CRAYON PORTRAITS.
Call and see how Fine and Cheap
they can be had.
FRAMES.- '
;'I liave the Lirge-t and Lest assort'
roc-nt if - Frame Moulding in the
State; Canvas aftd Crayon .Stretches '
made to order. VAN NESS , ,
N. Tryn S- '
(V ADVERTISEMLNTS.
r th' le Portmoutb
rn on account of the North
". Medical Society, which con
BiMbtflh City, N.C.,00
VOLUME 1. f : ' ' ; ' - . CHARLOTTE, N.; C; MONDAY EVENING, APRIL S, 1 git ' 1 -" NUMBER jo5. :
7 55
'li.oo
8 80
IfOO
15-60
; 10.40
17. 95
Mb. ' ,f
UXtOB . ' '
jnford , '
1 harlotte . t ' i ' f
Uneolnton .'
tf on sale from April jotb to
nclusivc Good to return un
ilfjd, inclusive. " ,
' g, W. CLARK," C. P. A. '
iei'iiauneT)
d y " I have used Kepha
mVscU lor neuralgia, andsdso In
(,!)., and believe It to be the
,t effective remedy I . nave ever
A"' '.-V'.!-"''
ft . . A. t . . 1 r
ariuin Uianotio pjrcwva
Ivia, 225 West Trade ftreet near
Academy of Music, where yoa
k. onsijse stamna and everv-
T ' " Hi iiiiii i
MILK BOTTLES.
juris M-rcli my business hv
ilCd about 31 per cent, over Feb
, As I have at present ooly a
-tdwpplv of bottles it is necea
, id have each bottle sent in at
liv turns My customer will
aifverv much by having empty
; ready ohen the wagon aula,
-it mt cordially, everybody
rak my d.1.1 y. examine ray cattle,
itibSci. and investigate fully my
mof d-livery.-,..- t v. ''
R(jt- tfiillyr, - '
CC MOORE.
fOCK HOLDERS': MEETING.
gtith Annuil Meeting ol Share
H Mutual Building and Loan
ociitiuii will be held at the May
1 court room Tuesday evening,
i1b. ut 8 o'clock. V . apS
RDYcSc WALKER
caoassxcic ircms.. ,
JtWTrE, , N.G
uj n! h II on comraistioa. Stocks
di, Oil and Cotton," Grain and
imtxo, outright or on margin.
1 f cui private wire in their
they get continuous quota
iot the New York and Chicago
kcta, Tbry place deals' in a few
ds nl make cash settlements
1 orals are dosed. , ( jpr6
I TLJ R
. K
THE. JEWELER..
-the-
lLSONM)RUaCO.
Ed'a) In evrr-thu:s
.'nj Uj cur line uni cll
7 trtKt- at
VITOM iCLSi,
LOCAL RIPPLES. '
will
' -MecklenUurir Presbytery
meet at Matthew's Station, this week
' A slight change ill the Schedule I Varying the Monotony by Spitting into
- a. ' . iL - i: I J r .1.. Lt o.li .n.l.
01 passenger iiuiua vu uic utiwuint i ? m wm vi riiv.-.'
Central roai will go Into effect' ext Morning's Wppl. to Poue. Circles and
Monday.
-The Seaboard 'Atr Ljne pasaen.
,tMitW.Nrthrrr,lWState Hhui Wornmg. Itwas OitoNenvia,
Medical 'eonventlon, ;are ublUhedNd keepabook atore In Dr. Cib-
elsewhere.
is Bock beer is antue late, tut . , . .
Valer advertises that it will be here . , ' . . ,
he wH be ready to t, k. , ,.
to-morrow, and
fill all ordera.-0,1 v , i
i yA called meeting ( the Char
lotte Chamber of Commerce will be
held to-oieht. All the members are
requested to attend.
hbon'i building, nearly opposite the
Second 1 Presbyterian : church, on
out
re
cognize the sanitary lavs ol the city.
About 9 o'clock this morning, san
itary policeman, B. M. Treason, Call
ed at Nerwis' store to notily him that
he must clean up bis premises. Nec-
1. Im LwJam .nl ii m.l. mat.
"---Attention ie ealied"-to the notice teftplw WBif Offim Preason car
published elsewhere, of - the meeting rfed t copy 0f the Code of Charlotte,
of the stockholder of the Mutual
Building & Loan Association., -
' "Our people tympatlijse with Mr.
