North Carolina Newspapers

The Charlotte Deraijcrat. H. O. BRYAN T, Editor. CHARLOTTE, N. C. Friday, March 20, 1886. In Ia8t week's issue we failed to state that the price of the Democrat had been reduced to one dollar. We reduco it to a dollar in the course of a few months the size will bo increased considerably. Again allow us to thank the kind friends in their efforts for the good of the paper. One man sent m word to make him re sponsible for ten subscribers, and no better man than be does the county afford. There is a good feeling in the hearts of the people at large for the Democrat that surprises its friends even. We hope that it will con'.inuc. Straddling Day is Past. That lose thoughted crowd, free Bilver ites or "bimetallists," who predict or who imagine that after more than sixty years adherence to gold as the single standard of our monetary system, this country can be induced to plunge into the abyss of silver, make a grave mistake. The old gold standard represent the resistless march of civilization. Shells, copper, and metals inferior to gold belong to the past, or to nations living more in the past than in the present. The gold standard has to-day the approval of the people of the United States as positively as any time during the last half century, and they will not change it, however much the irrecon cilable may rage, or however cunningly any great national party mixes up the issue in its platform. The more a political candidate under takes to Btraddle this question, the surer will fates powerful grasp turn him down. The above from tho New York Sun is clear and unique. Especially is the last sentence true and impressive. The day for straddling whether it be political or what not is over in this country. The wider a man tries to spread to cover something the more he is hated. A man's most bitter enemies or best friends love to see him come out and fight a Btraight fight. To cater to the crowd is the easi est and quickest way to incur the hatred of that crowd. Free and independent, thinking is what the country is in great need of. Men who do it are well thought of by all honorable persons. They are respected by everybody and hated by few. But the caterer for policy's sake is a doomed man he is no longer in de mand the masses that he caters to soon learn to bate him with pleasuro and to desert and leave him to cater to another gang- But as to the financial str ddling that is a dead issue to stand flat footed on the question is the way to win. Coming Southward. Reports received by the Southern In dustrial association of Alabama are that thousands of farmers in Northwestern States are preparing to move southward with the first indications of spring. It is claimed that 500 agents from various parts of the South havo already gone to the North for the purpose of inducing home seekers to locate in tho sections of the country which they represent and an exodus is promised which will exceed anything hitherto known in the United States. Attention is also called to the efforts put forward by Northwestern papers to check the Southern movement.. Imagin ary interviews are published with men who claim to - have tried farm ing in the South, but who havo returned disgusted. For every letter produced by an agent from a homeseeker con tented with his lot the Northwestern papers publish another from some imag inary farmer who has already been disap pointed. This condition ofaffairs emphasizes the necessity tor an official bureau which has a state endorsement. What each South western State needs is a bureau which circulates the truth in such a way that the farmers who seek a Southern home will know it is the truth. Missouri, Arkansas and Texas will get a majority of the Northwestern farmer who have decided to move southward if they prepare to show them in a practical way tho advantages they have to offer. Until the Legislature can act, individuals will have to do work which State boards should perform. Agents for Southwestern lands should invade Northwestern territory. They have the best of the argument if they will exert themselves. No farmer who has moved from the Dakota?, Nebraska or Minnesota into Missouri is dissatisfied with his Change. Letters from these should be obtained and circulated where they will do tho most good. The above is from the St. Louis Res public, why is not the same true of North Carolina as Texas and othor Southwest ern states. All that wo need is to got before the people. The industrial de velopment of this State is full under way. But several thousand monyed farmers from the northwest would do lots of good. Can not some extra effort be made to bring them here ? Why can Alabama and Georgia surpass this State? We have a climate, superior re sources unlimited and a people as great and as active. But are we hustling for this class of homeseekors ? If Mecklen. burg county bad several thousand of this population as farmers, the effect would be spontaneous. New ideas would bo infused among