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Our Early Settlers.
SI A TT Mi; W tliS.VMIOX.
One hundred years ugo the name
of Brandon was noted all through
the Yadkin and Catawba valley. It
had bet nconspicious in the fights
at Kanisour's Mill, Charlotte, King's
Mountain, Cowpens and Cowan's
F. rl Matthew Brandon, the sub
ject of this ske'.ch, was one of the
small party with his kinsman (ieorge
Locke, when the brave Lieutenant
was cut down by the British on the
retreat from Charlotte, September
2G, 17S0. He was also at Kani
Bour's when his elder brother, Cap
tain John Brand, n, led the mounted
charge and first broke the Tory
ranks. But no true history has yet
told of these personal deed., and
they lie unnoticed in mere family
records, or serve to adorn the
charming fireside s'ories touching
one of the markeil characters of old
Jlowan. Somewhat strangely, too,
the name of Brandon is now almost
extinct in the male line all through
the very region where it was once so
famous. But i; i- embalmed in the
hearts of a w '..- cin.de of kindred
and friends thro igiixa' our Bud
moirt section, bei a"?e of the personal
force and accomplishments of the
live daughters of the s'urdy soldier,
and philanthropic farmer, whose
name now heads this memoir. Two
of these charniirg- ladies, Mrs.
Mary Smith and Mrs. Alice Mc
Combs, are well remembered in
Charlotte, where they long res'ded
and where their true womanly
virtues adormd their walk in
life. Two other?. Mrs. Margaret
Miller and Mrs. Alvira Hall,
were p rominent in every good
work and way in the Salisbury com
munity. While the other, Mrs.
Eli.ibelh B.rringer, of Cabarrus,
reared a large family, who with their
tit'acendants, now spread over main
states aud countries, and some of
whom have reached marked
distinction both at home and
abroad.
Matthew Brandon left three sons
also, John, Ilichard and William.
They all married and ieft families;
but each of the three died in middle
life, and to their graves have follow
ed every male descendant, (as far as
is known), except one, Mr. Matt II
Brandon, of Elmwood, Iredell coun
ty, son of Johu Brandon, the oldest
of the three brothers. Kichard, the
second son, was, for some years,
Clerk of the Superior Court of Ca
barrus, and also a clerk to the State
Legislature. His family mved to
Tennessee. William, the third and
youngest son of Matthew, left a
promising boy, Victor Brandon, an
unusually bright man, but who,
us did so many of his young kins
men, found an early grave in the
confederate army. Yictoi, too, had
married and left an only daughter,
now of Campbell county, Virginia.
THE BRANDON STOCK
came originally from England, and
llumple says, in his history of Bow
an, that they settled first in Penn
sylvania. They weivj found vtry
e ally in Virginia, and one of the
beautiful site on the James
riTer was called "Brandon."'
Thev came ami ng the first immi
grants to this Section, one date going
back to 1T30.
The father of Matthew was Rich
ard Brandon aud his mother n Ivke
Hence the long and intima e con
nection between the Lockes and
Brandons. It is said, that in somo
emergency during the Involution,
Col. Francis Locke rais d a strong
company of minute men, compos d
mainly of Lockes and Brandons
From this branch, too, came Elizi-
beth Brandon, the fair maiden who
not General Washington his tarlv
breakfast on his southern tour in
IT'Ji. Thi3 Elizabeth afterward
married Francis McCorkle, and has
among her descendants many promi
nent people. From another branch
of the same stock came the several
ladies, intermarrying with the two
Cibsons William and Francis-
William Hampton and Thomas
Kincaid, all leaving descendants,
now including the Brunera, Julians,
Fralevs, McKenziee, and a ho3t of
other wdlknown families, of Bowan
The last more prominent of the
Bowan Brandons was Col. Alexander
Worke Brandon, the son of "Cap
tain John." and the nephew of Math
ew. He, too, was a soldier in the
war of 1812; wa3 much in public
life and died a wealthy bachelor in
1S54 leaving $3,000 to Davidson
College and other sums to public
purposes.
