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largest circulation in Charlotte
MECKLENBURG TIMES.
Largest circulation in Mecklen-
burg. Put your advertisement
where it will reach the mostof
your customers.
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1LOTTJ?
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The Talue of Constancy.
ci.etant drop of water
'tvears fty lbe bardst atone;
' n 117 -f ffWaAVt
;v':icausthe toughest bone;
"?,Diaa! cooing lover
If ,,rr the Yil UAhlnir m&lil-
crric- " o
. ...marant advertiser
iEt" ' irhn CAM t.h tnila
BRYAN'S GREAT RECEPTION
L.AST NIGHT'S SCENES AT MA
SQUARE.
JA1 i . ISS6
NATIONAL POLITICAL MUSEUM.
D1SON
tjKMERS' COLUMN
rviiVEfor County Surveyor. Mr. C
i rat; having been elected city cmri
Fifteen Thousand People In the fi
ana Eight Overfl
ter Meeting Cheering
Scenes of Entbusias
I n xx Krun i.'o . i
i ,. - w.vii xxxec Li II yr
nilding
ow Meetings-A Mon-
Mrs. Brar
m.
,,.:n:ioners his" resignation ks . tf , - n0llDCatlOn meeting
-Kcelfouy wKSUare arden ,ast Dig
;(-',Jj,! is to be selected suSd Mr J8 big thing, even for a biff town
1 o anty surveyor, we uameS.T likp Npw VnlT 6 wwu
-; ,.u , u for the place uameS- T-j ew lork. Mr. Brjan spoke
ManV Voters.
t. H.
. : arrison, farmer, of Randleburs
, . . v-i KouuemaD ot good
.i-
for an 'J une
"vui uu xorcy minutes. His
"iJCCUU W111 pnntea entire in The
x:cvb. xnere wr iKnnn 1.
f li t Lh t ii" j i-iic people
of Meck-
Th.
Wt eK tney oner 5,ouu yards sheetino-
tianis. best styles. 2c noot.t
iken liu i 2 paper needlds, one box 40
i:i:.v. - i'ss" oii uu laousanas of other
c-v tor one i em. isn iae nee Hive
KMKK. ' snouia not buy a wheat
8-2t
"HLii!tfrvilie, N. C
XXOUNCEMENTS.
o
yOK REGISTER OF DEEDS.
teret-y -nuounce mysen a candidate
:Le r!V,ce rf Register of Deeds of
rfi.cut-art: Luuuijr, puujeci 10 me ac-
i: ti t I'taiocratic voters in their
J. AHlnUK HJiJNDERSON.
i ...
i.t:t"y announce ujj seii a candidate
Rtdtfr of Deeds of Mecklenburg
ttv. MiLntfi tu me action oi tne
r;.t c ncimnittinsr convention.
a. morris Mcdonald.
Krt tv announce mysen a candidate
the otik'f of Register of Deeds of
V.enlv.ri: county, subject to the ac.
:Lt Dtint cratic nominating con
J. W. COBB.
L'n;t'i " : . y his always navinsr a ! in ThP cmrrton orl 1 ,f
r .;,,iuiwT. Tfi hlu nf-aHi' el i , I ---w- w va UL1U 1. 1 f H W-krk W i-h .
iv u tin m f - cvii u ni tut; uaJlKt I n d
. mccnuKB. Hie Drft5S WTmr
say: lhe presence of sd stupendous
auiuwu oi numan beings was in it
self au eloquent tribute to the im
portance attached to the occasion
and such a crowd it was! Men and
women poured into the vast audito
rium through many inlets. They
came in droves, in sections and in
orderly marching steD. Th nn.n.
ing of the doors was followed by a
hurrying, scurryine rush nf L
and in they came, shouting, jump-'
ing, shoving:, pushing all nfnf Z
reaching the places best available
to see and hear all that was tn
seen and heard.' After a while the
ingress became more orderlv anH th
cuuauce oi tne audience settled
down into a constant inflow of v.
man beings.
Outside the garden the ntf
excitement had prevailed. 1
A perfect cordon of police bad
been formed on the four sides of the
buildiDg and no one was permitted
to cross the line until the time ad
vertised for the opening of the doors.
Over 1,000 uniformed policemen
were stationed in and about the
hall. The crowd began to assemble
snortly alter 6 o'clock, and an bnnr
u ocu a utuuiiiar.R !. -. '
. - . . I -fri-.-, , i n , . ,
. """5 j... . o to""
tne action of the Dem- uen were literal! V thrnnowl with
waiting multitude. The extreme
neat ot the day had by no means
spent its tury, and many of those
wno nau arrived early to secure good
positions in the line were oblip-fd t.n
.1 , - , . c
urop out ana retire to more favored
places.
