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yOL. AJ11A. CHAKLOTTE, N. C., SATURDAY FEBRUARY 24, 1883. NO. 4,327 7 Mice! wia wpVhave Already Jf laced OUR SPRING ORDERS With Our Mannadorers FOB L'UB SPRING STCH K OF HATS, If l WHICH WILL BE More Complete and Varied Than l YKR BEFORK. We ne'er thanks to our Friends and Pa trons for their Liber d Patrotage dur nj the past year, and hope to merit a con liiuai.ee of ihelr favor. Bespecifully, Peffram 'fi Co. feb4 ONE TOOL M0HG MftNY. Wrecked by bit lii tempered Ambition A l.gliitiiie en He SlioaU. "I ought to have stopped five years before I d'd; bat I thought it wouldn't amount to anything, so I kept on. I was a fool, of cour-e-but ho isn't, when ambition and the ehance of making money spurs him on ? I ooly hope I'sball get well enough to digest another square i. eal some time without a rebellion In my stomach." The speaker was one of the best known civil engineers and mtn'n veipertsln, this country; hxtdj nature as a tuffalo.'but broken down by hard study and tha merciless lashing administer ed to his mil d and body by his own hand during the earlier part of his career. At fifty he Wpre ma urely gray, Dent In form and dispirited. Dys pepsia did it-Dyspepsia, the self-inflicted curse of th American in every department of toil. "I am ihirij-flve yVars old," writer Mr. Charles H. Watts, of Westerners, Putnam county, N. Y , and had suffered rrom dyspepsia for fift-en years. Tried everything. At last -gave PARKBB'8 GIN G EB TONIC a chance to show what it could do for me. It proved its ability by caring me. I recom mend it to all who are suffering 1 from this dread ful disease." sai Q. H. Uo'e, druggist, of Carmel, N. Y.. certifies to the truth of Mr. Waits state ment. Gloom, despondency, hopelessness, disgust with all labor, sleeplessness, horrid dreams to render bed-time ltxe th- hour of execution to a criminal these are some f Dyspei sla's foot-prints The Dyspeptic knows what Coler'dge meant when be said: "Night is my he'l" Parker's Gingc Tonic cures DysipK purines ; the Blood,: nL'perses Rheumatism and all chronic ailments. Prices 50 cents and 81 a bottle. H19COX & CO . febl New York. NO USE FOB THEM Concerning Geriaim italic of the Pant iloga that Have bad 'I heir Day. George Stephenson's Bocket' and the magnifi cent locomotives of ,Wlay. . are built upon, the same, geneial principle, jet JW ' machine lth which the great engineer astonished his age, Is interesting now only as an lllualratlon of the be ginning ef the Invention. There were plasters wBh. holes Inthehi fcjfag pefoje BENSON'S CAP CINE POBOU5 PLA9TEB surprised both the pub lic and the, jihy -iclans; and the Mumplv of the Capclne la founded upon the partial successes, or tbe mter failures of Its predecessors Evtrthlng A t 1 ; t i t 1 .,' J of value in the old porous platter is; retained In the Capclne; but at this point all comparison ends and contrast begins.,. For example: , The old plasters were s'ow in their action; the i. The old p'astera lacked the power to do mora' than to Impart fight, temporary relief in cases easy of treatment; the Capc ne penetrates the sys tem and pernianertly enres tn 'tronbleg for which t is racommended. The old pasteis depended tor any good results they might attain upoa an accident of their mak ers and the naktd faitli of th lr wearers; the Ben' son's reachf s its ends by means of tbe scientlfio combina'iofl of the3 rart' mtdletnaT Ingwdients which lteontaus. In brief, the old plastefs, ljfe Stephenson's 4is-?' carded engine, are switched off the track, w$I toe Benson's goes 90 Its way wlnalpg goldetf6pta-i ions from alt sorto ot peep eii JtM 3 M 1 " tea. In this very fecf lies the leading danger to e people whojuy Valn'use . this jellahle and Mlentinc remedv T Hypocrls? ' is: U trOnto'ee. to TbtufrV?.- lpilojttehwncesarop fan-' "ftkes to success s Bensoh's PUsters are paro lttIaaetei..M L h .a ,! ot i ewLjdies. tytfj 9toa i)toT v,7 CPCISX eut to faeeenUfc Prlce.Scl - 8ea?-T ' SMtoB,etr4st.Mefotk; i J, tif.nfc fit .tKH,' A - ' I M Ult ... 