Charlotte Democrat.
CHARLOTTE. N. C.
Friday, March 15, 1895.
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From Our Regular Correspondent
Washington, Mar. 12, 1895.
The impression largely prevails
throughout the United States that Cons
gress is the main-epring of Washington;
that when Congress is absent Washings
ton sleeps. Fast upon the disappearing
coat tails of the fleei ng legislators, Wash
ington is supposed to undress and lazily
abandon herself to a long summmer siesta.
But the fact of the matter is that the
Capital city, in the great press of na
tional affairs and cosmopolitan life, sel
dom finds any time for the taking of her
dolce far niente. Another feature of the
common misimpression is that Washing
ton fills her commercial coffers each
winter with money lavishly spent by
Congressmen and the visitors attracted
by their deliberations, and slothfully ex
ists the rest of the year upon the accre
tions'tbus obtained. But this is far from
correct. The money scattered here in
this way exerts no great effect upon the
commercial prosperity of the Capital
In the old days when Washington was a
straggling village-like aggregation of un
pretentious private buildings strung out
between the magnificent piles of marble
and granite that contain the government
workshops, the presence of congress was
very appreciably felt in the financial con
ditions of the citj,',.but when her boun
daries became, distended with a great
population the sessions of tho national
legislature became mere episodes so far
as her genetal activity and Iiio wore con.
cerned. The number of persons added
to the populationshcre by the presence of
Congress in the winter has been given
as two thousand. Their expenditures
while here are almost wholly confined to
their actual living and necessities. Cer
tain it is that the presence of the aggre-.
gation of assorted solons who come here
for alleged work" ota Capital Hill means
not the opening of the purse of Fortu
nates for Washington. Tho National
Capital is now a great metropolitan city,
containing a permanent population of
over 270,000 people. About $2,000,000
per month is put into circulation by the
department clerks alone. This great
amount in itself keeps the pulse of urban
life always throbbing. But in addition
Washington has become, owing to her
wonderful development in beauty and in
terests, the Mecca for a large wealthy
leisure class of shelved statesmen and in
fluential citizens who only desert their
palaces hero during a short time in the
hot season. Another popular error has
it that Congress is tho orb around which
Washington society revolves. The fact
is that most of the great entertainments
given during "the season" are tho work
of tho people who reside hero perma
nently. Private citizons, government of
ficials who are always here, and foreign
ministers are tho people who hold the
handsome entertainments and functions.
Of course, now that Mr. Cleveland has
gone off on one of thoso duck jaunts of
which he so fond, tho gossips are shower
ing the customary avalanche of criticism,
innuendo and suggestion. There are the
usual witticisms about "cold tea" and
"anti-malaria medicine," and, in fact, all
the rest of that dreary gabble which has
so often been rehashed. Every well-informed
person knows that in these trips
it is a truth that the Executive simply
takes advantage of occasions when the
government light-houso tenders are going
on their regular routine of service. The
gabble to the contrary proceeds just tho
same however, and nothing but the
millennium will probably arrest vitupera
tion of President's holidays. Mean
while, all right-minded people will be
glad to know that the President is enjoy
ing himself. BLe is a man who works
hard. Possibly the present incumbent
in tho Executive' chair makes too great
demands upon his nervous energy and
exhausts himself needlessly over details.
But Mr. Cleveland has his own view of
work, and ho cannot bo expected to gov
ern his ways by the standards that others
propose. It is patent to thoso who watch
his course here that he is in need of such
recreation as he is taking now. Bight
minded people will be glad in the knowl
edge that the President can gratify this
physical and mental' want. As for the
others, what difference does it mako?
Billion dollar thoughts are appropriate
to this season. It is more than probable
that henceforth in the history of the
country the billion dollar Cougress will
be the rule rather than exception. The
bill'.on dollar label was first attached to
the Fifty-first Congress, and it suffered
for it. But . as a matter of fact tho
appropriations if the Fiftyvfirst Congress,
as finally ciphered Qut and sifted down,
fell $11,583,418 short of tho billion dollar
mark. The amount was startling, how
ever, and caused much professed astonish
ment. Yet the people recovered from
their amazement so rapidly that when
the Fiftyssecond Congress closed it doors
with an expense account recorded against
it of $27,000,000' stboye the billion dollar
mark, no national convulsion ensued.
And so it will be in the caso of the Fifty-
third Congress, with its estimated appro
priations of $990,225,289 or thereabout.
