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Churlotte Democrat.
CHARLOTTE..N. C.
Ballot Kefonn.
, Ex-President Cleveland Interviewed on the
' " ' Subject
The Washington corresponueuv w w
Baltimore Sua had an interview with ex
. 'President Cleveland in New York, on the
, question, of ballot reform, which is agi
, lating the public mind in all parts of the
country.
, . At the opening of the conversation, Mr
jCle?eland said that when he went to
Bostoa with, the late Henry ; Grady, he
' 4 had prepared with the utmost care the
which he delivered. In it be bad
endeavored to give hie views frankly and.
fojly upon the mattera which. ne regarawu
as of public interest, and bethought that
' ' would relieve him from the necessity of
any farther expressions for" a long time
' to come. Bat he was disappointed in
this, rhequestion of Maryland politics
being brpaght up, the ex President
thought the Uemocrauo party 01 juary
land was a splendid organization, and
hoped whatever dissensions existed would
a. be speedily, harmoniously and permanent
' ly settled.
It toeing suggested to him that some of
the Southern Democratic leaders at Wash-
' . iogtoo were fearful that, the adoption of
the Australian system would imperil'
- Democratic supremacy seemed surprising,
as be did not see why there should be any
' , fear on that scoVe. "But," said he, "I
i bave never looked upon tbis question from
that point of view. I bave never debated
" in my own mind whether the removal of
trickery from the voter would injure or
benefit the Democratic party. Ballot re
. form is right, and that is why I think it
. should be adopted." He said Governor
Abbott, of New Jersey, and Governor
Qampbell, of Ohio were two of the most
astute politicians in the country and . no
one could be more pronounced in favor of
the principle than each of them.
' Referring to the late municipal election
in Boston,. which had frequently been held
. up as a warning to Democratic advocates
of the Australian'system, he said it was
iblly-to ascribe the Republican victory to
. the eflects oi the new law. The law had
nothing whatever to do with it, and no
' : better proof could be asked of the value
4Jod justice 6t the measure than the fact
r, that all the leading Massachusetts Demo-
- orats were entirely satisfied with its ope
rations. As to the argument that the
"' uneducated voters would be embarrassed,
: and in many instance deprived of bis pri
.yilege, Mr Cleveland could not see that
there was anything in it. Nothing could
be easier than the adoption of some sign
or device, apparent for the most ignorant
indicating and political complexion of the
candidates to be voted for. He thought
the best plan would be to bave lists of all
, ' candidates printed on one ticket, the signs
to be adopted, starting at the top of 9aob
list; and indicating to which party the
Candidates belonged. The voter could
then, by one mark, indicate bis intention
' ' to vote for all the candidates of bis party.
. iie aid n0fc approve of the proposition
. requiring the voter to make a mark op
.posite each candidate of his party. This
' , was cumbersome and laborious, and would
" result disadvantageous, bo far as both
t the. educated and uneducated voter was
concerned. Many business and professional
'- men would not take. the trouble to make
- a cross or mark opposite every name.
' ' ' Tins proposition would also give the voter
. who was not able to read his ticket all
-. .the protection and consideration to which
he was entitled. It would not prevent
the independent voter from scratching
any individual candidate objectionable to
him, The vital principal of ballot reform
he regarded as lodged in the "official"
ballot.
To permanent voters an unofficial ballot
.would leave the door as wide open as ever
to bribery and corruption. An "official"
ballot only would sweep away, to a great
extent, if not entirely, all excuse for cam
... paigQ fundi, that fruitful Bouroe of bribery
and corruption, for, if the State paid all
' ' Che expenses of the elections, there would
. be little plea to levy assessments upon
' candidates, and contributions from in
terested outsiders. The necessity for
''"ballot reform was most urgent, and
-; . Indiana, . a State most capable of judging
' ' and appreciating the evils of the present
' situation, was ripe for the movement ip
' ihat direction.
: In the last Presidential campaign this
virus of corruption of the voter had passed
t , largely into the rural districts of New
. Vork. and thousands of voters who never
had before cist any but an honest ballot,-
had yielded to temptation, and for two-dollar-bills,
voted against their own con
victioos. If not arrested by legislation,
..it would be muoh worse at the next gen
j," oral eleotion. The area of bribery and
corruption would increase, the takers oi
bribes would double in numbers and in
price and the corruption "funds would in
evitably work to greater and greater
. ' proportions..
lied uoicg the opportunities' for bribery
" "asar as possible to a minimum, would re
. eult in drawing party lines' closer than
ever before, for the general voter, with no
temptation to sweryeJiim, would naturally
.. oast his batlqt for the party to whioh he
was allied, ho w.ever loosely. He express
. ed - his perfect confidence that public
sentiment was running strongly in favor
of ballot. reform, and he believed it would
, . ere long be sufficiently powerf ul to compel
.-' respect i and obedience from reluctant
legislators,
j . . . j i
1 i Thk Noeth Coming to the Soctu.
Atlanta, Ga., February 15. It bas leaked
out that one result of the visit here of
Governor Campbell and his, party and
John H. Inman, and Boston and New
York people whom he had with bim, was
the formation of a gigantio land company.
