The Democrat.
CHARLOTTE, N. C.
FEBRUARY $4 J .1 .8,7 'HM
Fees of County Officers.
The Committee to which was.refened
several propositions to regulate the Fees of
the Supreme Court. dferWantl ceitain Coun
ty officers, introduced the following Hill in
the House, "and" ic is mm wider"cVhsiderar
tion. As to the probability of its passage
in the present shapenwc know nothing :
A Bill to be entitled an Act to regulate Fees
. of Clerk .of Supreme Court, Clerks of
Superior Courts, Sheriff's and other speci
fied officers in specified cases.
Sec. 1. The General Assembly of North
Carolina do enact, That the Clerk of the
Supreme Court shall receive an annnt sal
ary of 2,000, to 'be ; paid quarterly- He
shall account to the Treasurer of ;the State
quarterly for all fees received by him as
prescribed by law and pay the same into
the Treasury of the State. ;
Sec. 2. Superior Court Clerks shall re
ceive the following fees : For every original
writ of summons or other original leading
process, 75 cents, for every duplicate there
of, 20 cents ; recording a return of a Sheriff
or other ministerial officer, 10 cents ; receiv
ing, filing and noting on the docket any
pleading or demurrer, and delivering copies
tiled to the parties to whom addressed, 10
cents; entering order, enlarging time for
pleading, 20 cents ; entering judgment and
verdict, 75 cents ; judgment on any question
authorized to be decided by him if there be
an appeal to the Judge, including statement
of the case on the appeal from his decision
to the Judge, and acknowledging receipt of
decisions of the Judge and notifying each
attorney thereof, 75 cents ; transcript of re
cord for a Judge on issue of the law joined
on the pleadings and acknowledging receipt
of decision of the Judge, and notifying each
attorney thereof, 40 cents; taking an affida
vit to witness or juror's ticket, or any o:her
affidavit, 10 cents; transcript of case and
record for Supreme Court, $1.50 ; transcript
of judgment, 20 cents; mailing transcript,
postpaid, 10 cents; docketing any judg
ment on execution docket, 20 cents; affixing
seal of Court when neceseary, 25 cents ; en
tering on Record any order or judgment of
a Judge, on a matter which he has jurisdic
tion to decide out of term, if not more than
one copy sheet, 10 cents, and each addition
al copy sheet, Scents; issuing subpoena for
witnesses if it contains not more than four
names, 15 cents, and 5 cents for each addi
tional name ; copy of any record or other
writing in his office, per copy sheet, 10 cents
each for first four, and 5 cents each for every
additional one; probate or acknowledgment
of a deed or a writing of any sort authorized,
to be proved, 20 cents, and taking private
examination of a married woman with the
certificate thereof, 30 cent; for ordering
the registration of any deed or other written
instrument which has been proved in any
other county, 20 cents; probate of a will in
common form with a certificate and issuing
letters testamentary, 75 cents ; recording
will or returns of executors, administrators,
guardians or trustees required to make re
turns, per copy sheet, for first four 10 cents,
and 5 cents for each additional copy tdieet ;
grant of letters of administration of any s rt
and taking bond of administrator, including
justification of sureties, 75 cents ; every no
tice required to be issued by Clerks, 10
cents ; grant of guardianship, including
taking bond aud justification of sureties, 75
cents; apprenticing infant, including inden
ture, 75 cents; entering caveat on contested
will, lo cents; recording articles of agree
ment of proposed corporations, fsl.50; issu
ing commission of any tort, 60 cents ; enter
ing return to commission and order for regis
tration of deed, 10 cents; auditing account
of executor, adminUtrator, guardian or other
trustee required to return account, 40 cents,
if not over 300, 60-cents if over 300 and
not over 1,000, if over $1,000, 75 cents ;
continuance of cause,. 20 cents ; executions,
30 cents; issuing capias, 75 cents; taking
recognizance, 20 cents; entering judgment
against a defaulting juror or witness on bail
bond or recognizance, 20 cents; justification
of bailor sureties to an,appeal, 35 cents;
presentment or indictment, 50 cents each ;
auditing final settlement of executor, guar
dian or other trustee required to return ac
counts, one-half of one percent of the amount
on which commissions are allowed lo such
trustee, if not over $1,000, but in no instance
to exceed $10; judgment on any question
to be decided by him if no appeal, 40 cents;
notifying Solicitor of removal of guardian,
20 cents ; taking bond or undertaking of
any kind, including justification, 40 cents;
issuing writ of dower, possession or similar
process, 60 cents ; receiving, filing and no
ting resignation of guardian, relinquishment
ol right of administrator or executor, 10
cents ; application for appointment of guar
dian, 10 cents; recording reports, partition
and widow's dower, per copy sheet, for first
four, 10 cents each, and 5 cents for each ad
ditional copy sheet : for every jury impan
neled, 10 cents"; motion in arrest of judg
ment, 10 cents ; .for every certificate, 20 cts.
