IrirTIIlS! 4-PAGEU HAS A
lUOCSEK CIRCULATION AT
KVEUV l'OSTOFFIOK IN Til
COUNTY, SAVE OIE, THAN
ANY OdlEK 1'ArER.
EDITOR'S DESK.
A TOOL. OF H VltltlSOV -S.
The Greensboro Workman la edi
ted by a kind hearted and gentle old
mart, Rev. J L Michaux. II 13 pa
per s rot a political one, and we
never jet have seen in it any gall,
spite or malice. The Workman feels
v u'.led u pon to say this about Marion
Butler :
Our reporter sat yesterday where
he could observe pretty closely while
the debate was going on between
Messrs. Bell and Butler.
Mr. Otho Wilson, the chief of
the applauae department, divided
his time between starting the ap
plause and stroking his New York
silk beaver.
The good understanding between
Butler and the Republicans was
clearly shown in whatever came
from Butler m the way of abuse of
the Democrats. Any man who could
not see this had no eyes or ears. A
Republican gentleman who occupied
a position a little to the left of But
ler's front exceeded auy one in the
room in his manifestations of de
light, and it is safe to say that he
ntver enjoyed himself ro much in a
speaking by his on jurty.
The number of the People's par-
ty men present wa3 not large, and
the applause given waj mnch of it
of Republican get up. Good Demo
crate who were present took account
of the fact.
It was made rery clear that the
aim of the People's party men is to
give the State to Harrison, and this
is sought to be done through abuse
of Cleveland. Supposing this to be
Mr. Butler's aim, his entire speech
becomes plain eno.igh. This is the
kev to the situation. It is claimed
that Butler -lid not call President
Harriaon's name a single time, while
he called Mr. Cleveland's name not
less than fifty times.
It is sheer hypocrisy for a man to
trettnd that neither the Republi
cans nor the Democrats can be re
lied on to relieve the farmers, a join
Third party, which he knows can't
be elected, and use the farmers and
every other material he can influence
to put in a Republican President
If the dictionaries don't deGne such
as that as political rascality, they
are woefully defective.
As to the rank and file of the par
ty, the farmers, they are mainly in
nocent Advantage has been taken
of their depressed condition, and
they are being led, as far as possible,
to repudiate the beat man in the
United States, and the truest fnenl
they have, to throw away their votes
oa Weayt r that Harrison might get
in. The mn who observes will be
able at once to see that these con
clusions are correct
t;corse MeCorUle. of Sfwton, Gels
Thf BnRjry.
S.iUabury Herald.
Yesterday was an important day
at M S Brown's store. It waa also
fraught with much interest for his
many customers. Several month?
ao he advertised a buggy to be
given away on September loth to
the party gnesding nearest the num
ber of bean3 in a half gallon jar.
Last night the bians were counted
by Messrs. Jno. W Kerr and James
1) Heilig, Mr. Dongla3 Brown tally
ing. After carefully counting, th
exact number -of beans was found to
be 5,535. Mr. George McCorkle, of
Newton, guessed 5,540, which being
nearest the number, entitled him to
the buggy, The lowest number
guessed was 653 and the highest
50,000, the latter by Teter Sumner.
The following are a few cf the
guesses which came near the number
of beans :
Henderson Crawford, 5,517; W H
Misetheimer, 5,500; John Smith
deal, 5,555; Charles Kluttz, 5,500
W M James, 5,503; W A James,
5,510; C E Richie, 5,552; George
Hall, 5,5 19; Tom VanderforJ, 5,503;
T P Johnston, 5,567; J C Nail,
5,520; Dr. Crump, 5,550; J M Riley,
Lexirgton, 5,547.
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A Virginia Nnnko Story.
Charlottesville Progress.
A wonderful snake has been ee?n
near Brown's store in Culpepper
county. IIi8snakeshipwasposs8es3
ed of two distinctly formed heads,
one at each end of the bodj. The
color of the snake waa blact anu
brown. It waa killed by Isaiah E
Corbm.
Miles Orton's show had a email
crowd on Friday. The performance
waa superior to that of any show
that's been to Concord in the last 10
years. The animals were few but
:n other respects it was really supe
rior. It has following it quite a
ruber of gambling schemes.
YOL.V.NO 3G.
