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THURSDAY, JAN 16 1896.
UTAH AND HER CHURCH.
We shall soon be able to deter
mine the attitude as well as thepow'
er of the Mormon church in the
new State of Utah. The convening
of the first legislature will afford the
opportunity and perhaps reveal the
necessity for the display of both the
intentions and the potency of the
church in the law-making branch of
the Government, which will be, to
all intents and purposes," the Govern
ment itself.
The "St. Louis Republic says it
has never been apprehensive of any
danger to free institutions in Utah
from this source. The Mornion
hierarchy are well aware of the
power lodged in the Federal Govern
ment to compel their recognition of
the rights and liberties, as well as
the interests, of the Gentile popula
tion, and they cannot fail to under
stand that the prejudice existing
against them and the distrust of
their intentions, which are doubtless
more general than are justified,
would force the exercise of Federal
authority at the slightest provocation
on their part
Under such conditions, the State
of Utah will certainly have a Repub
lican form of government. That
once assured, the inpouring of the
Gentiles and their growth in num
bers, wealth and industrial activities
will in a few years take away the
political omnipotence of the church
This is a consummation devotedly to
be wished, for it is certainly not a
desirable condition that any religious
body should have to be reckoned
with as an oigani.ed and despotical
ly controlled force in the politics of
udv State.
The withdrawals of gold from the'
treasury thus far this week are looked
upon as ominous by treasury officials
but this result is not altogether un
pected by the administration. They
would not be surprised if. a serious
raid should be made, taking practi
cally all cf the gold out ot the trea
sury, and if this should occur they
will be disposed to say, "I told you
so." It is what the President and
his secretary expected to result from
au attempt at a popular loan. It is
s:iid that in anticipation of a raid on
the good course has always been "de
cided on, to be followed as soon as
the reserve is run below a certain
point, As soon as it becomes appa
rent (if it does) that the gold in the
treasury is being drawn on for (ho
purchase of the proposed bonds, the
President will, it is said, withdraw
the advertisement for bonds and at
once make a contract with the syn
dicate for gold. It is believed that
he will not wait for the reserve to
sink much lower before doinjr this,
provided it is evident that tne gold
is being withdrawn in consequence
of the offer of bonds.
Ik New York the dinner df the
Confederate Veteran camp will le
taten at the St. Denis hotel on Sat--urday
evening January ISth, the an
niversary of the birth of General
Lee. It will be a swell affair. The
army and navy are to4appear in full
uniform, and the old rebs in even
ing dress. The speakers will Mood
the earth with eloqnence, and all the
songs of Dixie land will be sung in
chorus. Colonel Edwin B. Hay, of
Washington, will have something
new to say of General Lee, and
other subjects will be amply covered
by able speakers on both sides of the
line.
To the huge aggregate of the
bonded indebtedness and other pe
cuniary demands npon the resources
of our people, the Kepublican party
proposes to pile on the additional
"burden of a revenue system under
which, as' experience has amply
demonstrated, the people are requir
ed to pay a tariff tax, thirty or forty
per cent, of which goes into the
public treasury, and the other sixty
or seventy per cent into the coffers
of trust and corporations.
New Jersey is a good State for
young men who do not desire to get
married to keep away from this year.
The new State census shows that the
women greatly outnumber the men.
When the girls come to understand
the awful meaning of this fact they
will make up for the deficiency of
mr n by extra personal efforts during
the time when ancient custom allows
them to propose.
Approximate estimates of the
gold and silver output of the United
States for 1895 have been reported
to the Directors of the Mint. The
total is $56,614,000 of gold and 51,
000,000 fine ounces of silver. The
Director of the Mint thinks this a
little high.
THJS END OF THE WORLD."
Mrs. Qoinby, the Kansas seeress
who had predicted that the world
would come" to au end on December
29, 1895 and- who : had worked up
quite a list of believers, has retired
from the predicting business and did
not make much fuss about it She
has been laid on the shelf with
Mother Shipton, Michael Nostrada
mus. John Tillinghast, William Lil
ly and the host of minor ' prophets
who in time past set dates for the
consummation of all things earthly.
