IfSS; HBTOBY OF THIS NATIOS. f ;
"WHO COMPOSED XT AMD WHAT ITDIIK
-All the PreeeeaUBga War la rMMfe-Wkjr I
Saaalan Wm gee The Hatted I
fitetM Has Twtee as Kaay rwtoi
Jtny Othw Country, Germany Cnaia 1
A Was m Iw. A Wat K4
Vaaa a Ma. ma'a raa-Ha
Claa Caa Kaaakaalaa tkaFaec'
trlattaia hi Mm Tim TUt t fee Piwmd
W- allarla lllaatraMaaa mt
Ontlaak Taa-n aa the Capital lav
tare af tan Lata War la Ta aly Waaa
Oraak la Tarkey Are Sahjact ta Instant
It is a pleasure to note from the later
would request the clerk to trot in si
Una of nmt Mul r-Am..filrawtitnlr ' a aw.,... -w.... .. ; '
uaawajaD us anVJUU. Stb-WCaaa UVIIC A llllllf
Congress sot tired of this business and
left It to the discretion of the Postmas
ter General.
The nomenclature of the postofficea in
the United States ia intereatinr. Everv
eoaaOar Foatal Service Costa nearly I name which fancy, local conditions or
inm,w xear. aaat taa Kavaaaa la patriotism can suggest . seems to have
900,ooo Lm Other Caaatrles Mane been used. Two words are frequently
U Profit Oat of taa BaslaeM Qacer united in spelling, such as 'Longpine"
names of FoateAee. Arkansas, and "Bigbug." In Arizona.
Correspondence of tbe Observer, rejoices in a postofflce at
Bumnntwc " and Kentucky in ' Janv-
Washixigton. June 2. Within three boree." "Jimtown" is located in three I magaaines and the more thoughtful
umc nve oeen nneen t-ost-1 States and in Indian Territory. For aiaatnes now the restless desire Tor seif
masters General in Washington. They I in,,- tim. th,..-. wo. niv n 'Triiw I culture shown bv the rrtanv hnnlr i-ink.
T-Z? if Hun,Kary- Belgium. Bulgaria, pontofflee. Irately a Florida village of reading clubs and the like ail over the
t bile, Denmark. Egypt, Cape Colony, that name has turned up. It is way country, has settled upon one subject
Austria, India, Mexico, Norway, Hoi- down toward the St. Sebastian river, in as demanding above all others the at-
land, the Transvaal and Sweden. These the pineapple country. It has a Sven- tention, for at least one season, of our
gentlemen were delegates to the Uni- gall Square. Little Billee and Taffy students. That subject is the history
Versai Postal Congress lately in session streets and Laird lane. -Fool's Gulch" of this nation, and especially the history
nere- Sixty-two nations were repre- jS a station in Arizona. of the era. now fast closing, of the
Rented in this convention by 104 dele- There are seventy-four Beavers" in great civil war.
Kates and attaches. The object was to the Union. Michigan has a town nam- The sad fate of Mr. Page may well
Improve postal facilities throughout the ed after i;s Governor, Pingree. There warn anyone venturing to say a word
world. This is done by the action of the lure airteen "Gmver'K " one in Cleve-1 about education or information as
convention, afterward ratified by the I land county, N. C. "Gold" is a postal I necessary to be acquired by natives of
""u wiwnmtDu represented. I station In California, and Pennsylvania, I mis estate, mat ne is treading upon
The United States was the first to land Greenback" is in both North Car- I dangerous ground; the critic can more
Buggesi mien a convention. The sug-iolina and Tennessee. There are Seven I safely assert that every child born
geation was made by Postmaster Gen- office3 named 'Silver." and one In New I since the fourth of July, 177S, In North
pra Montgomery Blair in 1863. The! Jersey knowr. as "Little Silver." The I Carolina, came into the world full pan
'.n-i convention, nowever, was not heldlSouth is r- presented by such nam;s asloplled with learning, or that a certlfi
"Negro." Nosroarm," "Negrohead ' I cate of citizenship here is as satisfac
and 'Negrohill." "Young America."
flourirhc-H in Indiana and Minmsoia.
"Zero" is in Kentucky and Iowa and
not i;i North Iakota. "Head of Grea
sy is in .Kentucky. Head of Barren
One bf these oaracrrariha. for tkavla mnr ritw
skmwj wuik n race in Bus-iwaa WHimimtn hnt mw m na - - '
ST"-' We have all felt the dread te-jdent of Charlotte and a regular reader
" -otucumub " mmiwukuwwwt. tie minks, and I agree
u uu a, irnug, i wnn mm, cnat tne sentiments are as an
on way or the other. All soldiers I plicable to-day as they were ta 1852. Mr.
r".'- - e" . wle I Martin, ne says, "was spoken of
tery. than to lie stilt and have its shot I
and shell plunge among our waitlnr I TWW ' tk. tr . i v.
11 """' sw one, i true socialism ana real Christianity
after many a weary hour of enforced I identical ; and this is. as we all know,
inaction, that in these Intervals of otiiet Itiw. thM. ,i mu.
under prmire. the soul is learning how I idea, sectarianism and the desirefof
" "t' 1 " l, """" pre- nign steeples have become so strongly
sen ted. when the crisis does come. In- I iinmiiii m n.nv k
xmlhlv lrhiit mnl.n. th...., I . , , .. .. "' uu8
VZ JnV " 1?? " .p'rale8 " tnpregna-
. ' . , i uie oarner to tne promotion or true so-
decldes, and is now ready, although Icialsm. "When the great, but main
we no not anow it, ror Instant and vie- I preacher (Mr. Martin) died 20 years
iaV,Kn .h e" affJn br?"ht face ago. Dean Stanley offered Westminster
for solution In these days of portable the family preferred not to accept the
"I -a - -- vwir niuner. .see me reason 7
means of storing our mental b&tterfps I t rtK. k: .
l : , ... ' I a.c o.va UWUASIB "rUIT l"I lll.eill
-ervoirs wun compres- or suggestive, except It be Mr. Walter
V i r . TtT cajis. cage's recent address at the Greens-
' "r"". ma.y oe- boro Normal, than the lecture on "The
come a hero.
until 1874. Only six nations were reD
resented, and they met In Berne. The
second was held in Paris, in 1878: the
third In Lisbon, in 1886; the fourth in
Vienna, in 1891. and the fifth in Wash
ington at the present day. The sixth
will be held In Rome in 1904.
The convention met in the old Corco
ran Art Gallery. The highly polished
mahogany desks were arranged in a
Heini-circle. something like the desks in
me 1 nited fetates Senate rhnmher
tory evidence of scholarship as an "A.
