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lOTfffe (jVy AyAiw Ay Ay his Paper is 43 Years Old CHARLOTTE, N. C.V'FRIDAY, MARCH 20, 1896. VOLUME XLI1I. NUMBER 2235 THE HARLOTTE DEMOCRAT PUBLISHED EVKEY FBIDAY Tekms One Dollar in advance; Two Dol lars on time o Entered at the Post Office in Charlotte, N. C, as second class matter, according to the rules or the P. O. Department. DRS. McCOMBS & GIBBON, DESIRE TO INFORM TUE PUBLIC, That they hava this day entered into a copart nership for the PRACTICE OF MEDICINE, AND SURGERY. March 1, 1895. March 15, 1895. JOHN FARRIOR, S 4 HOUTil TRTON STREET, CHARLOTTE, N. C. WATCHMAKER AND JEWELER, DEALER IN Diamonds, Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, Sil ver and Silver Plated Ware. IW Special attention given to Fine Watcb Repairing. Jan 25, 1895. BURWELL, WALKER & CANSLER, Attorneys-At-Law, kOOMS N08 5, 6, AND 13, LAW BUILDING, CHARLOTTE, N. C. Jan 4, 1895. DR. E . P. KEERANS, DENTIST, CHARLOTTE, N. C. Office 7 West Trade Street Nov. 2, 1894 HUGH W. HARRIS, Attorney and Counsellor at Law, Office, Nos. 14 and 16 Law BuildiDg, CHARLOTTE, N. C. July C, 1895: V. I. 08B0RNE, W. C. MAXWELL, J. W. KEERANS OSBORNE, MAXWELL & KEERANS, Attorneys at Law. CHARLOTTE, N. C. OOlces 1 and 3 Law Building. A' ill practice in the State and Federal Courts Oct 20, 1S95. DRS. M. A. & C. A. BJLAND, Dontists. CHARLOTTE, N. C. No. 21 Tbyon Stkeet. Jan 3, 189C lltillOT CLARKSON. CRAB. H. DULP CLARKSON & DULS, Attorneys at Law, Charlotte, N. C Prompt attention given to all business in trusted. Will practice in all Courts of the rftate. Office No. 12 Law Building. Oct. 7. 1896. H. N. PHARR. ATTORNEY AT LAW. Office No. 14. Law Building. Prompt attention to all business intrusted Special attention given to claims. Practices in State and Federal Courts. Jan. 6, 1895. THE ACKNOWLEDGED Leading Seeds Are 13UISTS! - BUISTSII We open ura to.lny, fresh from the grower Plant only "Buist's Prize Medal Seeds," and you are su f a crop. R. II. JORDAN & CO., Jan. 19. 1H95. Retail Druggists GO TO ALEXANDER'S DRUG STORE, NO. 210, NORTH TRYON STREET. "Keeps a well assorted stock of all articles usualy kept in a Drug House J. B- ALEXANDER. Tli- Poor prescribed for free. April, 8. 1895. FINEST LOT Ever brought to Charlotte. This is no idle boast We have the finest lotol PRRFUMES in thecity. Rick- sccker's best iu FANCY Bottles, Cases, Flasks, etc.. in GOOD shape for an EL HGANT PRESENT. It RECOMMENDS ITSELF IT WILL PAY YOU TO SEE IT. R. H. JORDAN & CO., Druggists Doc. 28, 1896 E. NYE HUTCHISON. FIRE INSURANCE. Offices 16 East Trade Street ; 4 North Tyon Street, up stairs. Feb. 19, 1895. QUEEN CITY HOTEL. In visiting Charlotte, Don't fail to stop at the Queen City Hotel, Corner East Fifth and College Sts, Everything first-class. RATES, 100 PER DAY. July 6, 1895. W J MOORE, Prop'r. Surgical Instruments. A full line of Surgical Instruments at Manufac turer's prices. Call and examine them. EST" Mail orders will be promptly attended to R. H. JORDAN & 00. 8ept 20, 1895- The most eloquent words ever written by Andrew Jackson was the epitaph of his wife. It is a gem, and was: "Here lies the remains of Mrs. Rachel Jackson, who died December 22. 1828, aged 61 years. Her face was fair, her purson pleacing, her temper amiable and her heart kind; she delighted in relieving the wants of her fellow creature. ai.H nnltL vated that divine pleasure by the most liberal and unpretending methods. To the poor she was a benefactor, to the wretcbed'a comforter. Her piety went hand in hand with her benevolence, an 4 she thanked her creator for being per mitted to do good; a being so gentle asd yet eo virtuous, slander might wound; but could not dishonor. Even death when he tore her from the arms of her husband, could but transport her to the bosom of her God." TRUSTEE'S SALE- Whereas John M. Hanna and Rosa J. TTnnm. did on the 10th day of January, 1890. execute ana aenver to Albert It. Shattuck, Trustee, a trust deed on certain lands in Mecklenburg County, State of North Carolina, therein escribed, to secure the turn of $1,( 00, due by t-aid John M Hanna and Rosa J Hanna to the British & Am:rican Mortgage Company, Limited, which said trust