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Carolina Watchman THUR8DAY, SEPT. 9, 1886. EMOCE nC NOMINEES. For Congreiw 7th District, JOU 8. HEXDEIISO.V. of Rowan. Tor Judge 8th District, W. J. tfOXTGOJIERY, of Cabarrus. Solicitor 8tb District, B. T. LONG, of Iredell. At Yadkin Railroad Assured ! WORK TO BBOIH AT OHCE. Dr. 8. H. Emraeiw, representing a Lonpon company, has to-day signed contract with the Directors of the Yad kin Railroad, for the construction of the road. Surveyors are to go. to work immediately studying the several ap proaches to Salisbury. Actual work under the contract must begin on or before Nor. 1st, '86. The facts will be fp ten m more detail next wee. The Plumed Knight's Speech. HtJ . 1 J 1 1 James Dunne nas openea ine cam paign in Maine. He is the great load atone of the stalwarts and they rally at the first note of his clarion call. The plumes of this gallant knight waving over Puck's "cabbage leaf" delights the gaze of his wing of the grand old party. There is said to be nothing new under the sun. Frail mortality cannot know this to be absolutely true, though it is very generally accepted as such. But when we say there is nothing new in Blaine s speech, we assert it with confidence, since bis. political record is spread like an open page before the world. He revives memories of the past over which he seems to dwell with great relish. He holds up the horrors of by-gone days, which assumes the shape of the bloody shirt, to the infi nite satisfaction of those whose venom is still tainted with envious green. The old tariff issues of two years ago his stock in trade when toiling for the presidency were rehashed f dr the oc casion. He shakes his war-like plumes until they dance like a fisherman's cork, and cries for Canadian blood. He grasps his imaginary sword and charges on the Mexican frontier. He arraigns Secretary Bayard's action in regard to these foreign affairs as if the people in this peaceful and busy country were troubling themselves about those mat- ters. He makes much of nothing. The people know that thcinterests of the United suffered States, as a whole, have riot in Mr. Bayard s hands, and that the only complaint comes from interested fishermen in Mr. Blaine's State and from hot-headed and indis crete Texans on the frontier. The people of the whole country are satis fied, and this the champion stalwart knows quite well. He has" not forgot ten tou- hold up the faded chromos of Southern oppression and fraud. He has touched up the picture with splotches of red, but it is a poor disguise and will hardly last through the campaign. He was ever a vile traducer of the snnny South and his allusions to this progressive section are still tainted with hatred and envy, while the spirit which once made such utterances palatable, has passed away. He recognisestbis in some degree, and leaves the subject after a brief, bitter reverie, and mounts his tariff hobby, which he parades with great joy amid the approving shouts of his countrymen. But Blaine is a dead issue and has been assigned a place in the political waste basket, from which he peeps occasionally, as on this recent occasion. -TlrftP country- has moved away from him. He is in the extreme rear, and weighted down with dead and putrifying issues, he calls in vain for the van of the procession to wait He dies hard. It is hard for him to realize, but in truth no man is so dead politically, as Jim Him no of Maine. New cotton is now reported from all sections of the South. It is probable that the crops will fall short of last years figures. But few bales have been reported from this State, but-the spason is well opened iu the Gulf States. A letter from a friend at Houston Texas says: "Our cotton season has fully opened and the p-ill of the enormous compresses never cease.1' ' The Asheville Citizen gave "Under the Lash" nearly a half column of ad Terse criticism. Every one of the ca&t might be improved by being placed under the aloresaid lash twice a day for a few weeks, but it would reouire a new play to note the improvement; there is not an idea in "Under the Lash." It is remarkable how the daily press can have the patience to record base hall news. It seems that newspapers elevate the national game, of the na tional game lowers the newspapers. There is a change somewhere. Part f the jSwanunnoa tunnel on the W. N. . R. R. caved in on a freight firum life. It is a earthquake. No 1 oas of The Republicans are Mixed. The various wings of the Republican party in this State are at puts. Dr. Mofct is the nucleus around which ral lys one wing. These do not favor a State convention, nor the nominating of any candidates. They want to trade and '-filibuster." The othej great wing is in favor of an organized fight on the old issues, of having a