Governor Campbell is president, with
such men as John H. Inman, John C. Cal-
. houn and others are directors. The capital
. . stock of the company will be one . million
" ' dollars. Its purpose is the purchase of
- . southern land and their settlement with
people from the North, and West.
Tub Grady Monument. The commit
tee having the Grady monument in charge
... . are ready to begin work. They have
; raised over $20,000 an amount sufficient
to pay for a very handsome work of. art
The people of Atlanta contributed with
characteristic , promptness and oontribu
tions came spontaneously from all parts
' . of the United States. All classes bave
' testified their appreciation of Grady's
greatness of heart and public, service by
contributing .to tbe monument fuad
Richmond State.
;i J2f" Gen Buokner, of Kentucky, has
t Jutr Bold a piece of real estate in Chicago,
, wnion was inneruea oy uis nrsi wue, now
dead; for $600,000. Fifty years ago it
Wis purehased for 800.
FROM WASHINGTON.
Washington." Feb. 12. The Senate has
confirmed R. O. Bush as Collector of
Customs, Charleston, S. U.; U nitea states
Marshal, A. E. Back, Northern distriot of
Georgia and B. W. Walker, Middle and
Southern . district of Alabama. Post
masters: L. Cornish, Demopolis; C. W.
Childs, Marion, Alabama; H. Perdure,
Greenville"; J. Harden, Bartow; O. S.
Oakes, Feroandina, Florida.
Washington, Feb. 14. Tbe House
committee on elections at its meeting this
morning disposed of three of the contested
election cases before it; deciding to
recommend -the seating of two of the
republican contestants and to allow the
democratic member to retain bis seat in
tbe third contest. By a striot party vote
the. committee instructed Representative
Houk to make a report recommending the
seating. of Featherstone, republican con
testant for the seat of Cate in tbe first
Arkansas district, and if Mudd, the repub
lican contestant for tbe seat of Barnes
r'nmntnn in . tha 5th Marvland district.
By a unanimous vote it was decided to
recommend that Clarke, the democratic
sitting member from the first Alabama
distriot, be allowed to keep bis seat. Tbe
committee was of tbe opinion that Threet,
a contestant, had not made out his case,
although tbe majority toougnt tnai ne
had shown that the election was not
.entirely free from fraud.
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Cross and White. .
That Long Litigation Regarding the Raleigh
Wrecked Bank.
Raleigh. N. C, February 15. This
afternoon in the State Supreme Court the
Attorney-General made a motion to have
judgment against Charles E. Cross and
Samuel U. White entered in contormuy
with tbe mandate of tbe United States
Supreme Court. This mandate confirms
tbe decision of the State Supreme Uourt,
tbe latter court having affirmed the sen-
tenoe of the Superior Court that Cross,
president of the wrecked btate .National
Bank of Raleigh, and White, its cashier,
be put at hard labor on the public roads
for five and seven years respectively, they
having been convicted of forgery.
Walter R. Henry, counsel for Cross and
White, made a motion for further arrest of
judgment, alleging that there was a
fatal defect in the record, and that toe
Court had saoh power even at this late
day. His point was that the defendants
were oonvioted upon two counts, one
charging them with forgery, the other
with uttering forged paper, and upon
these there was a general verdict of
guilty.- He contended that when an in
dictment charges two distinct offences in
separate counts and the grade and
punishment of these offences are different
in degree and general a verdict of guilty
oaonot stand. He further contended that
there is no statute in North Carolina
denouncing the uttering of a forged
promissory note. The Attorney-deneral
in reply alleged tnat tnis contention
was groundless, and that the jury had
rendered a verdict in eaoh count. The
Court took the papers. Its ruling ia await
ed with much interest, as this is a very
noted case.
W Senator Blair is talking his school
bill to death. Day after day, through
weary hoars of prosy speech, he is de
claiming to an empty senate Chamber
and vacant gallaries upon a subject on
which the intelligent publio bas already
plaoed tbe seal of its disapproval. No
body pays any attention to the old oranfc
from New Hampshire, who is wound up
and guaranteed to run at least five days.
We submit to tbe Senate, however, that
it is not fair to require Vice President
Morton to sit through Blair's speech. We
feel safe in saying that he would not
bave accepted tbe nomination if he had
known what was coming. He should
reoeive a bonus or subsidy for the
painful ordeal through which he is now
passing. Charleston News and Courier
De,n.
Convention of Newspaper Publish
ers. Last Thursday the meeting of the
American Newspaper Publishers Assooia-
tion convened in New xoik, J as. W.
Scott, of the Chicago Herald, presiding.
The following officers were elected for the
ensuing year : President J W Scott, of
the Chicago Herald; Vice President, S II
Kaufman, of the Washington Star; Secre
tary, lv H Camp, of the Pittsburg Cbron
icle; Treasurer," Wm Ivflin, of the New
York ban: Direotors, Ji, H Woods, of the
Boston Herald; C W Knapp, of the St
Louis Republic; Louis Baker, of the St
Paul Globe; N C Bryant, of the Brooklyn
Times; and L L Morgan of the New
Haven Register. Resolutions were
adopted inviting the co operation of the
National Editorial Association to the
mutual advantage of each.
