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EVERY POSTOFFICE IN THE
COUNTY, SAVE ONE, THAN
ANY OTHER PAPER.
1'I T W'ATEIt.IX OI K EYES WITH HI
OXE DAY'S onUMO
Willi the YalkiiiTli ulN Mnro
Tlinn 1'nllN -! iTn lru TIip ICIvor
Aiiarpiillj on Kill o KIsli
Sfitrcclj' nt All Sunkr Diminish.
Thoir IIiikinrsH IctruyI Tlie Only
Mt'ii nhoSwniii I lip KitllN -An Hun
ter MoikIhj- TIi err Two Lawyer
linn Ion i.j- Hound.
A representative of the Standard
spent a day, recently, on the Yadkin
river; or as the young college ora
tor, after a sweeping gesture of his
whole arm, would exclaim, "upon
the wild rushing waters of the
grand and historic old Yadkin," or
words to that effect.
He was on the Stanly side, never
onco crossing over to the Montgom
ery side ; for over there up above
the point in question is what is fa
miliarly known as the "Devil's Den."
Mr. Jno. Blackwelder went into that
Den, and that he has returned may
be alone due to the fact, his com
panion was too pure, too bright and
too good to dwell m such climes and
her appeals weie too fervent not to
have secured the release of him, who
rushed in where he should Lot have
rushed. However, Mr. Jno. lihick
wclder said : That may be the Dew
il's Den, but be wasn't to home,
when I us there." Just so!
This place is oalhd the '"Yadkin
Falls." A strargt r will necessarily
form altogether an inaccurate men
tal picture of the river, at. this point,
if he furnishes his picture with the
genuine characteristics of Falls. It
strikes the Standard representative
that instead of using "Falls" as a
name for this frisky, rugged-sur
face stream among the wildest and
roughest of hills with their con
glomeration of huge rocks, pine, oak,
shrubbery and numerous springs of
pure water gushing from the hilld'
sides, the name of "Rapids" come
nearer thejtruth. The Y'adkin Falls
are falls, but they are more they
are Rapids, too.
One must have lots of faith in his
ho se, in his buggy and harness and
at the same time must be fool hardy
to drive down the hill on this side of
the river. In fact the hill on the
west of theYaukin is pretty Gothic
in style. When within two miles of
the Yadkin, one would almost bet
that the stream is on a high hill.
A3 Dr. Johnson would say, a Jlr.
Kyrk used to live there. There is
nothing there now (aside from what
nature put there and sne's done her
duty well) except two little huts
stuck under some big rocks and sev
eral fish traps and reels.
Sitting on a rock w:iy out in the
river with a companion and the bal
ance of the family, for t vo hours
watching those dippers turn up with
fruitless buckets, is poor fun. If
laws were executed there might be
some shad caught down on the river.
The wire net3 across the river near
the 6tate line should be cut out, and
if the State authorities were "up to
annph" it might be done.
There are not many snakes in that
country. A weed was discovered
which ha3 about destroyed the busi
ness of snakes. If you carry that
weed in your pocket no snake can be
induced to bite at you. You can
put 'cm in your bosom aud they
won't bite. Some years ago Dr.
Fetzer and Wade Harris, of the
Charlotte News, went down there,
and being informed of the virtues of
thi3 weed, they invested in some
It's a fine thing, for Dr. letzer
hasn't been bitten by a snake since
he commenced carrying the weed,
and in the absence of any record it
is probable that "Wade Harris has
escaped.
To return, the scenery is grand,
very grand. It is mountains!
Could the water power be used, there
wniilil hf nnwer enou?h to turn
every spindle in North Carolina, and
enough water left to do the washing
for the State at large.
These Falls are not appreciated
they are not well known. And not
desiring ti infringe on territory that
D.in P.ivina on?ht to OCCUPV. We
forbear further advertisements.