1 - ... ' " . . a 1 Boo noks and Va t.mm m '.William VI lewring Goods. WE HaVB JUST BBCBHTED A. BEAUTIFUL LOT OF- Hamburg Edgings and Inserting, Barred Nainsooks. Pipes, India Mulls, t SLINEM rj iijds;&c. SPRING" CALICOES, NEW STYLE RUCHINGS, &C. ' ''JO- Vor the next 80 days we will offer special Inducements In HXAVY GOODS, several lines to be closed out Regardless of Cost. Come and see TJS. BespectfuTiy, ' !;-'- T. L. Seigle & Co feb4 1aw WOETH 01- WORTH OF SILVER and PLATED; W ARE TO BB SOLD WITHOUT REGARD TO COST, -AT- J- T. Butler s Jewelry Store. dec 16 GRATITUDE. Destib, Col-, Aug. 29, 1882. Gkhts I cannot find words' with which to ex press my gratitude to ycu for the cure your Swift's Specific has effected in my case, I was afflicted with the horrible blood disease for three years, and after spending some time at the Hot Springs, considered my case a hopeless one. I used only one doz?n f mall bottles of S. S. S., and there is not a eitsn of tha disease remaining. My sores are all healed, my throat la entirely well; I am rid of that terUbleui i j isj yadisease. Be ing a drug! IJ IN f?i jclerk.Ihave seen so I nfc ,.,Jrr.UT.y hun dreds of men dosed with Calomel, Iodide of Mer cury and Iodide of Potash, until they were made complete wrecks, that I tbudder to think of the misery which; has been brought on the human family by the use of Mercurials for Blood Diseases, It Is a crying shame that physicians will not acknowledge the merit of your GBAND Blood Medicine. Use nsf name as yon wish, I refer you to my present employer, or to Messrs. Collins Bros., St. Louis. J. B BAIF, Broadway Pharmacy. Denver, CoLs If you doubt, come to see us, and we will CUBE TOO. or oharge nothing. Write for particulars and a copy of the little book, "Message to the Un fortunate Suffering." Ask any Druggist as to oat standing. ttCOO BBWABD wltt.be. paid to any Chemist who will find ohpnaly'sll of lpO bcfttles of St a S.."ohe parUcle ofMetcurfIodlderi'otatk slum, or any Mineral substance. SWIFT SPECIFIC CO., Proprietors, Atlanta, Ga Pr oe of small size $1.00 large sizi, 1.75 SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS. dec28.eod ; .. . , ... - . , THE GREAT GERMAN REMEDY i FOR PAIN. i Believes and cures ! liHEUMATlSM,; Neuralgia, Sciatica, Lumbago1, BACKACHE, I HEADACHE, TOOTHACHE, SORE THROAT, ' QTJUTSY, 8WKLLINQS, SPBAIHS, Soreness, Cuts, Bruises, FROSTBITES, j BtBNS, SCALDS, ' And all other bodily aches and pains. rflFTY CMTS A BBTTL ! SoldbylIDrucgfeteatid ipsalen. Dixecuons In, 11 11uiKuaees. 1 lTh Charles A. Vogeler Co. a. Arit n!iurrfstffrtiF on Of tk most noted and xuccewsful Dciallsta la the U. B. of 37iMAoor;Trrrca awt Dmtmy. : seat uipiainfOBia evuioiiereei pruggiscu uu n AddUu DR. WARD & CO:. Lauluaaa. Mo. $1510 ocks,Jewelry, 1 1 xziy .crun l&'B) lOIIIUSIlNOHILlBTOKESi , w 1 sAi&tLi or te ax snif KSIT1 CAKuillA KILISTBHE CO. D k. Ad.. L-JAl u r u9MSIXZOK VBI8 PAPB THE OTHER SIDE; THE INVB8T1GATION IN THE 6TH . DISTRICT. - The Report of the Majority of the Com mittee Which Cannot See Anything Crooked in Dr. JUott's Administration. la Thursday's Obsekvek we pub lished a synopsis of the report of the minority of the. committee of investi gation into the administration of tbe Sixth Internal Revenue district of this State, and herewith give as much of the majority report as is necessary to a clear statement of their side of the case. ' After quoting the .resolution of the Senate upon which the committee was appointed it cites the charges which were substantially as follows: 1. That large assessments for party purposes had been made by the collect or on his subordinates during political campaigns, and the general policy of the collection of the revenue in the district had been corruptly managed in the interest of the Republican party, and to the detriment of the public ser vice. 2. That at one time an assessment was made the subordinates under the pretense of being for such office ex penses as the government made no al lowance for, but which was in fact for the purpose of putting into the hands of the.collector a sum of money for which he would not be reqtrired-ter ac count. 3. That the collector had been in the habit of withholding money due his subordinates. 4. "That it haa been trsual for the col Jector to send to the department incor rect vouchers, and to draw sums of money on them in excess of what was properly due. . 5. That the larger stills were allowed to be divided up into smaller ones, in order to increase the number bf store-: keepers and gaugers, who were to di vide their pay with the distillers.either directly or indirectly, by paying them excessive rates for board, or in some other way. 6. That the distillers were allowed to . select the storekeepers and gaugers to be put on duty at their respective dis tilleries, so as to secure connivance at frauds upon the revenue. 