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m e IL IKOdDIiM LINCOLN COUHIEK J. M. ROBERTS. EDITOR AND MANACiER. Entered in the Post Office .vt LlNOoLXTON A3 SECOND CLAS? 3IAIL MATTER Subscription Cash in Advance. 1 year 81.50 ti mouths 75 3 months SO Iiatts of Advertising. Oneiuch, one time. $1.00 ; L'5c for each subseqoen insertion. Tao inches, ODe time, $1.50 ; 50 !euts for each ubsequent insertion Three inches, one time, 52.00 7a ceuts fur each (subsequent iuser lion. Four inches; one tiu.e, 2.50 81.00 f.jr each subsequent insertion. jJSpooial rates for one-half and one-fourth column ; also, for any alvM ti: vnieut continued longer than two month LINCOLNTON, H. C MAY 15, 1691 Memorial Day. A special to the Charlotte Chroni cle has the f ollowiug : Chief Marshal Coke has prepared an excellent programme ior memo lial day, Monduy afternoon. The music will he a special feature; The sutject of this years address is the life and services ot Gen. S. D. Ham seui. The sister (Mrs. David Scbenck) and the wife and daugh tor of that distinguished officer will be here and will hear Gen. Cox's address. Gen. Ramaeur left this city in the summer of 1S61 as cap taiu of the Ellis Artillery, which later was kuowu as Manley's bat tery. What .Senator Kanoiti is Doing. Washington, May 4, 189i. Sen ator iUnsorn spent Sunday in thia city- He came on very important business. As chairman of the com mittee on private land claims he succeeded in having passed during the recent session ot Congress a bill to adju:,t all the disputed private land claims by a special court com posed of three judge.-. Millions of dol'ars worth of land is in dispute and the claims will come before this court in the future, until they are all satisfactorily adjudicated. The three judges torimug this court will be appointed soon after the Presi dent returns. Senator Ransom with his usual power and foresight, has managed it so that ono of these judges shall be a Demucra':. That Democrat will be, unless all sigus tail, Hon. Tbos. C Fuller, of Hals tigh, N. C. Col. Fuller one of the tiuesr aud best lawyers in the State and Senator Ransom cordially en dorses him for the place. It is so'4 ly due to Seuator Ransom that Noith Carolina has the Julge the ouly Democrat in thf coutt and tne Stale thus has another factor through which she cau wield an in fluence tor good to all her citizens, aiul reflect credit aud houor on her self. Landmark. Tho Lymph Treatment hy lr. Von Ituck.et Ahc-ille, Vili-:iciH Attention. Washington, May 6. The Am. erican MediCii Association closed its forty-second annual meeting at this morning's session; Mueh important work was done in each special session, the results of winch may be taken practically as itnVcted in tbe work ot tbe med ic il profession in the country. Tne mo-t important set f papers, with the discu-siou to which they give rise, related to tubereuline, Dr. Koch' method for control and cure of consumption, or tuberculosis. Five pipers were prepared and read. Dr. Yon Ruck's expetience is per haps of exceptional interest. In the sanitarium at Asheville his results before the use of the lymph was gooO. The paiients gained in weight, night sweats were controll ed, and the lungs were improved. All this was undermost favorable hygiena and discipline, but since he began to use tubereuline the gain had been quicker and some patients had been discharged curtd. The opinion is then that lymph is a val uable leuaedy with cautious use aud conservative judgment and that tuberculosis has loat some of its tet ror since the discovery of Robeit Koch. . Tie exodus of Italians from Italy to ibis country is so great tnat it threatens to depopulate some towns. lu some secions one--fifth of the families have left. Almost a clean sweep has been made of the town of Gavello, the population of which has been re'luced from 5000 to SOO. Wil.Star, rru Unit's ol IractSce of Ihe ISailnay Commission. Cor. Wil. Messenger. Raleigh, N. C, May 0. The rules of practice ot the Railway Commission were published today, and with the acts creating the com mission and inakiDg it a board of appraisers for railways, and with the standard freight and passenger tariffs established, form a pamphlet of titty-six pages. In this much ol interest is to be found. The com mission will hold session on Wed nesdays ol each week for the bear ing of applications, receiving peti tions and matters other than con tested cases. Special sessions will be held as occasion requires at oth er p'aces. In cases of complaint the petitioner or complainant most alwas prove tiie existence of the facts alleged to constitute a viola tion ot the act uule.