THE ST&HDARD.
'iu i;si)AY, -
. April 10. 1891
Number Subscribers, 1782
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T,VN AXU COUNTY.
There's Chiel Amang ve Takin Notes
anDFa,th He'll Prent Them."
p,,llclly 1 '" Impr-
There are quite a number of
ninus that haw not yet had "paid"
u,itwn after thorn. Please remem
Kr. a l govern yourselves aceord
i iv, that ac neid tho money. Each
uiiMu'nt is fiiin'.l, but in the aggre
it amounts to enough to drive
the wolf from the door and almost
kill him. A lot of blank receipts
have j'ist been received. Let our
1 r.i-nds respond at once.
!ince Our l.nsi Kcporl.
NEW WKIiKI.V SlBSCRlliEItS-
A L How el ', J Y Alexander. J G
vjex in.le--. A Keuei iy, A J Lovv
rMtiee. S II Leazcr. CO Penninser,
Y M S nitli, S J Deal. Miss Laura,
;'nr, .1 L Smut), 0 C Bost. A
l?l)St. I V Karriker, W A Karriker,
H A Karriker, S C Karriker, .1 H
Hall, Monroe Shank. Ja J Yost,
Juhi Rmehardt. (J T Beaver, Rev
,) C' Moser. ; T Allison 21, or two
or wonla to that effect.
Il.e uiaiiHsjeinent wanted just a j
qiiui ter ot one huiuireo: but you see
we lack only out, and everything in
this office is very Mid in const q ence
ef the one thut we didn't yet. A
messenger was sent even bevoud
tin-itmtiin s . f u.- city, but every
liody mi1 u-' afi( f I 'ine.
l'i'.e Stun. bird in movement i
i;iaiili o itiat ! 'f ti. is county,
udj'uninsr eou ud parties m
otiier States iifp.cciate our honest
t Voits to yive a well filled paper,
nini at so cheap a y ice- Notwith
..tan.iit. the McKinley bill, bard
tunes and histoiicai utterances of
would be Solomons, we are still in
the ring.
Liter -C. H. Deal was kidnap
ped and forced to subscribe, and
thtn he chukIi?, to gi t company,
.John P. A- li uv. r, who also "said
the wild"' lit new names to our
weekly list since April 8th is en
couraging. SL'BSi hIPTIONS PAID
G A Miseiibeiuier. Harris Crow
ell, J Harrington, J II kb-tfz. Miss
K..;i Mvers, .1 R Blackwelder, J A
Lip . W F (iooilman, Allen Ileftlar,
C 1' Ciine, V II Ca bouu.
-r SimI --ws.
Information come to town that
Mr. P. Xnnamaker, of Columbia,
was drowned in L'ongaree river, a few
tlavs ago. Mr. Xniiamaker is an
alumnus of Xor:h Carolina College,
a cl.iffj in ite of Mr. Johu A. l!ack
welder, of this place, and a brother-in-law
of Ilev. Prof. Linn, of Mt
Pleasant. M r. X unamakcr hadjiiat
completed a course in pharmacy. It
is with peculia sadness that, this
w riter hears of the sad death of his
warm-hearted school-mate of several
u-ars ago.
( Drunk niii ( lit.
Peports come to town that a wo
man in Xo. 11 township got drunk
and played the star in a cutting and
.la.-hing performance. She ripped
ep--n a man's shoulder, cut with her
ugly kr.ife another man's breast, and
tinaily skipped wit'i him to other
parts. We have no names don't
wa'i any. Woman, ngiy woman,
.-lie is get drunk and si mi around
in d- tnon s'vle Only oue iu thou
sands, it i gid to say.
or Mr. Itobert A. Foard.
Dur readers will be pained to
he.ir of the death of Mrs. Sarah K.
l'o.ml, wife of Mr. Iiobt. A. Foard,
which occurred in Greensboro on
Tin sdav morning Mrs Foard had
Uen in tad health for years, but her
condition was not considered dan
gerous until a very short time ago.
Tlie telegram yesterday announcing
her death was a great shock to her
hu. band's relatives here, who were
expecting a visit from her the last
of this week.
She leaves no children, but a large
circle of friends and relatives mourn
her lo-s.
The funeral takes pi .c today
from Centenary M. K. church, of
which die was a faithfu1 member.
Mrs. M. F. Koss and son, L'ndsay,
left on Tuesday evening for Greens
boro. ln't lo II tgiim.
In copying some of our "Heart
Throbs and Reflections" the witty
and brilliant and versatile Jim Cook
of the very bright and newy Con
cord Standard, sp aks of us as the
" Music Hearted and Flower Be
decked Henry Blount, the noble old
Widower." Xow, J i in, t he " music
heat ted" part of the heading is
soothing and lulling and delicious,
and it sor er mak s us close our eyes
in a kinder calf-like, dreamy fashion:
the "flower-bedecked" part is
mighty pretty and smells all right,
and we just slid right oil into the
sniiling business for a wl ile and
made our printers think we were
try it g to get the best of a sneeze ;
but i he "old widower" part played
thunder with our fi-elh.gs, for all
the l id es like to read the Standard
and they might be pereiiaded to look
upon us a hoan -headed and vener
ated specimen ot badly delapidated
antiquity in an advau- ed stage of
immediate decay. So, Jim, don't, do
it tint way any more, or our pros
pects might be blight d, and all fond
dreams iorego, and we still live on,
all buttonless. m woe. Wilson Mir
ror.
