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' 7 ! - ;-". i- 4 v : I";- m At': If i . .. i - 10 1 4 m " t ... PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY. JEBOME DO WD, Eait'rand Proprietor. R. B. HXJ5TEB, Assistant Editor. Pricjb, $1.50 Ilf ADVANCK. Entered at the postoffice at Charlotte, N. C, as second class mail matter. FRIDAY, JUNE - 14,. 1889. The columns of The Times will contain regular communications from Raleigh dur ing the session of the Legislature, and oc c'n.ni letters from other places. Manuscripts that are not accepted for "publication will be preserved for a reason able time at the office of Ths Times, and will be delivered to their owners on appli cation. Subscribers whose papers do not regu t.him At the prop?" addresses. if onv snfh subscribers thero shall be, will confer a favor upon the editors by calling their attention to the fact promptly, in rxrnri at Thr Times office or by mail. It is the purpose of The Times to pub lish occasional Book Reviews. The readers of this paper may expect to be informed of the contents of the leading magazines, and of the nature of sueh books of the day as come to the" editors for renew. The columns of this paper are open to the public for the discussion of public n flairs. If our readers have opinions that they wish to express, they are invited to offer them in the shape oi snort commum- ratinns to The Mecklesbcbo Times, which will nublish them willingly, if suitably prepared, the editors, of course, unk rifini- if-snonesible for anything but their own views printed on the editorial page. The office of the Mecklenburg Times is over Shaw's Siore, eor. College and Trade Streets. - Club Bates. The Mecklenburg Times and the Natio- mi! Economist for $1.75 a year. The Times and the Southern Farm bl.io a year. If you receive a sample copy of the Times, it means that some friend has requested us to mail you a copy for examination. Read it carefully and if it suits you send us your nameand become a subscriber at once. Our subset ibers are requested to notify us by postal card or letter of deaths, marriages or other matters of news in their neighborhoods, our desire being to publish all the news of the county. REST SIASOX. This is the season for Coinnicace- ments. There is scarcely a house hold in this county, or state, where interest is not more or less involved in Commencements. Engaged in the busy pursuits of life or vexed with its cares, many persons may look upon Commencements in general as tiresome affairs, yet some one of them has for most of use a pleasure to which we abandon ourselves as to the sweetest, purest and most innocent de light. We judge that person to be a somewhat miserable specimen of a man or woman who does not feel a friendly interest in the educational progress of the boys and girls of our laud, and who does not make some outward manifestation of that feeling of interest. The streets of Charlotte have been somewhat enlivened of late by the passing through of college students, to say nothing of the enlivenment our own school closings have caused in our midst. How are all of these boys and girk going to spend the summer, we wonder. To all, the vacation should be as nearly as possible a season of rest and recreation; those who must return to school in two or three months need rest and recrea' tion as do those who are ready to enter into industrial or professional employment in the fall. We must be warned, however, that rest and idle ness are not synonymous. Skipping and running and laughing and frolic- ins: out of doors will rest childish limbs and lungs and minds grown wearyver confinements and books The farmer' 8 son will find invigora tion for his tired body and brairrpas well as for the spirit of his manhood, by active labor on fhe farm. There is a wide difference between work and recreation too. Give the boys and eirls plenty of license in summer amusements. The special mission of the Times is to discover thu causes of the great ;-viis that threaten the welfare of the :iasses and especially the farmers. Jnder our system of laws monoplies i- multiplying and strengthening their grasp on the throat of the people and unless the cause is discovered and the remedy sought and applied, there is great danger of a revolution. Former republics have fallen from causes such as now exist in the United States. It is of the highest importance to consider whether our government is not drifting towards the fatal cataract over which all former republics have fallen. Tiie agricultural department of the Times is under the control of a prac tical farmer. if you want to keep up with the news of the day and the great political and social questions that now disturb thej American mind, subscribe for the TlilES. " CHAPEL HILL. Since the cotton found out that it would not be wrapped in jute bagging it has been holding a high head. The Messenger the negro organ of Charlotte says : It is not too early for the negro to aspire to the Presi dency, It is .said""four things come not back the spoken