State conven tion and nominating a regular ticket. From present indications this latter named wing-will be successful in so far as having a qojivention and nomi nating candidates is concerned. Sept. 22nd is the appointed time for their convention. This raucn will be suc cessfully performed, but ihat is all. There will be a Democratic triumph, as usual in North Carolina this fall. Don't have any doubts as to that. - Dr. Mott, and others of his wing have been doing much writing recently. Judge Thos. Settle, has recently come out aerainst the Dr. and knocks the o props from under him in a rather caus tic manner, but who cares how it goes Let them quarrel and wrangle and tanerle. it does not affect the honest Democratic vote which will be polled this fall. Go it boots! The Democratic nominees are safe in any event. To show how mixed things are get ting, and also to point out to Demo crats the traps that are being set to catch the thoughtless, and the plans being inaugurated to create discension. rFrom Judge Settle's card to the Repub licans of North Carolina, the follow excerps are taken: Dr Mott seeks to convey the impression that his sole purpose is to rescue the Re publican party from disruption; whereas the truth is, as it now transpires, that he is scheming to destroy it, his latest ex pression to that effect being contained in his letter to me of August 6th, already referred to. The proof is found in the following extract. "I was very sorry you did not eret here. "for I desired to talk-with you at length 'about politics. There is a sure way out "or our oimcuities ana conaition as an "anti-Bourbon party. We voiU hare" to ilsejmrate politically from some good friends "but there zhould be no hesitation on this ''account. It will bring me no personal "benefit, except as a citizen, but I can "help about it. The men whe are at the "front of the Bourbon party can be re "tired from the offices and deprived of "their influence by a certain course on "our part; and influential Republicans who "contribute to it can share in the honors and "trusts. If you cannot come up, I will "try to go to see you." So here we have a proposition to sepa rate from "good friends," and make over the party to a new combination not a Republican party, but an anti-Boufton party, in which the rank nnd file of the Republicans are to have no lot or part; and only such influential Republicans as are members of the mixed organization are to share in the honors and trusts of the new affiliation. In the light Of the views expressed in this letter of Dr. Mott, the action of the State Committee in re fusing to call a convention is significant. It means destruction to the Repub lican party of north carolina. Since he can no longer rule he is determined to ruin. This very aptly illustrates the condi tion of Republicanism in the State to day. Dr. Mott hopes to get the sup port of the Liberal, Independent, and disaffected Democrats to join him in an anti-bourbon fight. He wants to swap the whole republican party to do it. J udge Settle does not agree. He wishes to maintain his party lines. All these efforts, however, must prove futile so far as effecting the solid Democracy of North Carolina is cou7 cerned. DR. MOTT BOBS UP SERENELY. Dr. Mott is not a man to back when he once makes a start, so he comes back at J udge bettle with a batch of party secrets, which will show up the anti-Fo lrbon-Liberal-Republican-Dem-ocrats to have been deliberately acting with the g. o. p. while professing to be pure. What a set they are ! This wrangle among the bosses lets the feline escape from fehe cloth enclosure to the consternation of the purely honest Liberals. Ha ! ha ! what a hypocritical set ! But read the Doc tor's remarks part of which are given below : The movement is inspired by the same traitors around Greensboro and Winston who beat Dockerv in '82. unrl if Jnt Settle and others are pelted by the com mittee because they are in bad company they have themselves to thank for it. Logan Harris says there were about four thousand of them, and if their wishes had uceu respectea in allowing them tlm Internal Revenue Collector they wanted that Dockery instead of Bennett would have got their votes. This would have elected Dockery by nearly eight thousand majority. Now, as I told Mr. Arthur good politics would dictate that this was not proper material to brinr back the party, but he honestly thought difter ently and we have them again in their old roll of bolters, scheming for self re- garuiess oi party. Judge Settle s talk of "factions" and tne 'distrust'' thv writ. ;u ..t 2iJ2 occasion. , . j y - mm iurare 1 just now for the not honest as appled to me. He knows l have represented no faction unless nearly the unanimous party was a faction for at no time have less than 115,000 