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C, Tuesday, Aran. 10, 1894. 18 IT BOBBIBI ? ' Under the above caption the Spartan burg, 8. C, Herald states it thus : One of the meanest habits on earth is practiced here in Spartanburg. It is going Into news stands and reading papers without paying for them. It is dans unblushicgly and without even ask ing the consent of the proprietor. The oaly value of a newspaper is what is printed on it- Tbe paper itself is not worth an eighth of a cent. When one is read and not paid for the owner is rob bed of its entire merchantable value. Newspapers are not minted for fun nor for dead beat to read It costs money and time and skill and labor to get up news and print it and pnt it in readable form and it is an outrage that the men who do this work and spend their time and money on it should be robbed of their just compensation. The news stands in Spartanburg are nothing more than reading rooms. These literary loaf ers come in. ran through the entire list of papers, disarrange them, sit down and make themselves at home and never think of paying a cent for the privilege. Spartanburg is not peculiar in the mat ter in question this thing is common; and it is but one of a dozen ways in which tbe newspapers are beaten. Fol. lowing ia a c py of. a letter which recent ly came in tbe Obsbver's mail name and locality omitted: Gsntlkmf2": I am very -well pleased with the paper, hut I feel like that I would be doing you an injustice to take the paper any loDger as there are some parties that might tubecribe for it if I were to stoptaaing it as they have taken great interest In reading mine; so much ao that they usually read it before I got to see it. So I will not take it any longer after the 4th April. On a recent trip, the Observer's solicitor struck a county town where the register of deeds was a subscriber to the paper. He settled up and ordered it stopped, saying that he was the only one of the county officers who took the paper and every one of them read his copy. Frequently he did not see it until night some days not at all. He couldn't tell them they shouldn't read it, but he was tired of being imposed upon and would cut the paper off rather than suf fer the imposition any longer. One of the chief places for deadhead ing upon this paper is the office of the weekly newspaper. It goes to a great many weekly newspapers in exchange, and is happy to do so, for the weekly press of the State is certainly very nice to it and besides, it is obliged to have the weeklies; but the hardship lies in the fact that citizens of the towns swarm into the weekly news . paper offices and there read the Ob server regularly. Weekly editors have talked to ns about this about the wrong to ns and the embarrassment to them. , It is exasperating to think of being thus systematically robbed of the fruit of one's labors and expenditures, and to realize one's powerlessness to prevent it. 'And the paper's sharpest critics are these deadbeats. When we consider how few copies of it are paid for in com parison with the cumber of people who read it, we are filled with indignation; and when the many ways that have been devised for beating it are thought of, we rather wocder that anybody thinks it j wonn wnue to pay for it. None except those who are honest at heart do. POIHTS ABOUT THH TARIFF BIIX. Mr Vooreees, chairman of the Senate finance committee, in his speech last week opening the tariff debate, intro duced this remarkable and interesting statement: v . The Commissioner of I aternal Revenue a recen? communication to the ways uu uiwai commuiee or tne House, esti mates the present population of the Uni ted States at not less that 65,000,000, and the wealth of the country at 65.- , ww.ouu.ooo, or an average of $1,000 per capita, if there was an equal distribution. His farther estimate, however, is that sd ireat has bean the condensation of capi- ft . 1 I.I. v . . . wo uwnersmp oi a small and powerful class that the tax here proposed uiwwiea or over z,uuu will reach aDout 85.UU0 Individuals out of A v u w : l,aan, 65,000,000 who now inhabit this land of boasted liberty and shn T1 el i i r This is the most striking statement, of pajwng uae an authentic character tnat has ever been made as illustrating sue concentration of the country. wealth of the Another statement of Mr. Voorhees', in the same speech, as gratifying as the foregoing is surprising, was this: The criticisms which assailed the bill SA H earn tVnm tk- tt i " i " uuum Dccaoae it iZTZ? wsnctency in the Treasury no T v wUh "venue for every call n7.TrrI on ine republic at home masKs 8Qrplu bMldeB of It was certainly something of an homaly that a professedly revenue Urlff bDl should have come out of the House carrying deficit; and the Senate's delay in pushing this measure will have some sort of excuse if It has, in fact, licked it into inch shape that it will provide the government with the revenue it must have. SXABCH OW PJUYATB HOTJSJOC : In his Colombia speech a week ago to day, Governor Tillman said : ! We will continue to March . private houses where contraband liquors are (apposed to be, with warrant when necessary. We are obliged to do this as long as it is the law. It la the law until repealed. Referring to this right of search, the Charleston New and Courier hat found a speech made upon it in the English House of Commons more than a hundred years ago by William Pitt, afterwards Lord Chatham, in which he said : If at midnight 'a petty constable, with a press gang, should come thundering at the gates of your house in the country, ana snouia tell you ne naa a searcn war rant and must search your