deed is recorded in Mecklenburg County, in Deed Book 69, Page 262.towb.ieb reference 's hereby made; and whereas default has been made in the payment of the moneys se cured by said trust deed; and whereas the under signed has been duly appoinied substituted tros tee io the place of said Albert R. Shattuck, as provided in said trust deed, and has been duly requested to execute the trust therein contained; Now therefore notice is hereby given, that un der and by vinue of the power contained in said trust deed, I, ihe undersigned substituted trustee, on Monday, the 6th day of April, 1896, at 12 o'clock M , at the Court House door, in the city of C harlotte, N C, in Mecklenburg County, will by public auction sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property, viz: One hundred ('00) acres more or less adjoining the lands or Mary Barnett, George Elliott and others, and bounded as follows, to wit: Begin ning at a Spanish oak on the branch, and runs north 44 den E 43 poles to a stone, thence north 52 deg W 54 poles to a stone, thence north 61 deg W 59 poles to a stoue pile, thence south 61 deg W 33 poles to a Black Jack, thence south 29 deg W 114 poles to a 60ur wood, thence souih 65 deg E216 poles to a poplar stump on the branch, thence with the meanderings of the branch to the beginning. Said land will be sold to satisfy the debt se cured by said trust deed, and such title will be given as is vested in said trustee. E. T. CANSLER. Substituted Trustee. Mch 7, 1896 5w TRUSTEE'S SALE. Urder and by virtue of a Deed of Trust ex ecuted to me by Isom and Jane Torrence. and registered in Book 86, page 512, etc , iu the office ot the Register of Deeds for Mecklenburg county North Carolina, I will sell for cash at the County Court House Door, in the city of Char lotte, North Carolina, on Mo- day, the 30th day of March, 1896. at 12 o'clock M.. that followine lot of land in the city of Charlotte, bounded and described as follows: Commencing at a stake, J. B. Ken's old corner, 300 feet from the inter section of Myers and Eighth streets on 8th street, and runs with Eighth t-treet in an eaatarn direc tion fifty feet to a stake; ihence parallel with Myers street in a northern direction ninety-nine feet to a stake; thence in a western direction fifty feet to a stake in Kerr's line; thence ninety-nine feet to the beginning same being part of the Englehard lot and same being house and lot now occupied by Isom and Jane Torrence and being conveyed by J. II Wearn and wife to them, deed dated November 2nd, 192. and duly re corded. HERIOT CLARKSON, Feb. 28, 1896. 5w Trustee. Administrator's Notice Having duly qualified as administrator of the estate of John G. Miller, deceased, all persons having claims against the estate of said John G. Miller are hereby notified to present to me for piyment on or before the 1st day of March, 1897. r this notice will be pleaded in bar ot their re covery All persons indebted to said estate are notified to make immediate payments to me. H. N PHARR, Administstrator, Estate, J G Miller, dee'd. Feb. 28, 6w Administrator's Notice. Having qualified as Administrator with the will annexed of Mary Jaoe Giiffln, deceased, notice is hereby given to all persons having' claims against the Estate of said deceased to present the same to me for payment, properly vertified, on or before the 13th day of March 1897, or this notice will be plead in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to the said Estate will please mtks prompt payment. This March 12th 186. M. W. GRIFFIN, Adminstrator, With will annexed of Mary Jane Griffin, de March 12th, 1896 6w FRESH MEATS, GAME. FINE GROCERIES. SEE ME Eefore Selling Your Choice BEEF CATTLE PORK, EGGS, CHICKENS, &c. Always in Market for above. GEO- S. HALL Feb 28, I8fc6 ACROSTIC. T homas & Maxwell for Furniture are renowned. H onest goods at their store are found. O riginators of novelties they are. It's true. M oney on Furniture ihey can save to voo. A parlor, a bedroom, or a kitchen set; S niyrna rugs and lambrequins you here can get. A nd furniture, bric-a-brac, novelties, too. N ew styles Thomas & Maxwell have for you. D on't make a mistake on "The Hustler" call M ost for the least