The Concord Times.
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PUBLISHED EVERY HTHURSDAY
CONCORD1, N. C.
BY JOHN B. 8HERRIUL,
Editor a&d Proprietor
.. HILEMAN IN A.HOLE.
. It now turns out tha "Gov." Hile
man is responsible fcr the new law
TYinrtcnorooi pettihe before the
UVUII - - O O O '
legislator in the form La which it now
stands. According to yesterday's News
and Observer, he admired that he re
torted the bill from the Finance Com
mittee of the House, of. which he was
Chairman, with amendments that per
tain oortions Of the bilWbe stricken out,
This part of the bill whch he ordered
stricken out is thevery 'art that would
have saved it Here is; the bill as in-
traduced by Smith, Democrat, of Stanly.
; Section 1. That all conditional- sales,
oRsionmpnts. morteaces or deeds in trust
which are executed to secure any debt,,
obligation - note or bond which gives
' preferences to any creditor of th mak
er shall be absolutely void as to existing
creditors, except those given to secure
cash advanced at the tirpe of the execu
tion of the same, or to Secure advance
ment for farming purposes.
Now that bill was all ight, but when
it came out of Ililemanjs hands it was
all wrong. Hileman struck out all be
llow the word "creditors', ' thus striking
at the farming classes,;! for whom he
professes so much love and concern.
Here is Hileman's endorsement on the
bill. ' !
"The Finance Committee report this
bill favorably with the following amend
ment recommended by $ie committee.
: (Signed) Hileman."
j - Amend by Btriking oui in Section 1,
jail after the word "creditors" in line
' five of said section. : .
: - Pie farmers of this Stjite will demand
of .Mr. Hileman his reason for striking
: them such a deadly bl(pw. With one
stroke of his pen he sought to do that
which would deny to t)ie farmer the
right to give a mortgaged' to secure his
necessary supplies or for a.ny other pur
poses. In exactly the sh'ape -that Ilile-
main left the bill it was h'etogrossed, en
rolled and signed, and isinb w a law.
It; is proper to remanc -nai uie duiiius
of Cabarrus and Stanly ajre entirely ex
onerated. The. wholes! responsibility
rests on HUeman and th rascally clerk
whii'fited up the bill. ,
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" Hileman is indeed iiy a hole, and
the walls ' will, cave in on him . and
bury him from sight forever. .
! A HUMILIATING CONFESSION.
.'fThe author of the la regulating as
signments (and incidentally mortgages)
has been found. W. M J Smith, a Con
cord lawyer, Democrat,1! writes to The
Coscoed Times that he' had the bill m-
trooucea ty Mr. J. x. pmitn, uemo
cratic member of the- House from
Stanly, county, about five weeks before
the legislature adjourned He says his
; bill contained a "clause excepting mort
gages given for cash advanced at-the
time the mortgage is gien," and his
, bill was only intended to5. regulate . and
prevent fraudulent business assignments.
So it turns out that it wal a Democratic
--4oh4riiniJLhebenin nLand
Ytfaa Vi nra Vina Kaaii -'o5ytv nwtnrflwl
work done by somebody. It is now in
order for Mr. Smith to elt himself ? to-
gether, call on his numerous relatives Of
the same name f 6r heljf), get a case
through the Superior Court and get the
opinion of the Supreme Court On, this
queer bill that is blocking many busi
ness transactions. Get a tiustle on you,
Mr.; . Smith. Progressiye-3Farmer.
Thus the Progressive Farmer, by say
ing that two Democrats, ohe of them not
even ft member of the Lflnslature. ran
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take the who'e fusion croid by the nose
' and make, the pass such a monstrous
bill,! bears evidence to thelissininity and
.imbecility of the EepubUckns and Pop-
lilts in the General Assembly. ; By its
own words it admits . tiat it was a
"Democratic job," and hat awhole
. gang of f usionists sat helplessly by and
saw one lonesome Democrat ram this
bill down their throats. : Wh&t & con
fession of imbecility or rafcality ! The
truth is, that the bill as pussed. was not
originated by a Democrat nor intro
duced by a Democrat, But the Pro
gressive farmer, .by saying that it was,
puta itself into a hole itpm which" it
cannot extricate itself . ' i
j GETTING TIRED OFi'lttJSION." -
. Oar Home, edited by Mii. J. Z. Green,
one iof the editors of the djoncord Vesti
bulej is evidently getting fcjred of fusion,
We publish in another colimri an" edi
torial from his paper, in fthich he ex
presses the opinion that "feb-operation'f
will be impracticable in 16. In addi
tion to that article he also?has the fol
lowing: " 1
"The Populists of this State co-operated
.with the Republicans to secure an
- honest election law and a lhange in the
county, governmen systela . In the
next -election they ought to co-operate
Tith'one of the old parties: to secure a
- general reduction of 331 percent, in the
1 i m . ;
eaiariei ana iees ot public omcers, and
tls abolition of all unnecessary offices.
