get together
and to pull together as one D'an.
This is busiuess and the inside track
of the situation.
In a verv short time the citizen
ship of the place will be called upon j
to decide some very important ques
tions. They are important because
the town will possibly be introduced
to some things heretofore unknown
to her. We will doubtless issue
bonds and declare for a graded
school. It is necessary for tne town
to do something for money. The
indebtedness of the town demands
this much, and the way such govern
ments get the filthy luchre is by
issuing bonds.
A Standard repor'- r passed dowu
one side of the bu iness part and
returned on the oilier. In this
round we interviewed some gentle
men on the questions now before the
public. Some spoke freely while
o'hers were too busy to give their
thoughts upon the subjec'. But
here are some :
N. I). Fetzer: There is a rumor
that an lection on bonds will be
held. I am for them if they are
issued under certain conditions.
D. R Hoover: I have not thought
much about bonds but I am for any
thine that means progress. The
bonus should not fall short of $20,
000 worth.
W. J. Swiuk: I want to see men
offer themselves as candidates on
some issue and not simply for the
office. The streets need attention,
and we need sewerage for the town.
I am in favor of issuing bonds if
they are to be handled correctly.
0. W Swink: I am for bonds to
the amount of $25,000. I believe
in paying the debt, improving the
streets and the institution of a
graded school, provided the tax will
not be over 25 cents on the hundred
dollars worth of property I want
a progressive and aggressive man for
mayor.
D. D. Johnson : I am in favor of
anything that is good. I am for a
graded school, and for any amount
of bonds that tne town can stand.
Ch.rles McDonald: I am decided
ly in favor of bonds to .he amount
of $25,000, in favor of graued school,
sew ei age and anything that looks
like progress l want to see a live
-nan as mayor and business men on
the board.
Mayor P-oger is for bonds, for
graded school, but he does not think
that the town is financially ready for
a system of sewerage, though he
thinks that sewerage is needed.
Elam King : I favor bonds, graded
school, and i think sewerage is very
much needed. I want to see a live
mayor and board.
J. C. Fink : He favors the issuing
of bonds, is undecided about the
graded school, and thinks that bonds
to the amount of $25,000 is needed.
He dos not think that the finances!
of the town will justify the laying
of a sewerage.
D. L. Bost: Undecided about
bonds, favors a graded school, op
posed to a sewerage system and wants
a live board of commissioners and a
hustling mayor.
M. M. Gillon : Favors bonds, un
decided about the graded school and
thinks that sewerage is unnecessary.
J. A. Sims: He is in favor of
issuing bonds, in favor of a graded
school but thinks that the town can
not afford a system of sewerage.
G. W. Patterson : I am undec:ded
about these matters
W. J. Hill : Undecided on all the
1 u stions.
C. G. Montgomery : I want bonds
to pay the indebtedness of the town,
and tor improvements on the streets,
I am undecided about the graded
school question but thinks that we
need a first class system of sewerage.
J. P. Allison : I favor bonds but
am not at all favorable to a graded
school, and we are not ready for a
sewerage system. I want to see a
mixed board of commissioners
mossbacks enough to hold the pro
gressive ones in check.
A. B. Young: Bonds for the
town's indebtedness and for street
improvements but not one cent for
graded school. I want to 6ee the
board of commissioners to stand 3
mossbacks and 3 progressive men
and the mayor to be a wide-awake
business man.
Commissioner Lore : I am not a
candidate. I am for bonds for every
thing already proposed. I want to
have a good progressive board and a
live mayor. W"e are not ready for a
general system of sewerage.
J. K. Patterson : I favor all the
progressive moves and am heartily in
favor of the best thing for Concord.
D. P. Day vault : 1 am for bonds,
opposed to a graded school and he
wants a system of sewerage. He is
for a live board and a lively mayor.
W. R. Odell : I favor the issuing
of bonds, undecided about a graded
school. He wants a thoroughly live
set of officers.
