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CONCORD-N. C., THURSDAY, JANUARY 1 1895.
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THE OFFICERS OF BOTH THE
HOUSES.
Walser nrted Speaker of the House
the icmoerats Voting Tor Ray, o:
of platen Kinft, of Onslow, Prlucl'
pal Clerk of tbe Senate; Iilnckbur:i-
of Afthc, Reading Clerk; Ilnlliburtou
of Burke, Doorteeepcr -Satterfield
or Ponton, Principal Clerk of lac
Honso: Cliapin, of Ceanfort, Read,
inz Clerk: Move, of Pitt, Door
keeper.
SENATE.
" . Raleigh, : Jan. 9. For several
, hours preeeeding the time appointed
icr the convening of'ihe Senate tee
rotunada of the capitol was packed
" by a crowd of cPizeus, office -seekers
and Democra'ic members awaiting
she adirae it of the caucus hrld
in tbeyieiiu- 2 chamber.
At 12 o'clock Lieutenant Governor
Dough tin '?. s-en cording up the
stairs, followed bj Chief Clerk TvT G
Barkheud. Od taking the chair the
.Lieutenant Governor announced
that the hour tor convening the
Senate had armed and upon r be
drop of the gravel requested the
Senators holding ccrtiflcites to com
feward, present the e imc and lak
- " th oath cf office. Chief Cier
call and tlie senators trom the sev
ers.1 districts proceeded to qu ;hfy,
Many new laces are seen anions: this
body and there is Eot a negro m th
lot. It ia en intelligent looking
body of me.--, a large proportion be
mg from the farming ani agncuit
ural class.
.
Upjojthe announcement by tr:e
' President tait nominations were ia
oraer, the senator from On
nominated Hill E Kinr, of Onslow,
for principal clerk. Mr. Abell, of
Johnston, nominated W G Burkhead,
There were no speech? of endore-
msnt by either side. The cleik
announced the vote us follows: King
42, Burkhead 5. The President then
announced Ilr. King duly elected
The election of a reading clerk being
next in order the Senator from
Cleveland nominated E Spencer
jSlackbnni; the Senator from Johns
ton Wiley Rush, of Randolph. The
yote s ood Blackburn 42, Rush 5
The President then announced that
Mr. Blackburn, having received the
majority of ths yofe, was duly elect
ed. The election of dor-keepers
was then -.y-iij into. The Senator
fom. Hay wood placed in noniioa
tioa T H Halliburton, of Burke,
Tbe Senator from Mecklenburg
dominated W V Cliftou. The vote
s!xod: Halliburton 42, Clifton 4. For
assistant door keeper, D M Mathesoa
and Mr. Babb were nominated; the
vote stood: Matheson 4, Babb 42
Ensrossirg clerk, A I) K Wallace
and H S Blair were nominated. The
vote stood: Wallace 42,Bla r 4 After
declaring those elected who received
the mpj'jri tj i they were requested to
come for wdU- and qualify, - which
they p.-oeeedtd to do.
Lieutenant Governor Doughtou
then announced that the Senate was
duly -organized anl was ready to
proo el with business; that he
hoped that cordial relations would
exist, and that be would try to do
his part to make it so, and th it he
hoed that such legislaton would be
bad as would redound to tne benefit
of the S'ate, On motion, a message
was sent to the House to no'ify
that bo jy that the Senate v.a3 duly
fganiued aad ready to proceed to
business. -
On motion of the Senator from
Warren, a committee of three on the
part of the Senate to act with a like
committee ot the House "was an
thorized to notify the Governor that
th General Assembly was duly or
graoized and ready to proceed with
. buaine3s. Upon its adoption the
chair appointed Messrs Cook,
ot Warren; Abell, of Johnston, and
White, of Peiquimana.
The Senate, then, upon motion.
aM inrced till 11 o'clock tomorrow.
- rocsK.
At noon sharp, Principal Clerk J
M Brown, of fie last house, called
. the new House to order.' In froDt
of him sat Mr. Henry Clay Brown,
formerly a clerk of the Ho nee, and
"V ttcbig as assistant clerk. Near him
Bit Associate Justice Walter Clark,
who was to administer the oatbs.