"Barriers Swept kf,"
IT EXTERN THREATEN OF TIIK4 I TY
"tve t'HNi of liolem Death iu Xe
York ( llj Dr. Jenkins Is Knrprleil
Tbo Aiilhorltii'N lo Sot Think II
Mill Spread.
New York, Sept. 14. The board
of health this afternoon officially
announced 5 deaths from Asiatic
cholera in this city, as follows:
Charles McEvery, who died Septem-.
ber Gth at 879 Tenth avenue ; Mrs.
Sophia AVigmau, died September
10th, at 768 Eleventh avenue ; WiN
liam Wigman, husband of Sophia,
died at same address on the follow
ing day ; Minnie Levanger, a child,
died September lltb, at 511 East
49th avenue ; Charlotte Beck, aged
30, died yesterday at 404 Second
avenue.
New York, Sept. 14. Medical
Commisrioaer of the health board,
Dr. Bryant, said to-day : "I do net
think that the disease will become
epidemic." This, he says, is almost
assured from the fact that no suspi
cions cases have occurred since yes
terday. There seems to be but little
danger," said Dr. Bryant, "so far,
and the public need not In' alarmed.
Every precaution his Wn taken by
theloard of health to combat and
crush the disease wherever it m::y
appear."
Dr. Edson, of the bureau of conta
gious diseases, was also of the opin
ion that there will be no cholera
epidemic here. "I think its spread
will be less than the typhus fever,"
said he. "As to where the cholera
came from, it is the question we
are trying to solve. It must have
come from some outside Eonrce. It
must have passed some quarantiiie.
I think th.tt before 24 hours we will
have run down the direction from
which tha disease came. There
may be cases of sporadic cholera over
the city, but I think the disease will
be speedily overcome."
The chamber of commerce up to
3 o'clock thi3 afternoon, reported
that Treasurer J Pierpont Mosgan
had secured $92,230 in subscrips
tiona to the quarantine fund.
rrof. Herman Biggs, who is in
charge of the divi-ion of pathology
and bacteriology of the health de
partment, has been at work making
bacteriological examination of the
intestinal fluids taken from the
bodies of those suspected cases. Proi
fessor Biggs reported to the health
department this afternoon the result
of an examination and announced
an hesitatingly that the cases were
Asiatic cholera beyond any doubt.
A Good Trait of Corbel I'n.
A splendid trait in Corbett's
character was spoken of by a mem
ber of his party yesterday. And
that is the kindness and considera
tion with which he treats his wife.
The pretty young woman h33 a pow
erful influence over the big chams
pion; and the proudest part of his
great victory was the pretty telegram
his wife sent him after he had won
Not all the applause and cheering
of the great multitude, not even the
sense of a fortune just made gave
him as much pleasure as the two
lines his wife sent him over the
wires. In this retpect the new
champion ia the superior of the old.
Atlanta Constitution.
A Jllic C'nno In Court Which Occupies
Three Dnjs.
Tha last three days of court have
been exceedingly interesting.
The cruise of all this interest was
nothing more or lost, than two pars
ties at law, one charging the other
with the larceny of a bull calf.
Value only 5.00. The parties to
the affair a.e Spencer Pore, owner
of the calf, and Burl Cecil, who stood
charged with the larceny of said
calf. The case began early Friday
morning, and was not concluded
until yesterday (Tuesday) evening.
There were about 75 witnesses in
the case, and- it was interesting even
to the casual listener.
The trial, however, ended ia the
acquital of Burl Cecil, the jury
rendering the verdict of "not
guilty."
It ia wonderful what petty things
sometimes get into court. Here was
a man prosecuting another for the
larceny of a calf which waa worth
only the pitiful sum of $5.00 at
first. Now, all the witnesses, etc,
have to be paid and all other court
charges, which will run the cost up
to hundreds of dollars ; and it will
cost the county at least a hundred
dollars, maybe two hundred. There
are too many of these petty cases
hauled into lhe courts.' It is a bur.
den to the taxpayers of the county,
and a h?avy one, too. Lexington
Dispatch.
JL
1 ririrr.
JOUGd
Nil. CLEVELAND AM) THE ALLI
ANCE.
He Socn Xothltiic Objectionable in 111-
OrganizationFarmer of All Men.
Are Interested In the luewloii of
Tnrlll Iteloriu.
Atlanta Conmitutlim.
