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- ; - MECKLENBURG TIMEi OmCE 25 8. TBYON STREET. rOBUBBU BTBBT THURSDAY. vr. CDOWD, SJTOS AJTD PKOPEIF-OB tniOBIKIOH yA.UO III ABTANCB THURSDAY, APBIL 11, 1895. X"A11 ommaniction8 must reach tkis offibe bj Wednesday. .stftOMtnarv notices exceeding 200 word vUl be charged for at the rate of 6 cent alia. Club Rates. T TIbms) asakesthe following club rates Vita sxseUsat publlo&U ou mentioned below: MaoUaaborc Times Southern Cultivator $l.T mm m Atlanta Constitution, $1.75 m - m Southern Frm, - - S1.T5 m m ProfTeeelre South $1.50 mm m Home and Farm. $1-30 m m World Almanac 1M m American Farm. $1.10 m m m womanxlnd. - 1.25. XBBOB8 IH THK JOURNALS. An examination of the House jour nal in search of a record of the as signment law disclosed the fact that the Democratic protest against the Douglass resolutions does not appear, there, notwithstanding their consti tutional right to put it in the jour nal and the speaker's promise that it should be done. Another error was also discovered and that was that there is no record of Speaker Walser having voted to make a quorum to impend the rules in order to enable less than a majority to do the busi ness. Both of these questions are fine po litical capital for the Democrats and the fact that they are omitted sug gests that the journal has also been tampered with and that, too, for po litical purposes. The Democrats in both the Senate and House made much, very much, fine capital during the session of the legislature, as the journals ought to show,but if thesetwo incidents are to be taken as examples the fusion clerks have either negli gently or maliciously falsified the records. However, there need be no surprise about this matter. Clerks that would count a quorum, pass bills, and steal bills, would not hesitate at a little thing like doctoring the jour nal for political purposes. There is no telling what the journals may or may not contain until they appear, CONDITION OF THE TREASURY. It is s pleasure to note along with the general improvement in trade that the United States Treasury is in a better condition than it has been since the beginning of the Cleve land administration. The gold re serve, so the Treasury officials as sert, is protected by the contract with the bond syndicate. As an eyi dence of this they point to the fact that there hare been no gold exports since the contract was made. Quite the contrary a considerable amuont has been imported under this con tract. Generally during February, March, April and May large amounts of gold are withdrawn from the Treasury for export. This was no tably the caste last year and the year before. This difference is attributa ble to no other circumstance than the contract with the bond syndi cate. It is a well known fact that no previous bond sale checked the with drawal of gold for export, and for that very reason all previous sales were failures. If the protection of gold reserve is the measure of suc cess then the last issue of bonder has proven a decided success. Nor is this all. The general Treasury balance is larger than for several years, and the prospect that receipts will cover expenditures is steadily improving. If the Superior Court hold the income tax constitu tional Treasury receipts will be large ly augmented. Upon the whole the Treasury is much better and more satisfactory condition than it has been since it was looted by the last Republican administration. Teti Supreme Court yesterday handed down its decision upon the assignment law. The decision is that it only applies to pre-existing debts, and not to- present contracts. This . will be a great relief to the farmers and merchants of our state. Busi ness can now be resumed, and the farmers who have to buy on time, can again f secure fertilizers and necessary supplies to make their crop. The decision was exactly in line with our prediction when the matter was first agitated. IT 18 IV evidence that the assign ment law was tabled, in the House, and was never before the Senate at all, and yet it is a law. This is the decision of the Supreme Court upon thia point We don't understand , how a bill can become a law unless it passes both branches of the legis lature no matter how many times it may be ratified. But then the courts are against us, and that settles it . Viboikiaks are monument build ers. . They honor their dead. The city of Eichmond has voted $10,500 to the purchase a site for a monu ment for Gen. J. . B. Stuart. ".North Carolina is slow in this mat ter. She hasn't even' a monument commemorating the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence. I A SOUTHERN MAN FOB PRESIDENT.' -The Washington Tost's editorial suggesting a southern Democrat for President in 1896, has created a great deal of talk in every section of the country. It goes without say ing that the Post's position is hearti ly endorsed in the South, and it seems that there are many at the North