No man baa ever gone through
these rapids save upon one occasion
In 1882, Dr. Henry Betts, (who is
now dead), Hon. S J Femberton, of
Albemarle and a Mr. Burns, a reve
nue o!Iicer, were bathing above the
Rapid3 proper. By accident or other
wise they got too near the Rapids
and was carried down. Mr. Pern
hnrr.. Dr. Betts was
badly bruised and Mr. Burns con
tented himself with a lady faint
lifter the dancer was over. It is
almost miraculous, their escape
The way the water rushes upon
rocks, against rooks, under locks,
around rocks and in rocks, one would
fare nearly as well by going through
a Bob tailed thresher, or words to
that effect.
An Easter Monday picnic there is
fine. On that day, betwen 300 and
VOL. V. NO. 17.
COO of good and nice people from
Moutgomeay, Stanly, Rowan, Cabar
rus and Union came they left their
knitting at home, coming for a'day's
recreation. A cigar and dinner
taste powerfully well after skirmish
ing around over the rocks for a half
day. Some cider and blackberry
wine were sold out of the Gable end
of a Virsima Tobacco "Wasron. but
the crowd was all sober, save one
fellow he was so dru.nk that he
tried to hang his hat on a fly, think
ing it a nail in the side wall of one
of the summer houses. That fellow
enjoyed the picnic, but no one knew
him, at.d no one cares.
ZOrTno hounds swam the river
that day they were hunting their
masters, it is presumed, lawyer Blair,
of Troy, and Wallace Scales, also a
lawyer and of Troy also. These
pioneers were there.
An old gentlemar, ".learning that
this man was a resident of Concord,
sat down bv our side aud feelingly
inquired after Hal Puryear.
He asked us all about Mr. Puryear's
dog3. The old gentleman said he
wanted to buv a "Beetle" dog.
A Co Sucking Snake.
Greensboro Wutkm.m.
Treasurer J W Whartor, Jr , was
in Saturday with a snake story. lie
treed a huge snake, which he saw go
into a hollow sonic 20 feet from the
ground. lie cut the tree and in cut-
ting into the hollow cut the si ake
in three pieces. When laid upon
the ground it was over sis feet long
had an enormous body, aud was
known as the cow-sucker snake.
Now, the question arises Do
snakes suck cows. Treasurer Whar
ton says they do, and that the cows
get very much attached to the snakes
ind will go regularly to their dens
to be sucked by them; but that you
must kill the snake or the cow will
be sure to go dry a short while after
the snake begins to suck it.
We have often heard of this species
of snake; but never saw any one who
hatl caught the snake in the act of
ucking a cow. If any person can
throw light on this subject we'd like
to hear from him.
What a 4;ii I IH-nios.
That she paints.
That she Lcea tight.
That she is fond of scandal.
That she is ever tired at a ball.
That she is as old a? she looks.
That she ha3 kept you waiting.
That she ever says a thing she
ioesn't mean.
That she has buoa more than five
minutes dressing.
That she blushes when a certain
person s name is mentioned.
That she she of all persons in the
world is in love.
If I Were You, ny Ienr.
I wouldn't turn my head to look
alter fine frock3 or impertinent men.
I wouldn't forget to se w the braid
aroi.nd the bottom of my skirt, or
the button on my shoe.
I wouldn't conclude that every
man who said something pleasant to
me had fallen in love with me.
I wouldu't feel that I was an ill-
treated personage because, though I
could play pleasantly, my friends
didn't count me a modern Jiozart.
I would not, when I could enly
have one frock, choose a conspicuous
one that would mark me as the girl
in the red plaid.
I would not, localise I was tired
and nervous, give snappy, ill natur
ed replies to questions aked me by
those who reallv c-red for :ne.
1 would not get in the habit of
speaking in a familiar way of the
men I know ; w hen you make them
Tom, Dick or Harry, they are apt to
consider you as Kate, Nell or Molly
1 would not permit any girl friend
to complain to me of her mother it
is like listening to blasphemy.
I would not, when I brush the
dust off my hat forget the cobwebs
of distrust and suspicion in my
brain.