Rudolph Arndt in the death of an
other of his little children, which oc
curred Ltsf Saturday afternoon-
r -Rufus Reed and fim retnel Had
set-to in front of the Charlotte hotel
this morning. They were arrested
nd arraigned before the mayor, wno
fined each one Sj. '. t ' tV'' ''
It was pretty cool hereabouts on
Satords v and Sunday niebta, bat the
thermometer did not fall lower than
37 degrees. ' There was no frost and
the hnut crop is aull sale. ... 1 '.
The wires bctweeo Danville and
Washington that' were wrecked la
Saturday storm, are itiu down to
day, and no telegraphic market e-
ports have been received. '
. Mr. Qua. Eddins arrived uome
yeaterday from Washington and re-
porta ell iaict and . serene.,- .The
Charlotte postomce matter, ne says,
ha been Indefin'tely postponed.
Mai. I. M. Robinson. President
of the Seaboatd Air line, Maj. Wis-A-r
,nvnt manarer. and CoL Ik C
JcoeasupeTteoxkot.paased through
Charlotte today, V a tour ol mspec
tioQ ol the road. , .
mceUng f the olicers d the
First and . Second ; Presbyterian
churches will be held at the V. M. C
A, kaflto-aight, fo.W reports k
mrarJto the proposed Third Pres-
Dytcrian church. ! -' ,
Ir- A. W." MOler. pastor of the
First Preabrteriaa church of ibis city,
baa been invited to preach to aa At-
lanU congregation nt 5unoay. Its
haa accepted the aavltaiion.. Mr.
Siler ifl occupy tua puipn
here. .
JlWa!e W to have a new
broad and handsome street opening
directly into South Tryon street, tae
MMnmittct havloff made a trade with
Col J. L, Morehnd trf the opening
of the street through his property.
MiKemBa's boom fl now te re-
The mutk at the Sood lYn-
byterua chttrch Ut eight u ol aa
onusaaCy luKla order, and good J the police here rvcf andia.
Jasys e, fcajwre, at the
BtUStC is
U ikchW. Prut fUker, of CW-
Vmr. sod Mr.' Ne?, of Monroe,
si il,ee snttd the double male
uiutie m tie oftcrtory,
Vff. Wm.
oUnt snd 't rrecte1 thisens c
IJncJn couaty, de t one tfjy wt
riU.:,U, ,nyear,od. a, known
. . . t!,--,i enure
A few HtM oe W W ere- M 5uB.
City, ind he had . been W trf V h,f ,e sUavt br
,hra!th Mia wrH by p .-rtVo r.v
tnoais, h;tk srTl rum tfl
r rvt i c4-r.
about J?i Mt lU'f' ,M
tntifVf drVrnred ' 11
o'cVk Ut SatartUy. The art
i, iiilr a eb m-
rv.. k!. tr.5iatte SgVI e
r- t " ft of Ve frrr;rr
,,t ij1 1 ' ' '(
ll
NERWIS RAMPANT,
HE DEFIED THE OFFICERS, BUT
l, 'IS JOOQED - ,
f What b' was About ;
The police had hold of a wild cat
o'clock in the morning.-, The
mayor W the power tofinehlra as
high as $150 on tlie combined caser,
and as his oflepce a ot a most ag
gravated character lie will scarcely
get off on a light 6ne,
Evening Mewspapers.4 .
A well known ioufnalist of esperi
n vu. uw ,vu, wi- , WE congratulate our customers and Iriends upon the return 01 the ,
ence believes the lime .will .come genial Spring Season. It is always a pleasant relief to exchange the heavier
when the evening piper will be the and more sombre apparel of winter for the lighter,, and never has fashion j
irrat in,tmii ni it lav. ' Hi ex. ft lirr aI unon coods for the season so attractive and tasteful as they are" -
at the present time. The very best advertisement of our goods would be
exeat Journal of the. dav. . His . ex
oerience has 6ho n him that "four-
perience baa ebowuim tnat "tour- 7 , "J , -
n.m4 ,t, the gnods themselves, could they be sent around for general inspection,
fifths of the; startling neag I As 5its is imoossible we M back on the faithful types to assist us to
world is first published in the even
ing papers." In these active times
with the particular ordinance which
Nerwis was violating marked around.
so as to explain the matter to him.
