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I r DAULX CHAKLOTTIC OBSEKVEK . OOTOBEK 28,1896. . r - 1 - : , I - - . - i -""i; - ' ! i - i ' t " ' ? 5 -J 1 . . 5 ' $ - I . 1 -"J . if'" - V--' mm 4 NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC TICKET For President, WILLIAM JENNINGS BRIAN, of Nebruka. For Vice President, - ARTHUR SEWALL, of Maine. LCTORAX. TICKET. i At Larn LOCKE CRAIG. Third District C. R. THOa. S. Sixth District B. F. KEITH. Seventh District THEO. F. KLTJTTZ. Eighth IMatrict TTRE YORK. Ninth District R. D. GILMER. DEMOCRATIC STATE TICKET. For Governor. CYRUS B. WATSON, of Forsyth. For Lieutenant Governor, r THOMAS W. MASON. 1 of Northampton. For Secretary of State CHARLES M. COOKE, ' of Franklin. ' For Treasurer, BENJAMIN F. AYCOCK. of Wayne. For Auditor. ROBERT M. FURMAN, of Buncombe. For Attorney General, FRANK L OSBORNE, of Mecklenbursr. For Superintendent of Public Instruc tion, JOHN C. SCARBOROUGH, of Johnston. For Justices Supreme Court, A. C. AVERY, of Burke. GEO. H. BROWN, Jr.. of Beaufort. For Superior Court Judge, Fifth Dis trict: JAMES S. MANNING, ' f Durham. For Congress; Sixth District, JAMES A. LOCKHART. of Anson. DEMOCRATIC COUNTY TICKET. For the Senate W. C. DOWD. For the House HERTOT CLARES O N, R. M. HANSON. J. SOL REIT). For Sheriff Z T. SMITH. For Register of Deeds J. W. COBB. For Treasurer EDGAR H. WALKER. For Surveyor" J. B. SPRATT. For Coroner A. A. CATHEY. For Constables, Charlotte - Township H. C. IRWIN, J. H. ALEXANDER. For County Commissioners: JOHN H. SADLER, W IkFBKUYKEVDAL. WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 2$, 1S96. A BIG, BROAD-MAN. Mr. Win. J. Bryan, the Democratic candidate for President, has made many remarkable speeches during: the phenomenal campaign which he has 1een conducting: almost continuously since his nomination, but the noblest f them all was that delivered Monday to the students of his alma mater at Jacksonville, 111 Note tlu- fnllovin passage: I never et anions young men without feeling- that I ought to impress upon them a . lesson which was impressed upon me. and that is when a man be lieves he if right he can afford to stand alone: he can afford to be called any thing; because ,it is not what people all you that determines character, it is what you are yourself. And this: Now I want you young men to r-aliz.-that when you have received great ad vantages, great responsibilities go with those advantages, and that you have no right, as a citizen in a land like this, to keep in darkness upon any pub lic question; nor have you a right to lis ten to any persuasions except the per suasions which come from your con science and your judgment. These sentiments would besufiictent to er noble and lift above common-place the dullest speech otherwise that was ever made, and whether he is elected or defeated they will remain a crown of nlory to Mr. Bryan. No man running for a great office and seeking to bend everything his way could have ut tered them except the man who had the breadth and the magnanimity to ask for charitable consideration of the conduct of the Yale students who had hooted at him. He is a big, broad man. If there had remained a doubt of the fact this Jack sonville sixteen would have established it. "1-KIXCIPLK AND PELF. The Wilmington Star, in an editorial under the above caption, observes that "there was never a political party in this State the leaders of which have so trilled with the rank and tile as the Populist party, the rank and file of which is honest, although the leaders are not. Two years ago they fused with the Republicans, with whom they had nothing in common save the greed for spoils, and this year they have done the same thing where the grasping de mantis of the Republicans did not pre vent a trade. While pretending to be' actuated by principle, their sole inspira tion has been the spoils of office, upon which they have kept a steady eye in every movement they made." Truer words than these were never written, and because they are true, wisdom would have dictated to the Democratic party to go directly to the people this year in stead of negotiating with these on scienceless leaders. The Hon. "Spire" Whitaker in one f his speeches the other day analyzed the causes that resulted in the late pro Hsed Dem.-Pop. fusion falling down. His main reason was that the Demo crats didn't have sense enough to of fer something good " to the Hon. Hal lelujah An-. Discounting this analysis by Co per cent, by reason of the fact ""(fciit Mr. Air has called Mr. Whitaker t heVViieilk-t Arnold of Populism or words to that effect, it still remains Z ler cent. tocret. Mr. Wliitaker has ixen one of the Populists long enough to know some-thing of human nature as it is to lo found in that immaculate specimen of the human race, and he knows that Mr. Air considers all Dem ocratic propositions for fusion to be naught but sinister, damnable conspir acies unless they offer Mr. Air some "relief." The election of Mr. C. P. ltr.joks. of this c-ity, to lie principal of th1 Nev England Textile School a I ut being established at Lcweli, Massachusetts, by the" city and the State, is gratifying from two points of view first, that Charlotte should furnish a man -who is selected for his skill and knowledge of