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Charlotte Democrat.
CHARLOTTE. N. O.
Friday, November 29, 1895,
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From Our Regular Correspondent.
Washington, Nov. 26, 1895.
The "long session'' of Congress is upon
us. And it is safe to presume that it
will truly be a long session. An:w Con
gress usually comes in with a determina
tion to make its first session which is
not limited by law, and ib, therefore,
railed the long session a short one. If
t
the personal interests of Congressmen
controlled their action in this matter, that
determination would always be realized
for their compensation is the same
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whether they adjourn in June or October
It is asserted that it is the intention of
the leaders in the Fifty-fourth Congress
to make an effort to close out business
in a little more than six months or by
the middle of June but tho experience
of recont year furnishes little reason to
expect such a consummation. No Con
gress in the last twenty years has been
confronted with a greater number of im
portant questions than the Fiftysfourth
will be compelled to deal with. The last
Congress left some troublesome matter
to its successor. There are questions
of revenue and other financial provisions
which will inevitably bring on long de
bates. The coast defenses and the Navy
will demand careful consideration. Three
or four chronic measures, noted for their
capacity to inspire oratory, will be again
at the front. Among these are the Paci
fic Railroad's debt and the bankruptcy
bill. It is believed that our foreign re
lations will demand and receive unusual
attention at the hands of the new Con
gress. In view of these fact3 and proba
bilities, and remembering that 1896 will
be a Presidential year, it will be safe for
our legislative guests to settle themselves
down comfortably prepared to remain on
duty at the Capital until about the middle
of August.
Surprisingly little interest appears to
bo taken by the assembling Congressmen
in tho recommendations which Mr. Cleve
land will make in his message. They
are not anticipating it as a thing on
which legislation will to any degree des
pond. Meanwhile, Mr. Cleveland is de.
voting himself assiduously to the pre
paration of the document, and he is do
ing his work in the seclusion of his cot
tage on the YVoodley road. The impres
sion is that the coming message is likely
to rank as one of the longest, if not one of
the ablest, of tho state papers of Mr.
Cleveland. It has long been understood
that tho message will recommend the re
tirement of the greenbacks. That it will
have considerable to say about the Vene
zuelan question has been expected, and
this and the possibility of some striking
announcement as to Cuba have given
chief interest to the anticipation of the
message. But the belief has obtained
that legislation will bo very little in-
nuencea py tno jtresiaent s message in
this year of grace.
The presidential sentry boxes, which
were stored away in the Spring, have
again sprung up in the White House
grounds. Their reestablishment indicates
that it is proposed to continue through
the coming winter the police patrol sur
rounding tho Executive Mansion. The
White Ilouse is well guarded by trusty
mi , .i
men. j.oeoutsiae watches are so &ri
ranged that there aro never less than
six policemen on duty at any time, day or
night. 1 bisltorce is distributed so as to com
mand every avenue of approach to the
building. As additional safeguard, auto
matic alarm signals are fixed in different
parts of the house, and the mansion is
also in direct telegraphic and telephonic
communication with the military posts at
Washington barracks and at Fort Myer,
va., and the Marine barracks. Cranks
aro a constant source of annoyance at the
White House, but under the present eyas
tem ot espionage it is well nigh impos
sible lor even the mildest specimen of
that genus to get nearer the presidentia
presence than tho outer portal of tho
building.
l here is something about tho atmos
phere at Washington one hardly knows
what to call it thatappears to mesmerize
every one who inhales it. No matter
how prominent a man may bo in his own
btate, as soon as be has become inocu
latea with tne Washington air bo wants
to breathe it all the rest of his life. Take
old Judge Holman, for instance. Here
ho is to day tarrying in Washington with
no aspecial reason for being here. Ho was
defeated tor Congress last fall. As
watchdog of that Treasurt' he has no
longer any bark or bito or any claws
Perhaps before long he will hang out
sign here and begin to practice law
That is the ultimate experience of most
Congressmen, borne make money and
others hang on by their eyelids. The
best known law firm in Washington to
day is composed of a couple of defeated
statesmen. I could give a long list of ex
prominent men who have been thus af
fected by the Washington air, and it
would include cot) only men who have
been in Congress, but department officials
and Army and Navy officers. There is
oo question about it this Washington
atmosphere is a bad thing to breathe once
unless you are willing to take it all the
res', of your life.
One of the striking coincidents of the
new Congress is that the new members
and the old ones are equally divided in
number. Of tho 356 members which
make up tbe House, 178 served in the
last Congress and exactlv the same num
ber never served in Congress at all.
Uov. Urr Appoints a State Committee lor
the Mexican International Exposition.
Governor Carr, at the earnest solicita
tion of the representatives of the Mexican
government, has appointed tho following
wen known and experienced business
men of the State of North Carolina, to
act as a btate Committee for the Mexican
international Exposition, which is to
open in tho City of Mexico on or about
tbe 15th of September, 1896 :
Col. Frank Coxo, Asheville; F. Brevard
McDowell, Charlotte; Geo. H. Bellamy.