J. Wr. Cannon: For bonds, unde
cided on the school, not favorable to
to a general system of sewerage ; he
wants a progressive mayor and a
progressive board.
J. M. Odell : He favors bonds, not
decided on the school question and
wants earnest town officers.
Commissioner Wadsworth: I am
not a candidate. I favor issuing
bonus for all the measures thus far
proposed.
CommisBioner Correll : Favor the
issuing the bonds, and favor graded
school and not favorable to a system
of sewerage.
Commissioner Fetzer: I want to
see bonds issued for improvement,
for school and jm undecided on the
sewerage question. I want a "mavor
up to snuff."
These are a few expressions from
a few citizens whom the reporter
could chance to interview. Let the
peop'e commence thinking about
these matters at once. The columns
of the Standard are open to any
communications bordering on these
inestions.
In a few days we hope to give
some statistics that the public may
appreciate and ones that have direct
bearing upon the matters in question.
joiix y. PJIIFEK OIKS
CONTAINS MORE READING
MATTER THAN ANY OTHER
PAPER IN THIS SECTION.
POPULATION OF NORTH CAROLIN A
RY ll.ll i:.
At II Ih New Home in Salem. Vs.
A telegram to Mr. J. P. Allison,
on "Wednesday evening, brought the
sad intelligence of the death, at
Salem, Va., of Mr. John Phifer, a
former Concord man. He took
pneumonia last Saturday, the 14th,
and the case was so severe that it
baffled all medical skill.
Mr. Phifer was principal clerk in
the large mercantile establishment
of the Tochers in Raleigh ; he had
recently gone to Salem to open out a
stock of goods. Mr. Phifer returned
from New York on Saturday, where
he had contracted a bad cold, which
soon developed into pneumonia.
He was yet quite young, being not
over 25 years of age, a fine business
man, esteemed and honored by all
who knew him. He counected him
self at an early age with the Presby
terian church in this place. He was
the son of Mr. George Phifer; his
mother and several sisters live in
Newton.
The remains were brought to
Concord and the funeral services
were conducted from the Presby te
rian church.
A delegation of salesmen from W.
II. and R. S. Tucker & Co., of Ral
eigh, came down from Raleigh to
attend the funeral.
The Raleigh Chronicle says among
other things :
It is with sincere pain and regret
the Chronicle has to record the death
of a young man so esteemed and so
romising. "Jack" Phifer was a
genial, honorable, hightoned young
man, and the future had success in
store for him. He was a member of
the Presbyterian church, and was an
usher in the First Presbyterian
church in Raleigh during his resi
dence in this city. Mr. Phifer was
a nephew of Mrs. A. Ban man and
and Miss Bettie Penick, of Raleigh.
COUNTIES.
Alamance 12,670
WHITE. COLORED. TOTAL.
Alexander. .
Alleghany.
Anson
Ashe
Beaufort. .
Bertie
Bladen
Brunswick.
.. 8,582
. . 0,068
. 10,031)
.15,043
..11,705
.. 7,778
. . 8.500
6,097
Buncombe. . .28,563
.12,332
.12,612
.10.707
. 3,333
. 8,480
. 6,583
..16,055
7,054
.14,614
. 4,710
. 3,359
.18,137
. 8,717
.11,539
The Normal and IndtiNtrinl School
for White Uirl!.
Raleigh, N. C, March 18. The
purposes of this school are:
1. To give .0 young women sucn
instruction as will fit them for teach
ing.
2. To give them instruction in
stenography, type-writing, telegra-,
phy and such other industrial arts
as will be conducheto their support
and usefulness.
It is to be eminently a practical
school. It has an annual State ap
propriation of $10,000 and we are
assured that it will get liberal
help from the Peabody Fund prob
ably permanently. Any community
will be fortunate to secure it. in
the act provision is made for any
city or town to appropriate money
out of its public funds or to hold
ai: election for the purpose 01 vot
ing sufficient amount of money to
furnish the buildings. No place
can secure it without furnishing to
the State the necessary buildings.
