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The Democrat.
CHARLOTTE. N. C.
DECEMBER 6, 1 8 7 8.
North Carolina
Conference M. E. Church,
South.
This body was ia session in this city from Wed
nesday morning, Nov. 27th, to Monday night, Dec.
2d. Bishop Pierce, the presiding officer, broke
completely down before the close (being unable to
talk above a whisper) and Rev. Dr. Win. Closs, the
senior Presiding Elder, discharged the duties of
presiding officer the last day of the Conference
and he did it well.
We give below a short sketch of some of the
most important business transacted, together with
a list of Appointments of Ministers for the ensuing
year :
The Secretary read the following statistics in an
swer to the usual questions :
Number of local preachers and members in the
several Circuits, Stations and Missions of the Con
ference, 62,301 ; increase, 3,230. Number of infants
baptised, 2,259. Number of adults baptised, 2,764 ;
increase, 120. Number of Sunday Schools 813 ; in
crease 148. Number of Sunday School teachers,
4,534 ; increase, 555. Number of Sunday School
scholars. 34,442 : increase, 3,487. Amounts neces
sary for the suneranuated preachers and widows
and orphans of preachers, $6,000.
Amounts distributed as follows : For the Bishop
assessed, $1,386 ; collected, $1,386.
Conference fund assessed, $6,000; collected,
$3,965.50.
Amounts contributed for Foreign Missions, $3,
729.22; Domestic Mis-sions, $2,260.29.
The Committee on Church Property, Rev. Dr. .1.
B. Bobbitt, Chairman, made a report showing that
there had been an increase in the number of
Churches aud Parsonages and the value of the same.
Number of Churches last year, 745 ; this year, 767;
cumber of Parsonages inr year. Oo : number thl.-
3'ear, 75 ; with a proportionate increase in the value
of the same.
Resolutions were adopted deprecating tile use of
Churches for other than religious purposes.
A resolution was adopted expressing gratification
at the information that Rev. H. T. Hudson proposes
publishing a History of Methodism in North Caro
lina, and confidence in his ability to do the work,
and asking him to complete it as soon as possible.
The Committee on Memorials reported the death
of Rev. Washington D. Meachain, Rev. T. P. Eng
land, Rev. D. C. Johnson and Rev. J. P. Moore,
with suitable sketches of their lives and services in
the Church, and a number of Ministers delivered
addresses on the character of the deceased Ministers.
The following were announced as the Examining
Committees for the next four years :
On Admission L W Crawford, J II Guinn and
B B Culbreth.
First Year J T Bagwell, W C Norman and W
S Stone.
Second Year C M Pepper, B C Phillips and J
W Griffith.
Third Year W II Moore, R A Willis and J B
Bobbitt.
Fourth Year E A Yates, W M Robey and A W
Mangum.
The following resolution was adopted in regard
to Greensboro Female College :
"That we recommend that the Trustees as soon
as practicable inaugurate some measures to relieve
the College from debt, if possible to do so, and we
will aid so far as wc can in the execution of such
plans as they may adopt."
The following appointments of fraternal messen-
f ers were made : For the Christian Conference,
lev. M L Wood, Maj. Wm M Robbins and Rev.
Solomon Pool ; to the Methodist Protestant Con
ference, Prof. A W Mangum, Dr. J B Bobbitt and
J B Martin ; Society of Friends, Rev. Ira T Wyche,
Rev. D R Bruton and Dr. F E Asbury.
The following were appointed the Joint Board
of Finance: Miuisters T W Smith, W II Moore,
T II Pegram.T L Triplett, G W Ivy, C M Pepper,
L W Crawford, E A Yates. Jno R Brooks and W
T Rone. Laymen M S Davis, J S Carr, L C
Hanes, R R Crawford, W T Shipp, T D Winches
ter, G S Cole, W J Parker, .W F Kornegay and W
W Lawrence.
The following were reported for deacons' orders :
Wm B Doub, Elisha J Eudaily, Jus T Lyon, J B
Carpenter and W S Creasy.
J M Rhodes, B R Hall, J F Craven, J W Randle
and C A Gault were advanced to the fourth year in
the course of Btudy.
N M Jumey, J R Scrogg. J M Luinley, W S
Rone, L L Nash and M W Boyles were elected
Elders.
After the usual examinations, the following were
admitted into the second year : N E Coltrane, J C
Rowe, P L Groom, Jas II Cardon, W P McCorkle,
U M Gentry, U C Ueaman.
The following passed on their characters and
were continued in the first year : Samuel McLeod,
A i' lyer and I .1 .Browning.
The following local preachers were elec ted elders:
Geo W Neal of the Rockingham Circuit, Jas E
Bnstowc of the Neuse Circuit, Jno A B Kirkpat-
ricK oi tne itoanoke circuit.
The following local preachers were elected dea
cons: w 11 Hester, J E Pttree, I) F Holcombe
and T S Ellington.
L E Thompson, D L Earnhardt, J E Bristow, J
M Cole and M 11 Moore were admitted into the
Conference on trial.
Rev. B. Craven introduced the following, signed
ijr ujLUbcii uuu iwev. c. a. i nil's :
liemted, That the thanks of the Conference are
due and are hereby tendered to the reporter of The
Charlotte Observer, and to the Proprietor of that
paper, lor accurate and excellent reports of our
proceeamgs.
