North Carolina Newspapers

THE ST&HDARD. October 8, 1891 - ' W . ....ii I'll'KB KVt.R IIA IX THE row X AND COUNTY. j a Chiel Amanc ye Takin Notes hl'll Pre nt Th; m." "ThI. s- F A. T H .t ii;-. r""r" ' vir0,. Oetober lit: A. II. Alex 'i r M. Allman, A. I). Misen 'hXvi'T.' Mm- C. H. Wynne, Mrs. S. K. , w :irt - Work wi'l commence next Wed , t!.iv to dress up the race track, will make it perfectly smooth. v,i!i?l'iirv Wiitchman. yiuv we all be there to see a nice ... " k'iressed" up. That is a new " L.;. A r.,1 4l,li r;l t.'h :re ai i imuih i-uuo. uuu fash:om doii't guarantee much ithres in a dress. 4il..n luftory at old Hill. f,w t'veniiiffs since a meeting H. iu'ld at Cold Hill for the pur ef organizing a stock company u build a "cotton factory. The meet ly t was harmonious and enthusiastic, a'ul between $7,000 and $8,000 was raided in a short while. The amount of capital stock proposed is $25,000, of which, it is believed, will be r.L-td in the community without trouble. II la i Ksttler, Winston Is. Our manufacturers shipped ii'iM-tv thousand, live hundred and ninetv-three pound of tobacco yes - tinl.iV." VI iastoi: L)aily. 'J' here is no pe: sun d w:tr iu Win- i e : . l - ,t - ho eiasnnu oi interests, no IHT. ;onal antagonism, no factious ,Kt' IliamL, I lie J'tWJ'lG QIC UlllkVU 1U , i'v procession aad make visitors think Winston the greatest town the '.:e. of Th sisuilnrrt 1 Happy. The Salisbury Watchman came to us this week with this rubber-stamp jrinting on it: "S Your Subscrip tion Expires With This Number." The standard is happy, since our louring for the expiration of our subscription. We feel relieved Let tiii? thing "expire" for good, bs! v Miller; vou ought tobeth-iuk-f ;! tint we could stand it three E-.o:.th. 1 lie M riint Man rrged Jack Linker, of Ca- laiii'.s county, was ui town today, s.i','u-i:i'!g aid to keep himoutof the pour house. His Charlotte friends n-si'onded liberally Charlotte News. Vade Harris is certainly mistaken. If it was Jack Linker, he was play i:,r' on his friends. Linker owns a: hast three tine plantations and haj his eyes on about two others. W.iK my brother, you have the wruiij Linker. Tlit-y Are Hark. Concord's delegation to the X'ew toa Fair has returned. They report au ext-elleut exhibit of stock and farm products, and tell of the im mense crowds. They say, however, that there were no races. The Stan dard acknowledges the royal layout j .'epured fur its editor by the Third lo-t'iiiieiaal Bund, and expresses rrgrets that 4,we-uns" couldn't be there to enjoy it. korili 4 aroliua t onl. Mr. Samuel lleneszey, President of the Egypt Coal Mines, says the Ka'eigh Observer, was in the city Yertcrd iy. The outpnt of his mine is now one hundred tons per day, had we hear that it is (expected to s mj.i increase. This coal is used for making the gas of this city, Xew leru ', Eayettetille ana Greensboro, and it is ueed considerably on the engines of the Seaboard Air-Line. Their exhibit at the Exposition is one that does credit to the State. Il W fcellled. For quite a while some bad blood ulJ ill feeling has been existing between the families of W. C. Ed dlcinan and Rufus Cline, two neigh bors. Some cases were on their way to court and an ugly time of it was looked for. Friends of the two families went to work to effect a compromise and to secure the peace that ought to reign. They suc f eeded. These two worthy citizens of the county have buried the Utchet and are again friends. This u a happy ending of a troublesome wtiiculty. and the Standard cougrat ulutes its two friends. Tkwt Bag Machine. The Standard, a few days since, t.d about a new bag machine that Mr. . il. Kerr had made. The tiiiichine was put up and run on Thursday for the lirst time. It acts ti'm. st like a human it shows in its system, arrangement, and beauty or work, the might power of a hu man mind, and inventive genius Every minute it piles up twenty 140' botrid bags, or twelve hundred per Lath On the outside of the bag the uiuibine also prints the brand and lett.ring in three different colors. Oh, my masters, what next will Mr. Kerr furnish to the world from his great inventive mind ? n I hi be Trne. T It will be remembered, says the Newton Enterprise, that Mr. Pat llai.som, w ho was in the second class car at the I.ostian Bridge accident, ta.il that there was a fat woman and (,hilJ in that car at the time the train went down, but such a woman 6ud child could not be found in the r'- kage, either among the dead or te nviug. l ho darkies of .Newton Hid Conoyer Ermly believe this was a colored woman (i Conover, named Ei-he Lucas, with her child who tad 'ten usitiug Salisbury, and left that place lor home on the ill-iateu team. 1'iitgt-nt enquiry has been made about them in Salisbury and States ' die since the accident and nothing f heard,. Tpe darkies vpms they mu9t Lave ' perlstied ip thp wreck, but buried bo deep that their 1 (..10, A 1 I SHORT LOCALS. Wait for next Thanksgiving day ! Secretary Swiuk has about fifty applications fo places in the graded school. The rain Monday night was acceptable, though very limited, we might say. Ed. Hall is putting some of the plugs to the water mains in shape. This is right. E L. Isenhour, of Bethpage sec tion, reports a