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t ! V. . '' -' ' teeret. ft , VOLUME XXX. CHARLOTTE. N. C., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1883. PRICE FIVE CENTS. 1 V JUST RECEIVED HOME TEI.VrrEBIXS PER EXPRESS. AMONG THEM A TEBY lUDSOME PIECE OF BIJLCK AT ftl.OO PER YARD. LOOK. XjOOK, At Onr Velret and Plushes, all Colors. Our Black Velvets are tlie liest Values that We hare Ever Shown on This Market. . JUST RECEIVED, a new lot of BLACK CASHMERES. Don't fail to look at them when you want a drest. BLACK SILKS, BLACK SILKS, COLORED SILKS, COLOKED SILKS. Black, White and Colored Satins, Black, White and Colored Moires, Black, White and Colored Surahs, Black, White and Colored Ottomans, Black, White and Colored Brocades. Colored Cashmeres from 15c. up, Black and White Alpacas, Black and all colors in Buntings, Fancy Dress Goods, all Varieties, Velvet and Velveteen Ribbons, In black and colors, A large stock of Black Gimps, Velvet Gimps and Velvet Fringes, Ribbons, Ribbons, all colors and grades, Men's and Boys' Rubber Coats, Ladies' and Misses' Gossamers. Gent's, Ladies', Misses' and Truly. OF GOODS! This week we will offer a large stock of VELVETS and PLUSHES at much less than their value. Also a large stock of DRESS FLAN NELS. Our Btock of CASHMERES have been replenished in all grades, from 1 1 Jc to $1.50 per yard. Ask to see our new PATENT SHIRT, something very desirable. This week we will offer to the trade one of the best and cheapest stocks of V To be found in the State. A big drive in BLANKETS. fi0SSAlIEE, For Ladies, Gentlemen and Children. Many other goods in stock and arriv ing daily. Come and look at our stock and get prices. T. L. Seigle & Co. FRUIT. FRUIT. :o: Fresh. Arrival -op-BANANAS, ORANGES, APPLES, AP E S (Malas!a 411,1 cnoori) LEMONS, RAISINS, FIGS, CITRON AND CURRANTS. LARGE ASSORTMENT OF Fancy Cakes, Coffee Cakes, BREAD, PIES, &c. D. M. RIGLER. OCtl2dtf Elegantly Trimmed Hats FOB Ladies and Children. We are displaying IT WIT DAT (he most beau tiful line of nit kind of Millinery ever opened In this city. Oar ttoek It complete In every branch and we alway strlv to- please our friend end customer., we eau 'especial attention of our rattona to ths fact that MISS JENNIE LANEHAHT . . - I with us again this season, and we feel tare she Heeds oo reoomaeMU ion Me Trimmer from too who nave favored her with their custom. Don't forget tnat w hare our Opening Every Day Daring this season, and ' eoiulds r It pleasure toi5owlod'B juitlmes- : ..." V . -r- Thankful for your past patronage d asking yout inspection of oar goods before roll poronase elsewhere, we are . , JMpedfoUy, , , '., "-,,t kbs. a.' .kxitoomb.- . nABfcitm;!s& ale NEW ARRIVAL t nin WRAPS mm LOOK. Children's Overshoes, Jersey Jackets, from $2.00 up. Ulsters, Jackets, Paletots, Pellices, Dolmans, &c., The "Adjustable Hip" Corset, for $1.00 The Hercules Shirt for $1.00, A new lot of Indigo Blue Calicoes, A large stock of Ladies', Misses, and Children's Shoes, from the celebrated Factory of Evitt & Bro., Turner's hand-sewed Shoes, for Gents, A large line of Clothing, Hats, Caps, Boots, Shoes, etc., A large line of Ladies', Gent's and Children's Underwear. Prepare for the Winter. U EMI TO THANK Our Patrons For past favors, and trust that they and many new ones will avail themse ves f the Advantages We Offer Them in Our Large aad well selected Stock of BOOTS AND SHOES, Which Is now full and complete in all lines from the finest to he heaviest We offer you choice goods of the very best ma'es, guarantee satlsfac tlon, and will tee to it that y a get alwajs The Worth of Your Money. We cordially lnvl'e all to call, examine and sup ply themselves with all that may be needed In our line. i. E. RAM IN & BRO OUR Fall and Winter STOCK OF B S HATS, Trunks and Valises, li now complete, and was Manufactured to Oar Order for RETAIL TRADE. XX7 S have the best and most stylish makes of i t r Ladles,' Hisses' and Children's, bhoes and oil Libera, mi juuub auu yruno. Gents', Boys' and Youths' Boots and Shoes, to fit and suit all classes ol the trade. Gents' Silk Hats a Spacialty. Men's, Boys' and Tooths' Hats, all kinds. Trunks and Valises, all prices. Shawl' and Trunk Straps, Blackings, Blacking Brashes and Shoe Dressings. COME AND SEE US. PEGRAH & CO., First National Bank Kail ding. MW 8TLOTF -AND- Cow Feed, A LARGE LOT JU6T RECEIVED And for rale by J. M. Miller, COB. TRADE AND COLLEGE STS. CAB LOAD SALT, IN VVJjItE SACKS oots 0 ISSUXD ETXBT MOKNINQ XXCKP Monn4Yf BT CHAS. R. JONES, Ed. and Proprietor. