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Vol. XII. No. 135.
A RECEIVER APPOINTED J
l!.o Charlolfo Fnrnitnre Factory Em-
bnrrnssed Jnlgre Soke . at . Cbam-
bers Hears a Motion for a Receiver,
ami R. E. Cochrane is Appointed.
The Charlotte Farm tare Factory,
nf T?hich Mr. J A .Elliott is the
chief, is in financial, straUs,; ., Friday
sppiiCitioD was made before Judge
A Hoke,at Chambers . coart, ior
the appointment of a receiver for
the company. , The. petition, was
granted nd Mr. R E Chochrane was
appointed receirer.
This action t taken on acconnt
of financial embarrassment the
company-not being able to. meet its
engagements. .The amount, of the
liabilities coo Id not be learned this
afternoon. Work at tiie factory will
be shut down temporarily, but it is
stated that it will be resumed shortly
under the old management. ' '
TLe news of the trouble cf this
company will be a great surprise to
the people of Charlotte, as it was
generelly nnderstood that its affairs
were in aflourshing way. -Charlotte
jNTews. :
s
Concord Souvenir
spoons with, pic
ture of Confeder
ate Monument -
in
If you find any thing in this
that is not exactiy right ;
CARNONS-& FETZER.
TODAY
We sell Men's all wool Cassimere suits at
300. . , i ; ; . 7
Men's Black Wool Cheviot suits at 3.00.
Men's Gray Melton suits at 2.00.
J en's Black Cheviot suits-2.50.
Men's Odd Ooats 75 cents. .
Boy's Odd Coats 50 and 75 cents '
Men's Black Worsted suits fcr 3.50.
Men's Fancy Melton suits 2.50.
MEN'S FINE CLAY WORS
TED SUITS,
Guaranteed all wool $5.50, Cutaways
and Sacks. These are the kind that .
some merchants price $12.50, .
tni
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Of very Fine Clay Worsted Cutaways of
-.Dchloss Bros.' make at $10. These
Tvould be priced $25 by people who
pretend to save you 25 per cent :
If you want any Clothing at all, ,
it will pay you to see us.
fiere are some good reasons
i
liy it will pay you to
trade with US:
Avy.0M g00ds in large IotS
m buy them low
2nd. we pUt the lowest possible price
thiilv We don,t trv to make you
tu tbey are worth more by pricing
em at doubts what they are worth.
J1, We do exactly what weeaywe will
vp;o We are here today and expect to be
ere as long as we live. ,
we will sell you goods that will
please you.
ifi?j "We give your money back
ods don't suit you
Jou runno risk in trading" with us.
viJarantee the Price on everything
hl, Shoe hats and all kind of
Store.
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CONCORD,
FARM LIFE IN MANITOBA.
Bountiful Crops-Destrnctiv
re Fires
Lostr-nonses BnrnedProtoc
tlon Needed.
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been blessed this season with the
. w .uuuiUVUit HUB
best crop of wheat ili it,R hiai'n-rxr.
The farmers have been thereby
made Happy. The threshing has
been industriously carried on, and
the ereeit plains have for weeks re
sounded to the hum of th ma
chines. Occasional snow storms
Have stopped threshing for a few
days, but the great body o? the
:tun has been threshed and is
ready for. market.
While the Northwest has been
congratulating itself on its- good
crops and prospects for iuture good
times, an'uc expected enemy has ap?
peared in tho land, brought dismay
to the people, and spread destruas
tlon before it. Prairie tires have
been ranging, over western counties
during the present week, with dis
astrous results. The country be
twee ' Winnipeg and Portage la
Prairie -the hn6st wheat section in
Canada has been a severe -sufferer
by the 'devouring element. Many
farms have lost their entire crop of
wheat and hay. Others have not
only lost their crops but. also their
buildings and fences. Borne have
lost their cattle and stock as well as
their houses and grain. In addition
to losing their all a number of farms
ers hav been soyerely burned, and
suffered physical torture as well as
financial .loss. Three have died
from burns rnd others are seriously
afflicted. Ten thousand dollars
worth of wheat and hay has been
burned into ashes, and many homes
blotted from the face of the earth.
The question of prtirie" fires has
therefore assumed serious prorxu
tions in the Northwest. No farm
can be considered safe and every
prairie farm house is menace with
flames. It is now the most impors
tant question before the Canadian
people ; before it immigration and
development of resources are insig
nificant. The protection of those
already in the country, and the
safety of resources already devel
oped,are of paramount consequence.