money they ' ffer all. A n enviable reputation they have won. X celled in Charlotte they are by cone. W ondr's bargains in all department bear in mind E very thing for a home you here will find. L ook where you will, go where you may. L eaders Thomas & Maxwell are to-day. We also keep stoves, That will bake the finest loaves. WARM OVER SHOES. Ladies wool lined plain rubber oveiohoe, price 50 cents, less than you can buy than any where in Americx; Ladies plain overshoe "gold seal" brand every pair warranted, PRICE 50c. This overshoe will wear longer than two pairs of any other, ever made, comes high up all round, affording more protection fro i mud, rain; or snow, than any of the fancy styles cdst ing as much, and not near so good. LADIES RUBBER BOOTS, for working garden In early soring, every lad should have a pair With rubber boots you will not mind the weather -'so the wind dont blow. ' "PRTfTK tann Rest stock of shoes in the State. t Jan. 24, 1896 GILREATH 4CO. Ever a Song Somewhere. There is ever a song somewhere, my dear, There is ever a something sings alway; There', a song of the lark when the skies are clear. And the song of the thrash when the skies are grey. The sunshine showers across the grain, And the bluebird thrills in the orchard tree, And in and out, whe i the eaves drip rain, Tne swallows are twittering carelessly. There is ever a song somewhere, my dear, Be the skies above dark or fair; There is ever a song that our hearts may hear There is ever a song somewhere, my dear, There is ever a song somewhere ! There is ever a song somewhere, my dear, In the midnight black or the midday blue; The robin pipes when the tun is here, ' And the cricket chirrups the whole night through, The buds may blow and the fruit may grow, And. the autumn leaves drop crisp and sere; But whether the sun, or the rain or the snow,. There is ever a song somewhere, my dear. There ia ever a song somewhere, my dear, Be the skies above dark or fair; There if ever a song that our hearts may hear There is ever a soog somewhere, my dear. There is ever a song somewhere 1 James Whiteornb Riley mm tmmm Hon. William McKinley. The Hon. William McKinley, Jr., of Ohio who now seems foremost in the ranks of the Republican candidates for the presidency, was born io Ohio in 1843, and entered the Union army as a private, but by successive promotions rose to the brevet rank of major. He was a captain on the staff of General Crook when that crook officer, we should have said made a raid upon the East Tennessee and Virginia railroad, and unsuccessfully attacked Lynchburg. He studied law after he came out of the army and was soon elected District Attorney. Next he was elected to Congress and there served for fourteen years, then he became Governor of Ohio. Now, he wants to be President,. an ambition that is dis countenanced by W. B. Allison, Speaker Reed, Lev i P. Morton, and sundry other Republicans and the entire Democratic party. It would suit us well enough for him to be taominated as the tariff would then become a great issue but we hope that our own nominee will win the race. McKinley is running on his personal popularity r added to his high tariff views, and the futrtber fact that his name is plain Will iam (no middle name), though he is often limeasalled Bill not McKinley bill, but Bill McKinley. Richmond Dis patch. Silver and Gold. The free -coinage movement will con tinue to roceive powerful assistance from fools who make the cause of gold ridicu lous by tlieir sidy advocacy, says the Washingt on Post. The gold bugs, if they keep their eyes open, may see enough to convince them that the PoBt does not speak extravagantly. Richmond Dis patch. WHAT WE WANT. YOUR WHEAT AND CORN. Bring It Along! What We Will Do. Pay You the Highest Market Price at ajx times, in cash, for Your Grain, or Exchange You the Best Roller Flour and Meal for it. What We Have. The Best Equipped Mill in the State. Your Patronage is Desired. THE MECKLENBURG MILLS, Charlotte, N. C. March 20. 