After consultation with the mem
bers of the Board of Directors, I
state that about one dozen class
rooms, a large assembly room, library
rooms, and rooms for literary Eocie-
ties will be necessary. The amount of
money necessary to furnish these
rooms cannot be deuniteiv stateu.
It will vary in different communities
according to the cost of material,
labor, etc.
A Matron's Hall will also be nec
essary which miy beconuected with
the above rooms, or may be a separ
ate buildinsr. as may be most con
venient. For this Hall the board
is authorized to expend as much as
three thousand dollars. No descrip
tion of it can now be given, because
its size and appointments will de
nend upon the amount of money
that can be secured additional to the
three thousand dollars.
As will be seen by the act, it wil
also be necessary for any community
hi.Miror fin this school to make it
atmear that board can be had ar low
rates in good families, that a large
number of girls can he accommo
dated, and that the place is tuitable.
This is specially to invite bids to
be sent to the undersigned by the
firs-, of Jun , next. Under applica
tion, a copy of the act will be sent.
S. M. Fixoek,
President of Board of Directors.
Felton Elected Senator.
Sacramento. Cal.. March 19.
The vote in the Legislature today,
which resulted in the election of
Felton for United Stages Senator,
stood Felton 73; Estee 15; White,
(dem.) 28 ; Peacock and Jonnston 1
each.
Senator-e'ect Felton was born in
New York 58 years ago and came to
California when he was 17 years oil.
He engaged in mining ami mercan
tile pursuits and entered politics as
a democrat, lie afterwards became
a republican and wa3 elected to the
assembly for four years. He de
clined renominatiou six years ago
and was sent to Congress from the
fifth district
A Meeting; That Promles Something
Uood lor This Town.
The Standard announced that
there would be a meeting of the
ministers and physicians of the town
at the rooms of the Y. M. C. A., on
Thursday eveaing to consider a mat
ter of importance. The meeting
was held it was a good meeting,
too.
Esquire C. G. Montgomery, repre
senting Dr. Bays, was called to the
chair and Jas. P. Cook was requested
to act as secretary of the meet:ng.
Kev. McKensie, by request of the
chairman, stated the object of the
meeting. Mr. McKensie stated that
a hospital was needed for the town
and gave as best he could the proba
ble cost of such an institution. He
thought that the time had come for
the town to do something in this
direction ; that the noble ladies of
the town had for a long time been
looking after the poor and needy
and that there ought to be some or
ganized effort on the part of the
citizens of the town.
Rev. W. G. Campbell stated that
the institution in question could be
conducted very cheaply and to auvan
tage; thata suitable house could be
secured and some one to take charge
of it at a very reasonable cost ; he
thought to divorce it irom any sec
tarian feature that the town would,
as a whole, rally to its support on
the broad grounds of charity.
The following motion was offered
and prevailed : " That the ministers
and physicians be constituted a com
mittee to meet aui devise ways and
means for the institution and main
tenance of a hospital ; and that all
citizens of the town interested in
the movement are earnestly invited
to be present
Dr. Lilly and others thought it
well to thoroughly discuss the matter
in all its pnases and to be sure of
what would be required and the
probable expenses in the enterprise
would have. Dr. Archey favored
the movement and assured the meet
iug of his hearty co-operation, as
did the other physicians.
There were present : Drs. Mont
gomery, W. II. Lilly, L. M. Archey,
J. Y. Fitzgerald, Dr. Joy ner and
Revs. Campbell and McKinsie
others would have been present but
were prevented by engagements.
The Standard believes that the
hospital is a thing of the near future:
and the town of Concord will thus
keep up its just reputation of being
a progressive and. chantaoie town
Burke
Cabarrus.
Caldwell.