7. That the character of the subordi nate was generally bad, and their con duct scandalous and oppressive, and frauds upon the revenue were preva lent to an extraordinary degree in this district. In addition to these somewhat spe cific charges, there were vague and gen eral hints of a systematic and concoct ed plan of conspiracy among the officers td defraud the government and to evade or defy regular investigation by the executive authorities; but of such conspiracy and practices thecommittee. could fiud no evidence whatever. In deed, it is but just to say,the evidence disproves it. These several charges, rumors, and imputations, are thus set forth some what in detail in order to explain the protracted labors of the committee, the latitude taken in the summoning and ex imination of witnesses.aud the thor oughness and consequent expenses of the investigation. The investigation was pursued for about six weeks, in the months of June and July, at sessions of the committee held in the city of Washington. The testimony of the witnesses examined here covers more than 450 printed pages. Besides this, official and documentary evidence was procured from departments covering about 130 printed pages. This testi mony and documentary evidence is re ported as Part I . of the evidence. Notwithstanding the diligent efforts of the committee, the evidence obtain ed at its sessions in Washington was so vague and indirect in its character, as bearing upon the grave charges or alle- gations against the administration of the collection of the revenue in the district, and so weak and unsatisfacto ry in its effect towards sustaining the popular rumors which, it disclosed of official malfeasance generally, that the committee resolved to adjourn to meet in the month of November at a point in North Carolina, within the district, under investigation, and thus to avail itself of the advantages and facilities afforded by holding sessions in the very localities where the rumored irregular ities were alleged to have occurred. Be sides, time was thus given to procure the attendance of witnesses,, who might, in the place of mereTumor and hearsay, testify directly to facts, and of their own knowledge. In pursuance of this adjournment, the committee, in the month of No vember and early in December, held sessions and examined witnesses in several localities within the district, and diligently and rigidly pursued their investigation into these rumors and charges, and into the general subject committed to it by the resolution of the Senate. The testimony taken at these sessions in North Carolina covers about 440 printed pages, and is herewith re ported as Part II of the evidence. Here follows a statement in refer ence to the Sixth district, its size, the disposition to evade and the difficulty of enforcing the revenue laws, sub stantially as stated in the minority re port, supplemented with the testimony of Commissioner Raum, who enter tained the belief that it was a very bad district, though not the "very worst" one of the "very -worst" in the whole country, and who also held that under Dr. Mott's administration it had been vastly improved. The newly- appointed collector enter ed upon his duties, in this condition of affairs, entirely without experience in revenue methods, and without acquain tance with the laws and regulations, and the routine work of the office. At that time, the office of supervisor of internal revenue had not been abolish ed. Supervisor Perry, who had super vision of the districts in North Garor Una, advised the new collector to em ploy, as his chief clerk, some man in formed as to the laws, rules and regula tions, and experienced in the duties, forms and routine of the office; and be recommended a person of his selection, Mr J A Clarke, who had been for sev eral years a clerk in the office of ' the collector of the fourth district, at Ral eigh, the capital of the State, where his' conduct and discharge of official duties bad come tinder the; special and con stant notice - vot the supervisor. l The new collector - employed Mr Clarke, as advised. He subsequently'ethployed'as his chief deputy WJ Coite, a native of the city ;OfjNew Yrk,and who had been, for three years, and was at that time, employed in the Internal -Revenue Bu reau.at,,YWnt0Pt,and bad gained much experience' rn the working of the revenue flysteni, generally, by observa tion and instructions, a under (the Com-, missioner todrOther ehief officers .of the bureatf.wwMtiClarke' was put in conttol. and jnianagement of all matters of roo tine; work, such as : the, preparation jot vouchers, . reports, &d lor? the dej?ar t ment, and other work of , a . kindred Ah.irAftt.Ar ' and charcred to 'instruct the other less . experienced officerifvjtir tbfc Dei formance of their duties, bnortt; after this tha labors and duties of th collector's office were greatly increased, and, to some extent, complicated by the abolitiomof the office: of ; supervispi; of internal revenrjend the devolving of the dutfesof ihatoffico uponthe collec tors arid about the same time the office of assessor of ! internal revenue as abolished. - -... ... . Tfc annears from the evidence that' np rn VftVAm hAr. 1 872. Collector? "'Mott wa activeiv iettsraged in. thfePresidentiaT campaign then going on, and was most of the time absent from home, and that he gave scarcely, any attention at all to the routine ' duties Mr the ? collector's office.