1896. LOOK AT THIS. TABLES AT $8 50 8 50 $8 50 $8 50 ! Would not be bad on a table, especially when you can get a $12 50 Table for on y $8 50 1 That is just what you get at E. M. ANDREWS'. The grandest display of FTJRN I TUBE ! ever shown in our history. The prices, not withstanding the advance in many lines, are lower than ever before in our history. Buying in such large qu antities enables us to get THE BEST PRICE ! We do not buy just one of a kind, but 10, 20, 40. 50 and 1.000, if the firm has MADE AN INDUCEMENT ! -.o:- BEAUTIFUL -:o:- For the little folks Useful, Ornamental, Ap propriate ! The display is ready. See them Doll Carriages. Doll Sets, Doll, Bedsteads Velocipedes, Express Wagoas, Childrend's Desks Rocker, Chairs, Music Racks and an endless variety that you mutt see OUR LEADER IS COUCHES 10, 12, 23.75, 15, 18, 22.50. 25 and $50 They are WHAT YOU WANT 1 E. M. ANDREWS, Largest Furniture Dealer in the STATE. We Sell Buist's GARDEN SEED WARRANTED Fresh and Pure. RTT JORDAN & (0 11. JORDAN & lsO9 Prescriptionistf. Feb. 7, 1896, Party Intolerance. Upon both sides of the gold and silver adherents there is too much rash talk and intolerance. Some Solomons claim that they alone have solved the financial mys tery, and silver is a sole panacea for all our pecuniary ills, and abuse those whe do not accept their intolerant dogma. Then some gold men call all friends of silver "silver cranks" seeking to debase our currency, ruining our financial sys tem. These forget there are two sides to the gold-silver shield. - Some democrats of North Carolina threaten to bolt if gold ia not the stand ard, others will bolt if the silver plank is not in the platform. This is intolerance that bodes no good for democracy. This invites dissension, strife and defeat and j shows more zeal than wisdom. We can not all see alike nor think alike. There must be mutual concessions and bowing to the will of the majority. Kickers are becoming too numerous and quarrelsome. They wish to rule, or ruin. They say "I will bolt if Now this is wrong." Submit to the majority. The Aurora never bolts. If silver or gold is the slogan of battle, the Aurora will never bolt. It has its own views on the currency, but when the con vention speaks, the leaders are chosen and the battle drawn, the -Aurora will be still in the democratic ranks. Shelby Aus rora. For Reflection. A friend picked up the following some where and placed it in our hands. It contains food for reflection. Bead it and meditate upon it: Do you know That genius is simply the power of making continuous ef fort ? You know That the line between fail ure and success is so fine that you scarcely know when you pass it, so fine that you are often on the line and do not know it. -You know That many men have thrown up their hands just at a time when a trifle more effort, a little more patience would have brough success. You know That when the tide goes clear out,and when it comes back it comes clear in. You know When business prospects are darkest, that often they right on the turn, and that a little more effort on what seemed hopeless failure will turn to glori ous success,. Everybody lows That there) is no defeat except from within you, and no insurmountable barriers save in yourown Inherent weakness of purpose. You know If your name is not record ed on the muster roll of heroes who did their whole duty in building up your town and community it will be your own fault. We all know That to reach the highs est possibilities possible your best efforts must be exerted from this hour and con tinued without a moments cessation to the end. Will you be one who will do It? When you wade right in fully deter mined to succeed, it means dollar3,honor able mention. When you make no effort save to grum ble and wait for something to turn up It may mean cents, not sense, hardly a rough stone to mark your jesting place. If there is one statement in this that is false or exaggerated, please point it out. If it is all true paste it in your bat and read it daily. Try to get it into your head. Winston Sentinel. The Sin of Luxury. If a man, passing down the business street of any city, will glance in the show windows of any store he will have a revelation of the luxurious life of our day. In the vasts heaps of merchandise, necessities rational necessities make small claims. The most unnecessary tastes have grown up among us, and our energies are exhausted to supply . their vicious calls, Women wearing diamond rings and bangled bracelets, and wrap ped in cumbrous luxury, haulf poodle dogs from one end of the land to the other. Fashion books 5U for morn ing dresses, evening dresses, walk ing dresses, reception dresses, iall-room dresses, bicycle pants and - 'bathing suits. The other fixtures that go along with these are more extravagant. 