the textile ait, and, secor.d, that the South should have made so much prog ress in the development of spinning and weaving as to have become a field : in which teachers may be looked for. There are signs that it will not be vexy long before there will be a textile school in the South perhaps in Char lotte. ; The story reprinted to-day from the Washington Star about "Watson's big mistake" -in pursuing his Middle-of-the : Road policy is interesting and doubt : less true. The Populist leaders were scheming, according to this report, to demand the nomination of Watson in stead of Sewall in the electoral college, provided the Democrats and p opulists : together had: a majority when that .body met. Nobody ' doubts : that - the Populists -would be, equal to such a de mand. - ' x . r THE VIEWS VARY. in no previous campaign were the political. calculators "ever so far apart as they are to this. How badly some body Is deceived is shown by the fact that 'It -was read In one of the metro politan papers yesterday that the Dem ocrats are certain of Illinois by 75.000 majority, while this paragraph was found in the very next one picked up: Republican National Committeeman Jamieson and his associate fighters in Illinois completed this afternoon their last poll of the State. It gives the State to McKlnley by 178,000 plurality, and the prospective plurality of John R. Tanner, the Republican candidate for Governor against Altgeld, is put at the same figure. In the same paper from which the above quotation is made the following is found: In Indiana the canvass has been very exciting. The deciding factor in the election will be the German-American vote. A recent canvass of Terre Haute, Fort Wayne, Evansville and other cities containing a large German- popu lation shows that the voters there are now strong for McKinley. There is also a very numerous sound money Demo cratic vote, enough to assure the State to McKinley. We oppose to this the following ex tract from a letter of the 22nd, written from Terre Haute by Mr. J. N. Bohan- non, of Hickory, this State, an intelli gent traveling man, who, at the date of this letter, had been in Indiana for two weeks: Wm. J. Bryan receives one grand ovation through Indiana. He spoke here to-night to 50,000 to 60,000 people ana J. never saw sucn enthusiasm. Peo ple are stirred as never before and the best posted men in the State, Republi cans ana democrats, say Bryan will carry the State by at least 15,000 to 20.000 majority. These two States Illinois and In diana are undoubtedly very Impor tant in this election, but the contrariety of opinion which obtains as to them prevails as to many other States. Thus Mr. Bryan's own State, Nebraska, is claimed by both Democrats and Re publicans by 15,000 to 20,000 majority, Somebody is badly at sea. Mayor Wed- dington, of this city, returned from New York last Sunday morning, and, being Interrogated as to who was going to be elected, replied that he had come home to fmd out; that as much is known here as is known in New York. -t i.nt political prognoslieators and lightning calculators on one side or the other are either lying or joking or else don-t know what they are talking about One day the situation presents one phase and the next day another. As to betiin upon the result. Don't. The Philadelphia Record, comment ing on the fact that the remains of George Du Maurier were cremated says that the sentiment in favor of cre mation is growing. We quote: -'Kate5 tieuis remains are to be cremated- Julia Marlowe Taber is reported to nave made provision in her will for cremation, and among those -who have declared in favor of incineration are Ella Wheeler Wi! ...t, Marshall P. Wil der. Dr. D. tJ. Rainsford and Bishop Potter. Prof. Charles Eliot Norton. Wil liam Waldorf Astor, Edward Everett Hale, Andrew Carnegie and Charles Dudley Warner."- In looking over the list of things the Observer is hospitable to, it- find cremation in the C column. Mr. Pearson must be in imminent danger in the ninth district. The Pop ulist chairman, in a set ret circular, makes a strenuous effort t" hoid the Populists in line for the g..ld standard Republican, but it is late in the day for the circulation of secret circulars The Populists of the mountain district will probably spurn the hypocrisy of their chairman, who admits that pi in ciple "cuts no ice" in his party, and they will vote f..r Mr. Adams, tht Democratic candidate, who represent what they believe in. A t'arty J ha t Will Trade With Any way Where it Can Get an Advan tage Instance: North Carolina. Washington CVresponden.-e N-w V rk Sun. The callous readiness of the Popu lists to join, in any coalition that prom ises to forward their office-grabbim purposes has totally destroyed what ever of public confidence has heretofore existed in the professed honesty of that party, if party it can be called. It connection with the silver Deniocrucj orts mjureu tne latter ana driven irnm its support many thoughtful m. n nitre can ne very mile principle in volved in any kind of political fusion; in some mere is none wnatev r. In a numlver of States the Populists art- fused with the Democrats on Hi van electors, which is proper, both having nominated the same candidate, who is in fact a Populist. Hut in Texas the; have proposed to trade off their piesi dential candidal.