house for de canters, would you at that time of night allow your gates to be opened? I protest I would not. What then would be the consequence? He has bv this law a now er to break them open. Would any of you patiently submit to such an indigni ty? Would not you fire upon him if he attempted to break open your gates? I declare I would, let the consequences be never so fatal. Pitt's sentiment must have found an echo in the hearts of his hearers, because it embodied the essence of the spirit of liberty. His words are as forceful to day as when he uttered them, and appeal to those impulses of the human heart which are not of a generation nor an age, but are in all ages an instinct of the race. Search of private houses by armed officers ! Rebellion rises in the heart of the freeman at the bare suggestion. Whether the search be with or without warrant ia of no consequence. It is the indignity of search which the citizen resents It makes no difference to him whether the officer has a piece of paper in his pocket, with a magistrate's name upon it, or not. And this is where Governor Tillman and his Legislature went too far. With' out question the people were wrong in the violence of their opposition to his first dispensary law and in their studied evasion of it; but all laws are violated and it was but reasonable to expect that this one would at firet meet unusual opposi tion, being in its nature a radical innova tion. Time might have been trusted to to dull the edge of the opposition, but impatient of resistance Governor Tillman and his Legislature met a wrong with an outrage and the end is not yet. So long as the dispensary law stands, with the right which it carries of officers to search residences, it will be resisted and defied it will be a source of friction and liable at any moment to give occasion for blood shed. If a good citizen, desiring the peace of his people, Gov. Tillman should have it modified. THK PROGRESS OF CREMATION. Sunday's New York Herald had an in teresting article on the growing popu larity of cremation as a means of dispos ing of the dead. It sayB there are 18 in corporated cremation societies in the country; that during the past ten years 3,000 cremations have taken place, and that now a cremation in New York ex cites but little more interest than an in terment. The Herald quotes as favor ing incineration, Dr. Wm A. Hammond Rev. R. Heber Newton, Bishop Perry of Iowa, Kate Field, Frances E. Willard and Charles A. Dana; and as haying been outspoken in favor of it before their death, Bishop Phillips Brooks, George William Curtis and Professor Joseph Leidy. Cremation is the rational method of disposing of the bodies of the dead There is widespread prejudice against it only because burial has been the custom of all the ages and departure from it ia regarded as in a sense un-Christian With the ad ranee of civilization and the progress of true enlightenment, however, the sentiment in favor of burning instead of burying the bodies of the dead will very certainly gTow, and burning will one day become tbe established custom of the civilized world. The Obsebvbb learned yesterday from Attorney General Osborne, who is at present in the city, that the question of the duration of the terms of the judges is to come before the Supreme Court upon the application of some of the judges themselves for a ruling. The claims of J ustices Clark and MacRae, of the Supreme bench, are involved, and the question at issue will thus be adiudi cated by the three remaining judges who have no personal interest in the casi Chief Justice Shepherd and Justices Avery and Bur well. There is no question about the fact . that the Chief Justice and Justice Burwell are to come up for election this year, while it is equally well settled that Jus tice Avery's term does not expire this year. Justices Clark and MacRae have applied to their associates for a decision of the point raised in the Attorney Gen eral's recent letter to the Governor, and it is hoped that the Superior Court judges whose terms are affected will join in tbe application. FIR1KEN BTJRNKD TO DEATH. Horrible Death of Bray Men In a Fire In Milwaukee, Wl. Milwaukee. Wis., April 9 At 4:20 this morning flames were seen breaking out from the rear of the Davidson Thea tre and hotel structure, valued at t300.- wo. The alarm was promptly responded to but not until tbe roof was a sheet of flames. Immediately on the arrival of the firemen ladders were run up and men rushed up on the roof, six stories from the ground. In doing so, Allie Reese, one of the men, slipped and fell to the ground, being killed by the fall. All the men from engine house No were ordered to the rear portion of the roor, rigbt over the stage, where the fire was worBi. These firemen and others took their stations and began work, when without warning the roof under them gave way, precipitating nine of the men eighty feet below into the fire on the large stage of uie lueatro, u oi wnom were either killed by the fall, or burned or suffocated vo ueam. Tbe House Considers District Entirely. BaalnM uuk lew memoen or tne Houae nere to- aay wnen tne session began, and in five minutes the miscellaneous business, un der the rules, had been dlinnMtt nf By unanimous consent the pending mo tion to discharged the order of arrest ox ALrca zo,a was laid over until to morrow, and the House tank rm ri trict of Columbia basin ess. Bills local to the district occupied the entire ses sion. Nothing else was brought KslUU. as mo xrouae aaiournea at o.