regular deluge of chills in his section. Isaac Goodnight's second peach crop is ripening. There is some thing wrong with the Mill Hill sec tion. A man hearing that we had a Shepheard purp "Sis" called to sell some fodder. "Sis" doesn't eat fodder. In nine months th Kerr Bag Factory sold o, 600,000 bags. An order came in from the far weit for 100,000. John Robinson's show is billed for several towns in the northern part of the State. It may reach Concord. Dan Bivins calls his sheet a "hum mer" and a "rattler." Dan is a good Dan, and he is right in naming his infant. Some one said about Will X. Coley, of the Mocksville Times, in lialeigh thusly: "If his paper is not read his head is." A grown daughter of Frank Stire walt, died Thursday night at Can nonsville. She ha.l been sick some time with typhoid fever. The fare from here to Danville is $3.90; but if you are in Danville and want home they will go down into your pocket $4.20 worth. Locally the Standard remarks that getting married cost the people of the United States $300,000,000 an nually. It doesn't stop there. The trotter known here as "Black Dan" was entered in the Greensboro races by another name. "Black Dan" did not set the world on tire. F. A. Kluttz lost his spectacles between Mt. Pleasant and his home near Georgeville. The tinder will please leave with him or this oflice. We are requested by 11 A. Brown to say that he is ready and willing to pay the premiums awarded at the last Fair. Call at Ms store ana get your money. Mr and Mrs. Sink, of Lexington, who was so bad y iijured m the Statesville wreck have brought suit against the railroad lor iO,uu damage each. The Standard doesn't receive the Gastonia Gazette these times. Prob ably the woman on it h is discarded us. We hate to be jilted by a news paper so publicly. Jim Ilurlev, 11 T. Wyche, J. B. Sherrill and Paul Ca'dwell are the delegates from this Y. M. C. A. to the district meeting, at Xewton, on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. The Standard acknowledges the receipt of an invitation to the inau- gurauon or vieorge i.niw niutiuii, as 1 resiaent or me c nnersu cn North Carolina, at Chapel Hill, Oct. 14, '.!. Mr. Yarner, who has run the pumps for the railroad tanks at the railroad ior nine years, is iymg ei low. A severe hemorrhage Sunday night almost battled hopes for his recovery. Mrs. Francis Misenheimer, K-j tween here and 31 1. rieasanr, ami the mother of Dr. T. F. Misen heimer of Anson county, is seriously ill. But little hopes are entertained for her recovery. Gen. Rufus Barringer, of Char lotte, has written to Esq. Jesse H ule- ford in very complimentary terms ot the efforts to erect a monument here to the Confederate dead. He sends, also, a subscription of $15. Robt White, familiarly known as "Uncle Bob," an aged colored man, threw in hi3 checks Friday night. Uncle Bob has had a long and somewhat eventful life. He was a harmless and rather industrious old colored man. How is this for Rowan? One hundred and three teachers at tended the Institute in Salisbury. Quite a number of these have State certificates China Grove Dart. Just three received State certificates from Prof. Mclver. On Wednesday a bachelor of fifty two summers ana mac many wiiiLer.- closed the door and turned the key t. .. . e it I, .,..,1 .1-. on our lsegisier oi ieeia .mu de manded a license for the marriage of a maiden of fifty su miners and winters or more. Allie Blackwelder has been culti vating a large crop of goobers. e saw a specimen ot a Spanish variety. The peas are about the size of three fifths of an inch off o: a cedar lead nencil. or words to that effect, i here are only two seeds Ei each. John Blackwelder, ,who assists Treasurer Cannon, of the Cannon Manufacturing Company, is prepar ing to do some farming from afar distance, he argues, lends enchant ment. This is a new way. John is trying to keep this a secret, but murder will out. Prof. Jno. W. McAnnlty, of No. 10, and a weather prophet whose fame knows but little limit, was in town, lie said that he doesn't walk as much as he used but said he, "I always walk when I am in a hnrry." Prophet McAuulty is the greatest walker south. J. M. Bohannan, the traveling agent of the Kerr Bag factory, has lately returned from a Western trip. He says, too, that Hugh Murrill claims to be President, Secretary, Treasurer and General Boss of the Hickory Press and Carolinian, but Hugh i3 thinking of the girls. Miss Gertrude E. Jenkins, w ho assisted the Stindard in getting out the reports of the last meeting of the Western North Carolina Confer ence, is engaged in reporting for 8eeral newspapers' letters from the Southern Exposition at Raleigh. Miss Jenkins is easy the most talented stenographer in the State. Work will commence in a few days on the Episcopal church building. Let a man advertise his wares and his goods. It pays, there is no doubt. It is estimated that about 800 bales of old cotton are yet unsold in the county. Col. John Tipton's wife, of the King's Mountain News, is very ill with typhoid fever. The Charlotte Chronicls's bear has disappeared, but Jake Newell is s ill on the g ounds. The County Commissioners did nothing scarcely except pass on a large number of bills. Jackson L. Ramsey, of