- in a deal with the Ke publicans for the State officers and Congressmen. In North Carolina theii deals are still more inextricably confus ing and dishonest, always, however, with the one object in view, to secure everyining in signt. ltn tne silver Democrats they are fused for Bryan and Watson electors, and with the Re publicans fin the legislative. Congress ana part of the State tickets. Thus, in the local light going on. the lfeular Democracy, recently metamorphosed in to the silver Democracy but meanin the same thing in North Carolina is daily denounced bv the populist pt and orators as totally unfit to be en trusted with the State government Their leaxlers go far beyond the Kepub- licins in their professed hatred of the lo'-al Democracy and the public neces sity for its defeat. Can a political party tight for and against itself as it were, in the same contest, and hold in any de cree the respect of the public? There is a remarkable inconsistency alrfnit this Populistlc manifestation wrieh has recently attracted much at tention, and is having a bad influence on the Popocratie canvass everywhere. It does not bear scrutiny. Has the pop ulist orgarization any fixed principles whatever? The illustrations of its mt-th- 1s we have in North Carolina are not reassuring In this respect. In practical polities it -does not rise much above the ward plane: yet its unkempt spokesmen point to it as ihe sheet an chor of the ' toilinsr masses" in their death struggle with the money power. These North Carolina deals were pro jected by the double-jointed, "back-ac tion Senator Marion Putler. who engi neered the Tom Watson nomination at St. I.ouis. Putler himself is the product f a similar deal. If his purjose is to pi serve the "autonomv" of the Popu list party in these trving times he goes slmut it in a oueer wav. The spectacle presented in North Carolina is not -on- lueive to party longevity nor creditable to P.utlerisr.i. F.KTTING ON THE KI.KCTIoN A Cincinnati Man Ready to ;ie IJig Odds on McKinley. Cincinnati Special, 2rth, to Philadelphia Times. The following lets Mere offered to day by John Ragan. representing a McKinley man: One thousand dollars to $400 that McKlnlev will be elected: $400 to $1,000 on West Virginia; $400 to $1,000 on Maryland: $500 to $500 on Del aware: $250 to $1,000 that McKinley electors will have 50.000 more votes than Bryan electors in Michigan: $250 to $1. 600 that Altgeld Is defeated by 75,000: $250 to $1,000 that Bryan will be de feated by 100.000 in Illinois: $1,500 to $1,500 on Kentucky; $1,000 to $600 on In diana. Jack Price and Ed. Hart, of Louis ville, have the bet of $2,000 against $5,000 offered on Bryan's ejection by Book maker Courtw-right; Geo. B. Cox. the Cincinatl politician, has signified his reaainess to oet Sa.ooo on McKinlev against CourtTrright's remaining $2,000. THE GOLD RESERVE. Washington, i Oct- 27. The Treasury Kold reserve at th close of business to day stood at I The day's withdrawals at New York were $431,400. AYER TRIES' TO SAVE PEARSON AS APPEAL TO 9TH DISTRICT FOPS. They Are Plead With Terr Pathetically to Support tfc Gold-Bag BepmbUeaa Ca didato l the Mountain District The Fopvllst State ChairM Says Party Pow er Not Party Principle is tne Moving Coulderation With Popalista. Observer Bureau. Park Hotel. Raleigh. Oct. 26. Your correspondent gave almost all of a confidential circular sent out by Populist State Chairman Ayer. It was justly deemed a remarkable production. but here is another confidential cir cular which, to use a bit of slang, 'takes the cake." The reasons for sup porting Republicans are put in a way worthy of a Philadelphia lawyer. It will te seen that there was never such a thing possible as a fusion of Demo crat s- and Populists on State and con gressional tickets, let alone county and legislative, and the wildest "rainbow chaser" will have to admit this now. The circular letter is dated October 17th and is to county chairmen. It is In these words: ' I send you by this mail a copy of the Caucasian containing correspond ence that passed between the chairman of the People's party executive commit tee and the Chairman of theDemocratic State executive committee. Vou will understand from this correspondence that the co-operation entered into by the action of the State committees of the People's pnrty and the Republican party is now the policy recommended to the Populists. I write this, as a last appeal to you. to support with all your power the action or your committee. You can easily see that a game of politics is being played in this State. You are the chairman of the People's nartv in your county. When you ac cepted that position you assumed the responsibility of giving as much force and as much representation to your party as you could possibly secure. A chairman or a committeeman In poll tics is essentially a party man. It is not his business as a chairman or a committeeman to discuss principle in committee work. The principles of the nartv can onlv )e forwarded in propor tion to the power the party has, and when those who take charge of the par to by accepting positions as chairmen or committeemen they pledge them selves then a.. there to exert every influence and power