A studious effort has be-m made
by Third party leaders, and by some
who are not quite ready to endorse
Third party doctrines, to convince
the members of the Farmers' AU
ance that they cannot conscientious
ly support the Democratic candis
date for President. This effort has
been persistent, and we have no
doubt that the impression has been
created in the minds of many farm
ers that Mr. Cleveland is opposed to
the Alliance.
And yet the impression is wide of
the mark. There is nothing in the
Alliance or its purposes that Mr.
Cleveland or any other Democrat
objects to. It is only when the real
objects and aim3of the farmers are
twisted to tit the views of would-be
leaders that they become objections
ab'e to Democrats. The farmers
themselves, on more than one occa
sion, have protested against these
efforts to turn their organization
into the channel of partisan politics.
Especially have they resisted the
effort to nvtke the Alliance an op
poreiit of the Democratic party.
So far as Mr. Cleveland's attitude
toward the Farmers' Alliance i3 con
cerned it is a matter of record. It
stands for itself. The following
letter, written sometime ago, gives
theviewsof Mr. Cleveland. It is
written in reply to the enclosure of
a copy of the declarations of the
Alliance in a le'ter from the secre
tarj of an Ohio subvAlliance:
March i0, 1800. J A Hill, Cors
responding Secretary Oak Orove
Lodge, Xo. 22, near Steuben ville, O.
"Dear Sir: I have received your
letter, accompanied by a copy of the
principles of the Farmery Alliance.
I see nothing m this declaration that
cannot be fully endorsed by any
man who loves his country; who be
lieves that the object of our govern
ment should be the freedom, pross
pcrity anel happine?3 of all our peo
ple, and wno believes that justice
and fairness tc all are necessary coU'i
ditiono to its useful administration.
"It has always seemed to me that
the farmers of the country were
especially interested in the equitable
adjustment of our tariff system.
The indifference they have shown to
that question and the ease with
which they have been led away from
a sober consideration of their needs
and 'heir rights as related to thi?
subject haye exci'ed my surprise.
"Struggle as they might, our
farmers trust continue to be the
purchasers and consumers of the
numberless things enhanced in cost
by tariff regulations. Surely they
have a right to say that thiB cost
shall not be increased for the pur
pose of colliding unnecessary reves
nue or to give undue advantage to
domestic manufacturers.
"The plea that our infant indusv
tries need protection, which thus
impoverishes the farmer and con
sumer, i8j in view of our natural ad
vantages and skill and the ingenuity
of our people, a hollow pretext,
"Struggle as they may, our
farmers cannot escape the conditions
which Gx the price of what they
produce themselves according to the
rates which prevail ; in foreign
markets, Hooded with the compstis
tlon of countries enjoying a freer
trade than we.
"The plausible presentation of the
blessings of the homa market should
not deceive our depressed and im
poverished agriculturists. There is
no home market for them that does
not take its instruction from the
seaboard, and the seaboard transmits
the word of foreign markets.
"Because my canviction that there
should be a modification of our tariff
laws arose principally from an ap
preciation of the wants of the vast
army of consumers, comprising our
farmers, our artisans, and our work
men, and because their condition
has led me to protest against the
present imposition, I am especially
glad to eee these associatioua of fel
low countrymen arousing themselves
to the importance of tariff reform.
Yours very truly,
"Gkover Cleveland."
Hero ia an endorsement of the
real purposes of the Farmers' Alli
ance at once digniCed and hearty,
and it is in contrast to the attitude
of those who are seeking to use the
Alliance movement as a etepping
stone to office.
Not a few of our people went to
Charlotte to see and hear Mr Steven
son. Messrs. Rob. Wheeler and
Notorious.. Public Coltrane went
through the country ; Mayor Means
preceeded them on the train.
Standard
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CONCORD N. C. THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 22
JUXIK 1VU MACK.
Extract From a Speech Delivered at
ItiiiHtoii nnl Reported by the Illu
sion Free I'rewtt.
Exchange
In discussing the Third party, I
want to lay down thi3 proposition,
nd I shall prove it: I charge the
leaders of the Third party with
wilfully and. deliberately trying to
deceive, mislead and fool the people.
They have fool-d the; 'Democratic
party, they are trying to fool the Re
publican party ! Yoi people who
have been deceived, misled and fool
edouht to abandon your deceivers.
