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The Charlotte Democrat. j p. STRONG, Editor and Proprietor. CHARLOTTE, N. C. Friday, March 16, 1894. Senator Vance now expects to leave Kloridafor Washington about April 1. Ex-Senator White of Louisiana, was Monday installed as a Justice of the Su preme Court of the United States. r Erasmus replied to the pope, who blamed him for not keeping Lent, "My mind if Catholic, but ray stomach is Pro tostant." Easter is always the first Sunday after tfao full moon that happens on or next alter 21st of March. This year Easter is on March 25. Commencing last Sunday, the Three C's railroad people have discontinued their Sunday train. After several years' ex perience, it has been found that the train does not pay. i in St. Patrick's Day, the anniversary of the patron saint of Ireland, falls due next Saturday, the 17tb. As it falls during Lent, festivities, will be postponed until Eaater Monday. hi There will be a meeting of the North Carolina Board of Pharmacy at Raleigh Wednesday and Thursday, April llth &Dd 12th, at which time candidates for Jicecses to practice pharmacy will be ex amined. Raleigh's new evening paper "The i'resrt" is to be issued on the 28th inst. Messrs. McRay, Williams and Womble will be the proprietors. The two former have been connected with the Raleigh Christian Advocate for many years. We invite special attention of our readers to the article on second page, "For Cotton Planters," that they should command the situation and control the price of cotton, which can only be raised in ten Southern States of the Union. Vice President and Mrs. Stevenson, have visited Vanderbilt's Western N. C, palace and are astonished at what they saw. Gen. Stevenson had no idea of the vast scale on which Vanderbilt was work ing. Tho estate will, he said, be the finest in America Ht The State auditor says that no tax on building and loan associations, other than that provided for in the revenue act can bo levied. Individual shareholders will give in for taxation, as other stocks and bonda, shares at their real value per share at time of listing. A plan is on foot among the Methodists to raise in tho two conferences of North Carolina an endowment fund of $100,000 for Trinity College. It is proposed to apportion the money among the various presiding elder's districts, and to raise it il possiblo, in the next four years. i President Elliott of Harvard says that there is scarcely a single subject taught nowadays in the same way it was taught thirty years ago, and that even law, tho most conservative of studies, is now treated in an entirely different method from that which prevailed in former years. Mr. II. W. Early, of Bertie county, chief; Mr. J. H. Cornwell, of Cleveland county, and Mr. F. M. Lee, of Asheville, of the Eu zelian Society, Mr. J. C. Howard of Granville county, chief; Mr. W. J. Chris tian, of Durham, and Mr. W. M. Holding, of Wake Forest, of the Philomathesian Society, have been elected Marshals at Wake Forest Commencement. i Carnegie, Frick & Co. of the Home stead mills have been compelled to pay tho Government $140,000 for their failure io make armor plates conforming to the poeitications of their contract with the Government and equal to the highest tests imposed upon them by the naval authorities. The Homestead company resisted the payment of the money until all opportunities of resistance were ex hausted, but was finally compelled to make good tho Government's losses and redeem the obligations it had entered into at the time tho contract was made. m - - mm - . -. Kditor Hatton of the Washington Post, who by the way is a stalwart Hepublican, referring to tho sectional harangues of some of the Republican statesmen, raps them over the knuokles thus: "We do not hesitate to say that in all tho relations of life, as between man and man, we prefer a fighting record in the Confederacy to a skulking, bounty jumping record in the Union, and regard the man who did his duty as he saw it in 1863 no matter on which side he fought -asonowho can be safely trusted in 1894." Sunday Work to Make Up lor Lower Bates. Massillon, March 5. A novel depar ture in the way of compensation for re duced wages is made here by Smith & 'cravens, brick manufacturers, who cut the wages of all their working force in lhe yards from 12J rents to 10 centa an hour. To enable the men to make up the "iuney loss, they offer them seven days' work each week, instead of six days. Pittsburgh Dispatch. ew Advertisement! Mortgagee's Sale Hugh W Harris, Mortgagee 'rustee,8ale cf City Lota A Q Brenizer 1 rnatoo Cor ,a?d first-class Clover wanted at City uiauiea j b Myers, i rustee s Land 8ale-H N Pharr, Trustee. all testify Swift Specific Co, Atlanta, Georgia. lantaaeDdBradfield'8 Reulator Co At It cures others, will cure you, Ayer's Sarsaparilia rUr , Ayer& Co. t5 dl",a8 without medicine-Electro None rt"rtlint E1lropoise