BLACK
LICE
NETS
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. Von must have a Black Lace Net
, for this Bummer and we have Just
, received a beautiful line and the as
sortment is probably better Just now
, than it has ever been. Many novel
, ties have 'lust eome out and we are
bowing them on our counters. East
window lull of them today.
CENTS
79
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Buys a real Silk Fish Net of nice
quality. A limited quantity has Just
oeen received, anu we-ve ueeu i
vised by the importers that this is
tne last lot to be naa at tnispiace.
.The demand has been very great and
Mt. anmvilv t tit a 1 rr. tt fliir
next lot of this.Net will have to be
old at $1.00 per yard. Yon can thus
see what a bargain we are offering
the public.
Marguerite Mohairs an still the
most popular dress stuffs on the
market New arrivals in Crown Sat
Ines. They are American Cashmere
Ombres, price 16 cents per yard. Few
cream colored Jerseys left.
T. L Seigle & Co.
Visiting Druggists
-AND
General Merchants
Invited to Ca
And examine the largest stock of
DRUGS, MEDICINES and SUN
DRIES in the State.
We sell at manufacturers' prices.
BURWELL & DUNN,
WHOLESALE STORK,
8 and & West Trade street
RETAIL STORE,
Opposite Central HoteL
WATCHES,
CLOCKS
AND-
JEWELRY.
Selling Out
AT AND BELOW COST.
As I wish to clone my business in
the next two or throe months I offer
GREAT BARGAINS.
EVERYTHING (101 S AT
J. T. BUTLERS.
A. E. RANKIN
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Boots Shoes
TRUNKS, VALISES, CANESUM-BRELLAS.
.A.U New Gooae
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OOTTOU 0 AEEIED 1 8KYWABI).
An Odd, but a Very" Interesting Sight
at Baseball Park-irea of a , wmh-
wind.
The basebaU park enclosure is fill
ed with loose cotton picked from the
burned bales recently bought by
Seders and Oates. There are three or
four hundred bales in me oi ana
hands have .been engaged . In sorting
it out alaling It , At 12:15 o'clock
thi- afternoonp4eJAnjlatei
had a full bale snatched from the
in an odd manner. At that hour, a
whirlwind of considerable force and
extent, swooped down on baseball
park, and people who were fortunate
enough to be in the neighborhood
were treated to a rare sight
The whirlwind caught up the loose
co ton and carried it skyward with a
surprising velocity. It went up re
volving around and around in the
shape of a large funnel spreadingout
at the top, reminding one of the plo-tu'-'js
seen of water spouts, only this
cotton spout was a bigger thing than
but ever been seen on the water.
Tlre was a solid column of cotton,
th.ee hundred feet long springing
upward. The course taken was south
easterly. The whirlwind of cotton
went straight up to a great height
and then sailed off in the direction
of the fair grounds. The most re
markable part of it was that it went
entirely out of eight.
Cood judges say that there could
not have been less than 400 pounds
of cotton carried away by the whirl
wind.
LOCAL RIPPLES.
-Prof. John F. Crowell, president
of the Trinity College, is at the Cen
tral.
-There was a slight frost in this
station this morning, but it did no
damage to vegetation.
Ten hales of cottou were brought
to the city by wagon this morning.
I'iie price paid was 11.55 ceuta.
Mr. Willis I'egr&m h:is gone to
Home, (5a., where he has secured a
position in the railroad offices.
Mr. John M. Morehead leaves
this evening for Greensboro to at
tend a reception to be given there to
Mr. and Mr. E. Gilmer.
Some pasnenger last night left
a box of Taris green in a street car.
T'ley owner can get it by calling at
t' e ofQce of the superintendent.
Parties in or out of the city who
d slre the illuminated posters for
May 20th can get all they want by
applying to Mr. C. C. Adams, secre
tary. -Mr. Archibald Little died at his
borne at Triangle, near Cowan's
Ford, at o'clock last night He
was 45 years old. The funeral will
b held at 11 o'clock tomorrow morn
ing at Unity church.
Mr. W. W. Fhlfer, of the Taurora
fnrm, has presented The News with
n fine lot of strawberries from the
'aurora. They cannot be surpassed
in sire and flavor anywhere.
Mlf Alice Springs, of Charlotte,
ho has been attending the leading
r. t schools of Europe, will be art
t acher for Rev. Wm. R. Atkinson,
in Columbia, on her return from Wy
f "pe.
All the old Confederates of the
c unty are Invited to Join in the me
morial exercises iu Charlotte next
I- aturday. The meeting of the vete--ns
will be held at the court house
,.t 1 o'clock nnd will be an interest
ing one.