who look upon the idea with favor. If Senator HiU is a representative northern Democrat there is no rea son to doubt that a southern candi date would receive a cordial support. In a telegram that is entirely com mendable Senator Hill says: I have perused with much interest your article, entitled, '-A Southern Dem ocrat for 1896." It is able, creditable, and timely." Any policv which eeeks to debase an otherwise acceptable candidate, sim ply by reason of the section of coun try wherein he resides, is unpatriotic, unwise, and un-American, and I am opposed to it. This is no time for the toleration of sectional prejudices, jealousies, and animosities. The existing polit ical conditions demand that the par ty should have the whole country to choose from. Let there be u im field, a fair contest, and may the best man win. This is mv Democracy, and these are mv sentiments, briefly and has- - j ' tily expressed. Senator Hill i6 entirely right This is no time for sectional preju dices. Section should not be con sidered. The race should Im? open to all, and the best man ought to win regardless of his place of residence. It is now thirty years since the war closed, and sufficient time has elaps ed to give fairminded people of all sections aniule opportunity to lay 1 M. W aside their sectional prejudices Southerners have been votinsr for Northerners for President ever since the war. It is not creuitaie to tne sense of fairness of our Northern brethren to sav that thev would refuse to support a man for no other reason than that he came from th South. The Post, in referring to its editorial says: In the departments, in the hotel corridors, on the streets, the position which the Post has taken was discussed. The comment was universally favorable. There are not many representative Kliticiau in the city, but the few who are here were heartily in favor of the idea. Senator Hill in the dispatch re ceived from him hist night, voico the sentiment of the .Northern Dem ocrats. The Southern Democrats are, of course, thoroughly in sympa thy with the suggestion. Senator Morgan, of Alabama, said: "Thi South will never go into a conven tion and plead tor even the seconn place upon the ticket. That very act would indicate that it sought vindication of some kind, and that it still regarded itself as" not a part oi the taniilv irathennfr. it the na tional convention should choose Southern man in response to a gener- sentimeut it would be a very pleas ant and gratifying thing, and wouk do more than anything else 1 can think of to break down sectionalism "In the Senate the leading coi mittees are under the chairmanships of Southern men. The Speaker of the last two Congresses is a Southern man. Mr. Justice White, of th United States Supreme Court, hold a position where he can judicially re view the acts of a 1 resident, and ye he fought in the Confederate army Why, then, should not a Southeji man be placed on the Presidents ticket r The important part which, the South plays in the Democratic Pres idential column may be appreciated trom the tact that of the;? elector al votes given President Cleveland in 18(J2,no less than 150 of them came from Southern States, West V irginia. and Delaware not being included in this list. lhese votes have been ..cast for Northern or Western nomi nees with great regularity and fideli ty for many years. If .Northern and Western States vote for a Southern man in 1896 the spectacle would W a pleasing one, and this possibility nas already created an enormous amount of speculation among the politicians. We are not to be understood as advocating the nomination of a south ern Democrat by the next national convention. But we do say that the best Democrat in the country should be selected regardless of the section from which he hails. If the most suitable candidate is a southern man nominate him. If he be a western man choose himr In other words it is time for the parties and the peo ple to bury sectional prejudices, and let merit alone be the test. Oscar Wild's infamy and dis grace is complete. Instead of get ting a verdict for libel against the Marquis of Queensbury he is in prison charged with a heinous crime the minimum punishment for which is imprisonment for twenty years, the maximum for life. It looks like the passing of "the Aesthete." Let him pass! Sex ator Daniel and Governor O'Ferrall are the two senatorial can didates in Virginia. We hardly think it will take the Virginian's long to decide between these two. Senator Daniel is one of the leading members of the Senate. "Will Shoot Twelve Miles. There is a gun in the British navy, a 22 ton Armstrong, which htirls a solid shot a distance of twelve miles the highest point in the arc described by the shot being 17,000 feet above the earth's surface. The discharge of, the gun cannot be heard at the place where the ball strikes. WE MUST HAVE THE BEST. The telegraphic dispatches as pub lished in The News for the past few week