At 7 o'clock the doors were thrown
open, and despite the efforts of the
police to restrain them the crowds
on every side, made desperate rushes
for the entrances. In "the struggles
many women tainted and had to be
carried away. The police finally
began to use their clubs in an effort
to restore order.
Men, women and policemen were
jumbled together in an indiscrimi
nate mob. Men tore each other and
their clothes in their frantic endeav-
ors to gain admission and matters
Itttvv
fte cilice
R SHERIFF.
nn ounce myself a candidate
! Sheriff of Mecklenburg
Hot to tne action of the Dem-
n"inin..t:nir convention.
J. O. GLUYAS.
ie:nv i cnounoe mvseu a candidate
It .'.:.0t t
t'.Li.::
"OR
un: count v convention.
Z. f. SMITH.
TREASURER:
kitty unnfv.nce myself a candidate
t ( tr.cr ( : i reasurer ef Mecklen-
toi.LiY, .: tot to the action of the
rim..Tk and county con
LDGAR II. WALKER.
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NO. 407.
OVATION ALONG THE LINK. I NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS
BRYAN'S TOUR EW ROUTE
TORE.
TO NEW WASHINGTON WIIX RR SELKCTKn as
THE PLACE.
Routed Out as Early as 4 O'clock Why he
vooia t Platte a Speech-He Admonishes
an Enthoieiast not to Shake Him on Elec- I
tion Bay.
With Branches in New York and Chicago
witn tfte Democracy in New
York-Not a Full Meeting of the National
Committee.
J10NROEVILLE. Ind.. Allfflisf in NtMST Wcxvr A n mi-
" ' -Moione, of Juneau, Wisconsin, a big dav for the nnrrif!
. committeeman from that State, and ju veuated Democracy. Tomorrow
m T ?7 ',w mcago, an win oe Digger. The features and
old -friend of. Bryan's, are travelling events that will-make this the meit
with the partv. John Creitrht imrornt-.'in flw. k;. j.r.
, , - o j x - - "'oiui v ui nie oarrv
of Omaha, a member of the notifi- are the meeting of the National
cation committee, is also on the Committee and the arrival
tram. Bryan was feeling good this The National Commit ; 5"
morning over the meeting "with A. sion afc the Fifth Avenue hotel and"
J. Warner, of the Bimetallic Lea- will decide before it a."
gue, and Ueo. W. Peck, of Wincon- whether New York or Washington
sini A crowd of one thousand at will be the headquarters of the party
X ""5 CW , LiUCCl iff 4.U1 L1JC t.l Villi llf'1. flT f
cheer without a response from Bry- and upon the general r,lan WJii'
an, who was in his statA -..rv, a twa wir 1 ,1 , .
.o - w uc uuue uy uryan and
Columbia City, at 4:45 this morn- Sewall in the Fjwt-w.k.v.iL.
. -p. - "i uuiut; LVJU Will
ing Bryan appeared for the first undoubtedly be selected as the
time and shook hands with a larp-e National headnnnrfora TifU l.- -V.
crowd. Me had come out in such a es in New York and Chicago. Thrre
hurry that he forgot his collar. At is not a full attendance of the Na
tional Committee. Some of th
members are absenting themselves
because of their objection to sil
ver.
L-nairman Jones received
5:25 he reached Fort Wavne. where
i several thousand awaited" the train.
j Bryan was greeted cordially. To a
. request to speak he replied some
wnat noarsely they musn't expect a
T? Pili'VTV 'I'DT-PVAT.
y anno -nee myself a candidate
t ci L untv Survevor. snh-
: :.c ipprt a. of the Democrats in
:unar.tr- ,.ic county convention.
T C. SPRATT.
'tiyanni n.t n.yself a candidate
' e t . urrv Snrvpvnr fprt.
r county, -ui-iect to the action of
v vuviviii
S. T. STOWE.
Manager Hanna: "Ladies and GentWn-In preying the only
& vTT Caadidate' iD Captivity' et k - observe that I
hold hizn hghtly byyth little string-between rLe thumb and forefinger
.o to apeak. Don't be afraid ; a little child iead hi -
St. Louie Republic.
t "" "
ORONER
myself a candidate
fc-1 o; . ; oner of Mecklenburg I i00ked serious for some moments.
f onveDtion.
