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It Pas to Grv . THE PEOPLE an invitation to trade with yon. . The best way to invite themii to ad vertise in THE TIMES. Commercial Printing Letter Heads, Bill Heads, Note Heads, Btatements, -Business Cards, Envelopes,- eto., Exeonted Neatly and Promptly. ZEifl VOL; IV. WALTER S, SELL, Editor, ELKIN, N. C, THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 3, 1890. HUBBARD aOIB, Piiblicte ' NO. 17. rtl l if If W Pi TO GOLD AND PROTECTION. EXTRAOTS FKOJI McKINLRY'S LETTER UIT ACCEPTANCE. Arjrtir-t Against Free Silver The Bepubllcan and Democratic Plat forms Contrasted. Below oan be found eztraots from Maj. MoKinloy's formal aooeptanea ot the Republican nomination for Freei dent: 7b Htm John M. Tkurnlon and Othert, Mtsmbcftbf the Notification Commit tetof the Republican National Con- Gentjkmkn: In pursuance of the promise made to your committee when notified of my nomination as the Re publican candidate for President, beg to submit this formal acceptance of that high honor and to consider in detail questions at issue in the pend iv campaign. Perhaps this might be considered unnecessary in view of my remarks on that occasion and those have made to delegations that have visited me since the St Louis oonven tion, but in view of the momentous importance of tbe proper settlement of the issues presented on our future prosperity and standing as a nation and considering on the welfare aud tbe happiness of our people, I oonld not be content to omit agaiu calling at tention to the questions which, in my opinion, vitally affect our strength and position among the governments the world and our morality, integrity WILLIAM MCKINLEY. and patriotism as citizens of that re public which for a century past has been the best hope of the world and the inspiration of mankind. We must not now prove false to our government. nor unmindfal of the noble example ana wise precepts of our fathers or of tae connaence ana trust which our conduct in the past has always spired. For the first time since 1868, if ever before, tnere is presented to the Amer ioan people this year a clear and direct issue aa to our monetary system, ofvast importance in its effects and upon the right settlement of which rests largely the financial honor and prosperity ol - the conntry. It is proposed by one wing of the Democratic party and its allies, the People's nd Silver parties, to inaugurate the free and unlimited coinage of silver by independent action on tbe part of the United States at a ratio of 16 ounces of silver to 1 ounce of gold. The mere declaration of this purpose is a menace to our financial and industrial interests and baa already created universal alarm. It involves great peril to the credit and business of the conntry, a peril so grave that conservative men everywhere are breaking away from their old party as sooiations and united with other patri otieoitizensin emphatic prytest against the platform of the Democratic nation al convention as an assault upon the faith and honor of the government and welfare of tho people. We have had few questions in tbe life time of the re publio more serious than the one which is thus presented. Th', character of tha monev whicl shall measure our values and exchanges and settle our balances with one another and with tbe nations of tbe world, is of such primary importance, anJ so far reaching in itooonsequenoes, as to call for the most painstaking in-! vestigaticn, and, in the end, a sober and unprejudiced judgment at the polls. We must not be misled by phrases nor deluded by false theories.' free silver would not mean that ailver! dollars were to be freely had, without eost or labor." It would mean the free) use of the mints of the United SUtes for the few who are owners of silver1 bullion, bnt would make ailver coin no freer to the many who are engaged iJ other enterprises. It would not makii labor easier, the hours of labor shortei or the pay better. It would not makt farming less laborious or more profit ble. It wonld not start a factory or make a demand for an additional day' labor. It would create no new occu pations, it wonld add nothing to th comfort of the masses, the capital of the people, or tbe wealth of the nation. It seeks to introduce a new measure ol1 value, but would add no value to the thing measured. It wonld not con serve values. On the contrary it wonld derange all existing values. It would not restore business confidence, bnt its direct effect would be to de stroy the little that remains. Tha free coinage plank adopted at Chicago is that any one may take a qnantity of silver bullion now worth fifty-three cents to the mints of the United States, have it coined at the expense of the government and receive for it a silvet dollar which shall b legal tender for the paymert cf all f.e'l, pnblieor private. The owner fl