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i i , ilfr -. It! if In- - - .1 ft 1' Is n Hi M Hi Mi Til II i t ! i if Charlotte Democrat. CHARLOTTE. N. C The Goldsboro Argus publishes the following letter from Hon. -6. i. u: .,ir for itself. It was written, as ovv in nlv to ft letter of inquiry to know just what "tampering' he did with that sub-Treasury dui, iur Polk and some few others are attacking him so violently : TT.nwn KrTa KkVATE. 4 jsiiAmr - -orvn tir.nrnTo. D. CL August 7, ItWtt jfr Esq., Goldsboro, N. C. : Mr Dxab Si : Your favor of 2nd inst : a t iVa nleasnre ic answering it, but am compelled for want of time to Do very Dn. The bill as Polk and Macune handed it to me contained a provision ma i f Khonge8. who were the to be agents of the Treasury Department, should be elected by the qualified voters of each county wherein the warehouse was to do suuatcu. , , . and provide that they should be appoint- ed by . the oecreiary oi vuo itauu.;. Please get a copy of the Constitution and Jook at the second clause ol Section 2, q ani vnn will see whv. There Ainwv j --- f is no greater danger to the good cause of tbe tanners loan mi ii. uuw trusted to the management of leaders who COUlu not. mme ui "uui" directly violating in this way the plain language of the constitution so plain, in fact, that a school boy cannot misunder stand it. I made no other change in the bill except to change the wordSub-Treas ury and substitute "bonded agricultural warehouses," for the reason that there is an old political prejudice against that name tub Treasury. Those who charge me with thus changing the provision of the bill in order to make it unpopular are guilty of falsehood and absurdity. I was, and am friendly to the purposes of the bill, and to everything that the .far mers wish that can be granted them with in the fundamental law of my country. If their cause is wisely directed it will triumph as sure as there is justice upon earth. It is a pity that it should be handicapped at the very start by a meas ure so unconstitutional and impracticable. May God give them wisdom to do right and succeed. I thank you for your kind expressions for me personally. t ery vruiy uum Z. B. Vance. Destructive Storm. One Hoar's Rain destroys $11,000 worth of Property. Nos. 6, 7, 8 and 9 townships have been under water. Big Buffalo, that runs by Mt. Pleasant, has never been so full within the recollection of the oldest citizens. Cress' flour and corn mill, on Jenny Wolf, is thought to be moved from -its base;he wheels and forebay are washed out and away. Foil's Mill was considered far above high water mark, but twenty minutes after the rain started to fall the muddy, wild water had leaped up into the first floor of the mill and flooded wheat, flour, meal, corn and damaged the mill to a great extent. The big dam across the stream here broke terrific and violent was the force of the water as it rushed down stream, moving every thing before it in its wild, destructive course. C. D. Barringer's flour mill was damaged to an extent that a thousand dollars will not make good the damages. A costly dam washed away, forebay and wheels gone. Besides this loss, his saw mill was lifted from its base and floated down the creek. Nearly the whole pro perty is wrecked. A 600 bridge at Foil's mill, three miles north of Mt Pleasant, washed away, leaving not even the approaches. A large public bridge at Barringer's mill was knocked into ten thousand atoms by the fearful flood. This place is two miles northeast of Mt. Pleasant. The bridge on W. R. Kindley's planta tion formerly Wm. W. Heed's) is re ported washed, away. The bridge over Buffalo on the public road, one mile east of Mt. Pleasant, was two feet underwa ter. The creek was near a half mile wide at many places. The raft that carried away the dams and bridges was nearly a mile long. Scarcely a bushel of corn will be gath ered from the Buffalo bottoms. It is all destroyed. The damage and loss thus far reported, to buildings, bridges, crops and lands, are estimated by calm men to be over $10,000. Nothing could be heard from points below ML Pleasant, but it is reasonably certain that the bridge at Moses Barrier's mill and at Shinn's store are gone, besides the total destruction of the crops. Concord Standard. The South'! Prosperity. The Manufacturer's Record of August 9, says : The contrast between the West and Northwest and the South is being very strikingly brought out at present by the daily crop reports. In the former sec tions disastrous crop failures seem to be the order of the day. From Kansas comes the report of a corn crop of only 20 per cenL of last year's, while Dakota sends out doleful tales of short yields of cereals. In the South the farmers are rejoicing over the finest prospects known for many years, and the indications now point to the largest cotton crop ever raised, with prices high on account of the steadily increasing demand throughout the world for cotton goods. "Stanley," said the late Henry W. Grady, "is but an advance agent for American cotton goods ;" for wherever civilization is push ed into new regions tho demand for cloth ing necessarily follows. And so, while the South keeps on extending its cotton area and enlarging its crop, prices have for several years tended upwards. Already the movement of cotton to the towns has commenced, and everywhere throughout the South the farmers