Co. ont but Royal-Royal Baking Powder Co The Bland Bill. The Bland bill will be voted upon on Thursday, at 2 o'clock, and just what dis position will be mado of it is a matter that seriously concerns every friend of the Democratic party. If it goes to the President it is certain to be vetoed, and if that event does not cause a reorganiza tion of parties throughout the entire country, many far seeing statesmen are mistaken. Whether free coinage is fraught with good or ill for the country is a question upon which good men differ, but it is certain that this is the rock on which the Democratic party is to be split in twain, and all who believe that the welfare of the country is identified with the continued integrity of that splendid organization must feel uneasy at tho out look. It is scarcely probable thai the South and West will again give their support to any party which is not pledged to the enactment of a free coinage law, and whose candidates are not committed to its support. Parties are only useful as they tend to promote the country's best interest, but it would be a calamity should parties be reorganized on sectional lines as seem probable. This means the bitterest and most dangerous partisan strife. e. The Wilson tariff bill, as amended by the Senate Finance Committee, was made public last Thursday. Our Wash ington correspondent gives the more im portant change? made in the bill as it came from the House : Sugar not above 80 degrees polariscope test, 1 cent per pound, for every additional degree or fraction not above 90 degrees, .01 cent additional; above 90 and not above 96 .02 cents per degree, and above 96 a duty of 1 4 cents per pound. Molasses testiDg not above 56 degrees by the polariacope shall pay a duty of 2 cents per gal lon ; molasses testing above 56 degrees shall pay a duty of 4 cents per gallon. Whiskey at $1 10 per gailon, and the bonded period extended from three to eight years. Iron ore, 40 cents per ton. Lead ore, three-fourths of a cent per pound, including lead mixed wiih silver ores. Coal, bituitinous and shale, 40 cents per ton. Coal, slack or culm, 15 cents per ton. Coke 15 per cent ad valorem. The woolen schedule shows few changes. These are about 5 per cent reduction. No changes are made in the cotton or lumber schedules. Collars and cuffs are increased from 35 to 45 per cent ad valorem. The date for going into effect of the bill is changed from June 1 to June 30. The income tax feature of the bill has been amended considerably, the tax will probably pro duce $50,000,000 of revenue annually. It is anti cipated that perhaps after a year or two of the working of the new bill it will provide a surplus revenue This is the expectation of the mem bers f the Senate committee who worked on it. They hope, with each revenue surplus, to keep on slicing down the tariff on the necessaries of life, but the income tax feature in all probability will never be interfered with. The chief attack in the Senate on the tariff bill will be directed against the income tax, and in that movement Senator Hill will be the com manding eneral. Some years ago this gentle man gained celebrity by his famous declaration that he was a Democrat ; but since then he has lost much of his prestige, and one can now write without much hazard about the "passing" cf David B. Hill. There was a time when Pari9 was France and the will of that great city dominated all of French territory. New York city is fast assert ing a claim to similar pre-eminence ; but our country is too vast for it to be tolerated. The Democratic party will cast off those influ ences and will strengthen itself in doiDg so. We trust lha Empire State will always be represented by Democrats in both branches of Congress, but that State will no longer occupy such high van tage ground as formerly, and the party instead of seeking New York leaders will avoid them Raleigh, Observer. Charlotte ex-Editors. Mr. W. E. Christian, some months ago was engaged by the New York Herald to go to Brazil, South America, to write up the war in progress there. Tho illness of his family here prevented him filling the position. As the Steamer was to leave within a few days he procured the situa Hon for Mr. D. P. St. Clair, formerly editor of tho Charlotte Chronicle, who is now correspondent from Brazil. The Henderson Gold Leaf has an article from Mr. Kobert Haydn, formerly editor of the Charlotte Chronicle. He is now living in Portland, Oregon, connected with tho Pacific Coast Publishing Syndi cate. Col. Fred A. Olds, not an "ex," but one of the liveliest correspondents, is now City Editor of the Raleigh Evening Vis itor. We are indebted to Judge Schenck for a copy of the memorial volume of the Guilford Battle Ground Company. It is a volume of one hundred and fifty pages, beautifully printed and containing some very fine engravings. The addresses de livered at the unveiling of the Holt