North Carolina Newspapers

V Yiihz Standard is Only One Dollar Per Year. Largest Circulation of Any Paper in this SectionT 81. ;;! STANDARD. , ;i. i i'A(.::i; has a , , T10N AT v re- office in Tin-: ; v. .-avk dm:, '1 II AN Till- STAXDAK1X ONLY TWICE AS MUCH READING MATTEIt AS ANY PAPER EVrER OR NOW PUB LISHED IN H pa: vm. : ; .; i:s WITH M. AN VOL. IV. NO. 15. CONCORD, N. C, THUltSDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1891. THE COUNT Y IIU Lli 0. 201 . s TICKLE US WITH SI. 1 n v s Jf ' ,J Stan ARD. , , :,v - ,-i .v on the M ui p'i . 'k Hi o. cum d. i'wo i ; i i .iio t i nit y wit t . I!-! :,-. i.t'i iff. . .;-, A : s rnmuu'd j.irors : , u 1 Li' w il no pes. W In. " v. . iv iii :tiul vivAx OIIC ha ' , ( ,i.i-: mil d t bat the ao- . ,;- ill..- Id till' hifk f.f S.llld .,,;-: i I if 1 lif Oil glilO. : its parallel in htiu.an : : - ;hi: vui; call iand, my , !u . : u I. at s il? Tilt :.- always around ; he nia : : Ui.iV i f hen-pecked (tin? i , !ni:eal term) or lie may . ; u i: li much good in his - v. i i t -.'tie? indicathe of v : ( ':, he iJ a pretty .;, i. but t'e Iris no sai.d . Von hear that often; ;,;r.-it is tine and son.cUcies . i v i 1 - rn tile m l er ; . ; ., d.aih's door in giving , , r.. t - t he story of his : - a household rtory, ; . ! i d th boy , ., ,ti' w k'i hi parents, i i, :. .; mind, the ,'Vv- i if characur and disposi- uk U the idol cf that . !. The win Id ill v M i lu' i ,i him the wot Id often- ;.i -.'mcres out oi goou o b y Selects his pla . r p:tni dity for some , 1. "i from othcts ! i ns with childu n. i-.d th- j a rent- it. a ? 'Jit of him. That , new Mft : h - b- 1 : i : Min ins a.'socnutb i n !ii v and Laws of! Hi; course in school is ;":,dcati''ii conns. His h m at tlie e: 1 if a life ,.- is a p'f asti i'i , to nt 1 ( rs I'- J i V, Wit'l l'S I.Kp.'S, . ; - f .ii I n r- s and i s -'is-u h':n. He .:. I.i.ii.iiu-.s i- ! i--t k.-vit-.-e to the t;u;-, vi-rv in nu n it a! s'.irr.inii i , ,', i- n! h s o.vn in a;iii i:al . . ;-v i- ',. :.r to i:i'n. in . ff cm i r ;i j '. '!' ' t !ir.-i nf hi-? o . n m i!iho.-l at ! it t lif s .!'. : in tr.e :- i- , -: tk Wh-.-n lie UlettS with i - .i:- his u'lal, wi: is n 1: d ur iin'f M 1. r -:' nun forcing :. Jh.-se is disapjvi'r.t did not eipect it; he wav oj e i ft'id clear. That i- on trial the public ,-tin::.d j -try thatsihnt Ii it f.mstaut'v and :v t'-i. ei ttpjll llight 1 here :u;l.i' on. With .t;i.-r.s IrA! h- tigh'S for 'i Mji;-:ire!.?!y pr. iiiiit. As lCO!.i- ;' as y ui id r ir dv a-d for ai ds li.ht J run a 1, lie fias i:o i n i, or strikers. L" .i r, , i hi- fftn tiers Ucoai kick- .11- jury culls in witne---; it -tiai jay it stretches ojtn Some of the me a. hers, ing the attributes of the to a perceptible degree, tired of su.-jv use want evelopments and con tly kick. lie pm-es he ii he hegi- s to d ciine -i.e. for each s-icce 'ding mo- - I'.eeiining s-j-etd increases l.i. kers becoaie more nnmer i aetive. The average man -.t on a fellow win n he is . w, mi to -peak. When the : :;j!r toward which he had his v rate form u ;,v lies a victim ; he's . ah i t'tipjied of s-.da ' . . d ( i n;j. refuted to act I'nv hies m ano it is hts verdict : He feil on : ' .f carele.-suess and the lack i ... hi.s ?a!ld-lioX. ' v..iiit ali the world jo lake th; man's ldace, the - :..ught ami but few feel any 1 he chin:, i ne you ii, ii e . : iii irin r writ, ii- i.- 1 '. and tli" world will tu-rjicct . i r .id of him a:id may fear . j o . ';; 'm in the dai k. .- ii e.i eer so ; the race i.- , 1 .1- iie sands are distribnt i a livich but uneven ha-al. v i omes in, so does luck th-y -'r ngteain if brain pluvs a i':i--re aie many influences. -. a drama, at Us.. .Men ri.-o fail, and they rise and .'al lie- world thai grea', restless, telli-h, ; audience upon tiie jour- J fe watches the different li'V .meters come ai d 0 on the stae of act;on. The very moment the i , . ,. enriam rises, this audience bt-gms to I !:iiii:h, or applaud or weep or hiss or j d- something according :h the i stomach is. Alan is an animal, to tie sure; lie estimatt-i others not always by men tal weighing, or by impulses of his heart, bat pretty generally by the condition of his own stonnch. The fellow that has a disordered stom ach, sees hut few sncetssc s and hut. little in his fellow man to commend. The Standard started out on sand, an 1 to end with an anatomical itl'servation may seem like cheek to some, but it is only a weary feeling occasioned by the wear and tare of the nervous system during the week Mi l by the consciotuiiess of growing poorer, but not leaner. The end. the i'oi.i: is ri. Swill; to III llrp Will lip I lie iMity l I It o WfMilhcr Fins'. The pole is up i he weather ihig pole. Jt sticks its end into the atmos pheric regions just GT feet. Hut the pole is no better than any other Concord citizen, if it is so high. 