Several different resolutions were offered return
ing thanks to the citizens of Charlotte for trenerous
hospitality ; also to the Railroads for special accom-
luuuauuns ana to iue rasiors ot the several
Churches in the city for the use of their pulpits
me iouowing report ot a special committee
shows the action of the Conference on the sub
ject of violating and desecrating the Sabbath
oay Dy nanroau corporations, which report was
unanimously adopted by the Conference by a rising
voie :
"The committee upon the observance of the Sab-
oatu, to which was referred an overture from Hip
North Carolina Synod of the Presbyterian Church,
anu certain oiuer papers, touching tue running of
trains and unloading of freight cars on the Sabbath
day, ask leave to report the following :
The institution of the Holy Sabbath was intend
ed Dy uod as a merciful provision, not only for
Siviug resi w man s pnysicai nature, out also to
furnish him directly with the time, and indirectly
with the means, for that reflection upon eternal
imngs aud worship of the ever-living God, which
tue interests that hang about his everlasting destiny
demand. And no man, nor organization of men
can intringe upon the inalienable right of man to
the privileges and blessings ot the Sabbath which
God has given, or impinge upon this beneficent ar
rangement of Heaven, without damaging public
morals and incurring the maledictions of God's vio-
laieu jaw. in this connection it ought to be re
memoerea, and it must be stated with emphasis.
iuw uu iuau uan siuk. uis personal responsibility in
me acts oi agents, or conceal himself from the
searching eye of Heaven's l.iw behind the distribu
ted authority of a corporation ; since it is certain
mai me grave win cngult without hone of resnr
rectum every subterfuge and nretext of onrnnrnto
responsibility that may have been wrapped about
iuo luuivmuai.
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x our committee arc not blind to thp ftt fK.f
there are other sins of the day, such as horse-racine
r-uhu nsni.uii.unu imrs, mat nave a ten
dency to DODularize vice and
Nor do they fonret that Railroads.
managed, are public blessines. contribnti nor tr hot I,
the material interests of society and the spread of
vuiistiauiiy. uui wnen we consider the transcen
dant interests that depend for their
upon the due observance of the Christian Sabbath
its fronorol vi.tlat;nn A .1 - .
.wjfcwiwut iiwauuuuuu uesucrauon in any way
ana especially oy corporations having under their
control thousands of employes, rises far above all
others in its destructive effects upon human hopes
iur uuie huu eternity.
Your committee submit further, in view of the
'SChe
happy effects of the Sabbath upon the physical,
social and religions condition of society, such as
rest, the proper aixeciion given w puonc ana pn-
rate morals by saDDatn cnooi instruction ana me
study of the Holy Scrlptares, the impulse imparted
to religious life and the motives and incentives
urged for the development oi cnnstian cnaracter
that go out on that holy day from thousands of
mil nits all over this land, and that constitute not
only the spiritual forces that lift the soul nearer to
Uod, DUt also me conservative power luaiiuruisucs
the best safeguard to human life as well as public
and private property, the dictates of reason and en
lightened conscience imperatively demand a united
ffort upon the part of all Christian people to secure
as far as possible a general obedience to the Divine
command, "Remember the Sabbath day to keep it
holy."
Your committee have been put in possession of
information which goes to establish the fact that
many of the Railroads in the State, and others
having their termini within its borders, run excur
sion and other trains for profit and pleasure on the
Sabbath ; and that owing to prohibitory laws of
other States, North Carolina Railroad centres have
been made depots for large quantities of freight
which is unloaded from cars and distributed to its
several carriers on the Sabbath, thereby wounding
the religious sensibilities of a Christian people, and
depriving thousands of employes of that rest to
body and soul which is demanded alike by the
weariness of the laborer and the Word of God
In view of the foregoing, your committee submit
the following :
I2e8olid. That the representatives of North Caro
lina in the next General Assembly be, and they are
berebv, most respectfully requested to enact such
laws as in their judgment will best promote the
proper observance of the holy Sabbath within the
bounds of our State.
Jlcsolted, That Rev. W S Black, R T Gray, Esq.,
Rev. W J Crowder and D W Bain, Esq., of the city
of Raleigh, be, and they are hereby requested, to
act as a committee to Dresent this action of the
Conference to the ensuing Legislature.
APPOINTMENTS.
Raleigh District N H D Wilson, P,
Raleigh, Edeuton Street W 8 Black. '
Raleigh, Person Street W C Norman.
Cary J B Bobbitt, E Howland, sup.
Rolesvillc; L Shell.
Smithfield P L Herman.
Tar River R S Webb.
Youngville J B Reeks.
Louisburg T W Smith.
Oxford J T Gibbs.
Granville J E Thompson.
Henderson L J Holden.
Nashville S J McLeod.
Raleigh Christian Advocate W 9 Black
E.
and F
L Heid, Editors.
Hillsboro District S D Adams, P. E,
Hillsboro J II Wheeler.
Durham F H Wood.
Chapel Hill J F Heitman.
Orange J B Martin.
Person H H Gibbons.
Leasburg R A Willis.