INDIVIDUALITY OF MATTnEWr.lt AN -DON.
The Brandon3 were intensely
English. They liked to hold land ;
they loved home; were foud of manly
sports, and especially devoted to
social enjoyments. When Matthew
was young, the trend of his mind
and disposition was stroug along
these lines. But he was of large
frame, and with age, grew very cor
pulent and somewhat indolent. lie
was a fair English scholar and a
very great reader. He was without
ambition, but of a contemplative
turn of mind, inclined to routine,
and grew, with years, careless in
business. He was of the most stern
integrity and virtue, and so set in
his notions cf justice and fair deal
ing, that he usually priced all prop
erty at what was, or ought to be, its
intrinsic value, without any regard
to the laws of supply and demand,
lie always sold corn at 50 cents a
bushel. lie had quite a number of
slaves, and at that day, it was very
common for slaves to run away,
lie would never seek to recapture
one of his "runawavs " nor would
he allow one to return without full
confession and sincere penitence.
Such a fanner was not likely to
accumulate monev, nor manage a
arge household successfully. Nei
ther was he apt to add vital forces
to in lustrial life and progress. lie
was born January 13, 1752 at the
Brandon homestead, seven miles
outhwest of Salisbury, a mile north
of the Charlotte and Salisbury road,
and there he died, September 0, 1S10,
content to live just as the lines had
fallen to him OS eventful years.
His aged parents (after the English
custom) lived with him as the young
est son, but had a separate house in
the yard. litre the kith and kin,
near neighbors and distant friends,
often gathered from all quarters
coming and going at all hours. But
no confusion or disorder was seen in
that large household, scarcely an in
discretion, never a discourtesv.
There was something in the stately
presence of the "grand old Squire"
that, at one and the same time,
checked license aud yet won respect.
But while the leral head of the
Brandon estate was thus given up to
n.s cooks ana meditative moous,
there wa3 a power behind the throne,
a balance-wheel th it kept the whole
machinery in perfect order, and yet
was un inspiration to all. On the
lth of November, IT 75, he had
married a little woman almost the
reverse of himself. Her name, as
recorded by himself, was
"JEAN ARMSTRONG."
She was pure Scotch ; came from
the part of Bowan now included in
Iredell; was born October 31, 1755 ;
was given to thrift and economy;
full of resource and contrivance; all
animation aud energv; but withal,
so gentle in her ways and so attract
ive in ner manners, she seemed to
act almost without effort. She wa3
equal to every emergency. While
here husband was away in the army,
a party ot J ar eton s J.; racoons was
sent from Cornwallis' line of march
during his pursuit of Green in the
mid winter of 1781, to sack and
plunder the Brandon farm and home
stead. She stood and saw the main
imiluinrr burnt without a word or
a motion, but when the vandal3 bad
gathered up the finest stock, and
then applied the torch to the dwell
ing of the aged parents and started
off, she rushed into the house and,
at the risk of her life, put out the
fire they had made in the center of
tli' floor. That same evening she
arranged all her plan3 for rebuild
ing. The "robber gang" had carried
oil" a line brood mare, leaving a colt
only a few days old. Thi3 colt she
raised by her own hand. As her
daughters grew up, she so trained
them a-id t!te young maid Eervants
in all'domestic work, as to furnish
each of these daughters a most efli
cient cook and house girl, so efficient
that the "Brandon negroas" are still
in demand by those who knew the
stock.