b silver bullion wonld jrt tbt sit ?ct dollar. It would belong to hltn aud to nobody elsev Other people would gut it only by their labor, the products of their land, or sometbing of value. Tho bullion owner on tbe baais of present values, would receive the silver dollar for fifty-three ceuU worlh of ailver, and other people will be required to receive it as a full dollar in payment of debts. The gov ernment would get nothing from the transaction. It would bear the ex pense of coining the ailver and tbe Community would suffer loss by it use. We have coined since 1878 more than four hundred millions or siivtti dollars which are maintained by tbe government at parity with gold, and are a full legal tender for the pay ment of all debts publiu and p.iraie. How are the silver r dollars now in use different from those which would be in use under free ooinage? They are to be of the same weight and fineness ;they are to bear the same stamp of tbe government Why would they not be of the same value? I answer: The silver dollars now in use were coined on acoount of the gov ernment and tiot for private aocountor gain and the government has solemnly agreed to keep them as bullion at its market value and coined it into silver dollars. Having exolusive control of the mintage, it only coins what it oan bold at a parity with gold. The profit, representing tbe difference between tbe commercial value of the silver bullion and the face value of the silver dollar, goes to the government for the benefit of the people. The government bought the silver bullion oontained in the silver dollar at very much less than its coiuage value. It paid it out to its creditors and pnt it in circulation among the people at its face value of one hundred cents or a full dollar. It required the people to accept it as a legal tender and is thus morally bound to maintain it at a pari ty with gold, whioh was then, aa now, the rocognir.ed standard with ns and the most enlightened nations in the world. Tbe government having issued and oironlated the silver dollar, it must honor and protect the holder from loss. This obligation it has so far saoredly kept. Not only is these a moral obli gation but there is a legal obligation, expressed in publio statue to maintain the parity. These dollars in the particulars 1 have named, are not the same as tbe dollars which would be Issued under free ooinase. They would be the same in form, but different lu value. The government would have no part ra the transaction, except to ooln the ailver bullion Into dollars. It would share la no part of the profit. It would take upon Itself no oblliration. It would not put tbe dollar Into circulation. It could not only tret them any eltizuu would ! thum by feivlnu something for them. It would deliver them to tbose who deposited tbe sliver aud its con nection with the transaction there end. Such are tbe sl(ver dollars which would be Issued under free coinage of silver at a ratio of It) to 1. Who would then maintain the parity? What would keep them at par with gold? There would be uo obligation resting upon tbe government to do It, and If there were. It would be powerless to do It. Tbe simple truth Is we would bo driven to a silver basis, to silver monometallism. These dollars, therefore, would stand upon their real value. If tbe free and unlimited coinage of silver at a ratio of sixteen ounces of ailver to one ounce of gold would, as some of its advocates assert, make fifty-three cents in silver worth one hundred oentsand the silver dollar equal to the gold dollar, then we would bftve no cheaper mouey than now, and It would be no eaaier to get. But that such would be tbe re sult Is against reason and is contradicted by experience In all times and all lands. It means tbe debasement of our currency to an amount ot the difference between oommeroiul and ooln value of the silver dollar, which Is ever changing and the efleot would be to re duce property values, entail untold financial loss, destroy confidence, impair tbe obliga tions of existing contracts, further impover ish the laborer and producers of the country. create a panlo of unparalleled severity, and intlict upon trade and commeroe a deadly blow. Against any such policy. I am unalter ably opposed. 