4
JEgT The exports of breadstuff and
beet, bog and dairy products from the
United states in tbe twelve months ended
Deoember 31st, 1889, amounted in value
to $242,998,175, and increase of $42,463,
616. in the corresponding period of 1888
Upon thb&e products the larmers bad uot
a cent's worth of genuine protection; but
they were obliged to pay an average tax
of upward of 45 percent, upon the imports
whiob they received. in exchange. Phil
Jiecord, Dem.
Knights of Honor. The Knights o
Honor, since its organization in June
1873, bas paid to widows and orphans of
deceased members nearly twenty-nine
million dollars. What a record that is to
be proud of J Other societies, like tbe
Royal ' Arcanum and American Legion
of Honor, have also collected and paid
out millions of dollars to beneficiaries of
dead members.
tST" At Ironton, Ohio, a farmer named
Terrell was killed by. bis son. Tbe son
interfered to protect bis mother from
tbe violence of the husband ; the latter
attacked the son with the poker, and
he in turn knocked down the father
with a chair, and .with a single blow
broke bis neck.
. A Sad Accident. Paris, Feb. 14. A
sad accident happened to a wedding party
at Pontivy yesterday. Tbe vehicle con
veying the -bride and bridegroom and a
number of their friends was upset and
the whole party were preoipitated into
tbe river, lhe bride and bridegroom and
ten otbers oi tbe party were drowned.
Solomon Sailer, chief chanter in
the synagogue of Vienna for sixty years
past, died reoently at the age of 86. He
was a composer of sacred musio and a
reformer of the Jewish liturgy, as wel
as a singer, and as such was kuown
throughout tbe world, bis ritual songs
being nseg everywhere oy the Informed
Jews,
3 ft (EUttylflttc
N. C. News.
HT" Dividsoa College has elected
Gov. Gordon, of Georgia, for commence
ment orator.
JT" Shelby has voted to issue bonds
for an electrio light system. It is a live
town and is moving in the step to great
ness.
FIT There is considerable talk about
tbe "sickliness" of tbe wheat in ibis sec
tion. It is said to be affected by a kind
of louse. Lincoln Courier.
1 The Superintendent of tbe Census
bas appointed H. G. Lyle to ascertain tbe
indebtedness of the State of North Caro-
in a. He will visit Raleigh for that pur
pose.
Waeeen G. Elliott Accepts. At a
meetins of the Directors of the Wilming
ton and Weldon Railroad, held in Balti
more on the 12th inst, Mr. Warren G.
Elliott was elected its President to suc
ceed the late lamented R. R. Bridgets.
A gentleman in Fayetteville,
writing to a friend in this city, fays that
there bave been fourteen deaths among
tbe oldest residents of that place within
tbe last Bixty days; the ages of the de
ceased averaging 18 years. Wilmington
Star.
mr Messrs. J. H. Jr.. & R. L. Holt,
sons ol Mr. J. H. Holt, bought of the N.
C. R. R. Co., a site for a new cotton fao-
tory. These young men have been
managing Glenooe and Carolina mills
resDeolivelv. for some time past, and go
into this enterprise of their own fully
equipped. The mills will be built at
onoe. Burlington News.
tdir We heard a sensible old black
man sav. in one of the stores here on
Saturday last, that nearly every one of
the negro youths that habitually lounge
around the depot plalfoms, are such as
have learned to read and write, while the
most of those who have co learning are
engaged somewhere at work to make a
living. Greensboro Workman.
Mr. G. W. Bryan gives the best
cure for hard times we have seen in this
section. He began stabling three cows
about the first of last October, and says
be bas raised 60 loads of good manure
from their stalls. He stabled them at
night and kept a plenty of litter Why
not raise from all your eows accordingly ?
At this rate nine oows will raise 540 loida
of manure in a year. Scotland Neck
Democrat.
Mr. John Kirk, the original pur
chaser of the Tebe Saunders mine, bas
sold a one-half interest in it to a northern
syndicate for $100,000. We also learn
from the same source that Mr. I. E.
Saunders, the sheriff of Montgomery
county, has discovered on bis property on
the Uwharrie river, and about one mile
from the Saunders mine, a verv rich find
of gold, on which he gave au option for
ninety dayB for $25,000. Other finds in
this wonderfully rich neighborhood' are
reported. Greensboro Patriot.
Mr. G. R. Winchester, who lives
7 miles west of Monroe, gives us the result
of an experiment which he made upon his
farm last year. He planted four rows of
cotton, each seventy feet long and ad
joining, one of which be manured with
Btable manure, at the rate of a load to tbe
acre, one with acid, one with marl phos
phate, and one was not manured at all.
Tbe following was tbe result of tbe experi
ment : The row manured with stable
manure yielded ten pounds; tbe one with
acid 6 pounds ; the one with marl phos
phate 7 pounds, and the row not manured
7 pounds. The moral of this would seem
to be, make your manure at home.
Monroe Enquirer.