the farmers; the large farms would be divided into smaller ones and the crops would be greatly diversified. This class of farmers is a most desirablo class of citizens to have in a state they are active and thrifty, with money and ex perience. - In the example of tho city of Rutland, Vt, we have an example and incourage znent. For the first time in its history it went Democratic the other day. The Republicans and Whigs havo held power the votes of the municipality; No telling what time will bring about, who would ever thought of Rutland acting thus. Ta ey Rode There and Walked Back. Tw o young gentlemen of Charlotte went to call on some young ladies at Miss Pattie Morris' in the country Saturday night While they were within, their hcrses weary with waiting, broke the ties that bound them and returned to town. So did the young men but on foot The Democrat could have a graphic' detcription of those two young men's feelings and an exact reproduction of what they said if it '-were amind to." Observer. Thank you, we are glad you reported them. They deserve it. We have been endeavoring to find out the guilty ones, but all in vain. We do not care for our boys taking a night off now and then to call on the girls, for it is good for them, makes them better boys with lighter hearts and brighter minds, but we do think they should tie their horses better. The horse that played the march on them has been turned off. No such horse shall be in our employe. It is also rumored that the boys bad bad luck all round that night inside and outside the house. How true it is wo ean not tell till the right boys are found. The hoise has been dismissed. Boys own up. The Y. M. C. A. star course ticket run out Tuesday with the Shipp Bros., the Hand Bell Ringing. It has afforded the Charlotte people much pleasure to attend these various attractions, most of them have been excellent, some' have not been so clever, but on the whole the course was a good one. Next season why not make an effort to bring in many people from the near by towns. Secure such attractions as will justify a distance of 100 miles and sell the star course ticket to .the people all up and down the railroads. This has got to be one of the great features of the Normal and Industrial school at Greensboro. People for 50 miles around attend the lectures there. Why can not the Y. M. C. A spread out next year and give the people something extraordinary grow as the town does. The opera house attractions are not what they should be for the size of the town. How often do the people of Char lotte go to attend a boom show at the opera can we not do better ? How many good shows have been here the past season ? You can count them on your thumbs and great toes. The papers should watch ahead and see the com ments from reliable papers and warn the public, before they go into it, as to its ranks. The following is from "A Friend" in the Gastonia Gazette : "Prior to his decease the late J. W. Bean, of Gastonia, informed his wife that, in the event of hit death, she would have enough left to her to live on the rest of her life; that he had provided it for her, and that she would get it. He further stated that it was in gold, and amounted to $500 00. His widow states that she know of his having that much in gold, but Bhe does not know with certainty in whose hands tho money was placed for safe keeping. She says further that she thinks all her husband's valuable letters and papers are in the custody of the same person who has the money, as sho has never been able to find any of either since his death. "It is possible that some close friend of the deceased received these things for safe keeping, laid them away in an un frequented pari of a chest or safe, and not knowing their value, forgot all about having received the trust. Mrs. Bean is now very much in need, and this fact alone in doubtless sufficient to stir up the paro minds of her husband's friends and cause them to search dili gently, if perchance they have received such a trust and have forgotten all about it." This is one of many cases where the wife would have been the best and dearest friend. TnE Patriot says: "If Jim Boyd is elected governor of North Carolina this fall Jeter Pritchard will never get back to the Senate, you can bet your last 16 to 1 on that." said one Greensboro astute Republican wire-pullers the other day. In expla nation he said Boyd cared nothing for the governorship, he had disregarded differ ent opportunities to be a candidate for tho office, but now that a senatorehip was in sight he would leave no stone unturned to get the office, which, in the event of another fusion victory, would be a safe and sure stepping stone to the national assembly. Occupying the gubernatorial chair he could easily distance all competi tors, ine only trouble with the above plan is that Boyd could not be elected governor.in the first place, and Pritchard will no'd .butler to the promises. made last year if such a thing is possi