If the Bepublicans . are not- willing to
pledge themselves to such feform, then
let the Pops, mke a proposition to the
Democrats. The new pirijy holds the
: balance of power-In facti it is about
as large as either of the ol parties and
it ought to use the balance of power "to
effect the needed reform.":
THE 3PTSIOMSTS ARB RESPONSIBLE.
Eichmond Pearson went to Raleigh
; last Monday to try to induce GOv. Carr
to call an extra' session of the legisla
ture.! The Governor, however, wouldn't
t even :! consider the proposition. He
wouldn't think of recalling! that incom
petent ganger Failing in that, Pearson
: telegraphed for Hileman, Walser, Eus
' sell and others., to come to; Raleigh to
see what could ;be done about the new
mortgage law. f After looking ,a long
" time for the bill they found it among
those that had been tabled,r;and it was
marked "tabled." Then tpe question
arose:: "Who is the rascal (iat stamped
up the bill and made it a law ?" - The
News and Observer says it was rumored
that a Baltimore merchant had paid a
nesro clerk- by the name of John Beck-
with'i of Johnston, to secure the enroll
ment and ratification of the bill. The
News and Observer says further $
"Mr. Satterfield,' Principal cjerk of
the House contends that th bill was
placed among the tabled bills ind left so
hv him whftn the house adiournedi- Jle
does not explain why he told Smith, of
Stanly, that be was tatmg tne taoieu
bill to the Enrolling Clerk's office to
have it enrolled. At that time, on the
morning of the 12th, the bill had not
been marked "tabled," though it had
been tabled on the previous night.1 He
promised to ''go back and see about it."
The next thing beard of the tabled bill
is that it is a law, and has destroyed the
credit of all farmers and others who
need to borrow."
The News and Observer has the fol
lowing in regard to the connection with
the matter of Mr, TVV M. Smith, of
Concord :'
; "Mr. W. M. Smith, of Cabarrus, who
drew the original bill introduced by Mr.
Smith, of Stanly, is in the city. He
says that a number of his clients have
lost money because of the law permit
ting preferences, and that he has long
beea in favor of a law forbidding pre
ferences, and that he drew the bill that
Smith, of Stanly, introduced, to stop
preferences and for no other reason.
He leftjtaleigh at 4 p. m., on March
11th, with Mr. Julian, and up to that
time no action had been taken on the
l-assignment bill.. It anything improper
was done in connection witn tne pin, ne
savs he knows nothing about it, and
that his onnaciance is clear, and that
the statement made by fomith, of Stanly,
corresponds with his own statements
previously made.
Burned to Death by Hr Husband. -
Watebfqrd, Ireland, March 26. A
most extraordinary case of murder,
arising from . superstition, was in
quired into to-day by the special court
at Clonmel twenty-five miles above here.
Ten persons were arraigned before the
court charged with murdering a woman
named deary, because they supposed
her to be a witch." The prisoners in
cluded the murdered . woman's husband
and father. .
The evidence showed that Mrs. Cleary,
was suffering from nervousness and
bronchitis, and her husband, believing
her to be bewitched and in order to ex
ercise the spirit, obtained a concoction
fmm a;hprhfllist of the neighborhood.
Then, while the other prisoners held the
unfortunate woman in bed, her husband
forced the obnoxious ' concoction of
herbs down her throat. After this the
suffering woman was held over a fire
and dreadfully burned until she declared
in the name of God that she was.not
Cleary's wife. " ' , ': :
, This torture was repeated on thy' fol
lowing day, but the woman refused to
conform to her husband's requests,
whereupon he knocked her down stripped
off her clothing; poured parafin over
her body, then lighted it and the woman
burned to death in the presence of six
male and two female relatives. Cleary
declared that he was- not burning his
wife, but that he was ! burning a witch
and that she would disappear np the
chimney. - : " v
When the woman was dead her hus
band collected her charred remains in a
sheet and buried them , in a dyke be
neath the mud, where they were - found
a week later. The prisoners, who were
remanded, narrowly escaped - lynching
at the nands of the excited crowd in
ana iiMmf rha court, room . and nan to
be removed to jail under the escort of a
streng force of constabulary. I
A Doctor Dies at th Age of 140 J
St. Louis, Mo., March 30. Tr. Wil
liam Hotchkiss, alleged to have reached
the age of 140 years, 'died suddenly to
day at his home here of heart disease.
Deceased came -to St. Louis forty years
ago and nas alvvays been known as 4 'the
color doctor." In his peculiar practice
oi medicine he termed his
members of his "circle" and
to treat them by a : magnetic
Dr. JA. Black savs that bis
ML
patients
claimed
. process.
Masonic
record has been traced 100 years, show
ing conclusively that he was at least 121
years old. " A letter, received from his
old home in Cuhwijodie county, Va., a
year ago, says he was born there in
1755. Dr. Hotchkiss possess many
striking peculiarities, among them be
ing a natural aversion to water. . He is
said by those nearest to him to " have
not taken, a bath for over twenty-five
y ears, but scoured ' himself with dry
sands. . :- ....
