price $4.00 Per Ysar.7
ON THEJG ROUNDS
Where Nearly Frty Years Ago JSliot
nnd Shell We re tint led at. Those
ffbo Art Now Enjoying the Grand
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Editorial Correspondence; ; : v
Charleston, 8, 0., May 9, 8;15 p.
Oamp 21? . .arrived; , wjthoat
event, gay and jollyyall heads level .
Yes, (there were events; 8heriff Peck,
O F Walter, 8 W White and Daniel
Stiller got relieTed of aurplus cash .
The pickpockets failed oa G E
Ritchie.
The Confederates havo captured
Charleston for a fact and the city
bows to the inevitable.
Vast arrangements are .made and
there are few privations . Bat it" is
night and we can see little of the
city. We arrived at 5:50 but have
been busy getting snpper, etc.- There
has been some unavoidable confusion.
Bat the nocturnal shades have
gathered upon us and the weary
frames of the veterans are stretched
oat for a night's repose1 from which
they have no fear of 'the1 "long' roll"
beat.
We think and think, what will
Charleston reveal to us and what
dreamy fancies that we have been
entertaining will be realized and
even surpassed. While thus we muse
we take up the historic telescope and
peer into the past and trace some of
the etepa by which the noble city
has attained her proud heights.
We see the primitive forests as
theys are ranged by the bear, the
wolf, the panther, the catamount
and, little more, the savage red man,
till 1670 there came a colony and
took up their abode on the west
banks of theAshley" river, but in
1780 it picked up and planted itself
between the Ashley and Cooper
rivers. " .
Many Frenoh Huguenots cast in
their lots and Charleston was a
growing, "thriving settlement.
Her importance was felt in the
Revolutionary War, for an English
fleetof 50 veseels attacked it. Col.
Moultrie had constructed, out of
palmetto logs, the famous fort chat
bears his name and the English fl?et
found itself more than matched.
'Twaa here and then that a British
ball cut off the flag staff and the
Stars and Stripes fell outside the
wall, when the fearless Jasper sprang
over, caught it up and' hoisted it
high. For this he was 1 offered a
commission but declined. The flag
given by the Charleston women to
the regiment was firmly held in his
grasp when he fell at Savannah in
1779 when Gen. Lincoln and ITEdL
tang made that terrible but fruitless
attack. This flag become the wind
ing sheet of the lamented Jasper.
But Charleston fell into the hands
of the British on May 12, 1 780, af
ter a four month's sioge, and the
gallant Lincoln had to hand over his
f" '. .... .-!..,
sword to Gen. Cornwallie, a humilin
ation atoned for when , assigned ,by
Geo. Washington- to receive, Oqrn
wallia sword on October 19 th; 1781
at Yorktown, Va. ' - - -lilt
was here in 1860 that that thorn
in the flesh, negro, slavery, formed a
wedge that split the Democratic
party and Stephen A Douglas, with
'Squatter Soyereinty plan,'' walked
no more with - his former political
household. The results are well
known. With, twa Democratic tick
ets, one .Whig ticket and one Re
publican ticket the anti-slavery or
- - - 1 " . '. - - ' 'I
abolitionr party came -into -power
SeceFsion'f ollowed,.; Hsre it tooVlts
b!rtl? a?.f orjlmnce' was" passed
on December 21, 18604 - vXi
It was Charleston. tha first
yiaux ana D3Jiowings or that ter
nble war :whfin .oR2i2AJ
coinmanded to fire at
4:30 J o'clock
12th. lftfil
no ay morniH?.
" t : at :
would a canvass rise and stretoh
acW Carleator bay wUh pano
o.picoftnegrietajQd suf
fering that folio wed the echorof thai
shpt9we!woald hide our 1 faces from
the scene and hie us homeward. But
we are not here to see the dark' side
of the picture.