word, the .sped arrow, the past life, the neglected opportunity." Those who read the article on cotton bagging on another page will understand thoroughly the advanta ges of using the cotton instead of the jutfr bagging. Mr. Tracy the National Alliance lecturer says that the Alliance should leave the co-operative store business severely alone. He says "keep your snout out of that business as you are sure to get slicked." Alliance men of Union and Cleveland please take note. The local! option elections last Monday were disastrous to the cause of prohibition. Raleigh, Durham and Monroe which were notedjdrytowns, Lave voted in favor of a little mois ture. Notwithstanding this the cause of prohibition i s strengthening throughout the country and this temporary reverse will soon be over come with a lasting victory. It would seem from the extract elsewhere in this issue from a negro paper of Charlotte that the negroes are much dissatisfied with the republican administration. Moreover it con tains some startling confessions in re gard to the shipment of negroes to Northern states to ote the republi can ticket. Tue Ne ;ws and Observer savs : j . What North Carolina most needs is accumulated capital. Just see what the Savings. Banks of New York are doing. In 1886 they lent out 241, 000,000 an enormous sum; but the year ending June 30, 1889, they in Creased that amount to $413,000,000. No wonder New York can get on a spluge whenever she wants to. CRIME AD EDUCATION. The Durham Plant thinks that crim inal statistics will show the efficacy o education for restraining crime. Crim inal statistics will be useful in many ways, but will be poor evidence in determining whether or not education checks crime. The political condition of society has far more to do with crime than education. Society may be ever so highly-educated, yet if its political condition is bad crime will prevail. Education under certain con ditions may become a potent factor in creating violence. It was the educa tion of the masses that produced the reign of tetror in France, and itk the United States, the education of the masses sharpens their sensibilities and renders it harder for them to bear "jp under the injustice of laws that bind them in poverty. Theft, burglary, murder and suicide are more often the consequences of political condition than ignorance. In the New England States where there is more general intelligence than infc$ Southern States, crime is much more frequent because th population is much more crowded and poverty much more extreme. But under favorable conditions edu cation will go far to tame the wild passions of man, refine his senses and make liim a better citizen in every re spect. The article on homesteads on the outside of this paper shows that the homestead is of very little use to a farmer. It certainly impairs his credit with merchants and forces him if he buys on time to give a mortgage on his crop or his personal property. A little legislative dynamite would be a good thing for that law. Centennial Celebration of the Founda tion of Our University. NewMnd Observer, June 7th. Wednesday was a great day in the history of the University. It was a day pre-eminently of the reunion of former students. The day previous was given over to the class day exer cises of the seniors and representative speaking, but yesterday as was intend ed, was monopolized Ly those whose immediate connection with the Uni versity had ceased. Old students. alumni and matriculates, including State officers, Congressmen, represen tatives of the bench, the bar, the medi cal and clerical profession, farmers, manufacturers and every other voca tion, many of whom had not revisited days since they left the Univerity at the final commencement in which they took an active part, renewed their old associa tions, shook hands with their class mates and engaged in the exercises in tended to show in part what has been performed by the University in the past. Distinguished educators repre senting other colleges, and including such men as Crawford H. Toy, of Harvard University ; President Ven able, of the University of Virginia ; Prof Browne, of Washington and Lee University; Prof. Shepherd, of the Charleston, South Carolina College, and Dr. J. L. M. Curry, who has taken such a prominent part in South ern education were present and had an opportunity of seeing what the Uni versity is doing, and made speeches of congratulation and good wishes. President Oilman, of Johns Hopkins University, who was expected to be m attendance, was unavoidably absent The morning exercises in Memorial Hall were mainly reminiscent. Sena tor Ransom, who was to have deliver ed the alumni address, broke his arm a day or two ago, it is understood, and was consequently confined to his home. The roll call of classes extend ing back over fifty years, however, was called and gray-haired and youth ful men made pleasant speeches about the I niversity, the work it had done, what it was hoped it would yet do and their connection with the institution. The