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-vmm in.iL.at,-- 1 SUte libniry T2-: .j VOLUME XXX. charlotte, n. a, Saturday December i, 1883. PRICE FIVE CENTS. MOKB NKW GOODS AND Bargains! from the Northern market with ntH. er stock of goods. we year ior closing out jobs" there, and having taken advantage of same we nave some Bare bikctaixs to uifbb . TOIT. WORSTED DRESS GOODS From 10 cents to 2.00 per yard;" some be utiful ones at 15, 20, and 25 cents. A LIHGR TO( K OP DltB mNELS FROn 5c TO Sl.SO, la WRAP-T cartsl.ow you Walking Jackets from 2.00 to 20.00, Plush Cloaks up to. $8o.00, and Ulsters. Dolmans and Circulars in all prices, in Silk or Wool. Velveteens from 50c up. A L1RGE LINE OF if TK SIl-KS AlD SATINS at a BAHfiATN. A Mkm tot FOE 50, 75, and $1.00. UNDERWEAR, .. , For Ladies. Qents and Children. Cas simeres Jeans, Ressellant, Flannels, &c. A large stock of BLANKElSlow down, from the great Blanket auctioD sale. Don't fil to look at. our Ready-made Clothing Boots, Shoes, Hats, &c. We have bargains for you. Don't fail to come to see us. Truly, IIAKGRAVES St ALEXANDER, Kin illi Kuildinc. JsEW hOODS Arriving Daily. Among our now stock can be found a very elegant line of SILK and ALPACA UMBRELLAS. A lot of GOSSAMERS for Ladies and Children. UNDERWEAR FOR HI! ! Ask to see our cheap Shirts. Remember, we sell all grades of Dr. Warner's Corsets. BLANKETS, Carpets and Marseilles Quilts, cheap. i Lace (Mains in all Pr ices. Another lot of those cheap CASH MERES. Big drive in BLACK and COLORED SILKS. Another lot of LADIES' WRAPS. Come and see how cheap you can buy HOSIERY and GLOVES. X. I REILE St CO. Mercury has produced more misery and made more cripples than war. pes tilence and famine combined If you have any blood diseases or skin humor it is your duty to yourself and posterity to take the only vegetable cure, which is Swift's Specific. Swift's Specific has relieved me of malarial blood poison after I had been confined to the house for five months and had been dosed with blue mass and calomel and other poisonous drugs un til I was in despair. Swift's Specigc is the remedy fur this kind of blood poiaon. C. M Clark, -Agent-Southern Life Insurance Co., Atlanta, Ga . , " FOR LADIES. ' I have been using for a month or two ib my household, Swift's Specific (S. S.'ILARGE S.), the greater portion it having been consumed by the feme e portion of my family, and with the happiest re sults It acted like a - charm on my wife, who had been . in bad health for a longtime, and for.whora I have paid hundreds of dollars' for" doctors and medicines; It began to build her up from the first -dose.- Another female member of my family" took it with equally satisfactory results. It is cer tainly the best tonic for delicate ladies that I have ever used, and I have tried them alL I have no doubt that want of exercise, close confinement in poorly ventilated houses, sewer, js poison and malarial poison often Drpcft sickness, amonc our wfveu. djnicr-hlers and sfstrS- " and I believe SwXttSpecifiiLVitheTe edy for all this ioxt.pf blood "poisoning T7. -r r ' -r m i . t . i mi. " i . i TREATJIET OF C 1SCER. For twenty years I , have suffered -from a cancer on the side of my back near the shoulder and exhausted Jbe whole catalogue of . remedies without any relief. The cancer grwittg worse all the time, the whole upper part of jny body became stiff and full of pain ,(! had virtually lost the' use of both arms', my general health; had .broken ddwn, and 1 saw it was only a question of time when life itself would be destroyed." In this condition I commenced the use of Swift 'p Specific. ' The Jirtt fholtlcj re- nevecr me of the stiffness In the necK, the second gave me perfect use of my ! arms, and I JeeT strong and Veil in every way. . I am. a noor man hnt Lwouldnot -i vmo fj.wu ior me goou.i nave-experienced with Swift's Specific. I believe 't will force oat all the poisoi and cure me. W. B. ROSlSds; Davisboro, GaT Our treatise-hlood- and skin dis eases mailed free, to ppiicanta. THE SWIFT 8PECIFIC CO., Drawer 8, Atlanta, Ga. MlUll WITHOUT A TEACHER ! Villi Souper's Instantaneous Guide to Keys of Piano and r Organ. Price 9l. Will teach any person to play 20 pieces of music in one day. You couldn't learn it from a teacher in a month for $20. Try It and be convinced. Sample copy will be mailed to any ad dress on receipt of 25 cents in stamps by Heaenb fc Co., Publisher, P. O. Box 1487, New York, - . Tis the season 4f 4 I Shoes, Shoes. SHOES--Latet Styles. SHOES-Fit Perfect, SHOES-Best Makes. SHOES--Lowest Prices BOOTS AND SHOES, All Grades. Dunks, Valists and Mi-hp. STOCK ALWAYS COMPLETE. A. t RAKKIN & BitO Sow in Store! 