Raleigh, passed down the road on Monday ; iiis car was perfectly brilliant. Col. Jim Long, who has been quite sick, is ut on the street again, to the delight of his many friends. J. P. Sossamaa, or "Richard Ra zor," is no longer travelling corres pondent of the Mecklenburg Times. See the notice by Tump Snell, Esq. lie wants his sand pump re turned, and the borrower will please yank it over. We stop the press to remark that there was born to ex-President and Mrs. Cleveland, on Saturday morn ing, a daughter. Mrs. George B. Hanna, the wife of the Charlotte mint essayist, died suddenly while walking the streets Tuesday cvtn:ng. There is au enrollment of 800 in the Charlotte White Graded School. To see the pupils march out in the evening is inspiring. Our people must not forget about the Rowan Fair from October 20th to 3d. Remember how Rowan and Salisbury treated us. A. V. Winecoff, a prominent busi ness man of China Grove, and one of the pillars of the Dart, gave us a pleasant call Tuesday. Prof. E. L. Hughes, of Reidsville, has been elected superintendent of of the city graded schools of Green ville, S. C. He has accepted. Stanly couuty does not preserve all the fodder. G. A. and IL N. Patterson, of No. 4, have made up to this date 7,000 bundles of fodder. Quite a number went out to St. James' Catholic church on Sunday to hear Bishop Hayde. Confirmation and communion services were held. The Charlotte News still holds to its original version of the Jack Linker canvass for alms in Charlotte "Maj. Jim Harris" is his support Judge Montgomery is attending Lincoln court, locking af'er his clients, the Motz toys, who a.-e charged with murder of their cousin. A man came in to sell the oflice some fodder. That was remarkable, out this director was siunned when a call was made on us for a key-hole saw. Next Friday the mass meeting of the State Alliance will be held in Raleigh. It is understood that chairs for 2,500 delegates will be furnished. Part of the dummy track near the L uheran parsonage has been changed. To enlarge the curve the track has been moved over against the pavement. There are enrolled at Greensboro Female College 200 students, 1G0 of whom are boarders. This is the largest enrollment in the history of the institution. See the fellow Cannon & retzer have on a big run. They claim he get there because of a certain shoe he wears, but ou read the notice and see the fat man. Mrs. Braii t Steele, of Texas, who has b.en away from this her native county for years, is at the bedside of her very sick mother, Mrs. Erancis Misenheimer, of No. 8. The first time D. C. Correll ever ate at a Concord ho'el was the day on which he left for Spartanburg, S. C, his new home, lie came very near deciding to stay at home. The Y. M. C. A. entertainment Monday night, was a delightful occa sion, participated in by quite a good sizeui audience. The Stindard re grets that we had no reporter pre sent. The ministers of Charlotte are raising their voices against the run ning of fctreet cars during the hour of preaching. The people, however, do not seem to catch on to the move very rapidly. A series of meetings will be held at Centre Grove Lutheran church, (No. 4) Rev. C. A. Marks, pastor, on Thursday, the 15th, and continuing to Sunday, on which day communion services will be held. Stokes Beaver, a splendid Oung married man living within a mile of China Grove,'died Tuesday morning, after a five weeks attack of typhoid fever. His sister-in-law has been sick with the same disease for ten weeks. W. L. Bell had an operation per formed on his cheek beneath his right eye. The skin was then drawn together and stitched for one inch, by Dr. Robert Young, in a manner as neatly as a woman can sew two pieces of cloth together. A letter from Winston brings the intelligence that Dr. C. M. Payne, w ho is assisting in a series of meet ings there, is having very large con gregations that are deeply interested. Dr. Payne will not return to Con cord u u til the last of the week. The Stanly News comes this week greatly improved. Dan Bivins is a good boy and a home-made boy, reared on Stanly soil. If Stanly county don't flock to Dan and the News and give him a rousing and satisfactory support, then the cor oner ourht to be called out to viake up things. Joe Moose, of Stanly county, vis ited the town. Joe quit the black smith busines to go to Stanly to farm in order to lose some ilesn, ne becoming so large and clumsy. And then he was afraid of heart-disease. Joe has realized his, fondest hopea he sweated away rorry pounds lur ing the summer, and says he seldom goes to Albemarle. THET SPEAK OUT. A Reply to Oar Nqnlh on the Mark i'reeae lotion VaMtneaM. Some days ago the Standard told about Mack Freeze with some cotton in these words : "A. M. Freeze, of Mill Hill, took a bale to Mooresville. He was offered seven dollars and eighty five cents for it provided he took half of the pay in fertilizers. Mack brought it to Concord the next day and sold it to Cannons & Fetzer for eight dollars and ten cents. Did anybody say anything ? Concord is the best cotton market in the State, immortal Mon roe not excepted." Some cotton buyer of Mooresville clipped it and had a reply placed in the hands of a Charlotte