voters of the party supported my manage ment. Recklessly reaching for bricks to throw at me, Judge Settle asserts that au im- i"""1 Aisis wrougnout the State that CKmad u dmki jointlv "surrfiifWiT,,, a , - w, -.v.. n the leadership of the politics of the State una aieu n wun Arthur." I wm tmt thig impression by furnishing tJ? i i -1 . . . . . I itself- If he and-these bolters he has is. I me. and the party secrets are necessary to correct it, they akall have them, ed nothing. , Here is the paper lie alludes io . "Ablinctos Hotel Washington, June 24,- 1SS3, - "Dr. J. J. Mott : Dear Sir: Iu closing out the contro- i f -iii- ill t IIP redlectorship in our (the a.JnzHn district, we desire to say to vou that we earnestly wish the success of; the Liberal movemet in North Carolina, and will ourselves and through the news- miners advocate v . the coalition of all the anti-Bourbon elements in our State tor tHviftfi:it of Bourbon D "That we will recognize tlie auinomy of the Republican State executive com mittee, of which you are chairman, and use every effort to harmonize all dissen sions in the party. "That in appointments to office in tne service we will recognize the propriety of selecting good men from the different tactions as an evidence of a disposition to and for the purpose of establishing har mony. . -j ' . We recognize the value of your polit ical services, and will support you in your efforts for success. We will, also, in furtherance of this aid in continuing you in your management through the campaign of 1884. Truly yours, W. H. Wheeler, Thomas B. Keogh." The success of the coalition was upper most with me. and when Mr. Arthur insisted, though I denied it, that Keoh and Wheeler were honestly for the coali tion, and coalitionists in the Htate, in cluding Judge Settle, had pressed me to harmonize the party on line, I consented to the "closing af the controversy about collectorship." I "managed" through the contest of 1884, without a semblance of help from the national party, and placed on record the unprecedented number of one hundred and twenty-five thousand votes for York, in opposition to the Democracy. In the face of this Judge Settle would have me "emulate Keogh in retiring from political management." He would make the public believe that Keogh is eliminated from this contest, when the truth is that Keoch, while for the present suffering himself to be used as a seapegoat iri the interest of his con vention scheme, is really behind Settle with a rowel, goading him to pipe this convention music. Judge Settle's statement that he "tried to save me from Keogh" is rank irony. Keogh is one of Settle's own get. lie picked him up many years ago and placed him at the head of his ouce famous "Greensboro ring." Keogh soon became the ring himself, fast and immovable, and has been from that time till now Settle's "Old Man of the Sea," and has ridden hiin mercilessly. It is curious how Set tle happens in, on accasion, to give him a lift in his periodical downfalls. Keogh, Wheeler & Co. are what arc known as straightout Republicans as against coalition Republicans. The straightout seems to be disinterested in the process of evolution a Republican ticket is subjected to in its passage through a Southern ballot box. He pats it iu the box, but does not stay to see it come out. To the coalitionist this is very impractical politics. He wants to see the ticket Come out, and wants to help to hold it when it gets out. -2- As it is stated in my letter to Judge Settle (and .this is the politics I desired to talk to him,) it has been shown in the prohibition, and in many local contests, that when the negro is taken out of his peculiar attitude to the Republican party from the standpoint of these Southern Democrats, they will associate with him politically, and protect his rights. Tit is shows that it is as the w:trd of the Repub lican party of the North, and not as the uegro, that he is hated. a The great mass of the Republican party of North Carolina will spurn the move ment, and under its present lawful organization calmly await the develop ment of 'H8, with the patriotic confidence that the time, is approaching when it can protect itself, and exercise a respected power in the nation. How ridicluous Judge Settle's talk sounds about restoring the party in the State through these bolters, t-o its "pris tine power" and placing "pure and ca pable" men to lead, We all know it is the merest twaddle, since the straightout policy holds the rank and file to stand helpless where they have stood since the change of county government, and only serves to help the "pure and capable" men who lead, and leaves the clever Bourbon to count the votes. J. J. Mott. The Earthquake. SHAKING NEWS FiiOM EVERYWHERE. A very decided earthquake shock was felt