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Charlotte Democrat.
CHARLOTTE. N. C.
OUR WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENT.
Washington, Sept. 14, 1891.
Before the readers of this paper receive
this number the Democratic Convention
of New York will have met at Saratoga
and selected their candidates for State
offices. There is very little doubt but
that the Hon. Roswell P. Flower will be
the candidate for Governor. Mr. Flower
has made himself quite a name during his
career in Congress. In the billion dollar
Congress be was a member of the Com
mittee of Ways and Means and took an
active part in the deliberations of that
Committee when the advocates of any
particular line of protection were before
the Committee for examination, Mr.
Flower industriously sifted their state
ments, and by his questions prepared
matter which was used by all the Demo
cratic members in opposing the passage
of the McKinley Bill. Besides this Mr.
Flower was Chairman of ihe Congres
sional Committee in the last campaign,
and the result of his labors as Chairman
were shown when, at the election in last
November, the Democrats obtained a
two.thirda maioritr in the next House.
New York is normally Democratic, and
with harmony in the ranks of the party,
Mr. Flower will bo the next Governor of
New York, and should his majority te
verv larce. be might be a formidable
" aspirant for the Democratic nomination
for the Presidency in 1892. J. J. Belden,
who was the Chairman of the Congres
sional Committee (Republican) was very
much oDDOsed to the nomination of Mr,
pHatt and has not been pacified. Two
nf the leading Republican papers in
Western Now York declared before hand,
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that with Mr. t assett nominated, sune
and Chautauqua counties, both ot which
are larcelv Republican, would give Demo
cratic majorities. Everything looks well
for the nartv in New York.
The funds have been exhausted out of
which the experts who were examining
, into the affairs of the Keystone National
Bank were paid. It is a little curious
that just at the point where the experts
were fretting so that they could determino
the connection of everybody with that
gigantic robbery the funds should fail.
The Citizens Committee at Philadel
phia have offered to pay the money them
selves to keep the experts at work, and
though this offer was made on the 11th,
there is no indication at the Treasury
Department that it will be accepted
Has Mr. John Wanamakcr anything to
do with the failure of these funds and the
refusal to accept the money offered to
continue the examination 1
Mr. Fassett. the Republican candidate
for Governor of New York, is a pretty
bright fellow. He is a young man and
came into some public note by refusing
Mr. Russell Harrison the use of the
Revenue Cutter Grant to go and assist
his wife and sister in doing a little smug
fling on their own account. Russell
arrison called on Mr. Fassett after
having seen Lyon, the naval officer, and
the following conversation occurred be
tweenthetwo: "That Fool, Lyon,"
said Mr. Russell Harrison to Collector
Fassett, referring to his application for
the revenue cutter Grant to go down the
bay to meet his wife and sister, "has re
ferred the matter to Secretary Foster."
'Excuse me, Mr. Harrison," said Mr.
Fassett Quickly, "I am the fool who
referred your request to Washington
From this it would appear that Fassett
has courage enough to accept the re.
sponsibility which belongs to him.
A joint debate has been arranged be
tween Campbell and McKinley to com
mence at Ada, Ohio, on October 8tb.
When these two gentlemen meet Major
McKinley will not be permitted to maun
der about the silver question but will be
required to defend the McKinley Bill.
The Democrats and Republicans of
Kansas are uniting to prevent the dis
grace that would bo brought upon the
State by the election of Judges pledged
to the policy of silk-stocking Simpson and
hairless Pfeffer. The candidates of the
freaks for judgeships have declared in
advance that no mortgages shall be fore
closed if they are elected. All the decent
' people of Kansas ought to unite to pre
vent any such men fromreceivingjudicial
positions.
!- . communicated
Charlotte, N. C, Sept. 14, 1891.
Mr. Editor: Will you please publish
in your valuable paper that I traveled
since the 24th of July through Union,
Chester, Gaston, Lincoln, Cleveland
and Mecklenburg counties. As 1 am a
preacher, I would like to return my kind
regards to all tho friends of the gospel
that took care of me so nicely, and I hope
the Lord will bless them for their kind
ness. juay tney receive a crown
Heaven that fadeth not away.
William Giadinghaoin
in
Office N. C. State Weather Service, 1
Raleigh, N. C, Sept. 12th, 1891. j
whistle-signals.
. Besides the flag signals adopted by the
United States Weather Bureau for dis
seminating the daily weather undr tem
perature forocasU, cold wave and frost
warnings, a system of whistle signals is
in use, which has been operated very suc
cessfully in other States, especially Mis
souri. The forecasts are sent at govern
ment expense to mill and foundry men,
and a certain time is fixed, say twelve
' noon, for the mill and foundry men to
. give the signals, which can be. heard over
a considerable distance. ,
The warning signal to attract attention
.. should be a long blast of from fifteen to
twenty seconds duration After this
warning signal has been sounded long
blasts (ot from four to six seconds dura
tion) refer to weather, and short blasts
(of from one to three seconds duration)
refer to temperature; those for weather
should be sounded first
" Blasts: Indicate:
One long, fair weather,
Two long, rain or snow,
- One short, lower temperature,
Two short, higher temperature,
'i nree short, cold wave.
. By combining these signals any fore
cast can oe inaicatea.
