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o CHABLOTTE, N. .0.," THURSDAY HORNING, JULY - 4, 1C:3. .1, iiU u mil t.ie Line. t excursion i .- s-n-to-date r Printing i 1 Call lit A. ..Urn . "or small -xperlenee OBerrer. aver, nrl- ti&l clerk. nation and are Char i ding desk oserver of- t maker y at v, eood rite at onee i street, At- 'tate meats. t classes of e Observer me forty lots. W.T. - - t pr sale at have re nt w bave ;:8(BTKS. Liniment diarrhoea U facilities and as to ight.Call i CES: WSTAm. t.. Vmxa'B. expensive. ,pk Co.-; 1 - in - j two-story i lot SZxV'd; XAHDER. - r s BON ATES uy ;tne ; . and by, IsMdcct, mm 1 J'lifc- opposite AtHD, 18 kg m 4 bTTE H. C. ani City Repository. ....1175,000 d profits. CKRSr, F- K President. I Cashier. CTOKSt . - ! Teller. Y R. M. Whits. 1 1 : iiIUK8 Holt, TIME! 1JEPOSITS. ten to accounts ot .vions. cotton Mills "!st to establish re is it has had large , t that elass of ae- esy. Promptness., 'g .. , i Olte, tJ e prettiest 7 lerica. (OOK tut i . i lOV. -M- I I eyes fail yo and your his gone, what have you t neglect yonr eyes. ,ThV nrp, the ties you will evr iave . r 81 1 t is Keaa carefull-. Con'-iler can Among the many tiistiaws of tbt eve tnausm in live variet ies.. It can . cured by glasses projri v rtoum 1 w '-Tl Ev" are not always ft! i rank, the aoienliftcop it-ini, H3ted.,. Ofli.ce a Uaridsou bmivl-.it-e hours; to 13 a.m.; s to 4 is h. DON'T FAIL-TO TRY s IIead;;cl)s Rc" our head acbes.' . It ! vrj, sum: una bp: Pr-; irptl end Eold Kl ' . 1 D: ::sts. ' T - r- ar. Bank WILL SOUTHERN COBKLE SEABOARD? A Ramor to This 1. fleet, Bat it Not 7 Generally Believed Georgia Law In the Way. ... - - - . " -' . New York, July 3. The Moruin Journal says: Reports from Baltimore yesterday had it that the Southern Rail way has laid its plans for the absorption of the Seaboard Air Line. The reports ia thi3 city were met with a statement from Charles H. Caster.- chairman of the Richmond Terminal re-organization committee, to the effect that he knew nothing of them. Generally, the report at tha rih. I is sot oeneveu.-. --ouvu a move- vn iue .:. k r , - . a .11'' 1.'. ' iL ji sire rout p'art of the Southern Railway just now would give it pracueauy a monopoly of the. Southeastern' trade," especially the Carolina, Georgia and Florida, where the Seaboard Air Line is at present its only dangerous ; competitor, '.The laws of Georgia would be, perhaps, the great est stumbling-block in the way of such a move, as onee before when the South ern, then known "as the - Richmond Terminal,' scooped every Toad In the State, it was;compelled y to I release one, the "Western & Atlantic,, to allow the competition provided fe. bjMitattrtcr; ' - Nothing Aathemtle at Korfolk. . NoRFOLKl'Va.".1 July 3. -Mr. St. John. vice president of the Seaboard Air Line, I is in "Baltimore, i While nobody here i has authority to speak for the company ! in reference to the story of the work, as to the absorption or the beaboard. Air i Line by the Southern Railway Compa ny, the beaboara company is said to he watching with a jealous eye the move' meats of the Southern.' . " I - .i, r- MISSISSIPPI'S SENATORIAL BACK. - - Governor - Stone - Makes - .His ' First Cam paign Speech -Six . Counties Declare tar Free Silver., Jackson, Miss.,'-. July ; 3. Governor Stone, candidate for the United States Senate to succeed senator George, fired hts campaign .gun ' to-day at Natcheg. -The Governor, the only sound money candidate for the Senate, unfortunately tor his cause has been quite sick 'for a month or more and was unable to enter the canvas until now, While his free sil ver opponents, i ex-Governor Towney, Congressmen Hooker, Allen and Money have kindled their camp fires on the bill From now on, however,: health permit ting. Uevernor btone proposes "to keep the trait warm, i Every county that has I held a convention (so far six)bave nomi nated delegates- favorable to benator McLaurin, for Governor, - and adopted strong silver : resolutions. h The... last county to act was Pontiae, and in addi tion to declaring for ; free silver at 16 to l, the delegates are pledged to McL-au-rin for Governor and?D,'-W. Holder for Auditor.:- No other candidates .were endorsed. zj- ; i-;' '..;--' A fire at Centre, AlaV, Tuesday night. destroyed the court bouse and all books of record,' Including those of ; the sheriff and tax collector. The loss i& about The rebel band that :vas 'commanded try -Zeayas-surrenderev -;to -the- Span- i ish commander at KerBedlos yesterday. eayas was not- amoncv those who sur- rendered and his fate iamknowp, . ; J BASKBAXX VESIEKDAT. , M . Brooklyn.;. ji... 0 8 tO 0;01 Boston.. :..0 029 0 000 J-3 Base hits Broolilyn,7i lif ton, 7r, Errors Brooklyn, 8; Boston, .4. ff-tteries Uat- bert ana urim; Btivetts anqiiansei.- . At New. York -- I f -'"'- . - New-York., iT-rO 0 0 1. a a o 0 0 4 Baltimore.,,;....! I i U( 9 9- 0 M 6 Base n us xx ew iorit w Baltimore. 11. Errors NewYork, 2: Baltj Tiore, a. Bat- tiea liusie ana - t arreu : lemmiog ana Ko bin son . ... - At tKraisvllles ' --,-1 Xjoat8vllle.i.;,i..O S il o -o , e o o o i l e is ClnclnfiatJi.....4 2 1 i incinnatt, 18. Krrors Louisville, 6r Clnolrfiati, 0. Bat 'iiBDV UltO"-iA'We V IUO V' ' 1 1UWJ teriesInks, MeDermott andtvvarner ; Piil lips aiMT iiiurpnj. At Cleveland: ;v Cleverana-..--,".-8 n 01 0 -2 1. 5 ttsi)argii..i...4-.i v o J e o s 4 iiase bits uiBveiana.it: ntkburff. . isr- rors Cleveland, fi: Pittsburgh 5.. Batteries T-Cuppy and Zimmer; Jordan landSagden. At Washington.; , . .w-u"! ' j Washington. .....0 rt 2' 0?S 7v O 11 Fhllladelphla -. 1 e 0 0 ' 0 S O - 410 ase nits waninrua. is: tiiaulDnia. 15.- Errors Washington, ) ; 1'blktlelphla. 8. Batteries Maol -an McGKitre i Lampe and Clements. , -- At Atlanta: ; , - .. J.if Atlanta. ,0-2 0 2 0 6 0 u 4 Memphis 0 O 09 4 0 p' 9 0.. I 6 Basa hits Atlanta, S: Memnkin. 11. Er- ors Atlanta '4;- Memphis, O. i Battenea Wood and Armstrong: Osetiberff v and At Chattanoogar-" ' J 'f Chattanooea. .-.4 0 0 2 1 0 x.r-S 11 uttie kock. ,. . .u u v o o o a'O o e Base tuts cnattanoogai , JJttle Rock, 6. Errors CbftttanooRa, 0: Little v Bock, " 4. Batteries Hill and Fisher t.