are made glad by the prospects ot an abund ant harvest, This means a great surplus of money in that section which will still farther help on the industrial develop ment of the whole South. With pros perity ruling everywhere in the South, and New England and Western money crowding down to share in the profits that must follow the building up of such great industrial interests as our country has not yet soen, we may look for a sea son of wonderful activity from Maryland to Texas. fcST The Atchison Champion, republi can, says a "protective tariff is one of the many things the West does not want and cannot Afford to sustain. The Western farmer has no interest whatever in a pro tective tariff. His interest rather lies in the direction of free trade of access to att markets wherever bis products may be in demand." From WasMcstoB The tariff bill was taken tip. the ques finn beinfr on Mr Butler's amendment to reduce the duty on cotton ties to S5 per Mil t A valorem. Mr Vance made an amusing speech in ridicule of the claim that farmers aenvea -nv benefit from the tariff. Ine manu nfwoolen croods. he said, who got 75 per cent protection on his goods, a;1 ti th farmer : "If vou eive mo 75 nercent protection on my wool goods airainst English and French, I will give von 25 cents oer bushel protection on vour wheat and ten cents per bushel pro- tection on your corn g" "u6uu! that does not grow a bushel of corn and does not grow one fifth of the wheat that her people eaL" One got cash and the other promises. The cash was "the short run" and oromise was "the long run." n.r tha m&nnf&eturcr is tired off reaping the benefit of the bargain on his side he agreed to let the farmer get his "innings." So far, the manufacturer had proved remarkably long winded; he had not shown the slightest evidence ot being tired. The nature of the bargain between the farmers and manufacturers was well il1iitra.ted bv the offer of one urchin to .mw "Jim if von irwe me a bite of your big red apple. I'll show you my sore toe." (Laughter.) If the Senators insisted on tribling the existing tax on cotton ties, might not, (he asked), when some of them were on hustings talking about protection to American labor, some man in the audience say with great propriety, "That is a lie, you know that you are not for protecting all American labor; for seven million bales of cotton are oppressed when pre pared for the foreign market by a tax three times higher than that imposed on many other articles. The most deserving (because most use ful in a commercial point of view) of all the agricultural products of the unitea States was taxed to death in all processes of its growth and production, and was then taxed (farewell shot) as the bale left the gin house 103 per cent on ties that en veloped it, and this not for the benefit of the American manufacturers oi cotion ties, for there were none, and not for the benefit of the treasury, (for the bill was one to reduce revenue,) but out of pure "cussedness," and because the .republican party got so used to taxing things that they could not stop. Mr Daniel also made a speech on the question of the pending bill in general and of the proposed increase of the duty on cotton-ties in particular. He spoke of that proposed increase as a characteristic of the relentless war which the Republi can party was making upon the agricul tural industries of the United States. On what principle of free trade or of pro tection, or what economic theory of any kind, be asked, could a proposition be sustained to increase the tax on cotton- ties, an article of indispensable necessity? But the Republican party, he said, had declared war, and war to the knife, against everything that agriculture pro duced. It did not intend to give to the agricultural interest anything except a little sop here and there to placate the ignorant and to disguise the false inten tion that lurked under its sometime pleas ing promises. The bill proposed to triple the duty on cotton-ties, to take the duty off sugar, and to reduce the duty on rice, thus at tacking 'three of the great industries of the South. In other words, for the American farmers there was in the bill protection wherever it would not protect, and there was no protection wherever it would. In the bill the Kepubucan party was for free trade in nearly everything that would injure the farmers of the United States. Andersonville, Again. The Century for August regales its readers with another chapter on Ander sonvillc, Florence, and other Southern places where the Confederates held cap tive their prisoners of war. After a quarter of a century has passed it is not easy to understand what good the Century hopes to accomplish by re viving those bitter memories. We have no objection at all to a full discussion of all the points at issue, but we daresay that the editor of the maga zine referred to will not consider it any part of his duty to give space for the presentation of the facts from a Southern standpoint If, however, we are mis taken in this, Dr. J. W ilham Jones is the man to tell the world the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. That r ederals suffered in our prisons we do not doubL Our own soldiers in the field were always on short rations and sometimes were almost starved. We divided our scanty supply of pro visions with our prisoners. More we could not do. How fared it with the Confederates