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Printed Dafly . MonJayand WeeHy - JT. P. CitDWEIX, I ' I. A. TOMPKINS, Publishers. J. P. CALDWELL, Editor and Manager BUBSCHIPTIOS FBJCK : PATXT -.OBtUBBTKB - J Year - -i 3 Mentha 4 MI 3 OO. intKKLT ) OB&EB VXB ( 1 Tear - 6 Months 1 o .SO The Okeryer Office, 3i S TryonSt I SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 15. 1895. i f i i i ii ii i i i ii i i I COOGLKR AND DCOCEB. J The Columbia State the other day had a two-column editorial review of . Tolume 4 of the poems of J. Gordon Coogler, the Type-Stick JLyre-Twanger Of the Palmetto State. J. Gordan Coog ler ia to South Carolina in some meas ure what Sheppard M. Dugger, of Ban ner Elk, N. C, is to North Carolina, and Pack has immortalized Coogler as the New York Sun has Dugger. . Coogler stands high in his native State. The State says of him : " There are other poets in this dull and Aching world, but Columbia's laureate is the only one who can justly claim to be a complete artist. No other bard is so comprehensive, so independent. is one oiner can compose his lines in his brain and then "compose" them in a "stick." None other can conduct his nuse all the way from the frowning TM.rD.ts oi Ulympus to the tender clasp ,ch r.aii-meaium job press, uoogler is, in t u'h, unique, and in his proud posi tion as the poet-printer of Columbia he has no rival. v e win let coogler pass as the com- 'pletest artist, but we must claim Dug ger as the uniquest genius this country has ever produced. Dugger, it is true, 'does not much run to rhyme, but his i prose is poetic to the last degree. Take Dugger's prose and squeeze it and you get nothing less than "the nectar which -Jupiter sips." While Coogler's muse, s Valkyrie-like, sails best on literature's 1 sea in the light zephyrs of poesy, we ; feel confident that Dugger's genius . must prove superior in the strong blast i of passionate prose description. Dug- i ger generally keeps flying great main - sails of metaphoric prose, and yet none can break out a delicate baby jib top i sail in the way of a teDder touch of - pathos with more delightful effect than he. We give a few specimens of Coo s gler's verse, taken from the State's re ; view, with a sample or two of Dugger's oest description, ana leave the public to decide on the resjectivc literary merits of the two. The State says: The roet s revolt nsrainst the hateful trammels of L gli-h pronunciation, his supreme indpendenc of useless verbi age; in Biori, his Cie ariMn operation upon orth grfhy, is wrll displayed id the lust verse of his Hues "To Miss Mattie Sue:'' "Of thy plain tire- voice I hear an echo sweet Sinking deep into ray soul. And that peaceful echo Bears the pleasantest thought OX future bliss untol'." Since Alexander cut the Gordian knot there has been nothing like this excision or the flnal d from "untold. Will our esteemed contemporary now observe the following luxuriant dally ing with the Eoglish language in the descriptions, herewith, of Lidie Meaks, the heroine of Mr. Dugger's book. The Balsam Grover of the Grandfather Mountain? "She was a medium-sized, elegant ngure, wearing a neat'y fitted traveling aress or Diack alpaca, tier raven black hair, copious both in length and vol ume and figured like a deep river rip pled by the wind, was parted in the centre and combed smoothly down, or namenting her pink temples with a flowing tracery that passed round to its modillion windings on a graceful crown. Her mouth was set with pearls adorned with elastic rubies and tuned with min strel lays, while her nose gracefully concealed its own umbrage, and her eyes imparted a radiant glow to the azure of the sky. Jewels of plain gold were about her ears and her tapering strawoerry nanas, and a golden chain, attacnea to a time-keeper or the same material, sparkled on an elegantly rounded bosom that was destined to be pushed forward by sighs, as the reader will in due time observe. Modest, be nevolent, and mild in manners, she was probably the fairest of North Carolina's daughters. Again read this extract from a lecture delivered at the Green Park Hotel at Blowing Rock in the summer of '94, and say if Coogler is capable, even in cts highest nights of imagination, of uch a wild, wierd wealth of metaphor and simile: "See that drunkard with hiseducated head staggering round some erog shop. with his heart as barren of love as the Desert of Sahara, without even a little oasis where his wife can quench her thirst ror a time.or pluck a flower to pin on her baby's vesture. Imagine that dimpled babe smiling on its mother's knee and catching in its dimples the tears which she sheds for the wayward husband. "O, for a more beautiful language! If sentences were vines and words were branches; if letters were roses and sounds the music of 'insects; if periods were swelling buds and exclamation points were trumpet flowers filled with honey to me onm men l would write sen tences Jike garlands of glory, and with them I would wreath the brow and awaken the hopes of that dejected moiner "O, that staggering father! I wish for a time that I had a more bitter language. 