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CHARLOTTE. N, C, THURSDAY. JANUARY 3, 1895.
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The Value of Constancy.
The constant drop of water
Wears m 7 the hardest stone;
The constant gnaw of Towser
ICastlcates the toughest bone;
be constant cooing lover
Carries oS the blushing maid;
And the constant advertiser n -
Is the one who jets the trade.
FARMERS' COLUMN
advertisements inserted In this column at 10c
per line each time.
WANTED-1.700 Mink skins at tne Hide
and Fur -tore. Hi. College St.,ChVlotte,
c.
r-AO BiT.IE riHF.A
A splendid new Double
V Barrel Breech Loading shot Gun
this office.
DO you want a good double barrel Breech
Loading Shot Oun cheap? It jom do, come
to the TIMES Office.
VEAT WEDDING INVITATIONS cheap at the
TIMES Office.
ANY sort of Prlnttn neatly ann promptly
done at the KEOKLEXBCBG TIltKS
l'KISTISG OFFICE.
" want to rent a farm advertise It In this col
umn at K)c. a line.
IF hunters bother you, have some notices for
bidding trespassing printed at the Bf SCKLE-i-BVBii
Times Printing Office
FOR S4LE-When you have anything for sale
advertise It In this column at 10c. per line.
Farm For Bent.
The farm of Dr. Paul Barringer, con
taining 316 acres and situated 2 1-3 miles
from Charlotte oa the Beatties Ford road
is for rent. This farm is well adapted
for dairy purposes and stock raising, a
lese on the farm for several years will be
given if desired. For terms &e. apply to
H. N. PHARR, 17 Law Building,
3 4t. Charlotte, N.C.
Mortgagee's Sale.
By virtue of a power of sale contained in
a certain deed of mortgage executed to me,
I .a M. Alexander bv J.. M. Dulin and
w:fe A. H. Dilin. I will sell at tkje
Court House Door in Charlotte on Monday
the 4th day of February, 1895 at public
auction that certain tract or parcel of
land situated in Mecklenburg county,
Crab Orchard township, on the waters of
Sugar Creek, adjoinig the lands of J.
Milton Caldwell, C. H Caldwell and
others, containing forty acres, more or
less for a mors particular description of
whiih reference is hereby made to the
id nnrtgag.- from Dulin and wife to o e.
wuich is registered in book 5o at page 31?
in the office of the" Register of Deeds of
Mecklenburg county, N. C. Terms of
said sale cash. IDA M. ALEXANDER.
January 3, 1895.
Mortgagee Sale of Real Estate.
By virtue of the power contained in a
deed of mortgage, executed to the under
signed by S. Younts and wife, on the 10th
day of January, 1888, and duly recorded
in the Register, office for Mecklenburg
County, in .book 92,' page 77, I will sell for
c.sh, to the highest bidder, at public auc
tion, at the Court House door, in the City
of Charlotte, at the hour of 12 o'clock,
31, on Saturdvy, the 2nd day of
February. 1895, all of that tract of land,
described in said mortgage, lying and
being in Mecklenburg County. State of
Xorth Carolina, in Pineville Township,
and known as the Dr. E. D. Williamson
Tract adjoining the lands then owned by
T. B Meacham, J. S. Miller and others,
on Sugar Creek, containing 96 acre, and
being fully described in saiddeeiof mort
gage, reference to which is hereby made
for full description. This sale is made for
default in the payment of the debt
secured by said mortgage. Thio the 1st.,
day of January. 1894.
3-tds. LILA S. hUSS ELL, Mortgagee.
Mortgage Land .Sale.
By virtue of a Mortgage Deed executed
to me by S. J. Krk and wife, L. E Kirk,
on the 4th day of December, 1891, and
Recorded in the office of the Register of
Deeds of Mecklenburg County, X. C, in
Book 81 , Page 531. I will sell on Monday
at 12 o'clock, January 28th. 1895, all the
property d-scibed in said Mortgage Ded,
to the highest bidder at public auction at
the Court House Poor in Coarlotte, N. C.
Terms cash. THOMAS H. GAITHER,
Dec. 27, 1S94. Mortgagee.
Executors Notice,
Having been appointed and qualified as
ex cutor of the last will and testament of
P. M. Burnett deceased, I hereby give
notice to a 1 persons holding claim
against said estate to pre seat the same to
the undersigned for payment on or before
the 22nd of December, 1895, according to
aw or this notice will be pleaded in bar
of their recivery, and all persons indebted
to siid estate are notified to make settle
ment with the undersigned. This Decem
ber 22nd, 1894.
E. J. FUXDERBURK, Executor,
Administrators Notice.
Having qualified as aJrasnistrito
of
the estate of Miss M. Kate Ranson, de
feased, I hereby notify all persons holding
claims a?ainst said estate to present them
Ito me for payment on or before tbe 1st
llay of January, 1899. All persons indebted
to her estate are requested to make DrornDt
bettleralnt December 28. 1894.
R M. RANSON,
Adnir of M. Kte Rinson, deceased.
2-12-fH.
Land for Sale.