1 Bimetallism cannot be secured by indepen dent action on our part. It cannot bo ob tained by opening our mints to the unlimited coinage of tha silver of tbe world, at a ratio of sixteen ounces of silver to one ounce of gold, when tbe commercial ratio Is more than thirty onces of silver to one ounce of gold. Jlejieo ami fjruna navf tried tne experi ment. Mexico has freecoinage of silver and gold at a ratio sligbtly In excess of sixteen and a hall ounces of silver to one ounce of gold, and while her mints are freely open to both metals at that ratio, not only a single dollar Id gold bullion la coined and circu lated as money. Gold has been driven out of circulation In these countries and they are on a silver basis alone. Until international agreement Is bad, it Is the plain duty of the United States to maintain tbe gold standard. It Is the recognised and sole standard of tbe great commercial nations of tbe world, with which ws trade mora largely than any other. Elgbty-fonr per eent. ot our foreign trade for tha fiscal year 1895 was with gold stand ard countries and our trade with other coun tries was settled on gold basis. After pointing out that tbe United States has now more silver than gold In circulation. Major McKinley continues: I On the 22d of August, 1891, in a public ad dress, I said: "If we could have an Inter national ratio, which all tbe leading nations of the world would adopt, aud the true re lation be fixed between the two metals and all agree npon the quality of silver which should constitute a dollar, then silver would be as free and unlimited in Its privileges of coinage as gold is today. But that we have not been able to secure, and with tbe free and unlimited coinage of stiver adopted in the United States at the present ratio, we would be still farther removed from any In ternational agreement. We may never be able to secure It it we enter npon tbe isolated coinage of silver. The double standard im plies equality nt a ratio, and that equality tan only be established by the concurrent law of nations that made the double stana ard:it will require the concurrent law ot nations to reinstate and sustain it." The Republican party has not been, and is pot now, opposed to the use of silver money, as Its record abundantly shows. It has done all that could be done for Its Increased use from other governments. There are those Who think that it has already gone beyond the limit of financial prudenoe. fiurely we ran go no further and we must not permit alae lights to lure ns across the danger line. Debarment of tbe currency means tbe de struction of values. No one suffers so much from cheap money as the farmers and laboi- f rs. They are the drat to feel its bad Jwtg anil be last to recover from them. This has been tbe uniform experience of ail countries and here, as elsewhere, the poor, and not tbe rich, are always tbe, greatest sufferers from every attempt to debase cur money. The silver question's not tbe only lasn af fecting our money in the pending contest. Not content with urging the tree coinage of Silver, Its strongest champions demand that nr paper money snail he issued directly by be government of the United Btafas. This Is he Chicago Demoeratlc declaration. The St. ilxul declaration is that our national money shall be Issued by the general government jouly; without the intervention of banks lot issue, be full legal teuder for tbe payment of all debts, publio and private, bo lllstrlbuted direct to the people And thrMUnb lawful dlsbursumebU of the govuruimut; Thus 1". addition to the tree coinage of the world's tiliver; we are asked to enter upon aa jcru of Uullmltod, irredeemable paper cur rency, I The question hlch was fought out from IW5 to 1879 Is thUB to t; re-open)d With all its uncertainties aud cheap money experi ments of every eonoelvable form totaled vpon us. This iu(licaus a most startling rua:Uun ary policy, strangely at variauce with every renulremeut of sound floanoe t but tbe decla rations show me spirit and purpoiM oi uin.ii by combined action are contending fur I1m control ot the government. Not 'utlMltil with the debasement ot olir coin whlrh would Iticvltably follow the free coinage of silver nt sixteen to one, they would still fuitlu-r de grade our curreney aud threaten tho putillu ilionor by the unlliiMtttd lin 0 of an Irredeem able paper currency. A graver luennuce ti otir fiunnclal standing and credit coulu hardly be conceived and every patriotic cltl P'u would be aroused to promptly meet aud effectually defeat it. It is a cause for painful regret and solici tude that an effort Is being maile by those blKh in the counsels of the allied parties to divide tho people of this country luto classes and created distinctions amnug us, which in fact do not exist and are repugnant to our form of government. These appeals to pas sion and prejudice are beneath the spirit nnd intelligence of a free people, and Bbould be met with stern rebuke by those they arc ought to influence, and I believe they will be. Another issue of supreme importance If that of tariff protection. The peril ol free silver is a menace to be feared j we are al ready experiencing the effect of partial free trade. The one must be averted; the other eorreoted. The Bepubllcan party Is wedded to the doctrine of protection and was nvur more earnest in its support and advocacy than now. If argument were needed to strengthen its devotion to "the American system" or inorease the hold of that system upon