Robert Jffi Lee, famed for engineers
ihg skill in the Mexican war set tha
defenses in order, here f' before he
took: his place i at the head -of the
army of Northern Viriniaf His
work lo)d,and with Gen. Beaure
gard in command Charleston defied
all the) Federal naval hosts.- Ad
miral pupont with a fl et of iron
clads attempted to dash past the
forts as Farragat did in theMiss
sissippi but found it more than a
hornets nest. The Keokuk was
sunk and an onicer, sf ter getting out
of the range, declared that the shots
from pe Confederate; forts kept
time with the ticks of his watch aa
they hailed upon his vessel. The
"Ribs' got the guns from the sunken
ship. But Gen. Gilmore succeeded
in getting Battery Wagoner. The
enemy, too, had erected on a plaN
form on driven piles the famous gun
known! as "The 8wamp Angel,
which hurled itn shots fire.milep.
landing them in the city. But joy
to the Charle8tonians, it burst at the
36-h shot. I
I
Many of the 8th regiment remem
ber these stirring scenes when Fort
Sampler was reduced to a mere mass
or pile of brickbats which Major
John Johnston,, now Rector of , ah
Episcopal church here, we belieye,
so manipulated as to i make it still
impregnable. What ?a; defense that
was at Charleston inthe 608, and it
was only when Gen. Sherman ap
proached it from the I rear that it
was ayacuaVed on February 18, 1865.
But what was the war with all its
horrors, drawing out four years,
compared with the next and greatest
of all events in her history, the
8eismio convulsions of August 31,
1886, when her 50,000 people were
threatened with instant destruction.
Truly Charleston is rich in her
collection of historic events. But
there is a time for all things and
Charleston has killed the fatted calf
and has music and dancing now.
Iloneycutt-Stlefcl Marriage:
Mr. David Honeycutt, a young
man of our town, ( was married
Wednesday night to Miss Mary;
Elizabeth Stiefel,- daughter of Mr.
John Stiefel , of Cannonville. The
affair took place at the bride's home,
performed- by Rev. T W Smith.
The bride and groom ieit ior Au
gusta on their bridal tonr.
aillllons Ctfven Away.
It is certainly gratifying to the
public to know of one concern in
the - land .who are not! afraid to be
generous to the needy and sufler
ing. Tha proprietors of Dr. King's
New Discovery for Consumption,
Coughs and Colds, have given away
over ten million trial bottles of this
great medicine; and have the satis
faction of knowing it has absolutely
cured thousands of hopeless casesj
Asthma, Bronchitis, Hoarseness
and: all . diseases of. .the Throat
Chest and Lungs are surely cured
by itrf,Call at IB.i Fefa drug
store arid get'a tmi bottle free. Reg
ular size 50ci and fl.i "Every Iwttlel
guaranteed, or price refunded. T
CONCORD, N. CX, THURB DA V, MAY 11,
MEMORIAL DAY.
ii
indreds of Children Together With
Numbers of Citizens Pay Their
'F11 be Confederate Dead
A Ntrongr Oratlen delivered The
Monnment Laden With Flowers.
j The Memorial services, per pro-
granamegotten up by the General
lUmseur Chapter of Daughters of
Confederacy, directed by; the
President, Mrs. Jno. P Allison,
occurred Wednesday evening
aUVclbck.
v From the Graded School
ground the procession marched
to the Court House. The new
Concord Band, clad in atrac
tiye duck uniforms and caps to
match, leading were followed by
School children, each grade in
charge of the teacher. The
little sons and daughters of the
Veterans bore jflowers, their con
tribution to the service of honor
ins: the dead' heroes of the ereat
struggle. At the court house the
crowd was swelled by citizens of
the town until the room was
packed with beauty, patriotism
and devotion.
The band under tho ieadship of
that born musician, Prof. R L
Kee3ler, also the musical director
of the Graded School, made its
first appearance in public and dis
pensed some sweet music an
addition to the usual memorial
service. The "Old North State"
was eung by the school children.
Mr. H M Barrow sang a solo and
the band and school children
played and sang "Nearer My God
to Thee."
! The exercises were opened by
prayer by Rev. J1 D Arnold, of
Forest Hill M. E. church. The
large audience followed deeply
touched and moved by this fer
vent prayer. of beautiful thoughts,
earnest appeals, soldier-like sub
mission and striking appropriate
ness. During this solemn
exercise many eyes were moist
ened by the beautifully sincere
words of the minister, himself one
of the Veterans.
H S Poryear, E?q., always
read y , after strong words for the
South as she is today and laying
much of the inspiration now as
in f60-'61 at the feet of the women,
doing this in his happiest style
and i manner, introducing the
orator of the occasion, Luther
T Hartsell, Esq., a son of one of
Cabarrus' representatives in the
great struggle of the 60's.