-Crlinion and AtKvansvUItu - ' s'li! " ' , Kvansville...t.;.i,.0 0 0 8 2 9 l.i'0-.T Nw Orleans .3 2 0 0 O 0 a Base bits Kvansvlue, 12 y New Orfettos. is, Errors Kvansvllle,4; Kew Orleans, It Bat teries Mason and Fields: Sectarian, .traun and bonding'. - . -i.S, -v. At Nashville; c ? - 7 " " "i All -- ' Nashville 0 0 t 2 J O eoa -5 Montgomery o o 0 0 0 0 e,5r-o S Base bits Nashville, 8; Montftomery, 8. Errors Nash vllle, 4: Montgomery, A Bat teries Moran and Trost; Neal 5 and lUp- pold,. , . , : - Index to .This Mornint;' AdvertleixkrBits. Thousands are being benefitted by Eel tie's cost sale. If you are not one ot tbm fait la line before It's too late. i I t - W. Kaufman ft Co. baveetothing olery kind and description for' work, bcUiBBS and pleasure. - If you want a tlO suit Jor 7.50, go and see them. -. h T. L. Alexander, bon & Co.'s sacrifice -eale of summer goods still continues, and you miss a treat if you fall to see theni; , Hnyler's. fresh, pure, deliciou bon-bons and chocolates will be opened to-day at B. H. Jordan A Co's. - The close of the 4th will be as sasfa(?UTy as the day was glorious if you hava oae of ton e a le fe Co . 's (10 suits. - - Tissue paper lamp shades are pretty a.d cheap. For sale: bv thA. Wlnwlor- Wull j Paper Co. - i i lank cuu buttons at Palamountain's " IcecreamlnanyquanUtyat WUIisV LOCAX. WKATBEB , ltXPOBT ';'" B. L. Doshkk, Observer, " ' - charlotte, N. C, July 3, 1395, 8 p. ml HA ROM P, WtATHSIL 1 FJBBCIPITAI", t I Clear, - .00 - axiii.., ca. Ti: minimum, 60.-- l orrespondfag date last year: Maximum, m; minimum, 71.. cT For North Carolina: - Generally sli -at' v- warmer; variable winds. fair; NOTICE. Th undersigned, having qnalified as ml irisustrator, with tbe will annexed, onlK i '"'f Alexander Conn, deceased, htre in.'.a-s all iM-rsona having claims amun ' s.hi.1 estate U prtent them to him on o- be-f.-re theiith day of Jane, 10, duly autl en ti ated, for r'lyment, or this notice wi.l be r!fdir'd in tnrtil their rccoverv.: All per sons iadfbted to said estate are req nested to make immediHte payment. HkhkyH. HKXnSICKS i A ft m S i t r t o r C. T, A. of Alexander Con u. " J uae 5, iM'i, - . ...... .v DR. W. II. WAKEFIELD vaix B2 in ui3 crncB at ' m 1L TrycnSt., Charlotte, 1.4VS XC. t 1 rid.iy.and Saturday f eich w.t.k. , - - -.rJT1 XEWS AND OESIllYEPt'S PRESS. ASSOCIATX ISIKAD There Will Probably Be OF , TJN1TED. Salt By the ' United Press, Claiming Violation of Von tract Bassell Says Uepablicans Are Still for Fusion The Rival Excursions of the : Son t hern and tbe Seaboard It is beport- cd Some Democrats Are Ooias to Join . the Pops. Only 16 Pruszlsts Have Paid Xlcense Tax A Fear That In 9C Demo crats Bray "Ont Pop th Pops , Special to the Observer. -- . . : Raleigh, July 3. In some way.cfor really it cannot - be traced, there has started rumor that some North Caro lina Democrats will soon announce that they will join the Populist partyw. A Democrat who beard .this said "he was not surprised, 'at it. Senator Butler,-in the interview last week, had a good deal to say .about "accessions " to the Popu list ranks,' - - A probably fatal assault has lust oc curred in litchmona county.- a negro named Aired bad .a ouarrcl with John Wilkes, a'white man. in regard to some peaches and threw a stone at Aired, who at once seized an axe And cut his head! open, s People in the neighborhood say Wilkes is fatally hurt. - Aired, who is an ex-convict, about 33 years of age, has lieu. s Good progress is beine made in the olleutieu uf f Llnds for the Baptist Fe male University and the trustees are much encouraged. It 1s quite nrobable fbat work will continue withoiyt inter ruption. - --"- 11 - State Treasurer Worth: was informed that there was an organ known as the Paragon: on sale in this State .without license tax being paid.--' Ho wait, to-day informed by the agents that tlAere were only a dozen of these on hand jknd that they would be at once sent Oitfc of the State, so there would be no trolble. ; : Cotton is remarkably small fhis year, n some sections it - is pLtifulw so. At the very best not over three-q uarters of a good average crop can be taade, say the besh judges. - In some sections there will not be over two-thirds'ofja crop.- thus far. only 10 .druggists In the State have paid to the State Treasurer the $50 -license tax? for selling liquor. Two- of these licenses are to . Raleigh firms. - " . ." It is said that' there are remarkably few visitors . at Morehead Citv now. Usually at this time it is extremely gay there. 'Th attendance at t4ae Teachers' Assembly was partior.Utrly small. - f -' The Agricultural f jartment has laid before the State Treasury. aut-icuiry as to whether some funds on- hand are available for paying for holding farm ers' institutes. - The new? bommission ers are particularly anxious to hold as many or these institutes as ossible this season, lie knows that i the best way to bring the department close to the farmers,.-:. --.--' "- - Your correspondent- mentioned, on the authority of persons who were pres ent at me meeting, or tee xorth Uaro iina Colored Teachers'; Association, that a resolution condemning the last Xiesris- Jature for i its :.interfei;ence. with the school systemV was voted down owing to the teachers of -the public tenuis of Wilmington. There wfAre four o these teachers - present and thev deriv the eharge made against lhem The latter was gtyen yourrcorresnondent fa-nrtit- t is hard to fret Popiilfsts or Jl enubliT Cans in fthe county to talk al f ut poli tics. Whett asked what thev Lhink of the last Legislature, they say t ey think it did very; welj.-ttkea ' pogether. They say as to the Xiifed Uoulas reso lutions that the published statements are denied.-. They rare sorer in regard to Lord Chief Justice JCampb&ll and the Arrington committee than f anything else; that is, so far ai they ivlll admit in conversation with Democrats, i The Populists are tryingto makf. jt appear that Campbell was drunk on whiskey rurniahed by "Pemijcrau. 