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Charlotte Democrat.
CUABLOTTE. N. C.
Report
Of Committee of Finance Appointed Under
Section 758 of The Code.
The committee met at the court house of the
county on Wednesday, the 30th day of Novem
ber, 1892, and find :
That J. M. Morrow, clerk of Su
perior Court, for the year ending
January 9th, 1892. turned over to ,
J. H. McClintock, county rreasur- '
cr, on account of unclaimed wit
ness tickets and jury fees the sum
of . t, 88 81
LeES 5 per cent commission on f 88.61 4 44
$ 84 37
And upon examination of the books
of J. W. Cobb, register of deeds,
we find that he has issued 399 mar
riage licenses, white and colored, .
from December, 1890, to Novem
ber 80, 11:91, and paid into the r
county treasury the sum of $ 399 00
We also examined the books and stubs and
other evidences of warrants issued by the clerk
of the board of commissioners (by order of the
said board) on the county treasurer, and find
the same satisfactory and in conformity to law.
We also examined the abstracts of
taxes, State and county, as well as
the books and vouchers of R A.
Torrance, tax collector, and find
for the year ending January 23,
1&92, be was due the general fund
of Mecklenburg county the sum
of . $ 49,398 55
Less allowed by county commission
ers for errors, over charges and 5
per cent commissions on collec
tion s $ 2,493 94
And was due on account of public
school fund the sum of $ 25,018 61
Less on account of allowances made
by county commissioners for er
rors, overcharges and 5 per cent '
commissions on collections $ 1,287 18
And was due on account of public
road fund $ 13,953 C9
Less on account of allowances made
by county commissioners on ac- '
count of errors, overchargs and
commissions of 5 per cent on col- . -lection,
$ 705 02
All of which he paid over 'to the county treas
urer. We also examined the accounts of
T. H. Robertson, clerk of the
Criminal Court, and find that he
was due the county on the 9th day
of January, 1892, on account of
unclaimed fees remaining in his
hands over three years, $ 77 81
Jury fees collected by him 306 22
884 03
19 80
Lees 5 per rent on $384 OS
$ . 364 23
Which suiJ binouut he paid over to the coun
ty treasurer.
We aho examined the books of J.
II. McClintock, county treasurer, "
for the year ending January 26, ; '
1892, and find that he received for ,
ct.unty purposes, including sales
and exchanges of county bonds, f 361,367 88
That he disbursed, 851,787 05
- 'i
Leaving a balance in bis band of $ 9,580 83
We also find that he received on ac
count of public road fund up to
26th January. 1892.
$ 18,258 99
That be has disbursed,
17,103 12
Leaving a balance in his hand, $ 1,155 87
That he received on account of pub
lic school fund, (including balance
on'hand) from 30tb of June, 1891,
to 30th of June, 1892, $ 80,561 97
That he has disbursed, $ 23,399 38
Balance on hand, $ 7,162 59
The county treasurer's report shows the items
of business transacted by him in the exchange of
tbe county bonds last year. Judging by the
number of items of business transacted as men
tioned in said report, it looks as if tbe whole
matter might be disposed of in one day's time, if
the bonds had all been presented at once. From
two to three dollars per day is the customary
compensation allowed for services rendered in
transacting the county's business, but in this in
stance say $5 00 per day, and grant that the ex
change would take as much as 10 days'; Jabot; at
$5.00 per dy, a fair compensation would be
about $50. But the treasurer was allowed
$727.30 for the services rendered. - '
This is extravagant. The commissioners ought
to transact the county's business with as much
economy as they would their own.
The law makes the Charlotte banks, or at least
two of them, legal depositories for all county
funds and the labor or responsibility of trans
acting this business through tbe banks was very
little.
The laws of 1889, chapter 146, which autho
rized and empowered the county commissioners
to refund the bonded indebtedness of the county,
expreesly requires that this work shall be done
by the county commissioners, but they delegated
this authority to the county treasurer at their
own risk and peril.
We find on enquiry and examination that R.
A . Torrance, tax collector, has omitted to make
a monthly report to the board of commissioners,
as required by section 114 of the lawa of 1889,
and that said board of commissioners , have not
taken notice of said omission.
After an examination of tbe books and ac
counts of the various county officers we find them
neatly and correctly kept. i
. Respectfully submitted, ',
H. D. Stowe,
Wm. D. Alexander, :
T. L. Vail, ii I,-.
. Fiaanee Committee.
December 3d 1892.
Fervent Praj era at Sea. '. i
Mr. Moody was a passenger ' on the
Spree, which on her recent -voyage
towards New York broke her shaft, burst
open her shaft tunnel, letting the water
into two compartments, and for forty
eight hours drifted helplessly in the
trough of the sea, whon the Lake Huron
came to her assistance and towed-her to
Queenstown. : . ! - si " .