Yanceyville L H Gibbous.
Alamance R M Brown.
Haw River W H Moore.
Pittsboro T J Gattis.
Deep River W M Jordan ;
G Farrar and T C
Moses, sups.
University of North Carolina
-Prof. A W
Mangum.
Greensboro District ML Wo.l, P,
E.
Greensboro D R Bruton.
North Guilford A D Belts.
South Guilford J R Scroggs.
Ashboro A P Tyer.
Randolph C II Phillips; IF Keerans, sup.
Thomasville, High Point and Taniy C
Dodson.
Lexington Station T S Campbell.
Davidson M C Thomas.
Winston P J Carraway.
Forsyth M J Hunt. .
Stokes T II Pegram.
Madison J W Lewis.
Wentworth V A Sharpe.
Trinity College B Craven, President.
Agent for Trinity College N M Jurney.
Salisbury District R G Barrett, P. E.
Salisbury J J Renn.
Salisbury Circuit D L Earnhardt.
Mooresville Circuit J T Harris.
Statesville T A Coon.
Statesville Circuit T L Triplett, N S Norton.
Mocksville T A Boone.
Davie W C Wilson.
Iredell M V Sherrill.
Alexander J C Rowe.
Little River To be supplied by A Carson.
Hunting Creek Mission A M Long.
Yadkinville S D. Peeler.
Mt. Airv J Wilson.
Surry V S Creasy.
Pilot Mountain S II Ilelsebeck.
Wilkes E J Eudaily, N E Ooltrainc.
Roaring River Mission J F Craven.
Shslby District J S Nelson, P. E.
Shelby and King's Mountain 11 T Hudson.
Shelby Circuit J W North.
Double Shoals C A Gault.
Cherry Mountain To be supplied by R M Hoyle,
Kuthertordton K F Bumpass.
Columbus Mission To be supplied byAE Wiley
Marion 1 L Hoyle.
South Mt. Mission To be supplied by J A Belk
Upper Broad Kiver W is Maness.
Morganton J W Wheeler;
Morganton Circuit P F W Stamey
Lenoir W M Robey.
Lenoir Circuit J S Ervin.
Caldwell J C Crisp.
Happy Home J D Carpenter.
Newton C M Anderson.
Rock Springs G W Ivy.
South Fork J C Hartsell.
Dallas J B Carpenter ; J W Puett, sup.
Lincolntou G F Round.
Charlotte District W H Bobbitt, P. E.
Charlotte, Tryon Street A A Boshamer.
Charlotte, Calvary Mission To be supplied by
J F Butt.
North Charlotte To be supplied.
South Charlotte M H Hoyle.
Pineville L E Stacy.
Pleasant Grove R T N Stevenson.
Monroe Circuit Z Rush.
Monroe Station J H Guinn.
Concord Station H P Cole.
Concord Circuit W D Lee.
Harrisburg J C Thomas.
Mt. Pleasant J B Alford.f
Albemarle I T Wyche. '
Stanly M Foy.
Ansonville J N Cole.
W adesboro Station P L Groom.
Wadesboro Circuit O J Brent.
Lilesville T W Guthrie; C M Pepper, sup.
Fayetteville District L L Hendren, P. E.
Fayetteville L W Crawford.
Cumberland G W Hardison.
Lumberton D May.
Robeson J J Carden.
Laurinburg B C Phillips.
White Sulphur Springs W S Chaffln.
Rockingham Joseph Wheeler.
Mt. Gilead J W Jenkins.
Pekin C M Gentry.
Uwharie M W Boyles.
Montgomery L E Thompson.
Carthage T H Edwards.
Jonesboro S V Hoyle,
Buckhorn P Greening.
Lillington Missiou J V Avent.
Newbern District Wm Closs, P. E.
Newbern J R Brooks.
Goldsboro J T Bagwell.
Wilson J A Cunningghn.
Wayne W C Gannon.
Mt. Olive J Mahone)-.
Kinston F D Swindell.
Snow Hill W H Call.
Neuse N A Hooker.
LaG range B B Culbreth.
Swift Creek J Johnson.
Craven R C Beaman.
Jones To be supplied by W C Puckett.
Beaufort W P McCorkle.
Carterett J E Bristow.
Straits To be supplied by H Farrow.
Mhavloitc Dmoel, C&HarioUc,
WttMrsTOTOif District L. S. Burkhead,
P.E.
r Wilmington, Front Street E A Yates.
Wilmington, Fifth Street B R Hall.
Topsail J B Bailey.
DoplinT P Ricaud.
Clinton J Sanford.
Cokesbury F A Bishop.
Coharie D Gulbreth.
Bladen-J Tillett.
Elizabeth J W Randle.. .
. WhitesvilleJT" Lyon. ' ;
Waccamaw Mission T J Browning.
. Smithville H F Wiley.
Onslow M H Moore.
Washington District J E Mann, P. E.
Warrentori J M Rhodes.
Warren J R Griffith.
Roanoke R O Burton.
Weldon and Halifax A R Raven.
East Halifax To be supplied by C M Cook
Halifax Circuit J D Buie.
Tarboro W S Rone.
Edgecombe J N Andrews. .
Williamston W H Watkins.