ble. The Republican party has no better man in its ranks, in this State, than Mr. Boyd for Governor. Mr. Linney's First Mr. Linnev. of North f!ftrnlin nnn nf the Southern Republicans in the House, whose speech on the contested election case of Aldrich vs. Robbins, yesterday, created a good deal of interest and much merriment in that body, is an ex-Con-federato soldier, and was disabled by a wound at Chancellorsville. He talks in a robuttto tenor voice, and can be heard in the remotest corners of the hall. He is a man of average height, but fat unrl - a , chunky, dressing in austere and uncoas promising eooerness, black-cloth skirt coat, the sleeves of which are narrow and the cuffs wide, reaching to th knuckles of bis hands. Hia face is smooth shaven, and there is a suggestion ol a previous generation of statesmen in his appearance and manner of attire, but a very large suggestion "of the qd to date orator in what he says. He has a goodly share of the flowery ness of the Southern declaimer. and uses original figures of speech. In the course of bis remarks vesterdav he referred tr ih tampering with the ballot box according to uiacK stone s desmtion of treason to the King, as "the red-ered daughter of high treason." In a very little while he was surrounded by a group of eloquent listeners, who applauded him to the echo. and his debut must be characterized as a complete success. Washington Post. he Cjrifryljotts vxoxxXl WASHIN CjtTON LETTER. IS THE TARIFF OVER? Much Campaign Literature Oat. The President's Declaration about the Cuban Resolutions Can Be Taken in Two Ways. Thousands of Copies of Speeches on the Fi nancial Question Being Printed. Washington. Mar. 18, 1896. Prom Our Correspondent Is the tariff bill dead? Senator Frye thinks it is, and likens its mortuary con dition to that of Julius Cseaar, who un doubtedly is dead. Senator Aldrich takes the same view. And ve as a matter of fact, the tariff bili is still alive No bill is dead until it has been formally declared so, and its cerements provided The tariff bill is still on the calendar, subject to a motion for consideration at any time. That motion may be made. In the mutations of politics and congres sional conditions a new health may come to the tariff bill. Surprises follow sur prises so frequently in the whirligig of the present and last sessions of Congress that no one can tell what may happen. There is now a growing feeling in the Senate that the tariff measure at least merits further discussion. Senator Car ter has criticised it, and Senator Teller , has indicated a desire to thrust the sword of Cassius deep into it, but-no Senator has yet had a good opportunity to stand up in strong champion-ship of it. There are many Senators who cordially approvo of the bill, and the demand is being made on the score ot at least fair play that an occasion be afforded them to enunciate their belief in the virtues and expediency .1 1ll 1 . - a oi me diii in relation to the revenue and financial situation. The rapid work with the appropriation bills, and current talk of an early adjournment, has stirred up a great measure ot protest from all those. who believe that immediate relief from the devil of hard times will be afforded by some enactment providing more rev enue, in the face ot the storm and un der pressure it would not be surprising it heroic measures were shortly adopted by toe Congressional doctors iu. the treat ment of the revenue case. """l f. Ml SI uonsiaeraoie ainerence ot opinion is expressed at the Capitol as to the infers ence to be drawn from Mr. Cleveland's virtual declination to be held responsible for the semi-official statement which was given out for publication in explanation ot the attitude ot the administration in the Cuban matter. It is bo generally understood that the statement, which Mr. Cleveland now refers to as a "deliver ance published a few days ago," was fur- m - ... . nisneo oy Mr. uiney, that it is as sumed in some quarters 'that if the President actually intends to repudiate the semi-official statement a conflict between him and his Secretary of State must follow. At first glance, Mr. Cleve land's repudiation of the statement looks like an indignant protest, but on closer examination the conclusion is reached bv many that his denunciation relates solely to the assumption that he was responn sible in any way for the making public of the attitude of the administration to ward the Cuban matter, and does not in volve a repudiation of the views expressed in tne statement, ine statement prac tically announced a policy which meant the ignoring of the Cuban measures passed by 'Congress, and an intimation not to extend recognition to the Cubans at the present time. In certain circles at the Capitol the opinion is ox pressed that the Executive disavowal is simply intended to prevent Congress acting on the assumption that the "deliverance" is official, and from adopting a more drastic or mandatory measure. Whatever reason may have