C. F. & Y. V. Railroad. Col. Julius
A. Gray, President of the Cape Fear and
Yadkin Valley Railroad Company, Capt.
J. W. Fry, Superintendent, aud Mr. J. C
Murchison, Master of 1 rains, arrived here
Saturday evening ou a special from Fay
etteville, over the line of tbe road ; the
train leaving that place at 5 o clock in the
morning, iney made acaretul inspection
of the road and the stations along the line,
They expressed themselves as muoh
gratified at tbe thorough manner in which
the work had beeu done, every thing being
in perfect working order. Arrangements
tor carrying the mails on the road will
not be completed until tbe first of March
next, at which time a postal clerk will
be placed on the road. Wilmington Star.
JSiT" The following persons wer drawn
as jurors for next term of Gaston Superior
(Jourt, March 17th, 1890; First Week
G B Stowe, E B Stowe, J H Bryson,
Moses Siroup, li P Sell, John A Hoffstet
ler, R B Dameron, J C Anthony, W M
Nolen, R A White, W G Rutledge, D W
Adderholdt, C Hi Hutchison, J A Daven
port, E N Hoff,tetler, W M Crawford. O
N Torrence, M H Costner, W A Oates,
John M Armstrong, Jr, J II Kennedy, B
G Bradley, John F Leeper, T H White,
W T lieinbar Jt, W S McLean, H A Ran
kin, J W Gamble, J A Payne, J W
Stroup, A L Dilliog, Wm W Wilson, H
H Spenoer, L H Biaok, Erastns II Rankin
and W S Carpenter. Second Week T C
Lipe, W O Harrelson, J L Black, G C
Lewis, P J Rhyne, J M Gaston, H L
liamsaur, A C Clark, K L Pegram, U M
Summerow, W D Glenn, A N Davis, D M
Afmstropg, E P Lewis, Ceph : Htroup, J
F Bradley, Samuel B Young and S B
lianna.
Raleigh Gets the Baptist Female
College. Raleigh, Feb. 12. The true
tees oi the State Baptist Female Univer
sity this afternoon decided to lootte tbe
University at lialeigb. This morning the
board of trustees resumed tbe session and
opened sealed proposals from places which
made bids for tbe University. Durham
offered $50,000 and a site for the college,
Uxlord ottered $50,000 and a site, Raleigh
offered $25,000 and a site, Greensboro
offered $10,000 and a site. On tbe first
ballot, seventeen trustees voting, Raleigh
and Durham each reoeived seven vot.es,
Oxford two and Greensboro one. On the
last ballot Raleigh received nine, Durham
seven, Oxford one. Kev. Dr. Thomas E
Skinner was elected financial secretary
and will at once go to work to secure an
endowment fur the University.
Mrs. Grady Acknowledges the Numer
ous Expressions of Sympathy. Atlanta
Feb. 12. Mrs. Henry W. Grady has re
ceived, since tbe death of Mr. Grady, so
many kind expressions of sympathy from
various State and . municipal bodies, or
ganizations, societies and individuals al
over tbe country, that she desires that al
who have so kindly remembered ber tnav
know how touching and comforting their
woras nave been to ner and bow impres
sively dear to ber is all that has been so
beautifully said and written of II r.
Grady. She also wishes in this way to
return - heartfelt thanks to those kind
Irieuds everywbere.
rofli"fcitt,
Progress of the South.
The English View of Our Wonderful Indus
trial Growth. ;
The London Financial News devotes a
column to the progress of the Southern
States, as follows :
The most interesting feature recently io
the developmejot.of the United States bas
been tbe wonderful strides which have
been made by the Southern States. Tbe
remarkable industrial growth of these
Slates is not confined to a few sections,
but is general, and even the less favored
States bave, io' spite of every drawback,
taken up ther position alongside with tbe
eaders. Al the end oi tbe war. tbe ooutb
was completely prostrate, and for many
years it seemed as though the shattered
States would never recover from the blow
they had received Tbe losses entailed
upon tbe South by the war were estimated
at 1,000,000,000. In 1860, before the
rebellion, the total assessed value of pro
perty io tbe United States was 2,400,-
000,000, of which the South bad 1,040,-
000,000, or 44 per cent.; whereas in 1870,
nve yeais alter ine ciose oi tne civil war,
the total for the couutry was 2,834,000,
000, of which the South bad only 612,-
800,000. In fact, so completely prostrate
did tbe condition of tbe Southern States
appear to be that, to the outsider, the
possibility of their recovery seemed too
remote to be calculated upon. Their pov
erty passed into tradition. One or two
States struggled to their feet, but their
very prosperity only revealed in bolder
outline tbe poverty of the others. The
South, in fact, came to be thought of only
in connection with penury and repudia
tion. But, urfseeo and almost unnoticed,
the South bas beeu working with a will
for tbe quarter of a century since tbe
rebellion. A new generation bas sprung
up, which constitutes to-day tbe brain and
muscle of tbe South. The "poor white"
has come to the front, while the educated
sons of the formerly wealthy land and
elave-owning classes, who, but lor tbe war,
would have lived, rioh and indolent, upon
their plantations, bave thrown themselves
nto the industrial struggle, and taken the
places to which they are entitled by their
talent and education. They have, indeed,
made a great effort, beside which it may
be almost said that the struggle of tbe
war was comparatively small.