Mr. George D. Hart man, cotton
grader for Sanders & Orr, left this
morning for New York, from which
;dace lie will sail Saturday for Ger
iaany. He is accompanied by Mr.
Will V. Goldberg. They will return
to Charlotte in the fall. J; : A ,
Col. John L. Brown yesterday
called at Thk News office and paid
for an advertisement for a man ter
vant to go in three times. This
morning he came in and told us to
take out that ad ver tl semen V as h
was being bothered almost to death
by callers.'" 1 ",' , 1 ,r
It has transpired that the fracas
on Mr. Henderson's farm between
two negroes, reported in yesterday's
news, has not terminated fatally, as
the negro who whs beaten on the
bead is not dead yet The news yes
terday was that he was dead. His
nssailaut is still at large, -v.
Dick Morse arrived home this
morning from Gas ton Is,, wherwhe
has been attending TH"e Fife meet
ings. He report that great interest
ts beinjrnanlf estod and ' a large
numbct of conversions have been
mado. . People come from the ooun-
Ky for miles around and .stay for the
alght services.' t f ''
' Tus News telephone No, 80.
WHEN THEY BRANDED MENi
A EEMIHDEB OF OLD TIME STATE
LAWS. .
Branding the Letter M in the Flesh of
Those Convicted of Manslaughter
. Times When They Said "0od Save
the State"; Mighty Quiok-Olippin g
: Ears for Perjury, N
: Inhietfflceof the clerk of the
Superior court of Mecklenburg coun
ty is an interesting collection of old
relics, among them being a branding
iron used in the times when the laws
of the State required persons con
victed of manslaughter to bo branded
with the letter M. The iron is a very
simple affair. It is an ordinary Iron
rod about two feet long. On one end
Is a wooden handle. On the other is
tbe letter M, of the size printers
would call double groat primer. This
M end of the rod would be placed
into tbe Are until it became red hot
then the sheriff would press it into
tbe fleshy inner part of the convicted
man's thumb. It was the law that
the iron should be held to the flesh
nntil the words "God Save the State"
could be repeated three times. The
punishment was always inflicted in
open court and those of our older
citizens still remember branding
scenes. When the judge would pro
nounce the sentence, the sheriff
would come into court with a small
portable furnace, something like that
used by tinners. When his iron was
hot enough, and it had to le red hot,
he would make the prisoner lay his
left band palm upward on a table
Then the fiery iron was pressed
to the flesh of the thumb. The.
meat could be heard sizzling
all over the court house, and
the odor would also be very notice
able. The prisoner would usually
get some friend to repeat the words
"God save the &tate," and it was of
course said rapidly, nearly always
coming out "God sa-Hta."
It is related of General Barringer,
but we do not Know bow true it is,
that on one occasion, a negro who
was to be branded, was fearful that
he couln't say the words fast enough,
and got the General to say them for
bim. When the red hot iron burned
into his hand, he said it three times
before Gen. Barringer got any fur
ther than '-God save."
Capt R. P. Waring was solicitor
in those days, and he remembers
seeing a notable brnnding The vie
tern of the red M was a white man.
Immediately after the irm was re
moved he raised hit lacerated thumb
to his mouth and bit out a lump of
flesh, thus destroying the tell tale M.
This old law, together with the law
requiring the cars of all convicted of
perjury to be clipped, went np with
the old State constitution at the
close of the war. The old branding
iron is preserved as a relic of the
days gone by.
Oratorical Contest To-Kight
The inter-collegiate oratorical con
test is to take place tonight at the1
Young Men's Christian Associa
tion ball at S o'clock. This is the
first of the scries, and ouly two col
leges, Trinity and Davidfon, will be
represented. Messrs. W. F. Hol-
lingsworth ar.d B. C. Clark will rep
resent Davidson, and Messrs. A. H.
White and S. J. Durham will repre
sent Trinity. There are a number
of representatives from each college
in the city. This contest will show
what sort of stuff our college orators
are made of. It will be an interest
ing oocasion and the public is in
vited to attend.
Snpreme Oonrt.
' The following cases were argued in
the Supreme court yesterday: Rum-
bough vs. Improvement Co.; argued
by Jones A Shuford for appellant.
Wood vs. Wheeler; argtud by Jones
4 Bhuford for appellant Clemmons
vs. A rob. bell: continued. Jones vs.
Commissioners of Person; argued by
Graham A Winston, W. W. KItohu
and J. A. Long for the plaintiff, and
J.W.Graham, W.W. Fuller, John
W. Daniel, W. A. Guthrie and A. C.
Dennlaton for the defendant 9
Ths Eleotion at Matthews.
" The returns from the municipal
election at Matthews were received
at the court house today Mr. II. C
Warllok was elected mayor, and Mr.
