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THE
CHARLOTTE DEMOCRAT
PUBLISHED BVKBT THURSDAY
Term die Dollar cash in advance
o
Entered at the Post Office in Charlotte, N. C,
ts ftecond class matter.
DRS. McCOMBS & GIBBON,
DESIRE TO INFORM THE PUBLIC.
That they have this day entered into a copart
nership for the
PRACTICE OP MEDICINE,
" AND
SURGERY.
March 1, 1895
March 15. 1895.
JOHN FARRIOR,
4 BOUT I TRYON BTREKT, CHABLOTTZ. . C.
WATCHMAKER AND JEWELER.
-D2ALKR IN
Diamonds. Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, Sil
ver and Silver Plated Ware.
Special attention given to Fine Watch
Repairing.
Jan 25, 1895.
BURWELL, WALKER & CANSLER,
Attorneys-At-Law,
ROOMS N08. 5, O, AND 13, LAW BUILDING,
CHARLOTTE
Jan 4, 1895.
N.
c.
DR. E. F. KEERANS,
DENTIST,
CHARLOTTE, N. C.
Okfick 7 West Trade Street.
Nov. 2, 1894
DR. GEORGE W. GRAHAM.
OFFICE, 7 WE8T TRADE ST.
Fr&atice limited to Eye, Ear, Nose
And Throat.
April 3, 1896
HUGH W. HARRIS,
Attorney and Counsellor at Law,
Office, Nob. 14 and 16 Law Building,
CHARLOTTE, N. C.
ul 6,1895:
r. I. OSBORNE, W. C. MAXWELL, J. W. KEKBAHS.
OSBORNE, MAXWELL & KEERANS,
Attorneys at Law.
CHARLOTTE, N. C.
XS" Offices 1 and 3 Law Building.
Will practice in the State and Federal Courts.
Oct 20, 1895.
DR. W. H. WAKEFIELD,
W ill be in his office at 609 North Tryon
Street. His practice is limited to
EYE, EAR, NOSE AND THROAT.
DRS. M. A. & C. A. BLAND,
Dentists.
CHARLOTTE, N. C.
No. 21 Tbton Stbkct.
Jan. 3, 1896.
JKBIOT CLABKBON.
CHAS. H.
DTJLS,
DULB
CLARKSON &
Attorneys at Law,
Chaklottk, N. C.
Promnt attention riven to all business in
trusted. Will nractice in all Courts of the
titate.
t9Office 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.
State and Federal Courts.
Jan. 6, 1895.
Practices in
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 !
R. H. JORDAN & CO.,
Prescriptionists.
April 17, 1896.
GO TO ALEXANDER'S
DRUG STORE.
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. "
E. NYE HUTCHISON.
FIRE INSURANCE.
Offices 16 East Trade Street; 4 North Tvon
Street up stairs.
10 -io 1.
rill bet vou SiraJtto One that yo?;
We
win hud better workmen, aud gtt?? -Gilr-era
and shave, at the Charlotte fiW?1 Sber's
,inth7cit7 J ayou ctDaj:87
We prepsca" Tom- n..t w3guai
other
arantee
u cure rtftnjtL.i-.fl. (i m a .d.v
Many can
v r UP ,D 106 oiaie.it is convinced
betS JBoard of Agriculture ;pire is no
' erection of an additio N
June periment Station, 404iaocr '
nd
SanshiDe Institute. .
we have before us a new catalogue of
ounsnine lnittitute in Kutherford county.
Mecklenburg in entitled to a scholars-hip
mere ana some boy will do well to tafre-
advantage of it and attend school at tut
pretty little mountain town of Sunshine.
e
10 prevent pale and delicate children from
lapsing into cnrooic Invalids later in life, thev
uuuiu ajtci b ounapariua lOgeiUer With
pieniy 01 wuoisome rood and out-door exercise
nnai mey neea to buildup the system is good
IIU UIUUU.
Mortagee's Sale.