Tbe results of what the South bas
accomplished are almost entirely shown in
the changes of tbe past ten years, for it
was only in 1880 that tbe Southern States
began to recover tbe position they had
occupied twenty years before. Tbe
assessed value of the property of tbe
South in 1870 was nearly at low-water
mark; tor ever since ebu bas been recover
ing, slowly at first, but in leaps and
bounds in the last ten years. During the
last named period the increase in - tbe
value of tbe assessed property of the South
has been over 71 percent. The State debt
of the twelve Southern States is to-day
18,000,000, against 25,000,000 in 1880 ;
but wbetner a part of this decrease is
accounted for by the unfortunate repudia
tion of the past is not stated. There bas
during the same period been an increase
of the surplus in the National banks of
146 per cent., as compared with 45 per
cent, in tbe North and 82 per cent, in
the West. The number of national
banks has more than doubled from 220
to 472 and tbe capital of these banks is
nearly double.
Coming to trade, we naturally look to
the cotton industry first, and here we find
that since 1865, in which year the last shot
of tbe rebellion was nred, there has been
paid to tbe South for cotton the sum of
1,560,00'),000, the bulk of which has in
recent years remained in tbe South instead
of being sent North to pay for foodstuffs
and luxuries, formerly most of the cotton
money went North, but now the South is
raising her own corn and bacon, and pro
viding the bulk of ber own manufactures,
and she is,, moreover, sending iron and
lumber and cotton goods to the North'
instead of money. Her ability to provide
for herself is shown in part by tbe com
parative value of her agricultural pro
ducts, which in 1879 was 114,260,000,
while in 1889 it was about 170,000,000,
a percentage increase which exceeds even
that of tbe West. In 1879 tbe live stock
of the South was valued at 478,328,0QQ,
while last year it was 4)114,000,000; and
in the last four years alone there
have been 14,000 new manufacturing
and mining enterprises established in tbe
south.
The railway, too, have shown extraor
dinaiy progress. Since 1880 there bave
been nearly 21,000 miles of new line con
structed, and 160,000,000 spent in all
upon tbe railway system. During the
past year tbe southern railways bave bad
their full share of the general prosperity,
and their promise in the future is extreme
ly encouraging. The pig iron output, as
compared with 1880, is little short of
marvellous. In the latter year it was
397,301 tons, and the output of 1889 is
estimated at between 1,600,000 and 1,700,
000 tons. Taking ooal, we find that in
1880, 6,048,571 tons were mined, while
in 1888 the output was over 18,000,000
tons. Uotton mills bave increased from
161, with 14,323 looms and Q67.854 spin
dles, to 355 mills with 45,001 looms and
2,035,268 spindles. The cotton seed oil
industry is a comoaratively new one, and
its rise to its present proportions is all the
more remarkable In 1880 there were 40
Cotton aeed mills, .with a capital of 700,-
UUU, while now there are 213 with more
than 4,000,000 invested.
Throughout the long line of these
Southern statistics there is, indeed, no
exoeption to the signs of increasing wealth.
In the matter of population, the Governors
oi tbe twelve Southern States have lust
made reports which show that their
population 'is now 19,489,150, against
14,638,938 in 1880, an increase of 33 per
cent., which is yery evenly distributed,
South Carolina alone only showing a
very slight increase: Florida, it may be
noticed, beads tbe list with 58 per cent.
increase. It must be understood, more
over, that this population is nearly en
tirely native born American. . Negroes
comprise about 7,000,000 oot of the total
population, but tbe foreign immigrant is
not encouraged in the South, and the
Southerners can, therefore,' fairly claim
that the really wonderful progress of the
past ten years bas been tbe result ol their
own -ffortB."
' HOW TO TlU, A COUNTJEBFKIT BjlX.
Take a United States bill of any denomi
nation and hold it to the light, and vou
will see two lines running entirely aorosa
it lengthwise Upon examination yon will
find these to consist of silk threads, a red
one and a blue one. Every genuine ' bill
has this mark of genuineness. Without
these marks a bill may be pot down as
counterfeit, no matter how. good the en
graving on itr No paper mill will dare
make this sort of paper, and this is the
Government's only protection on its cur
rency, "
ftaytoilc,
The Bogus Coffee Trad V:,;
$25,000,000 a Year ; Paid for Roasted Peas,
f i Beans and Kye.; ' .. r.
Th. iwAriixfl balk of the erenuioa coffee
imported into th United States ia f &,000,-
000 bags, "or 180,000,000 pounds per
annum. Experts estimate that fully 20
per cent, ot tbe coffee sold to consumers
is boeus. which raises tbe consumption to
oi nno ooo nounds. Taking 30 oents per
pound; as the average retail prioe, the
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people ol America pay oa,uw,ww
- Iap this nnn article of food, of which
$13,000,000 is paid lor roasted and ground
beans, peas, ry or uiiuuiiiB --
in oo way rembling the Brazilian
kurrn Ti this moat be added the pro
duction and sale of what are called "coffee
substitutes."
