r ' -J f, , "T II i ii i. i m i i mi i t DAILY -STANDARD : - ... . JOdN D. BARRIER & SON, ilditors and Proprietors. OFFICE - IN - BRICK - ROW. 1IIE STANDARD is published every clay (Supday excepted) and delivered by arries. RaU-sbf Subscription : One year . . . . . . .$.00 . 6iz months. . . . . . ... .... 2 00 Three months.. . . . . . . . . . 100 One month . . ... ... . . . . . ' Single copy. ............ .05 onr-page, eight-column paper, It has : a larger circulation in Cabarrus thah any ! JL tliji WEEKLY STANDARD 18 other paper. Price 81.00 per annum in advance. Advertising: Rates : Terms for regular adyertisements made known on application. Address all communications to -THE STANDARD, Concord, N. C. CONCORD, N. C JAN. SO ,1899. T HAT 4TH SECTION OF TEE PROPOSED AMENDMENT. ' We notice that t&e last si n'.ence in bcction 4 ef the proposed amendment to toe constitution 88 presented last Friday night in Democratic caucus reads, "Poll taxes shall be a lien only on assessed property and no process shall isane to enforce the collection oi the lame except against ajeased property . " We hope we are not in error in car yery strong conviction that the very oppooite is the right direction . he power to garnishee the employer in good but does not extend tar enough. The courts have decided, we be lieve, that xe3 are not a debt in tae ordinary sense of .the trm bnt a oral obligation. The jnonpay Lueut of the poll tax could be made to rank among misdemeanors and the Penalty could be made the working oat of the tax and the cost of process oa the public roads . ; ( I; goes without saying that no one bhoald be allowed t vote who res f noes or neglects to pay his poll tax, but to relinauish the right to vote should not be a relief from paying the tax. Characters who refuse or neglect to py a poll tax are about the hat. to give yon half the road ana the first to take the benefit of this Jaw' for tnval infringements on their rights. You must stop your 'badness, too, and attend court in their defense,where the law presumes that justice demands it, whether you gt?t a cent for it or not. , Hm hope bur ammdment to the constitution will rot encourage oae of the most ignobie traits of uni wor.hy citizsoship by tying the handi of the law against a class that ahor.ld be ranked among criminals. The Fenitentlary-Where Is That Report? During the campaign, upon every atnuip, the Republican proclaimed that the. penkeutiary had made mnnay and wag in a better condition than ever. Mr, Caldwell, the fu . aion candidate for Congress in the -yeQth.distircthd a 52 pagejtypes ytt'ittez document, to which he made fnqnfnt ailneio s; which he said, wao tne efficiai report of the penn ientiry for ths year 1897. - v In view of tbe diectosure of a de Hot of more than one hundred ' thousand dollars, ascertamad by the couaniiuee of experts appointed by Cpc. Day, and the further rotten vneds which the pending investigas tiou will disclose, it is important ft hat the 1897 report should be in the hands of the legislature: and prew served. We, thereforr, suggest that areso lution be adopted ctlline upon the Governor for the onicial reports of the penitentiary ior J97 and 1898t mciuutug luvcuwfioa. xney can both then be studied, after the new management has taken char&e in February, in the light of facts that thus come to the light. For nurpoae of compirison they will be ' invaluable, particularly if the ins vestigating committee institutes any suits for official malfeasance or dis honesty . News and Observer. Iti reply to the News and Obser ver's inquiry we Will say that we ne?er knew of more than two of these copies, one, as j above stated, in the hands of Mr. Caldwell and, the other the copy spitefully slammed down to the Standard man at the Kluttz Caldwell disoussion in" Con cord. The time was short to learn anything from the soscalied report and we hastenea to place it where it could be most intelligently scruti nized. We tendered it to Hon. A Leazer, who