THE STfeHD&RD
v po ALL KINDS OF
job -woks:
IN THE
vi'. rn-s r jl lvxuii
-AND AT
I. O S T .
I V MAUT11A K. DIMON.
n.un -.imoivi tie ferns and grasses,
Where tin- sweet wild rosea prow.
xn- tlu- breezes softly linger,
l'A-iiiir ireiitlv :a ami Iro;
I ; , ,,.,;,. ,i.iy I lost a treasure,
Vivm my kri'pii)-' let it go.
( ; -1 u:i- i lie misehief maker,
I !,' Mimie should lear the blame ;
i; s ;,-.! 1'V his limbic arrows
""Vt !'' fast ami faster came,
I 'r .i;i 1 triads the purpose
j Ir 'iI fairly won the panic.
Y,-. my heart it was the treasure
T! m'. I l''-t that summer day;
r.iii lav lover kindly found it
' As lie passed that self -same way.
I I;,.' he kept it, I'm not anpry,
j-Vr he cave me liis in pay.
,IOV M II. OAVIS WAS MIAtHiril.
Tlie rri of the Matter Detailed
l.j i Iip Otlieer Who Kjfrnted tli
Order.
Kuiiras City Times.
The following letter was received
l v an employee of the Timts from
i,'; f.,t!n r, and is of such general
interest that we give it to the public:
"Koanoke, S. 1), July 4. My
lVarSm: There has been much
mill atul written about Jefferson
p,ti itt relation to putting fetters
mi him -t Monro?, Va.
Some s'atetneiits are in part true
ami oi hers are f.i'-i- and tome say he
in-ver was shack ed.
-On the morning of May 23 1SG5,
1 w. ih tailed aa officer of the day,
aid after guard mount I reported to
den. Nelson Miles lor special orders
in regard to the three State prisoners,
JeuiTson Davis, C. C. Clay and John
Mitchell, who were confined in
k-j urate gun rooms or casemates,
tiie embrasures of which were closed
with heavy iron bars looking out on
the moat or diU-h, w hich is about
tiii feet wide. The first room or
c. vitiate had but one door and two
ljre windows facing the inside of
the "fort. The gnu room had two
doors leading m from the casemates,
'lh-e were closed by heavy iron
grated doors and locked with pad
ioeks. ai.d at each door in the gun
r.M.m with the prisoners were two
.-chtinels with loaded muskets, and
in the casements were two more
i-.-'.ii. ne's and officers of the guard,
u;l e! which were under lock and
lev, the officers of the day having
charge of the keys. 'J lie guard
wusjclievtd every two hours, and
tlut could only be done in the pivs
tiite of the officer of the day. The
windows of the casemates were also
grated with irou bars. The prison
ers occupied every other guu room,
uiid the guards not on duty the in
tervening ones.
There was a special guard
ra lunted of eighty men for those
three ri;wners, and the command
ant ot the guards could not give
a: v orders of any kind to that
special guard ; in fact, he could not
e.'ine within its lines. 1 here were
fourseutii.elst.n the paraper over
head, four oil the placis beyond tile
ditch, and six iu the trout oX the
casemates. The above statement is
just us 1 found things the day Davis
was shackled.
1 reported to General Miles, as
the new officer of the day. The
general said he had special orders
tor me as to Jell' Davis. Having
heard it rumored that morning that
aU was. to be put in irons, I said
to the general: 'I think I c.n
guess what it is, general.' 'Well,
what is it, captain ':' 'To put irons
on laU.' He said: 'That is it.' 1
said : 'When do you wish it doiie?'
He said : ' The irons are not ready.'
Then I said: 'Had we not better
put them on toward evening?' He
said 'Yes,' and I could stnd my
irderly to the blacksmith's and have
liim m.et me at that time with the
leg irons, aud at the same time he
l(,e!ural Miles) showed me part of
it letter he had from Secretary Stan
tun, iu which he said that if he
thought the safety of Davis re
quired jt, he could put irons on
i 'avis, or words to that effect. The
matter wag left optional with Gen
eral Miles aa to whether Davis should
put in irons or not.
"Just before the sundow n relief I
tent my orderly out for the black
smith to meet me with the let: irons
at casemate. Soon after I went
down I found the smith and his
helper there. I then unlocked the
h)i r, and told the guard to let them
pa.--, i hat is smith and the helper.
"As 1 entered the gun roo n Davis
was sitting on the end of his cot or
h'i.-p;tal lied, reading his Episcopal
pruy-r book, and aa he looked up, 1
said: 'Mr. Davis, I have an tin
p'eu.aut duty to execute.' At the
san e moment seting the blacksmith
witi. the irons, he said: 'You do
hot intend to put fitters on me?' I
S'ld: 'Those ure my orders,' He
said : 'Those are orders for a slave,
uiid no man with a soul in him
would obey such orders.' I then
s'.d : 'Those are my orders.' Mr.