There is no danger of it; a letter
from a fair one, yet on the bright
side of life, of W ilson, informs this
office that our charge is correct save
the "old." She says in her own
modest and bewitching way, with
radiance brighter than the sun's
mini. day beams, and in a style so
soothing, lulling and delicious that
the Standard does her ideal man a
grave injustice by calling him old.
Accepting the statement ol her, upon
whom tlie brilliant Blount calls
thrice a w.-k, th.' Standard declares
iUelf in grave error in the use of
"old."
SHORT LOCALS.
The Reidsville Weekly says that
the bicycle trade bus taken the town.
It is a remarkable tact the trains
are running in under the wire on
time.
The Fair Association will offer a
p-eminm for a bicycle race at the
coining fair.
The Wood and Iron Company of
this place have decided to move their
works to Bilesville.
Not until recently his it been
known that, there is what is known
as "jeweler's gold."
J. W. Carriker, of Xo. 10, reports
that a hog owned by Mr. Sam Mor
rison had a litter of 18 pigs.
The May communion imcting tt
Kooky River church will lie held on
the second Sabbath in May.
Will Deaton has gone to New
London (Bilesville) to engage in the
work of the Wood and Iron Work.
Miss T.ettie Cress, daughter of Mr.
Alexander Cress, of No. 5, is lying
vtry ill at her home in Xo. 5 town
ship. Effort is being mule, we learn
from the Observer, to raise money
for an KpUcopal church in Albe
marle. Jonathan Mann, ex sheriff of
Stanly county, died last Tuesday
night caused by an attack of pa
ralysis. As the cessation in trade begins
to deepen ami broaden, the fascina
ting game of checkers is beinr in-
di.lged in.
Albe narle will vote on local op-
uon on me second .Monday in .June, t
eiecuou oeing oruereo oy me com- t
niisstoners.
Mr James D. lleilig, fays the
Herald, has returned from Virginia,
and is now with Brown's clothing
establishment.
From 90,000 to TJO.OOO hairs grow
in a human scalp. This does not
apply to any except single men, w ith
bachelors excluded.
Mr. Sieb Kluttz, Dr. Johnston's
n.'w clerk, is at his post. He is
mastering right graceful iv the ele
ments' of a successful salesman.
The local bar and the visiting
lawyers at Stanly court met and
passed resolutions upon t. earing of
the sudden death of Gov. Fowle.
Suppose we have an electric light
placed on the court house c!o;k, so
us fe.lows who carry Waterbury
watches can tell the time of nisjht.
John I'ropst, Charley SappctiticUl
and Geo. Murr had tine success in
shooting squirrels at the Ileglar v
Motley place in Xo. U ; they killed
2 iu less than half a day.
1'iof. II. C. Dunn .-ays the longer!
he liws iu this country ihe better he !
likes it. We have reuo-is t believe i
that he will prove a most valuable!
acquisition to our town as a citizen. !
It is said that colton, from f-oiiic j
sections of Stanly that traded here,
is going to Monroe. I' hat is due to;
the roads, and surely not to price, j
though some claim that it is caused !
oy price.
Wednesday evening M. J. Coil
Started a wagon, loadi d w ith marble,
to Albeniaile. and they can e t Ele
phant hid th" team stalled, and at
last accounts they were still unable
to pull up the hiil.
One business man on Thursday
purchased eleven bales of cotton.
paying eleven certs per
This is a little above our
market price, but in a tra
pound
regu h;
i' then
was some difference.
Mr. George Swink has moved in'o
Mr. Bob Deaton's house, corner ii
Cnurch and Fast Depot streets. Yr.
A. (i. Bost will repiirthe hou.H
which Mr. Swink vacates, and will
occupy it when he movt s to town.
Mr. J.
Bost, of Mill Hiil, is j
suffering considerably with a wo: ml
ed eve. While plowing something
from the ground w,-.s thrown i-ito
his eye, by a bent cotton stock. The
condition of the eve mav be seriou.
The laying of the sewera;
has been stopped for a wb;l
W C. Boyd denied them tie
pipe
M r.
ri-ht
f crossing a lot a short di-
fa nee
from the I'rtsbyterian church. Just
what course will be pursued now is
not known.
Crit Miller, Johu P.ost and others
seined the Bost mill pond, on Uocky
river, Friday night. To their sur
prise, besides catching a few cat,
eels, craw fish and such aquatic it.
habitants, they caught a carp that
weighed seven pounds. This is said
to be very large for Cabarrus wat-rs.
There was a traveling man iu
town that was a king lorn within
himself. He wore o,iio0 worth of
diinvmds, was very pompo.is peo
ple shut their eyes as such brilliancy
dazzled them and made them afrii 1.
Never seeing a diamoiulic fellow be
for-, we lather enj-yed the man's
condition.
Mr. John 11. Morris, a veteran
newspaper man, and true North
Carolinian, though he is now located
in Baltimore, spent Thursday night
here. Mr. Morris contributes regu
larly to the I'-altimore Sun and lial
eigh State Chronicle. In the latter,
of April Till, ho pleads for a monu
ment to Col. Saunders, and offered
$100 to start the fund.