1 wish that sentences were snakes and words were gleams of their elfish light; 1 wtsa that periods were the eyes of soorpions, ana commas the rungs of rep til and excUaa;i-n pain's the stings of scorpions thru I woe 11 write aeo- lences mt would writhe and his. and Coilina them around the hfadsof the veil unpouuiea youio.i wuid make thtm to I damn every grocery and srroa? khon fm-n Dan to Beersheba and from the rivers to the ends of to eatb! Great and kng contia fd applause. "Young ma .if ou educate your head and rati to flavor your heart with the odor of sweet flwers. and decorate it nd nHhe with the roses of love, a drooDing fuchiaa of mknM I lt, and cleanse it with the elixir of sobri ety, i and set it in the disc of the great r ! " "4"'J'.JOurorowB Will be as dull as the leaf of the thistle. Like a filled ring.the gold will wear off and it -will become as a sounding brass or a UBKung cymoai. But we by no fRenewed s-ttu. T Luenewed applause means mean to d la-1 parage ttoogler Here is a little gem, which tie says the lady to whom it was inscribed highly approved, and gave her permission for its publication: , It e'er in the midst of a iomob of fell s " Yonr dar lips ara for a passionate kiss, ., lams oi me m-iumo-1 aistantty roam, - And reservs home tne the right tiil I visit, your 13 good, but it -wou'.d tlyuMIess require a great self-denial on the part of the lady to keep from moistening her lips at some other spring, especially if Coogler were any considerable dis tance off say on a European tour. Coogler's muse, as the State observes, has an eye to business, as the following will show: . r i - "Beside life's cold and gloomy stream You stana upon a aangerous Drtoa, , Forgotten all because you nerer Used enough of Printer's Ink." . Coogler is a great bard, but we claim that the ne plus ultra of all Southern lit- eratears is Du'er. T iere is only one th'nz lackiesr a' out Dagger He has never published any vrse. We feel ab solutely confident that he has writ ten much. Wo therefore ask him as a special favor to.send rs a specimen or two of his rhyme . If he has written none. (nich is hardly possible), we would be glad if be coulJ string his lyre and send u the sing it inspires ihimiobiDg te anxiously await a re ply- Charlotte never does anything by halves. To-morrow will begin the "Diamond Meet" of the Charlotte 'Cycle Club, at which the fastest class A riders in the South will race. The admission price has been made very low by the managers, and this in spite of the fact that the club's prizes are very ex pen sive. It is becoming to be a noted fact that wheelmen who ride on the Char lotte track wear diamonds. Charlotte at large is interested in all athletics and contests of skill, and the Obsebver bespeaks for these races a large attend ance. This is a most delightful season of the year to spend a few days in the mountains. The hills are never more beutiful than when garmented in autumn's gorgeous array. A cultured lady writing from Blowing Rock says: "Many are leaving most of them re luctantly and a few wise people are coming for the delights of September." The stage rides from Blowing Rock to Linville which can be enioved this month present a good opportunity for belated rest-takers from the low coun try to have a little outing. That was an interesting story of the Salisbury correspondence yesterday of the run of the vestibuled train on the Western North Carolina Railroad, which made up an hour and five minutes be" fore reaching Salisbury, and the last 20 miles at the -rate of a mile a minute When the very heavy trades on this road are taken into consideration, the feat becomes the more remarkable. They seem to be getting down to business now at the South Carolina constitutional convention. Their de liberations appear in some respects to be proving the wisdom of the Tar Heel constitution framers in proposing to adopt the four-year term for State offi cers and a bi-ennial Legislature. TRIBUTE TO MR. TOMPKINS. He is Written of as One of the "T wo Remarkable Men of the South." The Catholic Mirror, published in Baltimore, contains a weekly letter from the South. That of last week written from Augusta contains an item headed "Two Remarkable South Carolinians," referring to Mr. D. A. Tompkins and a gentleman from Abbe ville. Charlotte's interest in the letter is only exceeded by her pride in having Mr. 