they can command to stFengthen their party. You can easily see in the correspondence in the Caucasian that an efTort has been made by the Democratic party to de stroy the People's party. The Democrats began to fight us early in the campaign from Governor down to township con stable. No trick or Ingenuity of which they are capable has been spared to de feat us in every way. Their canvassers have gone all over the State during the first three months and after finding that the Democratic party was uttely de moralized and defeated they came to Raleigh and begged the Democratic State committee to make some kind of oroposition to the People's party for co operation. Be sure to remember now that the Democrats started out with the purpose and expectation of wiping the People's party from the face of the earth, and that they have denounc ed us as Hannaites. gold-bugs, political traders and everything else that is man, but when they saw that they were defeated as a party, then they came to us and fell on their knees and legged us to co-operate with them, al though they had called us by every mean name they could invent. Now if we are as mean as they have said we are, is it decent and respectable in them to ask to be permitted to join with us? From their standpoint here tofore we have been gold-bugs, and if they wanted to join with us are they not gold-bugs? "While they w.ie doing this the He publican party offered to help elect rive of our Congressmen and to h-Ip us to elect a numl-r of our State rf ficers and also to divide with us on all county officers and on members of the legislature. So you see that while the Democrats were fighting us for three months the Republicans promised to help us elect five Congressmen, and I write you now as a good Populist to aid us in helping that pat ty which has shown more friendship to the People's party than the Democrats have shown "If we had depended on the Demo crats for any help we would not have elected a single officer in the State. If we had gone into a three-cornered fight in the State th Republicans would have carried at least seven congres sional districts and the consequence would have lurtn the election of sevan ?old standard Congressmen for North Carolina. Put the Republicans showed i friendly disposition to us. They agreed to help us ele t five Congress men for the People's party whom we can trust as silver men. The people have trusted the Democratic, party heretofore with large majorities in Congress and the Dem.orats have be trayed the people jn a most rascnlly and brutal manner. "Now in the ninth district the Peo ple's party has no candidate for Con gress. I ask you to remenvter that, in five districts of the State the Republi cans are voting for our congressional candidates. W cannot elect a single one without their help. if the Popu ultsts in the ninth district should de cide to vote for a Democrat for Con gress they would be helping a member of the very party which has done noth ing --Ise except try to destroy us. If we could elect our man from the ninth district i would never ask you to vote for anything but a populist, but if the Populists in your district should vote for a Democrat the Republicans in e cry other district in the State would have a right to become offended at members of the party and scratch the names of our nominees off their tick ets. "Asa ret urn for t he fa vor anil cour tesy which the Republicans are show ing to us in the majority of the con gressional districts, while the Demo crats are showing us nothing but enmi ty. I want to appeal to you to exercise all the influence you may have to throw the votes of all the members of our party in the ninth district to Hon. Richmond Pearson. Of course the Democratic papers call him a gold-bug. His record does not show it. If you will ask him he will tell you without hesitation that lie is opposed to the gold standard. His record is better than that of many of the Democrats who have professed to favor silver, and his party has been our friend, while the party of Mr. Adams 1ms been our bitterest and most implacable foe. "The Democrats never asked to co operate with us until they were abso lutely certain that they were about to meet a disastrous defeat in this State. They did not want to incur this disas ter alone and then they came to us for co-operation, with the hope that we might save them from disaster, or if they went down they would drag us with them. When they made us a "pro position it was not as liberal to us and did not give us so much power and intluence as did the arrangements we now nave with the Republicans will give us. They never thought of trying 10 unite tne silver forces' until they found the people had no confidence In their organization. If we could offer to co-operate they would not ? able to carry' out their contract. Their lead ing papers and many of their leading men are advising the Democrats to scratch the names of the Populists off the Bryan electoral ticket. This shows th lr Insincerity and that they cannot be trusted as a po'itieal party. When our committee met to accept their pro position their committee would not re main in town long enough for us to have a consultation with them. We ti ied to have a conference on the morn ing of the night after