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Charlotte Democrat.
CHARLOTTE. N. O.
Tbk Wake ouoty aunutl exhibit of
lock was held in Kileigb on Thursday,
May 15th. Trie State Chrouiole says
"it
wan Mtnnii(louA success that Mr W. C,
Strouach at the head U to be oongratu
Uted on bis achievement and the great
nl the show." We take some
note of the exhibit from the Raleigh
Chronicle :
la Capt. 13. P. Williamson' exhibit
waa Franklin Chief. Franklin Chief
is a aarK cnesmui none, uueeu
. t i . is r
hands
three inches high, weighing 1050 pounds.
In strength and beauty of form, elegance
of carriage, ease and elasticity of action,
and fine, cheerful disposition, combined
with a level head, great endurance, and
all other qualities requisite in a first class
roadster and irotter, be surpasses any
other stallion in this section.
Mr A. B. Stronacb exhibited "Bessie
Grav." 4 years old a handsome iron gray
mare. Bo'.h sire and dam are Wake
countv bred. Sire was Gray Dick, a fa
mous horse with a record of winning the
stallion raoe ill 1872 at the Slate Fair in
2:57. Besie Gray is a superb driving
and saddle horse.
Mr Harvey Upohurcb exhibited a mag
nificent young black gelding, "Bruce
handsome buggy and saddle horse.
The exhibit of cattle was superb, a was
anticipated. There were many breeds,
amoog which were about sixty registered
cattle.
Mr W. G. Upchurch had in the parade
three beautiful Jerseys and two Devons,
The Jerseys were "Rosa Stella," "Virginia
LonUe" and "Plica Gibson 2d," all full
registered. "Rosa Stella" gives 6 gallons
of milk a day and has two heifers, one two
and a half years old giving four gallons a
day. Mr Upchurch has refuted $1,100
for "Kosa Stella."
The Cloverdale Dairy, Horace Williams
lessee, exhibited a superb herd of Guern
eeys, including the "Martha Lenox," 5
years old with a yield of 3 gallons per
day; "CJaeen, 5 years old with a reoord
of 4 gallons of milk per day, and "Rox-
anna," 4 years old with a reoord of i
gallons.
The N. C. Insane Asylum showed the
handsomest Jersey bull on the grounds,
"Bonair Pogia" A. J. C. C. 16,592. four
years old.
Mr W. A. Nixon exhibited "Nellie,"
Jersey, with a record of 17 quarts a day.
Mr N. II. McCullers exhibited "Cora,''
a grade cow ten years old, giving 4 gal
Ions of milk a day.
Dr. V. E. Turner's "Duchess," 15 16
Jersey, was a beautiful animal
Mrs R. S. Tucker exhibited Jersey milk
taken on Wednesday night. It bad been
poured in a glass pitcher twelve incbss
nign, and yesterday it snowed over two
inches of the rioheet. purest cream. Mrs
Tucker also exhibited specimens of Jersey
butter, rich, yellow, luscious looking and
appetizing in the greatest degree.
N. G. Episcopal Convention.
Tarboro, N. C, May 15. The seventy-
fourth Convention of the Diocese of North
Carolina met here last night with a large
attendance of ministers and delegates.
Just one hundred years ago two Episco
pal clergymen and two laymen met here,
and held the first convention ot thecburoh
in this State. This was the first effort to
organize the church in North Carolioa,
and from that effort sprung an army ot
distinguished clergymen and laymen. It
was an inspiring scene to see the m'lDis
ters, robed in ueat surplices, march by
twos into the churoh to a melodious march
from the organ yesterday.
Rev. Jarvia Buxton preached the intro
ductory sermon.
nev. ur. Marshall ot Kaleign, was
elected President pro tern. The various
reports were made and the usual commit
tees appointed.
Mr Charles E. Johnson of Raleigh, was
re-elected lreaeurer of the Convention.
I no report ot tne Uburch for tbe past
year was nattering and very encouraging,
and tbe report on the Orphanage was a
source of great gratification.
Asheville was chosen as tbe place for
the next Convention.
Rev. W. R. Wetmore of Lincolntou,
read the report of Rev. E. A. Osborne,
Superintendent of the Orphanage at
Charlotte, which showed admirable results
of the work accomplished and the general
good done. There are thirty-nine chil
dren in the Orphanage bow that are being
well cared for. lhe report m detail
showed tbe amounts received from vari
ous souroes amount disbursed and the
amount on hand. The work of that insti
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luuon is increasing and tbe expenses are
greater. All hope that ii will receive a
more geoerous support. The report was
adopted.
A resolution asking the Diocese ot East
Carolina to unite and aid in the support
of the Orphanage and have equal piivi-
leges was theu presented aud tervid dis
cussions favoring and opposing were then
participated in by several.
Rev. J. B. Cheshire, Jr., made a mo
tion to leave the matter to a oommiitee of
three for their decision. R. H. Battle,
Eq , of Rileigh, wished to have tbe reso
lutions sent immediately to tbe other dio
ceses for them to act upon. It was ulti
mately decided that the resolutions be
sent to the East Diocese by tbe first mail,
and a committee consisting of Judge
Phillips, R. II. Smith and Rev. Mr Mur
dock was appointed to drait them.
The Bishop did not think the other Dio
cese should be allowed tqual privileges and
advantages. Many disagreed with him.
