THE CHARLOTTE NEWS.
CIIAULOTTK, K. C Till USDAY KVKNINli. ! l l.l.r AltY 18. IhiH.
VOI-UMK VII.
NUMIIKU 1071
Seine's
FED. 10
1803.
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rniori a ell br.
Moll tltllt are 1 '
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ml b Hi ftrmt In .. ill.
litwr li. Ihjt nut i.a.lefn mailt aaa- .I j
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-Mr. tetd Jtla
id ! aa al; a I ritlfee al
rt4U awitU.
Iu, Ir. iriardaa, of CulnikU.
Uleoadeel HdlMi at th 'ir
Pi by Urlaa church, uil hettday.
-IIIhm Miaul anJ (ife Cucb
ran III tuurulu Imtgm i-a'iy of
frlad. al hom," K r I J a jr rtlaf.
JulU a CliarlolU ppli
I II f v i1n o ! N l-f t u 1 1
lu lake lu ll lxliU ( His flli auj
ojrtlar fair
- Mr. Wtu. l- n anl I l u(ti-
Urt, of Math tall. -ii. ar vlalllUK
frUoJ In Ilia my, il.r (umUoI Mr
Kraiik frl.l(f in Uiuiul.
-Mr KliUi lli If of ll fr-
mr al-ir f in ler Mill
rhapl I lu l rlljr lll'n lir
moltmr t it IVnlu Mr KMr I al
II ainKUn Hy lnjr.
rii-r liquid t a larm- allrud
an al lli rnlrrtalnninl al Id
M (' A liall. lonlglil l) ! l.a.llra'
Anklllaiv An rUiujral.U lliu I
rinii-1 f.'i til aim ailx'iit
riirauiiuil utr 1 1 1 u of Hi ac:Jr
niinbr if lh l.lt.r.iy A iw-lailoti
I lr t Mltaa taW WmA .
.Na Uat4k. Kab. l.-To Mil
lMf IMMr "P UJok
lal J(bly lha dMiriclina of lb
Ul rUil Atf fooj rlatllti
ubu la Ua eiljr. T1 oralit tum
MlaiJal ikilM of A. rWbU A
Koo; Ao MaaaU; K. l Krr,
lilovaa wlll'fy aod faery fooj.
I'blllp Warlla, J-lauoa and Muleal
Imiramau; Kraua llrua.. faur
IvmhI aaJ kollom; I. W. I'lavuciof
raUll drag; John Me4'lokjr, Coo
fUuar;Jaa M. Hotfiuau, Wuir
U1 aoj faurjr ftxxla; I. Ij'l
(lov 'and prfaoiry. aaJ Vujr
muMil hall ara In raltta. In fan lli
alia of all lha boll.llof liav fallvo.
Tli aeaoa of lha flra ii oo Canal
ilml lh rlclpl Ihnrwujfiaf ara of
Iti.rMjr. al a Jolol lir II I loUf
rM. lod by llourboa. Krh !'
laMUhiusal, lh conamaudlnr tlrar- j
lur. aod rrolly cnimif Iih1, cwcu- j
iJ lh coror of Canal aod Hour 1
lh; met u iut(iiil barrur la
Iba luali 1. all t ulldlb( atlcli
aJjolb. bj lliuwli 111 ttrul
of all i I II. ilnin roui(rll
lli In tft iu. i ll iu nbr bd Alt
lh Itiuiii ix. u d ii. tiu r
(rM a;lii lli iiui Jy iuaor)r
Tli C.imiliiii lluUl atnl
adjolalo irariur l.ili fr-inl
IUyal irrl )ul nit I atial aud lam
bark lolo lli rnlfr . ( Hi bl-rk
raufbl fir In lli rear au.1 II rulrrd
lh uluul ffrl on lli i rl of li t
Hroiu lo a ltim
lb rrliaali ll.x-k talued al
orr .'aj Oil. m aa Inaurcd ft-r I"
and lha u 1 1 ! i n for i.