here on last Friday night at eleven o'clock. It occasioned much fright, but did no damage. The earth quake is still the leading topic. Be low news is given from everywhere, taken from the daily papers. Charleston, Sept. 4 Prof. W. Z. Mc Gee, who came to Charleston to investi gate the earthquakes, says that they were the result of local landslides. His im pression is that the area covered by land slides theory has been from forty to one hundred miles under the bed of the sea. He was confident, moreover, that the worst was passed. Charleston, Sept. 4. The shock last night caused great alarm on account ot" the shattered, condition of the nerves of the people. Those persons who had ven tured back under their roofs hurried into the streets, which presented for a few moments, as tragical an appearance as on Tuesday night. But little actual harm was done by the shock. Two untenanted houses are reported io have fallen, to gether with part of the coping of Char leston Hotel. The vibration durinsr the shock was not especially great, but the moaning and howling sound was suffi ciently alarming. Graduallv the neonle had come to the conviction that the shocks were at ah end, and the disap pointment was agonizing. The sensation today is the falling of Showers of pebbles in the lower part of the city. There fall was at half past seven o'clock this morning, and the sec ond at about eleven o'clock. They ap peared to fall in a slanting direction from south to north. There are morsels of flint among them, and all are plainly abraded and worn by the action of the water. Some few have sharp fracture, and have evidently been recently broken! The fact of the tali is vouched for by several trustworthy persons. The War Department has sent nhnnt one hundred tents to Charleston and this I ... L : exhausts the sunn v mi mnrl i 'I - ....... : n.jucoia ' !lavc, been received today for about five hundred more, but the Department is unable to comply. Savannah, Sept. 4. Since last night's shock slight vibrations have been felt in the upper stories of the Morning News buildingalmost continuously, tlie. inter vals between them varying onlv from rive to ten minutes at the most. While I sign , i ' there was a general stampede at the first snock, the editorial and typographical forces, nevertheless, returned to theiht posts and stuck to them. The building is the highest ami largest in the city. Washington, Sept. 4.- The following dispatch was received here this morning from the manager of the Augusta, Ga.. office of the Western Union Telegraph Company: -'Augusta, Sept. 4. A wires ''O. K." this morning. Bus All our'; Business is extremely heavy. The shock last night has upset" everybody again, and we all ! ieei more or less nervous. -j ve nav e nau but little sleep or rest jnce tlie 31st. Pittsburg, Sept. 4.--A slight earthquake shock was felt at Sewickley, Pa , twelve miles1 West of this city, last night at 11:05, standard time. The shock was not per ceptible in this city. Scranton, Sept. 4. A distinct shock of - i i ir i i l 4 earthquake was felt in this city at 11:05 o'clock last evening. Comptroller Trenholm fears that the terrible plight of the people of Summer ville, near Charleston, has been overlook ed in contemplation of the greater area of suffering in the neighboring city. He has received two telegrams from that town today. The first was from the local relief committee, composed of John Gads den, chairman, and MesSrsjGray, Hutch inson, Boyle and Perry, and reads as follows: "Itemembcr Summerville's distress is very great; prompt relief, in tents and money, is needed." The second dispatch was sent by F. B. Fishburne, and says: "Send ?00 tents direct to this place. Shocks still continue and many families are homeless." f- The following, di.-patch has been re ceived by cable today from Queen Vic toria: "To the President of the United States: I desire to express my profound sym pathy with the sufferers by the late earth quakes and await with anxiety for fuller intelligence, which I hope may show the effects to have been less disastrous than reported. The Queen." Washington, Sept. G. President Cleve land has sent the following in reply to Queen Victoria's telegram of sympathy for the earthquake sufferers: Executive Mansion, Washington, Sept. 4, '8G. To Victoria, Queen and Empress Bal moral, Scotland. Your Majesty's express of sympathy for the Batterers by the earthquake is warmly appreciated and awakes a grate ful response in American hearts. (Signed,) Geoveu Cleveland, President. In Stanly. Some persons provided cel lars for the terrible cyclone.-?, we wonder what provision can be made for earth quakes? Sta I if Observer. Try balloons. In Davis On Tuesday night about 0:0 the citizens of this place and county were aroused and startled hy a severe crack and sudden jerk, followed by a "heavy" vibration which slsook Jiouses and . . I l -1 .. . l c 'ill i t ' t roes nice a mun unuer iuiu neauwav. 