Before the matter was finally settled a
general discussion was participated in by
J. B. Batchelor, Esq., Rev. R. II. Smith,
Rev. Mr Wilkes, Col. Hamilton C. Jones,
Rev. E. A. Osborne, Judge Phillip, Dr.
Marshall and Rev. J. B. Cheshire, Jr.
I2f We raise our voice in favor of the
oelebration of the 20th of May as the day
woen tne Mecklenburg Declaration ol
Independence was made. Not only should
S.I I I . .
ib u oeieoraiea in inariolte, but in every
flection ot tbe Mate and throughout the
Union. It is now too late to prepare for
the general observance ot the approaching
anniversary of this glorious day, but we
can bend our steps towards Charlotte
and join her patriotic people in celebra
nsgtnetraf Declaration of American
Independence. Three cheers for Charlotte
and tbe Mecklenburg Declaration. JVeio
bern Journal.
ZW The
most lmnortant real aatatn
aeai last week in Chicago was the trans
fer by E. W. Willsrd of his seventy acres
south of Jackson Park and the Hyde
Park water works, to the Turner estate,
of St. Louis. The price paid was $350,000.
The land was purchased away back in the
Ws by Mr Willard at I2.S0 per acre.
, . .
Democrats Dictating Terms.
Washington, Alav 18. The Demo
era i a at the House and Senate have been
pulling their heds together and have in
formally arranged a course of action on
the silver qaeatiou by wnion tney lee
confident ol their ability to defeat the en
actment ol a Federal election law. The
Senate will probably pat a practically
tree coinage bill, but without the aid of
the Democrats iu the House the bill can
not become a law. It is well known that
Speaker Iteed is opposed to the free coin
age ol silver, ana up to tne present time
no measure of importance has passed the
House unless sanctioned by this autocrat
from Maine. The Republicans in the
House are divided on this question. The
Democrats generally favor free coinage
but as much as they desire to obtain it,
desire to obtain
thev do not propose to vote for it unless
the free coinage Republicans pledge them
selves not to vote lor a Federal election
law. Western Republicans and Western
Democrats are anxious to pas9 the Free
Coinage bill, but owing to the antagonism
of Mr Reed and Eastern Republicans, the
bill will tail uuless Southern Democrats
vole for it. The latier appreciate the ad
vantage they have aud intend to profit
by it. While personally they lavor free
coiuage, as do their constituents, thev are
prepared to take a stand against it aud to
go on the stump aud say to tbeir people:
"We have voted against tuft bill, aud we
have done it in order to pievent the pas
sage of a rederal election law. Which
would you rather nave free coinage or
Federal control of your eleotions V
This is the position the Democrats have
taken. Western Democrats, as a rule,
care little for the federal JMectioo bill,
but they care a great deal lor the Silver
bill, aud tbey will not be willing to face
their people and admit that the defeat of
free coinage was due to a partisan desire
to fasten on the Southern people Federal
interference in State elections, a condition
which they would hardly like to see in
their own States. As far as can be
learned no formal agreement has beeu en
tered into, but the Republicans are well
aware of the faot that if they persist in
foisting their obnoxious election law upon
the people of the South, the Democrats
will undoubtedly defeat the free coinage
of silver.
The Democrats and the Banks.
Banks are of two kinds, says the Ral
eigh News and Observer; banks that issue
notes, and banks tbat have no notes of
their own. There are no State banks
that issue note?; the National banks alone
have been allowed that privilege by the
United Slates Government. Leaving out
the right to issue notes, all banks are
about tbe same; and there are said to be
about 7,000 such institutions; some being
private banks, some Slate banks, some
National banks. The people at the North
prefer National banks because the Gov
ernment bank examiners supervise them.
The number of these banks is thus con
stantly increasing. In 1871 there were
only 1,700 National banks; in 1879 there
were 2,048; lu 1881 there were 2,10'J; an
increase ot 400 in ten years. In 1883
there were 2,505; in 1886 there were 2,
800; in 1888 there were 3,100, and now
there are 3,400. Tbe rapid increase in
these banks is thus seen. In ten years
they have increased sixty per cent. In
1881 they had out $358,000,000 of notes
but the policy of the Democrats has been
to allow them to retire their notes and to
let silver and silver certificates take the
place of the retired National Bank notes,
tint in order to prevent a contraction
oi ine currency a law was passed oro-
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nioiting tne banks trom retiring more
than $2,000,000 of their notes a month.
Since that time the uotes have been retired
at tbat rale and silver aud gold and silver
certificates have taken their place. Un
der that law the last National bank note
will be retired in about five years. The
purpesa in not retiring them more rapidly
is not to allow a contraction of tbe cur
rency.
A here has been no contraction of the
currency but quite the contiary. In 1883
tbe entire amount of currency in the Uui
tea oiaies was yu'Z.UUU.U00. In 1880 t
1 - Aa AAA ft . . W -
was $1,233,000,000; in 1886 it was $1,834,
000,000, and in 1889 it was $2,099,000,-
00U. The people will see that there has
been no contraction of the currency
Now there is about $900,000,000 oi paper
currency m tbe country, and there re
mains only $129,000,000 ot bank notes to
be retired.
Tk - . L XT . . - a i , i
mo uari me xvationai oariKS play in
the matter of ourrency is thus very insig
nificant. They are fast becoming fust
like tbe State bankt, mere banks of dis
count. Ihey aitjrd banking facilities to
tbe people aud they are praoiically elimi
nated as au element of tbe currency ques
tion.
The Sub-Treasury Bill.