Greenville L L Nash.
Washington S M Davis.
Plymouth W B Doub.
Columbia J M Lumley.
Bath To be supplied by E D Hoover.
Mattamuskeet J II Cordon.
Portsmouth. Ocracoke and Hatteras To be sup- j
plied.
M. C. Fields transferred to Pacific Conference.
Wilson was selected as the place of the next meet
ing, the only other place put in nomination being
Raleigh and that was withdrawn.
The Cotton Movement.
For the week ending on Friday
ni ncl 1 1
29th Nov., the receipts of cotton at all the
'orts were 184,625 bales, against 181,376
bales the preceding week. The total re
ceipts since Sept. 1st, 1878, have been 1,730,
234 bales, again&t 1,499,517 bales lor the
same period in 1877. Increase for 1878,
230,717 bales.
The stocks on Friday night last were 611,-
380 bales, against 676,717 bales last year ;
decrease for 1878, 65,337 bales.
The visible supply of cotton on h nday
night last was 1,836,1 77 bales, against 1,851,-
593 bales in 1877. There is a decrease of
the cotton in sight of 15,416 bales as com-
pared with same date in 1877.
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At the interior norts. the receints tor the
week were 93,611 bales.
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against
100,018
bales last year; decrease
bales.
for 1878, 6,407
The weather reports
deal of rain, and snow at
the Southwest.
mention a great
several points in
North Carolina Items.
Col. W. H. II. Cowles has removed
from Ashe to Wilkes county.
Filial Ingratitude. There came to the
Poor House last week a man aged 80 years.
According to his story he raised a lamily
and provided for them as well as he could.
Now they are all grown up, and instead of
taking care ot him cheerlully,as they should,
complained so at the expense ot providing
him with food and clothes, that he sought
a refuge in the County Poor House rather
than remain under their roof, feeling that
he was an unwelcome incumbrance on his
ungrateful children. Greensboro Patriot.
What a shame !
Destroyed by Fire. Mr Rufus Crouse,
who lives in the edge of Gaston county, and
about six miles from this place, had his
dwelling house with nearly all its contents
destroyed by fire last Saturday morning.
About $700 which was at first supposed to
be burned, we learn was afterward found to
be saved, the trunk containing it having
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ly hand. lAncoln Progress,
Collector Wheeler
Vautii n r.
LIXA. -r or some months an ettort has been
-w-- .a m
made tn have Dr Wheeler Cnlleeior of Tn-
ti..,. I'ovn.ni. n p r nH ParA r.o
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v in i juv t vituv in 1. 1 v. iiiu t- ui bii vaiuiina
District, removed. Charges have been
ani ear to be nnfonnded and malie.iona. The
only practical result of the fight seems to
be that the Collector's office will be moved
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back to Greensboro and the branch office
at Hridsville discontinued. Washinaton
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Katinnnl TtemiLKaiu
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i AKiio.NKu. ine uovernornas paruoneu
lhomas Laughter, convicted of larceny at
tin ITq1I Tnrm f V W r.nnr;n- (nr-i QnA
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sentenced to lour years in the State's prison.
years in the state s priso
He does so on the recommendation of the
Solicitor and the statement of the prosecu
tor that Laughter is weak minded and that
under the circumstances the case was hard
ly one of larceny. llaleiah Observer.
Shootixg Affair. A young man by the
name of Green Pliifer was brought to this
place on Sunday last, and committed to
Jail, on the charge of having shot Geo. W.
Williams in a melee which took place in a
oar room kept by Mr starling Tadlock, in
the southern portion ot this countv, and
near the South Carolina line. Williams is
improving and will doubtless recover.
Monroe A'nqnirer.
The Atlantic & N. C. Railroad. The
affairs of this Company seem to be in a de
plorable state. We have h jard so much
.
said that we are rather confined as to its
condition, but we believe that the following
is substantially correct: It has been agreed
on the part of the Directory to confess
iudgment to John L. Morehead a-id the
other plaintiffs for the sum of $235 000 sub-
lect to a rebate of some &10.000 for uoirimu
interest. We learn that the Commissioners
of the county of Craven do not assent to
this arrangement, and without their consent
it cannot be consummated. We are further
informed that a suit relative to the matter
pending in Graven superior Couri was, at
the present Term dismissed, but the partv
ordering the dismission not being fully au-
tnorizea to do so, the Court entrv was struck
off: COnseotientlv the cause is -on tinned nn
the docket, and the action of the Directors
is not nnal. Jerctern JSeicberman
Highway Hobbkrv. Saturday night last
a citizen ot Ualdwell county (the Coroner)
was passing through Lincoln county with a
wagon load of turkeys and apples. Abont
lruuion ne was overtaken Dy tour opera-
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lives in liddy's paper mills lorn Hope, one
Koper, L. H. Cobb and one Medlev. The
two last named held pistols on the wagoner
while the other two robbed the watron nf
four turkeys and a bacr of apples. A crowd
was afterwards raised and the men tracked.