B." of Harvard or of Tale than to hint
that our present school system is not
most admirable devised by man. But
,ome l ave come hither from other an1
in Tennessee, and "Head of Island" fnlless favored Commonwealths; there be
Louisiana, r.iegon and West Virgin-1 those among us whose youth, instead
ia nave utilized the name of "Job." lot naving been fostered to an almost
and "Patience is found only In Penn- I tropical luxuriance of erudition by at
sylvania. "Eli" gets there in" seven I tendance at common schools costing
states. Gip" is in "G county. Okla-I the county nfty or sixty dollars a see
The frieze of the room was composed of J ho ma. "Grit" flourishes In North Caro- I sion, were condemned to struggle for
the coats of arms of the various nations
represented, with flags festooned above
them. The walls were draped with
heavy valour, of a maroon color, so as
to mnfmc the sound within the cham-
er. nnd make it easy for each delegate
to Ik; heard. All the sessions were se
rct. like the executive sessiona r.r iu
Una and Wisconsin
"Short" are postoffices
States. ' Hat'- is in Irwin county. Geor
gia, and "Coat" in Simpson county,
Mississippi. "A. B. C." appears in Ten
nessee: "He" in Texas. "Ka" in West
Long" and I an education in a community where the
n dtnerent I average cost of each school at certain
free schools was over ninety dollars a
year. It is for such that these sugges
tlons are made.
The promoters of these social meet
Senate. The delegates were practically I ma, and "Go.dhy" In Indiana
negotiating a treat v. and treaties or
al" ays negotiated in secrecy.
Th- presiding officer and president of
he congress wax General George S
Kat'heller. an American, and the two
ne -retarics of the convention were Col
Charles fhaille-Long and Robert Stock
vfii Hatcher, both Americans. Col.
Long was well known in Egypt long
ago. and Mr. Hatcher has been the
reading clerk of the House of Repre
sentatives. All the proceedings, documents and
lata of the convention were in French
Even th- Germans sanctioned the use
f the French language. It is the court
language or the world, and Prussia took
!h- lead in making it so under the
r. ien of Frederick the Great. Irately
Russia endeavored to supplant th'e
rl"" " language in Omental courts, but
railed. The work of the convention
was filtered through three committees
rhey met at specified times and pre
sented thel,- reports for consideration.
The members never resolved them
selves into committee of the whole, al
though it was thought that action
would b taken In committee of the
whole if fore adjournment. The chair
man of , arh committee called it to or
der with a bell, after the French meth
od There was some difficulty in se
Iwting these bells a, the beginning of
the session. The United States govern,
iii.iu paid for the i,pms. An ru, of
bells were offered: old-fashioned din
ner bells cow lells. spring bells, sleigh
Udls an.i many others. The chairmen
or the committees s-lected exquisite lit -tie
tinklers. Something more elaborate
Gen Ki"ch ,T'r lhe r'sid"K- officer.
hJ i V, '"''"'' however, never used
the bel ,n opening or dosing sessions
or in preserving- order t,.
words of ne of the delegated "He
club" 'th' '""""ion to order with a
a cane in ,h" t"ean ,hat hp ""'
T" T.'nV'a' e "f a eavel r hHl
the p ,Uk' n1 wa-" ln memory of
died ronTarnPr "Pra' at B"lin. who
Uor? fr 'n, n accident after his selec
tion. b the Emperor. The other was
HaTaii 'whTT'Y the d"f"
nawan. ho died a few weeks ago
sion Vr"m.i2ntJ men in ,hiR discus
Br,aine? ,h dHat from Great
Britain. France. Germany and Italy Al
.lect and are fluent ..
Fritsch r... .."" . T"ra' tsruno
:. 1 """iins in
Virginia. "Jolly" in Ohio. "Jollytown" I ings aim at the greatest diffusion by
in Pennsylvania. "Glrltown" in A 1 aba- I reading, discussion and such study as
lean be engaged In. of knowledge, nrst
But the fifth postal convention is nojaout colonial days, then the time o
more. Its work is done, and its dele
gales are scattered over the country in
search of information. Meantime the
letter carriers and clerks of the United
States postofflces will resume their ef
forts to induce Congress to give them
at least SO per cent, of the pay of an
ordinary New York police officer.
AMOS J. CUMMINGS.
THE FIRST SOLDIER KILLt-O.
A Tlrainlau Holds That It Was CapU
Marr. and Not Henrv tVratt Hr also
WhdU to Deprive North Carolina of An
other Claim Troops Furnished by Vir
ginia and North Carolina.
To the Editor of the Observer:
It is astonishing that anylxuly in
rtn Carolina, even at this late day
German Em-
vice o,PpnriZf'd thf military Postal serl
3 - .workwa,
ir," - .I-:-,t.Vrs reached the German
miuci-s wnetner
the line of battle
ana precision of
i picket or even in
with the reeula.Hr i-
Other r,r,.,i: ' " "e. 1 ery An-
' ""'- oeiegate was HochJ
who has been Speaker of the lower
House In Japan for three terras. Hi,
ru ings were nmde with such vigor and
htneT hl" 'riend.'.o cail
Ti-i 'V. Heed of Japan." Gen
United as, " P,'st'"a General of the
Cant V xr W also a d"'gate.
capt. N. M. Brooks, for thirty vears
n ,KUPPTr,ntendent "f the foreign mai
in the Postofflce Department here at
d lu,,3"0 represented the Unit
ed States. He was a delegate to Ven
ezuela, and his long experience made
him a valued memlw
-Another l..loi..
... t.i.. o i distinction was
"alpoie. representing tireat
ueiuer tl
or his eran.lfather who
oliert- .Z . rl smnea and re-
Pl d. -Neither: I am the man "
Another defecate was the Hon. Emi
iio hiaradia. a- memler of the Italian
Ho .se of Representatives. He Is to go
' ho naf, 'Ms fall. He wears five
1'ttle gold medals strung together Thev
represent the only compensation re
ceived frr.ni the government hy a mem-
er of ,he Italian Parliament Among
the associates of RiCnor Chiaradla was
a brother of Count Braza. the great
' 5 'aVKXPV?'r "e haS an American
wife. The delegate from the Transvaal
"as an honored relative of Oom Paul
hh''"'!, While a" -urslon
with other delegates to Fortress Mon
roe the other day he aked his associa
tes to drink the health of his son This
was done. At the very hour his son lay
dead in Pretoria. The sad information
was received a short time afterward
1 he treaty which these delegates have
- been engaged in securing will not go
into effect until January. I. 1899 PnV.r
to this it will be ratified by the various
governments. China. Corea and tZ
orange Free States are the only na
tions that have no vote i ,k
tion. Their delegates were there by
courtesy only, as their countries are
...u ...ni.wrs or me postal union
ne next convention
was his father
wrote the "His-
will continue to relieve and repeat the
statement tnat tne nrst soldier killed
in the war was from North Carolina.
This has been repeatedly proved not
to ie a fact.
The company to which I lelonged
arrived at Fairfax Station, a few miles
beyond Manassas, on the afternoon of
May 31st. 1 S61 . and were aroused from
their bivouac about i o'clock the next
morning by the startling report that
the enemy had attacked our troops at
Fairfax Court House, w hich was about
four miles distant, and had been repuls
ed and had retreated towards Washing
ton. We were quickly mounted and
went in pursuit, and after reconnoiter
ing the country during almost the en
tire day of June 1st. without result,
were marched to Fairfax Court House,
where we remained under arms all
night, in a drenching r.iin and thunder
storm, under apprehension that the at
tack might be renewed. In that skir
mish. Captain Marr. of the Warrenton
Rifles, was killed, and this was the on
ly casualty on cur side, and occurred
either on the night of May 31st and or
the early morning of June 1st, 1X61.