Under and by virtue of a deed of Mortgage
cictuicu iu uic uj i. a. ucvaay ana v . a. Mc-
vaay. ana registered in isonii 55 page 173, tic
in the cmce of tivs Register of Deeds for Meck-
lenourg county, norm Carolina, I will sell t
Public Auction at the County Court House Door
in the city of Charlotte, North Carolina on Mon
day the 10th day of August, A. D , 1896. at 12
o'clock M., the 1 olio wing described tracts or par-
ceis oi jana in eaia uounty and state, to-wit:
Known and designed as Joseph McQuay's
land bought of H. C. Severs. Administrator of
Joseph McQuay: Beginning at a stone on the
bank of the Branch, runs due South 3V poles to
a stone; thence South 57 E. 55J poles to a stone
in the field near a house; thence North 85 E,
2o poies xo a mcJtory stump in tne Held;
thebce si. 41 W. 78 poles to a cedar; thence S. 44
W. 18 poles to the beginninjfjjalso one undivided
half interest in the Harriet McQuay land: Be
ginning at a Cedar, Joseph F. McQuays
corner and runs with two of his lines 8 41 E.
78 poles to a hickory; thence S. 61 E 43 poles to
a siaie on roung s line; tnence with bis line H,
44 JS, Yiyz poles to a stoke;' thence N. 48 W. 119
poles to a pine; thence S. 44W W. 14 poles to
the beginning containing Thirteen (13) acres.
Terms, Cash
8. B. Alexander. Trustee.
Charlotte, N. C, July 10 1896- 5w.
Sheriff's Land Sale.
By virtue of an execution issued to rr.e by the
Superior Court of Mecklenburg County in the
case oi tne commercial .National Bank, or Char
lotte, N. C, against Samuel A and Sallie W
Anderson, and of a levy under the said execu
tion and a mortgage of attachment neretofore
issued in the said case. I will sell at nublic auc
tion at the Court House door in Charlotte to th
highest bidder for cash, on Monday the 3rd. day
oi august, leys, tne tract oi jana describee: as
follows:
Known as the Samuel A. Anderson tract of
land formaly owned by W. D. McQuaig and
I containing 65 acres, more or less; it being the
tract conveyed to Samuel A. Anderson by S.
Younts, 8on & Co., and by W. D. McQuaig to 8-
Younts, Son & Co., by deed recorded in the office
of the Register of Deeds of Mecklenburg County
in book w, page zoo, and bound as follows:-
On the South by Z- G. McQuaig, on the East
by H. U. Kendrick, on the-North by Mrs. Erwin,
and on the West by John a teaman.
This the 23rd. day of June. 1896,
Z. T. SMITH,
Sheiiff cf Meckietburg County.
June 25, 1896 5w.
Administrator's Notice.
Having qualified as Administrator of Dock
McKinney, deceased, late of Mecklenburg coun
ty. North Carolina, this is to notify all persons
having claims against the estate of said deceased
to exhibit them to the undersigned on or before
the 3rd day of July, A. D.. 18V7, or this notice
will plead m bar of their recovery.
All persons indebted to said estate will please
make immediate payment.
GEORGE J. ETHER1DGE,
Administrator.
July 3rd 1896. 6w
Admistrator's Notice.
All persons having claims against the estate
of Mrs. Jane Black deceased, are hereby notified
to present tbem to me, properly attested, on or
before the 13th day of July 1897. All persons
indebted to said estate are notihed to make pay
ment to me. without delay.
H. N. PHARR. Adm'r at Mrs Jane Black
deceased-
This 7th day of July 196. w.
MELLON & SHELTON
ED. MELLON.
TOM. SHELTON.
BOTS, BOYS, BOYS'
STRAW HATS
SUITS, UP TO DATE.
H Z RT
UMBRELLAS,
Socks, Collars and Cuffs.
BEAUTIFUL SUITS,
The Best Goods and Low Prices. !
COME TO SEE US.
NEXT DOOR TO H. BARUCH
MayS ,1 1896.
OLD LADIES'
WAR TIME
cloth SLIPPERS
Extra wide, very light, cool,
and comfortable. Every
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
mclot." They are equally
good witn bi lier naon
and always cost the
same.