J. A. Duncan intendent The com
ralsstoners are: Dr. J. S. Bell, K. J.
Funderbunk, J. A. Stevens, 8. J.
Hook, mftlw&Reid.
Eioh Orr at ths Hembj. ,,,,
Mr. jVF.WJswell, who la working
the Ilemby mine In Union county,
hat struck a remarkable vein. ,: The
ore pans out finely. ' This mine is to
bs worked more energetically than
ever, preparations haviogbeen made !
to increase in capacity oi toe piant.
THS 20TH IS COMING.
Three Big Days for Charlotte Some of
ths Attractions Being Arranged for
the Tititon. . , . ! w;, ' "
The Trades' Display of ths 20th of
May celebration will be a more elab
orate affair than had' been supposed.
Harry Herman the professional float
builder and designer is arranging
diQlays of a gorgeous .character for
some or our mercnants, ana jur. Ar
thur L. Butt, our home artist, is also
at work getting up displays. Some
of the floats to be seen in the proces
sion will match the Mardi Gras
floats. The floats cost from $25 up.
This feature will be a novelty, as
nothing of the kind has ever been
seen in Charlotte.
The committees having charge of
the arrangements for the celebration
are busily at work, and the full pro
gramme will be announced this week.
Undoubtedly it will be a most at
tractive one, and will insure a cele
bration that will please onr visitors.
Prominent among the attractions
will be the great fireworks display,
the irrandest thing of the kind ever
seen in this State. This alone will
be worth coming to Charlotte to see.
Senators Daniel, Vance and Ran
som and the North Carolina delega
tion will be here. Other features of
the programme will be the contests
by the firemen, the prize drills by tbe
military companies, the musical con
tests, the cattle fair, the Alliance
parade, the Trades' Display, etc.
Up to date, the following military
companies have entered for the prize
drills: Wilmington Light Infantry,
Monroe Light Infantry, Reidsville,
Raleigh and Charlotte companies,
Other companies are expected to en
ter this week. The flremens' con
test will certainly be an exciting
one and visiting firemen will
be here from all parts of the coun
try. Raleigh's team will come for
business, and Charlotte will try to
have a team that will hold Raleigh
down. Specially low rates are offer
ed by the railroads, and the outlook
is for a tremendous crowd each
of the three days of the celebration.
Sam Jones in Danville.
Some of Sam Jones' sayings in
Danville yesterday are given from
the Danville Register: "The trouble
with you Main street Methodists is,
your biggest man is a pigmy and you
are all measuring by him. Your big
gest man has given only $2,000, and
the last one of you is tapering down
from him, and if you were to put
that pigmy by the side of some real
full grown man of God and send
them down the Ureet together, every
body would be asking what a little
boy is that. Would to God some
men would taper up Instead of down.
There never was a town more blest
of (rod than Danville, but you are a
long ways behind the times in some
things. It will be a scandal if you
don't build a $75,000 granite church."
More sinners have stumbled into
rhell over regeneration and beinir
born again than any other trouble,
and preachers help to mystify them.
When a Irishman, Frenchman and
a German come to America, swear
to revoke their allegiance to the
countries they come from and to
obey, support and maintain the laws
of the United States, three foreigners
die and three American citizens are
born, so when a man stops serving
the devil and goes to serving God
he Is regenerated, born again and
has religion whether there is any
feeling about it or not
The Funeral of Conductor Joe Ron.
The funeral services over the re
mains of conductor Joe Ross, who
was killed at Spartanburg yesterday,
were conducted from the residence
of Mr. J. D. Ross, at 4 o'clock this af
ternoon, by Rev. R. C. Reed,
of the Second Presbyterian church.
There was a large attendance of
sympathetic friends. The body was
Interred In Elmwood cemetery. The
pall bearers -were selected from the
railroad associates of the deceased,
and were conductor W.T. Rowland,
conductor Clarence Holt yardmas
ter Wm. Orr, engineer TP Ross, con
ductor Ed Roseborough, and engi
neer Thomas CresswelL
The Crops of ths Bute.
The following is the crop summary
for April, showing the per centage of
a full crop, made up front reports re
ceived at the Agricultural Depart
ment from all over the State : Wheat
MX," oats 8tf4V rye orchards
corn M, cotton 92 tobacco WJ, sor
ghum 82Hr clover M, meadows M,
gardens 91 stock 95 !-, cattle
sheep 91 1-eYswlne 82K Ths reports
this month enve 92 of the 96 conn
ties in the State. The correspondents
from whom these reports are receiv
ed and to whom blanks are stt out
monthly by the department number
one Ciqittand, ,
P
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ATTENTION! LISTEN!