It is conceded by financial experts that,
with the present growing needs of this
great developing country, the last Con
gress could have spent $500,000,000 raoro
and adjourned with credit to itselx, bad
the interests of the people been carefully
consulted. It may therefore bo concluded
that billion dollar Congresses will be
quite tho fashion in tho future. Tho cost
of the government must increaso with its
needs. A country growing as the United
States is growing cannot be supported on
a starvation diet. Some of these days
the demands of the country will need
two billions.
The commissioners of Pensions states
that the act recently passed by Congress
providing that all persons on the pension
rolls at less than $6 per month should be
raised to that amount, increased the ex
penditures of the government about $1,-
500,000 per aunum, and affected about
40,000 old soldiers He says the bureau
will take prompt action adjusting their
claims, without application on the part
of this class of pensioners.
Charles Fbedbick Worth, the fa
mous Paris dress maker, is dead.
We bought, a 6hort time since, a large
line of pocket knives to sell at 25 cents
each and we can now show you the best
line of pocket knives at the above price
that you ever saw. The tariff being re
duced enables us . to give a bettct knife
for the money than ever before. Brown,
Weddington & Co.
County Government Bill.
The following is the text of the bill as
passed by the .Legislature;
Section 1. That chapter Seventeen (17)
of the first volume of The Code entitled
"Counties, County Commissioners and
County Government" be and the same
and all amendments thereto are amended
as follows: By striking out the words
"justices of the peace," "with the con
currence of a majority of the justices of
the peace sitting with them," "and by a
majority of the justices of the peaco"
wherever tho same may occur.
Sec. 2. By striking out in subsection 10
ol section 707; all of the 6ame after the
word "provided."
Sec. 3. Subsection twenty-eight (28)
of section 707, is hereby repealed and the
following inserted in lieu thereof, viz :
To qualify and induct into office at the
meeting of the board, on the first Monday
in the month next succeeding their elec
tion or appointment the following named
county officers to wit : Clerk of the Su
perior court, clerk of the Inferior court,
sheriff, coroner, treasurer, register of
deeds, surveyor and constable; and to
take and approve the official bonds of
said cificers, which the board shall cause
to be registered in the office of the regis
ter of deeds. The original bonds shall
be deposited with the clerk of the Supe
rior court, except the bond of the said
clerk, which shall be deposited with the
register of deeds fors safe keeping. Pro
vided, however, that if the said board
shall declare the official bonds of any of
said county officers to be insufficient or
shall decline to receive th'e same the said
officer may appeal to the Superior court
judge riding the district in which said
county is, or to the resident judge of said
district, as ho may elect, who shall hear
said appeal in chambers at any place in
said district which he shall designate
within ten days after notice by him of
the same; and if upon the hearing of said
appeal the judge shall be of tho opinion
that the said bond is sufficient he shall
issue an order to the said board of com
missioners to induct the said officer into
office, or thathe shall be retained in office
as tho case may be; but, if upon the hear
ing of said appeal the judge shall bo of
the opinion that the bond is insufficient,
he shall give the appellant ten days in
which to filo before him an additional
bond, and if the appellant shall within the
saii ten days file before the said judge a
good and sufficient bond in tho opinion of
said judge he shall so declare and issue
his order to said board, directing and re
quiring them to induct the appellant into
office or retain him, as the caso may be;
but if in the opinion of tho said judge
both the original and the additional
bonds are insufficient he shall declare the
said office vacant and notify the said
commissioners, who shall notify the clerk
of tho Superior court, who shall appoint
to fill the vacancy, except in case of the
clerk of the Superior court, which va
cancy shall be filed by the residentjudgo.
The judgment of the Superior court judge
shall be final.
Tho appeal and the finding and judg
ment of the Superior court judge shall be
recorded on the minutes of the board of
commissioners.
Sec. 4. That section seven hundred and
sixteen (716) is repealed and the follow
ing is substituted in lieu thereof, viz:
There shall bo elected in each county of
A 1 - O i . A. 1 I 1 A. 1.
uao. otaie, ai me geuorai election 10 ue
neia in ine year one inousanu eignt Hun
dred and ninety-six (1896) and every
two years thereafter, by the dul' qua!i
fled electors thereof, three persons to be
chosen from tho body of the county, who
shall bo styled the board of commis
sioners for the county of , and
shall hold their office for two years from
the date of their qualification and until
their successors shall be elected and
qualified; and they shall be qualified by
taking the oath of office beforo the clerk
of tho Superior court or some judge or
justice of the peace, and the register of
deeds shall be ex-ofhcio clerk of the board
of commissioners.