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. DAILT. Per eODT K nant One month (by maU) 7ft Three months (br main sarin Rlx months " 4.00- One year " 8.00 WXXKLT. One year .$2.00 Six months , 1.00 nvartskbly in AdracFrae of Pett ae to all Parta of the U. 8. lSpecimen copies sent free on application. or Subscribers deslrlns the address of their paoer chanirfd will Dlease state In their commu nication both the old and hew address. ADVERTIHI mo R4TE8. One Seaare ne time. SI. OO: each additional insertion, 60c; two weeks, $6 00; one month, 88.00 e A schedule of rates f tr lonrer nerlods furnished a application. Bemlt by draft on New York or Charlotte, and by Postofflee Money Order or Begtstered Letter at dur risk. If sent otherwise we will not be respon sible for miscarriages Address Charlotte N. C. ELECTIONS NEXT WEEK. Next Tuesday will be a sort of a field day for elections, elections being held in ten States. Connecticut will elect its House of Representatives and half its Senate ; Maryland, Governor, Comptroller, Attorney General and Legislature ; Massachusetts, Gover nor, other State officers and Legisla ture ; Minnesota, Governor and other State officers, a railroad commissioner and will also vote upon three constitu tional amendments ; Mississippi elects a Legislature ; Nebraska a Justice of the Supreme Court and University Regents; New Jersey a Governor, House of Representatives and part of the Senate ; New York elects Secreta ry of State, Comptroller, Treasurer, Attorney General, Engineer and Sur veyor, and both branches of the Leg" islature, and will also vote upon a proposition to abolish contract labor from the State prisons ; Pennsylvania elects an Auditor General and a State Treasurer; Virginia elects Assembly men and part of its Senate. Or tnese States public attention is mainly turned to New York, Massa chusetts and Virginia ; to New York because of its importance as a factor in presidential elections, and because or tne squabbles among tne .Demo cratic factions which make it no easy matter to forecast results with any certainty. Notwithstanding the reports published of established har mony between these factions they don't seem to be any nearer together than they ever were and John Kelly, the Tammany boss, still insists, on playing dictator, and runs his candi dates and each of the other factions will do likewise, thus dividing the Democratic vote for members of the Legislature and giving the Republi cans a good chance to walk in. This split, however, is only confined to the city of New York, and may not have much damaging influence on the State at large. It is demoralizing, nevertheless, and gives great aid and comfort to the Republicans who find John Kelly one of their most valua ble assistants. We, believe, however, that notwithstanding these factional squabbles the Democracy will carry the State. In Massachusetts the contest is a peculiar one ; one in which there is no principle involved, a mere personal contest between Ben Butler who wants to be re-elected Governor and a set of men who hate Ben Butler and want to beat him. There are no is sues involved in which the people outside of Massachusetts take any in terest. Ben Butler is the so-called nominee of the Democrats and Green backers who have united upon him not because he is a Democrat or a Greenbacker, but because they thought him the most available can didate to put against the Republicans. They thought it would be easier to re-elect him than to take up a new man. As with the Republicans it is anything to beat Butler so with the Butlerites it is anything to beat the Republicans. In the language of the turf it is a scrub race in which only Massachusetts people who own the scrubs have any peculiar interest, but the fact that Ben Butler's name has been mentioned as a possible can didate for the presidency before the National Democratic Convention in the event of his election has given the election a little more interest out side of Massachusetts than it other wise would have had. A number of "old line Democrats" have recently published a paper advising the Democrats to vote against Butler, but notwithstanding this and the desper ate efforts the Republicans are mak ing to beat him, our opinion is that he will be elected. In brains, resour ces, energy and