paper for publication, with the request that one dozen copies be sent that they might be distributed around Mill Hill, Cabarrus county. The Charlotte paper did not care to publish thp reply, and the Stan dard is perfectly willing to tote fair, hence here's the reply, which the writer calls " Here is a Setter " : "Concord could very well afford to pay Mr. A. M. Freeze $8.10 for his cotton when they charge him $25 per ton for guano that he wanted us to sell him at $20 per ton. We think we said something. "Cor, ox Buyer, " Mooresville, N. C. "October 2d, 1891." But does this effect the Concord market when Freeze was paid $8.10 in cash with nothing said about guano? The County Alllanre. The County Alliance meets Thurs day and Friday, the 8th and 9th, at Rocky River. A large meetiDg is anticipated, and much business is expected to de done. Change In the Deputy Office. The affable and fat M. M. Morri son, who has been the efficient dep uty sheriff since the advent of Sher iff L. M. Morrison to the sheriff's office, has resigned. Mr. Marshall Harris succeeds him. It is Sheriff Harris now. Mr. Morrison resigned because he couldn't ride horse-back ; he killed two or three horses in serv ing papers on different parties. Seriously Hurt. A few days since, Chas. Boger started in a buggy, drawn by a mule, from his brother's, Calvin Boger near St John's, for his home in the northern part of the county. A short distance from the house the mule took fright and dashed off. Boger was thrown from the buggy and serious bruised in the lower part of his body. Drs. Barrier and Foil, of Mu Pleasant, called Dr. Young in for consultation. Ho 111 Pleamed. Robinson's circus will appear in Salisbury on the 19th of this month. The advertising is immense, as is customary with such enterprises. I he special feature is the striking presentation of the scene, &c, of Solomon and the Queen of Sheba. The children are already after their pas to take 'em, and the pas are awfully tickled at the persevering natures of their dear children. Itongbt a Cotton Mill. The Standard man saw some views taken of the cotton mill property purchased by Messrs. W. II. Kerr, Sam Patterson, and II. E. Fries, of Salem. This mill is located about thirteen miles from Baltimore, and is run by a never-failing water power. It has 0,500 spindles and 240 looms. Mr. Kerr and little Willie will le ve pretty soon for their new home. Mrs. Kerr will not leave us until a month later. J tint H7 and Riding a Mule. The Standard man had the pleas ure of meeting in town his venerable friend, Mr. M. vVidenhouse, of Georgeville. Mr. W. is the father of Commissioner Martin Widenhouse, and has not been in Concord in ten years. He is a remirkably well preserved man, both in mind and body, notwithstanding the fact that he is eighty-seven years of age, and only a few days ago had the courage and strength to ride a mule a doubtful animal. May Mr. W. have many more years before him. Wnoopee! Blfflnjln,! A party of twenty Cherokee In dians i n c 1 u d i n g chiefs, bucks, squaws and papooses went down to Raleigh Saturday, says the Greens boro Record, and will give enter tainments during the fair. They had their bows, arrows, poles, &c., and wi'l play various games in the way in which they are played only by the original owners of the vast mountain ranges of this State. These Indians were rather more ill favored than the average Cherokee, and talked very broken English. lilting In 130 Light". Faith Hall, the large and elegant new building nearly completed on the grounds of Scotia, is to have all the modern conveniences. The Con cord Electric Light Company have the contract of wiring and putting in 150 sixteen-candle power lights. Billy Caldwell is doing the work. Certainly there will not be, when Faith Hall is completed, a more commodious and convenient school building in North Carolina. And nearly four hundred pupils are ex pected to be enrolled at the coming session, which opens this month. Onee'Our ConRiewNuian. Judge IL T. Bennett, of Wades- borc, has been seriously afflicted for six or eight years with sciatica. He is now reported very much improved by the Messenger of that town. In fact his health is about fully re stored. He is oue of the able men of the State, and has not been equalled since the war in ability among the North Carolina delega tion in the U. S. House of Repr en- tatives unless possibly by two mem bers. It would, be interesting read ing, the biography of Judge Ben nett. To see hia early life with its difficulties written and printed would prove an incentive to many a ooy now laboring unaer aimcnuies, MARRIED FOR UBT, But It Turned Out Not To Be Joke. Miss Nettie Sitgreaves, of "Win boro, S. C , in August spent some time with beraunt, Mrs- Mary Ab ernathy, at Catawba Junction. Among the young gentlemen she met was Mr. John Steele, of Rock Hill, the railroad agent at the Junc tion. One day Miss Sitgreaves was at the depot when the train arrived Mr. lieese Massey, an acquaintance, got off the train. Mr. Steele laugh ingly asked him to marry Miss Sit greaves and himself. Mr. Massey consented and in the presence of several witnesses pronounced them man and wife. About two weeks ago Mr. Steele was married to Miss