A. A. C A THEY.
women in the struggling mass and
two or three of them fainted. Then
pt T ... , the police rallied, and with a vigor-
rtiue - institute, ous use of their clubs soon formed i
;s i i l
if
V. -on etnitg of this famous
,l: ,.u,,u t0 KNOW MORE.
Ke'"ri!:s tciuiful Catalogue.
1 A. A M. H. HOLT,
Uak Kidge, N. C.
i'iiii'l lie Beat:
W o:he-
irm w:tr.t.fcrtv.footpoIe?
rr-t.-cbfctt in this coun-
w i ,(,
-' : s u i ts , 1 atest cu t ,
L!ce re ght, worth
:S c ro'her. and if any
c&te them for twice
ett you w'lh a suit
I of u- ....... , ...
- -ji:.ei e and wool nats
1 -Jrpnf-t
fa.
in this city at a
cf 33 per cent.
rsf'-K forc.
lot
ra ties for ladies and
$1.25 to -$1.75, to
Irpa;.
-,..dW ats for youngmen,
f at, Hum 1J ,U &Uj.
line and thereafter there was a sem
blance of order. From floor to roof,
the garden was crowded with hu
man beings. The heat was not so
intense within as might have been
expected But it was hot enough,
and perepiring humanity brought
fans in plenty. Overheated men
took off their coats and unloosed
their collars. The women had pre
pared for the torridity by dressing
in cool, light frocks.
As Mrs. Bryan entered, cheer af
ter cheer went up from the floor and
gallery and platform, and the dark
skinned little woman opened her
eyes in surprise, and then went
ahead, calmly settling herself in her
seat in the box nearest and to the
right'Of the rostrum. But the cheer
ing continued, and men g5t upon
their chairs and waved hats and
fans in their desire to do honor to
the wife of the Democratic candi
date. Women, too, rose and joined
in the shouting, and soon it looked
as' if the audience was on its feet
yelling with might and main. Mrs.
Bryan rose to bow her thanks. The
cheering became more intense. She
ut oucppcu on me isianii ana was re
cognized by many in the audience, a
great cheer went up.
".Bryan, Bryan, Bryan," was the
snout of those who knew him. and
as others in the crowd realized that
the hero of the evening had nome
the cheering became louder and
louder and threatened cot to ston.
But it did stop and those who timed
it said that the ovation had laeted
sir minutes.
MR. BRYAN ON THE WAY.
HA PIT OVER THE DEMONSTRATION
Be Kt This mortug and Made an Ear
ly Start His Tram Calls for m Stop at
ICTery Station.
speech. None of the newspaper men calls at the Fifth Avenue, this morn
were up. He promised not to snpaV inf?. Hp
.1 i , ., , -I I . o . fia.uo iU UUUUUCI--
in meir aosence, besides he expected the camnai
quite an audience in New York and but would be. before the National
wanted to save his voice. The nrowH Commits arHm, r-
filed past and shook hands. anticipated that Brvan Will QTinao?"
"I want to ishake,, said one man previous to his nnt.f.afw ; t-
in a loud voice. "Well." said Brvan son Soua rTarlon tu v '
1 1 1(, ,. ' -- j X -'"vui X.UC1C Will UC
as he reached for him, "don't shake no formal recpntinn nf
... - ' ' I vy t line ldUUl
me on election dav." Hurrah for date
1 j t- . , 1 , xxx.x IVJlxi 2; xJ U. C5C-
the next President of the United wall. St John, ami Jmao tin l
otates, came a voice from the crowd, the Bryan partv at the dnr,r M
'Lhat is sufficiently indefinite" and Mrs. Bryan will be driven to
added BryaD, "to permit all to ioin " the residence of Mr. Sf .TVin
three cheers were ffiven. I guests the v will ho
rt . , . I w
IN TUN, UiilO. AUffUSfc 10. Mn.
Kinley is temporarily eclipsed today
by the prospective arrival of candi
date Bryan. A larfm ffo.Po-At.inn
headed by the Mayor went west to
Arritille to meet the train this morn
ing. It arrives at two this af tprnnnn.
In
THE MADISON SQUARE MEETING
the partv is Carl B
A. J - v T i 1V. SJL
ie. He nroDoses ;"VT L!'AU, "eaneroa;
to. request the pririlege of speaking E S Z" N
An Enormous Crow4 Expected to Hear
Candidate Bryan's Speeches.