mon ument are printed in full, together with biographical sketches of Gen. Sumner, William R. Davie and others. It is a very interesting and valuable book. Vice President and Mrs. Stevenson arrived in Statesville on Wednesday the guest of United States Marshal T. J. Al lison. They left on Thursday for Wash ington. t Full Moon in Maech. Eleven years ago Easter fell on the same day as in this year. It was a green March, as this has been, vegetation was up and the fruit trees were all in bloom when on Good Friday night there was a change in the weather and on Easter Sunday in the middle and Western parts of the State the earth was white with snow and the trees bowed down with sleet. We very much fear something of the same sort this year. The full moon in March falls due this year on the morning of the 21st, just one week from Wednesday next, and the old farmers always look to this moon with consider able anxiety for they say that if the crops escape destruction by cold up to that time they are safe thereafter. Sure is it that cold weather now would play havoc with many happy hopes. Wilming ton Review, - - In tho old house on South Salisbury street near the arsenal, which has just been torn down, some curious articles were found. One was an arithmetic dated 1802 another an Irish halfpenny of 1787, and another a letter from John Campbell to Donald Campbell, dated here in 1833 Mr. Campbell was then cutting stone for use in the capitol. He speaks of Raleiffh as a place of 1,700 people and says it had had more but a great deal of .... 1 TT T T7. V. it had been ourneu. naieign visitor. tt- How to Cube Bacon. Salt down as usual, bang and smoke, then take down and dip in strong borax water, and then dry it and the skippers will not bother it, nor will it rust. tehasUUt jjgmflcjeal, FROM OUR RALEIGH CORRESPONDENT. Raleigh, h. C, March 13, 1894. The oldest farmers in this section say they never saw farming operations as far advanced as they are row and never saw the lands so carefully tilled in prepa ration of tho crops. There is a disposi- ion, in fact a determination, on the part of most farmers to raise plenty of meat. They are beginning to talk about how well they are living at home. All these are good signs. The amount -of home made lertihzer being used this spring is many times greater than ever, lhese re marks all apply to this section, which in past years has been almost absolutely under the dominion of King Cotton. The carefully estimated cotton acreage is 10 to 15 per cent. Mr T. R Jernigan tells me he will eave here on the 25th instant,for bis post at Shanghai. Mr. Irvin Avery accom panies him as private secretary. They will take the fine steamer Unina at ban Francisco and ero via Honolulu. Capt. Ward, of Raleigh, commands the China. i he cotton oil mills at this place will shut down March 31st, having crushed to this date 8.000 tons of seed. The phos phate mills located here have made 5,500 tons of acid phosphate. lhe revenue collections in this district during February were $82,490.38; just halt as much as those in the western dis trict. This county now has 59 convicts at work macadamizing its public roads. Thus far about twelve miles have been macadamized. The business outlook here is considered quite fair. Business men just from New lork say the spring trade there has been tolerably good. North Carolina is justly regarded there as being in good shape financially. The officials of the beaboard Air Line had a long pursuit of George Brown, a negro who simply because he had a grudge against a brakeman on a freight train caused a costly wreck at Pine Bluff, in Moore county. The fellow was finally caught in Florida. He confessed his crime, saying he filed the switch and then opened it, hid behind a stump and watched the smash-up ot the engine and freight cars. Brown is sent to the peni tentiary for zo years. There are now 7U Veterans on the roll at the Confederate Soldiers' Home. Of these a few are at home on furlough. In the Superior court here last week the case of W. S. Barnes, secretary- treasurer of tho State Farmers' Alliance against Hon. VV. T. Crawford came up a m .1 on appeal, mis is ine case in wnicn Barnes sues Crawford for $10,000 damages for alleged slander. Tho case came up on demurrer. The demurrer was sustained and the action dismissed. From this de cision of Judge Hoke Barnes has appealed to the Supremo court. He charges that Congressman Crawford slandered him in the campaign by alleging that he had forged his name to a ''demand" card of the Alliance. The executive committee of the State Alliance, composed of Marion Butler, A. F. Hileman and J. J. Long, was in ses sion here last week. Its proceedings are not made public. President Butler has very little to say when here. During February 59 convicts were re ceived at the penitentiary. During the past week nine came in from Columbus, two from Beaufort and one from