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VOLUME XXXII. CHARLOTTE, N. C, WEDNESDAY AUGUST 20, 1884. PRICE FIVE CENTS I- f.. -i ; i 13 ll IVeil ndthe or ex.. e-aged I ai,to ficefor I In Ha fceauti t, guar- work win be 1.00 by . Send heNa. which y crane lief It fa. The youth, AW? Dr. w". Mass.. tite dig- skill ol cla ty. LF aw4w CI a outh of ed to be plnest of fern ini- pi every Ipineson hbllc on faion a will be nd and inriation a, S. C. an I .pros. fit, hd4 kent of Js.'o. S.C. lie and bwards A them. by8y or m ana NS, Trial 14 4eajr poaT IS f the city. BoardlilS uly-Odfr editors jkruptcy. krict Court b a ecoui kknint Will ba, special bo o'clock, or the pur- sectiou, u. liDEN. jankrupt. Jijcj. xj..,h for fqmt mine o sell. The k given vuo I the "Taj 10 think J SON, . .adkto, en, Conn iwer to, aw Gin, CUTIS THE IS NEARLY OVJER. -:o: h lVe a few Summer Goods on hand that we are offering at very low figures, and if you are WE i ,S -.iiv to complete your Summer Outfits now la the time to buy. We are determined to close nt now irices will b any inducement. - SUMMER DRESS GOODS Very . ,t land 81 ic, White lawns, White Dimities, White B Muslins, White P K's, 4-4 Bleached UHni Mitts and (iloves at half price. Ladies' Linen Ulsters, 25c. Figured Linen Lawns for 15c. Dinistlcs. I. alll KIT It tou to buy one now for next summer. irti. ll. Cilll. 10OK at ""L sux?, nLiuua, just 'received some White and Pink Hon woi""' ALL SIZES, RGR smra SI ARRIVA MR WARMS! II OF 8 1-3 and 10c. GOOD DISCOUNT WILL GIVEN ON BOLT PIECES. BE mm And Seigle's Dollar Shirt fcvs Fit. ,G:ve Th m a Trial , Respectfully, T. L. SEIGLE. 80SQUITO Reached Domes n warne i We of mm km Can be furnished on application, wellj)acked to be shipped to friends out of the city on hoit notice. Orojers left at Qur store will be attended to and delivered promptly to any part of the city. i 14! REDUCTION Jit Me's, Tothgi'. W. KAUFMAN & Q(VSn Ik&Thi,. .. .. .. - wTu .w' ?"nne durin? the nvmn r... r, u'wuineai inducements, tne prices oi wSS!lTto3 station of sellirigchp. and e quote but fw nri. k,.i-..loo M EN'S G OneHnnrlnH rn. t. r, rn inn wutiie the money. To detail U the advinnuftintTflPinit.h promise to make prices asTow and in most cases W. KIXJKM: ATST& GO. ; fiETTR T. R. MAGILL, WHOLESALE GROCER 1 iND COMMISSION MERCHANT, ColleeeSu, Charlotte. ' .; "" Orders solicited and promptly filled. Cheap A large stock of Trunks and Tallses at low prices. ui jtuiiks ana vauses at low prices, we will sell it cheap. Special atten- ul buii , CHEAP. VESMLEMIMER. huiljeg. silk mis, e Latest Style SILK HATS, SILJC, MOELAIB and GINGHAM UMBRELLAS. Gents' hand-made and Machine Ladles', Misses' and Children's Shoes Qf best makes TRAVELING BAGS, -Trunk and Shawl Straps- JUST RECEPTEE!. -OF- Boys' and Children .... mui. ' 1. m ntfir in nvarr daoartmen oijwr. JJZtttfmAutaMiM wmca uYr otu " 'J.;m.kan, rnflflh! also of making a vlM " ourbUshraent PWb e. that fher reDresent the cheapness or we many tum- LOT M I3S Tt Wvnl Van', PoTltjl tl Bfl. SI. 75 and 1 2.00 1 WOTUl found in readiness would fill a page, " we renew r lower than caq be found In any other eswDusuiuw HOTKL CORJfEB. WEK.UDEVLOPOPATS 8tren&ld,rtc?. to an Interesting adwrment long run In our paper. In reply to Ingu"" wufsay that therels no evidence of humbug bo highly Indorsed. Interested rjersons may dlrculars gtylng aU rartteularf by adcresslng Jto. MEDICAL 0, i -nouu aiouiui m mbre TS an I S Illlllll I Co. SALE JanlQeodykwly : Terms of Subscription. I il : DAILY. Pereopy....,!...... One month (by mall) '...I Three month Oi mailt 6 cents. . 75 .$200 . 4.00 . aoo . Six months (by mail). "no jrooc IDJ man i .......... i !; WEEKLY. One-Tear f: Six months..!".""" ..$2.00 .. 