the party and people, it is found In the lereon and experience of the past three years. Men realize in their own dally lives what hefm-A m tn manv of them only re- Irfirt hiator nr tradition. Thev have bad a trial of both systems and know what each as oone for tnem. Major McKinley here considers at great length tha tariff ant nf 1890 and 1894. con trasting in receipts under the former with those under tha latter and adding: The net loss In tbe trade balance of the United States has been $196,983,607, daring the first fifteen months operation of the tariff of 1894, compared with the first fifteen months of the tariff of 1890. The loss has been larire. constant and steady at the rate of tlS.180,000 per month or 1500.000 for every business day ol tne year. We have either been tending to muon money out of the oountry or getting too little in, or both. We have lost steadily In both directions. Our foreign trade has been diminished and our domestic trade bas But fered Incalculable loti Does not this sug- Sest theoauss of our present depression aud idioate its remedv? It Is not an Inorease In the volume ot money Whloh is the need of the time, but an increase in the volume ot business. Not an inorease ot coin out an Inorease of confidence. Not more coinage but a more active use of the monuv coined. Not onen mints for the un limlmlted coinage of the silver of tbe world, but open mills for tbe full and unrestricted labor of American workingm' n. Our farmers have been hurt by the changes In our tariff legislation as severely as our la borers and manufacturers, badly as thev have suffered. Tbe Bepubllcan platform wisely declares in favor of such encouragement to our sugar interests "as will lead to tbe pro duction on American soil of all the sugar which the American people use. It promises to our wool and woolen inter ests "the most ample protection, a guaran tee that ought to commend itaeit to every pa triotic citizen. Never was a more grievous wrong done tbe farmers of our oountry than that so unjustly lufiioted during the past three years upon the wool growers of Amer ica. Although among onr most industrious and useful ckizens their Interests bave been prac tically destroyed and our wooloa manufac turers Involved In similar disaster. At no time within the post thirty-six years and per haps never during any period, bavero many ot our woolen factories been suspended as now. Tbe Bepubllcan party can be relied npon to ooireot these great wrongs, it again entrusted with the control of Congress. The letter here treats exhaustively ot the advantages to American trade of the Bepub llcan principle of reciprocity. Statistics are quoted to show the inorease of foreign trade under tne reciprocity clause of tbe tariff Act of low, and a return or the system is urged. The declaration of tbe Bepublican platform touobing (orelgn Immigration Is treated one of peculiar Importance at this time and Major McKinley announces himself in hearty sympatny with tne present legislative re striction of for Ign immigration and as favor lug suoh extension ot the laws as will secure the United States from invasion by "the de based and criminal classes of the old world." It shall be my oonstant aim to Improve every opportunity to advance the cause of ?;ood government by promoting that spirit of urbearance and justlon which is so eesentlul to our prosperity and happiness by Joining most heartily In all proper efforts to restoie the relations of brotherly respect and affec tion which in our early history '.baraeterized all the people of all the States. I would be glad to contribute towards binding In Indivis ible union the different divisions of the coun try, wblch, indeed, now "bave every induce ment oi sympatny and interest to weld tnem together more strongly than ever. I would rejoice to see demonstrated to tbe world that the North and tbe Sooth and the East and tbe West are not separated or in danger of being separated because of sectional or party nil lerenoes. The war Is long since over. "We are not enemies, but friends," and as friends we will faithfully and cordially co-operate un der the approving smile of him who bas thus fsr so signally snstained and guided us, to preserve Inviolate our country's name and bonor, ot its peace and good order, of its continued ascendancy amongst the greatest governments on earth. (Signed) Wx. McKihi.it. LAURADA LANDS IN CUBA. The Cargo Consisted of 53,000 Pound! of Dynamite, Etc. According to two cablegrams reoeived in Philadelphia, Pa., the steamer Lanrada, which sailed from that port for Cuba, on Angust 6, landed one of the most formidable filibustering expeditions yet shipped to Caba and then landed at Port Antonio, Jamaoa. Tbe first news of tbe arrival of the Laurada was a cablegram from Port Antonio by Oapt. John D. Hart announcing the arrival of tbe steamer at that port and also