our committee met but could find none of them In th citv. This proves that their only scheme was to make a last effort to show that thev wanter to "unite the silver forces," but were arraia that if they did not stav away they would be got at and their effort might succeed. And now they will go before the people and try to prove that they made an effort to co operate with the silver men and that silver Populists would not co-operate with them. Their whole proceeding was nothing but a scheme of hvrvnori- sy and party rascality. Now let us line up to beat them. Do evervthinsr vrai can to defeat them. If the Republicans did not help us and did not put us in a strong position the Democrats would ner nave made anv overtures to us by any action." COMMON CAUSE AGAINST A GOLD STANDARD. Grafton. W. Va . Oct 97 a w . - - - - - - -- . . ley. of Braxton county, filed bis resig- "'""! uwuy u & troTuusz candidate for the RuDnm rvnt-t rvf imuiia tk :.. completes the list of resignations and iu uemgcnis ana .roptmsts have at last made common cause ajrainst tk gold standard. c , . . , t SPEAKING 1 AT GASTONIA. Jarvts and Whitaker There Saturday isigftt candidates iaruer la the Week Colored Woman Stabbed and Man Shot- Correspondence of the Observer. Gaston la, Oct. 26.--Governor Jarvis and ex-Judge Whitaker spoke here last Saturday night. There was no adver tised appointment, but they had an appointment at Dallas that day, and were Induced by their friends to come here and speak at nlsrht. Gov. Jarvis dwelt most" of the time on the money question, and it. was one of the ablest arguments for free silver that the peo ple of this place have heard. Judge wmtaKer followed Jarvis. He urged all voters. Irrespective of party, to vote for Bryan. He scored, Otho Wilson and. Hal Ayer. and said the Democrats showed poor judgment ih offering fusion with the Populists with out giving Ayer some place on the tick et, and that the Republicans showed more foresight, and placed him on their ticket, and he Is now an enthusiastic Rep.-Pop. fusionist. He said any man who voted for Linney or for a candidate for the Legislature who would vote for Pritchard was no Populist, and that he was a Populist, but that he aid not belong to Hal Ayer or any executive committee. M. H. Justice. Fortune and Wallace spoke here last Tuesday night. They are the Democratic. Republican and Populist candidates for the State Sen ate. It was Wallace's and Fortune's appointment, but Justice came without being invited, and as soon as It was known that he was here a crowd of en thusiastic Democrats gathered. Justice seemed to have things all his own way. He asked the Populist candidate. Wal lace, if he was going to vote for Pritch ard. or if he would pledge himself to vote for a free silver man for United States Senator, and he would not prom ise. He would not even say if he would vote for Outhrle for Governor. He was nominated bv a committee and there is a general impression among a great manv that he is a Republican. For tune said he was for McKinley. and he auoted copiously from the speeches Din- ney and Pritchard have reen making In this campaign, and made a tairiy good speech from a Republican stand point. A great manv ieopH were aroused last night bv the screams of a woman, cc niin? from the western !-art of tow n cevrral went to where she was am found that it was a ' woman who was severely cut in the bud- l-v Orn Whitworth. a netrro man. and nlso stabbed in the thish. Dr. Frank Wil son sewed un the wound in the back. and he dies not think the wounds are dangerous. A colore! man named Andv Floyd was fatallv shot in the abdomen at a negro mee.tine in the southern part of this (unity last week. GORMAN K.M'KCTS A HK'i SWEEP. The Maryland S--c.it or Expresses Hi Views of the Political Situation. New York Special. .",th. to Washington Post. The Post correspondent was to-day shown a letter written by Senator Oor man to a Democratie politician in this citv. in reply to a request for the Sen ator's views on the political outlook. That communication was not written, for the public. In substnnce tne Mary land Senator says that he is supreme Iv confident of the outcome of the pres idential election. It Is his firm lelief that the Bryan and Sewall ticket will sweep the country by pluralities larsrer than those polled by Cleveland and Ste venson in 1S!2. The only States that Senator Gor man is willing to concede to McKinley are the New England States and Penn sylvania: the remaining States he class es as Democratic or doubtful, with strong Democratic leanings. It must be said, however, that Senator Gorman when he was in New York last, enter tained no hopes that Bryan would car ry this State, and if he has changed his mind on that question, it is difficult to Bee on what information the change is based. Senator Smith, of New Jersey, who announced his intention of Thateher ing on the national issue several weeks a, has recent lv made a handsome contribution to the campaign fund of the New Jersey Rryan organization. Seeral lesser lights of the New Jersey Democracv. who earlier in the cam paign deserted to the gold faction, have returned to the regular organization and taken th stump for Bryan Online the past week 1'OT.ITK'S IN 1'Nb'N An T'stimnted Democratic Majority