Hake no mistake in the place. You can
get them nowhere else so good at the price.
GILREATH & CO.
CHARLOTTE,
BOYS AND GIRLS'
DBPARTMB NT.
A Bicycle Ride for Life.
Scribner's Magadan
I intended to break the record, as the
slang phrase goes no very difficult mats
ter, I reflected, so far aa a Canadian win
ter record on the bioycle was coooerned.
To do bo, however, reguired judgement. 1
knew that 1 bad the long rise into the
foreat before me and I must reserve my
strength for that. I went steadily on!
I had crossed the lovel at last, and I
knew that I bad done well. The light
was bright enough to see the time, but I
decided to wait till I entered the forest.
It was no longer quite so easy to keep
the bicycle up to speed. There was more
effort in the pressure on the pedals, a lit.
tie more sensation in the muscles of the
legs as I did so. I looked round. Yes, I
bad already made a rise of a good many
feet. The slope was regular, but not
steep enough greatly to reduce my speed.
As 1 went ! glanced Irom side to side
for I was conscious of the oppressive soli
tude of the forest; but my pace was not
retarded for a moment. One of the sleigh
ing party bad been talking of wolves.
The winter, it seemed, bad been an early
one, and it certainly had been severe.
The wolves, he had said, -had been show
ing in packs not twenty miles to the
north. There was not a sound but the
low crisp crunch of the snow under the
wheels of my machine, and even that
seemed hushed and distant. Yet what
was that? Was it fancy, or did I hear
something shrill, piercing, yet faint, in the
far distance on my right hand? Surely
there was something if it was only the
wail of a dutant gust oi wind moaning
through the frozen pines. I bent over
the bicycle and concentrated my energies
upon facing the long ascent. There it
was again! it was no wail of the north
ern wind no swaying of the frozen forest,
It was the ory of a living thing, it was
natures savage complaint against the
pangs of hunger!
On and on we flew, lhere was not a
breath oi wind to stir the lightest snow,
flake on thethe tenderest spray, jet my
hair was blown back from my brow,
whore great drops of perspiration now
gathered and began to trickle down my
face. On and on without a thought but
that of pressing forward, without a hope
but that of reaching the descent of the
slope, and the edge of the forest. And as
1 went 1 knew that 1 was followed.
From too dim arcades on my right came
from time to time a short gasping bowl,
cut short in the moment of utterance by
the exertions of the chase. They had
seen me, and now they were in full cry.
It was a race for bare life. I leant for
ward, and threw every energy 1 possesed
into the one effort to press on. The trees
flitted past me like ghosts. The long
hanging boughs nearly swept my face as
I swept past. The cold air blew in my
face and oarried even the heavy fur of my
coat behind me as I rushed through the
night. And yet my pursuers did not lose
ground. Un the oontrary. they were
uaining. Not quickly, not with a rusb
but slowly, loot by loot, with a certainty
that was deadly: with a monotony that
was ghastly beyond expression. Ic linch-
ed my teeth with fierce determination. I
kept my eyes fixed on the line ot light
that streched on and on in front, as if it
would never endl
i. he strain was telling on me now.
There was a wild buzzing in my head,
there was a weary feeling growing in my
limbs, there was a despairing sense of the
uselessness of effort growing stronger in
my mind. At any rate it was now that
for the first time that 1 saw something
of my savage pursuers. There was a
shadow on my right only a shadow, but
no longer the shadow of a tree or branch
It was a head a long sharp muzzle
the mouth open, the lower jaw hanging,
the ears erect? It crept on. Little by
little it gained on me an inch only an
inch at a time, but always an inch more!
This shadow became a horror to me. tA
last! The long straight road made a
curve to the right. Not a sharp curve,
but enough to bring me to closer quarters
with my untiring pursuer. In a moment
as I pressed upon the handles and fol
lowed the sweep of the road be was up
on me. In a moment the shadow had
given place to the substance with a
long panting, snarling growl a huge wolf
was by my side. He was old, for 1
oould see that his hair was gray as it
shone in the moonlight. His huge mouth
was wide open, showing a row of form
idable fangs, and his long red tongue
hung from his slavering jaws. Two eyes
that glowed like red coals gleamed from
beneath the thickly matted hair that
hung over his face. There was a look of
exhaustion about him that for the mo
ment increased the horror of his appear
ance. Involuntarily I swerved as he
sprung, and his great jaws came together
with a snap not an inch rrom my knee.