-is n. m A Tt . the official call of Mr. Holman for a Democratic caucus to-morrow nieht tar tne cousiaeraHon oi nnanciAi measures was reaa oy tne ciera. - The Coifs Patent Firearms Manufac turing Company, of Hartford. Cowl, re ceived an order last week from Gav. TIB- mn,gi ooaia uaraiin far tvtitf itunu of rifles, which were shipped ixnmediate- HILL SPEAKS-ON THE TABIFF.I ap GT.i,mrnn mi. 1 The Haw Tea SuX CraflM Him If Mafply to this Ismbm Tax Tmntmn A BUfi t the Uppetataaaeat mt Oresfiei Which Cewd m KtuMlcM Tit.nH tufttar Waiah Taktt tha Oitk mt OffiM Wabhtsgtok, April 9. The crowded condition of the Senate galleries this morning might be attributed to several causes the sunny weaner,we expects -tion of hearing 8enator Hill, of New York; speak against the tariff bill and a desire to see the newiy-appoimeu sena tor from Georgia inducted into office. While Saturday's journal was being read, Mr. Walsh, surrounded by the members of the Georgia delegation in the House, was bein g introduced by his colleague,Mr. Gordon, to his future associates on both sides' of the chamber; and as soon as the reading was concluded, Mr. Gordon ad dressed the Vice President and sent to him the credentials by which Mr. Walsh was appointed Mr. Gordon said select ed to fill the vacancy in the Senate caussa oymeaeain oi mo laie senator Colquitt. The credentials were read, be ing addressed not to the Senate or to its presiding officer, but to the Hon. Patrick Walsh. Mr. Gordon announced that the Senator elect from the State of Georgia was present and he moved that he be now' sworn in. The Vice President re quested the newly-appointed Senator to come forward and take the oath of office. Thereupon Mr. Walsh, arm-in-arm with Mr. tioraon, ana wun a Duncn oz violets in his button-hole, walked around the lobby to the head of the main aisle and down the main aisle to tbe vice Presi dent's seat where the oath was read to him by the Vice President and taken and subscribed.by him. As soon as he had performed tnls func tion, attention was called by Mr. Hoar to the peculiar form of the credentials. He said that it was very desirable in deed that the State authorities should conform to the form of credentials which had become the custom and which had, been repeatedly held to be valid. He had, however, no motion to make. Mr. Mills offered an amendment to the 22nd rule, which went over until to morrow. It adds to the rule the provision that when any proposition shall have been considered by the Senate ten days snd a motion for the previous question shall have been made, no other motion shall be in order except a motion to ad journ until the subject matter on which the previous question is moved shall be finally disposed of. Mr. Alien, Populist, of Nebraska, of fered a resolution providing that on Mon day, June 4th, at 2 p. m., general debate on the tariff bill shall cease, that the Sen ate shall then begin the consideration of the bill and adopt the five minute rule, and that on Thursday, the 7th of June, at 2 p. m., the final vote shall be taken. Mr. Sherman objected to the present consideration of the resolution, and it went over until to-morrow. The resolution requesting the Presi dent to enter into negotiations with Mexico looking to the coinage by the United States at its mints, of standard Mexican dollars "with a view to encour aging and extending commercial rela tions with the Chinese and other Asiatic countries," was taken up and Mr. Wol cott, addressed the Senate in its advoca cy. Mr. Sherman was inclined to favor Mr. Wolcott's resolution and Mr. McPherson suggested some objections to it. No action was taken upon it, and it went over till to-morrow. Mr. Harris asked unanimous consent that after to-day the Senate meet at 11 o'clock instead or ia o clock, as at pres ent. rrompt objection came from Messrs. uuay, Frye and Aldrich. Mr. Harris said that it was the fact that it was vitally important for business men to have the question determined at the earliest moment that had led him to make the suggestion. As unanimous consent cou'd not be had, he moved that on and after to-morrow the Senate meet at 11 o'clock daily. Mr. Lodge, Republican, of Maasacbu setts, objected to immediate acliio; and the motion went over till to morrow ; The resolution heretofore offered by nr. rener, instructing tne nuance com mittee to report a bill repealing all laws allowing bonds to be issued, was taken up, advocated by Mr. Pifter, and was, on motion of Mr. Morrill, returned to the committee on finance by a vote of yea 36, nays 13. The tariff was then taken up and Mr. Peffer, who was entitled to the flor to finish the speech begun by him last Fri day, yielded to Mr. Hill. Mr. Harris gave notice that at the close of Mr. Hill's speech be would ask for the reading of tbe bill in full, the de bate having gone on so far, he said, by unanimous consent. At six minutes past 2 Mr Hill rose to address the Senate. As he began his speech the Senate chamber presented a sight not often seen in it. Not only were the galleries, including the diplomatic galleries, packed so that there was not a vacant seat in them, while everv soace offering standing room was occupied, bat there was hardly a vacant chair on either aide of the chamber; and the lobbits back of the chairs were crowded by members of the Hxuse and others who had gained admission. Senators on both sides settled themselves in their chairs and turned their faces toward the New York Senator, who read his speech from printed Blips, but j with remarkable and well sustained emphasis. In the first part of his speech, in wnica ne criticised tne foreura oolicv oi tne aamiBiuration, ne stirred up ripple of laughter among Republican Senators by the remark that tbe Renub lican party would have to accept some snare oi tne responsiDuity for the biun dera committed, as the Secretary of State had been taken from its ranks There was also some amusement caused by his statement that in adopting the in come tax proposition the Democratic party was being made the tail to the Pop- vf itn inose exceptions tnere was no incident in the delivery of the speech, but there was no diminution of interest man ifested in it from the first paragrapn to tbe last. It occupied a little over two hoars and held the dose attention, for au mat tune, oi one or tne largest audi ences that was ever packed within the walls of the Senate chamber. It is not often that many Senators remain in their seats during a long speech but from the nrst sentence to the last of it. there was hardly a vacant Chair on either side of the chamber.