held at the North ? The United States Government had all the earth from which to draw its sup plies, yet it put our men upon starvation fare. Often the hunger of tho poor fellows was such that the rats caught running about he prison camps were killed and eaten ! This is not alL The Souib always wanted to exchange prisoners with the North, but Gen. Grant would not agree to iL He knew that the food consumed by the 50,000 prisoners held by us was to that extent daily diminishing our com missary stores and bringing capitulation that much nearer. It was a war meas ure, a cruel but effective one. Let all the readers of the Century bear these truths in mind : that Gen. Grant forbade exchanges (except in rare and special cases) and that in our poverty and exhaustion we shared fairly with our captives, while in the North either through wantonness or unjustifiable re taliation they starved to death, in sight of bursting barns and great herds of tat cattle, some of the best men that ever took up arms for the Confederate cause. Richmond Dispatch. A Scheme to Pat Neeroes to Raising Coffee and Sugar in Mexico. J. Milton Turner, an attorney, will leave for New York to arrange the de tails of his plan for colonizing negroes in Mexico. He says the plan is being pro moted by a firm of coffee dealers in New York who have a capital of about $5,000, 000. The purpose of the firm, he says, is to put negroes to raising coffee and sugar. They own about 21,000,000 acres of land, which will be divided among the colonisL No rental will be charged for the land, and the firm will furnish all the means of support for the negroes till they can get their grounds under cultivation and be come self-sustaining. They are willing to spend from $2,000,000 to $3,000,000 in that way. Hortla Carolina TIevra. CSf The Baleigh Signal, the occasional orean of tho Republican party, edited by J. C. Ii. Harris, will resume its publica tion in a short time. RT Miss Marie Rolin Stubbs has re tired from the editorship of the Oxford Orphans' Friend. Miss Mattie Rountree, neceeds Miss Stubbs as editor of the Friend. t& The Second and Fourth regiments of the North Carolina State Guard are encamned at Wnghtsville. There are fourteen companies in each regiment and about 450 men in all. Mr G. W. Bryan says that he has realized $60 from one acre of watermelons alreadv. and his family and Mr Wal- sion's have used all they wished since they first began to ripen. ' All sold in Scotland Neck, and the cost of cultiva tion has not exceeded $10. Scotland Seek Democrat. Hf The announcement that Rev. W, S. Black. D. D had been appointed to succeed Dr. Dixon as Superintendent of the Orphan Asylum was premature. Dr. Black is strongly backed for the place and would make an excellent Superin tendent, as would several others who have been named, but no meeting of the Board has yet been called to take action. Nokth Caboliha's Dxbt. The census returns gives the bonded debt of this State as follows : North Carolina in 1880 had a bonded debt of $15,422,045; in 1890 it is 17,511,000; no floating in either 1880 or 1890. Cash and funds on hand in 1880, $96,569.57; in 1890, $73,032.21. The net debt in 1880 was $15,326,475.44; in 1890 it is $7,53S,56a79. t-The N.-C. Agricultural Experi ment Station has procured cuttings of the best varieties of figs in cultivation in all parts of the world. There are thirty varieties in all. lhese are being grown at the station for the double purpose of testing their hardiness and quality and for growing cuttings to be distributed in all parts of the State. Full directions for fig culture will be given in bulletins hereafter, iree to all who apply. W. r. Massey, Horticulturist. 6T There is one thing about the sub- Treasury billpeculiarly perplexing to us. It re this: Who wilt fix the price of the products presented to warehousemen by the farmers ? For instance, take corn. It is now selling in Kansas for 20 cents per bushel. In Buncombe it is selling from 65 cents to $1 per bushel. Which price would be allowed the Buncombe county farmer ? Or would a happy mean be struck and the farmer here allowed 50 cents. Will some of our esteemed Al liance friends enlighten us? Asheville Journal. One of the biggest deeds ever seen in this country is in the possession of the Morganton Land and Improvement Com pany, and is part of the chain of title in a tract of mountain land containing 70,000 tres they have recently purchased. The deed is written on parchment, and is about 3 feet wide by 15 feet long. The penmanship is beautiful, every letter be ing carefully formed and shaded, and though the deed is nearly one hundred years old, it is remarkably well pre served. Morganton Herald. Smart Chicken in Oliw Township. I have the boss chicken. He was hatched the last week. On the day after he was hatched, by the time he was 24 hours old, he crowed distinctly; all the family heard him but all seemed to have some doubt about the matter; but the next day my wife was looking at him when he crowed, and he has been heard several times since. Wonderful chicken of the Lang Shang Black Game and Old Creapy stock mixed. If any one can beat that he will have to go back to the egg. P. W. Eagle in Statesville Landmark. t& Dr. R. K..Gregory of Greensboro, has invented a fluid and bandage, by the use of which together there is no possi bility of blood poisoning. It is pro nounced the greatest