El Paso; Col. Fred. A. Olds, Kaleighj
W. J. Andrews, Raleigh.
The duty imposed upon these gentle
men will be miking propaganda for the
Exposition among the manufacturers, as
it will be the means ot opening up an ex
tensive market.which has been overlooked
by the export trade of the United States.
,
Locks for houses, banrs, stables, grain
eries, gates, boxes, drawers, closets, in
fact any kind of a lock can be found at
J. H. Weddington & Co.
The Spirit of The Home-Coming.
There are many people who regard a
Thanksgiving day as a meaningless day,
and its celebration once a year a waste of
time and a mockery. It might have been,
they go on to say, a day of reality to
those who in early colonial times bad
hostile tribes, inclement weater, and
threatened starvation to fight, and whose
natures were wrought upon to all their
depths of fear and gratitude. But for us
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in mHe uays oi no national crises, in
these days of money getting and mater
ialism a lbanksgiving day means only
a day in wbicb, oitener than not, obser
vances are a bore.
Yet for all that, and in spite of what
the croakers say, year after year in every
town and country some glad prepar
ation for it is made. Feasts aro prepared.
eicome stands ready. To tbe return
ing wanderer arms are outstretched; to
the homeless wayfarer the hand is exten
ded. Cost of labor and pain of preparation
areforgotton in the joy of reunion. All tbe
year that has gone has been w.tb many but
as a vista looking toward it. For them all
the year to follow shines as a new path
way leading to tho same bright end.
No New Englander, close press, d as he
may be, stays willingly away from tbe
family gathering on that day. Eich and
poor alike are stirred by one common
impulse to go homo. One man may
want to ieei once more tne comiort ot an
old familiar chair that no change of fash
ion has moved from its long-accustomed
place. Another wants the sense of
pcacefulness that belongs to a certain
sunny window with geraniums in it when
all the world without is quietand stillness
reigns within, borne want the nursery,
with its tittered books, and some the
associations of old sounds, as the clicking
or tbe gate or the hurrying of familiar
footsteps up tho stair. Some want
tho friends of childhood ; and back of all,
and through all, and over all, each and
every one wants the finding again of the
motber, tbo lace and the voice and the
touch of her of her whose love has
never faltered, whose sympathy has
never failed, who welcomes them without
reproach, who rejoices in them without
measuring their failures, who has kept
her ideal of them undimmed, and yet who
will minister to them tho livelong day as
iu uiiesavcu n o in un angry tempest, ner
arms their support, hor warm heart their
restingplace
They want, in fact, the finding again,
and untouched, the things they have left :
or tbo world ot men and women outside
has suddenly become to them as a rag
ing sea, and they know how many reefs
they have taken in tbo sails of their own
principles the better to meet the winds of
doubt and expediency. But there are no
storms in the old home. Thov were
ong since safely passed and the haven
reached.
On Thanksgiving day, indeed, a great
yearly tribute to tbo home is paid, un
told forces are marshalled to doit honor.
It is not a day of empty forms and cere
monies, with tho spirit in them dead; not
even a day or sometimes perlunctory
gifts, as Christmas may become. It is a
day in which a real thanksgiving reigns
in tho heart, else there, would be no com
mon impulse to go homo to find that for
which the heart is thankful ; none to
carry tbe friendless there, the lonely and
the poor ; no common impulse to wel
come and no common impulse to rejoice:
nothing, indeed, to make Thanksgiving
the day ot all tbe year.
xne spirit oi it, men, can never die as
long as these things live, and tho soul of
man continues to crave for something
stable and abiding amid the shirts and
changes of progressive fortune.
Harper's Bazar.
Swan Quarter's Church.
A Godless Man Refu.-ed it a Site, but a Tide
luat Beat the Record SettUd it
'.'If you should ever go down into Hyde
county, JN. C, said a member of the
Pamlico Sound Sportsman's Ciub, "and
should stop at Swan Quarter, tho quaint
county seat, you would seo a church
perched on top of what they call a hill
There is a curious story connected with
that church
"Hyde county has two coasts, tho
Pamlico Sound coast and the Atlantic
Ocean coast. Half of tbo county lies un
der water from 100 to 200 feet deep. That
water is Pamlico Sound. The county
also includes in its area that narrow strip
of shifting sand dunes and scrub grass
extending from Chicomack Banks south
east to Cape Uatteras and from Capo
Hatteras southwest to Ocracock Inlet, a
strip apparently unstable, and in some
places barely a stone's throw across, but
yet able to defy the Atlantic's fiercest
assaults. That is bow Hyde county came
to have two coasts. During the fierce
northeast storms that aro frequent there
tbo sound tide rises sometimes as high as
six leet.