Mr. Moody declares bis belief that the
Spree was saved by prayer. "There
never was," said be to- a Queenstown
reporter, "a more earnest praver to God
than that of those 700 souls on that help
less, almost sinking ship in mid-ocean
when we met in the saloon to implore
God's help, and God answered as as I
knew He would. : He sent us a rescuing
ship, and He calmed the ea so that for a
week it was as smooth as it is in this
harbor, though there were storms around
us. It was the grandest test of prayer I
ever knew." : ,
According to General O. O. Howard,
Mr. Moody was very sea-sick until the
danger became imminent, and then be
pulled himself together manfully and
went down into tbe saloon with the other
passengers and there conducted a service
of prayer. - -
There were several of these services
conducted by Mr. Moody and. General
Howard during the two days of peril, and
Jews and Gentiles, Catholics and Pro
testants (700 in all), alike attended, them,
and a German gentleman translated from
English into German for tbe benefit of
bis countrymen who-eould not under,
stand our language. tl
Mr. Moody offered a most fervent
prayer, and made a shorf address. -God
beard us and nswered'us'. I . went to my
state-room to rest after the ;- meeting, and
I was asloep1 when some one touched me.
I awoke to find a Bweet; fond little Ger-'
man girl, the daughter of one of the
passengers, by my cot. 1 She could not
understand a word of English, bat my
daughter had drilled her, to speak four
English words, which, was tbe message
she brought me. 'The steamer is com
ing,' and then she added her German
hallelujah. After that, .with Tescue at
hand in case of necessity, the tension of all
our minds was relaxed, and the week
passed not unpleasantly.
Western North Carolina Conference.
The session of, tho Western ' North
Carolina Conference closed on Monday.
Tbe board of Church extension reported
$2,000 assessments for tbe past year, with
$1,615.25 paid. This will be appropri
ated throughout tho various districts.
The report of tbe committee on Church
property showed : local preachers, 200 ;
members, 60,867, increase, 4,107; number
of churches, 606 1-3; value of churches,
$640,447; increase $20,234.76; number
of parsonages, 89 ; value of parsonages,
$112,487; increase over $4,000; value of
other property, $66,429. Number of
Sunday schools, 623; teachers, 4,061;
scholars, 40,752.
The finance board reported the assess
ments for bishops last year $1,420 ; paid,
$1,209.65 ; assessments for bishops' salary
next year, $1,440. Conference funds as-,
sessments last year, $5,000 ; paid, $4,050.
68. Tbe joint board recommended that
Conference raise next year for conference
claimants $5,000. The board of missions
asked that $10,000 be raised next year
for domestic missions and that with the
Conference assessment of $13,500 has
been apportioned as follows; foreign
$13,000; domestic $8,000.
Tho Conference by unanimous vote
decided to hold the next annual session
in Charlotte.
APPOINTMENTS.
CHAItLOTTE DISTRICT A P TYEK, P B
Charlotte, Tryon Street. W S Creasy.
Charlotte, Church Street, J B Carpenter
Charlotte, B street, J D Belk
Charlotte circuit, E J Pusey.
Matthews circuit, RTN Stevenson.
Clear Creek circuit, E M Merritt.
PineviUe circuit, J P Bonner.
Pleasant Grove circuit, C C Brothers.
Monroe station, W R Barnett.
Monroe circuit, J C Postell
Wadesboro station, F L Towneend.
Morven circuit, J S Nelson.
Ansonville circuit, J H Moore.
Lilesville circuit, B A Yoik.
SHELBY DISTRICT C W BYRD, P E.
Shelby station, J E Thompson
Shelby circuit, A S Gantt.
King's Mountain circuit, J W Bowman
Gastonia station. U M Campbell.
McAdeneviile circuit, J M Price.
Stanley Creek circuit, L A Falls.
Mt. Holly circuit, E W Dixon.
Mt. Island station, T J Rogers.
Lincoln circuit, M T Steele and J J Havenev.
South Fork circuit. M V Sherrill.
Fallston circuit, D P Tate.
Polkville circuit, S SGosque.
Forest Ciiy circuit, Wilbur Le Gelt.
Henrietta circuit, S Stamey.
Principal Bellwood Acodemy, J P Rodgers.
; ; 8TATE9VIIXK DISTRICT J It SCROGGS, P E
Statesville station, D Adkirs, Jas. Willson.
Statesville circuit, R S Webb.
Iredell circuit, M D Giles
Mt Zion 9tation, J O Sheliiu.
Mooresville circuit, W S Dawson.
Mooresville station, J A Bowles.
Rock Spring circuit, P L Terrill.
East Lincoln circuit, J VV Cleg?.
Catawba circuit, J M Downum.
Newton ciicuit, G W Ivey.J H English, sup.
Hickory aud Lenoir station, C G Little.
Lenoir circuit, H H Jordan.
Caldwell circuit, J J Brooks.
Alexander circuit, J T Stovir.
Connelly Springs circuit, W..L Sherrill
SALISBURY DISTRICT J J RENN, P E.
Salisbury station. W H Leitn.
Chestnut Hill Mission.supplied by A L Coburn.
Salisbury circuit, R F Bryant.
Woodleaf circuit, P E Parker.
Mocksville circuit, C M Gentry.
Farmington circuit, L E Stacy.
Concord Central church, S Pool ; T W Smith,
sup.
Concord. Forest Hill, M A Smith.
Concord circuit, A R Surratt.
Mt Pleasant circuit. T T Slayer.
Albemarle circuit, R M Taylor.