Williams, of Rock Hill, and it now turns out that Mr. Massey was a notary tmblic and the marriage with Mias Sitgreaves was legal. lhis discovery has brought coa sternation with it and Mr. Steele finds himself in a predicament through his joke. "We learn that the matter will come up at next term of York court, when an effort will be made to have the marriage between Steele and Miss Sitgreaves annulled King's Mt. News. That's the effect of a system of matrimonial laws that require no license- And the power aDd right to weld and tie these knots should not be yested in too many parties. No one but those who can pray should be allowed to officiate. No tary Publics should cot be given these privileges, aud we doubt if they have in this State at any rate Lester Coltrane is not marr ed and Dever officiated on such an eventful event. We are Noon 100. People must not lose sight of the fact that next April this county will be 100 years old. Yes, just 100 years ago Cabarrus was erected from part of Mecklenburg county. It will be fitting to have a celebration of the event, and it will not be wise to put it off longer. Let the different townships speak out. Lincoln Court. Judge Graves passed Concord on Saturday on his way to Lincoln ton, where he is holding Lincoln court, he and Judge Hoke having ex changed courts. The case of John, Charles and Caldwell Motz, charged with the murder of their cousin, will come up for trial. Standard readers will remember this as the final scene in a big sensation and the downfall of the young woman, Miss Maggie Motz, with which the name of Evangelist Fife was connected. Lincoln is expecting some "sensa tional developments," says the King's Mountain News. Attention, Veterans On the 15th of October the old soldiers of the State are solicited to meet in Raleigh on the Exposition grounds and there parade. Flags have been prepared for each Iorth Carolina brigade and for each bat talion of artillery, for the Junior Reserves, etc. The old veterans of Lane's Brigade, for instance, will have a flag of their own, and they will march once more together, and so with each brigade and each organization. It will be an occasion, if enough shall come, that will long be remembered by the North Caroline survivors of Lee's immoital army and their Confeder ate associations. The Band in Cabarrus. Under this head a number of ihi Third ltegimental Band writes to the Newton Enterprise about Con cord, &c. : Concord ought to be a epleudid place, and she is splendid. Her people ought to be genial and hos pitable and they are what they ought to be. Shakespeare must have made a mistake when he intimated that there is nothing in a name. The Fair Association has men of business at his head, if one may be allowed to julge from the manner in which they engineered the daily programmes. The Fair was a great occasion, lhe speakers wers enter taining, earnest and eloquent, mak ing the literary part of the proceed ings of great interest and value. rhe sensational portion of the ex ercises was well managed and could hardly be improved upon. The racing wa3 much above the average, such as U rarely seen in North Car olina. The music was furnished by the Third Regimental Band. Yes the band was there. It remembers having been there because of cer tain experiences, some of which were unusual, to 6ay the least. For instance, remarkable to relate, we went through the process of death twice, and still we are alive to tell the tale. It occurred after this manner: Ua Wednesday alter noon ws returned from the Fair grounds to the St. Cloud hotel, all dust, from the crowns of our helmets to the half-soles of our shoes, and Thursday morning just as the had reached the tenth stage on daily march, 'nnto dust we on sun his re- turned." On the evening and morn ing following the same thing hap pened again. But worse, even, than this was the cruel and unjust statement which appeared in the Standard on the morning of our arrival charging th it all of our members are married. This aroused the spirit of injured innocence and a state of war was de. clared to exist between the Standard and the Band. The first and most important war measure adopted was our providing the means of appro Driatin?. if possible, the heari of the Standard man's "best girl" and thus, in rart, avenge ourselves. But after repeated inquiries and most diligent se-rch, we found that the Standard man had no "best girl, and never had had. Finding that the enemy had the best of us. a treaty was made and peace restored. Numerous experiences iu which individual members figured promi nently might be recounted, but here we are silent, as the Enterprise is not given to the publication of sen Bational news. Leaving unsaid many things that might be said, the con elusion of the whole matter is that the Cabarrus Fair was a grand sue cess, Concord is a grand place, Jim Cook is a "hustler" and the Third Regimental Band knows these things. UANDMAH. ABOUT 1JT STANLY. Zebulon Vanee Howell, the Standard noiiemnar Agent, who Hides In a Cart with Ktandard Credentials, Writes a Letter. Last week had only time to write a small sketch of my travels through Stanly. The first place we stopped was Big Lick, a flourishing little town situated on the Morgan