and most valuable invention of the age. The Patriot says Dr. Gregory has letters patent in the United States and six foreign countries and already received an order from our Government for 100,000 packages for use in the army, navy and revenue marine departments, to be delivered in October, and every country in which ft is patented has signified an intention to place orders for the fluid and bandage. Conservative authorities place the value of Dr. Grego ry's invention at twenty . millions of dollars. -North Uaroliua has wild pastur age enough to maintain handsomely o,uvu,uuu sueep, and it proper attention were given to it and dog laws passed by our Legislature to protect sheep hus bandry, there is no industry in the State that would yield a greater income to the amount invested than that of sheep rais- ing, out until some law is enacted to pro tect sheep from dogs, men of capital will be loth to invest in it in this State. We call our Alliance friends' attention to this important matter, and we trust they will vote for no man for the next Legislature until he has committed himself by signing a card or otherwise to Vote for a law that will protect this long -neglected industry, that would bring millions of dollars into the pockets of our people. Baleigh Far mer. J. his is ARMiNa. it 8 a pleasure to hear farmers talk about their crops now, especially when they can talk like Com missioner T. Keel, of Farmville. He told us Monday his crops are the finest they have been since 1882. He has 140 acres in cotton from which he expects to harvest 120 bales, and if all things con tinue favoraoly his corn crop will amount to at least 400 barrels. He ako has six acres in tobacco which is fine, besides' small crops of potatoes, rice, sugar cane, etc He has both last year's and this year's crop of wheat still untouched. Last year's crop was the only one upon which he has ever failed to make a handsome profit, and even then he made enough to supply him until the next crop is harvest ed. The man who manages his own afiairs so well is the right man for Coun ty Commissioner. Greenville Reflector. Thk Finest. There are many men in Wilson county six feet tall. But if there was one seven feet high even he could not be seen walking through the tobacco patch of Dr. N. Holden. He has about five eighths of an acre that is the finest any 'one here has ever seen. We saw one stalk in the field on Tuesday morning 9 feet high with 30 leaves There are many between 8 and 9 feet high and it averages 7 feeL It is calculated that the yield will be something near 1,000 pounds, which is equal to 1,600 pounds to the acre. As it stands it is perhaps worth $250. The Dr. challenges any farmer in the State to equal his crop. It is growing just in front of the new warehouse and can be seen by any one who so desires.- Wilson Advance. t The Force Bill Allen G. Thurman's Opinion of the Infamous ' . Measure. Hon. Allen G. Thurman was invited to address the meeting held at-Columbus, Ohio, last Saturday, to protest against the force bill now pending in tho Senate, but being unable on account of his health to be present, wrote a letter, from which we extract the following, giving his opin ion of the bill: "I havo endeavored to study the bill carefully and impartially, and the more I have studied it the more obnoxious it seems to me. I do really believe that it is the worst measure on the subject of elections ever introduced into an Ameri can Legislature. Under the pretense of purifying the elections it provides an elaborate machinery by ' which the will of the people may be overthrown and the choice of their so-called Representatives bo made by a set of hireling - and irre sponsible federal officials, chosen without any agency of the people and acting un der the orders of a superior set of, dicta tors, whose term - of office will be practically without limitation and who will of necessity be a body of irresponsible partisans. And to support this machinery an immense fund, which, it is said, may an mount to millions, is to be created, to be drawn from the public treasury that is, from the pockets of the people and to be used as a bribery or corruption fund to perpetuate the rule of the party in power. Then the bill, if enacted into a law, will serve to intensify and perpetuate sectionalism and race prejudices, and to undo much that may have been done to put an end to those deplorable evils. The doubtful, to say the least of them, consti tutionality of some of the most important provisions of the bill and the immense and unprecedented stretch of federal power involved in it cannot fail to strike e?ery student of the constitution and alarm all who believe in the teachings and the practice of the fathers. 