His leap had cost him something in speed,
and he fell back quite half a yard before
be recovered. The sight of him had
done me good. The horror of his look
was a change from the gathering horror
ot his pursuing shadow, and the change
aroused me. My hand went instinctively
to the handle of Bob's revolver. The
familiar touch seemed to reassure me. I
drew it Irom my belt. I weighed it in
my hand so as to grow accustomed to it
I dared not turn in my seat, and yet I
must get a shot at the grizzled leader of
the pack.
Insensibly 1 slackened my pace lor a
second or two; insensibly the huge head
crept up to my hind, wheel, to my foot, a
a little in front of my foot! Oace more
his hungry, blood-shot eyes were turning
toward me as be kept up his long leaping
gallop. It was the moment. Quick
thought I fired. The ball struck him
struck him, I thick, on the shoulder,
Children Cry
N. C, THURSDAY,
sea
wiih one fierce snarl, that seemed to ex
press pain, disappointment, aed terror all
in one, he rolled over in a heap almost
against the rushing wheel of my bicycle.
There was a pause in the chase. Once
more I turned to the track. Once more
I concentrated every energy to increase
the distance between myself and my re
lentless purguors. rThe welcome respite
waa but a short one. ; My head swam diz
zily with my exertions; my brain reeled
with the long and fierce excitement; my
limbs grew numb and heavy under the
desperate strain. Thank God! I was on
the downward dlope. Thank God! there
was at last a prospect of escape. The de-
scont made itself qu;ckly felt. Exhaused
as I had been, I couldn't have kept it
much longer, and I must have been over
taken. Down the long smooth slope we
rushed at a paoe that was momentarily
increasing. I looked behind me once
more. The wolves were following still,
but they were growing exhausted. I
glanced at the ascent beyond the bridge;
I glanced at the laboring pursuers behind
me I could do it still. I dashed at the
bridge. I was across, and now the asc nt
began. I bent over the bicycle, I forced
my weary limbs to exert themselves once
more. For fully a hundred yards the as
cent was steep, and the exertion was ter
rible. Slower and slower i seemed to go
with each moment. The perspiration
poured from my face, my legs and ancles
burned as if steeped in liquid fife. I
clenched my teeth and gripped the han
dles as it for bare life, and at each slow
turn of the wheels I seemed to myself to
hear the panting of the wolves behind me.
At last 1 did it! At the top of the slope
I turned and looked behind me. The
moonlight shone white on the grey lead
er as he bounded on to the bridge; two
others followed him closely, the rest were
scattered behind them on the road. JNot
one had as 'yet abandoned the chase
not one had as yet given up hopes of the
prey. I drew my revolver from my belt
ence more, I rested the barrel for the mo
ment on the handle of the
machine. As the leader neared my end
of the bridge I turned and fired. I bit
him. With a sharp howl he sprang into
the air and fell half across the parapet,
then he turned over and I could see his
body glance whitely as be plunged into
the river below. Exhausted as I was, I
found that I could make an effort still.
I oould hear nothing of the wolves, but
yet for aught I knew they might be fol
lowing still, imagination supplied toe
place of my dulled senses, and 1 could
even imagine the sharp scuffling of their
feet on the snow, buddenlv a broad
stream of light fell across the road. There
was a sound of voices which sounded
strangely far away; there were the figures
of men, though they looked like the men
we see in dreams. My bicycle swept on,
but I could no longer control it. Every
thing swam before my eyes, my limbs re
fused to move any longer 1 felt that 1
was falling falling and I was caught
in Dr. Jackson s strong arms.
The Paradise of Women.
Blackwood's Magazine.
It is anywhere in civilization, not even
in America. It is in heathen Burma.
