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VOL.VIII--NO.35
CONCORD N. C, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1895.
WHOLE NO. 33.5
GIVE US A TRIAL.
THE : STANDARD!
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MONEY.
ISO. 11.
The reader who has examined the
last two communications is no doubt
ready to admit that whatever the
standard of value, the value of the
money unit, may be, it is of the
gre&gtjm porta nee that it shall be
as nearly invariable as tne nature 01
things will permit. Let it be sup
posed, however, that it is desirable
to have two standards, or the double
standard as it is commonly called;
and that the aim Bhall be to hare
them established on absolute equal
ity. How shall the equality be es
tablished ? The first notion of equal
ity that presents itself is that the
two metals, say, shall have equal
recognition at the mint, that each
shall have the same time gfren
for coinage, tbst each Bhall be ocined
into the same denominations, that
there Bhall be as many one dollar
piecesjT'two dollar pieces, fiye dollar
pieces, ten dollar pieces, twenty dol-.
lar pieces,' coined of the one as of the
other. This would put each on
equal terms in the mint provided the
expense of handling the one was no
greater than the expense attending
the handling of the other. If the
expense incident to handling the
one were greater than that to hand
ling the other, the difference could
be adiusted so as to put the two
metals on equality in the matter of
handling.
The next step towards Be-
carine perfect equality would be
to repeal all legal tender laws, re
quiring all contracts to name tbe
kind of payment to be made, and if
money is to be paid, on the basis of
which standard payment shall be
made. If the two metals were gold
apidjeilver. all notes wou'd be drawn
payable in either gold or silver coins
respectively or their equivalents.
Stores would r-ave notices put up in
each house Btating on what basis all
sales would be made, and by what
standard all aconnta would be set
tled. Coat me ors, mechanics, day
laborers, clerks etc. would havc
special agreement in each case as to
the basis on which payment was to
be made to tbem. In the absence
of special agreement as to the basis
of payment the law mighty require
that the mean or average of the two
standards be taken as the basis for
settlement. In this way the two
metals would be given equal chances
before the people. The parties to a
contract would t hen say what tbe
payment shonld be and their prefer
ences wonld be indicated in tbe con
tract There would be rio nec s i
for calling in the sheriff to eufurce
the recept.on of light weight, heavy
weight, cheap or dear money The
parties wonld have a definite under
standing and no mistake could be
made.
i. : .1 l . i i i
iu iu wueiuer cue jitwpie wuuiu
receive tbe two metals on eqnal
terms, it uo doubt would hopper
that they would be governed bj
their own convenience. if tht
natural eqnality of the two n otalt
was the same there would hardly fct
any preference shown for either the
one or the other. If, however, then
was not a natural equality, th-u is,
if the color, weight ma liability e'e
of the one metal was not equal to
the color, weight malleability efc.
of the other metal, the people would
hardly receive them on eq'ial U rma
The likes and dislikes, tbe desires of
the people wonld enforce a prefer
ence for the superior metal.
Now, if the two metals are Knot
naturally equal, no law, it is evident,
can make tbem so. Even in cases
where attempts have been made to
compensate for the want of natural
eqnality by establishing ratics, fail
ure to maintain the ratios has fol
lowed becuase an increase or decrease
in the quantity especially of the in
ferior metal has practically had tbe
t effect of inci easing or decreasing the
inequality, by . adding to ordimin.
ishing the bnrden incident to circu
lating and handling, the inferior
metal.
It shonld also be noticed that in
the matter of comparison we are so
constituted bj nature that in mak
ing comparisons, tbe ideal, whatever
'that ideal may be, usually is what
we conceive to be the best of the
class, and with it we compare all
other members of the class. In com
paring trees, cattle, horses, men,
metals, the most n arly perfect
specimen is chosen, the other mem
bers of the class being compared
withlt.
Similarly with metals used as
money material. : If they are all dif
ferent, some one will be selected for
comparison. The selection will not be
made at random or to suit the fancy
of some one person or olass of per
sons, bnt will be made in accordance
fitb tte decision of the people who
" "' - - -
as a whole have without consulta
tion decreed in their own minds
which is the superior. The selec
tion is not made because the law
gays so, but the law is enacted to
suit the selection already made.