Washington, May 17th. Representa
tive Mills has auswered the letter ol the
Farmers' Alliance of Milan county, Tex.,
asking him to favor a government ware
house for the storage of the agricultural
produots and tbe issue upon them of
Treasury notes to the extent of eighty per
cent, of the value ot the products. His
answer published in the National Demo
crat, occupies three columns of space. He
Bays wnen tne government begins to take
charge of the cotton, wheat, corn, oats aud
tobacco, it will go on, and in time bacon,
pork, beet, butler, cheese, lard. hav. aud
all other farm products will demand of
the government to take their surplus and
advance 80 per cent on it. And in pe
liods of manufacturing and mining depres
sion, iron, steel, woolen and cotton goods
will demand to bo deposited and taken
care of and money loaned to their owners.
ana so win coal aud ores and lumber. It
the polioy is adopted it must apply to all;
and the power of those interested in these
products will compel the government to
exteud paternal care to them.
He says the only way bv whioh th
farmer can be helped is by the success of
the tariff reform, for which Cleveland
fought and fell. He declines to support
the allianoe proposition. In closing he
says :
I am too old to chaoge the convictions
of a life time. I am a Democrat h,ran.a
I believe tbe great sura of woes which
humanity suffers comes from a disregard
of democratic principles. I can afford to
retire to private lite, but I cannot af
ford to share the gift of participating in
an act that will bring distress and suffer
ing to millions of my fellow citizens.
SSIf A memorial proposing a division
of tbe North Carolina Conference and the
formation of two conference in the State
of North Caroliua, aud looking to the
acquisition of the territory in the Virginia
Conference in tbe east aud Ilolstoo Con
ference in the west, has been presented in
tbe General Conference in session in Sir
Louis, aud is now before the commit! a.
od boundaries
.3g.b-. M fearlgttjg
N. C. Mews.
Tbe Kings Mountain Cotton
Mills have started tbeir looms and will
tend out their thread in cloth. Every
thing is now in good working order and
under prudent management will net a
nice income for tbe stockholders. Dallas
Eagle.
Capt. W. T. R. Bell was the hap
py recipient of a nice walking cane ot
leopard wood from tbe island of Barba
does. This cane was presented by bis
former pupil, Ensign Andrew T. Long,
who is now serving on one of tbe ships ot
the Amdrican squadron at Yokahoms,
Japun. Shelby Aurora.
Gold. This much desired article is
being found ou the surface, and is sup
posed to lie in immense quantities, on the
lands of Gilbert Holler, three or four
miles east of Hickory. Some nuggets
have been found worth $2.50 or more.
There is gold in these old hills if people
would only dig for it. Hickory Fress.
Rev. E. A. Osborne, of Charlotte
has accepted a call to the Episcopal
church ol this place for one Sunday in
each month, aud the first service here will
be Sunday after next, the fourth Sunday
ot the present month. Tbe parish is to
be congratulated upon its choice of a
rector. Osborne is a sensible gentle
man, an excellent preacher and one of tbe
very best of men. Statesviue Landmark.
Opossum Raising the City. This
morning there was found seven opossums
in the (tables of C. D. Upchurch. Esq..
near his dwelling on Fayetteville street.
A male and female and five kittens have
made their home and seemed perfectly at
ease in bis stables. If this should continue
long the boys won't have much trouble to
take a 'possum hunt just go out in the
baok yard and bring them in. Who oan
beat Raleigh ? We think she takes tbe
lead. Raleigh Visitor.
gT MrJosephuB Edwards says there
is no reason for your hogs to die of oholera
or the curlew bugs to destroy your corn.
He advocates the planting of osts, and
says tn at will exterminate tbe buge. He
adds that horses can stand more driving,
hogs make better lard and never troubled
with cholera, cattle richer milk, and chil
dren are healthier, when fed on oats, or
oat meal. No man ever raises too many
oats, and every one is sorry when they are
gone. Washington Gazette.
Jagf -Messrs. Cummings and Buffi o,
two prominent Northern lumber capital-
ists, having visited Western Carolina, in
spected the inexhaustible timber supplies
ot tne section, aud satisfied themselves
that the fL'ld was a most inviting one,
purchased a site near Dillsboro and are
busily erecting a timber plant to cost at
east 150,000. They are putting in booms
n tbe Tuckaseige River, and doing every
thing in strictly first-class style necessary
to tne oouduct ot a very large business.
They have beeu busy for some time pur
chasing timber in Jackson and other
contiguous counties, and will soon be
shipping to Northern and European
markets what they cannot get in any
other sec ion of the world. Asheville.
Democrat.
$W The many friends of -Mr. Robin
son in Monroe, of all denominations, will
regret to learn that he has decided to
accept the cill of the Graham Street
Presbyuriau church in Charlotte. His
Pastorale here of about three years has
been very succtt-slul, and tbe church will
have bard work to fill bis place. We
believe that it is conceded by all our
business men tbat business is much
better and money a good deal more plenti-1
tul than anv one had expected it to be
this spring. Mr C. W. Bruner says he
has had the beel trade this spring he has
ever had. ilr J. J. Cox, of Lance
Creek township, brought into our office
yesterday a live lizzard with a forked tail.