Sec. 5. That whenever as many as five
electors of the county mako affidavit be.
fore the clerk of the Superior court ut
any time after tho election of the county
commissioners, that they verily believe
that the business of the county, if left
entirely in the hands of the three com
missioners elected by the people, will be
improperly managed: that then, upon
petition of two hundred electors of said
county, one half of whom shall be frees
holders and so certified bytbe clerk of
tho Superior court, made to the judge of
the district or the judge presiding thereiD,
it shall be the duty of said judge to ap.
point two honest and discreet citizens of
said county, who shall bo of a political
party different from that of a majority of
commissioners, who shall, from thdr ap
pointment and qualification, by taking
the oath required for county commis-.
Bioners, be members of said board of
county commissioners, in every respect as
fully as if elected by the people, and 6hail
continue in office until the election and
qualification of the successors of said
board of county commissioners, and that
no money shall be paid upon the order of
said board, or official bonds accepted,
nor shall any debt bo incurred except
upon tbo concurrence of as many as four
of said board. That all motions con
corning financial matters shall be taken
upon an aye and no vote and recorded
upon the minutes.
Sec. 6. That section (717) eeven hun
dred and seventeen bo and tho sarno is
herebj' repealed..
Sec. 7. That section (719) seven hun
dred and nineteen be and tho same is
hereby amended by striking out "justices
of the peace" and inserting in lieu thereof
"the clerk of the Superior court
Sec. 8. That all laws and clauses of
laws inconsistent with this act are hereby
repealed.
Sec. 9. That this act shall be in force
from and after its ratification.
New Election Law Denounced
The Prohibition organ, the Ballot Box,
refers to tbo now election law as '.'in
famous." We quote.:
"Tho Fusionists great effort has been
from the first to hedge themselves in fur
perpetual domination of the State.
"The law they supplanted to gel place
for their own, was a picture of virtus in
comparison to the one they havo imposed
upon the people. .
"Tbo election law that they havo hoist
ed to the statute books is so glaringly par,,
tizan and dishonest that to bo despised
needg but to be seen."
Prohibition party men are usually
honest and fair, and this denunciation of
the new election law shows how it is
regarded by fair men who are not Peroo
crate.
The Senators presented Lieutenant
Gov. Doughton, with a silver service.
To Write Their History.
Histories of the North Carolina Regiments in.
the Confederate bervice Men Who Will Fur
nish Sketches. " '
What a grand thing it would be if pos
terity bad a history of,each ol tne JNorth
Carolina regiments in the revolutionary
war written by an omcer or soldier who
bad served in such regiment.
At tho last meeting of the Confederate
Veterans' association a resolution was
passed requesting Judge Vaiter Clark to
procure the best man in each of the
North Carolina regiments in the civil war
to write a history of the regiment in
wr'cb he served. It was contemplated
tl.dt the sketch of each regiment, averag
ing, say, ten pages or more would make
a volume of 750 to 1,000 pages. Written
by the pens of the men whose swords had
made that history it will be an enduring
and authentic monument to the genera
tion who sacrificed themselves for their
State in the great Civil War. Judge
Avery, Gen. Hoke and Col. Wharton J.
Green were appointed a committee to
memorialise the Legislature to print the
volume. This they have done, and a bill
is pending for that purpose. Judge Clark
went diligently to work and after consul-,
tation, as far as possible, with the survi
vors of each regiment has secured the
following historians for the respective
regiments who haveaccepted and arc at
work. Many of these excellent sketches
havo already been completed and sent
him. ' Two of thenr; Gen. Barringer's
sketch of the ; First . cavalry and Gen.
Lane's of the ' Twentv-eisrhth regiment
havo appeared also by consent in the
Charlotte Observer. " "
The following is the list of historians
which will be read with interest. The
survivors of each regiment are requested
to furnish any date they may bavo to the
historian of their regiment below named.
ORGANIZATION. HISTORIANS.
Medical staff Dr. Peter E. Hines
Chaplain service. ..... .Rev. A. D. Betts
Engineer service . . . Capt. C. B Denson
Adjutant-General office.. Maj. A. Gordon
Quartermaster dept ... . . :
Commissary dept .... . . . . . . :
Conscripts bureau :
Junior & Senior Re's N. . C, Col. J. W.
Hinsdale.
Navy ofN. C -
Steamer A.dvanco . . . Capt J ames Matrlenn
"Bethel" regiment Capt E. J. Hale
1st regiment Col. H. A. Brown
2d " Gen. W. R Cox
3d " Col. W. L. DeRoeset
4th" Col. E. A. Osborne
5th ' ..Lieut C. M. Busbeo
6tb" Capt. Neill W. Ray
7th " Maj. J. H. Harris
8th" Capt. Thos J. Jarvis
9th " (1st cavalry) Gen Rufus Barringer
10th " (1st artillery)Lt Col W J Saunders
11th " . ..Col. W. J. Martin
12th " . .Lt (Judge) W. A. Mongomery
13th" . ..Col. E. B. Withers.