1 am not without hope that the bill will fail in the Senate. I sincerely pray that thus a baneful revolution in our govern ment will be averted. I am, gentlemen, with great respect, your friend and servant, Allen G. T hukvan. W. R. Dale, alias J. 0. H. Natal?. Con victed. Atlanta, Aug. 8. Rev. Walter R. Dale, formerly pastor of Sixth Baptist Church of Atlanta, was yesterday con victed of bigamy at Dallas, Ga where he has been on trial for several days. Dale s story is one of romance. The testimony, as adduced upon this trial, found him in North Carolina at a place called Wades boro. There, it is stated, he was raised, and there married a lady by the name of Horton, by whom be had four children. At that time he was known as J. O. H. Nutall. He was a jeweler by trade; one of those roving fellows who go about from place to place - among the little towns. Dallas was one of the places he visited, and there he staid at the house of a man named Rawhngs. . The daughter of Rawlings fell in love with Nutall, and they disappeared to gether, Nutall leaving behind him his wife and children. He is next heard from in Conyers, Ga., where he turned up under the name of Fountaine. The relatives of the girl found them there, and succeeded in in ducing her to return to her homo. Foun taine, as he is now known, is next hoard of in Rock mart, where he appeared in company with a young girl who he said was his niece, lie becams involved in some trouble there and disappeared. About the same time there appeared in Dallas, Ga., a jeweler named Walter R. Dale. Then came bis conversion to the Baptist Church, and after a while his ad mission to the ministry. He married in Dallas a Miss Smith, who is his present wife. After living there some time they came to Atlanta, and here the -Rev. Mr Dale was given a charge out in the suburbs of the city. He labored along faithfully, so far as is known, until he as recognized by an old friend from North Carolina as J. O. H. Nutall. He denies bitterly that he is Nutall, and has fought the casa through a long trial, but to-day the jury found him guilty tof biga my as charged. His lawyers will appeal the case, which has already become remarkable in the criminal annais ot ueorgia. it Dale is not Nutall, then he is one of the most remarkable cases of mistaken - identity ever known, for he has been positively identified by dozens of men. Later. Judge Maddox set the hearing ot the motion for a new trial on Sept. 8th in Rome, Georgia. His bond was fixed at $1,200, and several of those who stood his security before signed the bond. The Kemmler Execution. Buffalo, N". Y., August 8. Dr. A. P. Southwick, father of the electrical execu tion law, said today in an interview: "1 feel just as I have always felt on the matter. There is nothing against the system at all, and the fact is there has been a great deal of senseless sensational talk about the execution. For instance, the big story in regard to the sickening spectacle of froth, saliva, etc., coming from Kemmler's mouth, is ridiculous. It was a perfectly natural thing, and was caused by muscular contraction of the stomach. It was nothing unusual at all. In fact, a party of ladies could sit in a room where an execution of this kind was going on and not see anything repulsive whatever. If the mistake of ordering off the current so quickly had not heen made there would have been none of this talk. The burning of the flesh was also exag gerated. That was cansed simnlv bv the pact that the sponge under the electrode was too small. A light current was pass ing through then, and the sponge having dried out, the electrode just touched the skin. I think Kemmler's nerve affected those there about as much as anything. It looked to me, though, as an evidence of mental incapacity. He seemed to be without fear, and helped to adjust the straps in a way that was simply astonish ing. No, sir, I do not consider that this will be the last execution by electricity. There will be lots oi them. It has been proved that the idea is ' correct, and I think the law is the best one. The exe cution was a success. Kemmler never knew what happened to him and died absolutely without pain. Farmer Folk on the Great Parties. Montgomery, Ala., Aug. 6. In the State Farmers' Alliance here today CoL, L. L. Polk, President of the National Farmers' Alliance, made an address in which he said the Democratic and Republican parties were both sides issues when com pared to the Alliance. The speech was made in secret session and any extended report of it is not obtainable. avlaitc, M, it N. a Weather Crop Bulletin. CENTRAL OlFICt, RALXIQH, . N. C. The reports of correspondents of the weekly weather crop bulletin, issued by the worth Uarouna experiment station and State weather service, cooperating m TT n, . . . wun me unuea oiates signal service, show that the past week has been cloudy and comparatively cool with heavy rains, - ii . . i . especially in toe central ana western per tions of toe btate. -The highest tem perature was 92 degrees, the lowest 66. The average ram fall was 2.74 inches, which is 1-34 inches above the normal. The excessive rains have caused streams to overflow, injuring the low land crops. Cotton is still shedding, but no serious damage reported. Except at a few places the tobacco crop seems to be in excellent condition, although too much rain has fallen for it also. The curings are re ported good. Notwithstanding excessive rains of the past two weeks the prospects are not at all discouraging. A week of warmer fair weather will improve all crops and restore good spirits to our iarmers. - Eastern District. Cool, cloudy weather prevailed with heavy rains in some locali ties, the average for tbe district being 1.84 inches. There has been too much rain and not enough sunshine for cotton, which is still shedding some, and is also slightly affected with rust, but the dam age is still smalL Corn and other erops doing well Central District Heavy rains are making cotton shed considerably and have caused streams to overflow, doing some damage to low land