"bwan Quarter is in tho southeast
corner of tho mainland, on the sound.
Several years ago some of tho Swan
Quarter citizens resolved to build a
church Thero was only one spot, in tbe
town that offered a site entirely eafe from
the tide in time cf storm. This was what
is known as a hill down there a hum-
mock of sand rising a few feet above its
suuuuuuiugs. aiiis nm oeiongca to a
man who didn t take much stock in
churches and didn't want any such thing
as a church, and who refused to sell it at
any price. The church people then did
the next best thing and built their church
on ground which, while not being entirely
oeyond roach ot tho tide, was not in any
particular danger, and, to make it abso
lutely sale, they set it on piles that raisod
it above tbe highest high-water mark on
record on that coast.
"The church was completed and ready
tor OCCUUatlOn. TWO nitrhtft hftfnrn tho
nights betoro the
day the dedication exercises were to be
held in it there came a terrible storm.
Next morning, when the citizens of Swan
Quarter went forth they were amazed
Such a tide as had never been hefnrA
must have risen during the night, for the
church was gone from its high Dlace on
the piles. But, more amazing still, the
tide had risen still higher th&n that on
high that it had carried the church to' the
summit of the hill and then receded, leav
ing the church standing squarely on the
hummock, uninjured in any way. Of
course, every one saw in this the un
mistakable hand of Providence. It
alarmed the godless owner of the hill,
who had refused to sell it at any price for
the sacred edifice, and he not only gave
the land to the congregation without
money and without price, but also be
came a devout member of it himself and
remained one to his dying day. The
church stands today just where it was
carried and left those many years ago.
and never since has tbe fiercest storm
that has beaten upon that coast driven
before it a tide half so great as was tbat
memorable and providential one. Hi. Y.
Sun.
Xortb Carolina Hews.
In the production of mica North Caro
lina leads all tbe other btates not only in
quantity but in quality. Her output is
100,000 pound annually against 25,000
for New Hampshire, 18,000 for South
Dakota and 1,000 for New Mexico.
In some sections of Morven townsb
hog cholera is prevailing to an alarming
extent. We learn that Mr. Berry lilies
has lost all bis porkers, 30 in number,
from this to hog raisers,-dread disease,
and that Mr. J. M. Pratt is minus 14 from
the same cause. A number of other
citzens ot the township are also consider.
ab' j loosers on account of the epidemic
t , adesboro Messenger.
It is thought by parties returning from
tbe southern markets, where they have
been with cattle, that horses will bring a
good price next spring. Cotton is selling
at a very good price, and tbere will be a
strong demand work stock. The horses
which have been sent there from the
west have not proven to be good workers
ur ar iney easny acclimated, it is
thought that at leant three-fourths of tbe
prarie horses die with lung fever. Boone
Democrat.
oome uaysagoan agem approached a
Ci .1 . . .
certain old soldier with the intention of
selling him a book relating to the war,
"Can't buy it," said the old vet, "would
keep me from sleeping." "How's that?"'
asked tho agent. "Well," replied the old
Confederate, "I bought one of them books
once, and I kept reading it so much and
got so excited over reading about the
battles that I was in, that I iust couldn't
sleep. 1 paid $2.50 for that book, but I
had to give it away before I could sleen.
No guess I can't buy one." Monroe
Journal.
Judge Norwood has broken the record,
so lar known, for holding Superior
Courts in North Carolina. On Mondav
morning of this week he convened court
in Randolph county and finished ud the
docket by Wednesday evening, when an
adjournment was taken. Coming from
Asheboro to Salisbury he opened Rowan
Court Thursday morninc and all tha
business on both the State and niil
dockets is now practically finished and an
adjournment will be taken this evening.
Holding two terms of court in one week
is certainly out of the regular order of
doing such things. Salisbury Herald.
The Crops,
indication of
No better
the way in
which commerce binds the nations of the
world together can be found than the
financial columns of tho newspapers A
drought in Minnesota or southern Russia
is of vast importance to London and New
York. The ravages of the ootton-wnrm
n Texas closely affect the interest of
planters in India and on the banks of the
Nile, Speculators in all the great mar
kets of the world scan with eagerness the
reports of tho weather and other condi
tions that may at any time falsify the
most carefully framed estimates oftht
harvests.
It is. therefore, not the farmers alone
who aro interested in the fact that the
grain crops ol the United States are
greater this autumn than ever before.
How grest they will be it is hard to ex
press satisfactorily, for the figures are too
vast to convey to the mind a definite im
pression. It is estimated that the com
bined crops ol wheat, oats and corn will
exceeds last year's aggregate by some
thing like a billion and a quarter of
ousneis. ibey will also exceed the ex
traoromary total ot 1SSJ1 by some two
hundred millions of bushels.