That metal which fulfills more
nearly all the requirements of a
money material will be taken as the
standard of comparison.
The rahos 15 to 1, 16 to 1, 32 to
1, are by nature comparison, and
show that one quintity is estimated
in erma of another, tht a less
valuable metal 8 compared wi'h a
more valuable metal; and, also, not
withstanding our preference for
either the one or the other m tal, we
still recognize, somehow or other,
the 1 as the unit, and the 15, lG,and
32 as numbers or qnantities com
pored with that unit.
SaVIGNY.
What in all Tlits About?
Hditok otaxdabb: As you rnr.y
not know me I will state that I am
an oral architect. In classical pari
lance I would be called an odontolo-
gist, so you gee I am somewhat of a
scientist, but I have .recently dis
covered that which I cannot explain.
On bearing that you could solve
knotty problems and with tne eye
of futurity eaze upon things euex-
plicable. I submit it to you for an
explanation.
"When I go down town at night a
short route takes mo through an
alley. About midway of tsaid alley
there is a mud-bole or at least it is
so situated during the day but at
night its location is erratic as vill
be shown in the conclusion. The
first night 1 went to the right, but I
went into it. The second trip I
yered to the left, but into it 1 went
again. The third night l cautiously
kept in the middle but I found it
there.
Out of thirteen nights tryins to
avoid it f havelietenped into it
twelve times and tbe most remark'
ableLfeature is I have invariably
stepped into it with tiy left foot.
Why is this, or can it be a movable
mudxhoL? Wm- Smothehscck.
The above ia profoundeel by a
gentleman, well known to Cabairus
people. We can not answer it, but
we have reasons to Lelieve there are
several gentlemen, who have in the
past solved more difficulty prob
lems! for Col. Smothersock, whose
earmarks we believe they will at
once recogniz-3- To them, it is eub
mitted they aro surviving members
of the Lyceum that didn't survive.
Smotberitock Answered by L,exl fon
Edixob Stakdard William
Smothersock seems to haye run
against a problem that gives him as
iiuoh trouble to elucidate as the
financi:il question tdyei the ordinary
Democrat. If he had submitted the
question to the Populists every one
of them could have given him a
clear, concise and e.tidfactory an
jwer, just i3 t-aey as they cau solve
he fiuaiiCiiil question. True, there
nuia n: ve o-en ins uimcuny
about it : each one would have given
mm a diff:.eac answer and probably
dome of the answers wonld have
been dhmetitally opposed to the
other, but then vou eee he would
have had the advantage of variety
as well a? the privilege of selecting
the answer tbat best suited his taste.
Now aa he says Le is a odcntolo-
gist, let suggest tnut tie stick to
his calling, hiul, O.toiA g into
hat. alley after Line. Het-'.er keep
on the Main siref, Willie, if you do
hnye to o ; little further arounu.
Now, were he perambulating around
Concord the mud hole would haye
emained stationary even if it were
in an alley. No, William, stick to
the . oda fountain and coca coia and
that mud hole will remain as fixed
as Mount Mitchel; Odon't you see!
As to the question of why jou
should always get your left foot into
the mud hole is a much harder
problem to solve, but with the aid
of onr futurity glasses we shall not
despair of solying even this. Now
William being a man is consequently
a biped; a biped, unless he should
have been in the late unpleasantness
has two feet. No William being
a biped; a biped having two feet,
William necessarily has two
feet One of these for convenience
is called his right, the other his left
foot. When borh of these pedal ex
tremities come in contact with the
aqueous mixture, vulgarly termed a
mud hole, then necessaiily his left
foot must Lave been in tbe mud
each time.
That's why this is thusiy, William,
Now, 0 ! don't you see, when a man
is chock full of science, futurity
glasses and the dead languages, how
easy it is to make perfeclty trans -
paient a subject that to those who
grope in dark alleys at night, is as a
sealed book.