rnualdr rally Ixli'O in nine
llolnip ik-I a lnu'c l f .f I
(IU, u J a. a, .rili iirafl) lir a
murli. but II lamajr ! II I nl
lliouflil In l -r)f Krral. CIpimciiu.
rarrlrd ,l"i mi alix-k, and olli'Ta
ttr Inaarrd In f . r I Lm rfj
Inauraiir r iin ii)f In tt rliy l,a
iIkiuI id t i i) a I aliarn of na I ! r
riaka liavr lrii .1 1 Itloil. ami imut "f
lli I . u 1 1 .1 1 n k r uly rin-tl
nd rnualdrrrd arparal and rtcrl
" ill. II 4 Mill'.
l'Mk.. .1 M. J WktM !m
a t .. ir a u laaaifc.
M r !. ir.l ,.!J ,liu(l Id i.l Ml
J ' li W ' . I jut. IT I I 4 ! m ul.li
A.c x ' r 1 k I U lli -fli'ttf
fl lll I ' r r"r,l ! lull IXflll I
JttK lii a!icii..-au Mr ' i a aa
flf'!t f up a I'lrrr . f lira uli.l
a i. I II il n. r i II. al I i
I ifulin; l.iutli t ea) a
Ilia rl ll.llru I I I l-rt, o u I
In I' c liiw a"t.un I III I liu Al- ul
auliJ.aiii, Mr I. I la a! al led f I I'r
l...ur, rallln,' I . ' It -' ll.lf.n I I
I" I m I do I . red l '. i I a I
Mr NV'.II" I... i a. al-. I lt,' .,
lila ltma al.fii ' r ri' I I la t '.il
ilicn irm ii ii.' II . Mr I I u k l
rlnl r,i lilt V ,1 i,i. liUi In flall.e
w? e l. l a"ir iicar a ' uriMii itr
f I'f III 'i mt.t I r f r I -! ! I .- a u ,' '
nrr him a t " 1'i.Hi l imed H a'
In .Velli iiri'iiric I al ill- l . u-alalod.
TIME IS MONEY.
boti. Il tn a foor al try drurlar
and Manaard rtanf. brlrk. tluii ti ' n,.
ir.iu hulldlOf luouuU-d liy lnrti ' J lir Indu Idml n far a It, e)
clock Ur. Al lo 10 i. rlork a waii.r i ciI1 ( mm.rl ulllf.j ,rt. a. f,,i,,:
In Mureau realauranl, u Ilia - Hr h an A Ki., n l-'ain mi. Hiur
(Ma.l. ida f Canal airl rcl rd .lir ) A ( lrnr ..Um at.d l'r-
a email Innrua of fUnia llrkliif lr iruv. Order nl Uka ui ln
nil U. held In U.e I-.- I il.rary al j alouaj ! rornlc of lh rH.f i f
of
n ii v ru i-
I"1 i Try. hi al
I'll Kl.oriT-. N "
I -
o'rlork to iiltfM f"r lli 'ur,i
alnrtlng nr ffli-na lr tlio )ar.
'a4 . Tim I. VaU. chairman of
lha board of couoly corwiiiiaaimiar.
aa atla lo a ear al th court tx.uar
th la niornlnK, fur lli flrit lime aiiu-e
lt January, hen h wa airicketi
do a n a III) rliriiniatlam.
Iter Ir W S I'rraay. paaUir of
lh Tr on tret Mrthmliet church,
will preach In the l.race alreel
Methodiat church III W 1 1 in I nir I in.
neti Hunday ni 'rnlnr. M aill d.
liver an addreaa to the WllniknKtoB
M. C. A., Ihat ol(thl
Mr. Itay I.. Kyr who a li
have presented "Tom' N'acailnn" at
the oi-rra houe htr' a f a week
iK'). hul (Iiiih data w aacatu i ile 1 on
nrmuill of III dealh of hi inollier, la
ou the road aaln with h-aeipaflenl
Kverv arln I.- l.u.'M ..f n ll.al l a-a
'a 1 1." . . .. , . ......
