THE : STANDARD
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CONCORD. N. C, THURSDAY, AUGUST 1, 1895.
WHOLE NO. 33a
THE : -STANDARD.
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MONEY.
NO. 7
Toe value ol an economic qaan
tity is another economic quantity
for which it can be exchanged
Money like every other commodity
can have no exchangeable value if
no one will receive it. A thing is
worth what it will fetch, is true of
money"lnthe same degree as of any
ordinary commodity. Two bnshele
of corn are worth one dollar, is
correct economic statement of the
relative values of corn and money
It would be equally correct to say
dollar is worth two bushels of corn
The yalne of the commodity, corn,
is found in the one case in the
other quantity which is called a
dollar; in the other case, the value
of the dollar is found in the value
of ihe corn. The value of the one
is the equivalent of the value of the
other. On thiB ground it is possible
to effect the exchanging of products.
It is exchangeable value that
conceifidus when considering the
worth of money. Money is in
tended to make the exchanging of
products easy, and like any other
material or commodity, it will
exchange for what the parties to
transaction may thick it is worth.
If a customer buys a hat and pays
a dollar for it, he thinks that the
hat he receives has the value of the
dollar he gives. On the contrary,
the merchant thinks that the value
of the dollar he receives, is equiva
lent to the value of the hat he gives.
Each thinks that the value of the
one commodity is the equivalent of
the value of the other, and that the
exchange will be favorable to him
self. In each case the deBire to sell
must exceed the desire to keep, oth
erwise there will be no exchange.
It Evident that to effect an ex
change? commodities there must
be a communication of minds, and
a reciprocation of desires. One
mind, one desire, can not make an
exchange. A man can not trade
with himself. He must make ex
changes with somebody else. lie
must desire to possess the commod
ity which Bomebody else owns, and
the otter person or party must de
sire to possess the commodity he
owns. 'If a man were to bay a plug
of tobacco of himself, paying ten
cents for it, the possessor of the
money and the tobacco would be the
same after as before the pioceeding,
There wonld be no exchange of
products and consequently to call
such a proceeding a transaction
would be a misapplication of the
word. It would be not even a pro
ceeding. It would be a nothing,
and in an economic sense would
have the same signification as a
man's lifting himself over a fence
y means of his boot-straps has in a
physical sense.
It is concluded then that value is
a mental affection, and manifests
itself in exchanges only by tho com
munication of minds. It is condi
tioned by the degree of estimation
placed upon an article or commod
ity, the amount of the desire to
o n, or the intensity of the demand
to keep or obtain possession of the
commodity, If there is no desire or
demand for the commodity, it will
have no exchangeable value because
nobody will want it.
But as mental affections, degrees
of estimation, desires vary, it follows
that values placed upon the same
commodity must necessarily vary.
For example, suppose that a trader
has a horse which he desires to sell
and for which he sBks one hundred
dollars. Buyers come and examine
the horse. One thinks it worth
iighty dollars, another ninety doi-
ars, whilst a third sajs he will give
one hundred dollars for the horse.
It is evident in thiB supposed case,
that the three buyers either did pot
put the same value upon the horse,
or they put different degrees of value
on the hundred dollars. The one
offering eighty dollars evidently
yalued his money higher or the horse
lower than the one offering ninety
dollars, and each of these two his
money higher and the horse lower
than the one who gaye the hundred
dollars. The first desired the horse
to the amount of eighty dollar?, the
second to the amount of ninety dol
lars, and the third' to the amount of
one hundred dollars. If the desires
tc owi the horse were equal then
the three men put different values
on the money, 'ihe estimation in
which thev respectively held the
hundred dollars was not the same
To one eighty dollars had the same
value as ninety dollars had to the
second, and as a hundred dollars had
to the one - who purchased the
horse. This difference of desires is
f ally illustrated at any auction sale,
where purchases are made by bids.
- But a peculiarity about value, js
that tne value or a commodity is
always estimated in terms of some
other commodity. To say a thing is
worth, itself would have no meaning.
