Volume xxxryv
CHARLOTTE, N. C THURSDAY JULY 23, 1885.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
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q 000 yards 12J and 15c. Dress Ginghams" and Seersuckers
the umtorm price of 9ci per yard. .India Linens. - P. KJ&
feed 'way down. Eemnants iifi;WTiite'-,Gbs.''of.-2 to 5 yards
Salf price.' ' ;f " ;' ,
rice Strictly !
Tmrra. like tee suw.. 80jnrmtEs submits to
BB OBSCURED, BXJT, LIKE THJK SCK, ONLY JOB A
Subscription to the Obserrer.
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Single copy : ; scents.
By the-week tn the city....; -
By the month.... 75 '
Three months " " " i2. 00 T '
Slxmonths.; . '""'4no-,'t
One year. 8loO ; -'
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Three months.. ".;r...i.. 50 cents.
Stx months.. ..................-.. ....$1.00
One year 1.75
i In clubs of five and over J1.5U.
If o Deviation From These Rules
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Subscriptions always payable In advance, not
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rr not three pieces yet of that 7c Percale, .32 inches wide. A few pat
f Summer Silks at less than cost." Large stock Mitts and Gloves at
terns 01 o aDOve eoods must and will go. Prices and goods show
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for themselves. '
Ladies Opera Slippers,
Arr Made Clothing, and Low-Quartered Shoes- awful cheap. We are
Ictk and daily mark down goods at prices to close them out. Come.
SMITH BUItDOO.
Just received Buttertck's Fashion Sheets.
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CORSETS ! ! !
Ask for Warner's and have
no other. A fall stock of the
following brands constantly
on hand : .
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Flexible Hip,
Latest
Every lady is respectfully
invited to call and examine
our stock of Kid Button
Boots. A large and elegant
line of hand sewed Kid But
ton and French Kid Boots,
the finest and best that are
made. ; (We always show the
best that are made.)
Health,
Nursing,
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A nice assortment of Ladies'
and Misses' Opera Slippers.
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KID LOW BUTTON, ;
NEWFORT TIES, -
- OPERA SLIPPERS,
'- " AND SANDALS.
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i'. .No finer line has ever been
shown in this market and our
prices are always as low as
elsewhere.
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ful and prompt attention.
I Alma Polish for fine shoes
is the best and nicest.
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vnt hoaitiitA to sat t.hfl nftODle have confidence In
rar assertions having f ndeavored at all times during our eiperlence In business to state only iacis. we
ciptci io retire irom business, and our i ,
ENTI R E 3 TO C K
JUbe closed out at prices that must be known tojbapecla
uiiA.a wui do sold regardless 01 value. L.aoies snouia not iau iu vw ----
7 Department. We have a lew White Robes that must be sold at once. ; ' : ; '
, Special attention will be given this week to the sale ol Table Linens, Napkins, Shirtings and Sneet
togs. Linen Pi low Casing. &c. -
Great bargains in Hosiery and Gloves, Ladles' Linen and Mohair Ulsters, Dress Goods, Lawnso;, ,
very respectfully, ' ,
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THOMAS: K-..Or-REY-' CO.
25 S. CHARLES -STREET, BAUTI MORE, MD. ;
PURE OM i LEHHER; BELTING;
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AjUl Deal ova oifnnnn .rJlw-i i 'Wrirt i.tTftSTl.' JfcA'.f.ntj! i
(r.. .rtT-w w nrrnT; SUPPLIES &c
TB . ' ' ' .el . m Mw mm m m m , - . .
; Boston beiti ng ; uo. s
i -Rubber Belting'
f lHoyt's Leather Belt.:
Hi ll 'Yerno,n .siting. '
If Joseph Noohes! Sons
i Roller, Slasher and f
Clearer! Cloth.
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LABOR QUESTIONS. .