The tail is divided about an inch and a
quarter from the end, and both branches
are well developed. It is a curiosity in
its way. Monroe Register.
tJack.ton Linker lost a leg in the
war; he came home and started to farm
with a poor little sorrel horse. He now
owns about $3,000 worth of land.
lr. Rulus W. Kriminger presents us
with an ear of corn, or rather ears of
corn There is one large one in the mid
dle and five others connected with, six
in one shuck. It beats anything in that
line we have ever seen. Mr. J. R.
Litaber informs us of a peculiar ac
cident that happened to one of" his
sheep of the Feminine persuasion. On
tbe first of May, 1889, she, while climbing
a tree to pick some leaves, got one of her
forelegs las.ened, and in trying to extract
herselt, broke tbe leg. On the first of
May ol this ear, the same sheep in climb
ing another tree got the other foreleg
fastened in the same way and broke it also.
Concord Times.
Theek Hundred and Forty five
Years. There was a scene yesterday at
Bethel church, Guiltord county, about
eight miles east of Greensboro, to which
we will venture to say, a parallel could
not have been found in all the many thou
sands of churches in the United States in
which millions of people assembled yester
day to do homage and worship. On one
seat in this country churoh yesterday,
there sat during service four men, whose
ages combined, are three hundred and
lorty nve years. Inat is an average of
eighty fix and one fourth years.
These aged gentlemen are John Whar
ton, 93; his brother David, 86; W. E.
Dick, 85, and F. B. McLean, 81.
If there is another bench in any church
anywhere in tbe United States that can
beat that, we would like for it to stand ud
so as to be seen. Greensboro Workman.
33ir This is an extract from the sketch
of Robert E. Lee in Alden's New Cyclo
pedia, published in New York: "Gen.
Lee, admired and extolled throughout the
Southern Slates, may be said to have been
ettteemed scarcely less by bis foes in war
as far at least as regard tbeir apprecia
tion of bis rare military genius, bis many
private virtues, and bis unblemished re.
nrkfi? frkr KrioA.n m swl -m .3 .14!. t. I
I. "iwuwij uu uuHBiUBu-
ur"' "o wu keu in loreaignL. miiier v i
in strategy, swift in execution, unflinch
. y I -vt
ing in bis spirit. In the still air of his
eollege, in which be passed his few
remaining years after tbe tremendous
struggle, he served quietly, without bitter
ness, with an elevating influence on the
students, that were drawn by the charm
of his name.
A Steel Com Pan V in Illinois nm.
ploying 2,000 men, has decided upon tbe
novel plan of placing a premium on the
constancy of tbe employee's service. It
on-rs to men woo stay
r- o menwno stay one year 1 per
t of their wages m addition two years
oen
4 per
when 5 per cent, will be added to their
gzmacvutt
Grand Army Veterans Against the Pension
f Raiders.
All honor to the Grand Army Veterans
of Galena, III., who have taken the head
of the column for the defence of the Treas
ury against the pension raiders. Despite
the urgent appeals of General Hawley
and other old soldiers in Congress, both
the House and Senate have been "stam
peded" by the claim agents, and now the
beet hope the country has of escape from
danger of frightful spoliation rests with
the men in whose narce the raids on the
Treasury have bseri planned. If the
alleged beneficiaries of the vast pension
jobs before Congress rise up and protest
against being made stalking horses for
brokers and demagogues who are hoping
to divide a big share of boodle between
them, the representatives of the people in
Congress may hesitate before voting away
hundreds of millions of the people's
money. Tbe'Illinois soldiers are the first
in the field to make this protest, and they
make it in earnest. They distinctly de
nounce the Morrill bill as an iniquity
which "offers a premium for dependency,
and makes all pension laws a Btench in the
nostrils of the people." These be brave
words, well said, timely and trenchant. If
the Grand Army men would adopt them
and send them ringing to Washington
from all over the land, they might yet
put a stop to tbe incalculable robbery
now nearly consummated. What another
glorious service that would be ! Fhila.
Telegraph, Hep.
Tell us Please.
It the State of North Caroliua is to
have only thirty-four warehouses of de
posit, under tbe Sub-Treasury plan, how
tbe farmers are to be expected to haul
their grain and bulkier articles of pro
dace a distanoe of fifty miles to a place
of deposit ?
Tell us who is to do the rating, the
farmer or tbe government?
It tbe government, wont the scale be
fixed, so that the Kansas farmer will be
allowed fifteen cents pet- bushel on his
corn, and the North Carolina man tbe
same?
If not the Kansas man will kick bound
lessly, and bolt the whole concern. If to
the oontrary, the North Carolina farmer
will have remarks to make on fifteen cent
corn.
Does not this rule apply tc wheat as
well and to all other orops, cotton ex
cepted i
vrnrtharniip ' hathor f ' ' Urr man nr
politician has forgotten the fortification
of Jackson at New Orleans in the memo
ry of cotton as a great arm of the South
in the late war.
Moreover, ootton being raised only in
tbe Soutb, need we expect any favoritism
for our product?
Is not tobacco in the same category ?
Moreover, can tobacco, in the leat, be
stored for a year or any considerable pro
portion of a year without partial or entire
loss of the crop?
If the farmer fixes the price, will he not
name one at which be oan produce at a
comfortable profit?
This is his right and it is right all round,
but will it not injure him in the end ?
For, if he (the North Carolina farmer)
names a comfortable sum, does he not
thereby refuse to compete with India and
Russia for the grain markets of Europe and
with the great West for those of the Uni
ted States ? .
If he alio ws them to undersell him.
does he not thereby bank up a heavy sur
plus in his warehouses, which the Gov
ernment will sell at any price when the
bond year expires, and so absolutely ruio
tbe market tor tbe next crop?