A i l I kr ( .IHM II . ' .'ii.'..- .. .....
. ,.r.-.j to n- I , .Match 4th.
b pHurueil In ua al
wrll I iwatieil on anflil
halite lo aiiv'liinf r--
the Kchwartf bulldliiK, aoJ liaatnU
to lve lh alarm. Tn ilparlmnl
leaHiin1d promptly, but alMrleorad
irrral dimcully In ftUnf to wrk,
a:iJ th whol adlAce waa ahlai b
for a liniii could ha hrourhl to
Ixir u.u IL The flam urad
hackward ! K ran llroa , ealahllah
ii. ii t and acroaa tlourlMin atreat to
I'leuverlua dru; atora al mallaueoa
ly, and lh department found lUelf
In a inoment powcrle i ropa with
Ihe dtroyer. A f oeral alarm aa i. ,rtli luUy
aoundrd and than a realHl nelieral
alarm wat aaot lo. and lha aurhurban
engine were raaae1 Into aervloe).
Thn backward Ara tpread ti HofT
man , to Ilia left II altackrHl War
leln, and craah followad apon crah,
a the lalllnic roora over uuraoiiro
urrd; W. T I'leuverlua f1""". r..v
red ly luaura.ii-e, 'nijfrra liar
den f-ill.likl. Iliaurrd . I Holme I .' i.
0 l. luauranre I', nil Mine li..odaril.
Iiwa allarlit. Iiiauram Jlinial, M Ho-
1 oxllll . nil Inaurrd J . M H it
man I7,'ii inaurrd. J.lin Curry
I ..'tail, ui'lnaured. . li l.rrui.ry
l.li. i Ml, Inaurrd; John Mr('lnky
llnmi. luauri-d ; Kninr llro
imi partly Inaurrd ; I'hlllp Wrrloln
f l.'i nil, Inaurrd Ihe lulllin" d.
atr.'ed rollrctlvelv ir" eatlmalrd to
t (IUI rila
I u coin rr tall.. 'i with a N t
ixirler lal nlhl )-,vaiiaeliat II'.
aaldlliallie la now d'lriu. I tied l-a-'lle
the mailer ..f a per m ne n ! I
call. in. and haaC lr-i-.lura m im
ll.irh.im. I(lrla;h and Char..i- IU
h i a a Laud 'lie d I 'i r I d e a .'' Imi I 1 1 1. 1
a h"U r hut I ii lend lo I u v a r. 1 .1. i.r
rea ly for occupancy II' In -
lur ti in
II at wiiil I 1
Ml (11 ah I 1 1
rl ..f
I
to I u r 1 1 a II i to a.-r a hat
CIU he aeciire.l I'irre. Tlu-llCr I .
try Kale I,; h . and I hn come bar k ami
lo k around in Charlotte. 1 1 r I la
oral.ly Inclined to Charlotte
-iiarter of a million.
f kartell aad Ik lale oarall.
TlIK NkW" hna received Irllera
from dill rent mrliofthe State ell-
L
It) onl. r.-l
I I -Kh.l V. V l"
A Fr sh Supply of
I)
0
Prize Tomato Seed.
"FONDEROSA"
Burwcll
llimn
WAiM.KS LK AND h KTAII.
Druggists.
A FAIR KXCHASnK.
Yon cannot allord to I k' m win ken in a shoe.
I its all right, you can wear il; if it isn'tyou
can't. If its unlit to wear you can't make an
ornanipnl of il; your only alternative is. hi
throw il away. P n't miike a mistake in buy
ing, lift a piod holiest cquivnlont tor your
money in good, honest shncleathcr and you
will have nothing to complain about; You
will like our $3 shoe; For a (rood many rea
sons it will please you; It lit.i well, wear
w looks well ami givi-s you what you pay
or -comfort and satisfaction.