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Kitchen Big Law Salt.
Captain W II Kitchen will bring suit
to test the question as to whether or not
the new . directors of the penitentiary
were properly elected.- If they were"
elected. Captain Kitchin is to become
manager of that institution, if not,' the
Democrats hold it as heretofore.
He has employed Captain W. II.
Day, ex-Judge McRae, W. W. Kitchin,
(his. son), of Roxboro and Spier 5 Whit
eker,' .of Raleigh. , " ;! - ztif:: :p" r
The fight will be made, says the Rea
noke News, on the ruling of the Presi
dent of the Senate. Only 77 votes were
cast for the newly named directors
when it required 86 votes to elect. Cap
tain Kitcin's learned counsel wilj make
a point that if a majority of the mem
bers present voted for the new directors
that they were elected. ;
The suit promises to be interesting
and $ome nice legal points will be in
volved. , i
The Kew Fusion Magistrates.
Wiltesboro Chronicle. - . -
We are informed by ! those of author
ity in the fusion legislature, that the ap
pointment of the additional three mag
istrates injeach township will not Incur
additionaLexpenge, as there is no pro
vision to furnish 1 them with the Cod
and Other instructions.; This is a re
markable freak : of reform! Do they
expefet our plain every-day people : to
knov the laws and dispense justice in
obedience to laws,:when they have never
seen a law book, ' have never had any
use for one, and will now have to con
duct the office without any guide what
ever ! Can wt reasonably expect a correct
and proper administration Of the law ?
What, then, was the office created for 1
Is it simply a bid for fusion votes, with
out regard to the intelligent administra
tion of justice and law ?
Th Tax on School Teachers. -
StatesvUle Mascot.; .
There is one thing the newspapers have
failed to mention the teacher's tax.
Every teacher, now under the new law.
is required and compelled to pay one
dollar before he can stand an examina
tion as teacher, Heretofore they were
allowed the privilege of Standing an ex
amination every, two; months without
paying one cent unless they wished to be
examined on a special date not at the
regular time, v -- -. -
The Original Bill Is Found.
VERT DIFFERENT FROM THE OTHER
Th Bill as Introduced Jtlade Material Ex
ceptions; the BUI as Ratified
I ' Struck These Out. t
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Special to Charlotte Observer; . -
Raleigh, April .2. Yesterday Con
gressman Richmond Pearson used the
wires quite freely and summoned nere
Speaker Walser, .Representative Hile
man, of Cabarrus,- also W.-: M. Smith,
attorney and claim collector, of Con
cord, together with Clerk Satterfield, of
the House, and Enrolling Clerk Brown.
This morning all these, obeying the
behest, appeared . here. They all said
they were on matters relative to the
"mortgage bill." - r 1 ...
After Mr. Pearson had made a , big
search for an hour yesterday for any
traces of the mortgage bill and could
and none, save that it was House bill
No. 1018, had never been engrossed, had
never been in the Senate at all and was
not on file in the enrolling clerk's office,
he exercised his power as on of the
"Big Five" and called the Speaker,
clerks, etc.,' together.- There was a
story current that he had also called
the Legislature to meet in special ses
sion,i but after careful investigation it
is found that he has not as yet taken
this step. Speaker- Walser said .to-day,
"We want the status of this law settled.
It has stopped business up our way."
Mr. Hileman says : "We are here on
matters connected with this act. " ;
; Tci-day Mr, Pearson, State Librarian
Ellington, Enrolling Clerk Brown and
others renewed the search for the. miss
ing mortgage bill. They found it .in .the
very 'place where it ought to have been ;
that ii in the place' where bills which
werej tabled or failed to pass are kept
There was the original bill, , introduced
by Smith, of Stanly,' with endorsements
showing its reference to. the finance
committee, the report of that commit
tee, with its amendment ; showing in
Speaker Walser'e handwriting tha't the
bill was made a special order at 8:30 on
a certain night, after the monument
bill, j On Ihe back of the bill was boldly
stamped in big letters ' "tabled' - Now
how did the enrolling clerk get hold of
this bill td copy it, and how did it get
backifrom the enrolling clerk's office to
the place where it ought to be ? Fnroll
ing Clerk Brown was asked these ques
tions and replied that he did not know.
Following is the text I of the, mortgage
bill found to-day : 4 : - -.1
"That all conditional sales, " assign
ments and mortgages, or deeds in trust,
which were executed to secure any debt;
obligation, note ,or Dond which gives
preferences to any creditor " of ' the
maker, shall be absolutely . void as to
existing creditors except those given to
8ecure.cash advanced at the time of ex
ecution of the same, or to secure ad
vancements for farming purposes."
