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Wttrllttc VOLUME XXXI. nTTAPTHTTR "NT n STTNTAV PfcVRRTT ATTV 17-1884. WE STILL HAVE SOME REMNANTS ttarlotle (bbstvvtv. -IN- Worsteds, Wmw, Colored Silks, TO CLOSE OUT AT AND BELOW COST. a'm) few Pairs of Blankets, At a Great N""- Our HAMBURG EDGINGS and 1NSEBTINGS are selling very last. Call and see them. HICK RACK BRAID In all numbers. LADIES' and MISSES' SHOES from the celebrated manufactory of Evttt & Bro., every pair warranted to give satisfaction or money refunded. Try a pair. Call and Get a Suit of Clothing Cheaper than you ever bought It anywhere. A nice line of GENT'S HATS. The Perfect Fitting HERCULES SHIRT, PRICE $1.00. A Nice Line of Trunk, Valise, Etc. GIVE US A CIUj. Yery Respectfully, MARGRAVES & ALEXANDER. SMITH BUILDUG. 1 e Goods! ! J 1ST OPENED ! Big stock of I ES- Checked Nansooks r At lc, 15c, 20c, 22&c. 25c and up. India Lawns, PLAIN AND BARRED. INDIA MlMJl. LINEN LAWNS, VICTORIA LAWNS, IRISH POINT AND CAMBRIC EMBROIDERIES, Piqaes, Checked and. Striped, GOOD FOR BOYS' WEAK. (Orders for sam&les or goj-to promptly attended to L. SEIGLE & CO. Shoes, Shoes. SIIOESLatett Styles. SHOES-Fit Perfect, SHOES-Best Makes. SIIOESLowest Prices. BOOTS AND SHOES, All Grades. Tricks, Vafe and Band-Bap. STOCKjALWAYS COMPLETE. A. E. RASKIft k BRO. FOR SALE. Cotton Seed Meal for feeding or fertilizing, in quantities to suit purchasers. The best feed for cattle ever sold, being worth twice as much as corn meal. nov6dtf CHARLOTTE OIL CO. PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT MONDAY BT CHAS. R. JONES, Editor and Proprietor. Terms of Subscription. DAILY. Per copy Scents. One month (by mall) 75 Three months (by mall) $2.00 oix monins pj mauj . : 4.UU One year (by mall) 8.00 WEEKLY. One year $2.00 Six months 1.00 Invariably in Advance Free of Postage to all parts of the United States. EySpectmen copies sent free on application. ""Subscribers desiring the address of their paper changed will please state In their communi cation both the old and new address. Rates of Advertising;. One Square One time, $1.00; each additional In sertion, 50c; two weeks, $5.00; one month, $8.00. . a scneauie oi rates lor longer periods iurmisuea on application. Remit by draft on New York or Charlotte, and by PostofBce Money Order or Registered Letter at our risk, if sent otherwise we will not be responsible for miscarriages. SOUTHERN PROGRESS. But few people have any just con ception of the industrial progress the South is making and it is not until the figures are placed before us that we begin to realize fully what it is. A short while ago the Charleston News and Courier gave an interest ing exhibit Of the wonderful progress in that State. The Baltimore Manu facturing Record, in commenting upon it, congratulates South Carolina on her splenid showing, but says that nearly all tjhe Southern States have done as wejl. It sums up thus : "As already stated, South Caroli na's marvellous progress has certain ly been equalled by nearly every State, u not by every one, from vir ginia to Texas, and we feel quite sure that in some of these States the gain has been much more rapid even than in South Carolina. Estimating, how ever that the increase in the other Southern States has been4 only equal to South Carolina's, and it certainly cannot be claimed that this is too much, we can make the followimg comparison: Value of the products of manufactures in the Southern States in 1880 and 1883. 1880 1883 Census Estimated Reports. as above. Alabama S 13,565,504 $ 27,131,008 Arkansas 6.756,159 13,512,318 Florida 6,546.448 11.092,896 Georgia 36,447,448 72,894,896 Kentucky 75,483,377 169,966,754 Louisiana 24,205,183 48,410,366 Mississippi..... 