A. E. RANKIN & BKO.i
The iole of lh electrlc-car-l I nn
are to be painted white front the top i
to w ithin aeveo feel of the ground,
and that apace will be of a dark col
or. Thla will prenl a rather pret
ty appearance alonn Trad" and Try
on tlreeU, owlnfr to the aymmetry In
the arraDtfeinent of the pole.
A Dejrro man wa arretted and
lod(cei In jail al Slateavllle yealor
day, charged w ith rocklnu a paen
(er tralu ou the A. T. A- O. Kallroad.
Tw o wlndoa of a coach were shat
tered. It Is claimed that there Is
sufllcient evidence to convict the
party under arrest.
Kev Jas. Y. Fair, former pastor
of the Hecond I'reshvlerian church,
of this city, but for several years
past In charge of the lirace Hreet
I'reshy terlan church in Hlchmond,
has been meeting w ith success there.
Since he took charge of that church
theie have been received 1-7 new
mettihera.
The Durham lilohe, of yoster lay,
says: Dr. W. H. Creasy, well know n
here, but whose home Is now at Chnr
lot te, (fuve il lecture last nlgl't. t
Stokes H all, as previously annniinc
ed on "I'ythlanism." The house was
crowdfd and the audience was de
lighted. He review ed, In ii pleasant
way the history of this noble order,
and showed that the K of 1. order Is
growing faster than any other.
New Aftverttament To- Hay.
l-nelJ II Weddington.
I'aiiit A It Keets' A Co.
1U. kt-t Store- V J Pavis A I o.
Indies Jaileretttn i . Ureal h A I o.
I'ut in two- .Ins lUrrisoii ,v i n.
Sale InvestmentH W S Alexander.
Tlie spring !.k- I' I. iMgle A l o.
walk o( Una nl (! I rk . MMfil I
alara
Mr. K A. M. Nrrlrj . one ..f the
1 .1 1- t and inoai 1 1 1 . r m - M rert
e.cltlell of Ma-ckleuhur.' Coullly,
died al Ills houii near I ten la, laal
llllil Mr. MrSeelr)' 7 1 year
of age. and hla ail.- -url. l lni.
Other l.iilldiiiKa are badly ilimtH 11k ax niir of ihe ..1.1. t ell. r of
a well aa Ihilr content, hut are not Sugar Cn-. k church, and a good
In above estimated os. man In every reaper!. The funeral
services over hla txoly will ! C.ill
ducteil at Sug:ir Creek church, at II
o'clock tomorrow morning
fl.virs beneath, already heavily laden dor.ii.K Us ufrge.t...u thai Charlotte m, i. u i . n k.., . n.
1.1 . . 1 . .1 1 . . . Mil.
jj if ii.e prfir piaie ior iiooiiiig uir
tteil Democratic Stale Convention. ' " "ral ';'
A cltlren of Wilmington w-ltes: of lortauiy apparel, a, came into ii i
course, aa Wilmington la down In a
corner of the State and uot easlly
acceaslhle for the deleirates In the
extreme w estern partof the State,
he) puts In i.o claim for the con
ventlnii. Dot ihe general sentiment
here Is In favor of Charlotte. Your
city deierves aud should have the
couveutloo."
A correspondent from Ashvllle
"I am glad to see Tn i; Nkws
1.11.1... I . 1. - .1 ... ... X . ...!..
vigor. On the -'"K u I' ooie. c""o.j
Is regard d by tie people ot t n is sec
tion, as the proper place for I old
ill ir the con venti.in. 'n run .iv
that Ihe West is in f.iv. r of , ar-, Ing a cigarette, will drop out :igam ,.j,'e, 1
lotte." j
A subscriber ;r Reidsvillo vritc-: 1
"All our Slate Conventions liuve
m I It lit tery raatlr t al lal la lev a valeatd a II la i
reaaou why ,.u ahould'nl roeu acd Imik alar IJlat
I i- ilraiui em i.. i.e g r w i n g d al n liar a ary day. lha or.