When the officer ' entered '. the' store,
Nerwis flew into rage, and ordered
him to depart at once. Nerwis fa
a;t-I In his More bv two females.
one evidently about 35 years of age, i
and the other about 16. . They stood
by with frightened looks at the scenes
which ensued. : , ;
Policeman Presson was not to be
frightened by the belligerent attitude
of Nerwis, and supping forward be
handed Nerwia the copy ol the code,
Nerwia snatched the book ifirom the
officer's hand and threw it violently
aside, . exclaiming as he .did so!
"D n your jaw,. Cet out of my
house! I defy you and the mayor
and alT the officers to arrest me!'
He fairly danced about with rage,
and started for officer Prenoa with
a anraised chair, but thn flicer
clinched with bins and wrenched the'
chair from his grasp. About this
time Rev. E. A. Osborne stepped
in and said; "I command the peace.
Nerwis' rage broke out afreah and he
letlooae a perfect torrent of abuse.
Officer Treasod. .'wentf-to . 'poiwae
beadqearwif and reported" (tbe case,
when Chief CriiSih.' and sergeant
Jettoa repaired to the tcene. As
they entered Ncrwu) was as ch-bant
nrr. . Tha warrant for bl arrest
was handed him, when he snatched
it from the hands ol the officers and
defied them to arrest him.' Tbechid
nd the sergeant closed In 00 him
and escorted kim tj the guard bouee.
AH along the route fro Nw'
store to the guard , bouse, Nerwis
uttered loud and obscene language,
and would vary the monotony by
spitting Into the face ct he chief 0
polk, lie spit hard, and every
.Vint itrark its mark, but with COm-
' I A hi m imnnaslhla we fall back "on the faithful tvpes to assist us to '
I- I f -L : 1 .U. f.... r Cj-lnrr Cru-tr Rv n
aescriue mi some iuwuic iuc una uue n v . .i.g j -
. . . .1 . - kHumU n.tnn. InlotlMi HMta -
ng papem. u mcc stuvt imra (i preliminary we may aay inai wc van wuui; ..v.rv
people cannot spare the time to read rience and knowledge ot local tastes, to me selection 01 mc gwu r
the naoers during the busy hours of result which we hope will be as "fyW -
.t Lt-L. Jn I as to ourselves. ; i ne extent 01 our sioca is unuauany uu gc uu u,c . y .
m oay-T Tbey now KeneraIIyntre" offered in styles and the materials are so wide that we think we can scarcely , ;
tail 01 sansmng . every lmeaaing urcuaacj. m cm; uvpaumwi .
effort to make it the moet complete assortuient ol goods ever cflered to tbc . V
on the way down town to get anout- ,5,r" 7 j!, " , I
unrdrtBrftewlButtheytakeihrf
cess and permanence. Our customers will find that in respect to quality ,.:
our stock has no superior, 11 any nvai, our policy ocmi; n .un-. .
of our profits rather than sacrifice tbe confidence of our customers in tbc
eood'weselL Some rather unusual .opportunities have' been ottered to J
watcMul buyers to secure bargains u some 01 wc ijrainiuic uikmiu
Thes we have taken advantage of and customers will find that our prices
arc unusually low, relative to the value of the goods we offer, v We aim
to satWy all classes of buyers, and our stock therelore includes the variety ,
of crades which have correspondingly varied prices. We desire to be
anowa lor cneapnew, put wc nmwre wrap wj, - j -
cive even in low price grades the very best article the market affords for
tne money. 11 is a snonsigmcu pwicj ir any uvui - -1-- . ,
Utton lor low pneed goods at tne expense oi ma rrpuiaiiun 101 iwra.
