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CHARLOTTE; N. C. FRIDAY, JULY 24,-1885.
PRIC5E FIVE CENTS;
TO GET SOIVIE GOODS CHEAP.
q 000 yards 12 J and 15c. Dress Ginghams and Seersuckers
.L fliritorm price of 9c. per yard. .India Linens. , P. IL's
' ted way down- Remnants in White Goods of 2 to 5 yards
.t half price. . ;: .. ' '. ,-. : . -
ace Parasols at Half Price Strip
or three pieces yet of that 7ic Percale, 32 inches wide. A few pat
p Summer Silks at less than cost., Large stock Mitts and Gloves at
L 11. The above goods must and will go. Prices and goods show
Opera Slippers,
J themselves.
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I . irA riinthiner. and Low-Quartered Shoes awful- cheap. We are
(v stock," and daily mark down goods at prices to close them out.- Come.
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Truth, likk thk sirs, somkthmrs smmnrs -m
BK OW3CUBKD, BUT. LIXB THK smi, OVT.Y Tffrn t
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Subscription to the Observer.
:i v. - v ; DULY EDITION."
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oy tue week in Uib ciiy........
ine monio . ....
Three months..;....... . ,;
Six months. .....-,.......
One jeaf. "
, , , 4 WEEKLY EDITION.
Tlumonths.:......;....L.t........ 50cents-
on months.;....... ' .... . linn
11 emus cu nve ana over L50.
Wo Deviation From These Rules
SabsciiDttons alwaTs
only in name but In fact. . , -. . . : ,
.. Scents.
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75 .
...$200 :
.. 4.00
... 8.00
Just received Butterick's Fashion Sheets.
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CORSETS ! J !
Ask for Warner's and have
Jo other. A lull stocK .oi tne
-allowing brands constantly
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latest
Nursing
A nice assortment of Ladies'
and Misses' Opera Slippers.
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-f
ton and French Elid Boots,
the finest and best that are
made. ( We always show the
best that are made.)
KID LOW BUTTON,
NEWFOET TIES,
- " OPERA stlPPERS, -t-'i
AND SANDALS.
No finer line has ever been
shown in this market and our
prices are always as low as
elsewhere.
Orders by mail have care
ful and prompt attention.
. Alma Polish for fine shoes
is the best and nicest.
Peiram
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THOMAS K. CAREY CO.
25 S. CHARLES STREET, BALTIMORE, MD.
MANUFAC
TURERS
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PURE OAK LEATHER BELTING
kid Dealers lu RUBBER msTrTVrflACItIIVG. HOSeI &c.' " ,
COTTON,: WOOLEN aiitl SAW MILL SUPPLIES, &c.
Agents :
j Boston ; Belting; Co.'s
-u W . rvuDDer Deiting'
Sr !Hoyt's Leather Belt. '
'liMt: Vernon Belting.
SfeSE'-MI Joseph Noones' Sons
U -,;rtil 1 Ho er S asher and
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T; K. Earle's Card
Cfothing, 6tc
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WE BEDIEIYE
fcieSteiSHg endeavored at all times during our experience In busln-si to state only facts. We
E N T I R E S T O C K
l0l? at prices tliat niust be known td Wappfecfated. :. Our remaining ? took of mmi
nita2,.BU a regardless of valn: J T,nfl ahmilrt not fall to examine ourvaiie brcooBU iu wui
I ,"uunent. We have a few White Bobes that must be sold at jnce
5S2S Mnntl9,n wlu be given thVweek'tb the sale of Table Linens, Napkins, Shirtings and Sheet
?feat bargains in Hosiery and Glovss.LadleV Llnenfand Mohair Ulsters, Dress Goods, Lawns, &c
very respectfully, t . . -. j j ' . -
GElfEBAL GRANT DEAD.
Geoeral Ulysses 6. Grant breathed
his last at Mt McGregor, New York,
Thursday, July 23d, at ''8.-08 in the
morniDg. He died peacefully in the
presence of his family, and surround
ed by every convenience which could
add to his comfort in his declining
hours, and every remedy known to
science to prolong his life. Grim
death had marked him for his victim
and, there was no relief. The end
came, and Gen.. Grant goes down in
American history as one of the great
men of the continent. No man could
raise himself by individual effort to
the high pinnacle of fame which Gen
eral Grant reached; on the American
continent, among the greatest, bright
est, best minds and characters of
earth,' without being " a great man"
and now as the clods rattle over his
coffin, friend and foe will accord him
his true meed of praise.