Norwood circuit, Z Paris.
Salem circuit W Honeycutt.
Enochville circuit, J L Triplett.
Gold Hill circuit, T W Mansfield.
MORGANTON DISTRICT P II WOOD, P E
Morganton station, J H Page.
Morganton circuit, T S Ellington. :
Table Rock icircuit, J D Buie.
Marviu station, G W Callahan
McDowell circuit, T H Edwards.
Old Fort circuit, Albert Sherrill.
Rutherfordton circuit, M II Hoyle.
Broad River circuit, J A Belk
Saluda and Tryon City, W B Lyda.
Green River, J J Edes.
Burnsville circuit, L D Gillespie.
Bakersville station, L T Mann.
Llh Park circuit, to be supplied.
Bald Creek circuit, T E Weaver.
North Cove circuit, J D Gibson.
WINSTON DISTRICT P J CARRAWAY, P E.
Winston Centenary, S B Turrentine.
Burkhead. .1 R Moore.
Grace, W M Curtis
Forsyth circuit, J F Gibsou.
Kernersville circuit. E J Poe.
Madison circuit, H F Wiley.
Danbury circuit, J C Mock.
Stokes circuit, M H Vestal and S II Helse
beck, sup.
Thomasville station, W 8 Hales.
Zion and Prospect circuit, J H Totten.
Lexington station, T A Boone.
Davidson circuit, G W Harcum.
Lin wood circuit, T II Pegram.
Yadkinville circuit, W C Field.
GREENSBORO DISTRICT J R BROOKS, P E
Gieensboro, West Market Street, 8 H Hilliard.
Centenary, W G Bagby.
Greensboro circuit, J M Lumly.
Reidsville station, W W Ware.
Ruffin circuit, L M Bower.
Wentwortb circuit, W W Womble.
Summerfield circuit, J F Craven.
Jamestown circuit, S T Barber.
Pleasant Garden circuit. J B Tabor.
High Point station, J W Jones.
Randleman station, N R Richardson. (J D
Carpenter, supply).
Asheboro station, Parker Holmes.
Ramseur circuit, R S Abernethy.
Randolph circuit, J E Woosley.
Trinity High School, J F Heitman headmaster,
Uwharrie circuit, J W Strider.
East Uwharrie circuit, W H Nelson.
Trinity College, J F Crowell, president : L W
Crawford, professor.
MT. AIRY DISTRICT R M HOYLE, P K
Mt Airy station, II M Blair.
Mt Airy circuit, H L Atkins.
Dobson circuit, sup. by J B Tucker.
Elkin and Jonesville station, J C Hartsell.
Wilkes circuit, A E Wiley.
North Wilkesboro circuit, T R Fulton and E J
Eudaily, supply.
Sparta circuit, W H Perry.
Jefferson circuit, J A Cook.
Wautauga circuit, A J Burrus.
Creston circuit, J M Rice.
Booue circuit, W S C Cherry.
ASHEVILLE DISTRICTJ H WEAVER. P K.
Asueville Central church, U F . Cretzburg and
J 8 Barnett, supply.
North Asheville. R D Sherrill.
Riverside, J C Troy.
Bethel and College street, E L Stamev. - ;
Weaverville circuit, T " J5 Wagg end J F
Austin, supply. . ..
Su'.phur Springs circuit, J A Clark.
Swannahoa circuit, II T Hoover
Liecester circuit, 8 A Scronoe and J P Reynolds.
Cane Creek circuit, W M Boring.
Hendersoaville station, Ira Erwin.
Mills River circuit, J H West.
Brevard circuit, E Myers
Uot Springs station, A W Plylex.
Spring Cre-sk mission, sup. D R Proffitt 1
Editor WN O Advocate, P L Groome.
FRANKLIN DISTRICT J C ROWE, P E. , .
Franklin sUtion, D H Ccman.
Franklin circuit, T B Johnson. ' '
Macon circuit, W G Malonee.
Waynesville station, J EGray. 5
, Canton circuit. G B McLee .,.
Haywood circuit, D F Carver.
West naywood circuit supplied by R II Pen
land and J R Long
Webster circuit, T B McCurdy.
Glenville mission, CM Curtis.
Bry8on City station, T F Marr.
Brjson City circuit, R B Shelton.
Hayesville circuit, A W Jacobs, II P Bailey.
Murphy station, L T Cordell. :
Andrews circuit, supplied bv Z B Cordell. :
Hi wasee mission, supplied by BP Cordell .
Robbinsville mission J O Wilson.
Transferred, T W Guthrie and S P Douglass
to N C Conference, H W Bays to 8 C Conference
and stationed at Abbeville.
Tramp, Tramp, Tramp! The March" to
national Eankraptcy.
The increase during the past two years
in tbe number of persons drawiBg pen
sions from the Government is shown
by the astonishing figures here present
ed : .
Pensioners. Increase.
June 30, 1890 537,944
June 30, 1891 676,160 138,216
June 30, 1892....... 876,063 199,903
During twelve months two hundred
thousand new pensioners have been added
to the already enormous list."
Is an3'body blind to the significance of
thid exhibit? If so, let him go back
twenty years to 1872, when the war had
been over for seven years and every just
claim upon the Government's bounty had
presumably been presented and allowed.
