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CHARLOTTE, N. C., THURSDAY, JUNE 18, 1896.
VOLUME XL11F NUMBER 2248.
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THE
CHARLOTTE DEMOCRAT
PUBLISHED 1YEBY THURSDAY
Terms One Dollar cash in advance.
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Entered at the Post Office in Charlotte, N. C.
- aa aecona ciass matter.
DRS. McCOMBS & GIBBON,
DESIRE TO INFORM THE PUBLIC.
That they have this day entered into a copart
nersbip for the
PRACTICE OP MEDICINE,
AND
SURGERY
March 1, im.
March 15.1895
JOHN FARRIOR,
HO. 4 BOUTS TRYOH STREET, CHAKLOTTE, M. C.
WATCHMAKER AND JEWELER.
DEALER IN
Diamonds. Watches,. Clocks, Jewelry, Sil
ver and Silver Plated Ware.
OT" Special attention given to Fine Watch
Repairing.
Jan 25, 1895.
BURWELL, WALKER & CANSLER,
Attorneys-At-Law,
ROOMS HOS. 5, 6, AND 13, LAW BUILDING,
CHARLOTTE; N. C.
Jan 4, 1895.
DB, E. P. K E E RAN S,
DENTIST,
CHARLOTTE, N. C.
Office 7 West Trade Street
Nov. 2, 1894
DR. GEORGE W. GRAHAM.
OFFICE, 7 WEST TRADE ST.
Practice limited to Eye, Ear, Nose
and Throat.
April 3, 1896.
JOHNSON & POPE.
-:0:-43 South College bt.-:o:-
The largest stock of cotton gins, boilers,
presses. Saw mills, mowing machines, Har
vesters and pomps. Come in or write. All
kinds of machinery:
JOHNSON & POPE.
April 3. 1896 2 m.
HUGH W. HARRIS,
.Attorney and Counsellor at Law,
Office, Nos. 14 and 16 Law Building,
CHARLOTTE, N. C.
July 6, 1895:
if. I. OSBORNE, W. C. MAXWELL, J. W. KEERANB.
OSBORNE, MAXWELL & KEERANS,
Attorneys at Law.
(CHARLOTTE, N. C.
SST Offices 1 and 3 Law Building.
Will practice in the State and Federal Conrts.
(Oct 20, 1695.
DRS. XI. A. & C. A. BLAND,
Dentists.
CHARLOTTE, N. C.
No. 21 Tbxox Street.
.. Jan. 3,1896.
4ERIO CJ.AHKBON.
CBAS. H. DULS
CLASHSON & PULS,
Attorneys at Law,
CHAK4.0XTJB, N. C.
Prompt attention given -to all business In-1
misted. Will practice in all Courts of the
State.
t3J"Offlce No. 12 Law Building.
Oct. 7, 1896.
H. N. PHARR,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Office No. 14. Law Building.
Prompt aUentfon jto all business intrusted.
Special attention given to claims. Practices in
State and Federal Courts.
Jan. 6, 1895.
Cattle Owners !
Listen ! The best possible Cattle Food is
MANGEL WURZEL BEETS
We have the seed of Lane's Imperial and White
Sugar. Plant now I
R. H. JORDAN & CO.,
Prescription ists.
April 17. 1896
GO TO ALEXANDER'S
DRUGSTORE,
NO. 216, NORTH TRYON STREET.
'Keeps a well assorted stock of all articles usualy
kept in a Drug House
J.'B ALEXANDER.
The Poor prescribed for free.
April, 8. 1895.
QUEEN CITY HOTEL.
' In visiting Charlotte,
.' Don't fail to stop at the Queen City Hotel,
Corner East Fifth and College 8ts,
. . Everything first-class.
RATES, 1100 PER DAY.
July 6, 1895. W J MOORE, Prop'r.
E. NYE HUTCHISON.
FIRE INSURANCE.
Offices 16 East Trade Street ; 4 North Tyon
Street, up stain.
: F eb 19. 1885.
THE SUMMER SCHOOL FOR TEACHERS,
The University Summer School for
teachers will begin June 23, and last one
month in the University buildings.