The Standard learns from a gen
tleman in town that llev. Dr. Mc
Kinnon is much improved over his
condition of several months ago.
He has been under Dr. Hall's treat
ment, (wh ch is making quite a rep
utation), and now he sleeps well, has
a better appetite ami is gaming m
weight and strength. Tni- is grati
fying news to a host of p. ople in
this section, who remember the doc
tor with much love and esteem.
China Grove has preaching every
Thursday night. Uev. C. A. Marks,
iu answer to a reques', preaches
once a weeli on the Suuday school
lesson. Mr. Marks is far above the
average he is an entertaining
speaker, and his discourses are
tnoughtful and very beneficial. And
be it eaid to the credit of that little
town ou the north that uearly every
body attends. Stores ami other
places of businessjirejclosetl up.
M. Voils advertised for a lost purse
He has got it now.
Concord Presbytesy meets at
Uocky Ri.er church next fall.
Spring fevt r "has arriv" several
cases from last season in town.
The dummy is again oft' duty on
account of the break of a side bar.
That hairless dog has lost its rag.
The dog should have another rag at
once.
Craig property, SI acres, Salisbury
suburb, bought, and laid off for city
annex.
J. A. Lipe, superintendent of the
flouring mill at Euochville, gave us
a pleasant Call.
School opened at Cannonsville on
Monday, a subscription, being
taught by a man.
Snell, the big man, and whose
weight is in tvasing so rapidly, is
now using crutches on account of a
sprain.
The W. R. (Veil la.e residence,
which was reported being moved, is
ftill on wheels. It has not reached
its r.ew site.
Mrs. W. (J. Campbell and little
Miss Bessie look a trip to Salisbury
on business connected with St. An
drews' Lutlnran church.
Some people were so vulgar as to
say they "sweated like everything
on Monday.'' At the present rate
the mercury will meet before July 4.
Xot quite all the ladies compos
ing the bo- rd of managers of Con
cord llospi al have been appointed.
We will give the complete list tomorrow.
Miss Sue Harris, of Mebaneville,
lt sHmay ut Mr. C. (i. Mont
o0m. n s. and on Monday went to
j Potda:- Tent, where she will visit
her grandnioth r.
A IT ye.r il l son of Mrs. Mc
Kindley (w idow), near Mill Hill, was
thrown by a mule and severely in
jured. He was unconscious for a
long while at'terw-irds.
Mr. Will Jones and Miss Winnie
Mo. very were married at Forest
Mill, by Rev. II. M. Blair, Sunday
afternoon. The happy couple w mt
to Charlotte for a visit of two weeks.
Victor Cildwell, of Xo. 4, up to
Saturday eveiii' g had planted 14
acres iu cotton seed and 25 acres in
corn. We heard of quite a number
that had planted some cotton
ground.
Miss M ggie Tage died at her
home, just ou' of town, on Monday
night at 1 o'clock. Miss Page had
been very ill for several weeks The
funeral will take place tomorrow at
Hermon chinch.
Mr. Thorn, the depot agent at
j China Grove, has been in that posi
tion for ten years, and during that
time he has been doing the work of
two men. Tickets, freight and ex
press have to be attended to by him.
Seethe announcement of W. G.
Mea:.s for mayor of Concord. Mr.
Means has been niavor of Concord,
j and his record in looking after the
town's affairs is too well known to
the people for a review by the Stand
J aid. liead the caid.
The Standard office job depart
! ment has just turned out a neat
! pamphlet, "Constitution and By-
Laws of (add Water Lodge, Xo. fri,
1. ii. O. We whisper in your
ear gently that tlie stuff's in the ring
to do a handsome job, and it is.
A Standard man serves notice (it
is the only and final one) that the
l next, man w ho answers our question
i in the following manner will be
j wholly M d quietly annihilated: "J
don't plant cotton ; 1 usually p'ant
j i he feed." Last notice, positively,
j Uocky Uiver fanners are going to
plant largely of sorghum cane this
! vaar. It is a profitable crop in that
j region. Mr. S. A. Grier, Jr., and
1 lvi. Carriker expect to nut a mo-I
i,lSM..s ,mn ear i;,ekv Uiver church.
and will be ready for work in good
time.
Mr. Jacob Dove and his son,
Robert, went over to Charlotte to
cons n't Dr. Graham. Robert Dove,
has some disease of the ear or head
that is giving him considerable pain
and no little alarm. He will proba
bly remain under the treatment of
lr. Graham for some time.
Attention is called to the an
nouncement of .Max or Roger, who
offers himself for re-election to the
po.-ition of mayor of Concord. Mr.
Boger's record as mayor of Concord
for several years is oo well known
for any comment from the Standard.
See card in another column.
The Standard family returns
thanks to Mr. S. J. Deal, of Milford,
Rowai county, for a club of ten
bran-fired new subscribers. This
writer never knew Mr Deal before
Thursd ty, but he knew our paper,
and it is all right. Four of his list
are named Karriker. These, with
five others, is pretty good for one
day and at one o'lice.
Saturday evening the chimney,
nearly thirty feet high, to a house
on South Main street, owned by
Dock Walter, fell. In its fall, and
great, was the fall, it crushed in a
house owned by John K. I'atterson.
Mrs. Perry, who occupied the house,
received some painful, though not
serious, injuries. Ttie rains had
partially undermined the chimney,
which caused the fall.