' The finance committee amended it
by striking out all after "existing: cred
itors," and as thus amended Ifavorably
reported the bill, Hileman signing - the
report. Speaker .Walser tells me e
asked Smith, of Stanly, If the latter
had any interest in the bill, and Smith
replied, no : he wanted to get rid of it.
He and Smith had somelalk and agreed
to defeat the bill, Walser saying it was
too late in the season to consider so 1m
portant a measure. He says he knows
the bill was tabled without debate and
doubts that its title was, read when it
was lenrolled, but he believes it was
slipped in among the enrolled bills, as
the latter were passed to him for signa
ture.;
W. M. Smith, of Concord, says the
bill as found is identical with "the one
which he drew and not the substitute
billwhich the JJaltimore people had had
drawn, and "that-the latter bill was
never; introduced, ;. He declares he did
not know the bill was tabled, and never
heard Of it after he left here March 11th
until Ihe saw in the papers the news of
the discovery of the fact and that it
would have given place to the substi
tute: bill if ; the latter had been" intro
duced. - -v.:- jy
X House Clerk Satterfield says he knows
the bill was tabled," just as shown on its
face; that, afterwards it ; was never out
of the House Clerk's possession. Walser
says he thinks this statement accurate,
as the Houe clerks - were keeping the
niii m their possession. . .
2 Enrolling Clerk Brown savs the bill
is enrolled in a lady's handwriting, and
declares that he never heard of the bill
until he read m the papers of : the dis
covery of " the act ; that . he never re
ceipted for the original copy of the bill,
anu u; it was in nis omce ne never saw
it, nor can he imagine how it came to
be ratified. There is evidently1 much
stir among the clerks. -
-" Representative Smith, of Stanly, ar
rived this afternoon. He savs he intro
duced; the bill by request, was opposed
to it, ind that Walser co-operated with
him in tabling it ; that it was. tabled the
night of March 12th, at a time when
Hileman, who favored it, had left the
House. .. .T , '
.there is an important statement by
Smith, of Stanly, that when he saw
O.ii CU 1 1 1 1 t .1 .. ..
oaiwuueiu nave tne diu tne, latter was
not stamped tabled, -yet it was tabled
the night of March 11th and not the
12th. j The bill when iound was stamp
ed "Tabled March 12th." SatterfieldP
11 win oe observed, says he knew when
the bul was tabled. ' .
Daniel L. Russell arrived to-night
ana is consulting with Pearson, Hile
man and Walser regarding the mort
gage bill. The f usionists are making
desperate efforts to rid themselves of the
responsibility of it . but they a,re in
hole. . - - .
The Adrance In Cotton -
Baltimore Sun.' , .....:.'
The recent increase in the price
of
cotton -H3 variously explained.. One
cause, !. it is said, is the expecta-
tion-or a decreased acreage this vear.
Aoe oeiier oemand at : Liveroool
ascribed to. this cause.'- Another reason
for the advance is said to be . the over
sold condition of the market. Cotton
was beings-sold by speculators at prices
below the average cost of production,
and ; a; reaction was bound to come:
What ts Strange about it is the fact that
the cotton -"in sight" : March 15 this
year was 1,676,000 bales more than at
the same date last year. A simpler ex
planation than all these, however,' is
that business is improving and there is
more legitimate demand for cotton" in
all its forms.
Arrested oh the Charge of Embezzlement.
Charlotte News, 30th. - f " - -
W. T. Speaks, a piano tuner, was ar
rested today on charge of embezzling
$200 from Sydney Rankin, of Gaston
county. Speaks visited Rankin's house
sometime ago and tuned a piano." Mr.
Rankin took a fancy to Speaks and en
trusted him with a note on J. W Kel
ly, of Charlotte, for $200. Mr. Rankin
asked Speaks to collect it and send him
the money. Speaks, so Mr Rankin
charges, collected the money and kept
it. He had a warrant issued for him
and he was arrested- today in - Moores
ville. He will be brought here fox triaL
MINISTER RAKSOJttlEATXS.
Personals. Some More About N. C, And Tau,
""Produce and the Swindlers. ::,
- " Washington, March 30, .'95
Minister Ransom arrived Wednesday
night. Thursday evening the Mexican
Minister cave a dinner in. his honor
and invited all the heads of the Lega
tions hereto meet him. " Minister Ran
som had a long interview with the Pre
sident and Mr. Gresham , on Friday. I
hear he may be Ambassador Ransom
soon as his fitness for the place, is so
pre-eminent, a promotion is regarded as
his just deserts already. . .1 .
Comptroller Eckles and a party of
friends have just returned .. from the
vicinity of Cape Hatteras, .where, they
had fine sport shooting and a good time
generally. , - ," " ..
And now, after all, it is saia on; good
authority that Gen. M. C. Butler does
not want the hve-thousand dollar . place
on tha Indian iJommission. at is
learned that he has a very poor opinion
of the sort of work they have i been
turning out and does not- think it is
likely to be improved. 1
Gastonia becomes a presidential post-
office, paying its postmaster one thous
and dollars after the first of April next.