' Yours fondly,
Gbiek Lexicon
SUITS AGAINST FRALEY.
Bnces Fnir, Bnt Crowd Small Johu
nton, tbe Fakir, Hot Yet Heard
From
Salisbury, N. C.,Aug. 29. The
racing at the fair ground yesterday
afternoon was fairly attended, bnt
was not as satisfactoiy as that on
Tuesday. The horsemen haying the
crowd would not begin the races un
til sufficient money a certain
amoont was raised. This took some
time, and then oaly two races were
run a trotting and running race.
The gate receipts for the two days
and the money raised yesterday,
it was said, amounted to about $375,
which should meet nearly all the
expenses incurred by the horsemen
in coming here.
Rev. L K rropst, of Atlanta, Ga.,
lectured in St. John's Lutheran
church tonight on the subject of
Home and Foreign Missions. The
lecture was both interesting and in.
stroctive.
Rav. C B Kin? and J D Ileilig
attended the meeting of the Woman's
Jiome and re reign Missionary so
cictv at Orran church. Have had
no report from them of the session
tive of the horse cen wno were
duped into coming here to the race
meet advertised by the fake Salis
bury Racing Association yestenlry
entered snits against Mr. W C Fraley
of $50 each for conspiracy and con
federacy. The trial was held last
night in the coart room before Eeq
Andrew Murphy and attracted quite
a crowd? of interested spectators.
Messrs. Lee S Oyerman and L H
Clement appeared for the plaintiffs
and Hon. Theo. F Kluttz for the
defendant On a hearing, without
exaainingall the witnesses the case
was son suited. The plaintiffs ap
pealed to the Superior court.
Your correspondent would sug
geat a solution to the problem of
Mr. William Smotherscck pro
pounded in yesterday's Stand abd
if Concord was not a dry town. At
it is he lets it go by the board. Fcr
the sake of saving shoe lea' her and a
dirty eoci would it not be a good
idea for the aforesaid gentleman to
go a little further around or go
homo in the day time.
Secretary Johnson, of the racing
association, who skipped when his
fraud was discovered, has not jet
been heard from. His old clothes
and a few of his handbills are still
here.
An Infer! ouate Youth.
Uarios uoiiar, the youthtni nns
fortunate who sometime ago suffered
the Iobs of the sight of one eye and
was taken to thu cinty h-nna, vv
last Fr day trans ftnei to Chr
lotte, wher.1 a skilled optician il
take the caee. Tle fcif-bt of tht
beste is bad It impaired by orncal
ulcer and op: city of crjBtkllized
lenz, :uid Hpon advice of Dr. L M
Archey, the county physician, the
boy was moved. Sympathizing
friends contributed finite iibeiallv
to defray the expexsci of the little
felloe, who, if not a;deJ in time,
will be tntirrly b'ind. The child is
about 13 years of age, nnd his peo
ple live on Fortst Ilili.
Mrs. M L Moore accompanied the
toy to CharIo:'e and will see him
safely in the hands of frienus.
A Nmoke Ilonse Kobbefl.
Thieves have got in their work at
he home of Mr. Eecse Johnston, in
No. 11 township Sir. nii Mrs.
Johnstou are in th mnu.tuiiid at
the home oi Mr. Jobation's fd'hr
and It ft on his lactation a family
of colored people.
In looking aronnd the place Wed-
nesday morning the tenant discover
ed that robbers had dug a hole un
der the smoke bouse and taken from
within all of Mr. Johnston's meat,
which amounted to several hundred
pounds.
Efforts are being made to locate
the guilty parties. Suspicion in on
one or more. Mr. Johnston will be
apprised cf his misfortune, as parties
have written to him.
Bad Devilment.
Besides their trains being rocked,
the Southern suffers in quite a
different way at the depot Capt.
Ed Patterson, of the local freight
between Charlotte and Salisbury
tells a reporter that some mean per
son or persons are in the habit of
pulling the coupling pins lrotn the
cars that stand on the side track
and carrying them eff or hiding
them; and that the air hose con
necting the brakes are often cut to
pieces. Such devilment as this
should be looked into and the ones
who perpetrate such deeds should be
accordingly dealt with. .