'lompkins as a citizen, and the Ob server knows the following will be ap preciated hy this community for which he has done so much. Under the sub head "Victorious Southerners." is the foHowing: There are two South Cirolinians whose histories are worth sketch- ng, as illustrative of the best Siuthern er oi the new time. About twentv years ago an. Edgefield county young man, who had poverty for his stimulus, came to this city and entered a machine shop. He did not remain there long because he was brainy and enterprising. He determined that to succeed ambi tiously he must go to a great manufac turing centre. So, off to one of the most noted Northern hives of industry he journeyed. Gaining admission to the superintendent of a famous and opulent establishment, he asked to be taken as an apprentice.He was informed that there were thousands of applicants on the list, and the trades unions watch ed them sharply. He then offered to work for nothing, and his services were accepted He made his mark from the start. At the end of two weeks he was paid wages, and, from time to time, these were doubled and trebled. With in a year he became foreman of a shop. and, not long afterward, a partner. He was sent southward to establish a branch plant and take charge of it. He ad vanced from one success to another. At this moment, in the youth of middle age, he is a stockholder in cotton mills, water works, electric plants, banks, and I know not what else. He is owner of a newspaper and the practical king bee of a whole Mate, in manv respects. Though too busy to think of marriage. ne nas Kept in memory the loved ones at, iiome in ?ouin uaroiin. and gener ously assists them. This man had nerve and daring, as well as talent. There are many Southern boys who are ready to emulate his prowess, while mere are also many who have mental qualifications without reouisite back bone, and, so, miserably fail." The Perpetrator of This Will Need a De- render." "Say, have you heard the news?" "No. What is it?" "Why you know 'Lord Dunraven who came over to win the American cup is not (done raving) 'Dunraven after all." "You don't say! How is that? ' "Why he is still mad as a wet hen." Colonel Cnlp Pleased With Charlotte's Roads. Colonel J. R. Cul p. Sunprvisnr nt Chester county, S. C, was up Tuesday attending the horse sale at Wadsworth'a stables. After purchasing a fine pair of mules at $300 for the use of his county, he rode out to the stockade and other places around the city to see and admire Mecklenburg's roads. He ex pressed himself as being highly pleased. LaUst from the South 1 o. Sharon. Master Georsre Parks, son of T... IT Robinson, of Griffith, was hurt veater- dT morning by a horse stepping on his unasning iijiat. feopie of the southern Dart of th county are solid on petitions for the Fox iot for the court house. Mr. XtU' Mother Dead. The mother of Rev. S. M. rAvi r Brevard Street Methodist eh lnS.hlby Thursday night, consequent- '7 I7avls wm not be id bis pulpit to- mil nit to day. Rev. J. K. Lee preaches this morning, and Rev. Q. A. Page to-night. The Aansat Cass Kvidenoe All In. Saw Fkakcisco. CaL. Sent. 14. Th police investigation of the murder of Ol. 1 T , . . namon is enuea. Alter more than five months of incessant work. th detectives hnitiii tt..t..k.i. .t evidence against Theodore Dumnt. and the prosecution has nothing to do now out present the facts to the jury, . Ta. tally Iejared xrosa Biercla. TAS?aTOTs. Sept. ftl4Prof. O. V. Riley formerly the entomologist of 'the Agricultural Department, was thrown from his bicycle K--afternoon and re ceived Indies ia ,i .aay prove fatal. AN.APPEAL TO THE CHILDREN '-.-'"'V' ''?' ' ' -- 'estoeaasBsMMeaMHHava V-V-' " - - -3r- zn bihau1 ortHi rksctxe ho Mr. Alexander Write an Open Aaklns tho Co-OpernUon of tho Chil dren of the different Sunday Schools. The children of the city are already oeginning 10 manliest an interest in the anniversary day of the Alexander rescue To get the idea clearly before the public, the following letter, a copy of which has been seat to each pastor oi tne eity. is puonsned: Charlotte, N. C, Sept. 3, 1895. Dear Brother: The Lord has put into our hands greatly needed work and a blessed one, tne rescue work ror children. You probably know what we are do ing and so we will cot go into it fully nere. uur ooject now is to interest the children of our city in this work. We feel that interest in children less fortunate than themselves will be means of grace to our own children and then can help the work. Will you not help us, in His name, to interest your Sunday schools and your families? Our plan is to have an anniversary meeting in me auditorium on tne 24th day of September. We want all who are interested in this work to come. and especially the children. We should love to see every child there and we want a contribution from each child. Let each child give something to this rescue work. Let the name and amount be written on an envel ope and it will be published in the