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Charlotte Democrat. CHARLOTTE. N. C. FOB THE CHARLOTTE DEMOCRAT. To Sustain Monogamy. There were existing in aacient Altica within a period of two hundred years, twenty-eight natives, it is said, who have not been equalled for abilities by any twenty-eight whom-the whole world has since produced in more than two thou sand years. This remarkable fact has recently been ascribed to monogamy, the one wife ay stem. The question is, how shall that system be naturally and more faithfully prac ticed than it now is in modern christian countries. The answer is obvious: by supplying satisfactory wives. How is that to be effected? By an education of the females physically as well as mentally, and thus qualify them to practice fully all the duties of a helpmate, leaving no cause (or complaint to the husband that would induce or tempt him to seek con nubial services and a full reciprocity of love and affection outside of those ot bis wife. As no nation can be the mother of a great people whose women are enervated by over-brain-working to the neglect of the working of the body, so no nation will faithfully conform to the system of monogamy whose women are top-heavy, sickly, peevish and fretful. The fidelity of the husband to the wife but too oftec depends upon the fidelity of his wife to the laws of health. He is not content with mere Platonic love. The women of ancient Attica were physically vigorous; but few except Aspasia, figured intel lectually; and, the llomans of old, who conquered the world, admired women with small foreheads, and especially hon ored those who were of exuberent ma ternity and practiced house-wifery. The jewels of a Roman lady were her vigor ous sons, and her supreme devotiou and fidelity to her husband. To sustain monogamy then, the true basis of a proper social state, wives of physical vigor are required of loveli ness, and of skill in domestic affairs. That these invaluable requirements may be realized, much depends upon maternal training that the high hopes of the founders of our Republic may not fail, a great duty is imposed upon mothers. The daughters are, in a high degree, the reflection of the health, the amiability and the domestic virtues of their mothers un der the system of monogamy. I am much pleased to see that the female sex is fast waking up to the require ments ot their new circumstances; yea, even surpassing the male sex in proper mental and physical training. Charlotte, N.C. An Old Man. A Winning Ticket. We repeat that the winning ticket in North Carolina at the next election, is Thomas J. Jarvis for Governor and Julian S. Carr for Lieut. Governor. We confess, (at least one of us do,) that heretofore we have never been much big headed about Jarvis, but upon a careful and honest review of his administration as Governor of North Carolina, candor com pells us to say, and we say it cheerfully, that Mr Jarvis made us the best, wisest and most successful Governor North Car olina ever bad. It is not because Mr Carr is a philan thropist and possesses a big heart that we wish him to be placed on the ticket as Lieut. Governor, but because be is a typi cal North Carolinian and possesses to a large degree those advanced ideas of pro gress, that when wise and judiciously ap plied cannot fail to place his State in the front rank where God and nature intend ed her. By the mysterious ways of Provi dence he may be Governor. A man who has managed his own great business with such wonderful success, cau be safely trusted to manage the affairs of the State. Ilillsboro Recorder. We do not believe that Jarvis would accept a nomination for Governor.! Tainted with Fraud. The colored people in this section, and we learn in other sections, are undergoing quite an excitement, occasioned by the coming among them of one Thos. C ana day, a colored lawyer ol Granville county, and representing to them that he repre sents a rich firm, who will, upon proper application, supply them with money to buy land. His proposition, as we learn from Borne of the colored people, is about this : He proposes to take all applications for money, upon the payment by the appli cant of a sum not exceeding $15. He re ports that all applications will be consid ered, and that a man is to follow him for the purpose of ascertaining the value of any lands that the applicant may wish to buy, before the money (to be loaned) is forthcoming. If a purchase is made, this fee of $15, or any other amount agreed upon, is to be paid back to the applicant ; but in case no purchase is made the fee is to be held by Canaday, for his trouble. This is about the way it is reported to us, and if the statements are true, we do not hesitate to say that we deem it a glaring fraud, and a delusion, fixed up for the purpose of defrauding the credulous col ored people out of their money. We learn that Canaday succeeded in getting a num ber to make applications in this immedi ate section. It is our opinion that they have Been their money the last lime, un less this exposure may arouse Canaday to return it to them. Franklin Times. It is nothiog but a scheme to rob the negroes, but as there is a negro at the head of it, it is cot worth while for white people to bother them- gelvsc to warn negroes, as they will not believe what a white man says. ' i i m Pardons bt the President. In granting the pardon to John Brooks, con victed of violating the Internal Revenue laws in Georgia, and sentenced, March