occasioned the semi-official statement purporting to have been issued by Mr. Olney, and the subsequent decli nation of responsibility in the matter by Mr. Cleveland, there are no indications at the While Honso or at the State De partment that any ch nge has occurred in the relations between the President and the Premier of the Cabinet. The government printing office will have.much more than usual to do with the coming campaign. The county ia ex pected to be literally papered with doc uments, and in that great shop will be done most of the printing. During the last campaign about 8,000,000 speeches were printed and sent forth from the government printing office for the en lightenment of an eager public. The calculation is that this year a larger amount, by several millions, of Congress ional speeches will bo circulated. Just now, with the campaign committees organizing for active work, hundreds of thousands of speeches are being ordered. The silver men xpect to send our four or five millions of the speech of Towne of Minnesota. Against that there have been printed 100,000 of the speech of Turner of Georgia, sustaining tho gold side of the controversy. Seventy-five thousand of Tillman's speech have been ordered. The party of circulation will be kept up during the campaign be tween the speeches of Dingley and Tur ner, republican and Democrat, on one side of the money question, aud Crisp and Towne, likewise representing the .two old parties, on the other side. The A. P. A. speeches will all have immense circulation, for during the last Congress a million copies of Linton's speech were distributed Thus it is that Uncle Sam prints and sends free through the mails campaign material with absolute impar tiality. Senator Peffer, who looks like an in spired apostle, predicts that the Repub licans will sweep the country in the au. tumn elections. He believes the Pop ulist party will poll the second largest number of voters, while the Democrats will be a bad third. He says the Popu list's propaganda is bearing good results, but that Populist success will not come until 1900. He does not tbiuk the Pop ulists will combine with the silver party this year unless the latter shall agree to accept the Populist name He says his party will hold their nominating convention at St. Louis, July 22, and that the Populists can easily carry Texas, Kansas, Nebraska, and South Dakota. Senator Carter, of Montana, who has the most infantile skin and the best kept finger nails in all the august Senate, is addicted to one habit that is passing strange. He chews gum. A few days ago he went into a drug store and asked for gum. The man who kept the shop likewise kept up with the times and he had the latest thing in gum "chewing wax," the Westerners say. The shop keeper smiled genially and remarked : "Will you have 16 to I ?" Senator Carter looked haughty. He don't like to have political jokes mixed up in bis gum. 'No sir, I will not," thundered the white money disciplebut as he turned his eve fell on a placard saying : "16 to 1 chew It's C 16 bought The season of sack doth and ashes has already begun to tell on the Madam Frescos of Vanity Fair," The transition from the ball room whirl to pious mortifi cation is too much for their delicate nerves. Amidst all the gloom in society there is one "sweet and solemn thought" that shines in their faces through the fresco. They hope to win enough at poker during Lent to pay the summer expenses at the seaside. "A youth cf folly and an age of cards'' is beautifully exemplified in these sad cases in Wash ington. As an example for young matrons and buds, these old butterflies are priceless. PLOW BOYON FARM LIFE. Factories Have Done Much Good- Have Created a Demand for Meats. Butter, Milk and Vegetables Factor? Labor has the Money to Spend for what they want A Happy Life It Is He Invites ' Somebody to Tackle him. ma. -EiDiTOR : l see in so many papers the pittiful plea for the poor depressei farmer that I thought 1 would give you a short letter about this bard life on the farm When I go to town and Bee the droves of idle boys that stand about on the streets with their hands in their pockets and a smile on their faces it makes me want to go to town and stay. . But when the truth is known these boys are out of a job and life is a burden to them. I find that hundreds ot these are hardly earn ing their salt, just banging around doing nq good lor their selves, or for the world Then I go back home satisfied to think that the crib is full of corn; the smoke bouse lined with bams; the potato hills never touched; plenty of good homemade flour, with abundance of milk and butter If we do not go to the operas and the fine things that are in the cities we Lave plenty to eat and plenty to wear of the best kind. Since the now of tho class of white people, that are fitted tor the faotory and that were not suited to the farm, to the town, life has changed on tbe farm. Tbcy have left tbe owner of tbe farm and the colored labor on