The lattle of Big Bethel was fought
on June loth. 1SS1. and Henry Wyatt.
belonging to a North Carolina regiment,
was killed, and this was the only death
on our side (n that battle, and was ten
days after the attack on Fairfax Court
House. There is no possible doubt or
mistake as to these facts and dates,
which leave no ground for question that
Capt. Marr was the first soldier killed
on Virginia soil.
Equally unfounded. I think, but not
quite so easily disproved, is the claim
advanced by our North Carolina friends
that their State furnished more soldiers
to the C'-nfederate army than any other
State. They have made, with com
mendable promptness and vigor, a ros
ter of their troops, and tell us with par
donable pride that they sent to the field
one hundred and twenty thousand men.
Very well, we are very willing to be
lieve it. and gladly give them thanks
and praise.
Virginia has been derelict in this re
sect, and cannot determine with ex
actness the numoer of her soldiers.
It is well known that Virginia was
peculiarly the theatre of the war. and
was everywhere overrun by the enemy,
while North Carolina was in a great
manner exempt from such incursions,
anil therefor' it is reasonable to believe
that apart from motives of patriotism
the men of Virginia more than in North
Carolina, would from necessity le com
IH'lled to go into the army.
Moreover, we have some data from
which we can nuike a reasonable calcu
lation of the respective numbers of the
two States. Virginia mustered into ser
vice s7 regiments and ." battalions of
infantry, artillery and cavalry. North
Carolina had 6 regiments and 7 bat
aliens. Th
bly have l.iMlii men when mustered, and
would recruit during the four years of
the war fiini additional, so that
Virginia's 7 regiments and l.j
battalions would be 146.000
North Carolina's 6X regiments
and battalions would lie 1 ln.rtoO
the Revolution, and so on. until finally
tne era of the last war Is reached
Pursuits like these, half pastime and
half research, tent to give those who
partake of them not knowledge atom
but pride, patriotism and devotion to
our country are developed. Few delve
among the records of the Colonial wars
w ho do not find there the name of an
ancestor until then forgotten, and at
once feel that they' have a right to
anroll themselves among the aristocracy
of the republic. They begin to love the
land lietter as they read how their far
thers helped to build its walls and set
tle its foundations. It used to te sold
that the only patents of nobility that
we Americans can claim were the re
cords of the service of some Revolution
ary ancestor, but since 1865. many who
could boast that distinction have found
their coronets re-gilded by the brilliant
heroism of father or grandfather in the
war between the States. It has been
noticed that nobody boasts of descent
from the Tories of the Revolution.
Nowadays one whose sire fought on
the Union or Confederate side is equally
proud of his distinction, but none are
found who boast of their family hav
ing belonged to the peace party. Honor
comes by fighting, the side does not
matter so much, but the sword must
have been drawn, or it could not flash
rays of glory on those w ho come after.
A generation hence a feeling already
prevalent in the North will have be
come universal over the land, to recog
nize valor doing what seemed to be
duty, whether under one flag or the
other none will stop to ask: the fact
that duty called and courage answered
will suffice.
If by making it a matter of common
thought and common acceptance that
one's forelK'ars. as the Scotch call them,
w-on distinction for their posterity by
following their flag, and that all flags
are our own. these summer cluls can
emphasize the fact that patriotism Is
the true thing to be proud of. they will
be doing a gtKKi work.
" The outlook" for June is devoted to
excursions and Jaunts by rail, coach,
wheel or af-xit. and a charming num-
ler it is. The illustrations are them
selves alluring, the shaded roads blend
ing in the liackground with the shelter
ing trees, the quiet fields, the placid
streams, with now and then a still pool
cool under the clustering branches.
where the great trout love to lie. all
tempt the tired city man to abandon
noise and heat, "the smoke, the tumult
and the noise of Rome" for still woods
and slowly flowing waters
one engraving is of Durham Cathe
drai. built lOTO-l-SO. How perfectly ...ose
old masons wrought into stone the nev
er spoken, yet often suggested faith
and purpose of the Norman dynasty!
William, who at -castings changed his
ducal coronet for a crown, was no
fiercer fighter than his brother. Ode
Bishop of Bayeux. who. mace in hand
raged ever in the foremost edge of bat
tle, and the pictures of this noble build
ing always remind me of these types
of Norman power. The dominant, in
deed almost the only noticeable fea
tures of the cathedral, they so dwarf
all else, arc the twin square towers.
Massive, strong and tall, as thick at top
as at bottom, meagre of ornament.
bristling w ith power and defiance, they
seem to say. as the royal and the
priestly brothers said. We work as one.
Church and State, we claim all. we take
all. we defend all
It w a-s the most portentous event of
all the thousand years since Calvary,
this coming of William and his men:
RELIGIOUS DEPARTMENT.
Straits of Pure Socialism." And if the
preaeners would Indoctrinate the neo-
ple througout the State with such sen
timent, there would be less of "The
H oreo T t en Man-" anil d n ika
LODSncrM by Kt. J. c. Troy. I more good would he armmnliiiioi Vw
THE STRAITS OF PURE ROfI A I I such nreaehera Ihin rw hlo- oj
1 '-' -f s sermon on tnis subject I orass nanflj. J. c. TROY
ai! (jiracnra oy rcev. samuel Martin, I r ayettevllle. N. C.
of Westminster Chapel, Westminster
in iB02, rrom tne text: "Ye are , 'not
straitened in us. but ye are straitened
in your own bowels." 2 Corinthians.
w . i
I know not. Am I my brother's
Keeper? This was Cain's reply to God.
when, having murdered Abel, he was
LAW DEPARTMENT.
Conducted By Cnariaa W. TlUett, of the
Charlotte Bar.
CONTRACTS WHEN ENTIRE AND
-.. ..oc yl , nunc oy me inner SKfAKABLE. A great change
nues ion from Heaven. "Where Is Abel, has been brought about in modern
thy brother? It was equal to saying, times with respect to contracts of em-
" "v' v 'J ""iri ia.ua.Lrit; ui (H.KI ne I mo vmn r nnrt lha lilra I .
fart f hlm8e'f 7 he need a guard- la rule under our law that when
ian? Was I appointed to watch over chant emniovert a . ..
V. , - a l , i , . . . I - ' " ' " 1 n. ' , in a
VJ ' " enougn to take larmer hired a laborer for the season
of himself nor did I ever take (that the clerk or the laborer could not
e of him. It may be Cain re- recover for any services in ,. h
him
care
charge
necieo on aivine frovioence
had said to God: "Art not
formerly
a mer
year, or a
as li neisnould without cause leave the ur,i,..
.1 : I . , .
mou insioi ms emniover nefor. the ,.,..
keeper? If he be missing, on Thee be fulfilled, even though he might render
the blame, and not on me. who never substantial, satisfactory service during
undertook to keep him." It has been the time in which he remained, and
fillPr'Pi1 4,Tn"J' - V a r-i n..oor., ..1 I . l l i .