No one ever says seriously that a
pound of gold is worth a poucd of
gold, an ounce of silver is worth an
ounce of Bilver, a bat is worth a ha',
a bushel of corn is worth a bushel
of corn. Such expressions tell us
nothing. To Bay that an ounce of
silver is worth an ounce of Biiver
gives us no idea i f ih yalaeof sil
ver. To say that a pound of goid is
worth a pound of gold does not give
any information in regard to the
value of gold. To say, howeyer,!
that a dollar will purchase, or
worth two bushels of corn gives a
definice idea as to the value of the
dollar. Bushel is a definite meas
ure. The quantity it contains does
cot depend on the desires of men
It is fired. And one bushel being a
fixed and well-defined quantity, tw c
bushels are a well defined quantity,
and the value of a dollar is a fixed
and well-defined quantity. It is
two bushels of corn. A dollar is
worth two bushels of corn. Two
bushels of corn are worth
dollar. If the value of the
corn is Known, tne value or
the dollar is known. If the value
of the dollar is kno-n, the value of
the corn is known. The yalue of
the one is measured by the value of
the other, being conditioned by the
reciprocal desires of the parties con
cerned in the transaction.
Continued on inside.1
A GALA DAY.
Odd Fellows Will Give a Picnic Aug
ust 5 Everybody Inviled Odoll
Hills to Stop ror tne occasion
Grand Master Lnmaby Will Deliver
An AddresN.
McDonald's grove, to the north of
the baseball ground at Forest Hill
has been secured as the place for a
big basket picnic oil Monday, Aug-
UBt 5.
It will be a gala day, Everjbody
is invited, bringing with them a
inner.
The Udell Manufacturing Com
pany will close down for the occa
sion, giving the operatives a holiday.
It will be given nnder the auspices
of Cold Water Lodge, No. 62, and
Grand MaBter Lumsley will deliver
an address to the Odd Fellows at 10
o'clock in the forenoon-
The band will furnish the music,
and the day will be made one of
pleasure and enjoyment,
Some time in the afternoon a
baseball game will be played, ar
rangements now being made for a
nross.
Many oth r amusements are being
arranged at great expense. The
public generally ia cordially invited
to participate in the event.
A full programme of the order of
the day will be printed in The
Standard later.
The Naiiabury Team's SI ascot.
The Salisbury team has a mule in
its club it is their mascot. The
Herald in telling of the c;ame be
tween Salisbury and Concord, says:
"During the sixth innings a loose
mule appeared on the grounds and
siemed anxious to help out the
Concord boys. He made a home
run, cleared the backstop, scattered
the spectators, crossed the diamond
as if in pursuit of one o? Poole's
flies, and th.n left the disordered
crowd. When he disappeared the
players did not feel like playing nd
t he game closed."
Damon and Pythias "HI tie Treas
ure" Sext.
The Concord Dramatic club did
themselves great credit in present'
ing Damon and Pythias Thursday
night. The play was a fine one and
the club justly merited the praise of
the large audience that so appre
ciated their efforts.
Our make-up unintentionally left
out our write-up for Friday's issue.
The next play to be on the boards
by the Dramatic club is "Li tie
Treasure," a beautiful little English
comedy, composed of six characters,
with a number of specialties, which
will be produced next Friday night.
The club is now in training for this
play, the parts to be assigned to
night. Fonr Big; Hnecesse.
Having the needed merit to more
than make good all the advertising
claimed for them, the following four
remedies have reached a phenome
nal sale.IDr- King's NewDiccovery,
for consumption, Coughs and Colds,
each bottle guaranteed Electric
Bitters, the groat remedy for Liver,
Stomach and Kidneys. Buckien's
Arnica Solve, the best in the world
and Dr. King's New Life Fills,
which are a perfect pill." All these
remedies are guartnteed to do just
what is claimed for them and the
dealer whose name is attached hers
with will be glad to tell you moee of
them. (Sold at Fetzer'e Drug Store.
COURT PROCEEDINGS.
State ys. J F Hinson and Nathan
Cranford, affray; guilty.
State vs. George F Heneycuat, re
tailing without license; acquitted.
State vs. Ed Haggins, carrying
concealed weapon; guilty. Haggins
was sentenced to work on the road
for three months.
S'afe vs. Jim Russell, carrying
concealed weapon; judgement sub
pended on payment of cost.
State vs. Peter Fink, carrying
concealed weapon; fined $10 and
cost. Fink to remain in custody
until fine and costs are paid.