Stanley. The trustees of the Odd Fellows Or phanage have held a meeting there (the location is now Goldsboro) and elected J. T. Deans superintendent, vice Dr. W. C. Whitfield, resigned. The ladies memorial association of this city has chosen Walter A. Montgomery, Esq., of Kaleigh, to deliver the memorial day oration May 10th. That day will also be marked by an im posing ceremony, the laying of the corner stone of the Confederate monument, at the west gate of the Capitol square. This is the monument for the erection of which Col. Muldoon, ot Louisville, Ky., has the contract, at $22,500. It is thought probable that granite from Mooresville, Iredell county, will be used. The collection of relics, which the State antiquarian society is making, in the State library, increases slowly, but yet some progress is made, lhe vast majority ot people in JNorth Uaronna care little for relics of the past ; in fact pay no attention to such matters. The interminable suit of Josiah Turner against Mrs. VV. VV. Molden came up again in the buperior court last weea. Strange to say, both sides appealed. Tur ner made a motion to set aside the judg ment against him of the previous week and asked for a new trial. This motion Judge Hoke denied. Mrs. Holden made a motion to set aside the judgment of 1888 which Turner obtained against Holden. This motion was also denied. It is not probable that Turner will ever get a cent of damages. Such is the gen eral opinion. The number ot students at tne agri cultural and mechanical college is now 192. It is expected that the battalion will be uniformed next week. At the semi-annual meeting of the di rectors of the insane asylum here, held last week, Dr. William R. Wood resigned as superintendent, the resignation taking effect June 1. Dr. George L. Kirby, a well known physican of Goldsboro, sue ceeds him. The health of Dr. Wood's wife rendered it necessary for him to relinquish the position he has filled with signal ability for five years. The JNorth Carolina delegates to tne great Southern Baptist convention which meets at Dallas, Texas, in may, win go in a special train over the Seaboard Air Line, via Atlanta, Mobile and JNew Orleans. Chatham county is the ' stronghold" of the populists in this State, but it is now said that their power is wanning there. It is not denied that they will again carry the county, but they are not so strong and united as they were. Mr. Albert Johnson, tho oldest living locomotive engineer in tho United States, is very sick at his home at Raleigh. He is about 85 years of age, and is yet an employee of the Raleigh and Gaston rail way, as he has been for some 55 years or more. Of course his duties have for years been merely nominal. The trustees of the Oxford orphan asylum are called to meet at Durham the 20th instant to elect a successor to Rev. Dr. William S. Black, resigned. There are nearly a dozen applicants for the place. Work began todav on the laving of brick in the car wheef shops here, the only ones of the kind in North Carolina. It is an important industrial enterprise. Northern people will establish a very large lumber business here. irov. uarr is endeavoring to procure for the State a portrait of Gov. Benjamin Williams. He has found that a good one exists. A negro who attempted- to plav the role of highway robber near this citv. last Saturday night at midnight, is in a dangerous condition. The white man who it is alleged was his intended -victim cut his throat. Capt. Adam Warner, associate ehell fish commissioner and for three years commander of the State's oyster patrol steamer, died yesterday at Washington. a vaiuaDie bulletin on the iron ores of this State, excellently illustrated, has just oeeit issued irom tne press. It is by as sistant State Geologist H. C. B. Nitze. lhe .North Carolina commissioners who will go to Antietam to locate the posi tions of troops from this State expect to eave nere April zoth, and will remain a week on the battle field. First Business, then Politics. Everyone who has studied Southern conditions will acknowledge that during the past twenty-five years politics has claimed too much attention in the South. Politics won't increase tho number of actories in a town. Politics won't build stores and houses. Politics won't at tract invostors; on the contrary, it often creates such oppressive laws for the bene fit of its adherents that capital is kept away. Politics seldom increases a man's business in a legitimate way. In short, in a section which is only in the early stages of development, like the South, the professional politician can do untold injury, and is seldom or never a power for good. We do not mean to say that Southern business men should ignore entirely the duties ot citizenship, nor do we mean to say that every man who holds a publio office uses his powers for personal gain and public injury. Many of the South ern representatives in the