1 :ie shock was tcrnuc. and lour people were badly frightened for a while, but upon reflection it occurred to tjheir minds s an earthquake in sonic that, there was distant land O'.tr people Jiad no such notion. They were firmly convinced that the earthquake was fight Itete no for eign land about it though they were willing to let any foreign land have it. THE EARTHQUAKE AT SEA. Washington, Sept. 4. The Hydro graphic ollice has received a letter from t apt. Lee Vogcl, of the Steamer City of Palatka, briefly describing the effects of the earthquake at sea. He had just left Charleston and was about 13 miles ofi'the harbor of Port Royal in 8 fathoms where he ''experienced a terrible rumbling sen sation,' which lasted one minute and a half. There had been quite a Ilea vy sea from the southwest, but when the rumb ling began, the wave motion ceased and the waters remained a perfect calm until the rumbling ended, when the swell was again manifest. The wind was southeast and light, weather, cloudy.,, barometer 10.01, thermometer SO. The sensation, Captain Vogel savt, resembled that of a ship's scraping a pebbly bottom. The ship's vibrations were very great. The light house board has received a report from Charleston to thje effect that the mean tower of Morris Island light is cracked near the third landing from the ground and the iloor in the watchroom, upon the lens reBts, is some what loosed. Tlie Roman light and tower have been seen since the earth quake and arc supposed to be all right. The lens at Bull's Kay Kght house has been thrown off its pedestal. A curious effect has been discovered at the signal office. Tlie self registering wind vane shows a horizontal mark preceding and subsequent to the shaking, denoting a mild steady, almost invariable breeze, but for 'iO or 40 seconds of the most violent 'shaking the marks indicate that the pencil point was moved up and down the paper many times and with great rapidity. An explanation of this phe nomenon is difficult to reach. This is the only instrument at the signal office which seems to have been affected by the earth quake. Some. anxiety is felt with regard to the possible effect of the earthquake at the Bermuda Islands. The islands lie direct ly in what is now supposed. to have been the path of the most violent agitation, and their physical features are such as to warrant fear that they may have ex perienced severe disaster. I The following from Chambers' Ency clopaedia, is an explanation of the causes of an earthquake : Mr. Mallet, in an el borate report on the subject presented to the British Associa tion, assumes that volcanoes and the centre of earthquake disturbances, are near the sea,r other large supplies of water; and he says that when an erruption of igneous matter takes placebeneath the the sea-bottom, the nrst action must he to open up large fissures in its rocky mate rial, or to lift and remove its incoherent portions, such as sand, mud, gravel, kc. The water on meeting the heated sur faces assumes the spheroidal state; while in this condition, the intestine motion may be great, but little steam is gener ated; but no sooner have the surfaces cooled, than the water comes iuto close contact with them, aud a vast volume of steam is evolved explosively, and blown off into the deep and cold Water of the sea, where it is condensed, and thus a blow of the most tremendous sort is given at the volcanic focus, and being transferred outwardly in all directions, is transmitted as the earthquake shock. The surfaces of the ignited material, however, now cooled down below the point at which steam can be generated rapidly, merely keep up a gentle ebulli tion, which is transmitted as the trem bling alter the shock. Chi the surface again becoming heated by conduction from the molten mass, the various phases are again repeated. This he considers the chief cause of earthquakes, but he supposes they may -also be lue to the evolution of steam thronjrb fissures, and itsjrregulai fujar and per falcum conden&fionj res sure of sea-water ; pr to great under j fractures and dislocation in the rocky crust, suddenly produced . by pressure aetim nn it ff. oi tier .uireeuon. It Would belitrange indeed if Charles ton be thjfcientre of disturbances, which we doot believe. The central point, whenever traced, will be found to have (been connect ell vkh violent vertical upheaval accomnanied with volcanic ac- lion, tne tremors Irom wnicn radiate in all directions, the distant effects of which are governed bv local conditions. Ihe sudden upheaval of an island in fie , . . . Mediteranean near the African coast, -off' iuuis, oa tne ouih oi August, uie