Davis sud: 'I shall never eubmit
to such an indignity.' He then
usk.d if General Miles had given
the order. My answer was iu the
u'lirm a'ive lie said he would like
f'? See Hereral .Miles. I replied that
the g. u.ial hml lust left the fort
l'aws then asked that the execution
f he older be postponed, and I
tn ulA telegraph to the president in
his name. 1 said: 'Mr. Davis, you
are. an old soldier and know what
order 4 are. It is needless to say
that in officer is bound to execute an
order given him.' Davis said it was
obvious that there could be no ne
cessitv for huch an order to make
his linprisoumeut Bccure. I said
'My duty ia to execute this order and
Jt is folly for you to resist.' Davis'
an-wur wa that he was a soldier
f 1 knew how to die, and, pointing
VOL. IV. NO. 80.
to a sentinel, said : 'Let your man
shoot me at once.'
"A few moments after that he
placed his foot on a stool ; his quiet
manner led me to think he would
not resist. I then said: 'Smith do
your work.' As the blacksmith
stooped to place the clasp of the
shackle around his ankle Davis
struck him a violent blow that threw
him to the lloor. lie recovered and
at once made at Davis with his vice
and hammer, and would have struck
him if I had not caught his arm
as he was in the act of striking.
A moment after that I saw Davis
and one of the sentinels struggling,
both having hold of the musket,
Davis just below the shank of the
bayonet. The next instant the
sentinel had wrenched the musket
from Davis' hai ds. I then ordered
the soldier to his post and re
primanded him for leaving. I now
saw there would be trouble, so I
ordered the officer of the guard to
go out and get four of the best men
of the guard with outside arms and
have them report to me at once. A
few minutes after four stalwart
soldiers made their appearance. I
said : 'Men, I wish you would take
Mr. Davis with as little force as
possible and place him on that cot
and hold him there until the smith
is through with his work.'
As the men advanced Davis struck
the first or foremost man, but all
four instantly closed on him atul
shoved him on the cot. Davis
showed uuuatural strength; it was
all the four men could do to hold
hiui while the blacksmith riveted
the clasp around his ankle, his
helper holding a sledge hammer.
The other clasp was locked on with
a brass lock, the same as used 0:1
freight cars. I ordered the men to
their quarters, and as they passed
out Davis lay perfectly motionless.
Just as I was going out Davis raised
from his cot and threw his feet on
the floor, and wit'i the clanging of
the chains he g ive way. 1 will say
here that it was anything but a
pleasant sight to me to see a man
like Jefierson Davis shedding tears,
but not one word had he to say.
'-Two hours after, 1 called to re
lieve the guard and found Davis
lying on his cot. I said: 'Mr.
Davis, ou can't rtst well that way;
if you will give me your word of
honoi that you will give me no more
trouble in this matter, I will unlock
the shackles so you can take off
your clothing.' 'Captain, I assure
you there will be no ni'ie trouble.
I was very exasperated at the time:
nrver expected to be subjected to
such an indignity.' I then unlocked
the shackles, he taking olT his cloth
ing, and locked it again himself.
'jEitOMK Tit low,
'Late Captain Third lVntsy1 vania
Regiment of Artillery."
To Have a Daily Orsnn In Ashe ille.
The Asheville Citizen says: A
stock company, with Col. J. M. Ray
hs president, has been formed ami
purchased the Country Homes, a
weekly paper, published by Y. 1".
Tomlinson, and heretofore the organ
of the Alliance in Western North
Carolina. This company h is also
purchased the Evening Jourmil, and
in a short time the new publication
will appear in both daily ar t! weekly
form, under the name of the Moun
tain Home Journal. The editors of
the new paper have not yet been an
nounced,'bu t they will doubtless be
men thoroughly conversant with the
objects of the great organization of
which they will be the exponents in
this section.
Thf llurrn I'nwnpd Her Jew els.
Oueen Isabella of Spain pawned
Inr iewels to raise money to fit out
the expedition that discovered the
new world. Her sacrifice was not
preater than is made by many women
of America, who deny themselves
many t hi igs in order to Have money
to buy Dr. Tierce's Golden Medical
Discovery for their sick husbands or
children. This "Discovery" is more
important to mom man me one
made in 1-10:2. For all diseases of the
lungs, liver, throat or stomach the
Discovery" is a sovereign remedy.
A trial convinces, its continued use
cures. It purifies the blood, invig
orates the liver and strengthens and
builds up the whole system. Guar
anteed to benefit or cure in every
case, or money paid for it returned.
J u.t I.Ike Him.
Returning to our office after a fev
minut.s absence, say 3 the Oxford
Day of Wednesday, we found a large,
handsome man, with a heavy mus
tache and a general air of b.-ing at
home, occupying our easy chair and
with his feet comfortably resting on
our desk, lie told us in a deep bass
voice to "come in"; asked "what
can I do for you, sir ?" and invited
us to " take a chair, or anything
else that might strike our fancy."