7,495,802 14,991,604 North Carolina 20,084,237 40,168,474 South Carolina 16,738,008 33,476,016 Tennessee 87,074,886 74,149,772 Texas 20,719,928 41,438,856 Virginia 61,810,692 103,621,384 West Virginia 22,867,126 44,734.352 of twenty-seven years, no less than nineteen bills of a similar nature were passed. The dutiable articles then numbered 234. In the act of 1789 the duties on cut, hoop, slit and rolled iron was 7 J per cent, and un- wrought steel 56 cents per nunarea Weight. As Congress began to real ize the importance of aiding the growing industries of the country by a protective duties, the rates gradu ally increased until the act of Febru ary 5th, 1816, when the duty on cut, hoop androlled iron was fixed at 2 cents per pound and on unwrought steel at $2 per hundred weight. Pig iron was not dutiable. During the same year, on April 27, a new act was. passed, which imposed a duty of 50 cents a hundred weight, on pig iroi and, $2.50 per hundred weight on cut, . hoop, slit and rolled ii-on, while unwrought steel was re duced to f 1 per ; hundred weight. From this time down to the act of August 30, 1842, a period of twenty six years, no less than sixteen tariff acts were passed. Under the latter act we find the duty on pig iron fixed at $9 a ton, and on cut, slit and roll ed iron 2 cents a pound. Old and scrap iron which was first made du tiable at $12.50 a ton by the act of July 13, 1832, was reduced to $10 a ton in the act of August, 1842. Un der the same act steel in bars was dutiable at $2.50 per hundred weight. LEGISLATION FROM 1842 TO 1883. Subsequent legislation on the tariff from 1842 to 1883, a period of forty one years, embraces thirty-four sep arate acts. In the act of 1846 scrap iron was rated at 30 per cent, and reduced to 24 per cent, under the act of 1857. It was raised to $6 a ton in the act of 1861 and $8 in the act of 1864, and agaiu reduced to $6 in the act of 1874, and 3-10 of a cent a pound under the act of 1883. Pig iron under the act of 1846 stood at 30 per cent. It was reduced to 24 per cent, in 1857 and raised to $6 in 1861 and $9 in 1864, and again reduced to $7 in 1874 and 3-10 of a cent a pound in 1883. Iron bars, blooms etc. under the act of 1846 were dutiable at 30 per cent., but were reduced to 24 per cent, in 1857 and raised to $16 a ton in 1861 and rated at 1 and H cents a pound in 1864, 1 and 1 cents a pound in 1874 and 1 and 1 1-10 cents a pound in 1883. Steel in ingots was dutiable at 15 per cent, in 1846, 12 per cent, in 1857, H and 2 cents per pound in 1861, 2i and 3 cents a pound in 1864, 21 cents a pound in 1874 and 2 cents per pound in 1883. THE VOTES ON VARIOUS MEASURES. 02 .;.;!. :.g'.'r tbSSH, WIT (ID MI W A M rIT DSHD TKOWSKY & 1 ! SS H "i T 3P ES 9 O F CS IHE j&l IMT! Ejb O TP Notwithstanding the extensive additions made to our Retail Department last which at the time seemed ample by the most sanguine for all time to come, yet suca has been the UNPRECEDENTED INCREASE IN ODJtt BUSINESS and the commensurate increase of stock that we already find ourselves so cramped for the want of more room that we have determined at as early a time as posssible to add to what is now the large Retail Department the' first floor now occupied as our W DnapIlesaDe jID)ipgiiPta (Necessitating of course the removal of the Wholesale Department to the store above) And as we cannot get possession of tte upper store in time for the Spring's business we know of no better way to make room for the immense Spring Stock which we are about to receive than to endeavor to dispose of by gome means and at some price goods carried over from the winter's stock, we therefore announce that FOR THE NEXT 30 DA We Shall Inaugurate The Greatest Clearinff-Out Sale Ever Attempted ia the Comprising the Following Lines- it is also curious to analyze votes of the members of the S T. ARE, CLOSING OUT THEIR ENTIRE STOCK OF JII Gr L O Ar ES At a great loss. Ladles will tod it to their advantage to examine them. We have Just received a nice lot of White Goods and Trimmings For the earlj trade. Our DRESS GOODS will be sold cheap. ALEXANDER & HARRIS. W. Kaufinan & Co., CENTRAL. HOTEL. CORKER, Takft nlflanure in lnformlne their customers and the public that the extraordinary Increase In their busl JEtJSSEEt TiZ WKESSStod them to mo?e Wtt 0to;rh tral Hotel, and