There are two-things of which che
laboring men of this country com
plain with some justice. One is the
employment of convicts on public
works where contracts are given to
men who hire convicts from the pen
itentiaries, and who because of ?the
cheap labor they control? oan under
bid contractors who do not use such
workmen. A case in point, which
has attracted public' attention. : and
called forth a protest both- from
builders and workmen is the post-
office at, Peoria, .Illinois, , where the
contract for the work was given to a
firm which controls a number of con
victs, hired at nominal figures from
the State, penitentiary, and which
proposes to employ this force' in the
work. Protests were sent : to the
Secretary of the Treasury, but he de
cided that he had no right to refuse
the contract to the lowest bidder, for
this reason, nor had he any right to
say what kind of labor should be
employed. This may all be, but the
friends of honest labor, of the skilled
mechanics who are thus deprived of
employment j assert that the Secreta
ry of the Treasury has discretionary
power, arid there is nothing in the
aws governing such matters which
requires him to consider the bids of
men who employ convicts. Among
these is Mr. A. B. Mullet, for a num
Der.oi years supervising arcnicect or
the Treasury, who in a : letter to the
Secretary; says:' ' - -
"If. it is true, as stated, that the
supervising architect, submitted ior
your decision, as a new ; or unsettled
question, - and he k could submifcr 1 1
properly on no other grounds, : the
right of employers of convict labor
o compete with honest labor for
work under; your control, he demon
strated thereby his unfitness for the
position he holds, and convicted him
self of gross ignorance, of corrupt
intent or of treachery to you. There
is neither law nor custom which re
quires you to accept such a proposal,
and so far as 1 am aware, no instance
when such an award was made by
your department. The simple fact is
that, there is no statute law that com
pels you to accept - or reject any pn
posals for work performed by con
vict labor; indeed any other rule
would render honest competition im
possible as a moment s consideration
will show. If therefore the solicitor
of the treasury as reported, has in
formed you that v there - is no law
which authorizes you to reject such
a proposal, he has correctly stated
the facts in the case. But, as before
stated, there is no statute law that
requires its acceptance, while the
custom of the department, the potent
but unwritten laws oi trade, as well
as public policy, . alike ; required its
rejection. In conclusion, permit me
to call your attention to the fact that
the ability of a bidder to furnish the
desired quality of work must be as
certained before his claim to be the
lowest bidder can be determined. . It
is absurd to pretendthat the Same re
sult can be attained by convict labor
as by the employment of t: killed me
chanics. I can . see, therefore, no
view of tho case under which the bid
in question was entitled to considera
tion. I therefore trust, Mr. Secretary, 1
that you will set the seal of your o ra
cial and personal . condemnation on
this attempt'to degrade and pauper
ize honest labor by promptly reject
ing the bid, and prohibiting your
subordinate rrom considering such
proposals.
Protection . , of honest American
labor is one of the planks in the Dem
ocratic platform, v and honest labor
needs protection quite as'much f ronx
convict labor at home as it docs from
pauper labor, as it. is sometimes call
ed; in Europe, Neither the National
nor the" Stat governments should
make themselves parties to this syB?
tern,;. which takes the bread from the
mouths of honest tollers, whose labor
is their support. v s , . 5
s The other cause of complaint is the
importation by corporations 01 gangs
of cheap laborers from Europe to take
the place pt home laborers who des
mandreasonable compensation for the
work done: " Thousands of these
imported laborers have been brought
into the country within the past few
yearsesulting in; disturbance , and
riots and infinitely "more loss in
money to the business interests and
to thecommunities' where the trouble
038 - than all the profits realized
from the cheap s labor. -1 It , is some
what remarkable, too. that after these
imported laborers have been.1 a little
while in the country they ! strike" for
increased pay and become harder; to
manage and more. exacting than: the
most unreasonable of the men whose
places they take. With' the past ex
perience it is likely that, the importa
tion of that i kind .of labor i will be
abandoned as a bad experiment. -
1 Barnum's f elenhant "Albert" : be
came unmanageable,' and .killed ) ins
keeper at Nashua, N. H., last - Satur
day. He was taken out into a ravine
near town, where he was ' securely
chained to f ur trees. Then theloca-.
tion of the brain and heart were in
dicated by cbalk marks on the ' skin,
and thirty tjiree members of a milw
tary company- were, invited, to try
their marknhanship on him at a .dis
tance of fifteen paces. They fired at
the word and the elephant fell dead
without a struggle. He was thirty
years old aifd valued at $10,000 while
he behaved liimself . ! '
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Monster
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A report from the frontier says the
young Cheyenne warriors go .' out
well mounted, -with (the best kind, of
arms on the pretense of hunting game
and come back with worn out ponies
and old muskets, having secreted the
good horses and arm3 for use when j
open nosunues Deginj xue question
arises, where do they' find 'all. these
played out horses and worthless old
arms? 5T ' . - . . ' '
' W. G. SeArs, a well known engi
neer, of Chattanooga, Tenn., has per
fected a new cotton picker, which, , it
is expected, will revolutionize the
method now in vogue. The inven
tion is expacted to do : the work of
thirtyria ve pickers and will cost about
$500. Unlimited capital is said, to be
ready for the practical, tests" of Mr
Sears' invention;
t The NewYork Sun says that John
Roach, the shipbuilder, norwithstand
ing his assignment, is not a bankrupt
by any means, and that he owns two
dollars for very one he owes. ;
i The NewiYork WorW, having near
lv finished Raisin g the" $100,000 Bar-
thoti peaVstar fund' f "I'sstarting a
little war on Wm. H. Vanderbilt,
the R R. king.