With such a wife and help meet,
the husband was altogether free to
fo'low his natural inclination to read
and philosophize. He was averse to
mere political life. But, much
against his wishes, he wa3 sent four
times to the General Assembly from
old Bowan, then including also
the three present counties of Iredell,
Davidson and Davie. But his real
happiness lay in the ideal honor of
an English Squire and country gen
tleman. He noted down in his
family record, the day he assumed
the office of a justice of the peace,
aud the day he resigned that honor
"in all 14 years, 10 months and 2
days." Not a cent of pay ! All from
a just sense of honor and duty. So,
likewise, he long presided in the
"Quarter Sessions." Everywhere his
decisions were accepted as just and
final. No appeals, no wranglings.
Matthew Brandon was far above
the average country magistrate and
farmer of the post Bevolution period.
But we gather from him and his
life some faint conception of the
"serene stateliness of character" once
so common in the south, but now
fast passing away, never to return.
HIS FAKKYVELL ADDRESS TO HI3
CHILDREN
completes the roundness of his
unique character. He calmly accepts
the approach of decay and threaten
ed dissolution. He pays a just trib
ute to his "frugal and industrious
wife." He tells his children with
all the anxiety of a father's heart
how much he thinks of their "future
welfare." Then he meets boldly
and candidly the profound problems
of the life after death. And he
pleads first of all for absolute free
dom of thought and conscience in all
matters of religious faith. He and
his wife were both Presbyterians.
But he declares that no "partial doc
trines" can compare to the "idea I
have formed of the great Creator,"
nor can any mere theory or belief
stand against practical piety.
Next he turns quite naturally to
this practical piety, as the true proof
of the d ctrine professed, lie ad
vises first of all a rigid ruleas to the
company kept; always preferring
that of ''moral rectitudendwell the
informed." He scorn3 the idea of
any man being honest (whatever his
belief or faith) who can live on what
is "not justly his own, or fully paid
for." "Punctuality is really allied
to truth and honesty." "How de
graded that person should feel, who
can solemnly stipulate to do an act,
when wholly unable to comply, and
possibly does not intend to comply."
This leads in turn to the popular
practice of begging and borrowing,
instead of a manly self reliance, and
an honest sel fmade effort. We are
social by nature and ought to study
muti al kindness to each other; yet
he is sure that "many individuals
are too prone to borrow to comport
with strict morality, or good neigh
borhood. And to keep a borrowed
article till all recollection of it is
lost, is as bad as theft."
He finally winds np with a con
fession and admonition on intemper
ance, a3 sincere and frank, as it is in
advance of his time and generation.
The social glass was then the style,
aid though he had never indulged
to great excess, he saw the tendency,
andjwarnedis children even then,as
far back as 1747-9, never to taste,
touch, or handle ; "as a habit repug
nant to every principle of religion ;
derogatory to character; destructive
alike of body and mind : inimical to
domestic happiness ; unfavorable to
industry and economy ; and in every
way ruinous in its results, tending
to poverty and disgrace." Then he
confesses to those who plead "icabi
lity to quit." "These thoughts are
not mere theory, but have been pat
in successful practice by him who
now bids you adieu."
"Matthew Brandon."
Here we have a husband and wife
essentially differing in many marked
traits of character and mind, and
yet beautifully supplementing each
other s deficiencies, so as to bring
them unalloyed happiness and
blissful end. They died within
few months of each other. They
lie in the same grave at Thyatira.
At the funeral of each, was probably
seen for the last time in that section,
the "sweet solemn courtesty of the
hospitable English custom of hand
ing around wine and small light
rolls."
Strangely enough the name of
Armstrong is also extinct in this
line. Anu it presents a curiOHS
question for the physiologist, why
the male line of two such strong
characters should have died out,
while the live blood of each family
goes bravely coursing on in the num
erous descendants of the five accom
plished females. Have we here, too,
the "survival of the fittest ?"
"IMIEARI OF ARItOCJAXiT.."