1.00 UTarIaly in Adrance Free of "owtaj-e to all parte of the i United States. Speclnien copies sent free on application. SUbSCrfbers dratl-lnc t.hn HilHmaa nt thetr paper changed wm please state in their communl--atlon both the old and new address. - IlatfR nf AdTffrtMnir. ' One Sauare One time. i no- suh adrntinnni in. sertloii, Wc; two weeks, $5.00; one month, $8.00. A schedule; of rates for longer periods famished on application. Remit by draft on New York or Charlotte, and by roetofflce Money Order or Registered Letter at our risk. If sent otherwise we will not be responsible lor miscarriages. ANTI-MONOPOLY. Mr. Blaine claims to be an Anti- Monopoliisj;, notwithstanding the fact that throughout his whole career in the House of Representatives, and during hia short service in the U. S. Senate Ire was the mouth-piece, friend and champion of the great .railroad corporations who had favors to astc or schem to push through Congress. Driven byj the force of public senti ment, as ;voiced by the Democratic press and Democratic Representatives in Congress, the Republican party has been compelled to take position on the question of the extravagant squandering of the public domain, and nowjprofesses in its platform to be in favor of retaining public lands for the use and benefit of actual set tlers, who seek them for the purpose of cultivation and to make their homes -thereon. For twenty odd years, wnen tne Republican party had unlimited sway, it legislated away forj the benefit of railroad com panies, some in actual existence and others inf existence only on paper, millions fipon millions of the public domain, 'embracing some of the best mineral,! timber and agricultural lands, between the two oceans, and much of jthis time Jam&p G. Blame was a member of Congress, and help ed by his vote and advocacy to secure this legislation. More than that, it is showni by published letters over his own signature, whose authenticity neither e nor his friends attempt to deny, tbjat while Speaker he was personally interested in some of those enterprises, and that he used his in fluence tand power as Speaker to effect thf legislation which they desip ed. From the profits accruing from these "investments" he added very largely o hia bank account. It was his scandalous conduct in this matter which grayed such opposition to him whn a candidate for the Presi dency i 1876 and 80, and which has createdjl wide-spread and earnest opposition to him now by the Iude- pendenf element of his own party who ar most active and persistept in reiterating ana Keeping loose phargesj before the public. Mi', isiaine may pose as me cnam - pion of tne American looorer, as a champion of reform, as a high toned, progressive statesman, to none of which he has a just title, but when he pretlnds to be an opponent of monopolies in the face of hi record, he displays, an .ftinptnt p,f audacity nai surpasses mwg m mu reuuj4 pf false pretense. -f a- ----- The Philadelphia Press rises to remark: "MriBlaine's prompt, spirited and manlyfaction concerning the shame ful anq villainous calumny ot ine Indianjapolis Sentinel will receive the hearty; approvaJoi ms countrymen. All honorable Americana of 'every party yrill denounce' and loathe the dastard!, slander and will rejoice that Hr. Blaine has so vigorously taken the slanderer by the throat."- Precisely. But it will be remarked that the ".honorable" gentlemen who loathing of the "dastardly slanders - against Mr. Ulevelanq. it maKes a good deal of difference, it STS, whose! ox is gored ad wosg o does. Although r. B)aiae tod Mr. r "hj didn't th he wquld be a cead-iiead"if he was taken into a certain railroad scheme, he dead heads; it on the railroads when he travels, and helps his friends to dead head fby tendering his passes. At least hat is what he did when he was Speaker of the House of Representa tives! Good frracioas-' "Tlow Hard run the Blaineitea must be. The Cleveland scandal had no sooner played out than they revived the Morey letters of foiir years ago, and are trying to prove by Johnny Davenport thatMfc Bartfum, chau-manoi tneemocrauc .1 t t t TX 1J- tatipnai jommiiiiee, mttuueu. tucm n it! II As Dersevennar liars they are entitled to admiration. Sbnie of the Republican papers think it isjterrible toRlander Blaine because Blaine, is a married man and has children: and not SO oaa to sianaer Cleveland because Cleveland is W.helor. and it don't hurt so bad, Tbii is an original view, and a di9 tinction that shpwf that these gentie,: men are not entirely webuiuw u. genius. ' ' i 1 " . P. T. Barnum. the showman, it i said will take the Stump for Bjainp. Barnum sai4 & tya aitflbiogranhy that the reason he succeeded so. wei was because the American people wanted to be humbugged, and he did it. - Barnum and Blaine, not a bad team,. . It is denied that James G. Blaine was a member of the Know Nothing patty. V He was a member only by i proxy. His partner, j. 