State vs. Tom Canady, in two
cases, assault with deadly weapon
he was found guilty, fined $10 and
cost and four months on chain gang.
btate vs. Allen Jackson, carrying
concealed weapon, guilty ; judgment
suspended on payment of cost.
orate vs. Lafayette ury, carrying
concealed weapon, guilty; fined $10
and costs.
State vs. Green Weddington,
larceny, guilty; two years on chain
gang.
In the cast of Heed vs. Faggart
for removing crop; acquitted.
State vs. Cap Meacham; judge
ment suspended on payment of fine
of $10. Meacbam to be held in
custody until fine is paid.
The ITnuKluif.
Six thousand people witnessed the
hanging f Whit Ferrand and An
derson Brown, at Salisbury Thursi
day, at 10 minutes to 12 o'clock.
Sheriff Monroe was assisted by
Sherff Smith of Mecklenburg. Every
thing passed off quietly, there being
no disturbance.
It was as orderly as could be; but
like all public executions, it was
demoralizing to the greatest degree.
The Kestler Case,
Some time ago, as will be remem
bered, Mi 6. Catherina Kestler died
at the home of her son-in-law, Mr.
Robert Ramsey, ia this cemty, Mr.
Ramsey married her daughter, who
is now dead. Mrs. Kestler had come
on a visit to her daughter's children,
and while there, and before her
death, which was sudden, she made
a will to the children of Robert
Ramsey. Wellington Kestler,. of
Rowan, Mrs. Kestler's son, sus
picioned foul play in the death of
his mother, and had her stomach
taken out and sent to Raleigh for
examination by medical experts.
While this is going on, Wellington
Kestler, of Rowan, comes up with a
will for probate in his county, and
the children of Rob rt R iinsey come
up with theirs for probate ia this
county. Some timn ago a temporary
injunction was issued agaiuBt Well
ington Kestler enjoining him for
collecting or paying out any effects
of the Kestler estate. It was heard
by Judge Coble last Saturday and
permanently continued by him until
the courts decide who had the valid
will and who was entitled to the
property undei it. Messrs Artnfield
and Turner represent Wellington
Kestler, and Messrs B F Long and
L C Caldwell appear for the Ramsey
children. Statesville Mascot.
fin the wilt probated by Welling
ton Kestler, a legacy of about $3,000
is left to North Carolina College at
Mt. Pleasant.
The rush of freight on the South
ern was never greater, .hyery man
of every crew is working almost day
and night. Old men are being put
back, and two entirely new running
crews have been added. The cause
of this increased business is the
fruit movement. Shipments were
never before so large.
Ed. F Gret n, the great praying
man and tie espouser of Ida Well's
platform, is gone to Gold Hill, Penn.
The sincerest sympathy of the good
peofle of this section goes eut to
the good people of Gold Hill. The
atmosphere in this section is now
pure.
A house ia being erected on the
corner of Valley and Mill streets,
just below the public well at Can
nonville. It is to be a twostory
structure.
Odell's factory will shut down
next Friday, Saturday and Monday,
giving their operatives a yacation cf
three days.
Mr. Israel Faggart, aged 78 years,
died Thursday night at his home- in
No. 9. The funeral was conducted
Friday by Bev. J Q Wertz.
Most of the big timber has been
brought in for the new mill at Can
non ville.
Miss Ivy Marks, daughter of Rev.
U A Marks, of Unina Urove, is
seriously ill.
Threshers made things lively Fri
day afternoon on the north end of
Spring street - . ' -'
LOCALS-
The cattle are dying near Marion
N. C.
Dr. Sol. Furr says they are dry in
his community.
A hanging bee has as bad effect on
the working class of people as does
a circus.
Marriage licenses are now printed
in ghees ink-. Let a Btrong pro
test bemade.
Green Wedhmgton, tna goedOjaii
bird who has beei seriously ill with
fever, is better.
To run a daily paper now is a pic
nic news easy and plenty of finan
cial discussion.
uem ail tne advertisements in
this issue. They are all leliable
and offer bargains.
miss Mollie iSracnen is preparing
for her semi-annual trip to the
northern markets.
Merchant Jno. K Patterson en
tertained a hard, shaking chill
Wednesday evening.
The Steele Range men will have
to pay tax. That's right. Tbey are
awful pedlers at beat.