Jim Blackwelder's farm bell is
giving much trouble. France Smith,
a neighbor, has a mule that refuses
to work after the bell rings for din
ner at 11 o'clock, Blackwelder's stop
ping hour. There is strong talk of
the neighborhood holding an indig
nationbut Blackwelder's bell will
ring out anvthing like an indigna
tion meeting. Thus far Hampton's
bell, Jim's brother, has not disturbed
the peaCJ of the neighbo. hood.
A very pleasant meeting of the
Juvenile Temperance Band was held
in tht; Sunday school room of the
First Presbyterian church on Satur
day 'afternoon. The exercises were
made more interesting than usual by
the illustrations which Miss Adams
kindly put upon tho blackboard.
Miss Ada Craven i resided at the
organ, and the music was enjoyed
by all. Next meeting will be held
on Saturday week, at 4:20 p, m-
A lady's belt was found and left
at this office. Owner can get it by
paying for tnis notice.
Miss Kssie Urv, who has been vis
iting Mrs. M. J. Fret man, has gone
on a visit to Hickory, X. C.
Mrs. M. J. Freeman and little
Guy have gone on a visit to the
family of John W. Fetzer, of Balti
more, Md.
There was a meeting of a com
mittee of the Dental Association, at
Greensboro. Dr. Herring was un
able to attend.
This is the season that some peo
ple give their horses pills. Brown
Bros, dosed three Tuesday, with
regular boluses.
Mr. and Mrs. Johnson, of Con
nelly Springs, are visiting their son,
Dr. D. D. Johnson. They will be
with us for some days.
P. Ii. Bost, of Flows, was in town
with cotton. He has forty bales,
and is not very well pleased with the
price compared to its cost.
Have you registered? Informa
tion conies that but little of it has
been done. Remember that you
can't vote unless you do register.
It is indeed gratifying that peo
ple have been able to make garden.
There has been a deal of talking
about this branch of infant agricul
ture. John Moore has a mighty fat,
spiteful dog. lie is making the
dog fatter still for a chewing gum
factory, from which he has an order.
They say it takes a spiteful and fat
dog to make good gum.
Harris Crowell, brother of G. T.
Crowell, came out from Mt. Pleas
ant, lie tcld of tome fishing near
his post of duty, Kindley's mill.
But the Standard doesn't publish
Crowell's fishing reports
The Town Commissioners met
Tuesday night. Committees were
appointed to audit the Treasurer's
account, examine the Secretary's
book and publish a statement of the
town's receipts and expenditures.
Dr. J. II Bingham, of near East
field, this county, gave us a pleasant
call on Tuesday. The Doctor was
surprised to have found that it
rained in this section the night pre
vious, such not being the case at his
home.
Esq. F. A. Archibald received
a telegram from Matthews, Meck
lenburg county, calling him there
on first train. Mrs. Hooks, nee Miss
Shelby Archibald, is seriously ill.
Mrs. Archibald has been there for
several days.
Xnlie'.
All those who have consented to
take part in the " Confederate Song
Concert," are requested to meet at
Mr. John Allison's Thursday eve
ning at 7:-i0 o'clock, sharp.
Sudden l-iilli.
Mrs. Flam Henderson died sud
denly Saturday evening at her home
near Coddle Creek. She was out
visiting, and returning home in the
evening, she was in an hour a corpse.
She was In tween 0 and 70 years,
and the daughter of Mrs. Carrigan,
the oldest ladv in No. 3, being near
Km ytars old.
I: t remely lluy Around Our Depot.
It is lively and brisk at the depot.
The building is chocked full of
goods for the town and all sections.
The platform is covered w ith cotton ;
so is the one up town.
Agent Duscnbery says that
freights are very heavy now, and the
appearance around our depot resem.
bles that of much larger towns.
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Tlieir ;ds (ionr.
Ileglar & Motley, who have done
quite a successful business here for
several years, have moved their
stock of goods to Springville, where
they some time ago purchased the
Harris plantation.
The P-tandard regrets to see this
firm and these two families leave the
town. Yet they still hold their
citizenship in Cabarrus county.
The County Allinnee.
The County Alliance meets in the
court house on Friday, at ! o'clock.
Lecturer Hunter will be present and
we understand that he will lecture
to the public at 11 o'clock.
It is thought toat there will be a
very largely attended meeting on
Friday.
The Standard would be pleastd
to see and hear Ben Terrell again.
m
Dentil nf Mrs. I.entz.
Mr . Elizabeth Lentz, mother of
our esteemed townsmen, Messrs.
Dolph and James Lentz, died at her
borne m Norwood, ou Saturday
April 11th, at 12 o'clock, aged sixty
five years.
After months of weakness and
suffering, this tried servant of God
fell sweeily asleep in Jesus, saying
she was ready, waiting to gj to him
in whom she had believed. The
funeral took place on Sunday after
noon, the services being conducted
by Rev. Mr. Whitlock.
Mr. Dolph Lentz, who went to his
mother's bedside on Thursday, re
turned home on Monday night.
Slid Ileal It in .Moorenville.
Mr. Will Creswell is in town to
day. He brings us news of one of
the saddest deaths which we have
had to announce for a long time
that Of Miss Forny McLelland, only
remaining child of Mrs. ."Nannie
McLelland.
