North Carolina Newspapers

THE ST A H DJ R D. W E DO ALL KINDS OF JOB -WOEK jhijhrdibd. r H LARGEST PAPER -PUBLISHED IX CONCORD. - Standard IX THE- XEATEST MANNER AND AT THE LOWEST EATES. 11 1: nun ruxtif.. i'lit in l;i" a farm of stumps and ; , 'in'-, i-.tine was ovl-Ke-Ulorifieil, his sur iine it was .lones. ; a niMair' on the farm, ami then : ... ...a.l.. !! t .(::: v vcar I'll pav it up,' said til. ltied. ;: i-c had a hungry maw that ,w i 1 coi n and wheat ; w iih patience nitrht and day to , in .n-ter eat ; v uorked liim.-clf to death, and v calm hillside . in-M'nd tho monster's reach, ii.nl lie lilorined. f-tr-a wh! its incumltrwc?! of stumps and stones. A Ti l t1'" 1; IV . ' r, ...;n: Melchize ek l'aul Ado- , !! .! 1 M i s ; , a was a likely youth, a holy, vowed to raise that mortaire a noble Puritan. went forth every morning to the d mountain side, 1...- LJ'.ra ln'm rwn-r rttd 1 !:e t.ur, a- uiii; j-..-. ..... i;.i,l-le-t;iori!ied : lerai-ed pumpkins and iV'atoes the monster's throat to ir ; ie "nlped them down and s aek jaws, and ealmly askeil f. mo i-ii.ee! j imnMiis ituu iimjuuu . .i 1 Ana vked his more He worked until his kick wj- bent, until his hair " as jiray On the hillside tlmm-li a snowdrift they da z 1 i : i 'r.i e dn ! :.i"-t-'.. ::'. s.i-;. 1j i'"t, had no time to weep j; a ( 'rood, V,.r i'"' laonster v Ids (l'rstep growled 1 : ; etual fiir iii- i"1'- II.- :'.''. hiui on liis pj rdcn truck, he -;;tlTed his ri with nay, An 1 Me fed him ejus awVutter, but he ITU! !t"t-'U H.1 , I'll I lit away;. - ie stairered with Rie v. mild not L'onwav; . :;i Kliphalet h r.li'ij and then died And slept with old Melchizedek and i;.d-lSe-Gloriried. T!k':; the farm it fell to Thomas, and fr.'.n Thomas t'cU to John, Tlii ti from John to Eleaur, but the ::i irtiraire still lived on; Then it fell to Kalph and Peter, Eli, Absalom and l'aul ; piiwn throuirh all the generations, but mortgage killed them all ! About a score of years ago the farm eanie down to Jim And Jim called in the mortgagee and an the farm to him. There's no human heart so empty that it has no ray of hope. So Jim gave up the ancient farm and went to making soap. lie grew a fifty-millionaire, a bloated, pampered nature, He owned ten railroads, twenty mines an 1 the whole State Legislature ; And thousands did his grutl' commands, and Ihed upon his bounty : And he came home, bought baek the 1 ii Mil, an 1 the entire county. (Yankee blade. ItLOI . TISMS I'rom the llowcr) Wilson Mirror. A remarkable weak minded dtu! sav thaf when he leaves this world Ji.' wants to die ot dronsv, because the latfet is such a swell disease. Altera man lias slipped down on a piece of orange skin, if he can talk you will speedily learn whether he is a profam- man or not. A dead lamb don't have to remain many hours upon tin1 li !''!- of a butcher before it b-com-.? e'n.ap meat. A voting tea i savs that he cured palpitation ot the heart by the ap jdieatiou of another heart to the heart affected There's ore waist that tne most amorous poet doesn't care to hug. That is the waste basket. The woman who captures a good" husband gets a sir prize. The fisherman is a tryangler sort a fellow. How is it possible f jr a man to be beside hitn-elf. ' Woman lias twice the nerve of man ! " shouts a female orator. We don't know about that. Women selih rn many women. A devtist announces that he ex tracts teeth with gnat pain. Most dentists do. Seeing is not always believing. Tie re are many men you can see and not believe. A writer on health advises people to "live in the sun." Owing to the present inadequate facilities for transportation and the hih prices for real estate on that luminary, we would not advise any of our readers to emigrate there this season. Frivolity in church is as much out of plat e us snow and sleet and ice would he amid the fragrant fresh ness and lueious bloom of sweet and flowery Mav. Leave cavetv at home. and let solemnity meet us at the vestibule and whispering "God is in His holy temple," keep the heart in reverence bowed. Stale TeaclierV AHspinbly. Col. E. G. Harrell, Secretary of the North Canlina Teachers' As sembly, has just announced the ofii cial programme of the annual session which will be held in June. The eighth session of the Assembly be gins at Moreliead City, June 10th and continues to June oOth. Hon. George W. Santlerliu delivers the opening address nn the lTthof June, and Kev. '1'. DeWitt Talnnge will speak to the Assembly on the 18th There will be not les's than 2,0(X present on the opening day of the session, and the meeting will be doub'e that of any piw ions session. Tin-re aie now ten cut res for the music- coute-t by the leading female school of tlie Mate, and the featuie of the Assembly work will he spe cially interesting and exciting. The gymnastic club will be under tiie special training of Professor Charlie Minimum, of the University. Tiiu Southern Educational Exposi tion will ilso be held at Wonhead at the close of the Teachers' As sembly. 