Oil Mm ly 7th day of Januarv 1895 at
jthe Court House Door in Charlotte at 12
o clock will be sold a track of land known
as the Mirgaret Henderson land, being
fully described in a mortgage given by
Margaret , Henderson, .T. M. Henderson
in May 7th 1880 and registered in Book
24 page 120 in the office of the Register of
j deed of Mecklenbuag county. Terms
casn.
"Above sale nostDoned till Mondar. 14
January, 1893."
; DOW D. Att y for Mortgagor and
Guardian.
This D.-c. 3, 1894.
Executors Notice.
Having been appointed and qualified as
executor of the last will and testament of
Maria J. Wolfe deceased, I hereby give
notice ti all persons holding claims
against said estate to p: esent the same to
me undersigned for payment on or before
thei:$th of December 1895, according to
!ar :n i.i.i. i
' "i -um iiuui-e win oe pieauea in oa
of their recovery, and all persons indebted
, oo.u .-iie arc uoimett' to ma He setue-
rneut witn the undersigned. Tnis Decem
ber Jfth 104. c. H. WOLFE.
lit cutor of Maria J. Wol'e, doc
Administrators Notice.
Having qu ilifi. as admin strator of the
legate of H. Isabella Kawdon. dee'd, late
Vf Mecklenburg county, all persons hav-
h ma isaiiist, ine estai. of th
eceilent are herebv notified tyi nn.n
hftn to me f r payment on or before ih
th Uj of Dec uber, 189), or this notice
; a 1 " . " .-iu.a i DI J, (
1 1 6 IlrV-u1 in hir nf thai- ,
p us muebt to said estate are no
liBel o utke iiiiiu-Klite paymeut to mo.
mil, D-. 13, .:. a N. PHARR
.Aum r H. l.dbtlla Radon, ,
run YOU.
Your subscription is due and we
need the money. Many of oar sub
scribers hare already paid up, bat
you have not. Don't pat it off any
longer frut come oa and pay up be
fore Xmas. You have the money
flow bat may not have then. We
have been patient with, yon and we
certainly expect all who can to come
in and pay up at once. Respo't.
W. C.! Do wd
Gre ham-Glnyas Knplaals.
For the Timbs.
On Thursday, December 2.h, at
3.30 P. M. at St. Mark's Episcopal
Church, a wedding was solemnised,
it being the first event of its kind
ever occurring within that eanetaary.
The happy coo pie were Miss Lelia
G lay as, the youngest daughter of
Tho.i as Gluyas, Esa. of Bristow and
Mr Thomas Ore-ham of Monroe, son
of Wo. A. Gresham of Charlotte.
Loving hands had lent their aid in
making more attractive and pictur
esque the already beautiful interior of
this the handsomest church edifice in
the rural districts of Mecklenburg.
The decorations consisted of Mid
Winter's verdant- adorniogs ever
green vinep, mosses and ferns. An
exquisite vine entwined around the
pillars and fell in graceful festoons
from the triple arch of the wood
screen, graceful ferns, in masses were
gropded around the base of the pil
lars, and formed pyramide on either
side of the chabcel. Adding still
more to the effect were tha Xmas de
corations which remained on the altar.
Every door, pillar aod arch in the
nave and transepts were draped in
green.
Punctually at the hoar appointed
the bridal party entered to the strains
of Dhielmanc Golden Future March,
rendered by Mra. H. L Hunter or
ganist for the occasion Passing up
the aisle leading from theWestern entr
ance thejtwo others took their place on
either side of the chanoel. Entering
jimultaneously from the doors of the
North and sooth . transits the brides
maids and groomsmen passed up tbe
side aisles and entered tbe chancel.
Fallowing oarae tbe bride with her
maid of honor, and the groom with
his beat Ban, and meeting under the
wedding bell suspended from the
central arch, ihey plighted their troth
after the form of the beaatifnl Epis
copal service. Rev. E. A. O.borne,
of Charlotte, soleminixd the marriage
rite. After the nnptnal benediction
the bridal party retired down the
main aisle to tbe strains of the Men
delssohn's wedding March.
xue Dnae ana ner attendants were !
attired in stylish costumes of tan.
The groom, groomsmen and nsheis
wore conventional black, with Us kid
gloves.
The bridesmaids were Misses Lacy
Whitley and Ella McCoy of Bristow.
The maid of honor was Miss Bright
Tcrranee of Gastonia The grooms
men were Mr. Samuel Moore ot Hus
tersville and Mr. Arthur Harry of
Hopewell. The best man was Mr.
John Jamison of Monroe. The ushers
were Dr. E. M. McCoy of Bristow and
Mr. Edwin "Gresham, of Charlotte.
Mr. and Mrs. Gresham left for Char
lotte to t.ke the train at that point for
a tour to Florida. H.
rhrl .tmM at and Amid Shamrock.
For the Times.
Mr. J. Milton Caldwell's usual
Xmas tree was the order of the day
Tuesday. And the bright happy
face, of" his grand children might
have tempted even the Old Saint
Nick himself to spend the day with
them.