article is really CHEAP which will not return the buyer the full vain of
lue un nit y huoiucu in iw puiuw. vi. ... - - " -
ly glance over them at " home before
starting to their places of business
Or read them hurriedly in the train
on the way down town to get anout
Tm" Arttift"Hawrr But thev take the
evening papers home with them to
read leisurely and carefully, after the
day's work is done. ' The only ad
vantage that the ' morning journals
have in the matter of news Is in re
porting meetings,' lectures," noticing
the amusements.'', and eivin? the
police news Of the night Up to one or
two o'clock. MosT-all other news,
as a rule, occurs after the morning
journals go to press and before the
afternoon journals issue their last
editions.:';: 7v---fiV':V'
A Boony Trad atark, '
' One of the most attractive Uadc
marks in use by the Southern Mills,
is that adopted sometime ago for the
McAden plaids, turned out at the
mills at LowelL The trade mark
represents a group of well known
young Charlotte people. Tho cen
tral figure m tbe group is Miss
Mamie McAden in a swing. Miss
Mamie AVadsworth (now Mrs. A.
Reese) is leaning against a tree. Miss
fefc Atkins is seated at the foot of
the tree, and Mr. C'des ' MiAdcn is
reposing in the foreground. " All are
dressed in plaids made by the Mc
Aden mills, and it is certainly a nm
rmm and most . approoriate trade
markNTh'e late R.Y. McAden
used to wear" summer- awil msde
Irom tbe plaids of these mills.
A Braaiaa Lous aa Ana.
V Last Saturday a! tern 000, at three K
o'clock, Mr. Wm. A. Roach, a train
hand, was badly Injured by being
caught between the bumpers of
freight cars at the Air-Line Junction,
In attemptinelo couple cars his left
arm a u caught and crushed 10 badly
that the arm had to te amputated
near the shoulder. . The operation
was performed by Dr. Cibbon, and
the injured man was sent to the
Home and Hospital He
was rest-
mendable tobearance. ihe.chjel did, f morning.. Mr. Aoach
m rrUt ih. assault. When Ner- In RwdrvtDe. -
wis was finally landed behind the
bolts and bars, however, the. chief
went to basin sad scrubbed his face
alia soao and water to prevent hy
drophobia, as wtH as to cleanse him-
set. '
Kerwb one of thetough-st cases
came 14 Charlotte last August,
He
a.
There were two eoroetiats I compsnied by the two JSirt c,eo"
tioned, and openta oui
book U Dr. CibUms' building,
n,. irvi were atwars very exclusive.
w tUv bv tUr all - three couM be
' J u,, teea busSy erggd in avuking and
arranging ono, -,Jfl
thetnc!m in the store.
of throw Tbry
wrvw attend thurth a4 freftty
dtj or art f
.t iA.ni and are prompt l Py
.vj. Thir book' store Is in
th. bcmi part af ibe room, anj ihry
rat an ep w i" 1 "
isUeskuWdWnrt' 'lff. J
Ut h waJ escrloo i" lh
,,if. an his wiry sre Krff
1.1 .. NeiwwUlke'-t
! U Ivi l',' ' f"p
1 . . , . J,' rl I'
. 1 1 t'i '.. M , I
r ' iff
I h iny- I
I t
A BMipIt "Dtotk of Flrta." ,
ShefiffA. Nixon paafed through
the city this morning with five prw
oners sentenced to the penitentiary
by Judge Csrk, at the recent lena
of Lincoln court. -Th ."block c4
6wt" consisted ol John Bcevtf,
white, convict! of an ataautt anJ
Katcoced to tj ytarsj Cam Bum.
gartcn, white, larceny, J yrsj J9
Robertson, colored, embeiilrmepl,
s vrars antl 6 months! loha Jones,
colored, Urtmy, a years AlfKino,
colortd.Urtt'ny yrt. ... ,
A gnftixrf Oetytraitly
tit. C. K. S'tL-e, locomotive en
gip'eer on the A., T. A O. railroa!,
nulled the r-wr-r-f train from Char-
lotie lo lylrrvU!e but Saturday
rvfin(t, and on arriving there, h
a-etit to bed a desperately
His rxoery nt etprciel tV
mnrnlp. Mr. Sk-lk'thad beeattclt
for sometime, but a few days ago re
sumed his run. and had made bur
trijt when hf waa in tkm down.