determination of pur pose, he is a match for more than a dozen of the men who are pitted against him. He is not of the lovely mould of men but he is hard to get awav with. The public eye centres on Virginia to see how Billy Mahone's coalition programme is going to work out this time. He has the support of the Washington aolministration, the ab solute control of Federal patronage in Virgina a large fund raised by contributions and assessments upon Federal officeholders and employees, and with these a soul that knows no scruples in politics. He is working his game with all the ingenuity and ability be is master of, and they are of no mean order, for he knows and feels Ithat upon the result hinges his destiny, and he must win or perish politically. But never since the war have the Democrats been better organized or made a better campaign, and never have they felt more conn dent of unhorsing the . little dictator than they do now. If he be beaten, as we think he will he is shelvejiand coalition receives its death Warrant Ifthe democracy do their duty as SUICIDAL HOSTILITY. Legislative Throttling Fatal in Its Be snlts What Railroras Have Done and are Doing for the South. Industrial South A short time ago a letter was ad dressed to Major John M. Robinson, president of the Seaboard and Roan oke and the North Carolina Central railroads, by citizens of Liberty Hill, Kershaw county, S. C, in regard to the construction of a road from some point on the North Carolina Central to Liberty Hill. In answer to this communication Major Robinson has written a letter, in which he says : "I am very sorry to say that there is no inducement to build railroads in South Carolina; On the contrary, I think persons who would invest money in such enterprises in your State would be apt to put their capi tal in great jeopardy. The action of your Legislature last winter has cer tainly been sufficient announcement to persons interested in building rail roads that they build ir South Caro lina at their own peru. I, for one, would certainly not be willing to put money in railroads in a State which undertakes to dictate how they are to be managed and what rates are to be charged. If the State has a right to dictate through a commission one rate, it has a right, to dictate another. Unless South Carolina is prepared to guarantee safety to property in rail roads, I fear she will find it difficult to get railroads built, except by means of her own people. Had it not been for your State laws I should have been most happy to have discussed with you and your friends the build ing of a road to your section." If in anything men could be ex pected to act wisely, one might rea sonably suppose it would be in a matter so deeply affecting their in terest as the building of railroads. Everywhere now throughout the civ ilized world, these channels of trade and intercommunication are recog nized as the great levers of industrial progress and social advancement. In their wake follow all the agencies of wealth, and all the quickening in fluences of contact with the centres of enlightenment and activity. They bring the country into the city and carry the city into the country, and produce a comminglement and equil ibrium of the advantages and pleas ures of each. As practical educators they are worth more than the col leges, as christianizers they are the best of missionaries, as promoters of intelligent industry and judicio "S enterprise and well-directed business energies and honorable and liberal ized traffic they reduce to practice the wisest maxims of political econo my and the best principles of com mercial philosophy. They improve the dress and manners and style of living of the people, increase their knowledge, widen their field of vision, overcome local animosities and sec tional prejudices, and elevate the people among whom they are found in the scale of humanity. To be with out them, or other equivalent means of communication with the world, is to be shut up and shrouded in ssmi- barbaric ignorance, narrowness and provincialism. They are especially a boon and blessing to that great body of mankind to whom the advantages of fortune are denied, for in many important things they place the poor on an equality with the rich, giving tnem indeed conveniences, comforts and luxuries which but a few decades ago wealth could not command. Witn sucn manifold and inappre ciable benefits resulting from the con struction