1.00 Barrels Piedmont Roller Patent, Perfection Roller Patent and White Rock Extra Flour, Hecker's New Buck wheat Flour, self raising or plain. Oatmeal, Grits and Hominy. Dried Sugar Corn, Green and Split Peas, Lima, Marrow Fat and White Kidney Beans. Large stock of Preserves and Jellies, in 2, 5 and 10 pound pails. Almorts Micce Meat and pjjm ruooiXG, Raisins, Currents, and Prunes. Citron, Lemon Peel, Pickles, in barrels, buckets and bot tles; also Mixed Pickles and Chow Chow, by the quart or gallon. A full line of canned goods. Including Vegetables, Fruits, Meats and Fish. . These are all fresh goods, and as Lslaim to carry as RETAIL STOCK AS CM BE FOIJXW IN THE CITY, I also claim to.sell as cheap for the same quality of goods as ou can buy from any other house in the city. J. M. SIMS; novlldtf Mflpfy.Savrd.fs Monty Hide. The way to save money is by calling on K; H. Morse, opposite .First Presby- ;terianhurjQh,.and buy. .ypur,"Bee(,ork Tjenr choicest qual- for 10 cents per Dound. raJsoVkeen on-hand a -full stock j i i. of -Staple- and -ancy - G)eerie8,:vhich aie-deliveredto purchasers in any part ! of the cityv free of chaTge. All orders " delivered promptly "Git e me a call and I will show you I mean what 1 say. "nov21d2w . - BHiQRSE. ' Salepf Valuable Property. By "virtue of a mortgage made by Myra Thompson.' and duly registered in Book HO, page 580, in the Register's of fice of Mecklenburg county, I will sell to the highest bidder, for cash,, at the court iiouBedoor ,Inthe eily of Char Ibite. K. on "Monday rttie lfth day of December, 1883, a valuable house and lot onthe Beatty's Pofd road, near Bid- die University. E. " K. Pi OSBORNE, Attorney for Mortgagee. noyJk4w "FOR "S ALE ; A neat Cottaga,COTnef!pi! (Graham and Sixth streets. Fcft term's,' etc., apply at the law office of novlldtf E. K. P. OSBORNE. FOR RENT, . The Central HoteL, Greensboro, N. 'C, situated in the centre of; the; ?jty. oppo site Federal and County Court House; is conveniently arranged and lighted with gas. Apply to -,- ' ' ' - - it. H. TATE, I notttdtf ' ' : OMensbor&C. PUBLKpLElTDAILYcfefT MONDAY BY 0BA8. JOKFS, Ed. and Proprietor. VW DAILY. Per copy 6 wat One month Atuwilt .. 73 Three monthilby maiU .....$2.oa 81x months ' H .. ..... 400 Oneysar . ., ., g.oo " 4 ,.. wtsirxY. On ar .. mm ' Six months . . . i.oor r. IaynirlRbly In Advance Free of .-.aire ie an pafta rue United State. 3Spectmen copies sent free on application. Subscribers desiring the address of their paper changed will please state in their commu nication both the old and new address. Ralfi or Advertising. One Square -One time. tl.oo; each additional Insertion, Se; two weeks. $5.00; ene month a schedule or rates for longer periods fur nished on application. Hmit iiT dKn on New York or Charlotte, and by Postofflce Money Order or Registered Letter at our risk. If sent otherwise we will not be re spousible for miscarriages, . A. ,. SOME FROZE FACTS AStCOai - MENTft IN REGARD TO THE RAILROAD QUESTION. ' Thursday morning we 'published a letter from Hon. R. Y. McAden, Pres ident of the Asheville and Spartan burg Railroad, showing some of the effects of the enforcement of the law establishing a railroad commission in South Carolina. "We propose this morning to discuss the railroad ques tion from another standpoint: Let us see what railroad interests we have in the two Carolinas. North Carolina Railroads: North Carolina cost $4,000,000 Carolina Central, in all 4,000,000 Raleigh & Gaston 4,000,000 Raleigh & Augusta 4,000,000 Western North Carolina. . . 8,000,000 Wilmington & Weldon 3,000,000 Atlantic, Tennessee & Ohio 1,000,000 Salem 61 Winston 500,000 Atlantic & N. Carolina. 3,000,000 Tarborofe other short lines.. 500,000 Total invested in railroads in North Carolina 132,000,000 South Carolina Railroads. The old South Carolina. . . .fUO-,000,000 Wilmington & Manchester 4.043QvQOO Greenville & Columbia , 4QfX)iPQa Spartanburg & Union.... 100,000 Spartanbug & Asheville .'