was anxious for a copy ana could not obtain it' At his re quest we Bent it to him, where it can be had 1y request, w suppose, oo f ar as we are concerned the legiala tive We authorities are welcome to it. doubt whether the government ever had one. For Over FlJty Tears Mrs! i. Winalow's Soothing 3yrap ha3 been used for over fifty years by millions of mothers for their child ren while teething, with perfect snc cessJ It eoothea the child, softens the gums, allays all pain, cures wind colic, and is the best remedy for Diarrhoea, It will relieve the poor j little sufferer immediately. Sold by druggists in every part of the world. Twenty-five sen ts a bottle. Be sure and ask for Vlr8. Winslows Sooth in g Syrup," and take no other kind. : - - i . ' Very Bad Indeed. . T ie Ealeigh correspondent to the Charlotte Observer dated the 28th1 says: . , !- " "Before the joint committee on penal institutions this evening, Senator BrowrJ, chairman of the sub-committee investigating the penitentiary, stated that he did not deem it advisable just now to make a full disclosure of the re sult bf examinations, but had no hesitancy in saying that the mis management of the penitentiary was beyond a parallel in the his tory of the State. He said the penitentiary owed $110,000 that he knew of. How m uch more he was unable to say, and he advised that this debt be liquidated at once. He thought a bond issue of $200,000 would be necessary to put the institution in! good shape, and believed that within two years with proper management the pen itentiary would be a source of revenue. Mewboorne, he said, was worse than Smith, ttnd the employees generally Were a dis grabe to North Carolina. Only a few day 8 since his committee could jnot get books from the pen itentiary because a book-keeper was beestly drunk, and. even now there Was in the institution a wo man Convict ruined by the em ployees, and the convicts also at Castle! Hayne were allowed to get drunki and there and at other places were filthy beyond de scription. He urged the necessity of immediate action and the com mittee instructed all newspaper reporters to have their papers in sert advertisements that all claims against the penitentiary- be sent to J A Brown, chairman, inside of ten days." ;i : , AVe heard on the campaign tha the penitentiary was one of the best managed institutions j in the Southland that the fusion regime was the soberest one that we had had for some time. But Mr. But ler, we learn, passed it along the line to claim everything and make no , confessions of wrong. Some of his pur-blind followers yet, in stead of the manly acknowledg ment of their misguided zeal that would command respect and sym pathy, forfeit both Dy moroeeness and a catching at real or imaginary every straw of imperfection on the part of the present r dominant party. .vVe, never could understand why a flower-bell was I susn pended over a couple during a marriage ceremony, i It seems to us that if they stood under 1 (I I J ' I . : ' 1 ' ! i a pair tree ill would; be more appropriate,- The MoterJ ! Smallpox Spreading. A special from Tarboro of the 26th Bays there -are 21 new cases of smallpox reported that day within six miles of the town. Mr. William Howard died of the dis- ease;- :. : ... . ' ; . The malady has assumed the epidemic stage I in parts . of Mis sissippi. "Near Macon, Miss., there have been as many as 200 cases within the last year, but so mild was it thai one physician at tended about 150 cases before he discovered the true character of it. We nave noted references to the presence of the disease in several 'Northeastern localities, eo that, some one has said that there is danger of meeting the disease from Maine to Texas. Heels Herethe Sext Time. The union-meeting of the Baptist Aeeociations ol Mecklenburg and Cabarrus va8 greatly hindered by the bad weather I last week, hence the subjects for discussion were not entered into. Rev. Hoge informs us that tbe ntxti meeting will