- It also appears that in political campaigns afterwards, and' up to the time ofThis late resignation he was an active party manager and leader in his section of the State; and was latterly chairman of the State campaign com mittee of his party, and, fiaally, chair man of .the State Executivecommittee. . ASSESSMENTS FOB PASTY EUBPOSES. S There were so many rumors of mis conduct, and of exorbitant exactions, brought to the notice of the committee, in connection with alleged assessments by the collector on his subordinates for party purposes, that a careful and thor ough investigation into; the matter seemed called for. Many witnesses were examined on this subject, and per sons, upon whom the exactions were said to have been made. were sent for and required to testify.' It appears clearly from the testimony that the assessments for party purposes were made in the usual mode,, by circular letter of request for contribution, ad dressed to the subordinates. It appears,, however, that in this sixth district the letters of request for contribution con tained, in express language, the assur ance that a refusal to contribute would not prejudice th officer refusing, in any respect, and that no contributions wera . expected or desired, except snch as were entirety voluntarv. it iuroier appears that many of tbe officers failed to con tribute, and no dismissal of an officer, nor prejudice to him in any way, for suclf cause, is shown to have occurred, and no instance of a compulsory con tribution is shown. The subordinate pfficerJa this dis trict were generally of the same politi cal party with the collector, and were zealous, active and apparently efficient party men. But it is also true that, for some years past, the collector has been in the habit of appointing to office in this district some active and intelligent men of the opposite party generally persons of large family connections and influence. The reason given by him for making such appointments was that it threw upon the opposite party a por tion of the popular odium attaching to the collection of the revenue, and tend ed to diminish the prejudice and oppo sition to it. Several witnesses testified that it seemed to assuage the prejudices and to diminish the opposition and bit terness of denunciation that had pre viously prevailed towards the revenue officers, nd tended to remove from the public mind the idea that the machin ery of the collector's office was purely' partisan in its personnel and character, and to some extent it certainly resulted in disarming adverse political criticism. It was charged, however, that the purpose of the collector in making these appointments was to gain over votes for his party, and by subjecting these appointees to the indiscriminate denunciations prevalent, to arouse the resentment of themselves and of their friends and family connections, which would be likely to ripen into a change in their party affiliations. In point of fact, several instances were shown in which it so turned out, and that the collector anticipated such result is shown by his testimony. Many revenue officers in this district are shown to have been active and efficient party managers in their respective localities, being often the principal men conduct ing primary meetings and conventions, and exerting generally a powerful party influence at elections. This, taken in connection with their contributions to party purposes, the advantage of their official positions, and the support sup posed to be given them by the adminis tration at Washington, seems to have been considered by their political ad versaries a sufficient ground for assail ing them and the whole administration of the revenue system with the great eat bitterness and violence; and, in order to affect their influence with the people, all manner of accusations were circulated against them. Individual instances ot misconduct were charged as general and common to all the offi cers, and in every possible way the ad ministration of the revenue laws was made an issue in party politics, and a chief theme of speakers and newspapers in political campaigns, and. we have no doubt, seriously obstructed the sober and orderly manner of conducting the business. The committee, after their full and laborious investigation into the ru mored misconduct and malfeasance of the