- - While it was adverse renexallv to th tariff bill, as reported from the fintum committee, it was particularly directed against the income tax feature of It. He characterised the income tax as a scheme of spoliation and as a sectional tax. The tariff bill, with aa income tax la it, I was he said, not reform, but was fallv " a.d impoteuey. j v-. m Applause Jrora the galleries I allowed the conclusion of the speech (at 40 j bat it was noticeable that none of the asnai eongratulatiobe from associates were of - f ered to Kr. BilL. He retained fcii seat I mi LA 1 -f i2a ; Ik DAVID B. HILL. for a few minutes, and then withdrew to one of the cloak roost, , Mr. Harris called for the reading of the tariff bill ia extenso and Mr. Aldrich inquired aa to the status or tbe bill. He was informed by the Vice President that the debate thus far had proceeded by unanimous consent, without the reading of thebilL Various questions were put to JMr. Harris as to bis object in callinsr for the reading of the bill. He disclaimed that it was any part of his purpose to cut off any opportunity for offering amend ments. "When the bill has been once read," Mr. Harris continued, "every line of it is open to amendment; and then every Senator will select the precise line or point at which ne proposes an amend ment." Mr. Aldrich suggested that instead of the bill being read formally as proposed by Mr. Harris, it snouia ne read para graph by paragrapn, ana that amend ments might be offered as the bill was read. That, he said, was the uniform practice in tariff and appropriation bills As Mr. Harris persisted in asking that the bill be read in run, mr. unanaier ex pressed the hope sarcastically that the Senator from Tennessee would not be prevented from filibustering against the Dili as ne uppcareu w uo uoiug. While the matter was still under die cusslon without any prospect of arriving at any decision of it, a motion to ad lourn, made by Mr. Manderson, was voted down: yeas 13 (all Republicans); nays si. After come further consumption of time in fruitless discussion of the point as to how tbe bill should be proceeded with, a motion to proceed to executive business was made by Mr. Hale, Repub lican, of Maine. On this motion no quo rum voted. All of the Republicans but two withheld their votes, and the rest of the day's session was spent in plain, or dinary, every-day filibustering, such as is frequently witnessed in the House, and witnthe same result. No business was done, and an adjournment was forced at 6:20. THK CONVENTION CLOSED. Interesting T. M. O. A. News The Services Sunday Oapt. Morris Hakes a Talk. Special to the Observer. Wilmington, April 9. The 15th an nual convention of the Young Men's Christian Association, of North Carolina, closed its laBt session at the First Bap tist church in this city last night. The occasion has been made one of in gathering of souls and general spiritual elevation. The Sabbath's work was begun at 9:15 a m. by a consecration service led by H. P.. Anderson, secretary of the interna tional committee. The meeting was one of deepest spiritual interest and was largely attended. A Charlotte delegate was heard to remark that that meeting alone was worth the trip At 9:30 a meeting for boys was held in the parlorB of the association, conducted bv Secretary Mahan. of Charlotte. Though conservative methods were used 12 boys, ranging from 11 to 15 years of age, professed conversion, all seemingly conscious of what they were doing. One little fellow being asked if he knew what he was doing, aswered brightly and with out a moment's hesitation: "Giving my self to Jesus." Thursday a committee was appointed to arrange for an extended invitation to all railroad employes in the State to visit the convention. In response to the telegrams sent out about 75 men met at the appointed hour to hear Capt. T. Morris, of the Ricn mond & Danville road. At this meeting four men employed in the railroad ser vice gave their hearts to Christ. At 4 30 meetings were conducted si multaneously for ladies and men. Tbe former, at the First Baptist church, were addressed by H. P. Ander ston, of Atlanta, and A. B Paul, of Win ston, upon "How Women Can Assist in Hen's Work for Men." The men's meet ing was conducted in the auditorium of the association, about 300 men attending Ten professions and reclamations were made after an hour's earnest appeal by W. R Gales, of Greensboro. At 8 o'clock platform services were held in the churches of the city, at the conclusion of wbich the farewell service was held at the First Baptist church. To-day will be devoted by the secre taries of the State to a discussion of methods of work, while the State execu tive committee will meet for routine business. The total delegation as reported by the credtn.ial committee was 136 from 37 points, corresponding members not in cluded in locations. The