'. Mr. .Brown, acting tinder bis an.
thority," named" Mr.'Boyne door-
- keeper, and notified merribers having
' - certificates of election to occupy the
seats neai the speaker's desk. Rev.
D H Tattle, of Raleigh's Central M.
E." .'church ' offered tbA opening
prayer ' -:- '' V
'" cilery and lobbies . were
picked with spectators. The mena
bers, nearly all of whom were ic
their respective sea's, made a good
appearance, and &il listened atten
tively while Mr, Tattle prayed thai
their work might all be without p?
sion or prejudice and for the good of
the "Old North Sta'e.'' His prayer
was very earnest and when it ended
some of the members said "atiio::,1
Counties were then caned m
groups and the members ca re for
ward end presented their certificates
and weie sworn in in batches. Af er
takinetae oath the members signed
the. roll.
In the front seats were V S Lusk,
of Buncombe; Council Wooten, of
Lenoir ; J F Payne, of Ilobeson ; Ii
B Peebles, of Northampton ; Jauieb
A Cheek, of Orang?, and II G Kwiirt,
of Henderson. Alfred M Self, of
Chatham, did not have his certificate
and had to stund back until the resl
were disposed of.
One thing noticeable was the num
ber of Populist members who were
members of the Legislature of 1831.
Then they were Democrats. There
are only four colore-l members in
this Legislature and these are all iD
the House.
George Z French, before taking
the catb, gave Lotice of a contest
from Tender. It required exactly
half an hour to swear in tbe n;eni
bers.
Only two ladies had seats ia the
gallery. Usually on the opening
da?'Tkrrif:6--K2STbnt no doubt
the bud wcther kept them awayT
The clerk called the roll in order
to ascertain if there was a quorum
Many new names wi re heard, Ii
was fouad thi.t 115 members were
prejea. There was a little ripple
of laughter when the name "Sri:itb,
of Joner," va3 called.
Motions were made that the mem
bers from Wilkes, Chatham, Craven,
Macon and Harnett, who had for
gotten to bring their credentials, be
allowed to tase the oa' h. They ere
accordingly all sworn in, and this
made the list of 120 members cumi
piete.
As this roll was completed, Marion
Butler came into the gallery andJ
took a seat at its front. lie smiled
as he lookad oyer the House.
At 1 o'clock Clerk Brown an
nounced that the next business was
the ehctiou of a Speaker, and nomi
nations were called for. X S Lusk
nominated Zt'b Vance Walser. Mr.
Lusk said he occupied a somewhat
peculiar position, and that never in
this State was a Legislature seen of
political complexiou like this one.
He then Epoke of the policy of f u
sion. in 'Conclusion ne piacca in
nomination for Spe.-.ker Z V Walser.
A A Campbell Seconded this nomi
nation. K B Peebles nominated J
Frank Kav, of Macon, aDd J H Alc-
Kiczie, of liowan, seceded him
Upon a vote Tl went, for Walser and
43 for P.ay. Waiser voted for Lusk
Walser was ileclared elected. He
wa3 escorted to the chair by Lusk,
Hay and Smith, of titatilv, and read
a brief speech, which was in good
ta3te.
For principal clerk Luslc placed
in nomination, us he elated in ac-.
cordance with the actiotj of the fu-
ion caucus, S P Satterfield, of Per
son, and L L liobinsou, of Anaon,
nominated J bl Brown, principal
clerk of the lait House. The vdte
stood: Satterfield 72, Frown 43.
For reading clerk Lu3k nominated
John W Cliapin, of Beaufort, and
Winborue nominated H A lutham,
Mr. Gnamn was elected.
Others officers elected are: J Mc-
Duffiie, of Cumberland. E D Stan
ford a&d J H Hancock, of Lenoir,
assistant cieiks ; E P Haueer, of
Lenoir, engrossing clerk ; A J Move,
of Pitt, doorkeeper, and A ii Mid
dleton, colored, cf Duplin, assistant.
The Speeker appointed G Z
French, A F Hileman and R B
Peebles a committee to no ify the
Governor of the organizition of tbe
House.
The rules of the last house were
adopted save the rale requiring a
two-thirds majority.
SECOSD DAY.