AM Clerks shall bje required to keep posted
in their office a" Fee, B'Ul for public inspection
and reference, undW A penalty of $50 for
such neglect. Z -'
Sheriffs shall be allowed fees as follows :
Executing supcena on a witness, 25 cents ;
conveying a prisoner to jail in another coun
ty, 5 cents per mile each way ; for prisoners
guard, if necessary, and approved by Coun-.
ty Commissioners, going and returning per
mile, for each, 5 cents; taking any bond, in
cluding furnishing the blanks, 40cents, for
every execution in civil cases where sale is
made, 50 cents ; for collecting State and
county taxes, if amount collected is $5,000
or less, 5 per cent, if more than $5,000 and
less than 10,000, 4 per. cent, if more than
$10,000, 3 per cent on amount collected.'
Register of Deeds as follows : Registering any
deed or writing, authorized to be registered or re
corded by them, with certificate of probate or ac7
knowledgmcnt and private examination pf a mar
ried woman, containing not more than three copy
sheets, 50 cents, and for each additional copy sheet,
10 cents ; for issuing each notice required by the
County Commissioners, including subpoenas for
witnesses, 10 cents each making out oritrinal tax
list, cents for each name, and for every dupli
cate. 1 cent per name; issuing marriage license, 50
cents ; as Clerk to Board of County Commissioners,.
finer day.
Tah
rales Jurors shall ricelve 50 cents nerd&vand
po mileage.
IF0 ZEE CSAEUrtTTE pVtQBAT A
Mefeorlal tatnfc 'Legislature ,
From
i thi" citizens hf Cherryvitle. fownsKipi
, Gaston County. j!
We,' theuadersignid citizejrbildvi
spectfully memorialize your honorable body
to the end that our burden of taxes may.be
lessened, asking first that- )- laws and
clauses of laws allowing fees to any officer,
.State. County or Municipal, befcpealed, and
enact that all officers shah "have a reason
able salary to compensate themjfor perform
ing the duties imposed by tne several offices
and no more. We therelore respectfully
ask that the Governor's salary be $1,500 in
stead of $3,000, which will be -$4.10 per
day instead of $8.20, and that all other of
ficer's salaries be reduced, in the same ratio.;
We urge this - measure not with a mali
cious spirit, but in view of retrenchment
and reform, that we may be relieved of tax
ation, or if not relieved,, the. surplus thus
saved be applied to ; the payment of our
enormous public debt, which is likely to en
gulf us. This is the intrenchment the im
poverished condition of our State demands,
and we' respectfully recommend it. ?
We would also recommend that all our
offices be made so poor that rich men will
stop office-hunting, and let the office hunt
the man. Then we shall have fair elections,
no man's vote bought with money, and no
frauds will be heard of in elections to dis
grace our great State. Then shall we have
old time officers public servants ' serving
the people for the people's good, and not
for their money alone. Then shall we weigh
men's heads, not their pockets.. Men shall
stand upon merit, not on money. When
money shall no more monopolize offices,
then shall we have a return of the good old
days of the past, and not till then. Then
shall peace and prosperity reign triumphant
ly throughout the length and breadth of
our great and glorious old State.
To your honorable body we most respect
fully submit the above, respectfully asking
your candid consideration ; and tor your
honorable body we, in duty bound, will ever
pray. W. (3. Harrellsox and others.
m m
The Prevailing Horse Disease.
I saw in your journal that there is an
epidemic among the horses in some sections
of this S:ate which is considered to be kin
dred to blind staggers. While I do not
profess to be well versed in the diseases of
horses, if you will permit me to give my
views I will do so in as considerate a man
ner as I possibly can. First, so far as re
gards blind staggers, I, don't think, pro
perly speaking, there is any such disease.
lut as to the disease in horses called stag
gers, all reflecting men are bound to con:
cede the fact that the disease is only preva
lent in malarial districts, hence, you will
only find what is called staggers t prevail
among horses in sections where chills and
fever are prevalent, therefore it must be a
malarial disease. It lullows as a natural
consequence that the disease is i othing
more or less than a congestion of the brain,
or in other words, congestive chill, the
fame as the human family is frequently
heir to.