'I hirty thousand miners and 4,000 ironworkers in the Charleroi mining district of Belgium went on strike Saturday. VOL. TV. NO. IS. THE W.AST OF THF. TEIUMCMX AM. EY AL1SEKT SIDNEY. Yhen the Chei okee tr be of In dians were remove I from the eastern homes of their ancestors to their present domain in the Indian Tor litorr, a portion of them settled on the ncitti bank of Red river, some distance from the main bo ly of their countrymen. From lcn con tact with the whites, to whom they were ever friends and ullies, they Ii id learned nuny of the arts of eir--iliz ition and acquired nnicii properly nt arms, horses:, cattle and other property of value t" pioneers. In leeil. mnnv of them were w, uhhv in such property The little family on ! Rd river set industriously to work building houses, clearing ground and fencing lands. At that time the vast territory now locally known as Central Texas, be tween theTriuity and Brazos rivers, was occupied by a powerful confed eracy of Indian tribes, chief of whieh was the Tehuaeauas, one of the most war-like tribes of the southwest, which was dreaded even by the hercu Comanche, its heredi tary enemy. One of the members of I this savage confederacy, the Wacos, milt its village on the sue now occu pied by the city of aco. ou the banks of tt:e Brazos. A part of Waco hunters ascending this river to its head waters, crossmg lieil river, came upon the settlement of industrious Cherokees.who received them with true Indian hospitality. While accepting their kind ollices the Wacos looked with cove; ous eye on tiie firearms and horses ot then- hosts, and even then were planning to steal them. Returning home the Wacos related m hat they had seen, aud a pn ty ol ovt 100 young men w,eie. dispatched fo teal as many horses as possible. They e&ered the corral where the Cheroke.s kepi their horbes, aud each secured au animal and stampeded the others. By the time the Cherokees were awake aud secured their remaining frightened horses it was deemed im practicable to follow the thieves, as the latter were now far south of the river, and it was decided to send a lew scouts to locate their residence and attend to them after the corn was planted. Wlieu the scouts had returned and everything was in readiness, nearly 2ou well equipped and mounted Cherokees set out for the Waco vil lage. They made a midnight attack and fiied the lodges at the same nnt 'n,1 ft vpn refiil mussa -re heyan. i time, lue ten men wacos rusbe.i Out of over' 3.000 inhabitants, at ! daylight the only survivors were in a cave, and as its entrance was very narrow the fugitives had a decided ad vantage over their besiegers. Lab m the afternoon, however, they be--jau to pile rubbish in the entrance of the cave with a view to tiring it, to suffocate the inm: tes. They had -earceh applied the tori h when ox r ;,t)0i) Tehnacana warriors appeared in answer to ti summons to rescm , sen by their allies. As many ot these had firearms, the Chetekeis oil! I only make au oideiiy ret f at. Tiie lire in theavhad neaily ac complished their terrible engeane- , 'Owcver, w hen tne ienoai .osa ex iutruir-hed it. Thesurvivmg Waco were incorporated into the T hu.i- i v' canas and th "ir tnOe v as no n or .Next soring tue ' liero;ees, Jnivpig previously determined to atnire : hem elves on the Tehuucanas set out about COO strom.'. ad mo-.nteii and armed with nib-.- an ! pistols, with the determinate ti of a.ihihil - ating the Tehuaem.a Nation. The i capital village of the 1 itter stood on I the hills now occupied by t e village which takes its name, item tne great ; tribe. On the day win n the Cliero . U-pp arinv arrived the entire tribe had assembled to celt r:ate tne grass dance. All were on one of the bids whre the dance was in progress, and few had arms, when the furious onslaught of tin Cherokees swept, down upon them. When thecn.d Oecfime seattei eu ana uie uiuitL was not su.e enough, die Cherokees be cm to cut them down with sabers, "v i -,ivi tnr.L- i t.fnc.fi in n ln-jt- f , i -t I ... 1 .1... 1 11 . a ... I covered' with buffalo hides. As the only ent'.ace was fciiiuil, the (.'hero kees adopted the same tactics as with the Wacos- Grass w as crowded into this and fired. Blinded with smoke, the fugitives burst the trail roof of their covert to fall by t e bubet, saber or tomahawk. Of ocer 0,1)00 probably 2,000 escaped to neighboring tribes, to be welcomed or slain, according to the impend i lions c prices of the allies they had formeny sneltered, fed aud protected- Their passion for blood fully sated, the Cherokees jeturned home and resumed occupations hardly compatible with their conduct ou the two expeditions to the south. The hills of Tehuacana are rich iu Hint arrow-heads, spear-head-, atone hatchets and other relics of the stone ae. Piles of stone iu extended rows indicate the former presence of walls, but the name borne by the sleepy little village and the crystal rivulet from whose rip ples the painted and feathered sachem once slaked his thirst, and the human sku. Is which are occasi ,u ally turned up by the farmer's plow share are all that remain iu memory of a barbaric empire that was de s royed by a few hundred fellow savages who had advanced but a step in civilization beyond their vic tims. Detroit Free Press. m Aiutilf urs Aiming Tliem. Among notable printers in politics the New York World names Gover nar Hogg, of 1 exas ; Govern jr Peck, of Wisconsin: John II. Overly, of Illinois,ex-civil service commissioner; the late Daniel Manning. Clevi 1, .nil's S. cretary of the Treasury; Assist ant United Mates Tieasurer E. II. Uoberta ; United States Senator Gai iingcr, of New Hampshire; Con gressmen Davis, of Kansa--; Cuni mings, of N.ew York; Kithian, of Illinois; Williams, of Massachu setts; and Senators liawiey, of Con necticut; Dywcs. of Massachusetts, and Plumb, of Kansas. Another Author ui Virginia. The News and Observer says: 'Helen Gatuener, whose noel, 'Is This Your Son, My Lord':" has cre ated such a genuine sensation, reach ing a sale of 25,000 copies in five months, is a descendant of Lord Baltimore. Her mother was a grand niece of Sir Robert Peel. The gift ed author is a native of Virginia, her father being a well Known cler gyman in that State. IIINIIOP UAI.L01VAT AT Dl'KIIAH. Ho l'lrnsc- His Aiilinr and 'liriiit Tlim A 1 1 I he ;ll May He' Yoiiiijf but Most i-:loiuon(. Durham Globe. Tiie Educational Convention was opeu"d at Irmity church Tuesday ni'jfht wi.h Ili'o.e readintr and prayer by ihe tie.