Col, John D. Whitford, of Newbern,
sends General Ransom a fine present of
twenty North Carolina shad. Gen.
Ransom distributed them among his
friands, among whom was the Presi-
dent, who is so particularly fond of the
fish from Norfolk and North Carolina. -
Hon. John S. Henderson.is here. . -'
The President and family will : go to
Woodley next week. - , . j
. Since Davis, Hill Sc Uo., swindled so
many of the farmers and shippers in
North Carolina and.Va. I have; per
sonally interested myself in finding a
commission', merchant who, is honest
and able to pay a living price for jwhat
he gets. His advertisement appear in
this issue of this paper. He is Mr. J.
F. Saum, 815 La. Ave., Washington D.
G. i He is a Virginian by birth and his
wife is a North Carolinian and a niece
of the Hon. Thomas Mason. Mr. Saum
is a firm believer in the future of our
section. He says Washington ought to
be a good market for : the produce of
these" two states so closely connected
with the National Capital by steamship
and railway lines. I saw an immense
dray loaded with crates of North t Caro
lina spring chickens before "his office
door yesterday. He says he has found
his North Carolina and Virginia 8hir-
pers to - be" proverbially honest j audi
prompt. He is an old friend of Col. Ai.
B. Andrews, and tried to get the freights
in the Southern Railway cut down so
that the shippers could realize more
from "his produce. Failing to influence
the Southern Railway Mr. baum jtbeh
went t the Adam Express Company,
who made some concessions and might
be induced to make more. If the goods
are carefully packed and are. in every
way first class, Mr. Saum can sell them
at once. I want eyery man and woman J
wno nas produce 01 any ma to sen 'to
write to Mr. Saum and get full particu
lars. There are already large shipments
of fish from Norfolk and Newbern land
even as far South as Wilmington hand
led here every day. A pair of North
Carolina roe shads sell readily for$j..50,
other fish are in proportion. - It is "self
evident that this business is more re
numerative than growing 5 cent cotton
or even a bad grade of tobacco. It does
not relieve out people of the necessity of
working however. Those who arojiazy
and shiftless will not make money at
anything: . If the men sit around; bxLfWn hin-v Everything that was pos-
the front poiches smoking and talking
politics and arguing for hours about the
relatives merits of ia gold or Bilver dollar,
as I have seen hundreds of, them -do,
they will not have the pleasure of pock-,
eting either. Charles "liana told; the
truth when he said, the first, southern'
state to advocate honest money would
get the most capital and easily become
the empire state of the. South. This
shrewd New Yorker 'has stated' that
North Carolina is to-day the. foremost
Stale m the South on account of her
enterprise and magnificent resources.
The plan I have outlined,. above, now
the late distinguished, majority in Con
gress has 'rested from its labor," is cal
culated to start a small but. influx : of
money down our way. ; . II.
Will, Fusion . Continue f;. "
Beaver Dam Home, Populist. . :
In the last election the Populists and
Republicans : co-operated to f get a
change in the election law and county
government system. inasmuch as
these reforms have been carried into
effect it is a question as to whether cooperation-
between the parties should
continue in 1896. , In '96 the . Popu
lists will be confronted with "a national
election and will be called upon to vote
for a President. A monopoly-serving
gold-bug candidate will be nominated
by the national Republican convention
next' year. The , Republican place
hunters of this State will be hungry
for "pie"; and will , probably ask the
Populists to divide the electors in order
effect a fusion. If Populist leaders be
come so eager for office "as to accept
such, terms, they will find themselves
unable to deliver ihe ' goods when it
comes to voting tha Populists of I North
oarohna for a z gold-bug candidate for
President. ; ; Hence it will be inconsis
tent and impractical to co-operate on
nauonai issues so impractical that it
will not be done. t
. As. for North Carolina, the Populists
ana xtepuDiicans may with some de
gree of consistency co-operate again on
oiawj issues, out we hardly think I it
would be wise for the Populists td" take
any more fusion in theirs. The fusion
Legislature fell short of doing what was
expected of it.i;Its failure to makes a
record for; retrenchment arid reform
and the greedy disposition of its
members are blunders for which there
is absolutely no excuse and which will
be hard to explain to the satisfaction of
those who do the voting. According
to the terms of fusion the Populists will
be held equally" responsible . with the
Republicans for the failure of the Leg
islature to do its full duty. . -
The Populists hold the balance "of
power between the two old parties in
this State and are in position to dictate
terms. If the Republicans are . not
willing' to help the Pops economize in
State government and reduce taxation,
then the sooner fusion ceases the better
it will be for the Populist party. r ;
MeKlnley' Against Free SUver; ':
Jacksonville Fla., March 27. In
reference to the statement : that Gover
nor McKinley said at Thorn asville, Ga
that he would decline to accept the Re
publican nomination or the presidency
on a free silver platform and would quit
the party if such a platform were adopt
ed Ihe following is given out by one of
the Governor's party : . "Governor Mc
Kmley did say that he would decline
the nomination on a free silver plat
form but made no threat about quitting
the party. - The Governor regards the
talkof the Republican party declaring
for free silver as absurd."
