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Home -Democrat.
CHARLOTTE. N. O.
Correspondence of the Charlotte Home-Democrat.
Affairs at the University of N. C.
Chapkl Hill, N. C.,Dec. 8, 1886.
The regular monthly meetiog of the
Elisha Mitchell Society was held last
night. Dr. W. B. Phillips opened the
meeting with a paper on the External
Characteristics of Lodes and Veins of
Mineral Deposits, discussing the means
by which the old miners ascertained the
presence of such deposits. Dr. Phillips
spoke of the calamine violet characteristic
ot the zinc deposits in Belgium; of the
Mead cabbage' found in the lead districts
of Iowa and Wisconsin ; of the electrical
luminosity in the air above copper veins
in Cornwall, fcc., &e.
The second paper was by Prof. It. H.
Graves on Ancient Mathematics, dis
cussing the origin of arithmetic and
geometry, and the means possessed by the
ancients for measuring distances, com
puting the length of the solar year, Sea.
This is the first of a series of papers on
this subject to be contributed to the
Society by Prof. Graves.
The third paper, on Solar Eclipses, was
read by Prof. Gore, and treated rather of
the information to be derived from
eclipses than of the phenomenon proper.
Prof. Gore said that the ultimate aim of
such observations was to determine the
physical constitution ot the sun, together
with the nature and .origin of sun spot.
The fourth and last paper was by Dr.
Venable on the Isolation of Fluorine.
The history of the attempts made to pro
cure fluorine, and the reasons why they
bad been unsuccessful, were discussed.
The most successful attempt was made by
Moissou, a French chemist, during the
past spiing and summer, who operated on
autydrous hydrofluoric acid with an elec
tric current from 50 Bunseo cells.
This is the last meeting of the year and
closes an unusually interesting series.
Many of the best students attend the
meetings regularly, and must of necessity
carry away something of value to their
studies.
The final examinations began on Mon
day and will continue through the 22d.
The session just closing has been in some
respects a very remarkable one. Less
hazing than ever before; a more decided
disposition among the students to work
steadily for work's sake; the consolida
tion of all the Libraries; the erection and
equipmeut of the new Chemical Labora
tory ; the unfortunate death of young
Freeze, with the occurrences which led to
it; an unusually interesting series of Uni
versity Lectures, and meetings of the
Mitchell Society and the Shakespeare
Club, have all combined to lend to this
Fall term a special character' which I
think has impressed every one here.
Examination-time is not generally re
garded as very festive, but in tpite of the
terrifying black-board we manage to have
enough life left to cast a snow-ball at any
cylinder hat that throws its shadow
over ub. Talcot.
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Congress.
The first week of the session of Con
gress has surpassed the record of any sim
ilar week for many years. The Electoral
Count bill, the bill to extend the free de
livery service, to cities having 10,000 pop
ulation, or yielding $10,000 gross postal
revenue, aud the bill to forfeit the lands
granted to the State of Michigan to aid in
the construction of a railroad from Onto
nagan to the Wisconsin State Hoe, besides
a number ot bills ot purely local interest,
have all been passed by the House.
Mr Morrison has decided to oall up the
Tariff bill in the House the latter part of
this week. The Tariff reformers in the
House are confident now that they will be
able to get the matter up for considera
tion, and many believe there will be tariff
legislation of some sort this session. They
are prepared to make a hard fight, and to
take advantage of every circumstance in
their favor. It is generally considered
that Mr Randall has plaoed himself, at a
great disadvantage by the introduction of
his bill last session. By so doing he com
milled himself to the acknowledgment
that a revision of the tana is necessary
and the friends ot revision say he cannot
with consistency refuse to consider the
question. They urge, too, that no man in
the House disputes that the revenues of
the government should be reduced, and
that they can no longer refuse to attempt
the reduction. The opponents of the Mor
rison bill are invited to consider the pro
position in a spirit of fairness, and to amend
the bill in any way they have the power
to do that may please them. Many republican,-it
is believed, are disposed to do
this. Mr liiscock and others ot the Ke-
publicans would favor taking up the ques
tion and fighting the Morrison proposition
with a substitute taking the tax on tobac
co and fruit brandies and placing sugar on
the free list. Such a proposition would,
it is believed, set the votes of the Virgin
ia, North Carolina, and South Carolina
delegations.
, In the House on Monday under a call of
States, a number of bills and resolutions
were introduced, among them the follow
ing : By Mr Oates, ot Alabama, to pro
hibit the appointment of Congressional
committees to attend funerals, and to pro
hibit the draping of public buildings in
mourning except by order of the Presi
dent ; also authorizing the appointment
of clerks to Senators and Representatives
who are not chairmen of committees.
By Mr Lawler, of Illinois, resolutions
reciting that the rapidly accumulating
surplus in the treasury is in excess of the
needs of the government for its support
and discharge of the bonded debt ; that
coast defenses are inadequate to protect
lake and sea coast cities, and that nearly
1,000,000 men are unemployed, and de
claring it to be the sense of the House
that a large proportion of the surplus in
the" treasury should be expended through
liberal appropriations tor repairing and
properly equipping the coast defences and
for the construction of ships.
By Mr Hewitt, of New York, Authoriz
ing the Secretary of the Treasury to an
ticipate the payment of interest on the
bonded debt of the United States; and to
provide for special deposits ot public
money.
By Mr Cox, of North Carolina, fixing
the salary of the civil service commission
ers at $5,000.
By Mr Springe, of Illinois, for admis
sion into the anion ot Dakota, Montana,
Washington and Mexico.
Upon motion of Mr Cox ot North Caro
lina, the House passed unanimously the
joint resolution introduced by Senator
Vance, which was passed by the Senate
last ression, directing the Secretary of
War to furcish the Governor of North
Carolina an official copy of the letter
books of the Executive Department of the
State which are now in the eastody of the
War Department.