The Standard had prepared to
publish much of Mr. HartselFs
magnificent address, but this can
not be done. Space will not ad
mit all and to cut out and cull
from it will spoil the beautiful
structure, built from the very
factsof history and nature itself.
Mr. Hartsell, a fine representative
of physical, mental and moral
manhood, himself, was sensibly
moved by the evidence of undy
ing love for the braves whom we
honor and by the words he was
about to utter. In briefly refer-
ing to the causes of the wai in a
forcible manner he maintained that
the Southern heroes but fought
for that principle which the con
stitution itself upheld and by the
courage oi. their convictions did
that which:a number of . Northern
States: for much, less provocation
threatened to do. f r , -r-nha
"The cause for which the Con-
1899
federates contended," said the
speaker, :;Mhas often been called
The lvost Cause,' and such no doubt
it is, so far.a it involves a dissolu
tion of the Union, but the princi
ple for , which; they fought is not
deadit is eternal, . ,
Mr. Hartseil deplored the fact
that the historian, in many in
stances, perverted the truths of his
tory; but he believed that the4 brief
existence ' of the ' Confederacy had
achieved a renown and bequeathed
to the future a story that can never
perish.
The speaker told, too, how quick
the people' of Cabarrus rushed to
arms, in answer t the call to duty,
by Governor Ellis. uWhen I say
that Cabarrus Boldiers were as brave
and true as ! any North Carolina
sent to the Confederate army, that
is equivalent 1 to saying tbey were
equal to the best in , the world," is
the accepted truth by all Ameri
cans. The speaker's concluding words
are as follows: "The records ishow
that before the war was half ended
one man out of every ten from Ca
barrus lay dead on the battle field.
"Shall we hesitate to speak of
these things and fear to praise the
sublime deeds of our fathers lest
W6 be accused . of disloyalty. No,
we prove our loyalty by being loyal
to human nature and to the mem
ory of the heroes who died for up.
Shal we forget to honor these men
of whom" oUr-great adversary, Presi
dent Lincoln, said at Gettysburg :
I am proud to call the men who
charged these heights my country
men."
j Many people eaid this was the
finest effort they had ever heard
upon a memorial occasion in Con
cord. Mr. Hartsell was congratu
lated by several whose lives" began
beyond the Mason and Dixon line.
This is a graceful act for them and
a compliment to him.
J After this the Confederate monu
ment in the court house lawn was
decorated with many flowers and
the crowd dismissed with the bene
diction by Dr. Davis, of All Saints
church.
AN
EPIDEMIC OF WHOOPING
COUGH.
Last winter durinsr an emdemio of
whooping chough my children con
tracted the disease, having severe
coughing spella We had used Cham-
berlain's Cough Remedy very succesful - i
ly for croup and naturallyturried to it at
i U 4. ,1 t J ii. J "1 il
Li-iku unit: uu iuuuu iv reiie veil ixie
cough and effected a complete cure.'
John L Clifford, Proprietor Norwood
IHouse, Norwood Nr Y. This remedy
is ior sale oy w.. jli. marsn & Lip.
Pure Plymouth Rock 'feggs, 15
for COc. Truman Chapman.
Goods you tad best come quick.
till you can' t restjJat prices
Five Days
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Single Copy 5 Cents
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We baye a full line
of little Gent's Shoes.
just the thing for your
boy. They are made
like men's Shoes and
will wear like old time
leather. Best mater
ials are alway used in.
their makeup ana
they will stand the
hard knocks. The
leathers are of tan and
black vici, also tan
Russian calf. The
prices e?re $1.25, S1.48
and $1.98. They are
just the Shoes you are
lookinsc f or.drop m and
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To Our Customers.
On account of tliR extra
work and expense required to
keep and collect small acs,
counts we have decided ta
adopt a j
Cash System, beginning Juno 1.
For the convenience of these
whaprefar it, we will sell, at
a discount of 5 per cent., con
pon books in denominations of
$1,00 and up. We believe
this will prove highly satis
factory and crrain!y more
convenient to you We solicit
your t)atfronaee and nrrYmisA
- to do ouriutmosf to please VOU.
Uur work is equal to the! best.
lhe above will be strictly
enforced. Kespeotlully,
Concord j Steal Lanniry & Dye foris
K K Ridenhonr, J XL Purcell
Proprietor. 9nnnf?er.
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