alumni banquet was the feature of the afternoon. The old students and their guests, to the number of several hundreds, assembled in General Hall about 2:30 o'clock, and after partak ing of the college menu made speeches and listened to others until after o'clock In the early evening girls in white dresses, accompanied by their friends and sweethearts, strolled through the shady walks and leafy bowers for which the University is fa mous,, and many equipages laden with fair occupants could be seen driving through the principal streets of the village. Later in the evening Memo rial Hall was again lighted, and the class exercises continued in the pres ence of still larger audiences, the crowd in attendance continuing to in crease with each incoming train. Th exercises which will be concluded to 1 i .. day wound up last night with a ger- man in the gynasium where some of the prettiest and most intelligent girls of the State danced with equally as bright and intelligent young men until they grew tired and the strains The "It secures the home or "home stead," which desigates exempt land on which he has - or may make his home." This is the language of the Chief Justice of our Supreme Court, a Yale man, and a cultured Judge-, in the case of Jones vs. Brittan recently decided. It may be good law, but is it good grammar ? Which is cor rect ,,on which he has or may make his borne," or "on which he has made or may make his home?" Statesville Landmark on State Pride. For the Mecklexbcbg Times. I desire to thank you for copying the article on State Pride from the Landmark. It was induced by jour own article on the failure of the Legis lature to provide a suitable showing for the State at the New York Centen nial. - I like to see public matters met and discussed in thisway. ' And I think the description here clearly shows that our politics in North Carolina is at low ebb, worse than "narrow guage." . N. P. Foreigrn Notes. The dog tax of Franje yields an annual revenue of about 1,500,000. A violent shock of earthquake was felt near Paris Friday. London, June 6. The proceedings of the coroner's inquest on the body of Mr. Maybrick were brought to an end to-day by the jury bringing in a verdict of wilful murder against Mrs. Maybrick. One of the witnesses, a chemist, who testified to-day, swore that he found a bottle of arsenic in Mrs. Maybrick's trunk, and found a glass chocolate box in her room which also contained arsenic. Mrs. May brick is not related to Jeff Davis as was first believed Gladstone has been making open air speeches in rain and thunder with out an overcoat or hat and he has man aged to hold enormous audiences un der such conditions. He has been boycotted industriously by the Tories in the, places he has visited, and ap pears to have enjoyed it. His speeches now are based simply on the rule of three, and this he uses in a way cheer ful to those interested with him in the home rule cause. A remarkable man of almost 80 to take his vacation in such energetic fashion ! of fascinating music had died out. THURSDAY, DEGREES CONFERRED More than 5,000 people were on the Hill. It was the biggest commence nient in the history of the University. The degree -of LL. D. was conferred on Justices A. C. Aveiy and J. E Shepherd, Gov. Daniel G. Fowle, ex Gov. A. M. Scales, ex-Judge Geo. .V Strong, Dr. E. Burke Haywood, Col W. L. Saunders, Mr. Paul C. Cam- cron, D. G. Oilman, President o Johns Hopkins University, Col. Chas. fc. enable, of the University of ir einia, Prof. C. H. Toy, of Harvard College, Prof. W. J. Martin, of David son College, and Rev, Dr. Wm. Roy all, of Wake Forest. The degree of Doctor of Letters was conferred upon Jno. F. Crowell, Pre sident of Trinity College, Rev. Dr Chas. E. Taylor, President ot Wake Forest College, and Prof. F. C. Wood ward, of the University of South Caro lina. The degree of Doctor of Philosophy was conferred upon Prof. Wm. T. Bur ney, of South Carolina University. Notes About the Flood. The artificial lake which caused the death of 15,000 people, was owned by a club of about 15 sporting men of Pittsburg. Investigation revealed the fact that the dam was made of rub bish and not solid stone. The work of clearing the 60 acres of ruined buildings about Johnstown is progressing slowly. The stench of the dead bodies buried in the wreck, has been so great that the idea of cremating them was seri- ously considered. Many survivors of the flood have become insane from the loss of rela tives and fortune. One million dollars will be used by the State, of Pennsylvania in clearing the wreck. GENERAL NEWS. AT HOME ASP ABROAD. The Events that Have Transnired Since Our Last Issue. Tiinity College will be mored to Raleigh. Cleveland county went wet by only 30 majority. New York city gave $500,000 to flood sufferers in Pennsylvania. A slight shock of earthquake was felt in Massachusetts last Friday. The High Point & Asheboro Rail road has been completed. A handsome portrait of Lieut. Gov. Holt has been placed in the State Library. v A statistician