The Opium and Morphine Habit in North
Carolina.
By 8. S. Satchwell, M. D., in Goldsboro Advance.
It is no less astounding than alarming
to see the frightful increase of this terri
ble evil npon the latter day oi civilization
of North Carolina. Formerly the ravages
of this destructive habit were mainly con
fined to the educated, refined, and wealthy
circles of our Northern and Eastern States.
But the demon of eating opium, morphine,
chloral, and other narcotics, has, in more
recent years, invaded our own state and
invested in its unyielding shackles tens of
thousands of North Carolinians. It is
more and more becoming a crying evil, a
prominent curse, and a destructive vice,
in this State. None know so well as the
medical profession that the use of opium,
in its different forms, has become to be
recognized and used by thousands upon
thousands of our leading citizens, ladies
and gentlemen, as a vital necessity. Its
use is more general in North Carolina
than any Bocial or temperance reformer
can well conceive, or has imagined. It is
the consoling and encouraging belief' and
expression of a large number of the pro
fession and best men, and unfaltering re
formers, and Christians, of our State, that
the manufacture and sale of alcoholic li
quors, exoept for mechanical and medi
cinal purposes, involves a mere question
of time, and will not last longer than ten
years, if that many, in this State, in the
view of good judges of the future. - The
advocates of temperance who use the
press, the pulpit, .and the foruui, lor ex
pressing their unanswerable arguments,
their thunderbolts of eloquence and logic,
against the curse and ruin of our children,
are not generally aware of the fact that
there are other stimulants and narcotics
in common every day, use, especially in
refined circles and high life, that are as
dangerous and insidious, in their detri
ment to individuals, and to Unurch and
State, as all the beer, rum, gin and whis
key that are distilled and sold in our
Stale. The curse of the use of tobacco
alone not only entails a vast and almost
increditable amount of disease, some of it
fatal, but in financial figures lighten the
pocket books of our people to a sum annu
ally that amounts, in the aggregate, to
what is every year expended tor home
and foreign missions through religious de
nominations. But it is more astounding
and expressing still if it could be known
what a wretched hold and unrelenting
grasp the opium and morphine habit baa
obtained to North Caroliua,except tothem
who practice medicine or sell drugs, -few
can realize how common tbt-ir use has be
come in all classes of society. The victims
ot this deadly habit meet you upon the
streets and corners of every village, town,
and city. They are to be met not alone
in families of all the townships of the State
but in our fashionable resortn, in our rail
road cars, in all our public places, and
wherever men and women gather togeth
er, not even excepting our homes of wor
ship. Indulgence in this growing habit
is utterly ruinous to health, prosperity
and happiness. Unhappy, sad, miserable
is that family that embraces one or more
victims to the insatiate charms, and se
ductive, but ruinous, appetite for opium
and morphine.
The demoralizing influences ot exces
sive indulgence in the use of whiskey, its
direful and destructive effects upon health,
moral, and mutual good, are tar less de
plorable aud disastrous in all these re
spects than are the effects upon individual
health and morals, and the interest s of so
ciety, ot opium and morphine eating. Less
is known of the terrible ravages ot this
appetite, that grows upon what it feeds,
because a majority of opium eaters are in
clined, and able, to studiously conceal
their devouring appetites and destructive
propensities for opium and other narcotic
poisons. The destruction of will power
which their use entails upon their unfor
tunate victims is remarkable, but familiar
to scientific physicians. They become so
subservient to the powers and cravings of
their appetite in this alluring line as to be
unable to resist the seductions and fasci
nations thus imposed upouthem.
The writer repeats that the opium and
morphine habit is not alone terribly disas
trous to the comfort, prosperity aud hap
piness, of our people, but alarmingly up
on the increase. Not alone is its moral ef
fects greater than a love of liquor, but it
is more and more a prolific source of di
sease. In this and other detrimental re
lations it has become so deeply engrafted
upon the habits of our people, that more
effective measures and laws for its restric
tion and suppression are demanded than
any we now have. Why seek legislative
interference for suppression the liquor
traffic, and at some time allow this giant
evil and increasing vice of pium eating
to go on unrestrained and unrestricted ?
More on this feature of the subject here
after. And yet we seldom read from the reli
gious press, or hear from the pulpit, a word
in explanation of the nature and effects of
unshackled monster that stalks defiantly
over the State, seducing and devouring
thousands of our best people. The pulpit
and the press need to open their batteries
against opium-eating, as well as excessive
whiskey drinking. They need to be bold
in saying that most of our suicides, as well
as much of our idiocy, embecility, mania,
and insanity, as well as other nervous dis
eases, are owing to early and protracted
indulgence in this dreadful habit.
Let notour religious press and our preach
ers hesitate to-epeak out in open explana
tion and objection to these ruinous ap
petites and destructive passions. Policy,
editors and ministers, of expediency rath
er than of principle and duty, may thus
remain silent, because so many ot their
readers and hearers are the victims, but
they are not such editors and Christian
exponents and leaders as are now demand
ed by the temporal and religious interests
of .North Carolina.
Pender co.,Nov 25tb, 1886.
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Ten years ago Mrs Ada Martin, of
lironson, Michigan, broke her left leg and
paralysis of the limb and loss of speech
followed. For some years past she found
pleasure in making crazy quilts, sending
to emigrant persons for bits of cloth for
the patches. Among others she Bent to
President Cleveland who sent a patch and
a neat letter. Mrs Martin received the
letter and was so pleased that she attempt-
eu w rise, suu in so aoing Knocked her
son's revolver oft a stand near by. The
"a. I 11 m a . r.
pisioi was urea Dy me iau, the oall pass
ed tnrougn Mrs Martin's paralyzed leg,
.the shook restored her speech, and appar
ently the leg will be right again after the
pistol abot wound heals. Ex.