-s the railway complained of shall admit the same ot fail to auswer to the complaint. Fhe faciM alleged in the auswer must also be proved by the railway, unless admitted by the petitioner. In cae of failure to auswer the commission will take such proof ot the charge as is deemed proper and reasonable. Each railway com pany doing business in the State is ordered to file with the commission ou or before the 20th ot ach month a report of its earnings and expenses lor the preceding month. The rules governing the transpor tation of passengers are interesting. The fare is 3 cents per mile for first class, 2 cents for eecoud ctass; children over 5 aud nnder 12 years, one-half first class fare. Each pas senger is allowed 150 pounds of bag gage. No more thau the schedule of passenger rates shall be charged where the ticket r.ffice at any sta tion shall not have been opeu for a reasonable time before the depart ure tiom a statiou of the traiu upon which the passenger intends to be transported. At janction points, where the iucoming trains arrive so near the leaving time of the out going train that it is not practicable lor a passenger to procure a ticket, :io more than the schedule of pas euger rates shall be charged. Ril. was s are authorized to collect the xact mileage) for passenger fares if rhey shall make the necessary change to enable them to do so ut it not, no more than the next iowest amount ending in 5 or 0 shall be charged. No company t-hall be allowed to charge over 10 cents as a minimum fnli or half-rate between tegular stations wheu the regular tare would be less thau that amount, provided, where the distance is not greater than 2 miles or uuder the maximum charge for first c'ass tick ets aha'l be 10 cents and for second class 5 cents. No more than the standard passenger rate shall be charged passengers to aud from flag stations or other stations where tickets are not kept on sale. Where pas-engers, by want of proper dili gence, fail to provide themselves with proper tickets before getting on the train, then 10 cents addition a I tor e uh passenger 12 years old or over may be demanded and col lected for all distances uuder 10 miles ; 20 cents for over 10 aud less than 20 tniles ; and 30 cents tor all distances over 20 miles, and half these rates lor passengers over 5 and uuder 12 years of age. From and after Wednesday, the first day of April, 1891, no chauge of tre.ght or passenger depots or liig stations from their present lo cation, nor the suspension of the sale of tickets, or the leceiving or forwarding of freights from stations now in use for such purposes, will be permitted without the consent of this commission published in ac cordance with the law. Application for tne location of depots and the cmstruciion of depot buildings must be filed in the ra Iroad com mission otfiee, uith all lntormatlou needed for a fall and proper under Sfauding of all interests to be affects ed thereby. Letter from Colfax, Wash. Ed. Courier- It you will allow me a little space in your papar, I will w rite a little western news. This is a great wheat country and the people raise a little of everything but cottou, the best gardens I ever saw, I have been over a good pait of this country. Spocau Falls and iiitter Falls on the Columbia River is no farming country, lhave been all through that country. Colfax is a business place and is the court? ty seat of Whitman county. Tbete are as many Chinese as Indiaus in this couutry. n. F. N. I,owesville Items, Kd. Courier We were called to Denver Monday and found the farmers along the road pushing iheir planting with a vim. While there lq. Jno. F. Davis showed us a milch cow that he says is giving six galloun of milk every day. That certainly is one cow worth the owning. The good people of