In the Mother Shipton rhyme it was
more poetically than truthfully said
that
Then at last the w rid to an end shall come,
In eighteen hundred and eighty-one.
- Nostradamus, the Famous French
astrologwyeaid that the world would
come to an end in the year in which
Good Friday should come on St.
George's Day, Easter on St. Mark's
Day and Corpus Christi on St. John's
Day. Iu order to reassure the timid
we will say the coincidence which
the great astrologer believed would
"immediately precede the final wind
up actually took place in the year
1880.
One peculiar thing about this
end-of-the-world literature is the
widespread belief that the earth's
existence is to be divided into three
periods of"2,000 years each. The
foflowing, from the fly-leaf of one of
Martiu Luther's books in the Berlin
library museum, was written by the
great Ueformer himself: "Elijah,
the prophet, eaid that the world had
existed 2,000 years before the law
was given; that it would exist 2,000
years under the Mosaic law, an
2,000 under the Christian dispensa
tion, and that then it would be
burnt" Some writers contend that
the "six days" referred to in Holy
Writ really means 6,000 years, and
that the "Seventh Day" is the type
of the coming mellenninm, or "Sab
bath of a thousaud years."
C. A. L. Totton, the cranky pro
fessor at Yale, says that the end of
the world will come in March, 1899,
but does dot set the exact date. The
late J. S. Willetts settled on April
11, 1901, as the date for closing
mundane affairs for all time.
We have the astronomers on ou
side, however, for they declare tha
the old earth is good for a half dozen
million of years yet at least. No
will the earth be burned, according
to their belief. On the contrary
the sun will gradually die out huo
the human race will eventually per
ish from excessive cold.
The car wheel works at Raleigh
have made 1,000 wheels for the Sea
board Air Line, as many for the
Southern, 400 for the ( ape Fear &
Yadkin Valley and also filled orders
for all the other lines in the State
save the Atlantic Coast Line and th
jorrolK & Western. 1 he iron comes
from Alabama mainly and th
moulding sand from near Gibson
Station. Ohaicoal iron is used for
wheels. Most of the other castin
of the Seaboard Air Line are made
at these works, under contract.
The snb-conjmittee of the House
Appropriations Committee having
charge of the pension bill has de
cided to increase the amount for the
next fiscal year from $138,000,000
to $140,000,000. The last sum was
that asked for by Commissioner Lo
chren in bis estimates. Inlluentia
Republicans thought that Congress
should not put itself on record as
allowing less money for pensions
than the Commissioner thought was
needed, so the bill was raised to the
original estimates.
The recent census of Durham
taken by ord r of the Board of Al
derman, shows the population of that
thriving city to be 11,700. The
Durham correspondent ot the Ral
eigh Observer says: "Completed the
census shows 11,6.99 and before th
report reached ths Board of Alder
men a nice little girl baby made its
appearance at the home of, Mr. W
i. Morgan. ae lioaru named
her Rosa, put the name on the list
and now the population is 11,700.'
It will require more than $141,
000,000 to pay the pensioners of this
government for the coming fisca
year. I his immense sum will be
disbursed under laws passed by Con
gress from time fo time, the majority
of which originated '"n thejcommittee
on invalid pensions.
The Scientific Color of Sin
The Methodist Ministerial Asso
ciation, in session at the Meridian
Street Church, yesterday m ruing
listened to an interesting lecture by
the lie v. John W. Milam on "The
Color of Sin." Mr Milam made the
assertion that scientific experiments
nave developed that sin is scarlet.
These experiments were made in the
Smithsonian Institution. By means
of a chemical process Jthe perspira
tion oi a person aroused by sinful
passion was subjected to a test that
uiscioseu a pinKisn color, f orty ex
periments were made and in each
test the results were the same. Some
of the ministers declined to accept
Mr. Milam's new theory, and one
member of the association asked if it
were meant that people could sweat
out the evil in them. Mr. Milam
replied that his assertions were based
on scientific facts; that it was a con
vincing argument that the Bible and
science are in accord, for the Bible
speaks of the color of sin. Indian
apolis Journal.