In regard to the diseas. above referred
to, I think it very probable that it is con
tagious, as was doubih-ss the epizooty, un
less the present disease is caused by the
use of unwholesome food.
In 1866 or 1867 from the Wilmington and
Weldon Railroad to the sei coist, the
stagg- rs so-calltd prevailed to an alarming
exten. A wealthy farmer who was losinjj
horses and mules daily, by a disease as he
thought staggers, called on a nond physi
cian, in whom he had undivided confidence,
to prescribe a remedy for his horses. He
was told by the doctor, (though he was no
horse doctor,) if he would give him the
symptoms, he would do the best he could
lor him. The doctor was told the horses
were taken with a drooping tremor as
though they had a chill. The doctor told
him he thought it was a
c mgestive
chill,
and prt scribed one 4th ounce quinine to
be repeated every hour if there was no re
action. The farmer did as advised an 1 lo-t
no more horses. The news reached Eden-
ton in forty-eight hours, aud the result wa,'
whenevtr quinine was admini tered, the
horses recovered.
I have no doubt that three-fourths ol the
diseases is caused by feeding unwholesome
food, such as moulded grain or stiaw. It
is well known by some, but not by all,
that there are millions of living insects so
small that they can hardly be seen by the
aid of a microscope, that the use of un
wholesome food, will sooner or later bring
about a lung disease on animals, is some
thing that every man knows or ought to
know.
If any one is so unfortunate as to have
moulded food and is not able to do better
than use such, they should be careful to
well shake the fodder or hay so as to get off
the dust, and dampen with a weak solution
of salt water. The use of ripe oats, wheat,
rye, or any other grain crop is by no means
injurious to stock, if not moulded. Permit
me to say that I am thin on physic either
for the human or brute family. A great
many physicians are cursed for their pa
tients dying, when the fault is in the medi
cine being adulterated. I will therefore
recommend for use of animals, when not
healthy, on -half gill powdered sulphur
once a week, as that is so cheap it is proba
ble it will be found to be all brimstone.
Salt once a week is good for all animals.
L. B. Manning in Raleigh Farmer fc
Mechanic.
i III
The Cotton Movement. The Cotton
receipts lor the week ending on Friday
night, Feb. 7, Were 171,608 bales, against
167,098 bales the preceding week.' The
total receipts lor the season have been
3,441,348 bales, against 3,254,879 last year,
an increase of 186,469 bales.
The exports lor the Week were 103,457
bales The exports for corresponding week
of 1S78 were 116,751 bales ; a decrease for
this year "of 13,294 bales.' The total ex
ports for the season , have been 2,060,823
balesj against 1,852,165 bales last year.
, The S'Orks ori'hand on Friday Mere 86S,-
026 bales; last year, 914,125 bales; de
crease for 1879, 46,099 bales. ;
:"ZW The address of Col N. Dumont of
Charlotte, on immigration before the Legis
lature last night, by invitation of the Com
mittees on Agriculture and Immigration,
was a valuable production -Raleigh Netcs'
k"eriv
The Ladies Car.
yfVhen Mr Pike, one Winter; morning? in
a87frrived at the Hudson River Railroad
train, at New York, to take his pasfcagd Tor
Albany, he found a placard liaogijig 'upon
the-car of his first choice : "Ladles Car.
And.ra his trying the door, a brakeman in
cliarge apprised, him. that the. car was, by
the rules of the com panyi reserved for ladies."
Nevertheless,: Mr .Hike 'preferred?- thaVQar,
Reasons 'not igOetu -'iPAhap iheiwW k
ladies' man, or a fashions' writer and liked
td sTrwtfefB hemild-setrt htrlatesrstylesrt
Perhaps he could i not , find a seat by the
window- on the, river side in the gentlemen's
cars.' At all .events, he yielded ? to the
brakeman for .the moment', but watched ah
opportunity and slipped in,, Thebrakeman
was wroth at this. He seized upon the in
truder, and hustled him but forthwith, and
according; to the, narrative given by the
latter, treated him with great and unneces
sary, violence, so that he was "greatly
beatep,'. hurt, injured, and wounded," and
so "forth."" Out ot this fracas along lawsuit
arose, the final decUion of which,' in the
Court of Appeals,' comes to hand in the lat
est volume of the reports. Upon the first
trial, the passenger recovered $5,000 dam
ages. The Supreme Court set that aside
as excessive. On a second trial, the jury
said $4,000. The Supreme. Court refused to
overset that, and the case went to the
Court 'of Appeals, where the doctrine of
the "ladies' car" has now been established.