14th" ... Col (Judge) R T. Bennett
I5th Col. W. F. Green
17th" ., Capt. Wilson G. Lamb
18th" . . Lieut Thos. H. Sutton
19th " (2nd cavalry) Maj W. A. Graham
22d "
23d "
24th "
25th "
26th "
27th "
Maj. Graham Daves
Capt. H. Clay Wall
, ... Capt. E. A. Thome
' Uapt. G. S. rerguson
' ..Surgeon Geo. C. Underwood
' , Capt. Jas. A. Graham
' Gen. James. H. Lane
' Gen. R. B. Vance
' Col. F. M. Parker
' Lieut. Henry A. London
' . Maj. J- A. Weston
' Capt. Thos. Lattimore
28th
29th "
30th "
32d "
33d "
34th "
35th "
36th "
37th
38th "
39th "
43d "
44th "
45th "
46th "
47th "
48th "
49th "
50th "
52d "
53d "
.... Capt. VV. H. S. Burgwyn
(2d artilley) ...Col. Wm. Lamb
Capt. John D. Brown
Col. Geo. W. Flowers
.Adjt. Theo. F. Davidson
(J A. Thos. K. Kenan
Maj. C. M. Stedman
Cyrus B. Watson
Capt. O. W. Carr
Capt. John H. Thrope
Capt. W. H. H. Lawhorn
. .Adjt (Judge) Thos R Roulhac
Capt. J. C. Ellington
Capt. J. H. Robinson
Col. James T. Morehead
55th " Col. John K. Conally
56tb
Maj. John W Graham
... . . . Col. Ham C. Jones
.Col. Isaac H. Bailey
(4th cavalry). Capt. R B. Gaddy
Capt. Thos. W. Patton
Capt N. A. Ramsay
. .Col. G. M. Clayton
(5th cavalry) Col Jno M Galloway
Capt Melvin E. Carter
(6th cavalry. ..Capt M. V. Moore
..Adjt Geo. M. Rose
(Thomas' Legion) Mai. W. W.
57th "
58th "
59th "
60th "
61st "
62d "
63d
64th "
65th "
66th "
69th "
70th "
Springfield.
" (1st Jrnior Reserves) Col C. W.
Broudfoot.
Capt. Thos. L. Lea
' (3d Junior Reserves) Lieut Fab H
Busbee.
" (7th cavalry) Lieut W. F. Parker
battalion Col. R .W. Wharton
" .Col. Wharton J. Green
" ... Lieut (Judge) Thos C. Fuller
" Adjt M. P. Taylor
" Capt Woodbury Wheeler
72d
75th
1st
2d
"5th
6th
8th
Each of the above has accepted tife "as-
signment to duty" and has either written
the sketch of his regiment or will have
it ready by July 1st. It is a splendid
list of soldiers and writers, tho best poss
eible, now after the gaps made by the
thirty years since the war, One of the
writers (Gen. Barringer) has died since
filling this last duty to his comrades.
Four other generals are in tho list as
historians of their former regiments.
Two of tho regiments 73l and 74th were
senior Reserves and naturally no survivor
of tbera has been found who could write
tho sketches of those regiments. Neither
has any historian yet been found to write
the sketches of the following gallant regi
raents, though great efforts have been
made, i. e , 16th, 21stv 31st, 40th. (3d art);
41st, (3d cav); 42d, 51st, 54th; 68th, 7lst,
(2d Junior Reserves); and ' following
Battalions 3J, 4tb, 7tb, 9th and 10th.
It would be a subject of regret if the
volume should appear with those regi
ments omitted. Any survivors of those
commands who may see this will do well
to wrie to Judgo Walter Clark, Raleigh,
N. C, hUggesting a suitable man to write
the history of his regiment.
(The above is copied from the Wil.
mington Messenger. We received a pos
tal from Judge Clark making the addi
tional insertion of the 58th Recrjment
with Col. Isaac H. Bailey, historian.)
Mama," said Willie, "do you pay
Jennie $15 a month for looking after me?"
"No, $16," said mamma. "She is a good
nurse and deserves it."- "Well, I eay,
ma, Til look after myself for $10- You'll
save 16 by it. Harpers Yoyng People.
- North Carolina Sew.