officers in this district, are forced to the conclusion that the condition of affairs as above set forth gave rise to and greatly intensified most of the charges and rumors that the committee has bad under examination. The testi mony discloses that, throughout there is hardly any portion of it disconnected entirely with the party politics of the section, and the great bulk of it bears directly upon the local management and practices in elections and political campaigns. The committee, in common with all informed and reflecting citizens, de plore the fact that the collection of the revenues of the Country are alluded to be embrass9d by political considerations and convictions. It is an evil that is not coufined topne nor to a few districts, nor to any particular section of the country. It is liable, of course, to be come intensified by local causes and conditions in one or more districts, and at particular times, more than in oth ers. The committee does not feel au thorized by the evidence taken to report that for the time covered by their inves tigation into the affairs of this sixth district in Noith Carolina the conduct of the officers can justly be made of greater censure in this respect than apply to most other collection districts, and to other branches of the public ser vice, both State and national, under similar conditions and circumstan ces. ASSMENTS FOR OFFICE EXPENSES. It appears in the evidence that, for some minor expenses necessary about the office and for the convenience and accommodation of the subordinates, it had not been customary up to a certain time for the department to make any allowance to the collector, and it had teen the habit of a few of the officers to contribute to defray these small expen ses. Under such circumst inces Collec tor Motfc notified his subordinates gen erally, by a circular letter, that he con sidered it but fair that this burden should be distributed among them, and asked from each "a- small contribution for this purpose. The sum of about $300 (see p. 298) had been collected and mostly expended when the attention of the .department was called to it and an investigation had. It' turned out that memoranda had been kept of the re ceipts and expenditures, and that noth ing, fraudulent or dishonest appeared injany way fn connection with the trans action, nor has the committeee been able to discover anything of the kind. It was- unauthorized, but it can hardly be said to have been ; unlawful. The CommiBioner of Internal Revenue ex "pressed his dis approbation of meeting such expenses in that way, and direct ed its discontinuacne, and it was im mediatfly discontinued. The expenses were tbexeafer estimated and an allow ance. for them made regularly by the department. - - WITHHOLDING MONET FROM SDBORDI- .l-;-- - --NATES." 0 'The ' committee has not been able to find any evidence whatever to sustain the allegation that the fcoHetor with held money properly due his subordi nates. It seems that certain personp, acting upon mere rumor, brought this allegation to tha attention of the Com missioner of Internal Revenue, and that he. investigated it fullyr before the col. iecfarwas aware that an investigation ' WBSgoingoniorIntended.i,iThe re sult was a complete exoneration of the pollector from the charge. ' r t' ,-,Ji.'.rrNCOBRECT' Vouchers. -' Here follows a statement of - the case of -the YoacherajnadQ out by Wfl Kest ler, running for nine months from Oc tober 1, 1872pta July. 31,1873, .which is concluded thus:!?-'-'- ii! a It is entirely evident that this whole Kestler matter was simply a mistake, and a piece of gros3 carelessness on the part of Clarke, and that no fraud or dishonesty was attempted or contem plated by any one, nor, indeed, was it possible, under the well-known regula tions of tbe service, to get a dollar of money from the Treasury by any suth means. In the absence of any possible motive for making out these vouchers in the name of Kestler instead of Walk er, and the other errors occurring in them, the committee has not the least doubt of the truthfulness of the expla nation given by Clarke. When this matter was first brought to the atten tion of the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, Collector Mott was promptly dismissed from office, and his successor appointed and installed in his place. But upon an investigation that was immediately had, on the demand of Col lector Mott, he was exonerated, sfnd within about three weeks after his dis missal he was reinstated in Office. About the same time of the error in the Kestler vouchers, and also after wards when the office of supervisor of internal revenue was abolished, Mr Clarke, a3 chief