. ' x500,000 Charlotte, Columbia & A.. 4,500,000 Roads not mentioned say.. 500,000 Total money invested inSC $26,000,000 0 32,000,000 Total in the two States $58,000,000- Here we have an investment of fifty-eight millions of dollars in the two States in railroad property, every dollar of which represents a dollar's worth of labor. Now the law says if a man loans a dollar to his neighbor he may charge him eight per cent, interest, and at this rate the investors are entitled by the laws of both States to receive $4,640,000 as interest on the investment. Let us resurrect a little railroad his tory ancLgee;w,hat has been the ac Ural result of . the money investment in the two States: We have seen that thirty -two mil lions of dollars have been invested in North Carolina. Each road has its history, and it is not our fault if they m; .ke a black list. The North Carolina railroad costing four millions of dollars, three-fourths of it furnished by the State and one fourth by private subscription, was finished about 1852, with a debt of about three hundred thousand dol lars upon it. It has been operated for the past twenty years without paying a dollar of dividends to its original stockholders, and instead of diminishing the original debt it has been increased to eight hundred and fifty thousand dollars. Being leased to the Richmond and Danville Rail road its fcond holders, and the stock holders, are now paid a dividend of 6 per cent, though the reports of the officers of the Richmond and Danville Railroad shows that it has been run at a loss for operating expenses, and its rental, of over a hun dred thousand dollars per annum. The I'arolina Central, originally the Wilmington, Charlotte and Ruther ford Railroad, cost originally over four millions of dollars. It became bankrupt and was sold. It was pur chased by Mr. Edward Matthews, who invested a million dollars more in it. It broke him. -It was tnen taken in hand by Mr. John Robinson's syndicate, and it has never paid a dollar in dividends, either to the origi nal stockholders, to Mr. Matthews or to Mr. Robinson. The Western North Carina Rail road cost the State andi original stockholders six millions on dollars. It became bankrupted, was so'd out under the auctioneer's hammer, and lepurchased by the State for eight hundred and fifty thousand dollars. Including convict labor the State then invested $500,000 more in it, and when on the eve of bankruptcy, it was presented to Mr: Best, the rail road fraud. Mr. Best failed and the elephant was turned over to the Rich mond and Danville Rarilroad compa ny, whose management has spent two millions more on it, but during its whole existence it has never paid a dollar of dividend on its original stock. The private stockholders were frozen out fifteen years ago. The Wilmington and Weldon Rail road was built mainly by the State at a cost of three minions of dollars. The stock proved so unprofitable that the State was - glad . to sell it out for thirty-five cents on the dollar. The new owners invested a considerable amount in building the Wilmigton. Columbia and Augusta road as a feeder, but the whole concern has long since been considered bankrupt as to the original stock. The Raleigh and Gaston railroad, built at a cost of four millions of dol lars, became bankrupt and was bought bv the State for three hundred and fifty thousand dollars It never paid a dollar of dividend pn its three hunh dred andfif t thousand dollars' wortk of stock until the past few years, when becoming .incorporated in a through line, it now pay? about 6 per cent, on about one-fourlh of its cost. The Raleigh and Augusta Railroad, originally called the Chatham rail road, cost three millions of dollars. It has never paid a dollar of dividends op-its stock, and of late ' years, has fk been .b& to - pay. the interest on bofec Iridebtednek. It has been able to pay only the operating ex penses. The Atlantic and North Carolina railroad cost three millions of dollars. It has never paid a dollar of dividend on its stock, and it is barely able now to pay the interest of a bonded debt of two hundred thousand dollars. The Atlantic, Tennessee and Ohio railroad cost, first and last, about one million' dollars. It has never paid a dollar of dividend to its stock holders. Being leased now to the Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta railroad, it pays 6 per cent, interest on a bonded debt of about : one hun dred and fifty thousand dollars, or about one-sixth of its cost, The Salem railroad was sold out, the stockholders froze out, and then presented to the Richmond and Dan-1 ville road on condition that they would run trains over it for the ac commodation of th public. It never did, nor never will pay a dollar of dividend to the stockholders. The Fayetteville and Western rail road, has about the same kind of al history, though we are not familiar enough with the facts to state them in detail. These are thenoneyec cormorants: that have been eating. vthe heart and vitals out of the people of the State for. the past f twenty, years to make their owners rich. And now how is it in our neighbor ing State of South Carolina. The South Carolina railroad cost ten millions of dollars. The original stock has been confiscated. It pays no dividends on