Kileigb, Jan. 10 Two hours ol
the time of the House today was
spent in listening to tbe Governor's
message.
Tee Populists and Republicans
then introduced bills upsetting past
Democratic legislation, chiefly in
election law and the county govern
ment system now in operation.
The Senatorial fight grows warmer
if anything, and it is now thought
that the field is combined against
Jeter Pritchard. who is considered
Butler's man, sccoading tc his alleg
ed bargain with CLgieseman-elect
Kichmond Pearson before electicn. .
Candidate Mott, who is considered
ky many probably ine most sagaci-l
ous of the candidates, s iys th it the
complexion of the fight may change
whn election time comes, an i he
Said this with seeming screnesa of
effeC'iye opposition to develop
ag inst Pritchard.
Only one copy of the Governor's
message was prepared and it will
therefore be read to the Senate to
morrow. This was criticized by
some.
One Republican member, in
troducing bis bill in the House call
ed it a bill "to eecure a free ballot
and a fair count." Another Res
publican called his bill 'to find out
whether the people of this State had
a right to govern themselves."
A motiou to adopt the rules of tbe
'ast Senate until new rules con'd be
adopted is'as defeated, and the Sen
ate "proceedrel to business wicbeut
rules. "'It 13 ubderstogl ' to mcTaa
that a resolution will ba passed tak
ing the appointment of committees
out of the bam.'s of the President cf
the Senate,
Senator Abell, Democrat, intro
duced a bill to meke G per cent the
lesal rate of interest.
Senator Mewborne, Populist, in
troduced a bill to llopeal the charter
of the State Farmer's Alliance and
to restore the old charter which was
ameLded by the last General As
sembly. This bill passed and was
sent to the House. .
Senators Aycr.ck and Smith,
Deroocratp, who held certificates of
.-lection ia the ninth district uml
vvTilse sii-5'."5Jt contested by Grant
aod Paddison, f uslonisfs, v.ei'e not
present and the Litter were declared
duly elected Senators and were scat
ed without opposition.
Rjleigh, Jan. 10 The fiuionists
in the Sena'e have decide ! 'o take
steps which clearly si i the!r
animus. They have dec" i.; ! to take
away from Lieutenant Governor
Dorghton, the presiding officer, the
tppointee of all the committees. The
oommittee on rule?, appointed today
and composed of Senators Adanu
Democrat; Rice Republican, and
Hamerick, Populist, met this iifier
neon. Rice and Hamerick, 6eii'g t
majority of the committee, voted to
make a report giving to the Seriate
the appointmentof ll standing com
mittees. ''.Ir, Adams, justly in
diguant at this unp;:nu;ed course,
will file a protest tomorrow. He
tells me there is a caucus cf Dciao-
ciats tonight to consider this hist
new step of tbe f usionists.
7.'he bill to repeal the election law
introduce.! by G Z French in the
House tcday, was drawn by D L
Russell and is very iorig." Its salien
features are as follows: One baliot
and one bov, which is claimed to be
a new idea; all ballets to be preserv
ed in a eeakd box fr one year after
the election unless ordered produced
by a judge in the caee of contest; all
canvassing boards, ccmity and
State, to be done away with and all
election returns to be made by the
poll-holders direct to the Superior
Court cleric.
THIliD DAT.
SESATE
Raleigh, Jan. 11, The Senate met
at 10 o'clock, Lieut. Gov. Doughton
presiding. Prajer was offered by
Rev. Mr. BraEson.
Senate bill No. 1, to restore 0 per
cent, as tbe legal rato of interest, was
put upon its second reading. Smar
ter Cook moyed its reference to the
appropriate committee when ap
propriate committee. This was
adopted.
Ibe Senator from Lenoir offered a
resolution that a committee of three,
composed of Ri.e, Republican, liam
rick, Popu list, and another, to be
named by the Presit'ent, be appoint
ed to select all standing committees
and other committees. This was
adopted.
Senator Mewborne introduced a
bill to make 5 per cent, the legal
rate of interest, and this was referred
to a committee.
Senator Mewborna introduced a
bill to repeal chapter 351, acts 1893,
in regarel to letting tbe public print
ing to the lowest, bidder. Senator
Adams moved to refer to the projer
committee. This mcion was de
feated and tbe bill passed its second
reading. Senator Dowd objected to
its passage -on the third reading.