Thus within eight days this wid
owed mother is called to give up her
two children, the joy of her home,
and the strong, tender support ot
her declining years. On April 6th,
J. Philo McLelland, after an illness
of two weeks, passed away while iu
the first fiush of an earnest, Chris
tian manhood. His sister was at the
time very ill, having been confined
to her bed for two months, and after
the shoe of her brother's death she
grew worse until Tuesday morning,
when her young soul was released
from its frail tenement of clay and
went to joiu her brother in the
Heavenly home of the Saviour they
had both served so faithfully.
May the God of all comfort be
with and uphold the desolate mother
and many bereaved friends.
A Brutal Murder
I( IIAItl.O r T KOX I. iNTN.ITI'RDA Y
X Mi I I T.
A Xesro KnoeliM an Itnlinn in Hie
Itaek of Hie ileadlle I hen Stei:l
All Hie Money In the Cash llrnner
Confined In .Iml 11 Taken the Hor
net eil Hiilenien to Save Him.
Special telegram to The Standard-!
Charlotte, X. C, April 13.
One of the most brutal murders
known in the crinrnal annals of the
State was committed in this city
Saturday night about 12 o'clock.
J. B. Mocca, an Italian, keeps a
fruit store on Trade street. Satur
day night a negro gambler, hailing
f 0111 Charleston, walked in just as
Mocca was in the act of cl sing his
door; the negro asked him for a
g'ass of cider. While Mocca was
stooping over drawing the liquid,
Brandh im, which is the negro's name,
struck him back of the head with a
coupling pin, knocking him senseless
to the floor. Brai.dham then went
behind the counter and relieved the
cash drawer of the contents, which
amounted to 23. He was arrested
yesterday morning and the evidence
was so conclusive that he ,vas itiinie-1
diately placed in jail.
The entire city has been thrown
into a terrible state of excitement,
and all during last night crowds
swarmed around the jail, hoping to
get an opportunity to lynch the
negro. The Hornets Nest Riflemen
were ordered out and guarded the
jail all night. C. F. W
Additional news from Charlotte is
to the effect that Brandham would
have been lynched had it not been
for the timely interference of the
military company. Rumors about
town that a race war was about to
be precipitated are untrue.
The l.oiids.
There is but little comment to be
heard on the bond question just now.
People seem to be thinking seriously
about the question, but are compara
tively quiet so far as talk is con
cerned. There is some opposition to
bonds, but there seems to be no doubt
about the b nds carrying.
Two Fine Sermon.
The congregation of the First
Presbyterian church was most fortu
nate in securing the services of Dr.
I). J. Satterlield, who preached at
11 a. m. and at 7:30 p. m. on Sun
day. It is the unanimously ex
pressed opinion that his discourse in
the morning was one of remarkable
power. Text: And the leaves of
the tree shall be f o the healing of
the nations. Rev. 22-2. At night
he preached from Luke 19-10, "For
the Son of Man is come to seek and
to save that which was lo:t." His
treatment of both subjects was de
lightfully clear and fresh. The
Presbyterian? hope to hear Dr. Sat
terli d 1 again.
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What a Hospital lloes.
For three ytars Winston-Sak-m
has bad a hospital iu operation. A
correspondent to the Sentinel has
this to say :
With no endowment, with no
handsome donations of hundreds
of dollars from generous friends,
with no certain i -o e from any
source, shelter and .a.vful nursing,
and the attention of skilled physi
cians have been furnished to about
two hundred patients, and not until
the records of the last great day are
opened will be known all the good
done here.
"The writer is not a member of
the Association, either active or
honorary, but simply an outsider
deeply interested in th:s beautiful
form of charity, which the Great
Physician of the human race put
next to the healing of souls this
work of caring for ihe sick and dy
ing, who by force of circumstances
are without homes or money."
An Idle llrain ihe Itevil'N Workshop.
The chain gang has been opera
ting on a hill bt-oiid Coddle Creek,
near J. V. Er win's. As has been
stated, Hubert Smith made a break
for his liberty, and his liberty was a
farce, for he failed. The guard,
Jim Harris, sifted the thing down.
There was an organized move on the
part of some of the gang (they are
splendid organizers and planners)
to make their escape. Each fellow
had a key by which to unlock the
lock that bound his feet in a non
running condition.
The keys well, they were manu
factured and pretty nicely done, too.
A small boy (God pity the poor fel
low small, young, out of place, in
a row of stumps and early in the
wrong pew !) now iu jail made the
keys. He secured several spoons
and a piece of knife blade. He used
his shoe heel in making the knife
cut the tin spoons in shaping them
into keys. His job was a good one ;
the keys work like charms, for they
unlock, and they are iutended for
that.
Xow here's a boy (we shall not
use his name), he is young and bad,
boused up with older criminals,
with nothing to do. He's got a
brain, for it takes brains to make
spoon keys, and there he lay in idle
ness for the want of something to
do. He put his brain to work, and
it worked out spoon keys that
promised liberty for the gang.
Is it for the best that such young
boys are housed up in a common
jail?
Leading; C. nan oh.