Forecasts and cold wave or frost warn
ings will bo sent free to a limited number
of mill owners or foundry men who
should make application to the Director
- of the North Carolina State Weather
Service at Raleigh. N. C, for the tele-
' graphic forecasts.
- EST" The miners at Bryceville, Tenn.,
are again in an ugly mood and threaten
to turn all the convict miners loose in the
mountains. . '
: Flat Value Republicans.
The Fraudulent Tariff Make 60 Cents Worth of
JT Goods Equal to $1. , . ' ' f
The leading advocate and defender of
fiat values in the United States to-day; is
William McKinley, Jr., of Ohio. J
If this has not occurred to some people
it is only because some people have not
thought of it. Wben tney go turns oi u
they will find it not only true, but self-
evident.
"Fiat" means "let it be so." fcl?iat
value" is value which does not exist, but
which is said to exist by law.
When a law-maker takes a burdocic
leaf or a piece of paper and says "let this
be worth a dollar," a legal tender for a
dollar, that is fiat value imposed on the
article.
When he takes a yard of cloth worth
60 cents and says "let it be worth a dol
lar; let it be by law a dollar's worth,"
that, too, is fiat value.
And this is what Mr. Mciviniey, who
the aid of his party, has done.
They have said by law that every
dollar's worth in this market shall have
in it by law a fiat value averaging bu
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cents on that dollar oi us wortn ; anu
that all who havo the dollar's worth for
sale as producers of manufactured com
modities shall have the power of the law
in collecting this fiat value of 60 cents
over and above the dollar on the dollar s
worth. Some can and do collect every
cent of the fiat value. These are tne
powerful and protected trusts, so closely
combined that they can collect it. Others
who cannot combine so closely collect less
of it. Others who cannot combine at all
so as to control the market cannot collect
it at all. These are the farmers. The
Window Glass Trust and the Edged Tool
Trust, for instance, can collect these fiat
values. So can the Lead Trust, the Oil
Trust and numerous other trusts, but the
Ohio farmer, who has a score or so of
sheep in his back lot, cannot collect a cent
of it. He pays an honest dollar for a fiat
dollar's worth when he buys a coat which
is 40 per cent. McKinley shoddy and cot
ton warp, but when he sells his wool he
sells it in competition with cotton and
McKinley shoddy and so fails to collect
even its real value.
. All fiat values, whether in money or
commodity, are fradulent, and there could
be no greater fraud than that which, like
the McKinley bill, seeks by law to put
fiat value into every manufactured com
modity in use by the people. It is a fraud
that robs most those who are most needy ;
that takes from those who havo the great
est lack to increase the abundance of
those who already have abundance. As
an inflationist of the" currency of neces
saries of life, Wm. McKinley, Jr., ought
to be beaten. As a man who glories in
the fact that he drew a law to put fiat
value into the commodities of necessary
use by the whole American people, the
people of Ohio owe it to the whole Ameri
can people to beat him. St. Louis Re
public.
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President Lincoln's Assassination.
A copy of the New York Herald, dated
April 15, 1865, was recently shown us by
a friend. The matter it contained was
very interesting, being the edition spread
ing the news of Lincoln's assassination,
and was also replete with war news, a few
items of which we reproduce, just as they
appear in that paper, typographically and
otherwise:
I the president dead.
War Department, 1
Washington, April 157:30 A. M. j
Major General Dix, New York :
Abraham Lincoln died this morning at
twenty two minutes past 7 o'clock.
Edwin M. Stanton,
Secretary of War.
EXCHANGE OF REBEL GENERAL VANCE.
From Asheville (N. O.) News.
The exchange of prisoners seems to go
steadily on. We have seen a large num
ber ot our mountain boys who have
reached home after a protracted imprison
ment. Among others we were gratified
to meet Brigadier General Z. B. Vance,
who returned home a few days since.
OUR GOLDSBORO CORRESPONDENCE.
Goldsboro, N, C, April 7, 1865.
A report has ju&t been received from
Raleigh stating that Governor Vance will
call the legislature together tor the pur
pose of repealing the act of secession, and
restoring North Carolina to the Union.
NUMBER OF HEN SURRENDERED BY LEE.
Richmond Whig, April 13.
The number of men surrendered by Lee
is stated to be twenty-hve thousand, of
whom only eight thousand had muskets.
The, rest had thrown away their arms
during the forced marches into the in
tenor. Hickory Press.
Co Operation -with the Farmers.
A plan of co operation with farmers of
the State has been instituted by which
benefits of the N. C. Agricultural Experi
ment Station are brought more directly
before their attention. AH of the sub-
alliances in North Carolina fnumberinsr
nearly 2.300) have been requested to form
"Experimental Committees," the chair
man of which is to be in constant com
munication with the Station. Press bul
letins, as well as regular and special bul
letins and reports of progress of the Sta.
tion, are sent to these-committees, and
the matters contained in them are dis
cussed. A question-box is also used, in
whiCh any member can deposit any ques
tion. After discussion by the meeting.
headed by the Experimental Committee.
the questions, if desired, can be submitted
to the Experiment Station for answer.
These questions may be embraced under
any division of agriculture. Every grange
in the State has also been asked to adopt
the plan. From the number of Experi
mental Committees which are being
formed, and the interest being expressed,
me pian win aouDtiess prove an un
bounded success. It is gratifying to note
that the recent meeting of the N. C.