Senator Cook moved its immediate
passuge and this motion prevailed
and it passed third reading. Mew
borne moved that it be set; t to the
House without engrossment. This
was adopted.
Senator Rice, of New. HaDOver,
then reported fer the committee on
rules. President Doughton ap
pointed Senator allowed him to be on
the committee to appoint the various
standing cooinitteee.
Senator Adams then moyed to
amend Senate Rule 3, to allow the
President to appoint committees, and
to amend Rule 4 to allow the Presi
dent to appoint a President pro tem.
He made a s'rong talk, saying i:o
Chaiigc? so radical in their character
had ever been made, so far as he
could learn, in the history of the
State. It absolutely disrobes the
President of his prerogatives. He
declared that he did not believe the
Senate had the constitutional riht
to do such a thing. The change he
termed absolutely without precedent.
He spoke of the condition existing
in 1S70, when the Democrats hftd
tbe majority and the President of
the Senate was a Republican. Then
the Democrats did not take away any
of the prerogatives of the President.
The Scnate'arljourned till 11 tomorrow.
House At 11- o'cioei:
Speaker
Wals'.'f 'called the House to
or'Jer.
Rtv. J W Carter, cf the First Bap
tist church, prayed.
Bills were introduced as follows :
By Smith, of Gates, to can y out the
constitutional requirement rega-d-ing
public schools by making tbe
tax 22 instead of 16 cents. By Mcs
Clammy, to repeal New Hanover
coucty's stcck lay, and for the le
lief of the Superior Court clerk of
that county. By McCdl, to incor
porate the Mutual Fire Insurance
Company of: Charlotte.
Ewart's bill to repeal county gov
enuent wfs read and at his request
1,000 copies were ordored printeiJ.
Peebles offered a resolution that 5,C0O
copies of Governor Carr's message be
printed, and it wa3 adopted.
Williams, of Craven, offered a me
morial in the Crews -Lyotwdfc tioa
contest f:om Granville com
ner, of Mitchell, made a mc
all papers in contested elec;
go at once into the coi
hands Peebles opposed
omnibus resolution as this.
eaid lie made tK'- motiou at
quest cf Chairman Ewart,
committee. Pteble3 sa
aoK ior ice iijesr:nci noea. iz wouiu
be a violation of the long-established
rules to adopt the rc-.cJnticn. French
and Liue'onck, Republicans, k-cked
up Poeblts, anl Turner then with
drew his motion at the request cf
Oui.irmin Jwart. Ihe Democrats
were re:;(ly To work avid fight agaiuft
th's motion.
Mr. Hileman asked leave to take
from the clerk's desk the bill which
he introduced today, which is in re
gard to the charter of the Fanners'
Aliiance, and which repeals the i.ct
of 1S03 and leaes the charter of the
Alliance) as it was before 1893. Mr,
Payue said he wished to effrr an am
endment. Mr. Fiench said the pur
pose of the "co-oporationists" to
pass this bill and to right what was
a great wrong done to tbe common
people cf the State; that it was their
purpose to ri:ht wrongs, and that
they would be responsible for ali
done; that filburstenngar.d factions
opposition would be strenuously op
posed. Ha declared that it was well
to stfcrt faii; that the Democrats
would be giyen an opportunity to
have all sorts of privileges, lie
gave assurances that the oPJcers of
the Alliance would treat the stock
holders fairly.