have proven such an addition to the paper, and created so much favorable comment among its readers that we have decided to improve the service. We give our readers today's news today. When you go home at night you can sit down and see from The News not only what has been trans piring in Charlotte and vicinity, but we propose to give you also a splen did telegraphic report of the happen ings of the world. It takes money to do this, but with the splendid pat ronage The News already has", and with the large increase indicated by its business for the past month we feel that we run no risk in mak ing these improvements. We are determined to have the very best go ing. The press service we have secured is none other than that now taken by the Atlanta Journal, the best after noon paper in the South. Nothing else need be said as to its excellence. We consider ourselves fortunate in securing the service of this associa tion, The Associated Press, and also congratulate -our readers. The rapidly increasing opnlurity of afternoon papers generally is a source of much comment. Their growth in popularity is not to be wondered at. The wonder is that it has not been more sjeeuy. It exact ly tills the needs of both classes of readers. It suits the business man and the working . man, because it comes to each at a time when he has the leisure to read it 'And then it gives him a complete picture of what the world has done Unlay. It is unexcelled as an advertising medium for the same reasons. It reaches all classes of H-ople, and it reaches them at an hour when they have time to read the advertisements as well as the news. We are here to give Charlotte an other gtKjd paper, and we want your good will first, and then your pat ronage. INCOME TAX l)Kl'lON. The decision of the United States Supreme Court on the income tax is disappointing. The law a a whole is saved by the equal division of the court, half of the justices holding it constitutional, the other half Wing of a contrary Opinion. Two very imjwrtant portions ot the law, however, have been decided to be unconstitutional. These two portions are of such iuijortance as to affect very seriously the popular fa vor in which the tax is held as well as the revenues the government will derive from it. Under the decision handed do u by the court all inconu derived from rents are exempted, likewise all incomes derived from State and municipal bonds. In other respects the law stands as it war passed, but the result of consulta tions in the court show that if indi vidual suits are brought further in roads may be made. The decision is very unsatisfactory in that in .exempts-from taxation tin holders of State and municipal Wuds. and the landlords of the country, the two classes above all others at whom it was aimed, and the ones, who as ;i a rule, are better able to pay it than all others. As the law now stands those two favored classes will pay no tax, but the business men and tlio salaried men are-compelled to pay it. The court was devided as follows: Chief Justice Fuller, and Justice? Field, Gray and Brewer were op posed to the law, while Justices Hurley Brown, Shiras and White voted to sustain it. ASKED MR. CLEVELAND TO IJUIT. The President's Brother Asked to Kesig. Hi Pastorate at Chauiuuk, N. Y. Watektown, N. Y., April 3. lis a vote of twenty-eight to one, during an exciting session, the congregation of the Presbjteriau church at Chau muk, this city, last evening decided to ask the lie v. William Cleveland. brother of the president, to tender his resignation of the pastorate. It is reported that politics has been a disturbing element, although Mr. Cleveland took no part in political matters. Vir. Cleveland will appeal to the Presbytery. Harrison a Candidate. Chicago, April 5. General J. S. C'larkson, w ho is in Chicago, states jKteitivcly today that ex-1'iesident Harrison is a candidate for the presi dency. "General Harrison," he said, "is not an active candidate perhaps, but he certainly is a receptive candidate. Indeed, he is, I think, one of the most prominent, if not the most pro minent presidential candidates now before the public. ' "As to the row about the party's choice in 1896, I am of course un able to say, but. I am very confident that General Harrison will accept the nomination if it is tendered him." A Rabbit Farm. The Newberne Journal says that the 1st day of April was a good day for young rabbits at the Riverside Pet Stock Farm of F. E. liege & Co. There were a hundred and one. born that day. There were nineteen broods of them. The smallest number of any brood was two, the largest nine. This rabbitry is the largest and most complete in the United States, and Mr. Ilege does a -large trade in rabbits as well as other stock he raises, in every part of the Union. THE BEST PKOOF. The Fact Th.t Expenses Were Not Re duced Shows That the DemotraU Had Bee .. Ec .nontlcal. TjTe best proof of the fact that the Democrats had governed North