The greatest gain has been made in the
corn crop, which is nearly twice as large
as last year s. ice wheat crop shows a
decrease oi some thirty-seven millions of
bushels; the oat crop a gain of about one
hundred and sixty-rive millions of
bushels. The crops of buckwheat, rye,
barley and potatoes all promise to be
greater than in 1894.
The cotton crop of the Southern States
will show no such gain. On the contrary,
it will show a decided falling off The
present indications point to a total of less
than seven millions of bales as against a
total of almost ten million bales last year.
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too yield ot tobacco will also be less than
last year sand less than the average of
tne last nve years.
Ul course other considerations than
those of weather and insects must be
taken iuto. account in studying these
totals, i ho acreage devoted to each of
the great staples varies from year to year.
In tho South a feeling favorable to the
diversification of crops, which had long
Deen growing, was strengthened by the
low prices at which cotton was sold last
year. 1 he lact that this year prices are
very much higher only illustrates the
universal law of supply and demand, and
win douotiess conbrm the judgment of
the farmers in that region that there is
too much risk in depending on any single
product of the soil. On the other hand,
tho immense corn crop of the West has
reduced the price of corn far below the
average of last season. Accordingly, it
is not unlikely that wo shall see a re
duced acreage of corn next year.
indeed, tbe diversification ofcroDsis
perhaps the most striking of agricultural
tendencies throughout the country. It
was pointed out several years aeo that
four States produced nearly half the
total crop of Indian corn, notwithstand
ing the fact the plant can be profitably
grown in every quarter of the Union.
A similar geographical concentration was
true ot other crops, and was not imposed
by climatic conditions. As a conseouence.
the failure of a particular crop brought
CU'U-
Bitter experience seems to hft t.nht
the farmers that It is best to make more
than one appeal to the soM every year In
this way the profit of a season especiall
favorable to the principal crop may be
lessened, but the distress of a bad season
will be lebsened also.
On the. whole, it may be said that cup
farmers have not disappointed the world's
expectations. Hundreds of ships will be
busily employed for many months in
transporting the fruits of their husbandry
to other lands. Millions of men will be
engaged in transforming their raw
materials into finished commodities.
Largely because of their labors the world
wiil have enough to eat and to wear for
another year. Youth's Companion.
Buciien's Arnica Salve.
The Best Salve in the world for f!no
Bruises, Soree. Ulcers. Salt Rheum T?vl
Sores. Tetter. Charjned Hands f!h;iKl;
Corns, and all Skin Eruptions, and nnm'J
tively cures Piles, or no pay reauired. It
as guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction
or money refunded. Price 25 cenU Der
box. For sale by Burwell A Dnnn
wholesale and retail. '
Blight
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costs cotton planters more
than fte million dollars an
nually.! This is an enormous
waste, and can be prevented.
Practicil experiments at Ala
bama Experiment Station show
conclusively that the use of
Kainit "
will prevent that dreaded plant
disease)
Our pamp jets are not advertising circulars boom
ing: special fatilizers. but are practical works, contain
ing the restks of latest experiments in this line.
Every cottor farmer should have a copy. They ax
sent free for ike asking.
I GERMAN KALI WORKS.
93 Nassau St.. New York.
i Imports of Cotton.
oome oi tne protectionist organs are
holding up as a bug-bear to the South
the fact tht our imports of raw cotton in
creased 10,000,000 pounds during the nine
months, ended September 30, 1895. They
are silent &b to tbe more important fact
tbat car exports ol raw cotton increased
350,000,OOOi pounds during tbe same pe-
riou. i
The increase of imports of raw cotton
do not constitute a menace to our cotton
growers, but does indicate a favorable
industrial condition. Most of our im
ported cotton comes from Egypt. It is
of finer fibre than ours and is used in the
manufacture of fabrics for which our cot
ton is not suited.
Unti! recently hardly any fabrics of
this character were made in the United
States. We made little effort to compets
in such lines with the English. French
and German manufactures. There has
been a distinct and rapid advance in the
quality as well as the extent of our manu
factures.
lbere is no danger to our sea island
cotton irom Jbigyptian competition be
cause the demand for tho former is grow-.
ing iasier man tne supply.
'ibe foreign cotton scare will not work
in the bouth. Atlanta Journal.
Supreme Court Decisions.
Raleigh Observer.
Opinions were handed down as follows
Sherrill vs. Telegraph Company, from
reaen, amrmed.
Wilson vs. Wilson, from Iredell, af
tirmed.
State vs. Gadberry, from Yadkin, new
trial.
Holmes vs- Brewer, from Moore, af
nrmea.
bmith vs. Smith, from Davidson, af
firmed.
.Nimock vs. Pope, appeal by Hodges,
irom uumberland, amrmed.
Blue vs. Railroad, from Moore af
firmed.
Job nson vs. Townsend, from .Robeson,
new trial.
McNeill vs. Currie, from Robeson, af
firmed.
btate vs. Kelly, from Moore ("two
cases), amrmoa in both.