the bursting of thres boiler tubes. A cipher dispatch was also received by tbe leader of the Cuban Junta in that city stating that tbe Lanrada had landed her Immense Cargo on the South ern coast of Cuba, in Santa Clara province. Tbe ciphers told that the Cubans aboard the ship landed with the cargo and that Captain Tessa Darma, who was commanded of the ex neditloo. sent greetings to bis compatriots In tbe Bolted State. Tbe cargo of the fili bustering craft consisted of 68,000 pounds of dynamite In six inch stickst eleven field guns four cannon and seven Catlings, a quantity of ammunition and nearly 200 men. Upon tbe arrival ot the Laurada at Port An tonio an examination of tbe vessel waa mads by tbe British authorities bnt nothing con traband of war waa found. The vessel will remain several days for repairs and then take on a load of fruit for Wilmington, Dels- WASHINGTON HAPPENINGS i CRKAM OF TIIK NEWS AS ctrLtED fcltOM THE DAILY PRESS. Which Will Be of More or Less Inter est to the General Reader. There is talk here and In some oi the pa l.ers fit Is nothing but tuik) that Chairman Butler has an idea of proposing that bewail aud Watson both be withdrawn, and a new man chosen, Here is the story: "If Bewail flunks In Maine and Watson takes In the West during his stumning tour Butler hopes to In duce tbe wltbdrawal of Sewall aud have bis nominee for Vice-PresidenJ swepted. But be lirobamy seea trial watson wui not iaae the west In this event it is said that Sen ator Butler will present a substitute for both Sewall nnd Walson. He bsa upbraided tbe Chicago convention for not casting aside the sectional bugaboo ana nominating a Boutn em Democ-at for VIoe-President say Waiter Clark, of the North Carolina Supreme Court. Some persons who know now strong tno sen ator's adniUAtlon is fortbs Justice, and how he bas recently used his name in connection with the offloe of Vioe President, say that they areoonvinoed his programme Includes the oner of ciark to tne umoago convention leaders as one person entirely aooeptable to ropuusia. Chairman Butler, of the Populist National Committee, bas announced that i om Wat' son, tbe Populist candidate for Viee Preii dent, would begin bis speaking tour at Dallas, Texas, on Labor Day, September 7tb. and from that time forward would be on the stump until election day. From Dallas Mr. Watson will go through the Northwest as far as Nebraska, returning by way of Mis souri ana Arkansas, and tnence to uuorgia where he will remain until Georgia's early election. A ft r that occurs Mr. Walson will lumla enter tbe Northwest, going as far Idaho and Washington. He will come East in time to give some attention to Eastern States before election. Acting Secretary of State Bockhlll has au tboriEed tne statement that there was no truth In the report of friction betweeu tbe Department and Mr. Terrell, United States Minister to Turkey. Mr. Bockhlll says the the Minister bas been oommended by the department In the highest terms for his ad ministration of the affairs of the United States Legation at Constantinople during re cent emergencies. There has been no intl matlon of a resignation due to friction or due to any oause, as there is every reason id be lieve that all concerned are entirely satisfied witn tne omciai ano personal status of affairs, There seems to have been a change In the sentiment at the Populist headquarters In regara to tne question oi notifying Mr, Brvan of bis nomination bv tbe PoDullst con vtiutlon, and it now appears certain that be will be rormaiiy notified on some nearby date. Senator Butler, tber chairman of the Executive Committee, says that this would probably be dooe and that the notification committee and the Executive commute would soon have a meeting at which the details would be decided upon. Further than this lbs Senator bad nothing t say. The Treasury officials on Wednesday re eelved a telegram from Assistant Treasurer at New York elating that arrangements bad been perfected for tbe importation of tl, 750,000 In gold coin. This sum, together with the $2,7!O,O0!) bow on the way, makes me total importations within the Just few davs 4,fj(X),000. Tbose statements are said to be a part of tbe general movement in New York, bavlug for Its object tbe maintenance of the reserve at or above the 9100,000,000 point. Oen. J. B. Gordon, United States Senator from Quorgia, hus recently declined an Inter view on politics or ibe Buanoial issue now before tbe people, lie said that he was firactlcally out ol politics and would sbso utely -retire from political life attheendof bis present term. Uo adde.d: "Of course I shall not lose Interest lu publio affairs, but I test I that I can do more good In another Held. The State department has received a copy oi tne r renin iuw anuexiug Madagascar to Frauiie. It provides that French goods shall be admitted to Madagascar