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Well say ft few words today about our ROYS AND CHILDREN'S
DEPARTMENT. As you nter our store we confront von with ihe lasrest '
stock of Boys' and Childen' Suits (all selected with the greatest care, and
taste) that is to be found in the State. All the , ,
STYLISH PLAIDS,
NATTY SRIPES
NOBBY CHECKS
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NEAT MIXTURES,
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For which jour htart, mind and boy wishe?, and for very little cash 3
ttth i t rra mm i tv rfn
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Try and see if you can' memorize a few prices herein meti'ioned. If
you can't see 50 cents to 1. 0 in your pocket and three styles to other's
one, we don't ask your patronage. Here's what a small amou -t will do.
$1. il.25, $1.50, and $2.00 elep Ant School Suits (dark or light) fo the little
fellow who's fond of fun aiid frolic And along this line we'll say our
special - -
SUITS
8VITB
SUITS
SUITS
$4.95
SUITS
SUITS
SUITS
SUITS
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VV. JVAUJJHJU1 Oi KJKJ.i
LEADING CLOTHIER GENT'S FURNISHERS AND HATTERS,
CORNER CENTRAL HOTEI .
CHARLOTTE, N. C.
Come and see our Oxford Ties and
Slippers, finest stock in the citv.
Our 1125 fine Kid Tun Oxfords,
Patent Tip and Coniinonfense, have
never been equalled. Fi ie line of
the popular colored Ojcfords in
Ladies, Misses and Ohildr -n'a.
GILREAT!! & CO.
Those $2.00 Ladies' Shoe have had
a great sale. We have lot i of them.
Ask to see the finest $3.01 Roots in
the world and the best, ar l our un
surpassed $4.00 Hand-m do 1 toots,
and the finest Goods ever shown at
$3.00, We get there ever.' time on
fine goods.
GILREAT 3 A CO.
iu. J. uurt A Co. celebrated New
York Shoes and Sllppei new line
just received, always th best makes
and lowest price.
GILREAVH A COJJ
New lot Paris Flat i:i?p Trunks,
extra sizes. Finest Vali-as and Club
Rags ever i n th is mar ke t New goods
every week. '
GILREATH St CO.
We make a specialty of the best
goods, yet we carry a fuit line from
the cheapest np, all i. ade to -our
special order. We will ei U you noth
iug that will not be 'rortb, your
money. '
GILREATH & CO.
OXFOKDxIlllS.
We are Nov Showing an Elegant line of- i
Iadies' and Misses'
Ladies' and Misses'
Ladies' and Misses'
Ladies' and Misses'
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Ladies' and Misses'
Ladies'' and Missed
Ladies' and films'
Ladies' and Misses'
DONT FAIL TO SEE THEM REFORM PURCUASim ,
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we nave a dumber oi iiinerent otvles
IN CHEAP ONES AS WELL AS NICE ONES.
Our stock of Children's hoes is immense. We have introd teed several
new lines this seaso i and are having quite a success wiM them.
We again call attention to our stock of MEN'S FINE BH 8, which t
now complete. We have an elegant line at all prices. Our 1 100 and $5.03
Gent's Fine Shoes are beyond a doubt the nicest we have ew Ahown.
Patent Leathers are ve.-y fashionable this season. We ha! e a nice line
of them, cheap one as w all as the nice one. When you we it a Shoe for
real service don't forget i ur $4.00 Shoes. The demand for thorn is greater
than ever. xy -;:'r . ;
We have a full line of New Trunks, Valises and Travelling bags.
CALL AND SEE US. MAIL ORDERS SC XtCITED.
19 East Trade Street
GRAY & BAMHARDT,
Successors to Gray A Co.
PARLOR SUITS.
rNivtdooitKawStil M ?ty ' :- .
- My stick of Parlor Goods bi' mar '
complete no was at any tlmelu tie !.!
tory of rar business, and the people f tJ ls k rs N
community know that I LEAU in. the Utv ;
styjesv.knoving I have made It a special etu'y r
for nearly a qu rter of a century. "Think of this. Juo 1
Solid Cherry Frame, upholstered in silk plush, 0 plo hi. at
42.oa Remember this is polish frame, and cheaper , th.u It can
possibly be bought anywhere. One Antique Oak Hi t up
; bolstered In fin s quality, silk plash, pieces at $ ' v.00.
Everyone kn-w what oak is, and knows it to 1k st 1
. ish and also dnrable. I have a SUk Plusti v .
. Suit Cherry frame, uphohtered in nesrSllk
p M Plush, nSneUDack,fi at VAXXK This suit ; '
V-1 ' isaolilclosevremembepthat I have .
tM.tfs---: vtpni.i. grades of Plush on
- r ( tl e same kind ot frame.":
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