It was Col. Al. rail-brother, of the
Durham Globe, one of the most
brilliant and original newspaper men
in the South. He came over to Ox
ford to write up the Durham Ferti
lizer Company trial.
Col. Fairbrotlur intends to pub
lish a morning newspaper at Dur
ham. It will have full press dis
patches nothing half way about it,
and be complete m every respect.
His aim is to furnish North Carolina
with a daily equal to any below the
Mason and Dixon s line, and lie lias
the ability, experience, energy and
caoitil to make it a success, lie will
put in one of the improved presses
that prints both sides of the paper
at the same time, ana or course ire
will have a paster and cutter.
He left for New York Wednesday
night to arrange for telegraphic
news services and to purchase a new
printing outfit.
I.ITI'LK lmoi'N OF
Tar, 1'itt-li Tiirprnlinr nu t Other Tur
llct-l I'rlii4-l
Greensboro Headlight: From
personal observation made last week
Carolina Reach and the llimmocks
are the coming summer resorts of
r ...1 1. 1 1.1.
-orin Carolina., uotli have excel
lent hotel accommodations and un
limited amusements.
Kaleigh Chronicle: The proposed
North Carolina building at the
World's Fair, a picture of which is
in the Agricultural Dhpartment,
will be a beauty, stretching out be
fore the lake, the grounds hand
somely laid out and building beauti
fully adorned.
Oxford Day : am Youns, colored,
wanted here to answer to the charge
of stealing $115 some months ago
from a farmer, Mr. Dunn, of Forest
vi'le, was captured atKeysville, Va.,
last week, and was brought to Oxford
Saturday night by Chief of Police
Kenn.
lfaleigh Visitor: Up to noon to
day there had been about two hun
dred warrants issued on the treasury
for direct taxes, amounting to over
$30,000. There seems to be very
little if any decrease in the num
ber of applications as they are com
ing in by every mail.
Kaleigh News and Observer: Col.
T. 1$. Keogh, w ho was in Kaleigh
yesterday, says that North Carolina
has been allotted a beautiful site at
the World's Fair grounds at Chi
cago. Mr. I. Wintrop, Kaleigh's
well-known merchant tailor, has
made an assignment to Mr. M.
Rosenthal. The liabilities are
stated at about $5,000.
Lumberton Kobesonian : The
force at work on the Short Cut
railroad between Rowland and Fay
etteville have reached the place
where it crosses the Lumberton and
Carthage road. The crops have
improved somewhat for the past
we. k, according 10 the reports, but
cotton is i:i great danger now on
accouut of Mie frequent rains ; up
to date in many places the crops are
said to be better than they were last
year.
Danbury Reporter: We are in
formed by Mr. W. II. Gentry that
the Greensboro Coal Company, after
having the surroundings and seams
which they are at work on examined
bv a regular IVnuevlvania coal man,
a real expert, l.ave purchased the
mineral interests of a number of
o'her adjoining properties paying
out in some casos considerable sums
of motley. Mr. Gentry also informs
'.13 that the site has been selected at
Walnut Cove for a foundry, and
work will commence at once to put
it in operat.on.
Carthage l'lade: Mr. Jesse Han
11011, an aged citizen of this county,
died last Saturday from the effects
of a congestive chill. We drove
a few miles into the country last
Friday and could not but notice the
marked improvement m the crops.
Cotton has come out wonderfully
within the last few wu-ks. Two
negroes were j tiled here last week
for breaking nito the R. & A. depot
at Manly some time ago. They
hauled off about a wagon load of
assorted goods. They were cap
tured in Chacham county. One of
them fainted when told that he
must go to j ail, and had tobe hauled
from the depot in a wagon. The
store house and stock of goods of
Mr. John A. Blue, of Aberdeen,
were totally consumed by fire last
Wednesday night. Loss about $1,
000. Mr. Alex. Campbell had $000
in currency and a $100 diamond
ring in the store, which were also
burned. The diamond was recov
ered. The origin of the fire is un
known, but supposed to be incen
diary.
.c
Tlie Wonl " Xi'wu."
The word "news" was not, as
many suppose, derived from the ob
jective new, but from the fact that
many years ago it was cus'omary to
put "at the head of the periodical
publications of the day the initial
letters of the compass, thus:
N
W-
-E
Signifying that the matter contained
therein was from the four quarters
of the irlobe. From these letters
came the word "news." The Jour
nalist.
111! ( HMKllI It.
A eentleman who attended church
at Camp Ellis last Sunday evening
came near breaking up the meeting
and spoiling a love of a bonnet at
one fell swoon. He sat serenely in
bis pew and found the services very
enjoyabto until the mosquitoes uegan
to lutcrtere. Noon be became assur
ed that he had been singled out by a
particularly persistent aud vigorous
insect. As he bowed his head in the
attitude of prayer th little piping
noison uottlB perched on ins necit,
and a sense of proper decorum was
all that restrained a blow. The in
soct was uentlv dislodged with the
left baud, but immediately took re
fuge on the right ear of the sorely
f.tiinnted worshinner.