I would not tell my private affairs
to my most intimate girl friend, nor
. ould J ask her impertinent ques
tions.
I would not write silly letters to
vrtnnor men. or permit them to be
J o J.
familiar witn me.
I would not prow weary in well
o
doing instead, I keep on encour
aging myself by trying to live up to
my ideal of a woman, and the very
fact of mv trvinir so hard would
enable me to achieve that which
wished. Selected.
The man who called sarsaparillaa
fraud, had good reason ; for he got
hold of a worthless mixture at "re
dnced rates." He changed his opin
ion, however, when he began to take
Awor'a Rars.in.irilla. It pays to be
J" " " x
careful, when baying medicines.
The
The Kind oi I'i-lil Mr. Alexnntler w ill
Make.
Charlotte Observer.
Mr. C F King had a chat with
Congressman Alexander several days
since in a hotel lobby in Washings
ton. Mr. King reports Mr. Alex
ander us reiterating his statement
that he does not want to rnn for the
governorship. He said he had told
everyone who had written to him
about it that he did not wish his
name used in that connection. In
this, says Mr. King, he is honest.
Mr. Alexander prefers Congress to
the governorship. "If they will
nominate me figain for Congress,"
said he, "I will make the durndest
tight I eTer made in my life."
"Speaking of State politics," con
tinued Mr. Alexander, "the best
thing the Alliance and Democrats
can do is to harmonize at once. If
not the Democratic candidate will
be defeated by the split"
That 11 no Apple.
So me pine apples are in town, and
the clerks and others are talking
about the fruit and how it i3 grown.
Many believe that it grows on trees,
while others less enthusiastic claim
the fruit the product of a small
bush. It is quite a small plant,
whether there is more than one to
the plant the Standard just now
hasn't time to ascertain. The fruit,
however, is but a conglomeration of
seeds aLd reproducing matter.
It is a question, however, whether
people, who live whei'e the pine ap
ple grows, will eat it or not.
You know the French people eat
dtad horse and think it nice, while
we Americans don't eat horse and
don't think it nice.
The Itiintl orilie Fonrlli Itegimeiit.
Curresii. 'iicli.ii. o of tlu-ClmrUiitu Observer.
No doubc the Fourth Regiment of
North Carolina troops all over the
State will be interested in a few
notes with regard to their music at
the coming encampment.
The fife, drum aud bugle corps of
the Fourth Regiment hails this year
from Concord. R L Keisler is drum
major. The corp3 i3 composed of
seventeen musicians: four lifers,
four buglers, eight drummers and
the drum major. They are practi
cing almost every night and will be
in fine trim for the encampment.
Oar handsomest and smartest young
men form the corps and lam assured
that they will not only keep up
,orth Carolina's record for good
music but will raise that standard a
few points.
Some of our people of an unmusi
cal ear cannot appreciate the mingled
uotes of fife, bugle and drum, yet to
everv old soldier's ear they recall
memories of by-gone deeds, dear and
asting. Soldiers of the Fourth
Regiment, you can expect a treat
from your musical function at the
encampment thi3 year.
Concord, April 21, 'U2.
SHOUT STATT. STKIPS.
Gold Hill, Rowan county,
has
been made a money order office.
J P Weber and Mrs. Fannie W
Mowerv were married in Salisbury,
Wednesday niht, by Rev. C B King.
Mr. E CB Hambly, of Rockwell,
Rowan county, begins the construe-
ion of a creamery at once.
One of the colored professors of
Biddle "University, of Charlotte, and
one of the students have been lawiug
each other.
The Greensboro Record always
prints tix pages ou Saturday.
A red horse fish that weighed
seven and a half pounds and meas
ured twenty seven inches in length
wa3 caught in the Yadkiu river last
Saturday.
Professors Holt went down to
Chanel Hill Saturday with a base
A "
ball team from Oak Ridge, where
match game wa3 played. Hope
they will do better than our GuiU
ford bovs did last Saturday on the
same ground.
lis Ileum ts.