I5th, 1887, to seven months' imprison ment, the President says : ."It seems to me that the law is not administered iu the best manner, when, as iu this case, a man of previous good character, and a law abiding citizen, is sentenced to even months' imprisonment for working for others one day in an illicit distillery, especially when be pleads guilty, shows evidence of sincere repentance, and . dis closes the names of his employer?, and when, by his imprisonment, four helpless, motherless children are left to the care of strangers." r -. ; - , That's sensible talk. idT" Life is made burdensome to the freshmen at Yale College by the hazing tactics of the sophomores. Drills with broom-sticks, and pokers, compulsory oratory and other disagreeable proceed ings are features iu the programme that the freshmen are compelled to perform. " Why should any intelligent or prudent parent send his boy to such a place, to be degraded and demoralized. Judge Merrimon and Disagreeing Jurors. From the Raleigh Biblical Recorder. Y v. North Carolina has been fortunate' in her judiciary. Only in a few instances have her rights been violated by corrupt men, and those instances were daring the years that immediately followed the war, when affairs were in an unsettled condi tion. Then, sometimes they would forget their high responsibility. Things are bet ter now. Since the days of Gaston and Badger, we have not had a purer judici ary. All of them are not strong, but ali are just. Some of them have not been surpassed. 1 Of the Judges of the Superior Court, Judge Walter Clark has, in any respects, placed himself at the head. He has rendered most efficient service to his State by his just decisions, and the intre pidity with which he has brought to jus tice some who hitherto have laughed de fiance at the law, has greatly endeared him to all North Carolinians who have the good of the commouwealth at heart. But the object of this article is not to apeak particularly of the excellence of our judiciary, nor ot Judge Clark. We merely wish to call the attention of the people to an act of kindness done them by Judge J. H. Merrimon, also ao able Judge. All honor to him. We are pleased to witness his fidelity to his high position and to the people who placed him there. At the Su perior Court last week, a man was indicted for selling whiskey to minors. The evi dence against him was unbroken, and came from three quarters. Judge Merri mon instructed the jury that the evidence from either quarter was sufficient to con vict. The jury retired, and eleven" of them decided to acquit, evidence or no evidence 1 Was there ever such impu dence! such unbridled audacity! such dis regard of law and order! But Judge Merrimon was equal to the emergency Forthwith he dismissed those eleven wretched men, with the instruction to the Sheriff of the county to enter their names as men disqualified, henceforth, to serve as jurors. This may, at first, seem a little thing to some people. If so, all the worse for them. Just this sort of thing has been winked at too often, with a semblance of justice and a Uriah Heep sort of humility. The eagle eye that discovered the fraud in the case alluded to, has done us a great service, and is peculiarly fitted to be part of that branch of the government that interprets law and administers justice. Raleigh Recorder. But the serious question is, has any Judge a right to act in that way ? Would not an honor able man, who served on that jury.be justified in assailing the Judge for impugning his integrity and takiDg advantage of his position as a Judge of the Court. No Judge has a right to assail in dividuals and then claim protection from respon sibility because he is a Judge. i Cotton. From the N. Y. Commercial Chronicle. . New Yokk, Sept. 30. The movement of the crop, as indicated by our telegrams from the South to-night, is given below. For the week ending this evening (Sept. 30) the total receipts have reached 238, 745 bales, against 187,740 bales last week, 126,041 bales the previous week, and 85, 437 bales three weeks "since making the total receipts since the 1st of Sept., 1886, 654, 776 bales, against 389,325 bales for the same period of 1885-86, showing an increase since Sept. 1, 1887, of 265,451 bales. The exports for the week ending this evening reach a total of 131,445 bales, of which 93,617 were to Great Britain, 128 to France and 38,700 to the rest of the Continent. To day an early decline was quickly re covered, and the close was dearer on a de mand to cover contracts. Cotton on the spot has met with only a moderate demand from home spinners, and, although stocks continued very small, quotations were reduced 1-lGc on Monday and again on Wednesday. Yesterday good middling was quoted l-16c lower. To-day there wae a general decline of l-16c, middling uplands closing at 9c. The total sales for forward delivery for the week are 458,300 bales. idT A case in which Labor Associations are interested has just been decided by Judge Barrett, ot New York. A man named Hart was driven out of New York and Baltimore by the Knights of Labor, who had some grievance against him, and who made it impossible for him to get work in either city. They justified their action on the ground that they were pro tected by the provision of law that co operation of persons in any trade to secure an advance in the rates, of wages, or to maintain such rates, is not conspiracy. Judge Barrett dacides, however, that they have been guilty of