of railroads, it is among the most unaccountable oi all strange things that men reckoned intelligent enough to be entrusted as legislators with the care of the public interest should be found anywhere willing to venture on a policy apt to prevent further investments in these enter prises. Ana it anytmng were capable oi adding to the suicidal madness and folly of such a course, it would be supplied by the fact that such men were to be found in any of these Southern States, so lately wasted and desolated by war, and so dependent as they have been and in a large measure still are upon assistance from witnout to place them on their feet again, and bring tnem into line witn the great and prosperous common wealths of other sections of the coun try. It passes credibility that such a thing should be quietly tolerated by the people whose agents and repre sentatives these legislators unfortu nately are permitted to be. There was a time when these same people were wisely willing to be taxed almost to groaning to raise the means to build railroads. Now they are not called on to contribute anything. Thev are simplv reauested to grant to capitalists from beyond their borders the privilege of doing this for them Millions upon millions of dollars have in this way and for this purpose come into the isouth. in this State or vir ginia not less than a thousand miles of railway have been built since the war. ' And so unremunerative have these investments in the South as a rule thus far proved, that one is al- Baost forced to ascribe to a direct in terposition of Providence in our be half the existence of any disposition in the minds of outside capitalists to devote more of their means to the same object. "Monopolies," forsooth! Monop olies of loss they have in the mam proved to them, while they have lifted us out of the monoDolv of deso lation and ruin, but have left us, it would seem, in a monopoly of un wisdom and ingratitude. To monop olists who have brought us the ability to increase the productive capacity of our lands many fold, who place it in. our power to open our mmes, to light up furnaces, to erect factories and mills, to rear school houses and churches, to found cities, to fill our homes with plenty and adorn them with beauty, to such monopolists. pouring from horns of plenty bounties ana oenencences, we would, without questioning their motives; open wide our gates and hail them with acclaims of welcome. But instead, if s me of our politiciaas are permitted to have their way, thev must be greeted with averted and suspicious eyes, must be uiauucu wim opproDnous piames, mus De impeded by hindering condi tions, must be hampered bv restric tions,8ubjected to tribunals unknown till now and alien to our system of government, taxed bejond reason Aicu-ttoecu. m courts, watcnea and badgered and preyed on as if they were uuoiic enemies. Ana Still wa expect them to continue to come with then millions and go on buildin roads from the management of whir-j they are virtually to be ousted, and the dividends from which are to be counted in ciphers. As one of the best railroad managers in the South, a most Valuable friend of thft 3niith tooS though not a 'nativej'i wrote nn not long ago, the legislation, of Ten-t nessee, Georgia, Texas, &d?affectin; railroads amounts, tavirtuai ccaifisca- uoa uj. ww .property. , Ana yetwe exper t railroad building to go on. Oh. the folly! We are glad to know, though there have been ugly attempts and outgiv ings in this Stat 3, that this fell and fatal policy has so far been rendered powerless b the sound judgment and sense of fair dealing of a majority of our Legislature. We trust and pray that it may continue to be so, and that the time may never come when the friends of any proper scheme for the building of a railroad m Virginia will, m reply to an appli cation for assistance, receive such a response as Major Robinson has been obhged to make to the citizens of South Carolina who have addressed him on such a subject. THE LIVERPOOL SMASH. OTHER FIRMS FOLLOW MORRIS RANGER. His Failure Attrihated to the English System of Dealing In Fatures Sey eral New York Houses Said to fee In volved. London, Oct. 31. A dispatch from iverpool says Morris Ranger's fail ure will probably bring down a dozen or more Liverpool farms. This is prohably exaggerated. It is said New York, will be affected to the extent of 100,000 pounds sterling. In the mean time the cotton business is entirely suspended, - merchants and brokers awaiting developments. The Times says that R. H. Forman & Co.'s lia bilities are estimated at 30,000 pounds. It is understood that Ranger's liabili ties in Liverpool are tolerably well divided among the cotton brokers, and it is generally hoped he will be able to meet his engagements. Ran ger's failure is generally attributed to the American system of dealing m futures without the American system of protection secured by a deposit of margins, it is generally hoped the latter system will be introduced m England. Liverpool, Oct. 31.