'Ju istepneuts entered the circle; but Jas.-C3v did his work on the outside.' " s :. t i preside oyer the Blaine l organs., vfer.6, very slow in tiiefe' 3ouptati6n and LOOK AT THESE FIGURES. They Tell why North Carolina is aud . Shoold be a Democratic State. In October, 1867, Hon. Kemp - P. Battle, then fublic Treasurer, re ported the State debt, principal and interest, at $15,238,040.50. In No vember, 1870, only three years later, Treasurer Jenkins reported the debt to bo $33,084,641.75. The Republicans Tiad been in be tween Messrs. Battle and Jenkins. and in the three years had added $17,846,601.25 to the debt. In 1870 the Democrats eot control of the Legislature, and whilst the State was in no condition, after three years of Republican misrule. to pay any of its debt, they prevent. ed any increase of the principal. They did reduce taxes, restore the common schools and recommence the construction of the Western North Carolina Railroad. By 1876, they had reduced State taxes to 29 cents. In 1877, the Democrats took entire charere of the State. They round the State debt, principal and interest, amounting to $41,788,710.45. The prospect of settlement seemed almost hopeless to creditor and debtor. But the debt has been settled satisfactorily to both parties interested. The State's six per cent bonds are selling at $108 to $110, and its four per cent bonds are rapidly approaching par, the interest on all being promptly paid. For the first time since 1869 a North Carolina bond has value, and our good old Treasurer, Dr. Worth, wishes il written on his tombstone long may it be before he has need of one ! that he caused to be effected the satisfactory compromise and settlement of the State debt. Under the system of county gov ernment, restored by the Democracy in 1877, the counties are nearly all in good condition; their large indebted ness, the results of the Republican misrule, nearly paid off; and in the seven years not a dollar of taxes has been lost to the Stat by default of any sheriff. The Western Railroad has been completed to the Tennessee line and has effected its connections with the railroad systems of the country ; and it is making rapid progress to its other terminus at Ducktown. It has brought into the State already two millions of dollars, and two millions more will be used for its completion. In the last year one million of dol lars has been brought into the State and expended upon the Cape Fear & Yadkin Valley Railroad ; and another million will go to the same road this year. The best equipped and most useful agricultural department in the South is anotner result or seven years oi Democratic rule. Ine system ot public schools is thoroughly reestablished. The university has been firmly re- esiaDjisneg, .Normal schools for both races are rovided for every section of the tate. Asylums for.white and black have been built and thoroughly equipped. In 1869 the State tax was 80 cents. For two years past the State tax has been 25 cents. This year there is no State tax. Who would chance? It is a good thing to reduce the people's taxes and to diminish the public expenditures when it can he done without damage tp. the people's interests ; hut alter au, the matter tor tne people to consiaer, ana wnicn sensible people do consider, is not how much has been spent, but how it has been spent, and whether mere has been spent than was necessary to the protection and advancement of the public interests. He who employs a man and pays him $1,000 a year to run his plantation, and at the end or the term pi service fjnds that there are no. crop returns, that his lands nave oeen auoweu to go to guuey, that his fences are down, his stock unfit far service, and hia barns and out houses gone to rack and ruin, is not likely to reemploy that man alter finding that a successor makes good crops, Keeps the land in trim, the stock in good working order and the buildings in good repair, even if the outlay to secure these profitable re- ?ultg