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'.'..ratlin "flrnaw of Towser
Llues Hit? toughest bone;
)ii!taut cooing
ri, o(T the blushing maid;
Ihe constant advertise
lie one who geta the trade.
TIERS' COLUMN
hirri? STOLK.N Mr. i. r.
iron gray mare 'V .Tr'-
n tin- vacant lot m ieai u- nuSv.
gh mule vas ridden in the direction
v lie by a young mulatto. Mr. imiTli
te glad to receive any information that
ad to Us recovery,
iLE Two vounir man
,d- 12 Herkhire liojrs;
yu'W. saddles, harness
1 Davidson, Charlotte.
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lip pxceiled. -No. :10
Mice
mules, X. C.
.Tersej- bull;
new wagons.
tor piles
North Iryon
hours from - to t in tneauei
4 wed sat. St w4t
s vour Hide- Werive the highest
at ail times, ine sua-nu-
74-t.f
-price;
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;EI l'i."Od lbs o;
to E. M. Andrew;
d i v shucks. A p-243t
and Wedding I nv nations in tne
fact ;itv! nresl - ic ill nil nuns vx.
iitintr 'liice.
Jpoiii" tu married'.- send to.iithe.
k X Timi:s 1'i int inf(i:lice and we will
r wcdihiif.- in nations in the neatest
attractive stvies at very' low prices
piZEi FOK EVERYBODY.
rs of the Mecklenburg
feem delighted with tfce change
papers size. It now gives them
lading matter, and is a better
an ever before. There is no
hy its subscription should
oubled. Very few are so
t they cannot pay $1 for as
aper as the Times.
ant our iriends to nelp us
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e new suoscribers. v e will
n well tor their trouble, lie-
be found a better offer than
ever made before. Read it,
t what you want, and go to
In this contest everybody
prize.
IPREMIUM OFFER.
v one who will semi us one
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uscrioer we will cive one
pers garden seed
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eiuo or iix subscribers we
Harris Cotton Planter.
ub of eight subscribers we
a pretty calibre rifle.
club of ten subscribers we
'x pretty gentleman's or
cb guaranteed to keep good
SHUFORD'S LOYALTY- i TALBERT RAJ SES A ST01U1- A DKMAJii) ON PRITCHARD. THE REORGANIZATION.
HLWILL SACRIFICE THINGS FOR THE
FARMER.
Edmunds on the Reorgauizatlon Bucha
nan will be Returned to Cougrvss.
Correspondence to The News.
Washington, Feb. 6. I was
fnlkinp- with Conjrmssman Shnfnrd
5 I r y-i rm - -v far ti ft fl Vi "l V" -
a few days ago He said he want-! B"." Jl",u"s
THEY WANT
TO CENSJJRE
TREASON.
HIM FOII
ed it understood that he would
sacrifice all the matter of ofBce for
what he deemed to be loyalty to the
farmer; that he, himself, was a far
mer, and thought he knew their in
terests He said that the Populists
had not yet been able to get proper
recognition from Reed, else he would
have been heard from more. I
asked him about that vote of his
on the tariff bill, which taxed the
farmers 12 cents a bale on their
cotton ties and bagging. He said
he knew what he was doing when
he voted for that and would have
his reason ready when the proper
time comes. It is said that the Hog
Combine got to be so greedy that
they, turned out a Corker on the
Democratic side of the House who
had been there twenty years. In
retaliation, I am told that the Dem
ocratic representatives are boy-cot-ting
him, and so he stands like a
statue tacitly labelled, "Mud, or
Watching and Waiting."
Rising to a Question of Personal Privilege
He Makes a Lively lire ze.
Special to The News.
Washington, Feb. 7. Another
this morning,
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g out oi tne rearson-iaiDerc
''session" scrap last Wednesday night.
Talbert arose to a personal privilege,
saying his words had been misenter
preted by the press, that
though under similar circumstances
he would be in iavor or secession
IT WAS MADE BY MARION BUTLER,
AND REFUSED.
A Clincher on Settle's Private Secretary
Patrick Gettihg up a Southern Pines
J unket No Senate Reorganization Fun
eral of Gen. Gibbon.
Special to the News.
Washington, Feb. 11. Young
Doctors Robert Gibbon, of Charlotte!
AN EASIER FEELING AMONG THE OLD
OFFICERS.
A Kill to Abolish the Fees of United States
Marshals An Electrical Boat Woodard
and Sha Returned.
Special to The News.
Washington, D. C, Feb. 12.