Mr. Payne said that ! e '.van ted to
protect those persons who had given
notice that they desired to withdraw
their funds. Hileman said that the
act of the last Legislatuie ia regard
to the Alliance was a most diabolical
piece of work; that it was done to
wreck the Alliance and cjuse a rush
upon its funds. He said that all the
Alliance asked was to have its
charter restored as at first. Payte
said that upon French's statement
that the ouiceis of the Alliance
would treat all subscribers to the
fund fairly, he would not oiler an
amendment Peebles sid he was
prepared to vote for Hilemau's bill;
that he assured the Alliance in his
county that he would vote to restore
the charter t-.s it was. Smith, of
Gates, and McKenzie caid that if the
co operationiets had any idea: that
the Democra's were organized ' to
yole against the bill they w ere great
ly mistaker; that there was no party
opposition, and that they themselves
would tupport the bill. The yeas
and nays were demanded and the
call was sustained Hileman made
a statement that only $3,000 had
been withdrawn from the f uud. In
explaining his vote Ray, Dem erit,
of Macon said tnat he was a member
of the la3t Hoi'se which yoted to
repeal; that he did not vote for thej
bill, but I bat be wanted to
say that the misrepresentations,
of their action as to the mat
ter were so gross that if. they were
equally distribufed over the universe
trej would wreck the souls of the
homaa race. He said the bill was
passed at the instance of leading
Alliancemea, snob as Gen, B Bt
1 -ire
1 El
1 N
Vance, who said that, politicians b io
gotten into the Alliance and were
prostitu ing it for po!i treat purposes.
On theie statements the Legis'a'ure
acted. Ray s:i:d Hilemnn had eu;d
that it-was understood that the Fob
scribers to this fund should cover
withdraw this fund. But hov whs
it "understood ?'' It certainly was
net so stilted ia the charter of 'he
Alliance. He denonrctd f Le asser
tion that the action of the last Legis
lature wn3 diabolical. lie said that
the two ye;:r3 time for withdraws! ol
funds was ample and be therefore
voted for the bill tocly. The bill
then passed its second and third
readings, after Young, colored Re
pubheau, of Wake, had explained
bis yote, and incidentally attacked
Gen. Vance as a Democra'ic partisan.
City nm! Connty 4verui:;ct.
Our city end county government
necessarily form important parts in
the machinery cf government in this
Sifite. They absorb very much
mora cf the taxes of the people than
the State govern roent with ail its
varied and important functions. No
well-informed mini cm say that
these govern men tt , w.i a rule, laye
not been well managed. There mav
j hce been here trid there a few ex
ceptions, but a close scrutiny and a
rigid examination rill develop the
fact that ia all the history of the
State, the city and county gcver)..
iiients haye never been more whtely
ar.d economically ndmioistered than
for the past fifteen years, You
should hesitate long and anxiously
before you make any ekeratiou ia
the svstem which has produced such
units. Ic teems to me you
itiified fiat the pro
jvernmeut will pro-.
efficiency and
ltIIow tbe pre-.
io influence
which
retrogression in ousinets
it the changes you u:
accomplish such results the respon
sibility will rest cu jot:, but the
people will h.vve the burdens to b-.'cr
and puy the expenses of jc.;r expe
riment. In ctrpaigu C tcr c.in-
pcign a change in our system of
county goverment was projiosed by
one party, antagonized by the other,
Tia;e and again it has been discussed
and fought out before the' pcopi
and the party proposing the change
always vreut down in defeat. Tins
question was not, in my judgment,
the pronvne-nt question in the last
camnaiirn. The causes which op
erated most potently to bring you
into power as 3aw-maber3 are. to be
found in other ouestiens. Had this
been the only or the great is;ue be
fore the people their veruict, in my
opiniot', would have been otherwise.
But b that ts it may, tie jodg
mentof the people Las, after full
and fair discussion, been ia favor of
the present sys'em. It, therefore,
has the approval of the people, as
well as tat test results m practice,
to commend it to your btt'.er judg
ment, and to warn you against mak
ing U3(ies3 charges. Extract from
Gor. Can's message.
JInrrietl W!ncslny Kirlit.
Last Vcdnesdiiy night at the home
of the bride's father, K M Cox,
Mr. V W Dry -'and Miss Eunic
Cook were married. Rev. J Q Wertz,
of St Johns, performed the ceremony.
The Standard wishes thi usual gi:t
edge wuhes.
TSio City InI.
Concord's city fathers met Wed
nesday evening. Just what wns
under consideration we do not know.
Ve met the major and he said "Oh,
nothing much' in answer to our
question about the business trans
acted. Was TstkiiiK PJIIft.
A wonderfully funny sioiy is
told by a certain pbjsician in our
city who Was attending a joung man,
frfr whom the dictor pretci ib. d pil.s
The docer culled on the voung in in
at his home' this morning ai d lound
his patient in t'-'e Lath tu j, where-.