- A. l Tyre. He read: " I eseeeii you therefore brethren by the mercies of Go . that you pre sent your bo. ties a living sacrifice,'' etc. Dr. E. A. Yates then introduced th- sp n'o-r as follows: "Ladie and Geiitlemeu: Ii be comes niv pleasant d.ty to intro duee to you t'e speaker of the eve niiis. I would prefer that he intro duce me, as lie need s no iiitrodne t;m to tiie p-o,'!e of Dai ham. I am I s ire t b.i'. he is in Ihe midst, ot Inenus wlio i:r? ?iad to hear h.m. Dr. Chas. j D- G.iliow y will now address you." I Bishop (1 tiloway said: "I am very I f-lad to bo in Durham aain. Among th. pleasant memories of my life is a Sabbath sp -nt in this young city, when 1 enjoyed- a privilege which few men ever have, that of dedicat ing two churches of tiie same de nomination, ir. a city of ten thou- sand inhabitants, in tho same day. The meinoiy of that day is ever fre&h in n y mind and as green as the mai:iHl'as of my own State. I am glad to be here again. I: has been mv p. ivil. ge for tiie past week to vit.it points in the Static in the in terest of the institution shoitly io bo located in yo-.ir city. I have been deliguted us 1 have gone here aud there to see th interest manifested in this institution and to see those who are ever ready t3 respond to any efforts for its better quipmeut and its surer building. I come to make the opening address of. the conven tion of the friends of educatiou of our church in North Carolina. I am glad that we live in an age of educa tional reformation. The reformation of the bold and brave Luther was more thau a religious refoimation ; it was nn educational reform as wdl. So all along down the ages there has been mu.-h interest in this great subject of education. Surely there must have been a new spiritual life i'eit throughout this State when these liberal citizens rose to the help of Trinity i 'oil. ge. We live in a time when the thoughts of the people are turned to tins subject, and it is not coutined to the educators simply, but applies to the economists and citizens at large. We have come to understand tout beyoml everything else the education of our chilureii tends to tiie upbuilding of our coun Some one has said that ritrhtlv io nam a singie youtn was a trreater feat than t lie ta:. ingot Troy. Rightly to train a child whowil grow up to be a man that will l.e a blessinsr to his feilowmeu i, indeed, an achieve iciit trreater f h-iu the taking of a city. One of i he poets of England, ambitious to his name written high, said. "Let. others make the ia-.s, but give to me to write the ballads of my coun.ry.'' If I was ambitious to exceed my fellows and : ha-e my n one ro town through the j ages, I would sav, "Let ..thers make j the laws, let others write the bal 1 lads, but oniy ive nie (lie privilege 1 iiiiu iviiiuiimj insiruciinc i lie cLit'.iren ot my country and 1 control Us destmv. I 1 am triad to uni,. l!m nviKix.iilv ",iof tilings i ertaiiuug to education. I h iv- watehed with p'.easme the gtowth of Trinity Co.ietre, aud let. me say, t e ni-t important tiling you can do :.! iy is to hberahv en- il.ni- that ii tti urion. I was thrilled I with jov wlo-n i n ad the telecram tid.ieg u, the liberauty and tlie ! l"'nceiy oh-nngs of your citizens of i 1 u l' 'tl'1 grurider e'l "lunen.. i ne sieuh.ei i i';a us dial tlie man in tlie South w ho Pad given more for the cause of education than any one else had given SlOO.tk'rt'); that next to liim cane the gift of Mr. Duke to Tiinity College, and next the gift of Mr. R. W . Millsay for the endow ti.l.ht. I.t n I 'I I ! ll'IiK'ti I mora li t o - " '-" name. 1 am sriad you are going to endow this institution. I learn it is an easy matter for you. as all von hava to do is to go and ask for it aud you will trei it 1 am told there is a young man in tho State of Ninth Carolina studj ing for t lie Methodist ministry in a Baptist college. The idea of a man studying Methodist theology in a Baptist institution! Don't you know they will get water iu his head! I don't menu that they will try to do it, but it is so misty all around it will certainly get in. Suppose a young man was to study foi the Presbyte rian ministry in a .Methodist college, don't you know we would get that knot out of his head '? We must have our own institu ions- We must, have Methodist colleges for the education of Methodist preachers. 1 am not sectarian, do not, suspec t me of that, but I am denominational. We want this institution endowed with two hundred thousand dollars, and if I had the money I would see it done. The speaker then made some apol ogy for haviuir spoken so long, and said when he got on this .