Farmers, ask any of your neigh
bors who have had experience in the
use of Guanos which are the five
leading brands, and their answer will
be : Merryman's Am. Dissolved Bone,
Zell's Ammoniated Bone, Farmer's
Friend Fertilizer, Owl Brand Guano,
and Xavassa Guano. Don't buy low
grade goods at high prices when you
have a choice of jfive ltjading
15RAXDS at lowest prices. We sell
them all.
The late season makes it very nec
essary that you should use a good
guano to hurry forward your cot
ton crop so as not to be cut off by
early frosts. These Guanos will do
all this, besides permanently im
proving the soil and making a big
yield of cotton. Yours truly,
Canxoxs & Fetzeii.
THE TWO FACTORIES.
A Jaunt ou Horseliaek vs. Walking
Men. Allairs and ihe Itlnehaek
Speller AkuIii.
For spice and the exercise of mus
cles that get but little use in ordi
nary walking, the Standard man
rode to the two factories.
At the Odell store, and it's always
a busy scene, one clerk (he's mar
ried) stopped to sew a button on his
vest, but he kept an eye on business
and the others were moving around
briskly.
W. II. Kerr, the inventor of the
Kerr bag machines, is now busily
engaged in making drawings for
other and somewhat improved bag
machines. The ones, now in use,
while thev work like charms, will
not print but two colors on the bags.
Mr. Kerr is now engaged in making
drawings for a machine that will
print three colors on the bags It
would be uufair to give a picture of
ihe new machine, heir e the Standard
postpones that for a while.
Captain Odell informed us that
the entire giound iu front of all the
mills w ill be thoroughly cleaned and
the soil prepared for grass. The
new mill, Xo. 4, since the dwelling
house has been removed, presents
itself in all its siz and beauty.
That will be one of the most beau
tiful places in Concord when the
foreground gets covered with grass.
Quite a number of new looms
have been added to mill Xo. 3.
Spring street is really in better
condition than Main street.
W. A. Smith's rock crusher is
jogging along and mashing rock as
usual. The machine has a hard and
tough job, but it grinds on surely.
That's a mighty mean place where
Spring street taps Depot street, cor
ner of the Bingham lot. lt is really
famous for its general cussedness.
At Cannon's factory there is
scarcely one thing lacking, lest it be
a hitching post. When a fellow has
to climb a pine tree and swing down
on a limb to get something to hitch
his beast to well, it's hard on
clothes, so to speak.
L. I). Duval, the efficient and very
courteous superintendent, turned the
keys over to us. A man " kinder "
thinks better of man after watching
the spindles and the looms do their
work so untiringly and perfectly, if
he remembers that they are but tlie
prints of man's work. The factory
uses about forty-two bales of cotton
per week ; it is a long time since a
rock lui3 been found in the cotton,
and it was small.
Mr. Duval has been at this mill
for nineteen months, and during
that time he has come very near be
:ng a Colonel Cassabianica, not hav
ing lost but four clays in that time.
But then Mr. Duval is an Odd Fel
low and a married gentleman.
'Squire F. A. Archibald runs the
store, and he runs it well. He keeps
up on the markets and keeps up his
stock. When this sciibe wants to
talk to a truly loytil believer in the
high-toned character of Mr. Web
ster's blue-back speller, that has been
attacked and nibbled at and is still
in the ring, we hunt up Esquire
Gus Archibald, lie is one of many
E Pluribus Unum that is willing
to be qualified on THE speller. While
we were talking about the book that
has educated more people than any
other book, a wheel-barrow load was
rolled up to the sto'e. We all felt
like taking off our hats.
The Bacons are still faithful to
their duties, if they are married.
The Standard reserves a right to say
something about them af ter-a-while.
There are lots of busy neople
around and in the Odell and Cannon
factories.
Last Kesort.
Mr. J. P. Allison instructs us to
say that he has lost all patience with
the party or parties who occasion
ally pull palings from his yard en
closure. He offers $10 reward for
the detection and conviction of the
guilty party.
Caned Severely.
Rev. George II. Cox, of ML Pleas
ant, was made the happy recipient of
a very handsome gold-hea led cane,
nresented bv the ladies of the Dorcas
Society, of "St. Paul's Evangelical
Lutheran church, "Wilmington, N.
0. The gift was made as a token
of appreciation of services rendered
during Passion and Easter services,
and the laying of corner stone of
Mission Chapel, in Wilmington.
About Hands and traded Srliool.
There is no reason why the graded
school question should not carry
the town needs it. But theie seems
to bean impression going the rounds
that if bonds are voted you necessa
rily vote for graded school. This is
not the case at all. In a nut-shell
the matter is as follows: If the
bond question and the graded school
question both carry, then $25,000
worth of bonds will be issued; but
if the town votes down the graded
school and votes in favor of bonds,
then only $21,500 worth of bonds
will be issued. Each qu stion is a
separate and distinct one. By voting
for bonds, you do not vote for graded
school unless you choose to do so.
Improves with Asp.
The Reidsville Weekly has this to
say about Terrell's speech:
The more it is thought about, the
more firmly rooted does the convic
tion become in the public mind that
Ben. Terrell's recent speech here
was the most independent and fear
less discussion of public affairs t lat
has been made in this section in
many years. The partisan fearlessly
assails the record of his opponent,
but he is blind to the faults of his
own side. Xot so with Ben Terrell,
lie condemned the evil and com
mended the good in both the Demo
cratic and Republican parties and
pursued alike course in dealing with
the Farmeis' Alliance. A partisan
could not have made that speech.