Chapel Hill is a delightful summer re&on
and many teachers are already there en
joying the campus and the library, and
resting in the shade of the majestic
oaks.
Tickets, on the certificate plan with
agent's signature, will be bought by the
teachers going, and on the return the
agent in Chapel Hill will sell tiokets at
one-third the regular fare.
li is expected that 300 teachers will
attend the Summer School this session.
SPEGIa9arOLUMN.
Notices inseited at 5c per line for each insertion
When wishing to know what space your notice
will make, allow 8 words for a line.
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office in Mecklenburg, Gaston, Union,
umcoin, ireaen, maDiey, uaoarros, Yot. and
Lancaster Counties. Write to the Democrat.
rnRE FINTCST lot Af ttitipa rinoa cnrl all
L kinds of fine jewelry on hand now..
a I., .... . " . . . . .
attenuon is paia 10 repairing uau in,
John E Shell.
WANTED To sell you all the collars, shirts.
want at low prices Mellon & Shelton, next to
H. B aruch's
WHAT did you say? "That Blair has a full
li n A nf rirn era o n A in aallin thafM
mw v a, wt, wwr wajv SO OVIIlUg bUvUA
in great quantities."
T7"OU MAY not beljeve it but the Bee Hive is
just getting in new goods every day.
u uu Bee mem men you win snow.
TF YOU like to ride S. 8. McNinch & Co. can
certainly fit you up traps, buggies and
everything tbat people ride in.
As Trustee of John P. Long
Under and by Deed of Trust, executed tome by
E. A. Ramsour and husband, O- A. Ram
sour of the County of Mecklenburg
and. State of North Carolina, and reg
istered in Book 97, page 551, Register's office,
MecRienoure county. Worth Carolina. 1 will
sell at Public Auction, at the County Court
House door in tne Uity or Charlotte M. C, on
Monday, the 13th day of July, A- D. 1896, at 12
o'clock M., the following described Real Estate,
situate, lying and being in Mecklenburg County,
N orth Carolina, in Charlotte Township;
A eertain house and lot in ward 2, square 120
of the City of Charlotte, North Carolina, and
bounded as follows: Beginning at the south
East Corn r of Third and Myers Streets, and
runs with South Third street 165 feet, back to
J P .LoDg's line. Thence with his line and para-
lel witn Myres street 05 ieet to tne division
fence, J.P. Long's line. Thence with his line and
paralel with said Third street 165 feet to Myers
street. Thence with Myres street 55 feet to the
beginning corner, and being part of lot, number
one in the plot of the land (J J- P. Log ad
otters, and recorded in tne ifegieter s omce ior
said county in book 84, page 1, Reference to
which is hereby made for a more perfect diacrip
tion. Terms cash.
JAMES C. LONG. Trustee.
June 141896 5w
North Carolina, Mecklenburg
County.
By virtue of a decree of the Superior Court of
Mecklenburg county, North Carolina, in the case
of William H. Wilson, Administrator, etc .
against William A. Wilson and others, I will
sell, at the County Court House door, in the city
of Charlotte, N. C, on Saturday, the 20th day of
June, A. D. 1896, at 12 o clock M., to the highest
bidder, all that land in Mecklenburg county,
North Carolina, to-wit:
First Tract: Known as the "Cochrane Place"
of M. N. Wilson, in Crab .Orchard Township,
adjoining the lands of M. B. Wallace and others,
containing 146 acres.
Second Tract: Known as the "Baker Tract'
of M. N. Wilson, in Crab Orchard Township i
near the first tract above mentioned, containing
about 10 acres, and adjoining the lands of J. N.
Lee and others
Third Tract: Known as the Wallace Tract"
of M. N. Wilson, containing about 31 acres, and
near the above mentioned land in Crab Orchard
Township.
Terms of sale, one-third cash and the balance
in six months.
A plot of said land can be seen by applying to
Messrs. Clarkson & Duls, Attorneys. Charlotte,
N- C. J. E HENDERSON,
May 14, 1896 6w Commissioner.
NEW REMEDIES
GREAT VALUE
AT
DR. J. B. ALEXANDER'S DRUG STORE.