Under the above caption the Pro
gressive Farmer of this week has the
following :
It seems the executive committee
of Cabarrus county claim the right
to decide who are the Democrats in
that county. Quite an unheard of
piece of arrogance, except in certain
oTicial circles. If the people of Ca
barrus county are such fools as to
let a strutting little executive com
mittee, or its chairman, determine
the qualifications of a Democrat,
they deserve to wear the collar of
such men. It would be a piece of
unwarranted assumption for this
County Convention, or even the
State Convention, to prescribe a cast
iron formula for democracy. But
some people will rush where angels
fear to tread, and it has been reserv
ed for the Cabarrus County Execu
tive Committee to lead in the mad
career of machine politics. Let the
Democrats of Cabarrus county as
semble and ballot for their princi
ples as quietly as though the ultima,
turn of their executive committee
had never been fulminated forth
from their high and glorious throne.
Sitting aloft, upon the pinnacle of
greatness and power, it is easy for
them to dictate to their conquered
subjects to the terms upon which
they will be Buffered to live. Most
happy slaves of the county of Ca
barrus, you are to be congratulated
that your dictators have even spared
your unprofitable lives. Rejoice
that you have such kind rulers to
compose this committee.
Mr. Editor: The editor of the
Progressive Farmer, it seems, from
the editorial in that paper, above
copied, has been seized with a fit of
frenzied fear over the call of the
Democratic Executive Committee of
Cabarrus county, for the primary
and county conventions. The ques
tion which most naturally arises on
reading this editorial from the Pro
gressive Farmer is, why the zealous
apostle of the Third Party take3 so
much inteiest in the Democratic
conventions ? If his zeal for his cho
sen party and cause is an honest zeal,
it i3 his purpose to crush the Demo
cratic party, and if this is so, what
right has he to be offering advice as
to who shall or shall not go into the
Democratic conventions ? Is it that
he recognizes the fact that a few
foes within the fold are far more
dangerous and hurtful than are many
foes without the fold? Would he
betray the Democratic party with a
kiss? If he would not then let him
again read the call of the Democratic
Committee of Cabarru3 county and
he will Bee how strangely he has mis
conceived its meaning and how un
justly he has interpreted it for his
readers. Here is the call which hva
so excited the political apprehension j
of the editor of the Progressive Far
mer:
All voters, who intend to act
with the Democratic Party and sup
port the nominations made, and the
platforms adopted by the Democrat
ic State Convention at Raleigh in
May next, and by the National Dem
ocratic Convention at hicago in
June next, are cordially invited to
meet at their usual voting places on
the first Saturday in May, 1802
(being the 7th day of May) at 2
o'clock p. m. and elect delegates to
attend a County Democratic Con
vention to be held at the Court
House in Concord on the following
O
Saturday (May 14, 1892) at 12
o'clock, noon. By order of Demo
cratic Executive Committee of Ca
barrus County.
IvOBT. S. 1 OUNG,
March 19 th, 1892. Chairman."
Now 1 appeal to eyery fair miud
ed and conscientious man who reads
it, to say if there is one line or word
in it which can possibly be construed
by an intelligent mind as even pre
tending to determine the qualifica
tions of a "Democratic voter," or to
"prescribe a cast iron formula for
Democracy." The call invites all
Democratic voters to attend the con
ventions, and says all who intend to
act with the party and support its
nominees are cordially invited, &c.
Did this Third Party "Angel" ex
pect a Democratic Committee to
invite any but Democrats to its con
vention? How would this do for a
call.
All Democratic voters, together
with the Republicans, the old Third
Party known as the Prohibition
Party, the new Third Party, and
any other and all other parties are
cordially invited to attend the Demo
cratic conventions.