That's about as big a story as has recently ap
peared.! -
Col J 11 Kion, a prominent
South Carolinian and Director of the Char
lotte, Columbia Ss Augusta Railroad Com
pany, dropped dead in Wionsboro, S. C,
last Sunday evening. His death was the
result of heart disease.
State News.
"Lime Phosphate" is a North Carolina J
Home-made Fertilizer. The rock is mined
near Wilmington and ground at Ral
eigh. It contains over sixty per cent ot
Carbonate of Lime (Agricultural Lime)
badly needed on every tarm, and ten or
twelve per cent of Phosphate of 11 me
(Phosphoric Acid) and a small per cent
of Potash both standard articles. Anal
ysis by the State Chemist. It is the rich
est marl in the world. Sold for less than
half the price of fertilizers made with sul
phuric acid. Write for circulars to tne
N. C. Phosphate Company, Raleigh, N.C.
Pale of the Atlantic Hotkl. The
valuable seaside resort known as the At
lantic Hotel, was sold last week at More-
head City, under degree of Carteret Su-
perior uourt, and was purcuaseu uy opiwr
Whitaker, Esq., for bis clients holding
liens od the property. The price bid was
nominal merely.
W The Shelby New Era states that
Mr T. H. Cobb, counsel for the Carolina
Central Railroad Company, on Monday
of last week presented a claim against the
Commissioners of Rutherford county lor
$27,300 of the bonds of the county, with
interest from 1860, this being a portion of
the subscription made in that year by
Rutherford county to the old Wilmington,
Charlotte & Rutherford Railroad Com
pany, predecessor of the Carolina Central.
J3f" Mr David Jordan, chairman of
board ut county commissioners of Guil
ford couuty, fell dead at High Point last
Saturday.
Lutheran Conference. The North
Carolina Conference ot the Tennessee
Synod, met in the Holy Trinity Church,
on Tuesday the 25th ot November. This
meeting was made up of ministers and
delegates representing different sections
of the State in which Lutheristn prevails.
The church in this statu is composed of
two distinct bodies, the one iollowiog the
Tennessee Synod, the other the North
Carolina Synod. 1 here are no doctrinal
differences between them. The Lutherans,
generally are very great workers. Cou
cordia College is a prosperous institution
maintained under the auspices ot the
Lutheran Church. The Holy Tunity
Church at this place has a larger member
ship than any other, the Methodist, per
haps, bijing excepted. So fr as we can
ascertain, the prevailing taith iu Catawba
couuty is Luiheran. It i estimated that
at least GOO persons attended services last
Sunday. Rev iir Bristowe, having very
kindly yielded his church on that occas
ion, Hickory Press, Dec. 4th.
Asueville, Deo. 6, 1886 All our peo
ple are delighted that Col A B Andrews
is at the head of the Western North Car
olina Railro id. Western North Carolina
people are lor him for Governor. 1 be
lieve he can command a larger vote than
any other man in the State. Let North
Carolina give us Col A 13 Andrews for
Governor, and the next democratic legis
lature elect Hon D G Fowle to the Senate
of the United States. Cor. Raleigh
Observer.
A Pretty Bad "Feller." A sharp
fellow by the name of Ellis passed through
Poplar Tent section some months ago,
selling clocks. He called at the treed
men's cabins, and persuaded the good
house-holders to buy his clock give them
time on it sell it cheap as dirt only
$7.60. He sold about three hundred of
them and induced the in to sigu a paper
which he said would show that the signer
had bought a clock of that clock compa
ny's agent, but in reality it was a chattel
mortgage on all their household and kitch
en furniture, including the clock, the note
signed by the usual cross mark and wit
nessed according to' law. The mortgages
are all recorded, and are now in the hinds
of an officer for collection. We saw a
handful of them in an officers hinds on
Wednesday. What would be good medi
cine for such a scoundrel. The kind of
clocks that he sold can be bought for $2
a piece. Concord Register.
,1 The death of M R Gregory, Eq ,
democrat, of Camden county, makes a va
cancy in the first Senatorial district. The
Governor has ordered an election to be
held on the 6th day of January, 1886, to
fill the vacancy.
UT" The trustees of Trinity College
have elected and tendered to Rev Dr S B
Jones of South Carolina, the presidency of
Trinity College.
A gin house three miles from town
belonging to Alex Hart ram, was burned,
and with it about six thousand pounds of
loose cotton, last Saturday. Some one
struck a match in the house for the pur
pose of lighting a pipe, when, through
carelessness, it was allowed to come in
contact w'tb loose lint, enveloping the in
terior in flames in a few seconds. This
should teach somebody a lesson. Salis
bury Watchman.
. J-1T" It is reported that Mr J S Carr of
Durham, has bought a one-fourth interest
in the Piedmont springs properly, near
Danbury, and that be will make it a pop
ular summer resort.
J3s Webster's Weekly, of Reidsville,
last week said : It is -not true that Con
gressman Reid has made an assignment
as staled in some of our exchanges. Some
heavy mortgages and deeds of trust have,
however, been recently offered 'for regis
tration. It is supposed that his liabilities
will amount to thirty odd thousand dot
laiB, while his assets will not exoeed seven
or eight thousand dollars.
A Good Example. George Miller, a
colored tenant on the farm ot Mrs Martha
Little, near Beanie's Ford, in this county
made with one horse this year, six balee
of cotton and plenty of corn and wheat to
feed his family and stock. Out of the
products ol his one horse farm he paid his
guano bill and all of his other debts, paid
cash for another mule and has money left.