There woman is on absolutely the same
footisn aa man in all that pertains to law
and custom. There is not a single law
that does not bear equally on man the
same as on woman. Men have never
tried to "boss" them or to s.y what was
fitting and what was not fitting for them.
"No artificial ideals from long past ages
have been held up to tbem as e'ernal
copies, xt nas oeen leu to ineir own
good and to the eternal fitness ot things
to determine what is womanly and what
is not." The result is, none is more wo
manly than the Burmese woman, "none
possesses in greatr strength all the name
less attractions oi a woman.
in the higher classes a woman has
property of her own and manages it her
self. In the lower classes she always
has a trade and runs it herself. The
sexes are left to choose their own occu
pations, and "it is rather curious to find
that sewing and embroidery are distinci
tively female occupations. The retail
trade of the country 10 in the bands ot
the women, and they nearly all trade on
their account. Just as the men farm
their own land, the women own their
business. They are not saleswomen
for others, but traders on their own ac
count, and with the exception of the silk
and cloth branches ot the trade, it does
not interfere with home life. The ba
zaar lost but three hours and the woman
has ample time for her home duties when
her daily visits to the bazaar is over. She
is never kept away all day in shops and
factories. Her home life is always the
center of her life. She could not neglect
it for any other. It would seem to
her a losing of the greater in the less
But the effect ot this custom of near
ly every woman having a little business
of her own has a great influence on her
life. It broadens her views. It teaches
her things she could not learn in the nar
row circle of home duties. It gives her
that tolerance and understanding and
which so foroibly strike evory one who
knows her. It teaches her to know her
own strength and weakness and how to
make the best oteach. Henry Fielding
The Moon and the Wives.
I saw the moon bright, foil and round,
It shed its beams o'er all the ground,
And then there cam 3 this thought to me
Our wives just like that moon should be:
Fair, full, all rounded out and bnght
And by their presence shedding light.
les, and they will be if in time of any
functional derangements or organtic
I troubles, tbey take Dr. Pierce's Favorite
as Prescription. No woman should keep
I house witbont it. It is a cure for the
for "complaints" peculiar to her sex.
for Pitcher's Cactorla.
JULY 1G, 1896.
THE DEMOCRATIC
PLATFORM.
ADOPTED BY TDE CHICAGO
CON-
VENTION.
WE. the democrats of the. United
States in National Convention assembled
do reaffirm our allegiance to tboBe great
essential principles of justice and liberty
upon which our institutions are founded
and which the Democratic Party has ad
vocated from Jefferson a time to our own
freedom of r-peeeh, freedom of the prosa
freedom of conscience, the preservation
of personal rights, tho equality, of all
citizens before the law, and the faithful
observance of coostutional limitations.
The constitution of the United States
guarantees to every citizen the rights of
civil and religious liberty. The Democratic
farty has always been the exponent of
political liberty and religious freedom,
and it renews its obligations ond reaffirms
the devotion to these fundamental princi
pies of the Constitution.
STATE RIGHTS: During all these
years the Democratic Party has resisted
the tendency of selfish interest to the cen
tralization of governmental power, and
steadfastly maintained the integrity of
the duel scheme of government, establish
ed bv the founders of this rennhlio
ropublica. Under its guidance
and teaching the great principle of the
local selNgovernment has found its best
expression in the maintenance of
the rights of the States and in its as
sertion of the necessity of oonfining the
the general government to the exercise of
the United States.
THE MONEY QUESTION: Recogniz.
ing that the money question is para
mount to all ot hers nt this time, we in
vite atteotionto the fact that the Federal
Constitution names, silver and gold to
gether as the money metals of the Uni
ted btates, and that the first coinage law
passed by Uongress under the Constitu
tion made the silver dollar the monetary
unit and admitted gold to free coinage at
a ratio based upon the silver unit.
We declare that the act of 1873 demon
netizing silver without the knowledge
or approval of the American people has
resulted in the appreciation of gold and
a corresponding fall in the prices of com
modities produced by the people.