The writer don't know who will
attend the conventions of Cabarrus
county, but he does know that the
voters of Caoarrus county are lion
est and patriotic and conscientious
men, and that if they go into the
Democratic conventions they will go
as Democrats and not as "wolve3 in
sheep clothing, and he knows also
that if they are honestly and con
scientiously out of sympathy with
the Democratic party, they will
avow it ana act upon their con
victions of what is right and best
for the county, by an open, manly
and self respecting course, and not
by hiding their opinion and trying
to obtain an advantage, by a course
of self degrading deceit and dissi
mulation. The editor of the Pro
gressive Farmer says, "let the Dem
ocrats of Cabarrus county assemble
and ballot for their principles as
quietly as though the ultimatum of
the Executive Committee hau never
been fulminated, &c Now in this,
is he advising the voters of Cabarrus
county to go into the conventions
with the honest intention of uphold
ing the action which may be taken
by the Democrats in their conven
tions, or is he advising us to go into
the Democratic convention with a
preconceived determination to abide
by and uphold the work of ths
convention only in the event that
the work of the convention is in
strict accord with our individual
views and wishes? If he means the
former, that we go into the conven
tions as Democrats to abide their
action, then he advises all that the
call of the County Executive Com
mittee asks, but if he means the lat
ter, then his advice is a gross insult
to the intelligence, the manhood and
the conscience of every self respect
ing voter in the county.
Democrat.
PES PICTI IIES
Of I ho While Miulslcrs of Concord-.
A Splendid TCorrt from n Brother
Laborer.
Dr. II W Bays, pastor of the M E
church, i3 thoroughly identified
with the best interests o Concord.
The Standard grasps this opportu
nity to say that the reverend gen
tleman, while possessing a polished
and brilliant intellect and a man of
strong parts does not carry in his
make-up a "lazy bone." Not an
idler, but a zealous and enthusiastic
worker,
He is publishing a monthly
known as "The Missionary Ag," in
the interest of his work. It is in
teresting not only to those of the
Doctor's faith, but to all who are
concerned in matters that are good.
The good doctor took occasion to
speak his mind about his "Co-labor
er in Concord and Vicinity" in the
secobd number of the Age. The
Standard could not reproduce the
article in these columns without
first giving our friend a tnrust (?)
to '.remind him that thi3 sheet not
only watches him as a shepherd but
as an editor. Dr. Bays says :
Our little city is blessed with a
corps ot very faithful and efficient
pa8tors. We have never been asso
ciated with a better class of preach
ers, all told.
Rev. Dr. Payne, our near neigh
bors in church work, is a very
watchful and tender pastor. He is
a strong, 'clear, gospel 'preacher.
He is a preacher of the orthodox
school. His sermons are such as
will lead to a strong and vigorous
membership. We congratulate oar
selves in having a neighbor of this
type. The Presbyterian church of
which Dr. Payne is pastor ha3
grown in all the substantial phases
of church strength since his con
nection with it.
Rev. Wright G Campbell, pastor
of the E Lutheran church, hails
from "'mine own country" and of
course we are not inclined to be
pugnacious. Bro. Campbell is a
close and diligent student, and
thinks for himself. He is one of
the most companiouable men we
have met in years. He is without
ostentation. We have never had
tne pleasure of hearing him preach,
but others have whose judgments
we can rely upon He is a chaste,
strong, incisive preacher.
Rev. II M Blair is still pastor at
Forest Hill, and we can reiterate
what we have said of him before.
He is a worthy successor to Brother
Iloyle, and others who have been
pastors in Concord before him.
Bro. Blair is a first clas3 gospel
preacher. Hi3 sermons are well
digested, and are scriptural in make
up, evangelical in body, and clear
cut in delivery. He is one of the
very best pastors we know.
Rev. B S McKenzie, pastor of the
Protestant Episcopal church, is still
a I young man net having joined
the army of the benedicts. He is
said to be a fluent, graceful speaker,
We know him to be a very pleasant
associate, and an agreeable Christian
gentleman. We are glad to have
such a genial gentleman as pastor of
that church in whose communion
our ancestry died.
Rev. Paul Barringer has recently
located in Concord and taken charge
of the German Reformed church
Brother Barringer has a reputation
as a preacher and Christian gentle
man of which any of his brethern
might well be proud. We extend
to him a most cordial welcome to
our town, and an invitation to our
homes as one of our bret ren in the
Lord.