Farmers' State Alliance at Morehead
passed a resolution endorsing the above
fIan of Experimental Committees formu
ated by the N. C. Experiment Station.
A manufacturer named Wenoby.
irom Jfhuaaeipnia, recently told a re
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porter of the Chicago Tribune that he
bad purchased 125,000 acres of land in
Western North Carolina, for which he
could obtain no title, although he had
paid out 960,000. uov. Holt replies at
length to Wenoby's charge, showing the
lack of foundation to sustain the state
ment. It appears that Wenoby has mis
represented the case.
Mai. Finger has appointed Mr. Robert
M. Browning. of Pleasant Grove, Ala
mance county, to a scholarship at the
Peabody Normal College at Nashville,
lenn. He takes the place of Mr. J. U
Gibbs of Whittier, Swain county, whose
health has failed.
Xorth Carolina -Hews.
Tho Western, North Carolina Teacher's
Association meets at Bryson City, Swain
county, October 29th.
Capt. I. R. Self, exhibited some , very
fine wheat in town last week. ' He raised
110 bushels of the Dallas wheat on 3
acres. Lincoln Courier.
Farmers continue to talk about their
fine . corn crops. We have never, seen
them : so well pleased with the crops as
they are this year. The yield of corn
and peas will be enormous. Some say
the pea crop is so much larger than ever
that it will make up for the loss in cotton.
Newton Enterprise.
' Mr. J. N. Shannon of Sandy Ridge
township, made us a present Monday of
the finest apple wo have seen in a long
time. It weighed a pound and one ounce
and measured 14 inches around. It is
known as the pound apple. Mr. Shan
non told us that be had about 75 bushels
which would average nearly as large as
the one brought us. Monroe Enquirer.,
Mrs. H. R.-Ward of Swansboro, has in
her garden what is called a Tree Tomato.
The seed came from Minnesota and are
said to grow 11 feet high, and the fruit
grows to weigh two and a half pounds
each. This tree now is about seven feet
high and still growing. Several fine
looking specimens of fruit are on the tree
now. Newbern Journal.
Frank C. White, who died in Asheville
last week, had the reputation of being the
strongest man physically in the South.
Among the feats he is said to have per
formed were carrying with a cotton hook
in each hand two bales of cotton across
the streot, and breaking a new. horse shoe
holding one end in each hand. He was
fully six feet high and of splendid pro
portions. On Wednesday about eleven o'clock,
Prof. H. W. Spinks, one of the principals
of Monroe High School, died at his home
in Monroe. He bad a mild form of fever
up to Tuesday wben be suffered a severe
hemorrhage, followed by two more during
the night. He never rallied. Prof.
Spinks was a nephew of Mrs. Foil, of this
place. His death is a loss to Monroe, the
school and the Methodist Church, of
which he was an influential and zealous
worker. Concord Standard.
Mr. Sumpter Rattereo, who lives on
Buffalo, brought us some specimen bolls
of a new kind of cotton which he is rais
ing. It is known as the Truitt. Mr.
Rattereo has three-fourths of an acre of
the cotton and Mr. Frank Herndon, also
has a patch. The cotton presents a fine
appearance in the field, the plant being
tall and loaded with bolls. We have be
fore us some of the ungrown bolls that
are as large as hen eggs. King's Moun
tain News.
Col. J. M. Heck has in his front yard
on .Blount street two luxuriant banana
plants in healthy and perfect growth.
On one there is two. bunches of perfectly
formed bananas, and also a bunch on the
other. One of the bunches will soon be
ready to ripen. We uo not know if there
are any other banana plants in this part
of the country, and in fact did not know
that they would fruit in this section. It
requires ton barrels of water per day for
one of the plants, all of which quantity is
?oured into the ground at the roots.
lhe long, graceful leaves of the plant are
from four to five feet in length. Raleigh
Observer.
List of jurors for the Fall Term of Lin
coln Superior Court : Jno. D. Plunk, W.
H. Baker, D. A. Heafner, G. M. Shuford,
A. A. Bynum, J. H. Luckey, W. E. Wil
liamson, G.'C. Anthony, W. L. Condry, N.
a. Anthony, J. U. -Finger, K. B. Robinson.
John D. Ballard, Eobt. D Hauss, H. F.
McCashn, Marcus Heafner, S. A. Sain, D.
W. Workman, Samuel D Burgin, W. F.
Robinson, E. H. Jetton, G. W. Edwards,
J. L. Cobb, W. C. Scronce, J. A. Sherrill,
Jacob A. Carpenter, Sr., B. T. Grigo, W.
J. Wingate, Jno. F. Beam, G. R. Nance,
J. M. Ramsey, J. E. Croneland, James
JNixon. M. VV. tjrates, Micbal Petne, N.
D. Dellinger.
The old system of jury drawing has
been discarded and a new plan adopted.
Heretofore the names of all the jurors of
the whole county were put into the box,
and a sufficient number for the different
juries drawn therefrom. This gave some
townships several representatives on the
juries, and others perhaps none. Now
tbis is changed. 1 be commissioners have
arranged so that each township has a box
of its own, making seventeen boxes in all.
The tax lists for each township are in
spected and the name of every reliable
man found thereon is dropped into the
box for his township; from these seven
teen boxes a sufficient number of names
for the juries are drawn, and each town
ship haa its quota of the whole number.