The tony thing of the holidays was
M-fs Pattie Morris' At Home on
Tuesday evening. Every thing was
in Japanese effect.
Maay regrets followed Mr. H. A.
Caldwell to his new home near Fort
Mills. j
Dr. and Mrs. D. G. Caldwell, of
Concord, were visiting at Shamrock
daring Christmas.
Mr. and Mrs. Somers Alexander
dined quite a large number of friends
most sumptuously on Tuesday.
Victor Orr had something unique
in the way of a "possum" dinner for
his sporting friends.
Mrs. A. M. Wallace's large drove
of turkeys were diminished with the
help of friends on Tuesday last.
Sleigh riding was in order Moo
day. ' A.
Report ot i he United States Treasurer.
A dispatch from Washington dated
Jan 2nd says: A report from the
United States Treasurer shows tbe
total receipts from customs at New
York for 1893 to be $115,429,594 as
against $88,362 MIQ for the year just
ended, whic'a, as given by months,
4 follow:
January, $3,315,531; February,
$7,424,084; March, $7,448,479;
April, $6,732,696; May, $6,238,
234; June. $5,181,179; July. $6,
175,379; August, $8,723,031; Sep
tember, $9,692,86; October. $8,
228 744; November, $6,769,608; De
cember, $7,432,396.
The highest receipts from this
source daring 1893 were in January,
when they footed $15,291,892, and
the lowest were in December of that
year, when they aggregated $5,645,
908. TLe statement, which also in
cludes the percentage of each kind of
money received, shows for January of
1894 the gold coin percentage as 17
pet cent ; in September 1 per cent.,
while July showed no appearance of
gold ooin oercentage in the kind of j
mone received. ,
Tbe percentage of gold coin receiv
ed in September, .1894, was 54.1,-j
which has not been reached since that
period.
Talk or an Extra Session of Congress K
publicans Dread It The Appropriation
lor tU Income Tax May Nwt Meet Impo
sition,
Washington, Deo. 31 President
Cleveland is the only man who has
the authority to call an 'extra session pf
Cungrers, bat that little faot, impor
tant as it happens to be, is being en
tirely overlooked by those who have
relieved the President of all trouble
in the matter and assumed his author
ity without even saying, by your
leave, sir, and who are now busy ar
ranging all the details of the extra
session. President Cleveland has not
said that he would call an extra ses
sion, b ut both he and Secretary Car-
Jisje sojne tioieago pointed oat to
. leading deffieerats fth'at sirne ort f
reiief mast soon be had for - the
railed to provide it necessity might
compel the calling of an extra session
The situation has not changed. The
calling of an extra session depends
largely upon the action or non-action
of the Democrats ia the present Con
gress. Tbe Republican leaders would ro
gard the calling on an extra session of
Congress as a great misfortune for
their party, although some of the
small fry are swaggering , arodnd talk
ing about, "what we'd do " The
leaders know that just as soon as a fi
nancial bill is reported to the Repub
lican House, a situation not widely
differing from that existing in the
present House will at once be devel
oped; that the financial difference:
are quite as marked in their own as
in the Democratic party; hence their
dread of an extra session the year be
fore a Presidential campaign.
Although a large proportion of the
Democratic members of tbe House
have returned to Washington, there
is nothing in sight upon which to pre
dict with any degree of eertaioty what
will be done with the Carlisle curren
cy reform bill. In order that there
might be no misunderstanding and
every Democratic member might fed
at liberty to propose amendments,
President Cleveland has allowed it to
be perfectly understood that he is not
wedded to any particular plan of cur
rency reform, but is re.Jy to join
bands wtth the Democrats in Con
greps npon any plan that can be
agreed upon. When the House meets
Wednesday the discussion of the Car
lisle bill will be resumed and contin
ued for the rest of this week. Fur
ther than that no definite programme
bas been arranged. It is expected
that a Democratic caucus to consider
the b'U and proposed amendments
will be called this week and that
something will be decided upon.
Senator Cameron, of Pa., has just
shown that a man may have Presi
dential aspirations aspirations are all
Cameron will ever have and yet not
guard his tongue That Senator
Cameron was pecuniarily interested
ia the Mahone lot, and that it was
parti j through him thst ex Senator
Mahone has' for four years been able
to prevent the purchase of any other
lot as a site for a new Government
Printing Office, has long been known
in Washington. But that did not pre
vent general surprise when Sena or
Cameron made the flat-footed state
ment that the Senate would agree to
the purchase of the Mahone lot, and
that only N'ot very complimentary
to the Djrr.ocratio majority of the
Senate, eh?
Secretary Gresham presented the
new Austro-Hungarian minister to
tbe President Saturday afternoon
It having been repeated that the new
minister was under instructions to de
mand on behalf of his government
certoin tariff concessions with a no
tice that retaliation upon American
products would follow a refusal on
the part of this government, he was
seen and asked if the report was true.
He stated positively that his govern-
men. had git en him no such instruc
tions, and that it had taken no action
whatever concerning the new tariff
lie added that be did not anticipate
any commercial trouble between his
government and the Uoited States on
accou it of the new tariff.