Our Baptist friends have no pastor
at this time. They have a hand
some little church in town, ana a
small membership, but they are a
faithful devoted people, and repre
sent one of the most powerful
churches on earth. In addition to
the regular pastors, we have other
ministers in the local ranks, and in
the educationalwork.
QRev. Dr. Bikle, who hs charge
of a private school for large boys
J and young men, is a man of recog
nized strength and extraordinary
ability as a scholar and preacher. i
Rev. Dr. Satterfield, who ha3
charge of the Scotia Seminary, is a
man of ability. He is a thoughtful
and logical preacher. Dr. Satterfield
has made many friends in Concord.
Rev. F S Starrette is also in the
educational work at this time. He
has but recently become connected
with our church, and we extend to
him and and his family a cordial
welcome.
Rev. Jacob Simpson is a local
preacher connected with the church
at Forest Hill, and is as useful in
his church, as a local minister, as
Brother Starrette is in his.
Rev. T W Smith, who live3 in
Concord is now in charge of Clear
Creek circuit, Brother Smith is too
well known in this community to be
affected by favorable orjadverse criti
cism. He is a man in whom there
is no guile. The soul of frankness,
is a model man and first class preacher.--We
make this last statement
after reflection and consultation.
Rev. L M Brower has charge of
the Concord circuit, and has made a
fine impression on his people. W"e
have not had the pleasure to hear
him preach, but his people like him
as a preacher and pastor. He is
laying his plans now for some mate
rial improvements. We are glad to
haye Brother Brower in our frater
nity. Rev. J M Iledrick is a citizen of
Concord, and pastor of several E
Lutheran churches in the county.
Bro. Iledrick is a modc3t, unpreten
tious man, but brave as a lion where
duty calls. He is deservedly popu
lar with his people, and 13 a man of
strong make up in all that touches
fidelity to duty and his Master.
We shall have something to say of
others of our neighbors in due time.
Allow one word of exhortation.
With a steady purpose to do God's
will, what may not these consecrated
servants of God do for their Master?
Oh for the baptism of fire !
Yes, the baptism of fire !
The World' Fair.
Mrs. Charles Price in "her talk"
to the ladies at the St. Cloud, last
Tuesday, represented to them the
importance of a concentrated effort
of every North Carolinian to secure
for the state the space that has been
allotted to them on the fair grounds
for a state building, and which, if
not secared by May (which means
that the state must pledge herself to
erect a building on it) will be given
to others who are clamorous for en
trance. Surely "The Old North
State" will not be allowed by her
loyal children to be ruled out, for
the need of a few paltry dollars,
when she offers to them untold treas
ures of gold, jewels and minerals
which lie hidden amoLg her grand
old mountains, sheltered by her
magnificent forests.
Then let ns all rally to the call of
state pride and not be content to be
renowned only for "tar, pitch and
turpentine," but show the world
what our resources are and what we
can do. Let us take a few dollars'
worth of state pride to nourish our
patriotism and to bequeath to our
children another proof of our love
for our native state.
Mis3 Lallah Hill has been appoint
ed to solicit contributions to this
fund, and will call upon our citizens
at an early day for their offerings.
To the County Home.
Old man Mike Honeycutt was
taken to the County Home Thurs
day. For a year he has been unable
to do anything and has lived on the
generosity of a Cabarrus'man. He was
a Confederate soldier four years, and
here let us say there are many, yes
very many of the old worn out Con
federates who need aid. The state
and each county should see to it that
they are cared for.
Acknowledges the Money.
W C Stronach, Scct'y. and Treas
urer of the Confederate Veterans'
Association, has jubt written Mrs.
Jno. P Allison, lady manager for
this county, an acknowledgement of
tho contribution of 12.25. This
amount Mrs. Allison collected in a
canvass for that purpose. The
Amount would be much larger
were it not for the general
"hard times." Mrs. Allison ia very
thankful for the manner k in which
the public received her on this mis
sion.