were as great or even greater h'an that which had yielded him no returns and brought his farm to the verge of irreparable ruin, -" Twelve vears aero, this great "plan- tatioh,' North Carolina, had beep. fretty well "done for by ita high- priced Radical overseers. Today it is in better 'condition than ever- be- $6re,.yie.lds bigger and better returns and costs less than ever to. run it.' Who would change this state of things I W ho would r-employ the jtaaicai aupltcants WV- overseers pia. pesi 1 ' : f-t wwr Hen Butler on tCfts Words.' Gieneral Butler eives the following amusiiig explantiou of the origin of what ia generally accepted as a pro fane remark: " ... "The editor of the Boston Herald does not seem to know enough to be wicked when he wants to be. lie closes an article upon your humble servant in the Herald of Sunday as. follows: 'Can anybody Believethat a man with his record cares, a tinker's maieiMuviui ior tup yuivVa ut yw-y party!1 Jo.w ne eviaenuy ininss that a linker's dam' is a cuss word. Will you inform him that in the olden time when traveling tinkers went bout the country mending the holes in the tin kettles and pans he frequently found, qre. that was ragged and rusty., so that the' soldering iron would not take." and he was obliged to fill it up with a mass of solder. To keep that solder en masse over the hole while in the melted state he. was accustomed tq take some crumbs of bread and moisten them and make a little ridge around the hole with the moistened crumbs to hold the solder in its place as he melted it in. This was what was called a 'tinker's dam,' which he brushed . away after he finished as it was utterly useless. So, that our Pilgrim fat.her.8 used the words 'no$ worth a tinker' dam,' never, drsajning that they were pro fane. The editor of the Herald evi dently thinks that he has been niirnn.Inf. nil Vtia 1 1 f n rl,An Via hdan't and that he must' soften' the word down to 'inalediptiQn., Yours truly, : ; t'.tt$jAMI3 4f . Butler." A Remarkable Cure o Scrofula., William S. Baker, of Lewia. Vesu eaunty. In writes; as toUQws:; Mf son was taken with Sarof. uta Id the hip when only two years old. We tried several Dhyslclans. but the boy eot no relief from their treatment. NQtmlng yoqr Sopvlll's Saraapa rUla and Stullngla, or Blooa and Liver Syrup, re commmended so highly, 1 bought some of you In 1862. and continued taking It till the sores finally healed up. He is now 21 years of age, and, being satisfied that your medicine did him so much good when he used it. we want to try tt again in another case, and write to yon to get some more. - Don't fill the system with quinine In the effort to nrevent or cure fever and ague. Ayer's Ague Cure is a far more potent preventive and remedy, with me advantage or. leavmr in ute oouy uu puisojis hi produce dizziness, headache, and other; disorders. OFFICIAL Of the Annual Receipts and Disbursements of 1874 to RECEIPTS. o d .60 V .2 VS a od 8 0 603 " o.S o m a a a 1-874$ 100 $ 75.47 1875 1.00 841.01 1876 . .50 312.16 1877 .50 831.74 1878' .50 - 1,129.88 1879 .50 425.27 1880 65&.10 7.70 1881 .65 11,924.59 1882 .504.10 19,396.44 1883. 60 &. 10 555.40 1884 .90 &.10 M oj - Bgft U 9 $ 30,599.74 $ 42.881.26 27,879.79 28,824.19 25,309.86 24,830.07 36.225.29 34,120 93 - 35,977.00 J40,713.82 DISBURSEMENTS. -i a u o s & cS QOQ S 6 ft o . aw Q s a a . - o. a a a Q o a Q "a a -S - a x (a. 0Q o e8 - a 4 i 7,650.66 80,134.37 8,147.72 8,698.88 6,130.12 5,640.25 4,447.29 4,592.47 3,754 40 3,750.00 4,403.32 4,578.29 4,855.00 2,766.67 i 2,711.86 3,123.99 9,244 83 2,676.81 2,081.31 2,187.26 2,595.98 , 3,356.03 .8,475.09 2,658.32 3,738.15 2,215.31 6,162.60 2.401.56 2,915.00 3,302,40 3,509.20 6,652.16 T4.481.91 2,260.48 14,197.01 24,902.88 4.736.50 2,980.51 113,813.33 J7,91348 For Schools. tTax of 1880 and 1882 collected in 1883. t$2,734.87 of this sum collected from property owners on account of paving. H8792.96 paid by C. F. Harrison, former Tax Collector. Poll tax $2.00 except in 1874 and 1875 when it was $3.00. j Police force increased from six to eight. tPolice fo -ce ii ceu ed to ten. JPolice force increased to twelve, armed and equipped, and the guard house renovated. UThree reels purchased at $1-600, ordered by former Board. HThis does not include the school expenditures. CITY AFFAIRS. Annual Report ot the Mayor, City Clerk and Treasurer, and Tax Cot- lector, of the Receipts and Disburse ments for the Fiscal Year Ending May 12th, 1884. Gkntlkmtsn or the Board of Aldkrmkn: It was my intention to have submitted to you at your regular monthly meeting In June, a review ot the transactions of the city government during the year, ending the 12tk day of May, 1884. At that time your attention was given to the consideration of more lroportant matters. Believing that such a review may be of interest to you, I now beg your indulgence ior a snort tune: FD1ANCIA1.AITAIBS. The Dresent administration took charze of the city government on the 12th day of May, 1883. By rererence to tne report oi we treasurer vou wiu find that the amount of cash on hand at that time was CfiRfL4n. Thft debts outstanding against the city, which have beentpald by this Board, amounted to Sb.iS4.70. mere was aiso a Donuea aeut oi $10,000, created for the purpose of building the Market House, In the year 1870. These bonds will not be due until 1890. They bear eight per cent. Interest, which Is paid semi-annually. Within a few davs after our official existence began, we found that we werejwithout money, lnjdefet, and in the pos session oi large contracts ior lajiug stone ana ones pavements. The former board recognizing the ne cessity Qf Improving the sidewalks In a permanent and systematic way, made these contracts when there was eighteen or twenty thousand dollars in the treasury. Afterwards there was a call for build ings and grounds for school purposes, and they used a great part of the money in purchasing and improving tne uarotina miliary uisuiute propcri. I do not condemn nor criticise their actl-n, but mention these facts only to show how you succeed ed to the contracts and not to the money. The finance committee seeing the necessity ior a targe Increase of the revenue In 1883 recommended a corresponding Increase In the rate of taxation. You rejected their recommendation and levied a tax of 60 cents on the Ijiindred dollars value ot property tor general pjUTposes, and ten cents for school purposes. T$e receipts for general purpo ses' amounted to $21,143.44 and for school purpo ses to $3,523.90, this being a payment on property oi assessed or returned value of $3,5-8,&G7. The Income was inadeauate for both general and school purposes. Ton appropriated the fines of the city court, $1,841.50, and the superintendent's house to the use of the school; thus making the revenue for school purposes amount to more than 15 cents on the $100 value of property, and reducing the general fund in proportion. Several times within the last ten years tb city tax has been 50 cents oja the $100; but the city government has new "been administered upon the revenua arising solely from that rate of taxation, In J8T6 the rate was 60 cents, and the total receipts $37,'?94,09, The rate was the aama UVW?, and the total receipts $31,-IS&.atfi-the rate was ine same In 1878, and the total receipts $36,788,oa the rate was the same In ltsi), ana tne total receipts 2d,oui..b. zou wui Observe that without charging the rate of taxation In four years the annual receipts had fallen off more than $12,000. This was mainly due to the fact that In 1876. there was collected from fonet tax books, $9,602.14, and In 1877, tbe Monof $2, 603.46. Bmt the taxes, fca, ejected annually had fallen off more than sa,wu, while the rate oi taxa tion ww ttrichaneed. In 1876 the receipts from the yrwaa$K,879.79-ln W7.7 $28,3244-lh ISW$a609.86 Iff 1879, $.4,830.07. In these f years tne expenditures ww itmvu and permanent unprbvements ware necessarily stopped. With the history of these years before them the Board oi Airmen In lJSSO letted, a tax of eo cetiUto gnerpUrrkjM ana 10 eente, toy cnool nu iuTDbseS, and m ibbi a tax oi w ejsnu k geBeraf puposes. A tax of 50 cenfei was tnade quale in itsa -io, -woir oi an equate how. It is true tnal Id he grossly tnad- come of the city has increased vdljhthe increase of foe assmed property-; imi tM iaowhwiww nrw uumuuuo iiseW money have lnoreaaed more rapidly h Inraime. ' For Instance, the water works. anewlhstltuUowW eoet the city, the present vear. ts.7iin whieh is eaulvalent to a tax o: ji more than 10 cents on the $100 value of property . 