the stock. The Wilmington and Manchester railroad was foreclosed and' sold out. It pays no dividends on Jthe$tock. The Greenville and Columbia rair- road was foreclosed and sold out It pays no dividends on the stock. The Spartanburg and Union rail road was foreclosed and sold out. It pays no dividends on the stock. The Asheville and Spartanburg rail road was foreclosed and sold out. It pays no dividends on its stock. The Blue Ridge railroad was fore closed and sold out. It pays no divi dends on the stock. The Charlotte, Columbia. and Au gusta railroad in South Carolina is the only road in the State which , has not been foreclosed and sold out un der mortgage. The stock is worth 25 cents on the dollar and it hasn't paid a dollar of dividends to its stockhold ers in twenty years. And these are the grasping monop olies in South Carolina that are rob bing the people so much to make their owners rich, that railroad com missions must be appointed to super vise them. We showed in the outset that $58,. 000,000 was invested in railroads in the two States, and that a fair interest on the investment ought to pay the original stockholders not less than $4,640,000 per annum, and yet we are not able to find a dollar's worth of the original stock, except the North Carolina railroad, that pays a dollar in dividends. Would any farmer or merchant who reads this article, consent to manage his business in this way ? If there is, and he will send his name, we will guarantee him quarters at Dr. Grissom's establishment, down at Raleigh, and we will agree to pay his railroad fare. He's a dangerous man to be at large. Referring more particularly to North Carolina: Nature has been kind to us in many ways. She has given us a nne climate, one nas given us a genial soil. In the bosom of the earth within her territory she has deposited millions of dollars' worth of mineral wealth. But she has been unkind to us in that she has given us few navigable streams, be yond a stone's throw from the ocean, and she has been unkind to us in that she has given us few harbors, along our thousand miles of sea coast. In 1790 she was the seeond State in the Union in point of population. Now there are twenty States that stand above her in the list. For a hundred years she has fitly been been called "a strip of land between two States." Her pebple never knew anything of progress or devel opment until they heard the whistle of the locomotive. She had been called the land of "tar, pitch and turpentine," when seven-eights of her people didn't know what naval stores were. She has made more progress; her people have acquired more wealth, and she has taken more rapid strides towards general and substantial pros perity in the last thirty years, than she had done in all the years between 1850 and that bright July day in 1584, when the ship's prow of Phillip Armadas first plowed up the blue waters of Albemarle Sound. To day she rises and shakes her mane, em blem of her strength and power, like a caged lion. At the Southern exposi tion at Atlanta she , astonished her self at the exhibition of her resour ces, and at Boston she astonished the world. What has done it ? The railroad locomotive. We have made no new discoveries, but throrgh the impetus given to our civilization by the railroads we have learned our own greatness and wealth, We have been taught, too, the necessity of let tmg the world.' know that there is such a country as North Carolina. Our advancement has been hand in hand with our railroads, and the railroads have been hand in hand with the people. !jfhis newspaper is a friend to the railroads because the railroads are thfc friends of the people. This newspaper don't belong to the politi dins, and whenever it wants to speak ofa spade it calls it a spade. It fights battles of the people, and when r the railroads render it either essary or proper, it will fighc against them with the same zeal that animates us in writing this article. But in our judgment that time has not come. When it does we shall be heard from. With such a financial showing as we have made for our railroad stock holders, we think they need and 'should have encouragement at the hands of the people rather than jwholesale abuse, and unjust and ar bitrary legislation. s t a Ik k a ilTuadlaws. THEIR EFFECTS IN GEORGIA AND SOUTH CAROLINA. Views of a Prominent Capitalist The Railroads Crippled and Capital llr pelled by the Iunecunly ot Railroad Property A Candid Statement nt the Injury Believed to have b"n Done. Corrr spor.dcnce of the ei8 cmd Courier. New York, November 24. There is a feeling existing among capit alists in the North against the