Large townships, of course, will have
more representatives than smaller ones.
The plan is a good one. Lexington Lis-
patch.
Mr. S. C. Carlyle brought ns a speci
men of the celebrated Spanish peanuts of
which be expects to raise fifty bushels.
They are superior to the ordinary
"goober" in that there are few if any
faulty ones among them and the vines
uiatvi; mure ueiimuua lurage, oeing T) re
ferable, it is said, to cowpea forage for
cattle. xne nrst bale ot new cotton
appeared m our town last Saturday. It
was raised . oy jut. jjesiie Stephens of
1 I t-m . . " m
Ash pole Institute, and was shipped by
jur.- u. n. ianiweu. xne cotton was
classed as ordinary and 6 cents, we be
lieve, was all that was offered for it.
Last year, as we learn by reference to the
hies ot the Kobesonian, the first bale ap
peared on August 22d, classed as low
middling, and sold to Messrs. J. C. Smith
& Co. at 10 cents. Low middling at
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aoout that date this year, would only
have brought about 6 cents. Lumberton
Robesonian.
1-very reader of the Standard will
doubtless be surprised to know that there
is nearly 150 acres of land in one body
in Cabarrus county unclaimed. That
now seems to bo the case, and the land is
reported to be in No. 7 township. Frank
Alauney, of Gold Hill, Kowan county,
came to town a few days ago, made a
description of the property and paid all
the fees and other costs that the law
imposes on one who enters land. The
land is said to be as much as 150 acres,
and is bounded by the property of the
Lroorge Barnnardt heirs, Keid ilisen
heimer, Henry Lentz and others. Can it
bo possible that for one hundred years
(the age ot the county) so much land in
one body could have escaped taxation and
gone unclaimed? It appears that way
now. If nothing unexpected is developed
t rank Mauney will get about 150 acres
of good land for $20 for the whole lot.
Concord Standard,
Farmer'. Co-operation.
The Farmers' Alliance is erecting at
San Miguel, California, the first flouring,
mill that that organization haa projected
in the United States. It is proposed to
try the experiment of running a farmers'
mill for the benefit of the Alliance and
thus save all the profit that the miller
and the merchant customarily make.
The farmer, in other words, proposes to
grind bis own wheat and make his own
flour. - . - :
This is a movement that no one can
object to. Farmers have found fault,
chiefly, because, in their judgment, they
have bad to pay too much for what they
have been buying, and have been receiving
too little for what they have been selling.
Out of this came the proposition that the
Government, by the establishment of sub
treasuries at which farmers could pledge
their commodities for loans at a low rate
of interest, should help the farmer out of
his financial difficulties. Tbis proposition,
if complied with, would require the Gov
ernment to make loans on equally advan
tageous terms to shoemakers, bakers,
manufacturers, and all classes of industrial
workers and producers. Hence the outcry
against the sub treasury scheme on the
rational ground of its utter impractical
bility.
When farmers combine, however, to
help themselves by co-operative enter
prises, such as the erection of elevators
and flour-mills, the organization of stores
and other enterprises, no one can object.
The outcome of this effort will be watched
with much interest. Workingmen in
various parts 'of this country have tried
co-operative stores and industrial combi
nations with varying success. Abroad
much better results have attended such
enterprises.
If the farmers have the business capacity
and executive judgment to manago their
own" affairs as no doubt they have
provided there is honesty on the part of
those who are trusted with the responsi
bility of things, they can settle their
grievances without asking for Govern
ment aid ; and in such a settlement they
will have the cordial support of public
opinion. Frank Leslie.
Not With Safety.
For distinction only we use the words
Democratic and Alliance elements. Both
of these elements constitute the Demo
cratic party. In one there are great many
Democrats who have joined the Alliance,
but who still adhere to their Democratic
faith. In both there are extreme men.
In the Alliance there are some white
Republicans, and it is these white Repub-
icans, co-operating with some other
members of the order, who are the cause
of the seeming dissensions between the
two elements named:
This should not be the case. There are
conservative men in the Alliance who are
not willing to become a parly to the con
tempi ated purpose of an extreme faction
to rule or ruin.
These conservative AUiancemen will
soon, we hope, teel it incumbent upon
them to promptly arrest the progress of
an agency that is likely to produce dis
cord where all should be harmony.
.fassing events plainly point to the
existence of such an agency, composed, as
stated, of Republicans and extreme mem
bers of the Alliance.
Republicans should' not be allowed to
influence the political policy of any asso
ciation of men. Especially will it be their
aim to brings into antagonism the two
elements into which we have divided the
Democratic party. Such is their aim.
Some of them joined the Alliance with no
other.
We do not disguise from ourselves that
there are intemperate men in the Demo
cratic party. These, too, must be kept
in check, and, it may be stated, will be.
And now let the conservative men of
both elements step to the front, call a
halt, and, by mutual concessions, remove
every semblance of discord.
The .News and Observer does not wage
war except when necessary to secure an
honorable peace.
JN early all white men in JNortb Carolina
are Democrats, and let us unite in a more
steadfast devotion to Democratic princi
ples, and victory is ours. We cannot
with safety compromise the principles of
tho Democratic party. Raleigh Observer.