free of duty while other foreign goods shall pay a duty ot 10 per I't-ut ad valorem. This rate is the same that the united States paid under the treaty with tne novas government. Chairman Jones is said to be defraying tba preliminary expenses of the National Demo- ratio Committee In the campaign, chiefly wt of a 10,000 check which Candidate Sew all is reported to have g ven him as his con tributlon to the campaign fund, just after the Chicago Convention, and which Is said to be iy far the largest gift be has received. Consul O'Hara reports tbe details of seri ous Poods along the Mosquito oocst in the neighborhood of Bluellelds, Nicaragua. Tbe town ol llama was completely submersed the water rising to tbe roots and sweeping awny UJttuy uvubtb, Acting Commissioner of Indian Affairs Huth bos a warded the contract for erect In if Hum miiiuiuK ki tuts noseoua ana fine liidne Indian agency to Owen Jk Hill, of .liiiinnKpuii.-, nt vo,oa tor xtoseoud anr 11,700 at Pine Bidge. Secretary Smith's future plan is to return to Adiinta, Ga., after Sept. 1st, and devote bis line to the practice of la wand nrir,- uusiub s. no win noi enter acuvelv in the campaign, but will make one or twospeeches u, wcvapin iui wg diiw lull flauooai UCaSt. It Is reported that the United ritataa -- ship Monoeacy has been lost In Chinese waters. She was n old hull, and bad been resting in the mud In tbe river. It is not likely that any lives were lost. A telegram reoeived by the chairman nt th. committee of arrangements of tbe District of Columbia Indicates that Mr. Bryan will be in Washington between the 15th and 30th of Beptember-probably tbe 17th. Appointments to the United State ki Academy have been made as follows! n f Neal, Bbaa Springs, Tenn.;Plckens E. Wood son, Bonham, Texas. The Democratic and Silver nartina i. . Jointly ordered one million documents. Prairie Fires In Indian Territory. A special from Denlson,-Tcx., says: De struct! re prairie fires are raging to the Chick asaw Nation. Dwellings, fences and hay have been destroyed aggregating a loss of thousands of dollars. Tbe creek bottoms are lined with thousands of immigrant wagons that darn not travel owing to the scourge of fire. There Is no water, and tbe fire has full sway on llrck creek. The Are -nt Into tha tim'ier, burning a number of houses and in some Instants cattle were suffocated by fie smoke. The fire has got inn the mountain timber and It Jr sweepicg evejyihing beIo.- WEATHER AftO CROIS. Horth Carolina Weekly Climate and Crop Servloe Report, Below oan be found Direotor Cat tle's Weekly Climate and Crop Servioe report for the past week, as reported bj one or mote correspondents, from tbe different districts! Eastbkn DisTBics, fast week waa favorable. Oood rains occurred on several dates, chiefly on the 18th, bnt small in amount, and were followed by several agreeably ooolwr days. Late corn, peas, turnips and potatoes were benefitted. The extent to which cot ton has been out off over the State is variously estimated from one-fonrth to one-half. Cotton is opening rapidly nd will all be picked out by the mid dle of October. It needs more rain to mature bolls, though rain would pros ably not cause any new bolls to form. Early corn oame through all right, but late is poor, though aided by showers this week. Fodder is nearly all pulled in south. Curing tobaooo about fin ished. Making sorghum syrup has begun. Rains brought out turnip seeds and further planting is progress ing. Peaa are forming fruit fairly; rice and sweet potatoes are still very good; pea-nnta suffered considerably from the drought. Ckntbal Distsiot. The hot spell was broken on the 18th and cooler, pleasant weather followed, which was more beneficial to those pulling fodder and pioking cotton ' than to crops. Soattered rains occurred on Tuesday, but many counties remain entirely dry and experienced farther deoline in crop conditions. Cotton is still shed ding in places; is opening fast, especi ally on stndy land, lint is short, and the crop generally a great disappoint ment. In many places fodder is all saved; not muoh will be made from late corn. Tobacco is generally poor and not curing so well, though it seems to be all right in color, and the crop is earlier than usual. Peas and potatoes are needing rain. Some farmers have begun to make sorghum molasses. Soil not fit for plowing. Western Disthict. The first part of the week was still warm and dry, but followed by looal showers and cooler weather; a few nights were very cool. Favorable showers ooonrred on tbe 18th and 22d, but by no means sufficient to break the drought, while over large portions of the distriot no rain has fallen. The general crop conditions have, however, improved. Cotton still inclined to wilt and shed foims, some fields much worse than others; bolls are small; picking pro gressing with prospects for nothing like