Lawn tennis is a very popular
game in the city. This game is
said to be better than equestrian
for developing the muscles of the
gentlemen and bringiug roses to the
cheeks of the ladies; and besides,
there is a world of interest and
amusement in the game. Exchange.
Chopping wood, hieing in the
garden, sewing and making biscuits
are superior muscle developers and
more profitable.!
A revivifying of nature's latent
forces occurs every spring. At this
time, better than at any other, the
blood mayr be cleansed from the
humors which infest it. The best
and most popular rededy to use for
this purpose is Ayer's Compound
Extract of Sarsaparilla,
Standard.
CONCORD, N. C, T1IUIISDAY. MAY 5.
Things Seldom Seen.
Selected.
A shoe maker wearing good shoes.
A tailor without a seedy coat.
A girl who ever intends to marry,
A train on time.
A clerk that does not get a big
salary.
A widow who would think
of
second husband.
A mechanic that does not know
all about his trade.
A dude at work.
A saloon keeper that would sell
whiskey to minors.
A tramp that had not yisited ail
the large cities.
A sewing machine man that docs
not sell the best machine iu the
world.
A lady that wears a number 4
shoe.
A horse trader that speaks the
truth on all occasions.
A town th.it does not blow.
A man who would take a glass of
whiskey.
A game of cards that there
ever any harm in.
A prisoner that was guilty.
A railroad disaster that was
was
not
caused by some fiend.
A Republican that would vote the
Democratic ticket.
A Tarlir Object I.cmsou.
t. Louis Republic.
The average rate of duty on di
amonds, rubies, emeralds and preci
ous stones "not otherwise specified"
imported in 1S91 was a little over 11
per cent. The average rate on wool
en good3 imported in the same time
was over SO per cent. So we have
this showing for the McKinley bill:
McKinley tax on pre
cious etone3 11 per cent.
McKinley tax on the
people's clothing. . 80 per cent.
Juo. CUitvls Insane.
'J he young lawyer who figured so
big in religious causes in Wilming
ton and who was indicted for obtain-
ng mcney murder false pretense ia
a dozen cases, ha3 been found insane
after a four diva' hearing of the
case in tne superior court at Wil
mington.
The Star rpp.rta Davis having
done this, after the jury was dis-
charged.
Jno. C Davis then arose and
said : Your Honor, I would like to
make a statement. I am not crazy.
I am as sane as you are ; since
this has turned out I will say that a
great many of these mortgages are
bogus. I must say one thing ; Mrs.
Fanning has told the truth through
out. As was said, I took the money
froai a great many widows, and I
want to give you a clear statement
how, I got into this trouble. I was
working at the cotton factory when
I joined Fifth Street Church. At
that time there were two factions in
the church. I joined the Dry Pond
faction, and did all I could for it.
He went on to say that he was
sane and had caused more excite
ment than any body else ever had
and during this case ' have played
my part well as a lunatic; have even
fooled the medical experts, the doc
tors and tne preacneis, as well as
the public generally. Several of the
witnesses were so bitter against me
that they lied outright znd by doing
that instead of convicting me, had
caused me to be pronounced insane."
He explained why he was not at the
dedication of the organ at Fifth
Street Church.
I he Juelge said: "Don t you
know it you are not now crazy you
will be tried on these charges?"
Davis answered : I ought to."
Tne judge told him. "the sheriff
will carry you to the insane asylum
in the morning."
About JlaHOiis.
Charity and Children.
Some of the Free Masons can trace
their orler back to Adam. The
wonder to me is that they stop there.
Seminary Magazine. Dr. Whitsitt.
J lie Dr. seems to have gone over
the subjects on which he is inform
ed and lias switched nit into unex
plored regions.
Adam could not have opened
lodge, if he had known how Noah
knew about as much masonry as Dr,
Whitsitt does Solomon and Pythago
ras were thegreat founders in Mason
ry. Solomon wa3 instructed by Hy
rain, the Widow's Son. Pythagora3
was made a mason in Egypt.