Mr. S H Garmon has been pros
pecting on the lands of Mr. Mathewitition was torn down and. ha? neve rl
Stailings,of No. 10.
He has found
some gold, too.
LOCALS
Pumpkins are ripe.
Mr. Glial White is with Cannons
& Fetzer, on the clothing side, dur
ing the fall season.
Mrs. Wagoner, on West Depot
street, is having a drive nicely graded
in the front of her residence.
After September 1, the stores will
begin to keep open at night. Man;
of tbe merchants did not close, any
way.
Rev. M A Smith has announced
that a reyival will begin at Forest
Hill Methodist church about Sep
tember 15, so Bays Key. Simpson
Mr. Pink M Misenheimer shot
into a beavy of English sparrows
Wednesday at the Fenix roller mill
and killed fifty-two birds at ouce
Eight cases of typhoid feyer, in
two families, is reported at China
Grove. Mr. Frank I Frank Patter
son, of that place, is quite sick, also
A man by name of Coleman was
brought to town from No. 9 town
ship and lodged in jail on Wedflea
day for carrying pistols aud knucka.
The Observer says that last Sun
day was one of the greatest days the
street car line of Charlotte has ever
had. The receipts from fares were
about $250.
There will be a big picnic in No
4 township next Saturday. game
of buseball will take place between
Grant's Creek and a team from
No. 4.
Among the improvements of the
city is one at Forest Hill Methodist
church. The payement immediate
ly in front of this building is being
built of cement.
A number of little girls and boys
of the city, on Wednesday, changed
their attire from that of girls to
bovs and bovs to rirls. It was a
great time for them.
At Anderson, . C, the town dad
dies have prohibited tbe livery men
rrotn hiring a horse, running a
transfer, or ice aad dmrmcn from
selling ice or milk on Sunday,
Key. Walker White, who has been
yieiting relatives in this county, with
his two little boys, has returned to
Statesville, where he will join his
family. He will return to Texas
about September 15.
While the baseball games by the
colored people in rear of the city hall
are quite noisy, they furnish amuse
ment for quite a large crowd of
spectators every afternoon, who
greatly enjoy the fanny moyements
and play of this people.
Mr. Paul McGraw, a brother to
Mr. Frank McGraw, of this city,
met w'th a painful accident while
choppiog Tuesday by an axe glanc
ing, which cut a terrible gash in his
foot. He lives in Rowan county,
near Organ church.
No appetite ? Then do not try to
force tooi down; but use the most
sciriititic mear.a for restoring tone to
tne stomach. How? Why, by tak
ing Ay er's.Sarsaparilla, and in a sur
prisingly short time, your appetite
iA come again, and come to stay.
Ir. W W Morris has a walking
stick which he brought with him
from the mountains, on which he
has very artistically carved emblems
of the order of Masons and of the
Kjpa Sigma society. The stick
wus cut on the top of Juna Luska
mountain. His talent as a carver is
seen by his work.
A dose of Ayer's Cherry Pectoral
taken in time has prevented many a
fit of sickness and saved numerous
lives. This proves the necessity ot
keeping this incomparable medicine
where it can be readily reached at
all hours of the day and night.
Fred Miller, a colored boy of the
town, was employed by Mr. Castor
to dp tome work, and on going
through the shop to the rear end
the boy's bttention was attracted by
something in the lot, and not look
ing where he was stepping fell to
rou n d from the door, a distance
of 7 or 8 feet. His arm was fall of
lumber at the time, bnt the boy was
not seriously hurt. .
It is said that soon after the
campmeeting waa established at'
Pleasant Grove there was a staidi
unwavering old man in the neigl-
borhood who considered it an un
pardonable Bin almost for the men
and women to sit together during
services. Thererore he'built a high
partition running lengthwise of the
arbor to separate the; sexes. ' Th(
night after the partition was finished
some one, or ones, tarred and feathf
been erected
since. Monroe Ea i
quirer
Two Democrats Answer Bond Questions.
