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VOLUME XXXIV.
CHARLOTTE, N. C, FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 25, 1885.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
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-TO THE PUBLIC-
Tlie Largest and. M.os
Complete Stock cxf
GroocLs
That we have ever had. consisting of Dry Goods. Clothing. Hats, Caps, Boots and Shoes. OurDrws
Goods stock comprises Sltfe Warp and Wool Henriettas, Camels Hair Clou. Tricots, Jacquard Flannels,
Sangller Cloths, etc. Our stock of Black and ColoredSUks and Surahs Is our special. If you want a
Black or Colored Silk Dress don't fail to see ours before buying. Nice line Bngle Trimmings, Beaded
Fronts etc. Laage stock Ladles' Wraps, embracing Newmarkets, Circulars, Vlsltes, etc.
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ankete; M&Bnel9' IMerwear
Table Damasks, Napkins, etc Big stock Men's, Boys and Children's Clothing, Shoes, Hats, Caps, etc
32-Inch Satteena at i cento per y ird. Extra Size Canvas Beits.
TRUNKS, VALISES, ETC,
Look at our new Bustles. Come and se our stock. e will show it to you with pleasure. Special atten
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work. Early callers served
first. Parties desiring to get
up their winter warcjrobe will
find my stock in excellent
condition, as I am prepared to
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show the handsomest stock of
Fine Dress Goods, Silks, Vel
vets, Plushes, etc., I have
ever offered to the trade. All
invited to call and see the new
styles.
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XI e ITZost Attractive Stock
Ever Offered in tlae State, or
Boots,
Slioes.
IdL'ats
VALISES, umbrellas; etc.,
Is now feeing received and placed In position for
show and sale at oar old and well-known stand in
the First National Bank building, onWestTryon
street, nearly , opposite the Central and Buford
Hotels.
Call and Examine
For yourselves. Orders by Express or Mall prompt
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SPECIALTIES.
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for Ladies' Fine Shoes.
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HAVE A MAGNIFICENT STOCK OF DRESS
GOODS, BLEACHED AND BROWN
SHEETINGS, SHIRTINGS, .
Prints Cow'pts Table Linens, Towels -and Napklng, Hosiery and Gloves, Jlbbons, Handkerchiefs,
Comb' and Brashes Shirts for Gents, Gents- Ladies' and Children's Flannel Underwear, Pants Goods,
Clocks fihaHand Bags, Lace, Embroideries, Indeed anything wanted in the Dry Goods line Our
Btoctof Sk Dress Goods Is equal to any In the city. Our, Silks In Black and Colored will be sold way
down. ' '' - " - - ' -
All the above goods must be closed out at the earliest possi
ble time, as. we are positively going out of business, i - 7
AskforElkln Wool Yam and Blanket?. We are the agents. .
"Truth, liks tzk sus. sownxss submits to
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. DAILY EDITION.
Slngleeopy J 6 cents.
By the week in the city..'-...... 20
By the month... 75
Three monihs...'....f.i ... " " i2.C0
Six month ; . . . . . " . "J 4.00
One yr V....; 8.00
' . . - WEEKLY EDITION.
I&ree.0Knth8 BOcents.
bix montoR t SlOO"-
Ope ywir.... ;, 175 '
In clubs of five and over iY.50. """" " " " "
flfo evfn.iion From Titeae Unlet
, Bubscrlplions RTwayn payable In advance, not
onlr In nam? but In fact.
ISTEBEST IN LIBERIA.
The Administration Preparing to
iye Substantial Aid to the
Slack's in that Country.
Washl cor. Philadelphia Times. : , ', .