- - , -a..w ii " um.inruiru iimuKii ne if m i n n in ho ,.,v
In the affairs of their brethren, and the employer for almost the .mi,. .(,
" ii iin-. i in . e ooi'oi lor WniCn ne waa em , . I. .,.,wl Tfc. ; ,...
tunity to prevent their hurt, in their hui mrin.iiv ..n..-. . .7.
bodies, goods or good name, especially it may be said now that in ai '
in their souls, do. in effect sneak Cain's
language. We fail with this coarse
term of expressing the principle, and
proceed to notice other spiritual evils
by which men are socially straitened
Men are straitened by the idolatries
the carelessness, the concupiscence of
their own hearts. Wrould you promote
ery case where an employe leaves the
service of his employer without cause
oerore nis time is out. he can recover
the reasonable value of hia nervine
unless in the nature of the agreement
or by express Provisions, not hlne- is to
be paid until he has perfomed his con
tract, ror example: Hu noose a mer
pure socialism? "Keep thy heart with (chant employs a clerk for six months
an diligence ror out of it are the issues
or life."
cursed be Canaan: a servant of
servants shall he le unto his brethren.'
Oomestic infidelity Is another hindranc
to pure siKialism. Ham dishonors his
father and endeavors to spread his til
ial irreverence among his brethren
Noah curses Ham under the name of
Canaan: and he Tecomes a servant of
at nity aojiars per month, and either
y agreement or by custom the salary ia
payable monthly. Here, if the clerk, at
me enu 01 inree montns, leaves, with
ut any excuse whatever, and thus de
li lierately breaks his contract, he can
nevertheless recover for the three
months that he has served, subject to
any counter-claim that the merchant
may have for damages sustained by
THE SUBJECT OF EDUCATION,
WISK IDJCA8 EXPRESSED Bl TEACHER
T Kind mt ta Elect t X-Hk Attar
fckaab-Hx. Paga's Addi.-aaa Takes a
Still Stronger Hold Upon IkoN Who
Written for tbe Observer.
ARISTOCRACY IN NOlCj'H CARO
LINA. We have a way of lavlnir that
North Carolina Is the most democratic
State in tbe Union, and a j ways has
been. I have no inclination to deny
that we are democratic. 4Wte- have al
ways had a kind of democracy in North
Carolina which has been and is to-day
almost as , stationary as Mfj. Mitchell.
As to whether we have ever had an
aristocracy of birth and Sweaith in
North Carolina which has visibly af
reeled our social and educational pro
gress. I shall make plain latftr on. But
I wish to assert that the ediiicated nen-
ple of North Carolina frtdn 776 to 1840
af condition of the masses, worthy of
notice, it is just as true tba the mass
es themselves during the slme period
maae very little progress Insan educa
tional way: that they took pttle or no
merest ln popular education.
Those who indignantly dev that we
have ever been Influenced Ijiii an aristo
cratic system of education,;! would do
well to ask themselves why the educat
ed people of North Carolinaf from 1776
o 1S40 took no more interestiln oonular
eaucation tnan tney did. 14 seems to
me that their failure to educate the
masses during that period is fery strong
presumptive evidence of ah aristocracy
or some Kina. -
Perhaps I should say that tin mv mind
he ruling principle of aristorfracv from
Homer to Ward McAllisterJ has been
selfishness. I believe that 1 the only
canse, tne prime cnuse. for SODDOsition
common schooisAir for failure to es-
ablisti them in the past has been sel
fishness. And I as firmly biflieve that
selfishness is the one great cjiuse which
keeps down the advancement of popu
lar education in North Carolina to-dav.
Who are those 'who oppose the schools
o-day .' W ho have always opposed
nem I nc-se are they: -i
1. Those who oppose paying money--!
o educate otner men s cnildren.
J. Those who say thev direaot believe
n iopular education; that trvery mi
nouid educate his own childt-en.
.5. Those who say the putflic schools
not worth anything, hence the
E
is unconjugai. unparental. unfllial. un
fraternal, produces a corresponding ef
feet: it separates and alienates the of
fender and the offended. And woe un
by whom offences come. Separa
tions commenced are not easily arrest.
en. 1 ne trougn-like line which we see
on the glacier is the commencement of
crevasse, which will open with the re-
they never oonouered. for the Saxon
regiments w ould proba-I was unconquerable, they mingled with, I possible. A country hiding under her
and assimilated, the ancient English I ow " dominion lands at her antipodes
blood. The lean, abstemious, temper- enner impoverished thereby
ate .Normans, much as they at first dis
pised the heavy, gluttonous, beer-drink
ing Saxons, soon found in them the
destined complement of their race, and
their offspring became the masters of
the world
An article in this magazine on "The
At
rvninte.. ...in l . . .n
. , IK. morougniy represent-
The delegate from Persia hronhr .
autograph letter from the new Shah to
President McKinley. announcing his
accession to the throne Tk shX -
membering that the convention nas to
be held in Washington, requested him
to represent Persia, and gave him the
proper credentials. He spoke Krench
like a Parisian.
The I'nited States occupies a prom
inent position in thi imo.i r. .i
hood. It has 70.000 ostomees twice a
many as any other country. Oermany
oomes next, with about half this num-
.; "real Britain has less than
third. There are 18a. mm office
employes in our service. Germany is
..... .-cioMLi us. oermony has the
lead in the number, of letter boxes for
the use of the public, France being sec
ond and the United States third We
Virginia's excess IIS.OOO
Virginia had 3 generals. ." lieutenant
generals. 21 major generals. 80 briga
dier generals. North Carolina had '-'
lieutenant generals. 7 major generals.
:3 brigadier generals.
Why should Virginia have such an
excess of genera! officers unless she
had a proportionate suieriority in num-land Islam there can never be any rela
tors of soldiers. Are Virginians more tion but Holy War." These conquered
riotous and disorderly than other pe.-1 people have no right whatever, and
pie. and require sterner and more rigid may be spared from massacre only for
discipline? I the lienefit of the believers, so every
I ntil the facts herein narrated are I foreign dw eller in Turkish c luntries has
disproved, we must relieve that ourlto pay an annual blood tax, or run the
North Carolina friends are mistaken, I risk of the sword
but even in that event, we need not! But Turkey. Boon after her edd Euro-
form a harsh judgment. Let us adopt I pean conquests, found It to her interest
for our guidance I to live at peace with her Christian
"The good old rule, the simple plan. I neighbors, upon whom her commercial
That they should take who have the
power.
And they should keep who can."
Or perhaps we might with propriety
rememler another maxim
"Help yourself, but not hy grasping.
All that's good for selfish gain:
Help yourself but not to honors
That another has fairly won.
Respectfully.
B. M. PARHAM.
Co. I. Fourth Regiment Va. Cavalry.