7Ih& . facts are that Campbellrvtsited thebar-rooms and bought his liquor. - t Borne ot tne uenbocrats are : talking tlrus far ahead, absrat the! next State committee. One oJi them j swore 'Iike our army in Flanaers.' tha,t the Demo crats are eternally Conceding everything to the Populists, arid that last year they fairly; knuckled? tcj them -in the, plat form.Tvhica this aorrrv citizen declared .was a mere rehash! :of the Populist plat- rorm. lie naaea tyiat in he reared tbe Democrats would "out Pod the Pops." Harmon yr so much needed andj so mucn prayed l or, isn't in. sight yet. Two car-loads of .Odd Fellows and their friends lefHaere this morning on an excursion ;to Norfolk and return Fri day. This-excursion has cansed even more friction, between the- Seaboard Air Line and tb,o Southern Railway, These: systems p.ta always, at odds. This -excursion fwent bverv the route which it is said the Sorithern is to. use between here and Norfhlk The South ern claims that As a cat .at the excur sion the 8eaboa,d Air Line put its rate to iorioiK to cent a nine. - i It has been aUeeed by ' some that the nature of the freight; traffio aereement between the Seaboard. Air Line and the Atlantic Coast -.iue is so; rigid that the latter: cannot, 'break : lawav -and 1oin forces with the Southern.- But " it is stated by a, high oflleial that it is ndt a strong agreemenV but ean be shaken at any time. : :'i . . ,. : . . Daniel Ij. Russellsays the bulk of the Republicans in this State are forA Con tinuance of fusion. J It is a little curious that none of ..he Pbpullsts'are talking that .way jusf, now.f - Late declarations by them are juite independent in tone. But any tsort of tracks and - trades may be looked fori - There havi beefe some frauds in the use of fertilizer) tax tags, and so the Agricultural Department has provided against such abuses by- directing that in future the nanle of the manufacturer Who buys tbe tan! $ shallibe printed on their baciiTAgr-ed sacks were offered for sale thisiyeaii which were unre-fis-tered--and ibot lup to standard. The manuTactuiers hfa.4 borrowed or bought tags from aAoth'r "until his own supply arrived. Thlk fit seems, has been a sort of pracrtice (among some - manufac turers. I , . - Wheat this ytiar is SS per cent, against only C5 at ' thii time last year. - Oats, now 81, wfcre list year only CS. Rye is b4 agamsij Rice, now; 82, Was 100 last yea k ot.ton is 09 a?ilnst 71 last year .Thlo July Teport will make, per- napa, a m iut tbowmg as to this crop Corn is bf ajf iinst 60 last year at this date.- lb a knt is very small, but there is time c:oujh, under favorable condi- tious, to a fifl. crop ' The arple crop is not m uchvover half a one. but the peach cr 'P 13 certainly a fine one. i-ariy norairi '-service? in honor of the riati a sfcirthdav. will be held in the ch urch la Ju f th 3 Good fehepherd, ... o ti ere, were 33 deaths nd 17 birt I S lifc tiii5 CitV. " --i wu rrov the Raleish News &n,l Oh e. i - Wphi'5-to t.ke the Associated a i iui ,i, tiiti, una a iiveiy mile war is to ie i tf result.:.--. The United Press cliims it i..3 a three years' contract w iih the r j j or. The Associated Press 1 is rat ti wire in the News and Ob- t. rver or. ta and the United Pres3 wire nvpH 1-rnl. if 4 A d'satcziea will ui the Western Ur.ion office, a suit by the I probably be Gov. Ci r is, to his great rejrret.unable t3 ccl-.'.rr.ticn at Guilford r.J tivmcrrow. I'Aii'i.t r no-r taVri cl.arie i.i' rr;L'.sf;r c.:t;t taxes : "- - 3 l ( " 3 tc X SiCt. i i .3 t: I: :v -;i;or hr.s i at tec Dj'tleG - The s of the i under; Up o i" r , COX- FAIKUHOTHXZIt EESTBATXriJ. AalBjoscHts Issued Against tlie KUitor of tbe Becrder Twenty Deatns in Nip Alootns. - . Special to the Observer. Pcbhak, July 3. Hr. R. II. Cowan under the rights secured by the lease of tbe uiooe, its office, outfit, good will eto-i ' through his attorneys, Messrs. Shepherd,. Manning & Foushee and Ful ler, Winston & Fuller went before Judge Aj TV . Graham Monday and secor red an injunction restraining the pub lication pi the itecorder. either bv Col or Airs, rairbrother. ' The papers :werfe served upon the parties here about noot vo-uay, auu mey at once suuc up snop, as it were. That is all work of getting out the (paper which was m progress was stopped.--. The order requires the defendant to appear-before His Honori at Oxford on the 20th of this month and show Cause, why the temporary mjunc- tion shall not extend to the hearing at tbe oeptember 'term of court, col. Fairbrother has been in - consultation with his counsel. Mat.; W. A.' Guthrie, a eood part of the evenine; but It. is un dersfood that at present he will make no attempt to n&ve.the restraining order modiiiiecL. xne bond - required of tbe plaintiff was only $1,000.- It promises to oe-a lively neht, a ' t -?. ay Abe bulavan; a Hebrew mer t of this place, -was put on trial on arrant sworn out by. Louis Kootz, rging him with, the embezzlement bout ?G0.. Judee Winston and Mai. Guthrie appeared for Sullivan - and Messrs. - Boone" and Mannin? for the prosecution. , The case was tried before 'tfquire D, C. Gunter, and occupied sev eral hours. A hard fiiht was made. and the defendant was discharged, as it yja proyea tnat ne was. a partner in tne ousiness. -v.- 4 An examination of the records at the mayor's office reveals the fact that Dur ham is an extremely healthy town: For tne nine months; beginning with the 1st day of last October and ending with the 1st day. of-July, - the total number of deaths of - both - white and colored within the corporation,' has been only 207, excluding two - still-born infants. s this not & wonderful , record -for a town of more than 7,000 people?' It is certain -" that" Durham has - that many within its corporate limits. ' Including the suburbs, the ratio would be about the same, but no exact figures can be had as to them. - - ' Mr. E. P. Carr will leave to-morrow for Ithlca, N. Y., to, take a. special course in literature at the summer school of Cornell University.: ; - : The banks and postorhoe will observe to-morrow as a holiday, and a good many of our people will spend the day at the Guilford Eattle-Ground celebra tion. '-'-- - , . ,--.' -s A 8KSSATION 1 CONCORD, Prof. Greene Attacks Kditora Sberrill and ' Cook la a Pamphlet for Tneir Crltlcisibs of Miss M ssasA Runaway" Accident Jumped Their Board - t , ' Special to the Observer - r" ' --5r". ' Coscord, July 3--W; F Greene, prin cipal of the Laura - Sunderland school, near town, was in the city. to-day dis tributing among the citizens a vjle and misrepresenting pamphlet, . espousing the misleading articles . written by Miss CoraMeans to a Northern journal some time ago,, about the- residents of this city and community,, which were severe ly criticised by the county papers. . He attacks in his pamphlet Editors Sher rill, of . the Times, . and Cook-, of. the Standard, as editors, or even peace-loving citizens. -: He scores Prof. Cook as county superintendent (before-his office was abolished in which are some very obnoxious accusations. ProL Cook re plied to "Mr.; Greene's article in this evening's issue of the Standard,' which has caused unusual , excitement in Mr. Cook's' behalf, he . having -.