In the district next to mine, when
Brower ran against Morehead for
congress, I canvassed for Morehead
and I prophesied then, aa did many
other Democrats, th?t if the finan
cial system of the Republican party
was continued we would be compell
ed to suffer financial distress and
ruin, and yet men are now turning
their backs upon the Democratic
party because the evil legislation
fastened upon us by the Republican
party has been such a burden to us.
The Democratic party did all it could
do; it warned the people of the ap
proaching financial disaster and
plead with the n to destroy the party
that fathered such legislation.
The Alliance bean with an hon
est intention to do good to the indns
tiial c!as?es, but designing men were
not long in seeing in it an opportun
ity for personal agrandizement, and
this was the origin of the Third
party. The Alliance was perverted
from its high aims by these men
who A-ere working for self. 1 shall
depend on facts in my argument be
fore you today.
These men tried to make the people
believe Democratic leaders and edi-.
tors were scoundrels. They a.sked
thetn not to read Democratic rews
paper?, and not to ha:r. Democratic
speeches.
Sometime ago 1 saw the Third
party was making much headway in
my county; I saw gome of niv
friends going into it, and I deter
mined to make a personal canvass
of the county. Friends approached
me and said, Womack it is of no
use, they won't go to hear you. I
said I knew the temper of my peo
ple. 1 knew they would listen
fairly to reason. 1 went among
tr pm and I found that I hael not
iii?judgeded them. With the excep
tion of some few who were dis
gruntled oflice seekers, I found that
in Chatham the white men were
patriots, they would not be like
dumb driven cattle, they would not
be led blindly by the nose by de
signing men who had lied to them.
They listened to fair discussion and
when they heard the truth they
gladly returned to their protector
the Democratic party. I don't
believe that the people of North
Carolina will be fooled in this way.
fhey will act on their own convic
tions after hearing fair and opn
discussion. Tbia was the first step
towards deceiving the people keep
ing the people in ignorance, I mean;
letting them hoar but one side of
the matter.
For a thousand years after the
disintegration of the Roman civili
zation, Europe was wrapped in the
darkest iguorance. What was tht
cauee of the Dark Ages? It wa3
this: the priests alone read the
Bible, the people were kept in ig
norance and hence grew super
stitious. A man who reads only one
side of anything must necessarily be
narrow, 5e contracted. These de
signing politicians appreciated this
and have used it to fur her their
own selfish aims, the people have
been kept ignorant of but one Eide
They have been fed from the Pros
gressiye Farmer and National Econ
omist alone.
In May the Democratic convention
waa held, Holt is Governor by
reason of the death of Fowle. I
have yet to hear of any criticismin
any part of tne State, of any one of
his official acts, I, with many others,
felt that he should be nominated.
Party precedent dictacted his nomi
nation. But these Third party men
said nominate any good man except
Tom Holt and we will support him;
Elias Carr, Syd Alexander or any
other good man. The Democratic
party thought they were honest, it
tried to please them, Elias Carr was
put up. But what do they siy now?
They are fighting Eliaa Carr, they
are excercising every ingenuity to
defeat Carr. How can honest men
follow them? No political party in
all history has ever been guilty of
euch Jhypocrisy, and no party has
ever been so untrustworthy as it has
in its brief career.
We are suffering from financial
distress, we want more money. The
Third part folka proposed to give
us more money. I want to show you
how they ;have deceived the people
on this question. Let me digress a
little. The Progressive Farmer sas
the cause of this distress ia a cons
tracted currency its figures, its ar
guments are all false. The wealth
of this couutry ia timply marvelous,
Its rapid increase is wonderful, it is
startling. But while the United
States has been growing richer, we
of the South have been growing
pcor r. One section has grown rich
and prosperous, one section rolls in
luxury and affluence and power,
while the other has been growing
poorer and more destitute and im
poverished, because it has been
drained of its substance to enrich
the other section.
At the close of the great war be
tween the States the national govern
ment was terribly in debt. If all
the taxable property in the dtate was
taken the United States has paid
out seven States of the value of
North Carolina on the principal and
ten States on the interest of that
debt We have also enormous pen
sions to pay, and we are adding mill
ions to it year after year. Altogeth
er the United States has paid out
twenty-two and a half States of the
value of all the taxable property in
North Carolina. What part of this
has the South paid? About eight
States of the value of thia State to
liquidate thewarelebt. Where has
it gjne? Every dollar of it has
gone over Mason and Dixon's line.