Senator Cockrell, of Mo., chairman
of the Senate committee on appropria
tions, takes no stock in there being
any serious attempt made to defeat tbe
cb.use in the urgency appropriation
bill appropria ing money to meet the
expenses of collecting the income tax,
notwithstandiog reports which pr -
tend to give the details of a combina
tion organized to defeat that appropri
ation in the. Senate. Mr. Oockre',
says he intends to get the bill before
the Senate, as soon as possible and
that, he anticipates no trouble in get
ting it passed. Senator Quay is said
to be preparing an endless speech
which he proposes to make against
tie bill, and Senator L-dge is also
credited with a desire to talk against
it. Senator Hill figures in all the
rumors about wiiat is being done ta
try to defeat this appropriation, bat
those who know him best do not be
lieve he would defeat tbe appropria
tion, if he could, although he would
gladly vote to repeal the income tax.
But voting to repeal a law and vot
ing to withhold an appropriation nec
essary to enforce a law or two very
different things. Attorney General
Oluey is confident that the attempt
to hava the income tax declared un
constitutional by the COnrtS will fail.
The Poi Wants to Extend Catholicism la
Froti stint Countries.
The Central News correspondent in
Rome says: "It is understood that af
ter Cardinal Vaughan's arrival, the
Pope will preside at an initiatory con
ference to consider means of extend
ing Rojin CitholleUm in Protestant
countries Several American and
Colonial bishops will attend the conference.
, I . f " .
A Mlss-oa-ppl Ms-a Ha flaa Be ts
Tired el Talk aad Bea.latto.fl ad gaa
ta too Foraaf-ttoa mt Ct.k.
A New Orleans, La., dispateh of
Dee. 27 says : The following open
letter to Governor Stone, of Hissi-
sippi, who ia president of the Cotton
Growers' Association, will appear Fri
day morning ia a number ot news
papers in the eottoa belt. It is a
practical letter from one of Naphei's
moat prominent, praotioal and success
ful basinesa men :
Natchkx, Miss., Dee. 26th. 1894.
To Honorable John M. 8tone, Jack
son, Miasiasippi.
Mt Diak Sik: I learn through
tne puMie press that there will be i
meeting of the Cotton Growers' Asso
eiatioa, of which yoa are the honored
president, at Jackson, Miss, on Jan a
ary 9th- I also learn that the object
r the eenvention is to promote the
welfare of the agrioultatal elaas, parti
cularly tbe cotton farmer, and to de
vise some way by which his product
may be enhanced id value aod made
remunerative.
Same weeks ago, a eoavention of
this kind met at Montgomery, Al .
passed resolutions and adjourned with
out making any progress towards the
desired end. If the convention to
be held Jannary 9th is for the purpose
of listening to windy speeches of ad
vice to the farmers, telling then what
each and svery one already knows.
and to pass resolutions, it might as
well not be held. What the farmer
wants is not advice, bat some plan
presented by whi-ib the price of his
product will be increased by the time
his next crop is ready for market.
.Nothing can be done so far as this
crop is concerned ; it is so large as to
have beeome unwieldy, and even if
there eould be. it would be of little
benefit, as it has almost all passed oat
of the farmers' ha"d. or will have by
tne time the convention could take
action. With middlinc cotton selling
to-day in New Orleans at 5 cents per
pound tne farmer at many interior
points does not net more than 4 to 41
cents, and unless a material reduction
in acreage is brought about, this price
will largely shrink before another
year rolls around, with it inevitable
bankruptcy to planters, merchants an dH
all other eoneerned if dependent upon
the crop to pay their debts
While many of us, last spring,
talked of fire cent cotton this fall and
wioter, still very few believed it, but
we find the staple nearly one cent per
pound lower at many interior points
aod with a declining tendeney and no
one knowing how much lower it will
Many of oar conservative merchants
thick the cotton acreage of the coin
ing year will be as great as the past.
Farmers have the lan 4 and the mules
and say that cotton is the only saleable
crop and the only one npon which
they can get advaooes. This may be
all true, bat if it is trae and we should
happen to have as favorable a season
as the past one, the South will cer
tainly be in a wretched condition.
Cotton sold on oar streets several
different years before the war at 3 and
3J cents per pouad, and I know of
entire erops that only netted $14 per
bale.
Now there is a remedy, and it can
be worked out by your convention,
provided they will undertake the act
ual work and not rely upon resolu
tions. I would suggest that the con
vention appoint a committee to draw
up a charter for the organization of an
association throughout all the eottoa
States, also the by-laws for the gov
ernment of clubs to be formed in every
eounty throughout the eottoa belt,
makiog eligible not only farmers bat
merchants and bankers Let the car
dinal principle be a redaction of cot
ton acreage, to tbe extent of one-third
of last year's aoreari . Let the by
laws provide that the planter or
faimer shall pledge himself by oath
that he will make this redaction, that
the merchant will only advance money
and supplies to those that will agree
to this basis, and the banker will only
advance to planters and merchants
who will carry oat this obligation in
good faith. Let supervisors Jpe ap
pointed by the various eounty dabs,
say one for ea.h police district, to see
that the obligations are carried oat or
bring the offender before tbe grand
jury for perjury.