IN KENTUCKY AND MARYLAND.
In each of the two Democratic
States Kentucky and Maryland
which were captured by the Repub-..
licans last November, a seat in the'
United States Senate was one. and
perhaps the most important, of the
stakes. In Kentucky the Republi
can viHory lacked the full measure
of completeness in that it failed to
secure a majority of the two hous.-s
of the Legislature in joint coven -tion.
Sixty-seven Republicans, six
ty seven Democrats and two Popu
lists rmike up the -membership of
that lody, thus giving to Populists
the balance of power But the two
members of that party decline
to take the responsibility of controll
ing the election of Senator, and
neatlv evade it by an equal partition
of their strength between the two
great parties. In other words, one
of the two goes to the Republican
side, the other to the Democratic.
Should this situation continue, no
Senator could be chosen, nor could
any appointment of a Senator by the
Governor be lawfully made. But it
is reported that the Republicans,
who control the lower house, will un
dertake to break the deadlock by
unseating two Democratic members.
This, however, is a game that two
sides can play at. The Democrats
have the Senate, aud will furnish a
Roland for every Oliver that the
Republicans can produce. The
scheme smacks of revolution, and
the Republic ins cannot afford to en
ter upon it
In Marylaud the Republicans
have a clear majority on joint bal
lot, and the Democrats, although in
control of the Senate organization,
will offer no impediment to the
election of a Republican to succeed
Senator Gibson.
DEATH PENALTY.
Gov. Crr Set the Date for the Execution
nl M urderer Covington of Ctibarrua.
Governor Carr has signed the
death warrant forTnos Covingtou,
of Cabarrus county, fixing the date
February 13th, l9fj.
Covington stood trial at the
Spring term of the lower Court in
Cabarrus county, 18!'5 for murder.
He was found guilty, and the sen
tence imposed was the death penal
ty. Covington was sentenced to be
hung April 4th, 1 815. An appeal
was taken to the Supreme Court and
the decision of the lower court was
affirmed.. Governor Carr today fixed
the date for the exe ution and Cov
ington will be ushered from-earth' in
the coldest, bleakest month in the
year.
Covington is a brutal murderer.
He murdeted his employer, who is a
part owner and general superintend
ent of the Long Island Cotton Mill
The superintendent had a merchan
dise s'ore '2'io yards trom the mil's.
Soimone had beu io b ng the sto e
systematically for sometime bv tl e
use of a false key. The robber made
fnonent visits and the superintend
ent determined to-put a stop to it, eo
he went to ih store on the night of
September 27, '1(4: He was .found
next morning in a pool of blood near
his store entrance. Proof of the
crime was abundant and Covington
was the person. Covington worked
in tlie mills, holding the position oi
superintendent of the spinning room.
Rakigh Visitor.
CoroBltios of War.
On January 1, 1895, the armies of
the world included 4,209,000 men.
On a peace footiug the regular
army of China comprises nearly
400.000.
The total cost of our navy during
the civil war, 1801 f!.), was $312,
000.000. Creat Britain owns 3.212 cannons;
France, 8,212, and Germany, 5,920.
After the great battle of Canna
50.312 dead men were found on the
field.
On July 1, 1895, there were 261,
000 men serving the navies of the
world.
The Jews' war was the twenty
years' war between France and Ale
geria, 1827 to 1847.
The largest Krupp guns have a
range of seventeen miles, and tiie
two shots a minute.
Switzerland has a population of
less than 3,000,000 and a standing
army of 130,000.
During our great civil war 61,302
men on the union side were killed
outright in battle.
In time of war France reckons on
putting out 370 men to every 1,000
of her population.
In our celebrated "war with Tri
poli," 1801, the United States did
not lose a single man!
It cost the government at Wash
ington $345,543,880 to cloth the
Federal army from 1861 to 1865.
x ue iieeu oi rmgianu can ueoiare
war without consulting her ministers
if she wills so to do. j
At the present time all Europe is I
a well armed camp and has so been
for -more than a quarter of a cen- i
tury. J
The most expensive army of the
world is that of Germany, which
costs from $86,000,000 to $105,000 -'
000 per year. ' 1
France boasts of a naw of 408
ships of 290,000 tons and" 612 000
horse-power and 80 others in process
of construction.