Is that doctrine obsolete or old-fashioned ?
Has the "ladies' car" beep altogether super
seded by the Pullman and Wagner vehicles ?
Perhaps not everywhere. And if it were,
the same questions would arise and the same
rules would apply to setting apart "bag
gage" and "smoking" cars ; to appointing
separate ladies' and gentlemen's rooms at
stations and upon ferry-boats, and, in con
siderable degree, though with some modi
fication, to Pullman or Wagner cars. The
points in the Pike case were, first, that the
company had a right to set apart a ladies'
car and exclude single men from it. All
the Courts agree that this is the law. Such
an arrangement is a reasonable regulation
which carrying companies have the right to
make to secure the comfort and security of
female passengers. A car, and on the same
principle a waiting-room or cabin, may be
set apart for ladies, and if reasonable ac
commodations are provided elsewhere for
men unaccompanied, they have no ground
to complain. Moreover, the right to make
the rule carries the power to enforce it.
The company was authorized to station a
brakeman with orders not merely to give
the notice, but to put out intruders also.
And in so doing the brakeman acted in the
company's business, and the company was
responsible for his acts. Then, how could
it be that the passenger recovered damages?
Because the brakeman had. acted, in the
opinion of the j ury, with' unnecessary vio
lence, and hid injured the passenger more
than there was any need of in expelling
him. His authority was strictly limited to
using such gentle and considerate force as
would remove the intruder, without giving
him any useless mortification, suffering, or
injury. In going beyond this he made his
employers liable for his excess, and whether
there was an excess or not is for the jury to
decide in such cases.
This general doctrine is taught in other
decisions. In Wisconsin a man traveling
alone could find no seat in the passenger
cars, and stood up till he was tired. Then
he rode awhile in the smoking-car, but that
made him sick. Then he got a brakeman
to let him into the ladies' car, and there he
w;is riding very comfortably when other
officers on the train came and put him out.
The Court held that the company had the
right to keep a separate ladies car, but
must be reasonable and moderate in carry
ing out the regulation. If one of the per
sons in charge had permitted the passenger
to take a seat in it, that was leave which
justified him, and others could not turn him
out. The passenger in this case made a
good point against the rule by proving that
the very men who put him out were accus
tomed to ride in that car themselves, when
their work on the train was done for awhile;
arid the Court said if the company did not
enforce the rule against conductor and
brakemen, it ought not to do so against
passengers. In Iowa, the case went against
i he passenger. He was- somewhat intoxi
cated when he forced his way into the
ladies car, and was rude and boisterous.
Moreover there were seats to spare in the
ordinary cars. He was put out; and com
plained of unnecessary violence in this, that
the conductor did not stop the train. The
train was running at ordinary speed at the
time, and the passenger claimed it was dan
gerous and legally wrong to force , him
across the platforms. But the Court said
there was no rule of law against it. Rail
way carriages have been improved so much
in recent years that stepping from one car
to another is comparatively safe; it is daily
done by passengers without accident ; and
it is not necessarily negligent or unlawful
to compel a misbehaving passenger to do it.
The company had the right, by its agents,
to put the unauthorized passenger out of
the ladies' car; and it was for the jury. to
say whether they had done so in a manner
which wa improper in. the circumstances.
AT. I' Time. -
The Louisiana Lottery Swindle
The downfall of the Louisiana Lottery
seems to be near at hand sure enough, since
the State Senate has followed the House in
the passage of a bill providing for the re
peal of its charter. If Gov. Nicholls shall
sisrn the bill, which
ought
not to- be a mat
ter' of doubt, a great curse will be extirpated
arid not 'Louisiana alone, but the whole
country, will have reason to give thanks.
One or two ex-Confederate officers of high
rank will have to look elsewhere for a sup
port, and the policy dealers will be obliged
to look up some other charter for swindling,
but thousands of people will be rid, in a
measure, of temptation to make fools of
themselves in the old and vain effort to get
rich without work. Philadelphia' Times.
23? We are informed that- CoL: Wm.
Johnston of Charlotte, was recently offered
the Presidency of 1 the" construction of a
very important ltaiiroad m l ennsyivania
with very liberaT' pecuniary .inducements,
f but declined the same on account of the
' climate, distance from home' and the sever
' ance of domestic ties which would result.
i Raleigh AW i! ; : !f
tot tcT!t:7
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jjj. Digest of ISujrejne Court Opinions! '
fJdnuar0i;fym 0
. i r " !' o ' ' ' Pi "-'.J !