While some people, and good poli
ticians too, say that early reorganiza-
again.
and John Gibbon, of Baltimore.
were here yesterday to attend the tion of the Senate is likely, yet there
funeral of their uncle, General John is a decidedly easier feeling today
Gibbon, who was buried with mili- among the old Senate officials. A
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Here he was called to lHrJ uonors- J-ne cortege up renn- very ooservant politician made some
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order bv Barrett of Massa- slvania a venue was very imposing ngures xouay witn me. Me called
chusetts, the same who wanted to and the spot chosen as the last rest- iy attention to the fact that in the
iirmeach Bavard and Barrett offered ing place of the dead soldier was on Republican caucus, the highest vote
! a resolution' of censure, for treason- a noble slope commanding from Arl- cast was 38, Of which a majority
able utterances. Here Crisp inter- mgton neignts tne rotomac most was m ut this to, 15 votes were
vened moving that Talbert be al- picturesquely General Gibbon en-: cast by the following silver States:
lowed to explain, and the faction led nnnuiutyears ago and u tau voming z, Washington,
vitrguu uauu , jioncana z, tne
two Dakotas 2, there being a Demo-
PINEVIlLE happenings.
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lub of twelve subscribers
rive a handsome eio;ht-dav
club of
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ive a
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ultscribers
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fifteen
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not gun.
club of twenty subscribers
ive a good set of buggy
club of twenty-five sub
fe will give a good family
lub of thirty subscribers
jive a double barrel breech
Jhot gun. A good shoot-
ub of forty subscribers we
handsome double barrel
lading shot gun. A fine
or a splendid cortland
lub of fifty subscribers we
1 first-class sewing machine
)lete set of attachments,
hb of seventy-five we will
tty buggy that will make
lid your girl happy,
lb of one hundred sub
e will give a first class
tire nicely finished bicy-
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35 IN CASH.
rgest club received un
we will give a cash prize
ere are only fivefub
he lot. The" winner of
jze can take his choice be
Jub prize and the cash
test will close on the 31st
jpb. Renewals count the
lew subscribers. In all
mu accompany clubs,
er .information address
fDowix Ed. and Prop.,
Charlotte, X. C.
Personal and Other Items of Interest In
and Around Plneville.
For The News & Times.
Pixeville, Feb. 12. Rev. A. L.
S.tough, returned from Fort Lawn,
S. C, last night, to officiate at the
marriage of Mr. Will Smith and Miss
Colthrop, which takes place this af
ternoon. A Yalentirie party will -be given
next Friday night at the residence of
Mt . II. M. Biven's, of Waxhaw, com
plimentary to the young people of
Pineville.
Mrs. Dr. Ritzel, and Miss Lola
McAdams, of Woodleaf, are visiting
Mrs. Prof. Wilborn.
Rev. Mr. Williams, of Davidson
College, delivered a Masonic lecrrare
here last night, at the Masonic hall.
Mrs. Dr. Rone and daughter.
Misses Annie Bell and Blanch, have
gone to Marion, to visit relatives.
Mrs. Marv Taylor, an aged lady
of this locality, and the mother of
Mr. W. J. Taylor, and Mrs. W. L.
Fisher, of our town, has been very
ill, the result of a fall she received
while nursing sick members of her
family. Dr. Moore, who has been
attending her, thinks she will recover.
Miss Janie McLelland, who has
been attending school at Due West,
S. C, will return home on accouut
of her eyes, caused by measels. Miss
Ueckie McLelland, will start to Due
West, tonight, to accompany her
sister home.
Mr. Israel Crowell, who has been
visiting his daughter, Mrs. Wooten,
of Elberton, Ga.. returned vester-
lay.
Mrs. Joe Bicket, is quite sick of la
gripp.
Mr. Jno. Roller, of Kingsport,
Tenn., is in our town with a fine
drove of horses.
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ur. Henderson, is here aj present,
extracting, and otherwise repairing
teeth. -
Pi of. John Wilborn, will lecture
next Friday night, at the academy.
Our new firm, Dominy & Younts,
are receiving new goods, and Niven,
Heath & Co., are getting a lot of
nice, pretty, things.
Hie farmers are busy hauling out
fertilizers with the expectation of
planting a big crop of cotton, and
getting a big price next fall. Hope
they will not be disappointed.
New gardens are going up, yards
are being newly enclosed and things
are wearing quite a spring appear
ance. A. W. T.