aay before the Charleston earthquake, possibly had some connection with it. We look however, for the explanation to come from some of the West India Islands or South America. From the description of the earth movement in Charleston, the impulse came from afar, and from bevondi the limits of the Northern continent of America. Ashevill e Citizen. Charleston, S. C, Sept. 6. At 9 o'clock this morning the headquarters of the relief committee at the city building were crowded by the .unfortunate earthquake sufferers. One member of the committee is kept busy writing passes on railways to transport sufferers to other points. The committee prefers to give this char acter of assistance above all others. -It gets the unfortunate away. Orders for rations are being issued; money is given to no one. During the rush of applicants for assistance a . large section ot the Meeting street front of the court house opposite the city hall, fell out. The report of the fall was equal to the earth quake shock. Immediately the assembled in and out of thebuilding began to sway and move like the billows of the storm stricken sea. The cooler heads present mounted chairs and admonished the people to move away quietly and not to become excited. The scene was appal ling for a short time, but quiet was finally restored. The men at work tear ing down the frail portions of the court house were ordered to stop work. Act ing mayor riuger says the relief commit tee is now assisting about one-third of Charleston's entire population. Mayor Courtuay is expected to arrive on the first train on the Coast Line tomorrow aid will hold a special meeting of the city council, when decisive steps will be taken to afford "protection from falling buildings and clear the streets of some of the debris which now impedes the progress of pedestrians and vehicles everywhere. Dispatches continue to pour in offering aid. About $05,000 has al ready reached here. From indications at hand it is believed contributions will finally aggregate 500,)00, and that $200, 000 will have arrived by tomorrow night. Money sent by registered letter or by express to mayor Courtuay or the relief committee comes in the most desirable shape although many contributions ar rive in the form of postoffice orders, drafts, etc. Shortly after 10 o'clock, the scenes of despair and fight at the city hall were again renewed bv falling buildings in that viciuitv. A great crowd was near St. Philips' church where the tall spire is being torn down, fled precipitately. The steeple of St. Micheal's ehurehythe land mark of the city, which was supposed to have been completely wrecked, appeal's to be about the only tall structure which can be permitted to stand. At sunrise this morning tlie weather looked threat ening, aud ivt this, 11 a.m., it looks as though a steady rain may set in before night. People who .slept on board of vessels in the harbor last night say Ihey felt the 11 o'clock shock very plainly. The vessels made forward plunges, then there was a rumbling noise and the waves thumped the hulls viciously. The scien tists came io the front today with a statement that there re visitations of the shocks every day for some time, possibly .weeks yet. The slight shock of an earthquake at ll:lo last night caused little or no alarm, but a light rain which set in at 4-o'cloek this morning made thousands of persons encamped in the streets painfully anx ious. Fathers began to look around for means of sheltering their wives and children, but very little could be done in this direction, however. The colored people at daybreak began to hunt through the streets, and speedily took possession of all the pieces of old tin they could find. In some of the vacant lots were sections of tin blown from roofs by the cyclone in August, 18S5, and which had been left lying on the ground. In. other places there were pieces of tin from houses which had been unroofed by the earthquake. These wore rpcedily taken possession o: ana utioznl tor the frail tents thai had beei: erected. At daylight the r ; i 1 1 ceased and the sun appeared. LaLer in the morning there were several slight, showeis, bu not enough to cause any inconvenience. Many old colored women and children were seen wandering about the streets picking up stray pieces oi planks and beams from wrecked hou to he used as firewood, aud by sunrise fives were li ed and preparation" were under wav ;ht for breakfast. The usual weekly bill of mortality shrtws a total of 98 deaths in the city-for the week ending September 4th, of these 2o were white and tW colored. Tlie deaths caused by the earthquake were '4ti up to 4th inst, 11 of these being white and '27 colored. Smce then there have been several additional deaths caused by the earthquake. Athens, Sept. 7. Fresh shocks of earth