- termed Mr.- Greene , as an "unmitigated liaru r Mr. Sherrill will . come out to-morrow and ' denounce Green as an ignoramus and a man who is not truth ful in his representations of our people and our . interests. ' The " whole com munity is indignant over 'the, appear ance of Greene's approval of the news as' sent out. by the teachers under his charge and denounce him in the strong est terms.- "U - " t , -. While out driving late, this afternoon Mr, G. Ed Kestler and his sister, Miss Irene Kestler," were thrown from a busrgy-by-the -driver running Brown's omnibus into Mr'. Kestler'-s vehicle. Miss Irene ws severly bruised up about the face and head. The .buggy was de molished. -.- - . . - -Two men-.'Wilker "and Pickard,' ac companied by a woman i giving her name as Mamie Brown, .claiming to be a cousin of Pickard, beat Mrs. Sapp out of a week's board, and skipped the town to-day. - These "parties -skipped t their board bill at China Grove and the chief of police here was notified ; to look-out for them- - . ; - , , " K ' NX.UOTIATXOHS NOT ABANDONED. ' The Proposition of tbe Georgia Central ' Accepted By tbe Savannah Western, Wltn JUodiacationa. ' NeW- York, . July' 3.Simoi Borg, chairman of the protective committee, representing the Savannah & Western bondholders says, in relation to the an nouncement that all negotiations be tween the committee and the Georgia Central Railroad, reorganization com mittee:, have been broken off:--"It. is true 3 that 'our committee ' will insist upon & modification of the terms offered by the Georgia Central Railroad, but it is not true that the negotiations have been abandoned. Unless they .have been broken off by the Georgia Central with; out my knowledge,' the negotiations are still pending.' . It Is announced on ex cellentauthority that the committee of bondholders of the Savannah & West ern Railroad has accepted the proposi tion, with some modifications, contained in the Georgia Central . re-organization plan.- The committee will have a meet ing on Friday to take formal action. The last obstacle to s the - G eorgia ; Cen tral plan is now removed. ' . i Kor the CoBStroctloa of a New Bail road. " Knoxvtli,b, Tenn., July 3, By a vote of 2,143 to 2D the city Of Knoxville to day donated to the Knoxville Belt-Line Railway and Terminal Company $1,000 worth of .bonds. . On Saturday Knox ville county will vote the same amount to the Ohio river, 'Knoxville and Tide water Railroad, which is to be built from the Jelllco coal fields via Knox ville to Port Royal or Charleston. The sentiment in the county is practically unanimons in favor -of the proposition and the building of thisroad is positive ly assured. - - - - , . Bryan Had an Appreciative And le nee at - , -Atlanta. ': -----.- ' Atlanta, G a.; July 3. Ex-Congressman William J.r:Bryan made a free sil ver speech before the Atlanta Chautau qua Assembly to-night He had a great audience, seven-eights of which were free silverites. . He stated that the sil ver sentiment is growing steadily every day, and be announced his belief in a victory for it at the next national elec tion. " Mrs. Lpase Takes Kindly to the IT heel and - Oriental ( obtains. Wichita, Kas., Dispatch, June &tb. " - Something of a sensation was caused la tLi3 cuy . yesterday ty . Irs. Lease ar'-crinz in a Licj-cl su sistic? cf a Syrian cestui, -, inc larre trousersr- bucklo-X. . Ia an vi:w F..e said s'..9 a: -"it . 1 ' ar I t'.-'rht tv.e 5r:n r j r ' er C . lc- r 1. -,5 ? t:- t . k ' t ' ; :a?y 5 c a- "EErORKD TO THE SCHOOL BOAED To Beport Back Is the Following Com- innalcatloB a Fertlaent Qnestlon? To the Editor of the Observer: , In yesterday's issue of your esteemed paper I read with interest the annouce ment of the newly elected teachers for the : next term of the graded schooL I rejoiced that five of -the courageous women who had stood the prescribed examination had by reason of their high averages received the votes of the school board and gained employment, . What ever embarrassment they may have en dured through : the ordeal of untried catechism, or through the public state ment of their records, - must find its solace in tbe fact of their success. - ' Without admitting that these exami nations are any test of scholarship, or if so, that they in any measure prove one s fitness for the high position of teacher where peculiar characteristics and anal itiea of mind and manner a re of more im portance than eminent learning I . yet must yield to the necessity that governs the board of selection and admit that they are the nearest approach by which the committee may escape the charge or tavoriteism. - Iftherefore, necessary in the choice of female teachers, I would respectfully inquire why not equally so in securing male teachers r - . - - - I see that Mr. E. - M. Snipes., without examination with the other applicants, has, upon: the endorsement of , several gentlemen, been elected, I -honor him for holding these letters of recommend' atiocv bus. recall one lady .whose diplo ma from a college -or high grade and flattering certificates- xt experience as a teacher were rejected, and she was forced to stand her examination.. The result was so satisfactory that she was immediately elected, and- has for years held an honored position in the faculty, a wonuer wny tnis a iserioiJ.ua won i : k ' understand that this- exemption from examination on the part of men isnot new; that so far back as air. Uor lew's administration his .'