ol r.od Speakers and Speakings. Con i spondenc " of the Observer. Monroe. Oct .0. -The county candi dates started out again this morning The campaign is getting warm. The Populist-Republiean candidate for the T, orris' at u re is said to be holding night meetings with tie- negroes, shutting u' all whites. He is reported by men who listened on the outside, to have nid I would iust as soon vote for po of you colored gentlemen for any office as for a white man." This man is one of the four members of the same family who are running for otlice on the Populist ticket. It is ailed the ' family ticket.' Three hundred is the estimated ma lority which th& Democrats will roll up in the county. The walls of ibe new store room be ig e-ectcd by Co. W. TI. Fitzgerald 4 re going up ranidlv. The store will be a handsome addition to the business tifl't of the tow II. Mr. TJndsay Patterson spoke in the ourt house here to-night T. Osborne speaks here Hon. Frank Friday, and 'here will te a big rally. Messrs. Iredell Hilliard and F H Whitaker start on their canvass for the Rainier and P.uckm-r ticket to morrow, speaking at Rockingham to morrow iiight. RAILROAD SALE POSTPONED. Jacksonville. Fla.. Oct. The sale of the Jacksonville. Tampa & Key West Railway, which was advertised to take place next Monday, has Iwen postponed until the first Monday in March. 1S97. hy order of Judge Locke, of the fnited States Court. The postponement was granted because of the depressed con dition of the money market. The upset price fixed by the court is $350,000 and the property is subject to a lien of $2. 212.00. the amount of the first mort gage bonds secured by a mortgage deed held by the Mercantile Trust Company, of Xew Tork. ITEMS OF STATE N'EWP. Lieutenant Governor. Doughton is re resented as confident "that he will de feat I.innt-y for Concrress in Ihc .-iirhtb district. The It.-ii.-igli N.-ws 1 :-, quotes Attorney Gn. i ; i iisb-n . ho has just returned from the cast, as say ing that the Democratic enthusiasm in that section is intense and that large Democratic sains may be expected. The Salisbury World says that Mr. F. K. Oavis. of Morganton who is the Ob server's Morganton correspondent and who has had najvsoaper experience has secured a position aa reporter on the New Tork Sun and will leave for New- York in Decern ber. The Danbury Reporter says that Drury Smith was shot and killed near his home in the northern part of Stokes county last Sunday week. It seems that! he had been to church, and while there had a difficulty with a man by the name of Chapman, probably an old feud. After starting home, he got off his horse, when just as he was getting back on some one shot him with a rifle or pistol from ambush. He only lived until about 1 o'clock Monday morning. BrCKLEN'S ARNICA SADVE. The best salve In the world for cuts, bruises, sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fe ver sores, tetter, cbanped hands, chil blains, corns, and all skin ereuptkms and positively cures piles or no pay re quired. It Is guaranteed to gtv per fect satisfaction or money refunded. Price 25 cents a box. F"or sale by Bnr well Dunn. Highest of all in Leavening Powers Latest U.S. Govt Report One Disease and One Remedy. -The art of painting." said MCIals, consists In selecting the right colors and putting them In the right place." "The way to win a battle," said Na poleon, "Is to mass your troops at the critical moment against the ' weakest spot In the enemy's line." 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Do you suffer from any of these mis erable feelings? depression or spirits, heaviness and pain in the stomach af ter meals, bad taste in the mouth, wind In the bowels, irritable disposition, ner vous weakness and alarm, worry and wearlress costiveness or irregularity of the bowels, nausea, palpitation, sick headache, heartburn, loss of appetite and sleep, dry skin, etc. ? Don't In dulge in fifty foolish fancies. You have indigestion and dyspepsia and nothing else. Set the disordered stomach right with the one medicine which will surely do it. Shaker Digestive Cordial, and these symptoms will vanish with their cause. A good effect will follow the first doses. Even chronic cases soon yield. Test the cordial at practically no cost, by taking a ten-cent trial bottle. For sale by nearly all druggists. Blood Poison. Contagious B1ood Poison has been ap propriately called the curse of mankind. It is the one disease that physicians can not cure; their mercurial aud potash remedies only bottle up the poiso.n in the system, to surely break forth in a more virulent form, resulting in a total wreck of the system. Mr. Frank B. Martin, a prominent jeweler at 926 Pensylvama Ave., ash ington,D.C.,says I was for a long time under treat ment of two ol the best physi cians 01 this city, for a severe case of blood poison but my condition grew worse - all the while, not withstanding the fact that they charged me three hundred dollars My mouth was filled with eating sores; my tongue was almost eaten away, so that for three months I was unable to taste any solid food. Mv hair was coming out rapidly and I was in a horrible fix. I had tried various treatments, and was ne-Jy dis couraged, when a friend recommended S.S.S. After T had taken