estimates thai drink is responsible for ninety per cent of all divorces. - The people of Raleigh are agitating the question of a dog show, to beheld next month. Calvin S. Brice has been elected Chairman of the Democratic Executive Committee. A huge whiskey trust has been or ganized to raise prices. Next to money whiskey is the most dangerous cle ment in our politics. A train containing 1200 Sunday school children was wrecked new Dublin, Wednesday last killing 700 persons, all children. The commencement at Gaston Col lege will take place June 20th, Rev. J. Harkins, of South Carolina, will deliver the sermon and Col. Cowles," of North Carolina the literary address. Thirty-three Chinamen in New York contributed $296 to the relief of the Johnstown sufferers The Chinese may be Pagans, but some of them give like good Christians. ('apt Henry C. Lee, a nephew of Gen. Robert. E. Lee, and a brother of Governor Fitzhugh Lee, died on Thursday night of apoplexy at Rich mond Va. Ex-Senator Sabin, of Minnesota has been divorced from his wife upon the grounds that she gets drunk. He was married to her 20 years ago. She is now at the Inebriate Asylum on Long Island, N. Y. TheSanford Express says: There is a flood in some rivers taken its at tide, leads to destruction. In all the feast of reason and flow of soul at Chapel Hill, not a word was said about University men as far mers. The Wilmington Messenger says: Postmaster General Wanamaker is not opposed to the free use ot boodle in electidns, but he is opposed to running trains on Sunday. He is now inter rogating the largest postofnees as to a movement to abolish the Sunday mails. J. D. Gaskill, of Salisbury, died Monday night in his 41st year. He was the proprietor of the largest to bacco manufactory in Western North Carolina, and was a leading stock holder in the First National Bank. He was a good citizen and a devout Christian. The Wilmington Star says : The statement has been published that the Northern syndicate which has pur chased 30,000 acres of land in Camden and Currituck counties, in this State, and Norfolk county, Va., will divide a portion of it into fifty acre farms. with a view to colonizing with people from Western New York and Canada. A thunder storm raged over New ark, N. J., and Brooklyn, N. Y., Tuesday, with terrific force. The light ning struck the St James Cathedral of the latter place and set it on fire and destroyed it. Buildings were blown down and several persons killed. A large factory near Newark was also struck by lightning and burned up. Who next, indeed! Chatham coun ty comes to the front with a dancing gander this week. The Record says: "Chatham 'takes the cake.' Dancing bears are nowhere. Mr. E. C. Brew er, of Bear Creek township, has a 'dancing gander,' so we are informed. Our informant says that if given a little dough that he will shuffle aud pat it off in real earnest. Next!" Diamonds, rich at Hales & Tolar's Diamonds, rare and Jewelers. Jeff Dims Coming, The committee of invitation for the proposed centennial celebration of the ratification of the constitution of the United States, to be held at Fayette ville on the 21st of next November, are in receipt of another letter from Hon. Jefferson Davis, in reply to a second letter of invitation they wrote him, assuring them that he will be present on that occasion if no insur mountable obstacle come in the way. It is therefore, reasonably certain now, if there was any doubt before, that he will be present, unless sickness or some unforeseen and unavoidable oc currence prevent. Wil. Stnr. Bad Accident at Chapel Hill. Yesterday morning there was an ac cident at Chapel Hill, by which a fine horse owned by Messrs LTpchurch & Lancaster of this city was killed. There were many driving parties out, some of them moving very rapidly. A huggy in which, was seated a lady and gentleman turned a corner very sud denly and collided with a team, driv ing one of the shafts deep into the breast of one of the horses. The ani mal died in about three minutes. The shock was very severe, and both occu pants of the buggy were thrown out, but sustained no serious injury. Raleigh CaJi. How Senator Ransome Broke His Arm. Weldon News : Senator Ransom had the misfortune to break his arm on Saturday while at his home in Northampton. The Senator while walking over his farm had gotten his feet damp and on reaching the house put on a pair of slippers. Desiring to assist Mrs. Ransome in some garden ing he put on a pair of rubbers and went out. While speaking of the dampness he put out one foot to show his rubbers when the other foot slip ped from under him throwing him to the ground. He fell on his arm and broke it between the elbow and wrist. This shock made him insensible for nearly two hours. When he revived.the fracture being transverse he set the arm himself before the physicians could arrive and is now doing very well. It was the same arm which was wonded aud which had also been broken once before. The Agricultural College Wilmington Star. The following in the last number