Medlin vs. Buford, from New Hanover,
amrmed.
State vs. Perkins, from Pitt, error.
Warren vs. Stancil, from Pitt, affirmed.
Jones vs. Jones, from Greene, affirmed
Smith vs. Smith, from Columbus, new
trial.
McNeill vs. Railroad, from Moore, af-
armed.
(.ret the , Kentucky Uane Mill for
strength, durability and simplicity. The
lightest running mill made; and, use the
Kentucky sellskimming EvaDorators'
They are entirely seamless and no solder
sued. Sold by J. H. Weddington Co.
A Smart Little Girl.
That was a pretty sight which many of
our people nad tbe pleasure of witnessing
rnuay, wnen little JJaisy barker, of
Ashe county who is II years old came
into town leading 57 head of pet turkeys
to market, one bad raised all ot them,
and they were as "gentle as dogs," follows
mg ner wnerever she went. He father
and brother, were in a wagon behind.
Messrs. Absher & Wallace purchased the
entire drove and they weighed 505
pounds, bringing her about $26. Little
Daisy is a bright child, and has shown by
example what a little girl can do in tbe
poultry business. The parting scene be
tween sbe and her pets was reallv
patneiic. jyonn iVUhesboro Jews.
a I TlT .i -rr-r. t ?
Do you want to kill crows and eauir-
rels ? If so, you will find truns. Dowder.
buoi, snens, caps, primers and wads at
L 1 I, w . " '
J. Hi Weddineton & Co.
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One of the best tributes ever Daid
to Allen (x. 'lhurmau. and one which he
. . . A.
will appreciate, was Daid recentlv bv exs
Senator Edmunds when he said, among
. 1 ... . ... . o
uiuer creauanie tbinga, "Ho was brave in
his convictions and was always working
ior wuat be thought to be the good of
his coqntry, and not for hire. Although
I did not agree with him on many polU
tical matters, I-jwuUnot help liking him
for bis earnestness. - What he did was
done because be considered it riffht"
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By virtue of a decree of the Superior Court of
Mecklenburg County, made in an action entitled,
The Trustees of Davidson College and others,
against H P Helper and wife. I will offer for sale
at public auction, at the Court House Door in
the city of Charlott, fi.r cash, on Monday, the
6th day of January, 1896, at 13 o'clock M. the
following described tracU and lots of land, situ
ate in Deweese township. County of Mecklen
burg, and btate of North Carolina, the same
being known as a part of the land formerly
owned by Dr Wm White, dee'd, and which was
partitioned mong his heirs at law. under and by
vinne oi a decree oi the Superior Court of
Mecklenburg County, in the case of Jonn John
ston et al. Ex-Parte, and which is described and
boucded as follows, to-wit :
(I ) Lot A of No 3, Horns Tract, beginning
at me creeK, tne oeginning coiner of Lot 1, and
runs n 86, e 6 chains to a hicitory (gone) by a
wuue ojs; inence n OY., e cnaias to a stone in
the old line, a corner of Lot 4: thence with the
division line ot lots 3 and 4 a 57, e 20 chains to a
puoi ua& sou pointers; a corner ol lot9 C ana u
of lot 4; tbenca with lot B 8 33M, w 36 chains to
a small maple on the bank f me creek; thence
op the creek to ihe beginning, c mUioing 62
acres
() Lot ii of lot No 3, ho a e trac, beginning
ah iub creeK on me oia line, the beginning
corner of Lot 1. and runs with four of P
Flemmmn's lines s 88. e 6 70-100 chains to a
red oak; thence n 24J, w 22 50-100 chains to a
double white oak by the meadow; thence 85.
w i cnam 10 an eim on ttte east side of Kankin
Alexanders; thence n 36. e 36 and 50-100 chains
to a stake,(formerly a Locust),P Flemming and B
tasuion s corner, and a corner of Lot D of no
4; thence with said lot n 57, w 20 chains to a
post oak and pointers, a corner of lots A, C and
xj; mence wnn lot a. a oifM, 36 chains to a
small maple on the bank of the creek: thence
down the creek to the beginning, containing 70J
acres, i ne aoove aescrioea tracts nam lered 1
and 2 having been conveyed to defendant. P C
Helper, by M P C White, bv deed bearing date
oi 54na aay or January, 1876. and registered in
Mecklenburg County in Book 13. pages 322 and
(3.) Lot No 1, division of home place, begin
ning at the creek on the south end of the tract
and runs n 88, w 49 80-100 chains to a stone
and maple (formerly a pine o-a black oak) on
David A Sloan's line: thence with three of
Sloan's lines n 17. w 1750-100 chains to a black
oak by two pines; thence s 59, w 1 85-100 chains
to a white oak by the fence; thence n 32, w 15
ou-iuu cnains to tue nickory at the corner of the
ience; inence s 80, e 51 50-100 chains to a stake
on the bank of the creek: thence down the creek
to the beginning, containing 130 acres: and which
was conveyed to the defendant, H P Helper, by
John Johnson and wife, by a deed dated 22nd
day of February. 1876, and registered in County
of Mecklenburg in Book 13, page 482.