four bottles, I began to get better, and when I had finished eighteen bottles, I was cured sound and well, my skin was witnout a blemish, and I have had no return oi the disease. S.S.S. saved mefromalife of misery." S.S.S. (guaranteed purely vegetable) will cure any case of blood poison. Books on thediseas and its treat ment, mailed free by Swift Specific Co., Atlanta, Ga. PUBLIC SPEAKING SOUND MONEY DEMOCRATS. Samuel Bradshaw. Esq., will address the people at the following times and places: Clinton. Wednesday, Oct. 2Mb, at night. Elizabethtown, Thursday, Oct. 2Hth at night. Fayetteville, Friday, Oct. 30th, at night. Raleigh, Saturday. Oct. 31st, at night Randleman, Monday, Nov. 2nd, at night. Mr. Bradshaw Is a strong, convincing speaker, honest and fearless. He car ries his audience. Let the people, re gardless of party, hear him. Lindsay Patterson, elector at large on the Palmer and Buckner Democratic- ticket, will address the people at the following times and places: Wilkesboro,- Wednesday, Oct 28. Elkln, Thursday, Oct, 29. Dobson, Friday, Oct. 30. Mt. Airy, at night, Friday, Oct. 30. Rural Hall, Saturday, Oct. 31. J. J. OSBORNE'S APPOINTMENTS Mr. J. J. Osborne, elector of the Na tional Democratic party, in the ninth district, will speak as follows: Brevard. Thursday, October, 29th. Hendersonville. Friday, Oct. 30th. Mr. Llndley Vinton will speak at the following places: Rocky Mount, Wednesday, October 28 Tarboro, Thursday, October 29. Weldon, Friday, October 30. Mr. W. P. Byrd. elector of the Na tlonal Democratic ticket for the third district, will addrera the people on the subject of sound money at the follow ing places: Nell's Creek, Wednesday, October 2Sth. Grove. Thursday. October 29h. Clinton; Sampson county, Friday. Oc tober 30th. Warsaw, Durham co m?y, Salti.day October 31st. F. IT. Whitaker, Jr., and Iredell Uil- liard, Esq., of Monroe, will address the people at the following times and places: Laurlnburg. Wednesday. October 2S. Maxton, Thursday. October 29. Wilmington, Friday, October 30. at night. Lilesville. Saturday, October 21. at D o'clock p. m. The. subject of these gentlemen will be True Democracy. W. E. ASHLEY. Chairman National Democratic Execu tive Committee. :ni;.T srcMt trust forming. I : Ini 1 'ispatch. 25th. It is reported that a sugar ring is in tirooc-ss of formation whose member ship will consist of four hundred Ger man sugar manufacturers. This organ ization proposes to establish a central noint for the sales of the products or German sugrar manufacturers, and ne gotiations are in progress -with a view of connecting the organization with the Russian and Austrian sugar trusts. The Fre-isinniere Zeitung, in an article announcing the proposed formation of this ring, characterizes the scheme as a gross outrage, having for its object the exploitation of consumers in an at temDt to cement an oppressive German monopoly. The scheme, the Zeltung says, must be suppressed at all hazards. DID YOU EVER TRY Electric Bitters as a remedy for your troubles? If not, get a bottle now and get relief. This medicine has been found to be peculiarly adapted to re lief and cure of all female complaints. exerting a wonderful direct Influence in giving strength and ton to the organs. If you have loss of appetitcconstlpa- Uon, headache, tainting spells, or are nervous, sleepless, excitable, melancho ly or troubled with dizzy spells. Elec tric Bitters is tbe medicine you need. Health and strength are guaranteed by Its use. Fifty cents and one dollar at Burwell & Dunn's drug store. is? cirnnrj- counts ANOTHER Pt SCOOPED IN BY Iheapest Store on Eartb. HaviDg just purchased the entue stock of regram & Co, known as the Haber dasher," at a great sacrifice we will throw upon the market this fine line of gents' underwear, shirts, hose, ties, Stetson Hats, etc., regardless of the cost of manufacture, at a price that will move them. This slaughter is in keeping with our record, always ready with the 4 'cash" to take in just such offers, consequent ly the masses know where go to get goods for less than the cost of making. Our one hundred and fifty thous and dollar stock Books, Shoes,Clothing, Dry Goods, Hats, Tin Ware, Notions, etc., was picked up in this same way from wrecked merchants, hard-pressed manufacturers, auction sales etc. No wonder then oui stores are crowded from early morn till late at night with anxious buyers. Why it is a common occurrence to see a hundred or more customers being waited on at one time. If it were not for the lightning way in which we handle the tbronar our stores would be often blocked, the people not being able to move either way. Notwithstanding our perfect system, many are forced to pass behiDd the counters to avoid the rush coming in at two front and two back doors all day is worth a visit to witness Per petual motion coming and going all the time. Be quick if you would reap the benefit of our sowing'. BELK BROS,, WHITE FRONT, 19 and 21 E. Trade street. CHARLOTTE. N C SCHOOL OF nusic. Presbyterian College for Women, CHARLOTTE, N. C. Will open September loth with full corps of specialists a teachers. Monthly and quarterly conoerts Diplomas and teachers' certificates awarded. Special advantages for the study of organ. Inducements to ad vftnoed pupils. A. year's