( ByyStnilb, C. J.r-State vs.' Munroe, from
VUmoeriaua. -i ne wonsiuuiionai , amena
tnent" which prohibit' a Judge .front" hold
ing the Courts in the same District oftener
than.once iu four years, does not abrogate
acts creating extra regular terms which
have been established for certain counties.
Tmi "District" means tha series. oC uccesr
sive Courts which belong to and constitute
the regular Spring or Fall Ridings.
By Smith, C. J. Mebaue vs. Mebane,
from New Hanover. A judgment' of lore
closure does not conform to the rules which
should be observed in decrees of foreclosure
and sale of mortgaged property in which
no time is allowed the mortgagor to pay
the debt and redeem. 2. Where no report
of sale is required to be made to the Court
in order that it may be set aside or con
firmed and; title ordered, it is entirely at
variance with the rules of Judicial sales to
confer upon the Commissioner appointed to
sell the. power of Confirming the sale and
making title. A decree defective in the
above particulars' should be corrected and
made interlocutory as such decrees should
always be. Where a wife makes a mort
gage of her rear estate to secure her hus
band's debt, the husband or his representa
tive is a necessary party to an action to
foreclosure. The special facts found in this
case fall within the rule laid down in Griel
vs. Vernon 65 N. C. 76, and Bradford vs.
Coit 77 N. C. 72, defining "excusable neg
lect." : By Smith, C. J. Sutton v s. Schonwald,
from New Hanover. The defendants, was
Guardian of one of two infants, and under
the impression that he was Guardian of
both, filed a petition and had the land of
both sold and title confirmed to the pur
chaser who paid the purchase money and
who conveyed the land to the other de
fendant. Subsequently S. discovered his
mistake, was appointed Guardian of the
other infant, the plaintiff, on whose behalf
this action is brought to annul the sale as
to her moiety of the land, and he alleges
that the proceeds of the sale were applied
to the support and maintenance of the
plaintiff. During the trial the Judge, be
ing of the opinion that an account of the
expenditures for the wards was material,
ordered a mistrial and reference, without
prejudice, of the matters of account. Held,
The appeal is not authorized by sec. 299
C. C. P. Interruptions in the preparation
of cases for trial by appeal are not tavored,
nor allowed unless the appeal comes within
the provisions of the Code.
By Smith, C. J. Eure vs. Paxton, from
Chowan. Where in proceedings to settle
an estate an undivided interest in certain
real estate is assigned to an infant heir at
law subject to a lien for certain sums due
other heirs-at-law. Held, In a subsequent
proceeding to sell said real estate and dis
charge the liens out of the proceeds an ob
jection that the sums charged against her
are in excess of-her income and largely en
croach upon the principal estate is untena
ble. The previous decree remains in full
vigor until reversed or modified by some
Jroceeding directly impeaching it and the
iens declared by it can not be resisted in
this collateral mode. A case made out for
this Court which contains a statement of
some facts and refers the Court to the
voluminous pleadings to ascertain the other
facts therein alleged is not in accordance
with the requirements of sec. 301, C. C. P.
By Dillard, J. State vs. Foy, from Car
teret. In an indictment for rape it is not
error to instruct the jury that the words
used by the prosecutor in defining the of
fence must satisfy the-jury beyond a reason
able doubt that the defendant had, violently
and against her will, accomplished the act.
By Dillard, J. -Bank of Washington
against Creditors of said Bank, from Beau
fort. Where there is no case stated or case
agreed and no errors are pointed out, the
settled practice of this Court is to affirm the
order appealed from. In distributing a
fund Courts of Equity will allow a creditor
to come in subsequently to the time fixed
for presentation and proof of claims against
the estate if he was bona fide ignorant of
the proceedings previously had.
By Dillard, J. Russ vs. Joues, from
Beaufort. Where there is no case agreed
or case settled and this Court is unable to
see from the record on what intimation ol
opinion by the Judge below a non-suit was
entered the judgment below must be af
firmed. Oldham vs. Sneed, from New Hanover.
On a motion to set aside a judgment for ex
cusable neglect under sec. 133, C. C. P. the
Judge below did not find the facts but ren
dered judgment refusing the motion and
sent up the affidavits used before him as a
Eart of the record. Held, The facts not
aving been . found the case is remanded
with leave ta the "defendant to renew his
motion that the Court below may find the
facts. An appeal lies for mistakes of law
in ascertaining the facts or upon the ques
tion t whether the facts in law amount to
mistake, inadvertence or excusable negli
gence. v By DjUard, J. Riggan vs.