constitution for this year. We expect to observe this anniversary each year and trust that the children of Charlotte will come to have a deep personal inter est in this work, and that they will meet with us each year. We need scarcelv add that this work is, in no sense, de nominational. The children are un fortunately in no church, but are res cued from influences that would cer tainly lead them from Christ and a good life. There are many things we t. . , .... c' snoum love to say about this work, but content ourselves now with simply giv ing a few items of interest to take place on our anniversary. The programme will be a few short speeches from the different pastors, reading the reports of the president, secretary and treasurer, and I waut to make a statement regard ing the work, which will show what has been done for the Master in rescu ing not only children, but those of ma turer ages. We want to make this a children's work. We want every child in Charlotte interested in it, and when they have learned to rescue others they will be stronger and better able to help themselves. Again we ask- for vcur help and prayers on our anniversary. Help us to have every child there and each child with an offering. in addition to the program, each Sunday school will sing a song out of the Gospel Hymns of their own selec tion. Each Sunday school will appoint 10 boys and 10 girls as marshals, with ap propriate sashes for the occasion. 1 ours in Christ, R B. Alexander. A SHORT COTTON CROP. Capt. R. F. Kolb Advises the Farmers to Bold It Bach Why the Crop Will Be Short. BnoirsonAM, Ala , Sept. 14 Captain R. F. Kolb, ex-commissioner of agricul ture and well-known politician, has ad dressed an open letter to the cotton planters in answer to inquiries from va rious sections of the South. In it he says among other things: "No intelligent man who is adequate ly posted will take issue with me on the proposition that the present crop of cot ton will fall far below the world's con sumption for the next 12 months. In my opinion the crop Gan't possibly reach seven million bales, and may fall below 6,500.000. I think I can give many good reasons for rav conclusion. A wet Way always means a short cotton crop. This is a known fact to all grow ers of cotton and stands as tradition handed down to us by our forefathers from generation to generation ever since the production of cotton was introduced n this country. This vear we not onlv had the wet May, but durine the three following months of June, July and August, the rains continued over all the cotton States except Texas. If we know anything of cotton production we must know that the cotton plant is a sun-plant and not a water-lily, and hence too much water has very much damaged the crop. "lhen again, too much moisture in many sections has produced 'rust.' and the stalks, leaves and bolls have turned red, and not half a crop wili be pro duced on such plants. In otter sections the boll-worm, army worm and sharp shooters have been very destructive and the crop very nearly destroyed, be seiged by all these causes. 'Again the cotton crop, in the aver age. is nearly one month late, and an early frost would cut the crop over 1.- 000,000 bales. With so much moisture n the soil this year we should expect irost this year much earlier than usual. "As I understand the situation of the present cotton crop, after diligent in quiry, I think it possible and highly probable that not exceeding 0.500,000 bales will be produced. I advise that no cotton be marketed during the next sixty to ninety days, except to meet debt and actual demand. If you hold your cotton until November and De cember, and will then market it slowly, you are sure to get 10 cents or more for every pound of it. Next year continue to curtail your acreage and use of fer tilizer, make all your provisions at home and choose to do as you have been compelled to do this year against your win and your next crop or cotton win onng 10 cents and more per pound ana tne southern farmers will once more be a prosperous, happy people." RUCK hill. Merchants and Cotton Mills Are Thriving; A Few Cyclist Cranks Will Be Here To-Morrow. Special to the Obsevrer. Rock Hill. S. C, Sept. 14. Dr. T. A. Crawford and Mr. J. J. Hull returned this morning from Florid t, where they went to identify the body of a man who died there on the 31st of July and who gave his name as Moore, with relatives living in Rock. It is thought, however, to be that of Wm J. Kimbrel wbo left here about seven years ago. The re sult of their investigation is not yet ob tainable. About twenty-five of the Rock Hill Pythian Knights went over to Fort Mill on Thursday night to assist in institut ing a lodge there. Mrs. Cad J. Pride, who, six weeks ago, had a stroke of paralysis, is im proving slowly. Prof. S. C. Sturgis, who was elected