The administration . is in pursuit of
certain information respecting the
social, 'educational and industrial
condition of the negro republic of
Liberia which indicates the formu
lation and carrying out of a national
policy towards that African protege
of the great white republic of Ameri
cai Secretary Bayard for some time
has been in frequent conference with
persons representing that republic
itself and the American Colonization
Society, representing the movement
of negro colonization and the estar
lishment of a negro sovereignty on
African sou. . The Secretary is con-
vmcea tnac unless some prompt and
vu.v.iTj oiiojjo aio -tUktiMU. tilts U1U. t i r'
ncan colonization scnerae will disin
tegrate and leave the beneficiaries of
that philanthropic movement help
less ana unsupported and a prey to
the savage and cannibalistic tribes
which infest thw contiguous regions
Th3 Liberiau authorities exhibit great
uneasiness as to the future, and nat
urally turn to the progenitor of their
political organization the United
btates for. courage, confidence and
support, it is apparent from the
tone of the conversation of members
of the administration that this suds
den activity in behalf of the Alrican
republic will not be without its effect
upon the negro mind in the United
States and may not be impolitic from
a poiuicai point or view, it will be
performing a necessary duty on the
part of this government toward Li
beria, by way of stopping the social
retrogression which is now hurrying
on rapidly toward a lapse into Afri
can barbarism. It will at the same
time tickle the negro fancy in the
United States arid operate as a coun
terpoise to the prejudice which an
important element of the party in
administrative power indulges and
exhibits toward, the African race on
this side of the Atlantic. A foray
into Liberiau " territory by- some of
the neighboring tribes, a squadron of
united mates vessels ot war cruising
in tne waters irom -uape faimas to
Manna Point and , a battalion or two
of United States marines and negro
volunteers garrisoning the defense of
Monrovia and operatmg. towards the
mountains of Kong would answer, all
the conditions of giving the Southern
politician a chance ito show his love
and disinterested concern for his ne
gro fellow citizen without bringing it
nearer than five or six thousand
miles. A gentleman who has been in
conference with the President and
Secretary or State in regard to the
Liberian policy says: "
, "Unlikepurown, the Africans are
a graded race. You find in Africa
the fiat-beaded and flat-footed types
of the Congo Then you find the
more finely developed races of North
ern Africa In Liberia the best type
oc .the negro, race on the African con
tinent is found. This is largely due
to the environments of civilizing con
ditions. The progress however, has
not been as rapid and. marked as it
should have been. But this is ex
plainable. The 'African' colonization
project was inspired' by the most hu
manitarian and laudable of motives,
but its friends started in very much
the line of the chemerical notions of
Bacon's ideal government. You can
not design beautiful -theories for.prr?
dinary , mundane - uses; You must
take things as you find them. With
a few elementary principles of sound
social and political life you have the
foundation and 4uppu . that you must
rear your 5 superstructure from the
material you have to work with."
"A good doctrine but what lis its
application?'1 ?
? 4 'Well, you will find that the so
ciety started out with the idea of'es
tablishing a state of political and so-,
cial organization "which might have
answered for the higher types of the
Caucasian race. As an instance,
they started in by founding auniv
versity and higher grades of educa
tion before they: taught the people
how to live. They Seemed to overs
look the fact that the savage black
tribes of .Guinea, Senegambia and the
Soudan were the neighbors and the
kin in many instances of the primi
tive dwellers on the. soil - of ' Liberia
and the replanted American'African
exotic would have these influences
to contend with." .. v s
, "What'do you suggest as an ims
provement of the methods hitherto
adopted?" ,.f ;
I - "Simple enough; j There is a fund
in the United States, held in ; Phila
delphiai Boston and New York, which
amounts to thousands of dollars. Let
that be applied to sending persons to
Liberia to teach the people the proper
and . responsible v methods of life..
Abolish your universities and waste
no more money on schemes far ,k be
yond the comprehension of the aver
age mind of the country. - Universi
ties and colleges in the United States
are comparatively recent. Fifty
years ago you could count :them on
your two hands and a hundred years
ago one hand would have more than
accommodated the enumeration.
Then the young men and -women of
families of means ' of the United
States were educated in the universi
ties and higher educational inat.it.n
tion8 of France, Germany; England
mm Dcouana, our parent countries in
blood. See how absurd, however, to
waste the moneys of the -society in
teaching: the iwmle r,ha v; hiorVior
branches of life without having them
Know the details and habits of every
day or domestic life. The common
schools were the foundation of Amer
ican intellectual growth and were
laid by the fathers of American politi
cal, intellectual and social life. The
higher grades of effort grew: with the
development of the people and when
the necessities arose. ' A' little com
mon sense in such matters will in a
fd,w yeors make a great change in
the . condition of Liberia v and her
friends will not have so much reason
to feel apprehensive of the result of
the ' scheme of Liberian advance
ment." '
IFrom all indications ' the: adminis
tration is disposed to take hold , in
s6me wav and at leash mat a fhfl pf.
fort to aid the society in any practi
cable method to continue their work.
There are some who talk'; about es
tablishing a protectorate 1 over the
country. In view of the complica
tions likely to grow out of the Congo
question and African colinization and
trade among the European powers a
iwtuuiu, buuu us inis opportunity
offers to the United States, might be
of j great importance. " The United
States have been represented in sev-
ef ai or tnese Atncan internation con
ferences and will be likely to take . a
more active part. The autonomy of
Liberia is a charge of the United
States, and cannot be' surrendered
with honor. It was hinted by a mem
ber of the administration that there
was as much authority, to protect
American interests in Liberia as on
the Isthmus of Panama. The precise
course of the administration will take
has not been determined, but the sub
ject is now receiving ; earnest atten
tion by the Department of State.'
