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VOTLrXTMliSa
S3b Vanes" tojSlbakadse Eiirolci'li
Aa , (ioveruqr ot- North Garollim
war, Viico...cxtintUMj- iorea!.y:iit
and sainuun not-'iuvarmblv snowii
iy me jsmteaiuen-oi.jrcndt ,-ciayr J a-
led one of; -th
ou r Confederate
to nieces wastlie
oiir leaders to realizethat the stin-
gl? would be. a loiigauii desperate
one. - -
13.V l h e t vmo Ih a 1 1 bp second year
o the nir .was upon us the (Jou Ted
i raey was wen tiin sirippeu 01 such
8 u p pi iea of J Uii u t'acUi res. ats ve had
oeen uepouumg uj);u tut? iurtu. ior.
The consequence ' was ; that most of
the soldiers fn the Oohfedeia.e ' :-:v
i n tine gotr tobe veryraggetl. Many
j esinients wore clothes as cat:ered ni
nuy be "fonnd . upon the aveae
tranip of Jto-dayi ; Here and theM;,
i. 1 deed,, .there were; commands wjiich
wt-re i airly well-dressed, but tlie rer
vrse of this was the iule. Afier
tiwmie. iiowearer., tne wnoie 01 in
mense body ?f North Carolina tioop.
ht came ah exception to the rule and
appeared comfortably clochtd while
their feilov-i6Tdier "r generally A'eie
in tatters. - ";
'J'he teason of this change wa? thai
Governor Vauce acting under au
t hority granted htm by tlie Slate Leg
lilature, bought a steamer atiu pio
ceeded to 1 mr aie blockade oi the
H)i t pt Wilmingion, carrying oiu I
cotton and bringing in military
ciotlfes, sh.)es, uiedicints, food eic,
etc., on acrouiiLUi xu o ate oi xxorui
: .an - - f
Not only wailn3-eiiteri)nso of.
North Carolina sufficient lo i. ovide
icr the comfort o all her i oops, but
was extended so as to be of gre ifer
vice ta other Stated of tlie Uoufeder
aoy,"aul to the C dVJ .u'ucv iioelf. -It
is scarcely p.-ii j. e to make 'the
people of the pee-sent day coaipre
hend the value of tba service, be-
-.1. . v- .k.tii.x r r t 1
dire .straits -ane iwipiout iuc vuji
f deacy were reduced.
The example of North- Ca'olina
finally stimulated other &laU3 to im
port such goods as they needed, and
so gradtnilly there W.i3 maeb im
provement in the quaaiity and qual
ity of uniforms issued to our ar my.
Had the policy which was inaugu
rated by Governor Vauce bten vig
orously inaugurated "by the Confed
eracy at the -beginning of the Avar
our soldicrs-in the field would have
been saved much discomfort, but for
along time the expOL-ratiou of cottou
was secretly, if hot 0)enly, discoun
t en an ced . It was gen eral ly t ho u ghv
that there would-be & "couou lam
ine" in the manufacturing towns of
Enfflanll and that thu3 that -govern.
men t would be forced to recognize"
the C ,11 federacy -a misUiken idea,
whioh tiro loai-iiMil iLrtv. lonorand cost
- rocks imon winch Canijum in 1870rthiif.
ship;, of -state," wf-nt werfe made ro "have raittfin-thenrnihr
ihabili"yJoTmQ3c of es of our net7 Deuooai i KaveK-
ly waiting. Eichnioud Dlaccy-mWG D. April 2 !th., '91,
A Colored Preacher -Adds : Anothor
Tribute to the Great Ifan- - "
A grand, ami great man he was.: '
Honorable Zebuloii - KairdtYauce
death 13 greajtiy-lamenred by Jihn
d reds' of my race in the Stated of
North Caroliua. :: He was'a man ot
s tron g con victioiis a ud Jiud-t he". eoii r
age and fortitude to ' carry out hia
convictious. ,r; : ' .
Mr. Vance verysoofi after the close
of the late war, saw the iguoratand
poor condition dfLtlie negro aud'.be-
aREENVlI.I.ENf Ci?x
Qne. ot rnetronffestadTOcates
Vi vc&,,"'-5aucafU0"-. e,-Bdia ,T0atf8eiKniorafi:e and the i
the -I'liekro should Ivork: - save hr
lor;ils and lucate .Iits hih!vMi -
" was when we r. iiia
nor: JJishoo J. W: '-Hood; fPrnf; 7?o!iK
jBarrjarfud others of the cbloi'oil ivce
req nested Governor, Vatipp m wnlu
schools for tlie-lvihertdacatioiK
of th e negro. ThH r r q u es fc vu vei'v
euuu Kranieu. He -etaOiishfedv the
I tate h on lial school s for the bl uck a
j cu -a jur;4iie .w 12 lie lieopie. WlMl
ffi-jir eun. reineinbranrer'or ;S. f.Mf riv
Vance, we extend our yuipathy . to
r lie son o w i n g f a m vl y .