Carolina economically is the action of the Douglass Legislature in not only not reducing expenditures but in actually increasing them. Yes, our Douglass legislators themselves have paid the Democratic govern ment of North Carolina the greatest ! compliment that could have been paid. Ihey had denounced the Democratic party, during the last campaign, for extravagauce and wasteful expenditure of the people's money. They bad gone to llaleigh pledged to reduce those expenditures. And yet when they got there they found that their denunciations (which the people had believed) were unfounded, and that the Dem ocrats had not wasted any of the peo ple's money nor made any extrava gant expenditures. On the contra ry they found that the Democrats, instead of being extravagant, had not expended enough had been too economical and accordingly they increased the Democratic appropria tions over one hundred thousand dollars! Chatham Record. MOKE THAN LAST YEAR. Treasury Receipts Show an Increase Over 1HW4. A comparative statement of re ceipts and expenditures issued by the Treasury Department today shows as follows: lieceipts from July 1, 1893, to April 1, 1894 Customs, $104,019,408; internal revenue,$l0T, 832,300 ; miscellaneous, $12,208,517 ; total, $222,117,385. Receipts during corresponding per iod of present fiscal year: Customs, $115,524,963; internal revenue, $H)9,9t.)2j)"i(; ; miscellaneous, $10, 819,149 ; total, $235,346,766, an in crease of $13,229,381. The receipts for March, 1894, were $24,842,798, 1 I. iliik il.oc r.tit iWIU lOI iUaii. ll, in;Tj, t I . CJl 1 he total expenditures from July I, 1893, to April 1,1894. were ?2 78, 549,4 12, and the expendituie-' from July 1, 194, to April 1, 1895, were .272,888,919, a decrease of $5,G0,- 493. The expenditures for March, 1894, were $31,137,500, and for March, 1895, were $25,716,957. BLOODSHED IN BUNCOMBE. Js Sumner Charged Wilh Killing His Nephew and Wounding Another Hoy. Ashkviu.e, N. C, April 0. A sensation occurred here this morning when news that Jesse II. Sumner, a well known and highly respected cit izen of Buncombe county, had been arrested charged with shooting some time last night from ambush, a cous in Ernest Sumner, and Charles West, two Imjvs aged 18. Both boys were riding the same horse alout seventy live yards from Jesse Sumner's house when the shooting occurred. Sumner fell from his horse and died instantly, while West is fatally wounded. The ccne of the tragedy is only eight miles from here, and officers were at once dispatched. Sumner was arres ted and brought here early this morn ing. An old feud had existed for some time between the families, but Sumner declares his innocence and says he will have no trouble in estab lishing the fact. A shot gun was the weapon used. Sworn in Without a Commission. State Senator Chas. A. Cook, of Warren, was in Ilaleisrh vesterdav md pretty soon after his arrival hunted up Judge Montgomery and that official administered the oath of oflice to Mr. Cook. He is the same Mr. Cook who engineered the bill to create a criminal court through the legislature, and got up on the floor of the Senate and protested that he had no jk-rsoual interest in the pas sage of the bill and could not accept the Judgeship if the bill became a law. He did "protest too much." Justice Montgomery administered the oath of office, notwitstanding the fact that Mr. Cook had no sign of commission, and did not pretend to have. It is reported that Mr. Ewart is scouring the mountains, trying to find a judge or magistrate who will swear him in without a commission, hut latest advices are to the effect .that he has not found any officer who would administer the oath unless he could show a commission. News .t Observer. St-ir-Opening; Umbrella. There has been upon the market lately a "self - closing umbrella," which promises to effect quite a revo lution in this useful appliance, says the Philadelphia Record. The um brella that has so long been in use has always required the use of two hands to oM.-n it Henceforth the umbrella is to be opened with one hand only. Press a spring close to the handle and the umbrella opens of itself. A spring has been released which quickly and firmly opens it, and keeps it open, at the same time adding to its strength. The addi- uou u em nenuy simple and extra r , " jr umit brella is only trifling. F"nion ITncoustitiitiiinl in Michigan. The Michigan Supreme court has decided that a candidate cannot run on two tickets, that is, if the Popu lists and Republicans should nomi nate the same man he must elect upon which party's ticket he will run. He canTIbt run on both. What does our "non-partisan" court think about tlus? If it would have defeated fu sion they will not be apt to endorse it as a good law. Bitter In Their Denunciation. The Wadesborb Messenger says that the better element of the Populist party in this country are bitter in their denunciation of the Douglass legislature. They cannot