ford road that runs from Albemarle to Monroe. The town ha3 several hun dred inhabitants, nearly all of whom are self-supporting, a3 they are in terested in farming as well as mer chandising, and the majority are making money; and that honestly, too. I saw corn that is as good as any that I have seen in .Cabarrus or Mecklenburg, and also cotton that is equally as good. Around town the land is more fertile than some dis tance away. The people have here of late been aroused to an intererest in education and secured Mr. H. A. Helms, of Union county, as princi pal of the academy of that place. Mr. Helms i3 a fine man and has the confidence of the people. The patrons like him and every inducement will be offered to promote a prosperous school. After I left Big Lick I beat my way towards Rocky River, taking in the great scope of land that lies on Island creftk. Late in the evening I turned my course for Locust Level. I stopped a few minutes at Daniel Reap's and got a drink of water and getting two subscribers for the standard. Mr. Reap is an aid wagon maker, (by the way, the wagon my father runs now is one of his make); he has been in the busines for quite a number of years and now he is taken care of by his friends. He is almost deaf. Locust Level is a nice little place. The citizens around this place are a working people and have added largely to their fortunes for the last few years. Mr. Jacob Hartsell has in charge and also owns quite an amout of steam machinery. He as architect has built houses in Meck lenburg and elsewhere. While I was at Locust Level I visited Stanly Hall, an institution under control of Misses Glover and Ufford. Mr. W. R. Hartsell showed the Standard reporter all over the buildingand I can say it is a nicely arranged structure. Next, 1 went down to the old C. C. Love mill, now owned by E. T. Bost, of Bost s Mill. Recently Mr. Bost has made improvements and is now in a shape for doing busines in the grinding and lumber world. It looks a little strange not to see any dam, but there is none at this place owing to the great fall and the vast amount of water supply that is checked by the barricade of locks that run across the river. W. A. Coleman has charge of the machin ery, and works hard for the Stand ard. More next week. Zed. The Work of an Incendiary. The report from Albermarle is now to the effect that the burning of the buildings on Mr. S. H. Hearne s property was he work of an incend iary, though there 13 nothing like any conclusive evidence to this effect. Some hink the buildings caught from a bucket of hot ashes. A Meeting of Nearly I.OOO. Bishop John C. Keener, of Mis sissippi, passed through Concord on his way to Washington, where the Ecumenical Conference of the entire Methodist church of the world will be in session for ten days. Every phase of this great body of Chris tians and family will be represented. Delegates from China, Japan, Pales tine, Scotland, England and eyery country on the face of the Christian laud will be there. In this connection the Standard desires to say that it is trulv remark able the degree of mental and bodily activity of this aged worker in the Lord s kingdom. It is seldom that hard students show so much activity at such an old age. Tbe County Conimlmltnen. The full board was present, J, Dove in the chair. But little outside of regular passing upon bills wa3 done. This we find, however, on the minute docket: "On investigation it was decided by the board that of the money deposited in the Concord National Bank by W. A. Bost, collector of William Bost, deceased, the sum of $9,034 was subject to taxation for State and county purposes. It was decided to purchase a grain drill for the County Home planta tion. Resolutions. The following resolutions were adopted at a meeting of the Fair Association held in uoncord Septem ber zo, nit: Resolved. That the thanks of the TYPf ntivA nrniimittfl nf the Acrir.nl- tural and Mechanical Fair Associa tion are due and are hereby tendered the, C!onfflrlfriit,e Veteran A Rsnoinr.ioii for their attendance the first day of tha 'Fnir. Sentember 16. inafc.. anil to Revs. Drs. Payne, Bays and Peschau for their aide addresses. Resolved, That the Executive Committee of the Cabarru3 County Agricultural ana ftiecnamcai jrair Association desire to express to His KTAwllAnnv. flnvernnr T. M. Hnlt. their appreciation of his kindness in TiaitiniF thn tmr Mnt,mhpr I I inRr... and for his able address, highly &v nrtiar.pd ior us Hounu sense aim . i . i conservatism by the iinmenae throng who listened to it. TtnanltArl- Ti.at tnA "RxAftutive Committee of the Cabarrus County Agricultural and Aiecnamcai xiair ABsne.iation return their grateful thanks to Hon. Harry Skinner for viaitiner the Fair on September 18 inst.. and delivering a very able ad Hroaa anil In t.h Allin.np.pmen of fCabnrrus and surrounding counties for their liberal attendance at tne Vftir t.hn.t (lav. Resolyed. That the thanks of the Cabarrus County Agricultural and ATfVianipnl Fair A Hsoo.iation are hereby tendered to the people who have so liberally supported the As sociation during the Fair recently held. H. T, J. Ludwiq, Secretary October 2, 1891. The gentlest thing in town is Three John Wadsworths jenny, children