New York, Aug. ll The ar
rangement for the MarH inn fiminwA
harden meeting on WAno.0An
o vuuouay
"Commonweal" fame.
at Masillon. He brought- ttf 1roS "Yf1. Jmm' through its com-
flag which followed Coey and Brown w T Rn nf vvf' i
to Washington. AnL w.J.V' J-Bl7aD, of Nebraska, and Ar-
bore these word : Ia ewali, of Maine, that 1
Brvanwelrompd u v ? "ef mac tney
X,'S "S"Ch- respectively as thi
other showed R,V . ciJi .., uu.u u oearers ot tile Uemocratio
these words:
to Masillon Grass bv
Coxey.
. i
v"vx dxxvi ncu ui vitu h,d a silver snn i r x i , .
rising from the "west, and McKinTev I!?.eomP eted. " faf
surrounded by Hebrew faces sup- mLS "CSets
.-.x. viiaiimau j ones
will preside, and Gov. Stone, of
Missouri, will in all probability
. T
THE FIFTH AVENUE CROWDED.
ff-tl brims, 8c.
s fc:
'C.
ice
rtcuced to 4c.
y' ee tnat you
S S KEESLEK.
bowed again and again, and stil
they cheered. Through it all she
looked cool and calm, just as she
appeared on the exciting day at Urn
cago when the Bryan whirlwind
swept all before it and brought
about the circumstances that made
her so prominent a personage.
It was just 8 o'clock when the
principal actor ot the evening enter
ed. Mr. Bryan had reached the
garden in company with his wife
and Mr. St. John, but had remained
below until they were seated. They
had been conveyed to the Twenty
seventh street entrance, from which
the police had kept back the crowd,
and the arrival of the candidate was
not known to the struggling masses
around the other doors. But when
Senator TJllra an Attracts More Attention
Than Anybody Else-Bryan Keepjcg in
thBoa bd1 Resting for To-NJebt A
t ampan Committee of Nine.
INew York, August 12. The
corridors of the Fifth Avenue hotel
were crowded with free silverites
before ten this morning. The crowd
of yesterday was reinforced by many
-i . . -
new arrivals, among them Jix Gov
ernor JHogg, of Texas. George Fred
Williams, of Boston. Senator Till
man,, of South Carolina, is also on
hand and attracts more attention
than anyone about the hotel corri
dors. The report that Senator Gor
man will be put at the head of the
j campajgn eommittee is official v de
nied this morning. Gorman says he
cannot bear the strain. Two meet
ings will be held this afternoon, one
of the notification committee and
one of the national committee. The
former was to complete the arrange
ments for the notification tonight.
Gov. Stone, of Missouri, was formal
ly announced to notify Bryan. A
letter from Senator White was read,
stating that he could not be present
and requesting that Stone be select
ed. Sewall spent most of the day at
the Jlfth Avenue. He said he had
his speech completed. Bland was
also about the hotel and was very
popular.
Before the national committee
was called to order a great deal of
interest was manifested in the cam
paign committee of nine that Sena
tor Jones was authorized to appoint.
Bryan was much refreshed this
morning from a night's rest. He
will, "however, probably spend the
whole day in the house, in order to
recuperate as fully as possibly for
his speech tonight
Pes Moines, August 8 After a
brief rest, hardly sufficient to re
cover from the fatiguee of vesterdav.
) Bryan arose at 5:30 this morning and
uepartea over the iiock Island road.
p i ....
ior Chicago, with a journey of thir
xeen nours ahead of him and the
prospects of having to deliver a
speech after reaching Chicago. The
day s programme calls for the hard
est work laid out by Bryan. In con
nection with the journey east, the
train on which he travels c.lls for a
stop at every station. Bryan was
posed to represent Wall Street sink
ing into ever lasting fire.
'Lima, Ohio. Auir. 10 Thp Rr
train was given a rousing welcome
at Vanwerr, Forest and Delphos. At
the latter two, Bryan made brief
speeches. At Delphos he simply
l .ll X
mae tne notihcation snppr.h. Thon
Mr. Bryan will make the speech of
acceptance, and Mr. Sewall will fol
low him.
said: "Ladies and wT,tlm,"Tr OL0Dn tne Treasurr of the
nnr ioff. :Z " . jL,? democratic Uommil
get on our platform it wont fall
X" . 1
withvou." Five tWrl mt rtJn lul arrangements. Madison
train here where there was a npral " "J11 Id about 20,-
hand-shaking. c f T V tilere be seats
' I n r M I if 1 1 1 r r o I rF 4.1 i. m
Vltt nanj. mac numoer, tor
wnich tickets have been issued. Five
thousand of the tickets have been
given to Tammany and for distri
bution among the members of that
society. The boxes, balconies, and
part of the arena will be filled by
ticket holders. On the floor ii
front of the platform there will ba
300 TlrpCC oaai-B - , i : . .
resignation as a rjx, '.r, , ua senn-circie
,wff u-. around these will be 2.500 pW
for ticket holders. The rest of the
floor space will be filled by those
those who are able to fight their
way in without tickets. Applica
tions were received for 30,000 tick
ets, and for 1,200 press seats. All
wno can get into the Garden will be
admitted, but the police will close
the doors as soon as they think the
arena is comfortably filled.