(4 ) Lot No 2, of home tract, beginning at the
creek on tbe ol line on the north end of the
tract and runs s 86, w 5 60-10D chaiis to a large
stooping white oak by the fence; thence s 37,
w 13 80-100 chains to a large pine (formerly a
black oak); thence w 12 5 100 chains to a black
oak near the west end of a drain: thence s 15. w
28 75-100 chairs to a hickorv at the fence, a
corner of Lot 1; thence with said lot 1, s 86, e 51
50-100 chains to the creek; thence np the creek
to the beginning containing acres, and which
was conveyea to tne detenoant, H P Helper, bv
w a Ma9sey and wife, bv deed dated 22nd dav
of February, 1876, and registered in the County
of Mecklenburg in Book 13, page 483
10 l Liot u or JLot 4. home tract, beginning at
a posi oaK ana pointers, a corner of lots A, B
and D and runs with lot D. n 48, e 39 75-100
chains to a stake on the old line bv two gums and
uiie wuue oaa; mence wnn inreeor tsyers lines
n 86, w 17 7-100 chains to a stake by three red
oaKs; inence s S5U. w 0 75 100 chains to a post
uan. uy a rine i" yj ij j ana it U; mence s
67M. w 29 40- 00 chains to a stone on fivers'
uue; mence s oty e zu cnains to the beginning,
containing ou acres, and wcicn was conveyed to
the defendant, H P Helper, by N Hart Davis
and wife, bv deed dated 13ih dav of Maroh
ioio, aim resiaierea in saia uountv of Mecklen-
uurg in hook it, page Ta
(6) Lot D of Lot 4, home tract, beginning at
a post, oas ana pointers, a corner of lots A.B and
C, and runs with Lot D, s 57. e 20 chains to a
stake (formerly a Locust); P Flemming'a and B
Cast ion's corner: thenc wilh Cashion's line n
36, e 43 chains to a post oak (gone) on a road;
mence n ny2, w z ana 7U-1UU chains to a large
umcK. oaa; mence n en. w 1U chams to a stake nn
the old line by two gums and one white oak, a
corner or 101 ' ; inence wiln lot U, s 4SJ4. w 39
j-j.w tuaiua iu me uegiaiing, containing ba
acrea, anu wnicn was conveyea to tne defendant
a f neiper, by Al Cbambless and wife, by
deed dated 13th day of March, 1876, and regis
tered in Mecklenburg County, in Book 14,
page to.
liXcepting from the boundaries of th nhnvp
described roal estate, about forty-ihree acres, the
uuuuuanca ti wmcu ioriv-mree acres so ex
cepted, will fully appear bv reference to a deed
made by U P Helper to W H Johnston, bearing
uk loin uitjf oi iecemotr, loau. ana regis
tered iu the office of the Ree-iHttr of rwrU fnr
mecKienDurg uounty, in .Book 76, page 607
Also, at said time and place. 1 will sell atnnh
lie auction for cash, all those tracts and nnrro1a
of land situate, lying and being in the County of
Mecklenburg and State of North Carolina and
described and bounded as follows, to-wit :
(1) That tract and parcel of land, adioininff
the lands of J W Starnes, James Rodgers. et al,
beginning at a poplar. John W Starnes' corner.
and runs thence with his line s 5, e 207 poles to a
niacK oax near a large rock. 7 noles from the
pine stump corner; thence n 85, e 54 poles to a
rocs, a corner or itocigers" line; theuce n 43 poles
to a stake; thence n 8eJ,e 20 poles to an apple
tree on or near tie oil iirw thpnn- n 9a in
poles to a stake, Kodger-. corner; tbencd u 75i
w 20 po'es to a slake near the ford of the creek-
lucuueuoo.w poiesio me osginnmg, con
Ofk Art S i .... a . .
laming bu acres, and which was conveved tn
said H P Hfclpfcr by J Lee Sloan, by deed dated
isi uay oi r eoruary, l-37.