It will be neees3ary for a bureau to
be established at once to organise
these dabs in the virions counties
and as money will be necessary, I
will guarantee this county to pay at
least $500 to carry on this work.
Some people may aay that the under
taking is too great bat it is no greater
than was the organising of the White
Gsmelia and Knights of the Black
Cross, to which the Southern people
flocked by the thousands in a few
months just after the war. If this is
done we may hope to get 6 eents per
pouhd for oar next crop.
Yoats truly,
Signed J. N. Carpixtir
Snowballs aad Oranges.
A Jackson ville, Fla., dispateh
dated Deo 29th says: Dispatches to
the Times-Union indicate thai the cold
wave has been very destructive te tbe
orange and vegetable crops. No sec
tion of tbe State has escaped. Oran
ges on the trees are frozen solid, and
it is said that there is aow not a sound
box of oranges in the State. Peas,
tomatoes and other vegetables are
rained. Dispatches from tbe east
coast say the pine-apple erop is ruin
ed. It is estimated that there were
2.500,000 boxes of oraoges on the
'recs and that 2,000,000 of them are
a total loss. Young orange groves
are reported ruined. The total loss
will likely reach $2,000,000. The
freizi is more disastrous than the
memorable'one of 188G. The average
temperature early this morning over
Florida was about 20 degree.
tliree Crops ! Mm. Years-The Cold
Wave TV111 Brine Deth to Many.
A O'Neill, Neb. dispatch dated
Deo. 28 Says : For some time past
stories of extreme destitution have
Come from Boyd coiinty and various
parts or Holt eounty bat they seemed
o improbable that the people here
hardly credited them. Iquiry shows,
however, that the stories were not
mueh exaggerated. The situation in
Boyd county is bad, aud if the people
there are not helped soon they will
starve or fretxe to death.
J. M. 8mi h. who lives on what ia
called the Three Mile strip, on tbe
8tate line, was in O'Neill to-day, and
be tells many harrowing stories of the
condition of the joople in his part of
iJoyd county. Mr. Smith came as a
ermmissioner from the people of his
scA ion to collect supplies He gath
eii d considerable flour and provisions
O'lay and forwarded them.
Robert B E Peattie, the staff cor
respondent of the World Herald, has
jast returned from a two weeks' tour
into Southwestern Nebraska in order
to investigate the reports in circula
tion of the destitution in that portion
of the State. The result of his search
through the counties of Buffalo, Daw
son, Lincoln. Keith. Hitchloek, Chase,
Hayes, Dundy, and Frontier may be
thus summarised.
These conn ties, particularly in
Keith, Perkins, Chase, Hayes and
Dandy, the destitution is extreme
Almost two-thirds of the people in
these counties are dependent upon
charity for existence There islittle
or no fuel in the county ; cow cbips
are in many places the only fuel.
Ther remarkably mild weather is all
that has prevented loss of life by ex
posure. There is no money in the
coany treasuries to help the destitute,
because in 15 counties almost no taxes
hate been collected since June. Tbe
shiftless have left the country and
only the farm owners remain There
is almost no water there. No crops
were raised at all last year, except in
the occasional irrigated districts and
ditrh irrigation is not possible in some
of these counties, because there are no
streams.
Most of the destitute live in sod
huts. There have been only tl,ree
crops raised in nine years. Heart
rending eases of destitution and suffer
ing are heaid of in every township. The
present cold wave will certainly cause
death to a large number of settlers if
lt continues and no aid comes. Fuel,
provisions and clothing are needed,
and the railroads will gen-rally ship
them free if sent to the county com
missioners at the county tti's of the
strieken oountry.
It Is Now Iron-Clad.
Heretofore, under the dispensary
law, any individual has had the right,
whenever he saw fit, to go to North
Carolina and buy as much liquor as
he wanted, provided the amount did
not exceed one gallon, and bring it
into this State w:thout fear of moles
tation from the dispeosary authorities.
But now all that is changed. Here
after, if a man is inclined to take a
toddy at all, he must either patronize
the dispensary or do without. Dur
ing the session of the Legislature ju.t
closed, there was passed an amend -
ment.to the dispeosary law which
makes it a misdemeanor to br'og any
whiskey into the Stats noder any cir
cumstances whatever. More than that ,
if an individual should be detected
with any liquor in his possession, in
other than a properly labeled dispen
sary bottle, he will be liable to arre.t
and trial for misdemeanor, and, upon
conviction, must be sentenced to tbe
penitentiary for a period of not lcs
than one month. In case the solici
tor should believe that the defendant
cannot be convicted in his own coun
ty, he has the right to practically
change the venae of 'he case to what
ever county he may sea fit. The law
is -now practically iron-clad. So far
as the legialt tors ar concerned, there
is but little, if any, objection to a
man drinking as mucu liquor as he
desirer; but under any and all circum
stances he must buy his .supplies from
tbe State, in order, possibly, that be
may be sure that it is 100 proof and
chemically pure.