To handle the crowds there will
be 300 policemen in charge of six
captains, and a reserve force of 200
has been detailed to assist in case of
an emergency. The entire glass 1
roof of the Garden will be taken off
to secure ventilation.
Mr. Bryan will arrive in the city
afternoon, and will not fv
quartered at a hotel, but will he tht
guest of Mr. St. John while here
He will have a conference with th
members of the National Committee
which body will hold a meeting"
today. Members of the notifica
tion committee are already arriving.
ittee, has charge
HOKE SMITH RESIGNED.
Hie Resignation in the Hands of the Presi
dent
Washington, Aug. 9. The Post
this morning confirms the renort
that Hoke Smith has resigned from
the cabinet, in an article from which
very hannv over last nifrht's .pm.T. I tt i .7 ... . excfact: "Secre-
i wt-Ly v vjj - in ru t i a ur r ?. .4.' .
stration in his honor. ZJLiZ:Z I,1" ?n ,as
ixicmuci ux me cauinec and tne riead
of the interior department is said to
be in the hands of the President.
"lhe authority for this statement
is a close personal friend of Secreta
ry Smith. As the story goes, Secre-
WJJI VOTE FOR BRY A3.
Ejt-CbaJru.au Tanbencck Indicates How
Fusion Will Be Arranged
Chicago. Aug. 8. H. E. Tan.
beneck, late chairman of the Ponu. tal7 Smith forwarded his resignation
l'x. vr." . -l ., i r I TJ - J x . x n s. ..
nsi ixationai committee, has come to w uuc -xeisiueni at uray uables on
Chicago for consultation with Ipad. tne same day that he authorized thp
ers of cis and the Democratic nartv I Publication in his paper. The At
He is confident that the Ponulists nf lanta Journal, of the editorial dp-
the whole country will vote for Brv- claring that paper would support
an and has Mtle doubt that satis. -Bryan and Sewall, although denre-
9 . . -l U 1
factory ari-angements will be made
for electoral tickets in all the States.
In Illinois it is understood four of
the Democratic electors will be re
tired and four PqDulists substituted.
It is also the understanding that at
least one oi the candidates on the
State Democratic ticket will be with- la en. a solemn pledge that he
drawn and his place filled by the P;0?ia a&ide by the action of the
Populist convention, which meets Chicago convention, and then went
next week. Mr. Taubeneck express- on 10 say tnat ne felt that he could
es tne opinion that everything will uul l? J"wce 10 ine rresident, longer
worK out an nght. not onlv in this Icmaiu " uis caoinet."
ri j . i f i t i . -
State, but throughout the country.
although he says the recent inter
views with Senator Jones and Butler
and the utterances of Vice Presiden
tial nominee Watson have so con
eating the platform upon which they
were nominated.
"In his letter to the President it
is said that Secretary -Smith an
nounced the position that he was
going to assume, pointed out that he
had, during the campaign in Geor
The Post then speculates as in
wnat the President is gome- to do
about it, and concludes that if the
Tesident continues m his m-esent
XX! 1 5 . . .
acuraae or non-action, Smith will
fused him that he hardly knew what serve.ut his time in the cabinet, but
was going on anywhere J a be takes either of several
suggested courses unfavorable to
rreeSilTerMenln Control. I Brvan and f.hA HriiWrro t1o ii,.
.vwfcvr uxouviiu LUC
X. "IT
Wheeling, West, Va., August 12. secretary will insist upon enforcing
The Democratic State Committee his resignation and will return to
is in session today. The free silver Georgia and take an actiye part in
men are m control, the camnaiffn
o
Death of a Little Chil d.
Ernest, the three year old son of
Mr. and Mrs. D. T. Eitch, died Wed
nesday morning at 4:10 o'clock af tr
a brief illness, having been taken sick
only last Friday. The funeral ser
vices will be conducted from th
residence, 702 North Davidson
street, at o'clock this afternoon :
Key. Mr. Hoover. The interment
will be in Elmwood,