present South Carolina and Georgia railroad law injuriously affecting the interests of those two States, and I have taken some trouble to acertain the causes of this feeling. "With this view I sought Mr. W. P. Clyde, who has invested largely in railroad property in South Carolina, and elicited from him the fo. lowing answers to my inquiries: Can you say anything for the News & Courier in reference to the railroad laws and commissions of South Caro lina and Georgia, and their effect upon future investments in railroad property in thosB States '.. Yes. It comes within my personal knowledge that these laws are not only crippling in a most disastrous manner the railroads already in operation, but cheek indefinitely all future investments in that direction. I think this as unfortunate for the people of those States as for the own ers of the railroads A very strong feeling had set in with moneyed men here to make investments in the South, and this kind of legislation has thrown a damper upon them that will, if continued, direct this capital to oth er localities. Why should there be such obiec- tions urged to these particular States when many others have railroad com missions where there is no such feeling against them? It you will examine the laws of other States you will find that none go to the extent of the railroads laws in South Carolina and Georgia and in the second place the railroads in those States, where commissions have been appointed, were in a prosperous con dition, had made moDey, and were no longer struggling to get on their feet; whereas in South Carolina the rail roads were run down and needed ex tensive rebuilding and repairs. The owners hava spent every cent made on the roads, and much more besides, in building up the property so that they could be prepared to furnish first class railroad service to the people for both freight and passenger traffic when to their dismay the Legislature practically, by this law, took the management of the properties out of the r hands aud placed it under the control of a railroad commission of three very worthy gentlemen, but who were wholly unaecust med to the intricacies and complex laws which govern railroad transportation in this country. They are bound to carry out the laws conscientiously, if they can, but I venturethe assertion that it is not in the power of the human brain to frame any law that will anticipate and provide for the thousand and one changes constantly taking place in the exigencies or rauroaa tramc ; ana it has 6eemed to me to be very short sighted policy to endeavor to hamper the railroads in their eltorts to de velop the country and aid in its pros- PentT- To what, in your opinion, is oue tnis prediudice against the railroads in South Carolina? To a number of causes chiefly, however, to misapprehension on the nart of the people as to the policy ana purposes of the railroads :and it is due to frankness to say that the railroads are to blame somewhat for this mis apprehension, in not having present ed their side of the question to the public, which has had the adverse side constantly pressed upon it. No doubt the railroads have made mis takes, but wherever and as fast as the managers of our roads have discover ed them, we have used our best ef forts to correct them. Au idea has to some extent got possession of the pub lic mind m South Carolina that the Richmond and Danville system has been operated in the interest of Richmond and Atlanta, and against Charleston. There never was a greater mistake. Charleston has steadily improved since this system has been at work in the State. Her business has increased, and will continue to in crease with the prosperity of the State in proportion as she reaches out to attract and control it, and I think the South Carolina Railway people will tell you they are getting the '"lion's share" of the traffic from the uo-country for Charleston. Our rela tions with the South Carolina Rail way are of the most friendly charac ter, and we give and taue rrom eacn other in a spirit of friendly rivalry. It would be suicidal on our part to at tempt to cripple any new sources of prosperity in any portion or soutn Carolina. We have shown our con fidence in her future by investing our money among her people, and our hone of return lies in the highest prosperity of the entire State. You oan see that our interests dictate that we should do all we can to help south Carolina. She has wonderful possibilities before her, and all her people have to do is to indicate any fair way in which we can help, and they will find us ready to meet them morethan nail way. What have you to suggest in that