- assistant superintendent,.; Mr. ' Sal terman-was elected without it; that since &lr. ura ham's administration, Mr. John Walk er, Mr. Carey JJowd, Mr- Howard our shee, Mr.' Ralph . Holland and. Mr, Bivens have .each waived it: that, in deed, of only one "man, Mr. Thompson, has it ever been" required? IN o doubt the excuse for the - above will be found in the fact that they held college diplomas.'iYet, all women ap plicants from whatever college,are conv- pelled to pass examination.-" - , -. ' Does not this savor oi. honoring the one and dishonoring the othe Js it ust to the colleges l is it meet that the Charlotte graded school should disre gard the diplomas of all the female col leges in the land ? If exactions are made of the women. why not the men ? - " 1 ' " " - If a diploma realiy means a certificate ot proficiency, then the trial or exami nation is less severe upon the gradnate of tbe higher college than or the lower. and he should as gladly stand - the test as his weaker competitors- - -t - - Therefore it seems but lust that both sexes should be treated alike".- - "--" "v - '' '-. ' Patbon; .AT CBtAPEL HXLL. HIM Cofiin ta Lcetore on Elementary la. strvctlon Prof . Holmes x pec ted Soon- Charlotte's Contingent. ' Special to the Observer.. t Chapel UxlTj, July In my last let ter I made special reference to the work being dope by Miss Redford, of Ral eigh, in the phonic method, of learning to read, - Her work is to be supplement ed with twenty lectures, by Miss Ma tilda Coffin on "Elementary Instruc tion in Public Schools. Miss Coffin is assistant superintendent in the Detroit, Mich., city - schools and she has a na tional-reputation. - Several have come already, -and large; crowds will be in this week .for the special reason of at tending Miss Coffin's lectures. noL.u l Moses, of the state jor- mal School at Rock Hill, S. C.j attend ed teachers' conference this morning and read a very -instructive paper on 'Classification of Pupils." Every morn ing this the conference discusses live subjects I for educators, and everybody takes part in a general discussion after a leading paper has been read... - lrot. J. A. Holmes arrived last .week and begins his lectures on geology, to day, . Every evening there ; will be ex oursons in the country to study the earth's surface. - . Dr. Winston leaves to-day for Greens boro;' where he will deliver the Guilford Battle Ground oration. :-- v The summer law school began work on Monday with the largest class it ever had at this season of the- year. . Dr. Manning and Judge Shepherd are both on-duty.;: with - two 'recitations a day. There -wilt be an important case in moot - court Saturday night- Senator Marion Butler is on his way here to ointhe law class, in order to -review the course.-- - "--''-" . It is pretty certain now that Chapel Hill is to be lighted jwith electricity in ahort -wmie. - Already we 'have an electric telephone system, - . . - - To-morrow night State Geologist Holmes will lecture in the chapel on The Geology of North Carolina' and exhibit his stereoptican -views of scenes from mountain to seashore. - - - . - - A reception will be given in the gym nasium Friday night in honor of . the Normalites. ;- -v- ,7- The Presbyterian Sunday- school ot Durham will ; picnicln the : campus to morrows " r ' - - '. Quite a bevy of Jadies came in Mon day, from Charlotte. The whole crowd f ronvn Mecklenburg'--now ' consists of Misses MUler, lethune, uurant, ilutcht- sou, Hirshlnger - and Jones; Messrs. Alex.: -Graham, Bivens, Snipes. Reid, Woodley, F. Shannonhouse, RShannon- house, and more yet are expected. FITJiSIMMONS ACQUITTED. The Verdict fieeelved Wltls 'Appla: J adse Boss Poanded. In Taia for Order,, Svbaccse, N. Y July 3. Bob Fitz- Simmons, the-well known 'pugilist, who has been on trial here lor a week past on the charge of being : responsible for the death of. his late, sparring rartner, Con Riordon, is free. Shortly after, 8 o'clock to-night tbe jury filed in before a crowded court- room, and after they h-ad- answered tdVtheix names, their foreman announced 'the verdict,--"Not guilty. .Immediately s - tremendous cheer went up,--Such a boisterous dem onstration has'Tiot been seen in the Oneidaga court house in many years County Judge Ross pounded with his gavel in vain for order, and finally com manded the sheriff and his deputies to put everybody under arrest. -'.This had the effect of quieting the crowd and in asmuch as, the order was not carried but, everybody went away happy. On account of the verdict the Fourth of July demonstration seems to have start ed -in early, "for Bob Fitzsimmons' friends are celebrating in the good old- fashioned way. The summing up of Attorney Frederick House, of New York, for the defense was an eloquent effort; and it took the jury but a short time to arrive at the verdict of acquit tal. - - - Speaker John Myers," cf C a l.V.-.iii House of ReprCiCntitives, die 1 .3 .';r- ciiy at Frecport, III. fr- on. It i t: THE TRIAL AT LEXINGTON A SPLENDID fABKAT OF LAWTEES Somethlng of the Counsel for Defense and Prosecution The Prisoner at the Bar . The Principal Witnesses la the Trial, Special to the Observer. .."-. Lkxikgton. July 3. To-morrow morn in is the time set : for the drawing or the jury in the Shemwell trial. It is expected that the trial proper will begin about - Friday- morning.' No trial in North - Carolina for " many- years has created as much excitement and inter est as this. The. family of deceased is large and influential In the State, and especially in this county. The defend ant, Mr. Jiaxter Shemwell, also has large, and influential family connec tions. Both families have hosts of friends, and great wealth to back them. As fine an array of counsel as could be had in the State have been secured." i TETR ARRAY OF 'COCNSEL, ' For the prosecution is Mr. Ben Long, who- graduated . from Trinity College. He has served eight years as solicitor. during which time he won the name of being, one of tbe best - prosecutors in the State. He is a man - of. fine intel lect and an excellent lawyer: a man - of dignified demeanor, quite in contrast to the sparkling vivacity of Mr. Wat son, for the defence. - - - " -r"". Ex-Jndge W. J.. Montgomery ia. also for the prosecution. .' He was for a long time a prosecuting lawyer in Judge Bchenck s distner, in which 'Office be won a splendid reputation; and was af terwards judge of; the Superior Court for a number of years. , lie was regard ed as one of the most learned and ready udgea in the State. - Another strong lawyer for the prose cution is Col: - James E - Boyd, a most eloquent and powerful attorney from the central part of the State, and a genial. witty "gentleman. . He -was for five veara United States district -attorne v. and bas been- a member of the State Legislature, .