Is it any wonder that they are rich
and we poor? Would you believe
that those Third party leaders would
have the audacity to ask yon to
send more money over that line than
we do now ? Aud yet that is what
they ask you to do. They do it in
two ways. In their convention in
December thoy favored Weaver's
bill, which proposed to p:iy the
Union soldiers the difference bes
tween gold and the greenbacks in
which his pensions was paid him.
In St. Louis, in February last,
they favored increasing the pen
sions. The Progressive Farmer says it
was enly a resolution, it was not a
elemand. It is false. It was passed
as a demand in the platform. Up j
North, they say it is a part of the
platform, but down here it is only a
resolution. They are trying to fool
both the North and South by ly-l
I want to put you on the jury to
try the Third party leaders of lying.
You will as honest men cenvict
them. The first witness that I shall
introduce is the Laborer's Tribune,
a newspaper published at Carthage,
Mo. The copv I have is dated
May 10, 1892. It is not one of the
partisan papers. It isn't one of the
''subsidized" press. It is the of
ficial organ of the Alliance and
Laborer's Union. Thia paper con
taina the alleged resolution aa a de
mand in the platform. We don't
see any diyision into land, finance
and transportation. There are
twelve demands in that platform.
The next piece of evidence I shall
introduce is this, xll parties issue
hand-DOok3 which contain their
platform anel all the party history.
fhe Third party ba3 gotten out a
hand-book. In the platform in this
book Weaver's proposition is put as
a plank in the platform and not as
a resolution. But by looking on the
back of thi3 hand-book, which is
held in my baud, you find that it
was compiled in California. Oh ! it
wasn't intended to be used except in
the North, where the Federal sol
diers live. Ene thing i3 Eure, they
are deceiving somebody. These
things out to be sufficient to crush
any political party.
I'm not going to introduce any
"subsidized" press. I shall intro
duce aa my next witness, The Pros
gressive Farmer, of March 1st, 1892.
There is no division of land, finance,
transportation in the platform pub
lished in this parx-r. It is divided
into twelve demands and one resolu
tion. The Third party folks say every
Democratic Allianceman is a traitor
Carr, Alexander and Grady are
ate traitors, but a man like Butler,
who said in May that Carr should
be elected, but who turned against
him when he saw he could not be
re-elected presid nt of the Alliance
unless he went into the Third party,
he is a patriot 1
Congressman Moses, of Georgia,
an Allianceman, heard the platform
read when it was adopted, and he
gaya that there were twelve planka
or demands and that the twelfth was
Weaver's proposition to pay the
Union soldiers the difference bes
tween the value of gold and green
backs. The platform waa- not-changed
until after the convention had ad-
1S92,
journed, and it was changed then at
the suggestion of Marion Butler,
He suggested that it. be divided into
land, finance and transportation and
that the Weaver proposition be made
a resolution instead of a denianel.
My friends, if you were under oath,
woldn't you say that those men have
lied ?
The other day I was
speak ins
against irank Koonce and he said
to this, but we are not standing on
the St. Louis platform, we are stand-,
ing on the Omaha pi tform. That's
the way they all do. When you
catch up with them and expose them
they cry out, "Oh, we're not standing
on mat now." rxo, you are not
standing on that fraud, but you are
standing on this one.
There never was a party befor
whose platform waa disputed. No
one can find out what they are
standing on.
I don't read from the partisan
press, you see, I take the only true
and faithful record the Progressive
Farmer. Great applause at this
bit of irony.
They want to buy up the rail
roads and put them uneler govern
ment control in order to getj;more
money. Do you know who owns
the railroads ? Do any of you own j
any r 1 cu know the Northern
capitalists own them. Then we are
to buy them and pay more mo1 ey
beyond that line Mason and Dixs
on s. It must be pant either by.tax
ing the people or by the earnings of
the road. Well, who pays the earn
ings .' I he people. Then it is all
the same to us the money will go
North whether they are paid for by
taxation or by their earnings,
The value of the railroads is
three times the war debt. The South
had to pay eight States as its part of
the debt. Are we poor now ? It is
nothing compared to what our con-
elition would be then. Could e
exist in a State of affairs three times
as bad as it i3 at present ? Then
you will see depr g ion and financial
ruin ! It would be ludicious if it
wasn't so serious a matter.
I read from the truthful Progress-
sive rarmcr about the railroads.
The plank proposes to disfranchise
the million and half men who wotk
for the railroads. Are vou willinsr
to take the right of suffrage from a
miilion and a half free of men.