Up went the right hand and the
bug took his departuie to reappear
on the other ear. It was no use. the
restraint of a lifetime was thrown off
and with a mighty thrust out went
tho right hand and snatched at the
little onender when, to tueconsterna
tion of two neonle aud the irrepres
sible amusement of a score of less
devout worshippers, the gentleman
found in his hand the feather 01
lady's hat and the lady felt her hat
violently wrenched from her bowed
head Lewistou Journal.
Stan
CONCORD, N. C, THURSDAY, AUGUST 6,
katiox.il hanks.
The AtlarkN Ou Tltemllie Truth.
mi.
j.ne ioiiowing vigorous paper is
taken from the Birmingham, Ala.,
Age Herald, for which it was pre
pared by one el the ablest bank men
of that city, our friend Joseph F.
Johnston, president of the Alabama
National Bank :
So many things have been said
about National tianks, so much
abuse has been heaped upon them,
and so. many demagogues have at
tempted to" take advantage of the
wide-spread prejudice existing
against these institutions, that it
may be worth the space it will take
in your paper to write down the
plain truth for the consideration of
thoughtful men. There are serious
objections to the system that should
be remedied, objections founded
both on principle and expediency,
but the abuse heaped upon these
institutions, and not on the system,
generally has a large backing of
ignorance or prejudice. I address
myself only to those who do not
know the truth. I confess myself
unable to cope with prejudice. I he
objections to the system is that the
government of the United States
has delegated to those institutions a
power that8hould be exercised only
by itself. The power to create or
coin money and the character of the
money to be created is plainly set
out aud circumscribed in the con
stitution. Any departure from that
instrument breaks down the barriers
erected by the fathers and unlocks
llood of heresies to seduce and de
stroy the people. But aside from
the question of principle, I have
always opposed that part of the
National banking system that per
mitted any corporation to issue its
notes based upon the credit of the
government.
I he value of a National bank
note, the reason why it is accepted
everywhere without question, does
uot rest upon the solvency of the
bank, but upou the knowledge that
ehind these notes tnere is on de
posit, in the treasury at Washington,
a government bond pledged to se
cure their payment, and it makes
no difference whatever, whether the
banks fail or not; the note of a
bank broken twenty years ago is as
good as that of one issued by a bank
organized today. The government
lends its credit to the bann to enable
it to issue notes for circulation and
a currency for the people. There is
no reason why this should be doue.
If the interest bearing securities
(bonds) of the United States are
good security for these notes, and
they are, I see no reason why the
non-i nte: est bearing notes of the
government should not be as good
as national oanic notes. a man
who has $1,000 to pay in five years
without interest is certainly better
able to pay it than to pay $1,000 in
five years with interest; hi3 liabili
ties are less. 1 heref ore the A ational
batik notes are no better than the
treasury notes, and there is no reason
satisfactory to me why the banks
should be permitted to buy bonds
and issue their notes based on them,
.uid have the people taxed to pay
interest on the bonds. I favor.there-
fore, as the choice of evils, the re
peal of the provision in the National
bank act which authorizes them to
issue any notes and the cancellation
of the National bank notes and the
bonds held to secure them, and the
substitution for them of treasury
notes. This would not only give us
as good a currency as we now have,
but would cancel a large bonded
debt and would save many millions
annually the interest on these
bonds. With this amendment to
the law, and the authority to the
banks to loan on productive real es
tate, there would be no ground for
any objection to the system, for all
hat would be left in it would be the
double liability of stockholders to
answer the debts of the bank, the
wise restraints thrown around them,
and the official supervision given
them. Should any National bank
fail the depositors would not only
get what they could from the assets,
but would have Ihe right to compel
every stockholder to pay in again
the full face value ot his stock if
neccessary to pay the debts of the
bank to depositors and others.
Y hen these banks were created,
and for a number of years there
after, the right to buy bonds and
isstie notes was a valuable franchise,
tor the bonus then were about par
and bore a higher rate of interest.
This has ceased to be the case and
we find now that any National bank
organizing takes the smallest possi
ble circulation for the reason that
it has not only ceased to be profita
ble, but is an absolute tax upon them.
The people are now actually being
taught to abuse National banks for
doing a thing that they do most
un w illingly. There is not a National
bank in Birmingham that could not
have $00,000 of circulation; 6ome
could have nearly $500,000, and
yet not a single one has over $15,000,
because it does not pay to have it.
I will illustrate this: Suppose three
or more persons have $117,000 and
desire to organize a National bank
and to issue the full amount of
notes the law permits. They would
take this $117,000 and pay it all for
$100,000 United States i per cent,
bonds running sixteen years, wonh
today $117,000.