placing of the next convention will be left in the hands of tbe Ptate committee till their Septem ber meeting. NEGRO KILLED. The Same Old Story of a Pint of Llqaor end a Bed on the Cross Ties. Special to tbe Observer. Monroe, April 9 Tom Williams, a colored hand on the Beaver Dam section of the Carolina Central Railroad, met with a fatal accident Saturday evening as the west-bound passenger train came in at 4 o'clock. He was sitting on the end c f a cross tie in a cut. On account of a sharp curve the engineer could not ate him in time to stop the train. Wi! Hams was knocked about 80 feet, and truck against the side of the cut and then rolled back into the ditch. One arm was broken, a bip badly injured, an ankle crushed to pieces, bead severely scarred, and his body more or less bruised all over. The train stopped and brought bim bere, in an unconscious condition The c jmoany put him in charge of Drs. I. H. and J. M Blair, who gave him atten' tion at once By night he was conscious and said mat during tne aay ne orank a pint of whiskey. Later on in the night he died. There were with him at the time he received his injuries, two negro women, who might have pulled from tbe track, if they had had the sense or the will to do so. The closing exercises of Union Insti tute, which will take place May 18th, will be graced by two eminent and scholar; y men. itev. ur. enearer, president of Davidson College, preaches the annual sermon and Prof J. B Carlysle,of Wake Forest, delivers tne literary address. Key. Mr. Hunt, of tbe Third Fresbvte rian church, in Charlotte, filled the pul pit in the Presbyterian church here latt evening, giving his hearers an earnest and able sermon. THK ROAD MUST RSI SOLD. Jndce Blmonton Refuses Farther Post ponement of the Sale ef the South Car olina Road. Charleston, S. C, April 9 After hearing argument. Judge Charles H. Si monton.sitting ia the United States Court, refused to grant a petition for a further postponement of the sale of the South Carolina Railroad. Last fall the date for the sale of the road was fixed for the 12th of April. Last week a petition was filed by E Ellery Anderson, of New York, representing $400,000 worth of the sec ond mortgage bonds, and praying that the sale be postponed until some date not earlier than the 4th of September next. Argument was made on the petition tma morning, ine petition was sup ported by Mr. J N. Nathans, of Charles ton, and resisted by Wheeler H. Peck ham, of New York, and T. W. Bacot and Samuel Lord, of Charleston. The argu ments were short, and at their conclusion Judge Simonton refused to grant the postponement. The road will conse quently be sold on Thursday next. Ket Becelpts of Cottoa- New Yoke, April 9. Consolidated net receipts of cotton to-day reported from all ports were 9,375 bales; exports to Great Britain, 10,965, France, 960; con tinent, 1,287; stocks, 708.533. Totals so far this week: Net receipts, 20X26- ex ports to Great Britain. IS 791: Vnnn. 860; continent, 6,287. ! - The latest results of nkrni,A.n7tn.i and the best modern appliances are availed at in compounding AmHi Kn.nriii. : u. though haif-a-oentury In exlatenoe aAss medi cine. It ia fully abreast of the ace in jli thm. goes to inake it the Standard blood-purifier. THE RBAX ooHiKamosr. Mr. J. C. X- HaitI BevuM m Statutem la XUa Stent letter State PoUttaa. To the Editor of tbe Observer: The statement in my letter to the Washington Post, published in the On server on Friday last, that the decision of the Supreme Court, as concurred in by Chief Justice Shepherd, made the "regis tration of every person invalid whose fuU name baa not oeen enterea on we books, is not borne out by the now celebrated opinion of Harris vs. Scar borough, 110 N. O. Reports at page 233, in which case the decision was rendered. An examination of the facts as found in the statement of the case shows that tbe contention was as to the answer of the voters when asked by the registrar as to their "nlace of birth." In reply to this question "North Carolina" was given by mr,A MmtfffmieT fvinntv" hs others. Tbe court held that "North Carolina" was indefinite, and rendered the registration invalid, but that the an swer "Montgomery county" was a suf VtUB OHU " - O " J J "J ficient requirement of the statute in this respect. The law of 1889 requires each person to be registered by his full name, but the registration of the Montgomery county voters was not attacked because of any defect in the entry of their names. So that the question of "name" was not j passed on because it was not raised in I the statement of the case, and therefore was not before the court. It is right that these matters should be stated correctly in the press, and fearing the broad statement in the letter referred to may work injury to Chief Justice Shepherd, I have been thus explicit to state exactly wbat Harris vs. Scarbor ough does decide. From my knowledge of the Chief Jus tice. I have no thought that he will decide. should the question be presented while he is on the bench, that the "full name" means "John Washington Smith," when the name by which this person is gen erallv known is that of "John W. Smith. I have known Chief Justice Shepherd ever since he was elected Superior oourt judge in 1883, and I simply state that which is known by every lawyer in prac tice, when I say that he 1b as free from partisan bias as any man who has ever worn the ermine in this State. J. C. L. Habbis. Raleigh, N. C, April 6, 1894 THE CA8T1GAT10N OF THE CADBf . The Injustice Done a Citizen by an In- correct Report A Side Light. To tbe Editor of the Observer: A recent occurrence illustrates in a striking