'I hut pole is goinj to cause lots of trouble anyway. It's going to swing to the breeze a rain Hag, and miss run; it vi!l predict solemnly that the next day will be one of those raw, tuff days. Of course Dr. fiib son, who is to receive 'he dispatches and r'giihre the Hag business, will lie blamed for bad weather. The Standard kno.vs whereof it speaks wh.n it solemnly affirms that Dr. (libson is not going to make the weather; he will have no more hand in its manufacture than the aver age Almar.a. For this reason the Standard urges that people remain -a!m and serene, ev.ti in the midst of most terrific wea her. The Standard startul out to say that the pole is up. Hilly Caldwefl and his pa, Jim Cook, No. 2, and several others did most of the work. W hen the raising of that long and .-Ieekji.de took jdace there were lots of strikers aroanu. The way the n'd .u d young swung on to the rojie w.is .- uiiethiug sh rt of a sight. It re 'ii'.de.l one of youthful fui . Th re were enough around to tell when the pole became perpendicular n Chic !. The fellows that did that not seen swinging to the rope ; i:i v b'i-.-ed, simjdy. Nearly every me ali;ed something the advice a.,- ;:'! all taken, because much o' ,t wa- :ika.-Iv and out of date. 'The j -tamlard mui gave tome advice, a hieh is advice, h;it Dennis Ca!tl ' well r- fus-d to take ii ; the Stiind- ar.l m-.n wanted the pole laiuted, &r, hei;;.in'i paint it. This .-heet will how ! for the juinting of the jole. I'..,t i he j"le is up. " Mlliril ( AllOI lM v.(i; Now in Se--ion M ere-C el I i iir lionn to Itii-ine A l ine IZotly !' Mn. A handsomer bo ly of men hare never assembled in Durham than the one no at attending the Synod. A large audience was pre ent last eve dug and I he entire ses.-ion was devoted to the home missionary woik or the fvangeiic.il . work in this state. There w ere address s bv llevs. W. D. Mi l toe, Ii. I Pell, Egbert Smrh and Mcllwaine in re gard to ti.e work that has been ac c mjuished in this State. The talks were highly instructive and wire a utithely listened to by the people. The choir rendered a mie verv hue mu.-ic at ibis service, and the sing ing iy l lie congregation wus ii-Cet-diaiiiv good. A collection for the Sy nodical , . - i a i - u r . evitiirelistic worw in iinn .laie a tak.n up just before the meeting til j trned and 470 was the amount raised. The work of the Synod h is been irranged and the subjects have been nhiced in the hands of committees, of which the following is the order, and bv whom they -. ill be. consider ed. Hills and Overtures Key. Alex Sornnt. Judicial Committee J. M. "Whar- ey, D. I). Narrative on htatof lo-ligiun u. C. Kehl, D. I). .Svstema'ic Benevolence Ivev. t. D. limit. Statistical Report Rev. ?. R. Law. Trusses f .-vi.od Rev. S 0 H.a'L Trmicurpr',' Book 3 Rev. R. . P. Pell. Cnim Theological Seminary li V. II. ft. Hill. i': Le.-ve of Absence Rev. K.pW. S'miih. '.v Minutes of General Ass mbly Rev. W. S. P. Bryan. t Devotional Exercises Rev. IE. T Daru-iV. ?' Pres'.Yterv and Ky nodical Record-: (li-an-e Rev. A. A. MiHer ; (,,,,(,,,1 Ri-v. (!. A. Hough; Eay eii. ville lie . J. L (.'urrie;- WiU niiiii'ton Rev. W. F. mailt bev. L. . liot.inson. ." Svnod Rev. R- W. Boyd. I lie New Si lieiliile. The passenger trains will move bv l e e tin thi - schedule: Morning train g''in- no'th, 7:41; cveuin? train iroing north, 10:14; noon train going south, 1-2:47 ; night tra.n go i-r south, 1:20 ; vestibule train eoing north, 0:52 a. in.; vestibule f.:,M irnirrr fnnth. 9:02. Those rp wbitlimr udendors. whh bar rcom attachments they don't stop lure. roi'K ;om H K'is st - oopou itoui.v inmi 1 -toriny"! Sitlisbnrj- llcraltl. land si.idk. A he tvyland slide occurred on tiie mountains yesterday evening which ur")llL mc irKiai uumo i mc W. N. (). division until a late hour list night The eveuing mail, which is due at 7:45 did not arrive until after midnight, and the train which tdionld have gotten here about mid liil'ht, did not get in until S this miming The slide was removed last night and trains will run through on time today. A XKW TKLKOItAl'lI LIN'K. A new telegraph line has been constructed by the Western Union Te'egraph Company on the Yadkin road which runs betwe.n this point and Norwood. A friend wriiing from Gold Hill says: -Gold Hill is now a telegraph office of the Wes tern Union Co., and Salisbury can now communicate by wire with its citizens." This has been talked of for some time and is now an accom plished fact. A I.OOCIXG TRAIN' WRECKED A logging train on the Daektown branch was wrecked yesterday even ing about two o'clock, near the Asheville junction, in which two negroes and two horses were killed. The train was running down the steep gnv.le just before it reached the in tin line, when the engineer lost control of his engine, and the train ran away at a fearful speed, jumping