In the prosecution of the war
against the South, he r was progres
sive, hitter, relentless, but in the final
hour of triumph at Appomattoix he
was magnanimous, as became a brave
and generous-hearted soldier. It
was not until he . got into the hands
of the politicians, and began to scheme
for the presidency, - that 'he became
a political foef to the South, to Souths
erh progress ; and Southern institu
tions. Led hy the scheming politi
cians of his party he approved of the
reconstruction measures of Congress,
oward the South and lent his pow,
er an I influence toward herhumila-
ion, long after there was cause
or sucn.a.course. . xnere is reason
to believe, as we read between 1 the
ines of the history of his latter days,
that he regretted his former course
aa for some years he has been a lead
er in the matter of reconciliation be-
tween the sections. - 1
Grant is gone. The Southern peo
ple have long since forgiven him,
and to-day in spirit will stand over
his bier, and regard his death as a
rand,. national sorrow.
THE SIIiVEIt QUESTION.
Two questions will be 'prominent
before the next Congress, the tariff
and the silver questions. The latter
is already beginning to attract public
attention and discussion among finan
ciers and in the columns of the press.
It is one 'of those questions so closely
connected with the business interests
and development of the country that
it must be met and and settled fin
some way; The opponents of the silver
dollar assert that business depression
andfinancial reverses aredue in agreat
measure to the effort to force silver
upon the country in excessive . quan
tity, while the silyer champions hold
that the refusal or indisposition to
give silver the place it is entitled to
in the currency of v the country.
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causes the evils complained of. The
New York Sun takes up the cudgels
for the ' 'dollar of our fathers " in the
following style, which we clip as
showing the current; of opinion on
thatside: .' ., " 1 . . . .
At present the panic monsrers re
enforce their old arguments with the
fact that the United; States Treasury
will soon have to pay out silver dol
lars for interest on . the public debt
This step; the New York Herald says.
"would oe at once the signal for an
immediate: premium on the price of
gold,. for. 1 universal disturbance : in
business, and for panic everywhere."
Such," undoubtedly, is the opinion of
some Treasury u omciais, and i they
seem willing to violate the laws of
the country to avert the calamity:
With $118,000,000 of gold and; $68,
000,000 in silver at his disposal Treas
uarer Jordan desires i te . buy t more
glod I .Ana he - proposes to . buy it
with-$31;23R899 m fractional silver:
whichi; on the 30th of last month, he
declared to the public, was unavaiK
able 1 assets I Mow- a . sum of ,-coin
which the government cannot use for.
the payment of its debts is going I to
oe more avauaoie m? the: possession
01 the DanKs,' neither he nor anybody
else nas expiamea. X--
What would be the result if the
Treasury should pay ; out $10,000,000
or $20,000,000 in silver, for iptereston
the ; national deht? Simply this
There would.be added $10,000,000 -or
iu,uuu,uuu co tne fH40.000,000 ; of sil
ver, now in circulation, and it would
have about as much' , effect " oh" the
relative values of gold and silver as
the pouring or a cup . of cold water
into a well would have upon its level.
, The currency 3 of the country, , as
estimated by the Comptroller .of the
Currency r in his last report, was
made up as follows: 1 -
Gold com and bullion.... $585,611,872
SUver coin. .v. . . 275,735,439
Wal tender notes;: 346,681,016
National bank notes.... 333,559,813
Total. . . : : $1,541,588,140
This shows that the 140.000.000 sil
ver dollars . now' issued form - only
about 9 per cent, of ithe total circula"
tion, . and that the $20,000,000, the
paying out of I which " is so v much
dreaded, would add only H per
cent, to that total. Does anybody in
his senses contend that this trival in-
Urease would produce a noticeable
effect. 1 . ' .
-. Of course the assertion will be
made that tbe public would "get
frightened and begin to withdraw
gold from, the; banks and j treasury,
aud thus create a momentary strin
gency; t In answer it: is enough to say
that if such a rup lor gold should ? be
commenced; it? would as speedily
stop when it was found that the . de
mand for gold was met ; by the ) offer
of legal tenders and of silver dollars.