The Free Press puts the damage by the
first Kinston fire at $225,000 and the in
surance $90,000and that'of the last fire
at $28,000 damage and 6,000; Insurance.
It states that the last fire was undoubted.
ly caused" by an incendiary.
The case of Hoke Secrest, who was to
have been tried for tho " 'murder of bis
wifo and child at McDowell Superior
Court, at Marion, this week, has been
Wmoyed to Rutherford county. Court con ,
venes there on tho svlh ot April.
" EsaVBill Foster reports that our friend i
A .4 .
W. F. Ward,' of Roaring River has a sow
which is the mother of 19 fine pigs, 18 of
them still living. Our friend Morrison
of the hardware store has became in
terested in" the welfare of the'pigs, and
want 8 to know how the sow can furnish
their food all' at once. Wilkesboro Chron
icle. ' ' '
The Grand Commandery of Knight's
Templars and. Grand Chapter of Royal
Arch Masons, of tho State, will meet in
conclave at Durham on the second Tues
day which will 6'e the,l4th day of May,
and will remain, in session, during the
week'. Tne Grjid Council of Royal and
Select Masters will also meet with them.
.. - -"t
The Senate has passed a bill- requiring
county adoption of school books, instead
of State adoptoin as . at .present. The
Board of Education of each county .will
prescribe thesgeries of books to be used
in the-public'0schools of that county.
Great confusion and increased expense
of books will be'Jikely to follow this law.
The "reform"'iegi8lature has finally de
cided the public printing controversy by
giving the contract to Stewart Bros , of
'.Winston. Edwards & Broughton, of Raj
leigh, were the lowest bidders by several
nunarea aouars not tasing into account
the extra expenditure for postage, express
and freight, necessitated by having the
work done outside of Raleigh.
, Hawk Eat Hawk. Mr. J. W. Stroup,
of Stanly Creek, was in town the other
day. Speaking of big hawks, he said he
killed a big one-a few weeks ago, but
the interesting part of it was, that he
saw him eating another hawk, his mate
which be had killed. Having seen a
hawk eat a hawk, Mr Stroup would like
to know who can beat that. Gastonia
Gazette. 1
; The following jurors were drawn for
the Spring term yof Cleveland Superior
Court which beglus April 15th.
First Week--J. A. McGill, T. N.
Kendrick, M. M.. Carpenter, Albert
Whisnant, L. D. Putnam, C. B. LattU
more, W. A Herndon, D. B. Green, W. A.
Pry or, A. G. James, W. H. Dixon, R. C.
Green, S. M. Jolly, P. P. Hawkins, S. H.
Hamrick, J. M. Black, J. D. Boyles, J.
S, Hoyle, G. W. Wright, D. B. Lowery,
S. D. Randall, C. M. Webb, S. A. Procter,
F. T. Warlicks, E. M.Tvester, Peter Buff,
J. D. Weathers, L. H. Bumgartner, and
J. II. Dover.
Second Week J. H. Towery, Reuben
McSwain, D. D. Cook, J. G. Hendrick,
B. Y. McMurry, J. R. Harris, C. G. Washburn,-J.
F. Hendrick, John Hoyle, J. W.
Champion, J. -M. Flack, D. G. Mauney,
H. S. Blanton, E. A. Street, J. S. Thorn
ason, H. W. Gallimon, J. J. Green, and
J. R. 'Dover.
The following is the list of Jurors for
the Lincoln Superior court which con
venes the 1st Monday in April :
J. B. Hoke, J. C King, D. M. Sigman,
E. F. Lutz, Louis Keeper, L. A. H. Wil
kerson, T. C. Lowo. VV. A. Howard, R.
M. Beal, Jacob H. Rhodes, J. F. Warlick,
A. Lee Cherry, L. B. Camp, M. W. Rob
inson, John M. Hauss, Julius A. Hoyle,
M. L. Leonard, W. S. Weahunt, H. A.
Reel, A. A. Thompson, J. A. Michal,
John Johnston, C. C. Sullivan J. J. Plonk,
R. M Petree, W. N. Nolen, A. G. Seagle,
Jno. B. Reep, Milton Ramsaur, Ed Cash
ion, Jno. Hoyle,; S. D. Burgin, R. G.
Rutldge, J. J. Childress, W. A. Goodson,
J. A Lingerfelt. .
Second Week Jacob A. Miller N. J.
Leonhardt, J. O. King, Andrew Hauss,
CP. Smith, W. H. Lohr, Jno F. Beam,
J. A. Lore, A. A. Jenks, D. Kincaid, A.
C. Lineberger, D. A. Chapman, J. Frank
Kelly, John A. Roberts, VV. A. Graham
Jr., June Cashion J. M. Stowe.