the track on a high fill as it neared the junction. The cars and logs tumbling down the steep embankment rolled over a smtll stable and killed two horses which were in it. The two negroes killed were brakemen, names not learned. MAX KISSKS MAX. leather a remarkable scene was enacted at the pa-sen ger depot this moruig, in the fact that a man kissed man. As the nor'h bound train arrived, un old rrentleman landed on the platform and cur- I riedly glanced around him, as ifj seeking some one. Soon he espied aj line looking young man, and walk- J ing briskly to his side grasp -d him i by the hand, at the same time j giving him a number of kisses, j They embraced (ach other audi promenaded around the jd.it form j tor a few minutes in a friendly and aiiectionate mantur. 1 hey were jierhajis father and son who had met after a long absence. This custom is a long established one among the ladies, but it makes us tremlde to antieipite what might be in t lie future should mm take it up. A Iiid W n 1I. 'bore are time- in rvhen the pnradoxicalprop s:tionbe .cyJiifShO plain that nun who run j .may read and seo. In Nebraska j Tu lue A. M. Post wan running for the highest oHic.- in tbo nnvMc-r of' thf juihc-iaey jii.tixc i't tie1 Hiiprerif eortof the utatf. A'l old seand-.l wns raked up and it vi proven that twenty y ars fitro ho f cdneed an or phan ci' l under the promise of mar paste. Of thi- man who sfdnred thf sir!, the Lincoln, Neb., Herald, j saoi : "A. M. Post, the republican can didate for the mo.-t sacred office in tin-sifts of the people of the stale, his ironQ for seventeen years uu- whippd of justice for tho blackest md fou ent crime a man can commit the crime of a sneak, a coward and a li ir. tie befrnyed under promise of ma; 1 in ye the orphan daughter of a brother Alaon. the olmrse is trno in all its damning blackness and infamy. In his defense be pal liates and denies and iie". That he was not indicted, he pleads. But il only shows the Jasity of tee law and justifies the man who avenges out ranged honor wuli a bullet. lie was not expelled from his masonic lodge, he states. But he was suspended for years, and only after he had served a term of banishment fiom the country was lie reinstated and that after repeated rejections, and by a meeting where but nine mem bers vere present. He left the scene of his crime and cime to Nebraska "His defense has been a web of weakness and a tissue of lies. They have been brushed avvny like the cobwebs they were. Slanders of the injared woman have been crammed down the teeth of the sneaks who invented and uttered them. The unhiwful use of a masonic seal on resolutions that were never passed by a masonic lodge is an instance of the defensive tactics employed by Post and his friends. ' There are reputable men resi ding and doing business in this rity who have a personal knowledge of thp circumstances. They pronounce Post, guilty, and state that, when the event occurred there was but one voic among the people. No denial or whitewash can rpruove the stain. A liar and a villain in the act, he re mains a liar and a villain in his eva sion a 1 ling infamy of cool and de librate ge to the foul record of youth." As to Colonel Calhoun's scathing article we need only s tv that he is n master of rhetoric. But what is stranger still, just, when the returns were coming in which elected Post to that high position, Hie courts were trying to convict and sentence to th" iK-nitentiary for life, a umn w ho stood equally as high, for thr same offence which peats Post on the supreme heneh- luis m the strangest thing on ree- i-J-ord. That nno man for seducing t m justice to the supreme court of a state and that another man who was only gui'ty of tho same crime bhouhl go to tho penitentiary. It is a wild and mad world, my m istfis-it is :-hoeking. Durham G obe. A colored pysician, of Harrisburg, Pa., ran for coroner on the Repub lican ticket in the last campaign. Race prejudice defeated him. Don't our northern brothers, who howl about southron shot gun force, love the nigger? WHAT SIMOI SAYS. He WnnlM the En rlli and Won't Ite ltn)iy Till IIe4ct II Some INiintH lor I lie Serious '4n-ilr rut ion of I hp (.'railed Ni-hool Committee. An esteemed correspondent, whom we have long loved as a friend and admired as a philosojdier, sends ns the communication jrinted below, with a request that we publish it in the interest of a long-suffering and forbearing public, and do our level best, "as an editor and as a pros pective patron of the public school e,' in assisting him to the attainment of his object Without stopjiing to discus3 the bearing of his allusion to us, we lay his letter before our readers : Mr. Editou: I like your sugges tiou in the Standard yesterday, anent t!e adoption of anew scries of school books by the graded school commit tee, and hojie it