i..re art, .tic and tf.e Hm.li aau.niah lii(l j hoaallfaL WbalbaT
) ou I in a purrhaauif m.l ..r n.., keep up w llh th iihim Dlrtii aaey
porliiully to show you aotii of the ino rlulall lllll prul that Tr lot 4
thnr ow ii t..ry of genius lu det I. It,- aod skill In iikuIIod. Yoa will b
particularly .h llgfiied llh our new l.lova Hullocera. both In aotlJ gold
nd .ilrr. ranging In price from fl'i lo I .. Theaa ar uw gooda Jaal r
. . n . d and there i n .thiu)f on the market anywhere lo compare wltb than
In ej.,i.te de.igna. af.ile the vuallly la un.aetloL ,ila.
BOYiNE & BADGER
eadi ng Jewele r.s,
DI1MTI I)
.11 li
.mi
' 1 1 i
Heady mixed Faint, Ml colors, at 1.115
a gallon.
Cheap find durublo Iron Ore paint
for roofs, (Hie a gallon.
Pure white Lead, l.itisee.l oil and
Turpentine.
A large stock of Whitewash Hrushev
and-Paint lirushes.
A. B. REESE & CO'S.
with alorks of merchaodis
leave way In turn, until the interior
fixture of the atore and their con
tents were piled In a blaring heap on
the ground thior lrlped of all aup-
port The wall of theSch wartx build
ing toppled and fell, and the Werleiu
building followed ault. The building
log on the river aide of Bourbon
atreet crashed In eoon after, and a,
full half s.iiare of the most valuable
property In the city was a smoking
mass of ruins. A breee ar lo fan
the flames, and they attacked their la',:
prey w ith renewed
opposite of BourlMin street Cleu vrrjUB
building- was first to collapse nnd
carried with it the w alls of Km V.' ls
eatahlislimeuL McCloskeys Confec
tionary was a mass of soelhluf?
flames, and Kreegcers bulhli'ig was
alo burning fiercely. Tie NlcVa'.
IMate shoe store Intervened to save
the main entrance to D. II. Holmes
immense establishment on Canal
street and that portion of the
store was hut little damaged.
The Hourbon street entrance to
Holmes, however, fared worse. The
massive plate glass windows and
weather doors were shattered to
atoms and the more intlamnbln por
ti mis of the stock thus exoed
caught lire in a momeut. Long ere
this the department was fairly at
woik, and tons of water were being
poured upon the burning material,
and the (lames showed the first symp
toms of yielding.
On Canal street, east of Hourbon,
Charlotte, 1ST O.
Mods Dress Shoes.
I :-: I
N kwh otllce this morning with a pa
per setting f. rih his claims fur the
charily of Ihe good hearted people . f
the earth. Tio. N was about to
reach down for a lonesome U'. cent
piece which it knew it posses ed,
w hen w hill came a big cloud of ciga
rette smoke into its face blow n from
the lips of ihe unfortunate bearer of
the netlllon Tilt' N:wx hand th:it
was.,, the act of reaching for t'e Young Mens Fine Dregs Shoes in the styles: Calfskin, CordoTlQ and
I money, was instantly paralyzed. We Patent Leather. New stock of our Fine Cordovan Shoea Just received.
don't know how it is with other of- T, . . . . . , . .
. I hese .-hoes w e have had great success with: The shapes we are carryior
I llces, but we are iUlte certain that v...fi
the beggar who drops in here Miiok- "em in tit the foot perfectly and the wearer pets the grealeal comfort pot-
'sides having the most handsome dress shoe that he can put OO hla
foot. There is nothing that w ill eiial them ; Our success has led us to boy
s-veral ii. w iiap-s; lie sure to see th. in. New clean ffoods; The YSry
best grades in line work. Price fi
as iiooi as tie came .