conspiracy, in that the defendants united to prevent the plain tiff from pursuing his trade, and that, therefore, they injured trade and com merce within the meaning of the law. This is an important decision. Mr Claus Spreckels, the sugar king of San Francisco and the Sandwich Islands, proposes to go into the business of producing sugar from beets ou a large scale. He has been in Germany the great er part of the summer studying the pro cess of making beet sugar in that country, and he has purchased $250,000 worth of machinery lor manufacturing the sugar. He says there is some wonderful machin ery in Germany for making beet sugar. He also says that he is convinced that beet sugar making, with the. improved machinery now in use, will become one of the greet industries of the United States. In his enthusiasm he declares he will never rest until he makes this country the great est, beet sugar poducer on the face of this globe. He expects the factory which he will erect in California to produce 40 tons of sugar a day. Jrir Senator Riddleberger will be master of the next Senate and he is do? in Washington boasting of how he will get even with some of his Republican as sociates for the unmerciful snubbing that they have been giving him for the past two or three years. He has especial grievances against Senators Edmunds, Hoar and Sherman. The Senate next Winter will stand thirty-nine Republicans including Mr Riddleberger, and thirty seven Democrats. It will thus be seen that if Mr Riddleberger votes with the Democrats he can tie any question coming before the Seuaie. The privilege Mr Rid dleberger 6ays he will use with so much frequency as to leave his Republican asso ciates in a state of nervous expectancy re garding his actions. Fx. Louisa, the teu-year-old daughter of William Blumenthal, a planter living eight miles from Houston, Texas, was outraged and murdered ou Wednesday, while on her way to school, by an un known person. Ex. Now, Mr. Jackass, where does your objection to lynch law come in. . (fctmrlMtF A False Prophet. Y Y The Raleigh Observer gives the follow ing instance of how easily colored people (men and women who can read and write) are fooled by sensational oegro preachers: "Sunday last was a day of immense .re lief to many colored people of the city. During the past summer a colored man named Henderson Crawson, has been prophesying that on October 2nd, the "sun would refuse to rise, darkness would cover the earth and the blackness would attract thousands of wild locusts which would sting to death all those out of the ark." He said that God had told him to preach these things. A great many col ored people devoutly believed him, and a tremendous revival was started, daring which many "got into the ark." : Some were almost wild with excitement and tremblingly awaited the time for dawn on Sunday morning, and felt happy as the glorious tun appeared with more than its ordinary brightness. It appears that after the time for the calamity had passed, some of the new in dwellers of the "ark" thought they had been hauled in by unfair means and start ed out to hunt up Crawson and ask him for an explanation. They did not relish having lived several months in mortal dread without any cause, Crawson learned that they were looking for him and also had an intimation that if he was found, that there was no ark immediately near that would save him from some excrucia ting stings not the stings of locusts, however. This was rather dark-looking for him, and he at once, left the city probably to stay. It is something to pity that he was not called to a severe account, though the colored people should not allow them selves to be concerned over such things as his prophecies. Pauper Children. IIow the Enalish dispose of the surplus Juvenile population. Since the publication of the fact of the detention of two little immigrants, Kali Baker and Minnie Peters, by order of the board of public charities, numerous appli cations have been received by Commission er Biddle from people iu different parts of the country, who expressed a willingness to take the liule ones. However, a ihey are said by the Treasury de parlment to be clearly among the prohibited classes they must be rt-turned to England, whence they came. In speaking of the cases, which have txcited so much attention, Mr Biddle said that the. children were sent to America by Mark Whitehall, a justice of the peace and superintendent of the poor in Bristol, England, to the Children's Aid Society of New York city, the agent of which, Mr Brace, had been accustomed to receive pauper children from England, and he expressed surprise when the little ones were not allowed to land. The New York authorities had never refused to per mit the children at that port, and not an ticipating any trouble, Mr Brace had al ready provided homes for them in Mis souri. At ihe meeting of representatives of charitable boards from all parts of the country held in Omaha two weeks ago, Judge Elmer, president of the Wisconsin State charities, denounced the Children's Aid Society of New York, stating thai it was filling the West with pauper children who would sooner or later become public charges. The society claims that it fre quently inquires after-the welfare of the wards and sees that they are well cared for. In the first case which Judge Elmer investigated he found that five years be fore that a child had been adopted by a gentleman who lived in that viciuity. The gentleman died a