of the Biblical Recorder is well worthy of careful consideration and the friends of industrial education would be glad td see it in your paper:. We gave our influence to the crea tion of this college and did what we we could in aid of its establishment. We did this while under the impres sion that it was to be strictly a Col lege of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts, where boys and young men who wished to become first-class farmers and mechanics could be educated in these departments. This was our one idea of the institution, and on this we gave it onr hearty endorsement. We had no thought of its ever becoming a mere literary institution or a mere rival college to Chapel Hill, David son, Trinity and Wake Forest; and we Sincerely hope the trustees will hon estly strive to, so arrange the course of study that no conflict will occur and to make the institution what it was intended to be and what its name implies. So many mistakes have been made and it is so easy to make them that it is well for the people, and those especially who feel an interest in a discussion of what sort of a man we need as the President, and what branches ought to be taught in this new college. There is a popular er ror going the rounds, which so far as we know no friend of the college has undertaken to correct; that it is to be a place for the farmer to educate his son. There are plenty places in North Carolina where the farmer can educate his son just as cheap as he could at anv new college that could be built. The sons of farmers and the sons of mechanics have just as good a chance to get an education as the son ot any other class when they are equally able to pay for it, and it is not the object of the State of North Carolina to raise up a great new pauper institution for the purpose of educating some of her men who else had gone without a col lege education. We do not need such an institution and if we did, the State is not able to endow it, and it certain ly has no right to convert the funds donated by the General Government tor any such purposes; as the purposes for which they are given are express ed in the Acts of Congress. Tbe real and only purpose of the college, then, is to educate the sons of anybody farmers, lawyers, me chanics, doctors and preachers, who wish to study scientific farming and practical mechanics; and the sons of all these classes have equal chance be fore the law if their object is to learn to perfect themselves in either or both of these occupations. As there are 120 free scholarships, all classes will have an equal chance for them before the law. It is to be hoped that tui tion will be so cheap, that the free scholarships will not be much in the way of a man or boy who really wishes to benefit himself or his neighborhood by becoming an expert farmer or me chanic. So it is not a "farmer's college," but a place to make better farmers and mechanics; cot better citizens or better educated men, but better farmers and I better mechanics, and out of anybody's sons whogo there. The institution ought to be judged by its success in these two lines alone; for if it fail here, though it may succeed in every thing else financially, socially and politically; aud though it furnishes a half dozen new fat offices for politicians and office-seekers who arc also good party organizers, it will be a failure and a fraud, and ought to be destroy ed. There is but- one thing for the I friends of agricultural and mechanical progress in this state to do, and that is to rally around the trustees and see that they are not deceived into elect ing local or foreign offiee-seekers, who have had no experience in this work. Of course, the trustees are inexperi enced in the management of such a college. We are all in the dark to gether, and they need the kindly sup port and advice of every intelligent man who has given serious attention to industrial education. Many intel ligent men arc already confidently predicting failure because they do not believe the trustees have had sufficient experience to choose suitable officers for the college. This belief was great ly strengthened by the current report that the trustees, or some of them, bad under consideration the names of sev eral prominent politicians for presi dent. The college is rich, but it will be hard to make it survive the election of a politician, who would be glad to make it a stepping stone to some high er office. Let the people watch this institution, and see that it is held down to the work for which it was intended, and that ornamental and collateral branches are not allowed to be tacked on so as to make a place for every place-seeker in the land. Citizen. TROUBLE IX THE CAMP. REPUBLICAN The Editor of a NesTO Paper is Char lotte Says that the Negroes Had a Better Shoninsr Under Cleveland than , During the last campaign much was said about the detaining 'and appoint ing of colored men to office under Mr. Cleveland. We are ready and do now admit that it is but fair to sav tha't there were about as many