regard? As the trouble has grown, in my opinion, more from the fact that her people have not understood the situ- anon and object or tne raiiroaas, ana do not appreciate howh-adical and how oppressive the operation of this rail road law really is, I think that if they or their respresentatives should meet the owners and representatives of the" railroads in frank and friendly con f erence they would find their real in terests to be identical and in no wise antagonistic. Have you any personal acquaint ance with the members of the railroad commissions? No intimate personal acquaintance. Of course I know of Gov. Bonham. chairman of the South Carolina board, as one of the prominent pub lic men of the State, and although tne otner two are not so well known here they are all gentlemen of the highest character and integrity, and the same may be said of the Georgia commission. No fault can be found with the character of the boards. The fault is in the law they are required to execute, and I have no hesitation in saying that it is impracticable in many of its provisions, harsh in its effects upon railroads, and detrimen tal to the business and prosperity of the people, and must lead to disas teous results to all if left as it is. I think you will find that I do not ex aggerate this if you will take an im partial, unprejudiced view 01 the sit uation. What I have said will be confirmed, I am sure, by every man having any interest in railroads in South Carolina and Georgia, and by those contemplating railroad enter prises in those States. Can you sav if the enforcement of the law, thus far. has operated in juriously to your roads? unquestionably. These laws have injured railroad property wherever they have been put in force, and must do so. for the reason that such interference with the rights of prop erty as these laws provide inevitably depreciate the value of such property ; and if the proposition is true that railroad facilities fully developed in crease the general prosperity of the people they serve, any crippling of railroad i by legislation must cripple tae general prosperity or the people in that proportion. Do you regard, as is generally claimed, that the provision of the railroad law which enables the com mission to fix the rates ofjtraffic is the harsh or objectionable feature? it certainly is very harsh. Suppose ycu should turn over to a commission to say what profit the phosphate com panies or cotton manufacturing com panies, or any other business in the State should make, what would be thought ot its' It is true railroad companies acquire valuable fran chises from the btate, but the same rights of property should be recog nized in railroads as in phosphate companies or other incorporated cap- ; . 1 rri. .. , .' 1 tv . c 1. 1 ito,i. iiie pictctiuai eiitsut ui buuu leg islation is to retard the building of new roads, and thus deprive the peo ple of the benefits of healthy compe tition. In this connection I call your attention to the action of the stockholders of the Wilmington and Weldon and Wilmington, Columbia and Augusta Railroads at their an nual meeting on the 20th mst., at Wilmington, N. C. Here it is as pub lished in the New York World : ' 'The stockholders resolved that in view of the evils which have grown out of the legislation of some of the Southern States, whereby stock holders have been practically depriv ed of the management of their own raiiroaas, and 01 the dangerous agi tation of the same subject in North Carolina, all consideration of the sub ject of constructing a branch road rrom the Wilmington and Weldon road in the direction of Florence, S. C, be for the present postponed." Mas your syndicate stopped the building of any railroads by reason of these laws If these laws had not been passed we should have completed the Spar tanburg and Asheville railroad some time ago. ; and are prepared to com plete it if this embargo on the invest ment ot capital in the State ss re moved, Thus, you see, the building of two very important railroads, one of which would have greatiy short ened the distance from Charleston to the North, and the other greatly shortened the distance from Charles ton to the West, have been already arrested by this law.Several railroads are now in process of construction in North Carolinaand Virginia, while I do nut know of a mile of railroad be ing built in South Carolina or Geor gia by outside capital. This will give you some idea of the effect of of the South Carolina and Georgia railroad laws. Nor is the effect of such legislation confined to the railroad investments. It unfor tunately also keeps away those en ter! rises which, following