year after he re ceived the little one, and all traces of it were lost. Four years later the Society was evidently ignorant of the changes that hid taken place in the meantime. People frequently did not like the chil dren after they got them, and then placed them in almshouses. The Wisconsin peo ple are highly indignant and say that much dissatisfaction exists in other parts of the West. - Commissioner Biddle is in receipt of a letter from Secretary Brace, in which the writer states that his society sends 4,000 children yearly to Western homes. Mark Whitehall and bis associates in Briutol have been regularly sending paupers to America. It is believed that the Treas ury department will order an investiga tion in New York. Baltimore American. The Salvation Army in Bad Repute. Atlanta, Oct. 3. The Salvation Array, which has been thriving in Georgia for a year past, has met with a series of disas ters during the past month which has broken it up. The Rome encampment was broken up by the arrest of its leader, Hen ry Johnson, for attempted assault on Nora Maginnis, a child of eight years. The army in Griffin was rotten-egged, and one of the City Aldermen, Mr. George, is now under bonds for his activity in hurling the missiles. In Columbus and other places the leading female officers married and bo scandalized the other soldiers that they would not parade any more. In Augusta three such women deserted husbands and children, causing such indignation that the barrack is now empty. In this city Nat. Anderson, the leading singer, has deserted, and accuses his comrades ot va rious unmentionable crimes. Four fami lies have been broken up here by the army. Zd? The newly elected Lord Mayor of London is not only a Roman Catholic bat a foreigner by birth. He is, we suppose, the first member of the Roman Catholio Church who has attained the mayoralty of the BritUh capital since the Reforma tion. The political disabilities under which Catholics once labored in England have all been removed, however. The Lord Mayor is elected from among themselves by the aldermen of the city, who in their turn are chosen by the Livery men or members of the guilds and corpo rations. Mr. DeKeyser, who is the newly elected officer, and who is a hotel proprie tor, happened to be the senior alderman who has not already served as mayor, and the choice for chief magistrate fell on him in accordance with time-honored custom. The force and influence of time-honored custom in England we all know well. 1ST Dr. W. M. Butler, in the Epoch, says that the least harmful method of smoking is a clean pipe with mild tobacco. He writes: "Whether smoking is good for a man depends on his organization. I do not thiuk that smoking. U ever really beneficial for a nervous man. Then, again, much depends on how much a man smokes, and when he smokes. There are certain men who, when they are tired, when their nervous system has been on too great a strain, will smoke one or two cigars they will become quiet. The ner vous man should not smoke at all.' m0cxxdf Mfa?ixiMt State News. Cbops, Mast, &a A valued friend at Elkin, writing us on business, adds: "1 am just back from a trip through Alleghany and Grayson counties, I find wheat, oora and oats in abundance, and have never seen such a mast. The trees are loaded with acorns and oheslLUts. The hogs are as fat as butterballa. The only trouble is there are not hogs enough to consume it. I suppose there will be thousands of bath els of chestnuts gathered for market. Statesville Landmark No oue has higher respect for the members oi the present Supreme Court than we have. Bat they are men after all, and onoe in a while they do lose sight of the fact that this is a very busy world and that consequently the best style for legal opinions is that which uses the few est possible words which will suffice to convey the meaning clearly and forcefully. Why use a dozen different expressions to convey one idea? Surely there can be no good reason for doing either of these things, and yet the cases in which these things occur are numerous. Ooldsboro Argus. SEIT" The North Carolina Conference of the Evangelical Latheran Tennessee Syn od will meet at St. Martin's ohuroh, four miles from StatesviUe, October 27th, aad will include the following Sunday. Death of Mb N. A. Stedman. The sad intelligence hasbeen received of the death of the venerable Mr N. A. Stedman, of Fayetteville.' The deceased gentleman was one of the oldest and most highly es teemed citizens of the Cape Fear country. He had lived a long, useful and honorable life, and sinks to his rest ripe in years and good fruits and in the esteem and regard of all who knew him. He was the father of Hon. Charles Stedman, of this city. Lieutenant Governor of the State, and of Mr Frank H. Stedman, also of this city, and was the father-in-law of Mr Win, H. Bernard. Wilmington Review. 