crops, lhere has been too much ram also for tobacco, though the crop is reported to be in fine condition, and curing in progress. Uur ings good. Peas, corn and sweet pota toes excellenL A week of fair weather will restore crops to their former fine condition. Average ram fall 3.30 inches. Beaver Dam, Union county Copious showers and all crops doing well, es pecially cotton. Monroe, Union county Cotton badly hurt by excessive rains and all vegetation more or less injured Raleigh, -Wake county Excessive rams without causing serious damage. Satur day warm! and clear. Chapel Hill, Or ange county Corn crop seems to be standing the wet very "welL Cotton shedding. Western DistricL Rather cool and cloudy weather prevailed during the week, with rain nearly every day, cans ing some damage to all crops. .Streams are overflowing, injuring low land corn. Cotton is shedding a little, but as a cor respondent remarks: "If half falls off there will still be tbe best crop for years " Tbe damage to crops so tar is not serious Average rain-fall for the district, 3.18 inches. A heavy hail storm occurred at Marshall, Madison county. Lmcolnton, Lincoln county Corn good, cotton fine, season excellent Asheville, Buncombe county Highest temperature 86, lowest 6j. Weather cloudy with .rain every day. Sunshine needed. Oldrort, Mc Dowell county Too much rain, too lit tle sunshine for corn, which is making large growth but small ears. Marion, McDowell countv Corn, tobacco and grasses doing weiL Too much rain for vegetables. Salisbury, Rowan county Highest temperature 89, lowest 75. Creeks and rivers have swollen, but not out of their banks. Corn shooting too much and cotton bolls falling off. Hick ory, Catawba county Tobacco growing very large. All crops looking well. Fine season. Murphy, Cherokee county Still more rain. Dallas, Gaston county Rather too much rain and too little sun shine for cotton, but just right for late corn, and gardens. Everybody in best of spirits. -- Davidson College, Mecklen burg county Past week weL Heavy rains on 3d and 7th, washing some, yet tbe benefits are greater than tbe damage. Bat Cave, Henderson county Rained almost every day. Frequent cloudbursts but not doing any great damage to crops. Catawba, Catawba county Very little sunshine injurious to cotton. Saluda, Polk county Just such weather as needed for corn; rather too cool and cloudy for cotton, which is shedding some, but if half falls off there will still be best crop for years. China Grove, Rowan county Rain every day has in jured cotton and,lowland corn. Mocks- ville, Davie county Crops suffered from excess of rain. Tobacco dying in places. Cotton shedding. Upiand ' corn good. Sweet potatoes looking fine. Fruit scarce. Pineville, Mecklenburg county Consid erable damage to cotton crop and some corn on the creeks. Newton, Catawba county Average rain-fall favorable to corn, but too much for cotton. ML Pleas ant, Caburrus county Rains have dam aged cotton and corn. At this writing (7tb) there is a freshet in the ceeks, and much of the corn in the bottom lands is under water. Marshall, Madison county In tbe village and for two miles square on last Friday there was a hailstorm and cloudburst, completely ruining the tobac co crop over the area covered. H. B. Battlk, Ph. D., Director. Tbe Chicago Advance of July 17th, gives us a" red hot editorial urging the Lodge bill as necessary to protect the negroes in their right to vote. The need of some law, or influences, to protect civilization in the Southern States against the results of the crime perpetrated by the hot zealots who gave an unconditional ballot to millions who could not read, has not occurred to the Advance. There never was a crueller stab given to Repub lican institutions than when the trium phant North forced the ballot into the hands of the freed men before they knew what freedom meant. The South has done her best under conditions that never tested tbe virtue or endurance of any other people. Admit ting for tbe time being, and for argument's sake only, that Southern politics are as bad as the Advance editors says, we are sure that the application of the remedy proposed by tbe Lodge bill will intensify these evils a hundred fold. Nothing is more hopeless than the arrant Pharisaism and shameless hypoc risy of these Northern politico-religious writers, who urge , the. Lodge bill . to pro tect the purity of Southern elections, and care not that Northern politics are made infamous by tbe free and unblushing use of money in buying votes, or tho gift of great office as a reward for contributions to carry elections. Quay and Wana maker, to say no more, should induce the silence that is born of shame. Macon Advance. ZT The Farmers' Alliance of Louis iana has declared itself opposed to the organization of any third, or farmers' party, and denounced the lottery amend ment, urging all farmers to vote against it at the election in 1890. Tlie Crop Ontlook. Washington, August D. The August of the Department of Agn- culture shows a slight advance in their condition in the Carolmas, Aenoessoe, Miraissinm and Louisiana, and a xau o And Florida, of two in Alabama, four in Arkansas, and seven in Texas, Th crener&l average is 89.5. It was 91.4 last month. The condition is there fore still relatively high. The improve ment in the Mississippi river bottoms is from the raoid growth of the late plant ings of the submerged