tbe farm. No longer is be there to rent tbe little farm and make from Stou to zuu a year, but be is at tbe factory where in the course of a year $1,000 or more dollars passes through tbe hands of his family. Tbe farmer shares this sum with tbe mer chant. Tbe factory labor have always used cabbage, beans, potatoes, milk and butter Tbe demand for the same has increased to such an extent that every farmer in the county can raise a good crop of truck and sell it for a handsome profit. Last year one young farmer in my neighbor hood sold over $180 worth of milk and butter, beside quantities of vegetables. Uotton is still tbe money crop but is no longer the sole money crop. The factory has been a great blessing to tbe farmer during the late financial crisis. Hundreds of dollars have been made from little patches ot truck carried as a side line to the mam crops, the demand is growing rapidly. I find that the factory people, good kind people as they are, love to eat what is good. They will buy the best of rations and wear inferior clothes to make up today they make the money tomor row they spend it. Families that once had $150 now have $1,000 a year and where does that extra $750 go, in bouse and lot. JNo, it goes in large measure buying tbe best ot eatables, len years ago a farmer might take chickens, eggs, butter, milk, pork, cabbage, tomatoes, corn, beans, peas or what not to Charlotte and spend the day there and fail to sell enough to pay for the raising, but it is different now. You can always sell your truck there is a ready cash market for it. Tbe price may be low at times, like cotton, corn or wheat, but tbe market is there and you have no fear of having to take it back home. Some may say that it takes time from the crop to be running to town to nil orders for their products. It does take time, but that time is going to be taken any how, it is nature for a man to go to town often. But regardless of the natural habit it is business, abirdin hand is worth tmany in tbe bush. Whan a crop is ready to harvest there is a time to gather it in and sell it. Show me a farmer today in Mecklen burg county who does not sell anything but cotton and you will show me a man that is having a tough time. He is not an up to-date farmer. Of course there are farmers too far from Charlotte to attend to tbe truck trade, but some things can bo raised and shipped at a good profit. The farmers on tbe boun daries I notice have gone into whoat, oats and rye pretty heavily this year. That is a good sign, tbe roller mill has brought about this increase and no doubt it will keep on increasing. 1 will venture the assertion that tho farmers of Mecklenburg county are hap Eier than most .any people you can find, ife is far from being a burden it is a pleasure. Inr each community you find a good school and a good church where preaehmg is held twice a month at least. Attend a country church some time if you want a treat. lour eyes will be opened wide unto many things you were blind to before. "You will see mothers with happy appearances and a batch of pretty healthy, hearty, robust, . bright, little children by. her. side. From the time they can crawl they know what it is to keep tbe Sabbath day holy. Every Sun day the family in a body attend their church for preaching and Sunday school. iou will be surprised to see bow they are dressed. They are dressed in the best Of goods and made according to the atest styles. There is nothing fine or flashy( about the dress, but it is substan tial and tidy. This is not only so in Mecklenburg but is true in Union, Gaston. Lincoln and other near by counties. Tell me then that tbe farmers are bu rdened because they live.. Far from it. You can find men who claim to be farmers but in truth they are not farmers, their plantations ate in tbe bands of negro hands while they are in town or somewhere else dis cussing the politics of tbe country. These men are not called and do not deserve to be called farmers. No man can farm and spend half hia time elsewhere than on his farm. Why is it that so many women in this county farm so successfully while their neighbors, men, are not successful? There are many women in this county today that are making money farming while men right adjoining their farms are fail. ng. l nese are facts that can not be denied. Why is it? All these are ob servations. I throw them out, somebody come to tbe rescue and prove them true or false. There is nothing like s little farming controversy, if the paper is kind enough to allow it. Plow-boy. inggum -16 to 1 yo'll like it." to 1 that he did like it, for - be that kind. fyhtuclatit, fL FERTILIZERS, Charlotte, N. C, January 7, 1896 TO OTTR MANY FRIENDS AND CUSTOMERS : As snp.fifissors to continued good 4 will and patronage, and past favors. Having large resources we are able to our lines. 