colored men and women holding office in tbe de partments at ' Washington when Mr. Cleveland retired as when he came in. In the Washington City postoffice the negro was much better represented under Cleveland than before. lhere were twelve or fourteen colored letter carriers under Cleveland, while under Republican rule there were never more than two at once. Other departments show a good increase of colored repre sentation. They were not Democratic negroes. We are told that of about lour nun dred places in the capitol, one-half are controlled by the Democrats and the other half by Republicans, there are places paying all along from $60 to 8333.00 per month; the average pay to the negro is 0U per month, i naer the Democrats on the House side, there are four colored men getting from S80 to Slbb per month. Under the Republicans on the Senate side, there are four colored men getting from 80 to $100 per month. Can the next Republican House afford to do less than the present Democratic House? And if better friends to us than the Democrats, shouldn't they do better for us? If any third rate white man from the South, who claims to be a Repub lican, is entitled to $1200 or $1400 position, and it is deemed unkind to offer him anything less, we claim that colored men who control the votes of their party and have the ability and desire for place, should have decent and respectable places offered them when they ask for recognition. It is now admitted by all that the 'Republican party is indebted to the negro for its victory. The negro has left the South and gone where his vote is counted in sufficient numbers to be of service to the party. It is the South Carolina negroes who went to Indiana in 1883, that saved the State to Gen Harrison. It is the South ern negroes who have moved to New York and Illinois since 170, that saved those States to Gen. Harrison and the Union. .It was the Southern negro that made every Southern poli tician whatever he now is politically. We do not expect every colored man that wants office to get it, but we da intend to mark the white leaders of our making who insult our best col ored men by offering them spittoons to clean, simply because these colored men have bankrupted themselves in working for the success of the Repub lican party, and thereby given these leaders an advantage over t-hem. COEEDEBATE VETERANS. Call for a Meeting in Every County on July 4th. Durham, N. C. Junel, 1889. To the Press of North Carolina : Gentlemen : The c&ll of the Con federate Veterans' Association has not been as extensively published as it is important it should be, and I there fore respectfully ask that if you have not already done so you will please give it insertion in each of your pa- and also call attention to it pers, g en- ASOTHER CALAMITY The City of Seattle Wash!,,,,, tory Destroyed l,y 1 lhe entire busine Seattle is now nothing ruins. About 3 o'cl P'T! 'Ut uci editorially. Please help us, tlemen. in this patriotic work. Very respectfully, J. S. Cakr. Pursuant to a resolution adopted by the North Carolina Confederate Veterans Association, I hereby call upon the Confederate veterans in each and every county in the State of North Carolina to assemble at their respective courthouses, on Thursday, the 4th day of July, 189, to form a Confederate Veterans' County Asso ciation, under the plan of organiza tion herefore adopted and published by this 'Association. In counties where suclKassociations have been already formed, I call on them to meet on said day. It is earnestly re quested that all County Associations formed and to. be formed shall im mediately transmit the proceedings at said July meetings to W. C. Stronach, Secretary of the Association, at Raleigh, N. C , said proceedings to distinctly set foith the name and postoffice address of the president and secretary and the names of the exe cutive committee thereof. It is most earnestly recommended and requested as of the utmost im portance that at the said July meet ing there shall be recommended for appointment by their association the names of two patriotic ladies for each township in each county, who shall be especially commissioned to aid in the glorious work of establishing a soldiers' hme for the old and broken veterans of North Carolina. Let be understood that this association is determined that a soldiers' home shall be built. J. S. Cakk, President. r. ... T.U ' " nu ovine lci jjeuuuu 'Hi'Mitg uusciiiuiii in a iwu Mnrv (V. ing on the southwes-t ..r1,.r(( and Madison streets Th,. ' which was owned 1- Mr J. Bentents, and tin- tir which was leased by the Si a.t store, and the upper floor Ltj, pied as office, was'sr un alarm was instant- turn. . jn department responded prompt was impossible to make uiivr against the flames. Th,-1 u;;,i; " most of the others of" iu Vin j" business centr,e, was im; il.