(4 ) ttiose lots and parcels of la d Ivinir
situate andbeiDgin the town of Davidson Col
lege, and now occupied by the defendants as a
residence, situate on the west side of the public
road leading from Charlotte to Statesville, be
ginning at a stake, the same being tbe northeast
corner oi ones residence of the defendants, and
rims mence s id, w ioo ieet along said road to a
stake; thence n 74, w 326 feet to a stake; thence
n 16. e 155 feet to a stake; thence s 74, e 326 feet
10 a siaKe, me same being known hs the whole of
lkh a and a part of Lot 4 on the plat of the
property of Havidson Colleee south of the Prpji.
dent's mansion, and which was conveyed to the
ueienaani, ji r Helper, by W it Myers as trus
tee, by deed dated 10th dv of .lannarv 1SSQ
aiiu regierea in . Mecklenburg uounty in Book
j - . . . .. . . . -
p. page
(a ) That certain lot and paroel of land situate
in 8id town of Davidson College, containing
about 4 acres and dt scribed and bounded as fol
lows, to-witi Beginning at the northeast corner
or vv A. Holt 8 lot on the west side of the
Atlantic, Tennessee and Ohio Railroad at a tak
53 feet from the center of the main track of tbe
itailroad and rnns parallel with the Railroad n
19. e 400 feet to a stke; also 53 feet from the
center cf the Hack; th.nce n 70, w 437)4 feat
w mir mence a w kj ieei lo a Make
Holt's northwest corner; mence 8 70i. e 437U
iwi iu me ucgmuiug, auu wmcn was conveyed
to the said H P Helper by R I McDowell, et al,
by lease bearing date of the8thda o Novem
ber, 1S573
(4 ) That certain lot and parcel of land. Hinir
immediately behind (west) of the before de
scribed tract or lot, containing about acres
uu wuicu was conveyea 10 tne said il P Helper
by W W Pharr and R I McDowell by lease
I I." 1- . J W .... . '
vcnruig uaie oi zom aay or. June. 1877,
Title to be made subject to the approval of the
Court Nov 21. 1895
W
W. PHIEER,
Commissioner.
Nov. 28, 1895 6w
IWT The National Stockman urges the
following way to kill hogs : Take a
rifle, and if muzzle loader, put in about
;onefourth of common load: if brep(.h
loader, use 22 calibre long shell, I use 32
calibre revolver short shell, as my bogs
are always tame and I can go r!ght up to
them. Draw a line with vour eve from
butt of ear to eye on opposite side, eboot
where lines cross and you will never make
a lailure. i have shot hosrs ever Kinra T
was big enough to handle a gun. and
have yet to see the first hog that was not
bled perfectly. After shooting, turn him
square on his back, then stick, and your
hog will never know what hit him. If
apyono were within lour rods of my pens
on killing day he could not tell we were
killing.
COMMISSIONER'S SALE
Valuable Heal Estate.
W. E A U F
Those who have watched the trend of trade will
relations of commodity and price. The growing diffi
nnp.nt nMmitv nf mcreasitiir the volume
i
succeed. It follows that experience in-business, with cash to buy in large quactitieM
THEREBY ALL THE
GIVES - A - GREAT - ADVANTAGf
ANOTHER ESSENTIAL ELEMENT TO SUCCESS IS, .
SELLING RELIABLE GOODS
WILL CONTINUE TO DO SO!
These are the norval conditions of our business and our success
proves their effectiveness. Always offering the highest values at quick selling prices
LIBERAL REDUCTION
OUR STO
MAKES BARGAINS THAT YOU WOULD NOT EXPECT
ORDINARY COURSE OP BUSINESS!
Y O U
WILL ACCOMPLISH
KAUFMAN'S
WHEN WE
We mean only a few of them. For instance,
FINE CLAIT WORSTED SUIT, $10!
We pronounce thtm maivelous values: stvle. fit. finish
yon know anything about clay worsted you
TWO OF A KIND!
TEN DOLLARS FOR A SUIT AND $10 FOR A SPLENDID
xtoi an oramary ten dollar overcoat, but
equai oi any soia in me city tor lis. Tbe
t .. . -
lined.
au waio Bic buiiuuicugiu ttUU 1IUCU
SEEING IS BELIEVING. -
COME AND TAKE A LOOK AT THEM !
W. KAUFMAN & CO.,
Leading Clothiers,
Mail orders sol ic ted.
Goods sent on approval with charges paid one way.
Two Splendid Veals.
A striking illustration of the wisdom
of raising tbo best stock could be seen all
day at Mr. C. E. Nelson's beef stall
yesterday. We allude to the extraordis
narily fine veals which adorned either
side of the entrance. Thev were of the
Holstein variety, and one weighed 205
pounds dressed: the other 220 a total of
425 pounds for the two. They were in
fane order as well as being of good size.
A common veal UDder the best of treat
ment would not weigh over a hundred
pounds at this age, and if they average
sixty pounds, it is as good as is expected
of tbem. It will thus be seen that tbere
is an advantage oi about 150 pounds to
eash animal in favor of the improved breed
ibeso were raised at Lake Ellis by Mr.
George Tippet, of Thurman. Mr. Nelson
tells us of some bo once purchased from
Mr. J. L. Rbem which weighed lour
hundred pounds at nine months. These
were balf Iloletein and half Jerseys.
wun constant examples ot tbecrrejter
profit in raising stock of rapid growing
breeds, w by will any ono hold on to
sorry, kIow growing and poorly paying
ones ? Newbern Journal
Smithfield Hams.