This shows what a colored mau can do by
industry and perseverance, notwithstand
ing unfavorable seasons. Lincoln Press
Drw W H Barker, the noted phre
nologist, and well known throughout the
State, died very suddenly at New Berne
Friday night, of organic disease of the
heart. The N ew Berne Journal speaks
thus of him : "Dr Barker was by pro
fession a phrenologist and a man ot keen
intellect, great depth of thought and al
ways impressed his audience when speak
ing on matters touching his chosen profes
sion. He was a native of Scotland, and
name to this oountry when quite young.
J3F Capt. Cant well, a conductor on
the Asheville Sa Spartanburg Railroad
was run over by an engine near Spartan
burg last Saturday. One of bis arms aud
one of his legs were cut off. He died Sun
day from his injuries.
J5gr Minister Manning, it is reported,
has taken the preliminary steps toward su
ing for libel the authors of the recent - re
ports prejudicial to his character.
The Danger of - Circumstantial Evidence.
, The Cluverius Vase. : ,
. Dr Joseph S Baldwin writee to the Sun
from Eklo, Baltimore county, in relation
to the Cluverius, case, as follows :. "The
Sun's closing comment in reference to the
case of Thomas J Cluverius, convicted in
the Hustings court of Riohmond, Va.,; of
the murder of his cousin, Fannie Lilian
Madison. It is to be hoped that the
judges, jury and Governor have made no
mistake' recalls to my mind an authentic
case which occurred in Richmond, : Va.,
many years ago, and is one of the most
remarkable in the criminal annals of our
country, and establishes conclusively the
great uncertainty as to purely circum
stantial evidence being always proof of
guilt. The case I refer to is as follows :
A broker of Richmond and bis brother-in-law
had a personal difficulty in regard to
some pecuniary affairs. A few days sub
sequent to the quarrel, the broker was
seen to enter Belle Island, at that time a
great resort for hunting fowl. A few
hours alter bis brother-in-law was Known
to have gone upon the island for the par-
pose of hunting from a difierent point.
The next day the broker was found mur
dered with a bullet in bis brain, lbe
brother-in-law .was at once arrested for
his murder. The bullet was found to be
of the exact size ol the bullets used by his
brother-in-law in hw rifle, and the rifle
was found unloaded. Upon this very
strong circumstantial evidence the man
was convicted and executed. Many years
afterwards a gambler on his death-bed
confessed that he had murdered the bro
ker, had seen him enter the island, and
supposing bim to have money, had shot
him, and lied West. At the time be bred
the fatal Bhot some - one (the brother-in-law)
had fired simultaneously at some
wild game. To assert that all innocent
men can establish 'beyond a doubt their
innocence men can estaoiisn oeyouu a
doubt their innocence when accused of a
crime is an in-human doctrine, suitable
only to the days of witchcraft. If Clu
verius is guilty of the horrible crime ot
which he is accused, he richly deserves
the extreme penalty of the law, but I ful
ly concur in the dissenting opinion of
Judge Hinlon, of the court of appeals of
Virginia, who says the theory of the sui
cide ot Miss Madison is not inconsistent
with the facts of the case, and the circum
stantial evidence did not justify the ver
dict of murder in the first degree. You
very wisely and justly say, 'it is to be
hoped the judges, jury and Governor have
made no mistake. "
Prison Bounds.
From the Raleigh Observer.
YtBlerday there were placed at the cor
ners ot the square upon which the court
house and U. S. post office stand, four
white posts with the initials "P. B." on
them. The signification ot the initials is
"Prison Bounds." The posts created
much ouriosity, aud everybody was ask
ing everybody during the day as to their
meauiug. For the benefit ot the curious
some tacts are here stated that may throw
light on the matter.
Prior tu the war and up to 1868, im
prisonment for debt was permitted by the
laws of North Carolina, though debt was
not considered as a criminal offense ; and
for the benefit of persons held in custody
for debt, a law was enacted giving them
the privilege of "prison bounds;" by which
is meant that any one confined in jail, by
giving a bond to beacoepted at the discre
tion of the judge, oould have tbe privilege
of leaving the jail and walking about witbiu
a certain territory, the limits of which
were fixed by the board of county commis
sioners. The bond required for this privi
lege was not usually as large as one grant
ing freedom of the country, and could
therefore be giveu more readily. This
law was made originally lor the benefit of
debtors only, and since the abolition of
imprisonment for debt by the constitu
tion of 1868, seems to have grown gener
ally obsolete in practice iu this State,
though it is still a law as is shown by sec
tion 3466 vol. 2, of The Code, which reads
as follows :
"For the preservation of the health of
such persons as shall be committed tojail,
the board of commissioners of each coun
ty shall mark out such a parcel of the
lands as they shall think fit, not exceed
ing six acres, adjoining the prison, for the
rules thereof ; and every prisoner not
committed for treasou or felony, giving
bond with good security to the sheriff ot
the county to keep within the rules, .shall
have liberty to walk herein out of the
prison, for the preservation of his health,
aud op keeping continually within the
said rules, shall be deemed to be in law a
true prisoner, and that every person may
know the true bounds of said rules, they
shall be recorded in the county records,
and the marks thereof shall be renewed as
occasions may require."
During the trial of Jas II Miller, in the
superior oourt in Wake oouoty, his coun
sel made a motion to grant him the benefit
of the law.-atid a similar motion was made
in the trial of Cicero Williams by. bis
counsel. These two instances seem to
have been the only ones in which the priv
ileges conferred by the law were asked
for in many years, but it was then brought
into prominent notice, and at the Septem
ber meeting of the board of county com
missioners.prison bounds were prescribed,
and it was ordered that posts marking the
bounds should be erected. Any one now
imprisoned tor any crime other than trea
son or felony, can by giving a bond ac
ceptable in the discretion of the judge,
have the privilege of walking anywhere
in the square bounded by Fayetteville,
Davie, Salisbury and Martin streets.