"As the law now stands, remark
ed Senator Finley yesterday, j 'king
ly, "if a fellow takes a drink of whis
key in North Carolina and fails to
stop at the Hoe and throw it up before
he returns into this State, he lays
himself liable to arrest "-Yorkcille,
S C, Enquirer
A Historic Balldine In Georgia Homed.
A dispatch from Atlsnta, Ga , di-
ted DiC 27th say: The old capitol
building at Forsyth and Marietta
streets was destroyed by fire early this
morning. The building was s five
story brick, belonging to Venable
Brothers, who paid $125,000 for it a
few yors ago. It was occupied by
fifty or more offices. It was aa his
toric building. Legisl-turas met
there about twenty years ago Geor
gia's last constitutional convention
was held there
A speeial to the Gremville R flee
tor says that at Tarbi ro on the night
at the 26th, at a Christmts tree, Mr.
Lather Bryan had a narrow escape
from being burned to death. He was
dressed in cotton, scting as Santa
Claus, and while walking near the
tree his suit caught oa fire, the flame
going over him like a .flish. Parties
rushed to his assistance and by keep
ing the fire from his mouth saved his
life When turned loose he could
not stand alone. His burns are very
ivere.
A meeting of the di ectors of the
First National Bank was held Satur
day, and a dividend of 5 per cent,
declared, payable January 2nd.
U i
Last Week's Storm.
A Washington dispatch dated Dee.
27th says: Last night's storm pre
vailed with varying intensity over the
entire oountry eat of the Rtekv
Mountains. It was most severe along
the north Atlantic coast and in the
region of the great lake. From 18
iocbeg to two feet of snow is reported
from Northern Pennsylvania and cen
tral New York.
At York, Pennsylvania, the storm
is described as a blizzard, and one
man was found frozen to death this
morning.
At Lickhaven, Pa , with 20 inches
of buow on a level, drifts of four to
seven feet are foujd, and travel of all
kinds is practically suspended.
At Hz'lton. Pa , freight traffic on
the railroads bas been abandoned and
passenger trains are much delayed.
All collieries have suspended,
throwing 20,000 men out. A passen
ger train on the Lehigh Valley road
this morning ran into a snow bank at
Pennhaven Junction, deraling tbe
train aod wrecking the engine.
Auburn. N. Y, sports several
passenger trains stalled in snow drifts
and tbe passengers fed by farmers un
til released
Oiwego and Watertown. N Y . re
port the storm a blizzard, wmi 52
miles an hour, 20 inches of snow on a
level, and drifts of enormous propor
tion. Travel is pretty well suspend
ed.
Portland, Me ; reports a gale, with
snow and hail.
At Boston six inches of snow, wind
52 miles but with the temperature
scarcely above freezing, and the snow
turning to rain.
In Montreal, the street car tracks
are blocked and the traffic suspended.
Along tLe eastern part of New
Jersey, about six intsh-s of snow fell,
mixed with rain, and greatly impeded
travel Nearly every town along the
Jersay coast reports vessels in distress
along shore. At Cape May the
schooner Rodman R. Nickerson is
ashore. S v. n of the crew rescued
by the life savers and the cook were
drowned
At Atlantic City nearly all the bath
ing houses were destroyed and much
other damage done.
At Far Rockaway, N. Y , an un
known bark is ashore with the life
savers unable to reach her.
Georg-la Hrlps Nebraska
An Augusta, Ga., dispatch dated
Dec. 29th says: Ex Governor North
em telegra; hs the Chronicle as fol
low?: I shall appeal to the people of this
State for contributions of food sup-
piies and money for the destitute
people in Nebraska. Three thousand
families in that State are in almost
straviDg condition. Tbe destitution
i sppalliDg. Through the generous
aid of the Western Uuion Telegraph
Company, free of cost, I have wired
io the mayor of every county town in
this State asking for a thorough can
vass of his county. Railroads will
deliver to me free from freight char
ges at Atlanta. This is a great char
ity. Georgia has a grand opportuni
ty to recoguizt it. I want to send a
train load from this State. Train will
leave Atlanta January 15th.
Signed W. J. Northern.
Georgia is the firet State in the
Union to respond to the call for help
for the Nebraska sufferers. The Geor
gia Southern & Florida Railroad, run
ning between Macon and Palatka,
Fla., wi h headquarters in this city,
to-day wired K. H Elmonds, of the
Manufacturers' Record, Baltimore,
through Receiver W. B. Sparks, that
the road would contribute a carload
of corn and asking for directions as to
the shipment Mr. Edmonds respond
ed as lollows
Yours is the first contribution, j
Wili advise as to shipment later.
Both 'be Georgia Southern and Mason
& Northern Railroads are sending out
ciroulars to stations on their lir.es
asking for contributions and pledg
ing the roads to haul them free of all
charge. The Georgia Sonthern &
Florida Railroad alone will send a
train load of grain and provisions to
the sufferers, much of which will be
contributed by Macon merchants and
planters residing here. N jtwithstand
iop five cent cotton, Georgia smoke
houses and barns are full to overflow
ing and the people have enough to
spare for their suffering brethren in
the faf West.