The Standard thanks Attorney
Jerome for an invitation to the
Masonic picnic at Albemarle Aug. 6.
Mr. W D Anthony has resigned as
Secteary of the VerteranB Asso
ciation. Too much politics in it
for him, he says.
Jno. R Gentry, the fine trotter be
longing to Mr. L Banks Holt, of
Burlington, trotted a mile Wednes
day in 2:04 at Freeport, 111.
Mr. J M Mabery is out again after
season of sickness. Mrs. Mabery
his wife, is now quite sick, having
taken seriously so Wednesday
night.
Rev. J E L Winecoff, son-in-law
of Mr. M M Gillon and a native of
Cabarrus county, is serying a Pies
bylenan congregation at Blacks
burg, S. C.
Rey. G. D. Bernheim, D. D., of
Wilmington, at the request of a
large number of German settlers at
Newbern, N. C, will at an early day
organize a Lutheran congregation
there.
Master Sid Lentz started to Salis
bury on a bicycle Wednesday night.
He had gotten as far as Glasses when
his wheel came to pieces. He re
turned on the 10 o'clock train, carrys
wheel under each arm.
The elements grew low and the
clouds wept, which superstition may
declare was sadness for the doomed
men. At any rate Cols. Ferrand
and Brown had one more taste of
cool weather before going to glory.
Mr. C. F. Ritchie tells me that in
few days he will take a vacation.
He will spend a month between vis
its to Salisbury, his old home, and
Missenhemer and Lentz's Springs.
here declare that if any man de
serves a yacation, Charlie does,
Messrs. W W Morris and John 8
Smithdeal have resigned their po
sitions as salesmen at the hardware
store of Bennette & Morrie. They
will remain in the city for some
time. What they contemplate doing
will be made pnblic later.
Recently Mr. Dan Faggart, of No
8, bold $400 worth of cotton. He
receiyed pay in gold. He was Bur
prised at the amount. It weighed
1.1 pounds. Had in been paid in
si Iyer it would hae required a flour
sack to hold it and weighed 24
pounds.
. Mr. M J Freeman has an apple
tree on his lot that is acting as
queerly as some of the hens in the
spring. He brought us in a twin
apple just as perfect as were the
Siamese twins. There are many
others on this tree. Shall we know
it by its fruits.
This is about a native Cabarrusite
and a son of the late Col. T H Rob
inson. The Wiikesboro Chronicle
sayB ; "Rev. C W Robinson has
moyed his family to the Brushy
Mountain Iron & Lithia 8pnngs, to
spend the summer."
Mr. Rufus L Patterson, formerly
with the Odell Mfg. Co., but now of
Durham, has been appointed chief
marshal for the next State Fair.
Col. J nle Cair is a fine target shooter,
as he shows in selecting this compe
tent and graceful young man.
The Governor yesterday offered a
reward of $200 for unknown parties
who burned some mill property of J
W Connelly in Caldwell county.
The property having been, twice de
stroyed by hre, the work was
thought to be the work of incendia
ries. The fine will be paid upon
conyic ion. - - :
One case Ferree vs. Cook occupied
the Superior Court of Guilford
county from Monday until 6 o'clock
Thursday evening.
Miss Mollie Cook, sister of Mr. J
Wallace Cook of this place, died at
ner home in Troutman'a last Mon
day after a lingering illness.
this standard had a yery
pleasant call from Gupt. W B
Smith, of No. 3. He told us some
bits of history we shall use later on.
There is to be a wedding soon. It
will take place at the home of the
prospective bride in this city. We
will not name' the day or parties
concerned.
DruggiBt A W Moose, of Mt
Pleasant, was in the city. He will
begin on the morning of August 5
to build his new drug store. The
brick are on the ground.
Master Boykin, Bon of Judge
Boy kin, is taking priyate lessons, in
Latin, from Dr. L A Bikle, He
couldn't be in superior hands for
thorough drill.
Rev. Mis. W. A. Deaton, of Sel
wood, S. C, arrived this (Friday)
morning and went out to her old
home, near St. John's, on a ' visit to
relatives.
Prof, W E Pbihps, of Edgecombe
county, and Prof. H JStockard
have been elected principal and
associate principal of the Monroe
High School.
Mr. Hornbuckle is progressing at
great rate with the excavation
work at the Cannon mills. It is
already an immense hole and they
are only about half done.