We are unalterably opposed to mono-
raetalism, which has locked fast the
prosperity of an Industrial people in the
paralysis of hard times. Gold monome
tallism is a Brittish policy, and its adopt
lion has brought other nations into finan
cial servitude to London. It is not only
un-American but antiAmerican, and it
can oe lastenea oniy py tne stimng or
that spirit and love of liberty wbieh pros
claimed our political independence in 1776
and won it in the war of the Revolvtion.
FREE SILVER: We demand the free
and and unlimited coinage of both gold
and silver at the present legal ratio of 16
to 1 without waiting for the aid or con
sent of any other nation. We demand
that the standard silver dollar shall be a
legal tender, equally with, gold for all
debts, public and private, and we favor
such legislation as will prevent for the
future the demonetization of any kind of
legal tender money bv private contract.
We are opposed to the policy and
practice of surrendering to the holders of
the obligations of the United State the
option reservedly law to the govornment
of redeeming suob obligations in either
silver coin or gold com.
BOND ISSUES. We are opposed to the
issuing ot interest Deanng Donas ot the
United States in time of peace, and con-
demn the trafficing with banking syndi
cates which, in exchange for bonds and
at an enormous profit to themselves, sup
ply the Federal Treasury with gold to
maintain the policy 01 gold monometaU
ism.
Congress alone has power to coin and
issue money, and President Jackson de
clared that this power could not be dele
gated to corporations or to individuals.
We therefore denounce the issuance of
notes as money for national banks as in
derogation ot the Constitution, and we
demand that all paper which is made les
gal tender for public and private debts,
or which is receivable for dues to the
United States, shall be issued by the gov-
ernment of the United States, and shall
be redeemable in coin.
TARIFF FOR REVENUE: We hold
that the tariff duties should be levied for
purposes of revenue, such duties to be so
adjusted as to operate equally through'
out the country and not discriminate be
tween class or section, and that taxation
should be limited by the needs of the
government honestly and economically
administered. We denounce as disturb-
ing to business the Republican threat to
restore tne juciviniey law, wnicn nas oeen
twice condemned by the people in nation
at elections, and whinh, enaoted under the
false plea of protection to home industry,
proved a proline breeder of trusts and
monopolies, enriched the few at the ex
pense of the many, restricted trade and
deprived the producers of the great A men
can staples of access to their natural mar
kets. Untrt the money question is settled
we are opposed to any agitation for fur
ther changes in our tariff laws, except
such as are necessary to meet the deficit
in revenue caused by the adverse decision
of the Supreme Court on the income tax
THE INCOME TAX- There would be
no deficit in the revenue but for the anul-
ment by the Supreme Court of a law pas
Bed by a Democratic Congress in strict
pursuance of the uniform decisions
ot that court for nearly one hundred years,
that court having in that decision bus
tained constitutional objections to its en
actment which had previously been over
ruled by the ablest Judges who have ever
sat upon that bench. We declare that it
is the duty of Congress to use all the con
stitutional power which remains after
that decision, or which may come from
its reversal by the court, as it may here
after be constituted, so that the burdens
of taxation may be equally laid, to the
end that wealth may bear its due propor -
tion 01 me expenses 01 mo government
IMMIGRATION: We hold that the
most efficient way of protecting American
labor is to prevent the importation of I
foreign pauper labor to compete with it
in the home market, and that the value of
the home market, and that the value of
the home market to cur American farmers
and artisans is greatly. reduced by a vi
cious monetary system, which depresses
the prices of tbe:r products below the eost
ot production, and thus deprives them of I
the means of purchasing the produots of
our nome manufactories.
CONOR ESSIONAL APPROPRIA
TIONS: We denounce the profligate
waste of the money wrong from the peo
by oppressive taxation end the lavish ap
propriations of Rrcent Republican Con
gresses which have kept taxes high while
the labor that pays them is unemployed,
and the products of the peoples toil are
depresse j in price till they no longer re
pay the cost of production. We demand
a return to that simnhcitv and econcmv
which befits a democratic government and
a reduotion in the number of useless of
fices, the salaries of which drain the sub.
stance of the people.