The Prophet Daniel seems to have
been Grand master of the Grand
Lodge of Babylon when Cyrus the
great conquered Belshazzar, and cap
tured the city.
C B Webb has two other granite
monuments here. They were Bhips
ped with the Qonfederate monument.
BOTH SIDES.
THE TWO CALLS I'Olt THE 1MH.WA
ItlES AM IK. VOl'XG SC.lKII.
We, J L Stafford, II R Parks, E
C Davis and J M W Alexander were
appointed a committee by a meeting
of the Democratic citizens of town
spip No. 1, held at Rocky River
Academy April 23, 1892, to prepare
and publish a statement of the facts
and relations (as stated and discussed
in said meeting) of the two calls is
sud by the Democratic Executive
committee of Cabarrus county, for
holding the primary conventions in
this county May the 7th, and of the
recent card published in the county
papers by the Chairman, Dr. R S
Young. In performance of this duty
we do publish the following:
It was stated at the above meeting
that the County Executive Commit
tee consisted of five persons, Dr. R
S Young, chairman, J V Pethel,W II
Hudson, J II Morison.JDeceased, and
some one unknown even to the com
mitte eor chairman. The call for the
meeting was issued to be held by the
excutive committee March 10th 1892
A letter from J V Pethel was referr
ed to in which he states that he hael
never met with the Committee at all
Mr. W II Hudson stated to Mr. II
li Parks that he anil the chairman
only were present at the meeting
March lOtht; hat after a consultation
it wa3 agreed to issue a call for the
primaries on tue date nxed upon,
and according to the usual form,
and that the chairman was author
zed so to do, Mr. Hudson further
stated to Mr. Parks that he and not
consulted at all with the chairman
again until the 23rd, Wednesday,
about sun down. lie stated that,
after the public speaking in Concord
by President Butler, when he was
passing along the street, that he .va3
called by the chairman of the com
mittee anel immediately joined by
Col. P B Means, who insisted that
they should both go up to his office,
and that he had something good up
there, and after they had gone up
into the office, he wa3 requested to
sign a paper with reference to the
calling of the primaries, and that
he objected to doing so; but that he
vas urgtu to uo so, ana toiu ineie
... i i . i
was nothing wrong aoouc ir, anei
nothing but what the S;a!e commit
tee at Raleigh had authorized, and
that Mr. Means urged their former
friendship ns reason for his doing so,
anel he then signed it. Mr. Hudson
further stated to Mr. Parks that he
had no idea that the paper he signed
excluded from the primaries any who
lid not intend to support the plat
form adopted and the nomination
made by the Chicago convention.
It was further shown at said meet
ing April 23 that n. call appeared ac
cording to tbo usua1. form in the
Concord Daily Standard Marrh 21st
(which call has been republished by
request of a meeting of the citizens
at St. John's Grange Hall, April
loth) it was further shown that on
Slaich 22nd (the next day) another
call was published in the Concord
Daily Standard, which differs from
the first in that it excludes from the
primaries all who do not intend to
support the platform aelopted and
the nomination made by tho Chic
ago convention.
It was shewn also that this same
call appeared iu the Daily Standard
March 23rd. Tho recent card of the
chairman was discussed in which he
said that "upon consultation this
call (one first published) was re
garded .as indefinite"' and then a
second call was issued tfce. It
appeared from the tliseussion that
tni3 consolation could not have been
helel with any member of the execu
tive committee for the following
reasons :
JVlr 1 etnel ana iir. liuuscn were
the only mcmbers'to consult. Mr.
l'euiel disclaims in a letter ever
having any consultation whatever cr
signing any call. Mr. Hudson
states that he had no consultation
till the evening cf the 23rd about
sun-down. This second cail had
however already appeared twice bos
fore this consultation, or before Mr.