Prouincial legislation and effective
and sufficient legislation are needed.
If means for the suppression of
prairie fires and proper penalties for
originating fires are not provided by
the government, the province will
lose heavib by the neglect, and be
retarded in its future development.
So far the farmers have had .to
fight their own battle, and contend
with the raging flames with their
own forces. While for days past,
when the western! prairies have prer
sented an auroral picture of fire,
and great Jakes of flames and bil
lovs of smoke have roiled up from
the burning grain stacks, I have not
heard of the provincial or municipal
governments of the province doing
anything to assist the , farmeis to
suppress their devouring enemy.
To save my life, I can't see any
reason why the mounted police and
the municipal fire companies have
not been sent to assist the farmers
in suppressing the fires, or why re
lief companies have not been orga
nized in the towns and sent to the
ravaged districts to help to get the
fires under control, and save prop-
lages were visited by conflagrations
and threatened with devastation. I
believe every Manitoba farmer
would lend a hand to help the vil
lagers suppress the fires and save
their property. The farmers Keep
up the towns, and the villagers
should assist the farmers in their
dire struggle with their burning
foes. The government at least
should take a hand and give some
organized aid for the suppression of
prairie fires add the rescue of crops,
houses, cattle, stock and people
from destruction. Sheriffs have
powers to assemble posses to put
down riotsthey should also hare
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N. 0M SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1895.
powers to collect a ' posse at the
county's expenseand put down
prairie fires. A raging r fire should
be regarded as a riot, and sup
picoaou uy, .toe government as a
public enemy. Severe nenaltiea
should be provided and rigorously
enforced against all parties regard
less of who they are for originat
ing fires, either through neglect or
want of caution. Farmers have
rights, and they should aee that
their rights are respected. If they
have not adequate laws to have such
respected and enforced, they should
make the laws required,
Winnipeg, Oct. 19. J. N, Ingham.
Money, From Organ.
There are a great many citiz ns of
our county who are strongly m fa
vor of the use of both gold and eil
yer as money, but eay Ihey are. not
for fre; coinage nor unlimited coin
age of silver.
. They want the silver dollar to be
worth as much as the gold dollar if
it takes a ratio of 32 to 1 instead of
16. to 1. Those who take this view
ot tne macte'r must certainly believe
also that legislation in favor of free
and unlimited coinage of- silver
would haye no effect upon 'tiie Va!ue
of .-silver, bullion, and must also be-
Iieye. that our present silver dollars,
when sent - Abroad, are taken at
bullion yalue instead of stamped or
face value. Now a little exercise
of the reasoning faculties would
SQonrelieve the mind of each of
these erroneous ideas. For instance,
suppose a nn in England with
1,000,000 jot our'eilver dollars, and
that the bullion value is but 50
ce n ts per dollar, do vou suppose he
would take 50 cents apiece for them
or $500,000 for the lot, thertby los
ing $500,000 when he could bring
them back to the United States for
a few dollars freight and buy 2,000,
000 bushels of wheat with them and
take it to England and sell it for
$1,000,000 in gold and a profit for
his trouble ? "Most certainly an
Englishman would haye more sense
than to sell his silver dollars at 50
cents each and undoubtedly an
American should have , too much
sense to let a gold bug stuff him
with such nonsense as that our
money is only woith half price in
England. It is a dig at your pride
supposing you have no brains. Now
let us consider whether we Bhoald
haye free and also unlimited coinage
of silver. 1 k
Supposing then that we have sila
ver at all, as money, its coinage
should he free, because otherwise the
parity of gold and silver bullion
vaiues could not be kept. And this
is why : Suppose Mr. A has 1 ounce
of gold and Mr. B has 16 ounces of
silyer, all in bullion. Now A can
have his gold coined into money
without charge, but B must pay a
toll to get his silver coined, there"
fore silver is crippled, discriminated
againBt and is not worth as much as
gold at the ratio of 16 to 1 as it
would be could it be coined on the
same conditions that gold is coined.
Therefore if they are placed upon
an equal footing, as money, they
should each be as free as the' other,
else the favored one .will be worth
the more and the ratio must be
changed, n And again the silver
coinage must be unlimited, because
to retain the parity of the dollars the
relative values of the two bullions
must be retained, and this cannot be
if the demand for gold bullion, all
that is offered will be taken at a cer
tain price, and you have a steady
price all the time. No more must
be. bought than what is offered and
none i3 offered but what is taken.