tuition free In a large Northern conservatory, with one of ibe most eminent teachers la America, will be given to the student of greatest proficien cy in tbe department of piano. To tbo6e contemplating study abroad, Mr. McCoy will accompany a number of bis advanced pupils to Berlin, Germany, in Jane, 1897. Address all communications to Mr. G. P. McCoy, Musical Director Presbyterian College. COAL, COKE AND WOOD. WHOLESALE AND RETAIL. Hituminous (soft) Coal a specialty, and we claim ours the best and most economical grades ever sold here; being very hard, there is practically no slack, (fine coal) such being clear loss to consumer. Sole agents for Blue Gem, Indian Mountain Jellico, and Coal Creek. We also handle best grades Anthra cite, Egg, Stove and Nut. Call at our city office, 35 North Try on street, (op posite City Hall), where samples may bo seen and orders left. Try our Dogwood and Persimmon stove wood. It will please you. 50 Desirable Lots FOR SALE. Suitable for manufactur ing: plants or dwellings; sit uated on Eleventh, Twelfth, Graham, Pine and Poplar streets. All accessible to tracks of Southern Railway and Carolina Central Rail road. Terms Part cash, bal ance on time to suit pur chaser. FIRE INSURANCE. E. Nye Hutchison, Agent HEAD-EASY, ST EDM AN '5 in 15 cents, 35 cents A Bottle. TRADEMARK The Greatest Remedy on Eartb. Bankru Stock BELR BROS., fr--A,-,r-.''ir,'-!i- WHEAD-Vfl m.. .m m IF YOU ARE Liquors Any Kind AND CANNOT QUIT IT Ike ee e GREENSBORO, N. C., Where, over two thousand unfortunates have been treated and cured. "A11 correspondence confidential. 22 -TEXTILE THE I L CHARLOTTE, N. C. Wanafacturers, Engineers and Contractors. COTTON MT7YL MACHINERY. COTTON MILL REPAIRS.GEAR CUTTING, BOLL COVERING, Ert TOHTRACTOBa FOB 8elf -Feeding Openers.-Cylinder open ers with feeder attached, with or with out trunks. Breaker Lap pen. One and two sec tion breaker tappers, with or without feeders attached, with or without con densers and gauge boxes, with or with out screen sections. Combination Breaker and Finisher Lapper. One or two section finishers with feeder attached. Intermediate Lappers. One or two sections. Finisher Lappers. One or two sec tions, with ordinary plain beater arms, or with Kersohner's carding beaters. Waste Pickers and Cleaners. Card and picker waste cleaners, roving waste openers and ootton waste pickers with thread extractors. Carding Engines. Stationary iron top, flat cards, "with Licker-in and Well man strippers; with or without coilers. Revolving flat oards with coilers. Im proved grinding devices for revolv Complete Steam Plants. Power plants of any ie and description; Cor liss engines and-high speed engines, either simple, compound or con- . densing; return fire tubular boilers water tubular boilers: feed purcps, heaters, purifiers, etc. Fire Protection Equipment. Orinnell, Hill or Neraoher automatic sprinklers; "Underwriters" fire pumps, hydrants, wood or steel tanks, hose connections, etc. Electric Lighting Plants. Westinghouse new mnntipolar dynamos, in . candescent and arc lamps, switchboards and all Instruments therefor: electrical supplies of all kinds. THE CHARLOTTE SUPPLY CO., MANUFACTURERS OF Pure Oak Tanned Leather Belting and Dealers in Cotton Mill and Machine Shop Supplies. Hard Pan Prices THAT'S WHAT GET AT -PR OBSERVER Though our work is always First-Class, and got ten up in the best style of art, our prices are down flat on the bottom. If you don't believe this, give us a chance to prove . it by calling at our office and see our stock and get our prices. Largest stock of Flat and Ruled Paper in the State. Write for samples and prices. Otero Drrmiinnj IT i lining 11 H. E. Blakey, Manager, Charlotte, N .JI A MODERN We invite the public generally, and particularly x all farmers having cotton to gin, to see the iGin nery we have erected for W. M.Crowell, on East Trade street, near the railroad. The entire outfit . was made by us, and we are anxious that it should be seen and examined by those interested. ' LIDDELL COMPANY," i i ...'. Manufacturers of Engines, Cotton Presses, Cotton Gin Machinery, Pulleys, Shafting, etc. GEO. B. HISS OIL CO., Tallow Oil Wri.l-rm..ar-al, StafU-;. 4 GrSLi,,d ' . KiDotf noefiBf Fata, r : Oottos SIsIba. OrriCK AHD WABEHOOi KM. 7 and 49 Setfc OoUK ItTMt, Charlotte, JT, 0. ADDICTED TO of DrugTobacco OP YOURSELF, ADDRESS nsfitute MACHINERY. TOMPKINS CO.. ing Bats or carding engines. Railway Heads. Single or double railway Jxeads; coiler heads, or arranged for one, two or three lines of railway troughs. Drawing Frames. Any number of de liveries, single or coupled; with or w lti out metallic rolls; all stop motions. Slabbing, Intermediate and Kovjni 1 - rTames. Ring Spinning Frames. Both war; and filling frames; any spindle; all gear ing on one end of frames; improved ser arators, for single or double roving. Spoolers. Improved upright spooler, new patent thread guides, with or with out Wade bobbin holders. Reels. Standard adjustable reels, light running reels. Twisters. Wet or dry twisters, it twist from either spools, quillor bcami. Looms. Heavy or light looms, stax dard widths and wide looms. Warpers, Dryers, Presses, Slasher etc. FOR Printing. YOU THE KING HOUSE use BY v- O 4 . y . - . . - - v . ... - -. - -: -: . V