In that year 1872, Gen. James Abram
Garfield, speaking to the House of Repre
sentatives both as a legislator and as a
veteran of the Union army, declared that
the pension list was then swollen be
yond all account."' "I am the last man,"
said Gen. Garfield, "to say a word against
voting pensions to all persons who de
serve them. But I wish to say to the
House that more frauds are being per
petrated on the Government by claim
agents in different portions of the coun
try than from almost any other single
source." In that same year, while dis
cussing the general financial situation,
Gen. Garfield, as Chairman of the Com
mittee on Appropriations, expressed the
opinion that "wo may reasonably expect
that the expenditures for pensions will
hereafter steadily decrease, unless our
legislation should be unwarrantably ex
travagant." At the time when Gen. Garfield de
clared that the honest and legitimate
pension expenditure of the United States
Government had reached its high-water
mark, and might be expected thereafter
steadily to decrease, tho number of pen
sioners of ail classes, as shown by tbe
Commissioner's report then last issued,
was 207,495, and the aggregate of their
pensions $22,804,994. Twenty years later
the number of pensioners has in
creased more than three hundred
and twenty per cent., and the annual
pension expenditure of tho Govern,
ment between four and five hundred per
cent.
Tho expenditure on account of pensions
during tho present fiscal year will use up
every dollar of the appropriation of $144,
956,000, and occasion a deficiency cs
timated by Commissioner Raura at $10,
500,000.
Tho Commissioner's lowest estimate of
the appropriation required for next year
is $165,000,000. Competent judges be
lieve that the Fifty-third Congress will
be culled upon to vote pension appropria
tions exceeding two hundred millions
annually.
These figures stagger the imagination.
No other evil which has grown out of
Republican rule is comparable to this.
No scandal that has ever stained tho
Government of any country has equalled
this stupendous plunder of the taxpayers
in tbe name of gratitude to the nation's
defenders. Thirty years after the close
of the civil war we 6hall be paying a
million pensions, or as many pensions as
there were soldiers in tho Union army at
any one tinio during the war. Wo shall
be paying, on account of a war closed
more than a quarter of a century ago, a
sum of money three times greater than
the total annual expenditure of the United
States Government at the time when the
war began.
But this is not the whole story. Be
hind the army of 876,063 pensioners there
is a reserve force of about half a million
claimants waiting for the machinery of
the Pension Bureau to "adjudicate" their
claims under existing laws ; and the Pen
sion Bureau is mustering them in at the
rate of two hundred thousand a year.
And behind the .reserve force of actual
applicants, whose claims are on file
at Washington, there is still another
reserve, an uncounted army waiting
only for tho passage of new laws extend
ing the scope of the Government's ex
penditure. How long will it be before every sur
vivor of the Union army, be ho hero or
sneak, four years' soldier or thirty-day
recruit, feeble or stalwart, rich or poor,
will figure as a beneficiary of an eleemosy
nary institution which has no parallel in
the history of the world ?
The time has come for a change of
policy. Tho pension list is manifestly
swollen with fraudulent and unworthy
pensioners. If the roll cannot be purified,
and the annual expenditure cut down to
the thirty millions or so which Gen. Gar
field declared to bo the maximum short
of unwarrantable extravagance, then the
Dependent and Disability act would bet
ter be repealed outright. New York Sun.
Cotton Planters Protest.
They Have Lost Faith in the Proposed Hatch
Anti Option Bill
Charleston, S. C, Nov. 26. The
Southern cotton planters appear to bo
losing faith in the Hatch anti-option
bill, and petitions to resist its passage
are pouring in on Senators Bulter and
Irby. The preamble of one signed by
thousands of planters in this State says :
The recent advance of about 3 cents
per pound in the price of cotton from the
lowest price touched last spring, in the
face of an enormous surplus carried over
and due solely to the development of
short crop and prospective smaller sup
plies, absolutely refutes tbe assertions
that have been so long-enrretit that the
exchanges of the country are banded
together for the purpose of depressing
prices of farm products ; that the inter
est of all the dealers :r such exchanges
lies in tho direction of low prieos," and
that all of our energies are- devoted to
that end. This rise in tbe value of. cot
ton proves beyond controversy that the
laws, of supply and demand regulate
value, any assertion to the contrary
notwithstanding. It would bo to the
greatest extent detrimental to the grow
ers of farm products to have their market
restricted to buyeis or consumption
only. The present increase in " tbe value
of cotton is more largely due to the
speculators of tbe worlq tharTto consum
ers, and but for tbeexistence of 'the ex
changes that deal In cotton for future de
livery the relief that has come' to the
South by the increased value of her great
staple, would bave been much less than
has recently been experienced.
We 'therefore Tequire that as our
representatives" in the United States
Senate you will use all tbe influence in
your power to prevent further considera
tion of the anti-option bill,- and thereby
relieve tbe markets of the world from the
anxiety and uncertainty that is1 hanging
over them, causod by the pending of this
unnecessary measure.