A Solitary Drag Store.
f.l bj-aan f h00USht
to know that there is in the whole
1 -i
country oujy one drug store, and
that is in 5th avenue. New York
xt i l ,. -. .
No patent medicines, no Dronrietrv
articles of any description are kept
rorsaie there. It is simnlv JIT! c nil-
ely a prescription drug store. The
iV T ?" e8C mi?ro8copes in the
tZ Vl!? a -e-m co"8ta,nt nse-
The leading physicians of the citv
oka ., , , y
are the patrons , of the place, and all
their analysis done there. The
annual income of the Drowietor
ponyjrescnptions and ittalyBes alone
jm $25,000-New Yort.Tim
TBS PENSION LAWS.
Important Amendment Provided in Ma
Jor"Plckler Bill Confederate Service
N'-t a Bar.
The chairman of the committee on
invalid pensions, Maj. Pickler, has
introduced a bill in the "House,
which will be urged at this session,
proposing some important amend
ments to the pension laws. Among
the n'ew provisions are the fallow
ing: That no person otherwise entitled
by virtue of any law of the United
States shall be disqualified from re
ceiving pension by reason of the
soldier'jrior service in the Confed
erate army" Or navy, widows general
ly may prove their marriage and
birth of children in the same man
ner as now provided by section of
4705 of the Revised Statues in the
case of widows of Indians and . col-
hereafter be reduced or discontinued
except for fraud.
That all pensions reduced Bince
March 4, 1893, except for fraud,
shall be restored at the rate the pen
sioner, was receiving at the time of
reduction or discontinuance, and in
case of death the accrued pension
shall be paid to the widow or heirs;
that the common law presumption
of death, after the laps of seven years
without tidings of the missing per
son, shall obtain in the administra
tion of the pension laws; that the
presumption shall be that the injury
alleged was received "in line of
duty" when the soldier was with his
command at the time the injury was
incurred; that in notifications from
the pension bureau the claimant
shall be informed as to every fact
upon which further evidence is re
quired, and of the character of the
evidence necessary to establish the
same.
Every claimant -or his attorney
shall have the right to inspect every
paper or writing in any department
or ortiee that may bear upon his
claim. The oath of a person who
served as a private or non-commissioned
officer shall not have less
weight than the oath of a coniinis
sioned officer. That under the act
of June 7, lSDu, a service of ninety
days and an honorable discharge
shall be efficient -o give title to jen
sion under said act, notwithstanding
i r
a prior or sunst oueni service ironi
which said soldier was not honor
II 11 1 1 . !
Div uiscnargeu, ami me service a
as shown in the discharge certiticat
i ' t l i i i , t
snail oe conclusive; proviueu, tna
the death-of a soldier while in the
service of the United States shall b
equivalent to an honorable dis
charge.
mat an application under said
act shall be sufficient if the appli
cant alleges a disability, which ren
ders him unable to earn a support
and every disamlitv found to exisl
which is recognized as pensionable
under the general pension laws shal
he taken into consideration and tb
ratings shall be the same, not to ex
ceeil as untier tne general laws
providing that pensions heretofore
allowed at less than such rate shal
oe rerated ana tne amerence paid
the pensioner. 1 hat in all claim.-
for pensions under said act the pre
sumption shall be that the disabih
ties alleged are not, the result ol
vicious habits, but this presumption
may be rebutted, and providing that
the pension stialj le allowed units
it conclusively appears Unit the disa
bilities proved the result of the vie
ions habits established by the evi
deuce.
No Small Pox iu Gtif louia. "
There is no small pox in Gaston ia
There hasn't been any and there it
no likelihood that there will be anv.