Rev. Prof. Willis, of Staunton,
Va., spent Thursday here. He is
principal of the Staunton Lutheran
Female College. He was on his
way to Cnlumbia. He spent the
evening with Rev. Scherer,
The suit brought by M M Misens
heimer against the old firm of Buchs
anas, Barrier & Co. was stated for
today. Lots of Mt, Pleasant people
were here.
The Seabord Air Line has
made the payment of the taxes on
all its property in North Carolina,
aggregating $12,966.45 the valua
tion being $5,186,580.
"Have tried others, but like Ayer's
best" is the statement made oyer and
over again by those who testify to
the benefit deriyed from the ubo of
Ayer's Sarsapariila. Disease never
had a greater enemy then this
powerful blood-purifier. It makes
the weak strong.
The Statesville Mascot, in noting
the number of hangings in Iredell
county, names one from CabarruB
county. A man by the name of
Gallimore was, in 1846, tried for his
life for stealing a negro slave. He
was conyicted and hanged in States
yille. His case was moved to Iredell
from Cabarrus.
Effectual. Charles J Booth,
Olivewood, Cal., says: "I have used
Ayer's Pills in my family for several
ears, and have always fpnnd them
most effectual in the relief of ail
ments arising from a disordered
stomaoh, torpid liver, and consti
pated bowels-
CANCER CUREO
. -AND A
! LIFE SAVED
By the Persistent Use of
Ayer's Sarsaparilla
"I was troubled for years with a
sore on my knee, which several
physicians, who treated me, called a
cancer, assuring me that nothing
could be done to save my life. As
a last resort, I was induced to try
Ayer's Sarsaparilla, and, after tak
ing a number of bottles, the sore
began to disappear and my general
health improve. I persisted in this
treatment, until the sore was en
tirely healed. Since then, I use
Ayer's Sarsaparilla occasionally as
a tonic and blood-purifier, and, in
deed, it seems as though I could not
keep house without it." Mrs. S. A.
Fields, Bloomfield, Ia. '.
AYER'S
Tha Only World's Fair Sarsaparilla.
Ayer's Pills Regulate the Liven
SENDS GREETING ALMOST
FROM THE GRAVE.
A llDlon Officer on His Beatb Bad
Asks That it Confederate flair to JRe-
tnrned Witb Fraternal reeling,
Sybaccse, N. Y., July 24. Col.
Silas Titus, of the Twelfth New
York Volunteers, is lying on his
death bed in this city. Today he
placed in the hands of his Bon a
Confederate flag captured from
Virginia regiment at the Btorming of
Mt. McGregor, in 1862, and said :
"My son, it has ever been my
fondest wish to restore this flag to
the hands of the officers of the braye
regiment from which it was cap
tured. My condition, however, pre'
eludes the possibility of my doing
so, and to your hands I confide it
with a sacred injnnction that yon
seek the officer of the regiment and
restore to them the emblem. Say to
them that from my death bed I
send back the flag with my heartiest
good wishes and fraternal feeling.
There's a man. Such men de
serye to live. It is such as he that
we love to have come south, and they
are respected and always welcomed,
He is none of your 2x3 knaves that
under the guise of religion attempts
to insult the best element with im
purity. That dying man is great;
he was a great soldier; in this fra
ternal feeling he has a right too to
be true to the good name of his own
secton.' Every decent man, who
comes South gets along well every
decent man that goes North is
treated well. It is the Bcum that
provokes trouble,
Senator Tillman, August IS,
Senator Ben Tillman, of South
Carolina, will be here August 13.
His free silver speech will bade
hvered at 11 o'clock in the court
house.
Big Fire In Greensboro.
Early this morning Mr. J G
Broadnax, Jr., who represents the
large wholesale tobacco firm of J G
Broadnax & Co., of Greeneboro, re
ceiyed a telegram announcing that
the company had been burned out
last night We could not get all the
particulars, but it is said the firm
carried a $10,000 itock, f ally in
sured.
A Dog tbat milks.