If the price is to be fixed all over the
United States, does not the North Caro
lina farmer forfeit his heavy advantage
in freight rates over his more distant
brother ?
What is to become of the mortgage for
fertilizer and supplies?
Will not the fees for storage, sacking,
airing, and handling for a year make a
heavy inroad into the profits of the crop ?
These questions are asked by the
Watch man for several reasons. First, the
movement is so wide spread, important
and respectable in character that no paper
can conscientiously remain silent on tbe
subject. Second, we want to lend a help
ing band when we are taught to see that
the plan is a good one all through for the
North Carolina farmers, for if there ever
was a class deserving every consideration
at the hands of the Government, we have
it in them. Salisbury Watchman.
J-IT" Dr. 3. J. Lafferty is writing
mighty readable letters to the Christian
Advocate from the West. The Doctor, in
his letter gives the following wonderful
stories from the plains, but be is careful
also to give authorities : "An inky fog
of the size of your fist starts the prairie
people. They know what it means. There
is no safetv Mcsnt in a. (cnlnno '
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lfcere is an excavation near the home, and
the fauUy flee to it and creep into this
hole while the fierce whirlwind is passing.
Trustworthy people have told me that
these twisting storms have drawn the
waters out of the wells. A gentleman
spoke ot a flock of ducks caught in this
revolving tempest, acd said the fowls
were not killed, but every feather was
picked off. The traclfcof the hurricane is
clearly marked. A physician said his
hitching post was snapped off, but bis
porch was not touched."
The Fibst American Settlement.
Mr Stephen B. Weeks, of the Johns
Hopkins University, read an interesting
paper on "Raleigh's Settlements in Vir
ginia and their Historical Survival in the
19th Century," at a meeting of the Mary
land Historical Society last night. Mr
Weeks said that the first American settle
ment was at Roanoke Island, N. 0., near
Cape Hatteras, and not St. Augustine,
Ha., as so often been alleged. It was
sealed in 1585. The first American child
a girl, was born there in 1587. The
iuuuiiuut oi ine island were a race ot
Indians known an Crniima tni
VTA... K v.? 1 1 - I m.
jr uuspnituie people, i neir aecendants
ie reooDizea tnrinir htr th s.t.
North r!arnlin;. 1 . .1
.. .7 . J "j "w utaio ui
.....u ..vuui, ur ieasi iney were in
1882. They greatlv desoised tha noaro
and refused to intermarry with ihm
Baltimore Herald,
"That is the Eoisoonal hnmh
which you see yonder. Soon after the
war my old college friend, Wm. Wct-
more, came here to Shelbv to nreanh fn I
Ik. V l: . r I
H.OWF.,us, ana naa to go across
the street yonder to get bis gown. It
was when everybody was talking hnn
ft,- !, 1.1 ifr i. . . I
the house with his gown on, the boys al
got around him anf shouted, ku klux ku
u m.it Mui. tveii. wnen ne came nnt of
jstryi
and cursed
the boys
'p
out." Dr.
jr.
B.
Cobb.
lmvl0ttct pU
N. C. Weather Crop Bulletin.
Central Office, Raleigh, N. C.
.The reports of correspondents of the
weekly crop bulletin issued by the North
Carolina experiment station and State
weather service, co-operating with tbe
United States Signal Service, show gen
erally very favorable effect of the weather
on nearly all crops during the week end
1 . . . . m.
ingfricay, May l6in, lyo. ine rain
fall was about the average in most sections
of the State, except local heavy rains in
the Eastern , district, but, falling where,
as reported in the last bulletin, rain was
badly needed, it has done much good.
lhe following are the greatest amounts
for the week:' Wilmington, 2.43 inches;
VVilleytoo, 1.33; Lumberton, 1.77; Nefw-
bern, 2.30; Dofeglas, 2.20. A few places
still need more rain, tbe soil not having
been moistened to sufficient depth, in con
sequenoe ot which cotton germinates
slowly. The temperature has been about
tbe average, except tbat during the early
part of the week tbe nights were rather
cool. On tbe whole typical May weather
prevailed during the week. Increasing
warmth and sunshine are now needed for
cotton. Farmers are busy, cheerful and
sanguine.
Eastern District Copious rains have
fallen in portions of thie district, which
last week were reported as needing rain
badly. Precipitation was in excess in
New Hanover, Gales, Robeson and parts
of Craven county, but was not evenly
distributed. A heavy tall of 2.12 iuches
occurred at Wilmington early morning of
the 15th. ' Rain-fall was about the average
in most other counties, but more is still
needed in Pasquotank, Bertie, Duplio,
Sampson, and a few other counties. A
Dad Btand ot corn is reported trom some
place, and cotton is germinating slowly
on account of dryness. Generally crops
are doing very well.
Central District. Average conditions
of temperature, rain-fall and sunshine
prevailed, causing crops to make great
progress. Cotton is generally reported
up well with excellent stand, in some
places finest obtained in many years.
Corn also doing remarkably well. Oats
and-wheat not showing -much improve
ment, except perhaps in Harnett county.
lhe cool nights during the early part of
tbe week caused a few complaints of in -
jurious enects. lhe setting out of to
bacco plants is piogressing rather slowly
it seems. Prospects excellent for good
apple crop as the flowers were very thick.
Grapes in good condition.