The report that has gone out is ;i
foolish rumor and a very silly scan
that sail Hut it has been taken
so seriously in some parts as actual I
to interfere with business the people
or some localities tearing to come to
town. Word went out on Crowder's
Creek, so we hear, that Dr. Wilson
had served a warning upon the pub
lic to stay away from town. When
asked about this, L)r Wilson denied
and denounced the report in terms
both picturesque and energetic. Up
in Lincoln, the rumor was handed
around that Gastonia's small pox case
had died and they wouldn t even
have a burial just stuck fire to tin
house and burnt it down over the
corpse.
The facts of the case appear to be
these, nothing less, nothing more:
Mr. Ed. Whitesides returned from
the Exposition and a western trip
about four weeks ago. He had the
grip then and has since been kept at
home by it One of thesymptons in
his case, following fever, was a slight
eczem 'tic eruption on his forehead
about the roots of his hair, and on
his hands. This trifling eruption
was confined to these exposed sur
faces and did not extend to any other
.part of the body. But somebodv
heard that Mr. Whitesides had been
West, somebody else heard he had
been sick ever since he came back.
j which was true, somebody heard he
as now nroKen out an over his
body in "little sores," which wasn't
true, then somebody else whispered
"small-pox," and the way it went.
Caonia Gazette.
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Pen Picture of the Snltan.
The Sultan is the most wretched,
Pincned-"P little sovereign I ever
8aW- A niost uPhappy-looking man,
of dark complexion, with a look of
aHS0,"te terror in his large Eastern
'e'es' 1 eoPlesay he is nervous,and no
wonaer considering the fate of his
predecessor. Yet this is to be regret-
ted, for if he could surmount these
fparn riia winTt VQ o .kl j
refined countenance, eminently Asia!
tin in and ;t, a
r ' -"-t. niuu utVl UilU UUttlUI
of ex nression. All T nan cow io fkof
nia a Un(7.1 .i Z
uio liana lcu ijic iui uavt. as or
L,ntr i
so emaciated and unnatural in his
gnnaararinn rkn 1 Tl
we should pronounce him in a swift
And no wonder, for he must need his
constant care, considering the life he
lda tt ' n .
on iuc lauieu state oi
the Oriental potentate palls before
such a lesson in royal misery! The
noorpsr. Wo-or ir. vwa asJ?s
happier than he! "W T Stead in
Review of lieyiews.
1BE LABOR KEPOKT.
Some Facts Pertaining to the Slate's 'Pro
gress. The ninth annual report of the Bu
reau of Labor Statistics for the year
1895, made its appearance today. It
is-au admirable presentation of facts
pertaining to labor industry, .enter
prise, etc., in this State. Too much
credit cau not be accorded Mr. Lacy
aud his able assistant, Mr. Logan I)'.
Terrell, for the compilations of the
facts which comprise 408 pages per
taing; to North Carolina's progress.
The introductory begins with Mr.
Lacy's report to Governor Carr dated
November 30. Quoting from his re
port: "It gives me pleasure to say
that this report is a decided improve
ment on the last. I cannot give too
much credit to my Chief Clerk, Mr.
L. D. Terrell, who, by efficiency aud
faithfulness combined with the
knowledge he acquired while in the
employment of the government in
W ashington, has proven himself to
be the "right man in the right place."
There is no doubt that this bureau is
doing a good deal of good in a quiet
way, and as it is becoming better
nown and its objects understood it
,. ... ,,J , , -
is meeti np with the endorsement ot
both capital and lobor."
Mr. Lacy recommends that the sal
ary of the Commissioner and his
Chief clerk be increased so that the
best talent can be obtained for the
work and that an appropriation of
S-000 per annum be made to collect
dates, figures and facts necessary to
the making of an accurate report A
law aioo iuM.uiciiucy i es.i icung
i....r ., .- i, . i -i:
mills in tne Mue to 11 Hours per day,
also no child be allowed to work in
any factory until they reach the age
of twelve years, and children between
ages of 12 and 14 only allowed in
factories when they have a certificate
shnwing that they have been to
school at least twelve weeks during
the year, and that the Commissioner
of Labor be empowered to see that
these laws are enforced. Mr. Lacv
does not think we need any law to
compel questions to be answered, as
the mill owner answer questions re
markably well when an agent waits
on them; and there are only two or
three that need such a law.