Uj cu h? exclaimed :
"or Heavtii'd sake 1 Dou'o you
know you are fixing to kill yotirselii'"
At this .the young man began
trembling and got very nervous and
excited, fiinll saying, "Why, doc
tor, didn't you tell me to take these
pills iu water ?"
The patient is much b?ttcr.
Stolen From Ktable. ,
On Tuesday night my cow, a deep
red cow, with horns curved toward
forehead, right ear smooth cut and
split, my mark, was stolen from my
stable. Finder will be rewarded.
: H e'nht Johnson, Colored,
Eas held, Mecklenburg Co.. d5Iw
J Vtcut
tj
Mr. Ca'eo A Pitis is asbititinj
Roister Wedoiaglon in running th
e-f2c". The'- keep good (ires.
We are told that thd water courses
of lh. ooui.ty are higiier thsn thy
have teen for yeaie.
Mr. W W Robinson, of P.-p'.tf
Tent, has moved to Moore-sville ui;d
iccne irito tbe ho-e-1 business.
Master Baron Cook, of this ci
has been appointed a page iti t'-e
House of Representatives, ouu h it
this (Fiiday) mcming for Raleigh
A Mr. CI me, grond-son of the
i iteMr. J.m Uline of No 5, ti ed
t ueiday mg!
consumption.
Old.
it ia south Rowaa o!
lie was but 23 '-ears
By being elected to the S-iite
Senate, says the Chirlotta News,
EdIi.Gr Dowd got a new tun of
clothei. Rogers & Co.. presented
them.
Rumcr has it. that Mr. Taylor
Cl:r.e :s dead, but no particulars cua
be learned. If Mr. Cline is yet
alive and reads this notice, we hope
he will cot die from the uLtruthrul
rumor.
Mr. C E Alexander tcday bought
Mr. Sims' interest in the firm cf
Sims & Alexander. Sir.ce Mr. Sims
has become our sheriff, he Grids it
tecess::ry to go culo busn.eis ar.d
give- his attention to hia tfjjia
duties.
"J.t. El IL)!ig, of Sjlisbury, ;as
h hli. Pietsant several days with
his brother, C G on their annual
hunt. I:i the number ot birdi
killed by escu it '.'as nip and tuck
with Ilium.
Mr. Albert Alexander, eon
II Alexander, of Ilarrisbnrg,
ot
i.i
the city. Mr. Alexander i; just
back Loin Texas, and is not fully
decided cetfcer to remain in eld
abarras or go West again.
Mr. II McNi-na.-. "tried to g3t
sou:e No-to-Dac. Hi is determined
to quit the weed, if this cure is cap-
ofdomit. II; tried ence be-
;uid fcr three ehiya he sufllrtd
aod the neryes untii he lost his
appetite. Others, trying to quit,
have gone all fiGg there. - -
Speaking of Mr. Hilemau's arrest
the Vestibule 'says in conclusion
"It may not be out cf place to fay
that a sen was born unto Mr. and
Mr3. Hilenn'.ri the same morning the
marshal armed and he shall b
named Harry Skinner."
Mr. R J Cook, of No. 5, brought
us iu a good sample, of what he can
uo in ma turnup uusiness. xfltse
products are as larger as a ha-f
gallon pot. He said that from ii cf
an acre of ground he had raised 130
buahels. Ic is one of the best yields
of the Gacst looking turnups we
ever saw.
A Durham man, Mr. J Y Tatum,
has invented a combination lo:lc th it
is destined to attract a'.teii'iou and
be cf great seryice. It has so ne cf
the elements of a safe lock, hut
there is no click, or any sound Jby
which you hear it operate; no springs
or complicated wcrks to get out of
fix Bays the Sun.
The lCo.van county Fair Associa
tion has met and done some business
The treasurer reported that he had
paid eff ail the expenses and was
payiug the premiu i s prorata. Wi
will take prorata for our bill of ad
vertising that has been due for 3
years and which ge's no notice at
the hands of the association. Won
der if the association treated the
noma papers a3 mean es it did this ?
Y'-f.terJriy morning . when the
JTestern train was about eight miles
west of oilisbury Conductor Mur
phy, who was taking up ticket?,
came to a nero mar, whose ticket
read to Norwood on the Yadkin road.