-ubject he was like tht old war horse in Boston that was sold to a drayman, and when ou one occasion a body of troops were parading iu the city lie heard the drums and horns and ran away with the milk wagon, scatter ing the milk along the streets. 1 hiuH sire. I'oiie Villi a Hush. Below we give two scientific mar vels as reported in " Our Times": A novel experiment has been de vised for the entertainment of din ner guests, the serving of salad grown under the eyes of the guests who partake of it. The secret of l ertorniing this magic feat lies iu soaking good germinating lettuce seed in ulcoh.d ior abuut six hours, and totting it in aa equal mixture of uns.acked i.iueand rich Soil. Alter the soup has been served sprinkle the seeds with lukewarm wattr and they will sprout imu edi ately, the lettuce growing to about tne ti.e of hael nuts before the tunc for serving the salad arrives. I)KTi: TINU chime. The department of justice of CamuU has decided to purchase a photographic apparatus that will be used in helping to find murderers. The invention will enable a copy to be taken of the image in the retina of the eye of a dead person. The lease of the Georgia Central Railroad to the Richmond Terminal system has been concluded. CONCORD, N. C., THURSDAY, MAY 14, 1891. WHAT ELECTRIC EIGHTS DO For Nome Towns, bnt Thus Far no ItniiMKe hR Brfn Done lo Vr;- I tatiou In Concord. I The Raleigh News and Observer in an editorial says: A lady friend writes 113 : " Do electric lights keep trees from sleep ing and growin !J A traveler says in towns where there are many lights the trees do nothing in the way of growth. All towns are considered lovely that enjoy plenty of shade trees, while no prairie town is pretty notwithstanding their fine houses.' Our friend has the same notion that we have as to shade trees. Macon, Georgia, we were told the other day, is now spending much money in planting trees and other wise adorning her streets, and she expects to be the loveliest city in the South. But whether the electric lights prevent the trees from sleeping and growing is a connundrum that is too hard . for us. We frankly confess that we do not know. Whatever arrests the processes of nature must be harmful to vegetable as well as animal life, and during the night the trees, it is said, throw off large quantities of water. They distill moisture through their leaves. If that be their time for " sleeping," they are very animated in their dreams. However the electric lights about Raleigh arc not thick enough to interfere with any disposition the trees may nave to perform their functions. What Cnrelexsne Did. John V. Cole, Sr., who lives in Leicester township about eight miles from Asheville, was in the city to day. Mr. Cole brought with him his son, John V. Cole, jr., aged 15 years, for the purpose of having phy sicians examine the young man's eyes. Several weeks ago the young man, together with a number of friends, started at night to go to a "crow roost" some distance from Mr. Cole's house, taking several guns with them. Young Cole was walking in rear of the main body of men, when sud denly a gun slung over the shoulder of one of the party was accidentally discharged. The entire charge, an ounce of No. 8 shot, lodged in young Cole's chest and face. One tooth was knocked out and a bullet was imbedded in his tout. tie. Both eyes were struck by shot. The young man was taken home and his wounds attended to. It was feand that his eyesight was destroy ed totally. An examination of the young man was made today by Dr. John Hey Williams, and also by Dr. J. C. Ii. Justice. It is thought that, the left eye can never be used, bu. the right eye may probably be saved. Ashe ville Citizen. Items froiii 'o. O. Mrs. Susan Klutt?, who was dan- igerousiy niior a Jong time, is slowlv imjroving. One of our neighbors was down at tl)0 iisl,crv at the Narrows last week. and got a nice lot of the bony tribe He says the fishery is doin good business this spring. There will be about an average j crop of fruit in this neighborhood. Corn and cotton about all planted. According to our way of thinking, rain would be needed at present. Wheat and oats are looking moder ately well. If the Lutheran Synod doesn't hold its next meeting in Mt. Olive church, China Grove may look out for a big chicken trade from this quarter, for many little chicks are pecking tneir way out in day light. E. Texan FlrM (iovrrnnr Living. Ex Governor P. H. Bell, the first governor of Texas after it became a member of the Union, is now living in Halifax county at the age of 70 years, lie was in the war between Texas and Mexico and was a gallant officer. He bears still upon his body scars from wounds received at the battle of San Jacinto and bloody fields. He is still tall and erect, and nothing delights him more than to recount his experience in the Lone Star State. The Legislature of Texas recently voted him a pen sion and 1,280 acres of land for his services. What Hurt. The Wilmington Messenger stops long enough to say this: " 1 here are people in every county in North Carolina perhaps who have used tobacco freely from boyhood and down to eighty or ninety years. Some of the halest, most vigorous old men we have known were tobacco users. The excess as practiced by many, of course, is injurious. Excess of any kind hurts. Eating bx) much kills its tens of thousands. Too much water even is injurious." The want of enough to eatdias