-- -.'.-"-" " ' - -',- - . Among the oounsci for the defense is Mr. C. B. - Watson, who . is a self-made man, not -'having a college -education-. He served in the army as a private when, a boy, and is one of : the most brilliant men in- tbe -. state. ' He is a man of wit., excellent "temper ; and a profound lawyer, with a large practice. 'A here. is .also Judge. Armaeia, wno was for a while, -Lieutenant Governor, of the State? district solicitor,' Presi dent of the North Carolina Senate, Con gressman front the - seventh district, aad judge of7 the Superior Court. He has always been reoogniKea as one 01 the foremost lawyers in . the State, and ranks among the finest -intellect in the State - - --' Mr. R. Z. Linney, for the . defense, Is a. self-made man. He served in- the army when a boy as private. He ia a man of tremendous energy and mental force and activity.- tie has the largest Sractice irf his circuit. -Then there is r.-J. C. Buxton, a man of .giant frame aad mind, and & good financier, . now a banker.-:- He-' is well' .educated," and makes a splendid team with his partner, Mr. C. B. Watson. Certainly this is a grand array of legal talent.' ' ' . . . The court is presided over by Judge Boy kin, who was, when he went on the bench, the youngest judge that has ever been in the - State. - He astonished, his best friends by his great knowledge' of law and splendid judicial attainments. erfecfcly Imparriai and haying little to say from the bench, he commands. the respect of lawyers and people. THOSE WHC "WILL- BK THE CHIKF WTT- ' 7 - - ' NE8SES. "-:-',s-V".'4V" Those Who will .figure conspicuously about the court room daring the trial are Mr. and. Mrs.-Baxter -Shemwell and Dr. R Lee Payne.', .y -.t Mr, Baxter Shemwell, the prisoner, is man of medium height, rather small and thin, with dark hair and" black eyes; with kind-mouth and a rather sad expression in his face, but there la Iqts of vim and deetrmi nation'! n him: He is devoted husband and father.- : " ; Mrs. Baxter Shemwell is a lady a lit tle above the average height. She has brown eyes and auburn hair.. Her face wears a troubled "expression, but is a very strong one, full: of love and devotion.- Now andthen.during the last day or two, while Bitting byv her prisoner husband : in the court, she has given way and shed a few tears. .' She is de voted to her husband and two children a little- boy' and a girL ;They have many friends to sympathise with them. Un tbe other band the family of the deceased is represented in the : eourt room by Dr. R, L. Payne, son" of the de ceased, Dr. Payne is a little above the average man in-size, with hair between dark and sandy, and dark eyes, with a neatly trimmed- Chin beard. - He is a handsome man and -very energetic He is tne oniy son. 01 ine aeceasea, ana nas three kisters and a mother to mourn the loss of his father with him.AThey, too, nave many fiendS ,and sympathi sers. ."Nothing sadder haa ever befallen any town than this" affair, r : -- ,- To-day the counsel on both sides have been examining their -witnesses' and getting ready the evidence;. : , CLABKTON FIN AN CT ALL'S OKTBIODOX. A So and. Money Club May JB Organized There TontblnJ M ooashiaors. ' .,: Correspondence of the Observer. . V CLABKT03T,.'JuIy 3.A" party of 'five revenue men under the guidance or Deputy Collector Gibson, left here yes terday morning on a raid, ana on their returnyeported the seizure of a still, the property or liarnum Li. Jones, and 55, 500 gallons of beer. - The still -was near Huhv in Jolumbu8 county, ana was in charge of two boys aged About 10 and 13 years..: Jones made his escape.;. The same party is out oh another raid to day. . - S ""''-i- . -'" " ""'-c" Messrs. 0. Jj. Clark and a. A. came are off on a trip or yest in .Western Carolina'..:-- " . -'-- Tbe citizens of Clarkton are with the Observes on the financial question and are speaking of organizing - a- sound Money Club. - r Mr. U. 11. Uurile, who has j ust grad uated ' from the Law Department of Harvard University, is at home- for the summer. - : - - , z. The Clarkton "baseball team was or ganized last night with G, II. Currie as captain, and J. R. Singletary," general manager. Tbe team has some , line players and will first , cross "bats with Lumberton on the Clarkton diamond, August 7th . The occasion being the Old Veteran' re-union; - - --..-.y 1 in 1 . 11 1 1 I. 1 'i --- -S--iI-Waat Cheaper I"rel)tht Bate ea Fruit. . Atlanta, Ga., July 3. The railroads decline tOmake any redaction" in the rates on peaches shipped in refrigera tor cars and the Fruit Growers Associa tion of Georgia announces that it will appeal t to the inter-State commerce commission The fruit growers madea ease last week before the Georgia rail road com mission, and the case was argued before that body. It, however, had no authority toenforce a rulio? on inter-btate business, and aa it cou,.i do was to make : a recommpnddlian tl.at the rates be reduced. - TL 3 ri.!r .1 men said that. they could net a." rJ t rive the fas and careful service to fruit Uem-! - ::?! by the sh:: ers f;r raiv I:. -.3 rate . tl " a they, v zi chirr5 r . CIVIL SZHYICE EX.lIIIX.tTIt.