0" Mr M. F. Nesbit, of Coddle Creek, Cabarrus county, sends us several bolls of his cotton crop of this year. They are of extraordinary size, one measuring 5 inches in circumference, while the others are not far behind it. They came off of a limb which had 30 bolls on it and from a stalk on which there were 90 boll-. The cotton was raised lrom the Duucan seed, which Mr Nesbit bought in Atlanta for $5.40 per bushel. He has some ol the seed lor sale. Mr. Nesbil's cotton crop this year will make a bale to the acre. That is farming. Statesville Landmark. Death of Miss Bessie Kerb. Our commuuity was greatly shocked on Thurs day morning when it was announced that this highly esteemed lady was dead. Al though she had been in deolining health for some time, such a sudden termination of her life was entirely unexpected to her friends. During the past summer she spent some time at Blowing Rock, cherish ing the hope that her failing health might be restored. But even the mountain cli mate proved unavailing, and a few weeks since she returned to Concord, her health completely broken. Miss Kerr was a grand-daughter of the late Judge Kerr, and was a niece of Mr H. S. Puryear and Mrs J. C. Gibson, of Concord. She leaves many friends here to mourn her loss. To her heart-broken mother who survives her we tender our sympathies. Concord Times, Sept. 30th. , ' gdp" At the late term of the Rich mond County Superior Court, D. W. Waters, charged with shooting his father-in-law, Mr. West, in Laorioburg, some three weeks ago, was found guilty. The Julge offered to suspend judgment, on payment of costs, if Mrs. Waters would return to and live with her husband. Up to the present writing she has not gone near Mr. Waters. We have in our pos session a letter from Mrs. Waters, and let ters from Mr. Waters. Our mind is made up as to the straight of the trouble. We always sympathize with the . weaker sex, and side with them, but in this particular instance the man has a part of our sympa thy. We believe influences have been brought to bear on Mrs. Waters. The best thing, in our opinion, for her to do is to make up with her husband, and keep out of the way of the old people. Wades boro Intelligencer. Senator Vance has accepted the invitation to deliver an address at the Cumberland County Fair, in Fayetteville, on November 10th. ' JEP"The completion of the Cape Fear & Yadkin Valley Railroad to Mt. Airy will open up to the east a large eection of country rich in minerals and agricultural products. The Norfolk and Western Railroad will be built to the State line, leaving only a distance of four miles be tween the two great, lines. Fayetteville Observer. EST" State Treasurer Bain says the in dications are that there is a considerable increase in the value of the property - of the State as compared with last year. This is shown by reports from the counties so far received. The last Legislature re duced the rate of taxation from twenty five to twenty cents per one hundred dol lars' valuation of property, so that the amount of taxes, even at the increased valuation, will be smaller than last year. Treasurer Bain says that in North Caro lina the taxes are now lower than in any other State according to population and wealth. 3F Some months ago the State Board of Agriculture voted the sum of $1,000 to the survey of the Dan river coalfields. The people there put up' another $1,000. The thousand dollars voted by the de partment was paid last week. Work in surveying the region is to begin at once, and Competent men have been secured to conduct it. On to Ashville. A committee has assurances of the most postive charaoter from the President of the three C's Rail road Company that if the people of Bun combe county shall give his Road the aid of $100,000 in county bonds, he will con nect bis line with Asheville from Cran berry, passing through the county of Yan cey by which he has aid promised to the same extent. The Carolina Central road is completed to Rutherford ton. It cannot be content to rest at that point. It must move on ward; and its course of direction depends very largely upon the action of the people of Buncombe. The committee has the assurance of a high official of the Carolina Central Company that if they have the aid of the county of Buncombe to the ex tent oi $100,000 in the bonds of the said county, the road will be extended to Ash ville, otherwise it may act upon such en couragement as may be given by other communities. Wilmington Messenger. We hope the Carolina Central Railroad will be extended to Asheville. , i; Hon. Jeff Davis' Letter to Senator Rea j Y" a on Prohibition, y Houston, Texas, Sept. 24. Ah open letter from Jefferson Davis to Senator Reagan on the prohibition issue is made publio here to-day. Mr Davis begins by scoring the Senator sharply for the con struction which be pat on the Davis-Lub bock correspondence. He says: I certainly have no claim on the people of Texas, but freely scknowledge my in debtedness to them, and, having for many years felt a deep interest in their affairs, I might reasonably have supposed that i had an equal right to express an opinion upon them as that accorded to a Georgia negro who was imported by your party to iuflueooe the voters of bis color, and who, it was reported, has been at one or two publio meetings introduced by you to the ladies and gentlemen of Texas. This is to be viewed in connection with the allegation that the white Democrats had been defeated by the Mexicaps and ne groes who. voted against prohibition. In your zeal to support the doctrine of pro hibition you cite the law against carrying concealed weapons, but here again the answer is potent. The law does not in vade the right to keep and bear arms for private and publio license, bat the abuse of the right by such practices . as benefits the assassin and the burglar, the invader of the rights of others. To crry out your theory to its logical .conclusion, as deadly weapons may lead to crime, the sale, im portation and manufacture of fire-arms aud cutlery should be prohibited, and thus wholly extirpate the vile