THE STANDARD PUT A QUESTION TO MESSRS. J. P. CALD
WELL AND JOSEPHUS DANIELS ABOUT THE EFFECTS
OF "SOUND" MONEY AND FREE COINAGE ON
THE BOND ISSUES ON AUGUST 21ST
BELOW ARE THE ANSWERS. x
.The Rileigh News and Observer
aniwers as follows:
In a recent issue of the Concord
Standard, there appea-ed an edi
torial relating to the issuing of bonds
' to maintain the gold reserye, and this
question was asked:
Does the editor of the Raleigh
News and Observer believe, if the
views and principles (those he es
pouses relative to the solution and
correction of the financial troubles)
become laws in their fullest aud
completest meaning and scope, that
the government officials would not
be compelled to again issue bonds to
protect the reserve fund or to main
tain the credit of the United States
or to make its promises to the peo
ple good ?
1. There is no statute requiring
the maintenance of a gold reserve.
When, as Secretary of the Treasury,
Mr. Sherman began the line of policy
looking to a perpetuation ot the
gold standard, he put aside one hun-
dred million dollars in gold which
he called "the gold reserye." Though
the amount of Treasury notes in ex
istence had been much larger than
at that time, no gold reserve had
ever before been deemed necessary,
and none had been necessary.
2. There being no law for the
"gold reserve," there is likewise no
law that requires the sale of bonds
to keep up the reserve. In the last
Congress the J udiciary Committee of
the Honse of Representatives pre
pared an able paper in eurport of
the position that the Secretary of
the Treasury had no legal right to
iseue bonds. The bonds are issued
under the old resumption act of 1S75,
and by a strained construction of
that Act.
The obligations of tbe govern
ment are all payable in coin at the
option of tbe government. As loDg
as we pay our debts according to the
written letter of the contract it can
not be justly said that we are not
preserving the faith and credit of
the goyernment. -
4. The government has made "no
promise to the people" except its
bonds and its various notes, and
none of them, except the gold notes,
are payable in gold. The coin five
dollar notes contain this contract oa
their face : "The United States of
America will pay to bearer fiye dollars
in coin, lhe silver certificates cone.
tain this stipulation : ''This certi
fies that there has been deposited in
the Treasury of the United States
five silver dollars payable to bearer."
The Treasury notes, "greenbacks,"
have this promise: "The United
States will pay the bearer five dol
lars." The bonds of the govern
ment are payable in any kind of
money.
It is therefore seen that there is
no obligation of the government
payable in gold ; no authority of law
for a gold reserve ; no clear legal
warrant to issue bonds ; and no
need to do any of these thiDgs to
preserve the contracts and credit of
the government. The bonds having
been issued to preserve the gold
standard, the necessity of further
issue is done away with when debts
and notes are paid according to con
tract, and not according to the seK
fish demand of the creditor.
The Charlotte Observer thus
answers :
The editor of the Concord Stand
ard has recently had an interview
with a s indent of finances and affairs
who, in reply to questions, gaye him
what we conceive to be an accurate
statement of one of the influences
wrought upon tbe Treasury by the
presence in onr currency system of a
large amount of grreenback , Trias
ury and Sherman notes. Briefly,
the statement is that one . wanting
gold may gather up this paper cur
rency, carry it to tbe Treasury and
have it redeemed in gold. The notes
are not then destroyed but are paid
out again in the regular course , of
business and may be again gathered
up and used to draw gold out of the
Treasury. This process may go on
indefinitely and thns these paper re
presentatives of -money have been
often and aptly described as an end
less chain. In view of this situation
The Standard courteously pro
pounds a question the same in
terms to the editor of the Charlotte
Observer and tbe Rle?b News and
Observer, and aeRs for a clear fall
answer.
Thus-
- Does the editor of the Charlotte
1 1 Observer believe, if the views and
principles (those he spouses relative
to : tbe solution and correction of
financial troubles) become laws
iu their fullest and completest
meaning - and scope, that the
the government officials would not
be con pel led to again issue bonds
to protect the reserve fund or to
maintain the credit of the United
States or to make its promises to the
people good ?