Hudson signed It- Again from the
discussion and from the statement
of Mr. Hudson to Mr. Parks it was
evielent that the ouly thing, in which
the second tlmered or was more
definite than the first, was that
it excluded from the primaries those
who did not inteuel to support the
platform and nomination made at
Chicago, which definitiness. Mr,
Hudson the enly one who signed
the second call (beside the chair
man)expres3lystates that ho elid not
understand to bo in it which would
seems strange when the consulta
tion was hel I and new call issued for
that purpose- It was further des
veloped in the discussion that, ac
cording to the second call, any ovse
might have aright to voto. in the
primaries whether he had ever voted
the Democratic ticket before or not,
which thing has not been usual in
our primaries heretofore-Signed, in
behalf of and by request of the
committee.
J. M. W Alexander
HAIUttAX YOlSfS KEPI.Y.
Mr.. Editor : In reply to that
elaborate "Statement of facts" pub
ashed in the Daily Standard of
April 28th by J M W Alexander "in
behalf of and by request of the corns
mittee," I desire to say that the
County Democratic Executive Com
mittee is or was made up of Mr. WT
II Hudson, Mr. J V Pethel and my
self. Both of those gentlemen were
notified by Registered letter to at
tend a committee meeting on March
19th. Mr. Pethel did not come but
publicly stated that he did not in
tend to act with the Democratic
party and did not intend to be bound
by auy convention and that he did
not intend to be present at the com
mittee meeting. Mr. Hudson and I
then constiuted the committee. We
met and agreed upon dates and he
authorized me to write the call, not
"according to the usual form" as he
states. Nothing whatever was said
about the "form," or language to be
used. I wrote it and it was publish
ed on March 21st. The probability
of the adherents of the St. Louis
platform seeking admission to the
Democratic primaries had been dis
cussed for some time, but the hon
est and courageous stand taken by
Mr. Pethel allayed my apprehension
on this line and m this fiame of
m'.nd I wrote the first call. Before
the ink had dried upon the first
copies of tho paper which contained
it, I heard men openly assert that
tney intended to vote in the Demo
cratic primaries and that if the St.
Louis platform was not adopted
they would not be bound and would
not support any candidate who did
not stand upon this platform. It
va3 then that I had a consultation
with my personal friends and friends
of the Democratic party (and not
with the other members of the com
mittee, as Esq. Alexander ha3 la
bored so long aud so hard to dis
prove, and which I have never
stated) and I eletermined to write the
second call which I did and had it
published on the following day.
Knowing it was customary to have
the call properly signed I sought out
Mr. Hudson when he next came to
town and presented the paper to
him lor his ei:elorsement. This was
in Col. Means' office. The paper
was read over carefully by Mr. Hud
sou anel was also reael over aloud by
Col. Meau3 in his presence. Mr;'
Hudson remarked "that i3 strong
but it is right, and I'll sign it."
The statement that is being made
throughout the county, and strongly
hinted at in Esq. Alexander's arti
cle, that Mf; Hudson was drunk at
the time he signed the call i3 utterly
false. I had spoken to him previ
ous to his going to Col. Means othce.
as he states, anel I talked with him
for half an hour immediately after
sigued the paper and I know that
he was in perfect possession of his
faculties. Respectfully,
Robt. S Youxo,
Chairman County Dem. Ex. Com.
April 30tb, 1892.
CO I.. HEASS- IIKPI.Y.
Mr. Editok: In the Daily Stan
dard of April the 2Sth 1S92, in an
article over the name of my friend,
J M W Alexander, I notice that,
on the authority of Mr. H B Tarks,
Mr. W II Hudson is reported to have
stateel the following:
"That'after the public speaking
"in Concord by President Butler,
"when he," Hudson "wa3 passing
"along the street, that he was called
"by the chairman of the committee
"and immediately joined by Col. P
"B Means, who insisted that they
"sho'ilil both go up to his office, and
"that he had something good up
"there, and after they had gone up
"into the oflice, he was requested to
"sign a paper with referrence to the
"calling of the primaries, and that
"he objected to doiug so; but that he
"was urged to do so, and told there
was nothing wrong about it, and
"nothing but what the State-com-
"j ittce at Raleigh had authorized,
"and that Mr. Means urged their
"former friendship as reason for his
"doing so, and he then signed it.