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Opposition to Corn-Bread
The high price of breadstuff's abroad is
suggesting throughout the western States
the que3tion often asked before whv
corn, the cheapest and most nutritious of
the grains, should not bo sent largely to
the European markets.
1 he answer is easy to give. The poorer
classes of Europe won't eat corn in any
form. 1 hey do not like corn-meal in por
ridge or bread, and they detest hominy.
Immigrants to this country do not take
kindly to it. The quantity sold in this
city, where there are more than half a
million poor people of foreign birth or de
scent, is trifling compared with that of
wheat nour.
Why ? Well, one reason is that very
few people, even in the United States.
know how to make corn bread. that tastes
f ood. Corn-bread does not "keep" well,
t ought to be eaten while hot from the
oven, which means three bakings a day.
.Besides, tho poorer classes of Europe
are creatures of habit regarding food to
an extent which we do not dream of.
Their diet has varied but little in centuries.
It seems a matter of heredity with mil-
lions oi mem to eat rye-oread, even when
they can get wheat, just as it is an inborn
habit here tor the poorest inhabitant of
the eastern States to buv wheat flour
when good corn meal can be had for about
half the price
"It is just as a man is raised." N. Y.
Herald.
In commenting on the above the Rich
mond Dispatch says :
" It seems to us that corn bread is not
quite so popular in Virginia even as for
merly. It has been alleged that good
corn bread cannot be cooked on a stove
and that it needs an open fire and live
coals to produce it best. If this be true
may it not account for the seeming disfa
vor into which the pone of the past has
BIT" Some interesting details nf I)kn
ta's phenomenal crops are in the form of
- a a a m s
accounts oi Dig yields on individual farms.
One farmer in North Dakota, thrashed
out l,Ud4 bushels of wheat from thirty
three acres of land, a little more than
thirty-one bushels to the acre, and be
netted $858.20 on his crOD. Rolett
County claims yields of forty bushels of
wneat to me acre, seven ty-hve bushels of
oaiB, sixty Dusneis ot barley and five hun
dred bushels of potatoes. Yields of twenty
one to thirty bushels of wheat to the acre
are common. One man has 700 acres of
wheat giving thirty bushels to the acre.
And the farmers are receiving 80 to 83
cents a bushel for their wheat
The -Cotton Crop.
Washington, D. C, September 10.
The September report of the Department
of Agriculture makes a reduction in the
condition of cotton during the past month
of tix points from 88.9 to 82.7. August
is the critical period in the growth of the
cotton plant, and sixteen times in twenty
years has deterioration been indicated by
the returns of September 1st. In the four
exceptional years the August averages
were relatively low and a decline had oc
curred during tho previous month. The
cause of the present reduction on tho At
lantic Coast has been an excess of rain
fall, causing an overgrowth of plant and a
diminishing tendency to fruitage. From
Alabama westward drought was the main
factor of loss, assisted by the boll worm
and caterpillar. The condition is lowest
in Arkansas, Louisiana, and Tennessee.
In a few counties ofJTexas heavy rainfall
in the morning, followed by hot sunshine
in the afternoon, caused a serious shedding
of forms.
The most serious complaints are of the
shedding of fruit and loaves, the rotting
of bolls, the sprouting of seed in the bolls,
and the rust staining of open cotton. In
tho area affected by drought, rust, and
shedding, also occur sudden extremes of
temperature. Cool nights, followed by
hot days, have been productive of similar
indications of deterioration. Any cause
reducing vitality and threatening decay
produces these frequently indicated dis
eases and conditions. .
Tho relative degree of loss from these
causes is indicated by. State averages of
condition, which are as follows : Vir
ginia, 78 a loss of 3 points; North Caro
lina, 79 a gain of 4 points; South
Carolina, 81 a loss of 2 points ; Georgia,
82 a loss of 4 points; Florida, 88 a loss
of 6 points; Alabama, 83 a loss of 6
points; Mississippi, 83 a loss of 10
points; Louisiana, 85 a loss of 5 points;
Texas, 82 a loss of 10 points; Arkansas,
86 a loss of 9 points ; Tennessee, 84
a gain of 2 points.
Tte Successful Man.
The successful man is not tho rule, but
the exception. It is stated that out of
every hundred merchants over ninety fail.
All editors,of course, succeed in accumula
ting immense fortunes and pet up as mil
lionaires, but boing very modest they do
it so quietly as to escape public observa
tion.
The school teachers do next to the
ministry the greatest work of which man
is capable, but how many of them are rich?
lhe writer recalls the familiar faces of
those who introduced him to the mystery
of learning able, learned, pious men
God's blessing rest upon them ! but they
were never rich, nay, they were always
poor always in debt always brave and
hopeful, building up immortal minds
rather than rearing fortunes for them
selves and their children.
In these latter days of educational pro
gress few teachers command good salaries,
but the number is insignificant when com
pared to the faithful toilers, whose daily
bread is about all the record of their daily
toil. And of those who receive fine sala
rice, how many are able to save any
money for the old age which will one day
cut fthort their usefulness?
How many physicians have accumulated
wealth? Now and then the exception
appears; but of the whole number it may
be said that they manage to live, with not
quite so many failures in their number as
may be found among the merchants, the
element of speculation and profit and loss
entering less largely into their pursuits.
isut lawj'ers surely are getting neb,
some one says. Karely. Sometimes wben
abilities ot a high order are aided by
fortunate circumstances a lawyer makes
money and becomes wealthy, but where
one does that twenty make a bare living
and some of the twenty hardly that. But
most ot them never complain ; they goon
doing the best they can, hoping for better
days which never come.