Special Tonic Tablets, Postillers
Woman's Friend, The Great Renovator. En?
quire OI me UOCior aDout mese nemeuiti
May 18, 1895 810 a. itiiua
MELLON & SHELTON
ED. MELLON.
TOM. SHELTON.
BOYS, BOYS, BOYS'
SPRING SUITS.
STRAW HATS
BY THE
THOUSANDS.
SUITS, UP TO DATE.
New and Pretty.
ZEI X IR, T
UMBRELLAS,
Socks, Collars and Cuffs
BEAUTIFUL SUITS.
The Best Goods and Low Prices.
COME TO SEE US.
NEXT DOOR TO H. BARUCH
MayS ,11895.
New Banks in the South.
Manufacturer's Record.
According to a report compiled in the
office of Comptroller Eckles, during the
year ending May 31, 1896, forty two na
tional banks were organized in the coun
try, with an aggregate capital of $5,225;
000. Ot these banks, fifteen were organ
ized in the South, representing a com
bined capital of $1,400,000, or over 25 per
cent, of the total number. They were
distributed as follows:
Alabama '..One.... 970,000
Georgia ...200,000
Kentucky " ... 100,000
North Carolina. . " .100.000
Louisiana .Two 100,000
South Carolina . . One , .100,600
Texas .......... Four 250,000
Virginia One.... .250,000
West Virginia. . .Three . .220,000
With the exception of one State, Penn
sylvania, more banks were organized in
Texas than in any other part of the coun
try. In Pennsylvania, owing to the un
usual circumstances, eleven banks were
opened.witb a capital of910,000. Omitting
Pennsylvania, nearly one half of the num
ber of new banks in the country were
opened in the South, with nearly one-third
the total amount of capital. This is a re
markably good showing considering the
general condition of business throuhout
the country.
From Lookout Mountain to the Atlantic-
New Service and Fast Time Via
Southern Railway The
"Scenic Route of
the World."
On June l4ih, 1896, the Southern Rail
way will inaguralo passenger trains Nos.
15 and 16 between Chattanooga, Tenn.,
and Norfolk Va , through Knoxville,
Asheville '-The Land of the sky"
Greensboro and Salem, N. C. Train JSo.
16 will leave Chattanooga 5.20 r. M.,
Knoxville 9.05 P. M., Asbeville 1.06 A. M
arrive Greensboro 8.25 A. M., and Nor
folk 5.20 P. M. Train No. 15 will leave
Norfolk at 10.05 A. M ; Arrive at Greens
boro 7.20 P. M. Asheville 12.35 A. M.,
Knoxville 4.45 A. M. and Chatanooga
8.20 A. M , At' Chattanooga connection
will us uiaus witu tuu vgueou tx vicowut
Route to and from Cincinnati, Louisville,
Lexington, Birmingham, New Orleans
and all points in the South and with the
Memphis & Charleston &' H, to and from
Memphis and points in the West and
Southwest. At Norfolk connection
will be made with palatial Bteams
ers to and from Baltimore, Wash
ington, New York, Boston and all
points East. At Salisbury, N. C, 'con
nection will be - made with the fkcaoua
"United States Fast Mail," operated by
the boutbern Hallway between Washing
ton, the Bast and all points South. Estab
lishing double daily service between New
York, Washington and ABbevule and
Hot Springs N. C, Knoxville and Chat
tanooga, Tenn.
These trains will be equipped with ele
ment day coaches and Pullman Drawing
Room Sleeping Cars, which will run
through between Pinners Point and
Chattanooga without change.
OLD LADIES'
WAR TIME
ceoth SLIPPERS
Extra wide, very light, cool,
and comfortable. Ever
pair warranted. Elastic
on vamp, with bow.
PRICE 50 CENTS.
These shoes are made of English serge,
Some call them "Prenella," some
'Lasting," and some simply
"clots." They are equally
good with either name,
and always cost the
same-
MakeHo mistake in the place. You can
get them nowhere else so good at the price.
GILREATH & CO.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
FOR SHERIFF.
I hereby announce myself a candidate for the
office of Sheriff of Mecklenburg county, subject
to the action of the Democratic primaries and
county convention. Z. T. SMITH.