They would deposit these
$100,00 of bonds with the
United States Treasurer
and receive from him in
their own notes 90 per cent.? 90,000
TiRss 5 Der cent, left for re
demption with treasurer. . 4,500
Net amount of notes ree'd. .$ 85.500
This amount loaned at 8 per
cent, would make annual
BARB.
interest ..$ 6,810
And for sixteen years 8109,440
Add interest on bonds for
sixteen years at 4 per cent. 64,000
Total amount of interest re
ceived $173,410
fidd at maturity principal of
bonds 100,000
Total principal and interest
received in sixteen years. .8273,410
x rom mis must oe aeaucted
1 per cent, tax per
' annum in circtilation
for sixteen yeais,
8900x16 814,400
100 per annum print -ing
sixteen years 1,600
50 per annum, exami
nation 800 16,800
Net receipts National bank. $256,610
I take sixteen years because that
is the length of time the 4 per cent.
bonds run. JSow suppose the $117.-
000 invested in a national bank had
been put in a State bank, what
would the result have been :
The interest on $117,000 at 8
per cent' would be for one
year $
9,300
And for sixteen years.
Add principal
.$149,700
. . 117,000
Total receipts, principal and
interest 8206,760
Exactly $10,120 more than the
National bank would receive: and
yet National banks are abused be
cause they issue their own notes.
It is a fact that many of the
strongest National banks in the
United States have not a dollar of
their own notes outstandins, be
cause it does not pay, and the only
reason any DanKS take the circula
tion is because they are compelled to
keep the bonds on deposit whether
they issue notes or not, and they
issue their notes to save what would
be a greater loss. The only reason
now why any intelligent person de
siring to engage iu the banking busi
ness accept a National charter i3
that the security offered depositors
in the double liability of stockhold
ers, it is supposed, wiil attract de
posits. No sensible person will
organize a bank to lend h:s own
money, in this part of the world,
for he can lend all he ha3 without
employing clerks and cashiers and
advertising for borrowers. The
profit in banking comes from wisely
lending a part of the money of the
depositors, and if we could have a
bank in every neighborhood, to en
courage savings and to attract de
posits of money hid in trunks and
socks tnd otherwise withdrawu from
active circulation, it would give no
little relief to the whole country.
The advantage claimed for the
National bank act was tint it would
afford a flexible currency, expanding
when money was in demand and con
tracting when there was an over
supply; but experience shows that
it does not answer this design.
There has been a steady contraction
for the past twenty years, and the
coinage of silver, almost alone, has
prevented most uisastrous convul
sions. It is conceded by nearly every
thoughtful man that there should
be a material increase iu the circu
lating medium, and many leaders are
rising up to teach the people how
to fret it. I confess that to me it is
a most serious undertaking to devise
a plan to get an increased circula
tion and at the same time to main
tain it at par with gold and silver.
No one wants a debased circulation,
or one that will be liable to sudden
and great contraction or expansion.
A depreciated currency invites ex
travagance. Credit is the most
serious enemy that man encounters
in the financial world, there are
few men who can borrow money at
any rate of interest, with profit to
themselves, ana any legislation mat
will enable men to increase their in
debtedness by borrowing money, at
low or high rates of interest, is of
ver. doubtful expediency. What we
all need to do is to spend less and
sive more. The proceeds of the
cotton crop alone of Alabama, if
retained at home for five years,
would bring into the State over
$100,000,000 aud give us a per
capita circulation of nearly $100.
If some one can invest a plan by
which we can retain any considera
ble part of the value of our pro
ducts, he will be a public benefac
tor. Not the night Word,
"No," said Bertha sadly
dosen't express what I Buffer at
these times it is simply 'anguish !'
I know I ought to consult a physi
cian, but I dread it so ! I can't bring
mvself to do it. Then too. 'female
diseases' always seemed so indelicate
to me, 1 can t bear to have any one
know or speak of mine.
"Yes. dear." answered Edith,
"but don't you know you can be
cured without going to a physician ?
bend to any druggist lor a bottle 01
Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription.
and take it, and I warrant you'll feel
better in a very few days.
The manufacturers warrant the med
icine. They guarantee it to do exactly
what it claims, viz : to cure leucor
rhea. painful irrejiularties, excessive
flowing, prolapsus, inflammation or
ulceratiou ol the uterus, ana tne in
numerable other "female weak
nesses." It so strengthens and
builds up the uterine system, and
nerves, that worn-out, run-down
wives and mothers feel rejuvenated
after taking it, and they are saved
the rainf ul embarrassment and ex
pense of a surgical examination and
a tedious, tiresome treatment.
The North Carolina fish and oyster
commission has decided to protect
the state s oy6ter beds, even 11 neces
sary, with military aid.
1891.
TOWN AND COUNTY.
"There's a Chiel Amang ye Takin Notes
and Faith He'll Prent Them."