a full crop. Fodder-pulling fully under way; with sufficient rain late corn would make a short orop . To bacco seems to be curing nioely. Cab bage is not much good; peas and sweet -potatoes are doing tolerably well; molases making has begun; some slowing and seeding turnips was ac complished; large amounts of excell ent hay stacked and ready for housing in the west. SOUTH IS PKOSPKROUS. Merchants and Manufacturers Note an Increase In the Volume of Trade. Despite the interest in politics The Chatta nooga Tenn. Tradesman's Southern corres pondents report a fair amount of activity in industrial oircles. Cotton Is being marketed, new industries are going up and both mer chant ajid manufacturer are beginning to note aa Inorease in the volume of trade. Judging from the bank clearings, the South Is more prosperous than any other section of tbe oountry and it is a notable fact that this bas slwayt been true Inseasons of depression. Southern lumberman differ in their opin ions as to tbe ooudition ot the market, but in most sections lumber is moving more freely anl but for the depressing effect of politics there would be no cause for com plaint. There is very little Improvement in the demand for cotton and woolen goods, but new mills and enlargements are still reported and faith In the suocess of the cotton manu facturing business in the South is by no means diminished. Tbe following new industries are renortedi Brick works at Faith. N. O., a canning fac tory st Inverness, Fla., a distillery at Colum bia, 8. C, electric light plants at Athens, Ala., Brunswick and Cutbbert. Oa.. and Orenada, Miss., an Ice factory at Crystal Springs, Miss., a 925 000 foundry and ma chine shop at MoComb Miss., and a machine hop at Spartanburg, S. C. The Globe Min ing Company, capital 100.000 has been bar tered at Atlanta, Ga., lbs Tlson Press Manu- ractunng company at Macon, Oa., tbe Little Bock Oil A Deftntlng Company, capital t2S.. OuO, at Little Bock., and the erection of a 100,000 cotton mill Is contemplated at Madi son, Oa., and woolen mill to cost (76,000 at Laredo, Tex. Woodworking plants will be built at Ticksburg, Miss., and McMlnnville, lenrj. The new buildings include an asv'am an nex at Baleigh N. C. to cost it,000, a , D00 business house In Galveston, Tex.t a 113,000 church at Texarkana. Ark.i a MX) courthouse at Lexington, Ky., and one to coat ttO.OOO at Wise, Va. A (15,000 hos pital will be erected at Biohmoud, Va.; a r20,000 jail at Griffin, Ga.; a (30,000 office building at Charlotte, N. C., and a ware bouse to oost (13,000 at Owens bo ro, Ky. Chairman Jones Denlea It. 8enator Jones, chairman of tbe Democrats National committee, denies the alleged offer ot a position in the Bryan cabinet to Mr. Watson In return for tbe tatter's withdrawal from the Vies -Presidential race. "Th storv has tbe merit of being entirely original at least," said Mr. Jones. "There U not the lightest foundation for such a statement I do not understand what Mr. Tillman meant by making suoh an offer. It is well known tbat Mr. Tillman called on Mr. Watson, but his offer is unauthorised and la fact no such la or has been oontam plated." Wanted-An Idea I Who can think of lorni simple ttaiag to patent! Protect jmif Moon: tber mar brlna tin wealth Wrll JOHN WKlDEHBrjRH a CO . Patent attnr. Bert. ahlninoii, D c for tbeir Si 'i prise offer tod list ot two auadrad lavaauoa who led. ELK! Mfg, CO, HIGH GRATE COTTON TAB'S, WARPS, TWIYES, KITT1X0 COTTON : EZLlCiri, fJaO. What is w , m pssx. sv av jr -m jaw Castoria In Dr. Samuel Piteher'B prescription for Infants nnd Children. It contains neither Opium, Morphlnfl nor thcr Narcotic substance. It Is a harmless substitute for Paregoric, Drops, Soothing: Syrups, and Castor OH. . It Is Pleasant. Its guarantee Is thirty years use by Millions of Mothers. Castoria destroys Worms and allays feverishness. Castoria prevents vomiting Sour Curd, cures Diarrhoea and Wind Colic. Castoria relieves teething troubles, cures constipation and flatulency. Castoria assimilates the food, regulates the stomach and bowels, giving healthy aud natural fcieep. Cas toria Is the Children's Panacea the Mother's Friend, Castoria. ) "Castoria Is an excellent medicine forchll- I dren. Mothers have repeatedly told me of U good effect upon tbeir children.' Dr. G. C. Osoood, Lowell, Mass. "Castoria Is the best remedy for children of which I am acquainted. I hope the day is not far distant when mothers will consider the real Interest of their children, and use Castoria Instead of the various quack nostrums which are destroying their loved ones, by forcing opium, morphine, soothing syrup and other hurtful agents down their throats, thereby sending them to premature graves." Da. J. F. Kincheloe, Conway, Ark. Th Centaur Company, 77 FOR SALE! 1 Hi uliD in OF WASHINGTON, D- C.. Will Dispose of the Following: Judgments- North