Sale of Town Lots.
On Saturday, January 5th, 1895. at 1$
m. on th premises, in the town of David
son. 1 will sell to the highest bidder three
valuable own lots, belonging to estate
of I). A. Sloan, deceased.
For particulars apply to H. W. Harris,
Attorney, Charlotte, N. C. or
J. M. Mc WILSOX, Commissioner.
Mortgages Land Sale.
By virtue of a Mortgage Deed executed
to me bv Holler. Darby & Co. on the 27th
day of Oct. 1890 and lecordtd in the office
of the Register of Deeds of Mi-ckler.burg
County, N. C. in Book 74 page 32 1 will
soli on Monday, at 12 o'clock Jan. 7. 1895,
all of the nroDertv described in said Mort
gage Deed to the highest bidder at public
Auctioi , at tne court nouse unor iuvuh
lott. The snid projwrty lies in Hunters
ville Township. J. L. OUo.it & Co.
This Dec. 6, 1894.
NOTICE!
To whom it may concern: Fotice
hereby given tht at tbe approaching tes-
sion of the General Assembly of North
Carolina a bill wi 1 be introduced, having
for its nature and purport the following
wit: To amend an act entitled
'An act to incorporate the Farmers' Mn
tnal F.re Insurance Association of North
Carolina," so as to allow t said corpora
tion the lig'H to li-nit th- liability of its
members to losses accruing within certain
territorial limits, &.
J. S. C, CARPENTER, Oenl. A(?t
Dec. 6th, '94-30 days.
CREDIT
Do you have credit ?
Are you worthy of it ?
By this you judge, have you paid your
account like a man ?
Do you owe us, then it is long past due.
and yon owe it to your good name to make
-AN EARLY SETTLEMENT.
Do you want favors in '95.
LOOK TO IT
that no debts hang over from '94.
WE WANT MONEY.
We need it, have helped you generously,
sold you cheap, carried you long and
patiently and now
ASK AND EXPECT
a settlement, do not squirt your tobacco
juce and think its yon r neighbor we allude
to, this is for you personally if yon hart
not settled. We mean every man who is
behind" with his accou "t,
T. L. ALEXANDER SON & CO.
Ready for
You
Lowest prices ever knosvn!
Competition Defied!
Best goods produced at spot cash rock
bottom prices. We are after your trade,
we want it and if good goods at the lowest
price will get it we are sure of it. Here's
some trade winners: You'll be the one
who looses if yon fail to give as a show.
It don't cost yoa a cent to look: and see
for yourself. If we don't prove what we
say, we don't desire your trade. Its to
vour interest to buy where you can do the
best and we claim that place is Seigles.
Standard Dress Gi ghams worth 8 1-3 cts.
at 6c. Ben grade of Calicos at 5c. a
yard. Are you in need of a good wool
blanket ? We have a North C trolina made
one at $3.50 a pair. Best yard wide sheet
iug 5c. a yard. Flannel. at 10c. in white
and red Cloaks at ao.00 as good as you
generally pay $j 00 for. Why will you
stay awa? Your neighbors are buying
of ns and sarins their money. Why don't
you catch on? Mens' fine wool undershirts
extra heavy 50c. Dress Goods at 10c .
12c, 15c., 20c., to 25c. These were all
much more, bat we are money saver, and
yoa get the benefit. Don't waste your
money, but come to ns and sire it.
T. L. SEIGLE & CO.
TO-DAY
AND EVERY DAY.
Cost Sales not in it Compare my
prices Come with the crowd and you
will not wonder why it is that I am doing
the Dry Goods business of Charlotte
notwithstanding that everything is from
one quarter to one half less ia price, I am
aelling more Dry Goods in dollars and
cents than I have told in five years, my
trade is growing my store is constantly
crowdad with the smart econojuy
studying man and woman. I buy right
and sell right, I am satisfied with small
profits. I want your trade if you
are not deaf, dumb and blind to your
interest and can read the signs of the
time yon will investigate. White wool
Blankets $1.75 , N. C. Elkin wool Blankets
99, wool yarn 65c per pound, wool half
Socks 12 l-2c, children sail wool Stockings
10c, Brown'standard Shirting 4 l-13c and
Calicoes 8 l-2c, Ladies Ribbed Vests 15c,
Colored Border Handkerchiefs Sc. Sateen
worth 10c at 5 l-2c, Fruit of the Loom 86
inches wide 7c, Table Oil Cloth 1 yaids
wide 17c yard Bleached domestic 5c,
ool Jeans 18, 25 and 33c, 36 inch
Flannellette plaid 10c, Ladies Straw
Sailor Hats, black 9c, all wool Flan ne's,
all collors and Covert Cloth 40 Inches
wide 33c, Cashmeres 36 inches wide, all
colow 17c, Dress Lining 6c, Needles,
best qual.ty gold eye 4c, Zephyz 5c,
Feather Dusters 10c worth 25, Velvets
and Silk Flushes, wcrth 1.00 at 50c,
dollar Kid Gloves t 69c, 1000 Ladies and
Misses untrimmed Felt Hats worth 75c to
1.00 at 33c, Children Knit Hoods and
Ssques 25, 85 and 50c, mostly hand knit.