will meet the favor able consideration of all concerned. The custom of adopting a series of books and using them for two or three terms, as is done in a few schools, is a relic of the past and not worthy of the enlightened age in which we live. Any teacher that is willing to use the books recommend ed and used by h:s predecessor gives, by that act alone, unmistakable evi dence of his inferiority, and has no busiuess to be a teacher. It is a practical confession that he doesen't understand his jTofession, and we don't want to begin our graded school under such a state of affairs as that. Under the old system the same books were handed down from the elder to the younger until the whole family had studied oat of the same book. How could originality be expected of students educated un der such a system ? or how could a large and exjensive variet of text books be accumulated under such circumstances ? These are questions which the gentlemen of the commit tee will have to answer to their sor row, should they resolve to use any of the school books now in tise. Let the committee remember- that the book publishers have an interest in this matter. They devote their time and part of their money to making and selling books, and un less school committees do their duty in making frequent changes, the labor of the publish-rs is in vain. If one book had to be worn out be fore another were purchased the publisher's lot would be quite differ ent from wnat it is, and the blame would rest upon the school commit teemen. There is one con.-ideration, Mr. Editor, to be noted, and that is. the pleasure we jmren's feel in accumu lating an interesting c ilect on of book-. I have a valuable collec'ion of stories about hens and bail boys and wise dogs, &c. that rejuivs me a thousand fold for all i' cost me, and I am adding almost daily to its .cize and value. I think 1 voice the seiit'ment of a majority of your readers when I say, that if there is anyihing I fairly dote on it is the buying of new school books. It may be an acquired taste, jirobatdy it is, but I am now. by long usage, o continued in the habit of cdulling on' my ducats for an entire change of jirogramme in text bouks, every few months, that I cannot give :t up without a struggle. Hoping that I have said enough to awaken public sentiment ujrhi this important question, and that the cause will have th.' assistance of jour facile jieii, I am, rnsusjiectingly yours, Simple Simon. 1 si ?Ieinovi:im. Yankee Hiu'li-. Hco one with a t) ii-iu. uii'l .I re iiiVii'. Aii l up tin- saiictUMi -i;iir- lio wvn: : ll.ew mui a smile on hi- f.iro were IjloieK-.l. a.-vHil-5- wlii.li - the this lie lioiinieil tho cditur in his lair, Anil lioan a-reailing hi.- jkh-iii fair; But the C'llitur stujipeil him before he hint oivleil. "I. '"tvi Isaac S. HciMlorson in Town. I. S. Henderson, familiarly known as "Rex" spent the day iu town, lie is living at Candor. He tells us of a loss he sustained. Two weeks a'O some molicious scoundrel broke into his tent and took therefrom his )liotograj'hic instrument, carried it off and broke it uji, evutentiy to ce what it was made of. It is a loss of nearly 80 to lies. Coiileilerale l'eiiioners. It comes from the Auditor's cilice that the Confederate pensions will be less this year than last. The re ductions are as follows: $71 to $00; $(53.23 to $15 ; 35.50 to $ )0; $17 75 to $15. This is due to the increase in number, there being four hun dred more applications than last year, w hen there were 4,200 of all classes. $S3,000 iustead of $87,000 will be paid out. m tm Mr. A. E. Wilson, of Morgantou, who is stocking a farm on Toe river, has recently, the Morganton Herald says, purchased a large herd ol An gora goats in Texas, and had them taken to Mitchell to be wintered.. OUR C0U3TY NEIGHBORS. THEY IKI ST CHI'S KM OF (l'KltF..T SE1VS AND WIT. The I'.n.v. Wiio Mru-Klc inl Tussle VVit:i Hem in ljniiiiu:r 4 omii ie. l aiiicli al I s in Sleiilln I heir Slnli. Hiil We t'ltai-Ke 'fin lr Our l'ajier Just This Much. PAX EIVIXS STAXLV NEWS. A young lady reader says of Jim Cook's little daily, "It is mighty grey to be only a year and a half old. Why not extend the Yadkin rail road through to WaJcchoro or to Rockingham ? Norwood now has anothei cotton buyer. No doubt but our neighbor will ste.i into front lanks and make things lively henceforth. Mr. S. J. Pemberton parsed our office swinging a beautiful 41b. black bass last Friday. "Sam" is our lo cal Isaac Walton and says that he and another caught his bass, three "suckers and a cat-fish in Ling creek, ami can do as well most any day. It is hard on our farmers, whom it is said, have to labor 14 months in a year to raise a small crop of cotton, to then he compelled to dispose of it at the small jirice they are now get ting. Th re is a screw Lose some where that needs attention before