stomach the actions of the mongrel crowd that came near ruining the State in the 63 days they were in session, and they now see clearly that there is no longer room for decent men in such company. Die by Aci The people who die annually in London, numder 81,000, and it takes 231 acres of ground to giye them decent burial room. HOW HE WAS CAUGHT. Jefferson Davis Own Story Regarding- His Capture. "For the protection of my family I traveled with them two or three days, when, believing that they had passed out of the region of maraud ers, 1 determined to leave tL'cir en campment at -nightfall, to execute my original purpose. My .lorseana those of-my party were saddled pre paratory to a start, when one of my 6taff, who had ridden into the neigh boring village, returned ana tola me that he had heard that a marauding party intended to attack the camp that night This decided me to wait longer to see whether there was any truth in the rumor, which I suppos ed would be ascertained in a few hours. My horse remained saddled and my pistols in the holsters, and I lay down, fully dressed, to rest No thing occurred to rouse me until just before dawn, w hen my-coachman, a free colored man, who faithfully clung to our fortunes, came and told me there was firing over the branch, just behind our encamp ment. I stepped out of my wife's tent and saw some horsemen, whom I immediately recoguized as cavalry, deploying around the encampment I turned back . and told my wife these were not the expected maraud ers, bnt regular troopers. She im plored me to leave her at once. I hesitated, from unwillingness to do so, and lost a few precious moments before yielding to her importuuity. My horse and arms were near the road on which I expected to leave, and down which the cavalry ap proached; it was therefore impracti cable to reaeh them. I was com pelled to start in the opposite direc tion. As it was (mite dark in the tent I picked up what was supposed to by my - 'raglan,' a water-proof, light overcoat, 'without sleeves; it was subsequently found to be my wife's, so very like my own as to be mis taken for it. As I started my wife thoughtfully threw over my head and shoulders a shawl. I had gone perhaps fifteen or twenty yards when a trooper galloped up and ordered me to halt and surrender, to which I gave a defiant answer, and, drop ping the shawl and raglan from my shoulders, advanced toward hi in. He leveled his carbine at mc, but I expected, if he fired, he would miss uie, and my intention was in that event to put my hand under his foot tumble him off on the other side, spriug into his saddle, and attempt to escape. M wife, who had been watehing, when she saw the soldier aim his carbine at me, ran forward and threw her arms around me, Success depended on instantaneous action, and, recognizing that the op- iMirtunitv had been lost I turned back, and, the morning Wiug damp and chilly, passed on to a hre beyond the tent Our pursuers had taken different roads, and approached our camp from opjxraite directions; thev encountered each other and com menced tiring, both supposing that they had met our armed escort, and some casualties resulted from their conflict with an imaginary body of Confederate troops. During the confusion, while attention was con centrated upon myself, except by those who were engaged in pillage, one of my aides, Col. J. Taylor Wood, with Lieut Barnwell, walked off unobserved. His daring exploits upon the sea had made him, on the part of the Federal government, an object of special hostility, and ren dered it quite proper that he should avail himself of every possible means of escape. Col. Pritohard went over to their battlefield, and I did not see him for a long time, surely more than an hour after my capture. He subsequently claimea creuit, in a conversation with me, for the for bearance shown by his men in not shooting me when I refused to sur render. "Wilson and others have uttered many falsehoods in regard to my capture, which have been exposed in publications by persons there pres ent by Secretary Reagan, by the meniwrs of my personal staff, and by the colored coachman, Jim Jones, which must have been convincing to all who were not given over to be lieve a lie. or this reason I will postpone, to some other time and more appropriate place, any further notice of the story and its variations, all the spawn of a malignity that shames the civilisation of the age. We were, when prisoners, subjected to petty pillage, as described in the publications referred to, and in others, and to annoyances such as military gentlemen never commit or permit WhatthSeup ema Court Did not Tl I Us CI. The people of the State will be gratified that the Supreme Court has so construed the mortgage law as to confine its inhibition to pre-existing indebted ness. If the act had passed as drawn by Smith, of Stanly, so as to apply only to voluntary assign- menus giving preierences, it would have secured the