In the case of debtors this was a very
humane and beneficial law, as a prisoner
by taking advantage of it, couli often by
consultation with friends, arrange for a
settlement of affairs, whereas, if kept in
strict confinement, he would have been
unable to have met ao obligation, either
by work or an arrangement with his
friends.
Correction. Your excellent and in
structive article on prison bounds omits
one point which might lead to misunder
standing. It ia not every person who is
sentenced to Jail that has the benefit of
prison bounds, but only those to whom
the Judge at the time' of the sentence ex
tends that privilege. This was decided
in State vs Bradley, 4 Ire. 563. K.
The Asiatic cholera has got a firm
foothold on this side of the Atlantic, bnt
not yet on this continent. But it wilt
come. It is at Buenos Ay res in La Boca,
in Rosario there have been 30 deaths and
the disease is spreading.
Bd Blair, the Senatorial "crank," is
sharp and calculating. He is blowing
again over his bill to give women the
right to vote. Blair looks to the Presi
dency. If he can only extend the ballot
to the women he looks to them for suocess
on the score of gratitude. :
North Carolina Conference, 1L E. Church,
, .. South.
i The N. C. Conference of the Methodist
E Church, South, assembled in Reidsville,
N. C, on the let day of 'December, and
adjourned on Tuesday night, Deo. 7tb,
after transacting much important business,
to meet next year in Fayetteville. The
following is a list of Appointments of
preachers for the ensuing year:
APPOINTMENTS.
Raleigh District N H D Wilson,-P E.
Raleigh Edenton Street, W C Norman; Per
son Street, R B Johtf; Brooklyn and Macedonia
mission, J F-Butt; Cary ct, J B Martin; Roles
ville ct, Philip Greening; Smithfleld ct, Solomon
Pool; Clayton ct, B O Allred; Tar River ct, J J
Wren; Youngsville ct, D A Watkins; Louisburg,
Alpheus McCullen; Oxford, W L Cunninggim;
Oxford ct, N Coltrane; Henderson, J D
Arnold; Buckhorn ct, J Thompson and I W
Avent; Earpsboro mission, J D Pegram; New
ton Mission. Pope; Raleigh Christian Advo
cate, P L Reid; Henderson Female College, J
M Rhodes, principal; Agent for Colportage and
Sunday Schools, P L Oroome.
Dubham District W S Black, P .
Durham Trinity, W 8 Creasy; Main street,
Amos Gregson ; Calx's Chapel, J H Hall; Dur
ham ct, W S Davis; Hillsboro ct, J G Nelson;
Person ct, M H Hoyle and M T Beat; Leaeburg,
L L Nah and H Davis ; Alamance, L L John
ston; Haw River, B R Hall; Pittaboro, R T N
Stephenson; Granville, J Underwood; Uni
versity of North Carolina, 'A V? Mangam; Chapel
Hill, J R Griffith: Missionary to China, Charles
Jones Soon.
Greensboro District J. A Cunnioggim, P .
Greensboro, J Mann and G F Smith; Guil
ford, T H Pegram; Summerfield, J A Bowles;
Pleasant Garden, ft M Mc Far land; Winston, L
SBurkhead; Forsyth, M J Hunt; Stokes, CO
Little and S H Heisabeck; Danbury, J F Craven;
Madison, R P Troy; Ruffin, G F Round; Reids
ville, PF W 8tamey, D R Bruton, Bup; Yancey
ville, J D Buie and C W Robinson; Kernersville,
R G Barrett.
Salisbury District W H Bobbin, P E.
Salisbury, C W Byrd; Salisbury ct, T A Stone;
Mccksville, W C Willson; Rowan, G W Fisher;
Farmington, H M Blair; Concord, Jos Wheeler,
T W Smith, sup; Concord ct, W L Grissom; Mt
Pleasant, G A Oglesby; Albemarle, J C Rowe;
Stanly, Zebedee Rush; Big Lick mission, J A
Green; Mt Zion, J W North; nocksville, C W
Smith.
Statesvillb District R A Willis, PE.
Statesville, W S Rone, James Willson, sup;
Statesville ct, W M Bagby; Mooresvtlle, L
Thompson; Iredell, G W Ivey; Rock Spring, T
A Boone; Newton, C M Gentry; Catawba, M V
Sherrill; Alexander, C A Gault; Caldwell, R M
Taylor; Lenoir, T J Daily; Wilkes, T C Lovin,
E J Eudaily, sup; Reddie's River mission, to be
supplied; i&lkin and Jonesville. D A Futrell;
Mt Airy, J B Hurley; Mt Airy ct, to be supplied
by 8 P Douglas; Dobson, B A York; Yadkin
ville, C P Snow; Oak Institute, T N Ivey, prin
cipal. Shrlbv District M L Wood, P E.
Shelby, J R Scroggs; Shelby ct, 8 M Davis;
King's Mountain, W HTownsend; Dallas, J M
Lumly and J W Puett; Gaston, J C Hartsell;
Mt Island, J R Betts; Liocolnton, J B Bailey;
South Fork, D L Earnhardt; Hickory, J E
Bristowe; Connelly Springs, J B Carpenter;
Morgan ton and Marion, G W Callahan; Mor
ganton ct, T L Triplett; Table Rock, M D Giles;
McDowell, M T Steele; Double Shoals, J F Eng
land; Forest City, A M Lowe; Rutherfordton, J
W Jenkins; Antioch mission, J M Pool; Colum
bus mission, T H Edwards.
Charlotte District P J Carraway, P E.
Charlotte Tryon Street, F D Swindtll;
Church Street, Zadok Paris; Charlotte ct, W F
Coffin; Matthews, J A Lee; Clear Creek, F B
McOall; Pineville, A P Tyer; Pleasant Grove,
A E Wiley; Monroe, W t! Gannon; Monroe ct,
r S Ellington; Wadesboro, J E Thompson;
Wadesboro ct, R S Webb; Ansonville, M H
Moore; Lilesville, G W Hardison.'