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hvr Tiorratt u . . rl Unnllo wrlrml n r n ever SlUCe 1JHS Ueeil 1U llie SCrVlCe 01
bloody shirt tumult trying to deny ( th! Umted States and had distin
him the right, but to censure him gushed himself both in the Mexi
immediately. The excitement was Clin' Seminole and Civil war.
intense, and the scene interesting. I 1 am told Butler went not
Barrett was met with jeers from the oD& smce and demanded of Pritch
Democrats and from many Republi- ard that h eliminate from- his re-
nnnt IpiI hv Pnnnnn nf Tllinms xuhn Cent Speech that portion in which
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moved to lay Barrett s motion on the
table Meanwhile Talbert wTas,
with a shout voted the right to ex
plain, there being only 40 odd
against and made a stirring patriotic
speech saying that while he would
do the same thing again under simi
lar circumstances, he said he was
glad that-such conditions would never
exist again and that he was second
to none now in loyalty to the union,
(applause) Dalsell, of Penn., called
the yeas and nays, resulting iu ayes
200 noes 71, Bailey of Texas and
Owens of Kentucky voting no with
the bloody shirters. W. E. C.
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rms to suitable parties
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jV. C. Dowd, Publisher,
To Much Plenty in Oklahoma-
ichita, Kans , Feb. s. The
people of Oklahoma have abolished
the tax on feeding cattle, in order to
induce Texaus to bring some into
the territory and utilize the surplus
grain which cannot be shipped be
cause of the high rates of transpor
tation. A Thick Skull Saved Him.
Xew York, Feb. 11. Robt. B.
Roulard, a saloon keeper, tried to
end his life by shooting himself with
a 38 calibre revolver. His skull was
sa thick the bullet would not pene
trate. Where found buried, it was
removed without injury to the brain.
The Queen's Speech Read.
London, Feb. 11. The Queen's
speech was read in the customary
manner before the opening of parlia
ment today.
Uppity, Clippity! LlppKy, Clippity ! A
Race That Warmed the Blood Th Coons
Give the Pale Fac s a Hot Chase.
In the old days of the volunteer
firemen there was great rivalry be
tween the white and the colored fire
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men. it was carried to such an ex
tent that one night there was a big
hght over a water plug connection
A picket fence was torn down for
weapons, and by the time the fig
was over, the house had burned to
the ground. All this passed away
with the organization of the paid
department but recently, the city
gave the JSeptunes, the colored fire
men, two horses, and now the white
firemen have to hustle. Last night's
alarm afforded the first chance for a
race. , It is a block and a quarter
from the square to the engine house
of the white firemen, and the dis
tance is the same to the Neptune
engine house. 1 he difference is
that the white firemen have a level
run, and the Neptunes have to come
up a hill. Last night with a clat
tering of hoofs and a clanging of
bells, the reel of the white firemen
turned into Independence Square at
nston s corner, and at the same
moment the Neptunes passed the
curb at Jordan's corner. The people
caught on at once to the excitement
of a race. Down Trade street the
loud sounding reels clattered, the
horses stretched out straight and
going like streaks. At Church street
the Neptunes passed the white reel
and some enthusiastic spectator
yelled: "Hooray for the niggers."
The white reel turned down Graham
street, and the Neptunes kept on,
thereby losing half a block, and the
whites beat them to the scene, but
after it all, the Neptunes got the first
stream. Then something got the
matter with their nozzle, and the
white firemen put the first water on
the fire. The race down Trade street
was the prettiest thing seen in this
town iu a long time. A good many
people followed after, not so much
to see the fire as to learn the result
of the race.
The Neptunes are terribly proud
of their horses. "Wse got a pair
o' sho null hosses," said Sam, the
driver, to a News reporter who call
ed today to look at the animals.
Three-Fourths for Free Silver.
One of the best informed Demo
crats in this State tells the Raleigh
correspondent of the Richmond Dis
patch that he was positive three
fourths of all the voters in the State,
regardless of party, are for free silver.
Death of Mr. Yeno.
Mr. G. S. Veno died at 2:10 o'clock
Wednesday morning at his home on
Catherine street, in the Southern secy
tion of the city, from pneumonia.
He leaves a wife.
Pritchard had said that but for un
fair elections the Republicans could
have been carrying the State for sev
eral years back ; . This comes straight;
also this, that Pritchard refused to
grant Butler's request. It will be
remembered that it was in connec
tion with this passage that Hill had
reminded Pritchard that Butler's
crowd had been with the Democrats
less than six years back, and therefore
must have participated in the alleged
unfairness.