The banks of thfs city hold in legal
tenders $45,000,000 which would suf
fice for their note holders and' depos-
itors. The treasury has $15,000,000
in legal tenders and 68,000,000 silver
dollars. The $60v000,000 of -legal ten
ders would have to be drawn out
first, and then fey ' their means the
68,000,000 'silver dollars ' .before the
gold reserve could be touched; Noth
ing but a coloss conspiracy of cap
italists could accomplish such a feat,
and in 'order to accomplish it, too,
they would have to inflict so much
injury upon their other property
that they .would not undertake it'.-yi
: Besides, supposing that ,by. any
means a . considerable sum of gold
was got ' together and hoarded, no
profit would result. Nobody in this
country would buy the metal,- and
nobody in Europe could buy it. It
is not like the case of greenbacks dur
ing the war: : Thenjevery body feared
and many' believed that the paper
money of the country would,' like the
old revolutionary currency, be ( ultiT
mately' repudiated Vand' ; become
wurtmesa. : vjonseu.uenuy inty nas-
tened to exchange it, not only for gold
at a great premium; but also for mer-
chandise and property of any kind at
enormous prices. Silver, dollars,1 on
ine contrary, are wortn as Duuion at
least 83 cents in gold, and so long, as
their coinage is restricted to 2,500,000
a month they will be maintained at
par with the gold dollar. This is the
result o.restrietedr .coinage, in;, the,
Latin Union, and the rule holds good
in this country.' ; : ' ' ' ,
Undoubtedly, in the course or ' ten
or; twelve years more, the supply of
silver dollars will have driven gold
out of Use, our mints will probably
be thrown opep for the free coinage
of silver dollars, as they are now for
that 01 gold dollars, and the silver
standard will supplant the'gold stan
dard. This event, however,' is too
far off to produce any effect at pres
ent: and when it finally happens, the
result will not be a shock and a panic,
but a transition - as ' quiet as that
which ' marked the" resumption Of
specie payments six", years ago.' ; . ...
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AlfWOUACE THE COttMEJCETIErrr of Tnoa
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July
13, 1885,
THIS GIG AN 1IC SALE OF
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E21 KjILiIEJIS BLIT,
It is said that ithe inspection of
milk iri New York has reduced the
mortality among infants nearly 4,000
in a single year.' . ,v ;
The New York Herald prints the
names of 115,000 employers of clerks
shop girls, apprentices and others
who have joined in the Saturday
half holiday movement.
James G, Blaine has written a let
ter to John S. Wise, congratulating
him on his nomination for Governor
of Virginia. A little- later on it will
be in order lor Mr. JtJluine to write a
letter of condolence to Mr. Wise on
his defeat
From the number of. new cases of
cholera and deaths reported daily Jn
Spain it does not seem that Dr. Fer-
ran's inocculation theory is accom
plishing as much good as was -claims
ed for it. ; Some physicians maintain
that it is accomplishing nothing.
. : A Louisville, Ky., horse trader says
he expects to make a fortune in Hai
lan county that State trading res
vol vers for horses. " On his , last trip
he says he took out 500 and says he
can count pretty safely on getting
two horses for one revolver. There
are lots of horses up' there but curs
rency is scare. ... - - -
A ; Froir Swallows a Portion of
' . Himself, r.
iugustaEagle. '" -
1 A rare' incident in natural - history
"was o bserved one day' last 'week by
Miss Abbie Spencer and her : twa sisters.-
While sitting in i hamm6ck
the' peculiar actions - of1 a" toad1 near
them attractea their attention,- wuen
they observed that his toadship " was
trying to disrobe himself by jumping
nut of hid skin.- This feat he succeed
ed in accomplishing -after a few
minutes. This: done : tha girls were
highly amused in seeing him dispose
of his cast on garo oy devouring i-
whinh to teem seemed an odd way,u
.'disposing of second hand clothing.
i i Oilcloths. .JUattB
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Will prove the-'mo'st tempting, the most startline:. the most profitable to the
public, while its shock to competition will be Vn terrific: The prices we will
offer goods at will be fairly amazing, for regardless of cost or value weshal
clear out every department in order to make room for Fall Importations.;
uome eariy and see xne oargams mat await you. ,
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CHARLOTTE, N. C. ;
Our great sale continues all this , month. Our variety isTnot'confined to
ODD SUITS, nor are the sizes limited. We have all sizes and styles. It may
be of INTEREST TO YOU to . ; .
LOOK THROUGH THIS PRICE LIST.
One Hundred Men's All-Wool Suits, Sack and Frock, at $6.50, worth JliTOO, $12.00 ancT$14 00 -One
Hundred Fairs Men's All Wool Casslmere Pants at $1.50, $Z00 and $2.25, worth $150, .
, $3.25, and $4.50. - , - - . .
Boys' and Children's clothing at remarkably
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Seersucker Coats and .Vests I in very large varieties, which we offer for'Iess
, than they can be bought for elsewhere. ..w3'' j
STRAW HATS !
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Gents' Furnishing Goods- V
One Hundred Dozert Gents' Summer Ssarfs, 6 for 25 : cents." It will pay to
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LEADING CI4OTIIIERS, CETTRAL HOTEL COr.TCR.
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Cheap; Lots For Sale.:;
vYffer for sale-Eight "Lots 50x200 feet, lying n
the northwestern comer of the citj (outside the
city limits) and north of the cemetery, cheap.
Any one wishing to secure a cheap lot, would do
well to call soon, as the prices at which they are
offered means quick sales.- ... ' -
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may2Sdtf ' Manaaer
B. Si MYERS,
Dro&er auu, ucmnissioii'Mercnxni,
And Dealer in Feed of aiUrfnds, - ;
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