superintendent of the graded school in Georgetown, S. C, has declined the po sition ana win continue bis school here. Work on the Manchester and Arcade Cotton Mills and also that on the Globe Mill extension, is being rapidly pushed. In a little while Rock Hill. will have five large active institutions of this kind of which any city might feel proud. The finishing touoh is being put in the building and grounds of the Win throp Normal and Industrial College and everything will be in readiness for the opening, October , 15th. Applica tions are pouring in from all over the country. All the dormitory room has been engaged and President Johnson is asking that private families take the overflow. Rock Hill lis to have this fall, both the South Carolina Presbyterian Svnod and the Methodist Conference, the for mer to meet in this mouth and the lat ter in December. Vv.. There will be a detention of r,ranfca" from here to Charlotte's cycle races Monday. Tho Way U LmIi. ' WaynesTllle Coanerr : ' We have lost Walter Ri Henry from the Democratic ranks, and it looks as if "Your Uncle" Jarvis is. heading in the same direction. JOH2f TAX IAXDrSGHAll. Ono of Charlotte's Prominent Baal; - Men. Who To-Day Bowora Kto Connection With the Ohcmt aa Baalneas Mai .Mr. John-; Van Landlngham "to-day severs his connection' with ' the Ob server as business manager. Mr. Van Landingham retires voluntarily from this position with the kindest of feel ings on both sides. He has served the Observer with that energy, indus try and spirit of loyalty that have always characterized his business relations with some of the most import ant Charlotte enterprises iu the past. and the Observer wishes for him in his future career the same meed of success he has achieved heretofore. A sketch of his life follows: Last spring when Dr. Currell delight ed me Mecklenburg Historical Society with his lecture in Charlotte on the origin and hidden meaning of names, he said, ' The suffix 'ing' means 'son of; hence Landingham signifies son or descendant oi a landed estate, while V an was a title of distinction assumed after long years of ownership." The earliest knowledge that this American family have of their name isof those who lived about 600 years ago near uourtrai. in t rench Flanders. The original name was Van Landee- hem. One of the family commanded a body of knights under the "Lion of Flanders," at the battle of the "Golden Spurs" in 1302. During the seventeenth centurv Michael Van Landeghem and Jane, his wife, came'to this country and settled in Virginia. Of their descendants sev eral were educated at Jefferson College, and going westward became preachers and teachers. Their name underwent changes till it is now best known through the career of CUmentL. Val landigham, of Ohio. Another branch came South and set tled in South Carolina. Thev were pioneers and naturally became tillers of the soil, which occupation a number of the name now follow. The father of the subject of this sketch was N. B. VanLandingham, a prosperous .farmer of Lancaster county, S. C, and a brave captain in the Confederate service, who lost a leg at the battle of Cold Harbor. His oldest son was wounded a vear later. John H. VanLacdineham. his second son, volunteered when 16 years of age and was made a lieutenant in Company "I" of the State Guards. In 1869, Mr. an Landingham came to Charlotte, to accept a position as clerk with the lartre hardware firm of Brem, Brown & Co. Because of his in dustry, integrity, steady habits, and quick business perception he was of fered in 182 a partnership in the same line by Mr. Walter Brem and toeether they did business at the Central "Hotel corner till 1874, when Colonel Brem and Colonel Brown urged Mr. VanLand ingham to return to his first association, and he and Mr. J. H. Weddiogton be came the active partners of the firm. Colonel Brem died in 1876. JOIIN VAX I.AKUINGIIAM. After the settlement of the partner ship affairs Mr. VanLandingham em barked alone in cotton commission and grain business on Uollege street; at which place he had his office for six teen years. In 18h!) he and Mr. Geo. A. Howell formed a partnership and Mr. VanLandingham spent one winter at Norfolk superintending exportations. In 1891 he became a mt-mber of the II tath Cotton Company, traveling most of the time till the winter of '92, when he took charge of their compress and office at Hamlet. In 1893 he again went to Norfolk and associated with himself Mr. W. Calleuder, of England, but in February, 1891, returned to Charlotte to accept the business management of the Observer. Mr. VanLandingham thoueh 47.years of age, has held but few public offices, having served as city councilman and been a member of several congressional and State conventions. He has at vari ous times been solicited by his town friends to accept nominations for the mayoralty and lhe presidency of the chamber of commerce, and by his coun ty friends for the Legislature, but his energies have found full activity in his private business. He is six feet in height an3 of medi um build. His whole appearance indi cates energy; his manner suavity and pleasure in social contact. His chief characteristics are strict honor and in tegrity, enthusiastic interest in what ever he undertakes, an indefatigable in dustry, a progressive public spirit and marked devotion to his family. In 1873 he married Miss Mary O. Spratt and with their three children they live at their beautiful home on East Trade street. THIS WILD RKSJKitVK. The Total Gold Withdrawn Friday 4. 