Hope and Koper were arrested, earned be-
lore oquire iiarreil and bunday aiternoon
were lodged in Lincoln Jail. The other
two have not been arrested. Observer. I clay and impure starch, all cemented to
All drunk, we presume. I gether by zinc-white, but also a host of
AdnltorfltiftTifl
Dr. A. R. Ledour, the State Agricultural
Chemist, delivered an Address before the
N. C. State Agricultural Society, at Raleigh,
on the 15th of October, from which we
copy the following in regard to the adul
teration of food, medicines, liquors, &c. :
Flour. The foreign ingredients which
the microscope will often reveal in flour are
of three kinds : First, such as are added
to increase, weight; second, such as are
"heavy spar and even infusorial earth
It is a strange fact, but true, that in Hol
land a large factory is kept constantly run
ning grinding "heavy spar," a white min
eral, and exporting it all over Europe under
the name of "artificial flour." and the verv
white article used by confectioners in raak-
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inor tarts and fancv cakes, ia nfr.pn tnnml
adulterated with this artificial rtrodnct from I
15 to 30 per cent. Heavy spar I liai ites is
also prepared for like purposes in Tennessee
and other of our States.
Who knows but that many of our aches
from eating tarts and "show cakes" in
childhood were due to some indigestible
mineral !
The Imperial Commission in Germany
last year, in reporting upon the use of in-
fusorial earth, said, the "verv fine dazzling
white varieties are shipped to England or
' ' oi.
America to be used in adulterating flour."
So much for mineral adulterations. The
vegetable kingdom furnishes for a like pur-
pose bean, pea, and other cheaper flours,
corn meal, &c.
&c. All these are the
manufacturers doings. The baker and con
fectioner have tricks of their own, too
numerous to mention, to hide the taste of
bad, cheap
flour, the most
common being
the addition ol alum or other chemicals,
An English chemist made analyses of fifty-
three samples of bakers bread, such as "is
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so d to the noorer o, .asses in London, and in
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eveiy luai u. u.ieci.u ine presence oi mum,
in some cases in large quantities. Sulphate
of copper, (blue stone.) and Sulphate of
7.'mn (t.n tho ovtont nf four nov rntA liavp
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netiueii-iy ueeu iouuu in urewi, put uieie
luiniej purpose oi prcservanun.
lo improve the color ultramarine is
used, which changes the yellow shade to a
bluish.
Picric Acid, a most powerful
poison, is
often added to impart to cakes the golden
color which should be produced by eggs.
lea ana KJojjee. 1 he ingenuity ot the
Chinese is taxed to adulterate teas before
they reach our shores. Many and , various
are the plants which furnish ''tea leaves"
to the importer, .these adulterations are
harmless, perhaps, but many injurious prac-
tioa o rn vnanrl riA t n Hbot foorfnl nnisnn
"Paris Green, is often used to color spent
tea leaves a bright green, while Copper
salts and Chromate of Lead sometimes ful
fill the same purpose. The aromatic prin
ciples are often extracted and their place
supplied by cheap drugs and perfumes.
1 need not mention the very common
practice of drying and recoloring spent tea
leaves. In all our large cities the cooks in
the hotels save the tea grounds carefully
and sell them to the agents of the tea reno
vators.
The manipulations of coffee are less dan-
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gerous: the most common being burnt
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chickory, acorn, mangel-wurtzel, peas
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in London hor-
orse liver We
beans, and in several cases
I nolo to relate roasted horse
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i""i ""t loiijut uiau uuiuunuus uuu oanuy
adulterant, common Sand, Which here also
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D avs its ro e. i hese articiesare lonnd in
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the burnt, ground coffee, but the green does
I not escape. Artificial coffee beans are man
ufactured from clay and wood, and properly
coloied ; a perfect representation; while
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quariz peooies oi a sunaoie size are aaaea
and often refuse to pass through our coffee
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mms. 1 nere are amerences mine prices
obtained lrom merchants lor green cottee
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accoraing to its color ana many injurious
jmr- fla aa om jnnoj n :xra ua
Lha1p Amono-the nostmm- sold in TTm -
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burg are "coffee stainers composed ol mix
p.,,:,,, tji., t ,n...
tures of Prussian Blue, chrome yellow ochre
and indigo. A highly dangerous method
of coloring and giving a proper gloss is
rolling in vessels with shot, lead being a
dangerous metalic poison. There are in
Hamburg, Trieste and Alexandria, large
factories whose only business is to color
coffee to suit the tastes of different markets.
Again I am glad to sav. all these frauds
can easily be detected by chemical means.
Sugars and Candy. The adulteration of
sugars is
more reaauy aetectea in every
day life, and hence is less practiced. We
have all heard ot the man who sent his pur-
chase back to the grocer with the message
that there was "not quite enough sand in it
for building purposes, but too much for
other uses." The "Make weights" are
sometimes found however and are sand,
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"terra aioa, cnatk, gypsum ana aextrine.
I hese the house-wife can often detect by
their insolubility. The only color-change
sought for in the refineries is to alter the
yellow-white to a blue white, and the usual
articles used lor this purpose are Indigo,
Prussian lilue and Ultramarine.