For some time past a prominent
citizen of this place has been worried
and uneasy about bis fine cow-and he
is noted for keeping good ones not
producing the usual amount of milk
in the morning. He first suspected
that some one visited his cow with
the milk pail before himself or ser
vant did, but that suspicion was
abandoned after more thorough in
vestigation and watehfnlness. On
Wednesday the owner of the cow
arose unusually soon, proceeded to
his barn, and to his surprise and
amazement there stood his bird-dog
robbing the cow, and doing the deed
the man was about to lay at the
hands of an innocent person. '
Doing Fine In Texas.
Mr. W A Wilhelm, whose visit to
thiB county was noted last week by
The Standard, gave bs a pleasant
call on Wednesday. He has been in
from Texas for six weeks on a visit
to his mother in Union county, and
to old friends in No. 10, Cabarrus.
Mr. Wilhelm is a son of the late
Monroe Wilhelm, and is one of the
most excellent young men the coun
ty ever had.
The Standaed is glad Mr. Wil
helm is doing well. He is superin
tendent of a large oil mill 'and his
salary is $100 per month. He gaye
us his subscription for The Stan,
dabu before leaving for his Texas
home near the Indians. He goes
tonight (Thursday.)
Bro. Mills to Go.
From an amber of gentlemen en
route to Thomasville to attend the
annual meeting of the Orphanage, a
RecoKD reporter hears that there is
some talk of the removal of Rev. J.
H. Mills as superintendent.
It is charged that the trustees can
make all the laws they please and
give all the orders they please, bat
that Mr. Mills goes ahead in his own
way a ad does as he sees proper.
For several years he has been elec
ted only ' by one vote and it is
thought this time he will fail,
Greensboro Record.
That may be all so, but that man,
"Bro. Mills," knows more about run.
ning an orphanage than the whole
Board of Directors. Bat some fellow
thinks it a fat job and possibly has be
gun this fight underhandedly. When
Mr. Mills goes, the children will suf
fer mark that
Whether it is a case of "she
smokes her brothers' or not we may
never know, but we do know tbat
Concord has a female . cigarette
smoker who occasionally appears oa
the street, -
Highest of all in Leavening
MM
AD&OEJUTEBX PURE
DR. MARSDEN HOLDEN MAR
RIED.
Bla Bride was Mrs. Tabltha A
Wooley, of Montgomery county
The Ceremony Occurred Wednes
day nigbt. .
Dr. Marsden Holden, of Concord,
is married.
Wending bells rang merrily and
constantly at Richfield, on the Yad
kin Railroad, Stanly county, Wed
nesday evening oyer the approaching
ceremony that was to unite Dr.
Holden, of our place, and Mrs. Ta-
bithaA. Wooley, of Swift Island,
Montgomery county, in the holy
bonds of wedlock. They were mar
ried at 9 o'clock, Rev. Joe 8. Duun,
pastor of the Methodist Protestant
Congregation at Forest Hill, per
formed the ceremony that made
these two people one, go to speak,
and happy.
Dr, Holden came here from Wil
mington last January. He has
sought chronic cases and reports say
he's been successful in his treat
ment. He is 56 years old. His
blushing bride, Mrs. Tabitha A.
Wooley, has been doing a profitable
business in millinery at Richfield
and is bat 38 years of age; and as
an evidence ef her popularity, all
the citizens of the village assembled
at Mr. G. G. Richie's residence to
witness the marriage.
Dr. Holden returned this (Thurs
day) morning by private conveyance
and accompanied by Rev. Dunn.
Mrs. Holden will arrive on to-mor
row s train, Bbe having remained
over to pack her effects. Dr. and
Mrs. Holden will go to housekeep
ing on Church street next door to
Mr. H. McNamara'8.
This is rather a stealing of a
march on our people, but the doctor's
happiness is all the same f nil and
complete.
Concord, at large, rises as one man
in extending the usual measure of
good wishes.
elected and Accepted.
T A Smoot has been elected Head
master of Trinity High School u
Randolph and has accepted.
Mr. Smoot graduated at Trinity
High School recently with high
honors.
He is a brother of Dr. J E Smoot,
of Concord, and a couBin of the
Messrs Dayvault
A Blind Teaeber or the Blind.
Mr. Jonas Coetner, a blind man
and for 18 years a teacher in the
blind asylum at Raleigh and of
which he is a graduate, is spending
some tine at his brother-in-law's,
Mr. R W Query's, near Harrisburg.
He is a man of scholarly attainment
He has been blind all his life, some
46 years.