Rm hmtd. a-
1
Capitulations" explains what has puz-cai language is confounded ; six ial Ian
zled many newspaper readers during J guage is confounded.
the iate war in Thessaly. According! Men do not understand each other.
to the Sacred Uw of the Mahometans. I and as we have been unw illing to
"all not of the faith are set aside, de-1 spread ourselves over the earth in otx
voted to destruction, between whom I dience and in good will, w e shall be
driven from each other by confusioi
no oy hatred.
Would you promote true socialism
"Be followers of God."
Escape for thy life; look not be
Bind thee, neither .t;y thou in ill i It-
plain: escape to the mountains, lets!
tnou be consumed r.
"But his wife looked JGack from be
nino mm and she became a pillar of
salt. '
The man to whom these words refer
prosperity aepended. It thus became I had become rich in an awfully wicked
necessary to protect, instead of kllllnc. I city
the foreign denizens of Mahometan dis- I He had maintained his own righteous-
tncts. and this protection was assured I ness. but had fearfully exposed not on
by letters of privilege issued to foreign I ly himself, but his children. The city
rulers, by the sultan, extending their I w as near destruction he Is warned to
unsdiction over their subiects. dwell-1 nee ana wnile he lingers he is ureed
ing under the actual rule of Islam, and I by the words quoted to escape. His wife
exempting the dwellers from all Otto-I disobeys these words and is destroyed.
man taxes, except customs duties. TheAT1d what have we here? the love of
fist capitulary letters were granted by I wealth stronger than the hate of wick
Mehmet II (the Conqueror) to Genoa. I edness. If this fault be 4,000 years old.
in 14"3. Lter other countries were al-1 It has in our day again grown young.
lowed the same capitulations, as thev I And how anti-social it is. Men other-
began to lie called, the chief of whienjwise fit for society are lost to it by love
are. 1st, Leave to enter the Empire, I or gain. Tney are not men of Sodom
servants unto his brethren. Whatever! him by reason of the clerk's leaving hi:
employment. However, on the other
hand, if the merchant had expressly
stipulated that nothing was to be paid
until the service was completed, we ap-
preneno tnat tne clerk would get noth
ing unless he served out his entire
time.
EVOLUTION OF THE LAW. The
study of the evolution of tbe law ort
port or munaer ana extend to tne gla- (this subject is very interesting to the
legal profession. Few cases have been
listinctly overruled, but there has been
an avowed Intention on the jart of the
urts generally, and particularly on
the part of the North Carolina Supreme
c ourt. to modify the old rule. In such
ases as Winston vs. Reid. Busb. Rep
R. White vs. Brown. 2 Jones 403 and Nib
lett vs. Herring. 4th Jones 2r3. the old
rule was applied in all of its rigor and
harshness, viz: that although the em
oyer naa received sunstantiaj service
rem th emplnye. nev retheles the lat
ter could not recover If he had without
excuse left the services of his employer
and the court put the ruling on the
ground that the contract was entire,
and nothing could be recovered unless
it was performed. This principle was
airain enunciated in Thigpen vs. Leigh
N. C. 4H.
In Gorman vs. Bellamy. 82 N. C. 46
the first sign of a departure from the
Id rule is observed and noted, and in
tlie case of Chamblee vs. Baker. 95 N
its, our court held the plaintiff en
tied to recover for the services he hal
performed, although ne had rallea and
refused to perform his contract. Since
Chamblee vs. Baker several cases have
been decided, all enforcing and enlarg
Ing the rule there laid down. ( See
Booth vs. Radcliff. 107 N. C. 6. Wooten
vs. Walters. 11" ( . 2:b. ami Mark
ham vs. Markham. 110 N. C. 356.)
It was formerly stair repeatedly and
emphatically that wS a there was
pedal contract there tould be no im
plied contract, but it is now the unl
versai practice of the profession in this
SrAte in suing upon a contract of ser
vice to insert also a cause of action up
on a quantum meruit, so that although
the defendant should succeed in show
ing that the plaintiff had irot on his
part complied with the contract, yet the
plaintiff could recover what his services
were reasonably worth. This doctrine
has been hotly contested, and it has
been a battle of giants in the Appellate
Courts of the I'nited States, but we
think the courts are gradually drifting
to the rule as laid down in Dermott vs
Jones. 23rd. Howard 233. United States
Sunreme Court, and which seems to be
the sounder rule in equity and In mor
als. Under this modern rule, although
the employe has not performed his con
tract, yet if the employer has derived
anv benefit from the labor done. It wa.
held that it would be unjust to allow
him to retain" it without paying for it
ami the law therefore implies a promise
to pay what the benefit is reasonably
worth. This rule is clearly laid down
in what is considered now the leading
case. iz: Rritton vs. Turner. 6 New
Hampshire. 401. and is as follows: "If
a party to a contract actually received
labor or material, and thereby derived
a In netit and anvantage over ami aooe
the damage which has resulted from
the breach of the contract by the other
party, the labor actually done, and tne
altie received, furnishert a new consid
eration, and the law tnereny raises
promise to pav to the extent or the
reasonable worth of such excess.'
T.'eferrinir to this case of Brltton vs
Turner. Judge Pillon said: 'That cele
bra ted case has leen criticised, doubted
ler s base. The mere entrance of
wedge to a noble piece of timber is the
beginning of a split that will rend it
asunder: and thus the divisions of
useholds extends to generations
pread through neighborhoods, and di
ide in their issues large portions of
sm-iety. A cursed son liecomes a de-
pised and degraded nation. Would you
promote true socialism, learn first t
how piety at home, let the ties of mar
riage, paternity and brotherhood be a
hreefold cord not easily broken.
And they said. Go to. let US build Us
ity and a tower w host1 top may
more godly cultivation of the soil 7
name, lest we be scattered abroad
upon the face of the whole earth."
"Lest they le scattered abroad. '
But it was the appointment of Provi-
etice that they should be scattered
broad. Here in the Babel-builut i s wc
bscive the evil of opposing the courses
rdained for us by God. vt e are m ull
things to work with God not against
or without God. Loth not -Nature, her
self, leach us all, and have not many
men learned, that when we are noi
Nature's pupils we are confounded?
W hat is the application of chemistry
to agriculture but. if 1 may so speak, a
more godly cultivation of the soil'.'
What is the modern improvement in
medical science but doing less violence
to Nature, and prompting Nature to ex
ecute her own work." In every path
of lawful human action, God works,
and men may have His fellowship and
His co-operation. But if men tread un
lawful ways there is an angel of God
with a drawn sword to resist them.
There is a God-made path for agri
culture and for manufactures for com
merce and for art. ior literature and
for science, for domestic and for politi
cal economy, and he who finds out and
pursues these ways is blessed, while he
wno rorsakes them is cursed.
How like the Babel-builders are the
men of this generation!
The thirst is for great kingdoms.
great cities, great institutions. (Treat
enterprises, great companies and firms.
great fortunes.
The tendency is to centralism, but the
ppointmcnt of Providence is diffusion
and we smart under the penalty of our
opposition to God.
A Catholic Church has bred sects like
lice. Uniformity enforced by the An
glican Church has rendered unilv im-
hool tax is useless
4. Those w ho say the children do not
ttend the schools thev now have, hence
they oppose an increase of Line school
axes and the school terms j etc.