Carolina. B. P. Howell. Jonathan Greek, 190 00 J, H. Hales k Co., Knly, 218 00 W.D. Sadler k Oo.,Leeob.Tille,$ 20 19 Layden k Yarboro, Lexington, 92 45 James HSandford, Lonisburg, 803 74 PerrT.Benfrow k Son.Lncama, 864 00 Isaao Williamson, Lncama, 159 67 J. A. Earles, Hanson, 160 05 B. L. Bennett, Middlebarg, 80 44 W. J. Brsdshaw, Mononte, 845 90 John Bell, Mononre, 606 03 Riddle k Johoson.Monteznma, 97 13 M.M.Mson40o.,Mpreh'dO,y, 124 00 B. B. Moore, Moriah 94 10 J. V. MitoheU 4 Son, Mt.Airy, 114 25 J. H. Cohen. Newbern, 180 45 B. J. Smith k Co., Newbern, 911 10 S. J. Jarrell, Oxford, 403 23 B. H. MoGhiire, Oxford, 443 60 S. O. Sharender, Pantego, 136 25 Wm. B. Hntchins, Raleigh, 223 91 Thos. O. Jenkins, Baleigh, 181 18 BioeBros., Eeidsville, 227 48 B. L. Bennett, Ridgeway, 99 00 F. Vangban, Bidgeway, 168 00 A. M. Long, Rockingham, 143 90 N. T. Shore, Salem, 22 68 H. P. Duke k Co., Seaboard, 16 50 O. V. Skilos 4 Co., Seaboard, 44 00 Fuller 4 Hyman, Hmitbfield, 24 83 O. M. Conley, BtatesYille, 99 SO E. F. Manson, 8wansboro, 65 00 T. W. Harris, Jr., Swanqnarter, 64 99 L. Heilbroner 4 Bro., Tarboro, 139 00 L. Heilbroner 4 Bro.. Tarboro, 189 00 J. J. Wilson, Talbot, 211 82 Dnoker 4 Garren. Tweed. 87 22 Wbeeler Bros., Warren ton, 93 25 J. O. Morton, Washington, 123 40 Boston Shoe Store, Weldon, 47 09 JohnF.Hardison, Williamston, 109 15 W. J. Harris, Wilson, 809 81 W. Oorbett Wilson, 764 60 Wm. Harris, Wilson, 71 07 MitoheU 4 Askew, Winston, S3 09 King Bros. Pure Food Co., Win ston, 23 67 Anderson 4 Co., Woodleaf, 286 00 SEND Tho National Collection Agency. WASHINGTON, D- C si3 t'tfiWRlGHTS. V C jm t outs II A PATTT For rromtt anawnr aod an bftrMft opintnft, writ to Ml N l O., who bar bad near it fifty foara1 rpnTMw la tba patent bttsiDeaa. Cvtmmiimr. tl.ma Mrt.-llr cwflrtantisl. A liaiAontt of In formation mDnrmina Patents and bow ut oh- '' " iu iHm rrve. a imo a eatamyBa oi aaeoaana Uml and Mnenttflo book, mt frea. Patents taken thrnnrh Mnsn k Co. tmln special nntircintba rwiratlse AmeHraii. and tha. are brnurht wMty beXorstbe public witb m rrmt to uia inranuir. Tin. rolenrtid papr, Iwn t faam!r" i!!orat"l. hta br far ! lanrfwt r'mnnlT.B of anr aciMifJC work la tba wor.d. S: a rear. 8n rl. cP'f aant fr-, Bulldini Knltloo, monthly. V& tkkt. .Pmila rrtnioa, i 3 eema FTery numb enntAina beau tiful platea, in oolora. and photograph of dpw boupe. won plana enaPMna ttniidbra to how Lha lat.t dalsrr and e'nire contraa. A4rirp ML.N Gt NIW J OR. 34 BB.AI.WAT. Castoria. "Castoria is so well adapted to children that I recommend it as superior to any prescription known to me." H. A. Archer, M. D., lit So. Oxford St., Brooklyn, N. Y. " Our physicians In the children's depati. ment have spoken highly of their experi ence in their outside practice with Castoria and although we only have among out medical supplies what is known as regular, products, yet we are free to confess that the merits of Castoria has won us to look with favor upon it." United Hospital and Dispensary, Boston, Mass. Allen C Surra, Pru. Murray Street, New York City. North Carolina. Hill 4 Benoy, Aberdeen, S 91 79 W. T. Irwin, Asheville, 88 66 White Bros., Aulander, 196 70 B. B. Burden k Bro., Anlander, 47 48 B; F. Mayo, Aurora, 63 40 B. B. Weston, Aurora, 187 62 J. J. Smith, Bath. 61 67 Jones 4 Hanoook, Beaufort, 106 00 L. Mangnm, Benson, 200 00 T. O. Carson, Bethel, 25 00 E. Woolard, Bonyan," 872 00 Patterson k Brown, Bryson City, 81 35 0. A. Baby, Bryson City, 203 29 J. T. Wright & Bro., Candor, 89 84 J. W. Markham, Chapel Hill, 72 60 W. T. Williamson, Clinton, 478 89 T. E. Beasley, Oolerain, 176 14 S. B. Freeman, Colerain, 73 70 H. D. Craddook&Co., Criswell,421 00 J. A. 4 I. K. Buckner.'Dera- oorat, 1 802 00 L. H. Lee, Dunn, 19 60 W. A. Slater k Co., Durham, 79 80 Thaxton 4 Patton, Durham, 87 85 J. E. Bonner, Edenton, 25 00 Cooper 4 Swain, Elizabeth City, 172 60 J. F. Norris 4 Co., Elk Park.1,443 00 M. A. Wilkinson, Fair Bluff, 38 40 J. M. Chadwick, Fairfield, 90 86 J. H. Smith, Falkland, 130 60 Gainey 4 Jones, Fayetteyille, 276 00 J. A. Vann, Franklinton, 144 45 B. T. Clifrtoo, Franklinton, 199 00 Leroy King 4 Co., Graham, 41 98 T. B. Bioe 4 Co., Greensboro, 345 92 Sample S. Brown, Greensboro, 836 47 W. K. Jordan 4 Co., Greens boro IS 80 John B. Hooker, Hamilton, 82 60 J. O. Hoard 4 Co., Hamilton, 831 97 N. H. Taylor, Harlowe, 84 18 J. W. B. Basson 4 Co., Haw Biyer 63 15 Britt Bros., Henderson, 181 69 W. T. Cheatham, Henderson, 130 67 C. D. Tharrington, Inez, 60 93 BIDS TO The Tharlotte Observer DAILY & WEEKLY 0aiwsix a TBOMFim, PuMUhers. . t. P. CaLDWIXL, Editor UBSCBirTION PUICE. I f Year, M 00 (Months S3 01. It " ll.M. SILT O 1 1 Tear, ( Months It " II 0 . .SS wbsvlt Ossisi, rull TeWTphla aarrif, yui larga corp. torarpandrats. Bft adrartUtnc SMdlas) tetweaa washing. low, a C , and Atlanta, O. A. ASOraaa, CBSEBTER, CS4RL0TT. , s;