JSDEUAL INTERFERENCE: We des
nounce arbitrary interference by Federal
authorities in local affairs as a violation
of the Constitution of the United States
and a orime against the free institutions
and especially objeot to government by
injunction as a new and highly danger-
ous form of oppression, by which Federal
Judges, in contempt of the laws of the
the estates and rights of citizenB, become
t once;iegislators, Judges and execution
ers, and we approve the bill passed at the
last session of the United States Senate,
and now pending in the house, relative
to contemps inFederal courts and provid-1
ing for trials by jury in certain cases of
contempt.
PACIFIC FUNDLING BILL: No
discrimination should be indulged by the
government of the United States in favor
of any of its debtors We approve of
the refusal of the Fifty.third Congress to
pass the Pacific Railroad fundling bill,
and denounce the effort of the present
Republicon Congress to enact a similar
measure.
PENSIONS: Recognizing the just claims
of deserving Union soldiers, we heartily
indorse the rule of the present commis
sioner of Pensions that no names shall be
arbitrarily dropped from thepepsion roll,
and the fact ot enlistment and servioe
should be deemed conclusive evidence
against disease and disability before ens
listment.
CUBA: We extend our sympathy to the
people of Cuba in their
heroie struggle I
for liberty and indipendenoe.
THE CIVIL SERVICE: We are opposed
to life tenure in tne public service. We
favor appointments based upon merits,
faxed terms ot office, and sueh an admin
istration of the .civil service laws as will
afford equal opportunities to all citizens
of ascertained fitness.
NO THIRD TERM: We declare it to be
the unwritten law of this republic, es
tablished by custom and usage of one
hundred years, and sanctioned by the
examples of the greatest and wisest ot
those' who founded and have maintained
our government, that no man should be
elegible for a third term of the Presiden
tial office.
CORPORATE WEALTH: The absorp
tion of wealth by the few, the consolida
tion of our leading railroad sy-tems, and
formation of trusts and pools require a
stricter control by the Federal governs
ment of those arteries of commerce. We
demand the enlargement of the powers of
the Interstate Commerce Commission,
and such restrictions and guarantees in
the control ot railroads as will protect
the people from robery and oppression.
A"kJ" . " . ""I
faVor tho admission of the Territories of
ADMISSION OF TERRITORIES: We
New Mexico and Arizona into the Union
as States, and we favor the the early ad
mission ot all the Territories having
the necessary population and re
resources to entitle them to Statehood,
and while they remain Territories we
hold that the officials appointed to ads
minister the government of any Territo
ry, together with the District of Colum
bia and Alaska, should be bona f de res
idents of the Territory or District in
which their duties are to be performed.
The Democratic Party believes in home
rule and that all public lands of the
United States should be appropriated to
the establishment of free homes for
American citizens.
We recommend thit the territory of
Alaska be granted a Deleeate in Con
gress, and that the general land and tim
ber laws of tho United states be extend
ed to said Territory.
MISSISSIPPI RIVER IMPROVE
MENTS: TheFederal government should
oare for and improve the Mississippi Riv
er and other great waterways of the re
public, so as to secure for the interior
States easy and oheap transportation to
wide water. When any waterway of
the republio is of sufficient importance to
demand aid of the government, such aid
should be extended upon a definite plan
of continuous work until permanent im
provement is secured.
Confiding in the justice of our cause
and the necessity of its success at the
polls, we submit the foregoing declara.
tion ot principles and purposes to the
considerate judgement of the American
people. We invite the support of all
citizens who approve them, and who de
sire to have them made effective through
legislation for the relief or the people and
the restoration
of the country's
proa-
perity
An irishman got out or bis carriage at
a railway station ior reiresments, out
the bell rang and the train left before he
had finished his repast. "Hold on!" cri-1
ed Pat, as he ran like a madman after the
car. "hold on, ye murtber'n oold a tame
injin; you've got a passenger on board
that's left -behind.
National flowers have been adopted
in various countries as follows: Greece'
violet; Canada, sugar-maple; Egypt, lotus;
England, rose; France, fleur-de-lis; Ger
many, corn flower; Irland, shamrock: It
aly, lily: Prussia, linden: Saxony, mign-
1 onette; Scotland, thistle: Spain, pe ac
j granate: w aiee: lees:.