use which would follow abuse by their possessor. Among, the iottances you cite of the abridgement of personal liberty is the prohibition of the first parents to eat the fruit of the tree of life. But the facts of the case seem hardly to sustain your the ory, as the Creator did not destroy the tree, so as to make it impossible that our first patents could eat of the fruit, but he rather left them as free agents to their moral responsibility, with a penalty at tached to the violation of His command. They bad their own personal liberty and were left to choose between virtuous obe dience and simple violation of the law, given for their good. They chose to ol fend and suffered the penalty. Do laws for the punishment of crime abridge per sonal liberty, or rather are they not guar dians of the natural rights, which, in a Mtate of society, might be violated by the evil disposed ? It strikes me as a misused term to describe the commission of crime as the exercise of personal liberty. The natural rights are those which belong to the social condition. That being his nat ural state of existence, those are termed "inalienable," the exercise of which so ciety has no right to obstruct. The result ot the recent election in your State may be a sufficient guarantee against the surrender of their inalienable rights and privileges by liberty-loving people of Texas. Is there no possibility that an im which has shown such expansive courtesy will seek to embody itself in Federal legis lation ? You who have borne an honor able part in two wars for the independence of Texas may have on another occaisoo to defend her rights as a State. If you should insist that all powers are reversed which had not been delegated, and thai sumptuary legislation would be usurpa tion and in violation of personal liberty, might not your prohibition doctrine come back to plague you ? If overpowered by numbers, what would be the condition of the minority section? By laws and recent usage, Union soldiers are to be pre ferred for Federal appointments. The prohibition law and policy would involve domioilary visits. It requires no prophet to loresee what would be the condition ot our people, what would be the condition of our people, what would be the moral decadence resulting from the denomina tion of spies, informers aud foreign offi cials. May God in his tnt-rcy shield us from all the consequent evils of such a policy, deeper than those you have em ployed. A gratifying result of the Texas elec tion, as reported to me, was tbat the coun ties which had favored local option, did as a rule, vote against the amendment. It was gratifying for two reasons. It evi denced a just discrimination between local option and State prohibition, and showed that it was not the drunkards and traders in whisky who constitute the opposition to the amendment. The corner-stone oi my political oreed is that all the just pow ers of government are derived from the consent of the governed, but that there are inalienable rights of man of whioh gov ernment osnnot rightfully deprive him. To do eo, either by a majority of the peo ple, by military coercion or under the dogma ot a divine right, is' despotism. In this general proposition it is assumed that you will concur, and though we have recently been separated by a single ques tion, I trustfully look forward to re-union on -the broader field which lies beyond. In conclusion, permit me to express the hope that it will give you ' less pain to read this letter than the necessity for writing it has given to me, and to assure you that I .remain, ever faithfully, your friend, Jefferson Davis. New Stock of Groceries. A. B. & wT B. NISBET Are now receiving a fresh Stock of Seasonable Goods, Such as nice Cream Cheese, Raisins. 8ugar. Coffee, Byrups, Canned Goods, Fancy Goods for Boys and Girls, Cigars. Tobacco, and everything usually found in a first-class Grocery Store, for the accommodation of Gentlemen and Ladies, either at wholesale or retail. A. BL & W. B. NISBET. 2d door from the Public Square. Charlotte, 8ept. 80. 1887. Family Groceries. BABNETT & BETHUNE Have received a nice Stock of Fresh Family Groceries, the Goods being of the choicest kinds, which they offer at Retail at lowest market rates. Call and examine our nice assortment of Eat ables. BABNETT & BETHUNE, Sept. 30, 1887. . Charlotte, N. C. NOTICE. All Notes and Accounts due us and not paid by November 1st next, will be put In the hands of an Officer for collection. On account of the death of our Mr E. 8. Burwell, the business of the firm positively must be closed up. We turn been in hn nineaa for ... .... j certainly have been as lenient with our cus tomers as they could ask, and we hope they will no enme fnreird mil utll iilni.i iF " jfcivlUK US trouble. ....887" 8PWI,S BDRWEU" Wanted. All kinds of Country Produce for which we f-J w. ai,nva uuii 111 Vy&3Q. 1 t x-xvum wurcu we are selling very low for Cash. A nice lot of Kit W. M. LYLE3 & CO Sept 16, 1887. ChSrtKTo, The Value of Confederate Notes again in Contest 'Whkelino, West Virginia, Sept. SO. In the United States District Court for the District of West Virginia, Judge J. J. Jackson delivered the opinion in one of the most important cases on trial in this State. The litigation grew out of a sale of land in Jeflerson county, Va., now in West Virginia, in 1856, the purchase price being $41,733.66. The purchaser was Heory Castlemao and the vender Hiram L. Opie. Of the purchase money $10,000 was paid in cash