can ride her. THE MTl ElM. Every Member Present on Tuesday KlKht The Ilebato Iiitrreslinu: and iiie cxrreises liiiclily I.iijoyii ble The IN-oicraninie Tor SeilMishi. Interest in the work of the Lyceum i increasing. That every member as present indicates the estimate made by each a3 to the benefits of the association, in addition to this a ni umber of visitors were present. In thi is connection the Standard is thorized to extend a ceneral invi aut tation to the public, male and female, to attend these meetings Before the hour for his thesis, Dr. S. Young was called awav profes R sionally, to the recri-etof the 1 However, the essay will be read at the next meeting. Ed Kestler declaimed "Curfew Must Not Ring To light" verv creditably. President Duval's selec tion was verv annronriate and en joyed. Th2 debate was on the ques tion, "Ououid Judges be Elected by direct 1'opu ar Vote? ' IL T Wyche and J. F. Ilurlev presented the clains of the affirmative; F. S. btarrette and S. E. W. Pharr th. negative side did maintain. Much interest was manifested in Dr. Bikle's, the critic, report. It was made personal, iu accordance with the by-laws, and the doctor displayed, in an unconscious manner, no little sarcasm and irony. This, the critic's report, is oue of the most interesting and entertaining features of the Lyceum. At the meeting Tuesday nicrhr. October 12th, there will be a decla mation bv J. F. Ilurlev. the re.iflinor of a selection by II. L. Cannon and an essay by v. . btarrette. The subiect for debate. " Do Con ditions Call for a Third Party," (political.) Affirmative, Jim Cook, JUciNamara and hd Kestler; negative, Dr. Herring, S. E. W. Pharr and C. E. Alexander.' I wo new members were elected. H. L. Cannon and Arthur Faggart To School Committeemen. The list of newly appointed com mitteemen for the school districts will be published next week, together with some instructions as to future work. At Gastonia Tuesday Night. Bev. Dr. Bays, pastor of Central M. E. church, has been invited to address a missionary mass meeting at uastonia on iuesday night next. The doctor will irive our Gastonia folks something to think about. Tried to Kill Himself. The Standard has been informed that a young man, not over ten miles from Concord, attempted to kill himself by drinking a whole vial of laudanum. lie is bothered, we are tol 1, about a little love matter (some thing which bother hundreds of others, too,) and lacking courage to endure the fate, he sought to put an end to the business. But his purpose was averted by friends, and he now thinks better of life and the situa tion. We withhold the name for that is no news. Fire in Albemarle. Special to The Standard. Monday night at 2 o'clock the fire bells began to ring iu Albemarle. The smoke house and wood house of the Heme Hotel burned to the ground. It was with the greatest difficulty that the hotel was kept from burning. The lire is thought to have caught from hot ashes standing in a bucket. A Painful Accident. Dr. W. M. Flowe, who has been extremely ill with typhoid fever for some time, ha3 been improving. As a means of relief for a part of his anatomy, the physicians gave him an instrument to use himself. In its use Sunday morning, Dr. Flowe carelessly let the instrument loose and it became lost in a very vital part of his body. The situation is now very serious with him ; to re move the instrument, a very delicate operation will have to be performed, and in his present weak condition such an operation will tax his strength, it is feared, beyond endur ance. Diplomas Awarded At the Cabarrus County Agricul tural aud Mechanical Fair, Septem ber 16, 17 and 18, 1891: Display of bleached cloth and sheeting, Cannon Manufacturing Company. Best parlor organ, church organ, yariety musical instruments, and display of furniture, Cannons, Fet zer & Bell. Morgan turning and spading har row, Mayer & Ross. Display of buggies and agricultu ral implements, Yorke & Wadsworth. Hair mattress, premium, Cannons, Fetzer & Bell. The plowing match wa3 won by W. L. Misenheimer, the premium being a plow awarded by Yorke & Wadsworth. Other announcements, if omissions are discovered, will be made later. From Enoehville. On the 2Cth of September Miss II. C. Rumple, sister of Re. J. W. Rumple, of Lancaster, l'a., and Mrs. W. M. Sims, of Xo. 4 township, died at her home near Enoehville, aged 64 years, 2 months and 20 days. She had for fourteeu years been almost helpless, and for eight months had been mentally paralyzed. By rheumatism she lost the use of her left arm and leg, while by paralysis she lost control of her mind, and remained so up to ber death. She was burled from St. Enoch church, of which she was a member. The congregation was very large at St. Enoch's on last Sunday and the Binging was fine. Communion large, and all seemed to enjoy the entire services. L. Seed Wheat For Male. Call, at Cline & Correll's, in the Allison building, for seed wheat Come early, as the supply is limited. They have my Fulcaster, Fultz and White wheat for sale. Jso. P. Allison. oc7-d6Uw3t 82,000 rorxo. StriiffKliiig to Keep l lliH I'oli.y, Jlis t.state Had t.i, , ,f He. Valley Mutual Kcliiscil l, Pay It I lie Policy Was I'oiiud iu a Con. 