From the Old Inane.
V C Coleman has a letter from
Sam Harris, col., '.of , Circ'nalti,
Chio.
Sam, his brother Buck, his mother
aunt Betsy, as she was known here,
and uncle Bob Gibson, left here 27
years ago for the west. It will in
terest some people io hear from
them. Aunt Betsy is very old but
in good health. Buck who was
Concord's first barber after the war
is dead. Old man Gibson is dead.
Coleman thinks aunt Betsy is nearly
100 years old.
seven vkisonkks ;oE.
Boyd, tne Train Wrecker. Included
A llig Jail Delivery In Chariot teTIi In
Morning Three Cell Walls Tunnel
ed, a Window in the Outer Walls En
larged and a Hope 51 adeof lllankef n,
FurniNhcH a Slide to the Gronnil.
Charlotte News.
At seven o'clock this morning,
one of the little Orr boys, a carrier
for the News, saw a hole high up in
the rear well of the county jail.
From the hole to the ground, a dis
tance of 30 feet dangled a rope that
had been made of prison blankets.
As young Orr looked, he saw a negro
emerge from the bole, skin down the
blanket and sprint away. He hur
ried to the jail and gave the alarm,
and then a rather bad state of affairs
was developed. Seven prisoners had
made their escape. The man seen
by Orr proved to have been John
Boyd, the cegro who has been in
jail here for some months past
charged with wrecking the tram at
Bostian's Bridge, on the Western
North Carolina railroad, last August
when 22 people were killed. The
names of the otLer prisoners who
escaped are James Patterson, Robert
Pharr, Will Smith, Abe Johnson,
and John Graham. All are colored
except the first named, and all ex
cept Boyd were in jail for larceny.
Five prisoners were left in the jail.
Investigations showed that the
prisoners had made brick and mors
tar fly. The Charlotte jail is pecu
liarly well constructed for the escape
of prisoners, and since it was built a
hundred or more escapes have been
made. The plan of the jail is four
square walls, 13 inches thick, roofed
over. Inside this pen the cells are
built three stories high, with banis
ters aronnd them leading from the
ground floor to the top. The space
between the cell banisters and the
walls of the jail is about C feet on
three sides, but on the rear end, it is
much less. One can stand on the
banisters facing the rear wall and
get a pretty good play on the wall.
The outer walls are solid except for
small windows along the third story,
which, are designed simply for ven
tilation. These window3 appear to
be mere slit3 in the wall and an iron
bar, deeply imbedded, crosses each
slit.
In some manner, the prisoners had
wrenched an iron bar from some of
the iron works about the banisters,
and with thij they dug holes through
the cell walls. On one side the cor
ridor, three cells were occupied.
ihe tourth cell on the corner was
vacant and the door open. The
prisoners on this row cut through
the wall from cell No. 1 into No. 2,
thence through to No. 3 thence
throgh to No. 4, tne vacant cell, and
then only the outer walls encom
passed them. On the third floor,
McLean and Patterson were conPned
in a cell. They had in the mean
time cut a hole through their cell
door. McLean stayed in, but Pat
terson went out aud joined the
other prisoners. They went to the
third floor balcony and began work
on the slit in the wall, first suspend
ing a blanket under the window to
catch the falling brick and mortar,
In a very short time they had enlar
ged the window, making a hole 10
inches long. Then they fastened
their blanket rope and let it down
outside. At midnight Patterson,
Pharr, Smith and Johnston got away.
The other three got out at 7 o clock
this morning.
i
John Boyd, the train wrecker, is
22 years old and weighs 1C7 pounds.
After getting away from the jail, he
stopped at W N Mullin'3 store, on
Church street and explained his
haste by saying that he had been in
a row up town and was trying to get
away from the police. Then he
moved on lively.