The best brown cotton Flannel worth 13 l-2c
at 7 l-2c, Red Twilled all wool Flannel at
19c, Don't fail to get one of the biggest
bargains in Table Linen, Napkins and
Towels, 1000 Cloaks just received starting
at 2.75 worth 4.50.
Come, Come, aod save money I know
cotton is very, very low, and the only
way you can make it up is to buy your
Dry Goods from
H. Baruch.
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
HUGIl W. HARMS.
Attorney 6 Counstlor-at-Law,
Office, Nos. 14 and in Law Building,
Charlotte, N. C.
KXUOT CXAUflOV. CHAELKS H. DCL.
CLARKSOJT & DUL8,
ATTORNEYS AND COUNSELLORS
AT LAW,
4 and 13 Law Building, Charlotte,
Practice in Federal and State Courts.
DR. K, P. KKEBAN8, Dentist,
(Successor to Drs. Hoffman A White.)
No. 7, West Trade Street, Charlotte.
Jf. C, over Burwell ft Eona's Whole
sale Drue House.
DBS.M.A.&C.A.BLAND,
DENTISTS.
No. 21 North Tryon Street np stairs,
DR. C. I. AJLEXANDJRIV
DENTIST.
Office: 8 South Trvon
Savings Bank.
BAXTER JIENDEKSOir,
ATTOBJriT ARB C0.WI1LL0I At IAW.
Offee in Ceurt House.
Practices in all the courts. Pro met
attention to all business intrusted.
Collection of claims a specialty.
H, N. PHARR,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Office No. 17. a-aw Bnlldhia'. Pv
attention to all business intrusted. Speatel
attention riven to elaJma. Pm&. i.
Stat and Federal Courts.
uct.8 ly
J. D. McCAX,L,
Attowt-at-Law,
No. 19 Law Building, Charlotte, H. 0.
Claims collected. Practice in tha State
and Federal Courts.
P. D Wanim, E. T. Cahib.
WALKER CANSLER,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
v Charlotte, N. a
Offices Roo ns Nos. 6 and 7, Law Building.
1TOTIOB,
Closing out sale comme-cing December
1st, at cost and below as we expect te
make a change in our business on Jannary
1st, 1885. We will commence on December
1st to sell our entire stock of trensral
merchandise at and below cost. Our stock
consists of everything kept in a general
merchandise line. These goods are not
old and Soiled goods, but are nearly all
new goods bought this season at the low
est prices, and when we say we expect to
sell them at cost anl below, we mean
just what we say.
Now we hope our friends and especially
our old customers will take advantage of
the bargains we shll offer after December
1st for 30 days. We expect to keep a full
line of Heavy Groceries to accom (date our
customers until we close our sale and
expect to sell them at bottom prices.'
All parties who are indebted to us will
be required to sfettle their accounts
promptly this year as we are compelled tc
balance our books by January 1st and
cannot give further indulgence.
We thank tbe public for their past
patronage, and hope to see everyone of
)urn d customers as well as many new
ones in our store during the month of
December. Remember the closing sale
commences the 1st day of December.
Respectfully, HEATH & READ,
Matthews, N. C.
Unparallelled reduction in cl ildrros
cloaks, from 4 to 12 years, $1.75 rp.
Misses' cloaks, 14, 16 and 18 years.
cheaper than ever before 1-nown.
Ladies' cloaks, 33 to 42 bast measure.
in black, navy, brown covert, gray and
tan colors, ranging in pi ice from $4 to $1$.
NOW LISTEN!
Every garment in oar c'oa'i sto.kfis
marked down to cost in most cases, and
less than cost in all others, so, never in
tbe history of cloaks, has there been such
oppo Unity to secure rare values in
wraps tor child, miss or lady. To "get
in" on these special figures and ob ain
he best selection, of course, you must
come in a hurry.
Finest North Caro'.ina Jeans, 25 and
83c
Best North Carolina Yai ns, only 65c.
About 25 elegant all wool shawls at
less than cost.
Wool over shirts from 5Tc. to $1.25.
Wool and cotton underwear for men,
women and children at prices which will
please.
Wool gloves for men from 25c to $1.
Skin gloves for men from 50c to $1.50.
Heavy wool socks, 15 and 25c.
Found prints at 50c and f 1 a package.
All dress goods at wonderful low prices.
Harris & keeslr.
sV-Next to Court H ove.
Money to Loan.
On Improved farm lands, in sums ot $300 aad
apwartta. Lo - nil re-payabla In amill annual
Instalments, through a period ot five years,
thus enebllni the borrower toe it off hls.ta-
dabtedness without exhausting his crop la aar
one year. Apply to wALKCB CAKSLIJt,
Sept. 10-4 mo, CharloUp, :