. Wej would be pleased to kilow that
iJon. T. J Jarvis. could receive the
appomtuieiit as Senator by Gove; lior.
wai ' ..... - K. 11. oIMMON'S
Pastor of Zibli (Jimrhli.-
Charlotte Observer., Ap'l 1 i, '9 4-.
Programme of
'O w w - j J6A.WCOd
- Hiss Bitiie Johnson' School
April 20tl:.
Opening Speech by jimnne Galr
o way. I ue Ulu JN or th S ta ( e b t h e
.htss. Dialogue by the lui.le oais.
The Fiar '-bv :lis. Helf.i (4.;ll
Ceaciie iibl:c School bv xVf )a-
ulje Duck. ; - AVhat Vd like io o . li-
aloue. Carolina by 11a, vey ElktuH
If KWere A flii-l IW:. VV;d. i
The lJneht Nhw (inrr tiTitfi
Siierch bv Oscar E1 wr.'ls. s.Mt r
K.indnes.'i by Maoa Ea va U, ll,b-
hfe's Coinoi.iint bv Shno.i.d I'.nk,
ft. - I I . . w - -
ojieecn- oy iimmie Hiuwarus.. An
Indignant Scholar by Oieye'aJd
Buck. - The Figure Curd bv J irniiiie
Galloway. Unfaithf nlneoS by Pre i
Elk3. .The Silve'' Liuiug, Dialogue.
Speech by Crs3ie Puh. S ech by
-n tr-w
My DoUie b IJtllen
Galloway. When Womea Have Their
Kights, Dralogae.' Speech "b'f'J .uele
Galloway. The Sick Dollie bv Don
Elks. The.Wicked Little .Giil bv
Mamie Galloway , rJhe Flea Powder
Dialogue. The .School Exhiouiou
by Miss Tiovio Bu-k. Don't 1 . k
F)r The Flaws by MattiCliuck. Tlie
Little Gills by Sallie Galloway. The
Bargain tl 'inter, Dialogue. The So
liloquy Or A Young Ldy by Qeanie
Gray. ' Cherish Kindly eelins by
Mamiei Pope. I XVoufdu't Be C10 J
by Mamie Buck. . Iteasoo For Ed u:
eating The Partner's Boy by Major
Buck.-A Sn miner Vacation by Alice
Buokl A Good Time Gomin;;,. Song
Closing Address by Walter Bock.
. Oar Law Makers.. 1
-Trouble is brewing in Washing
ton for Cgxey and his army., taud
those who haven't money enough to
provide-for themselves would better
think twice befo-e starting ftr join
him. Tuere are daily con r iences of
officials, civil and. military, which
are surrounded -by a mystery that
l)6des 11b good to-the Ooxeyites. It
is impossible Jo get officials to say
what wey lutena uoing, out tue jiu
pression is-gr6wjug;that Coxey's ar-
my will 'not' be alloxyed, as an organ
ized body, to enter Washington.. -'
The , House-" Coinage Committee
this' tee- co isidered :Kepresentative
- APJRJU SVtli -185)
- f Meyer'a bill lur.-Uie comn of ihe
seigniorage and the i4sue,oi thile per
x;enr bonds,' but did not-ari ivoat a
decision. Notwithstanding " ' :i he
sratemeut of. Mr. "Meyer that, Hie inU
wa3, emhxrsell' by": Seci otary'V C.hI isle,
and, that it would 3eitatilv be -Sail
ed byrrosident Cleveland,-if.p'aed
mere waj no eutnusiam eiiuwrfnur
the bill. ; " 'V ? j, "
v Senator Smi fchVspeech Win nstthe
taritt bill was Neither teUo'iinoual4iios
Vpuciaity eloquehtbut it-iyas plain
jothe point oJf- tduntnevs and Jolt no
doubt 4 a-vl h e m i u d s oi his -hearers
thathe Avas w itliu g t a go lis; 1 a r : a s
-Senator Hill lu-his efforts . to defeat
the bill - He threy, tlasrbomb i f
the camp of the democratic7 f,ee t ra
ders;: The demoqrai ic art y is not
a fee trade uvy, aiivlvthe uitrtv fact
thtrt an Jusignifip int number of: i : e
tradvr:ihe;OFistadiav6.iiigitiifted--i.licnk--
sei vts upon it cunuot make . it
Taxed collected at. the cdtohi nous
es have been the chief -'source of .led-.