Master f the Situation. . I
America controls the cotton market of
the world, that is, tbe price of the cotton
of the world is governed by the cotton
supply of this country. This has been
amply demonstrated in the past several
years not only by the low prices when
the American crop was large but by the
rapid advance in prices this year when
the American crop is short. This shows
the Southern cotton planter that he is
master of the situation if ho will be
master of it and exercises . the same busi
ness judgment that men in all other in
dustries must use to succeed and conduct
their business with a profit.
When cotton manufacturer, woollen
manufacturers, iron manufacturers, or
other manufacturers find tbe markets be
coming overstocked with their particular
line of goods they get together and agreo
to restrict production by working shorter
hours or a less number of hands until the
surplus is worked off and there is a grow
ing demand for their goods.
This is precisely what the cotton
planters of the South did last year when
they called conventions and decided to
reduce the acreage of cotton, and did re
duce it about 2,500,000 acres. The busi
ness sense of this action is now apparent
in the advance in prices, which it is the
opinion of some will continue until cotton
reaches twelve cents a pound, a price
which it should always command to pay
the man who raises it a reasonable
profit.
The Southern crop this year is about
7,000,000 bales, every bale of which will
be needed for consumption at borne and
abroad, tbe first time in several years in
which there has been no surplus left on
the bands of the planters, and the first
time in several years when they had it in
their power, if they would, to name tbe
price of their cotton, and the first time in
several years when the buyers were
more anxious to buy than the planters
were to sell.
The demand for cotton to meet the
world's consumption increases attherato
of about three per cent, a year, or say in
round numbers about 250,000 bales. It
should be the aim of Southern planters to
keep within tho limit if there should be
any increase of acreage at all, but for a
year or two at least there should be no
increase, for it is better that they should
be under the 7,000,000 mark than over it,
at least until it is definitely settled what
tbe full effect of tho reduced output is
going to be, and how prices will go before
another crop comes in. With the results
so far gained as a certainty, and with
prospects of still better results -there is
nothing to be lost by a little experiment
ing of this kind. Theories are one thing
and tests are another. The 7,000,000
crop of this year has been a test which
has panned cut very well so far.
But there is something else gained by
reducing the cotton acreage and tbe cot
ton production, which has also been de
monstrated this year. The 2,500,000
acros taken from cotton has been given
to raising food supplies, and tbe result is
an unusually large grain crop, which of
course is that much clear money to tbe
planters who bave heretofore been de
pending upon the West for their supplies
and paying for them out of low priced
cotton. Now they not only have higher
priced cotton but many planters have all
food stuffs they need without paying a
dollar more than tbe cost of production.
There are two things which at present
prevent the Southern cotton-planter from
being absolute master of the cotton ques
tion ; one is that most of them are more
or less in debt and therefore bave to sell
part, at least, of the crop to meet matur
ing obligations, and those of them who do
not raise their home supplies have to sell
to purchase these.
If the planters, as a rule, were out of
debt, and raised all their home supplies,
wouldn't they then be absolute masters
of tbe situation, and be able to hold their
cotton or eell it when they pleased ? This
year the planters who were compelled to
market their cotton at the opening of tho
cotton year got less for it by a couple of
cents a pound than those who are market
ing it now. Of course they didn't
anticipate the advance, and very few
planters did, but it would bave been all
the same if they had for they needed
money and bad to sell.
The South must eventually become her
own bread and meat raiser, as she was
before the war. She can be that now as
well as she was then, and she will never
be on the straight road to agricultural
independence and prosperity until she
docs. When she does that then the cot
ton crop, which will always be kept
within reasonable limits, will be tbe
"money" crop in fact, because it will be a
crop that the planter controls, and not
one that controls and makes a slave out
of him. It will be "king cotton" again,
but a king over which the planter will be
the master.
The area of cotton culture in this
country has . been covered ; it cannot be
extended, for climatic conditions prevent
that, bo that however the consuption may
increase it must come from the same cot
ton area. Then to meet the demand in
creased production from the same acres
will be necessary, and tbo thrift and sav
ing habits acquired from tbe cultivation
of grain, the grasses, tbe raising of stock,
etc., will show themselves in enriched
lands which after yielding crops of grain,
grasses, etc., will be in .better heart and
yield belter crops of cotton. It is not
saying .muchJor .the .. average cotton
planter , of, the South when it .takes
nearly thfee sores of land' to make a bale
of cotton w'heh under 'thorough culture
the reverse of this, or three bales to the
acre, is possible Wilmington ' Star.
Double Murder and Robbery.
Raleigh, N. C, Dec. 2. Randall Mc
Donald and two sisters, both old and un
married, lived together in Socket town
ship, Moore county, twelve miles lrom
Santord. Last night at 8 o'clock a rap
was made at their door. McDonald
opened it, and a stranger walked in by
bim, went straight to a gun standing
in the room, picked it up, drew a
pistol from his pocket, and demanded
their money.
lhe two women told him they had no
money. He shot both of them, first the
eldest one, who was killed instantly by a
ball entering her forehead, and then the
other, a ball entering her nose, and she
fell with her head in the fire.
The robber then hurried to McDonald
and forced' him to give up what money
ho had, which was $25. He then escaped
with theunr The younger of the sis
ters is still alive, but i wilt iprobsbly .die.