- Bareans and Individuals Claittiins ta L ive Special Information lleneiiclal to A 1 i li- easts Denounced. - Wa?iiistox, July 3. -A' circular is sued by the Civil Service Commission gives a schedule of the examinations to be held in the last six months of this year. The share of appointments re ceived by" Alaska, Arizona, Dele ware, District of Columbia, Maryland, Hen- tana, JNevada and Wyomins? is at pres ent excessive, and no -applications for any departmental examinations will be accepted from legal residents xt these States, unless- there is a failure to secure . eligibles ofrom other States Applications -1" from residents of these States and Territories win, how ever, be accepted for railway- mau ser vice and Indian service examinations. California, Colorado,Connecticut, Flor ida. Georgia. Illinois. Indiana, . Massa chusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, isew Mexico. New xorki JNorth L-aro- lihaj Ohio, Oregon, Pen osyl van ia. Ver- uiuuv, iirjjiui-niuuiutuu auu mcjv Virginia have also received an excessive share of appointments, but to a less ex tent than these first named, and no ap plications for the clerk, copyist, watch man or messenger examinations will be received from them, Residents there will, however have?,to -be allowed to take the examinations for railway mail and Indian service and for all depart mental examinalionfc?fe;.'';..-:.-Ci----'-'C., Tbe circular calls attention to the ad vertisements of individuals and bureaus Claiming to have special information of value to- applicants-for positions and special facilities for preparing them for civil aervice examinations and - says: No person has any information of im portance to any applicants which can not be obtained without -ost from the pamphlet furnished by the -j commis sion, and all claims" to ' the contrary are therefore misrepresentations.;; borne of the so-called": information furnish edj by - these bureaus - is actually in correct and ; misleadlngraThei com mission: doesynot wish to deter - ap plicants' from" the pursuit " of: studies which will ; fit them for the- public service, even though-? such stud ies be - along th& special J: linen 01 V the examinatiens -for; which! they-; are pre paring, but Jt " does;: advise against "cramming along the narrow ltmusor sample questions,! because such a pro cess is- a failure as ' a " preparation - for passing an examination and entirely worthless as a qualification for tbe ser vice of the government. It is right and proper : for : applicants to ' attena any well-established - school at tneir own home and refresh themselves in studies. b ut t hey ; are advised agai n st ,; pay i n g fees with, a view to special; preparation by ' correspondence"; wlth ? institutions claiming special facilities for informa tion which cannot -be procured airecuy from the commission,' as such claims are groundless, and stamp the; person or institution' making ' them. as fraudu lent.". ' --, - -.- - ,-c' M. f - - ' -1 1 1 - f II ' T-""ll - ' :i "fT' D UNEATEN 8 CUP CHALLENGER," Talfcyrle lit Afaln Beaten By the Brltan- sUa The EormeY Heavily. Sparred and Overeaavassed. , , ?- H UNTEKSQtJAT, Scotland, July 3, Lord Dunraven's new cup. challenger, Valkyrie III, was - fairly .beaten to-day over the fifty-mile course of the Mud- hook , Yacht mubiby the I'rmce 01 Wales - cutter Britannia and A, Barclay Walker's Ailsa: The Britannia averag ed 1127 knots per'hour- There was no dead-to-windward.-wrk.-' The content was limited to close and free, reachio and on these points of sailing the Br i- lannia'ls incontestibly better than eith er the Ansa or v a'kyrie .Hi in a one whoiesail, breezejind a smooth sea. It is probable that the Colossal, new cutter, j will sot be able to distance the Britan nia in windward work, except in light breezes. It il -the opinion - of many , yachtsmen that ''4 she isi too; heavily : sparred and over-canvassed, and that to make it show against - the - American : yacht that will defend the' American up, sue will nave to be trimmed -down little. - She was beaten by tbe Britan la three minutes and" eight seconds. elapsedtlme," and seven minutes and lea seconds corrected - time, . the Valkyrie allowing , Britannia four minutes and two seconds. The Ailsa' was a good second, gettirg in one minute and .ten seconds after of the Britannia, . and one minute and fifty-eight -seconds ahead of Valkyrie III. - Her- al terations appear to have helped her in a stiff windr r The course of tbe big racers was the same over. which Valkyrie II was sunk in collision last year with the Sat&nita. It was from the club bouse at Huatersquay, seven miles southward to Shelmorlle, thence four miles west- southwest to a" mark off Ascogr hencei northeasterly eleven miles to a mark off Kilcreggan and back. to tbe club house, three miles -to the . westward,: twice around, - -- - - - -" THE SIOSKOE COTTON MILLS. i- Tho Last SfiTort to 8 are It Fails Tlie Col- -. -': ered Folks' Fourth of Jnly. Special to the Observer. - . f Monroe, July 3-The colored people will celebrate - io-morrow here in1 big style. . The members of the- colored fire company will have races, climbing and dressing - contests among them selves, and -in . the afternoon- games of ball. v 'T i ' " , A number of the stockholders of the cotton mills met to-day to hear the sec retary's report as to the amouut of stock sold. He reported only a very small amount,' and as there was not a quorum present, nothing was - done. This is perhaps the last , effort to save, tbe mill, and everything Indicates, that the sale will surely take , place the 31st of this month.: It is a, valuable piece of prop erty and ought to bring somewhere n the neighborhood of $73,009; - , ; ' , A Great Game or Ball at Gastonla. By Telephone to the Observer. . - - ' J Gastonia, July. 3.The greatest game of ball ever played on the home, dia mond, was the game between Gastonia and' Mt. Holly this afternoon-; Every body went wild at the fine playing on both - sides.: (.The clever Mt. Holly boys are hard to down but Gastonla "went them two better' and she now holds the penantof Gaston county. Result: Gastonia. 