There are two kinds of bogus coffee, an
imiuiinn bein tod tbe eround artiole.
Tbe beao is the most difficult to produee,
and it is only recently mat actual eucut-Bs
in this direction has been attained. Tbe
liAuna hriitii mn4L not onlv look like the
ircnninA Hprrv when Taw but it should be
fc J
capable of taking a pioper color when
roasted. A very gooa specimen is now
manufactured in Philadelphia and Tren
ton, being composed of rye flour, glucose
and water. Tbe aoft paste is then
mnnMurl unr) narefnllv dried. To the eve
of an expert the presence of this iniita-
tion is easy ot detection, ana it cannot
be used to any great extent among whole
salers. But when coffee goes to the retailer.
adulteration begins. . Sometimes the re
tailor ia Henaivad. bnL nine Li man oat of
ten he is the one who introduces adultera
tion. The ground artiole is very easily
produced, for then it is only necessary to
give tbe materials a proper color and
infusing an anoma by strong decoctions
of coffee essence. When mixed with
real coffee even the emert eve and
i
t.nncriiM mav ba deceived! while to the
ordinary consumer it neems to be the
genuine product.
RnaiiR o.nffrtrt being have onlv a slight
resemblance to tbe natural berry, tor
though thev nosstBi oroDer form the
o j r . .
cicatrice on the inner face is too smooth.
Then again tbe gray oolor ot tbe raw
bean is not quite up to the mark, but
when these manufactured beans are roasted
with fiwu nor Aunt nt orpnnina nrifFea Lhuv
" -- - - r ' f
find a ready sale. These bogus beans can
be made at a coat oi tsuper i,uuu pounus,
anrl wh.ii mirod with fiftv uonndd of
pure coffee tbe whole 1,050 pounds cost
$37.50, or 3f cents per pound, so that a
profit of nearly 100 per ceut is tbe proper
i .
result.
After Effects Suffered by a Victim of the
: Grip.
While the recent epidemic is quite out
of the mind oi the general public and bas
entirely ceased to be an interesting sub
ject of paper talk, it seems that there ar
many painful and serious cases yet re
maining ol the grip complications. The
cases most common are cbronio inflamma
tions, abscesses, &o., involving tbe ear,
eye and throat. These grip "sequrce as
our medical meu term such oases, due to
a cause that has apparently vanished, are
now quite common ia our city. Early in
January Dr. McLean, of 1519 Rhode
Island avenue, suffered a mud attack of
influenza or grin com plicated with
pharyngitis. The inflammation of the
throat extended to the ear, abscesses re
sulted which finally ruptured tbe tympa
num and destroyed other parts of tbe
auditory apparatus. After several weeks
suffering, due to the series of abscesses of
the middle ear, a more painful and pecul
iar features of the f disease developed
during the past week. The first symptoms
of the new difficulty were lancinating
pains in the internal ear, finally resulting
in spasms or neuralgio paroxysms of tbe
plexes of ear nerves, which undoubtedly
bad materially been affected by tbe ab
scesses. Tbe patient bas received every
attention from his fellow pbyticians, and
from two ear specialists of Baltimore, but
as heavy doses of morphine and like
remedies fail to contract tbe pain they
bave thus far bean unable to stop tbe
spasms, temporary relief is obtained by
enveloping tbe bead in rubber bags - con
taining hot oil or boiling water. The loss
of sleep and strain on his system is almost
sufficient to develop mania, but thus far
the doctors mind and system bave suc
cessfully stood the effects of the disease
and his frieuds hope that be bas passed
through the worst stages of his dose of
grip. Ur. Mclean is tbe chemist and
principal examiner of tbe united states
patent effjee, and is well known among
the physicians of the city, being a grad
uate ot th medical department ot the
Columbian University. Wash. Star.
The Outlook ia Congress.
A Washington dispatch of Sunday fore
shadows the work oi congress the present
week as follows :
Tbe new code of rules will be the chief
subject of iuterest to come before the
bouse of representatives for consideration
this week. It is the intention of the com
mittee on rules to call it qp as early as
possible, and to ask the house so to limit
debate as that final aotiou on tbe subject
may be reached within two or three days.
While there are many of the new rules
that are obnoxious to the Democrats, it
is not probable that opposition will be
manifested otherwise than by speeches
and by advr votes. . upon them, provi
ded the minority are afforded what they
regard as reasonable time tor discussion.
Probably by the lime the rules are dis
posed of the committee on elections will
have reported tbe contested eleotion oasa
of Atkinson vs. Feadletou, from West
Virgiuia, and aotion upon that oaae will
consume tbe remainder of the week, with
a possible exception in lavor of the unfin
ished busioes, whioh is the bill to extend
the circulation ot national banks.