be held here, beginning on Frday be- fore the fifth Sunday in April and continuing until Sunday. , Changes From Une to Another. Mr. J O Tiddy, who for six or eight months has been working at the i Cabarrus mills, having in charge the carding and spinning, informs us that he has accepted a position in the Victor mills at Charlotte, Mr. iTiddy's ; vacancy will be filled by Mr. W P Bennick, who has been employed at the Patterson mills. I In " Pennsylvania, Nebraska, Wisconsin, Utah, Wash ington and California there are legislative deadlocks on the elec tion of United jStates Senators. The 'United vStates Senate will be about as well off if they never get the lock broken as to have men of the Quay type. FOR SALEA ood buggy very cheap. Call on d-w tf. B F Rolf. M. L. Brown & BRoT LIVERY. FEED AND SLE STABLES. Just in rear oi St. Cloud Hotel. Om nibuses meet all passenger trains Outfits of all kinds furnished promptly and at reasonable prices. Horaea and mules. 'always on hand or sale. Breeders of thoroughbred Poland China HptpI tf Plant Trees What do we plant when we plant the tree ? -V J '- - - We plant the ship which will cross the sea. ' j We plant the masts to carry the sails. We plant the plank :to withstand the gales. j The keel, the keelson and beam and knee. , - i We plant the ship, when we plant the tree. What do we plant when we plant the 'i tree? ' , : , - We plant the houses for you and me.-' We plant the rafters, the shingles, the . .floors, :".-! - The beams and sidinsr. all Darts that be. We plant the house when we plant the tree. - , .. - What do w plant when we plant . the tree Y A thousand things that we daily see: We plant tne spire that out-towers the era; We plant the staff for bur country's flag. we plant tne JUaundry tnat sets men ' from soiled linen free. ' We plant all these when we plant the tree. Ask. about the Concord . Laundrv Cleaning Club, it's a good thing, J J SHIRTS HBPAIBED 2TBBI2. . attheJ.,.1 " CONCORD Steam LAUNDRY '. ' 'AND;..- : . .-i DYE WORKS. . , .'Phones. KEAT SALES prove the greai me-iti Of Hood's SnrsaiYn-ilU liood'B Sarsaparilla polls becauthi' ' THE RACKET ; 'STORE i Ovei 100 hundred pieces of Embroidery no two alike containing S96 y'ds These goods were made up for a Special customer, but he kicked at the long, -.."-v-i-vi v -. -. .. : , lengths and Jhrowed them back on the Manutactarers hands. jWo bought them mat a special discount for spot cash and will give you the benefit of our pur- "' I ' v t"" ' !:'- - ' i chase. These goods vary from 3-4 to; 27 inches wide. v : 870 yards at 8o. yard 732J " " 4a " 8031-2 5o, 655 " " 6ic. 5431-3 " ' 71-2c. yard. The bulk of these goods would be cheap, at 25 to 33 1-3 per cent, more but the quantity is larger than we care to handle at regular prices, for our stock on hands January 1st amounted to 745 yards, making our present stock over 4,000 yard?. In looking through the 12 l-2c. lot we foundthe same goo -is we're selling at 18o. whilevth same discount does not assure you you can save money on every Special Ahnost an unlimited quantity of Ladies' and Children's White Lawn and Swiss Handkerchiefs with one-half inch hems at 2 1-20. each. These goods would readily sell for 5 to 10a eachjwere thev hemstitched. Xhf y are good enough for children to loose; Come buy all you want, the more the better we'll be pleased We are neither mad nor fighting EVERYTHING AS ADVERTISED; Very Respectfully, D rj ARE YOU A. s r'i A Home Paoer Containing Jls or interest jL SEND IN YOUR T IN ORDER. THAT A PAPER WAY THRIVE IKfcOUR CITY It MUST HAVB THE HEARTY CO- OPERATION and PATRONAGE of Its PEOP'LEI rice rofflDAILY STANDARD .(so; One -wee&;..-v?ifr 1131-2 " 1 10c. yard. 141 tt tt 101'Ort 19 " 0c; ' " 25c. 271-lo " 9 run through the entire line. We can yard, whither it is 3c. or 37 l-2c gootte. j Mo. 2. competition but making a legitimate oxofiL I SUBSCRIBER ISTlDJEllD. Home and OtJieriiJfews "That o (Jar Headers. SUBSCRIPTION. ; - BOSTI AN Xi '3