the rail road development of the West, al though it possesses none of the ad vantages of soil and climate enjoyed by the South, have filled State after State with population, manufactures and prosperous towns. Can you point out the particular passages in the South Carolina rail road law, which in your judgment, are most injurious? Certainly. You will hnd the most obnoxious provisions in the sixth and seventh sections of the railroad law of December 21, 1882. They are too long to quote, but you will see that the commissioners are given authori ty to "make reasonable and just rates of charge for freight and pas senger tariffs to be observed by all railroad companies doing business" in the State, and that the schedule of rates made by the commissioners shall be "deemed and taken in all Courts in this State as sufficient evi dence that the rates therein fixed are just and reasonable rates of charges for the transportation of passengers and treight. Think that over and you will find that we have reason to be uneasy. At this point Mr. Clyde was called away and the conversation ended. T. I beaml j ywf c mpexi-ju with Gleno's suijiaur soup. tint's HHlr ana wnssKor Dy ft'to. l I Black d Sod, WHOLESALE GROCERS, College Street, Charlotte, X. C. Full stock always in stor High t prices i-tiM tot iH.'tw q-inU;lt-8 01 Wheat ui oats Ju Jl8dtf 'Anakesis-SRtSTS uaint4i curt for Files. fi, u dmggbta, or irepaJdbrmafl. Sample aanakesis Koxxiicaerxoix. UPPERER Karroo Debility, llantal and PhnC , eal WnkBHi Valnabl iniormstkm , m Tonthnd ImmMtm. esvans ' fnllj Pr-M3.01iB.Ba W?hioa 1 novl8deodaw FREEforTRIAL An unfailing and peedTcnre for ifBVOH Debility Mid Weaknea, iLea f FtloWtrand Vigor, or any I evil rwraltof indiscretion , excess. overwork, etav, (over forty tfcou I sand -positiTe cures.) to" Send 10c. ior postage on uuu pox ox 100 pill. Address, Dr. M.W. BACON, eor.Clsrk St adCalliouajMaiBe.CgTrtao.IiAi novl8deodaw m AT I. mm Continues With Unabated Enthusiasm During the past week our Mr. Baruch gains, notably among them an extensive Black Silks! Which we will offer on Monday morning ever offered in this section. S Pieces Black Silks worth $1.00 per yard, for 73 Cents.' S Pieces Rich Lustre Black Silks worth $1.50 for Cents. S Pieces Kxtra Quality Rich Lustre Silk worth $1.50 for a Pieces Super Cashmere Royal Silk worth $3.00 for fH.&O. These goods at these prices Canaot la Excelled by We have a'si received an elegant assortment of Ladies' Muslin Underclothing at special low prices. LADIES', MISSES' and CHILDREN!" Merino and All Wool Underwear, NEW CLOAKS, NEW DOLMANS ou-KOii r iivijj-AiNrs- ULUAKS, LNr AJN IS PELLICES, INFANTS COATS, CHILD RENS' DRESSES, NEW MILLINERY GOODS, HATS, BONNETS, FLOWERS. FEATHERS PLUMES AND TIPS. TWO CASES DRKSS GOODS AT 12 CENTS Positively worth 25 cents per yard. BARGAIN I EVERY DEPARTMENT. TIT (OWSKY CHARLOTTE. N. C. m hi Because We (k WE DO NOT QUOTE ANY CHEAP GOODS, BUT FIRST-CLASS AHiO WELL MADE CLOTHING CHEAP! Thousands ot Dollafs Are spent annually by Clothing buyers of this country. Some buy very dis creetly (by goinsc to first-class clothing houses only), othrrs buy without paying attention as to wnetner tney are benefitting themselves or not. We have but one means of teaching the great Clothing buying public how to buy and where to go to, and that is by advertising plain facts, having but few words to say, and that to the point. Our stock of Men's and Boy's Clothing IS IMMENSE, AND WE STAND READY TO BE KNOCKED DOWN By any house, of large or small pretentions, who can undersell us. Come and see for yourself that we are correct, that our prices will compare very tavorably with any first-clrss clothing house in the country. Gent's Furnishing Goods at wonderfully low prices, considering quality. Inspection free, and prices given with pleasure. Very respectfully, L. BUftWMGER&BROTffiDR LEADING CLOTHIERS AND TAILORS. EEo ML AnndlircBws, I have the largest and iFwimnTrwmiE In the State, also , Oil Paintings, mm AND BABY CARRIAGES. ' v. " I buy in large quantities direct from factories and can find will sell cheap. Call and be IB, JS irvn m - & BAHUCH'S has sent us some very attractive bar purchase of Black Silks!! and feel confident no such values were any House in the Trade, NEW ULSTERS, AN ELEGANT AS & MIC most complete stock of a large lot of Convinced. 1 - mhofjs'i orij iz -jvio: 3 3 :1 'i f - jr , - i I ' ? I ; I ' : - ? Hi S i. S " ? y ; . I r
The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, N.C.)
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Dec. 1, 1883, edition 1
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