Denver we foond were very much "stirred up" oo the subject of religion. Two men calling themselves Evangelists and claiming to represent the sect known as the "Brethren'' had been preaching there for about a week. From what we could learu they had made but three converts, but these were among the most intelligent citizens. The excitement was at Hiili water" and we suspect it will cause some dust to be brushed off tue JJ.bles ot Denver, that has not beeu disturbed in quite a while. Ve fouud the merchants of Denvei doing quite a lively bnsiness. Also we learned that Prof. Cbas. Coou7s school is m a flourishing condition May he have much success in train ing the young minds of Denver ho to shoot. We were glad to meet our old friend, Thos. F. Gudger of Asheville, N. C. while there. Thos. is stopping with Mr. F, P. Muudy. Mr. Henderson Robinson had the misfortune to get his collar-bone broken Monday. Mr. D. P. Kincaid is again quite sick. Mr. Jas. Sifford is confined to his room with dyspepsia. lie is oue of our best boy p. We thought everybody was high ly pleased with the speech of Ben Terrell at Lincolnton but have since learned that one of our most digni fied old gentlemen got highly iu suited at a remark be made in tbe "meeting.'7 Mr. Jas. Davis says this mau came near to challenge him to a duel. The remark that should have raised the ire in him to the fighting pitch according to Mr. Davis was something he said in regard to ugliness. In telling it to Mr. C. S. Little, that otherwise staid eentlemau became furious and said there was no justice in picking out two men from the East end o1 the couuty and only one from the West end as samples of ugliness Mr. Davis is telling that we were oue of the three, and the third man was one that lives above town. We plead guilty. The storm has blown over and everything is serene and lovely, and the two young men who were so much exercised over the matter, are again wearing their most bewitching smile, and out wife has taken the kettle oil the stove in which she kept the water ieady to scald the man that had dared to say we were ugly and we do believe sbould Ben come to our house to night she would invite him to supper but we guess this young man who toid it down here had better keep himself scarce uiound here for awhile or be pies pared to take his chances m dodg ing. Miss E la Davis, of Denver, is teaching near here. There were twentysix applications lor mem ber tship in Triangle All auce at last meeting. Where is that mau who said the Alliauce was dyiug out ? We advise him not to be a candi date in '92 or ele he might find it a lively corpse. Mr. Kelly Daven port of Mt. Holly wen through town one day last week on hunt of a horse that had strayed ofl. We learn he found it at Mr. Cattey Del linger's in Catawba county. Miss Girlie Nixon, who has been staying a companion to Mrs. Lsura V. Lowe since the death of her husband, went home sick last Thursday. We learn she is convalescent. Mr. W L.Edwards had the misfortuue to lose one of his hordes last week. My wife's old speckled hen died with the cholera this week. Ti e chickens are all dyiug in this neigh borhood. An effective remedy is now in order. We want a remedy aud not nostrum that will do more harm thau pood. General Greeu is marshal. ng his armies for battle in the cotton patch, but we hope Ca tawba Springs will come out more the conquerer. SuccecB to the Coueiee, Bill saanks. Lowesville N. C. May C, 1891. MiHS Helen Fowle. Frank Leslie's Weekly has for some weeks been giving cuts and sketches of southern beauties and belles. This week's edition contains a very fine likeness of Miss Helen Fowle, of Raleigh, and the tollowu ing sketch : "Aliss Helen Fowie, whose porti rait appears is the daughter of the late lamented Gov. D.miel Fowle, of North Carolina, and was the graces ful and popular mistress of the ex ecutive mansion a Raleigh, up to the time of his decease. Euteiing into and sympathizing with his lu ties and tastes she accompanied her distinguished father in all his jaunts abroad, and was part and parcel of his political triumph". She ranks deservedly amoug the formost beauties of the old North State. At the White Sulphur Springs last i summer Miss