STATE NEWS..
It is now claimed that one man held
1.1... iioi'nmQfa
,rv.v I jt fnrtv davs and that the "Isig
Five" held them for ten days, and that
thm thv "broke loose."
After -that
they were like a lot of
and sheep. -"V -'.".'
loose wildcats
' Tf ?a rwnnrted that Daniel L. Russell,
Arhinont Rcmthlica'n lawver and
liim wh'"'"'...""1': . ,
oriiMRM- tt thft f usionists in the Legisla
ture, made no Jess than $7,000 : in the
way of fees during the late session. He
o Know mnn and in his room at the
Park Hotel kept a type-writer and sten
ographer steadily at work.
'.S. Otho Wilson,- the well-known Pop
,,Kct n&'itainr: xvhn two vears aso was
tried for belonging to "Gideons Band,"
a Populist secret political organization,
last Monday took the oath of office as
railway commissioner, to which position
the late Legislature elected mm iorjuie
six-vear term He takes the place
TTi.ode vacant by the retirement of Thos,
W, Afason. whose term ended Marchr
31. : ,
A Raleifrh corresoondent savs that
Senator, Cook, or Warren, - presented
himself. Monday, to Associate Justice
Montgomery, of the Supreme Court,
and was sworn in as ludce - of the new
eastern Criminal Court circuit. He had
no commission nor anything else show
ing that i he was entitled to have the
oath -administered to .him, -Governor
Carr having already issued his commis
to Judge Mearcs.' . ' - . v
Two children of Mrs. J. A. Warren,
living near Tilden, Yadkin county, were
paying with some old clock -works,
when one of them wound up the alarm
and put to the the other'ff ear. One of
the spindles causrbt in the cmlds hair
end began to wind until the alarm Jhad
run down, twisting the, skin of the
child's head up in the costs, where it
had to be cut loose. The child is in ? a
serious condition, ' ' .
s Monday the' discovery was made that
the legislative journals have been doc
tored. The journal of March 12 says
that Mr. Ray introduced a protest, but
does not give the protest. The facts
are that. Mr." Ray, the" member from
Macon, presented a petition, signed by
himself and some thirty ? other ; Repre
sentatives, setting forth the facts re
garding the notorious Fred Douglass
resolution, and demanded that, in ac
cordance with his institutional privi
lege, it be spread upon the journal.
The f usionists endeavored lin all man
ner of ways to prevent its going on the
journals; but Mr. Ray asked the Speak
er if it was to go on tbe journal and
Walsh said "Yes-." and ordered the
plerks to place if there. . .' ,
1 . A Ifegro Seats a White Man to Death. -
"On, last Thursday; Mr. Joseph C.
RufBna Justice of the Peace in Edge
combe county, who' resides near Tar
boro, had a quarrel with a negro
woman on his farm, the wife of Moses
Pender. .The husband of the woman
became- violently incensed when he
heard of it, and went in search of Mr.
Ruffin with a club; He found his vic
tim in the; field some distance from his
home in the afternoon, and' brutally
clubbed him until he was insensible.
Supposing Mr. Ruffln to be dead, the
murderer fled and since then nothing
has been heard of 'him. After being
prostrated some time Mr. Ruffin revived
and succeeded, in . getting home and
giving an accdunt of the brutal assault
sible was done for the injured man, but
he was so badly injured that he died
soon after reaching home. He leaves
a wife and several children.; ..."
Beware of Ointments for Catarrh
That
v -- Contain Mercury. I
as mercury will surely destroy the sense
of smell and completely derange the
whole system when entering it through
the mucous surfaces. Such articles
should nev.er be used except on prescript
tions from reputable physicians, -as .the
damage they will do is ten fold to the
good you can possibly derive :; from
them.- Hall's Catarrh Cure manufact
ured by F. J, Cheney & Co., Toledo, X).j
contains no mercury, and is taken in
ternally, acting directly upon the Wood
and mucous surfaces of the system. , In
buying Hall's Catarrh Cure be sure you
get the genuine. ; It is taken internally
and made in Toledo, Ohio, by F. J.
Cheney & Co. Testimonials free. '
J6Sold by. Druggists, price 75c per
bottle. -
.- The Dispensary Introduced.
Morganton Herald. " - . . -
Morganton may have been" the first
town in the State to begin the agitation
for a. liquor dispensary, but Wavnesville
hand Hickory will' be the first towns to
try the new, system. , Acts establishing
dispensaries in both these, - towns were
lssed during the past session. The
Waynesville act applies to the whole of
Haywood county, the dispensary, to be
located in the county town, and the
profits arising from tho . traffic to be
divided equally betwteen town and
county. - A great many North Carolina
towns, where ' the liquor question has
been a troublesome one for so many
years, will watch with deep interest the
new venture tned"by these two Western
North Carolina towns. .