"Mr. Hudson further stated to Mr.
"Park3 that he had no idea that the
"paper he signed excluded from the
"primaries any who did not intend
"to support the platform adopted
"and the nomination made by the
"Chicago convention."
This is what Mr. Park3 said Mr.
Hudson stated to him. Now, either
Mr. Parks reported Mr. Hudson in
correctly or Mr. Hudson was mi3
taken in what he stated to Mr. Parks.
And I make the following statement
about the matter :
About 5 o'clock on the afternoon
of March 23rd, 1892, I was standing
near the front of Mr. Fetzer'a Drug
store, engaged in conversation with
WHOLE NO. 224.
Dr. 11 S Young, when we saw Mr.
Hudson passing along the street ia
front of Dr. Gibson's Drug store.
Dr. Young called Mr. Hudson across
to us and we three joined in conver
sation. Not a word, though, was
said there in conversation with Mr.
Hudson about the call for pri
maries. Mr. Hudson presently re
marked that he felt chilly or cold
and I asked him to my office to take
a drink of whiskey. I said xotujxg
about having "something good up
there." 1 asked him plainly and
OPEXLY tO TAKE A DEIXK OF WIIIS
key. And I would have asked him
without any remark from him about
now ne ieic xnis invitation he ac
cepted and I then invited Dr. Young
to join us, which he declined. Then
Mr. Hudson and I left Dr. Young
and went to my office. When Mr,
liuuson and i entered the omce we
were talking earnestly about the po
litical situation and I failed to offer
the whiskey to Mr. Hudson until he
called my attention to that fact and
said that he must start home. I
then produced the whiskey, which I
always keep for my friends and for
myself too when I want it, and Mr.
Hud3on took only one Bingle drink.
In less than five minutes after Mr
Hudson had taken the drink, Dr.
Young came into my office, with a
paper in his hand, and, addressmgMr
Hudson, said to him: "Mr. Hudson,
you have never signed the call for
the primaries and convention. I have
it here and wish that you would
sign it." Mr. Hudson took it and
read it over. I then asked to see it
and read it aloud, laying emphasis
as i read it, on the tests it contained
as to who were entitled to enter our
primaries and county convention.
And I then said, directly to Mr.
Hudson, "the principal test in
this paper is that no man should go
"into our primaries and convention
"who refuses to vote for the nomi
nees and stand by the platform
"named and made by the Demo
cratic Convention at Chicago in
"June next." Mr. Hudson took the
paper out or my hand, and said :
That is pretty strong, but it is right
aud I will sign it." He then eat
down at my desk, picked up a pen
and signed tnf phppp Mr JTndann
made xo objection to signing the
paper. He was not in any way
"urged to do so." He was not
"told there was nothiug wrong about
it." He wa3 not told that it "was
nothing but what the State Com
mittee at Raleigh had authorized."
Anel I did not urge Mr. Hudson's
"former friendship for me as reason
for his doing so.''
It will be remembered that "The
btate committee at Italeigh had au
thorized" nothing on this subject
until April 7th 1S92, when it en
dorsed the testa set forth in the let
ter c f Mr. Smith, Chairman of the
Committee. What waa not "author
ized" until the 7th of April 18
92 could not well be stated a3 "au
thorized" on March 23rd 1892.
I am sure that Mr. Hudson will,
when he reads this, agree that I have
stated the who1 matter correctly.
There wa3 xothixo done or said in
my office, on March the 23rd 1892,
that I was not willing for the entire
world to see and know.
Dr. Young's visit to my office that
day with that paper waa entirely
unexpected to me and, as far aa I
know, he had no intention of
coming to my office that afternoon,
when we parted on the street.