Camden. .
Carteret. .
Caswell. .
Catawba.
Chatham 17,114
Cherokee .... 9,090
Chowan 3,931
Clay 4,057
Cleveland.... 17,298
Columbus... .11,829
Craven
Cumberland.
Currituck. . .
Dare
Davidson.. .,
Davie
Duplin
Durham 10,646
Edgecombe.. 8,478
Forsyth 19,392
Frauklin 10,668
Gaston 12.921
Gates 5,516
Graham 3.127
Granville ....12,307
Greene 5,244
Guilford 19,692
Halifax 9,467
Harnett 9,368
Haywood 12,524
Henderson... 11,210
Hertford..... 5,K57
Hyde 4,953
Iredell 19,373
Jackson 8,071
Johnston ...19,780
Jones 3,843
Lenoir 8,446
Lincoln 10,002
McDowell. .. 9,091
Macon 9,407
Madison 17.089
Martin 7,768
Mecklenburg.23,003
Mitchell 12,233
Montgomery. 8,490
Moore ..13,810
Nash 12,003
NewHan'ver.10,042
Northampt'n. 8,932
Onslow 7,282
Orange 9,648
Pamlico 4,738
Pasquotank.. 5,156
Pender 5,895
Perquimans.. 4,687
Person....'.. 8,193
Pitt 13,052
Polk 4,792
Randolph.... 21,831
Richmond.... 10.854
Robeson 10,461
Rockingham. 15,098
Rowan 17.102
Rutherford.. 14,991
Sampson 15,877
Stanly 10,598
Stokes 14,345
Surry 10,890
Swain 5,bld
Transylvania. 5,330
Tyrrell 2,987
Union 15,673
Vance G,386
Wake 25,887
Warren 5,824
Washington.. 4,904
Watauga i0,i72
Wayne i5.04i
Wilkes 20,555
Wilson i0,8i3
Yadkin i2,406
Yancey vM-to
TOTALS.
White population-
Colored population..
Indian population
Chinese popalation. .
The Grady Monument Committee
has unanimously resolved to invite
Governor David B. Hill, of New
York, to nuke the address on the
occasion of the unveiling of the
monument of Henry W. Grady in
Atlanta during the summer. It is
understood that he will accept.
The Law on Railroad Tlekets.
The law passed by the late Legis
lature in regard to railroad tickets.
requires that it shall be unlawf ul for
any person to sell or deal in t'ekets
used bv any railroad company un
less he is a duly authorized agent of
said railroad company, and it shall
be the duty of said agent to exhibit
his authority to sell or iL-al in saiu
tickets, and the company whose
agent he U si all be responsible for
his acts hs such agent. 1 hat any
violation of this law shall be a mis
den eano
Thaf. when any roui d-trip tickets
are sold by any railroad company, it
shall be the duty ot said company to
redeem the unused portion ot such
ticket by allowing to the legal holder
thereof the difference between the
cos", thereof aud the price of a one
way ticket between the stations for
which the said round trip ticket was
sold.
That when any one way or ngu
lar ticket is sold by any railroad
company, and when unused by the
purchaser thereof, it shall be the
duty of the railroad company selling
the ticket to redeem said ticket at
the same price paid for it
Wilkes Superior Court awaidid I.
S. Call $150 damages against WUkes
boro commissioners for street right
of wav across his lands.
5,001
848
453
9,987
585
9,307
11,398
8,203
4,803
0,703
2.005
5,530
1,580
2,334
2,345
9.445
2, twit
8,299
238
5,230
140
3,090
6,027
13,479
12,658
2,037
409
3,565
2,904
7,148
7,395
15.634
9,040
10,422
4,841
4,736
25
12,175
4,795
8,353
19,440
4,301
522
1,379
7,994
3,950
6,063
528
7,459
3,500
6,433
2,584
1,848
694
716
7,453
19,664
573
2,749
0,049
8,644
13,983
12,310
3,021
5,300
2,408
5,691
6,018
4,006
6,958
12,406
I, 108
3,3(54
13.094
14,847
10,203
7.020
3,770
9,219
1,538
2,854
2,3-8
253
551
1,238
5,580
II, 191
23,310
13,530
5,290
439
U.058
2,i20
7,830
1,334
295
Total population.