2" he luxs urious folly of a woman's wardrobe at a summer watering place is the height of economic vulgarity. A glance at an ordinary congregation assembled to wor ship God reveals a mass of luxurious pride. A hundred thousand dollars to say nothing of millions of dollars spent ia a residence where abide only ordinary flesh and blood; thousands of fancy horses tea thousand dollars spent for a sealskin cloak; fortunes paid for unnecessary ser vants, who pander to indolence and sen eaalitv are the luxurious crimes toward which the spirit of the world tends. President KV-ao. in Southern Christion Advocate -:oS PRING HARD W A R E-:o:- We are selling the only RIVETED COTTON HOE on the market, and it would Pat you to examine our stock. THE GENUINE DOW1AN COTTON PLANTER always gives satisfaction and is the one for all farmers to buy. TURN PLOWS OB ALL DKSCTtirnOJSS, Plow Shapes, S weeps, bingle-Trees, Back Bands, Trace Chains -:o:- and a complete stock -:o:-of HARDWARE. Call in and see us. J. H. WJ5DDINGTON & Co., Old Stand, 29 E. Trade St. March 13, 1896. Southern Development. The South bad a splendid opportunity to advertise itself at the world's Fair, but it did not embrace the opportunity. Mil lions of people were there who would nave been impressed with the products and resources of the Southern Slates. The Southern people have not been appreciative of their manifold natural advantages. They have not been alive to the advantage of climate and natural products nor do the wealth that will cer tainly follow from their development. IS either the btate governments nor the railroads nor the people, except in one or two States, have ever manifested the elighest interest in the benefits of immi gration. The people seemed to act upon the idea that they had a erand principal. ity, and they wanted to keep it for them selves and their children. This has al ways impressed us as & narrow and "un. wise policy. The time has come to change it. The west and Northwest and the Pas cine have been developed in the last thirty nve years The railroads nave settled millions ot people in these States, and the sections named have been ex ploited to the fullest extent. The tide of immigration that flowed to the West for more than a generation is now turning in the direction of the South. It depends upon our own exertions how strong the current shall flow southward. The people who have settled in the Northwest the hardy settlers who braved the rigors of climate and con quered the wilderness are looking anx iously to the Sontbern states. They are tired of living in a country where the winter continues from September until June. They have the four seasons in the Northwest June, July and August, and winter. The Atlanta Exposition was a magni ficent display of the progress, products and resourses of the Soulbibut the people of the west and Northwest were not there in large numbers to see our wealth of natural bounties. We would not discount the advantages that will flow from the Atlanta Exposition, for they will be very substantial in many ways for years to come. They will stimulate a growing in terest in Southean development. If the South's exhibits at Atlanta if the Geor. gia, South Carolina, Florida and Alabama products and resourses could be trans ferred to Chicago,the people of the West and Northwest would be surprised and delighted at the marvelous products and undevloped weatlh of the States named The South missed a great opportunity in not being tuny represented at the worlds Fair. Chicago now extends another in vation to the South. This should be gladly accepted. Let it be remembered that Chicago is in the centre of popula tion of the United States. On Chicago Day at the World's Fair there were over over 750,000 people on the grounds, as a great pumper were