killed its tens of thousands and made thousands to steal Will lio via Monroe. The Manufacturers' Record, which is good authority, says that in all probability the Roauoke and South ern Railroad will be extendel to Monroe as soon as the section be tween Winston and Roanoke is com pleted. It also says that the Balti more and Ohio company will connect with the Roanoke and Southern, at Roanoke, lease or Luy that road, and thus open a direct line from Monroe to Washington, Baltimore, Philadel phia and New York. Perhaps the most uncertain thing as to its route and terminus is the Roanoke and Southern railroad j. itt ee nnorsoF TRr, l'itrli Tnrpcntlneuinl Ollu'rlnr llrrl Prodnrts. Danbury Post: There are line prospects ior a tremendous tipple crop this year. The (ireat Falls Canal Company has contracted with the Carolina Construction Company for its eon-' StrtlCtlOll j Hunter Harris, clerk in the Agri-1 cultural Tlonartmpnt- IM.-ibrh i.i3; been awarded a prefessorship in the I 1 c...i ? , Bingham Military School Eev. Thomas S trad ley, the pioneer of the Rapist church, diet near Asheville Sunday last, aged '.to years. He wa3 a native of England. The Raleigh M;rror will l.e the r.t .,ff. .,... ,i.,;i,r Jiauic Ui tliC I1CT U1U IUUU11 U ill I V be started in that city with II. II. Roberts in the editorial chair. Governor Holt has pardoned Do nas Rogers, convicted in Haywood county of larceny and sentenced to three years in the penitentiary. A very rich gold mine has been discovered at t' e Lowder mine, S miles from High Point, and arrange ments are being made to work it. Alamance Gleaner: Mehane will have the cotton factory mentioned in these columns some time ago. Pre parations are being made for the brick work. The citizens of Burgaw have raised one hundred dollars for the Southern Inter-State Immigation Bureau to aid North Carolina at the Columbian Exposition. "Wilkesboro elected Monday the following municipal ticket : James G. Ilacket, mayor. Commi ;sioners : J. C. Hubbard, E. Wallace, Milton McNeil and R. M. Stauly. Mount Airy News: The wheat pros oec t at this time is very promis ing. If nothing happens to injure it between now and harvest we will have an uuusually large yield. The i)urham, Goldsboro and Ox ford military companies will aid in the memorial celebration at Raleigh Monday and will be the guests of the Governors Guard of that city. Major J. Turner Moreliead, of Leaksville, sailed for Europe Tues day morning, where he goes in the interest of some fine mineral prop erty that he and several other gen tlemen own in Southwest Virginia. Red Springs Farmer and Scottish Chief: Mr. John Livingston, an i t r . ' -i i ageu memoer oi Aiitiocn cnurcn, ipeu suuaeniy at n s nome near jyh- tioch on the night of tne 2od of April, at the age of TO years, months aud 2 days. We have no doubr people of North Caro' at the colored mi will make an excellent dispiav : he products of their industry and intellect at tin Southern Exposition to be le-ld in Raleigh. The colored people of all the Southern States are making line progress in their nowledge of the arts of civilization. New York Sun. Windsor Ledger: Mips Mary Rice. aged 73 years, died at her home on the 24th of April, alter out months sickness, which was general. debility. Gabriel Williams, a tie-; gro, was drowned in the Roanoke j river last week. He was taken with ; a fit and fell overboard. His body, was not recovered. Burlington News: The boy, Bud Harvey, referred to last week as be- i ing discharged for the shooting of Dock Guv, was re-arrested last Thursday on a warrant sworn out before . F. Ireland, J. P. He was carried to the house of Guy, where a new hearing was had and he was sent, to jail in default of a 1,000 bond. The Durham Sun says: "A novel fight was witnessed yesterday after noon between a guinea chicken and a rat in a stall iu rear of the Reams Warehouse. It was nip and tuck for a while between them, but finally the rat made for a hole in the ground when the guinea chicken caught his ratship by the back and shook him to death the same as a rat terrier dog. Caswell News : Sheriff "Womack had nine jack rabbits shipped to him from Pennsylvania recently. All have died but three and one of that number has nine young oues. A curiosity in the shape of an egg was handed us yesterday by J. T. Trollinger, of Hightower's. It is very small, with a handle on the small end lik a gourd. Mr. Trollinger says that the hen has laid several small eggs like this, except the handle. Statesville Landmark: The late Ephraim Scroggs and wife, of the vicinity of Troutman's, were regular old timers. Our readers know of their having made up a fire when they first weut to housekeeping and having kept the same lire on the hearth, winter and summer, as long as they lived. They were great for accumulating old things saving this and that. The other day the executor, Mr. James Scroggs, was in town with a pieee of soap which Mrs. Scioggs made iu 1847. Elizabeth City Carolinian : Only a few years ago the laud lying along the banks of Knobb's creek was a morass of fens and bogs a barren waste, nd many people never dreamed that it would tver become useful or valuable. But a marvelous transformation has taken place. The southern side from the river junction west has been permanently wharved, the ground has been filled and lev eled and one of the largest lumber mills in the State has been erected thereon. Only a few years ago this land was considered dear at a few hundred dollars ; now it wculd take a good many thousand to purchase it. THi: SOUTH CAROLINA KYXOI). Aclson (lie rifiirl'oiiils-' Tlmt Have Morn Ui isiu ronl.lt Tli -. Komi- illtlons i-:i.i'S liiiiiiiiiioti-ly. Yh;-;k::as '1 latter pa; t of tions i.; R-g. introduction of the m ill of ';Regu!a- to V, ork " i the i r thoUnited 1 d. : .:d yet can?.; ; . :V.