degree the power which is lodged in an agency of the Associated Press to do injustice to a citizen. One or two school boys in a North Carolina city seek out, or are sought out by, a correspondent of the Southern As sociated Press and inform him that a schoolmate has been mercilessly "casti gated" by the officer in charge of the discipline of the school with a "raw hide," and that the cadet has been taken bruised and bleeding to the hospital. Without tbe slightest attempt to verify tbe statement, without even making an enquiry as to the facts of the principal of the school (who was not nimseii in volved), the agent recklessly sends out a statement broadcast over the country containing a cruel misrepresentation of an estimable officer. Within a day or two the father of the cadet arrives, makes a thorough investi gation, examines the officers of the school and permits his son to remain at tne in stituiion. The conduct of the father demonstrates that he was a just and well balanced man, and reflects tbe greatest credit upon him. The correspondent the next day published the exoneration, it is true, but tbe original statement nas oeen sent over tbe United States and the re traction will never succeed in completely overtaking it. What redress has the officer? Tbe Eide light that is cast upon the methods of certain unnamed members of the bar reveals a condition of legal eth ics. Two lawyers, presumably total strangers to the father, telegraphed him advising the institution of a prosecution. The inevitable inference that the Bender of the telegram would be a good lawyer to prosecute, follows as a matter of course. This has not been the usual method pursued by the brethren of the profession in North Carolina. DAVIDSON COLLEGE NEWS. Mr. Robert L. Byburn to Address the Phi Bociety Davidson Boys Yelled for U. N. O. Special to the Observer. Davidson Collegk, April 9 Mr. Robert Lee Ry born, of Shelby,. N. C, who was chosen by the Phi Society to deliver the alumni address at its reunion in June, has acknowledged his accept ance of the invitation and will be here during commencement week. Mr. Ry burn graduated from Davidson with the class of '82, having won several medals for literary proficiency. He has since been a member of the firm of McBrayer & Ryburn, attorneys at law, at Shelby, and is one of the most polished and enter taining speakers of the State. Davidson will give hini a beany welcome. General and Mrs. rturus uarnnger spent several days at college last week on a visit to Dr. Harding. The Davidson boys who were fortunate enough to witness the baseball games last week, speak in the highest terms of the 'Varsity team and rejoice with them in their victory over the "Green Moun tain" baseballists. The following is the newly-elected staff of the Davidson Monthly for the next collegiate year: Phi Society R. 8. Cromartie, J. C. Story, N. H. McGilvary; alumni editor, J. E Tillinghast. Ea Society C. S. Matthews, F. D Jones, J. E Mills; business managers, V. J. Hill and John W. Dodge. Everybody, especially the South Caro lina students, have been anxious readers of the Observes for the past week, the "war news" being the all-absorbing topic of conversation. The Obsebvbb is the most popular and widely-read of all the dallies on file in tbe reading room, it has almost become a part of the college curriculum, and we never feel like the day's duties are completed until we read it. DEATH OF MK. MISENHEIMBB. Be Leaves His Estate of aiO.OOO to the Methodist Church. Special to the Observer. Statestllle. April 9. Mr.M. Miasn heimer died Saturday night at 10 o'clock. He was 76 years of age, unlettered and uneducated. For many years he lived in StatesvUle enl ovine tbe respect and es teem of everyone. He survived his wife but three years and since hex death has engaged in no business but has been gradually losing his strength until some six months since he was stricken with paralysis, a second stroke recently being the cause of his death. M t Misenheimer has no near relatives. no kindred in this county at all, and his estate, wbich is estimated at ten thousand dollars, is willed to the Methodist church in this city, of which he was a consistent member. The funeral ceremonies were conducted from the Methodist church Sunday evening at 4 o'clock by Key. J. C. Bowe, his pastor, A Bouse Burned ia Hickory. Correspondence of the Observer. Hicsobt, April 8 The house belong ing to Game White, occupied by Lee White, was burned down this morning at 8 o'clock. The fire originated from the stove flue, caught in the ceiling and got headway before it was found. Every thing was saved except the building. The loss is about $500, with no insur ance. In 1892 the Populists carried the State of Colorado for President by a majority cf 13,277. Last year, 1893, in the elec tion corresponding to the one held a few days ago, they carried twenty-two towns. This year they have carried six towns. aa(fc BAPTISTS ASO THI UXITSUBATTT. i He Ca mm tmr VrlcUM BY Biblical Recorder. r To the Baptists or North Cakolisa : Various communications have appear ed recently in the Recorder and other pa pers, suggesting either directly or indi rectly that the University ia not friendly to the Baptist people and their Interests. There seems to be a feeling ia some quar ters that the success of the University means the failure of Wake Forest Col lege. 8uch a result has not been pro duced in other States, nor does it seem likely in North Carolina. On the con trary all of our colleges have flourished together. From 186S to 1875 the Univer sity was practically closed. But Wake Forest did not flourish during that period With the re-opening