clerk, made out and seni up to the department the vouchers of some of the officers, enlarged above the monthly salary that had been al lowed for them by the department,with the view, as he states, of inducing the department to allow an increase of sal aries. On account of the new and ad ditional duties thrown upon the collec tor's office by the abolition of the office of supervisor, several persons were, em ployed by the collector above the num ber allowed in the regular allowance, and they performed service, and vouch ers were sent in for them; but such vouchers were disallowed, because they were not provided for in the regular allowance at the beginning of the fiscal year. But this increase was refused by the department This mode of sug gesting it, by the enlargement of the vouchers sent in, and the employment of persons above the number author ized, seems not to have met with any rebuke or other mark of disapprobation from the department. It. was not rea sonable to suspect that any fraud was attempted.because it was clearly impos sible to perpetrate a fraud in that way. It was quite evident from Mr Clarke's testimony that he had derived the im pression, from former service in other revenue districts, that the papers sent up were more more in the nature of es timates or claims for an increased al lowance than of vouchers. But that he was wrong in this view, and that his conduct was reprehensible, the commit tee cannot tor a moment doubt. It is, however, evident from the testimony that his conduct was nnknown to the collector until long afterward, and an investigation, had near the time, result ed in Dr Mott's restoration to office. SMALL DISTILL ERIES. Referring to the charge that many of the small distillers got a portion of the salary of the storekeepers, the report says : The charge that some of the store keepers and gaugers divided their sala ries with the distillers was carefully investigated by the committee, and many witnesses were called and exam ined on that point. The committee is satisfied that if there were any instances of such division of salary they were very rare, and that the collector and his deputies, and also special agents sent into the district by the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, because siren rumors were afloat, diligently searched for evidence to sustain the charge.from time to time, with the view of prosecu ting the offenders, and that they failed, after great diligence in their search to find such evidence. Division of their pay by storekeepers with the distilleis is proved in some four or five instances in the counties of Davie, Gaston and Burke. But entire confidence cannot be placed in the witnesses. However this may be, it seems not to have been brought to the attention of the collector or any of his deputies. The total num ber of officers in these counties was large. In Davie there were about 50 stills and 70 officars on duty at one time and another, and in Gaston about the same number, and in Burke about 30 stills and 40 officers. SELECTING STOREKEEPERS. The evidence taken disclosed a ru mor that distillers had been allowed to select the storekeepers and gaugers for their respective distilleries, and thus to secure connivance at frauds upon the revenue. As this, if true, must have seriously affected the collection of the revenue, it was considered important to give it a careful investigation, and such investigation was given it by the committee. But no instance was found in which the collector appears to have exceeded a reasonable and just defer ence to the expressed wishes of the dis tiller in his assignment of storekeepers and gaugers. Examination was made into the character of the subordinate officers generally, who had been appointed dur ing the time embraced in this investi gation. There were, upon an average, something over a hundred officers in the district. As many changes were made by dismissals and filling vacan cies, from time to time, the appoint ments during the entire time reached several hundred. Bnt it is evident that much care and good judgment prevail ed in the appointments, and that the character and conduct of the officers in this district will compare favorably with that of of the subordinate officers in the public service elsewhere, and in other branches of it. The character of Collector Mott has been sustained by every class of wit nesses throughout the testimony, as above reproach, and as good as that of any man in that section of the State, and in all that goes to make up the character of a good, worthy, and useful citizen, and exemplary member of so ciety. It is shown to be such by many witnesses of the