10,- Mt. Holly 8.; .The enthu siasm came in the ninth Inning when the teams tied and it took 11 innings to decide the game. Battery -Ml Holly: Davenport and Fite; ; Gastoni;t:. . Hoff man and Pool--"" - ' ' Negroes for the Alabama Mine. . - J Ackpos viLiiB, Fla., July '.i. During the last ten days 1C negroes have left Jacksonville to work in the mines aroundBirmingbam, Ala.. Tiie otTcrS that induced them to go -.were for from f I to SI. 23 per day wage-or piece work that would, pay more. The emigration agents have done their work very quiet ly, and sent away, the negroes in bodies of from a dozen to a score, so that few- were the wiser. L he-agent says that there is no strike, bnt that there iia scarcity of miners in that section. Sl.'U Sow. y-Th' v. II : r A i-t . ' " 1 i i r --Vict- : Cl.i.. . ami sir 1... . : 1. orsru-u i .a trust thU ei the f -victory t - : CS13, Vs u h I Tl:o c; 5 udicial S: 1 ; two d iys v every ste order for n progrt all its points a "re : 1 rp-.'i ter s 1 he w-iuld s.va t as a doan printed c o--y ed,' was submitted to I f it probably be done next 1 will be order: i to take i In Cook county, and the ; r 000 offered by "the re-or mittee will be considered a t A deposit of 1100,000 cash quired to be forfeited in c pany fails to run the disth keep theia in repair. As s t: stockholders and creditors V 1 . lien on the whole property ind 1! will be empowered besides to t n:e the property if , he flnUs it i ; wasted. - - . The war between the two Tac t i the trust has been wac l since J. j, ., r.. 23th, when Greenhut wu3 aproitite .1 rc- ceiver, only to be deposed a few ntv afterward by an order of the court. 1 decisive engagement to-day was . i tt r one, the attorneys of ilr. Greenhut ir -ing hard to be made parties of rcc so they will have the rirht cf fij ; Their petition to this effect .-.? :.!. t . by the court yesterday, but t y re newed it to-day in. a more formal man ner; -and insisted upon beinrecr -nl 1 in court. Attorneys Walker and ih! 1 v, representing the -minority stoc-u- holders, - told the court they- , did not r , think their . clients were getting justice in being denied the right to come in as parties oi record, n not as defendants, then as co-comr h'in antsln the original cause. Tlr. Y.'alker said he hoped the court would not. con tinue to tbe end to submit to tho dic tates of counsel for the re-orramzal i . committee. ."In; reply to the insinua tions that the court was partial ex-- Judgo Moran declared that it was out rageous that Greenhut . and iiorns should longer bo permitted to obstruct the business or the court and still more outrageous that counsel should attempt to coerce the court into granting l 1 the right to stop the work of re-or -i xi i- zatiou by taking an appeal which v- ' require two years at least to doeide. Mf Walker made a sarcastic atta : On the receiver and moved that his re port be referred to a master in chancery for examination lie insisted that th j whole property be sold, instead of tl.c cream of it, as was now .proposed, and intimated that -r if this was done, the Greenhut-Morris interests might bo a. bidder - for it. It developed in the course of the discussion that the re or ganization committee now has about I,400,000 with which io carry on its new business.' Under the terms f gi v ing stock as part payment, only 9 T0,0(,") cash- would have been required, but this will not now be paid in, . . THE CUBAN INSUliKKCXIOX.. Vessels Not Allowed to Enter or Depart from the Harbor at Havana After Sonnet The Steamer George AY. Cbilds at J U- onvUler.-.A---'?;v:f'';;r , JA;K80XVlhLE, Fla., July CI. -A cable gram to tbe Times-union rrom Key WesLi. t la., . sa-s: - i'assenpers - by- tno steamship Masootte to-night report that the ;8panish government has issue I otders to build a pontoon bridge across the entrance to the harbor of Havana and that no vessel will be allowed to enter r leave the harbor between sun set; and sunrise, and that every vessel mhst be thoroughly searched before en tering and leaving, : and that no vessel will be allowed to carry mail,- except mat wnicn goes tnrougn tne poswuice. It Is also stated that tho insurgents are ftcciinvlnff the town of Jarito' and were bombarded by a Spanish gunbat-with little effect.. General balceud had an engagement with the insurgents under Maeeoand routed-them with considera ble loss. . -:'- :-.;--- ' Among the Ouban passengers to-night was Dr. Menocal, thsfamousphysiciau, who has been ; exiled by the Spanish authorities. - The steamer George W. Childs, .about which there has been s much speculation and mystery for llie past several.weeks, arrived in this port this morning from Kingston, Jamaica, via San Domingo, and has been ordered to quarantine at Tortugas,.. with the in spector of customs in charge, but will take on stores and coai before . pro ceeding 'to said port, The captain says that they met with heavy weather since leaving this port, on June 8th. All her upper week men , were braced down. The captain reports that her engines are out of order, and all shift ed, and will have to be repaired before -proceeding to sea. She will return to this port after five days quarantine. - It is reported in the city that one Carlos Hernandez, agent of the Cuban revolu tionary party, is on board in the capac ity of purser.; Investigation failed, to confirm this report. .: ICastle's Nomination as Minister to wa.b- . injrton Confirmed. ' HoxoLULUt June 27,7 per steam er Alameda, San Francisco-July 3. The Senate yesterday confirmed the ap pointment of William R. Castle as min ister , to Washington. , The clusest secrecy is observed as to the nature of the committee's report," the ensuu. Jc discussion and the vote. . There ia good reason to believe th'at the committee re ported unanimously - in .Castle's favor. Uundoubtedly there was a warm con tention by Senators. AlinhsUr Hat is said to have urged strong reasons f r the confirmation. There is ade! ;i! ; report that the vote in his favi r , . t to four. . - - A Cold-Blooded Stab, uay. . - PiiiLAUKLrifiA, . l'ii., July S. Quay to-Dight received wur.I r ford county would jro for U v. and immediately upon r-" : formation he sent the : gram to ex-Lieut counly : '"This i t : stab I -have-yet r i nary attempt ut i . .I TKLLtii: M v. 0 T,i " The United ;iat.-s t r unevpect- lly arriv i i terday, hi; i i St. Peicri -.-ur.'. - The wire v lati-t ere:;..-: ; Th: li!. 1 Ar:i
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