1A Krhlch Is mora than 15 cents on the 1100: the cost Of sprink ling and lighting the streets is about $4,750, which. is equivalent to a tax oi more wuau xo wu ''"v $100. The expenses of the city have IpjBreased very rapidly within the last two years bn account of the water works, schools, adtUtlonai lights, ln crease of the polk torea, extensivejvork on the streets, S0. , ws., wane tne mcrease u uie wnoapou vnniA at nrAnptr.T nns oeen smaii. - The transaetlonslof the past year show the Virge ex penditure of $50,510.42, which l n.alnU accounted for by the outlay upon SWeRgtrjafint. In im thn -Tnnndltiiiwa amounted to t56.66i.72. and 1875 to 456,538. 4S, In 185. the tax was $1 on the $100 value of property, and $3 on the pou. Tne raxes, a nnii.nj nr the vear. amounted to S42.88l.26, and the taxes collected from former tax books ft.hn niit.inn nf which ' had been enloined-t, amounted to $13,118.38. making the tota) (eoatpta $u6,840.65. Tne xpenaiturea. M eeiure were 456.528.49. Time has ahowtt that the Board nr .ifirnAn acted wiser irk 1875 in levying a large tax. and rractiaedvood economy In expending it iifi i nri tTmfl will show that the city eov ernment was administered in 1882 and In 1883 with, as much economy as in leio. STREETS AND smjAJJa, The sum oi $34,902. &S 1 been expended In this denartment. Thlslnclui i hvdrant rental, llahta the cost of erecting 25. gas losta. the cost of the rvMrtmmif irrom mat time unni tne rail ol loot. the operations upon the streets extended little be yond ordinary repairs. Even the sidewalks on our mam streets were not paveu. ia iuij u'cw of winter the streets were ligh.cl tw a Jew apurs, hnt for ten vears the lishts were shut oil "from the first day of June until the 3ar of the. moon toJ&P- RtrAnts aud that you are determined to continue tne huuu work beetin by our predecessors, unanone, une nr i.hft u towns of the South. . can no looser af ford to practice false economy, and deny to trade anA tnffip. enmfnrtahla naassee over her Streets. Tha county authorities have at last realized the Importance of improving the county roads; and if tKifv ant With determination and wisdom, wo may expect A new era of prosperity tor our city. During the past year nearly 16,000 feet w atone pavoment has been, laid at a TOt of 40 cents per toot, and 4 BBS aaiiare varda of brick navement at a cost Of 50. cents per Square yard. The city contributed one half of the cost of this work, but paid for the whole of it, and is now collecting a half of the cost from thA nnnara nf -th nhntlln? nrorjertT. Fourth street has heen maoadamlzed between College and the cotton platform, and two additional entranoea tn tha nlat.fnrm nrnvldnd for. Church street. B street ana iounn street nave Deen kiwicu. ! Graham atraet. Ponlar street B Street and Fouith atrAAt hnva nann widened. Twenty tWO BtOlie crossings have been lard, and a number of wooden bridges have been removed and stone culverts sub- Oituted in wetr steao. - - i " POLICX DEPARTlCEriJ, szX?- Z.Kear the beginning of this aanJtnlBetlon yon elected two additional policemiV, ana placed the police force under tbe' llD.KV9dlate supervision ot a Police Commission. The policemen were furnished with pistora, Mils, billies, nippers, etc., ana were relieved of all duties except such as strictly per tained to their office. The fores was divided Into two squads and a sergeant placed over each,) that : nugnt oe in cnargja at ait tuneo. STATEMENT the city of Charlotte, from 1884. o a 2 O aa - o as Er 8 a So o 8I-; u & e u s 2.2 Hoi U D 2,300.00 13,118.38 9,602.14 S 32,975.21 56.840.65i 37,794.09 2,603.46 : 348.28 246.50, 935.20 31,759.39 26,788.02 25,501.84 37,168.19 46 232.43 57,119.12 42,315.66 176 91 1,745.68 11,046 94 t6.114.01 8,676 40 a l- CS 03 p. bo a w 'S.9 n-a m a l-i to 3-S at a B m t-i a I 2.57043 2,063.30 1.277.18 1.408 42 2,104.09 1.46631 2,025.49 1,586 60 24,413.33 2,070.88 $ 11,987.29 32,134 20 56,528.49 36,962.35 30,629.51 26,362.79 25,49414 25,243.60 26,825.99 1156,563.72 1150,510.42 13,932.55 12,456 96 11,228.92 7,654.19 