There are indications that the Blair
educational bill, which bas tbe right ot
way in the senate, will ruq through tbe
ween and perhaps a longer period before
a vote is reached upon it. The author has
not yet finished his speech, and a number
of senators are ready to follow bim with
set speeches ou tbe same subject.
m. 1 1 - i .
ine Din in cnarge ot Senator flatt to
organize a territorial government for
Oklahoma will probably be disposed oi
in tbe morning hours, and any odd ends
ol time therein remainiog will be devoted
to miscellaneous "unobjected business oo
the oaleodar. - . A
Io executive sessions the senate, it ia
expected, will consider the nominations of
Gen. Morgan to be commissioner of Indi
an affairs, Dr. Dorchestor to' be superin
tendent ot Indian schools, and ex Gov
ernor War mouth to be collector of customs
at New Orleans, all of which are- subjects
ot controversy. - i , ,
ii? President Vn (Tnm. Jt it..
Canadian Pacifio railroad, thinks that a
journey around the world will be mada
iu vqirty-eint qays in a few years.
Digest of N. a .Supreme Court Decisions.
From the : Raleigh Observer.
W. C. Carlton V. Wilmington & Wel-
dou Railroad Company.
.Negligence Damages to .Live stock.
1. Live stock are not expected to show
the same judgment on the approach of a
train as human beings.
2. Tbe test of negligence in this case
is not whether proper effort was used
after the animal was discovered upon
tbe track, but whether, by tbe exercise
of proper outlook, it could have been
discovered, in time to have prevented the
killing. ,
3. When the charge given contains
tbe hubstance - of the prayer lor in
struction, there is no just ground for
complaint that the exact words were not
followed.
4. When the action was brought
within six mouths ol tbe killing, tbe
statute raises a presumption of negligence
and the burden of proving it is not upon
the plaintiff.
5. A 'general exception,. - without
specifying error, will uot be considered in
this court.
ADDITIONAL DECISIONS.
Opinions were filed on Monday in the
following cases :
Long vs. Walker, from Iredell; re
versed. '
Roberts vs. Preston, from Chowan ; no
error.
State vs. Brown, trom Craven j no er
ror. .
Tajlor vs. Navigation Co., from Hert
ford ; no error.
State vs. Crocs and White, from Wake ;
moiion iu arre-t of judgment denied.
Certificate ot upiniou and judgment of
ibis court ordered to be testified to Wake
Superior Court according to law.
Shaffer vs. Hahn, from Beaufort ; error;
new trial granted.
Griffith vs. Winboroe, from Hertford ;
affirmed.
Whitehurst vs. l'ettipher, from Pam
lioo; motion of , plaintiff to reiustate al
lowed Collingwood vs. Brown, from Gaston;
no error. t
Winboroe vs. Downing, from Hertford;
no error.
Mitchell vs. Haggard ; remanded with
leave to both parlies to tile oaae and bave
the same settled by the trial judge.
. Albemarle Lumber Company vs. Wil
oox, from Pas-qtfolauk ; no error.
Cartwrigbt vs. Herman, from Beaufort;
oo error; affirmed. '
Odom vs. Uiddick (two appeals) the
decision of the matter is in favor of tbe
defendant.
Nissen vs. Cramer, from Davidson; no
error.
Daveron vs. Eiksridge, from Cleveland;
no error.
Pollock vs. Warlick, from Mecklenburg;
no error. . .
Brittain vs. Dickson, from Burke ; no
error.
Durham vs. Wilsjn, from . Cleveland ;
no error. '
fcr" Hear what one ot America's great
est statesmen thinks ot the two old parties.
These words were uttered several years
ago, but they were as full of truth as an
egg is of meat and the only ohange in
either parly siuoe their . utterance is for
the woYse. Here they are:
"We have two parties in this country,
and what are they ? They have been
going down, down, until they .have almost
reached tbe lowest depths. What a com
mentary upon thi politics of a" great
Republic ! They represent two . collosal
organic appetites thirsting for spoils. The
two parties are like wild beast trying to
devour eaoh other. The American citizens
are intelligent and far above the average
citizen io tbe old world. They are the
prop and stay of the republic and bave
the spirit of freedom in them banded
down from father to son. They are hon
est, intelligent and energetic lhe man
that makes the laws for them on Capitol
Hill do tiOt appreoiatJ them, Roscoe
(Jonkling.
HARDWARE!!
Hardware.
HAMMOND b JUSTICE
Whol sale and Retail dealers, now have a full
stock of all Qoods io their line Hardware. Cut
lery, Iron. Nails, Carriage and Wagon Material.
Merchants of the surrounding country have
only to give them a trial to be convinced that
they are selling Hardware as low as any House
n the State.
Charlotte. Oct 14. 1889.
Rubber and Leather Belting.
We have a large stock and complete assort
ment of sizes of Kubber Belting on hand. War
rant every foot we sell and guarantee our prices
against any House south of Baltimore.
HAMMOND & JUSTICE
Octl4. 1889. ; . .
The "OliYer Chilled Plow,"
The Best in the World.
HAMMOND & JUSTICE are now Agents
for this celebrated Plow, and carry a full stock
ot all extras for same, such as Points, Mould
Boards, Landsider, Bolts, &c, and are selling
very close. .