This truthful paper proposes to
eliminate any part of the national
platform which might on discussion
prove weaic or objectionable. My
frieiuls I move you that all of us
white and black, rise up in our
might and eliminate these Third
party leaders in November.
I a the Progressive Farmer the
platform read that the railroad ems
ployes shall be disfranchised. The
Special Informer puts it that they
shall be appointed under civil ser
vice regulations. Now, my friends
which doea Gen. Weaver stand on ?
We demand to know, because we
have a right to know.
Judge Womack spoke for about
two hours. The remainder of his
address dealt with questions which
have already been reported in other
speeches in this paper. The speech
wa3 a strong one. He proved his
charge that the Third party leaders
have been willfully and intentionally
endeavoring to deceive the people,
and on the 8th ot November th
jury will return a veruicc against
them, "guilty of lying in the first
degree,"
What They Ask.
Panipson DcmocRat..
Marion Butler, Otho Wilson, and
other Third party reformers, so call
ed, howled and bellowed and shouts
ed themselves hoarse cryirg "Re
form," and then went anel nomina
ted on their ticket an embezzler, and
a prejurer, and a man who mistook
his widowed aunt's hogs for his
own, and another fellow who ran
away to Canada with his wife's sis'.er.
And they have the cheek the bra
zen impudence to ask the respec-
able peopte of North Carolina peo
pie of North Carolina to vote for
these scoundrels. That's Reform
with a vengeance. O, Reform! now
many villianiea are devised iin thy
namti
A Funny Patron.
Sampson Democrat.
A teacher not a thousand miles
from Clinton, told a pupil a little
girl to purchase a grammar. The
next day he received the following
note from the little girl s mother
'T do not desire that Mariar Isabeller
(but that isn't her name) shall in-
gage in grammer a3 I prefer her to
engage in more youstf ul studys, and
can learn her to speek and rite miself.
I went thru 2 grammars miself and
cant say aa they done me no good
I prefer Mariar Isabeller to ingage
in rithmatic ritin and vokal musick
on the piany."
WHOLE NO 243.
LOCAL MATTERS.
Mr. WltfeiihoiiMe Mentioned.
Mil. Editor: -vhile suggestions
are in order, can any one say why
county commissiourr, Martin Wid
enhouse, would;not be tne best man
we could get to represe it Cabarrus
m the Legislature? Yoteh.
A Popular Couple Married.
In J.o. 10 township, at the home
of Mr M M Furr, the bride's father,
Misa Electa Furr, one of the most
excellent and noble young ladies of
the county, was married Wednesday
nignt to Mr il l nomas Tucker, son
of Air Ephnam Tucker. The
Standard wishes the young couple
all the pleasure anel happiness that
aeimiration can suggest
MnJ. Malonc oil.
Maj. Malone, who was nominated
by the Third party for judge of the
twelfth judicial district, has declin
ed the nomination.
Maj.JMalone explains his action
by saying that he can see no hope
for triumph of the JPeople'a party
in this state, and if th3 State is to
remain under the control Jof either
of the old parties he would greatly
prefer the Democratic party. He
did not want to do anything that
might aid the Republican in getting
back into power in JNorth Carolina.
Further he said he saw nothing in
in the Republican party orpla'form
that gave hope of relief to the couns
try in financial matters.
Will Foll'M Accident-
The Durham Globe has this to
say about Will Foil's accident: A
erioii8 accident occured at the new
cotton milla to-day, near Trinity
Park, in which a young man, of
Concord, waa badly hurt.
We could not ascertain the name
without taking a trip to the scene,
which our business would not rer
mit us to do, aa the distance is too
great.
From Dr. Johnson, who attended
the unfortunate man, we learn that
he is badly hurt.
While moving some heavy timbers
a piece fell upon a truck, the handle
of which flew up and struck him on
the head, breaking the skull and
rendering him unconscious.
No one can tell at present just
what the result will be.
Attempt nt PoiNoniny.
On Tuesday some foul play wa3 j
attempted in No. 5 on uncle Billy
Blackwelder. It appears that while
away some one broke into his house
and did the deed. Iu the evening
Mr. Blackwelder had occasion to
take a dose of whiskey from a bottle
that was sending on the mantle.