Load KeMirta From I be Karmera.
Oje of the Well-posted farmers id
heen biff alTairs, and the delegates I kiptihurgf was who In Tui: Nkv
have been Jammed and packed m offlce th,g u,ornlrj(, t p, , t!Uch f
ridiculously small hall- at K il. igh. ! encouraging outlook
where no order or svstem is i
hie. The ooniiui; convention. 1 am!
told, is to be larger th in any that j
has been held in tin- Slate for!
years. If that is the cae, hat will.
Kaleigh do about accomodating it?
To my mind. the. only solution to
the problem is the hig auditorium at
Charlotte. Your city is as accessi
ble by rail as Kaleigh, if not more
so, and 1 hope common sense will
pievail and send the convention to
Charlotte.
Try the "i o'l.lci s-al" cigars, the 1oM in
the town for .V Pianora toliacco. at
HdNNKY A VAN NESS'
for the coming season. "It is a fact,"
I'll 1... ..!.! ...I.... ........ I ..ill ......1,1!..
lie- pai.l, III jl I o.ll 'ein'ir- ill in. ...ti. .
less in cotton this year th .n they j
have done in a long- time. Cotton j
patches will uot be i oar so nuiner
ous in Mecklenhurfr this year us they I
w ere last. The fine weather that has ,
prevailed for the past few weeks has
given the farmers n fiue start on
s ring work, and they are now more
advanced than !liy have been at the
same time for many seasons past.
The outlook for wheat and oats Is
pood, and there will be an immense
crop of 'hog and hominy ' if th c signs
do not fail "
GRAY & KAliNIIAltDT.
19 Eaat Trade Street. CnAltLOTlfi. X. C
'Prompt attenliou gireo to all Mail Order.
II os I K It Y
DOMKSTIC
BLACK
DltKSS
(JOODS
KVRNINI!
Hear in
Mlndd the (Jreut
Sale of I niported
Hosiery.
Any
Leading ltraiul
You want.
A stock fully eijual to
All demands.
Fancies or Plain.
Come
And see what
DRF.SSINU We've got.
LINENH
Krinjred and Hemmed
Doilies; White or fan
cy Napkins; Towels.
&2
F. L. ALEXANDER SON & CO.
A le iding stock I
Surpaising prices
Choicest patterns
Pi rfect w ihlernesa
of Patterns
Vnt astortmentof
widths and prices
Many kinds
of many rty les
From 'itl cents up
An j
Utlcittaled I
offer i
DAMASK
KM IWtO I
D K Itl KS
consKTs
ini.s
Peautiful designs
Rich ' olors CO TTON
Reautifully blended PLl'SHES
We have a Leantiful line of gaiterettes or tops, made to our special or
der of best English Cloth and Ooe Leather, ir fashionable shades of color,
l'hese tops are very dressy and comfortable, aud add much to the appear
ance of tho foots at tire. Are useful iu preventing colds from changes In
w eather, aud vhotiM be worn by every oue; Price, black cloth 1 25, colored
cloth 1M), Ooze leather, colors. 1,7.; All sizes; Perfect fitting; can b '
w orn over shoes or Oxfords. Will beseut by mail on receipt ol price.
QILEEATH 8c OO.
Open every eveuing till,S:00; Baturday till 11:00.
j l. i . . .1. ... iii . umaaui.
A Beautiful Line
-o-F-
U R N I T U R
F
E
Continues to be Offered the Public by
BURGESS NICHOLS.
THK HOLIDAYS HAVE GONE BUT PRICES 8TILL RE
MAIN CHEAP. ELKO NT PARLOR SUITS, CHAMFER
SUITS, . AHINKTS HALL CRAIKH AND RACKS, JIMKQ
TABLKS AND DINING ROOM FURNITURE, PLUSH ROCK
ERS, RATTAN KO0KKR8, Ac, Call aud sae
Room
R I Ofl n UNDERTAKER. Night call.
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