Western District. The weather has
been splendid, not a single unfavorable
report has been reoeived. Cotton and
corn are everywhere reported as doing
very well, and- wheat in some places
shows some improvement, though it seems
certain that the crop will be short, owing
partly to the injury caused by rust.
Spring oats in good condition. The
weather has been favorable for setting
out tobacco plants. The crop of apples
and other fruit will be good. Farmers
are in good spirits over the excellent pros
pects. Lincolntou, Lincoln county
Abundant showers have benefitted all
crops. Corn and "cotton up nicely.
Wheat has rust. Angelina, Henderson
county Apple crop promising, as the
bloom was heavy. Hickory, Catawba
county Farmers have crops well worked.
frish nnt.nt.nps lnnlrinrr a7r.il Sratoanillo
Iredell county Corn and cotton fine
etand. Oats doing well; wheat not so
well. Dallas, Gaston county Splendid
Btand of corn and cotton, which is being
cultivated right along, just enough rain
to answer all purposes. Gardens lovely
Crop of fruit and grapes will be abund
ant. Wheat short. Bat Cave, Hender
son countv Crops iu fine condition. Late
apples will give fair crop, peaches aud
early fruit not amounting to much. Mur
pny, ineronee county conditions very
lavorable during week. Lenoir, Caldwel
county Heavy showers along John
Kiver and Yadkin Valley. No damage
Late corn planting in bottom lauds de
layed a few days. Catawba. Catawba
county Wheat crop will undoubtedly be
short. Corn looking well. Cotton' has
come up to a stand. ltutherfordlon
Kutherlord county Copious raius bene
fitted corn, oats and gardens. Cotton
needs hot sunshine. Nearly all uplaud
corn been plowed and hoed. Iron Station
Lincoln county Everything favorable for
spring crops. So far wheat is nothing to
boast of. Marion, McDowell county
Some complaint of rust on wheat
Weather favorable to all growing crops
Asheville, Buncombe county Week very
pleasant. All crops show much improve
ment. Salisbury, Rowau county E'ine
weather tor setting tobacco plant?.
tspring oats looking well. Ground raiher
wet, but just right 10 make com and cot
ton come up. Saluda, Polk county Gar
deus look better than they have for years,
Showers, just what we needed, have im
proved wheat. Corn looks well. Pine-
ville, Mecklenburg county The stand ot
cotton is good as could be desired. Farm
ers tniuning it out. Oats and clover
looking fine. Wheat improving a little.
Corn about all planted. Farmers in good
spirits.
H. B. Battle, Ph. D., Director,
On the Other Foot.
1 oon t need any advertising. I have
more trade than I can attend to. I really
nave not the time to talk about advertis
ing; come in again."
"Hold on !
wouldn't you like
to take a
rest for a few dys?"
"Yes, indeed I would, if I
had the
time."
C XT .11 'II .
v en, we win jast say in the News to
day that you have more trade than you
oan attend to at present and request the
people not to"
"No! no! don't say anything like that.
If you do I'll sue you for damages; that is
advertising in the wrong way."
"It one way does damage, would not
the opposite way be beneficial ?"
"How is this? Does the News charge
me for thai little reading notice when I
am a. regular advertiser?"
"Why, certainly, it is all
advertising.
uo you cnarge lor a little thing like
thread when a lady buys a new dress?"
The Bhoe is soon shifted. Exchange.
A correspondent of tha Chin
Herald suggests a huge barrel as a feature
of the world's Fair. He would have it
made of planks taken from the gigantic
California trees, the entrance and exit to
be at the bunghole. The interior would
be devoted to an prhihit. nl kr.a,;.
tillinc and wina s.t ' mL
ii ?! .. . 1UB
Uerald tbinks the barrel idea is a very
good one, and also how would it do to let
it t.vnifV A
J tr -j . r1"""" luciuuus :
Margaret Isabella Blaine.daiitrh. -
of the Secretary of State, was married
Saturday afternoon at the residence ot
her parents, in Washington City, to Mr
Walter Damrosch, of New York.
The Race Question.
The race question has undoubtedly re
tarded immigration and crippled develop
ment in the South, but the Southern peo
ple are not responsible for these things.
The duty of every man is to protect his
home and that is just what the white peo
ple of the South nave been trying to do
ever since the war. "Old Fogy" says: -
"The Alliance knows nothing of this.
The Republican and Democratio brothers
are one and the same. When we shall
have elected good farmers to Congress
North and South, the race question will
be settled forever and will not until that
is done."
We very much desire to see a majority
of tbe members of Congress coming from
the farms, because' a majority of the
American people are farmers, but any
man of fair intelligence knows that the
most sectional and partisan element in
the North are farmers. No class of men !
have so genuinely bated the Southern
farmer, as his fellow toiler in Kansas,
Nebraska, Ohio, Illinois, Pennsylvania,
New York and New England. These
men have shingled their farms with mort
gages and burnt their corn for fuel rather
than unite with the Southern farmer for a
reduction of the tariff. But a Congress
of farmers can no more eliminate the race
question from Southern politics, than a
Congress of any other class of men. "Old
Fogy" says Democratio Representatives
have kept up sectional bitterness in Con
gress. Democratic Kepresentatives have
done nothing of the kind. Thev have
sought to protect and defend the South
ern people in their heroic struggle for ex
lsience,
Their noliov has rAn Hefanaiira
Thr haa nnt. huan o ri,oa icm
in -KiM, .k t . u t
ll,?h ? hn.:D.':m00ratT9T haVe befn
ouia tueut legislation, ne says toe
mission of the Allianoe is to destroy sec
tionalism. We pray that it mav do it.
but not at tbe sacrifice ot our homes and
firesides, not at the sacrifice of the white
people of the South. There are dema
gogues in the Democratio party, there are
demagogues in all parties, but the Demo
cratic party of the South is the only
friend the Southern farmer has in politics.