beg at the same time to assure their friends that the familiar motto of this popular nouse to offer only the Mew est and Most Desirable Goods Total $338,794,798 $676,588,696 If to these figures we add the sta tistics of maryland's manufactures, this being a Southern State, we will have a total for the entire South in 1880 of $457,448,447, and for 1883 an aggregate of about $850,000,000." These are estimated results, it is true, but they are, from a well in formed journal which keeps a close eye on Southern development and industries, and whilst they may be overdrawn in some instances, if ap nroximatelv correct they give some idea of the great work the South is accomplishing, and without making much fuss about it either. They set tle beyond any doubt or discussion the possibilities of the South, and show the grand latent power .that has achieved, in spite of so many obstacles, such magnificent results within so short a period. If ten years ago the Record had printed such figures as a possibility Of the near future it would have been laughed at as a visionary. But we have cold facts enough now to put speculation in the background. With the facts and figures before us, the progress that we know is being made, who can picture what the South will be in the next generation. There is no part of this planet to-day that has a brighter outlook before it. At prices at all times lower than any other house, will be strictly adhered to. The balance of our Wieter Stock of Ready-Made Clothing "Will be told absolutely regardless of cost. We will offer at the same time BARGAINS IN PANTALOONS FROM $1.25 UPWARD. BARGAINS IN BOYS' AND CHILDREN'S SUITS. BARGAINS IN GENT'S FURNISHING GOODS. BARGAINS IN MEN'S AND BOYS' STIFF AND SOFT HATS BARGAINS IN BOOTS AND SHOES. And enough other bargains to All two or three columns. Strangers visiting the city will find this an opportunity to supply their wants In clothing at prices never beard of before, : W. KAUFMAN&CO. CENTRAL. HOTEL COBNEH. L. F. OSBORNE, Practical Snrreior anil Cm Engineer. HAT Retereao T. J. Orrt County Surveyor. febftf L PAFEES by tte hmndred for l J. Black & Sod, WHOLESALE GROCERS, College Street, Charlotte, N. C. ' Full atbck always in store. Highest tncefl ' paid lor large quantities or Butler Mahone, the hopeful scion of Senator Mahone, of Virginia, seems to be a rapid youth. On a recent visit to New Yoik he was introduced by Fred Gebhardt, of Lily Langtry notoriety, to a fashionable club. During the evening a little game of poker was suggested. Butler took a hand in, and soon parted with his pocket change, amounting to about $50. He Dlaved alone until he lost $300, drawing a note on his father for the amount, which was endorsed by his friend Gebhardt. He said he would pay the money as soon as he returned to Washington. After sev eral weeks had elapsed and no word came from him; Gebhardt wrote, and his letters receiving no attention, ho wrote to the young man's father, who replied that he didn't know anything about his son's gambling debts, and intimated that he couldn't be taken in by a bunko steerer like Gebhardt. This was too much for Geb., so he paid the note and mailed it, with a profound expression of his opinion, to Mr. Mahone, Senior. Ex-Gov. Hendricks says his firs game of billiards cost him three dol lars, and it was his last. He grad uated on the ivories right there and then. SOME TARIFF FACTS. Tariff Legislation of Former. Yean and t Whom it Has Been Accomplished. Philadelphia Fane. The history of tariff legislation is a long story considered in connection with the number -of chills reported, the number passed and the intermi nable amount or oraway ana uuu come expended in the two houses of Congress on the abstract proportion of tariff f or 4 protectidtt aha in the practical matter of the interests of industries and localities. ' The Morri son bill, therefore, suggests nothing new in a legislative point of view, but as a political movement it is the universal opinion of leaders in Con gress that