And what is the common clement In
II these objectors? I answer it is sel
fishness, pure and simple. s
v hen the great mass of te common
people, the democracy, esMxuse the
Dove objections, as at present thev
undoubtedly do. then I wouia call that
democracy the aristocracy iof Ignor
ance! Because the educated men of
North Carolina held the siuiie views
from 1776 to 1S40. I would call them an
aristocracy as unprogressivc and as
blighting as any aristocracy, that ever
ruled at Athens or Rome.
I Imagine that there w ere o! her 1 nari
sees than the one that prated in the
temple thanking God that He was not
like other men. I imagine that there
were milder forms of the Phitrisee than
that man was. but he is tht! type, and
we never hear the word PhUrisee that
we do not recall the incident in the tem
ple. So it is w ith the w ord ia ristocrat
We have a type to which w will refer
when we mention the ivort, whether
consciously or not. put I wish to cal
to your mind that there ara and have
always been people right herie in North
( arolina.who have had all Ihe antina
thy or ihe (.reek ansto racy to popular
education and to the social Oievation of
the masses, whether you likd to believe
it or not. Unfortunately thp educated
men of North Carolina composed, in
former days, the class which opposed
common schmds or failed to provide
the means for the educational advance
ment of the people. But to-djiy it is the
plain people themselves wli compose
the Inine ami sinew of the opposition to
their own advancement. Andi they have
the example of the educated men of
ihe past. It was only lateli- that one
f these aristocrats .if ignotance rune
the changes on this very idea in my
presence. I was urging him (to vote for
local taxation, and he said:' "oh. but
nir great men of old times ii -vcr urged
us to do the like!" , i
I am talking about aristocriiov in hie-li
olat es and arisbwracv in Ii w nlnees
Vou ran call it the aristocrucv of sel
fishness in the one case, anil the aris
tocracy of ignorance and selfishness in
the other. And when we ai e through
solving the problem of the present sad -
who can awaken th people to the 'ne
cessity of better country schools de.
serves a monument and the affectionate
regard of every true son. of the Old
.norm state.
And when we look at the dMMnta
condition of the country schools and see
tne people so muck in need of educa
tion, can we refuse to raise our voices
in behalf of the people's schools T Mr.
Page's address was tha mightiest sin
gle effort made In behalf of our schools
in the last ten years. All honor to him.
If we never see our faults, we shall
never better them.
And in conclusion, let me say that the
man who refuses this year to work for
the schools, if he is already awake, de
serves the execration of all thinking
men. Let him be accursed. The old
a ..-ill I, I-m ,mwnA. .
sooner ocJater, Then will come In tones I IfoLk' V" .daUX' lnludLnf . Bu?d?'
from a mount as dark as Sinai, and with " '"- . ,. , xwr c,
e ,k. rw..- . v. -. i I fording opportunity for through paw-
stood in the way of the progress of the nf?" P !v."l nTJU'U
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suiiiit-u wun oioou-suutintKs and cii-
g-agcii in ceaseless strife.
What your uri-at ones (fain in timvcr
and in wealth they .,e in taxation,
fear, hatred of men, and spiritual
emasculation.
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lipious lantruaKe is confounded; iielili-
SOMETHING TO KNOW.
It may be worth something to know I travel and navigate within Its tenets I mit they will live with any Sodomite
that the very best medicine for restor-iand visit Its holy places. 2nd. Freedom I ror gain, -iney nave brethren, friends
lnr the tired out nervous system to a I to follow one s own national customs! or boa, dui tney leave them and pitch
healthy vigor is Electric Bitters. This-nd practice one's own religion. 3rd. J their tent toward Sodom for gain. They
medicine is nurelv vegetable, acts bv I Exemption from taxes. 4th. Exter-fhave wives and children, but thev have
centres in the I ntonauiy, tnat is. tne ngnt to be tried I oaugmers weaaea to men or Sodom for
stimulates the Liver I only by the courts and according to the I gain; and they have exposed their
South Wales the v.rVa.7f " ma Kidneys, and aids tnese organs in I proceuure oi ones own country, me ' i " aeaa on me plains
, o . . ""- " "" """i " ihrnnHn. nfr ImnnritiMi in ih. hlnnri I consuls and ambassadors forminir the I or iwdom. tnroutrn love of train
as ana ine wicKea are in
a confusion that makes
and pure fellowship all
best blood purifier and nerve tonic. TrylWlty of one's domicile: no Ottoman I hut impossible, and this through love
lit. Sold for 50c or 1X00 per bottle atlcn enter a r.uropean premises against I "iBn.
tsurweii & Lrunn s urug store.
occupy the sixth place in the proportion e?xclD 18 .5" verel
of postofflces.to tne population and the riVi"S ine t6..thC P,?
lllL PostofficeTto area"' SVeV llT "
iijui uiaiier receivea nv eaen nh.Kit.n(
las? o. ".Jr Electric Bitters Improves the appetite, I courts; ana mis is wnat maxes a ror-1 nKnieoi
! .Ii" Vt '- Variously I dleeation. ajid Is r renounced bv I signer safe in Turkey, it applying even termlngled in
.M.w "; "T..Lr: "wa" ?s four- thna wno hav- (Upj it verv to crimes against a Turk. 5th. Inviola-1 real association
Ing maOV Countries aim.
posed to be more advanced, such as It
aly. Norway. Sweden. Chile. Russia and
Japan.
No other country approaches the
I nited States in Its railroad routes.
uermany is next highest, with only 28
wto zones. i ne l nited States ranks
nrst in postal income and expenditure,
Germany being a close second. Our pos
tal service costs about .91.000,000, and
ine revenue is xs.ooo.0no less, AH other
countries make a profit out of the bus
iness. Great Britain clears about $14..
000.000 a year and France about J18.000.
000. The constitution says: 'Congress
ehal have power to establish postof
flces and post roads." It early delegat
ed to th Postofflce Department the es
tablishment of postofflces, but for many
years retained the right to establish
post roads. The clerk of the House
committee on postofflces and post roads
made up at each session a formidable
THE GRANDEST REMEDY.
Mr. R. B. G reeve, merchant, of Chil-
howie. Va.. certifies that he had con-
Bis consent, unless accompanied by the! Make not haste to be rich." "Come
European consul, or ambassador, or j out from among them and be ye sep
their deputy. Kth. Th riht of bequest. I arate. saith the Lord, and touch not the
and of foreign consuls to attend to the I unclean thing.
administration of foreis-ners' estates:! "Ye are not straitened In us." W
and. 7th. Prohibition of the extension of I may count those as the words of God
sumption, was given up to die. sought I1" r'8": oy a toreign consul 1 ir nniwii, .no ine emooaiment or a
all medical treatment that money could " ,aZ ZT I 1
buv. tried all cough remedies that be It be seen, therefore, that if Tur- 2. tfr2J2.S!ir " ,de
could hear of. but got no relief: spent key refuses to continue the capitula- ZPf V i vT, "1" was.'ref,tei-
many nights sltUng-up in a chair: was tiona to the Greeks, as a condition of , no.t hinder It. the Holy
induced to try Dr. King s New Discov- making peace, it will leave every Greek SuTf.-lT .not hir.aerJt" Ye re no
ery. and was cured by the use of twoltn Turkey subject to instant massacre
straitened in us.'