FOR REGISTER OF DEEDS.
I hereby announce myself a cannldate for the
office of Register of Deeds, of Mecklenburg
county, subject to the action of the Democratic
nominating convention. J. W. COBB.
- May 21, 1886.
Farmer's Friend.
Oar new home made brand Yale Tie, a com
fortable, good wearing shoe, suited for coarse
use, made of best kip stock, screw fastened soles,
wide enough, and high cut; notntng Detter ever
sold for a summer shoe. All sizes and plenty
of them.
PRICE, $1-50.
It'will pay you to see our shoes.
GILREATH & CO.
April 30 1894.
NEWMAN & WARREN.
TONSOIRAL ARTISTS
Charlotte Hotel.
We invite you to our Parlor whenever you
need a good shave or an up-to-date hair cut.
ExDerienced workmen. All work done in
latest stvle. Satisfaction guaranteed. For "To
Satisfy our Customers" is out motto.
Prices to suit the times.
A trial will convince you that there are none
better,
Jan. 80. 1898.
3
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How to Diversify Industrial Interest
Manufacturers' Record.
There is no reason why there should
not be greater diversity in manufacturing
in the South, as great as in the north,
the west or the east There are some
reasons why many lines of manufacturing
which are not in the boutn at all at the
present time, might suoceed there better
than elsewhere. The failure of many of the
undertakings in the south has been due
to lack ot practical knowledge on the part
of the ' managers. Where practical
knowledge and executive ability have
been combined there has been no occasion
to report failure.
Staunton, Va., reports an instance of
success in - manufacturing that surprises
the. people ot that city themselves, and,
hence, that cannot tail to prove surprising
to many others, and prove a lesson worth
studying, as showing how the south can
profitably diversitty its industrial inter
est. This is nothing less than an organ
factory. In October, 1894, W. W. Put
nam, who was brought up in an organ
factory, and who bai been for eight
years superintendent of the largest piano
and organ factory in this country, began
in a small way m Staunton the manu
facture of reed organs, employing only
three men. AU the work is done thore
that is done in any ordinary organ fact
ory. The business grew steadily; the
capacity was increased, until now seven
teen skilled mechanics are employed, who
turn out an average of about 100 organs
a month. These instruments are made
in seven styles, from a small portable or
gan to the finest parlor organ. They
have been eold to dealers in every state
of the Union, except two: have been
shipped to Mexico and as far away as to
Norway. On the first of January the
concern had to move into larger quarters,
and is even there already becoming
cramped for room.
The success of this undertaking is pri
marily due of course, to a thorough know-
ledge of the business; but it demonstrates
the fact that it is perfectly safe for the
southto leave the beaten track and to en
gage in new forms of manufacturing. If
a man knows how to do a certain thing,
and the community is willing to encour
age him, he may undertake it in the south
with as much confidence of success as in
any part of the United States.
Bismark on Contentment.
Baltimore Sun.
Exchanges from Germany bring the
full text ot the address Prince Bismark
made at a reception of the Bremerbaven
(Glocke," (Ball,) a social club, which vis
ited the octogenarian in Friedrichsruhe
at the beginning of May and whose hon
orary munUr be "IS. Zer invilea rnr
guests to a superb luncheon and the old
Chancelor grew loquacious, but bis table
talk seems to improve with his increase
in age. He concluded his speech with a few
characteristic words upon contentment,
a feeling he says he had, but once or
twice experienced in his long life in bis
boyhood, perhaps or during a quiet mo
ment in the company of his late wife,
the most faithful supporter he ever pos
sessed. Woman, in his opinion, divines
where man reflects, acts while he pon
ders, hopes when he dispairs, and con
quers, 'though he fears rnin to stare in
his face.
As to contentment, he remarked; "I
have seen from the list of your names
that all kinds of calling are represented
in your society. This shows tbat the
satisfaction you express by your doing
me the honor of a visit is not confined to
circumscibed circles of individual inter
ests. Perfectly contented no one can be,
and universal contentment would be the
greatest calamity. It would paralyze all
endeavor and strife for improvement if
every one were contested. God has
implanted in man discontent and dissat
isfaction as a spur and incitement for
bettering his condition. Do not believe
that ever or anywhere general content
ment will ensue in the world, either by
social democracy or by any other means.