-1:30 a. m. The suspension of Meller & Fenton, cotton brokers, was announced this morning. Liverpool, Oct. 31. Noon. There are no additional disclosures later than the failure of Meller & Fenton of the troubles among the firms in the cotton trade. The cotton market is dull under the ettects ot the fail ures, but a fair spot business is being done, .business m futures, however. is confined to small dealings in Octo ber and November deliveries. No business is being transacted in distant months. Liverpool, Oct. 31. 1 p. m. Henry Pearce & Co. and Joseph Tay lor & Co., both cotton brokerage firms, have suspended payment. .London, Oct. 31. Noon. The cot ton failures in Liverpool have de pressed the stock market here. .Liverpool, Oct. 31. 2 p. m. The excitement m the cotton trade con tinues. The cotton exchange is crowd ed with merchants, brokers and visitors, who are anxious to hear the latest developments. The tension in business circles is oppressive. The Yonng Han in Politics. Philadelphia Tunes. This is empkatically the era of the young man in politics. The predomi nance of the young element is espe cially noticeable m municipal affairs, but is not at all confined to that field. In Philadelphia all but a few of the important executive positions are now held by young men. The reform era in Brooklyn was inaugurated by the election oi Keth Low, a young man, who has made so successful an administration that his opponents have been compelled to resort to the nomination of a candidate vounerer than he in order, if possible, to enlist the young working element in the campaign. In legislative affairs it has been young men, fake Koosevelt, of New York, and Wolfe and Law, of our own State, who have given the first and vital impulse to reform movements, while the election of men like Waller, of Connecticut, Cleveland, of New York, Pattison, of Pennsylvania, and Hoadly, of Ohio, to Gubernatorial positions shows the general drift in this direction. The reasons tor this tendency are not hard to find Abuses had be come entrenched in all departments of our governmental system. The chief work demanded by the public for the past few years was the over throw of these abuses. Old men seldom make good reformers. Not that they are not just as honest and as far-seeing as their youthful asso ciates, but that they lack the vigor and courage to engage in an arduous and often apparently hopeless fight. They count the cost, balance proba bilities and hesitate about entering a contest, the result of which to their experienced eyes . seems more than doubtful. Hence it follows that in this, as in all past reform conflicts, it is the young men who are called to lead the reform battles. It is a hopeful sign in any period of political stagnation when the young blood of the country can be enlisted in necessary reform movements. It is true that young men often act hastily and injudiciously, that they lack experience and tact and that they waste a vast amount of force and energy because they have not learned to plant their blows where they will do the most good with the least outlay of force. But they do strike blows of some sort. They have courage and enthusiasm and powers of endurance, which are invaluable in Icontests against long intrenched political evils. They don't hesitate and count the cost and weakly decide to do nothing because the difficulties seem to be mountain high. They work and strike and out of even their misdirected labors the cause of re form is" able to reap some important advantages. Only a Scare. Galveston, October 31. An Aus tin special says notwithstanding re peated inquiries nothing further has been received regarding the alleged 1 uprising of five hundred negroes in ilan county. It is now believed the ttvuihlA had no existence except in the fears of the whites occasioned by a meeting of colored people called to discuss the recent decision of the Supreme court on the civil rights bill. Ladle's, beautlf j war complexion with Glenn's Bulphnr Soap. B1U' Hair and Whisker -Dye, 50c Death of a Prominent Spaniard. ' Oct 3. Gen. Don Fer nando Fernandez DeCordova for .w pntftin General of Cuba, is dead in his 91st year.