at .the Atlanta r air in 100 days. Ihe .National Democratic Convention meets in Chicago July 5. Delegates and prominent citizens will be there from all over the Union. Let the South place its products of the fields, forest, mines and factories there on exhibit for sixty days, and the result will be an immigration and a development unprecedented in the his tory or this country. Augusta Uhronicle. How to Raise Revenue. There are about 250,000 liquor dealers in the United States. An addition of $5 to the . internal revenue license of each would yield $1,250,000 a year of addi tional revenue. There are 21,293,124 gallonsof wine and spirits consumed annually in the country. An addition of ten cents a gallon to the tax would yield a revenue of $2,129,312.40. There are 91,036,319,222 gallons of beer drunk in the United States every year. An extra tax of five cents a gallon, which would not add at all to the retail price, would yield a revenue of $51,815,961 a year. The government needs the money. Every cent paid in BUch taxes would go into the Treasury, which is not true of any tariff levy. Such taxes would not lay any burden whatever upon consump tion. They would not ada one cent to any man's expenditures for the necessa ries of life. They would make good the revenue deficiency and provide amply for Ihe fortification and arming of our coasts.' New York World. Black Vesper's Pageants. So SDeaks SbakesDear of those dark soms bre clouds that we often see before nignt. They fortell a storm. Just as surely do functunal irregularities and "female des rangements" fortell a life of suffering or an early grave, lie warned by the symp toms. Thousands of once afflicted women have driven away disease and death, by taking Dr. Pierce's favorif,e prescrip tion send for the doctor's lares treatise, ( 168 oases') on diseases of women. It is profusely illustrated with wood .cut and colored plates and will be sent .to any address for ten cents in stamps sealed, secure from o observation, by the world's Dispensary Medical Association, iJuffalo, N. Y. None Better. When neonle talk about there beinir a better State than North Carolina, every potato slightly winks its eye, every cab bage shakes its head, every beet gets red in the face, every onion feels stronger, every oat field is shocked, rye strokes its beard, corn sticks up its ears, and every foot of land kicks. The horses even de nnnnnn tha statement with a neizh and the printers grab their shooting stick). Durham Sun. Condensed Testimony- Chas. B. Hood, Broker and Manufacturer's Aeent, Columbus. Ohio, certifies that Dr King's New Discouery has no tqual as a Cough remedy. . D. Brown, Prop St James Hotel, Ft. Wayne, Tnii to&tifiM that he was cured of a Cousrb of two years standing, caused by La Grippe, by Dr. King's New Discovery. B. P. Merrill, Bald winaville, Mass , says that he has used and rec ommended it and never knew it to fail and would rather have it than any d ctor, because it always cures. Mrs. Hemming. 222 X. 25th 8t, Chicago, always keeps it at hand and has no fear cf Croup, because It idstantly relieves. Prte Trials Bottles at Burwell & Dunn's Drug Store. Highest of all in Leavening Mm Mecklenburg's Property. What the County is Worth According to the Tax Returns of 1894. Here is Mecklenburg's statement, which will appear in the State Auditor's report : STATIC AUDITOR'S RIPOET FOE MECKLINBCRQ COTJNTY POB 1894. Z. T. Smith, Sheriff. STATE TAXES. Number. Valuation. 322,022 acres of land $2,680,554 $5,897 22 3,798 town lots 2,875,492 6,326 08 2,486 horses 123.442 271.57 3,995 mules 189,093 413 81 10 jacks and jennies 667 1.47 131 goats 140 31 9,612 cattle 97,622 214.77 11,107 hogs 28.107 6183 1,545 sheep 1,492 3.28 Value of farming uten sils, household fur niture, ete 373,435 821.55 Money on band or on deposit 211.335 464 94 Solvent credits .. 736,943 1,621.27 Stook in incorporated companies 985,449 2,167.99 Other personal pro-- perty 773,007 1,700.62 Total valuation $ 9,075 777 $57,335 gross income and profits. .286 63 Theatres 7D.00 Traveling theatrical companies .... 