It is impossible. We all would beoome
lazy dogs like the South sea savages, that
loaf and recline under the palm tree
awaiting the dates to drop in their
mouths. But let us see whether we obs
tain a small share of contentment at the
luncheon to which I have the honor to
invite you." .
Free Pills.
- Send your address to H. E. Backlen & Co
Chicaero. and tret a free sample box of Dr. King'
New Life Pills -A trial will convince you of
their merits. These pills are easy in action and
are particularly effective in the cure of Consti
pation and Sick Headache. For Malaria and
Liver troubles they have been proved invaluable.
They are guaranteed to be perfectly free from
every deleterious substance and to be purely
vegetable. They do not weaken by their action,
but by giving tone to stomach and bowels greatly
vmgorate tne system, neguiar size 20c. per dot
Sold at Burwell & Dunn, wholesale and retail
drug store
THE CHARLOTTE
IS THE
Largest, Oldest and Best Equipped
School
OF ITS KIND IN THE STATE.
Its courses are thoroaghly practical, and in
clude: Bookkeeping, both Sinele and Double En
try; Banking, Joint Stock, Penmanship, Arith
metic. Commercial Law. Business Correspond
ence, 8pelling, and Shorthand and Typewriting.
Thoroughly competent teachers. College is
located in Y. M. O. A- Building.
Write for particulars to
JACKSON & HAY WARD,
April 24-tf Proprietors.
Uoose Grease
Goose grease Liniment will cure you of Rheu
matism, neuralgia, toothache, headache, pains in
sides or .back and in fact every pain you have if
it does not do this take the bottle back to your
druggist and get your money. Sold by all drug?
gist. April 10-1 y.
CB1I1CIAL
COLLEGE
THE POOR WHITES.
Origlon of a Distinct Class Living in the
Sontn.
Chattanooga Times.
The notion that the poor white ele
ment of the southern Appalachian region
is identical with the poor people general
ly over the country is an error, and an
error of enough importance to call foe
correction. The poor white of the south
has some kinfolk in the Adarondao region
of New York and the Blue andAUegbany
mountains of Pensylvania, but he baa
few relatives any place -else about the
Maeon-JDixon line. The - states of New
York and Pennsylvania . were slave
states until the early part of this cen
tury. - - . - - -'
This poor white mountaineer descends
direct from those immigrants who came
over in early days of the colonies, from
1620 to about or some time after the
Revolutionary war period, as "sold pas
sengers." They sold their services for a
time sufficient to enable them to work
out their passage money. They were
sold, article to masters, in the colonies
for their board and fixed wages, and thus
they earned the cost of their migration.
The laws under which they were ar
ticled were severe, as severe as appren
tice laws in those days. The "sold pas
senger" virtually became the slave of the
purchaser ot bis labor. He could be
whipped if he did not do the task set him,
and woe to the unlucky wight if he ran
away. He was sure to be caught and
cruelly punished.
And though he was usually a descen
dant of the lowest grade of humanity on
the British islands, he Btill bad enough ot
the Anglo-Saxon spirit about him to
make an unsatisfactory chattel.
From lbzu forward the year when
the Dutch landed the first cargo of Afri-.
can slaves on the continent the 'sold
passenger" was fast replaced by negroes,
who took more naturally and amiably to
the slave life.
The poor white naturally came to
cherish a bitter hatred for the blacks that
were preferred over him; He already
hated his domineering white master.
When he was free to go, he put as many
miles as his means and his safety from
Indian murderers permitted between
himself and those he hated and hoped he
might never see again. In that earlv
time the mountain region was not even
surveyed, let alone owned by individual
proprietors.
The English, Scotch, Irish ana conti
nental immigrant who bad some means
sat down on rich valleys, river bottoms
pnd rolling savannahs, and the poor
white was made welcome to the iootbilis
and mountain plateaus...... JiJ
These "decenaants of the Bntiab villein
of the feudal era grew and multiplied,
became almost aB distinct a people from
the lords of the lowlands as the Scotch
Highlander was, as related to his low
land neighbor, in the sixteenth and
seventeenth centuries.