Mr. Lacy states that in some inst
ances there was trouble in obtaining
replies as to labor employed in mills
and factories. Only 5 per cent of
the tobacco men answered blank No.
4 sent out. Mr Lacy states that if a
law is passed compelling them to
make answer, as is the case in Mas
sachusetts and New York, they will
have themselves to blame. Ihe
tables are very accurate. The state
ment that female labor is 8.75,
when the general impression is that
it is $7 50 will be doubted, says the
commissioner.
The religious, moral and educa
tional features at some of the milling
districts is very remai kable. An
employee at Swepsouville, who re
ceived his educatiou'at that place,
cau speak three or four different lan
guages and is an expert stenographer.
There are 136 cotton and woolen
mills in active operation in the State
and eleven in course of construction.
In these mills 913.458 spindles and
24.856 looms are employed. In 1R90
fbere were only 30,000 spindles in the
State. There are 15,752 persons
employed in these mills; the amount
f capital employed is .f 1 5,000,000,
r about $952 33 to each employee.
Of these there are 4,888 men, 6,175
women and 4,689 children. There
are 1,558 children employed under 13
. e rr i i " i
years oi age ine mills nave con
sumed 309,147 bales. Tweutv-six
counties have produced 89.473.949
pounds of yarn, thirteen counties 87,-
.42,655 of domestics six counties
cl, 737,547 yards of plaids. Forsvth
and Cabarrus have produced 18,424,
200 yards Woolen goods. Forsyth
leading with 18,000.000 yards This
is a great improvement on last vear.
Alamance leads in the number of
mills, having twenty-two, Gaston
couies utxi-iwenty. Average waees
paid per day, engineers $1 dil ; fire
men, 89 i; skilled men jjl 10; un
skilled, 70; skilled women. 65; un
skilled, 50; children, 30. The aver
age number of days worked in a year
286. Wages are paid in a majority
of mills weekly. Only a few mills
favor a state inspection. At only
two mills are there libraries. The
per cent of adults who can read and
write are 95; children 75.
Air. Walter L. Womble, who has
traveled the State over gathering
data, states in making his report to
the Commissioner, that he has visited
every mill in the State and obtained
reports from them. Last year there
was no traveling agent, and ot lv
about 15 per cent of the blanks were
answered. Mr. Womble savs his trio
was very pleasaut, and he was often
given voluntary information. He
found improvements in many places
that did not exist last year
Mr. Womble says: "Many mills
that ran on half time last year, ov
ng to the prevailing 'hard times' are
running night and day.and now have
on hand more orders than they can
possioiy nil, many ot them are build
ng additions to their mills that arc
as large, and in manv mfnnps
vrger, than the old mill 'itic-f. Quite
a number of new mills are gointr ur.
and T am o-lail fj-i oav tiof J-k
jority of them are large buildings
wen ngntea ana ventilated, and are
being equipped with the latest im
proved machinery. These mills are
model onesr
JNortn Carolina now operates more
spindles than any other Southern
State, and is putting in at the pres
ent time more spindles than any
ciate in tne u nion.
From the present- outlook it will
take from 25,000,000 to 30,000,000
pounds more of cotton next year to
meet the demand of manufacturers
than this year.
The majority of our mills, with
only a few exceptions, are managed
well. There is room for improve
ment in all of them. More comfor
table houses might be built, less
hours worked, and the scale of wages
raised.
Mr. Lacy makes his report partic
ularly interesting by the contribu
tion of a large number of letters
from factorymen, bearing' on the
milling question and its labor rela
tions. Under the head of agricultural
statistics, the condition ; of the farm
laborer mentally, morally, socially
and financially, is given. The wages
of the laborer fluctuate with the
prices of farm products. In 1893
the average price of labor was $9 50
for men, $5.50 for women and $3 20
for children. Last year t here was a
decrease and this year still more.
Men average $8.75; women $4 65 and
childien $2.40 this rear.