McDonald describes tbe assassin as a
light colored negro. Search is being made
for bim, and he will doubtless be lynched
when found. :
The other sister has since died.
PRESIDENTIAL VOTE IN 1888.
- PRESIDENT.
1888. 1892.
K g S o C
COUNTIES. g
5 te S fc; Et
Alamance, 1716 1544 1691 1301 337
Alexander, 943 548 591 420 386
Alleghany, - 687 407 797 358 000
Anson, - 2157 1055 1456 522 770
Ashe, 1416 518 1366 1460 134
Beaufort, 2033 1833 1865 1612 000
Bertie, 1218 1109 1610 1309 384
Bladen. 1520 1375 1228 1205 321
Brunswick, 1023 965 767 140 475
Buncombe, 2956 2873 3588 3125 29
Burke, 1249 1102 1410 1098 232
Cabarrus, 1659 933 1419 679 819
Caldwell, 1258 524 H63 524 293
Camden, 588 614 483 504 109
Carteret, 1082 714 1211 613 212
Caswell, 1351 1627 913 1522 453
Catawba, 2349 765 1711 705 893
Chatham, 2581 2027 1567 727 2035
Cherokee, 673 888 692 692 52
Chowan, 738 808 679 882 80
Clay, 401 290 383 263 80
Cleveland, 2264 762 1858 721 1080
Columbus, 1078 893 1592 813 635
Craven, 1359 2618 1305 1648 309
Cumberland, 2523 2028 2178 1333 1363
Currituck, 1001 461 834 402 114
Dare, 321 337 335 356 000
Davidson, 2023 2346 1928 1835 427
Davie, 1008 1199 738 1073 231
Duplir, 2209 1135 1455 986 835
Durham, 1835 1618 1490 1264 667
Edgecombe, 1331 2542 1092 986 613
Forsytb, 2238 2613 2880 2447 469
Franklin, 2218 2019 1740 993 1380
Gaston, 1589 1260 1616 1173 380
Gates, 1446 808 942 575 351
Graham, 284 195 335 237 000
Granville, 2399 2620 1403 1630 490
Greene, 994 1078 1006 562 255
Guilford, 2462 2721 2773 2532 415
Halifax, 2488 2867 3079 1376 459
Harnett, 1468 1100 1222 650 635
Haywood, 1328 991 1320 788 30
Henderson, 915 1297 835 1197 82
Hertford, 1107 1055 710 843 139
Hyde, 844 771 858 430 349
Iredell, 2720 1894 2312 1524 614
Jackson, 902 612 977 575 271
Johnston, 2992 2129 3136 1036 521
Junes, 706 613 670 307 331
Lenoir, 1598 1427 1387 957 448
Lincoln, 1205 922 976 607 447
Macon, 805 754 860 560 178
Madison, 1158 901 1118 1718 118
Martin, 1653 1308 1454 1091 281
McDowell, 1002 874 1055 933 63
Mecklenburg, 4206 3253 3881 1933 534
Mitchell, 679 1586 724 1327 38
Montgomerj-, 992 1207 1011 839 212
Moore, 1955 1826 1674 1460 726
Nusb, 2181 1719 997 476 1332
N. Hanover, 1870 2856 2408 1500 38
Northampton, 1684 1905 1365 1206 457
Onslow, 1177 453 1137 379 436
Orange, 1603 1299 1117 936 770
Pamlico, 730 605 502 471 347
Pasquotank, 826 1221 801 1244 224
Pender, 725 758 872 960 137
Perquimans, 783 986 460 840 292
Person, 1369 1292 1261 1400 335
Pitt, 2569 2357 2050 1201 1398
Polk, 436 418 551 566 3
Randolph, 2121 2339 2077 1883 552
Richmond, 1729 1743 1700 1122 460
Robeson, 2879 1970 2312 1117 842
Rockingham, 2351 2176 1784 1961 853
Rowan, 2732 1274 2303 876 794
Rutherford, 1678 1669 1794 1452 256
Sampson, 2390 1608 1299 1325 1619
Stanley, 1021 776 1053 323 221
Stokes, 1442 1363 1217 1610 215
Surrj-, 1672 1611 1974 1740 63
Swain, 527 453 558 403 217
Transylvania, 523 565 513 502 20
Tyrrell, 472 374 242 295 248
Union, 2067 879 1798 573 826
Vance, 1385 1929 902 1340 801
Wake, 4511 5029 3724 1987 2819
Warren 549 879 337 1474 861
Washington, . 775 1051 533- 492 283
Watauga, 908 976 940 839 99
Wavne, 2748 2629 2261 1645 856
Wilkes, 1691 2292 1770 1895 127
Wilson, 2130 1580 2100 497 1050
Yadkin, 1065 1431 1046 1219 165
Yancey, 929 806 927 651 143
In 1888 tbe vote for President was
Cleveland 147,902, Harrison 134,784
Cleveland's majority 13,118. Per cent.
Cleveland 51.52, Harrison 47 22, Fisk
2.45. Whole vote 285,512.
The vote for Governor was D. G
Fowle, Democrat, 155,925; O. H. Dock
ery, Republican, 133,475. Majority for
Fowle 12,450.