-e;to:is us . i li.e union so .civ i i.t Salisbury j .( proposed j :"yrl""'-i Y' 1 v. Ii:-: ;iUS!.:ci.iii.,:. hi.. nt;ii!-!.: ViIi.!UAS, Ii ne j .tg!:K I. f.? ti o: t ins j ; , j i Vt '(,. i v,.M i ' , , I. . it l i,.Mlie. . ij.lSls f tiie lent, wasis, whoiiv iiit-i pr; 'i'i !)t Hi. I:, lUld therefore en! ii : Wllf-.KKAS Alij" dition t!o-r('t', i ij heian; aud )i; !i.i!i!(:t!t ( i aa- i t ! i M'jidoptj.m any uoc: t ma.' Xy x latum"' is a umit uAi 1 1 11 tntu.n i f i i -.I'.f.; Svnoit. Articlu ..ihth: and ti . t .. i ' WliKIU.AS j 1:1! I il V.iUwMll.t O.i- nod u!iitt'i::!!U-;y -pr- d s-aid Con fcssional J5-sis i-.nd tlotistitution, and hertily,without m .nialor other reservation, etiteie . into the com pact ioi tie? fort.ialio:i of the United Synod, and ca::j:ot onsistenily witli her sense -:." r; ,iii and justice con sent to any v ol-ition cr infruig-jineiit of ti.o same : tb.-rt fern be it thisSvnoi 1 that Unit part 'A the third item should at on eliminated from tie- i iy Lavs, ib-.:uiasious.tVc., and ihet.onfessK-md .tiasis berecog-. Tuized as a sufficient b isis. Resolved 2. That this Synod earnestly and respectfully asks that such Action be t:;ueu by the United Synod at its next, convention. Kesoiv d That we do hero and now instruct our delegites to the next convention of the I'uite i Sy nod, 'ach and all, to vote against the adoption or postponement of the const dcrat io.i of the latter part of the third item oi "Meguh-tions in Regard to Work,'' beginning with tlie words, '"we will net foster nor encourage, kc," and Resolved 1. That m the event that such actiou is lake i by the United Svnod at its next conve-dion, then our d-legates beinstmcie.1 to pledge our fuil co-operation in all the v.oik of the United Synod liie n novo is gotten lroni the ori-mal im-trument of writing, and a delegate in. onus us that they car- net: unanimously. Jji'.. I Can Tli is He True. How ea.-ily the women can fool the men is again illustrated. During the session of the late lamented leg islature Mrs. Hunt came herefrom Washington. She got a bill through reouirinir l'1' .;fL' '' feientihe tem perance t-t books in the public turns out that tl ie adroitly drau :i . ct nouiivs 1Kse Ot lour 1 1. Hi ;.', e n-ii ',eoting a spe- i cj.- ;iS() , ;r.i;vd ) amount of f instruction, and : ;.,.u.e t0 sny that the ladv hei self ! ::s the copy 's. The result w ill : ! per pupil. This right on t be book bt a c r of son;e is one of the littl just v""' vex '1." tioti d peoph'. T i;i;e,-tions which ml or .e 'e i- t he eduoii a'crs will be latighe U or sifu n at. l n as the ?pond- news .-is our. T Tot e trm . a!, i K.le'ildl i i t.iie l.etio a uu If it I coustitutit be A 4 : ! Tli'.i n; The MaUsvhle Lv. Postmaster G.tnr-i savs : W ii iky r ;s trying tl ie xper.n small t free mail end has tu delivery in svtem in operation now s:t thirty of tin se phices, among tint's A. cldon, N. C, a place of loOO population, l-'ive mad delivery would of course be a great co:wnicnee to all the towns of the country we should like '0 have it. i:i Statesville for in stance; but a more crying . eed is an extention of the star rov.c service more new mail routes throughout the country and moie frequent trips over many of t hose already in existence. Many people in North Carolina, and it is doubtless so in other States, are from five to ten miles from any post office, and until the wants of these people in postal facilities are more nearly met the people of small towns can very well afford to wait for free mail delivery at their doors." 1 1 I I II 4 i "Away! Away! There is danger I'ere! A tt'rrible phantom is In-ruling near: Willi no human look, with no human breath, He stands beside the the haunter Death!" If tin-re is one disease more than an ther that comes like the unbidden guest at a banquet, it is Catarrh. Insidiously it steals upon you, "with no human" breath" it gradually, like the octopus, winds its coils about you and crushes you. But there is a medicine, called Dr. Sages Catarrh Remedy, that can tear you away from ihe monster, and turn the sythes' poirt of the reaper. The makers of this wonderful remedy offer, in good faith, a standing re ward of .r00 for an incurable case of Catarrh in the head. Thinks II is i im.jiireil. A week or so ago a young man by the mime of Carroll, who lives be yond the moun'ain, went on a spree vith several other young men, and during the carousal had a fight with one of them. Since then Carroll has labored under the delusion that he was conjured" by the young man with whom he had the lighi, and has, from a s!o;it, lobusfc man, wasted away into a living skeleton. Notwithstanding the iii'orts of his physicians to disabuse his mind he persists in the belief that he is conjured." The pliysiciaus say he will die. The above is from Coi. Tipton's King's Mountain News. When a fellow gets whipped he feels a little "conjured," and this besides damag mg his clot lies. Fighting is hard on