- f There is hardly an adult persen living but to ruwed with kidney flfflealtyrhich istoenost nroiUte'u)useaos1aii Ck" There Is bo sdfleedto: hajeany tuner or urinary oouw ir Din Special Announceraent! ITTKOMI k BARUCH Mew ffitMny FOR LADIES, MISSES AND CHILDREN, VS NEW STYLES MD COLORINGS. "We have jutt received another lot of Foreign Hosiery, among which will be found many novelties for Ladies, Misses and Children. The choicest lines ever shown in this sec tion, as follows: ELEGIT IJCVES OF Black and Colored L.1SUR nOSE, ELEGANT LIKES OF Black and Colored CASHMERE IIOSE, ELEGANT LINES OF Black and Colored MERINO HOSE, ELEGANT LINES OF Solid, Colored and Fancy Striped HOSE, OUR NEW DEPARTURE. Ladies, Misses, and Children's Underclothing. "We are daily receiving fresh consignments of the latest styles in Ladies' Night Gowns, Ladies' Ohimese and Draw ers, Skirts, Corset Covers, etc., etc Ladies Balmoral and Walking Skirts. are desirous to call particular attention to our elegant stock of Ladies' Satin Felt, Flannel and Cloth Skirts, to gether with an entirely new style of skirt, hand knit, called "THE LADIES' FAVORITE SKIRT." KNIT GOODS. Our assortment of knit goods is very handsome and com prises every thing in the way of Jackets, Coats, Hoods, Leg gings, etc., at the very lowest posiible prices. WE ARE NETEE UNDERSOLD BY ANY HOUSE NORTH OR SOUTH. CHARLOTTE, N. C. Springs & Brail. J ST RECEIVED, i 100 BARRELS PATENT ROLLER ELOUR, THE FINEST EVER OFFERED IN THIS MARKET, 800 BUSHELS BOLTED MEAL, 500 BUSHELS WHITE CORN. SPRINGS k BURWELL. septSOdtt A. HALES, Practical Watchmaker aad Dealer in WATCHES, CLOCK. JKWKLBT, SPEC TACLES. &&. &C Fine and Difficult Watch Re pairing a speclaltj. work promptly done and warranted twelve monina. A. HAXJId. iept30dawtf Central Hotel Building, Trade nt DOVE'S True f nrf Oil. TO PHTSICTAN8, FABtfKBS, LIKBT STA BLE KEEPERS AND KAILBOAS MEN AND BEADS OF FAMILIES: If an member of 70m household, from parents to the merest Infant, are afflicted with Malignant Sores, scrofulous or other wise. Salt Bneum or Scald Head, Burns. Wounds, matter bow severe, or 01 now long suuiams, or m whatever cause nrodoced. send and set a -cent bottle of TURF OIL, and we guarantee a eare or no pay. it cures Deiore otner remedies bAirin to aet It is eaoallv aDDUcable to all the Ulcers or lores, or Inflamed Surfaces of all do mestic animals, or anjuung mat moves on tne Turf. One or two applications are all Out is nec essary to neutralize the action of the virus and Seal the Ulcer. It arrests at onoe the progress of Erysipelas and removes the Inflammation left In the track of the disease. For sale brail druggists and country stores. tar Ask for the "Turf Oil 8pelllng-Boli and Reader," with eertJBwrtejef cores. . FDBCEEL, LADD CO, May 9 ly. Richmond) va. n STOCK OF Groceries, Mectioneries and FANCY GOODS, Can be found at A. R. NISBET & BRO'S. AT REASONABLE PRICES. "' FOR SALE. A Brat class 7-horse. power 6tmm, JEngine and Boiler, etr-able of running a fifty sw cotton gin, or any ether light machinery. A-fc&rgmia. Cask THE BEST ASSORTED mm I mportant To PARENTS L. Berwanger I Brother. THE SEASON IS HERE AND SO ARE WE, AS USUAL, WITH OUR COMPLETE STOCK OF BOYS' AND CHILDREN'S Sanfite. BOYS' DEESS SUITS AND SCHOOL suns. The Largest Stock IN THE STATE. For the last six years we have sold the best Beady- made CLOTHING, And we still continue to do so, aad at prices that defy competition. WE CAN SHOW THE LARGEST AND MOST COMPLETE STOCK OF MEN'S CLOTHING In this market Tne reputation of our makes being so well established we deem it unnecessary to make any further claims. We are ready to meet tne requirements or these appreciating FIRST-CLASS. HONESTLY MADE CLOTHING All we ask is a close InsDtction before purchas ing elsewhere. Very respectfully, I BERWANGER k BRO. LXaULNG CLOTEIX&a and TAILORS. N. B. Jlothimg made to order at . short notice. 1 1 hare two, firstiola89 safes for sale orid, Herrifig and one MlUerrwlll be sold cheap for cash. 1 u - : 4 . CHAS. R. JONES, dawff t .- - 1 11 1 II
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