Everybody knew that the . corn crop
of last year was small because of -the
draught in several of the greatest corn
producing States, but statistics just is
sued by the federal department of agri
culture contain some interesting state
ments concerning the corn crop of 1884
that will cause surprise. The entire
yield of the country was 1,212,770,000
bushels, against 1,619,494,000. bushels
in 1893, a decrease of 400,724,000
bushels.
DUICE
MM
IGASEffES
THAMR!CH TOBACCO aK'.'eu
DURHAM. K. U.S.A. Pl-lW
. - -MADS FROM -
High Sfais Tofeseo
v.- " ...... ASS -, - ,. .; . .....
ABSOLUTELY PURE
111 A W B5H Bscs fssa w
I t 'ii- '.- -A- ' J. "lijvi M '
Si;Tfl lf
Fastest Time Ever Made. : ;
One of the Royal Blue Line trains of
the Baltimore and Ohio -Railroad, on a
rrt run ftptween JSew iorK auu
WasViinp-ton r covered "a mile in 39 sec
onds as recorded by a mechanical indi-r-atnr.
At this rate - the train " traveled
at the phenomenal speedy of a trifle
over a mile ana a half a minute, or over
ninety miles an hour, .which .surpasses
all previous records of fast time.; If Ihe
speed- were maintained the time be
tween New ! York and Washington
ilrl hei reduced without stops to Iwo
hours and a half, - and with stops to
fVirPB honra. ' Five hours is now the
fastest time between the two cities, and
t is made dailvbv" the Royal ' Blue
Line.: ' '; "
Bill3 are pending " before both Ihe
Missouri and Illinois legislatures taking
bachelors. This Missouri; bill : makes
the tax progressive, increasing by - suc
sive increments as the bachelor persist
in his- state of single' blessedness. The
Illinois bill makes the tax uniform on
all single men above 32 years who are
not able to show that they have proposed
marriage three times--and been reject
ed. :: The proceeds of the tax are to. go
toward establishing a home for worthy
and indigent single women above the
age of 38. - V. L.
A SUFFERING CHILD
Head and' Scalp Raw ' with
Places Size of Silver Dollar. Va-
rlons Remedies only caused Fresh
Eruptions. Applied CUTlCUltA
I- Change in Twenty-four HoursT
JPerfcct Cura la : Two Weeks. ;
M little son, aged three, was Very much
-troubled with a breaking-out on bjs scalp ;
and behind his ear. The iJace3 affected here
about as large as a silver dollar; , the flesh
seemed raw and' covered with little blisters.
The chad suffered considerably, and was sat
urally Terr fretful. I tried several remedies
without obtaining any beneficial results; in
fact the eruptions seemed to be sjireading--and
new places breaking -but."-1 concluded to -'
try the CuncrRA Remedies I -washed the
affected partt with the Cuticitea Soap, tak
ing care not to irritate, the fieeh, and applied
CtmccBA. I noticed a chanpe for the better
in file appearance jf the eruptions in twenty-:
four hours, and-in two- -weeks, the eruptions
entirely disappcared,leaving the skin smooth
and the scalp clean; in fact a perfect cure,
as I have not seen any. indications of any
enmtion or breaking out Biiiccv-1 cave the
child onlya few doses of tha Ccticcba TJb- -
dies very valuable. . I - believe Ccticcea.
would be excellent f of applying to insect bites,
which are very annoying in this country. -C.A.
AKMSTEOXG, Swift Island, N. C.
Sold throughout the world. Price, OtrriCTRA,
60c.;6oap,25c.;Rbsoi.vekt,$1; Potter Dbuq
ihd Cbem. Cobp., Sole Props., Boston. .
" How to Cure Every Skin Disease," free.
Ifcen la DouW
READ THIS!
then you will know wnere td - .
Buy Goods Cheap !
I We have the goods and know that we
Chttf-u iayteia kail
Our stock stock cf
Dress Goods,
is the very latest Novelties. We have
Dreess Goods, woolen, - from 15o to
$100 per yard, and then with all th
new shaded and changeable effects."
Uar stock of , .
SUF.lf.lER SILKS
nst cannot ba s nrpassed. All the new
shades and exquisite tints for evening
wear 20 cents to 100 : yards. Our stock
of Organdie Beanviks are inst too nret.
ty to express So nice cool and airy
lookiasr. 3U6fc the thins? for hot , snrrimfir
days. Buy now, make np and bo ready.
Now a word about our 1
Us -
We keep a clean new efcock oil hand.
We have just gotten in the prettiest
Oxfords ever seen in the town of Con.
cord for f 1.00-a pair. Now these are
fafts. Don't , fail to see '.our Oxford
m,8' 6 are 11616 to eery you and
wiu sea just as low as any house
town. - -
in
iBit um ft-munurr.