He could have magnified the faults
of the o'her side, but he could not
have denounced the evil in his own
party. We hope the Alliancp will
send more speakers like Ben Terrell
to Reidsville. Our people are eager
to hear political questions discussed
in an n u partisan spirit.
By A Hair's Breadth
WAS THE XAKIIOWMSS OF THE
escape riton imowMxt;
or Seven Students or Falmerville
Aeademy. in Manly County Like
Men Ourinc the Elood. They
Climbed Trees Rescued by a
tientleman oi Color.
It was a fishing excursion and a
day given up to pleasure by seven
young men of Palmerville Academy,
in Stardy county, on Saturday morn
ing, April 11th.
The young gentlemen (the names
we cannot get) took a small boat on
the Y'adkin river and sailed over to
an island in the river. Several had
left their coats and shoes on the
bank. Upon reaching the island the
little boat was pulled up on the bank
and left unchained. 'The boys pro
ceeded on their sport in the interior
of the island. During the morning
the water, from the rain the day
before, rose and carried the little
boat down the stream. Some time
in the afternoon the boys started for
their boat, but imagiue their fearful
surprise.
They began to scream ; they did
everything in their power to attract
attention, but without avail. In the
evening the rising water inundated
the lower parts of the island. The
boy3 got cold; they lay down upon
each other in rotation, so as to warm
each other. During the night the
water covered the eutire island. The
boys climbed trees, from limb to
limb, in moving away from the rising
water.
Their friends during the night
missed them and instituted search.
Their clothe3 being found on the
bank led them to believe that the
boys were on the island. Sunday
morning nearly 200 people gathered
at the river. The rapid water and
swollen condition of the river battled
the courage of all. Finally a negro
man a water man of no fears was
made up a purse of $20. The boat
was carried up the river one-half
mile and be made his way to where
the boys were. He brought out two,
then two again and the third trip he
brought tiiree. The negro was the
hero, but the seven boys were the
sufferers.
After a fearful night, from cold,
fright and a watery grave (had res
cue not come as soon) the boys were
rescued and restored to their friends.
Those boy3 have a vivid illustra
tion, in part, of what the sinners ex
perienced during the early stages of
the Hood, over which Mr. Xoab sailed
his boat successfully.
WILL I KOISA It i.v ;o TO OHIO.
Deputy Sheriir Morrison May Have
the Pleasure ol' a Trip to Ohio's
Penitentiary.
A telegram from Governor Holt to
M. M. Morrison reads :
" Wire me your full name. You
have been recommended as a suita
ble person to ?o for a prisoner.'
The reply was :
" My full name is Marcus McKee
Morrison. I'm at your command'
The gist of this matter is thought
to be in reference to a colored man
whose term of service is about to
expire in Ohio's penitentiary. Tlvs
same colored man is wanted for mur
der, committed several years ago at
Ilarr'sburg.
Deputy Morrison is awaiting or
ders from the Chief Executive to
proceed.
TOWX ELECTION XOTU E.
The law requiring a new registra
tion, the books are open in the dif
ferent wards of the town of Con
cord, and all persons desiring to
vote at the election to be held on
the first Monday in May, 1891, on the
questions of town bonds, establish
ing graded schools, electing six com
missioners for said school, and for
mayor and six commissioners for
said town, will have till Saturday
12 o'clock of tlie 2nd day of May,
1891, to register, when the books
will lie closed.
Ward 1. Register, John A. Kim
mons. Inspectors, II. I. Wood
house, D. A. Murr.
Ward 2. Register, J. X'. Brown
Inspectors, John WT. Propst, J. Wr.
Foil.
Ward 3. Register, W. A. Patter
son. Inspectors, R. Will Johnston,
11. T. Lippard.
Ward 4. Register, M. M. Gillon.
Inspectors, Elam King, H. MeXa
mara. By order of the Board.
Jas. C. Fixk, Clerk.
The IiillinK-loit ii Hand.
On Thursday night some party or
parties, who, by the way, are not "up
to snuff," by forethought, malice or
common devilment, tore down the
smoke-stack and crushed the injec
tor and did other damage to the
rock crushing machinery of Mr. AY.
A. Smith, ou Spring street. Such
practices are uncalled for, and re
quires no good heart to accomplish
the deed.
They bo to Iistant Fields.
Concord Presbytery loses two of
its young and efficient workers in
the removal to distant fu Ids of la
bor Revs. T. J. Allison and J. E.
L. Winecoff. The former accepts
the work of evangelist in Savannah
Presbytery, Ga., and the latter takes
charge of a Missouri church.
Rev. Mr. Graham, of Maryland,
ha3 accepted the call to Davidson
College, declining one to the Second
church, Wilmington.
Presbytery adjourned Monday af
ternoon. Withstood the Winter's Cold.
Mr. F. M. Smith, of Xo. 9, makes
a final report on last year's apple
crop. He accidentally discovered
an apple (hard skin variety) on one
of his trees. The apple, though
small, was comparatively sound, be
ing just a little pethy looking near
the stem, otherwise it was in splen
did condition. There may be some
virtue in the name. The case, how
ever, is submitted to the apple ed
itor, Al Fairbrother, of the Durham
Globe.
Knitting mills, Salisbury, spin
their own yarn.