! Joseph Kist the other day jumped
from the bridge at Sc. Louis into the
Mississippi river, a height: of ninety
feet and swam ashore. ' '
: Wm. H. Vanderbilt says the New
York Central owns $50, 000, 000 , worth
of real estate in New York City, and
twice that amount in the State.
Divorce in Brooldyn.
The New York World of yesterday
publishes lenethv, particulars of an
aliegea aivorce case, oi w muu tue
folio winer is the substance : Mrs. mary
Francis Raymond instituted- suit a
few weeks ago in the Court of West
chester county for divorce - from. her
husband, Mr. James K. itaymona.
On Saturday last the case was trans
ferred to the Court of Kings County,
and trial will be had in September.
Mrs. Ravmond asks for a divorce on
the ground that her husband has
been unduly intimate with other
women, and she also declares that he
has failed to support her. in nis an
fiwer Mr. Ravmond makes a counter
charge, of the same character, i He
denies everv allegation preferred in
the application, and asks that a di
vorce be grantea him on me grouuu
that his wife ha3 been ; unraunxui
Mrs. Ra mond is a daughter of Sam
uel SN.' Hoy t, of. Brooklyn, and is
said to be heiress to at least a minion
She is also said to be a niece Of Gen
W. T. Sherman It is further stated
that the couDte were married in one
of the most fashionable churches in
Baltimore about1 six years ago, the
wfiddirier being an unusually brillian
one. Mr. Raymond is represented to
have been a favorite in .Baltimore anu
Washington society. , ,
Three Bars of Silver Missing from
the Mint. -
An 'invftstiVation of the condition
of the Philadelphia Mint since the
Mr TTnx has developed the
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fact of the loss of three oars ot sil
ver, valued at $1,900. Last .winter a
bar was missing and a man detected
in New York trying to enecu a uegu
tiation for its disposal. The bar was
recoered through - a New York
house. There are certain allowances
made for waste in coining, ana ior
time it was claimed that these shorts
ages were in extra waste. E01""
cial inspector was sent from- Wash-.
ington to invesUgate me mawi, ouu,
Uo. tMii.u. maa na above stated. . lhe
loss of the bullion is attributed , to
theft, w ' .i. ' -
' Gents, to make a good appWmw.'snouid Have
shapely looking feet : Fine fitttoJ! shoescori;
tniPtPd nn wtantific DrlnclDles-, co ?er up delects,
anA t thA aam Hm dftveluD all tHe gOOd points
to one's feet. For these reasons, andfora!!,a?J
comfort, always ask your dealer for the aisan
shoeby far the best .ever "made. . A. K BA
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13, 1885
THIS GIGANTIC SALE OF
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LINENS,
TOWELS AND
SHEETINGS
Will prove the most tempting, the most startling, the most profitable to the
public, while its shock to competition will be terrific. lhe' prices we will
offer goods at will be fairly amazing, for regardless of cost or value we shal
clear out every department in order to make room for Fall Importations.
uome eany ana see tne Dargamsinat await you.
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Our great sale continues all this month. Our variety 'is not'confined to
ODD SUITS, nor are the sizes limited. We have all sizes and styles.It may h
be of INTEREST TO -YOU to . ' r v ' . .
LOOK THROUGH THIS PRICE LIST.
' One Hundred Men's All-Wool Suits, Sack and Frock, at $6.50, worth tlO-00, $12:00 andT$li.0e."
One Hundred Pairs Men's All Wool Casslmere Pants at $1.50, $2.00 and $2.25, worth $2.50, ;
$3.25, and $4.50.. , , . ' , '
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Seersucker Coats and' Vests in very large -varieties, which we offer forlesS
than they can be bought for elsewhere, -ntt!
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We Intend to close out at a' great sacrifice, A full line of , '; ..
& BEO. agents for Charlotte.
leblldeod
Gents' Furnishing -Goods; : ,
One Hundred Dozen Gents1 Summer Scarfs, 6 -for 25 cents; It will pay to
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UEADIWG CX,OTlilEIZS, CENTRAL HOTEL COEXEB.
Cheap- Lots For Sale. ;
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I offer for sale Eight Lots 50x200' feet, lying ji
the northwestern corner of the elty (outside the
city limits) and north of the cemetery, cheap.
Any one wishing to secure a cheaplot, would do
well to call soon, as the, prices at - which they are
oaered means Quick sales. COCHBJLNK, r
may38dtf t . '- t . . . Manager. ,
B. S. MYERS,
' Broker and . CoiaiaisfloaIIcrctiat.
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