-i-,,.. ' was a curniT one or a buildings, all joined , various heights. Val! fire department tinut without avail, for tin timber were easy prey t. . ' r .i ion nnuuies lrum in t:ill,. developed into a conthiL'i a!;,,,, It is now estimate.! tlllt ,; loss by the fire to the i-ity. ;, ings alone, is IO.UImi.ihi'u sonal losses will probaMv r.u 000,000. It is thought ux sons must have perislu i i,, r, Giant powder was ucl ,i buildings, but to no ?",. ct. ; ported that two per- ij, lynched for stealing. ''"W . if J. '"i'v ,1;, i! l Sr. uu.i;. NEW ADVERT 1 s i; M Knt ANOTHER HORSK F !: i At Double Oaks fa, j.V f, See Lee Edwards imiii;. w I it. bauuin;k I'r-.: f FLOODS OF THE FUTURE. Prohibition Elections. Last Monday local option elections were held in several towns in North Carolina, with the following results: Raleigh, wet by 198 majority. Durham, " " 75 ' Goldsboro, " " 179 " Monroe, " ' 120 " Wadesboro dry 18 " The election in Cleveland county has not been decided, but indications are that the wet ticket has triumphed. Summer Pilgrims. Three hundred pilgrims bound for the World's Sunday-school Conven tion in London, July 2-5, will sail from New York, June 19; on the "Bothnia." About the same time a company of five hundred persons, chie ly Baptists and Methodist, will start for the Holy Land, and Bpend several months in Europe, Africa, aud Asia. Mr. Cleveland's Contribution. New York Times. The Santa Barbara Herald pub lishes the following letter from G ro ver Cleveland, sent in response to a request for a contribution in aid of tbe new Methodist Episcopal Church: The Victoria (New York,)) April 8, 1889. )" Miss Annie C. Pyle : Letters like yours asking for help for churches and other worthy causes are sent to me so incessantly that I find it impossible to respond to them all. I am pleased, however, with your plan to do something or give some thing for the money you ask, instead of being contented with merely asking for it. I enclose you 05, and in return I ex pect you to send me a nice card with some pretty moss pressed upon it. Don't send me anything other than you can afford leaving you a very large profit from the transaction. I expect to pay well for what I get, and shall no doubt be perfectly satis fied with what you send. Yours truly, Grover Cleveland. A similar request by the young lady was sent to President Harrison, and in return she received a letter, signed Mrs. Harrison, inclosed in which was the sum of 10 cents. Subscribe Time for The Mecklenburg A Fortune Hidden in the Ground. It has just leaked out that a citizen of Charlotte has been hunting around for some of Sherman's buried treas ures, and a good deal of digging aud ploughing in South Carolina soil has been done, but unsuccessfully, so far as raking up the hidden gold is con cerned. A News reporter got hold of the story yesterday, and it is worth publishing, because it is true, and because 027,000 in gold and silver coin, stolen by Sherman's raiders, lies buried in the soil not many miles south of Charlotte. When Sherman was on his famous march to the sea, he collected, as he pas&ed through South Carolina, seventeen wagon loads of gold and silver coin, jewelry, gold and silver table ware, etc. These wagons were placed in charge of a special guard. One night while all was quiet in camp the sergeant who was in charge of the guard entered into collusion with his squad, and they stole from a wagon 27,000 in gold and silver, in addition to the . gold pitcher that was voted to John C. Calhoun by the South Carolina legislature, and which has been gob bled up by Sherman's raiders. They carried their booty to a negro burial ground near by and buried it. That night, after the sergeant's- guard has been relieved, the sergeant sneaked off fcto the eraveyard. dug up the treasure, and buried it somewhere else, expecting by this move to eventually secure it all for himself. A week later he was bushwhacked and mortally wounded. He was attended by a Federal surgeon, to whom, just before he died, he related the whole circumstance of the hidden treasure, giving him at the same time as good a descriptiou of its hiding place as possible. After the war, the sur geon spent months and months trying to find the hiding place of this gold and silver, but had to give it up. Fiualiy, not long ago, he communi cated the fac to a friend in Char lotte, and this friend has been trying to find the treasure, but without avail. The Charlotte man found the decessed sergeant's name on the army register at Washington, visited his family in Massachusetts, and gained all the in formation possible, but has not yet been able to locate the place where the treasure is concealed. The 27, 000 in gold and silver is buried with in halt a mile of the grave yard, but the exact spot has not yet been loeal ed Incase it 13 dug up by tie Charlotte man, Calhoun's goldpitchtr will be restored to the State of Sout 1 Carolina. Dtiily Wetcg. A Card of Thanks. Mr. Editor : The extensive circu lation of your excellent paper through out this community, recommends it to me as the proper organ through which to submit this communication. Permit me then, to tender my sin- cerest "thanks," to the young ladies of Amity and Robinson, for the tan gible expression of their regards, voiced by a "pleasiug surprise." Touches like to this, nuba the citadel of the souL And let me further say: 'Tis not its value on the mart, That makes the gift so dear; It is because we know the heart. That gives it, is sincer.'