State and na tional legislatures, as well as many city or county officials, are men of the highest reputation, taking an active interest in the general welfare of the community, and exercising a powerful influence for its general improvement. But there is a vast distinction between these men and the professional politicians the men who simply use the machinery of public office to further their own ends and the ends of their supporters. As wo have before stated, too much time has been wasted by good citizens over "campaign" and electioneering work which should have been given to busi- ness, but it is gratiiying to note that along with other improvements less at" tention is being given to office Becking and more to the legitimate ways of the South's business interests. If these con ditions continue they will produce a most important effect for the better through out the Southern States. Manufacturers' Record. Supreme Court Decisions. Raleigh Observer. Opinions were handed down as follows : Benbow vs. Moore, from Guilford, af firmed. Jarre!! vs. Daniel, from Granville, new trial. State vs. Harris, from Granville, appeal dismissed. State vs. Austin, from Union, no error. In Tapp's Estate, from Orange, no error. Boykin vs. Maddrey, from Northamp ton, (two cases, decided in favor of plaintiff.) Deans vs. Tate, from Wayne, new trial. Times Co. vs. Iron Co., from Guilford, affirmed. Christian vs. Parrott, from Granville, affirmed. State vs. Ridley, from Durham, af firmed. Arrington vs. Arrington, from Vance, appeal of J. C. Arrington, remanded to settle case. State vs. Baker, from Wilson, decided against the prosecutor. Allen vs. Allen, trom Vance, amrmed. State vs. Behrman, from Edgecombe, affirmed. Graham vs. Edwards, from Granville, motion to reinstate, appeal denied. Hughes vs. Telegraph Co.,trom Uraven affirmed. The Tariff Bill. The tariff bill as it is reported to the Senate Finance Committee will be a dis appointment to revenue reformers. The concessions that have been made to the protectionist Democrats are a surrender of rights of the vast majority that placed the Democratic party in power. As the New York World says : " Every item struck from the free list is a denial of a succession of Democratic platforms in favor of free raw material. These con- cessions were forced by men who masque rade in the name of Democracy and who insisted that their votes for the fulfillment of Democratic pledges should be pur chased. Mr. Murphy's vote was bought with 10 per cent, on collars and cuffs, lior- man, Gibson, Faulkner and Camden were bought with 40 cents a ton on coal and iron ore: Smith and McPherson by higher duties than were provided for in the Wilson bill on pottery and glass. The Louisiana Senators and White, of Cali fornia, were induced to refrain from voting against their party a promises by a duty on sugar which will benefit the Trust, although less than the McKinley act. Perhaps, under the circumstances, the country ought to be thankful that the Trust did not secure all its de mands. In some items the Senate committee provides for lower rates than those fixed by the Wilson bill. The principal cause of complaint is that the free list is di minished, and tree coal, iron and sugar are denied to manufacturers and con sumers. The bill, however, retains free wool, which is the most important feature of the Wilson bill. That is a bill to be thankful for which takes the tax from this staple, a tax that has actually limited and discouraged sheep raising in this country and that has greatly injured woollen manufacturers. With free wool on the statute books the end of McKinleyism is not far off. Free wool is the keynote ot tariff reform. The New York Recorder offers i prize for the best definition of "seignior age." Seigniorage is what the government makes by coining fifty cents worth o silver and circulating the coin as a dollan. Richmond State jj&hasiijjUT ffi; it SCHOOL RECORD. Edited by the Pupils of HARLOT TE SEMINARY, CHARLOTTE. N. C. The Art League. The committee, consisting of Mrs. J. E. Brown, Mrs. Lucian Walker, Misses Cordelia Phifer, Mattie Dowd and Mr. Mahan, appointed to adopt a policy for the League, have outlined the policy and they will send invitations to artists in other towns to be present at the exhibits and also to exhibit their work. This music pupils reflected great credit on Prof. Cranz at the recital which took place last Friday night. The programme was as follows: Sonata for four hands Diabelli. Misses D. Oates and F. Burwell. Study Heller. Miss M. Oates. First Heart Beating Eilenberg. Miss i. Molt. Valse Aimable.for four hands. .Schnecker. Misses Livingston and Cheshire. Study Loeschorn. Miss Ramseur. If iflh Nocturne Ley back. Miss Livingston. Study Heller. Miss D. Oates. Andantino gracioso for four hands Biederman. Misses Moore and Wads worth. Melody Schuinann. Miss Burwell. Glad Times of Youth Schenecker. Miss