We also bave a large stock of Pittsburg Steel
Plows, Single and Double Iron Foot Plow
Stocks, at Rock Bottom prices.
. , HAMMOND & JUSTICE.
OcL 7.1889 , !
First National Bank of Charlotte,
CHARLOTTE, N. C.
Paid Up Capital $300,000.
Surplus $100,000.
K. M. Oates, President. M. P. Pegram, Cashier.
juan r . kjtt, leuer ; a. (1 rah am and C. L.
Hunter, Clerks.
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Boa BO OF DlBKCTOBS.
R. Y. McAden, J. L. Brown, . Wm. R. Myers
-r su a i a n a m .
. .. vre, o. a. Aiexanaer. . A. Cohen.
R. Barringer,
Deals In Bills of EvrhnnP Hfrht nr. ft. ni,
and 8ilver Coin, and Government and other Se
curities. Jan. 1. 1890 ;
Attention Farmers and Alliances.
Luck in Leisure" is an old adage, which the
Farmers as individuals, or in their collective
body as Alliances, mieht at thU tlm mat
profitably. : , ,
DO NOT PLACE YOUR ORDERS FOR
FERTILIZERS AT PRESENT. :
Within a short tim. v t j a
TUTlLe car.lo"e Oil and Fertilizer Mill,
V.VUU wuuec touaence you are enabled to sell
vour seed at mnh h;hT. i .i m . .
.lJl Tn nprlor Fertilizer.
nT . i u x-noepnaie and . Ammoniated
H.uaooAu alj. an1yd and certified to by the
State Chemist, and perhaps at a much less price
than asked for similar goodaat this time
n;w... ,V-'. B- SPRINGS.- '
nf?fvvnd ffA for Fertilizers
NJ h;arlotte 6n M( Fertilizer Crjl
Total Receipts at i .
since Sept. Jgt,
Th following are tbe totii B
of cotton at all United Stati H
since September 1st, 1889 cY
786,106 bales. New Orleans iuH
bile 240,699, Savannah 865 818 71
322,228. Wilmington 126,595 OS
336, Baltimore 71,364, Nw Yo???i
Boston 55,917, Newport N..A
Philadelphia 80,993, WeatPoJ 1
Brunswick 10,539. Total 5.183 3
Total Visible Supply 0f & J
Nw York, Feb. 15.-The toul
!e supply of cotton for ihJJ
American, against 2,793,071 sodlS
respectively last year, receipt, &
tenor towns. 55.814: renoim. r
, , - - --.u .7Sk
trior tnvni. 5S RU . "
, , - iroa 1
tations. 79,374. Crop in s,itt .mJ
- The most successful year
u
business, the Improvements i
I have made in Stock as wefl
owre were appreciated, and
. ' ' ' '
increase in Sales points to that
MY SHOE DEPART
MY SHOE DEPART
MY SHOE DEPARTMENT!
Since its removal shows,
paratively speaking, the larger
crease in the lines of Shoes t
shelves are of the best and ret
makes.
MY CLOTHING DEPART
MY CLOTHING DEPJBTtfJ
MY CLOTHING BmtflMfi
Has held its own, that is to
that the sales, in that Depart
show about "the same amount J
the past two previous yem
were it not for the mild
Sales would have increased at
20 Per Cent., all due to theff.
3
bility of my Clothing, andofco'
to my Low Prices.
You can't afford to invest mq
in a SUIT or a pair of SB
without looking thremgh my St
4
Reliable
Shoes
Bel
Of
Shoes H. BARUCHS
Shoes Of
Shoes
Shoes
Shoes .
Jan. 10, 1890.
BURTON'S PECTOBA1
COUGH SYRUP
For Concha. Cnlria Ttrnnrhitli NeTTK;
Asthma, Croup. Whooping Cough, Md 4
eases oi we Threat and Liuags. I
Its popularity is well deserved on scesf
Its simplicity and efficiency.
Its palatableness ia one of its attnetr.
tures, and for children it is a most
remedy. -
The large quantity sold is an eYidewx
superior merit
It is recommended by physician
- - Trr it and von will be convinced tsttl
very best Cough Syrup now before 4S
rreparea dj i
THE WILSON DBUGW
- IW Sold everywhere. CBanWi
3
Dec. 13.1889.
C. W. BRANCH &
BANKERS AND BBOS
Richmond, Va.
(Members Chicago JJoardofTr
Southern Securities t Spi
; Stocks ; and Bonds for Invrf8''
m
Carolina Securities quoted dailf ot
Grain, Cotton, Petroleum, I"4
ons bought and sold on Commitfi
v
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if uu naaningion, w"""
New York, Boston an4 Chicago.
nrt.i. txt i ' D.ltlmnre.
corresponaents : nesim
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Circ1r-
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solicited.
XST Send for our Daily
March 23. 1889. . .
A Dutr to To
It ia' surprising that people "jf! j
ordinary pm when tney c 7; yf J
English one for the same mooeJ'for
-in ytivft CUTS lu .wi P,
ache and all liver trouble W
sweet, eaiily taken and do w gjjf
Sept. 6. '89. R. B-J"11'