18,271
9,430
0,523
20,027
15,628 .
21,072
19,176
16,763
10,900
35,266
14,939
18,142
12,298
5,607
10,825
10,028
18,689
25.413
9.976
9,167
4,197
20,394
17,855
20,533
27,321
6,747
3,768
21,702
11,621
18,690
18,041
24,113
28,434
21,090
17,764
10,252
3,313
24,484
10,039
28,052
28,908
13,700
13,346
12,589
13,851
8,903
25,462
9,512
27,239
7,403
14,879
12,586
10,939
10,102
17,805
15,221
42,673
12,807
11,239
20,479
20,707
24,026
21,242
10,303
14,948
7,146
10,748
12,514
9,293
15.151
25,519
5,902
25,195
'23,918
31,483
25,3(53
24,123
18,770
25.096
12,136
17,199
19,281
6,577
5,881
4,225
21,259
17,581
49,207
19,350
10,200
i0,6n
26,i00
23,675
18,644
13,790
9,490
.I,049,i9i
. 567,170
. i,57l
l5
.i,6i7,947
C. S. Andrews, Wilmington, in
vents a machine for berry crate mak-
ing, that enables one man wun n 10
do the work of fiye with the machine
ordinarily used.
The Republican politicians know
full well the factors to which they
owe their former victories, and they
therefore want no elections with the
secret ballot and without boodle.
Should the Australian ballot system
be established in Maine a large reve-
nne that is poured into that State
every two years would be cut off.
Phil. Record, Uem.
"THE BEST."
It ia easy to say of anything, especial
ly of a medicine, that it is "the best"!
hut to show the reason ot its superiority
to the satisfaction of the public, may 1
quite another matter. When we affirm,
however, that Ayer's Sarsaparilla ia
superior to any other blood medicine,
we make no inconsiderate statement,
but tell the plain, unvarnished truth.
Other so-called blood-purifiers may pro
duce a temporary exhilaration, which Is
mistaken for cure ; but the cures effect
ed by taking Ayer's Sarsaparilla ard
radical and permanent. It not only
purifies the blood, but renews aad in
vigorates that fluid.
Ayer's Sarsaparilla has been ia nsa
for the better part of half a century, anil
has achieved a success which is without
parallel in the history of medicine.
People early learned to appreciate its
value as a purifier of the blood, anil
the lapse of years has only confirmed
and strengthened the popular pinion
of its merits.
Only the choicest and most approved
ingredients enter into the composition
of Ayer's Sarsaparilla, and these are
secured regardless of cost. It U on this
principle that the Honduras sarsaparilla
root is exclusively used in this prepara
tion. The domestic variety is cheap
and abundant, being indigenous all
over the American continent, but it lias
little medicinal value compared with
the richer growth of the tropics. There
fore it is that the extract ot the Hon
duras root, solely, forms the bails oi
Ayer's preparation, the other ingredi
ents being stillingia, podophyllum, yel
low dock, and the iodides of potassium
and iron.
The effect produced by thes Ingre
dients depends largely upon the pro
portions used, and it is only by the
greatest skill in compounding them that
the remarkable alterative and tonio
qualities of Ayer's Sarsaparilla are
secured. The appliances of Ayer'a
laboratory are unique and costly, and.
experience shows that their use result"
in producing a compound extract of
far more curative power than can ta
obtained by any other methods. This
fact, together with the most attractive,
liberal, and original methods of adver
tising, readily accounts lor the world
wide reputation and enviable success fff
Ayer'a Sarsaparilla,