A Republican and a good f riend o
Tom Settle's yesterday went to his
committee room for the sole purpose
of satisfying himself as to whether
or not Corbett was Settle's private
secretary. I asked him last nigh
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was he satisiied. lie said he was
satisfied that the negro was his sec
retary, and should say so to Republi
can friends who had written him
inquiries touching this matter. The
gentleman said he found the negro
with his feet cocked upon the desk
writing away, and there Avas another
coon, also, in the room. Speaking
of silver the secretary said that his
relations with Mr. Settle of course,
would not permit of his being for
free silver. There will be other
things about Corbett
Mr. John T. Patrick, of Southern
Pines, is here and expects to organ
ize a party of ashington corres
pondents to go down in a body to
Piney Woods Inn. The trip outside
of the balsamic and ozonic air will
no doubt, for other reasons, also, be
keenly enjoyed by tne newspaper
ni.'n
I have it on the authority of a
prominent Populist senator that
there will be no Senate reorganiza
tion, that the Populists will stick by
their men to the end, and the very
few friends of General Cox who
know of this are accordingly happy.
W. E. C.
VERDICT I.i THE RITCH CASE.
Motion for a New Trial to be Heard Satur
day Mr. and Mrs. Ritch to Return Home
Monday.
The second edition of The News
of Tuesday afternoon, gave the re
suit of the trial of Chas. Ritch for
murder, and Emma Clark as an
accomplice. The jury returned a
verdict of guilty of murder m the
second degree against Rich and fixed
his punishment at 10 years in the
State penitentiary. They found Em
ma Clark guilty as an accomplice
and fixed her punishment at 10
years. The Judge set aside the
verdict in the Clark case, holding
that there was no evidence that she
was an accomplice, and she went
forth a free woman.
Rich was remanded to jail. Next
Saturday he will be taken into court
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again, wnen a motion ior a new trial
will be made, and Ritch will proba-
bly be given the benefit of bond. A
etter received Wednesday morning by
Mr. J. P. Ritch, from Mr. T. L.
Ritch written Monday night, says
that he and Mrs. Ritch will leave
Knoxville for Charlotte next Mon
day. They hope to- bring their son
with them. Mrs. Ritch ha3 under
gone a terrible ordeal and is greatly
distressed at the result of the trial.
Mr. Ritch had at no time considered
that the verdict would be other than
one of acquittal.
The expressions about town when
t was known that the Clark woman
had been freed were of a tone of
mingled indignaton and regret. It
had been hoped that the penitentiary
would get her on general principles.
crat from each, and California 1, th
other Senators being Democratic.
The theory was that these silver men
of these new States simply walked
away with the caucus, in a way
which later opened the eyes of the
older Republican Senators, gold
bues aud otherwise. These older
Senators led by Quay are said to - bf '
determined that the election shall
not be as smooth as the caucus. So
that it looks like General Cox will
not be disturbed for some time if at
all and of course, too, this includes
bis efficient and accomplished assist
ant Peter Wilson.
Congressmen Woodard and Shaw
are both back. Mr. J. D. Murphy,
of Asheville, arrived this morning,
and Dr. J. J Most, of Statesville,
arrived yesterday and has set up his
headquarters in the Baltimore Sun
Building.
Mr F. A. Anderson, a Raleigh
boy who has been here some vears
is an electrical engineer, and is
interested in a new electrical boat,
the invention of Mr. Richard B.
Pain ton,, of Pennsylvania. It is the
first application of electricity as a
motive power to boats. The modo
is in the room of the committee on
Naval Affairs and has three screw
wheels on each side, either one of
which can be stopped at any time
without stopping the others. Mr
Anderson claims a revolution in the
invention, saying that the boat will
make 40 knots an hour and will
cross the ocean in three days. I saw
the model today. The attempt is
being made to apply the invention to
United States cruisers, and the bill
to this end has passed its second
reading in both houses.
Congressman Swanson, of Virgin
ia, who has a bill to abolish the fee
system for LTnited States Marshal
said today that he was much inter
ested in the examination that was
being made in the methods of United
States Marshall Carroll, and stated
moreover that statistics showed that
half of the cases last year were friv
olous, costing the government need
lessly millions of dollars.
The new morning daily at Ashe
ville will, I understand have a spe
cial correspondent here. W. E. C
ANOTHER SOCIAL EVENT.
NORTH CAROLINIANS AT MR. REED'S
WEDDING.
Two Farmers Fleeced.
For the News and Times.
Mint Hill, Feb. 12. Two farm
ers in Clear Creek township, W. H.
Hartis and H. M. Ltpe, some time
ago had some horses to trade, and
having some scruples in regard to
'swapping themselves employed one
Bud Talbott to take their horses off
and trade them for them. It now
appears that Mr. Talbott did trade
their horses off and findly sold out
the remnant and bought a ticket for
Texarcana, Texas, leaving each of
the two farmers minus a horse.
Mr. J. L. Campbell who has been
very sick with catarrhal fever is now
improving.