Tfee Commissioner this year esti
mafes the cost of a bale of cotton,
fiom the time the ground is broken
until it is bagged is $22.50, through
the entire State. It costs 5J cents
to raie cotton in this State
These statistics show that in
nearly every section the cost of liv
ing has been decreased. The ques
tion is asked of many persons "has
there been decline in value of land
during the past year, and if 60, what
cause?" The answers are varied and
amusing. Some of them are "low
prices, panic, standard 5 cent cotton,
no money, general depression, hard
times, bad government, storms, rail
roads bad politics, various causes,"
etc
Letters from farme s are selected
, , , ,. - , 1
and a great number of them printed
- b . , , , ?
giving various iue;.'s. inmost every
letter-touches on the financial ques
tion. Early and Late Easterg.
Easter Sunday cannot happen ear
lier than March 22, or later than
j dated it hag & of 3- . Afc
the time of the c n ,(f N;L ;-2,
i '
A Jj jt wag affreeJ
A. O., it was agreed bv the
repre-
sentatives present that from that
time forward Easter should fall on
the first Sunday after the full moon
occurring on or next after March 21;
or, in other words, "o:i the first Sun
day after the first u 11 nuon after
the sun crosses the line."
Since the above arrangement was
adopted by the great ecclesiastical
council referred to, Easter has fallen
on March 22 and on every date be
tween that andApril 25, but it is only
after long intervals of time that it
occurs on its extreme dates, in 188G
Easter fell on April 25, its latest
possible date, an event which had not
before occurred during the present
century, and which will not again
occur until the spring of 1943. The
last time Easter fell on its earliest
date was in 1818. This will not
happen again during this century or
the next. In 1895 it came surpris
ingly near breaking this century's
early Foster date record, falling on
March 25
The F'aster dates for the remainder
of the century are: 1806, ApiLa;
1897, April 7; 1898, April 10, 1899,
April 2: 1900, April 15.
"
Hope for Hi in
Mudgc "There is no doubt tha
woman is losing all those liner iu
stincts she once had."
Wickwire "Vell, if that is tb
case, von may find one of them yet
who will marry you."
S'ate of Ohio. City of Toledo, ' -
i.Ul ilS I'ou t I ss.
Frank. T Clu-iiey makes oatli he is the senior
partner of the lir:u ot i'. J Cheney 4 G ..doing
iuMiie."f in me cuv oi i oieao. county ana
State aforesaid and 'hat said ilrm will pay the
suunitii.t in .Miur.u iKii.i.Aita lor eacn
and every case of catarrh tLat cannot be
cured oy the use ot HAI.IS t ATA Hhli
l Ktv. FltAXK . J. CHENEY
"orn to neiore me ;ml sunsenbed in my
presence, ttusbtn nay ot DeeemiK-r. A. u. insti
KtI A. w . ii I.EASON,
Notary Public,
M .1 ( atarrh ( ure is taken internally and
aeis uireeiiy on ine OKiO'l ana mucous sur
face ot the si cteni. Send tor testimonials.
free r . .). I'll EX tl Jc CO., TolUo, O
fc-r- im oy urutrgisis, ..tc.
Erysipelas
Hes bren my affliction from childhood.
It was caused by impure blood and every
spring I iras sure to
have a lotg spell
and my general
"health would give
w ay. Doctors did
Mii e tnt little good
and I became de-
spondent. Last
spring erysipelas
settled in my eyes
and I became total
ly blind for several
weeks. Hood's Sar-
sapariKa was recommended and after tak
ing one bottle my sight gradually returned,
my blood became purified and I was
restored to good health. With Hood's Sar
sapariila oi.e is well armed to meet any
fnP " MlSiS T.T-T.TT Iff 1AA Ma.L.nt Cfr
Memphis, Tenn.
Remember
ood's
SarsapariIJa
Is the Only True Blood Purifier promi
nently in the public eye. fl; six for $5.
Hood'? Pl'll? -r al! liver ills, bfllous.
Oh! My Eyes!
-Don't suffer
-with your eves.
SHELL will
-examine them
-FREE OF CHARGE
and have Glasses
-made to suit them.