The State returning board finished the
canvass of the electoral vote of North
Carolina and announced tbe result as
follows :
Cbas. B. Aycock, Dem. 132,951
Edward S. Blackburn, Rep. 100,346
Marion Butler, Gideonito, . 44,732
Wm. T. Walker, Pro. 2,636
A comparison shows Cleveland's plu
rality over Harrison to be 32,465. Com
pared with the vote of 1888, when Clove
land received 147,902 votes and Harrison
134,784, there is a falling off in the
Democratic vote of 14,951, and a Repub
lican falling off of 34,438. The total vote
for President this year was 280,665, or
6,835 less than it was: in , 1888, : when it
reached 287,500.
M
Census Statistics.
The census report on. tbe textile in
terests of the United States says that
during 1890 the total consumption of raw
cotton in the different textile mills was
2,258,562 bales, of an aggregate weight of
$1,117,945,976. . Of this amount 23,283
bales were of the "sea island" variety and
923 were imported Egyptain . cotton.
During 1880 1,570,334 were consumed,
the weight aggregating; 750,343,981
pounds The' increase in the hu'mner of
bales from 1880 to 1890 is 688,218, or
43 84 per cent, and in weight of cotton
48 99 per cent. This indicates that the
average weight of bales in 1890 was
greater than in 1880. The cotton used in
American mills average 478 pound to the
bale in 1880, wbile in 1890 the average
was 495 pounds. Tradesman.
lalT The Boston Republic says : Tbe
Democratic party must slop the waste.
It must check the flow of fraud, corrup
tion and rapine which was started by
Tanner ani continued by Raum. Every
honest claim must be allowed, for the
people are desirous to reward the brave
men who fought for the flag and who are
now disabled or destitute. But tbo. roll
should be a roll of honor. Every fraud u
lent claim should be rejected and thrown
out. Tbe list must be revised. This will
be demanded by the honest soldiers as
well as by the tax payers at large.
Wednesday, .morning f lastr James
M. Pew, who has been , postmaster at
Morrisvilte, ; Iredell county, continuously
since i860, died at-' the . age ot 70 years.
He was a merchant,' also, and leaves a
fortune of 1100,000.
North Carolina Hews.
The Stale Superintendent of Public
Instruction reports that all the public
schools have opened well with better
teachers and the .prospect of more
thorough work.
The Winston Sentinel says Philip
Hanes is in the lead so far as big bogs
have been beard from. He has one that
will tip the beam at one thousand
pounds.
The commercial dealers are rapidly
registering their brands. Of these there
will bef'over three hundreuT" Amillion
tags have been received at the Agri
cultural Department.
Tho gin bouse of Alfred Young, of
Concord was accidentally burned lues
day morning. The loss is $350 on the
building, besides all tbe machinery;
3,000 bushels of cotton seed and six bales
of unginned cotton. Nothing was saved
except the scales. Mr. Young had no
insurance. Concord Standard.
Stock raising should be more generally
engaged in. Mr. W. L, Kennedy, of this
county, has recently, engaged in raising
fine horses; and Mr. W. B. Isler, of
Jones county, has for years been raising
bis own horses, which are superior to the
imported article, and is now engaged in
raising a few for salo. This is an in
dustry that many of our farmers could
engage in with profit. Kinston Free
Press.
Archie Mchatter, the negro des
perado, who was charged with tho murder
of Deputy. Sheriff Livingstone, of Rich
mond county, was taken from jail at
Lumber ton Monday morning and carried
to t i lining to n for . safe keeping and for
treatment of ' wounds received while at
tempting to escape. The negro died in
the city hospital at that place Tuesday
morning. His remains were buried in
the county cemetery.
Mr. S. A. Helms, of Goose Creek town
ship, one of our young farmers who
makes farming pay, Bold to Fairley, Crow
& Bro,, on Monday, a load of fine seed
wheat and he has more of the same kind
at home. A young Monroe township
farmer this year raised 300 bushels of fine
sweet potatoes cn less than an acre of
land. More money in them than in cot
ton at ten ccntB a pound. Mr. J. G.
Tomberlin, of northeast Monroe town
ship, from 15 rows of cane 200 yards long,
becured an even 100 gallons of fine sor
ghum. Mr. Tomberlin, who is a good
farmer, tells us that the cane is very
easily, cultivated, requiring lees work
than either corn or cotton. Monroe in
quirer. Important Case. A case" of much im
portance is now before tbe Supreme court
of this State. It comes up from the
county of Duplin and is to define the
question as to whether the tax for
schools shall be made sufficient to keep
them open four months in the year as re
quired by the constitution, no matter if
it does exceed the 66f cents on the $100
valuation of property and $2.00 on the
poll. Another question is to settle tho
matter as to whether the school taxes
shall bo disbursed as now in the counties
where they are raised, or shall be sent to
the Slate Treasury and thonce disbursed
pro rata among the population. The-matter
has been before the Legislature twice.
ROGERS &
PRICES :-: LOWER :-: THAN :-: EVER-
THE BEST VALUES YET ! !
Fall Trade Opens ith Big 0 pportnnities.