areas. A fair stand, vigorous growth and an abundant fruiting is renerallv reported. There are frequent references to the droughts . in some instances of several weeks duration followed by a sufficient rain fall, in some cases bv excessive rains. let there nas been no general droughts, and, local esti mates indicate small reductions of the condition. One section of the county is reported dry, while another is too weL The storms appear to have been quite local over portions ot the cotton c-eiu The sandv soils have been benefitted by the rains which have damaged the bottoms and the clay uplands, and tbe drought which has scarcely wilted plants in heavy soils has injured the crop in light lands. There are frequent reports of superior promises, the best for several years. in one county in Georgia the best in thirty years. Only forms of injury reported are the tendency to drop leaves and truit after sudden changes from - dry to wet weather, and an occasional attack of rusL The catapillar is not very prevalent," and has done little damage. The boll worm is somewhat more formidable in the SouthwesL Averages of condition are as follows Virginia, 93; North Carolina, 96; South Carolina, 95; Georgia, 94; Florida, 90; A 1 rn , r - - rtv x r Aiaoama, ro; Mississippi, yu; .uouisiaus, 89; Texas, 82; Arkansas, 85; Tennessee, 93. A Novel Modi of Affirmation. There are . many 'Associate Reform Presbyterians in this county, and it is not unusual to see men in our court house, when called on to qualify as witnesses or jurors, put aside tbe book and affirm instead of swearing. They do this by holding up the right band. The Isra elites affirmalso. Monday, however, when A. F. Wallace Esq., qualified as foreman of the grand jury, he not only refused the book but declined to hold np his band, and bis bands bung at bis side while tbe clerk read tbe oath to him. Many per sons who had never before witnessed this form of affirmation, wondered what it meant, and to what faith and order Mr. Wallace belongs. He is a member of the Society of Friends, and this is the manner in which they affirm. Statesciue land mark. Persons who object conscientiously to swearing, make affirmation instead of taking oath. The effect, in law, is the same. If they testify falsely they are liable to prosecution for perjury. . 5f It is encouraging to see how in telligent thoughtful colored men in all parts of the country arc beginning to look at tbe race problem Irom their own stand point, and decline to accept every position dictated to them by Northern politicians on' the one hand or evangelical dreamers on the other. .Eminent colored men are looking at this race question with a man liness, honesty and sagacity which it must be confessed puts to shame much of the stuff that white men, whether from the North or tbe South, often voice on the public. Columbia Register. Announcements. I hereby announce myself as a candidate for re-election to the office of Register of Deeds fur Mt-cKienburg county, sat.ject to the action of the Dtmocra'ic nominating con yen tion. - J. W. COBB. June 13, 1890 1 hereby announce myself as a candidate for re-electno t tbe ofnc of Clerk of the Superior Court for Mecklenburg county, subject t the action or the JJi.mocTtic nominating nnreu tion. J. M. MOttR iW. June 20. 1890 I hereby announce mvaelf a candidate for tp. election to ihe office of Xkmnty Treasurer for MecKienourg county, subject to the action of the Democratic nominating l 'onvtntion. J. U. MCULINTOCK.. June 29, 1J-90. - - I hereby announce myself as a candidate for re election to the office of Tax Collector of MeckSenburg county, subject to the action of tbe Democratic nominating Convention. K. A. TORRANCE. June 27. 1890. I hereby announce myself a candidate for tbe office of county Treasurer, subject to the ap proval of ibe county convention of tbe Demo cratic party. H K REID. July 25, 1890. For Sheriff I hereby announce myself a candidate for re-election to the office of Sheriff of Mecklenburg county, subject to tbe action of the Democratic county Convention. Z- T. SMITH. July 4, 1890. To the Democratic Voters of Mecklenburg County. I announce rnvrelf aa a pniiAi ffnro mr Convention for tbe office of Clerk Superior uraa W. G. ERWIN. June 27, 1890. SELLING OUT THE ENTIRE STOCK Crockery, China, Glassware aim HOUSEKEEPING GOODS AT KKDUCED PKICKS. After Dinner China Cups and Saucers in Satin uweu .oozes, ana an jrancy Decorated Vases. &c , at co?t and less than cost . Now is the time to buy Bar gains. I am determined to close out the 8TOCK. JAMES HAKTY. Feb. 28, 1890 6m w. a. WKAAX. X R. WBISTOS NEW DRUG FIRM. W. H. Wearn & Co.. (Sueceuort to L.E. Written dt Co.) We are prepared to wait on oar friends and the public generally at the old Drue Stand (Irwin's corner.) where we propose to keen a " "ugi jucuicines, uoemicau, x-aieni Aeuicines. ooc. tc We are determined to do our sham of the Drug business in the city, and it will he to your interest to call and see as when in need of any thing in the Drag line. W u. WEARN & CO. Charlotte. May 4. !90. Hood's Sarsaparilla And all the leading PATENT MEDICINES or wis oj HH JORDAN & CO Comparative Cotton Statea" The following is tbe comparative co statement for tbe week ending 1890. Net receipts at U. S. ports. 