approval of not a tew ot our business men. But still a decided majority of our people would have opposed such a law if they had been consulted. We say this because similar bills have been defeated in every Legislature that has assembled- for twenty years. But the act, as construed by the court, is a much more serious clog upon business than simple restriction upon the power to prefer creditors by way of voluntary assignment Hun dreds, possibly jthou8ands, of North Carolina farmers will realize this fact when they attempt to incorporate balances due for last year in the note given for current advancements. The commission merchant cannot venture to rely on a mortgage executed to se cure such mixed indebtedness. The people will, therefore, hail with joy the proposed action of the Governor, taken with a view to wipe this monu mental fraud from the statute books. News & Observer. If the Baby is CnttingTeeth, Be sore and use that old well-tried remedy, Mrs. Window's Soothing Byrup tor children teething. It soothes the child, softens th cams, allays aU p&la, cures wind coUo and la the beet remedy ror diarrhoea. Twenty-llT oenta a bottla. THE COTTON MANCTACTCKEHS. They Mean Business It MAns Much for Cot' on Milling in This Section. That party of New England cot ton manufacturers how visiting the South on a tour of inspection, as an nounced in the press dispatches pub lished yesterday, is not out ou a frol ic, but on business, and we shall be somewhat disappointed if it does not lead to some important investments. The committee is accompanied by Mr. D. A. Tompkins, of Charlotte, a progressive, level-headed, practical, thorough-going man, in whom there is no foolishness and nothing of the visionary. One of the committee is Mr. Jefferson Coolidge, a large manu facturer, who, we think, has been in the South "before on a similar errand trf this which carries him now, and was so impressed with what he learned and saw that he went home full of the conviction that the South could not only successfully compete with New England but would even tually lead in the manufacture of cotton goods, and our opinion is that his utterances have done much 'o draw the attention of New Englaud mill men, and our capitalists to the South. He doesn't believe in the tomfoolery with which some are try ing to comfort the New - England millers, that there is no danger of competition from the South in fine goods, because the South hasn't the machinery and skilled labor to make them, as if New England had an eternal monopoly of these, but blunt ly tells the New Englanders that the South can make any fine goods that New England mills can, andean and will, w hen she desiccs, command the machinery and skilled labor, both of which will come when money calls. The route mapped out for this com mittee is through one of the most at tractive sections of the South, abounding in magnificent water pow ers and in varied resources that can not fail to command the attention of capitalists. Wilmington Star. - An Old IJ e Ri vamped. The Caucasian reprints and en larges uion the long-ago exploded lie that Frederick Douglass and his white wife were invited s:ially to the wedding of Mr. Cleveland, and that the miscegenatiouist and his wife were present at that event No Other evidence of the Caucas ian's utter disregard of the truth is wanting. It knows that its state ment is foully false. The lie is re vamjed and republished now in the hope that the people can be made to believe that Cleveland worshipped Fred Douglass as ardently as the late North Carolina House of Rep resentatives. If Cleveland had wor shipped at the shrine of Douglass, would that justify the North Caroli na Legislature? "Unless the Caucas ian hopes to defend its crowd by quoting Cleveland's so-called exam ple as worthy of emulation, for what purpo. e is this base lie again brought before the public? News & Obser ver. What An Klastle Platform. Governor McKinley is reported as saying that he doesn't think the Re publican party has any idea of adopt ing a free silver platform, in which he is doubtless correct The Repub lican party w ill as usual adopt the regulation platform, elastic enough to be construed in the West as favor able to silver, and in the East as solid on gold. When it comes to platform building the Republican architects understand their business. Indication for FrniU "The signs of the times" are point ing in the direction of a splendid fruit crop. A good fruit crop is a considerable thing in Wilkes. One year's crop if properly attended to and properly harvested will amount to something near $75,000 for the people of W7ilkes.