He never forgets a voice, and
recognizes old friends readily. Mr.
Oostnex is a native of Gaston county
and has many relatives at Mt Pleas
ant, this county.
Headquarters Moved.
For seyeral weeks the chain gang
has been doing some good work
around the old thunder Btruck iron
bridge over Rocky River, where the
gang camp was stationed. The
dangerous places on either side the
bridge have been remedied sufficient
for any one to pass in perfect safety
although the waters may be out of
its regular course and look frighten
ing. Manager Bernhardt moved the
convict camp today (Thursday) near
to Faggart's Mill, in No. 11 town-
ahip.
Brought In Polities.
During the trial of the case, State
vs. Honeycutt, for retailing without
license, a lawyer ran his examination
into politics &c.
The Judge has been highly com
mended for the rebuke he gave, in
directly, when charging the jury.
Among other things he said in Bab
stance: Mlf any man can find the
shadow. of the influences of, politics
in any of my acts or words, either
as a lawyer or as a judge, 1 will at
once step down and out" The best
element will endorse unqualifiedly
the splendid sentiments and the jus
tice embodied in Judge Norwood's
remarks.
Supreme Tribunal ef theH. ot r
Nobfolk, Va,, July 25. The
Supreme Tribunal of the Knights
of Pythias convened today at Ooean
View and; transacted business of
importance to the order, but of no
interest to the public. Judge W B
Gale, of Musaonusetts, - Snpreme
Representative, is in attendance
The session will be continued to-
1 morrow. .
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PROMINENT PHYSICIAN COM
MITS SUICIDE.
H Had Attempted Criminal As
sault on a Respectable Married:
lady.
Rooky Mount, N. C Jnly 24.
Dr. W T Spruill, a prominent citi
zen and practicing physician of
Hilliardston, in this (Nash) county,
committed suicide to-day at hia
home with a pistol shot in the.
brains. It is alleged that on Sunday,
Spruill attempted a criminal assanlt
on a respectable married lady in the
neighborhood, and yesterday papers
for his arrest were placed in the
hands of the county sheriff for ser
ying.
As soon as taken into custody
this morning he fired the fatal shot.
Made (o Eat 11 Biscuits..
There is a man in Johnston county
who made hiswife eat 14 biscuits
at one sitting. He did this because
in cooking them she had burned
them. If there is any dog about a
man it's sure to giowl at bad cook
ing.
Jno. Sboe and Janper Weaver
These men were on trial charged
with stealing from the store of
Davis Barrier, of No. 6. Shoe was
convicted and sentenced to the chain
gang for two years. Weaver was re
leased. Shoe claims that Weaver
helped him, but he was not allowed
to testify, his not being competent
testimony.
MaJ. m. t. Pemberton Hart.
From this week's Wiikesboro
Chronicle, Thb Stakdabd clips
this:
"On hiB return from Ashe cqflr
last Friday, Col. 8 J Pemberton
happened to a painful accident. He
was thrown from a buggy, scarring
and bruising his face and head up
considerably. He has been right
sick since his return to Wiikesboro."
What tbe Lexington paper Nays.
This week's Lexington Dispatch
says:
"A great deal has beea said in
the newspapers of the State about
the Shemwell verdict. A great
many of them are unjust to the peo
pie of this county, and the reflections
in some of the papers on the judge
and jury is at least uncalled for
We have made no comment one way
or the other, and shall not do so,
preferring to let the whole matter
drop at once and for all. As the
case has been tried by a regular court
and jury we think it ia the dnty of
the people to abide by the verdict
and stop talking about it."
Anotber Bobbery.
Esquire H O Cook, of near
Bethel, No. 10 township, and who
was the efficient foreman of the
grand jury for thiB term of court,
tells a Siaxdabd reporter of
similar robbery as that chronicled by
us Thursday in reference to a dog
doing the milking aotify in this '
case, it was ay
The Buffalo Thread Mill is now
undercover. Only a few more
months and then the machinery will
be turning oat its products.
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and know 1ns tbe rood Dr. Kllea' Merrlus
has done me, my wish to kelp others, aver
cosies my dislike lor tho publicity, tola
letter nay fire me. In Nor. and Dec, tan.
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did not regain my health, and In a awath
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my vitality, that It was a question If I could
go on. A dear Mend advised no to try
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