1 1 1
Croaking-'"
It is right to crjoak provided you are a
frog, but, if you are a man bo above it.
There is not as much croaking in the
country now as there was a year ago.
Then there was an eternal racket, and
the burden pf the howl was "down with
tho Democrats.' Well the Democrats
were downed, and now the howlers are
as dun. b as stone not because times aro
any better but, because the party they
elee'ed is worse than they ever accused
the Democrats of being, and the fact has
knocked them speechless. Some of them
would like to croak but they haven't got
the spirit of a frOg.
In sober truth times aro worse : but is
that any reason why manhood should be
abased? It in times like these
that tho manhood of a man and the
womanliness of a woman vindicate them
selves. In seasons' of calm anybody ctn
sail his little boat, but when the storm
rises it takes'si. Neptune ? to ride" the
billows. . -
lt is bad enough, to Buccumb to adver
sity when there is' no way to avoid its
shafts; but it '. tho sure sign of an
ignoble spirit tpvbafe under misfortunes
of our own creation and from which there
may bo a safe and. 6iiro delivery.
It is a false idea that bad government
is the source cf all evil, and good govern
ment a universal panacea. Government
was not ordained.Jfor the purpose of ac
quiring properly , any more than it. was
for producing life. -The object of govern
ment is the protection of life and prop
el ty. Government cannot create; it only
protects,
In the beginning God made man and
enjoined labor as an essential concomi
tant of life, and there is no escape from
the divine decree "In the sweat of thy
face shak thou eat bread." To murmur
at the established order is rebellion
against the fiuier of the Universe.
We have been young, and now wo are
old, but we hare never seen croaking pro
duce a single blade of grass nor alleviate
one pang of sorrow.
U e hero take the liberty to quote a
few sentences from the Norfolk Landt
mark: It ear s :
"There has been so much croaking and
so many croakers ' abroad in the land of
late, that the man who does not croak is
the exception to the general rule. ' It is
high time to call a halt in Ibis matter.
No good is accomplished by croafcing and
vast deal of harm results. We know
times are hard but if they are bettered
by croaking we have never yet heard cf
if. If there is less talk of hard times and
"more work, improvements would result
lo
Highest of all in Leavening
SST"' Texas won its independence of
Mexico in the battle of San Jacinto on
the 21st of April, 1836, and was an inde
pendent Republic for nearly 10 years
thereafter. This is one reason why it is
called the Lone Star State. But a better
reason is that tho seal of the State is a
single star. The story of the origin of
this seal is that immediately after the
organization of Texas' independent
government, the Secretary of State, hav
ing occasion to execute a public docu
ment and having no seal, cut from his
overcoat a brass button on which was a
figure of a star and used it for a seal. It
suited so well that the star was -retained
as the emblem of Texas.
A Cotton Fertilizer.
Purchase only such fertilizers for cotton which contain at
least 3 to; 4f0 actual potash.
For Corn, Fertilizers should contain 6 Potash.
Poor results are due entirely to deficiency of Potash.
We will gladly send you our pamphlets on the Use of Potash.
They arc sent free. It will cost you nothing to read them, and they will save you
dollars. GERMAN KALI WORKS, 9; Nassau Street, New Vork.
at once. People who don't help them
selves are not going .to be helped by
others. Under the terriblo financial
strain this country finds itself, there is
but one thing to do to get relief cut
down expenses and work but the harder.
Take you lot as you find t and try to
improve it. Quit talking about hard
times, go to work and live within your
income."
These ars words of wisdom and happy
is he who accepts their teaching. Stop
croaking. It has been said that "our
farmers are most given to croaking: they
take the chief seats in the croakers
synagogue; have long faces, and groan with
an unction unknown to other mortals."
Such is not our observation. The croaker
has no limits. No .pent up Utica con
tracts his powers, the boundless Universe
in his. He sits in the bank and suffers
the ennui incident to his inherent lazi
ness. He sits in his office and grumbles
because fees come so seldom. Ho lounges
on his counter because trade is so dull.
O, no. Tho Croaker is confined to no
local habitation or human occupation.
All men suffer the ills of misfortune,
but of thorn all the farmer is the most
independent and most completely has the
remedy in his own hands. He is the
producer. No man can eay to him plow
here an J plant there." He is monarch of
all he surveyn. He can enlarge or re
trench : Tear down old barns and build
new ones. He can cut down his expenses
to the siza of his purse pay less for ferti
lizers : plant less and do better work:
raise home supplies, and make the gains
on hog and hominy make atonement for
the losses on cotton and tobacco. In the
measure that farming is profitable will
the community bo prosperous.