Under such conditions there can.be
no occasion . for fluctuations in
Prices- Now if silver could be the
same way how staple would be our
system of finance. But such would
not be the case under a limited coin
age law. A certain amount would
be the limit of coinage and prices
might be brisk till the demand was
supplied, or if silver , bullion -.was
plentiful those anxious to sell might
force the price down in order to get
sale for their stock ' untiir the res
quired- amount was purchased and
then the value of the surplusage
would naturally fall greatly, making
the disparity in gold and silver
bullion values greater and calling for
another change in the ratio, Sn we
arrive at the conclusion that if we
have silver as a legal tender money
we should have it coined on the same
terms that gold is coined, viz : free
and in unlimited quantities.
If other 'countries brought us sil
ver to coin they would either have
to take it back home with them or
leave it here, r If 'they left it here
they would either give it to us or
purchase some of our property,
eithenof which would be good for
our country.
If it be true that our silver dol
lars are worth only fifty cents in
England most certainly, .men will
not be foolish enough to bfly them
here for $1 and take them to Eng
land to sell them for fifty cents,
This being almost a self-evident
fact, gold is the only metal that
would leave our country to settle ac
counts in England, and therefore we
could not be in' a worse condition for
sold to leave our country than we
are, under the gold standard if the
assertions of the gold-bus them
selves are true.
In thia land of corn and wine, in
this land that flows, with milk and
honey, in this best of all good lands
where nature in all her man ways
responds so readily and so abundants
ly in furnishing both necessaries and
luxuries for a little care and. labor
there should be at least as much
spirit of independence and liberty as
wa3 possessed by the oppressed and
weak colonies. They, in their weak-
nefis, did no & ask England nor any
other nation if they might nee sil
yer for money, but used it indepen
dent of any one. Why can't we,
who are the mo3t powerful and pros
perons of nations, do as much ?
Organ Church, Nov, 18.
At &U John's Thanksgiving Day.
. Besides regular services at St.
John7 8 on Thanksgiving day, the
members of the church have arrang
ed fcr a thank-offering. Articles
that are given will be put or sale
and the proceeds devoted to charity.
Irwiil be a social as well as a profit
able occasion.
Old Pople. . "
Old people who'require medicine
to regulate the bowels and kidneys
will find the true remedy in Elecs
trie Bitters. This , medicine - does
not stimulate and contains no
whiskey nor other intoxicant, but
acts as a tonic and alterative. It
acts mildy on the stomache and
bowles, aidding strength and giv
ing tone io the organs, thereby aid
ing nature in the performance of
the f unct'ous- Electric Bitters is
an excellent appetizer and. aids di
gAstion, Old people find it just ex
actly what they need. Price 50ets
and $1-00 per bottle at Fetzer's
Drug Store.
WHoriB NO. 1,353
IN GRAND DISPLAY.
Everything ornamental
and serviceable Besides
an elegant line of. linger
rings, ear drops, broaches,
. r bar pins, stick pins, belL
k buckles and
S IDE COM ES.
we have a large assort.
rnent of gold pshV
them at once.
We have everythiag , in
the silverware iline you
want. i -
i l l J. F. !0IL
Profession
Cards
(X
l: m;archey,m.d.
Physician and Su rgeo u .
Concord, N, O.
OFFICE : ST, CLOUD ANNEX.
JN0.-R- ERWIN. . C- A- MISENHEIIIER
ERWIN & MISENHEIMER
Physicians-ancl Surgeon;
Oifice No. 3. Harty. brj Idin?, cr -nosite
2nd Presbyterian church
Charlotte. N C ' "
FIRE INSURANCE.
When in need of Fire Iuavrr nce
call and see us, or writh. Wi k::hl
sent only first-class Homo aid for
eign companies.
BespectfuJy,
"Woodhouse &' Harris.
MANUFACTURERS OF
FIN GINGHAMS
OUTING CLOTHS,
PLAIDS, STlhETlJVO
SALT BAGS
o
DEALERS IN
General
Merchandise.
BUYERSIOP
Country Produce.
of al Kind
AND
FDnr-Foot wood always
wonted best price for
same. We invite uu in,
spection of all the goods
we Manufacture. v
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