Fowle was a recog nized belle, aud she is a favorite in every circle in which she appears. IS ii ti lies m Outlook Good. New York, May 9th, R. G. Dunn & Co's weekly review of trade will say May starts off with the great plunge in speculative prices which has for s )me weeks been anticipate ed. It is a fact that the possible demand for wheat next year, on a' couut of crop failure in France and elsewhere has to meet au exception' ally favorable prospect here, while the export demand for wheat this year, ever since prices have brok u, is not large enough to preteut tie carrying over ot a great unsold snr. plus next July. An element of great strength is the accumulating evidence that the wheat prospect at the West is re markably good, the acreage having increased heavily, a third iu Kansas and a quarter iu Washington. The unusually cold weather, while in juring fruit and vegetables at many points, does not appear to have se riously affected the larger crop, which promises exceptionally well. With such an agricultural outlook the demand for manufactured pros ducts of all kinds is likely to im prove and thus the great industries will be helped. New Orleans reports fair trade, with cotton in moderate demand at somewhat better prices, and sugar active but lower. At Savannah trade falls off some, but prospects are bright and at Jacksonville business is brisk and hopeful iu all branches. In short, while present trade is not quite as active as usual the outlook would be highly encouraging, but for for eign and monetary uncertainties. Weekly Weather Crop Bulletin. Central Office, Raleigh, N. G. The weather during the week end ing Friday, May 8, 1891. was decid edly unfavorable tor the growth of crops aud for farm work, and the prospects are not good. The early oart of the week was warm, with light showers on the 5th, which was followed by severe cold weather with heavy frosts. The protracted dryuess has pievented planting and cultivating and makes the growth of crops very slow. Frosts occurred on tbe 5th, 6th aud 7tb, that on the 6th being the heaviest. The only portions of the State whicu escaped are the couuties along the coast and the southernqiortion of the Eastern District. The total damage report, ed is considerable. Truck crops, potatoes, beans, peas, etc., were kill ed; cotton was injured in an irregu lar way, mostly on low moist ground or fields slopiug towards the North. In some places cotton is being re planted. Grapes were considerably damaged, but on tbe whole it is be lieved that other frnit escaped Wheat aud oats generally ad right and looking well, though greatly in need of rain. Transplanting of to baceo plants prevented by dry and cool weather. Hail injured crops to a considerable extent in the southern portions of the Eastern District, A warm, copious rain is greatly needed to bring up crops and enable farmers to cultivate those already up, and to transplant tobacco. The weather dunug next week will be much warmer, but there is no prospect for a general rain. Western District. Tbe weath. er has been too dry for wheat, rye and oats ; too cool for cottou aud garden vegetables. Warn: rain greatly needed. Stand of cottou so far imperfect. Frost damaged cot ton, especially iu low moist places, and sorne corn, though whfat and oats seem to have stood the cold very well, Fruit was probably not greatly injured, except grapes, which suffered considerably. Gars dens and tobacco plants hurt. Far mers are better up with work iu this i District. The deficiency in rain fall was about .SO inch. H. B. Battle, Ph.D , Director. IV TOTTR BACK A.CHES, OT yon are all worn out, really good for noth ing, it is general debility. Try T.