300,000, and That Deposited 1,000,000. Washington, Sept. 14. The Treas ury gold reserve is stated to-day at $99, 632,544 subject to a net deduction of 3,300,000 as a result of withdrawals and deposits of gold at New York yes terday. Corrected ofhcial reports re ceived at the Treasury Department this morning from Assistant Treasurer Jordan place the total gold withdrawn yesterday- at $1,300,000, and the gold deposited at $1,000,000. Transfers of Small Bills and Silver Dollars New Yors. Sept. 14. Tranfers by telegraph were made to-day of $405,500 in small bills and $20,000 In silver dol lars from the New York sub-Treasury to the sub-Treasuries in Chicago and New Orleans. Large bills were deposit ed in the New York sub-Treasury by the banks for the currency and silver certificates for the specie. The money is to be used in moving the cotton and wheat crops. There Came Msr Being Bloodshed. Ishpemtno, Mich., Dept. 14. Union Park came near being the scene of bloodshed this afternoon. It required much effort to prevent a fight between the opposing factions. The steam shovel men and mechanics generally were loud in their demands to be per mitted to return to work, but were finally voted down after a bitter wran- gle. No settlement of the affair was reached. Another such row and the ; union will go to pieces. Another meet ing has been called for Monday. Highest of all in Leavening Power. Latest U. S. Govt Report I 1 - X - X ' ' I ."i i 1 i WHCLr3ALS BY HATER SIGNS OF GREAT ' PROSPERITY. THK XABGB DKltAlCDS FOB MOKKY, They Conte From Fnrely Csmmerclal Clr- elea There Will Bo a Still Farther Se duction 1st the Beserre. . . Niw York. Sept. 14. The New York Financier says this week: "If the state ment of the Associated Banks of this city for the week ending September 14th. affords an v criterion, tne day oi per cent, monev In New York city has passed away , for some time to come. The banks now hold less idle cash than they have reported since April 27th when the reserve was affected by bond syndicate operations, and while the heavy cash reductions of the past week amounting- to $9, 436, $00 were due in part to gold exports, the fact should not be overlooked that the loan item shows a remarkable tendency to advance without symptoms of relapse, the increase for the weeking ending September 14th, being $4,338, 100. The aggregate loans are now $522,698,900, or nearlv ten minions in excess oi tne figure that stood for years as a high water mark. The steady expansion of the loan account is a flattering evidence of present prosperity, especially since the demand for money comes from pure ly commercial sources. The New York ba.ks are in constant receipt of de mands from interior correspondents for funds, and the shipments during the week have been heavy. The decrease of $5,099,100 in deposits shows that money is being employed to advantage by interior banks in some localities, although withdrawals of legal tenders had probably a great deal to do with the past week's falling off. The de crease of $7,524,700 in legal tenders was brought about by shipments previously referred to, and aUo by the heavy ex port movement which necessitates the use of legal tenders. The decrease of $1,911,600 in specie was brought about by the deposits of gold in the sub-Treasury made by banks identified with the bond syndi cate. The gold shipments of Saturday did not figure in the currency state ment, but will be shown next week, when, according to conservatives esti mates tnere win be a still further re duction in the reserve. A new bond issue in the face of such a heavy de crease in cash, would put money rates far higher than they have been since the panic. INSURGENTS VICTORIOUS. They Capture 20 Prisoners Near Gaana- tanamo With Many Supplies. New York, Sept. 14. Sympathizers in the Cuban revolutionary movement in this city have received a letter from Cuba which States that Jose Flores. a lieutenant under Col. Rodriguez, of General Maceo's division, made an at tack September 7th upon a force of Spaniards in the village of Caimanera, and ten leagues rrom the city of Guana tanamo. After a short engagement the in surgents