7.412.82 7,583 64 8,929.84 6,933.97 8,300 65f changes have been attended with good results. The order of the city was never better. Rowdyism and gambling are rare offences. Larceny and the greater crimes have almost entirely disappeared from tbe docket of the city court. Tbe policemen are exemplary in their habits, gentlemanly in bear ing and faithful in the discharge of their duties. The cost of this department for the year was $7,913.48. This included $955.89, the cost of reno vating the city prison. The old station-house was without ventilation, dark and filthy in the extreme. It was cruel to confine a human being in it for a single night. The new prison Is well ventilated, secure, clean and convenient It is divided Into eight cells, -each of which is supplied with a water closet. It Is perhaps the best city prison In the State. FIRE DEPABTMKNT. The fire department has been prompt in the dis charge of duty, and have never failed to extinguish a fire, when water could be secured. There are now 74 hydrants distributed through the city. With a well equipped department and a sufficient pressure from the water works we need fear no extensive flres The cost of the department for the year was $3,509.20. This Includes the cost of three reels ($1,600) ordered by the former Board. The fire men deserve the thanks of the city for their faith ful voluntary services. HEALTH and SAKTTABT BKPABTHENT. The sanitary arrangements of the city are far from being satisfactory. This Board should adopt some ptan oy wnion tne nitn and garbage may be removed from the city. The death rate among the white people has been steadily decreasing for four years. In 1880 there were 91 burials In JCimwood cemetery; In 1881, 84; in 1882, 77, and in 1883, only ox, or aoout ii per tnousana CEMETERIES. Elmwood and Plnewond cemeteries have bean well kept Dr. Scarr, the keeper of Elmwood, has added greatly to the heautv of the cronnds. Ha haa dlsplayed good taste ia all his work. The old lake nas peeu ruieu up and a flower garden laid off on the spot At no distant day Klmwood cemetery Will need to be enlarged. There are now only 80 lots unsold, and neany all of these are located en a hill -side or in a low valley. From 10 1 12 lots are sold annually. A number of persons have made application for the purchase of lots, but alter ex amination have declined to purchase such as are now for sale. The receipts from the cemeteries for the year amounted to $1,017.05. The expense to $3,509.20. PUBLIC SCHOOtS. Charlotte mav well be nroud of her Graded Schools. The people have elected an intelligent ftndeflfcient board of commissioners, who have spared neither time nor trouble In their efforts to make the schools all that they should be. They have been fortunate In the selection of a thor oughly competent superintendent and a corps of euucateu teacners. a visit to tne scnoot rooms will persuade any unprejudiced mind that the work is done well. For a full account oi tne man agement and cost of the schools, I refer you to the report of the superintendent - , FFiCKB8 The officers of the city are faithful and accom modaUng in the discharge ef their duties. I rec ommend that you adopt an ordinance, requiring all ot the officers and committees connected with the administration of the eity government io file for pblleatlon annual reports of the workings of theft respective, departments. In conclusion, I tender my acknowledgments for the assistance you have rendered me in tbe dis- cnarge ine outies or ine omceoi Mayor, and thank yon lor the uniform courtesy you have ex tended rue as your presiding officer. ueapectiuiiy submitted, , WILLIAM 0. MAXWELL, ' ; Mayor. 8TAKDIKG COMMITTEES Committee on Finance Silencer. Osborns. Ward and Maxwell. Committee on Sewers and water Works-Wilkes. Watts, Spencer and Maxwell. committee an Streets and sidwalks Maxwell. Watts, WUkea, Long and Robertson. CommlMee on Ordinances Osborne. Wilkes. Bcijprtson and Maxwell. - Committee on Lamps and G&s Klgler, Ward, Blxby, Spencer and Maxwell committee on lre llenartment Lone. Blxby. Stauffer-and Maxwell, ' committee on cotton ward. uisier and San ders. Committee on Cemeteries and Public Grounds Robertson, Saunders and Stauffer. committee on Health Wilder. Blxby. Robertson and Osborne. Committee on Graded Schools Sanders. Big lerand Watts, : . TREASURER'S STATEMENT. Beeetnts and disbursements from May 12.1883. io may Ia, tnvii CasbonhandUajl&lSa. $ 555.40 From C. F. Hartlsou. tax collector, bnl-' anceoi taxes, lor 1882. as rer settle ment with t tnance Committee. 