an other crop is raised. Though there is but little more than an half crop this season, and that of a superior quality, t he farmer must se 1 it at the low prices of 7, and 8c Does it pay? Farmer, you who have wait ed so long for a good cotton year and for jirices to get oetter; yon have mortgaged your entire crop to pay your fertilizer bill, calculate your losses and gains for the past three years and then ask yourself the above question and gauge your next cotton crop according to your an swer. SALISBURY WATCHMAN. Court begins here the 23J of this month. Wm. Roberts, of Tyro Shops, we learn, committed saicide Tuesday night by shooting himself through the head. No particulars of t lie deed is known. Eigiity-seven bales of cotton were sold in this burg last Saturday. The force of hands began putting rock on the streets i his moinii g. The scales at the depot which will weigh you for a cent was opened last Monday morning after being here for one month. It contained fourteen jioundsof coppers, or about An atlemjit was made to wrtck the train on new Winston & Mocks- ville ro id last Friday 1 :ght, Uutprov- j ed i f no avail. A 1 ' spiked down aemss was ob-erved by th w ho were later than iron bar was e rails, but ction hands, usual return - ing. MON UOi: KNlifl UKil R.,v. J. .'. Rjwc sermon last uuday night to the lire company was appropriate and was a very aide a id interesting effort. The jvojde ere not led hot on the railroad question yet but they will be before the election. It i' nearly a month off yet. Revs. J. E. and Joseph King or ganized a ''.Second Adventists" church, at the residence of Mr. Wm. Glenn, in Jackson townshij), on Monday, with nine members. Mr. Joshua Brooks, who lives in Stanly county about 2 miles beyend Rocky River and IS miles from Monroe, had his gin house destroyed by tire last Thursdy night. Drs. I. II. and John Blair, W. 1). Pemberton and J. E. Ashcraft, am putated the leg of Mr. Coleman llelms at the residence of his step father. Mr. W. II. Glenn, in Bnford townshiji, on .Monday. About a year ago Mr. Helms, while at a clear ing, was cut iu the ankle joint, which necessitated the operation. He has been able to be up and at tend to his business much of the time since then, but has suffered considerably with erysipelas. The Episcopal lluireli Corner-Sloiie I.nyiiiS. The corner-stone of All Saints, the new Episcopal church in jro cess of erection on East Depot street, was laid Thursday afternoon with impressive ceremony. Revs. Cheshire, Osborne and McKenzie officiated. In the stone w ere placed copies of the Holy Bible, the jirayer boek and the town japers, a list of all con tributors lo the building fund, a list of members of the mis sion, and a coin bearing the date of the present year. A large crowd was in a tendance, nnd listened with great pleasure to an elegant address by Rev. Cneshire, of Charlotte. A Novel 'nre for ItUemitat ism. President Norvin Green, of the Western Union Telegraph Comjiany, is rejiorte.1 to have discovered a remedy for rheumatism. That coquettish maiden, Madame Rumor, says that he wears a jdece of cop jer in his shoe under one heel and a piece of zinc under the other. Thu3 having the two jioles of a battery, a gentle current of electrici ty is constantly jdaying through the genial piesitLnt's anatomy and neutralizing the effects ot agonizing rheumatic pains. It is said that the cojijier and zinc does its perfect work so gently that Mr. Green ex pel iences no annoyance; in fact, he is not aware he is carrying an infant natiery around with him. New York Sun. ' The Baptist denomination has made a great increase in member ship annually for some vears past The repoits for this year will show no falling off in this respect, and will also Bhow very large contributions of money. ATKIUEDY AFTER A SHU KING. W . S. Kenton Hilled at His Home In Nli.'irpesburu Tow iiship The Mayer I' inter Arrest. Another homicide stains the annals of our county. Winslow S. Keatou was killed at his o vn home in Sharpesburg township last Friday, night. He had "made a .shucking" that evening, and quite a crowd, white and black, had gathered in from the neighborhood. The shuck ing was for liquor instead of for supoer. The corn wa3 all shucked out by 8 o'clock and the majority of the shnckers went home, but a few remained and these were invited into the hcuse where Burge Keaton, colored, picked the banjo while the crowd shuffled and danced. While this was going on inside, Tom Keat on, colored, on the outside, was de manding more liquor of Winslow, the host. Winslow poured out a small amount for him and Tom said that if he could not get more than that he didn't want any at all. Winslow told him he had enough, anyhow to go home, come back in the morning and he would give him liquor. Tom said he would have to pay for whatever he got in the morn