The train was stopped and the co!
ored man got eff and plodded hit
weary way back to the depot in time
to board the east bound Y-;dkin
train at 1 o'clock. Salisbury
flera'd.
Rev. V R S'lckley, of Enockville,
lectured at Mont A i,ceua J Semi
nary, Mt. Pieasau', Tuesday evening
A friend writes us that his sutjict
was "character." 113 dwelt tipou
the poer of chiracter, the inde-petidei-.crf
of chnrac er aud tha result
in the life of ih individual. It
was an excalimt lecture and highly
enjjjed by ull present.
Dr. John Tha.i.eg, as before sratea
ia these columnp, bai gone to Lex
ington to live. The S anJard had it
that he was going to locate there,
but we understand he ia to look after
t e practice of Dr. Crawford, who is
almost prostrated from the effects of
. the grip, and who will iet for sev
eral months at his borne in Wayne
countv.
Highest of all in Leavening Power.
THE CRIMES OF 1394.
T?ii -ii1!h lor JIrc Ltjcal It mi(tiia-
And More Couvk-ls.
Id 1S04. in this country, there
were 4.912 suicide?, an increase of
nearly 500 over the year previous.
Lnst yesr 9.S0O persons died by
violence, 3,2S5 more than in lS!i3.
Only 132 persons were bunged, snd
91 of these were in the South, n-ost
of them being negroes.
There were 190 lychings last jenr,
100 cf them being ia the Soul h.
The total is smaller lhau in LSC3,
which was smaller than that of the
year before.
Tiie embezzlements and defalca
liens in tlie United States during the
last year fimcunt to the larrest totiil
of any year since 1S7S. Ttetggreg
ate is 825,234,122, being 20 per cent
greater than the $19,029,092 re
ported tor 1893, ard 14 percent
greater than the 822,154,000 re
ported for IS9-1, which was tbe
largest sit! a 1ST8 till it surpassed
last year. Chicago Tribune.
Nome lneaisess.
'The people of Mt, P'eiscnt ;-ave
sul'ered trie Jess cf a very good
vjgon fixer. The greatest loss of
the town is ore member cf its Board
of town couuniisioners. That bor:y
like curs needs a" its niemben ; and
to suffer a vucanoy makes the re
maining work and responsibility very
heavy epen the remaining memb..-rs
;-.nd the mayor.
By the way this is the first time
ever heard of a town commissioner
resigning cr moving away, where he
could not exercise the privileges and
powers o' l is cilice.
The Standard refers to s"the
moval of MV. Jesse nuthcock to
Chariot':.:, 'I-: Ilathcock, he was a
commissioner of Mt. Pleasant and
his term did not expire until next
May.
"Tv. jin a Mjtltt !
A reporter'3 attention was called
to a group of men at Mr. M J Cori's
stable this afternoon. There were
six iu number. In weight three cf
them nearly doub'es the others.
Messrs. Eiias Knmmiuger, Col.
James Loi'g aud Chap. Krimaiinger,
were the jumbos. 'Ihev are al!
whoppers The three lightweights
were Messrs. M J CorJ, George F
Barnhurdt and Dr. Griffin. The
contrast is as follows :
Elias Krimminger, 285, M J
CorJ, 115 ; Col. Jus. Loug, 200, Geo.
F Barnhardt, 153 ; Chap. Krim
miuger, 255, Dr. Griffin, 100; m ak
ing a to'al of 1290, of which three
furnish 800, even of it.
Good Henlth at (he County Home.
In conversation with Mr. John W
Cook, the faithful keeper of the
County Home, we learn that the
general health cf the inmates is un
usually good. He has twenty-seven to
look after, p.nd Cut rthianumber,
only three are sicK. One MalimJa
Allmam, who claims to be 94
years of age is real sick. Mr. Cook
says everything is getting on nicely
out there
Charges AuniiiKt r.r. K. J. Buchanan.
In several different papers the fact
has been mentioned that chargps were
prtf erred against Dr. E J Buchanan,
of Lexingi-on, before the Rowan
county Medical Society by Dr. Payne
and others of Lexing-on.