and notes were given for the remainder;- two of $500 each, payable January 1, 1857, and 1858, and the remainiog six for $3,622, payable in succession on January 1st of each year from 1859 to 1864. Before the outbreak of the war Opie removed to Augusta county, Va., where he died in .1862. His widow was appointed administratrix and to her Cattleman paid the last four notes in Confederate money. The heirs of Opie brought suit to recover this, and to-day Judge Jackson granted their prayer, hold ing that the payment of debts contracted within the United States in Confederate money was fraudulent and unlawful, and ordered a decree for principal,. interest, and cost, amounting to $30,000. The reader will notice the qualifying words "contracted la the United States." In other words, whilst a payment made in Con fedt rate mony in Virginia or any other seceded State was a valid payment, a payment made In West Virginia, which set up as a loyal State in 1861, was not a valid payment The Original Officers of The Confederacy in 1861. The extent t- which the leaders in the Coulederacy hve passed away is only appreciated when the roll is called. The Constitution of the Confederate States was signed by forty-nine delegates, thirty seven of whom are dead. The President (Davis) survives, but Vice President Stephens died four years ago. Of thieo who held the portfolio ot State in the Cabinet, all are dead : of five secretaries of war, all; of two secretaries of the treas ury, one; oi four attorney generals, two, and the one secretary of the navy ; while the sole postmaster general, Mr Keagan, is still very much alive, as he proved by taking the stump for prohibition in the recent Texas canvass, and arguing against the declaration ou the other side of his old chief. Of thirteen Commissioners accted ited to represent the Confederacy abroad, ten are dead. There were five men who bore rank as full general in the army, of whom Johnston and Beauregard alone survive; twenty-oue liutenaot generals, of whom eleven are dead ; and four hundred and eighty brigadier generals, of whom considerably more than half are dead. Each year makes serious inroads upon the survivors, and it will not be so very long before the "Confederate briga dier," so dear to Republican organs and stump speakers, will be only a memory. Announcement of HARGRAVES & ALEXANDER. Our Grand Opening has commenced and will continue throughout the season. We have just received a big stock of Fall and Winter Goods, and we are ready to show them to you. Be sure to call and get prices before buying, as we will not be undersold by anybody. We are selling' Alamance at 6 cents per yard and 4-4 Unbleached Shirting at 6 cents per yard A nice stock of Wonted Dress Goods from 10 to 75 cents per yard. All-Wool Tricot Flannels, 50 inches wide, at 63 cents per yard. . Our stock of Ladies' Wraps is complete, and we can sell them cheaper than ever. Big Stock of Boots and Shoes. A good Boot for $1.50. A good Brogan Shoe for $1. We carry a nice line of Ladles Shoes from the Factory of Evitt & Bro., and guarantee every pair of them. A large Stock of Ready-Made Clothing At prices that will sell them. Also, Hat, Caps, Trunks, Ac. Cotton Batting, Carpet Warps, Wool Yarua. Be sure to call and see us. HARGRAVES & ALEXANDER. Sept. 30, 1887. Agricultural Implements. 1 am selling at and below cost : Large lot Bone Meal. One Hughes' Sulky Plow, One Syracuse Sulky Plow, One Corn and Cob Crusher, One Riding Cultivator, One 45 Pratt Gin, Feeder and Condenser, second hand, 2 Buckeye Pumps, Pulleys; one Jack, nearly new; Piping; Engine Fittings; 2 Hill Side Plows. Call aud get prices. J AS. F. JOHNSTON. Sept. 80, 1887. 3w W M. WILSON & CO., Druggists, CHARLOTTE. N. C. We have added to our business a full Stock of all kinds of Lamps and Lamp Fittings, Of the latest and most attractive styles. Roches ter Lamps, Library Lamps, Decorated Lamps Glass Lamps of all kinds, Lamp Burners, Wicks Chimneys. Lanterns, Lantern Globes, Lamp Shades, Incandescent Burners, Electric Lamps and Bracket Lamps, Wholesale and Retail. W. M. WILSON & CO. Sept 16, 1887. HARDWARE! HARDWARE ! New Stock,. Low Prices. We are rapidly filling our lare and handsome New Store with Vw 1 destroyed by the fall of our building 14th May The Merchants of the surrounding country we are selling Hardware as low as any house in Oct. 9.1886. HAMMOND & JUSTICE. Rubber and T.oatb - u.i recerreo, a large lot of Rubber Belting of all sizes. We warrant every foot we sell and guarantee our prices against any house south of T H . . . , . Oct. 20, 1886. HMMQ-ND & JUSTICE. Guns. Pistols AND AMMnNTTTnw , : iui uich uooat. nave iuatonened on th . j . c - o v, r - , uu muet complete line of Sporting Goods etrer ,n r"av . w-&u. iv iuu uiarKei. .J ,551Brefc JigShot Guns, Ing-Gun Breech LmSJSX menu r??p" 8Khellt- ,B Ldin?Kplt 2S&C? "d Belts, Powder Flasks, arainat Wmm v,v T, ,p.ncc8 on lbeae Gds oonSSeS k r Baltimo". Call, and be . HAMMOND & JUSTICE. Ready-Uixed Paints. Averlll nr.rt.. the best; Forwle bv """" "e con8ld Comparative Cotton Statement. The following is the comparative cottd statement for the week ending Sept. 30. 