The mechanic frequently is more happy
than any professional man. If he has
steady employment a skilled mechanic
makes more money in the course of tbe
year than the averago lawyer, doctor, or
preacher, and be can save more because
be is not compelled to spend so much of it
in railroad tares and hotel bills. A first
class printer receives more compensation
than many a first class preacher, editor,
lawyer or doctor. But usually neither
the mechanic nor printer is able to accu
mulate to tbe extent of being regarded as
a capitalist.
JNot many farmers wucceed in making
and saving muh money, but there are
probably as many successful farmers in
proportion to numbers as there are sue
cessful men in other legitimate callings.
We have known some good farmers
who began with nothing, bought land and
supplies on credit, and by bard work and
close economy are now prosperous owners
ot targe and well stocked farms. Almost
every community furnishes examples of
this, and the instances- are not as rare as
many people suppose, though unfortu
nately not as numerous as we would like
to see them.
But with the farmer, as with all the
other classes enumerated, eminent success
is tho exception, and for the most part
witb the great majority ot mankind in
every occupation, life is a constant strug
gle to supply the needs of the body. It
is very mournful to look back through
the ages at the long, neverending proces-
e i i or
Bion oi toners, wnoso lives were never
brightened by tho higher pleasures of
culture and learning, and who, in the
darkness of ignorance,spent their strength
in the battle with nature for a bare sub
sistence.
But tbe light has dawned upon them.
and in this day-the doors of knowledge
are everywhere being thrown open, and
honest labor, dignified and elevated, faces
the future with hope ot belter things.
Perhaps we do not always mean the
same thing by success.
If to succeed means to become great or
ncn, now iew can ever succeed?
If it means, as we prefer to- believe, to
nve upright, .honorable, useful lives,
serving God and our fellow men in our
day and generation, according to the best
mi is in us, aoing our iuii auty in every
relation in which we may be placed, we
are nappy indeed in that we may all sue
ceed. Raleigh Chronicle.
Among tbe evils that invest the world
that which some men have of endeavor
ing to avoid paying a debt is not the least.
lhe need lor reform in this line is mo
mentous and sometimes we are led to be
lieve mat the question is too seldom and
lightly touched upon by minister nf K
gospel. It is an every day nrarti
numbers of people, and be it said to their
Bourne wnere it is williul and the proper
uu.nuuuu is not shown to
u, Heiuemeni oi every moral obligation
-awiun iu. j.ewoern Journal.
N. C. Weather Crop Bulletin.
Central Oftick, Raleigh, N. C.
The reDorts of correspondents of the
weekly weather crop bulletin ' issued by
the North Carolina experiment station
and State weather service for the week
ending Friday,' September 11th, 1891,
show a still further decrease in tbe per
centage condition of the staple crops,
although tbe weather has not Deen de
cidedly unfavorable during the past week.
Very little rain has laiien, wnicn was
favorable for all kinds of farm work.
The first part of the week was slightly
above the normal in temperature, the
latter part decidedly below the average,
with unfavorable effect on cotton and
tobacco, which havo both deteriorated
since last report. The condition of cotton
is probably as low as it has been at any
time this season. . Shedding continues ana
rust is doing considerable damage. Open
ing very slowly and picking as yet oniy
going on at a few places. A correspond
ent at Dunn, Harnett county, reports
first new bale sold on September 8th.
Cotton is in best condition in the southern
portion of the Central District, in Union,
Richmond, Harnett and perhaps a few
other counties; where its condition is
reported as high as 95 percent. An early
frost would inflict serious injury to the
cotton crop. Tobacco has been consid
erably damaged by previous rains and
is not curing so well; curings will be
light. In many counties tbo - crop is
reported poor. The corn crop 1 has been
tbe stand by of the farmer this year.
Seeding ofoats and wheat in progress.
The prospects are for more rain the early
part of the week, becoming slightly
warmer. The present condition of crops
m n --v a a . .
is as follows: .Eastern .District uotton
67, corn 80, tobacco 78. Central District
Cotton 77, corn 91, tobacco 81. . West
em District Cotton 72, corn 90, tobacco
80. For the State Cotton 72, corn 87,
tobacco 80.
Western District. Newton It has
been dry this week ; good on growing
csops. finevuie JNo rain since last
Friday evening ; weather has been a little
cool ; fine for curing fodder : with favora
ble fall may make two-thirds crop of cot
ton ; sweet potato and pea crop not very
promising, tjatawba Three days this
week have been fair, giving opportunity
to save bay and fodder. Asheville Corn
is 85 to 90 ; weather cool and clear.
Salisbury Too cool for cotton ; corn and
tobacco are improving since last report.
Swangs Cool nights ; cotton opening ;
some rust. Forest City No rain for last
five days ; cotton doing well ; little cool.
Falston Cotton beginning to open ; too
much weed; early. frost would do great
damaage. Beam's Mill Fodder about all
pulled; cotton opening a little. Matthews
Weather now favorable : cotton injured
by rain ; too much weed ; corn fair crop.