'ord Sale. Reverses in fortunes scmetirr.es. Men are seen to struggle for dear life, and battle against waves that come rolling and surging from a sea of ill luck and miscarried plans. In such conditions, men naturally dwell mentally in the future and what it may bring to self and family. In deed, it seems a principal governing the action of most nit-n to keen aii eye towards the future and watch that its store may have the comforts aud pleasures that the needs of self a.ul interest require. It is a day of insurance. Proper ty and life have been concerned in them to such a degree that various companies vie with each other in giving to the public the best and most profitable features. Young meu, old men. and brothers and sis ters for the benefit of each carry policies. On December 25, 'stO, a jrentleman of the county, who, like many others, nad struggled to meet the install ments on his policy, died. He carrie d a policy rfor $2,000 in the Valley iuuiuui, ot summon, a. lhe policy was made in his own name. After his -almost sudden and unexpected death, the legal repre sentative filed papers and bond and began looking up the assets of the estate and-begau making a list of the indebtedness. Like the estate of many people it was not left in a good shape. It is not generally known that there are many promin ent business men, who control bis; interests aud have the confidence of the public, would leave embarrrassed estates were they to be called away suuueniy. lhe property of dead meu is oftentimes sacrificed; the affairs of one can not every time be wound up with advantage to those interested. But to return : The legal repre sentative began to search for the policy. No one seemed to know anything of its whereabouts. The house was searched, private papers were ransacked and special friends were interviewed,thinking they could recall some remark that might lead to the finding of the pap r. Efforts seemed baffled. It was known that a gentleman of Concord acted as a kini of receiver of death payments foi the Valley .Mutual Company, lie wis inter viewed and also Iks partner, but neither remembered having ever seen the policy. But to be sure that ic was not in their possession they examined all the papu-s in their safe, but without avail. The legal representative applied to the company for relief. He stated the circumstances. Whilst the com pany did not deny the claim, it yet refused to make the payment of the. policy, claiming that the deceased might have transferred the polity to some one e'se, and that if the legal representative was paid the amount the policy might be presented in after days by another party and the company would be liable for Unit. The matter ended here. The estate did not promis'i any encouraging balance after a settlement was made. The matter was virtually forgot ten. The slow process of winding up the estate went on, and probably the company, while the deceased had met its obligations promptly, dis missed the matter and felt that that was the end of the matter. Most business men are compelled to niuke a general clean up and packing away of papers at least once a year. Safes become choked with notes, accounts and expired fire in surance policies, the latter of which are useless, saying nothing of the general character of the other con tents. This gentleman, who had made such a diligent search fjr the paper, was engaged Monday in clearing the firm's safe of useless papers and other expired matter. Taper after paper went to the waste basket; envelope after envelope was packed away for future use. When least expecting a thing, it may come to light. Things often times happen that way. (Jeorge M. Lore, of the firm of Hoover, Lore & Co., was very busy. He picked up an envelope, about to be thrown into the waste basket, and he discovered written across the end the name of a deceased gentleman. He wondered what it was; he opened it; he saw a life insurance policy. This policy was issued by the Valley Mutual Life Insurance Company of Staun ton, Va., to "M. M. Goodman, Con cord, X. C." Within five minutes after this unexpected find, Elam King, the administrator, was on the fccene and in possession of the $2,000 policy. The Standard is glad that there irf a strong possibility of tli3 estate getting tlm $2,000 which is due it. Monday evening a letter went north to the Valley Mutual Company that the loner-lost friend hud been found. "Possum Parties Are becoming fashionable now, or rather have been inaugurated in spheres heretofore claiming no inter est in the amusement and pioiitable effort. We have heard of thu several parties of ladies going out on a hunt for the popular beast of the woods of the country 'possum. The first we have heard or' this season is a two hours' pos.mrn hunt by Albe marle ladies, chaperoned by MrJ, Hearne, the popular wife of our eeteemed friend, cx-bheri.T Hearne, of Stanly. The proceed.? of the evening were: lot3 of Fport and one 'possum, which the ladies generously donated to Dan Biviiis, the editor ot" the Stanly News. Borrowed Thins. Somebody has borrowed my sand pump, for clean ng buiel wells. This is to notify the gentleman that I want it at once. F. V. .'J NELL. Israel Weaver, of tne Organ church section, died last Saturday. couiu noi iounu.