But, whatever the business, whatever
the condition, croaking does no good. Go
out into the joyous sunshine and open
your soul to the influences of nature.
Bless God, take courage and move on in
the bright and shining way. Then will
the pinging of birds and rippling of waters
seem sweeter to you. and in the good bye
and bc, when tho angel reapers come,
yours will bo tho golden sheaves in the
grainary of our Lord. IFewbern Journal.
A Burly Negro Forcibly Detains Mem
bers of the House Representatives.
A most disgraceful and desperate scene
was enacted in tbo hall of the House of
Representatives last night. A burly
negro, apparently acting under the order
of tho speaker, stood at the inside door
and held it fast with both bands, refus
ing to allow either ingress or egress. He
was acting as door keeper, and his pur
pose was to prevent Democratic members
of the House from leaving tho hall.
Captain R. B. Peebles, member from
Northampion, and Mr. Lee, member
from Haywood, came to the door, and
finding their way barred by the negro,
demanded to be let out. The negro re
fused, and a struggle ensued, which came
near producing a riot. Several negroes
standing by rushed to the assistance of
tho negro door keeper, while other by
standers took a hand-in aid of Capt.
Peebles and Mr. Lee. About eight or
ten people became involved in a violent
struggle and surged back and forth in the
House, soma trying to pull Capt. Peebles
back in, while others tried to open the
door and push him out. Fortunately the
door flew open and he was released from
his position. Had not tho struggle ter
minated quickly, it is likely that a serious
riot would have resulted. '
Thus tho record of this Legislature
closes with tho crowning infamy of a
burly negro door-keeper using physical
violence on Bepresentatives of the peo
pie within the sacred precincts of the
balls of the Legislature.
Never before has the State been
brought to such' depths of humiliation
and infamy. Not even in the darkest
night of Reconstruction was the' black
DUKE
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MADE FROM
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There are many bams and should
in the meat houses of Union coun
!ers
more than has ever been on band at th
f tho vear. There are a great
m.ni7 othvh of keeDinff hams through the
Summer.but we have it from good authori
ty that the best way to keep hams and
shoulders is to put them, in bags made of
common sbeetingand put finely cuts hucks
. . ... i t t
around the meat A. tnics layer oi bduckb
should be put in the bottom of the bag
hafM-a tha mftAt. in nut in. Hansr the
uvivi - - j -
in n nn n!n.rA. If these directions
UiOUV " ww
ro followed we guarantee that insects
will not be found on the meat. Monroe
Enquirer. .
Comparative Cotton Statement.
The following is the comparative cotton
. - - . . . . 1 . r . 1
statement for the week ending jsiarcn. Bin
1895. 1894
Net receiDls at tu U. S. ports. 116 120 72,441
TWol roooirtta tn riate 6 912.721 5.253.578
Exports for the week, 136,515 103,293
Total exports to; this dale, 5,224 485 4,142.696
Stock iu all U. 6 ports, 914,497 825,925
Stock at all interior towns. . 149,771 153,770
Stock hi Liverpool, 1,860,000 1,800,000
A mnriran R flout for
Great Britain, 123,000 150,000
Total Visible Supply of Cotton.
New York March. 9. The total visible
supply of cotton for the world is 7,754,
909 bales, of which 4,413,709 are Ameri
can, against 4 374,991 and 3,769,791 res
oectivelv last vear. Receipts of cotton
this week at all interior towns 87,982
bales. Receipts from the plantations
105,967 bales. Urop m signt B,b4Z,y73
bales.
hand of the African laid upon the shoul
der of men whom the people sent as their
representatives.
What is the purpose of this infamous
violence ?
Is it to provoke blood shed ?
Is it to solidify the negro by degrad
ing and insulting the whites ?
Was it a conspiracy spawned in the
afternoon caucus?
Why did the House refuse to .have a
whit Confederate sullier as doorskeeper
and elect instead a burly negro?
Why did the General Assembly refuse
to adjourn in honor of Washington and
Lee and yet adjourn in honor of Frede
rick Douglass?
Why was a negro selected last night
to use physical violence on white Repres
sentatives?
There is some infamous purpose in
this diabolical record. But it cannot be
accomplished.
Wo warn the colored people that they
are being used to kindle a fire that can
not easily be extinguished.
And we warn the white men who are
using them that a day of reckoning is
coming.
"We will appeal to Ccesar," said Mr.
Ray last night. And there will be no
doubt about the verdictl Raleiah Ob
server.