ing that he could get nothing eith er to eat or drink and he intended to have revenge. Winslow went into the house and in a moment a tre mendous rock was heaved through the open door. Mrs. Keaton and one of the company went to the door, closed it and held it shut, and presently two or more rocks were thrown against the house. Winslow remarked that he didn't know what this meant that he hid tried to treat everybody right, and that he would go out and see about it. lie went out accordingly, his wife with him, and in a moment she was heard screaming. Her husband had been attacked and beaten down. She bent over him and asked if he wa3hurt; he said he was killed; she asked who had killed him; he said Bill Adams. (William Adams colored, was on the outside, with Tom Keaton when the latter was demanding more liquor of Winslow.) The wounded man lay on the ground near the well-house and 10 or 12 feet from the dwelling. He was carried inside and died in about two hours. Dr. J. E King, who was sent for but who did not ar-ive until after death had occurr ed, found a wound, made with a blunt instrument, on the right tem jle of the dead man ; a cut on his left temple and left ear ; a stab in the right arm, three inches below the shoulder joint, and a large cut m the back, between the left shoulder blade and b ick bone, penetrating the right lung. The last described wound had b ien made with a brier scyth' belonging to Winslow, which he usually kept hanging in the well house. It was found on the ground near w here the killing occurred with blood on it from the joint six inches up the blade. The blade had pass ed almost through its owner's body. Tom Keaton and Bill Adams were found lurking in the neighborhood and were arrested the next morning. Bnrge Keaton, who had lighted a lamp and brought it from the house to where Wii slow lay in the yard, staytd at the house all night and w is also arrested th- next morning Coroner Clegg was notified and w ent out, organized a jury composed of Messrs. R. A. Stone, C. M. Hill, Hi ram Hartness, D. B. Welch, J. F. Harbin and N. L. Lewis, and held an inquest. The jury's verdict was that the deceased had come to his death at the bauds of Tom Keaton, Bill Adams and Burge Keaton. These three were brought to town Saturday evening and put in jail. Winslow was a sou of the late Silas Keaton and was about 40 years old. He lived in a shanty a half mile from Sharpe Bros.' mill on the South Yadkin river, eminent for thrift, lie was not excellence of habits or elevated tastes, but was an inoffensive fellow. He leaves a wife aud four children. Statesville Landmark. Our I'opnlnlion. The population of Cabarrus coun ty is 18,142, being an increase in ten years of 3,178, or 317,4.5 per year. This does pretty well, con sidering the size of the county and the number of deaths that necessari ly occur. The dolls' reception will be given at Mrs. li. E. Gibson's Friday from 5 o'clock to 10 p. m. The rag babies will introduce the company these are real live babies. Grown people w ill be entertained by music ol a high order. Refreshments will 13 served. V.lX IIO&M. Linn Erwin thought he had the chromo for big porkers when he sold one tnat weighed 382 jiounds. Fri day morning Laird Pharr drove in w ith one that tinned the scales at 411. A I.illle I'atherly Ailviee. (iIf ever you marrv," said an old gentleman to his son, "let it be a woman who lias -judgment enough to superintend thegettingof a meal, taste euough to dress herself, pride enough to wash her face, and sense enough to use Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescrition, whenever she needs it." The experience of the agel has shown the "Favorite Prescription" to be the best for the cure of all female weaknesses and derange ments. Good sense i3 shown by get ting the remedy from yourdrugg'sr and using it whenever you feel weak and debilitated. It will invigorate and cannot possibly do harm. Three counterfeiters were arrest ed in Raleigh Thursday. All reel dents of that city. THE ST A IS 1A It II"M Al'OMM.Y. To Ilie Colored Oeiitleinnu, an ex Wood Chopper. This paper is printed in an office where some wood is used. That wood must be cut, and the editor would chop it himself if he could hit in the same place twice and did not get out of breath. This is a clear case. A load of wood was received. Master John Goodman, who aspires to the foremanshin of this establishment, went out upon tne streets to look lor a chopper. He insulted Mr. Jake Wallace, col ored, by asking him and Mr. Wal lace told John Goodman to ask the president of the Concord National isanK, or some oi those fellows to cut it. Goodmau then met Mr. Bill lIoskiii3. colored, who used to cu. wood for us, and tendered Mr. lioskins the lob. whereunon Mr. Iloskins became thoroughly and indignantly aroused Goodman said he foamed at the mouth and