A Nw Uvjte. . ,
Mr. Owva Rrown l a new liwyrt
st the Cb.ih tte bi- He ht hung
r-t his sS'.niile at N". A- l.wBuVf-
r. P,-vn is t s- n of Mr. J.
p . i ( rVv- ' t'-'r'. 4
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SPRING
ANNOUNCEMENT.
not only by alluring bargains, but by tbe satisfaction that comet in goods
that wear and stand the test of actual use. In the matter ot Novelties' we
.i.:-t . -,:il nofMnrT in ho c!twiril Hv heinir earlv m the .
market we secured the early choice of styles and patterns whicb always .
gives tne buyer tne advantage 01 picaing up win t4Mwmt uuiviuw .
are soon exhausted, if they prove desiiablc to purchasers. We commend ;.
. . . mtUnA k nl mi-Iv vlrrtiun. as it killowS in '
10 our tcuaitjui-ci a vw ww iuvi, j - . i
cases that the patterns which are most fancied are tbe soonest exhausted. (.
We speak with conviction when we say tnax we ao not uiiuk uy pyu f
season has seen a more invitixg display of goods than those to which we j
direct attention and ot wnicn we invite your inspcvuun.. nu v .
that it will be a matter of general surpiuc and congratuuuon among buy-
era that wc are able to offer so large a choice, and such excellent quality ,
ior prices that are remarkable for their moderation. .
Respectfully, - . . ,
W. 'KAUFMAN & CO;,
LEADING CLOTHIERS akd GENTS FURNISHERS, ' ,
; ' . " ' Corner Central Hotel. Charlotte. N. C '.;- "
Vy GRAND ! SAIE 01
Cane Mattingi3"and Carpets.
Imnwnst stock of Cane Mattincs and we
desire to give tbem a good start. In order to do this we propose to have .
them all marked at very dote figures and rush many of them Out. . .
- Tbe choke-patterns and sterling qualities will speak for tbemaelvea,
ooce-tbey start. Be sure and give this sale your artenuoo, , as it wui mea
a neat little saving to you. mrpeis gw i" am -j "jc
also share the same fate. Housekeepers, now's your chance. Take ad
vantage ot it. It it only thia week that extra inducement are held out ta
- y 1 T. L. SICIGLH & CO-'
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LADIES FINE SHOES.
We have received a Urge shipment
of the ce'ebrated Kocoester 2ooea,
made in all atyles. sue and widths.
TliM. KKv-a am mnrh LaadsoOiet and
and better than any previous Iota. W e
have tbem in the Goodyear weft-tewed
and hand-tewed tuna, finest Vienna
Kid, price $i.y by mad aoc. extra.
tr.r Ufttf ti,t well to examine
iU. mimnt cjmM. Our tnrinw atocl
is avw complete and embracea evrnr
thinir needed lo the 5koe line. The
bent makes and lowest price. Call
and ace - ' " v- .:"
16 S. Tryon St CILREATH f CO., (Sue. w Petram Ca.)
Mto's Fii3 'Boitetr
Ve
this
I
W h,;nl 1 a Urc thipwKr.t
rf thn cck-trte! ht
LADIES FINE SHOES,
Scss
East TAtt St. .
CL.B0ARf AIR-LINE. Oo
Ka th sleep-
in or will sv run through hrt wren
thartostc ami RaHKb- '
necetaary lw through pa'ofe f
thenitht tea-nt to chaagweartal
Ch: and WUmtftoa aiJ eow-
tin ie t ma ''Tr?' . '.
f, - V. V-AMV,
Gra'l Pa-ta. Ajr-t-
Mhk.k are to w1 Vwoww 1a alm-r-t
every beufkoid in Chwlotte. tad am
today the leading he in snaoy of the
Lnt riiK (ft iSa U. ?v. where dura-
----- .. ,
Iry, style nl enmkwt are cotMiTi.
pricr a?wwye rwx'Js
tirCOVIE A.VU SLE CS,
OUA,Td:CC.
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."iM's B!:r.:l"-:i
Prpubir lcsue tSe bL Try it
sad compare It wilH spy t. , f,
riaiiilwersctxuxa V"
Pilar Pif. ja, Smokii'g T'
H the prtjmUr I- '
C'.r.TTlr. ' . I .
lUI-avrt"
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Toltfiit,
Ht to Cinrd llon.
V-Utltlwn.Wfal--nt-ll-.Vm e.ri e.
Jjff ,1M- -IV- " H-ffl!
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