Chief of police Mason tracked
Boyd to Lodo, and learned there
that Boyd had passed through that
place sometime in advance, and was
by that time across the Catawba
river. "He was going a humpin'
when he passed here," the Lodo peo
pie told the chief. A telegram re
ceived during the day says that three
of the men got off the train at Bel
mont. Sheriff Smith and posse are
after them.
Nenator CarllMleat the I'nlverNlty.
Senator John G Carlisle, of Ken
tucky, will deliver the commence
ment oration at the University on
Wednesday, Juno 1. Senator Car
lisle is one the most scholarly, elo
quent anu eminent statesmen in
America, and he will not fail to
inspire the students of the Univer
sity and to speak words of wisdom
to our people.
. -
March was the roughest month
of the winter.
a i) i hi:ss ;-' the state co.unir
TEE.
Booms of the Static Democratic
Executive Committee,
Kaleigh, X. C, -March 10, lcfl2.
To the Voters of North Carolina :
At a meeting of the Democratic Kx
ecutivc Commit tf e, held in this city on
the 2d inst., it was resolved that the next
State Convention should he held in the
city of Raleigh on the lth day of -May,
1S'J2, at 11 o'clock a. m.
It will devolve jon this Convention to
nominate candidates for Governor, Lieu
tenant Governor, Secretary of State, At
torney General, Auditor, Treasurer and
Superintendent of Public Instruction ; t.-.
elect four delegates at iare and four al
ternates to the National Democratic Con
vention to be held at Chicago June 22,
1892; to nominate two candidates for
Electors at Large; to adopt a platform of
principles, and to transact such other
business as may properly conic before it.
In all eases where the Coiiressina!
Conventions have not been held prcviov.a
ly, the delegates to this Convention from
each Congressional District will choo-c
two delegates and two allcmntes to the
National Democratic Convention, and
report their names to ihe State Conven
tion. There has been for some time a firmly
rooted idea among the people that some
system should be adopted by which min
orities in the various comities should
have their proportionate oice in the
State and District Conventions, in
deference to this fair and just sentiment,
the Committee, while reali.in that it
had no power to add to or vary the "Plan
of Organization," as adopted by tho last
State Convention, and bind the people
to its obscrvace, unanimously recom
mended to all County Conventions the
following rule, and earnestly requests
that it be observed,
"In all County .Conventions i:i which
delegates shall be selected to attend any
State, Congressional. Judicial or other
Convention, a vote shall be taken in ac
cordance with the plan of organization
as to the candidates whose names may
be presented to such County Convention.
The delegates shall be selected from the
friends and supporters of each candidate
voted for in proportion to the number ( f
votes he shall receive, in siu h County
Convention, and no other instructions
shall be given. Provided that where
only one candidate is presented and vot
ed for at such County Convention it
shall be lawful to instruct for such can
didate."
It is urged that all county conventions
shall, at the same time they select dele
gates to this convention, elect a county
committee to serve during the coming
campaign. This action is essential to
perfect organization, and enables the
Chairman of the State committee to at
once put himself in touch with the coun
ty chairmen.
All township and county conventions
should be held at such times and places
as -will afford to each member of the par
ty an opportunity for full and fair dis
cussion. It is essential to success that
animosities should not be engendered
and dissension fostered, and no one
should be given even the semblance of an
excuse for refusing to support the Demo
cratic party, the supremacy of which is
so necessary to secure good government
and an honest administration of public
affairs.
To divide now is to turn over the
State to the enemy, Let us stand to
gether as in the past and thus perpetuate
the reign of the Anglo-Saxon.
Ed. Chambers Smith, Chairman.
B. C BECKWiTn, Secretary.
A Sow Trial.
The Standard staled a few days
ago that the'suit between Col. A C
Scott and Esq. Ephraim Fisher, of
this county culminated in an appeal
to the Supremo courl. That Ju
dicial body has granted a new trial.
Col. Scott won in the first trial.
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