clothes, but if the fellow got "con jured" he's to be pitied. Charles Pratt, vice president of ihe Standard Oil Company, died sud denly in his office, No. tj Broadva, N. Y. WHOLE NO. 174. TOWN AND COUNTY. "TheRE'saCh iel Amang ye Takin Note; a o Faith He'll Prent Them." Til K CO XI'KI) K KATE SOXti O.XCJCKT Whs ;r''i'l by a Laro ami ;;ii!!Mi.i iiKiio AmJioitop 'I'Sio A lrcs ! tlr. li-S;op a Very A !iiriri:ii' a.id I'appil.v CCecei ! The Siiiin' I irs(- lass anl tli,- liiniieial lenliiri' I'iir Itoiter t?iai i:xe'iel. liie Lonieueraro Utr r-oi ; con every i cort was a perfect eucccss in i . ,f. The audience that greeted the la- j oies aim geuiiemen w no nouiy con- .1 : i i . -1 i . . t-itnbuted their time to the concert, or ;t!?4 j was large, enthusiastic and verv ap li ConstiL ' x " The Standard is not competent to do justice by singling each indi vidual. Mr. B. E. Rogers, at the earnest request of all, delivered a short address. This was, indeed, beautiful and appropriate. Mr. Rogers said that there was uo de sire to recall any bitterness or sec tional strife ; it was but to recall those songs that stirred to action and -"- '"- ' V . . . who answered the call of their coun try in the defense of a cause they espoused and believed right. And it is the means of raising a contri bution to the Soldiers' Home, that seeks to care for the aged and dis abled Confederate soldier. The Standard wishes that the whole of this most happily received address could be published. That everybody in the large audi ence was delighted with the manner of the execution of the programme could easily be seen, and conveys au idea of the character of the singing and the entire concert. Resides, the general verdict that it was too short shows, too, how well the audience was entertained. - The Standard can , ..ot iv.vtieiib.rize for all were be- The orchestra, ever ready to " au- ' . . I sw-r -'"lls. contributed no little to the success of the programme. ine noerai use oi nowers wi n nature's fairest Jlowers gave the court house bar a pleasing appearance. No little praise is due Mrs. R. S. Harris, who contributed to th cause so much of her time and ex perience in such, for lie? successful concert, and to Dr. II. C. Herring, who suggested the idea and did so much for it. I in tne name or tne town, the j Standard thanks all the ladies and gentlemen who made it possible for such a delightful evening and caused S4S.50, supplemented by several pri vate subscriptions, to make it .10, lo be raised for the Soldiers' Home. Friday night, May 8, 1801, will long be remembered. The following was the programme as rendered : .FIRST PA I IT. The Blue and the (5 ray, or Recon ciliation Medlev. of The Girl I Left Hehind Me, Marching Through j Georgia, When this Cruel War is I Over. Bonnie Blue Flag, Maryland, ; My .Maryland, Yankee Doodle, Hail Columbia, Carry Me Back to Old Virginny, Who will Care for Mother Now, Dixie Orchestra. Address B. F. Rogers. God Save the South Chorus. Recitation, The Confederate Note Miss Fannie Young. Maryland, My Maryland, Solo Miss Willie Richmond. AVhen this Cruel War is Over, Solo Miss Lillie I. Patterson. Bonnie Blue Flair, Quartette A. E. Lentz, II. I. Waodhouse, R. E. Kideiihour, J. M. Lentz. SECOXD PART. Who will Care for Mother Now? Solo and Chorus Misses Willie Richmond, Annie Page, Mr. II. I. Wood house. All Quiet Along the Potomac To Night, Solo Miss Rose Harris. Silent Night Serenade Orchestra. The Conquered Banner Dr. C. M. Payne. Tenting on the Old Camp Ground, Trio II. C. Herring, A. E. Lentz, "J. M. Lentz. The loir ii rounds. The fair grounds are being put into fine shape. The management has had the track repaired, leveled and rotkd until it is in magnificent condition. It is now being used. One 70, Ihe Oilier 50. License to wed has been issued by Register J. J. Mackey to W. M. Lo niinac and Annie O'Conner. The parties are white and live in Bun combe county. The groom boasts of 70 summers, and the bride does not hesitate at giving her age as 50 years. Asheville Citizens. Col. Robinson, they deserved a better notice. The NiiiiimiiiK I'l the Meeting. The Salisbury Herald has this to say about Mr. Fife's meetings : As a result of the Fife meeting lit! persons have expressed a desire to unite with the various churches, divided as follows: Methodists, 87; Presbyterian, 41 ; Lutheran, 41 ; Episcopal, 0 ; Baptist tj. Truly a wonderful work, and one that should make the hearts of all christian peo ple go out in thankfulness to God. ! Well Surrounded. Some of the court house gentle men while examining a map Monday ascertained that Iredell is joined by more counties than any other county in the State. Nine counties join it, as follows: Lincoln, Catawba, Alex ander, Wilkes, Yadkin, Davie,Rowan, Cabarrus and Mecklenburg. No other county in the State is touched by more than eight, and that is be ing preity well surrounded. States ville Laud mark. Those who made the division di vided better than they knew. But Iocs it require nine counties to guard Iredell, Dr. Ca'dwell and his Santer ? CONTAINS MORE READING MATTER THAN ANY OTHER PAPER IN THIS SECTION. CIUKI.OTTK. X. ". Af K-ulioii Shi- i AtlriH-tin- Tliroii-ii. out lh limit-,- Sonlli...HI.ol,,t Irom a Special irr'sioul-itt. Special to Tin: Staniuiid-J Ciiai-lottk, N. C, Mav 0. I feel it tp.i'e certain that tho readers of the St. .ml. a-J. v.i'd bo interested in the