The public is left to draw con-
clution8 and often times conclude
entirtly too much; and for this rea
son the Standard h re speaks of it.
Dr. Buchanan is a native of
Rowan and belonged to the Medical
Society of that county, but later
located in . Lexington, Davidson
county. Here, it appears, he did not
join tee occiety. . lie is cnarged
with having not observed the rules
of the society in the point of charges
for service and as lo other minor
ma ters.
than c lese, and it ny be that Dr L
Bucha an is peiftctly innocent of
doing any wrong prut csionally, and i
certainly innocent of any violation of
ciyil law.
As before stated, we now speak .of
th s that the public may not imagine"pfYi
a whole lot oi enl aaiost tl e ?,
known , in itiasteran Uabarrns and
where be numbers his friends by th
score, ue won them, as we brr
to well know, by his bebayi
perrect geuueman amorai,
studious man. ibis not o
but of two years 'miDgl
those good people.
Latest U. S. Gov't Report.
NEW MASONIC OFFICERS.
TiteCiraiifl I.oile llearrt a Fine Art.
areHN from Judge t'lark.
Yesterday the Grand Lodge con-
sidered the proposition of Mr. B N
Duke to give tbe Orphan Asylum-.
5,000 if tha Jfasons will raise a like
sume this year. Over $4,000 wa?
raised by the lodge.
In the hall of the House
Represents tivep, Jadge Walter Clark:
delivered tbe annual address to the
Grand Lodge on Masonry." Th
address was a fine effort and was
Lihlv enj jved by a large audience.
Lie was introduced by Grand Marshal
E F Lamb, of Elizabeth City.
Last night the new olicers of the?
Grand Lct'ge were elected.
F M Moye, cf Wilson, Grand
Master; R J Nobl. of Sulem, Deputy
Grand Mastei; Walter E Moore, of
Jackson, Grand S.-nicr Warder;
J;:m.s A Leach, of Lexington,
Grand Jnr.i'-r W-eVr- J0ha O
Brewery, dtnd Secre ; Williaia
Simpson, Tixu urer: J M
Cirrin, o. 0-.c(orc?, Director of the
Cxtord 0.;-: :n Asyluor, ia AHA.
Williams.
Court Mr nojfrn; :icr.
As a Sii :."-g to the t.:x payer?, a
conveuie-o-. to t.'tt- -our.c, both Su
perior r.na Su; often to
the executive v:lc v !. ccLsidering'
pardons, has frfiently to refer to
the b nch notes i. the case ps tha
only protection tc the State, 1 would,
recommend the est ibhshment of the
office of court stenographer.'
tract from Gov. Carr's
5'lir Xw Jttilap.
K T. I..! 1 - r- "
tnct By theiusrr5'ats iu j;ovt
is hoidmg hi3 first, court in
t-uuii..j. i He tjreenvine tfellect
Monday contains a brief sketeh cf
the Jndge, giving hia age, which is
only 39, place of birth, of education,
&c, which are not necessary to re
peat here. ' After this it speaks of
him in these terms : "His charge
to the Grand Jury occupied about au
hour and a half end shewed a good '
knowledge cf the law. "Ilia manner
is very pleasant and agreeable."
Now gcod friend David, how do
you know when a man shows a "good
knowledge of law ?" Yod are no
lawyer and what you say is directly
contradictory to what was said ia
the campaign.
What the Change I to lc.
Advertisement has been made that
application for a change in Concord's
char er will be asked for.
We understand that he amend
ment desired is to allow each ward
there ara four wards the right to
nominate and elect its own town,
commissioner and not be subject to
the whole vote of the town.
for.'the -purpose, we pre
sume, to enable the Republicans to
secure one member of the Board.
No. 4, tou know, is Republican,
HEART DISEAS'R;-
Fluttering-, No Appetite, Could1
,not Sleep, Wind on Stomach.
'Tor ;a longtime I had a terrible
pain at my-heart, which fluttered al-i
most incessantly. I had no appetite
and could not sleep. I would be
compelled to sit up in bed and belch
gas from my stomach until I thought
every minute would be my last.,
There was a feeling ot oppression!
about my heart, and I was afraid to I
draw a full breath. I could not sweep
a room without resting. My husband;'
muuuea me to try
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