Deal hoi an I'Mlccmcd I.iwlv.
Mrs. Esther Iseiihonr died at her
home, near Bethpage church, on
Wednesday, the Jth instant, at 9 n
m. She had been in failinor hpuifh
for some months, heart disease being
tne trouble. Mie was about 05 years
old. The funeral services were con
ducted by Rev. W. A. Lutz, pastor of
tne urceased, on ihursday afternoon.
We Didn't no It.
The statement that thp Standard
published in regard to the taxables
of Concord was cotten ud with no
little trouble. It required consider
able time and calculation. The
Standard did not do it, either. We
hereby return thanks to the efficient
aud obliging Register, John K. Pat
terson, ior getting the matter up for
us. Johnnie may work out some for
us.
Kenping the Fruits.
There was a bov canvassing the
town for his own peculiar benefit,
ana he lrankly admits that he had
both his feet cut off by stealing a
ride on a train. He is in a nitiable
condition, aud yet contributing to
ni3 cause is almost encouraging the
habit of beatinsr the railroad. Some
of the iailroads are mighty mean
ana all like that, but this beating of
rides is dishonest and more danger
ous.
Married on WrilnfmlHy.
At the residence of Mr. J. A.
Litaker, of No. 11 township, ou
Wednesday morning, Mr. A. I.
Blackwelder and Miss Loula Litaker
were united in the bonds of holy wed
lock. Rev. J. M. IIedric' officiated.
Mr. Blackwelder is one of the best
young men in the county, and his
bride is a charming christian young
woman. The Standard wishes them
a long and happy life. They left
immediately alter the ceremony for
a few dujs' visit at Statesville.
(001I Seiic.
Here is a short sermon. It covers
many points of conduct, duty and
religion. If followed, many defects
win be removed, many sins avowed,
much peace secured, much eoodness
done: "The best tiding to give to
your enemy is forgiveness; to an
opponent, tolerance ; to a friend,
your heart ; to a child, good example ;
to your lather, deference ; to your
mother, conduct that will make her
proud of you ; to yourself, respect ;
to all men, charity."
Itetit for One ot Onr Preachers.
The Board of Stewards of the
Central Methodist church has given
their pastor, Kev. Dr. 11. V. Bays, a
vacation of three weeks, and he is
now at Hayesville, ia the mountains
of North Carolina. We have no
oubt this brief respite from the
cares of his ministerial work will be
very acceptable to Dr. Bays, and that
he will return to his labors greatly
refreshed and strengthened.
Laid. By 40 Acres of Cotton and Then
jiarried.
A. B. Boger, the superintendent of
Mr. Robert Gibson's farm above
town, has laid-by his crop of cotton,
consisting of forty acres. He worked
faithfully. Though the hail cut his
crop to the ground on the 30th of
Jlay, his crop now looks fine. Boger
was so well pleased that he con
cluded to marry. So on Thursday
night he married and left for Au
gusta, Ga., on a bridal trip. This
colored gentleman is enterprising,
and of course will make the best out
of life. May he not lose any of his
good qualities as a farmer.
L II
lie Wr(ten V.
The Standard has received a letter
from M. L. Parish, who writes from
Race Track, Texas. Mr. Parish is a
Cabarrus man, and we clip some
from his letter: "Corn is made and
will average 40 or 45 bushels per
acre. Cotton is as good as i ever saw
it. W. L. Parish and I went hunting
for deer. My associate killed a deer
that was branded 'MLP' in a con
nected way. In the spring of 1874
I caught a young deer and branded
it MLP ' and then liberal d it. So
you see the deer was seventeen years
old, and had not Walter killed it the
deer might have known me as did
Hill Misenheimers 'cooter that
recogniaed him twenty-one years
afterward. W. P. Parish will start
home in a few days on a visit."
Stopped Him.
Photographer Moose was having
his tent, which is partly of wood,
put up on the Litaker lot between
the postomce and Juiss lirachen s
store, and Mayor Means, in the name-
of the town ordinance, stopped the
procession. The spot 13 within the
fire limits. The parties did not in
tend to ride over any of the town
laws, not supposing that the tent
would come under the head of "for
bidden fruits." The town fathers
sustained the mayor in his execution
of what seemed proper and right.
Thus far sill right. The Standard
believes that the ordinance is en
tirely too strong when it would ex
clude such a thing as Moose's tent.
The thing is put up in sections and
could be jerked down in ten minutes
should a fire occur. If that tent is
not a fit subject to come within the
fire, then the wooden fences should
be excluded, for there is more wood
about these palings than in Moose's
tent The Standard is sorry for
Moose and old man Litaker, who cut
down his tree and rose bushes for a
picture house, and the Standard is
sorry that the town authorities were
compelled by the ordinance to forbid
such an innocent thing as Moose's
tent a foothold.
WHOLE NO. 1S6.
now is this?