of the University in 1875 began an educational revival. Since then Wake Forest has not decayed ia proportion as the University has grown. On the contrary it has doubled the num ber of students and trebled its endow ment. As an educator and a citizen of North Carolina I rtjoice that Baptist philaa thropy, Baptict energy and Baptist self Mcrifice, ia establishing and endowing Wake Forest, have added over a quarter of a million dollars to me educational wealth of the State, thereby enabling some two hundred young men annually to enlov the benefits of higher education. Instead of aiming to cripple or destroy such a college,! would rejoice to see twenty like it ia North Carolina. The State is made ncner ana our peopie in made better by all its schools and colleges. There is need for every one of them and more. I rejoice in the prosperity of the Agricultural and Mechanical College, with its two hundred students; of Trinity, of Davidson, of Wake Forest, of Elon, of Guilford, of Yadkin, of 'North Caro lina College, of Catawba, of Weaverville, of Rutherford, of Peace, of 8alem, of St. Mary's, of the Greensboro Normal and In dustrial, of the Greensboro Female Col lege, of the Oxford Seminary, of the Chowan Institute, in short of ail schools from the log cabin up. There is need for every school or college that has stu dents Were I a Baptist. I wculd rejoice in the success of the State University; I would be exceedingly glad that so many Baptist boys are enjoying its great op portunities; that the two bast scholars in the University are Baptist boys, devout Church members.bys ia humble financial condition, one a painter, the son of a painter, now educating himself by loans from the Deems fund and from private sources; I would rejoice that so many of the leading trustees and that five full professors in the facn'ty are Baptists I wonld thank God and take courage that the Baptists are seizing and using such fine opportunities for culture and im provement- I would tell my people that they needed not only Wake JTorest Col lege and a great Baptist Female Univer sitv but also the A. & M. College, the Normal and Industrial School for women. the University of North Carolina, Jud- son College and as many others as we could use for tbe improvement of Bap tist boys. I would cry out "open wide the doors of learning and let the Baptist boys and girls go in." I have never desired nor attempted to toll 'away students from Wake Forest Last summer my clerk distributed 25,000 catalogues, circulars and pamphlets (all printec) in North Carolina, Virginia, South Carolina and Tennessee. They were sent broadcast. About ten thou sand went to pupils in schools and col leges, amoDg i hern Wake Forest. I did not single out Wake Forest nor any school or col'ene I orderered them sent to all. I neither expected nor desired to entice students from other colleges. As a matter "f fact there is only one studeut in the Uai7ersi;y, pursuing non-professional studies, who came from Wake Forest. My purpose was to advertise our professional schools and graduate courses Were it possible, I would put a University c-iialogue in the hands of every man and woman, every boy and girl iu America, 'the fact that such documents were cent to the son of the president cf A ake Forest College ought to show their wide distribution and the entire absence of hidden designs on my part. I distinctly state that I have never knowingly solicited any student to come from Wake Forest to the Uni versity. On the contrary I have dis tinctly advised several not to come. University scholarships have been given, and leans made and students can vassed for without inquiring as to whether they were Baptists, Methodists, Presbyterians, Episcopalians, Friends, Hebrews, Moravians, church-members or non church members. The University has been freely offered to all. The Bap tists are as welcome here as anybody else. Tbev canto; afford to turn their backs on the University, and they are not doing it Bhould they do so, they would deprive their own boys of splendid op port ur it ies now freely offered them. iiet wake rorwt educate an me ooys it can. Let tbe University educate all the boys it can. There are more poor boys than both can he'p There are five thousand boys of means waiting to be inspired with love of learning. There is abundout harvest for all the reapers. Tbe University will soon establish a Commons Hall with free lodging and board at cost for needy boys. The poor Baptist boys will ba welomed here too. I shall Bever refuse to help a poor boy because he is a Bptit, and I shall hail the day when W'.Ve Forest College fur nishes education entirely free, with a roll of five hundred students and an en dowment of one million dollars. Qeobgb T. Winstoh. Chapel Hill, March 31, 1894 Bis; rire at For feUll. 8pecial to tbe Observer. Fort Mn l, S. O., April 9 W. 8. Stewart's three-story, W a. Watson's four-story end W. L Jones' one-story frame bull ings, on Main street, were burned this morning at 8 o'clock. Mr. J. B. Mil s sived half his stock of drugs. The loss will be about $5,000. No in surance. A Tribute to Our Is formation. Columbia Register, Tillmanlte. Charlotte is not far from South Caro lina, but tbe Chablottb Observe b knows about as much about South Caro lina as it does about Alaska. Only the Scars Remain, r" Among tbe many testimonials which I ee in regard to certain medicines perform. Ing cures, cleansing the blood, etc.," writes IBxitbt Hud sox, of the James Smith N. Woolen Vahliurr Cn y Bp Philadelphia, Pa "none V 4 a imnreaa m more than J E I mcaw. Twenty years . ago, at tbe age of is years. J V I had swellings come on , s"""ww legs, which