-fli0 WO B1TTEK8. it W1U cure you, cleanse your liver, and giv a eood aoDetita. What isa Rllllon Dollars ? The Mercantile and Financial Times has taken the trouble to give a detailed account of what is meant by the statement that the last Con gress expended 31,000,000,000. This is a round sum aud a large one, but it is so easily oaid that the words which express it do not convey to the mind any adequate idea of the vastness of the amount. For this reason, the Times picks it to pieces and presents it iu various lights. Exclnsive ofinterest $1,000,000,000 the amouut which the Republican Congress has expeuded, would (jive 5181 families of four persons $70 a week for filty years. It loaned out at G per cent, it would give a return of $60,000,000 a year. One billion dollars in silver would weigh near ly 50,000,000 pounds. It would buy gowns for all the women in the civilized world and shoes tor 500,000,000 homeless chil dren. It would pay for the educa tion of 250.000 children from the kindergarten through college, and a city lot apiece for 50,000,000 per sons. If a man wih this immense sum desired to throw it away $1 at a time, he would be iu tiouble. Hit task would kep him busy for 428 years. it he were to attempt tc burn $1,000,000,000 iu paper money, $1 at a ti.iie, he would complete his tisk, by workiug night and day, at the end of 12,840 years. These figores show what the Reed and Harrison Congress has done for the tax payers. An "Heritage." Presidtin; Harrison said at John son City, Tennessee : ''We have aoomram heritage. Th l Confederate soldier has a full, bon- j orahle and ungrudged participation i in ail ihe benefits ot a great and jus ; tiovernmeut ." And et Section. 1218 of the Re vised Statutes, enacted in 1866, s-iy : "No person who has served in any capacity in the military, naval, oi civil Berviee of the so-called Confed erate States, or of either ot thf States iu ii.surrect'on during thf late rebellion, shall Le appointed to auy position iu the army of tlu United States." Th, !hen, is the Con 'edrate sol dier's "fall, honorable and ungrudg ed participation iu all the bene6ts of a great and jnst Government.'' On Apii 7, 1886, Mr. Gibson, ol Louisiana, prepared a repeal of this, so that men who had served tht Confederacy might be e'igible as appointees to the new places in tbe army creUed by the bill. Mr. Gibsou's proposition was de feated by one vote. Mr. Harrison was in the Senate at ihe time. As the New York Evening Post says, "it thus appears t'lat not ou'y d e J tbe Confederate soldier still labor uuder an odious disqualification but th it this unjust discrimination against him exi.-t by the action ot Mr. Harrison five years ago, when he held the casting vote which would have repealed the obnoxiou statute." How eay ib such talk as that which falls irom the lips of Harrison Richmond State. Advice to mothers. Mrs. Winslo w'a Soothing S y nc p should always be used when children aie cuttiog teeth. It re lieves the little sutferernt once; it produceanatur&I, quiet sleep, and the little cherub awakesas "bright as a button." it is very pleasant to taste. It soothes the chila, softens the gums, allays all pain, regulates the boweis. and is the best known remed for diarrhoea, whether arising from teething ot athex cui'V. Tweiity-bva cnla a baUla. 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The best family medicine, Ayer's nils are, also, unsurpassed for the use of travelers, soldiers, sailors, campers, and pioneers. In some of the most critical cases, w hen all other remedies have failed, Ayer's Pills prove effective. ' In the summer of 1364 I wu sent to th Annapolis hospital, suffering with chronic diarrhea. While there, I became so re duced in strength that I could not speak and was compelled to write everything 1 wanted to say. I was then having some 25 or SO stools per day. The doctors ordered a medi cine that I was satisfied would be of no benefit to me. I did not take it, but per suaded aiy nurse to get me some of Dr. Ayer's Pills. About two o'clock in the after noon I took six of these pills, and by mid night began to feel better. In the morning the doctors came again, and after deciding that my symptoms were more favorable, gave me a different medicine, which I did not use, but took four more of the pills Instead. The next day the doctors came to see me, and thought 1 was doing nicely, (and so did I). I then took one pill a day fr a week. At the end of that time, I considered myself cured and that Ayer's Pills had saved my life. I was then weak, but had no return of the disease, and gained In strength as fast as could be expected." F. C. Luce, Late Lieut. 