Fra'nklin.-Where a purchase
Green, from
purchased is made in
C pod faith of one non' compos mentis, by one
without knowledge of the incapacity and no
advantage is taken, for a full consideration
paid and that, consideration goes manifestly
to the benefit of the lunatic a Court of
Equity will not interfere. If the Court in
terfere in any such case it would require
the lunatic's estate to pay back what he re
ceived, but where the ' lunatic is unable to
put the other party in statu quo or if the
benefit received is actual and of a durable
character the Court, will not set a?ide the
conveyance. -
By Dillard, J. Leakee vs. Bear, from
Richmond The note sued on was made
navable as soon as. and not hpfnrp thd
L Legislature ! shall i pass an act recognizing
certaiu bonus in lavor ot thejW llmington,
Charlotte and .Kutherfordtou Railroad is
sued by virtue of an Act
Held, The Act of 1875 to
passed in 1861.
commute, com-
pronufieanu seme . ,
offered tomproroise for said bonds ljr is
suing new 'bonds at 40 per cent thereof in
exchange aid thereby recognize said class
of bonds as a valid subsisting indebtedness
of this State. The compromise is based
upmrthe State's inability to pay and not
upon any objection to the validity of the
classes of bonds sought to be compromised.
( ; ? Additional Decisions.
By Smith, C. J. A R Mason vs. Rachel
McCcrmrck-from - Bladen judgment -reversed.
State vs. Emanuel Leak, from Rich
mondjudgment reversed. Charles M Bon
ham vs. Thomas Craig and others, from New
Hanover affirmed. LA Paschall, Admin
istrator, vs. L H Bullock, from Granville
affirmed.
By Ashe, J. State vs. II A Davis, from
Orange judgment affirmed. M E Walker
vs. W P Dick, from Forsyth eiror re
versed. State vs. Sewell Gillespie, from
Iredell no error.
By Dillard, J. State vs. Whitson Wal
ler, from Catawba new trial. II Brunhild
fc Bro.--v.H Freeman new trial. State
vs. A A Smith, from Yadkittjudgmcnt re
versed and bill of indictment abated. State
vs. A J Spurtin, from Alleghany appeal
dismissed.
Cotton and Tobacco Crops.
The Agricultural Report just issued by
the Department at Washington, in giving
the price of the cotton crop, says :
"We are guided by the prices received
by the planter, which have ruled excessive
ly low this Winter, the average for the
whole country being 8 cents per pound.
The great value of this crop is founded on
the demand for export prior to the war. In
1859 and 1860 the amount imported into
Great Britain from the United Sta'es was
four-fifthsof their whole importation. Dur
ing the war it fell off to less than two per
cent. Starling in 1866 at thirty-seven per
cent, we find that in 1878 we had regained
the position we held prior to 1861, and that
four-fifths of the cotton used and manufac
tured in Great Britain came from the Uni
ted States. The .proportion of our total
crop exported to Foreign Ports was 3,340,
000 bales out of a crop of 4,750,000 bales
during the year ending September 1, 1878.
The production of this great staple seems
to be too large, and the result is shown in
the glutted markets and low prices, the
larger crop of 1878 being worth less than
that of the preceding year. Basing the cal
culation on the prices returned by the pro
ducers we find the valueof the crop of 1878
to be $194,700,000, and for 1877 $240,000,
000, while the number of bales was 4,750,
000 in 1877, and 5,200,000 for 1878.
The price of tobacco is reported a9 very
low this year, being for the whole country
an average of 56 cents per pound on De
cember 1, 1878. This price is mainly the
result of an over-stock of poor tobacco last
year. The crop of 1878 is estimated at
393,000,000 pounds; (worth $22,000,000,)
against 490,000,000 the previous year.
Cattle are about the same in number as
last year. Sheep have increased in number
five per cent. The prices tor hogs in Jan
uary, 1879, are ruinously low. The records
of the Department have never shown so low
a price."
Mexico and United States.
Owing to their warm and delightful climates,
their inhabitants grow sallow from torpid Livers,
Indigestion and all diseases arising from a disorder
ed Stomach and Bowels. They should of course at
all times keep the Liver active by using Tablets
Portaline, or Vegetable Liver Powder. Taken in
time, will often save money and much suffering.
Price 50 cents. For sale by L. R. Wriaten & Co.