Concord or 'o. 12 Township
Evcrjthiiitf Increased.
How
In keeping with our statement, the
Standard now gives to our readers
something about the return of pro
perty in G113 township. It must be
remembered that the township is not
as large as it was in 1887 when the
other assessment wa3 made. All
territory not covered by Concord it
self was thrown to adjoining town
ships. Hence the township is much
smaller than before, but to show the
increase in the value of property we
give the report of 1887 and that of
this year :
1887 1891
White voters 252 344
Colored voters. .. 105 90
Acres in land 3.735 l.fi5fi
Value of real es
tate 110.967 240.877
No. of town lots. 358 471
Value of town
lots 229.900. 343.451
No. of horses 132 130
Value of horses.. 8.290 8.718
No. of mules 59 35
Value of mules. . 3,320 2,135
No. of goats 8 1
Value of goats. . . 7 2
No. of cattle 211 233
Value of cattle. . . 2,430 3.252
No. of hogs 275 195
Value ot hogs.... 736 576
No. of sheep 22 000
Value of sheep.. 18 000
Value of house".
hold furniture,
tools, provis
ions. &c 19.903 26.435
Money on hand. . 3 553 19.435
Solvent credits. . 97,590 137.368
Shares in stock
companies. &c. 68.000 93.306
Other personal
proporty, cot
ton. &c 127.698 151.078
Aggregate value
of property by
whites 690.647 1.026.664
Aggregate value
of rail and roll-
ing stock, kc... 18.475 135.486
Value of bank
stock 00000 26,365
Grand total of all
wealth $709,122 $1,188,515
This is an increase in values in
four years of over $479,000. To
look at this for awhile one will see
the large amount of taxe3 that comes
out of No. 12 township.
It is gratifying that the number
of goats have decreased and many
good things have increased.- Study
this ; it contains food tor thought
(iuod Anywhere Yon I'ut Him.
Hon. Moses Stroup, of Snapp, our
faithful representative in the lower
house, has just harvested C38J bush
els of wheat over and above what
was destroyed by vandalism of cer
tain parties some weeks ago. uas
tjma Gazette.
A Land of Milk and Butter.
Mr. and Mrs. B. W. Pressly and
Miss Julia Stirewalt, of Coddle
Creek, have returned from a delight
ful trip to Delaware county, N. Y.,
where they visited Ihe Rev. M. W.
Pressly, a brother of Mr. Pressly and
a native Cabarrus man. Mr. P. tells
us that that country is verily a land
flowing with milk and butter. The
vast majority of the people are en
gaged in raising stock and preparing
butter and milk for market, which
is shipped in immense quantities.
Some of the people have grown very
rich in the business. Jo wheat is
raised there, and only a little corn of
the ninety day variety. The crops
are nothing but clover aud oats.
A Visit to the w Springs.
In company with a few friends
the Standard man went out to the
springs that are being opened np on
tne Cannon plantation. They are
bonded by Messrs. Smith and Lore,
aud they propose to open them up
properly and make an ea3y approach
to them.
There are as many as twelve distinct
springs within two hundred feet,
and the water in each has a different
taste. The water is clear as crystal
ana as cool as water can be without!
the introduction of ice. Just what
medicinal properties thes waters
have is not yet positively known.
That the waters have advantages
over other and the usual well and
spring water there is not a shadow
of doubt Parties have used it and
with splendid and almost immediate
results. ;
The formation around the springs
is truly picturesque and beautiful
The very high hill covered with
natural and native oaks overhangs
the spot where from a score of huge
rock nestled together a dozen or
more springs send forth their bright
clear streams.
Right where the springs have
been traced it has in time past been
filled over eight feet. The soil where
the workmen have digged down
shows this cleaily. Eight feet from
the top a large bed of ashes was
found. It must have been immense,
for ashes work themselves into the
soil in such a way that it i3 hard to
find a trace in years afterwards. Aud
it was amoDg these ashes that pieces
of Indiau pottery were found. Many
people in the community have a tale
to tell about the springs. Many
remember that way bar k yonder no
one would use the water from one of
the springs believing it poisonous.
The locality i3 not only a peculiar
one in many respects but it is cer
tainly a delightful one. Should it
prove that the waters ire not highly
freighted with medicinal properties
(which we think uot probable), the
spot can be and doubtless will be
mad the most elegant place in this
whole section. There is a probability
of a park being made, and if such
is done, and even there is not a par
ticle of a trace of mineral in the
water, a visit there will be all that a
tired and sick person could hope to
get anywhere.
THE STANDARD.
LARGEST PAPER
-PUBLISHED IN CONCORD.
CONTAINS MORE HEADING
.MATTER THAN ANY OTHER
PAPER IN THIS SECTION.
g:tO.OOO IX THE WEEDS.
A Route A Kent Mut Have Been Drnnk
or Asleep The Mail BaK I.ayintr
in the Weeds for One Week and
XolhlnK: Is Said About It
Trouble from Such Gross
t'arclcssnt-ss.