replied : "Go ask the vice-president of the Bank or any other merchant of the town." Mr. Iloskins is mer chandising he has a guano sack of 6tuff and is merchandising! John Goodman did not know it and asks the vounsr man at the head of this concern to anolorrize for him. We do it. The Standard sincerely and profoundly regret3 the iusuli given, and will promise never to repeat it. Who could do it better ? There is greatness in humility An I'nsolveil Mysterj-. A well known Concord druggist whose gibbosity is a sure index to his heart, and whom not to know is to confess oneself unknown, has his moments of poetic inspiration in which his prolific imagination far rows ideas with a fecundity truly admirable. Careful observers no ticed, last night, a look of more than usual gravity upon his countenance as he thoughtfully compounded a prescription, and they listened solemnly while he softly hummed t: himself the latest jjrodnctiou of his muse, in word3 like these: I do not love my fellow man By no means as I oughter, But great Jemima, goose-grease Jane, How I do love his daughter ! The effect was electric. The audience was stampeded, every fel low for himself and the usual diabolical consequences attending the hindmost. A Standard reporter who visited the scene later iu the hope of learning the name of the daughter in question failed to elicit. the desired information. Sirs, (ii iiiidy Says : That the humble persimmon is not to be despised as a filler. That Raleigh may be having a World's Fair on a small scale, but Concord isn't in it. That "fern ent" is a good word when yon know how and when to use it. That the Weather Bureau is al ways esjiecially reliable in its fore casts for the past twenty-four hours. That the Fall joet has his place in the great economy of nature, and the wicked editor should give him a fair show. That mordacious criticism judi ciously administered is better than mendacious commendation, though the latter is more palatable. That the graded school should use an entirely different series of hooks, totally unlike anything ever used before, so that jiarents may have the fun of buying them. Thera is nothing strikes the average parent so favorably as a proposition to buy a new lot of bojks with every change of te'cbers or change of weather. If the graded school wants to nestle up close to the great throbbing heart of the public, that's the way to do it Thata day is set for two weddings between this and Christmas, and everybody knows who the young folks are. Dixoii'ti Sermon on Heaven. Rev. Tom Dixon's sermon on "Heaven" is very sparkling, interest ing aud impressive, M'ith a sprink ling of fun there and here a3 when he said : "Live a goat, die a goat. Live a sheep, die a sheep. The only way to make a goat into a sheep is to have him born again. You may take a goat, cut off his horns, trim his beard, put a beautiful sheepskin on him and trot him down the street, but he is still a goat. He will go straightway and begin to chew leather. There are a great many people, however, who believe that they can live the goat hie here, and when they reach the celestial gate, the angel will wrap around them a beautiful bleached merino robe." Wanliln'l for Kenr ol' I'hIsv. Our neighbor, the Times, in some comnlimentarv remarks on Sam Jones, says : "We would be afiaid to write a line derogatory to him or his work, for fear that He who takes care of His own would palsy the hind that should indite it. "Little drops of water, Little grains of sand, Make the mighty ocean. And the pleasant land. And dropping into jirose,- we would say, that Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets are mild, but prompt in re lieving constipation, 6ick headache, bilious attacks, jiain in the region of kidneys, torpid liver, and in restor ing a healthy, natural action to the stomach and bowels. 25 cents a vial. One Pellet a dose, Little but lively. The use of the old style, drastic pills is an outrage on the human system. Arrangements have been made for the meeting of State Dental associa tions at Raleigh Nov. 17, 18 and 19. Itiirlinfftou'ti Tax olleelor Missing. The town of Burlington is stirred up over the uuannounced departure of C. I).. Montgomery, their tax col lector and police. He catte to Greensboro to see the show and at tempted to register at ne of the hotels with a woman he claimed as his wife. Where he put up that night our informant did not ascertain; but he and the woman, who was not his wife, left ou the Northern train, having purchased tickets for Dan ville. A gentleman from Burlington his forms us that his sureties on tax col lector's bond have boked into the matter and do not think he is much short in his accounts; but a3 the tax book containing the names from I to W, had not been found this morning, there may be greater deficit than is at present known. An effort will be made to induce him to return and face the music and produce the missing tax book. Greensboro Record. A Cotton 1'leker. If there is at last a cotton picking machine which will work it will have an imAense influence ou the system or cotton cultivation and th3 course of prices hereafter. There is a place for the farmers alliance to do "some practical work. The new machine ought to be thoroughly investigated, the fact3 concerning it should be communicated to the farmers aud they shuld plant their crop with full knowledge of the jirobable effect of the new invention next fall.