Fayrttbville District S D Adams, P E.
Fayetteville, J T Gibbs; Campbell ton mission,
R W Townsend; Cumberland, W S Hales; Lum
ber ton, J T Finlayson; Robeson, Jonathan Sand
ford; Shoe Heel mission, J A Hornaday; Laurin
burg, J T Lyon; St John's, L E Stacy; Rocking
ham, J H Pag ; Rockingham ct, F L Townsend;
Maoly mission, M A bmith; Carthage, W B
Doub; Jones boro, W O Hightower; Cape Fear.
W S Chaffln; Lillington, J J Grigg; Jonesboro
Higb School, W O Hightower, principal.
Wilmington District T W Guthrie, P E.
Wilmiogton E A Yates; Fifih Street, D H
Tuttle; Brooklyn mission, C W GodwiD; Top
tail, J L Keen; Duplin, A G Gantt; Magnolia,
W A Forbes; Clinton, J T .Kendal! and Z J
Needham; Cokesbury, I A White; Bladen. C P
Jerome; Elizabeth, Daniel May; Whiteville, J C
Crisp, J M Downum; Carver t reek, R L War
lick; Waccamaw mission, T J Browning; Smith
ville, J M Ash by; Brunswick, H M Eure;
Onslow, N A Hooker.
Newbbrk District J T Harris, P E.
Newbern, L W Crawford; Goldsboro St
Paul's, J R Brooks; Boundary Street, J B Bob
bin; Goldsboro ct, W M Robey; Wayne, R C
Beaman; Mt Olive, J T Abernethy; Kinston, N
M Jurney; Soow Hill, PL Herman; LaGrange,
W W Rose; Lenoir mission, J G Johnston; Cra
ven, W J Crowson; Jones, J F Washburn; More
head, E L Stamey; Beaufort, J W Jones; Car
teret, W H Puckett; Neuse mission, to be sup
plied by J TBrogden, Pamlico, to be supplied by
SFBectou; Straits, ED Hoover; Core Sound
mission, to be supplied by Daniel Reid.
Warrknton District J S Nelson, PE.
Warrenton, R O Burton; Warren, W B North,
Ridgeway, J N Cole; Roanoke, L J Holden;
Weldou and Halifax, T P Kicaud; Halifax ct,
T B Rjeks; Scotland Heck mission, T P Bonner i
Wilson,. J H Cordon; Wilson mission, B B
Holder; Nashville mission, A D Betts; Edge
combe, A R Raven.
Washington District W H Moore, P E.
Washington, W R Ware, W H Call, sup; Tar
boro and Bethel, T J Gattis; South Edgecombe,
B B Culbretb; Willramston, W T Cutchin;
Greenville, F A Bishop; Pitt mission, R B Gil
liam; Swift Creek mission, to be supplied by J
YPegram; Aurora, LO Wycbe; Bath, N H
Guyton; Plymouth, F M Shamburger; Colum
bia, to be supplied by W Lowe; Mattamuskeet,
J O Guthrie; Fairfield, E L Pell; Swan Quarter,
ZT Harrison; Hatteras, C C Brothers; Ports
mouth and Ocracoke, O P Tate.
Trinity College District V A Sharpe, P E.
Randolph, F H Wood, I F Keerans, sup;
Thomasville and Hisrh Point. S V Hovle- Zinn
Qnd Prospect, D C Geddie; Davidson, , R M
rHovle: Lexington. J Gav: Randleman. R F
BumpasB; Franklinsville,- J O Thomas; Deep
River, J D Carpenter, T O Moses, sup; Deep
River mission, C W.King; Siler, Oliver Ryder;
Uwharrie, G B Perry; Jackson Hill, H B Ander
son; Montgomery, J E Woosley; Pekin.O O
Durant;' Mt Gilead, M W Boyles; Trinity Col
lege, J F Heituan, Prof ; S It Belk transferred
to Denver Conference and appointed to South
Pueblo.
The statistical reports show that within
the bounds of the North Carolina Con
ference, which does no include the ter
ritory West of the Bine Iiidge and East
of lloauoke River, there has been a gain
of 5,461 members, a membership of 83,138
persons. This indicates wonderful pro
gress, and in acknowledgment of the
gooduess ot God in this matter, the Con
lereuce arose and sang "Praise God from
horn all Blessings Flow."
There were 4,709 adult b aptisms, a gain
of 1,582, and 2,682 infant baptisms, a
uain ot 116 over last year.
There has been a gain of 52 Sunday
schools, of 441 officers and teachers, and
5,986 scholar. The Sunday school have
raised the sum of $10,537. For the sup
port of the ministry the sum of $130,000
has been raised during the year, and
$2,266.14 for church extension work, and
about $70,000 for church bnildiog in the
Conference. $15,200 was raised tor mis
sions. This doei not include money raised
within the mission fielda themselves.
Seualor Vance lectured in Boston
last week, and we see that the Jewish citi
zens of Washington are very anxious to
hear from his Up his beautiful tribute tu
The Scattered Nation. '
N. G. Supreme Go art Decisions
Opinions have been tiled in the follow
ing casea:
Spence & Rom Clapp; no error.
State ve Reynolds ; error ; new trial
granted. .
Lewis vs Albermarle & Raleigh R R
Co ; affirmed.
Terrell vs Broadway; error; new
trial.
Spence vs Baxter ; no error.
Gibbs vs Lyon ; error ; new trial grant
ed. Campbell vs Carter ; error; new trial.
Bank va Lntterlob ; no error.
Council vs Averett ; no error.
Smith vs McDonald ; affirmed so far as
relates to exemption of personal property,
and reversed as to homestead.