10,00 Lectures 3 00 Circus or menagerie 100 00 Companies or persons giving exhi bitions, etc 40.00 Sideshows 25 00 Billiard saloons 120.00 Public ferries, toll bridges, etc 6.05 Livery 15 50 Merchants or other dealers 946.76 Dealers in spirituous liquors. 121.50 Liquor dealers, 2d class 200.00 Marriage licenses J7Z.00 Subjects unlisted 32.24 Total general taxes $22,320.44 PENSIONS. Polls, $3,025 26, property, $565.20 Total 3.588 ti SCHOOL TAXES. 3,562 white polls, $5,476 58; 2,070 colored, $3,182.63 8,659 21 Bank stock 483.58 Railroad property 1,254,78 General property, white, $14,122.- 39; colored, $398 95 14,521 24 9 dogs 9.00 Total school taxes $24,927.81 COUNTY TAXES. County purposes 22,652.78 Roads, $7,460.82; convicts, $18, 292.06. " T?6taf 25,752 88 Special county taxes'. ........ . 22,356 97 Total county taxes $70,762.63 Value ot real and personal pro perty enlisted by whites .... $3,633,979 Value of real and personal pro perty listed by colored 247,183 Value of real bank stock 309.580 Value of real railroad property 713,338 Who Was Llnooln's Father. A Staitlipg Story that he was John O. Cal houn's Son. In the course of a communication to the Lexington Dispatch entitled, "The Hand writing of tiovernment or Man, by Mr. D. J. Knotts, the following story is told: "Whatever we may think of Abraham Lincoln the world gives him a place among the great heroes of the past. To me there is something instructive in tbe life of this man. In bis life and labors there is to me a lesson of warning. His birth, lite, elevation and success indicate to me very strongly that he was a great man on a great occasion. Whatever historians may have written about the birth and lineage of Abraham Lincoln history will some day state facts as they are. w nen written tnis nistory win say that he was the son of John C. Calhoun, and that in lineage ana blood be was a South Carolinian, but not by birth. "A young laly whose name was Nancy Hanks, who was born and raised a few miles from Mr. Calhoun's home, was his mother. She was a lady of fine physical outline and for whose worth and qualities Mr. Calhoun is said to have bad crreat respect and admiration, lie was then comparatively a young man and the feeling between them was said to be strong but Mr. (Jalbouo was already a married man. She moved West under guidance of a man of intelligence and worth selected by Mr. Calhoun. Poor Nancy Hanks thus leaves her native land and makes ber home among strangers, with strong conviction uppermost in ber troubled mind. Soon afterwards she married a poor man in her Western home, whose name was Lincoln. He who gave the name of this offspring was not bis father. "She thus left her home and kindred and thus became the mother of the great President of the United states. Her kindred are still in Anderson County, and one of her brothers is still alive and commands the respect of bis countrymen for his sterling .virtues, and is a man of very much Abraham .Lincoln s command ing appearance. For little Abe his borne was not happy and to him Jordan was a bard road to travel. But these trials and difficulties only developed bis faculties and energy for tbe issues of this great future.. "Possibly Mr. Calhoun thought he was making the best disposition of a serious matter, but the pat has revealed tbe fact that be was paving tbe way for a child whose life work would result in laying the life work of bis father on tbe scaffold. Power. Latest U. S. Gov't Report idling? He prepared his own execution. "b rom nullification in 1832 till secession n 1860 the influence of the life and labors of John C. Calhoun wasjto engraft a dis- oyal fueling to the American flag, which culminated in 1860 in what we can now see was tbe foolish act of secession and that usless and bloody war. Secession placed us on that billowy sea and we nave reaped a rich harvest for our sowings; and while I am proud of the record of the Confederate soldier I am sure no greater disaster could have befallen us than for us to have gained our independence." Our Common Schools. s their Work Any more Thorough or Efficient Than It Used to Be. It is a fact that will readily be con ceded, that the great majority of chil dren, especially in the country, must de pend upon 6uch facilities as are afforded by the common schools for an education. Not only is this