343.28 From same for paving amd dray licence 449.68 rrom same as cmei or ronee. court nnes . and cost - 971.69 From Chief of Police (H. H. Hill actlnei. court fines and cost, v 98.40 From D. P. Hunter, street commissioner. sale of old onaie. l.cu Cemetery lie i lartuieii t-tiMM of lots and other receipts, 1017 Do Cotton Tax Denartment 4.522.90 From W, B. Gooding, tax collector. 34.365.76 Jfrom nercnanis s farmers navi nana, ii.Ma.ttt $48,974.32 1,536.10 Balance due bank on overdrafts. . Total, IHsbursemaiU 50,510.42 Street Department Cemetery Department $21,602.88 2.489.20 1.6O0.( 2,267 72 383 67 Street Com'r and two Cemetery Keepers, Fire Department Hornet Fire company,. Pioneer ' " - Ind. H. andL. " Neptune- ' " ' . Printing and Stationery, Police Department, Police Salaries,- ' Contingent and Building Department ' Cotton Tax Department, . Salary Department, Interest Department. - Amount of court fines and cost turned over to the Graded School, by order of of the Board, to January, 1881 ' ?- 482.84 411.93 27.17 ' S!00.73 1.B07.38 6,006 10 2,070.88 2.816.98 - 2.53S.64 1,099.21 1,970,09 ii Total, . ' t : :, L Ttr$S $50a610.42 ; REPORT Ctrtt&5 COLLECTOR. . J" t ' :V- ' CABMTII, N.tt. Aug. I8t,1884. w. (&mvin,:ityort 'i- Dear Sir I have' the honor' to submit Che fol lowing report of all money collected by me for the year ending May ii, um: . - Taxes collected on Drooerty and doUb '83. S 25.873. 44 Same for former years,- - -v - - - 2583 Special taxes. 1888,. t -f J 11AJ4J1 Amt collected on aoct paving sidewalks, 2,734ii7 TotaL - v - i $40491.18 very respectruiiy, your ooeaient servani. , , W. B, tiOODLNtt. Tax Col)oetor. SEVENTH WEE1 OP c mm And no cessation in the jargaios and Attraetions -OFFERED mm mm f This week we will offer 50 pieces 10-4 Bleached Sheetings ai .50 c. per yara wortn 6b cents. 1 case full sized 11-4 Quilts at Qailts at $1.50. 5 pieces 64-inch Table Damask, every thread warranted flax yarn at 50c per yard, positively worth from 75 to 80. A new line of Oriental Laces and "Craisrsaul Laces" for yoking8, the latest thing out and Lafe' Linen and We are offerinsr special barsralns this week in I.adies' Linen and Mohair Ulsters for travelling. IMPORTANT TO Special Reduction in 25 Dozen Genuine Freneh rom $2 00 to $1.25. Id Dozen English Percale Shirts marked down from 81.75 o $1.00. 10 Dozen Fancy Colored Shirts, everv one well made and finished, worth $1.25, marked down to 75 cents. All the above Shirts have two i r Sume TVe are now offerino snmfi TnTf.ranrrlinfl.rv TJanrainn in Rum mer Weight Underwear at prices that will astonish you. ti 1 TT TT 11 ' n a i vreniB ohk. ana Ajinen tianaKercnieis, tjcents' sonars ana Cuffs. Gents' Hosierv and GlovesA Gents' Neckwear and Jew elry, all the very latest styles at Wittkowsky & Baruch, ' CHARLOTTE. N. C. ft Tail Endof tie REMEMBER OUR $7,50 All Woo! Cassimere Suit. Our Striped Summer Suit We are now Felling at $1.50; sold every where for $2.50 We are eivlne the public the benefit of such goods, changes to the Northwest A guarantee of lower prices than any other house Vry respectfully, L. BERWANGER MR0T IER, L13AD1IVG CIOXniERS 'AllD,TAliLO).i;";-:'VV'" , EF"Agents for Pearl Shirts. . ; ' ; ; -; ; ; ; L ' '-. '! THE FURNITURE DE-ALEB, -. ; ' : t S rh. 1 i s r i h-i 6 .G f o A- CO, 3 cv f THE - M AT i HARliCH'S. 98 cents, woold be cheap at very stylish and eooi GENTLEMEN, Gents' Furnishings Percale Shirts marked down collar and cuffs detached. extremely low prices. so you can wear them even when the wind In the State can always be had at CO.. tr1 s O I Mohair nderwear. if f Hi k . I -. J : I 'i. i -9- i - t--. 'vl mit: 1 i t. t V I i: I i f , ? t, i t - J r .
The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, N.C.)
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Aug. 20, 1884, edition 1
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