it will revive, an; 4asue be tween parties, which has been fought orer in a parliamentary and political sense, ever since wou!""" the , government; ,o miK" ;tn - " The, first 'tariff act was v passed on i.lhjLv Julv. 1789, or just about r four"- months after the first the ouse of Representatives from different sec tions of the country as an indication of the drift of pubhc sentiment on the question of the tariff. The first re corded vote that on the bill of 1790 shows that but five out of the four teen New England votes were for the bill. In the Middle States there were seventeen out of twenty and in the Southern States seventeen out of eighteen votes for the bill. In the vote on the act of 1816, which had in it essentially the idea of protection, the New England States began to show an advocacy of protection by casting seventeen votes for and ten votes against the bill, while in the Middle States, where the manufac turing industries were also an import ant feature, the vote stood forty-four for to ten against the bill. Ohio, then the West, gave its four votes for protection, and the South stood twenty-three for and thirty-four against the bill. In the later acts, in which the the ory of high protective or essentially low revenue duties was involved, the votes in the 'House of Representa tives by sections stood as follows: The New England States -On the act of 1843 the vote stood : Yeas 26, nays 7 ; the act of .1846 : Yeas 9 nays 19, and he act of 1857, yeas 18 jaays 9. - The Middle States The act of 1842: Yeas 64, nays 10; 1846: Yeas 18, nays 44, and 1857, yeas 24, nays 28. The Western States-The . act of 1842: Yeas 13, nays 13; 1846: Yeas 29 and nays 10, and 1857, yeas 14, nays 33. The Southern States The act of 1842: Yeas 10, nays 69; 1846; Yeas 58. nays 20, and 1857, yeas 63, nays 2. The Pacific States The act of 1857: Yeas 2, nays none. It will be observed by this record of the vote of the Representatives of the lower House of Congress, which may be taken as an indication of public sentiment, that the New Eng land and Middle States supported high tariff and opposed reduction of duties. The West was divided in 1842 and favored the act of 1816 nearly three to one and opposed the act of 1857 m almost the same pro portion. The South as a rule has favored low tariff . The Southern vote on the act of 1857, which was low tariff, stood 63 out of 65 votes m favor of low tariff, Kentucky, of all the Southern States, casting out of her 9 votes the 2 votes against the bill. THE WAR TARIFF ACTS. SILKS, SATINS. FLANNELS, VELVETS, BLANKETS, CLOAKS, DOLMANS, ULSTERS. HATS AND CAPS, DRESS GOODS, WHITE GOODS, LINENS AND DOMESTICS, LACES, FANCY GOODS, NOTIONS, HILLINEHY, LADIES' MUSLIN UNDER W.I2AR, CUKSKIS, , AmMrm. m. - vwiuuiu, BOOTS AND SHOES, Ac, Ac, Ac, &c. BROCADES, HOSIERY. (OT Look out for our advertisements in this paper, as it will pay you to keep track of tho bargains we offer from time to time, and which shall be duly announced through the columns of the press throughout the State. Send for samples, estimatea on Dressmaking, Bridal Trosseaux, Housefurnishings, or any information our patrons may desire, which will be promptly furnished on application. p. S. Orders in answer to this advertisement please address to the "Retail Department, CHARLOTTE, IV. C. No other medicine Is so reliable as Ayer's Cherry Pectoral for colds, csughs, and all derangements of the respiratory organs tending toward consumption In all ordinary cases it Is a certain cure, and it af fords sure relief for the asthmatic and consump tive, even In advanced stages of disease. arsons enjoy tak- in2 Emory'l L.iuie uauinrui; The most delicate pe: Pills, give a wholesome appetite, put now life in a broken-down body. la cents. Luddington, Mich., Feb. 2, ISO. I have sold Hop Bitters for four years and there Is ho medicine that surpasses them for bilious attacks, kidney complaints and many diseases incident to this malarial climate. H. T. ALEXANDER. -FINE LOT OF- POTATOES and ONIONS, CABBAGE and