It made him deathly sick and a mes
senger wa3 dispatched for a physis
cian. Dr. S L Montgomery answer
ed the call. When reaching there
Dr. M. found Mr. B. resting quietly
and apparently well again. From a
description of the trouble Dr. M.
wa3 satisfied that it was the result of
an attempt to poison. The rumor
goes now that Mr. B. suspected one
person and that the poison record
in a Concord drug store waa ex-
amined and that it appears that the
suspected party had bought poisou
here that day or the day before.
The Standard doe3 not vouch for
the accuracy of thi3 report, as Dr,
Montgomery could not be seen be
fore going to press, neither baa the
Standard any informat:on other than
street report. It is getting bad,
when one's whisky i3 treated thusly.
From Mr. Robert X. cooU.
The Standnrd ha3 a letter from
Mr Roberf N Cook, a native of No.
10 and a recent graduate of Wake
Forest College. Mr Cook ia profes
sor of Latin in Bardstown (Ky.,)
M and F Institute
Mr Cook, among other things,
says: There are a few "ea vc-rites"
here, but they are so fow that they
will go down in November "unwept,
unhonored, and unsung." Groyer
is the Moses to lead us out of bond
age over the wall8 cf wealth, and
the people will also find in him a
Joshua to lead them into the land of
promise.
How I wish I waa back there in
the "Old North State" to help you
bring the Weaverites to the mourner's
bench ! If the Republican-People's
party should, by fusing, carry the
"Old North State" and the banner
of Democracy go down, we would,
in the language of the South'a sweet
est singer, say:
Furl the banner, softly, slowly;
Treat it gently, it is holy
Fori! droops above the dead.
Touch it not unfurl it never,
Let it droop there furled forever,
For its people's hopes are dead.
I did not mean to say so much
about politics.
Please send me the Standard.
With, beat wishes, I remain,
Respectfully,
; Robert N. Cook.
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county:.
Nome Fivnrc That arc lulereMtlnir
Lehman Bros., in their report of
the cotton bu3ines3 at the close of
the year Sept. 1, give these figures
showing the cotton crop for the last
three years. The reports go from
Sept. 1 to Sept. 1 :
18S9-90 7,313,721$
lS'JO-92 8,055,518
1891-H2 9,03S,707
This report is about as accurate
as could be. The product, in pounds
for 1891-92, is 4,508,324,405 pounds,
against 4,32(',400,015 pounds the
previous year,
Hubbard, Price & Co., of New
York, offered twoprize3 for the near
est two guesses on the crop of 1891
92. The first prize was J 1,000.
Th1? second prize was f 500.
The local elealers put guesses in
as follows :
J W Cannon S, 437,479
Cannons & Fetzer 8,159,023
Hoover & Lore 7,789,500
In the pamphlet of guesses we
find no other guess by our iocal dcaK
ers. Mr. A P Manville, Barnwell,
S. C, guessed the nearest, 9,050,000,
missing the notch 17,2'.3 bales; W
D Kerr, of Holly Grove, Ark., gels
second prize, having put in thia
number, 9,000,000 bales.
The majority of the gue-:s;-s were
between 7,000,000 and 000,000.
Bat few people even dealers-
had an idea the crop would have)
reached such a number.
Our ;uroj)Oan Party.
The Greensboro Workman has
tliia to say : Late news ha? been re
ceived from Mr. W R Odell and his
company who are making the tour
of Europe. They were in London.
Miss Olie Odell ha3 written some
interesting accounls to her father,
Capt. J M Odell, cf noted objects
visiteil, snca an the room and furni-
ure of Mary, Quern of Scotts, the
house of Mary, Queen of Scotts, tho
house of John Knox, etc., etc.
They had met a number of acquaint
tances in Loudon, and accepted an
invitation to dine at the finest res-
turant in the world.
They have as yet paid no visit to
France and Germany which they
will take in later. They will le
absent until November.
Returning to the Democratic FoIS.
Jackson, Miss., Sept.12-
Despite the visit of Messrs.
"Weaver and'Field to this Slate,
the People's party seems to be
osing strength. Reports from
all over the State indicate that
many farmers are becoming
satisfied that by failing to
stand byjthe Democratic Party
they would be throwing away
their only hope of relief, anel
are abandoning the Third party-
The Franklin County Adyo
cate, one of the very few
Third party newspapers in the
State, in its last issuo aban
dons the Populists and returns
to the Democratic Party, havi
ing, it says, become convinceel
it offered the only relief with
in reach of the fanner.
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