Even your own
bottles. For the past three years heJI his goods to plunder.
greatest foes know that this is true of
" w waHu-mv. marui a uc uauwan WUUUS IU miur aiulaah a n4 aiaa iaj aair- Ty . j.
rrandet remedy ever mAdrXa It h&sldTe us a text, but leave It to us to txr-1 -J2.- -flr
done so much for hJm, als. and deliver the sermon, one of jmUBt destroyed before a. pure state
AT I'Tlf I . uwior society can be established. Be no
aiir-- Aubvci7 an k uauouiccu lur I 13U1 UC WTIUeD. IUcT SUmULUCi InnMr lin tmarl
vuns, emu vuu wuiuxaijrH.juax. ai i uKmfiiii ana fncouract us io say I or
Vnr tym nrriJ n4 t mn fit n tka lw-
Ann't fait IwiaftlaM 4Wm f RnpfMH I inrnAlvaa k.t .,m . r . . - - . .
aj-,MB mvv aav nvMI vuivr.MrD i um w. ia s .ani ua. lugtcou VI T1ITV I Vliin wnhfn I nww h m inrlartataul I . . t - -"- j - - - i ,
& Dunn g Drug Store. 'relying on another mind to say lt for to an intelligent Christian genUernan 1 rt?" T ror W 7 5rweu her people are contented t
oeaten patns or tne past- Al
stale of our inefficient schools, we shnll
me in the conclusion that it is aris
to, racy and ellishncss in solne form or
uni r that lies at the root of the eiluca
tional ills we suiTer. Selfishness. l)lind
nr hllehtinp in its results. Ms the evil
spirit that has always hinden'd our pro
gress: tnat nas Kept the ma-ses lenor
nt. I call it aristocracy foil want of j
letter term, and because it 91 much re
embles the ancient thinp hic-h went
that name. 1 would no: maintain
that this modes aristocracy: has all the
incidents of the ancient aristocracy. Oh
no. Hut in essentials in olieness and
unity of purpose, in unprogi -essi veness
ind dry rot. our raodern Uristocraev
mtdoes in niajiv respeclsi anvthine
reeee and i;orne e-er had.
AkSECTID.V Ol" on; SCrtllOM.AW
Section IT.:.:: of Laws of Nnrth Caro-
una, tne school law. contailis. in part
tnis:
Provided, that all orders (iy commit
tees for money and all contracts mad
them in writinir. shall le sicneel ii
the legible handwriting of tie cfininilt
teetnen imrporting to sign iueh orders
r contracts: or in ease any i ommittee-
man can not write his nariiej his signa
ture by making his rnarkMall le wit
nessed by at least one disinterested
witness in his own proper.' handwriting."
No man should be apoinud a school
tnmitteeman who cannot ; read and
write. The fact that we hjive such a
lnw on our statute hooks gj ves the lie
to a great deal of our professed friend
liness to the cause of nopulat education.
What can reasonable men ei n'ct to re-
ult from a school law admii listered bv
illiterate men? Think of tlie State of
North Carolina muting a n-emlum on
ignorance! Think of illiterate men hold
ing one cif the most importajit offices in
the State! How silly to thihk that we
and denied to besound. Yet its principles I can banish ignoranc e by an j.dminiKtra-
have been gradually winning their way I ""n or lEnnrance.' ho siny ;is it that I
into professional and judicial favor. It I should doubt the mental (ialilications
is right upon principle, however it may I"' an' man who would seriolisly defend
le nnon technical and more illiberal I su( 11 a iaw
rules as found in the older cases.
EMPLOYEE ITNJTTSTLY DIS
CHARGED. HIS RIGHT. As a coun
terpart of the proposition laid down
above, it may le said that where an
employer without Just cause discharges
his employe before the time or the ser
vice has expired, the employe can re
cover the full compensation which the
employer has contracted tn pay him
for the entire time, hut there is this
qualification to the rule, namely: That
the employe, after he is discharged
must seek other employment, and he
can recover of the employer only in the
event that he is not able to get employ -
I have heard that this n'rovision of
the school law was nxale in ) he Interest
of the negroes. Rut fr must e said that
it is not in their interest, (unless we
mean to keep them ignoraiit. And on
the other hand, every intelligent ob
server knows there have tjeen many
illiterate white school committeemen,
some of late years, in Nortji Carolina.
Such a thing is a disgrace. There is no
more necessity for ignoiant white
school committeemen thani for ignor
ant negro cnmmitt'emen. T the winds
with that popular education ithat cannot
nnci tnree intelligent men1 in every
school distric t in North Carolina to act
The Triumph Cure for Liquor, Morphine
and Tobacco Habits.
Drunkenness Is now recognized as a
disease. An extra physiological con
dition of that part of the nervous sys
tem and nerve fibre wherein take place
the activities underlying the conscious
state which controls the will power. It
being a disease of the nervous system,
is a pathological condition which dis
turbs the mental equillbreum, or, as it
were, a defection of the will power,
termlned Dipsomania. An office has
recently been opened ln the city of
Charlotte, N. C, for the treatment of
this disease as well as the opium and
tobacco habits, under the name of the
Triumph Liquor, Opium and Tobacco
Co. It is being successfully managed
by Dr. B. W. Brookshire, a physician of
40 years 'n the practice of medicine in
this State. A cure is guaranteed for
from $50 to $100. There is nd confine
ment, but the patients are' allowed to
go about their every day avocations.
wnne uncier tne treatment.
For furrher Information
correspondence to Dr. B. W.Brookshlre,
No. 17 South College street, Charlotte,
N. C.
Far Tickets, Sleepers, eta., asattT
W. N. RAMSEUR, City Tick at Aft,
i 1 ry a., wamnatxs, r. j.
K. A. NEWLAND, On. Aft, P. Dm.
Kimball mt. AtlaHaTOa.
OBO. Ms. . sUTTB. TrT. Pus. Am
Caarwtta, N. C ,
8. ST. JOHN.
H. W. ft. QlvaVf
nrn
Vica-Praa. aaa Oan l Mgr. TrasW am
f . B. McBEB, T. t. ANOCKSON.
Uan I Snselntsnmt. Qm'I I
CaESIl 6FFJCEJ, WmiSBTl IL
Southern - Railway.
IN EFFECT MAT 2, 1897.
This condensed schedols ia published
1 information, and in nhiant ta
address all I change without notice to the publlo.