It is about thepooiest system in
existence this mail system is.
It is the shabbiest thing that is.
It is one of those things that we may
call a kuriou3 kritter. It is headed
by a kurious kritter, and such is the
case all the way down to the fellow
that kicks the mail pouch out of the
car.
A number of business firms and
the bank and private individuals in
Concord have been in a stew for
several da7s. On Wednesday the
bank received a number of letters
enquiring why the bank did not
make remittance. On Thursday a
regular flood of letters came in on
the bank almost demanding an ex
planation for tardiness or failure in
remitting sums of money. This
frightened the otherwise calm and
serene cashier. Some firm was after
Cannons & Fetzer for not paying
$1,000, and they were in a stew.
fcome parties were after nearly every
firm in town for being so slow in
remittance. A love-sick youth at
Lexington wrote to the postomce
here to know why this office did not
send the letter his girl had put in
the othce lor him. The masculine
director of this establishment re
ceived calls from some ladies to know
why the letters we had addressed
and mailed for them had not reached
their destination. In fact the char
acter of our business men was get
ting a black eye away from home,
and if the thing had gone on much
longer something very serious would
have resulted from the trouble.
Well, what was it ? The Standard
is actually ashamed to print such
rotten stuff about a "pulicose and
fictile " concern as the mail system
that we are now enjoying. But here
it come3 :
A mail pouch containing over
fifteen thousand dollars from the
bank, sixteen hundred dollars from
Cannons & Fetzer, twelve hundred
dollars from the Odell Manufactur
ing Company to a Salisbury firm,
besides thousands of dollars from
other parties and many private letters
of considerable importance,
Lay in the Grass and Weeds
at the side of the railroad between
the depot and the bridge over the
creek from Thursday, July 23d, to
Thursday, July 30thi .
Nowthisisit: The sleepy-headed
kuss that handles the mail on the
whirling, drunken vestibule train
made a grab for the mail and missed
it The trifling thing is too trilling
to do anything but to forget all
about this matter. Goodness, what
a conscience this fellow must have!
It was his duty to report the slip by
wire from the next station, but he
did not do so. And here is the trou
ble: If some party had found the
pouch and carried it off, serious
trouble would have resulted from the
carelessness.
But this mail arrangement is no
account any way. It is almost a
nuisance. The mail car comes on
the train that reaches here about 8
o'clock, but the car is switched off at
Charlotte until the vestibule cornea
along two hours later. By this
means all the places between Char
lotte and Danville are forced to do
without mail until morning. If
John Wanamaker and his allies
would attend to their business things
might be more pleasant The truth
of the matter is, the R. and D. can
do anything it pleases with almost
impunity. Such an arrangement aa
exists here would not be submitted
to in the North. In the first place
such miserable accommodations
would never be offered.
It is a little comforting to know
that in all probability the sleepy-
headed fellow that did not do his
duty will go down to out of office.
A COMMOX COMPLAINT.
It is astonishing how lightly moat
people regard certain organic derange
ments, so long as the pain or inconveni
ence caused thereby is not excessive.
This is particularly true of the bowels,
which, next to the stomach, are the
most abused portion of the body. The
wonder is they continue for so many
years to perform their important ofhee
with anything like regularity, consider
ing how little attention is paid to their
special demands.
One of the most common ailments is
constipation, which very frequently be
comes chronic for want of proper treat
ment. As a general rule, when a per
son wakes up to the consciousness that
he needs something "loosening," he
takes the first tiling at hand, if it only
promises a speedy effect. The evil of
such indiscreet medication is that while
the dose may cause a prompt and ener
getic movement, the operation is liable
to be followed by another, and perhaps
longer, period of constipation. If this
again is remedied by a similar treat
ment, it is sure to be succeeded by still
more stubborn inactivity the final re
sult being a permanent weakness of
the bowels in the form of chronic and
confirmed constipation.
Now what is needed by way of physic,
in any protracted interruption of. the
regular operations of the bowels, is
simply a geile aperient to bring about
a movement, leaving the rest to cool
ing drinks aud relaxing food. For this
purpose, there is no better opening med
icine than Ayer's Pills. Being purely
vegetable in their composition, and en
tirely free from calomel or any other
harsh, drastic purgative, their use is
unattended with those injurious effect
which follow the taking of ordinary
cathartics. On the contrary, Ayer'a
Pills are calculated to strengthen as
well as regulate the bowels and stomach,
and also to stimulate the liver, the slug
gishness of which is often the real cause
of constipation.
Ayer's Pills, being sugar-coated, are
easily taken and .are, therefore, admira
bly adapted for use either at home or
Abroad. They are recommended by lead
ing physicians all over the world, and,
in countless households, are the only
medicine considered absolutely indis
pensable. They are, without doubt, th
juost popular pills ever made.