were victorious, capturing 20 prisoners, 2U0 stands or arms, 50,000 rounds of ammunition, stores and pro visions in largequantitiesand medicines and clothing. lhe loss on the side of the insurgents was unusually heavy, one sergeant and 15 men being killed &vd 31 men and officers wounded. It is not known ex actly what the Spanish losses were. Another Insurgent Victory. Santiago de Cuba, Sept. 14. A Span ish column of 1,500 under General Lin- eres and Lieutenant Colonel Teieda. left Paltna Soriano on August 31st,with a large cenvov for Remaneanacruas When the troops reached a place called Descanso del Muerto, near Remangana- guas, the rebel leader Rabi, appeared with 400 men. He attacked the van guard and flanks of the column, almost destroying it. The insurgents had seven killed, among them being Com mander Jose Rios and Lieutenant Juan Torres. The number of their wounded cannot be ascertained. They took one Spanish soldier pris ner. The Spaniards lost four officers and 25 soldiers killed among the killed being the celebrated Spanish guide, Fermin del Toro, who had been pro moted to be a lieutenant. Thev had more than sixty wounded. The greater part of the convoy was taken by the rebels, the remainder being taken back to Pal ma Soriano by the troops on Sep tember 2d. The sanitary condition of this city continues very bad. During the second fortnight of August there were 118 deaths in the cit3,of which 63 were from yellow fever. THE OR ICS ON THE BORDEBS. Secretary Carlisle Will Have No More As sajiog and Sampling Till Winter. Washington, Sept. 14. Secretary Carlisle has rejected all the proposals for assaying and sampling ores on the Northern and Southern borders of the United States for the purpose of ascer taining the quantity of lead contained therein. Proposals were submitted only for Paso del Norte, Tex., not for the entire border section. Secretary Carlisle in rejecting all proposals takes the position that it is impossible to car ry out the intent of t ongress when bids for only part of the work are submitted and he is of opinion that the work can be done more efficiently and cheaper by the government. He will, therefore, report the matter to Congress next win ter and ask for an appropriation suffi cient to establish proper ore reducing works at the principal ore importing ports along the Mexican and Canadian borders. CHOLERA ON THK BENNINGTON. The Cruiser Olyinpla Left Honolulu to Escape the Epidemic. Washington. Sept. 14 dispatch was received at the Navy Department tb-day stating that the cruiser OI mpia had arrived at Honolulu on the 2nd and finding cholera there had left for Lt haina. where she will remain f r about t-enry days to repair her condenser tubes. The Bennington, the dispatch says, is in quarantine outside of the ha bor at Honolulu Two cases of cholera, the rep ri saya.have occurred, oneof which. vt . a. Ouebet, first class apprentice. proved fatal. Private lettersreceived in San Francisco and mentioned in .the United Press dispatches indicate more cases than these two on board the Ben nington. GEN. BCHOFIELD'8 ROYAL RECEPTION Be is Knthasiastte Over the South's Cour tesies to Him on Bis Tear. Washing ro?f, Sept. 14. Lieutenant General Sc ho field is enthusiastio of the reception accorded him on his recent farewell tour of inspection, and espe cially as to tne courtesy shown mm in the Southern States, Be specifies the courtesies shown him in Memphis, Tenn., the special invitation tendered him by the city of New Orleans, and his reception by the Confederate Vet eran Union and Loyal Legion and the Grand Army of the Republio at Hous ton, Texas. He was very much pleased! wun tne inenaimess or tne one-time enemies and with the demonstrations of affection shown by the Confederates forthe Stars and Stripes. V xii krr Hp-" SlftlMONSN REGULATOR Are you taking SikOfora Loves Reg ulator, the "Kino oy Liver Medi cines?" That is what our reader want, and nothing bnt that. It ia the same old Mend to which the old folks pinned their faith and were never dis appointed. Bat another good recom mendation for it is, that it ia better than Pills, never gripes, never weak ens, bnt works in such an easy and latoral way, just like nature itself, that relief comes quick and sure, and one eels new all over. It never fails. Everybody needs take a liver remedy, and everyone should take only Sim mons Liver Regulator. Be sore you get It. The Red Z is on the wrapper. J. EL Zeilin & Co., Philadelphia. A SCHEME That Beats Free Coinage 8 to 1 The Plan is Respeetf oily Submitted to Mr. Smith's Convention of Financiers and Got. Jar- vis' Contingent of "Bootblacks." To the Editor of the Observer: As North Carolina is wholly for the free, unlimited and independent coin age of silver at 16 to 1, and as all three parties have so declared (vide their plat forms) there