true of the present time; but it has been true of the past, and, in the very nature of things, it is safe to conclude that it will be true of the future. For obvious reasons, oom paras lively few parents can avail themselves of the superior advantages of the high schools. These inseitutions exist for the benefit of the favored few. We live in an age of progresss, so called. Measured by the standard of our common schools, are we progressing ? How does tbe present school system compare with that of our fathers, or of our grandfathers even f Those were backwoods times. Everything was in a rude and primitive state. Few books were used. Webster s blueback speller was an acknowledged authority. School commenced early in the morning, and was continued to late in the evening. Discipline was rigidly enforced, yea at tbe point of the rod. Children then went to school , in order to study and not merely to recite. What was the result of this system of teaching ? As far as it went, it was good. It embraced, ot course, only what was termed an "English course. Now everything has undergone a. com plete change. New books, new methods, new rules. Is tb.3 change lor tbe better r We can only iudge by the results. Are tbe children of today, who are made the happy receipients of modern methods and improved facilities, better, educated than their lathers who received instruc tion at the old field, log school 40 years ago? Nay, verily ! As a ruld, our fathers and mothers are better educated than their children. Take the average man whose education was obtained at the old field, common school, 40 years ago, and you will find that what he learr.od be learned. thoroughly. He writes legibly; makes ordinary business calculations accurately, reads intelligently and possesses a praoti cal, if not technical, knowledge of grams mar. Many of them in turn became good teachers. Now. how about the modern common school graduate ? They are scattered all over the land. Every reader of this arti cle is acquainted with dozens' of them who are woefully deficient in tbe rudi ments of an education. How many boys and girls who have attended only the common schools are capable of teaching an ordinary country school T My aes quaintance with such may be unfortu nate; but I know of none, ibis, bow- ever, may be traceable to the high stand ard of competency that obtains in this respect. If it is true that "a little educa tion is a dangerous thing, etc," then there are multitudes who are in indeed in imminent danger. This is not written so much in a spirit of criticism as bf inquiry. j w. s. a. Yorkville Enquirer. mmm-t Girls In Cuba. -A Cuban girl's life U vc;ry restricted, and she is never allowed to go out alone or recehricaller8 of the other sex, ex cept in tbe presence of ber chaperon or some member of her family; It during ber childhood she attends a day school, a maid or some member of the family takes her there every day, and she can not go as short a distance as across the street unaccompanied. In some instances Spanish customs are absurd and " incongruous. Every well fitted establishment in Cuba is provided with a concierge, to guard the entrance and admit callers. This man usually an ignorant peasant, sometimes escorts the young ladies of the family he is serving, and that is considered perfectly proper, where as it would not be proper for them to go out attended by a gentleman, even if he were old enough to be their father, and an old friend of tbe family as well. Of late years, however, the frequent intercourse between Cuba and the United States has somewhat modified the cus toms. For instance, two ladies can now go out alone in Havana in tbe day time, which would have been considered an un heard of and almost shocking proceeding t. few years ago. , - The social pastimes a girl enjoys in Cuba consist of balls, parties, concerts, receptions, tbe theatre and opera and picnics, for Cubans have adopted this American diversion, although in modi fied form, to suit ' the requirements of the Cuban etiquette. Exchange. Did You Ever. - Try Electric Bitters as a reEedy for you troubles T If not, get a bottle now and get re lief. 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