Baumgarten. Sonata in C minor Beethoven. Miss B Rintels. La Procession de3 Vainquers,four hands MullervNenhof. Misses M. A. Nash and B. Robertson. Vocal Solo "Whereto Thy Visions" Miss Minnie Duls. The Senior class was charmingly en tertained at dinner last Saturday by Miss McClintock. All enjoyed the day very much, and the class of '94 will long look back with pleasure upon that Saturday. Wb are glad to have our Latin teacher, Miss Claud Grier, back again, after her trip to Detroit. She was sent by the Second Presbyterian Church, as a dele gate to the Second International Con vention ot the btudents Volunteer Move. ment for Foreign Missions. There were fifteen hundred delegates present, twelve hundred and fatty of whom were students from one hundred and ninety-four insti tutions of learning. It is said to have been the largest convention of students ever held in the world, and it must have been an inspiring sight to see such a gathering of earnest young people Drought together lor one great purpose. There were no denominations in the con vention, only Christians. Miss Grier gives a glowing account of the beauty of the city of Detroit, and of the wonderful hospitality of her people iney entertained tor six days trom four to five hundred more guests than they expected, and Miss Grier says if one class ot people was treated more royally than another, it must have been the Southern delegation. We feel that Miss Grier's trip has been of benefit to us, for sne utilizes her leisure moments by giving us descriptions of the city, the churches, and other buildings. Mr. Osmond Barringeb, of Davidson College, delighted the Physics class by performing several experiments that were very nelplul to them a lew days ago. Prof. Cranz presented the teachers with a basket of oranges from his groves in Florida several days ago. The teachers enjoyed them ever so much and say they were delicious, but what do the school girls say ? Why are all the girls so anxious for Easter to come ? Because there are two days holiday. "Rosa." "Since trifles make the sum of human things, And half our misery from oar foibles springs, O, let the ungentle spirit learn from hence, A small unkindnees 1b a great offence." Hannah Moore. How she got a new one. The wife "I've quit asking people if my bonnet is on straight." The husband "Why, my dear ?" The wife "I love you too much, John, to disgrace you by calling a body's atten tion to an old bonnet like this. American women are yearly growing more independent. The statistics show that over 3,000,000 women are earning in dependent incomes in this country. There are some 2,509 practicing medi cine, 6,000 managing postoffices, 275 preaching the gospel, and in New York city alone 27,000 of them supporting their husbands. A Schoolmaster tells the following story : "I was teaching in a quiet coun try village. The second morning of my session I had the leisure to survey my surroundings, and among the scanty fur niture 1 espied a three-legged stool. 'Is this the dunce blook ?' I asked a little girl of five. The dark eyes sparkled, the curls nodded, and the lips rippled out : 'I suppose so ; the teacher always sits on it.' The stool was unoccupied that term. The sphere of woman is a narrow one in all heathen lands. In India she "can grind, spin cotton, sometimes pull punkabs, and carry mortar and no other way of supporting herself is open." To be a washerwoman, a cook, a housemaid, a dressmaker or anything else of that kind, is out of the question. Such is pub lio sentiment, and because there are no teachers. Zenana missionaries are en deavoring to work a revolution at'this point, and to open up various honorable ways for their oex to earn a livelihood. Industrial schools are likely to multiply in the near future. An educated Hindu was lately asked what in modern missionary effort made him fear most for the stability of his own religion. He replied, "We do not greatly fear your schools ; we need not send our children. We do not fear your books ; we need not read them. We do not much fear your preaching ; we need not listen. Bat we dread your women and we dread your doctors, for your doctors are winning our hearts, and your women are winning our homes ; and when our hearts and our homes are won what is there left us. Local Items. We shall publish in next week's Democrat, complete. Gen. Barringcr's paper, The Battle of RamsoUr's Mill." read before the Historical Society of this city, oa Thursday last; "The Lodge Record" is the namd of a new monthly joat started in Charlotte by Messrs. Elam & McCracken. It is filled with matter of interest to Masons, Odd Fellows, and other lodge men Tuesday morning the store house at Brief, Union county, known as Polk's old store, oc cupied by Messrs. Biggers & Tucker, was totally destroyed by fire, together with all the contents. There wan no insurance. Mr. J P Ritch says the small grain crop