To be clear, we answer, yea. To
be full, we must needs explain. In
our judgement the run upon the
the Treasury gold has been largely
due to the agitation for free silver. We
are a creditor nation. Our foreign
creditors, noting the rise of the silver
tide, have, many of them, sent their
securities here for sale while yet they
could get for them the same quality
of money that they paid for them
gold. They have feared that the
United States are coming to a silver
basis and know that in that event
they would be paid off in a depre
ciated currency. Again, the balance
of trade has for Borne time been
against us and these balances, pay.
able in gold, have helped to weaken
the Treasury reserve and necessitate
issue of bonds. Yet again, as
pointed out by ex-Comptroler Hep
burn in his article in the Forum for
August, the operations of the Mci
Kinly tariff act were such that a
bond issue became necessary not
alone to strengthen the gold reserye
but to afford cash with which tbe
government might pay off its
rent obligations.
cur
We have dealt thus far with
causes. Causes other than those re'
cited might arise to produce the
eavne results. So long as the paper
.currency referred to is outstanding
fit: m a triflnano n ha onlr? yoaafva
and as far back as 1876 the national
Demorcatic party in convention de-
manded that these obligations should
be discharged. As early as possible
they shonld be redeemed and de
stroyed and the goyernment go out
of the banking business, confining
itself to its legitimate functians.
The notes thus redeemed should be
replaced by another currenay as
for instance State bank notes, as has
often been suggested, issued under
such supervision as would gnarantee
their character in order that there
may be no contraction of the cur
rency. In this explanation we have sought
to be candid and explicit. We do
not belieye that as things are now
the Treasury is entirely exempt
from the danger of raids with the
accompanying Lecessity for further
issues of gold bonds; but this danger
would decrease with the subsidence
of the free silvei agitation, with the
full restoration of confidence in the
equal yalue of all our money, and
with the adjustment of business,
now in rapid progress, to the new
tariff law.
Buying; Machinery.
Mr. R J Russell, of Colorado,
who has leased the Jimmie Hartsell
mine, two miles northwest of .Farr'is
Storj, has gone off to purchase ma
chinery. He will put in engine,
stamp mills, etc.
The ore is low grade, being worth
$i per ton, but is abundant and
easily gotten out.
It In Lord Sot Uoytl.
Charlie Lloyd, the murderer, be
longs to a family in this county
known as "Lord." He was raised
near the Phoenix mine, this county,
and his father and mother still live
there. His father remarked, when
hearing of Charlie's act, "it's mighty
bad, but I raised him right,"
Cylinder Head Blew Oat.
Thursday afternoon there was a
scatteration of men and mud alike
at R A Brown's brick yard when a
cylinder head to one of the engines
that runs the brick machine blew
out. Meu were working all around
the engine and when the burst oc
curred laborers prayed as ibey have
never prayed. It we almost a mir
acle that no one was hurt. Several
workmen were steamed, b a i not se
riously. Tbe blowout caused one
machine to suspend operation for
one day, but all is right again and
the average output of 35,000 brick
per day is going on.
Mr. HE Wilkinson, of J Enoch
ville, Rowan oonty, has accepted a
position with Mr. J W Cannon in
his cotton mill office. Mr. Wilkin
son ia an excellent young man and
The Standard welcomes him to
town.
Highest of all in Leavening
ABBOLOTEBX PURE
MURDER WILL OUT.
A Strange Komanc A Hiiaband, a
Wife and a Child Tbe Second Una.
band AImo JMlsttlng May Know
It All.
There is luiking aronnd loose
among the atmosphere around Hick
ory one of the most bloodt-curdling
and romantic, as well as highly sen
sational recountals of murder, at-
tempted murder and suicide, which
in all our Jong " experience,
has ever come'to our knowledge. It
is now proposed to suppress names
for the present in order that the law,
like JNature, may take its course.
It is said that murder will out and
this case is no exception, but ceeme
to justify the statement.