ITEMS FROM Xo. 3.
Cook Sends In a liiishetrnl ol Stuff"
lrom His Ilenl."
Since our last, we have been to
see some of our sick and afflicted
friends.
Eugene Barrier, a noble and kind
hearted young man, was paralyzed
about a year ago. It is a sight to
see him look so well, and vet unable
to be up. He says it is "a pleasure
to have his friends visit, him.
The little girl of Mose Stirewalt,
of South Rowan, who was paralyzed
a few years ago, has improved in
part cf her affliction. She has
gained the use of one of her legs.
The little b?y of John A. Bern
hardt, who was paralyzed a few
years ago, is now on crutches.
Miss Maggie Stirewalt, daughter
of Daniel Stirewalt, is quite low
wPh fever.
Mrs. Robert Kriinminger is slowly
improving.
Robert Kriinminger savs he has
been frequently noti .ed by a police
of rats to leave his home, and before
so doing he set Rough on Rats. Tho
result was, 54 dead rats visible next
morning. Bob says the rats are
gone, and when the sun shines he
has to s'av awav from there.
The ladies' W. C. T. U. of New
Gilead and Mt. Carmcl will hold a
Demorest medal contest at Mt. Oli
vet, in Xo. 4. The president, Miss
Jennie Sapp, and her band of friends
extend their best wishes to Rev. T.
Smith for his kind invitation to
the above named place. Services
will begin at 2 p. m. ou the 25th
inst.
Rev. P. M. Trexler, of Concord,
preached to a crowded house at Xew
Gilead on last Saturday and Sun
day, assisting Rev. P. Barringer at
his communion. Four girls and
two boys were added to the church
membership on Sunday by confirma
tion. This makes eighteen in Xo.
5 within the last few months.
Esther Cook and Katie Foil, of
Concord, have returned to their
homes from a few weeks' vidt in
Xo. 5.
John "W. Cook, Superintendent of
the County Home, attended com
munion at Xew Gilead lait Sunday.
He said he missed No. 5 in the
Standard last week. Mr. Cook is a
good Sunday school worker.
We are "having a large Sunday
schocl at Gilead. Miss Ernest Bost
and P. Gibson Cook, superintenents.
Mt. Carmel Methodist Sunday
school is in a flourishing condition.
It was the only Sunday school that
was continued all the winter.
J. C. Daywalt is having a suc
cessful sinking and Sunday school
at ML Mitchell.
Mrs. Kate Brantly returned from
a three months' visit to her daughter
who lives in Catawba county.
Fire broke out last week on the
late Alfred Walter homestead. The
fire was carried from a tree in a
field to the forest. The fire alarm
was sounded, and some thirty men
and women were at bard labor. Tho
fire was just in time to save a field
of dry pine cordwood. Women,
noble women, what a help they are
in time of trouble. They fought
fire like brave men. A "lazy man
had better been dead than to have
been iu their path.
Monroe Shank and James J. Yost,
two industrious farmers audgood
neighbors, are near 45 years old
each, and have never used a county
newspaper until recently. Some of
their friends have furnished them
with a few copies, and they say their
children have become so devoted to
the reading of the news and tho
happenings around home and abroad
that they are going to have a paper.
Send the Standard to the abovo
named gentlemen.
See what a few words of encour
agement will do! No one know3
the improvement; newspaper read
ing may lead those young and old
fol ka to get your neighbor and their
children to read, and you are doing
a good work. Try it. C.
Election Xot lee.
Under authority of an act of the
Legislature of North Carolina rati
fied March 0, 1891, the Commission
ers of the town of Concord hereby
give notice that an election will bo
held at the voting places in the sev
eral wards of the town, on the lirsfe
Monday in May, 1891, at which tho
question of issuing bonds for street
improvements, graded school, &c,
under the provisions of said act will
be submitted.
Those in favor of issuing bonds
will vote "For Bonds," those op
posed, "Against Bonds."
By order of the Board.
J. L. Bogku, Mayor.
J. C. Fixk, Clerk.
This April 3, 1891.
m-
Copal Grove Hems.
The peaches are nearly all frozen.
The frost made wheat and oats
look bad, but the warm rain Friday
and Saturday has helped it very
much.
Mrs. Elizabeth Ridenhour, one of
our oldest people in this section, ia
in feeble health and has been for
some time.
J. E. G. Ew ing is in Wilkes county
selling medicine, and L. O. Ritchie
starts for Alexander county thi3
week on tlie same business. They
have been on the road two months,
and will travel for at least twelve
months.
The Classes of the Reformed
church will meet at Bethel Reformed
etiureb, Stanly county, in May, 1891.
Esq W. A. Moody is suff'.ring wUh
grippe. Mr. Ritchie ha3 had it, and
is not finally over it yet, but up and
at business. II.
A X .OrXCEM EXTS.
To Ihe Voters of Concord :
I heieby announce myself as a
candidate for Mayor of Concord
W. G. Means.
To the Voters ol the Town or Concord t
1 hereby announce myself a candi
date for re-election to the office of
Mayor for tho ensuing year, and if
elected, I will endeavor to faithfully
perform the duties of that office to
best of my abiiity. Thanking you
for past favors, and asking your
votes again on the first Monday in
May, 1891,
I am yours respectfully,
April 13, 'tfl. J, L. Boutin