APPLES, R. II. "J L. BERWANGER k Bl, HAVE JUST RECEIVED Dr. Scott's Brushes, Electric Tooth JUST ARRIVED Highest Kukri Price Paid fur Eggs. A J. BEALL. Just wed. The tariff acts of 1861-66 were practically war measures, calculated to meet the enormous drains incident to the Southern rebellion and the in terest on the large indebtedness of the Government growing out of these troubles. In the acts from 1874 to 1882 the general disposition was a re duction of duties to a lower standard, but at the same time in a spirit friendly to the interests of American industry and labor. Taking the act March 3, 1875, we find New England supporting the measure by eighteen out of her twenty three votes, the Middle States by forty-one out ot ner fifty-nine votes. On the other hand the Western States stood 42 yeas, 46 nays, or about an even division, with the odds against protection, and the South, 22 to 43, or about two to one against high duties. The Pacific State of California was divided, standing 2 and 8. The vote on the bill of March 3, 1883, as is known, was another move in the direction of lower duties and was accepted be tween the protectionists of both parties as a compromise on the ruin ously low rates proposed at that time by the free trade wing. - It will be re membered that the New England, Middle and WesteraStatea by a con siderable majority voted "for the bin, while the South voted nearly four to one against the bill, insting ! upon a tariff for revenue only. HaTI a Vflontnhta Htnfllan Hir Bmnwer f mD&rtS a fine gloss and freshness to the hair, and Is highly ecommended by physicians, clergymen and scelnt ists, as a preparauoD. accomplishing wonderful re sults. It Is a certjUn remedy for removing dandruff, make toe scalp white and clean, and restoring gray hair totts youtnft color. . . ' Horrort ef the Imqvivftlon. . The "inquisition" of olden time Inflicted horrible torments on us victims, such as siren -ati-klnde at tareHsooabte thanes ttwlr bones. - But -thw-trmiWTrt-were wnrw thjin thitfA whl.lvmm ttxnarimMKd bv rteonle wbo-now-avfier-fKNai muscular hiimatJ , Mr. L inartyr w muscular ; P fUler made your ir wr- BUCKWHEAT, BUCKWHEAT, BUCKWHEAT, Dr. Cutter's Improved Shoul der Braces. Flesh Gloves and Towels, Genuine Carls Vad Sails, Lundborg's. Marechal, Niel, Rose and P. & L's Extracts Sweet Gum and Mullein, AND A FULL STOCK OF Fresh Flower Seeds R. H. JORDAN & CO. SPRINGS' CORNER. Thirty Thousand Dollars Worth of CLOT AT PRICES THAT MUST TELL. facts. Every purchaser of CLOTHING will be fully, rewarded by calling ou u. No miswgreseataUon but It will pay each customer to purchase a suit and keep It until next season, as our redaction to fuQy Twenty-Five Per Cent- OATMEAJL, OATMEAL, OATMEAL, BREAKFAST BACON BREAKFAST BACuN BREAKFAST BACON HAMS. HAMS HAMS, DRIED BEEF, DRIKD BEEF DRIED BEEF, AT B1RNETT & ALEXANDER'S. Keep Out the Cold BY PUTTING IN RUBBER WEATHER STRIPS Ttis the very thing for putting on doors and windows to stop draughts. fill and see it. We are carrying the largest stock of HARDWARE in the State, and would be pleased to have your orders, Brown, Weddtngtoa k C0.1 WE HAVE TOO MANY GOODS ON HAND, AND IF LOW PRICES Is any inducement, we ask you to call on us. Vsry Respectfully, " " . . I.GADOQ CliOrmEJU Alf D TAILOBS. N. B Agents for the Celebrated Pearl Shirt. E. "NL.' ANDREWS HAS A LARGE AHD SEL-ECTjSTOCIt OP IF tIJ IB METE IE y Ine miiio ;uu t PACT Tk- Largest in ISte - Xm beard from the "TANSIES WJHCH" CIGARS ; !jeaihsd;b i fctrge majority-" tloa that creeps over the ofthe Ms"" as he puffs sway at one ot $TsnsuTs Fans. America's oaest 6 cent cigars. : .. r m h audi. riwJWi""" . rr-ni I 7i ion nmik: and- MMnmend Tansfll'S Pimnh" dears, hawse sC tkeir coin from tajtwtoB Austen mtrmt 7 i WkvOieaBleatX 4 AT LOWPBI CES; Cme.Bdlbe Costvlsiced, . or WrflsiJsV Get Price. . . ,... " C. ri o . .?f -bJ . SK tf "V i'l , Ziim(lt??v V-UJO: 7 O at tadOatB. ' - iulylMtf - uown to r eDruarv, - r tvedwlthibM
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