highest' character and standing in the State. It is further shown, and seems to be generally ad mitted, that the popular rumors and charges of fraud and misconduct in. revenue matters, so much referred to in the evidence, and in this report, have not affected his character and standing in the least degree, because the general confidence in him has been, and is, so great, that no one would believe him privy to or in anywise abetting or con niving at wrong-doing, if anything wrong was really going on. Individual instances of bad conduct by officers were shown, and some in stances of fraud upon the revenue by distillers and others-: v'But it does not appear that such instances have been more frequent in" ' this district than might be reasonably expected uuder the circumstances and they do not. appear to have resulted from carelessness, or lack of either gooti judgment or faithfulness in tbe management and administration of affairs by the, collector and his depu tie?, Officers were promptly dismissed for misconduct, and : the violations of the revenue laws seem to have been dilligently inquired into and presented for prosecutioirto the-proper authori ties. It is shown that during the time embraced in the investigation 1,107; il licit distilleries and 6 tobacco factories were seized and broken up in this dis trict; that illicit, distilling has been al most entirely suppressed, .and. lawful distilling, greatly, increased ; that the selling ol unstamped spirits and tobac co, which at one time prevailed largely, has almost ceased ; and. that the gener al improvement in all respects . in the collection of the revenue has been very great, anjl a better disposition towards me collection ox ,ine revenue ua ueeu established among the people, and the system: : made '. to 2: work . : ' smoothly: throughout - the district, where some years ago there was a most extraordi nary amount of violent resistance ana fraud, and all manner of difficulties and obstructions thrown in the way of the execution of the revenue laws. 3.- OUE NE W GOODS ARE DAILY ARRIVING NOW, WE mm TO CALL YOUR ATTEMIOS TO OUR - I NEW JEMBROIDERIES. AMONG THEM Indian and Swiss Embroideries that we have been Selling, and the Irish Mroilery, The only thing new In that line out this season. A nice line ol White Goods. sraraa n$ ToAli C??ST- A ,oe line of CBJSTONES and LACK CURTAINS. Just In some pretty 8PBINGCALICOBS. If you want to buy UN DEB WE R, BLANKETS, oiany Winter Qoodg cheap, give us a call, as we have a few on hands that we will sell at a sacrifice rather than carry over UU another season. We have a large stock of LADIES and . HILUBKNM SHOES from the Celebrated House of EVITT & BROTHER. LOOK AT THEM. Truly Yours, HABfflt&VES & WflLliEILll. MISS ALICE HART Is again over our customers. 15 IS ONLY EQUAL THAT CM BE SAVED BY All THOSE threat Clothing Emporium LffiMMOT Leading Clothiers and Tailors. AT this vast Repository, so complete in all its Departments, the most Fashionable and Klgant CLOTHING can be bought at 15 PEB CENT LOWEB THAN ANY OTHER ESTABLISHMENT IN THE CITY The most or our Garments are Manufactured In our own House, and are equal to the finest Custom-made work for VARIETY, STYLE, FINISH, FIT and DURABILITY. This Great f areroom Has No Rival in the State. Facts whfch are attested to by thrones of ing with them their friends. NO TROUBLE TO SHOW GOODH. Remember, we glv9 a discount on all Winter tteods of 1 5 per cent. Thanking the Public for their Liberal Patronage in the past and soliciting a part of the same in the futuie, we are Very Respectfully, Xj. Borwanger efts 33ro., Agents for PEARL SHIBTS. Or T) I I o O Ox O o o en ti. CO S" CTi E ' go AND r! 08 ODQD GO 00 CO so os a 0000 OQ HHHKH HHMHH qQQQq Q Q QQ OQ OO o & gj " d S 1 . 2' . ... r , H 1 E HH ft 3 l5 I , CD S S . PJ 2 1 - G 3 a"0000 ' C a I n 3 25 55 : ' csaas.. 22 ? I I '& I 1 O W O - f- d g 8ooo w y , gs-. -.;'-H ........ . - ' ' "' :' ' the furniture Dealer, Is Frequently Asked Answer! He Buys in Larffe - Quantities' V; E.:H;ANDBiEWS,W6olesale and Octiul-Dedler,: AND STOCK OF THE V&RY POPULAR store, where she will !w ff'ad to km hr frtanda rA HABGBAVES & WILHELM. 15 n TO THE AMOUNT WHO ME THEIR PURCHASES AT THE OF customers, who. after the first Durchase. return brlne- Leading Clothiers and Tailors. -a CD C3 75 6 CO 3 m CO I o -n E2 3Z m CO 9 .. v . .. How it is He Sells and is Content to Sell aTSiiiall Piyliti J Ml 1 ft 4 I f 3 M t f t -if - J it' 1 -: V I 1 : f f : ! ? 5 f T 1
The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, N.C.)
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Feb. 24, 1883, edition 1
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