of Derita is looking better than he ever saw the prospect at this eeasou of the year. The health of the country, he says, is very ijood and every body in better spirits than they have been in two yeais. Perhaps ihe finest prospect for gold ever found in the "Golden Bell" of North Carolina has just been struck near Coburn's store in Union count? The property belongs to Mr. Allan Boger, of Ca barrus county, and has been opened by Mr. Wil liam Gadd, a native Englishman and expert miner. He ssys the place is exceedingly rich A cow belonging to Mr. Nevin, of Marvin, this county, was killed on Tryon street to the U. C. & A., railroad crossing Saturday. Mr. Nevin had brought a large drove of cows to this city to sell for beef, and reached the railroad crossing w ithout any damage. The cow was struck by an outgoing passenger train and knocked clear over a paled fence and into a yard. Lieut. Commander Watts has appointed the following committee to make arrangements for the Mecklenburg Camp to visit Richmond : L. Leon, chairman ; A. G. Brenizer, J. G. Harris, T. T. Smith. W. 8. Mallory, W. B. Taylor and S. H. Hilton. Committee to secure a speaker for memoiial day : Captain W. E Ardrey, Major M. D. L. McLeod and Co'onel J. E. Brown. The meeting of the Historical Society Thurs day night was largely attended. The paper by Gen. R. Barringer, on the battle of Ramseur's Mill, wa9 ready by Dr. Giorge W. Graham, and was one of such interest and value that the Society unanimously agreed to have it published as a contribution to the history of the State. Maj. C Dowd is to prepare a paper on the local events just after the war. It will be read at the meeting on March 22nd. Hon P B McDowell was delegated to secure tbe letters on the battle of King's Mountain. written by Col. Shelby, and read the letters at the meeting of the Society on April 5th. Pure rematbaldness may be prevented and the hair made to grow on heads already bald, by the use of Hall's Vegetable Sicilan Hair Renewer. Superior Court. On Thursday the court calendar was called over and nothing found requiring a iury, the same was discharged with tne thanks of the court. The remainder of the day wa9 consumed with the following cases : J 11 McAden, executor, vs. The North Carolina Railroad Company, continued by consent, ju-y trial waived ; agreed that judge shall find the facts and reader judgment J T .Barrett, et al., executors of Jos. McLaugh lin, vs. H YLRea.jury trial waived; parties agreed that the court may find the facts and render judgment accordingly. M u McUall vs 11 rt l'harr, administrator of Robert Hood, motion to dismiss; appeal dis missed for want of notice. Judgment vs plain- tin for costs of appeal. K A Duncan vs. D VV Hcbbs, defendant dis charged on his personal recognizance. Kitson Macnine Company vs. the Pineville Cotton Mills and Jas. A Bell, trustee. A jury trial was waived and the parties agreed that the facts might be found by the court. Truly Astonishing Miss Annette N Moen, Fountain , Minn., says : "Ayer's Cherry Pectoral has had a woaderf ul effect in curing my brother's children of a severe and dangerous cold. It was truly astonishing now speedily they found relief after taking this preparation." MARRIED. In Concord, on the 7th inst, Mr. John Sapp and Miss Sallie Jenkins. In Concord, on the 6th inst, Mr. William L Misenheimer and Miss-Olive Cook. In Shelby, on the 14th inst. Rev. J Ernest Thacker and Miss Adelaide Mai Dixon. DIED. In this city, on the 9th inst. Miss Ella Hun- sucker, aged 24 years. In this city, on the 8th Inst, Mrs. Nancy Sossa- man, wife of Mr. H. M. SoEsaman, aged 67 years. In this city, on the 10th inst, Mr. James Pet- tus. In this city, on the 14th inst, Mrs. W M Sadler, lathis county. Clear Creek, on the 8th inst. Mrs. Martha Mack, aged 60 years. In New York, on the 14th inst. Mrs. Keoeh. wife of Col. Thos. B Keogh. In Cabarrus County, on the 12th inst.. Mr. Paul Reinhardt. In Cabarrus county, on the 8th inst, Mr. Sam W Newell, aged 74 years. In this county. Clear Creek, on the 3th inst, Mrs. Martha McManus, wife of Mr. R II Mc- Manus, aged 54 years. In Arkansas. January 3. Mr. W D Gannon, son of Mr. Henry Garmon, of Indian Trail, Union county. In Mangum, Richmond county, on the 8th inst. Mrs. Oliver Dockerv. a?ed 58 vears On the same day, Mr. W S Dockery, aged 40 years. CHARLOTTE MARKET, March 16, 1894. Reported by John W. Miller & Co. For the past week we have had very steady and an almost unchanged market. Receipts have been heavy, and no evidence of exhaustion has appeared, and until this is seen, and promised, we cannot see any prospect for advance. We quote today Good Middling 7 ; Middling 7 to iy ; Tinges 6 to 7 ; Stains 6 to 6. Receipts daring the week 375 bales. Flour, from country mills, $1.35 per sack. Corn 56 to 57; Meal 57 to 53 cts ; Peas 50 to 55; Oats 50 to 51. Irish Potatoes 60 to 65 per bushel. Sweet Potatoes 40 to 50 