. ' Shamrock. N. C. (f. V. H. GENTS' G M )ls IF YOU WANT A H IT 1 I ;.. (F THE REST MAKKWXb EST MATERIAL 1'ni; iv (.'EXT LESS MoNKY TII.W . AXYCEOTrrlXG llni -i WILL SELL IT. COME AND i:A.MIM OUR STOCK AND (JET ' 'I'll I , WOOL, SHIRTS. I.AIM'UU shirts. rxL.ri!:ii:! SHIRTS. WAU.i: AN!1 ualuhij;ax i v DEUWEAK. . Halt Hose, Collars and C11IT-. i r, . Scarfs, and all such (JooiN. ;i i r will save yon money. HATS. SlIoKs. TRl'XKS. .nid VALlSl-. Fine St k of Domestics alwavs A Strong Plea for the Preservation jpf Our Forests. Atlanta Constitution : The Cone--maugh Valley disaster must not be viewed simply as a calamity. It is a warning. When boats navigate Pennsylvania avenue in Washington, and carp invade the houses of that city, we see the shawdows of com ing events something even worse than the Johnstown horrow. We have more than once pointed out in these columns the probable conse quences of the floods that will visit this country in future, The destruc tion of our forests will make the cloud burst as familiar to us as the tornado is to the dwellers on our western plains. Von Bebber, in his work on "The Influence of Forest Growth on Climate," says : "The old experi ence that the destruction of woods accentuates climatic extremes, and more especially enhances the danger of floods, has not thus far been con tradicted. Nay, it receives calamitous confirmation in the disasters which, in the South Tyrol, for example, recur so frequently, and which it is vainly sought to prevent by artificial works." It is enough to any that a century hence, when the intelligent American of that dav takes a stance backward; he will bitterly denounce TKV 'ANI ('Jllil our criminal waste and neglect in the matter of forestry, and it will be a . : 1.: .11 , i inpiery iu uis cyra mat f anun cu NWr make vmir Purchases until v so many warnings to pass unheeded, j our ,ro,M and rushed on to our doom. T. L. ALEXANDER a 13 West Trade Street. ! i THE I MM i:SE Attention Doctors. Washington, I). C. Mav 1. 19. To the Medical Profession : The various medical profession will be glad to learn that Dr. -John S. Billings, Surgeon U. S. Army, has consented to take charge of the Kc port on the Mortality aud Vital Sta tistics of the United States as return ed by the Eleventh Census. As the United States has no sys tem of registration of vital, statistics, such as is relied upon by other civi lized nations for the purpose of ascer taining the actual movement of popu- ; laton, our census affords the only opportunity of obtaining near an ap- proximate estimate of the birth and ; death rates of much the larger part of 1 the country, which is entirely un- ; provided with any satisfactory system of State and municipal registration. In view of this, the Census Office, J during the month of May this year, 1 will issue to the medical profession ; throughout the country "Physician's i Registers" for the purpose of obtain-! ing more accurate returns of death ! than it is possible for the enumera- ' tors to make. It is earnestly hoped ' that physicians in every part of the j country will co-operate with the ; Census Office, in this important work, j The record should be kept from June j PEACH CROP oK Till 1. 1889 to May 31, 1890. Nearly i 26,000 of these registration books ! were filled up and returned to the t office in 1880, and nearly all of them I used Tor statistical purposes. It is hoped that double this number will be obtained for the Eleventh Census. Physicians not receiving. Registers 'l can obtain them by sending their names aud addresses to the Census I Office, and, with the Register, an ! official envelope which requires no j stamp will be provided for, their re-! turn to Washington. If all medical and surgical practi-: tionrs throughout the country will i lend their aid, tbe mortality aud" vital j statistics of the Eleventh Census will ! be more comprehensive and complete than they have ever been. Every physician should take a personal pride in having this report as full and ac curate as it is possible to make it. ' . ' s It is hereby nrnmi'ap.l nil : ! and cost Suit very littU-. J f vuituvu lUttli Oil PE SAVED P.Y I'SI N1 - ROTARY l'l-ACH l'A; THE OXl A' PAUEU TH ' DOTHK AVOKK APPLE PA11KU.S. (KI CE11S, sUvf an immt'ii.- m- formation obtained through this source shall be held strictly confidential. KOBERT L. POKTEK. Supt. of Census. AVorth Knowing. HUGHES' TO VIC The old time, reliable remedy for Fever and Ague. Re putation earned by Thirty gears' success. You can depend upon it. Tbt It! Dbuo- OISTS HAVE IT. Call on or send your onl ' - BROWN, WEDI1X;T' 29 East Tiii.lf S V. t-
The Charlotte Democrat (Charlotte, N.C.)
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June 14, 1889, edition 1
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