VOLUME XLI1V NUMBER 2252.
absolutely: Pu ro
A cream of tartar baking powder- Highest
of all in leavening strength. Latest United
States Government Food Report.
Royal Baking Powdkr Co, New York.
"Jack the Giant Killer." "
The child's story of "Jack, the Giant
Killer" furnishes a striking illustration of
efficacy ot small agencies to-wards the
suppression of great evils, when judicw
ously used. The daring exploits ot brave
little -Jack remind us, in their results of
the wonderful achievements of Dr.
Pierce's Pleasant Pallets in battling with
the giant, Disease. Relatively, the pro
portion between the youthful hero, and
old Blunderboro, is apparantly not great
er than that between the little ''Pallets"
and the relentless monster which preys
upon the vitals. Yet, the '-Pellets"
comes off conqueror of constipation, sick
headaohe, biliousness and kindred ail
ments every time. If you are suffering
from either acute or chronio disorder of
the digestive orgrns, try this sure reme
dy. How the North Carolina Delegation Or
ganized. . '
Chicago Special, 8th, to Charlotte Observer.
The entire State delegation is presept
with Alternates Herrick, of the second
district; Hayes, of the fifth; Math eson and
J. W. Wilson, Jr., eighth, and Posey, of
the ninth; also Joseph us DanieK.Cy. Wat
son, J. P Kerr, Walters of Reidsville :
Frank Tate, of Morgan ton, and Distriot
Attorney Glenn. The celebation met in tbv
Sherman House at 10 this morning. Tbeo
F. Kluttz was chosen chairman of the del
egation; B. R. Lacy, secretary; J. R. Wed
ster, honorary vice president for the State
and W. C. Dowd honorary secretary;
D. Turner, of Iredell, on the credential
committe; E. B. Jones, of Forsyth, on per
manent organization; E. J. Hale, of Cum
berland, platform: A. M. Waddell, of
Hanover, on rules; George S. Powell, of .
Buncombe, to notify the presidential can-
I didate; P. M. Pearsall, of Jones, the vice
I presidential candidate;
Joseph us Daniel was elected national
committeeman Jarvis s name was pre
sentedbut he withdrew it
When Baby was sick, we gave her Castorla.
When she was a Child, she cried for Castorla.
When She became Miss, she clung to Castorla.
When she had Children, she gave them Castorla.
A TVTIVTTTATr T7Af T?TvrPC.
i.IN N VJ U IN KJ XLilX!il X O
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
coanty convention. Z. T. SMITH.
May 14th.
FOR REQI8TER OF DEEDS.
X 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. tv". COBB.
May 21, 1890.
FOR REGISTER OF DEEDS.
I hereby announce myself a candidate for the
office of Register of Deeds, of Mecklenburg
county, subject to the action of the Democratic
nominating convention. A. M. McDONALD.
June 25th.
FOR REGISTER OF DEEDS.
I hereby announce myself a candidate for the
office of Register of Deeds of Mecklenburg
county, subject to the action of the Democratic
voters in their primaries and county convention
J. ARTHUR HENDERSON.
June 3Mb..
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I t-EE HIVE Mr. R. Gray, of Eastfleld. N. C
I JLJsavs he believes THE BEE HIVE'S Bbocs-
Deal ue record ior wear, xie ouyu an ms suoes
at the BEE HIVE he has good judgment not
I aava the BEE HIVE beats the record on shoes
WANTED A correspondent in every neigh
borhood in Mecklenburg county. We wan
the Church, the Social and the School news
News letters must reach the office by Wednes
day noon. The DEMOCRAT.
WANTED To talk with poor boys, who
would like to attend a night school free of
I charge. Call at this office.
WANTED A correspondent at every post
office in Mecklenburg, Gaston, Union,
Lincoln, Iredell. Stanley, Cabarrus, York and
Lancaster Counties. Write to the Democrat
CANDIDATES A. M. McDonald, J. W.
obb, and J. Arthur Henderson, for Register
of Deeds. Z. T. Smith, for Sheriff.
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