In its current issue the Progressive
Farmer tolls bow Mr E M. Todd, of Isle
of Wight, cures his Smithfield hams.
These hams have intenational reputation,
ana are exported in large numbers. The
following tells all about the hams:
1. The hams are placed in a large trav
of fine Liverpool salt, and the flesh 6urs
face is sprinkled with finely ground crude
oaitpoiici uum tut) H&ms are as wnite as
o.Ur.Aii.. it. I ...
tbougb ooverod with a moderate frost
or say use three or four pounds of the
powdered saltpeter to the thousand
pounds of green hams.
2. Alter applying the saltpeter im
mediately 6alt with the Liverpool fine
salt, covering the entire surface. Now
pack the hams in bulk, but not' in piles
more than three feet high. In ordinary
weather the bams should remain thus for
three days.
3. Then break and re-salt with fin
salt. The hams thus salted and ressalted
should now remain in salt in bulk
one day for each and every pound each
ham weighs that is, a ten pound hm
should remain in ten days, and in same
proportion oi time tor larger and smaller
sizes.
4. Next you wash with terjid wntAi.
until the hams are thorou?hlv nWno
& alter partially drying ru the entire'
auriaee wnn naeiy ground black pepper
o. JMow the bams ehould be hnn ;n
the smoke-house, and this imnort.nt
operation begun The smoking should be
very gradually and slowly done, lasting
thirty to forty days.
6. After the hams are tnrtA
7- ouvuiu uo repeppered to
guard against vermin, and then bard
hese hams improve with
tbe Todd hams are in DerfWtinn Jk -
year old.
Th
secret of
business depends as much nnnn
care of a thing after you get it as it doe!
in the making or pessession of it. As an
exchange truthfully sava tK :T
great leak on most farms for which there
is no reason, and that is the loss which
oome. from leaving plows, hoes and
other farming imn lmo. ' . uu
tb. weatber. Jl.t X.T .1? '
.uoh ,bing. yoo have -D-orb
LI A Iff & CO
:o:
have
noticed the ?radnal h...
The growing difficulty of realizing larire nroflt j
of business on narrow minlno rs .
. . - " . 'iVi in.
DISCOUNTS POSSIBLE,
So That Anyone Buying ON
AbJ
TO REDUG
O K
IN
JEt
$ $ $
WONDERS
SAY " DOLLARS"
just make a note of this week's unprecedented
know these goods are dressy, tasteful and reliable.
an out-and-out "stur.nflr Thou .
colors are dark blue and black. The sleeves Rr'
. - - w vivuqu ate 1
Willi BCfge.
Central Hotel Corner.
Comparative Cotton Statement.
The following is the comparative cotto
statement for the week ending 22nd No
1895. M
Net receipts at an U. 8. ports, 207644 84703
Total receipts to date, 2,232,674 3j250
Bixports ior me wees, 164.745
Total exports to this date, 1,240512
Stock in all U. S. ports, 944 527
Stock at all interior towns. 211.802
Stock in Liverpool, 943,000
21S43I
151,46
iso.oil
769M
American anoat ior
Grat Britain,
190,000
380M
Total Visible Supply of Cotton.
SXKw York, Nov. 23 The total visible
supply of cotton for the world is 3,606,
o7 bales, oi which 3.273.385 b&iMiref
American; against 3,852,357 bffc, 4
3,506,157 bales respectively last year!
-receipts or cotton this week at all lotw
nor towns 175,304 bales; receipts from
ino plantations 233,317 bales; crop in
sight 3.249,876 bales.
JUSTICE
U8TICE
USTICE
HARDWARE
ARDWARE
ARDWARE
Succt ssors to
COMPANY
OMPANT
OMPANI
HAMMOND & JUSTICE
Have in Stock
A NEW AND COMPLETE
LINE OF
Hardware
AND CUTLERY,
BUILDIES
HARDWARE,
Carpenters' Tools, House
furnishing goods, Black
Smith's TooIlAjtI
cultural Implemwt
Chains, Hot s. Plows, Ropes, Nails, Ecifc
MULE SHOES; AND IN FACT
Everything Usually Kept in a First -Cl
Hardware Store.
Our stock is NEWLY BOUGHT undtrtbe new
LOW TARIF F
And we can give you the LOWEST PR1CE8 ir
HARDWARE ever offered in Charlotte.
Are the best on the msrket, fully wa"Ld
Every stove i fully up to the trade """J
ard of our cooking stoves and ranges.
see the finest stove in the city.
PERSONALLYUk7 this PfSj?iS
2 thank my old friends and catome "yy
liberal patronage in the past, sud g
solicit a continuation of the jZMnf
them that they will have no regret i"1"
3 eir purchases from os. W- H. JUSi
Aug. SO, 1895.