The stir of the period since the close of
the civil war has made somewhat indis
tinct the line that separates the moun
taineer from the plainsman oi th south,
especially in the foothills and at points
where the two have intermingled in tramo
in the scboolhouse and church, and espe
cially where the poor whites have been
employed at mining, iron making, etc
But go into tne mountains tar enougn
and you find the types as clear cut as it
was 100 years ago, with its inimitable
drawling speech and curious dialect, its
sallow complexion, lanky' frame, lazy
habits and immorality all as distinctly
marked as they were when hundreds ot.
these people found Cherokee wives in
Georgia and Tennessee in the early, part
of the century and bleached most of the
copper out of the skin of the Choctaw as
well as out ot the Cherokee.
It is a pity that some competent an
thropological historian has not traced the
annals of this interesting and distinctive
section of our population and made re
cord ot it in the interest of soience, no
less than in the interest of the proper ed
ucation and elevation of the mountain
people. It has become, especially in the
Piedmont seotion of the south, a most
important labor element. The cotton
mill labor by thousands comes ftom the
"Cracker of the Hills," and it is destined
to become a great power, that labor
population, social and political.
The redemption of the poor white be
gan when slavery went down in blood
and destruction, and it has gone on faster
and traveled farther than some of us
think.
She Conldn't Wait
Ladv "I want to sit for a picture."
Artist "I shall be very glad to paint
you, if you will wait a week, until I fin
ish the one 1 am at work on now.
Ijadv "Oh! mv. I couldn't wait that
long. Why, I promised to be home to
dinner at nve o ciocsr
That's the trouble with some people,
thev have no time to wait for results.
Some women will take a dose or two of
Dr. Pierce's Favorite PreDOration and
expect to feel well immediately. True,
some do find marvelously " speedy effects
from a single dose, but chronic diseases,
which have had possessio of the system
for years, cannot be cured in a day.
Persevere with it and it will cure YOU.
ladies, of all the ills you suffer from.
The "Prescription" cures in all cases of
nervousness, spasms, chorea, irregular
ities, painful periods and kindred ail
ments.
When Baby waa sick, we gave her Castoria.
When ifafl wms a ChUd, she cried for Csatoria.
When aba became Wm, atocbug to Castoria.
When she had Children, the gave them C&stori.
. . To Mothers.
Mothers' who fear cramp.coTds, caughs. ectf ou
can find nothing better than Goose Grease. Rob
plenty of it on throat and 'chest and you will
get instant relief. If yoa are not pleased with
results take bottle back and .get your money.
For sale by all druggists and made only by the
Goose urease liniment ureensooro, a. v.
April 10-1 y
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J .Ull 1UU OUHUU AUALW
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HE TELLS OF CHARLOTTE'S ILLS
AND CURSES.
The Boot-Blacks In Hard Luck A Work
Shop For Loafers The City's Bad
Health The Canse Etc.
"Hello! J . what are you up to
today?'' The man addressed was stand
tng on the corner of Trade and Tryon
streets, thinking of iihe , past or wonder,
ing about the future. He was the same
J that the reporter encountered some
time ago. Yesterday, when seen, he was
in a talking mood but his mind ran loose.
He said: "I was just thmkiug of this
city from a health standpoint. The loca
tion of the town is fine, the water natu
rally, of this section is good; the climate
superior, and in truth the town should
be perfectly healthful -no epidemio should
be able to break out here. The drainage
is good, the dwelling houses far a part,
the tenement houses are at a most healthy
distance apart, and all that tends to make
a town free from disease, of all kinds,
nature has given Charlotte. But is it
true that the health of Charlotte is what
it should be? No, it is not true. Far
from being so. Now and then you hear
of a case of fever, often times it is fatal.
Last summer many were the cases that
were fatal. This year it has begun
again What is the cause? Has not na
ture done for this seotion more than al
most any other section in the country?
There is a cause and it is a grave cause.
It is something tbat should be remedied.
There must be a lack of research on the
part of the sanitary foroe of the city to
find out the cause. It Is here and Bbould
be discovered. There seems to be a laok
of care on the part of the sanitary force.