Spencer vs Keerans, ex parte ; error ;
reversed.
Benton vs Benton; no error.
Shaw vs McNeill; affirmed.
Garrison vs Cox; no error.
McDougald vs Coward; affirmed.
Mills vs Thorne; error; new trial.
Wagoner vs Ball; no error.
State vs Long; no error.
King vs Phillips; no error..
State vs Sherrill; error.
State vs Card well; no error.
Scott vs Queen; judgment modified.
Ray vs Thornton ; no error.
Morgan vs Lewis; no error. ,
Richmond & Danville Railroad Company.
The stockholders of the Richmoud fc
Danville railroad company met in Rich
mond on the 8th inst. Present, Col A S
Buford, Messrs John P Branch, James B
Pace, VV D Oakman, George Scott and
Isaac L Rice. President Buford submit
ted his report which was received. It
showed gross earnings, $399,249,119 ; net
earnings, $189,047,662; net surplus, $422,
818,08 ; balance over all expenditures,
$98,860,02 ; showing an increase of $12,
880,42, or 33-100 of 1 per cent. The op
erating expenses and taxes decrease $109,
033,69, or 5 per cent. The operating ex
penses and taxes were 53 2-100 per centot
the earnings. Appended to the presi
dent's report for the fiscal year ending
September 3(7, 1886, was the report of
Messrs Geo S Soott, Geo F Baker and F
W Huidecoper, the committee, giving
financial condition of the Richmond &
Dauville Railroad Co., for December
1886.' The report is comparative with
August 1883. At that date the net float
ing liabilities were $103,158,987 ; Decem
ber 1886, net surplus, $391,065,647. 'Due
company under contract of lease: by the
Atlanta Ss Charlotte Air Line securities
$1,000,090, npon which 2 84 per cent, net
was earned during fiscal year ending Sep
tember 30, 1886, and which is constantly
improving-.
On motion the meeting adjourned to
meet December 16, for the purpose of
electing a president and board of direc
tors. Mortgage Land Sale.
By virtue of a Mortgage Deed executed to me
by W. H. Sosaman and Kezia Sossman, his wife,
for purposes therein mentioned, I will ofier for
sale, to the highest bidder, for cash, on the
premises, on Monday, January 10th, 1887, at 1
o'clock. P. M., the Tract of LAND containing
564 Acres, io Clear Creek Township, adjoining
J. M. Allen, T. 8. Ellington and others, regis
tered in Register's office, Mecklenburg county.
Book No. 26. pages 53 and 59.
J. C. BARNHARDT,
Dec. 10, 1886. : 5w Mortgagee.
Barnett & Bethune,
(Buccetaors to Barnett & Alexander)
1 - Dealers in
HEAVY AND FANCY GROCERIES,
Keep everything in the way of Family Supplies,
such as Sugars, Oreen and Fresh Roasted Coflees,
Green and Black Teas, Molasses, Syrups, Flour,
Meal, Rice, Grits, Oat Meal, Barley. Bacon,
Breakfast Bacon, Hams, Smoked Beef and Beef
Tongues, Toilet and Laundry Soaps, Starch,
Canned Fruits. Meats and Vegetables.
Goods in Glass, such as Pickles, Sauces, Salad
Dressing, Catsup, Flavoring Extracts, Olives,
Olive Oil, Jellies, Preserves, and in fact every
thing usually found in a first-class Grocery.
Our Motto, "Lowest prices consistent with the
two requisites, -Good Quality and Honest Quan
tity." Come and see ns. .
BARNETT & BETHUNE.
Aug. 6, 1888. y
FERTILIZERS.
We have on hand ACID PHOSPHATE and
FARMER'S FRIEND GUANO.
. SPRINGS & BURWELL
Oct. 1, 1886.
Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey for
Medicinal purposes, for sale by
R. H. JORDAN & CO.
Bloomsdale Pearl and Red Onion
Setts for Fall Planting, at
R. II. JORDAN A CO.'S,
Bread, Cakes and Pies
Of every description. Hot . Rolls every even
ing at
S: M HOWELL'S BAKERY,
Sept. 17, 1886. Trade StrteL
urgical Instruments.
To supply a need long felt by the Medical
Profession of this section, we have now and will
keep constantly in stock, a full line of SURGI
CAL INSTRUMENTS, which we warrant.
We are also prepared to give any and all dis
counts in any of the New York Instrument Cata
logues. Give us a call.
R. H. JORDAN & CO.,
Nov. 13, 1885. Druggists, Springs' Corner.
- -- . -
Notice of Application to Amend
Charter.
Notice is hereby given that an application will
be made to the next General Assembly of North
Carolina to a end the Charter of tbe Shepard's
Point Land Company.
Nov. 19, 1886. 6w
Notice of Application to Amend
Charter.
Notice is hereby given that an application will
be made to tbe next General Assembly to amend
the Charter of -The Biddle University," ratified
the 10th day of February, 1877, and amendments
thereto.
Nov. 18. 1886. 6w
Reduction in Prices.
Whtkowsky & Barnch,
CHARLOTTE, N. C,
Call the Attention
OF
HOUSEKEEPERS
To the REDUCTIONS they have made in
Carpets,
Curtains, and
House Furnishing Goods.
You will save money by investing in these
Goods now. We are in receipt of new shipments-
daily.
WITTKOW8KY A BABUCH.
Aug. 27, 1886.
Comparative Cotton Statement
The following is the comparative cottn
statement for the week ending Dec. 10th"1
lOOD.
Net receipts at U. S ports, 227,690
Total receipts to date, 2,932,534
Exports for the week, 191,924
Total exports to date, 1,675,501
Stock at all U. S. ports, 997,304
Stock at all interior towns, 220,700
Stock at Liverpool, 524,000
1885.