broke and became 1 Ow family pbysicianeould do me no good, and it was feared that the,, bones i would he affected. At last, my good eld mother wrsraet me to try Ayere Saraaparflla. I took three bottles, the sores healed, and I bay not been troubled since. Osly the care remain, and tbe memory ef the pest, to remind me of tne cood Ayers SarsaparOljk fa as dose me. I now weigh two hundred and twenty pounds, and am in tbe best of bealUu I nave been on the toad lor tne past twelve years, have noticed Ayer's Sarsaparilla advertised is an parts vt the United States, and always take pleas ure in telling wbat good ft did for me." For tbe care of an diseases originating in impure blood, tlie best remedy is v AYER'S Sarsaparilla Prepared by JH. I.C Ayer St Co , tVowW, Haas Cures others, will cure you ' z - 1 J lr -7il F4 m Highest of all in; Leavening Power. Latest TJ. S. Gov't Report TTIHJilEJ. Fin 44 H EADQUARTERS FOB THE- B K 8 T. OCCONEECHEE FARM, HlLLBBOBO, N. C. Finely bred Dnroc Jersey Pigs, $15 per pair, oc tne Aipns oignai anu ot. uam hrt strain, f.ir sale. Orders b oked for a few Shropshire bucks (ran delivery) out oi imported prie wiuning bucks and ewes. Address, OCCONEECHEE FABM, Hills boro, N. C. If You are Going to BUY A BICYCLE, You can't afford to miss stock. I can be it tbe world. seeing my Have you seen my G. & J. Tired Wheel at $75? W. F. D0WD, 41 S. College Street, Plumber' Supplies. JORDAN & SCOTT, Whoksale and Manufacturing Druggists, tffer to the trade Very Close Prices on Ready- Mixed Paints, Linseed Oil, White Lead. also Baker's ) Dryden & Palmer's V Rock Candy Syrup, wm. Lang cs Bon s ) Other Soda Fountain Requisites. N EW GOODS I The most elegant stock of high grade goods in the cUy. DIA.MOND3, WATCH18, Chalks, SfictaclbS, Cut Glass, Steb Lino f iLVKit asd Filvkb Platxd Wabb. Come and see the new novelties. Respectfully, TOHN John EaRRIOR. ARRIOR. R. R. Watch Inspector. TN VIEW .! X Of the great interest taken by all la the Art Loan Exhibit we have decided to croen a oermanent one. and from this date will display and sell. ror a small commission, the work or our artist friends ia this and adjacent towns Our facilities for displaying and selling these gooos are unsurpassed, ana we promise our most careful attention. S TONE TTARRINGZR, TON a A DaRRINGER, Book, Stationery and Art Charlotte, K.C. Store, J. E. D0YAL LaoxAJOAi. amrjraa aju ootatAOos. UOUe, a W. Trade Street, Boost k. , Charlotte. N. G. Are and incandescent lhtln. Erdippins satxan mills wltA Kleetrio Lis:: kt riant eecialty. Keti mates t furnished en all kinds of Electrical nr Kieetnsai won. tau tfeiia. novel aoaojatora. Burglar A lsnaii otg Correspond pi pn 1886. 1894. tore.' Last Saturday was an old time fall day, seas of people and at times we could not wait on them, it was the greatest spring day the house ever had, and the reason is plain, we are selling thousands of things for less than the cost of making. Our great stock is going rapidly. Sales almost double any March sales, and if you want any of these great bar gains, come and see. Lookout for another great offering of credit values cut in the middle. j Cur corset stock is a very large one. If you are looking for a good corset for a little money, try our 48c corset, or if you prefer something better, we have a bier job lot at 75c , these would be cheap at $1.25. Thompson's glove fitting, cor- ; set at 98c. is a great favorite , and sells rapidly. Don't fail to : see us for corsets. Best bargains ever offered: in ladies' kid gloves.' An jele- gant line of these goods came j in the Durham stock, and we have cut prices! to close the lot j at the extremely low figures of j 38, 40, 50. 68, 75, 88 and 98 j cents. See our silk mits at j 15 cents See us for all kinds i of gloves, as we have the larg- j est stock we ever offered, j I We carry an elegant line of j fine leather cover roller tray trunks, also a line of cheaper zinc covers. A great many of these elegant trunks came in the Durham purchase, this ; means trunks very cheip. bee them. j Our millinery department is in full blast, and prospects ; very flattering for a flourishing . business this season. Every thing in first class trim. Orders coming in from far and near, and hats being! sent in every direction. .Call and see us. t WILLIAMS, HOOD & CO., SUCCESSORS TO W. J. DAVIS & CO. Officb of thb LciDaiaD & Chablottb, N. O. Onwards and Upwards, Is the steady progress of this Institution. Only 6 months since this Bank is In ope ' ration, and the Statement here below will, we are sure, be a surprise as well as a pleasure to all well-wishers of this en terprise, j Condition of Bank at Close of Business Tuesday, April 3d, 1894 : ! KKSOUBCBB Loans , Due fiom Banks. Expenses Furniture Cash $100,152 80 12.318 83 2,618 81 i 8,120 93 16.041 41 $134,250 27 LIABILITIES. Capital stock $37 923 Undivided profits, 8,868 83 Due to banks 2 94 1 93 Deposits 90,017 01 $184.250 27 E FECIAL NOTICK. j Deposits made now begin to bear inter est at once. 1 i Safety boxes to let at $3, $3 and $5, ac cording -to size. I 8. WITTK0WSKY, President. JOHN W; MILLER; BONDS, STOCKS , AND REAL E3TATE, BOUGHT, BOLD OR EXCHANGED. Correspondence Solicited. ! i 12 South College Street. T70R SALE JL An elegant two-story dwelling, with all modern improvements, in good neighborhood on South Tryon street. t An opportunity for some one wanting a good home.' -. ". ."J.i- re. cochrane. ie. Cochrane. Giiim ud ViXBLK Moxuxxhts Vaults. Tablets and General Ktnn' wore:. Agent for Iron Fences. No. 235 W. Trade Blreet. Rackets Charlotte, It. 0. . 4 ' " 7 r- 3 t- - f i k "J-
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