Here and there you see rubbish about the
town that should not be; here and there
you find a filthy part of town that sends
forth a dreadful odor.
A few days ago an old house was torn
down on one of the main streets of the
town. And what do you suppose was
found there? All the filth that a savage
could think of. There was enough filth
there to create enough germB to kill
every man,woman and child in town.The
same is true of many places in the town.
In bo roe sections of the city a man with
a sensitive nostril can not pass, the air
is too foul.. You may howl and talk
about your clean,, city with perfect
health record, but, if you will ramble
around in the back lots and about the
cooking places there you will see the
cause of typhoid fever and like diseases.
Now is the summer of this season and the
dreaded diseases have not, as yet, started
good. The duty of every man is to in
form the sanitary police of dirt and filth
about the town. Any odor should be
allayed and the city made perfect in the
neaitn line, it is useless to trv to
prove that the town is desirable to live
in during the summer unless this cause
of disease is removed. Recall last sum
mer. A most thorough investigation is
needed. The health of the citv demands
it." .
He continued: "Here you see a gang
of loafing boys, there a gang and all
about on the streets you find them.
They find a doodle and gather around it
and block the way; they run foot races
across the square and frighten the women
and children; they make a noise like so
many geese; they block the ways to the
store doors; they are not ornamental to
say the least; they worry you to death
about shining your shoes; they make life
a misery. W bat will beoome of the little
taughs two thirds of them will land on
the chain gang?
This is a great place for loafers, the
place for men of business to loaf is at
their place of business, there you will
find most of the Charlotte business men,
but those who are not business men are
standing in squads talking gold or free
silver, or the political out-look, or the
hard times. Every day the orowd grows
larger and larger. Old men with gray
hairs and stooped shoulders go to the
square early, in the morning and stay
there till night, excepting the time they
waste in going to dinner. Boys with
ruby cheeks and brawny arms and
strong legs stand there and ohew quids
of tobaooo and spit at flies on the rocks
in ' the. streets. It puts one in mind
of places down east where the climate is
so warm and pleasant that the natives
need no olothes and the berries and vege
tables so plentiful, from the natural
erowth, that they can be had for the
harvesting there the natives dip snuff
and chew tobacco and compete with each
other by spitting through auger holes.
Some of them become so expert, that, to
spit through an auger hole at a distance
of ten feet without touching the sides of
the hole is nothing. A man's surround
ings make him. If the climate is rigid
and the seasons short and the soil not
productive he has to struggle for life.
There yon find the thrifty, hustling, en
tereetio man. But when nature does it
all for him you find the lazy man.
Charlotte is a mean between, but it
does seem that she is at present nestling
many loafers. When ever any little town
gets dull and dry a certain class of natives
make for Charlotte. When once here
they stay and eke out a mere existence,
Charlotte should have a work shop for
such loafers. When the loafers are young
they should be put in this work shop and
taught a trade, w ben au tne scnoois
are out in the summer then the town is
flooded with boys and girls who have
nothing to employ their minds and bodies
at The result isMn many cases a bad one.
The boys learn the evil things that can
be done on the sly. They go at once to
do them. Hundreds of bright boys are
snoiled in this wav. "An idle bratn is
the devil's work shop," is a true saying
A workssbOD is the place for them, in
the olded times every child was taught
a trade.' : He was taught it well and he
eould say that he was master or one traae
Then hejwas heeled. There was always
a place for him. It should be so again."
. . .
"Charlotte is up to date. She hasher
streets filled with wagons and carriages.
She has, in the main, many beautiful
horses but she also has some very
tough looking steeds to be on the street.
Now and then a mule or horse that i
poor extra poor, so poor tbat it is cru
elty to animals to work suoh a horse. It
is no seldom sight to see such a mule or
horse. The humane society should add
a dumb-animal clause to the constitution
and keep their eye on such horses or
mules. It is a disgrace to any city and a
sin for any man to have such' stock. Is
there no way to prevent it? it as a man
a right to keep a horse ; that is too po6r .
Co work without being pained? 1( there
is it should be enforced, . For Charlotte
has many-cases th&t-.deserYe a verdict of
guilty. ' 'ry ;
She is up to date in the show line also".