-n Greenville (S. C.) News. SHORT LOCALS. Mince pie will be in order from now on. Nearly everybody is getting a "bad cold." Trot out the town horse and move the trash on Main street. Little troubles kill little men. Big ones never killed anyone. A lie can be toll by not saying a word there is such a thig as acting one. A fellow got shot in Salisbury, on Wednesday he avowed that he in tended to hunt some. In the tyjie setting contest at the Atlanta Exposition, a North Caro lina boy, R. B. Ela n, won. He got a Gordon job press. Clint Blown, who does the local work on the Salisbury Herald, is so stuck up that he doesn't speak to any one, scarcely at all. In what book of the Bible is this found : "The wind shall be tempered to the shorn lamb ?" Some little boy or girl will please look it up. They say in all seriousness that there are some jieople in Raieigh now. Wonder how the dull old town enjoys the sensation. Jim Lomau has a ground-pea parcher that Justice Hill made. The esquire got there, but Jay Sim3 had to introduce the wListle to it. Rev. George II. Cox, of Mt Pleas ant, is the author of a little pam phlet on some phase of the church question that is having a big sale. License for matrimony wai issued to Daniel E. Tucker and Miss Emma J. Webb, both of No. S. The Standard congratulates the young people. , There came near being a fire at Dr. Archey's new residence . the other night. Some ashes ignited some trash near by. Had the doctor not accidentally di covered it when he did, in another half-hour his new residence would have been in flames. State Chronicle: The trustees of the Institution for the Deaf and Dumb and the Blind met last even ing. Miss Etta Sikes, for years cashier at Tuckers' store was unani mously elected matron of the. deaf mute girls, vice Miss Una Bajley, resigned. THE BLOOD IS THE LIFE. 2so portion of the human organism. lian, within the past low years, beeu submitted to more thorough and intclli-' ' ; pent examination, by medical scientists, tliiiu the blood. The result of these in vestigations has been to clearly demon strati! that tin; general health is more (l-))-iil-nt upon the condition of the blood than upon any other thing. " -i In making a diagnosis, some modern . ... j rat titioners are not satisfied with merely determining the temperature' of the blood: they test it. by means of , t!ie microscope and other appliances, to :iscci t:iin if iuiy foreign bodies havfcin-Uiniti'-eil tin l.-i.scl ves anions its liiiiuito nn.ih, I Thus, for. example, it ban 1 .-. i ii found t!:at in persons affected wita ;"Ut, uric acid may always be ile t i till in tin- blood; while the cause of 4 .--- di nr.;' is has been trae: il to the j.i- e of p-rnit, or microbes. Y.: discoveries have throw n a flood of 1' 1 ' o:i th-.: causes of disease; and jOi-i. :. .n in the treatment of i;i;:i .;. i . -in ii.ints.po directly to the root of ti c c ii I " endeavoring to purify the I.!:.. .! hi ii i i . 'iitaminatiiip poisons. For t ji.ii-:io- nut i ur else has been found i ' :i a ii - is ;-s t he iodide of potassium. ;:! !!',- ': t effect oi this drug c:.u .ti: ! !!. lined when it is used in :: n' ::. J'.n with Other things, such UK .p.i:-i!':i, podophyllum, or yellow ; ,-. a: ! Acer's Compound Extract.of fur 'I - r j T . ; . heing considered the most '"' i !.:!:!. c.i ni 'f these ingredients kiiavyn- . ! i : y. is therefore most highly : . :i! by physicians. i'Mi-s a if tiie iodides were not priscj' i I . ii:u i V is narsaparilla alone, of vt.:i Ii Ay.-r'a medicine is the 'extraVt woiii.l b- : tilticicnUy effective.dn tbe.r.rw majority ot eases, to produce the most. i il.- ii:ili!'- re. u'.ts. ' But, "to make assur--an -.- (i-iul.ly sure," and to gTeatly facifc- !. t " t' e purifying process, the iodide of , ' poti-tiuiii lends its powerful alterative i.M l il.-tr rjeiit properties to th.rest.-:;.. ' T!i: distinctive value of Averts Sana-., pa.-nin i ffla.t, while it iaquile 4s potent for most purposes as the iodide alone.jt is safer in non-professional hands; for, by simply following the directions on the wrapper, the patient becomes his orvn physician. Heuee -this- medicine has long been recognized by leading physicians and druggists everywhere us the standard popular blood-purifier. "