Stanley Creek Cotton late ; sun is
shining out and all crops are looking
better. rorge Insects damaging to
bacco; bad fine week for fodder-pulling,
baying and cutting tobacco. Cleveland
Mills Cool for last few days: cotton
boginning to open ; fodder pulling most
done. Clifford tew sunshiny days for
gathering forage ; cotton beginning to
open. Helton Corn crop rather late on
account of so much rain ; fallowing for
wheat just commenced. Denver Nights
too cool for cotton ; last three days clear ;
no cotton open yet. Berlin More sun
shine needed for all crops. Lamar Corn
maturing slowly ; hay not all cut; too
much rain and too little sunshine for vege
tation. Soda Hill Clear and cool; fine
weather for ripening corn.
H. B. Battle, Ph. D., Director.
C. F. yon Herrhan, Assistant.
NEW GOODS ! NEW GOODS!!
PALLSHOES!
We are daily receiving and opening our Fall
and Winter Slock, which we have endeavored
to mane mrpiss all our former efforts. Knowing
that money ia scarce we have bought our entire
stock as low as money could buy it, and realizing
that everything in the hands of producers ia
being sold at a low price, necessity making
money scarcer, and people will want all for their
money they. can get, we have priced tbis mag
nificent stock lower thaa ever, and no one will
do themselves justice unless they cill and inspect
our stock and get our price We have been
handling for several seasoi.s a line of
Home-Made Shoes.
This season we have bought more than tv.r,
and cau give you the entire line now, to fit the
babe that can just walk up to the extra sizes for
Men and Women We claim tbat it ia better for
people to bay
Good Shoe 8
At a moderate price than cheap, shoddy Shoes at
a low price. H wever, we keep a few of all
kinds'. But our moitto is : Good Goods at Low
Prices.
Do not fail to give us a call for your Fall and
Winter Shoes. It will coat you nothing to look
and we think we can cave you money.
A large stock of Trunks always on hand at
! ittom prices
GRAY & EARNHARDT.
Sept. 11. 1891.
CENTRAL PARK
Is another candidate for the consideration of
those seeking desirable homes near the prosper
ous, growing city of Cherlotte. .
CENTRALLY
Located between Charlotte and Sharon, Dil worth
and Highlands. Its name ia g$ once recognized
as appropriate.
BEAUTIFUL
Undulating fields and lawns interspened with
magnificent groves of oaks, hickorit, etc , and
the natural beauties of tbe situation increased by
the aid of man is Central Park.
AT CENTRAL PARK
You can select 2, 4 to 8 acres for a model coun
try home ; 10, .20 to 40 acres for a model truck
farm ; 10, 20 to 40 acres for a model grass farm
20, 40 to 80 acr. s for a model dairy.
IP YOU WISH
To buy a general purpose Farm, or a large or
small tract of Land near Charlotte, I will make
you a reasonable offer and sell on accommodating
,erm" , J- 8- MYERS,
An. 21, 1891. , 3m Charlotte. N. C.
SEE THESE.
Nice Hand Satchel, with outside pocket. 50
cents Pine Club Bag, with shoulder strap 75
cents. Good Leather lab Bag, imitation alli
Rl?f,rwlth ?trap 125 Pine Orange Grain
111" lUl.inp,$8-toaB0' "o'dmg to
sir?. Collectois Bags from $1 o $2 50. All
size, and styles of Valises and Sample Cases.
If you want a Trunk, we are head-quarters.
.niYtit1 k ps :ine of 8hoe8 nd Slippers
suitable for all the needs of a civilized people
Always come to see us ff"'-
GILREATH & CO.
Aug. 7, 1891.
TT7E HAVE IN 8TOCK ALL THE PINE8T
iTan,etit? of Ear,y, Corn' 001,1 fr K&rden
Lselt ?,Lant!f g- A lare "KJ ot Melon
Seed in bulk and papers.
R- H. JORDAN & CO.
RI5SffSf? 1100 PER BOTTLE
R. H. JORDAN & CO.
pL A.STICO IS SUPERIOR TO ALL OTHER
walla PrIPiat-tl,OD1" lor Permanent Uh for
a package PUn packacs ,or 60 cta
R. H. JORDAN & CO.
. Comparative Cotton Stateoei
The following is the comparative I
statement for the week ending Sentl
1893. 1
Met riceipts at U.S. porta, 97 905
Total receipts to date. 130528
Exports for the week, 86976
Total exports to this date, 5o'qi8
Stock at all U. S. ports, 284,570
Stock at all interior towns, 24,071
Stock in Liverpool, - 796,000
American afloat for
Great Britain, 28.C00
i
lit
Total Visible Supply of CottoJ
Nkw Yok, Sept. 12. The total 1
ble buddIv of cotton for tha
1,657,757 bales, of which 1.236 r 1
American, against 1,122,708 and' 59s'
respectively, last year ; receipts tA
interior towns 72,502 bales; pUnhjl
108,696 bales. Crop in sight 171785$
J
Rubber and Leather
We have a large atocs ana commit.
mPlet J
1 .
ment of sizes of Kabber Belting on h.n T
rant every foot we aell and guarantee our ,!?
against any House south of Baltimore.
HAMMOND & JUSTln
HABDWAREll
Hardware.