Sanford Express.
1ST The kaolin at Dillsboro is said to
J be superior to anything Europe can afford,
and cannot be surpassed anywhere. It is
certainly very beautiful, and some ware
made trom n by the Trenton fNew Jer
sey) Pottery, which takes very large
quantities ot this clay, is as fine as any we
have seen. Mr Harris informed us there
were at Ieast.2,000.000 tons of the clay in
sight at tb8miBfes, and their orders on
hand nowp be chipped to works in New
Jersey, Ohioraixlother points amounted
to more than one thousand tons.
Associated with. this kaolin are deposits
of feldspar aud flint, the two other ele
ments which united with kaolin, make tbe
finest chinaware. Samples of this kaolin.
flint and feldspar are in the Democrat
office, kindly furnished by Mr Scfcwieber
ot Webster, a noted mineralogist, who has
rlnna mu . u.
vv, aniauu auBuuuu me
very nr;n mineral interests ot Jackson
county. Both Mr Harris and Mr Schrie-
ber assured us that the clay supplied by
the Dillsboro works would make china-
ware equal to any that France or Eng
land could furnish, as had been al
ready abundantly demonstrated. Ashe
ville Democrat.
PHAER & LONG,
ONE PRICE CLOTHIERS,
HATTERS AND
GENTS' - FURNISHERS.
The satisfaction of being well dressed i3 to a
uian mofet gratifying. And why should not we
all be well dressed? When the fit and work
manship and material used in manufacturing our
CLOTHING
Are first-class in every particular, and at prices
within the reach of all. We have surpassed our
previous endeavors and are now ready to show
the largest and best selected stock of READY
MADE CLOTHING in the State. The sizes and
shapes of all have been provided for, so no mat
ter whether your are STOUT or 8LIM, TALL
or SHORT, come into our house feeling confident
that you will be nicely fitted and well pleased,
and when you have got your suit don't forget
that the "first law of nature ii to keep warm ;"
so ass to see our stock ot
ALL WOOL UNDERWEAR,
And we feel assured that you will say that it is
the cheapest and best you have ever seen. In
new
FALL OVERCOATS
We excel. Our display includes all sizes, colors,
weights and prices. Our silk faced, medium
weight OVERCOAT at $10 00 has no equal.
E3?We have the exclusive agency foi the Sil
verman Hat. The best and most comfortably
fitting Hat in America.
Oct. 25, 1889.
SPRING DRESS FABRICS
For Dress and Morning Wear.-
Black Goods what a mass of Fabric weaves
and weights is covered by these two words. We
make Mourning Goods a specialty and snare no
pains in keeping it fully up to the times. This
department teems with values which are sure to
attract the attention of the bujins public. No
matter what the weaves may be, ask to see it and
11 s more man liaely that we can show .it to you
in several qualities. We have finite a spWti
or summer Laght Weight Fabrics in Black and
Grays that are just the thin? for comfort nn hnt
days. All Wool Weaves, and Silk and Wool
Weaves m blue and iet blacks and at most anv
price you've a mind to ask. The completeness
of our Mourning Stock is wherein the beauty lies
Mourning Nets, Mourning Silks, Mourning Tnm
miDgs, Gloves. Ilandkerchipfa Villor, nA
Cuffs, Ruchings, Fans, Parasols, Veilings, and
in fact anything you want. We are now show
ing a grand assortment of Organdies and Fancy
Cotton Fabrics in solid black. Black and White
Gray, and Gray and Black mixed in wonderful a
sortnients. Black India Silk, lustreless, and so
cool We feel a just pride iu this, the Mourning
Goods Stocs of the State.
April 18, 1S90. 8E1QLE & C-
C irst National Bank Of Charlotte,
UUAlUiU'lTJS, N. U.
Paid Up Capital $300,000.
Surplus $100,000.
Officers.
R. M. Oates. President. M V r0. iv
Board of Directors.
R. Y
wcaaen, J. .L.Brown, Wm.R.Mv.
R. M. Oates,
aicwuuer, a. a. Cohen,
Deals in Bills of Erh
ud Silver Ci. .d Q;nYdo,'h.r8iJ.
Tan. 1. 1890.
Hood's Sarsaparilla
And all the Iaq; t wmTm
for sale by 6 1 AiJiilJlUliNJSH
R H JORDAN & CO
"PRESCRIPTIONS
stnrp v.Jr " uwjs 01 our retail
Blore. - TiTTtwuTT o- T.rl:i,. 1011
March 14, 1890. vBKe venl Hotel.
s
Comnarativa Cotton &...-
' "Element
ine iouowingisinecotnparaiive
statement tor tne week ending J
cUo,
J 18:
1890.
Net receipts at U. 8. ports, 11,478
Total receipts to date, 5,70975
Exports for the week, 16 512
Tout exports to date, 4,674,875
Stock at all U. 8. ports, 213's22
Stock at all interior towns, ll'soi
Stock in Liverpool 1,011,000
Stock of American afloat for
Great Britain, 22 000
11
Total Visible Supply of Cotton
New xokk, May 18. The total
total .
ble supply of
cotton for the Worl4
2,218,817 bales,
American, against 2.039.139 i
WMIVU I.MR t
resneotivelv last vnr rnn;n.. J5
tenor tow
r - j
receipts i,'r
rns, 10,064; receipts fronl
,071. Crop in sight 7,04
tations. 5
bales.