When we step from the refinerv to the
shop of the confectioner we are appalled at
the facts a little investigation reveals,
Here the diluents, the makeweights, and
the coloring matters are often not merelv
unhealthy they are poisonous in the ex
tieme. Here we find not onlv weight and
color to be looked after by the maker, but
also taste flavor. 1 have seen candy col
ored with & ciimnound of Arsenie and Con-
per,
navored witii i it ro-benzole, tne so-
called (poisonous) "oil of Mesbane," and
containing fnllv 30 per cent of Plaster of
Paris.
I have here a sample of candy which I
. i . . i i x r
pougnt at ranuoin yesieniay. l nave given
it a hasty investigation and find its com-
position is about as follows:
PER
CEXT.
1ure 8USar on,y
Soapstone, (talc)
59.4
3.0
Starch, coloring, flavoring and
moisture, 37.4
Dr. Thompson who analyzed a large
number ot English confections found in one
case not only 20 per cent of gypsum, pipe-
added to counteract lermentation or other Fathers, let me implore you to avoiu mgiuy ; ifc - b.
deterioration of quality; and third, those colored candies when you wish to render Brown, RYMcAden and S. B. Alexander,
added to improve the Llor. your little ones happy by a gift Let us S-KBelk.
The "make weights" most common are protect the children by proper legislation l000o, with It. M. rOates and M. P. Pegram as
chalk, lime-stone, white clay, gypsum, (rora the damnable curse of poisoned food sureties theret. Sureties justified, bond accented
2FLL
Ticnnnanlnrino-matters. lnrome enow
ii
,"1 S
was once found no less man u Fr. .
arsenic and 0.3 per cent of lead. I he ana-
line colors almost all poisonous are very
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common in canay siore, wunc v,i... -
lead, and opement lend, tneir tuau.y
X'n nnp fiamnlp of Candv
IS OlWn IOUIiU
charged with poison as to render it imme-
diately fatal, but it is little by little this
poison accumulates in the system, ui nigiug
to the unsuspecting victim misery or death,
ami oanrliiR. What does not the man de
serve who gains wealth at the expense of
thA hpa th i if rrln MreM ? It nw DC mat
none of vou have lost a little one by poison
from candy or from adulterated food, but
many such cases are on record. A pecu-
j . . v. . i
harly distressing one occurred in JL.ngiana
annul fivp vpars aero. The father kept a
email r-anrl v-stor in a little village. His
1 ml
wife was dead but he had a little one who
was as the apple of his eye. He worked
for it, played with it, and became almost a
miser that when the baby grew up it might
be "a lady" and have a very different future
troni tne me ot ton ana tempest which uau
fallen to his lot.
0 j . - . . l, m
Sundays he spent at home,
behind the
closed shutters in winter, or in
the sraiden in summer, listening to the
nrattle of the little tongue and watching
the unsteady steps of the little feet, and
-. "1
dreaming happy dreams of the day when,
with a thousand pounds as a dower, she
a & ar
should marry some gentleman and become
a great lady ; while he would Iook on,
hamv in her happiness, and sometimes per-
haps dare to intiude his coarse clothes and
ronorh presence into the home ot nts iaoi
and see the joy which his economy and love
had brought her. He was also a shoemaker
by trade, and during the week as he sat on
his bench by the door, he would dream his
bright dream and watch the dimpled face
O
n,l obiilil.v hands of the babv who Dlaved
1 1 -l " 11. ...1 Vts
r.. . - ,
i oy ins siue. Aim me nine uaiue wucu mc
little one grew pale, and the lustre ot the
black eves grew dim, and she became cross
I o .1 ri-mful Lonvinor bi urnrlr the anYlOHS
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i . . , . t i l : i. , .
iamer lenueu uer wan uiiweai y
icvery nine winui wan grauueu. oucj
every wish he gave her in his misdirected
love all the candy from his stock she could
eat, ana particularly seiecieu ms urigiiieei,
and most alluring colors, yellow, green ana
red. r inally the doctor came, but the dis
ease bamea nis skill mere were no signs
of ordinarv sickness, no fever, cough or
other well known symptom. The baby
mt I
faded like a flower, drooped and died. As
death drew near more acute symptoms
showed themselves, they were not unlike
those caused by lead poisoning. A post
mortem examination revealed traces of the
metal in almost evei v vital part. Whence
came it ? The distracted, broken-hearted
father was Questioned in vain : the well-
water was analvzed, the food and at last the
candy. 1 nere lay tne ueaaiy secret : , ana
- r-r i-.t -VI a
the poor father realizing that his own loving
hand had slam Ins child became hopelessly
insane, mis is no lancy sicetcn, put was
told in Parliament by a well known mem
ber when the Act of August 11th, 185,
known as the Adulteration Act, was under
discussion.
Most of the hendish adulterations are
aimed against children. Most the exten
sivelv advertised "soothiner svruos." babv
-- --j f ' -
foods, &c, fcc, are either dangerous drugs
or indigestible mixtures. The "Prince
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I L ri II 11 P U 1 4 111 I " f .HI I '4 I I - I J SL I W V H'.llh
- j -
gO at, a nign price as a numi-mug an'i
I li 4 --v- Ln-1 . L i- 4-v r-v .1 4-. . h(l.ii
I cuii..iuui.u, ut-aiiny iwu iui rr.,
i . ii
proved to be merely banea nonr, wnue an
out to be indigestible potato starch !