Feb. 14, 1879. r . ; i
Florida, our Land of Flowers.
A throng of sufferers with coughs and colds, an
nually go South to enjoy the ethereal mildness of
the land of flowers. To them we would say the
necessity of that expensive trip is obviated by Uous
sins' Compound Honey of Tar, which speedily cures
the coughs and colds incident to this rigorous clime.
For public speakers it surpasses the Demosthenic
regimen of "pebbles and sea shore clearing the
throat until the voice rings with the silvery cadence
of a bell. Use Cousseus' Compound Honey of Tar.
Price 50 cents a bottle. For sale by L. R. Wriston
& Co., Charlotte, N. C.
Feb. 14, 1879. .
Important to Ladies.
Just received a lot of new ABDOMINAL COR
SETS. Give them a trial and you will be pleased.
Also, a new lot of Dress Buttons, black and white
Satin, Monogram Ruffling for Skirt Protectors,
Colored Piques and Plaid Nainsooks.
The best Seamless Kid Glove in the market.
Also, a large lot of Kids in Street and Opera shades.
A full line of Dress Trimmings always on hand.
Give me a call.
: T. L. SEIGLE,
Opposite Charlotte Hotel, Tryon Street,
Jan. 31,187. ... ; Charlotte, N. C.
' " ' " Horse and Mule Shoes.
Horse Shoe Nails and Castings. ' A large stock of
Whips. Rope of all sizes and kinds. Anything
you want in the Hardware line, you will find cheap
for cash, of
WALTER BREM, Agent,
Corner Store, under Central Hotel.
Jan. 3, 1879.
Oils! Oils!!
Linseed, Strait's, Machine, Lard, Sperm, Kero
sene and other Oils in quantities to suit customers,
at bottom prices.
Jan. 31, 1879. L. R. WRISTON & CO.
, O rN ORTH . CAROLINA
t - h Home Insurance' Company, i
- t Organized in 1868,
Has paid over $175,000 in losses. Insures all kinds
of insurable property against loss or damage by fire
upon the moot reasonable terms. All losses prompt
ly adjusted and paid, i ,
Build up home enterprises .and . thereby benefit
yourselves. J no. G. Williams. President; W. H.
Crow, Vice-President ; W. S. primrose, Secretary.
THOS. H. HAUGHTON,
General Agent at Charlotte, N. C.
Jan. 31, 1879.
Wanted.
1,000 Bushels prime White Corn, !
1,000 pure City Peas.- - -Jm.
17, 189. BURWELL & SPRINGS.
4
In the Market.
Please remember that we are always in the market
for Cotton, Grain and Flour. Give us a call before
selling. BURWELL & SPRINGS.
Jan. 17,1879. , ,
Window Glass,
All sizes. Can famish you by the pane. box. or
. . j - . . , .
hundred boxes, at bottom figures.
Jan. 31, 1879
L. R. WRISTON & CO.
1 The Black Death.
The veritable black death of il:U ril;,in
ages on the eastern border ol Iiusia is
killing, it is reported, ninety-five percent
of those whom it attacks, and alarming the
.Russian "fioverument so much that it A
using large bodies of troops to form a nani
tary cordon one thousand miles long, aud u
burning the villages and the clothing of the
inhabitants in which it has appeared. It i8
reported to carry off its victims iu from
four to ten hours. " In the town of Vethau
ka, -in the government of Astrakhan, in
which it first appeared, it slew 400 peons
at once out of 1,700, and the rest fled, leav
ing the dead ua buried. At Prishibe it
killed 520 out of 830 inhabitants in two
weeks, and it spreads even in thinly settled
localities with great rapidity. In one quar
ter it advanced thirty miles in four days.
The alarm has not only passed through
Russia but reached Germany, where rigid
quarantine precautions are being taken on
the frontier.
Londox, Feb. 10. Reports from Rus
sian villages continue to give alarming
statements of the prevalence of the plague
and other epidemic disorders.
Blockade Tobacco at Retail.
If you want cheap Tobacco go to "PERRY'S,"
Charlotte, N. C. It never has been retailed as
cheap before. As the stock is limited call early
and get bargains.
Also, the very best
Cigars, Candies. Fruits,
Or any thing you want in the Confectionery line,
can be found there.
Mb. T. H. ROBINSON will be glad to serve Lis
many friends and customers, and respectfully asks
them to call on him at
Feb. 7, 1879. "PERRY'S."
Buist's Garden Seed.
A large Mock of these popular Seed just re
WILSON & BURWELL.