You may not have seen our splendid
line of garden tools, rakes, etc It not it
w'll pay you to sec them. In. shovels,
forks, spades, hoes, axes, iron wedges
plows, chains hames, backhands and other
farming tools. We lead the State in
quanity and variety of qualities. We
can suit any buyer no matter how parti
cular they are. Brown, Weddington &
Co.
B ucklen's Arnica Salve.
The best Salve in the world for cuts,
oruises, sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fever
sores, letter, chapped hands, chilblains
corns, and all skin eruptions, and posi
tively cures piles or no pay required. It
is guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction,
or money refunded. Price 25 cents per
box. For sale by Jordan & Scott, whole,
sale Drug store, and at Bur well & Dunn,
wholesale and retail.
lf Bankers in Mexico have recently
stipulated that they will no longer aecept
drafts on points in the United States,
unless they are payable in gold.
lie used Powell's Fertilizers.
If you raise
Tomatoes Potatoes
Cabbage Berries
Peas nd other Melons
Trucking Crops
for Northern and Western iTarkets,
POWELL'S
GREEN-BAQ
Fertilizers,
the iglust grade fertilizers made,
are the kind you need.
Send for circular telling all about them.
POWELL FERTILIZER & CHETL CO.
BALTIMORE, MD.
Fertiliier manufacturers. Importers and
dealers in Nitrate of Soda. Sulphate of
Potash, rnnmilntl A J rtK . 1
and all" kinof FUliaSat'
Dec 7, 1894.
Solid Comfort Lace Shoes I
Ladies who wear lace shoes, and want the
best shoe for f 1 50 in the world, call
FOR ZEIGLER'S
PEBBLE GRAJN SHOE,
Water proof, very toft, bnt thick enoueh
to be
warm, and give good wear. No such trrwi.
have
ever been sold in Charlotte for this price
:all
CO.
Feb. 8,1895,
THE BEEfllf
OUR GOODS
ARE
BOUG
is
EITHER AT BANKRUPT sales
ABOUT
HALF
ALF
U)$!
OR DIRECT FROM
Manufacturers. OUR CASH BUYEI
B L E S SING
j
To the hundreds of CUSTOMERS who jt
chase from us, for they derive the BENEfI
YOU pay no extra charge for drummerf J
peDses, book-keeping or 30 days dating fJ
"6
making your purchases i
THE BEE HIVE
We sell for SPOT CASH at just
about HALF the profits of credit houses. 1,
1
have no LOSSES from bad debts, do hi-
SA.LA.RIED SALESMEN, no big expo
OUR GOODS ARE
MARKED
EINE
PLAIN FIGURE8
One price for all, and marked
so chepp they sell themselves !
There's no place where you
can get such bargain prices
as with us. Goods of every
Kind have steadily decliiti,
and HOSIERY bos shared i
the whirlpool of depreak&l
We haye a tremendous itod,
of Hosiery, bought in cue te!
DIRECT FROM
Manuf act ur ejs
AGENTS !
PRICES CANNOT BE MATCHED Oil
TOUCHED BY ANY
REGULATE CJOUST7
egulaJlv XlousH
SPECIAL SALE
OF HOSIERY AT THI
i
BEE HIVE.
Ladies' Black Hose at 4 cents.
The 25 cent kind at 15 cents;
Heavy ribbed Misses' black
UO80 o cents; better fast blacfc
at 9, 10 and 12 cents.
SHOES.
Ladies' Shoes, genuine Do
jjola button, warranted bcw
give good wear, at $1W
Pnrnniiu rolf Vioa nn eOUU D
wear at 98c. Ladies' Don
button, with patent tip at
and 75 cents; Zeigler's sit
hnnirht ut half cost. 8n0
cost $2.00, we offer at $!
Shoes Cost $2.2-5, 2.50
AND 3.00, OUR PRICE :
$1.48, $1.63 AND
$1.75!
Light weight ok tan summer Brogans
warranted, fl 25. Light weight wnoie
stock kip Brogans, at 93 cents, solid
as a rock.
PLAIDS OR CHECKED nOMESPUN.at 2
FOR ONE CENT:
Tacks,card hooks and eyes, fine comb
2 memorandum books, 17 hair p
paper btst needles, thimbles, M
pencils, 3 perfect lead pencils, JDSB"
lints, pins, box blacking, 3 g"0
holders, 14 fish hooks and hundred
other articles for
ONE UUSTY COPPER
Don't forget that TnE PLA.CE d J00
POCKET BOOK THE MOST GOOD
IS AT
" THE BEE HIVE.
J. D. Coiins.
March 8, 1895.