Paul B. Means.
The foregoiDg statement, by Col.
Means, is entirely and absolutely
correct as to all matters therein,
alleged to have occured in my pres
ence ; and I did not have any inten
tion of going to his oflice that after
noon when we parted on the Etreet,
But not seeing Mr. Hudson on the
street, as I expected, and knowing
that he had gone to Col. Means'
office I went there.
Robt. S. Young.
Professor J. S. Ingram Lectures.
The lecture of Professor J N In
gram at the Disciplffs' Church last
night was well attended. His sub
ject was the Hawaiians, their man
ners and customs, and hi3 experience
among the people of the land of the
pomegranates. The l'rofessor waa
even happy in hi8 use of language
and was attentively listened to from
the beginning to the end.
The above is clipped from the
Norfolk Landmark, which the pro
fessor sent and he put in it a "dodg
er," bearing: his portrait, under
which is these words : "Prof. J N
Ingram, op Califobnia." The
"Professor" ia off. He was born on
the banks of Eeedy Creek in No.
towas'iip, Cabarrus county, N. C
The "Professor" must not "git above"
hia neighbors and hail from Cali-
forny.
THE STANDARD.
ONLY TWICE AS MUCH
READING MATTER AS
ANY PAPER EVER
OR NOW PUB
LISHED IN
THE COUNTY,
ft?- TICKLE US WITH $1.
"IT SHALL BE BUILT."
THE OFFICERS STOCKHOLDERS
or the :o.vroBD south-
ERX MET.
A Harmonloiio Meolliiif Where the
Sitirltof Determination to Build Pre
vailed above ParLetters by Bnneh
e from civil Engineer-Snbscrlp.
tion Books open.
It Shall Be Built
Is what the officers and atockhold
era of the Concord Southern Rail
road Company reaolved at a meet
ing held Thursday evening.
It waa a harmonious meeting, not
a dissenting voice on any measure
presented.
Many applications from civil en
gineers for the contract of running
the preliminary line.
Subscription booka are open and
there will be no danger of failure,
because people are determined.
When The Band Playa Again It
Will Play Some Relief Music Ia
Honor of our Early Delivery.
A Woman In the White Hounc.
Greensboro Workman.
Most people remember Mrs. Vic
toria Woodhull who, many years ago,
was a candidate for the Presidency of
the United States. The same woman.
who has since married John Bid-
dulph Martin, has just arrived from
England, where Bhe has been living
for some time, and both she and her
husband are members of the royal
commission of the World's Fair.
Mrs. Martin, it seems, still firmly
believes that the people will yet place
her in the White House as the Presi
dent of the United States, to succeed
the present incumbent In speak
ing of her purpose in coming back
to the United States, Mra. Martin
said :
"Yes, our plana are thoroughly
matured. I have come back to ask
my people to put me in the White
House. Not that I care for the
position. I only care for it so far as
it will give me the power to inaugu
rate a system of education which
will awaken the people to the re
sponsibility of creating a race of gods
instead of the inferior human beings
uu tumuli vuk, tw.u vt t,utt ear in
today."
It will appear that Mrs. Wood-
huff has a great deal of faith with
out any foundation to rest upon.
But, if Mrs. Martin can improve the
race aa she thinks she can, "creating
a race of gods instead of the inferior
human beings who cumber the face
of the earth today," ..ahe ought to
have the job.
The Amount of FerUlsera Sold.
One of the prcminent business
men of the town furnishes ua the
amounts of fertilizers sold in 1891
and 1892, ;by the different firms.
The falling oh! is considerable near
ly 75 per cent. Just read this :
1891 1892.
Tons Tons
Hoover & Lore 100 20.
D P Dayvalt 100 30
C G Montgomery 400 110.
Jacob Dove 134 64,
Yorke & Wadsworth 2G0 95.
Cannons & Fetzer 335 135.
Jno. A Sima 250 10.
Total 1579 494.
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