will be nothincr for Mr. Smith's convention to do but consider financial schemes collateral with free coinage or as possibilities following the accomplishment of present cherished ideas. Therefore, will not the convention so berly and seriously consider the follow ing plan which 1 set forth, humbly I trust: As soon as Congress assembles, let it with the advice and approval of the President pass a law that on a cer tain specified day (the day and the law might be kept secret till such time as should be desirable to promulgate it, as was dot.e in the crime of '73) the holder of every gold, silver, nickel or copper piece and or every piece of currency of whatever denomination or character, greenback. Treasury note, national bank note, silver certificate, or gold cer tificate, might at sunrise take chisel or scissors, as might be neoessary from the nature of the piece, and divide it into two pieces each of which should be full legal tender for the same amount as the whole piece before dividing. Thus the happy possessor of a $100" note would have $200. The man with a $20 gold piece would have $40; thes'lverite would have his $2 for 1 and even the boy with his nickels and coppers wou d be proud to see his pittance doubled by the act of Uongress. livery man in the country would be happy except the fellow whose saucer would be upside down if it rained mush and milk the fellow without "copper-jack." The Populists would be happy because the per capita would almost reach his heaven of $50. The Silverman who is so hard to appease would have double the amount of silver. and the gold-bug well he is happy any now. it would neip tne poor man more proportionately than the rich, for the rich man depends on checks and such paper make-shifts and doesn't often have currencyat hand, and if Con gress pursued its usual tactics of secrecv he would be taken unawares while the rest of us would be reveling in unex pected increase of wealth. Unlike the free coinage act, it would help the whole people instead of the mine own ers, doubling the silver of all instead of few "plutocrats." Bear in mind that this would double the whole bulk currency ana would not strain the gov ernment to such an extent as trying to lft the silver of the whole world to double its value. I regret that I can't beat the conven tion; it behooves me to stay at my work and get as many 10's and 5's as possible so as to oe ready when the act is pro mulgated. 1 have $200 now and if can get $50 more I can pay off that $500 debt I owe "in a jitfy." I hope some one in tne convention will see that my scheme is presented. I stand ready to go even rurther and quarter the pieces ii necessary, but as $d0 per capita is all 1 ever heard demanded. This will suffice. Faithful. September 13, 1895. To Test the Pension Doctrine. Louisvillk, Ky., Sept. 14. The offi cial programme of the encampment week has exhausted itself and the visi tors irom aoroaa are leaving as fast as the trains can get them away. The great majority is homeward bound, but housanns are going on to Chattanoosra tor next ween s celebration. The com mander-in-chlef of the G. A. R. and his predecessor with their staffs will pay f visit to Lincoln s birth place to-morrow It is understood that immediately upon nis return to inaianapous, ueneral Walker will take measures toward car rying out the decision of the encamp ment that a test case with the view of establishing the doctrine that a pension is a "vested right bo instituted in Fed eral courts. the- Equity - Life - Association Of Virginia, Issues policies on the Equated Natural Premium Plan. The Perfection of Life Indemnity. No Assessment. No Increase of Rate. PITZHUQH LEE, President. E. M. FUNKHOTJSER, Secretary. E. P. PARKER, Gen. .Agt. N. C, Greensboro. wed fri su St Mary's School for Girls, BaJelah. M.G. Advent term of the Fifty-Foarth School Tear will begin Sept. IS, 1906. Special at tention paid to Physical Culture sum! Hy giene, Address the Rector, urv. n. BxtsBt, D. D. A WouldBe Wit; In speaking of the various changes in business methods, recently remarked: "The first thing the old-time business man did on reacbina his office was to take hi pen in his band. He now takes his type-writer In his arms." Apropos of type-writers, we can isave you big money in type-writer supplies. We car ry the largest and most cbmplete line of typewriter - papers to h4 found in the ci ty at prrseSa wtjTkr .-' -vhona. I carton sheets, erasers, ete. Uf -svneit patronage. - - STONE & BARRINGETL I .Book, Stationery and Art Store, - - -, 1 -i 23 8. Tryon street. Jtr:? , far.. 2 TEXTILE MACHINERY. THE D. 1 TOMPIIS CO.; CHARLOTTE, N. C. Agents fob ' V - ; " -- S Kitsoh MAcstfNZ Co., Lowell, Mass. -Whtttw Machine Works, Whitinsville, Mass. Eco" Stb of Tnifc Dbtkctobs, Boston, Mass. 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