eral revenue,- and such 'they
ron tin ue to be.' Nor Ciii the
must
Utl 4-
.inoe of a
Jo.i orressionarcon ventjou
4 n M usiou 11 nor th e as ti 1 ion oi' 11
candidate ihar an iiicome
tf com royert a prmcip'o dcciin
v x.,,,,uao wvuv.ow,. v.w...iiiji
e4 Uv ese. y uational conveiHoiiBui;L
t ill' P.l.iml.3 I .jTlHL"II1 .1 jWI .rt 1 1 i'i l".
the orgMiiiatii ni6t the pa .V"- v
Sth it h id so. served notice on the dr u
ocrats of the South that they -wer
drivius: the duocrais of tlie Nortti
into-the republican pary a nl that i
jvill be, in hid opinion, impossible to
"pass the tariff lull -as. it now viands.
c ":' Whether: the, -ucr ion d-xheIfoX
in. arlopiing a rule authorizing tlie
counting of a tpiorum was a triumph
fur Hon. Juhu Paiidoiph Tucker, of
Virginia, who advocated it2 adoption
by the House in I86O7 for Senator
llili, who put the ruie into puictiet:
in tne New York legislature while
he was Lifutenant-i-ipveraor of thai.
Srate, or lor ex-Speaker Reed, who
gets the credit for its adoption by. the
il.Use of the F fry n. st Cong eb.--, is
unmaterial. The new ru-!e was nec-
essary.to -pat . au eiuLco the -absurd
tillibusueriug by 'refusing' to voe,
which has been such a conspicuous
feature of the proceedings of the
llone during the present : session,
the democrats liavtng demonstrated
their iuability t keep a quorum of"
iheir wii on h ind to do business,
and its adoption was niery a bit'of
applied common -sense, and Jt wa
really surprising that as many as
d e i n c ua r s s ho u 1 d h a ve bee n ; w i i 1 i u g;
uuder ihe circumstances to'go bu
record against t e rule. -' .
It is now regarded a good a? set
tled that the fate of the income t.i
depends on the , votes of republican
j Senators. Jf the, republicans vote a.5
they t bm k th 13 woa Id mean t hat the
income (ax would mean that -the in -come
tax would be struck ou t of the
bill, but they may vote to keep it in
the bill for , the p u rpose-of .: forci ug
democratic beuaiors who onpo e :itrt
to vote against the; entire bill.
- Govemor Jarvis obtained the Sen
atorial seat 'without solicitation on
the part of lieif ihtoiends. The ,
office sought the uianand found him;
Our Raleigh correspondent reported 1
Ithat letters favoring twenty gentle-
men 'were received oy the trovernor
kking.him' to- appoint i their respect
tive Ineuds-to the vacant benator-
ship. There were other spokenof
whose friends did not .write- -'The-
woods are fall of ?&mJyMessenaer:
Coia,-Silver, -or Paperi;
1 tsarernbt- wdiicb JisV bnin g r ion . v
v. , -vj " -v-- j.4r
" Mystock iompletejn alt lines of 'i"--
DpW-iieed7idlarapairolS iV'i'C
aju t ClothesShspenueri,-S6cks; w-' Av."
Drawers ora .phirt; T fV "
;.DiMou need a Oj es Unaor-Olo"tJi5
4 tr
Hosiery, 8jjk. or; satin, Jlildyon-'
'l-C'ice.
. .Emhivn fered - Good? H
Brushes Needles Pins,; Stpl : Cot- ,
ton or Gloves. - J"'-
ABKJFOR WHATTOU Wr "
I HAVE IT . -.v '
My goods .arjVry'iBlieaplBonhtrlV
tor OueJi, to be sold for Cash, on a"r -
.in-farrow inarirui;
- , 0
TO MY COGNTKY FHIE&DSP
. T cxfeoU a cordial invif.
d -ive right into the lot.-jn" r lie 'rear
n my sfeoewheretahlesiieiKe.
New Store on corner two -dog rs be
low Me. G. ErmiPs Drug Store.
lamest
as soriment 01
G eoasto" be
Tottrvcjh our
about very tbing
yoa Want ahd inviterori to - :
call on them when vc 11 .
yant your- moneys. ' , ?
-worth. - ' v r .
A penny saved
is a pen ny made and' -
we "claims to save " you-"
many pennies if yoii will
give us your patrquage..-
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Id 3 ftca U 3rz CJ ' Ik OB -WIc.-TV - IS V U M
a m - m Yra fmb ri Lkti v.m ra wti l: s
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