0r Stock of Vehicles In its assortment, styles and quality, is second to no concern in North Carolina. It will pay you to look through our stock before purchasing, not that we are selling at cost or making any sacrifices, but that our prices are better than many merchants "cost" sales; better than others pay for thni. Large quanti ties get best prices, best freight rates, and when discounts are taken off, our cost price is away under the rerage. Here's where our success on Vehicles comes in. The Italian Situation. Tbe condition ot affairs in Italy be comes more critical lrom cay to day. There are three incidents which add un usual gravity to the situation. Tho first is the iriteiieieiue of Austria and Ger many; the second tho threateued revolt on tho part ot tbe army; the third the outrages of populace which have been perpetrated since the news of the defeat ot the troops by the Btmibarburous tribe in Abyssinia. Looking only at the attempted pre datory raid into tho particular territory where the Italians were put to flight and to the result, the matter would have little significance. Viewing the conse quences, however, it does possess a world-wide importance. 1 he interference of Austria and Ger many may possibly strain the relations between the members of the Triple Alli ance to tbe snapping point. One of the necessary evils of-the present system of armed peace in Europe is that tho slight est disturbance among: tho smallest nations may lead to tho clash of war among the largest. A petty revolution in such microscopic Mated as Servia of Bulgaria, for instance, would amount to nothing so far as the standing of these two states is concerned. But it would mean much because of the rivalry be. tween Russia and Austria, both of which cast longing eyes on the undeveloped country which lies like a wedge between their territories and the Goldi n Horn. So it i- with Italy and her colonizing expedition in Abyssinia. The interfer ence of Austria and Germany shows that these nation are unwilling that Itally shall advance herself among nations by the acquisition of such territory. Ine most significant incident in con nection with the whole matter is the threatened revolt of the troops. The profound discontent of the workire classes forms one of the main preoccupa tions of European staiesmen. This dis content is greater in Italy than in any other countay. The Italian armv, like all other armies of continental Europe is composed argely of the sons of the working classes. The task for Italy. of supporting an army on an equal footing with her compara tively well-to do partneis is one of insur mountable difficulties. In addition to militarism, there Uthe terrible curse ot absentee landlordism in Sicily and other parts of tho kingdom. The rioting which has just taken place is only an outbreak, of violence brod by an evil system of government. How will the new ministry meet the situation? Jt . seems hopeless to think that it will attempt to lighten the bur- dens under which the unhappy land is groaning. And yet. if the old policy is to be maintained, it is impossible to avoid disasters. St. Louis Republic. Backlea's Arnica Salve. The Best Salve in tbe world for Cuts. Bruises, Sores, Tetter, Chapped Hands. Chilblains, Corns, and all "kin Eruptions, and positively cures Piles or no pay re quired. It is guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction or money refunded. Price 25 cents per box. For sale by Burwell & Dunn, wholesale and retail. Hall's Hair Renewer cures dandruff and scalp affection; a'so a?l caes of bald utts where the glands which feed the roots of the hair are not cogb8 ana kindred ailments, it ia a sove closednn. regin Temedy. . 205 SOUTH COLLEGE STREET. VEHICLES Messrs. E. B. Springs On Piedmont Wagons We ate also headquarters. Our Mr. Springs being president of that concean, our prices must necessarily be right. We know that our "PIEDMONT'WAGONS are made of selected material, dry seasoned. They are nearer to per fection now than any wagon on this market. Tiy one. We are agents for the genuine COLUMBUS BUGGIES. A Soldiers Home. Capt, A. M. Clark, of Southern Pines iniorms us that the prospects for the' Government establishing a homo for the old soldiers at that placo is good. There is no climate in i ha world that is superior to that of this sandhill eeclion. Besides this, the establishment of a homo would be the biggist thing for tbe Stato that we bave over received Irom tho govern ment. Capt Clark has the hearty good will and best wishes ot tbe whole btate in hi efforts, and will deserve the thanks of the whole people it he Is successful. The building of this home means the expendi ture of about two hundred thousand doU- lard for the buildings, besides tho land. It means that the large amount these Old Veterans receive as pir ions will be spent in this, and it means i hat the $30,000 a year for the support of tbe institution will be beneficial to this whole section. May the borne he established is tbe wish of ever' true Carolinian. Exchange "Blight 5 costs cotton planters more than five million dollars an nually. This is an enormous waste, and can be prevented. Practical experiments at Ala bama Experiment Station show conclusively that the use of Kainit " will prevent that dreaded plant disease. Our pamphlets are not advertising circulars boom ing special fertilizers, but are practical works, contain ing the results of latest experiments in this line. Every cotton fanner should have a copy. They are sent free for tbe asking. GERMAN KALI WORKS. 