quake were felt today in this city, and at Kalavrita and elsewhere. Seismic rum blings were hoard yesterday- throughout Pelopaoncsus. Charleston, S. C, vept. 7. This has been a quiet day for us, as there has only been one shake since Sunday nigut and that shake today was not worse than would have been caused anywhere by the passing of a heavy laden wagon. Kvi dently the subterranean disturbances are working themselves out, and and hour by hour more thought is given to the needs of the present and the wants of the future. I'herrMs a feeling of sturdy self reliance that is highly encouraging. Is'o one doubts the ability to pull through. The luck of the people rises beyond the height of the occasion. Mayer Court enay's return, too, this morning puts everybody in better spirit. Long before the usual office hours he was hard at work systemizing and arranging relief measures and ascertaining, on his own account the extent of the calamity. One of his first steps was to constitute as a relief committee the joint committee of the Chamber of commerce, Merchants' Exchange and Cotton Exchange, appoint ed by the city council. The several ex changes are representee! on the committee aud Mayor Courtenay will be chairman. At a meeting of the First Presbyteriau churcn this morning, it was unanimously resolved to make a general appeal for aid to the Presbyterian churches of the country. Their beautiful building is a total nun and the congregation is em poverished. Contributions can be for warded to Rev. W. T. Thompson, D. 1)., pastor. The appeal of the eoloroel minis ters to the people of the United States; for means of relief for the colored people in distress, M as wholly unnecessary. The relief committee treat the funds command as subtjeribed for the beuefit of it uicir the whole community, jml it was given ' without distinction of race color oi-c.it-' dition, so will it be expended. . Up to this time more accommodation nave oeeu ld for colored refuirees than for whitna and issiiins? committee are no respectors of persons. This has been demonstrated and the expectation is that colored ministers will be willing to ce ' operate with the general committee in stead of acting on their own accouuu The geological survey has determined to call the highest peak east of the Rock ies after Dr. Mitchell, honoring Gen. Clingman by conferring his name on the next highest. Hi eics fc (Jmerver. Jrhe Geological survey was consider- m ate. We were not aware that it was part of their duty to name mountains. The people of the State did tliis naming years ago. The President bagged a deer a few days since. Is he not shooting out ofj the sporting season? Order of the Superior Court of Afex anaer County, I wUl re-seU, od tlie premises, oa Monday, tne ah day of October, a certain trai t or land In Rowan county, Ijlogon tne waters oi bu Creek, adjoining the lands of JamsCowan. Henry Burke, and others, belonging to the estate of buinona nurxe, deceases contain ing SO acr s by estimation. Terms, si months credit, with bond antt approved security. Title not given unUl purchase money is paid n. J. BURKE, admr. Aug. 31, 1886. 45rtt EiTS CATARRH CREAM BALM Or.' Gives Roiicf at once and Cures- mm COLD in the Head,rjFEVER'( wirr n CATARRH HAY FEVER. Sot a Liquid, Snvff or Poirder. Free, from Inju rious Drugs an I Offensic odors. HAY-FEVER A particle of the Balm is annlied into eacn nostril is agreeable to use and Is quickly absorbed, effectu ally cleansing the nasal passages Of catan hal virus causing healthy secretions. If. allays p:inand inliamaflon, protects the mem branal linings ot the head from addiiloi.al colds, completely heals the sores and restores the sense of taste and smell. Beneficial results are realized by a few applications. A thorough treatment vciU cure. Price 50 cents at druggists; by mall, registered, 60 cents, circulars sent free. ELY BUOTHElts, Druggists, uwego, N. Y. 4o:tf SELECT SCHOOL P0H Young Ladies ahp Children. Iliss Jeimic Galdtrell, Principal. The fall Session will begin Sept. 22nd, 188n Terms same as heretofore. No deduction for absence except iir cases of pro tracted sickness. 43:1m W. F. ELLIOTT COJiTRAOTOH AilO BOSLDFJ, SALISBURY, K. C. I wi.slilo stale to the citizens of Salis bury and surrounding country, that I am located at Salisbury N. C. for the purpose of constructing buildings of all styles and finish. Am a practical builder of sev eral years experience and guarantee sat isfaction. Parties wishing to see me on building will find me at the residence of Mr. Willie Gales. Very Res'pt, W. F. ELLIOTT. 15:.,t. Salisbury N.C. FOR RENT. A new dwelling plastered. comfortable and convenient with six rooms, lathed and Apply to F. Davidson & Co. AIE SLACKED, COMPOSTING and other .Agrrtcuttural and EOR DEODOK1ZIMJ purpose at the lov prictfof 75 cts. par barrel. 