A Sad Court Scene
: A pathetic scene was witnessed, in
the court room at Plattsburg Mo.,
Saturday . last. , Judge Dunn, who
had been indicted for drunkenness,
was anxious for the prosecuting ats
torney to dismiss the charge. This
the lawyer agreed to do if the grand
jury Would pas a resolution recom -mending
the 'dismissal, f Judge Lowe
ordered the grand jury to be brought
into court. Judge Dunn made them
a feeling speech, saying that he had
been greviously afflicted with asthma
for some time and had been using
stimulants as a remedy ; that in - the
great suffering from . the disease " he
had probably used ; too rmuch.v The
Judge admitted the remedy was a
dangerous one, and that in the use of
it he had probably w been indiscreet,
but he did not think it should be con
sidered ar crime. He alluded to; his
past service, to having been connect-,
ed with the courts of the circuit " f or
forty-seven years, for several years
as circuit attorney and,, for thirty
years as judge, and said that he was
now near his grave, being nearly
seventy years old; Vandrhe pleaded
with them "not to let that blot rest
upon his name now. if the.felt that
they could make the recommendas
tion, i after., hearing .his,, statement,
without stultifying their consciences.
He asked to hear from the members
of the, bar and the court. Several of
the attorneys made short - speeches,
asking the jury to make the recom
mendation The jury retired for con
sideration, but refused .'to pass' the
resolution, 'as they felt they had but
discharged their duty. The case Was
then continued generally by the pros
ecuting attorney.1
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' Garfield's Steward. v
Uome with me around the corner
and we will take a lunch with Gar
field's, steward, says , Stevens; the
Washington representative of the Sfc :
Louis Globe-Democrats ; His , place is
called the Ixarneld dining rooms, and
he has a big cravon of the dead Presi
ident in .his front window. He is a
blue eyes and; a , short thick neck.
While we are eating a clam chowder,
he tells us he has been steward :.f or
three Presidents,, and. gossips about
the tastes of Haves. Arthur and Gar-
field: Says-he: "General Garfield
bad the dyspepsia all the time he was
President, and be lived largely upon
beefsteak and baked potatoes un 'to
the time he was- shot. Presidefat
Hays' alwavs had at least fonrteeri at.
his dinner table, and he was a gener
ous liver. He was" fond' of ' nandv:
and his wife' liked angels' food cake
very much. . .resident Mayes always
ate oatmeal for breakfast,- and . he
liked the best mixture of Mneha nnr
Jaya coffee! that "money" could nro-
vui n, o.o was uub Hi mi sungy, ana
his state H i n ners Tinst ahri f-. ttR n. nlnto
Garfield was fond of breakfast bacon
well fried, and he used cream instead
of butterjon his baked notatoes. Roth
Hay eSjand Garfield breakfasted early;
and their 'lastoieal was over, by six
o'olock. " I did hot like to work ' for
President Arthur.- He kent hia roots
up, half the night, and it was almost
daybreak. S before 2 the i dishes were
washed.", - -
London is now shocked bv the mih
lie "exhibition of Mrs. Langtrv in sueh
a lownecked dress that it looks like a
mere skirt, held up by suspenders.
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assistants, it is the pride of our house, being frupptied th
first-class goods and governed vith a thorough system, ; (
PROFESSIONAL MEN,
LABORING MEN,
' BUSINESS MEN, ' '
RAILROAB MEN,
. : STOUT AND SMALL MEN,
, ' 'v- THIN AND TALL MSN,
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Our assortment of Men's, Boysv and . Youths' Suits for
this reason shows the best styles from the best Meflxatii
Tailor designs, thorough Tirorknianship. excellent. OJotbSf
perfect fit and
MODERATE PRICES
Gentlemen who wish to dress with taste and save money, will find thenV
selves well repaid by purchasing in this department: ' ; ' ' ..
All Clothing offered by us is made - under our own supervision; wi can
therefore, guarantee every garment to be thoroughly mane. We have jm
proved our, system of cutting to such an extent that a poor fitting garment
lsntirely out of the question. . We have carried but few goods from last '
year, and are therefore able to offer you an entirely complete line of new
goods.. . ' ' . - .
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