Fifteen or sixteen years ago a man
, residing near Hickory,
suddenly and very mysteriously dis
appeared from mortal ken. It was
whispered about that be had been
murdered and his body cast into the
Catawba river. Not long before
that he had trouble with his wife.
In fact he shot her in the breast and
attempted to shoot himself. He was
before the Superior Court Judge at
Newton on the charg6 when he told
the judge in open court that he had
intended to also kill himself, but that
the pistol would not go off and there
were only three loads iu it anyway,
He created quite a scene in court.
It was something about his child,
which he wanted to take from the
mother. He told the jadge he would
have the child if it was the last act
of his life, or that he would die in
the attempt. He got the child and
went away, but was induced to re
turn to his wife again. It was not
long before he disappeared. In
course of time the widow married.
She did not live very happily in her
second alliance. Not long ago hei
second husband lett and told some
ugly tales. There was something
said about a grave and its locality.
Tuesday of last week parties in
vestigated the graye. It was there.
bnt there were no human remains in
it. Husband number two has made
himself scarce in this section. The
officers want to find him. He may
clear up the mystery of the missing
husband number one. Meantime the
good people round about are saying
such s' range things do happen,
Hickory Press.
I" Hickory has a sensation, but out
siders can't have one over this ar
ticle. Lord, what a difference there
is when names are left out !J
Pnn'bed III Head; Through a Win
dow.
Rob Goodman and Rufus Alex
ander, two little negro boys who loi
ter around the streets, got into a
scrap rJriaay evening, vatn one
punched the head of the other one
through one of the large glasses in
a window at Swink s beef market.
Not even a kink was cut from the
boy's head to say nothing of the
gender skin. His honor, Mayor
Morrison attended to them this
(Saturday) morning.
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SUSPECTED POISON.
Crying;
for the standard . Earlier-
Work
Profrreimlng; Brlek From
Concord,
Mr. Pleasant, Aug, 29. Mary
Knott, a colored woman of the town
is critically ill, and the nature of her
sickness seems not to be understood.
Some persons are inclined to the
opinion that it is a case of poisoning.
Yesterday she was out in the conn
try, at out two miles from town, and
while at the home of Jerry Motley,
colored, she ate some watermelon. '
As others ate of the same melon and
as no other case of sickness has been
reported, it is not likely it had poison
in it.
It is Miss Mabel Barrier instead
of Miss Maggie, who with Mr.DD,
Barrier, is now visiting relatives in
S. C. The Standard was not in
formed correctly.
Work on Moose's drug store was.
suspended yesterday, no brick being
the cause. The work was resamed
today, seyeral loads ot brick having
been brought from Concord.
It would be a great coryenience to
the readers of The Standard if the
paper could be received the same
day it ia printed. As it is the news
is about 24 hours old when we get it.
Mr. Eobert Dove left Thursday
night for Baltimore, where he will
be under treatment by a special phyt
sician for a peculiar trouble puz
zling our local physicians.
Mr. Hazeillius Suther, a native
Concord boy and son of the late
Caleb A Cuther, now of near Trout-
iuou o, xicucii cuuniy, was id. xn
city shaking hands with friends of
departed boyhood days.
Miss Fannie Strieker, a most
estimable young lady of this city,
has gone to Forest City, where she
has accepted a position as instruct
ress in a music school. Forest City
is fortunate to secure one so com,
peter, t.
A number of young ladies and
gentlemen picnicked at Glasses
Thursday night. "The ride was
delightful," says one, "but the dust
was almost stifling." The excur.
sion went and returned without ac
cident. During the absence of Miss Wil
liams, Mr. Bryant, a recent graduate
of the University, is localizing for
the Charlotte Observer. His first
experience, in a new work and
among strangers, is a Buccew. He
has a nose for news.
A special to the Charlotte Ob
server from Morven, Anson county,
says that the first bale of new cot
ton was sold at that place yesterday
(Thursday) by Steve West. The
cotton was purchased by J M Hardi
son, who paid eight cents for it.
Tte Salisbury correspondent of
the Charlotte Observer says : "The
Daughters of the King gave
children an exhibit of curiosities,
etc., in the chapter house tonight.
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