Wines are changed lrom red to white, or
II 1 . . T 1 - M
white to rea, py many poisons ana uyes.
They are given a peculiar taste and smell
I -
by various drugs ana essences, otten injun-
I -- i
ous to health. When spoiled thev are
I . .- - m i - 1
"corrected " by a hot ot chemical aaaitions.
I vu u o.,iL-
Ltn ot-
Liquors, ct's. Liquors are oftener made
by extraordinary than by ordinary processes.
"French brandies" are prepared from rum,
beet-root juice, molasses and potatoes, col
ored with burnt sugar and flavored with
various oils. Gin is rendered clear by
adding alum and soda, or sugar of lead.
Whiskey is made lrom water and extract
of Cayenne pepper and flavored to suit the
taste with calumus, liquorice, coriander and
lumper berries, lye. sulphuric acid and to
bacco. "Old Port is made from water,
alcohol and lye, and colored with logwood.
Champagnes are prepared from poor cider,
sweetened and charged with air.
Butter, milk, sausage, beer, mineral wa-
ter. &c. &c , are all subiect to adultera-
tion ; but I must leave them and give a hur-
ned glance over the field of medicine
In no department can adulterations work
I . .
more disastrous consequences than among
our drugs and medicines. In 1848 our gov-
ernment bestirred itself and passed a law
prohibiting the importation of dangerous
mixtures, but this only gave an impetus to
home manufacture. In the first year alter
this law went into effect, 1 learn from the
report ot the ISew lork Academy ot Medi
cine, over 90,000 lbs. of adulterated drugs
were stopped and condemned in the various
ports of the. United States; comprising
Peruvian bark, rhubarb, jalap, senna, fcc,
&c. The adulteration of opium is carried
on as a regular business in Marseilles where
it is literally made over, and stones, lead,
vj j oituo vj. vvuvi uiaijva v u ' v - f Jr 1 Jr 9
aloes, &c, &c, are added.
jseware ot tne -duus, tne w msiows,
and others who advertise their "pain alle
viatVrs." &c. Thev are often dangerous
V ,i i u:
r
.....D.vrn, v.
I e n c i. z- ii 1
ojiup itiiut-, uy uie way, is a cn &uunu
cnaracter ot lirooklyn. Bbe is a young
man ot dressy appearance, coid-neaaea
cane, diamond studs, fast horses, &c, &c.
He has made his millions out of the syrup
bearing his name.
Strangers visiting Charlotte are invited to
buy all articles in the Vrag line of .
DR. T. C. SMITH.
. "Aladdin Security OilM
Is the best in use and will not explode. Sold in
Charlotte by WILSON & BURWELL.
: County; Matters.
The new .Board of County Comrnksiomrs f
Mecklenburg went into office on Monday :ist anJ
was organized by electing T. L. Vail Chairnnn
The Board consists .of T. L. Vail, R. A. Trri,U t.
and A. G. Nee', old members, an 1 John R Mrr:
1 C.l.u v " , " - - - , ....
anu VT A A oanauer, new members
Regular meetings of the Board were
held on
raff TtiPsilnv nnrl Wt rlr.,.W nn,l
liansaetotl
thef
g
following business:
V. Ttplk Pnnntv Tppnanrr lnH.....i
ciHi in lue SUm ot S2o,Ouu. and the same
accepted. His sureties are H. G. Springs, J. n
and approved.
M. E. Alexander, Sheriff of the county, tenden-.l
his official bond in the sum of $5,000, with I K
Alexander, W. C. McCord, A. G. Trotter, J. 1L
Henderson and W. C. Graham, as sureties thereto."
The sureties justified, the bond was accepted and
approved and ordered to lie registered. Thereupon
the said M. Hi. Alexander was only qualified m
Sheriff of the county in conformity to law.
Wm. Maxwell, Register of Deeds, tendered hk
official bond in the sum of $5 000, with J. R. Kr-
win, M. E. Alexander and R. M. White as sureties
thereto. Sureties justified, liond accepted and
approved.
J. W. Cobb was amy sw rn in as Deputy Ren
ter of Deeds.
W. N. Alexander. Coroner, tendered his offieial
i uouu in iuc win ui fi,, nuu i. vy. .-viexanuer
d R s White as sureties thereto. Snrei. in
i J r o nnn .:.i. I .
tified. bond accepted and approved.
M. D. L. Biggers, CountA- Surveyor, tendered his
official bond in the sum of,f4,000, with Jos. Mc
Laughlin and G. W. McDonald as sureties thereto.
Sureties justified, bond accepted and approved.
The report of J.J. Price and W. M. Porter
School Committeemen in distr ct No. 12, was re
ceived, and they ordered to proceed in the dis
charge of their duties ; and that the Clerk of the
Board give notice to a. iU. Uelk, who has heretofore
been enjoined from the payment of all orders given
by said committee, ordering him to pay the sum of
f 95.87 given by said committee.
T HP 1 1 ! 1 tri t.nfl..rnrl Iiiq rrkcicrnatinn a a niuron...
Gf the public road from Philadelphia Church to
Albert Wallace's. The resignation was accepted
and A. J. Wilson appointed Overseer of said road,
It was ordered by the Board that the County
Ti.nnnn n.i.r 4 K itn rv1w .luanm -. 1. 1 .