-REM FJMBKK
-I carry
-a nice stock of
-JEWELRY.
-All sort
REPAIR WORK
-done rijrht at
-Fair Prices.
J. E. SHELL, Jeweler.
WILL SLIP THROUGH YOUR FIN
GERS. Don't let our $2 shoe escape you. It
is the thing to wear. You will get more
so'id comfort out of it to the square inch
than out of any other shoe to the square
foot at anything near the price, and
talking of the square foot, it does the
square thing by the foot. It Isn't an ex
ggeration to say that its cheapness is
phenomenal. Every consideration of
economy justifies its purchase, aid ev
ery consideration of comfort justifies its
use. We never recommend a shoe that
will do more to recommend itself. It
wont try you much to try it. A large
stock Umbrellrs, Trunks, Valises and
Handbags, always on hand,
BR L K 11 R o
Cheapest Store on Ecirlj,
Our place has been crowded since the first
wo cpened for business; customers begoingtr
waited on from early morn till night. Th C .
force has been added to from time to time, j'
ness growing every day; loads upon leads 0fr
goods every day, opened and marked ;ut
ready for eager buyers. What's the explanat
It's simple enough
SE0T
gets all the discounts, and our one short p
added (and stop) to goods bought right, does---work.
Think of, what a figure
OneCeM Will Cut With U;
25 slate pencils, cake of toilet soap, one qu!.e note paper. Oj
ead pencils, 1 pack envelopes, half pint tin cups, 2 balls of s i
of matches, a nice colored bordered handkerchi f, and tl,,.u
practical articles. Then ladies' black hose at 4c, men's sock ::,
Suspenders 3c, 4c, aud up; cloth bound slates 3c, 5c and k-; tin. ,
Shoes, Hats, Clothing; Children's, Ladies' and Men's Underwc:ir.
Caps for Babies, Men and School Boys; Capes and Jackets m.Tl. ,
Dress Goods, Trimmings and Findings; Trunks and Valises; v. i
the people want, and
CHEAPER
T
WE DO TIIE POCKETBOOK GOOD. ASK
II AVE IT
Watch the hacks and wagons as we load them. Watch tb.- .-iu
time for lively shopping is at hand and the place is
BELK
We have all grades ot
goods in the Crockery,
China, Glassware and
Tinware lines.
I.are t stock in Charlotte and the
'owest p-ices. French aud Austrian
China, English Poreeiasn and American
ware in dinner sets. Austrian and Eng
Hsh ( hin6" pieces Tea sets. Tinware
of every description Glass ware all
styles. Lamps ail shapes and sizes.
To our country friends.
W e solicit your 'rade and can furnish
yo i Koods from the cheapest to the
best.
special inducements to mi-ri-hinia hnw
ing stock fur retail.
No. 20. West Trade St. "
Smith & Flournoy
At the Washington Stand,
No. 20 West. Trade Street,
Charlotte. N. C.
1YBRT
PARMER
SHOULD
A -KNIFE
-FOR-
CUTTING CORN TOPS
SUGAR CANE,
AND WE CAN SUPPLY
YOU
With one made for the
"PURPOSE.
CALL IN AND SEE
THEM.
-:o:-
m
PRICES!
i.
Wecan save you money
on Cane Mills and
Evaporators.
J. H- WeddiDgtoo A Co.
;29 East Trade Street.
CAS1
HAf
ANYBODI; :
FOR WHAT Yu a
M STORE:
LH',
Prices" io Suit llir
Our friends will please tak"
notice that we have openr
one of the
Most omplete
Stocks of 1
BROS.
m
otfli
ever brought to this city at our .
spltndid stand
No. 10 West Trade St v
.-H-v -
We bought our goods a1 the
very lowest cash price
.lit ;.
will surprise you to see how g
Tow we sell good goods. For
example we sell a good suit of
clothes that wears well and
looks well enough to wear to J
church, for only 5.
wjl SI
We want your trade aud
make it to your interest to give
it to us.
We will be glad to have you
inspect our stock at any time.
oq & Shelton.
CLOTHIERS. ;
10 W - TRADE STi
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