-Vilkesboro Chron icle. Deafness Cannot be Cared by local ap"'"-iuion8. as they cannot reach the diseased i rtl u of the ear. There Is only one way to cur. D fut-ae, and that Is by constitu tional renieums. beatneHs Is caused by an In flamed condition of the mucous lining of the Eustachian Tube. When this tube gets Inflam ed there is a rumbling sound or Imperfect bearln and when It la entlrviy closed Deafness Is tte result, and uuleex the Inflammation can be taken out and this tube restored to its nor mal condition, hearing will be destroyed Ior e?or; nine cases out of ten are caused by ca- tarrali , Which is nothing but an In named con dition of the mucous surface. We will gUe One Hundred Dollars for any case of Deafnesa (caused by catarrh) that can not be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure, bend lor circulars, tree. J. t. CHEXEV 4 Co., Toledo, O. Sold by Druggists, 75c C. K. G. BUTT. THOS. GRIFFITH, c.n. G.ijrr'a co. 15 COMPANIES REPRESENTED. 9 AMERICAN AND 6 ENGLISH. tiARGKST AGENCY .IN THE CITF. DUKE Cigarettes MADE FROM High G redo Tobacco AX9 ABSOLUTELY PURE Y- by v TS . ff- v, W. Du ke Sons kCo.rT" ;t jgSfjf TMtaE me w tobacco tCCifrr ffffi DURHAM. W.C U.8.A. VX?L f IB etter result from use of fertilizers rich do not Sufficient Potash tr fmure the best results. The VI Uic U3v aim auuti wa at ' They art lent free. It will cost 70a GERMAN 3Z IT TAKES A rich man to draw a check. A pretty girl to draw attention. A horse to draw a cart. A iwrouH plaster to draw the gkin. A. toper to draw a cor 1c. A free lnnch to draw a cr jwd. ROGERS & COMPANY to draw trade. THESE ARE TRADE WINNER 50 Clay Worsted Sack Snits, black, to 42. 60 black Cheviot sack suit, square imported Ulay Worsted sack and guaranteed pure wool and fast color, at no oe-eo:u at retail ior less tu&n 10. Big lot of laandered negligee and wh'te shirts at 50 cents each. Any body can sell cheap goods cheap, but it takes capital ami t-x r e!l . good goods as cheap as we do. ' Good qualities at low figurera is the attraction here. Your money back if you want it. ROGERS & CO CLOTHIERS AND.FURNISHERS. 21 WEST TRADE ST., NOW IS THE TIME -AND- Thomas Maxwell a the place to get furniture for the multitude. Our stock, is complete and oar prices are low. Come and see ns and look at our goods, and yen will be con vinced that our goods are better for the money than you can buy elsewhere. See us before you buy. You won't re gret it. Remember we sell the best goods for the least money of any house in North Carolina. : j TO BUY 1.300 Sets of Plates at from 25 to 40 cents per set. 1,800 Cups and Saucers at from 25 to 40c per set. 1,500 Bowls at from 6 to 20 cents each. 300 Bowls and Pitchers from 75o to $1.25 a pair. And thousands of other useful articles at the lowest possible price. We have just received a car load of these goods and We are selling them. Smith & Floubnoy At the Washington Stood, No. 20 West Trade Street, - Charlotte, N. C. BEBLE3 AND m 'V rwwm -w . J' iji ST A ME NTS. ? The Mecklenburg ouuty Bible Society will keep at its Depository, at No. 40 S. Tryon street, nndei the care and attention of Mr. W.M.Wheeler, a well selected stock of Bibles, Testaments, Psalms andOoepels which caa be had by those able to buy at actual cost, and to those who are destitute and unable to bay, gratuitously, on pre senting an order from any officer of the Society to the Depository. September 80, 1893. Wanted 300 Mi Akrons . in potash. Most fertif' contain tw results nf tb t iutu u vui UUOKS nothing to read them an4 th-y w.:n KALI WORKS, 93 N 355311 sw.Kt 11 n 1 1. kinu dm n r Not one pound of Sr-,.,- t A to erer used in tLe.. DURABLE, CONVENIENT and ECoini, ' AH Modern Improvements to i Housekeeping Cares. "Skis. Twenty different sizes and kin Every Stove Warranted Against Defa Prices not much high .-rat this w than on commoner kiuds 0f Caa on or address J. N. McCATJSLAND & cm. v.. made in the latest styles at $5 .1 -;, and round cut, all sizes at $ a -1 :t cutaway suits, finely n;auV v: 57.50 a suit. Two years a 'o 1 1 CHARLOTTE, X WE HAVE A FEW FIXE- BUGGIES that we will stil fur less than manufacturers cost. Tht v mun I quick. The W. E. SHAW HARNESS COM PANT. IN THE SWI. -Housekeepers 'are rci::i'iJtd tht -we bee-in the vear with tii larse C7 J -and most complete st-k f wb -and decorated C li K K R -GLASSWARE. LAMI'J -HOUSEFTJRNISUINi; 'i'Wl -be found -nvwhere in the SaIt -All that have ever t r.l 1 :th know that we sell onlv the hub -grade and that the prices rc -higher than inferior ' -other places. We have nn uu.-ai-- -uttuaruub, aiinpwi -goods. These are lines we -touch at any price. G. S. READ k CO. IMPORTERS AND RETAlI.KRS No. 8 West Trade Street These oft are strategeras vhuli err5rt seem. V... i. ir i ..... (.. .!r in "js 11. uuiuer uiHi.", "tit. I 'ope. Perhaps you think w a mistake in paying fr valuable space merely to iml poetry. But we will let)01 on to our little game, and ffit tell you frankly, of course vol would never have div;tiiiL'Jp! it yourself, that this pootrj business is all a blufl ana us d by us merely to draw ) on, until we can whisper in vour ear the magic word "It is money in your p'"el buy your books, stationer) school supplies from STONE & BARRING & Book, Stationery and Art Stor No. 22 S. Tryon St.