The infant child of Mr. Urimn
died suddenly Tuesday morning. "
Mrs. Dr. Harrell and children are
off on an extended visit to friends
and relatives in Moore county.
Mrs. Dr. De Armon and children
are visiting at Esq. C. H. Wolfes.
X.
Four Men Drowned.
Zib McCollen, Elijah Lemmons,
Dennis Gunn and son, all white,
were drowned Saturday night, while
attempting to cross Dan river.
The sad accident occurred about
four miles from Stoneville.
The river was very high and it is
reported that the men would have
probably not attempted to cross had
they been sober.
All of the men are said to have
been badly intoxicated. Winston
Sentinel.
A North Carolina Boy In a Hospital with
his Sknl I Cracked ColTurk's Child Better-Personal
Items from Washington.
Special ta The News.
Wasiiin gton, Feb 1 3. The
marriage of Senator-elect Money's
daughter to Mr. Beverlv R. Reid,
was a brilliant affair. The ceremo
ny was performed at Epiphany
church by Rev. Dr. McKmf, and
several senators and representatives
were present, including representa
tives Lockhart' and Woodard. Mrs.
Money was Miss Boddie from Nash
county, North Carolina. Thevoung
people left last night, for New York
and after spending their honeymoon .
there will go to their future-home in
Texas. Mr. Reid is a nenhew and
adopted son of Representative Cul
bertson, of Texas.
The young Mr. John D. Gordon
whose bicycle collided with a mail
wagon on Wednesday turned, out to
be from Henderson, N. C. His
mother, Mrs. Nannie Gordon, now
lives there, and the young man came
here to live about a year igo,
and is now employed as book keeper
in the .National Plant iood Compa
ny. The wheel of the mail wagon
came within a few inches of passing
squarely over his head. . As it was,
his skull was cracked on the side.
The operation of trephining was suc
cessfully performed, and last night
on inquiry at the Emergency Hos
pital, where he is now lying, I was
informed that he was doing as well
as could be expected with good
chances of recovery. He was highly
spoken of as a nice young man,
hard-working and popular with all
the folks at home.
Mr. F. R. Harris, of Henderson, is
registered at the Metropolitan.
Col. A. B. Andrews and Mr. Keii'
ry W. Miller, his private secretary,
have been several days at the Ral
eigh, where Col. . Andrews met
President Samuel Spencers on Tues
day. The Col. returned this morn
ing to Raleigh.
Col. Wm A. Turk's little child
which has been very sick with the
measles is much better.
There is a lull in politic?, the pro
ceedings in the House yesterday be
ing confined to short silver speeches.
Among them, perhaps the most in
teresting was that by McLeary, of
Minnesota, who illustrated his re
marks with a cbart in reply to Mr.
Towne, of Minnesota, who distin
guished himself in the same way. Mr.
McLeary was for the gold side. It
is astonishing to see with v." hat at
tention all the speeches are received.
Even the Congressmen seem to be
studying the question 'deeply and
conscientiously. Harry Skinner and
Tom Settle have been the only ones
to furnish any eloquence yet for
North Carolina. The rest will doubt
less come later. The Senate is dron
ing along over the appropriation
bills, but will probably take up the
tariff bill today. Old man .Morrill
has decided to discuss it with the
silver tail to it, and he and Quay
have determined not to make any
further attempt to recommend it.
Mr. J. D. Murphy, of Asheville,
who was here yesterday to attend his
brother's marriage, the particulary
of which I wired you yesterday left
this morning for Baltimore to return
this afternoon. He will leave for
home tomorrow morning.
Congressman Shaw brought his
wite back with him, and they are
quartered at the Metoopolitan.
North Carolina arrivals yesterday:
J. T. Watson, Hotel Emrich; H. F.
McUarty, St. James; E. L. Holt, W.
J. Wolf, B. L. Candler, S. S. Jen
kins, National; A. J. Galloway,
Hon. F. A. Woodard, Hon. J G.
Shaw, E. E. Gorham, Metropolitan.
W. E. C.
It's a Hummer.
This week's Mecklenburg Times.
It contained 14 pages, and 90 col
umns. If the columns of this paper
were pasted in strips it would make
a string more than 50 miles long,
longer than from here to Salisbury,
and nearly long enough to reach en
tirely around Mecklenburg county.
It goes into more homes in Meck
lenburg county than any two weekly
papers published here, It3 tremen
dous circulation has been built up
by hard work. Not content with
past achievments it is now making
efforts to double its circulation. We
desire to return thanks to the peo
ple of Mecklenburg and the mer
chants of Charlotte for helping us
to make The Times what it is.
Respectfnlly,
W. C. Dowd, Ed. , and Pub.
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