The "Oliver Chilled Piot
Tne Best in the World.
HAMMOND & JU8TICE
re now -...
iui una wicuiswu rww, sdq carry a ful
or all extras for same, such
Boards, Landsider, Bolts. Ac. an,i .2 2N
very close.
We also have a large stock of PittsW n, ,
Plows, Single andDouble Iron 7Z' S
stocKs, at Kock Bottom prices. w
HAMMOND & JUSTICE
Oct. 7. 1889.
' HARDWABE!!
Hardware.
HAMMOND & JUSTTnv
vjjf
VVhol sale and Retail fWlAra
I stock of all Goods in their line H J
lery, Iron. Nails, Carriage and Wacon S::.?"
Merchants of the surrounding connv1-
only to give them a trial to be 'eoSJMK
they are selling Hardware as low as any Honi
n me tate.
Charlotte. Oct. 14. 1889.
Rubber and Leather Belting.
We have a large stock and complete iu
ment of sizes of Hubber Belting on hand. Wit.
rant every foot we sell and guarantee our prica
against any House south of Baltimore.
HAMMOND & JUSTIC?
Oct.14. 1889.
WATERMELON SEED.
If you will call at the Drug Store of
R. H. JORDAN & CO.,
YOU CAN GET FREE A PACKAGE OFl
New "Variety Of
WATERMELON SUED,
We would like for every Parmer in Meckla-
Durjs county 10 try tne above.
We will also have "dICKORY KING CORS
the finest grown.
L R. H. JORDAN & CO '
March 21,1890.
SPRING
MILLINERY.
We are now receiving our new Spring Styla
All the Novelties of the season will be found ii
our bouse as soon as they come out iu Northen
cities.
Miss Houston, our trimmer, who has ho
for several weeks getting up our stylo,
I will be home iu a few days with all the latest
touches in trimming. Her taste
in trimralEf
and superior work is too
further comment.
well
known to need
The latest styles always on hand in our drea
making department. All cutting. fittiDe and
general supervision of this department by Mn
vuery nerseir. .
Are now ready for all orders in our line. We
guarantee our patrons latest styles, firBt class
work and lowest prices. Respectfully,
MRS. P. QUERY & CO.
March 21, 1890.
SlAi; MILLS COMPANY.
1879. ESTABLISHED 1879.
Eleven 3'eare of steady, permanent growth I
We desire to express our thanlra tn nnr man
friends and customers for their liberal patronage
in the past, and shall endeavor to merit a con
tinuance of their favors in the future.
We manufacture the best CORN, MEAL and
MILL FEED, and deal in CHOICE WHITE
vJOtvT, UA.T8, 1 EAb and WHEAT BRAN.
We handle nothing but first class goods and
sen ior a email prom, uespecuulry,
STAR MILLS CO..
W. M. Ckowell, Manager.
March 14, 1890.
C. W. BRANCH & CO.,
bankers and brokers.
Richmond, Va.
(Members Chicago Board of Trade.
Southern Securities a Specially.
Stocks and Bonds for Investment. Nortb
Carolina Securities quoted daily on our Board.
Grain, Cotton, Petroleum, Lard and Proris
ons bought and sold on Commission.
CONNECTED BY PRIVATE WIRES
With Washington, Baltimore, Philadelpbi.
New York, Boston and Chicago. New Tort
correspondents : Messrs. Green & Batsman, and
Messrs. Prince & Whltely. Correp "identf .
solicited.
. fW Send for our Daily Circular
March 22. 1890.
THIS DRESS GOODS TRIUtfPA
Has not been won in a sin ele year, nor i i
i. .1 . t. u, . mfflf
fcy growth, slow at first, but steady and
biuui; lufn more rapidly, as me mnuence - ,
to tell. These influences are constant P61400
altention, concentrated in a special direction"?1
aided by facilities quite unusual. With
inffllirpnt flnrl skilled o.l. have e&U"w
in the building up of this department we
ourselves kept constant oversight andlaW""
for its success, as we personally select ere7
piece of goods that appear on the c(aaXI9;.nnA,
From tbe first this department of Dress uoou
has been the centre of the business, until no"
the department numbers its patrons all oyet u
State. - nAk
This business and this triumph in Dress Gooo"
are the result of patient and constant P
effort, and we propose to continue in tne?Sj
lines which have made our house tbe Dry wo"
Emporium of the State.
SPKINQ WRAPS AND CAPES JUST AT BAHD-
T. L. 8EIGLE 4 CO
March 21, 1890. '
O 0. I1M J ua t.rtl
WE HAVE THE LARGEST AND
Stock of Ready Mixed Paint in the 8W
rE HAVE THE LARGEST AND BEST
; in uiB
times.
ana at Drices tuai wu iuu uc
guarantee it as good as the best.
ib me urn. . ttvtV
BURWELL &
March 14, 1890.
r-The Mess. LandretVs seed
Dusiness was esiaDiisnea oyer w'-v 7 rw
.u:- a -aiiahi Sola in yu
tbeir Seed are
lotte by .
always rei""! . tifVH
BURWJfil--ts.