We are ready for you with the largest stock of Men's, Boy's and Children's Clothing, HaU and
Furnishing Goods we have ever had. We are going to sell these (roods cheaper than they
have ever been sold in this city. Do you believe it ? Let us prove it to you.
Men's Sack Suits at $3 00 and 3.50, not shoddy. Men's Sack and Frock Suits at $5.00, some are
All-Wool and are positively the best suits for the money ever sold in this section. Fine All-Wool
Cheviot Suits in Sacks and Frocks at $7.50 Their equals are not offered for less than $10.00.
Elegant Tricot and Worsted Suit3 at $10.00 and $12 50 W hen you see them you'll wonder ho
they can be sold at these prices. . At $15 00 we offer the best values In Fine Clay Worsted and
Basket Cloth Suits ever offered in the State They cannot be matched in any Clothing House in
North Carolina for less than $20.00 You know our reputation on
BOY S AND , CHILDREN'S CLOTHING.
Our Prices This Season Will Extend This . Reputation.
Knee Pants Suits, ages four to thirteen, at 50 cents.
Knee Pants Suits, ages four to fourteen, at $1.00 and $1.50.
Knee Pants Suits with Double Breasted Coats at $2.00, $2.50 and $3 00
Fine Tricot Knee Pants Suits at $3 50, worth $5.00.
For the larger Boys from fourteen to nineteen years we have a splendid line of 8uits at $3 80
Colors guaranteed not to run. Some at $3.00 and some with Donble-Breasted Coats at $5.00.
BOY'S SUITS AT $7.50 AND 10
That beyond doubt the be values on the market Lots of Hate' here ' at lialf price. The enure
mcdowell;stock
Carried from last Season at Half Price. Clothing and Hats in this stocji We say that we have tbe
BEST FIFTY CENTS WHITE SHIRT IN AMERICA.
And we believe it. It is made of New York Mills Muslin, reinforced front and back, has Linen
bosom and wristbands and will wear as long as any $1.00 Shirt.
OUR NATURAL WOOL UNDERWEAR AT SEFENTY-FITE CENTS
la the $1.00 kind at other stores. Look at it. Remember WE KEEP EVERYTHING FROM
NECKTIE TO AN OVERCOAT. Come and see us.
Comparative Cotton StatementT
The following is the comparative cott
statement for the week ending Dec. 2
l892. ' m
Net receipts at all U. S. ports. 294.310 ooa?.
total receipts to date. 2,723.9BS
Exports for the week.
Total exports to this date,
Block in all U. S. ports,
Stock at all interior towns
Stock in Liverpool,
American afloat for
Qreat Britain,
1.773,139 2.222MS
178,713 240
1.275,000 lS
365,000
460.000
Total Visible Supply of Cotton.
" -Nbw-Yokk, Dec. 3. The total vi.i
ble supply of cotton for the world s.
4,064,377 bales, of which 3,780,517 bal
are American, against 4,163,817 bale!
respectively last year. Receipts at all
interior towns are 207,639 bales; receint
from plantations 296,122 bales; crc
sight 3,566,987 bales. ,c
The State Farms.
It may be a matter of interest to know
what the convicts from the State peni
tentiary are doing on the State farms.
We gather from a reliable source that on
the farm on the north side of the Roan
oke there are about two thousand acres"
and twenty-two hundred on the south
side. From 500 acres in cotton they
will get about 350 bales; from 1,500
acres in ? corn they will reap 9000
barrels; from 150 acres in peanuts they
will gather 6,000 bushels. From 150
acres of wheat they save 3,000 bushels.
They made 1,100 gallons of sorghum
and will kill 45,000 pounds of pork. On
the Caledonia farm near Tillery, ol 500
acres, they will get 300 bales and from
1,500 acres in peanuts they will gather
8,000 bushels. On the farms near Hali
fax there are -three hundred convicts
many of whom are cleaning and ditching!
On the whole the convicts are doing re
markably well. Raleigh Visitor.
- .
M r. M. M. Clino" raised this year 2,435
bushels of corn. Who can beat it !
Newton Enterprise.
The "Olifer Chilled Plow"
The Best in the World.
HAMMOND & JUSTICE are tow AgenU
for this celebrated Plow, and carrv a full itwt
of all extras for same, such as Points, Mould
Boards, Landsider, Bolts, &c, and are Belling
very close.
We also have a large stock of Pittsburg Bteel
Plows, Siugle and Double Iron Foot Plow
Stocks, at Hock Bottom prices.
HAMMOND & JUSTICE.
Oct. 17. 1892
HARDWARE!'
Hardware.
HAMMOND fc JUSTICE
Wholesale and Retail dealers, now have a tul.
stock of all Goods in their line Hardware, Cut
lery , Iron. N ails. 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
in the State.
Charlotte Oct. 17. 1892.
Rubber and Leather Belting.
We have a large stock and complete assort
ment of .sizes of Rubber Belting on hand. War
rant every foot we sell and guarantee our pricet
against any House south of Baltimore.
HAMMOND & JUSTIC7
Oct. 17, 1892.
COMPANY
ROGERS & COMPANY.
21 WEST. TRADE ST., CHARLOTTE, N. U
Sept. 80, 1302.