J-rauiB leave jnariotte, is. c:
10: IS P. M. No. 15, daily for Atlanta
6c Charlotte Air Line division, and ail
points South and Southwest. Carries
through Pullman drawtne-room buffet
sleepers between New York, Washlng
Oton. Atlanta and New trleana. Pull-
MOIITGAGE SALE OF CITY PROP
ERTY.
ny virtue of a power vesetd in me U.. .,-(. - a ttI JT; a .
by a deed of trust executed to me by urdays, via. New Orleans and Southern
W. J. Black and wife, Mary A. Black. I Pade .
on the 4th day of April, 1893. and re- a-as A. U-N rr H.n. 1x7. .t.i k
corded in Book 88. Page 297. in the office and Southwestern ' Vestibuled LlmitW
of the register of deeds for Mecklen- for Atlanta. Birmingham. Memnhln
burg county, I will sell at public auc- Montgomery, Mobil and New Orleana
tion at the court 4house door ln the city and all points South and Snath
of Charlotte, N. C. on Thursday, the Through Pullman sleeper New York ta
sth day of July. '97, at 12 o'clock, noon. New Orleans and New York- ta araa-
the valuable city property described in phis. Dining car, vestibuled coach, ba-
said deed of trust, the same being the tween Washington and Atlanta,
property situated on the south corner 6:40 A. M. No. 10, dally for Rica,
made by the Intersection of Trade and mond; connects at Greensboro for Bal-
College streets. In the city of Charlotte, I elgh and Norfolk.
known and designated on the map of I 12:20 P. M. No. 1L dally, tor Atlanta
said city as lot No. 97, In square 13, la I &nd all points South. Solid trains Rich. -
ward z. rronting fifty feet and running I mono 10 Atlanta; jfuumaa sleeping car
back with College street on one side I Richmond to Greensboro.
and the line of Long & McWhirter on 1 1 1:i P- M. No. S5, dally, for Colura-
the other side 66 feetx to Long & I Dla ana - -'. & A- local stations: AB-
McWhirter's line. The same Is the I u,!a' ba van nan, Jackson vlUe, carriea
property on which are located the I through Pullman drawing room buffet
store-houses now occupied by G. W. I meeper oecween new xora ana Jack-
Norman and the Wilson Drug Com
pany formerly by Thomas Reese &
Co.) Terms cash. This the 24th day of
April, 1897.
W. C. MAXWELL, Trustee.
ment anywhere else. If the employe I s guardians of the c hildren's schools
should thus be thrown out of employ-I after aa years operation! !
ment for any part of the time for which I Talk about unfavorably ;ad vertisine
he has been employed, he would be en-1 North Carolina! We have bl
titled to recover of his employer the I as this one done more to gi!e our State
compensation agreed upon ror me lime 1 a bad name than all the
during which he was seeking in vain fori will ever be born, did they
other employment.
Grace Tienio Litchfield In the Century.
A wide, bare field, 'neath blinding skies,
Where no tree grows, no shadow lies.
Where no wind stirs, where no bee files.
A roadway, even, blank and white.
That swerves not left, that swerves not
right.
That stretches, changeless, out of sight.
Footprints midway adown its dust:
Two lagging, leaden feet that just
Trail on and on. because they must.
r such laws
Pages that
eallv go to
d light,
low many
put a pre-v-
lt to pre
ools. North
rk to advertise us in a 1
It makes no difference
States can be found which
mium on ignorance and alio
side over their children's scH
Carolina should not have siich a law.
Do we wish the world to knj w that we
have to have ignorant anf illiterate
men to manage our schools jret to-day?
Do we wish to usher in thi? 20th cen
tury with a system of popiilar educa
tion which may by statute iae presided
over by illiterate men? I hlirdly think
we do. Then let us try to hee that no
such men are elected school ieommittee-
men on the Sth day of July
next. And
when the next Legislature cimvenes. let
us see that the law I have qiioted above
Us repealed and put off our statute books
forever. I
Stock has been subscribed for a tel-I A JTI"GE5 TESTIMON T. One of
eohone line between El kin and Sparta. I the ablest Judges of our Superior Court,
via the Roaring Gap Hotel. I in speaking of Mr. Page's i ddress. re
cently said to mo: "T had o late gotten
into the habit of thinking we North
Carolinians were Just as goixl in every
way as we need be. but Page's speech
has put all that feeling awaj- from me."
AH glory and honor to that man who
can awake North Carolinij jib to see
their duty! There are som of us who
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New Perfection Refrigerators
Blue Flame Oil Stoves,
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And a full line of summer
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sonvllle; also Pullman sleeper (Thar
lotte to Augusta.
9:35 A. M. No. 87. dally, (or Columbia
and C, C. A A. local statlona
9:30 A- M. No. 36, daily, for Wash
ington, Richmond. Raleigh and all
point North. Carriea Pullman draw
ing room buffet sleeper New Orleana te
New York; Jacksonville to New York.
Pullman tourist car from Ban Pranea.
co Thursdays, via New Orleana aad
Southei-n Pacific. 1 .
8:M P. M No. n, dally, Washington
and Southwestern Vestibuled Limited,
for Washington and all points North.
:40 P. M. No. 12. dally, for Rich,
mond, Raleigh, Goldsboro and all points
North. Carries Pullman sleeping ear
from Greensboro to Richmond. .Con
nects at Greensboro with train carry
ing; Pullman car to Ralclgh.
9:06 A. M. No. 16, daily except Boa
day, tor States ville, "Taylorsvtlle aad
local stations. Close connection at
J. N. McCAUSLAND & COMPANY.
Slate and Tin Roofing Contractors.
209-211 South Tryon Streeif rB,n H,cko
:w p. M. No. 2, dally except 8un-
Ttnn TIToVrm uay; ireignt ana passenger lor State.
FOK KENT. I vi..?"dJl a"on"- 1
AH fnela-tir train .... - - - -
5-room house bn Uddell street, rignt I John M. Culp, w. A. Turk,
new. migniy nice pi ace; iu. xramc aianager, Qen. Paaa, Agt-.
-room cottage, 303 East Fifth street, W. H. Green, Washington. D. C.
.15.00. Gen'l Superintendent,
-room house. North Pine, between Washington, T. C
Eighth and Ninth, $6.00. B. H. Hard wick. Asa't. Gen. Paaa. Ajrt,
a-room a weiiing, nouin aicjjoweu I Atlanta, ua.
right new never occupied.
Owners of property may feel perfect
ly assured that property left in my care
will receive constant and careful at
tention. R. E. COCHRANE,
103 North Tryon street. Charlotte, K. C
R I. Vernon, Traveling; Passenger Agt
u &at -jirauB u-. tjoarioiia. rt. u.
NOTICE.
You can get a good set of upper or
lower teetn tor 91.00. The best made (10.
Gold fillings S1.S0 up: Amalgum 75c;
Cement 60c Extracting teeth 25c;
painless extracting 40c Crown and
bridge work done ia the most approv
ed style.
DR. J. H. NEWELL,
BOOM 4, DAVIDSON BUILDING.
CHARLOTTE, N. C
a ssn-
t. BAB VET M'0Orj.L. a. f. OOBX.
McCOX M ELL A COBX -
UKDnrrAaras Axn Embauieks. .
h North Tryon Street Bant Block.
AD calls, day or nia-bt, have Dromnt attaW.
tion. Mrs. Corn, wife of one of the mmh.,.
I of tbe arm. is a practical undertaker aad s-
banner, satisfaction gua ranted la every
1 particular.