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I kjiifci k. vniuiiivtO -v.-, vv.Ulllll-
H. u. smith ana . A. uarutne
1. , 1 V.
tee in district No. 13 Steel Creek Township
E. K. P. Osborne resigned as register of stock
for Charlotte township, and R. P. Waring was ap
I pointed in h IS Stead.
Tl. A "NTooroll -woa -nnnlntwl K, thp TV,.,
i ...... . . . . i-t . . ui'aiu
Constable in and for Crab Orchard Township for
i the term of two years, and gave his bond as such
in the sum of $500, with W. F. Cuthbertson aud
R. B. Wallace as sureties thereto.
The parties to the Public School controversy in
Paw Creek Township were ordered to appear be
fore the Board on the 1st Monday in January to
make their complaints.
A Committee consibting of W. S. Stewart. Wm.
Todd and W. J. Hayes was appointed to divide the
Kozzell s Ferry road from the city limits to the six
mile post into three sections, also to apportion
hands for the same.
P. P. Maxwell's resignation as Constable of
Deweese Township was accepted.
The following Overseers were appointed : Tuck-
aseege road from Asbury's Creek to the four-mile
post, Jno. McQuay ; Statesville road, Wm. Puckett
in place of G. W. Little; Yorkville road, Alpheus
Porter in place of J. Li. Alexander.
D. A. McCord was granted license to sell liquor
in Paw Creek Township.
T. Li. Vail was directed to vi3it the Poor House
and ascertain the quantity of supplies necessary for
this institution during the year and report to the
Board at its next meeting.
1 he use of the Court House was tendered His
Honor Judge Dick, for holding the December term
of the United States Court.
S. E. Belk, County Treasurer, made his report of
the financial condition of the countv endinsr
Nov. 30, 1878, which was examined, accepted and
approved.
1 he county Treasurer was ordered to apply the
sum of $626.30 to the credit of the general county
account for the benefit of the poor, the same being-
wcuuiii iur me ueueuiui tue poor, me same Deing-
one-fourth rate of the State poll tax for the year
1878, the remainder, $1,878 92 being passed to the
ureuu oi iue jruuiiu ocnooi iunu oi me county.
It was ordered that the Chairman confer with
Messrs. Wilson & Son and W. W. Flemming in re
lation to what measures are necessary to recover
from the State the money paid by the countv for
the support of lunatics.
UroCKery, Unina and UlaSS Ware.
NEW STORE.
Retail and wholesale buyers are asked to examine
my new Stock of Crockery Ware, Glass Ware and
China Ware,
Store vnder the Democrat Office,
Which has just been purchased in Northern Marked
at reduced prices, as I have unrivalled facilities for
getting such Goods at the lowest market rates.
Lamps and Lamp Goods
Of finest, quality and at reduced prices can be found
in large quantities in my Store.
My Stock of
China Ware
Is first-class and embraces everything usually found
m a Store of elegant Table Ware, sucn as Toilet
Sets, Tea Sets, Cups and Saucers. Plates, Ewers and
Basins, Goblets, Glass Sets, Lamp Goods, and in
fact everything in that line.
We buy for cash and do a strictly cash business
throughout, therefore we are enabled to fill orders
at a very small profit.
Merchants and tne Ketail Irade eenerallv will
find it greatly to their advantage to call and ex
amine my large Stock of Goods.
All orders from Merchants, whether small or
large, will be carefully and promptly attended to..
JOHN BROOKFIELD,
Charlotte, N. C.
Nov. 29, 1878.
CHRISTMAS.
The New Crockery and China Store, under the
Democrat Office, will have this week a large Stock of
Fancy and Elegant Goods
For Christmas Gifts and for substantial use in
Households.
tW Ladies are Invited to call and examine the
new Goods just opened.
JNov. y, 1S78. JOHN JJiiUUiwrirajU.
NEW BOOKS
At Tiddy's Book Store.
Philip Brooks' Sermons, (cloth,)
Library of British Poetry, (cloth,) -Vision
of Echard, (cloth,)
Nelly's Silver Mine, (cloth,), - , -Old
Slip Warehouse, (paper,) - -
1.73
6.50
1.25
1.50
60c.
150
200
1.00
1.50
1.75
1.50
1.75
1.00
1.75
1.15
Rnund about France, (cloth. -
- 1 Historv of Music, (cloth.)
The Witchery of Archery, (cloth.)
Villages and Villaire Life, (cloth.
I vVkiiman a I .Menna in fvu.irf.M aUii.
a i Kree iraae ana frntiction ifioth
I z. 7 . : . , v
i juayeron isone, t,ciotn,) -
uraiung ana Budding, (cloth,)
"""i vioiu,;
A Bargain. New and complete set of che last
edition of "Appleton's New American Encyclo
paedU" bound, in sheep. Applv to
v ' . TIDDV & BROTHER
Rubber Stamps and Ikk
for Rubber Stanlp3
ior saie ai reuueeu rates, ny
T1DDY
& BROTHER.
Maojc Fochtaix Psxs
with extra points tot
same.
Nor. 8, 1878. TIDDT
& BROTHER