HAMMOND & JUSTICE
Wholesale and Retail dealers, now hi. .
stock of all Goods in their line H ardwtt I
l.r. Iron. N il- Carriage and Wim Ul
jnervnauis 01 iuo
Jl " - T ' r. "WJJ J
ie surrounding countra
trial to be eosii 5
irdware as low as ur fy
onlvtorive them
they are Belling Hardware
in tbe State.
Charlotte Oct 17. 1890.
The "(Hirer Chilled riot,
The Best in the World.
HAMMOND & JUSTICE are bow k,
for this celebrated Plow, and carry a fall vl
ot all extras for same, such as Points, )y
Boards, LAndstaer, isoim, xa, ana are
Tery close.
We also have a large stock: ot ttttsbarg fe
Plows. 8ingle and Double Iron Foot tt
Stocks, at Rock Bottom prices. I
uct. 17. law
PRING AND SUMMEE
r GOODS,
The sun grows warmer ana people cos!
putting on lighter wear.
The Jbadies nave almost every one wt
white dresses. We show the greatest Tin
White Goods in any home in this division of;
country.
Black Goods in Organdie Checks, Plaid
Stripes. Some have pretty figures otben
plain
The Wash Goods counter -is bearing iu
mendous weight well, knowine its load Willi
be gone. On it see the Outings, Teasell CM
Ginghams, Brandenburgs, etc. - '
Foi Men we have 200 Broad Brim Hate t
cents, stacks of nice Dress Hats in black i
white Outing Shirts, so cool, at 85 centi
first class line of Neck Ties, Scarfs, Bows, ft
in-Hand, etc
All sizes in Shears and 8cl8ors at ij era
Come take your choice while they last.
Extra Heavy Alamance, twice as heavy u
have need in eight years, and wider. Btt
colors, better styles, best weight. 8K cenu t
yard. - ' I
. ir.irYiNniru uriN r it
May 22, 1891. -
MUSIC! MUSIC!!
Now is the time to purchase the latest and a
Music, either in sheet or folio, vocal or inirf
mental.
I keep the largest stock in the Btate and ere,
order can be filled. - j
Baker's old established Music House ii ia
swing. - ' "
Every make and style of Pianos. Ornni
all kinds of Instruments constantly on band.
This is the only Uouse where Umic m iu
elusive business.
The world-famed Behr Piano ft a marvel i
beauty, tone and touch. Every one should r
this riano before purchasing else-nere. it
taken the hiehest premium at the Expoiitt
and is acknowledged by all professional! to
tbe acme oi periection.
I have also just received a stock of hizLf
finished and grand toned Banjos This iaref
ment is quite novel 10 toe trade ana is i vi
imposing beauty and tone
Don't forget to call at my Store , and iupr
the stock before leaving tbe city. ' t
I make great allowances oi uucotitf
dealers. .
BAKER MUSIC HOUSE,
Mrs. A. E. DeMoukc,
Y. M. C. A. Building, Charlotte, I
May 29.1891.' "
LOOK OVER
Oar Special Bargains for TMsWwi
200 pairs Boys pants at 25 cent a pair
100 pairs Boys pants at 83 cents a pair
300 pairs Boys pants at 50 cents a pair
200 pairs Boys pants at 75 cents a pair.
Overcoats at 25 per cent discount
Boy a' Suits at 25 per cent discount
Boys' Overcoats at 25 per cent discooit
We have Just received
50 dozen all Silk Neck Ties, imported r4
made by Virgoe, Middleton A Co,
London.
None in the lot are worth less than 50 centi
We offer all of them at 25 cents each.
ROGERS & COMPANY,
' New Brvan Bsildii
taffrl OnnnaitA iVinrt Ho
Feb. 20. 1891.1 - Charlotte.?,
Dissolution of Partnersti;
The partnership heretofore existing nude
namo nf Mrs H AO Vasmmh haJ tk
comb retiring. The liabilities will be v&
by Mrs. Guasie Newcomb. who will conf
bnaintaa at - the cAd at-jwi Thankinf f
past favors and hoping to meet a con tins'
am very respectfully,
MRS. GUSSIE NEWCOI:
P. 8. Ail parties indebted will pleaM
early as possible.
Ang 21. 1891. .
B. Nichols, Furniture De
I hare I ant received th lumt stock of
1-41
mas goods in the history of my "bu8'DfW
prUiqg Tables, Plush, Rattan and Carpet g
ra flat Rfe. T.-lst- Hnitl TLSelS SWl
vnvinn -.nil in fmet worrtlilnr S-itSbl '
Chnatmii nnwnt tnr a. reDuCO!
child. Do not decide on a present till rjf
my stock, as you may regret it aiier j
i l?
Holidays ore not over yet and 700
ample time to look around. t
Remember it will iy you to call os S
have a number of things to select froB,"
prices that is in reach of every one.
B. NICHOLS & CO,
UNDERTAKERS. ... ,
All work ia that line promptly D.
nlo-ht ni H.r Nirht call. 412 Nona I
street.
17 West Trade St., Charlotte.
Jan. 8, 1891. .
FARMERS'
SHOES.
Fine Kip Hi.b, Tie, price 1 80.
10" ."
nicest and best UBlined rarm f
IT
market and fits' welL
.. , . i A
ks man'
Dee our iineo ana uoudw f he
price S1.50, the best light Brogan w
eecona quality f i.jk. h- - -
We have lots of
July 81, 1891.
March 27, 1891
If-if