1 4QC Total receipts to date, 5.775,938 sjJ Exports for the week, , 14,380 Total exports to date, 449.761 i Stock at all O. S. porta, - 57,655 Stock at all interior towns. iq Win Stock in Liverpool 713j000 Stock of American afloat for Great Britain, 30,000 Hrw Yoek, Aug. 9.The total ble supply of cotton for the worW -1.201.997 bales, of which 621 m . Americans, against 1,043,313 and 62lS respectively last year; receipts irotaj if t torior towns, 887; receipts from bu!" f tations, 772. Crop in sight 7,180 oil ; bales. ' 1 Rubber and Leather Beltitg, We have a large stock and complete ssw raent ol sizes of Kabber Belting on hand y I rant every foot we sell and guarantee our nri!! against any House soatn of Baltimore, ' HAMMOND & JCSTICr OcLl4. 1889. HABDWABS1! Hardware. HAMMOND & JUSTICE Wbol sale and Retail dealers, now have a stock of all Goods in their line H ardvare. Cut. lery. Iron, Nails, Carriage and Wagon Matew Merchants of the surrounding country ban only to gWe them a trial to be convinced thu they are selling Hardware as low as any Ho&i n the Stale. Charlotte. Oct 14. 1889. - The "OUrer Chilled Plow The Best in the World. HAMMOND & JUSTICE are now Are&ti for this celebrated Plow, and carry a foil oa ot all extras for same, such as Points. Mould Boarus, ijuuiutr, ooiis, xc, ana are seHiot very close. We also have a large stock of Pittsburg Steel Plows. Single and Doable Iron Foot Pk Stocks, at Bock Bottom prices. UAHllOflD ft JU8TICE. Oct. 7. 1889 CENTRAL HOTEL. SHELBY, N.C. The largest and best Hotel in Shelby.. A three story brick building. Observatory on building. Best view of Bine Ridge anywhere. Uooss has 25 bed rooms Rooms large and airy and ail newly furnished. Good sample rooms for drummers. Teiegrapb'ofBce and Post Office in hotel build ing - ; - Shelby is noted for its healthfnlness. Hotel is only two mites from Cleveland Springs. Ho pains spared to please. Summer boarders wanted. Terms reasonable. Special rates by the month. W. E. RYBURN. May 16, 1890. Proprietor. SPRING MILLIHEBY. We are now receiving oar new Serine Styles All the Novelties of the season will be found in oar house as soon as they come oat in Northers cities. Miss Houston, oar trimmer, who has been North for several weeks getting np oar styles. : 1 1 i i m -. . . . . wuiucauaiviBiiev ura wiia ail ute laveat touches in trimming. Her taste in ' trimming snd superior work is too well known to need ft farther comment. Tbe latest sty Its always on hand in our dress making department. All catting, lilting and general supervision of this department by Mrs. Huery nerseir. Are now ready for all orders in oar line. We guarantee our patrons latest styles, first class worK and lowest prices. Keepectially, MRS. P. QUERY A CO. Marcn 21, lSK). GOOD HARNESS. It is always tconomy to ret GOOD HAR NESS. - Experience teaches that no Harness made can excel for durability, service and hand some finish that made here in Charlotte by. W. E. SHAW & CO. We use only first-class material and employ none bat skilled and competent workmen. Every att that goes oat of my shoo is complete and perfect in all respects. An immense line of Harness, - Bridles. : Saddles. Blankets. Whips. &c., In Stock. Call and see as before baying any thing in the Harness line. We also ctrry a fall lice of Carts and Bug- gits w. E. SHAW & CO. April 25, 18S0. RED RUST PROOF OATS. I Offer POOd. Dors SmhI at thfa CTiH.ll.nt imin at 64 cents per bushel F. O. B. 1 have been growing this grain for over fifteen years, and believe it to be the most convenient and profitable rotation with cotton. xne otfet time to sow in ibis latitude is from about lh miAAltt tt A n nrn o t t t..A wnMillA nf September, and the best place is in the cotton Sat! Imf Tonvu.n , n j . ,i the firnun nf ihA Hnnth irrir. S - ... ruu " - I.IU .1 this way years ago, and if tb-y bad taken his .iv; un. By oiclu wuuiu oe arongDi great nrOHrW-ritV f nr th riMn that v arnnU Kir r j j - wvm. r. , vru.u uv received tbe same money for fewer bales of cot tt. ... -i . , ... tvu uu ttouiu nave avoiaea saying supplies broad. J. ti. MYERS. Direct your orders to E. -B. Sprtkgb, , T. R. Maoho. & Co., L. J. Waxkkb & Co., F. 8. Nkax,, July 18, 1890. Charlotte, N. C. WE HAVE THE LARGEST AND BEST Stock of Ready Mixed Paint in the State and at prices that wUl salt the times. We guarantee it as good as tbe best. BUR WELL & DUNN. March 14, 1890. MY STOCK OF 2R0CERIEV FARM SUPPLIES, FOR THE SPRING TRADE s now complete, and I invite my friends and others to GET MY PRICES BEFORE BUYING ELSEWHERE. Yob will find it to yoar interest. Am Agent for the Charlo.te Oil and Fertilizer Co.'s Fertilisers and Cotton Seed Meal. AND CANNOT BE UNDERSOLD ON FERTILIZERS. AND WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD ON GROCERIES. April 13.1890. E. B. SPRINGS. STAR MILLS COMPANY. 1879. - ESTABLISHED 1879. Eleven years of steady, permanent growth ! We desire to express oar thanks to oar many friends and customers for their liberal patronage in the past, and snail endeavor to merit a con tinuance of their favors in the future. We manufacture the beat CORN. MEAL and MILL FEED, snd deal in CHOICE WHITE CORN, OATS, PEAS and WHEAT BRAN. We handle nothing bat first class goods and sell for a small profit. Respectfully. STAR MILLS CO.. - W. M. Ckowku, Manager. March 14, 1890. J. ClIA Snip: tc.: I; U J. icit r "Pi pro hoc 1 - : , , :. It; am lui 3 Bo nr: ral I'm It m: v. of P1 sL ar be w c a I v V, o t t c , t t "I I xr, I pr
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