per bushel. Bacon Sides, from stores, 7 cents per pound. Butter 12 to 18 cents per pound ; Chickens grown, 20 to 23 ; Spring 18 to 16 ceats ; Eggs 9 to 10. Cotton Seed Bushel, 15 cents; Ton, $10 Mortgagee's Sale. By virtue of a Deed of Mortgage, executed to me by J. H. Caldwell and wife and registered in Book 81, page 13, Register's Office, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, I will sell at Public Auction, at the Court House Door in the City of Charlotte, on Saturday the 14th day of April, A. D. 1894. at 12 o'clock M., the following described Real Estatedying in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, an undivided one-seven to interest in that tract of land lying on Back Creek, adjoining lasds of J. L. Query, J. E Caldwell and others, containing 192 acres more or less ; also an unai vided one-seventh interest in a tract of land, contiguous to the above, lying partly in Cabarrus County, adlomine: lands ol f. M. Morns, r. a. Johnston and others, containing 53 acres more or less ; both of said tracts being the land on which Mrs. berena Caldwell lately resided Term Cash. HUGH W. HARRIS, March 16, 1894. 5w Mortgagee. Trustee's Sale of City Lot. By virtue of s deed of trust executed to the undersigned by J. N. Mann and wife, on the 12th day of May, 1892, and duly recorded in the Re gister s office for Mecklenburg County, in Book 86, page, 234, 1 will sell for cash, to the highest bidder, at public auction, at the Court House door, in the City of Charlotte, on the 18th day of April, 1894, at the hour of 12 o'clock, M., all of that lot of land located in said City of Charlotte fronting 49 feet on North WB" Street, and ex tending back 400 feet, and being the lot described in said deed of trust, reference to which is hereby made, and being known as the John N. Mann boms place. For further information, apply to . - A. G. BRENIZER, Trustee. March 16, 1894. 5w Trustee's Land Sale. By virtue of a deed of trust executed to me by W. H. Plummer and his wife Hattie Plummer, on tbe 29th day of May, 1893, and recorded in the Register's office for Mecklenburg c ouniy, in Book 94, page 65, 1 wiII,on the 14th day of April, 1894, sell to the highest bidder, at public auc tion, at the Court House door, in the city of Charlotte, all that lot of land, described ia said deed of trust, situated in Charlotte township, said County, adjoining the lands of H. W. Harris, W. R. Moore and others, fronting 45 feet on a lane known as Snow Ball street, and run ning back 225 feet to a branch, in tha suburb of Charlotte, known as Greenville, and containing about 1$ ot an acre. Terms Cash. This 13th day of March. 1894. H. N. PHARR, March 16, 1894. 5w Trustee. WANTED. At the Charlotte City Stables carefully selected car corn, and first class clover hay. March. 16, 1894. 3t J. S. MYERS. ACTUAL COST! Until further notice we will sell our enormous STOCK OF "Old Hickory" and "Studebaker" "WAGOIT S AT ACLUAL COST ! When we say C08T, we mean at what the goods cost us delivered in Charlotte. We quote you the 2H "Old Hickory" AT $ 31 25 2 " 38 75 3 " " 41 50 3& ' 44 25 3K M " 46 75 2 "Studebaker" - 42 00 3 " 46 50 m " " 48 00 3 M " 52 00 ' 2K " " 32 00 These wagons are all GUARANTEED to be first class in every respect for one year from date of purchase. J. W. Wadsworth & Son. March 16.1894. WHAT A WONDERFUL CHANGE ONE SHORT YEAR OFTEN BRINGS! -:o:- TWELVE MONTHS AGO The proud owner of the Durham Supply Co, the ijanK ana tne iHoriu JJurnam rants Factory was a millionaire. To-day he ia forced to sell the North Durham Pauts Factory at way less than his, the manufacturer's, cost to Realize Ready Cash. THE BEE HIVE!! Has just bought the Entire Stock. 12,000 DOLLARS WORTH OF PANTS. :o:- AT AN Enormous Discount ON HIS COST. The Great Discount We Obtained On this Stock enables us to offer them WAY LESS THAN ORIGINAL WHOLESALE PEICES. And still make our ONE SMALL PROFIT. Never before have we had an opportunity to buy a Stock of Staple, NICE NEW Or O O 2D At such a sacrifice. There is not an old or shop worn pair of Pants in the Entire Stock. VISIT THE "BEE HIVE, AND LOOK THROUGH. WE WILL SAVE YOU FROM 25 to 50 per cent OUST IFjIETTS JEANS PANTS FROM 25 CTS. UP. Pants that were sold wholesale at $12 per dozen, our price 75c- Pants which cost $1 25, our price 98c. Pants, elegant goods, which were sold wholesale at $3 50, our price $2 98. Better goods in same proportion. See them at once. The prices we have marked on these goods tSP'Will soon move the stock..! J. D. COLLINS. March 9, 1894. Men's Flow Boots. Short legs, a little higher than shoes, excludei dirt and water, light, cool, and comfortable, cost no more than shoes of equal value, and answers every purpose ot a boot, PRICE: $1.50. Shoes to suit everybody, and lowest paic es strictly reliable goods. GILREATH & CO. March 9, 1894. M i i n? tfi Hi
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