93 Nassau St., New York. No Use for Horses. A Nebraska man who had a car or two of horses to ell wrote to a friend in Washington City whether it would be advisable to try to sell them there. The friend replied : The people of Washing ton ride bicycle.; the street cars are run by electricity and the Government is run by jackasses. No need for horseflesh here." Greenville Jteflector. 'With step as noisless as the summor air Who comes in beautiful decay? Her eyes Dissolving with a (everish glow of light and on Her cheek a rosy taint, as if the tip Of beauty's finger faintly pressed it there ! Alas ! Consumption is her name." This terrible disease which has num bered its victims by millions, comes in the most insidious way. Getting one's feet wet ; a slight cold, a cough, and then other indiscretiojs until it gets a firm hold. Why fall a victim when a cure is within reach? Dr. Pierce' Golden Medi- j cai tMBcovery win enectuaily cure con- sumption in its earlier stages For weak 1 I T ' -II Mr . ,ung8i spitting ot blood, asthma, lingering AND STORAGfl & Co., we solicit W heartily thank you fc ' : be headquarters in On Charlotte Fertilizers We are again headquarters. H ing tne agency for that immense cot cern, The Gharlotte Oil and Ferti zer Co., we are prepared to mail best prices, quality considered, c; any firm. The immense trade of our Charlotte Fertilizers is proof their high grade and good resultJ We have hundreds of testimonial eladlv furnished us by those v; have used the Charlotte Fertilizer and having .used them, were bei fitted. Call and see us at 205 i College Street. Comparative Cotton Statement. The following is the comparative cottd statement for the week ending Mar. 13ti 1896 IK Net receipts at an U.S. ports. 70 737 131,8S.f 7.005,f 85&f 945M 146M Total receipts to date. 4.571,492 Ex porta for tueweea. Total exports to this date, Stock in all U. S. ports, Stock at all interior towns, Stock in Liverpool, American afloat for Great Britain, 120.194 3,429.160 713 746 146.326 1,158,000 145.000 120.0E; The Total Visible Supply of Co:lon New York. Mch. 14. The total visibl supply of cotton for the world U 3,599,93i bnie-, of which 3,102,730 bales are Amer ican, against 4,701,228 bales and 4,382,02; respectively last year. Kyeeiptsof cottot this week at all interior towns S31,5S bales. Receipts from the plantations 43; 884 bales. Crop in sight 6,181,876 bale A FINE HERD OF COWS. Geo Vandtrbilt bought 125 fine one3 fros Pittsford farm. Georgo vanderbilt ha bought act shipped to his great farm, Biltmore, tea Asheville, N. C , the whole herd of Jer sey cattle, 125 in number.of the Pittsford farm near Rochester. The sale of 'bit famous herd, owned by Frank .W. Haw ley, the third of the five owners of great herds of Jerseys in New York, is due V th3 action of the State Board of health i its altitude as to tuber culois in cattle and the confirmation of its action by the Coort ot appeals. Mr. Hawley. discouraged because of th condemnation of his fine stock and the ridiculously low compensation allowed by the Board of Claims, offered his herd to Mr. Vanderbilt's manager then in Pniladolohia. bv telenhone. The offer wa) acnnntnH. and within throe davs W; stock was en route to North Caro Una. It is believed that Governor Mortot and the other breeders of Jerseys wiC also dispose ot their cattle, and that in dustry may disappear from the Stat Iiis6aid first that the test for tuber culosis adapted by the authorities is toe severe, unjut and unreliable. A score or more of Governor Morton's cows were killed under orders. Then the Board of Claims decided that a cow was only ' cow whether a Jersey or otherwise, 8D awarded the Governor $36 apiece for b" animals. Their market value was $?' 000 Among Mr. Ra-vley's "herd was Katb enne ot ittt ,rd. who won tho duu." test at the World's Fair and was value at $2,400. She wan killed tbe other d7 and $35 was received as compensation w tho famous prize winner. Others of -Hawley's cattle, worth $30,600 er? taken for which only a trifling return w8 made by the State. The purchase of the Pittsford herd J Mr. Vanderbilt is tho first intimation that ho nrnnnRKa t.n orrtin forstoCiC far1"' . i 1 o " , World- ing on a large scale. New lorn Death of Mr. Robinson. Mr. C. A. Rob Robinson, died Friday nig'"' of his father, Mr. M. At. 1 hn Virtmn Robinson, in Steel Creek, aged 35 year- he had been tick for-somo timo. leaves two children His wife died a l a or so ago. ueccaseu was wen -t , of in that section. He was a member Biff Steel Creek church.. The tune'' services took place Sunday at tbe cbur