Jan. 24, 1879.
Garden Seeds.
Just received a full supply of Buist's and Lan-
dreth's fresh Garden Seeds.
Feb. 7, 1879. J. H. McADEN.
Landreths' Garden Seeds.
These Seeds, known to all Kitchen and Market
Gardeners as the most reliable of any on the market,
we offer to the trade at as low rates as other Seeds
are sold ; and having tx-en assured by the Messrs.
LAnuretu that all feeds from their House have
passed under their personal inspection, we do not
hesitate to say that we offer them guaranteeing a
satisfactory return In every instance when proper
care is given in planting, &c. We have a descrip
tive Catalogue lor every man in the county. I all
and secure one or send in your name and Post Office
and we will send one by mail.
L. R. WRISTON & CO..
Jan. 24, 1879.
Landreths' Extra Early Peas.
This is the original Extra Early Pea named and'
introduced by them over 50 years ago. It stands
to-day at the head of the first early sorts; none are
so profitable to the market gardener, and none are
more luscious. For 6ale bv
L. R. WRISTON & CO ,
Old Drug stand, corner Trade and Trvon SH.
Jan. 24. 1879.
Garden Seeds,
Of al varieties, fresh and genuine, just receivedi
and for sale bv
T. C. SMITH,
Jan. 24, 1879. Druggist-
Garden Seeds.
An entirely new and fresh stock of BUISTrS
GARDEN SEEDS, the most reliable Seeds in the
market, for sale at
SCARR & CO.'S DRUG STORE,
Near the Post Office,
Jan. 31, 1879. Charlotte, N. C.
Crockery, China and Glass.
TO MERCHANTS
AND THE PUBLIC GENERALLY.
Having met with such flittering success in the
Wholesale and- Retail Crocks ry business since 1
opened last November, and from the fact that 1
have received many orders from Merchants in
North and South Carolina, Georgia and Alabama,
I am confident that my success is certain.
Owing to the above facts I have been compelled
to enlarge my business a hundred per cent.
I compete with any Northern "Jobbing House"
in prices, &c All my Ware I buy directly from the
Factories ; therefore it does net pass through sec
ond hands, and I am enabled to sell Goods as low
as they can be bought at the NORTH.
Decorated China,
PORCELAIN and GRANITE, Dinner, Tea anl
Toilet Sets we make a Specialty.
We have much of this kind of Goods in Stock at
present, and in a few days we will have twenty
seven varieties of
Decorated Chamber Toilet Sets,
And Dinner and Tea Sets in nearly the same pro
portion. Our Retail Shelves are complete filled
with the largest and best selection of CHINA,
CROCKERY and GLASSWARE ever brought to
this country.
Much care taken in packing. Circulars and Price
List furnished upon application.
Thanking you for past patronage, &c, I remain,
Respectfully,
JOHN BROOKFIELD,
Trade St, near College, undet Democrat Office,
Jan. 24, 1879. Charlotte, N. C.
Begin the New Year
By buying all goods in the Drug line of Dr. T. C.
SMITH, Druggist, Charlotte, N. C.
t3T FOR 10 yeanpast, entering now upon bis
eleventh year, Dr. T. C. SMITH continues the
Drug business at the same corner opposite the Cen
tral Hotel, with increased facilities during 1879 for
supplying the wholesale and retail trade.
Goods well bought" "are half sold". Dr.
T. C. Smith buys his Drugs and Medicines for cashr
securing the largest discounts lor the benefit of hit
customers remember this.
Country Merchants
Will find everything they need in the Drug line at
Dr. T. C. SMITH'S Drug 8tore prices as low as
any Drug House in the United States for the same
quantities. . Try him.
tSf. Flavoring Extracts, Green Tea, Macaroni,
Tapioca, Spices and housekeeper's goods generally,
best quality, at Dr. T. C. Smith's Drug Store.
L. B. Wriston & Co,
Keep constantly on hand
Soda, Catachu, Salts, Sulphur,
Pepper, Annalto, Mace, Indigo.
8pfce, Analine, Alum,' Madder,
Cloves, Red Lead, Copperas, Borax,
Cinnamon, Venetian Red, Ginger.
Ready Mixed Paints, all colors, 1 poQnd caDS;
Blacking and Blacking Brushes, Hair, Tooth and
Nail Brushes, and all other articles usually kept in
a first class Drug 8 tore, at extremely low prices.
Give us a call and be satisfied that we sell our
Goods at bottom figures.
Jan. 31, 1879. L. R WRISTON & CO.