Buy Your Piano
w
- . AND .
SAVE MONEY I
$25.00 to $50.00 saved inrthe
purchase of a Piano from us
in the next sixty days.
.We are offering "
Ve make a redurttn-n Cok nn
to $50.00- from the cash
price of some of Qur.most -popular
style of Pianos ,
7 ' lf purchased within
-' the next 60 days'. .
.-We are also offering a limited
number of some of the T ; : -
Leading Makes of Pianos
at the cash price, on one Ves
time, WITHONT IETERESTi
VAori!
y.a.1 a
; For 60 DAYS' Only !
. CHAELOTTB branch,
Wheeler, 1 Manager. '
MOR
Foo3 Tivesity Years
Scott's Emulsion has been
whole woria. . - xnere
Physlciana . prescribe
is",
C7 JLA,
bprjiiisd tliev know what srreafc nourisbirrr n-ni
ertiea it contains- r Thej
liver uu mtu the nypopnospnites 01 lime and cot! a.
Tor Gonghs, Goldsf Sore Throat, Eroncliiti3, "Weak Ltm?,
' tion, Scrofula, Anaemia, "Weak Babies, 'Thin duldren, Itio
asmus, Losa of 'Flesh, General Debility, and all cofiditic-nr, c
- The enly genuine Scott's Emulsion is put ij
colored wrapper. : Refuse inferior substitutes !
' , SenJ for pamphlet on ScotCs Emulsion? FREE,
Scott & Bowne, N. V. All
I am back atmv old place of business,
ALLISON'S CORN
prepared to "welcome my old
keep-a full line of ' .
Mat9 Groceries,
always; at the lowest-prices consistent with honest business
meet nils at n11itimfSi T can
sell as close. 4Have a stock suited to the farmer's Avants 1!;
use your prod woe," and will exchange goods for all kinds of. cm
produce at cashj prices, j Call
l i im: JEi
m.
AKD
.Wd
are
Genient
SOLE SELLING AGENTS
This Harket
ft
or
he
Casson L
me Cc's
Lirnean
When in the market we snoulrl
be pleased to
Havei Your
Orders.
Oran'
gesj
We will
have
BIG
- LOT
'4
OF-j-
Florida
for th
Xmas Trade.
PAfTERSdriS
?Mesa!$ and RsUil Store
New G-roceryT Store,
' I have now a.' f nil cft- t i
freshest and b6st groceries, vbiclx I .'am
ri 1 . s . " uitiii-ciiioi.
Dom in plain and f atirt
1 T c
. .. ." m r
1
dCemeht
vr, '. ...
DWOiS.
!
"ujr.auuBeiiau Kinns. jpt conntrv pro- ' -dnce.
When yon buy from m yon
can depend on gettin- the best at the -f
lowest prices. .. . j , a . n, T , r lnvh
I hare iust ffot in a .Wwl.'s ' .1'AHII'n lfW,mW 7 'v-TllrR.
Jf - 11 .11 1. . -i
iHjuiui. Tear n.m
.. .Ml
Call and take a look at tuy stock;
fresh.
endorsed by physicianq n
no secret about its
.th6
ingr
edientg,
know it is what it i rcproM
oa-
Druggists.
50 cents o"
friends and to make
new
hnv r rbivir ass nnvkmlv j
to see me.
JOHN" P. ALLIS01
leRaeketSk
223 Poiuids
Mail
. at 64c per yard or 25c lb.
Here is an unusuallvjjoodchajc:
to get
REASONABLE
to make shirts for men or bos
smrt waists oonnets or apros
for ladiesdresses for children, it
quilt scraps. ' We have soldmon
fine or, common
IBMifll
Liirtu ever uiore. unr iuuiu
stock tor this season is nenvrc
rhA Tr r t lA- 4- ran
. V . 11X1 LC ill II 7) 1U1 Ctiur
pies, state width or price v!e:
oraenng
Our stock of
White Goods
X" .1 ... 1
ai .A.V.CCUa iJ.ll V K lliXW.
shown in qnality and price.
Silk Floss at SO cents uer IOC
T 1
Skeins.
: . Note Paper 2 cents per quire,
Course Combs 2c up.
Coffee Pots 2 eents,Wasli Paa
2 cents.
-I'able Oil Cloth!
Hi yards wide, onlv 15 cents.
$5.00 map of the United State!
for 99 cents. -
fahp- U - fal -
at 20 cents per yard.
1 2V2 cent Bleeched Cambric
SYs cents. -I j
Ladies'. Fast Black Seam9
Hose, worth 20 cents for 10 tt
Misses . Fast Black Seanife5
Hose, ribbed, worth 20 cents
for 10 cents.- J
. -Heavy Seamless Socks at 6
' 4 pound Eeatner Pillows ato"
cents each. .
: D. J. EOSTIAN.
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