attention our Quee: City Charlotte i.tlrai ting thrcugnout the South Like ti: r points m tho " Dixie ' country, new nieigy has been called iLt o pi ay, new ideas formulated and possibilities carefully investigated. In tin so ; i -c.irelif s Charlotte did nei. n:-nt the ccming of strangers to orgamze lumi companies and sell the slock for the purpose of raising cpiia!, but her own citizens, at least six of her wealthiest, Messrs. E- D. Unite, E- B. Springs, O. P. Heath, Dr. M- A. Bland, F- B. Mc. Dowel! and J- L- Chambers, organ ized, twelve mouths ago, the Char lotte Consolidated Construction l 'onqiniy, and with the large capital paid in bought -150 acres of land boideriiigon the southern corporate limits of Charlotte, aad since that time they have tranefoimed this picpeity r.ito pirharts the loveliest snot in the Southland. The town has I -eeii named I) Iworth, in honor of Mr. Edward Dii worth Latta, the actual founder of this beautiful ad dition to Charlotte- Thehandsomo hike of 1200 fett in length, within the grandest of all Southern retreats, Latta Park, is one of the prettiest sheets of water to be found here abouts, and when the property is formally opened this will be equiped with boats of unique pattern ior the enjoyment of visitors- The musical festival which closed here last Wednesday night was a success in every particular. The attendance was large and of a most resnectable character. Great preparations are being made for the forthcoming annual celebra tion of Mecklenburg's Declaration ot Independence on the 20th inst. This date will also be marked by the opening sale of the Four C's Com pany, whoso advertisement you are printing in auother column. The North State Club, composed of cur most enterprising young men, has raised a $1,1)00 fund for the display of lireworiis at Latta Park on the night of the liOlh- 1 am directed to extend to you a cordial invitation to be present ou that occasion. F. A. S. i:t: uv r.iviat itit'!i.i Tim t II ii lis ! ii lloek.v Itivrr Anil In 4'auIit In a Miiiiilai il vi. Rust is on the wheat. Some outs are very good. Co ton is yet in the clods. B?or.e McCurdy is very sick. Corn did no good coming up. The peach crop will be light. Apples are falling off the trees. Voting ch.clcens are now on the market. Clover makes good feed for horses around here. T. Best was sick yesterday, but is better now. Can any one tell why cotton is so low 't I suggest we investigate. The cool nights just passed curled many an on.1 up in the chimney. D W. Gannon has moved away fiom his father's into his new home. 'The frosts have killed lots of giVLii things, among others the "ta le r slips." Julius Ilartscll got kicked by a hit;! '. The wound was dressed by Dr. i'ltirleyson. .Messrs. Martin Bogcr and Martin Fiirr were recently installed elders iu the Lutheran church. Bob Ilartsell, the champion stone thrower, it is said, threw a stone 200 vards. J Ie ought to go to the World's Fair. Ascension Day, as usual, was a holiday with the negroes. Crowds of them gathered on the banks of the river shaking their pole3 at the minnows. The Spring "bonnet" made its ap pearance last Sunday, and it is per fectness. How can some people think of such ugly designs all pulled down at one side and cocked up at the other, with a little hole right in the top or crown. . ' PeaMay. A common rosrriAixT. It is astoniliue how liplitly most people r. ;ranl certain or'.Miiii: ilerane nieut.s, s.i liner s the pi.in or inconveni ence caused tlicrehy is not excc.viw. This is particularly true of ti e hew. !s, which, llext to the .Hlnnech, en; tin) most aliased p.a'tion in ihe 1. i;. . The wonder is lh.-y cotitoeie (.a- maiiy years to pi;rfi-r'!i their ;,; i.flice with anything lit;e-r.-fi:!..nty, t-. -!---itur llow little i-.Ucnti'.n is n :,.' ,.. ti iV t-p. rial de.viands. One of the liio-t e n. :''.: i '. ii i-o.'i.ttlpiiti.iii, v hi. !i very fo-.." : ; ' con ics chr..r.ie i. .r want f pt per t. ;' meat. As a eviii ral r :h-, ,i hen a ;r Bell wakes i;p to the -ji:--i i..;. it--.-.- 'iiat lie needs sojie'i!l'C " lee ie e-;," i.e takes tie- first i 1-uiid, if it nh Jir-)ii.ises a s;ie dy ci.' - t. T..,- :'. of Ml. h iii.-iseri t ' d:e-i:;-ei -.t v ';i tin- i;-.-e nify c- aie i- ir Mi p ; e! ( r-ei-'.je i.ji.eeiiii nt. t'.e ' . -":.t:oti U li.-h'c I ) he i'.Hov .1 I y iiii- .iT.ii-; ..-rh; .i 1 :-. .cried of coi. ;r. ;..!.. 1 ! this :: in i-i )!...::. -d .. ' i si: :'..v I rent, lie ct, ii is sare 1 s V ; c h I 1- H! lie re s: ai.honi i .i ';! i ' ' v 1 hi l'u' 1 re. III!'.; a !-ni.;.l. :.l Went ! of the l.ov.vi.s i.i t! 1 iiea: ' 'i.ru;.!. a: I v ! ; -o' )' !, r. c i. .1, ' s ..; t: . i.'-v , r! . t.. e- " I . ia any j -.-ri-i reiiha- .;' - -. ' .!'-: j . :'s J'iV. I :: e. - v !,:.; ;,i t ie. : .-eii : - i. ; I"' a- free froia e: ! 1 :,y . ii r I., ilra.ttie I !.!',-:-, t -ir r: .cjl-i.-t wittl J!;o. ; ie: '-. s i " cts I.! Wi:i. tl feieUV ti i-!l!.;.rr!. On 1':!;-; ::r e:-lci;; . well as re;rrli'.te 1 1 and ai-o to stiiee iiiic-s ; ef IV!!-: lil,.t ion. la:;-!.;: real i r-A.'-i r's l! .1 i-A U 1,1, -In;:-n.ii.i- r! I'''- : hen t:.- ims,iv t:. 1 . ! e i ' 1 ,,.,-r : ' , .lia r: -i i . . 1 ' i . i ,a.:i. ; - ' '-el : d- -r- !;,- -I. ' . dds. a..- the 'i'y !! .i.iit v v -::s- wiThoiif d-aih', 'he : a Ki-T j.:iy..'.ej,!::s o ia cniiiitle-s ! i c 1 i la.-.!ir;:e- :!''-: d lica.-.li-. in.-r ji.e.uh.r j i::- ev. r wade.