1887 188. Net receipts at all U. S. ports, 283,851 is! Total receiDts to date. 654,036 128,017 252.435 872,789 57,086 618,000 Exports for the week, Total exports to date, Stock at all U. S. ports, Stock at all interior towns, Stock in Liverpool, Stock of American afloat for Great Britain, 149,065 30 ton 377,000 101,000 63,00! Total Receipts at all Americas Pork . since sept, ibi, inm. The following are the total net receinti of cotton at all United States sea-poru since September 1st, 1 887: "'' Galvestoi 181,134 bales, New Orleans 133,8ft? savannan 100,420, vnariesion yi,7 Norfolk 41,253, Baltimore 111, New York 112. Boston 669. NewDort News figs Philadelphia 131, West Point 31,34s1 urnuswicK 0,024, fort itoyai x,z4ts, fen sacola 3,844, Mobile 20,114, Wilmingtoi 36,723. Total 654,036. Total Visible Supply of Cotton. Nkw York, Oct. 1. The total visiblt supply of ootton for the world is 1,605,. 942 bales, of which 1,018,142 are Ameri can, against 1,203,857 and 822,857 re spectively last year; receipts from all in terior towns, 147,886; receipts from plaut tions, 275,152. Closing Out Sale. ELI AS T COHEN Intend making a change in their present btuj. ness on the 1st of January next, and will offer Extra Inducements To purchasers, either at Wholesale or Retail as the Stock must be eold and Store vacated by that time Our Stock is full in many lines of this F&U'i purchases, and Wholesale Buyers will find lo of Goods tbat they can buy 20 per cent less than in the Northern markets. Th-r la nn linmhitir tn thin aal anil oil . maiaing on band, with the Store fixtures, will be closed out at aucif.cn at the time soecifled. I Buyers will do well to examine our Goods and All persons indebted to us must make im mediate payment. Longer indulgence cannot be granted. , We are selling Agents for Clifton, Foxhall i Glendale Sheetings, Shirtings and Drills. Orden for Plaids filled at lowest market prices. ELIAS & COHEN. Sept. 23, 1887. SUPERIOR DRILLS, IMPLEMENTS, &c. We have the Agency for the Superior Graia Drill, and have a supply of them on hand. Its the leading Drill iu all grain sections, and as iu name implies the Superior to others. Examine the Superior before buying. This is the season to buy a Corbin Disc Harrow. No Implement equal to it for pulverizing and preparing rough Land. Sold on its own merito, A supply of the STANDARD TENNESSEE WAGONS. Fine and medium Buggies, Phaetons And other Vehicles. A full line of the beat Turning Plows, Thomas Harrows and other Implements. Choice new and fresh Clover and other Grass Seeds, Seed Rye, Winter Oats, &c. Fine Seed 'Wheat to arrive. W propose to meet low Dricea on like antHtr of Goods. We carry a general line ot Implement Wagons, Hacks, Buggies and everything belong ing to our line. J. G. 8HANNONHOUSE & CO, Sept. 16; 1887. Charlotte, N. C LARGEST AND BEST STOCK OF DRESS GOODS In Charlotte. Fine stock of newest Trimmings, elegant Iinei of Hosiery, Gloves, Ribbons, Jerseys, Cloiln, Shawls and everything to be found in a Drj Goods House. Lowest prices in Jeans, Cassimeres, Shirtings, Flannels and all Domestics. Full stock Eikin Blankets, Yarns and Socks. t2? We will save you money. J2. U KEJGsLEH & W. Sept. 16, 1887. NEW PALL GOODS AT H. BARUCH'S. Regulator of Low Pries. Rest Inducements that can Possibly It offered by any House in the State. I am selling Alamance at 6 cents per yard; 4-4 heavy bhirting at 6 cents per yard; 4-4 eood Bleached at 614 cents ner vard: My Jeans at 25 cents per yard, has no eqatlis me oouin; Complete line of Fall Prints at i cab per yard: Onranlptf. lm stf .oca flsrA a nrinM VIU down. I H. BARUCH, Kegulator 01 low rnw Aug. 20, 1887. North Carolina, Mecklenburg County. Superior Court. John H. Davis and Frank T. Davis, Plaiatila against J as. R. Davis and Thomas Dava, Infant, Defendants. The non-resident defendants in this James R. Davis and Thomas Davis, are beflf begun an action entitled as aforesaid befort uf Clerk of the Superior Court for said county. 1 purpose of which is to sell for Partition Real Estate situate in Charlotte Township, torn and State aforesaid, and now held by tbe fendants as tenants in common with the P? -tiffi. The said defendants are therefore reqf to appear and answer or demur to the peWJs of the plaintiffs, this day filed in the office of Clerk of said Court, on or before the 18tldJf! October, A. D. 1887, or the plaintiffs will judgment for the relief prayed for therein. for all costs and charges in said action. 8th day of September, 1887. I J. M. MORBOJJ Clerk of the Superior Court lor Meckle uutmni mat uie Dimming aoove meniioneu," t uounty. Sept. 9, 1837. 6w State, of North Carolina, Mecklentmtf & Sunerutr fTtnirt. James F. Johnston, Plaintiff, against The1!!1 Mannfacturinc Oimninv Defendant It appearing to the satisfaction of the by the annexed affidavit, that a cause of v exists against the defendant, -The Taylor V facturing Company," in favor of th "( named plaintiff, and tbat the said defendant not, after due diligence, be found witnjo 8tate; and that the defendant, "The VVTl Manufacturing Company.' it being a ioteWZi poration, having its principal office nd,rSt in the city of Cbambersburg. county or lio, State of Pennsylvania, on motion 01 'f ming, Cansler & Winslow, counsellor ordered, that the publication be made . successive weeks in the Chablottk rTii! a weekly newspaper published in the c ! ; Charlotte, county of Mecklenburg, and B North Carolina, notifying the defendant pear and answer the complaint of Pi'" if before Saturday, the 17tn, day 01 "v tuai uciug 1110 lost uoj w .u- -r- r- . jtK Mecklenburg Superior Court for 188?, J ment will be given against the awjS favor of the plaintiff for the sum of W cording to the relief demanded to tfWtf, W. M. WILSON & OX,
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