Any fake doctor can manopolize the
streets for hours and put ladies - and chil
dren to great disadvantage. Almost
every Saturday you ean see this feature
of Charlotte life on the streets. The
town is good at going wild over fakirs.
There is nothing like it. When good
shows come they often suffer for a full
house. All this is a sign of progress. It
is in the cause of a city's growth. Shows
visit a town weekly when it is prosper
ing and growing.
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- UTILE VIRGINIA DARE.
A Romant'c bat True Story of Early North
Carolina Llib.
New York World.
Almost three hundred years ago, when
Queen Elizabeth was reigning in Eng
land, there was a baby born that was a
very interesting baby, indeed for many
reasons. As the young parents bent over
their little girl they thought, of course,
that there was not another suoh baby in
the whole world; and there was a grand ,
old man with long silvery beard fall
ing over his high ruff and his velvet
doublet, who called the little stranger
hiB pet and kissed her as if she was his
own.
But this was not what made the baby,
famous.
It was long ago, you see, before the
English had a single settlement upon the
mainland of America. But a number oi
energetic men at the court were greatly
interested In colonizing the new land.
Foremost among them was Sir Walter
Raleigh, of whom you have heard .'
It was Raleigh that fitted out the col
ony that landed at Roanoke - Island off
the cost of North Carolina, a beautiful '
green land full of cedars, sassafras, palms
and flowers, where the birds sung the
year round. Annanias and Eleanor Dare,
the father and mother of our baby, were
among these settlers. Their child was
born about a month after the landing ot
the colonists, August 17, 1687.
In the little wooden chapel, two or
three weeks after the event, the colonists
assembled one bright day to attend the
baptism and Christening of the little
stianger. The font was the family s sil
ver wash ewer and the sponsor was Gov
ernor White himself, the baby's grand
father. Thereafter she was known as
Virginia .Dare, a sweet and appro
priate name for this pretty wild -
flower that bloomed all alone on that
desolate coast. She was the first
born of English parents in America and
was the only white baby then living on
this continent.
About the time that Virginia was cut
ting her first teeth there came very dis
tressing times to the colony. There
was great need of supplies, and it was
determined to send to England for them.
Governor White went himself and
never saw his little Grandaughter
again.
It was three years before the (gover
nor returned to Roanoke Island. He
was kept in England by the Spanish in
vasion.and after the winds and the waves
had shattered the dreaded Armada, it was
some time before Raleigh could get to
gether the men and supplies tbat were
needed by the far off colony. At last
the ship was ready White took his de
parture, but he had not sailed far when
bis vessel was overtaken by a Spanish
cruisier and captured.
White himself escaped in a boat, and
after many days reached Eogland again.
Then he bad to wait tor another ship, and
the weary old man saw day after day go
by before he left the chalk cliffs of Eog
land behind him. After long anxious
months he approaohed the new land.
You can fancy how be strained his
eyes to catch the first sign of life among
the green trees. It was near sunset and
he expected to see the smoke rising from
the chimneys and the settlers hur
rying in from the fields to eat their even
ing meal, or crowding down to greet the
long looked for arrivals. But no such
cheering sight met his gaze. There stood
the cabins, but they were deserted; not a
single hnman soul was visible.
They landed and walked up the graft's
grown paths. Vines and climbers fess
tooned the doorways and a herd of deer'
were feeding on ripe mellons and cucum
bers. , A dreary stillness reigned everywhere.
In the home of Dare stood the craddle
that held little Virginia, as if she bad left
it but a moment before. A little shoe
lay on the floor beside it that was all.
TheDcxocBAX wants a live, intelligent
correspondent at every postoffice in the
county.
A Key Found.
My neigbber B., has found a key a
key to health it is, says he. If he is
troubled with lassitude, constipatation,
biliousness, sick or nervous headache,
cold fret, chilly senratians, fullness at the
stomach, or any other of a long array of
complaints, he takes Dr. Pierce.s Pleas
ant Pellets. They are so small, so easy
to take, so prompt and thorough in their
operation, and cost so little that they are
sure to grow in favor with all who use
them. In glass vials, 25 cents.
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