246,354
2,861$;
1.613,457
25,000
Stock of American anoat tor
Great Britain,
.OOO 267,000
Total Receipts at all American Port
since Sept. 1st, 1886.
The following are the total net receipt!
of cotton at all United States sea-porta
eiuce September 1st, 1886: Galveston
479,449 bales, New Orleaus 809,582,
bile 115,913, Savannah 557,855, Charles,
ton 277,579, Wilmington 104,580, Hor
folk 332,342, Baltimore 21,694, New York
27,196, Boston 19,824, Philadelphia 16.
322, West Point 138,008, Brunswick 19.
541, Port Royal 11,519, Pensacola 8,122-1
Total 2,932,534.
Total Visible Supply of Cotton.
New Yoek, Dec. 11. The total visi
ble supply of cotton for the world it
2,797,551 bales, of which 2,397,151 are
American, against 2,707,021 and 2,413,.
521 respectively last 'year ; receipts at all
interior towns 144,920, receipts from plan
tations 269,139,. crop in sight 3,721,867.
COTTON GIN
IN SURA N CE.
The undersigned will write Policies on Gig.
Bouses and contents in Mecklenburg and the
adjoining counties.
DRAYTON & CO., Agents,
Charlotte, N. C.
Office on Trade street over R. M. White's Whole
sale Grocery Store.
Sept. 3, 1886. t 8mpd
DRESS MAKING
By Mes. MULKEY & Mrs. CARTER,
Over Mr . Davit Grocery Store, near the City JIaU,
Tryon street.
We have returned to Charlotte, and are located
over Mr Davib Grocery Store, near the City Hall,
where we are prepared to do DRES8-MAK1NQ
in the latest styles. Satisfaction guaranteed.
A share of the public patronage is solicited
and especially from our former customers.
Mas. M. J. MULKEY,
Mrs. MARGARET C. CARTER.
Sept. 3, 1886. 6m
Pall. 1886. Fall.
M. LIECHTENSTEIN,
MERCHANT TAILOR, Charlotte, N.Ct
Informs his friends and customers aod the pub
lic at large that bis Stock of fine WOOLENS
has arrived, and requests all those in want of
well made and good fitting Clothes to call early
and make selections while a choice can be had.
Dress Suits and Wedding Outfits a
Specialty.
Sept. 3, 1886. ly
SEED WHEAT,
Oats, Bye, &c.
. We are receiving the finest varieties of North
ern Seed Wheat. Also, -genuine Winter Oats,
Rye, &c.
AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS
Of a variety. Corbiu Disc, Thomas and Acme
Harrows
The most successful COTTON . SEED
CRUSHER made, and the lowest price.
Tennessee Wagons; Buggies, Harness, &c.
Prices reduced to the lowest figures. Oan is
strictly an Implement, Seed, and Wagon House,
and anything in our line can be bad of ns.
J. G. SHANNONHOU8E & CO.
Oct. 8, 1886.
HOLIDAY GOODS
At R. H. Jordan & Co.'s Drag Store.
The handsomest and best line of Fancy Goods
ever i Charlotte at R. H. JORDAN & CO.'S.
Manicure Sets, Dressing Cases, Shaving Cases,
Jewell Boxes. Writing Tablets, Bronzes, Plaques,
Baby Sets, Whisk Holders, Work Boxes, Bas
kets, Yases, Plush Clocks, Music Boxes. All of
the finest workmanship and latest designs.
Moderate Prices.
Come and take a look at the really beautiful
Lamps we have just received. Every color and
variety. Tbe "Peach Blow" Lamp is here.
R. H. JORDAN A CO.
Nov. .9, 1886.
CARPETS.
ELI AS IT COHEN
Have just received a large Stock of
Carpets and Rugs.
As we intend to make a specialty of this Hoe
of our business, purchasers would find it to their
advantage to call and examine our stock befors
buying elsewhere.
ELI AS & COHEN.
Sept 24, 1886.
Removal.
The Saddle and Harness establishment ofJW.
E SHAW & CO., has been removed to the Store
next to Hartsfield's Crockery Store, and next
door to the Cotton Exchange.
' Persons needine Harness or Saddles, and Sad
dlery and Harness Hardware, are invited to call
and examine our Stock.
New work and Repairing executed promptly.
Give us a call.
W. E. SHAW & CO.
Charlotte, Sept 3, 1886. tf
T FALL AND WINTER
GOODS.
Full lines of Fall and Winter Goods just re
ceived. We challenge comparison with any one
as to styles, quality of Goods and low. prices.
Do us the favor to examine the following, and
you will find something you mutt have :
Dress Goods and Trimmings,
Ladies' Wraps, Jersey Jackets. Wool Under
wear, Hosiery and Gloves, Elkin Blankits, Yarns
and Socks, Linen and Domestic Goods, Notions
of all kinds, &c , &c.
Bear in mind, we have Carpets, Rugs, Oil
Cloths, Clothing, Shoes, Hats in fact, every
thing to be found in a first class Dry Goods
House.
E. L. KEESLER & CO.
Sept 24, 1886.
FALL TRADE 1886,
SPRINGS ct BURWELL.
Remember that we are in our large and con
venient Store on College street, near the Cotton
Platform, and have our usual large Stock of
Groceries. Provisions, Flour, Grain. Grass BeeM,
&c, Ac, all of which we offer at lowest market
prices.
Always glad to see you.
SPRINGS & BURWELL.
Oct 1, 188fr " -
To Farmers and Merchants.
3,000 pounds Blue Stone', Wholesale and
Retail.
W. M. WILSON CO.,
Druggists
Sept 10, 1886.
Beady-Mixed Faints.
Averill Ready-Mixed Paints are coDsidered
the best. For sale by t m
W. M. WILSON & CO .
Sept 10, 1886. Droggw-