4f;2 It. J. HOLMES. Land For Sale. The Undersigned offers his valuable plantation of 115 acres on Sceond Creek 8 miles west ot Salisbury- for sale. It is valuable property, and a bargain w ill be given if application id made earl v. 43:1m. II. E. N.vrr.. The Enterprise Chair Man'fnctVjr Co., ot Glbsonvllle, N. C, turns out .one of the most durable Chairs on the market and at very reasona ble rates. The Carolina oiled Oak" Chair', finish ed up In hard oil instead of varrush, la net, eoin fortable and strong. J. U. Mceely lias samples ot them. lm MORTti CAROLINA In the f?upEkioR ROWAN CQU.il r. ) Conn.. AUGTS'f 21st 1886. J X Baker. J F Baker, W II Allev and wife .Margaret Alky, W J Overcofth and wife Mary D Overcash, Frances E Sherrill, Mary M bherrill and Bruer A Slierrill in fants iindt.r the age of twenty one years by their nat friend V T. Slierrill. O V Baker and N I Baker infants under the age of twenty-one years by their guardian E T Goodman; D C Baker, N liaker and D Bilker infants under the a-c: of twenty one years by their guardian Jacob M Eiioy IVils. Againft Florence Collins, Def ts. It appearing to the satisfaction of the Court by affidavit that Florence Qollins, the defendant ahorv named i a non-resident of tins State and cannot af'tr lnr. diligence be found in this Stale aftM that she is a necessary nartv tn ti. .1. . ' - - inw I i. named artion. It is now on motion ordered by the Court that publication ! raade in the Carolina Watchman for six successive weeks notifying the said Florence the de fendant above named. Jo ilmwir at tl... office of the Clerk of the Sujeiior jt.'ourt for the Counjy . f Kowad on the 9th dav of Oeiober lKtt and answer tine complaint hied in this action in theofficeof the Cleik of the Superior Court,-and let her take notice that if rhe fail to answer the said complaint within that time. Ihe' plain tiff will apply tuthe Court for ihe relief i """v in me roimuaint. ! Given under my hand' this 21t div of AllgUSt . J. M. HORAll fSArtr NOTICE ! BY 1 rum 44:tf. Superior Couit1owai Co. IW Absolutely Pure. This powder never varies. A marvel of , r strength, and wnolesomeness. More ' eeonomi i than the ordinary kinds, and cannot be ,ia 1 competition with the multitude or low uM h'" ueitrni.aiuiuurpuoapnuiepowGers. S(),(, cans: ltOTAii BASING l'OWDEK CO., 106 Wall St,X V SPECIAL ATTENTION CALLED TO THE HOTEL, Icard Station, W. N.C. R. S. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED BY LEADING PHYSICIANS ALL OVtR THE STATE. Accommodations for BOARD The BEST in Western N. C. Anal vsis of the water, term?, and all com munications, will le promptly answered either by us at Salisbury, N. C, or at Hap py Home, Burke county, N. C. MERONEY & BRO.: 3S:3m Proprietors. 2SrPmsTFslETllN FOE TOBACCO FLUES " Just received. Flues of a'l kinds made in the best manner and at lowest prices. We have on liand alto a fine Hue of COOK i oves, TINWARE and STILLS, TINWARE f AND STOVES REPAIRED at (the Corner Building lately occupied. by BLACKMER & TAYLOR.) C. F. BAKER May 15th, '80. & CO. 31:3m VALUABLE FARM FOR SALE. A Valuable Farm, situated in Unity Township, Rowan County, about 9 miles Irom Salisbury, on the waters of Second Creek, near the Wilkesboro road, adjoin ing the lands of James Holt, Calvin Har rison and others. containing about 144 acres, nearly one half of 'which is Second Creek bottom, Inavily timbered. On the place is a gooii frame house, barn, well, and necessary out buildings, all new. TERMS: made suitable to purchaser, af ter a small cash payment. For informa tion and all particulars apply to THEO. F. KLUTTZ," Attorney, Salisbury, N. C, or Mus. JENNIE C. McCORKLE, 30:tf Jerusalem, Dayie Co., N.C ' THAN EVER ! ! . MeCubbins has just received and most complete stock of SPRING AND SUMMER j. s, the new largest goods that he has ever offered to the-pub- lie: Consisting of Dry Goods, Notions, Boots and Shoes, Groceries, Drugs, Hats; Clothing, Provisions, Crockery and Glass ware, and a fuli line of high jjrade Fertilizers For Cofton and Tobacco, all of which is offered very cheap for Cash, Barter, or good that lie ."ilQitg;lge8. Don't fail to o and see him at No Murphy's Granite Row, Salisbury, N. C. 1, FOR SALE OR RENT Small Houses April 1st, 1886. Apply to S. McCUBBINS, Sr. 24:tf. LOOK MERE! TO TH033 T720 S2OZ3i The FLAT IRON BRAND CIGAR is the BEST 5 CT. CIGAR made. Try it. For sale by G A L I j I HO R E St CO. June 10th, 1886. 4:lm. Notice of Dissolution. The firm of P. M. Brown & Co.. was this ilnj dissolved by mutual consent, W. A. Falconer withdrawing. P. M. Brown will continue the business in all its branches. Either partner will sigrrin liquidation. P. M. Bhown, W. A. Fjkl.CONRR. ML www a Connelly Springs CHEAPEB mm 40. fw e alikbiry, N. C. July 19, 36.