66th Regt. Mass. Vol. Infantry. "Ayer's Pills are The Best I have ever used for headaches, and they act like a charm in relieving any disagree able sensation in the stomach after eating." Mrs. M. J. Ferguson, Pullens, Va. "I was a sufferer for years from dys pepsia and liver troubles, and found no permanent relief until I commenced taking Ayer's Pills. They have effected a com plete cure." George W. Mooucy, Walla Walla, W. T. Ayer's Pills, PREPARED BT DR. J. C. AVER & CO., Lowell, Mass. Sold by all DrugicidU aud Dealers in Mediciue. TDIIEIDIID1W Lincolnton, N. C. A School for both sexes. A Complete Course for stu dents desiring to pr pare for COLLEGE, TEACHING.or BUSINESS. Thorough Work In all Departments, with Healthy Location. Winter Term begins Dec. 29, 1890. For further information, apply to A. C. HOTTENSTEIN, Prin. Jan. 16. 1891. tf Fleming Eamsanr, Confectioner. Dealer in Fruits, Cakes, Crackers Ece Create, Soda Water, Milk Shake, aud other Iced Drinks. Fine CV gars, Cigarettes and Tobacco. The finest Hue of PIPES iu town. I have spared no expense in mak ing my store neat and attractive, ani will keep it so. Parlor Reserved Especially for LADIES AND THEIR EsCORTs. RESPECTFULLY, FLEMING RAMSAUR April 3rd 1891 y JOB PRINTING. The Job Piiuting Offices of J. M. Roberts and Tbos. C, Wetmore have heen consolidated and the present firm, Roberts & Wetmore, re spectfully solicits a share of the public patronage. If you need to have Job Printing of any kind done, it will pay yoa to eend tour orders to us. We have a completely equiped office, and will be sure to please you. We do not wish you to give us your patronage simpiy because this is a home enterprise, but slao be cause we will do your woik as well and as cheaply as it can be done, and we use good material, too. Try us and you will see that this is true. All orders promptly executed. Below we give a few of our prices. Estimate of all other work furnished promptly on application. Price Llwt. Per 1,000. Note Heads, 2.25 to 82 50 Letter Head, 2,50 to 2.75 Envelopes, C ioM 2.50 to 3,00 Bill Hd 6 line 2 25 to 2.50 " 14 2.50 to 2.75 " " 3G " 3.50 to 4 00 Handbills 2.25 to 4.50 Per SOO, Note Heads, $1.25 to $1.50 Letter Heads,. 1.50 to 1.75 Envelopes, C iu 1.50 to 1.75 Bill Hds, C lines, 1,25 to 1.50 44 " 14 " 1.50 to 1.75 " " 3C 2.25 to 2 50 Handbills 1.25 to 3 00 VERY RESPECTFULL Y, ROBERTS & WETMORE, Lincolnton, N.C, STOVES. 5jlE are in a position now to ,tt suit eveiybody wanting a stove. We have just bought direct from the manu facturer a car load of Stovea. Tnere is no one between us and the manufacturer to make a profit. By having a solid car shipped at ono time our heights are greatly re duced, and by buying a car load at one time, we get the price reduced. So it is very eay to see that we have bought our STOVES cheap. Tuerefore we cau aud intend to sell Stoves an low if not lower than they can be bought in Charlotte or any of the surinuudiri towns. In a tew d ys we will have in stock elev en different styles or about 100 Stoves, irom whit h our friends aud customers can make a satisfactory selection. Our stoves are ail of tbe Best Quality. Owiug to the wav we have bought, we can sell A GOOD No. 7 COOK ING STOVE, WAKE aud PIPE for Only 9.00. This $9.00 stove is a good size for a small family. Larger stoves and Ranges will be sold proportionately low. Iu this lot we will have a stove with warming closet and porcelain lined reservoir. We still make Harness and have a nice stock of Hand-made harness, saddles, collars, bridles, &c. Remember we carry the mot co in pie stock of is in the couuty. Always have on baud extra stove pipe, pots, kettles, boN low ware, &c. We have a few cart6, baggies, and spring wagons which we will sell regardless of cost, as we have no suitable house to store them. Will sell a GOOD OPEN BUGGY for $35.00. A TWO -SEATED SUR RY tor 350.00. Thanking the public for their lib eral patioaage in tbe past, and so liciting a continuance of the same, we are, RESPECTFULLY, H. E. & J. B. Ramsaur. DO NOT FAIL To Examine OXJ3F8L Complete Stock of IMTotioriB HATS. CAPS, BOOTS, SH0ES HARDWARE, Glassware Tilnyare CROCKERY &C. As we think it will be to your advantage to come to see us before buying elsewhere, as wE BUY FOR CASH and SELL FOR SAME Respectfully HOKE AND MICHAl