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The Charlotte Democrat., 1888-02-24

9B Our friend, W. P. Williams of
Davidson College "a good local Method
ist preacher,) always was a sensible man.
Speaking of the work Of Mr. Pearson, the
Evangelist, and commencing it, Mr. Will
liams says this in the Raleigh Advocate:
"And now the point wish to impress
on your minds, my dear brethren, is this :
II you will all unite "with one accord in
prayer and supplication" with your pas
tors, and work as zealously to assist them
as you do to assist Mr. Pearson, you will
have "revival" without him. i
see that Mr. Pearson has engagements
abroad till next November. Doubtless
many will conclude to wait for a revival
till be comes!, What is to become of the
impenitent sinners and backsliders who
may die before November? Brethren,
think on these things, and give your pas
tors the same aid-inoluding as much pay
for laboring hard a whole year as you give
MIR P. for two weeks-and many precious
souls will be brought into the fold before
Nov. You will feel better and be better,
your pastors heart be made glad, and the
angels rejoice"
All of which is true to the best knowl-
edge and belief of common sense people.
There are plenty of preachers in North
Carolina who, ii the people would help
them as they have Mr. Pearson, could get
up as big a revival as Pearson gets up,
and have great deal of real religion in it
The Charlotte Democrat., 1888-02-24

sB~ The Commissioners of Rutherford
county have been summoned to appear
before Judges Bond and Dick, of the
Federal Court, in this city, April 9th, to
show cause why peremptory mandamus
should not be issued to compel them to
levy tax to pay interest on bonds sub
SSnOed S, to the Charleston, Cincinnati and
VnIcago Railway Greensboro Patriot
Now they are beginning to see trouble
about their lavish county Railroad sub
sorlptions. They hastily voted for issuing
ponds, and another sort of "Bond" is now
alter them. But trouble is just beginning
on that line.
The Shelby Aurora OF last week re-
marks:
1T Is announced that Rutherford coun.
.ys Treasurer, J. Ell. Bradley, is now able
70 y, pay cash to the tax listers of last year
oleVeland county has no money 10 its
;Hessury to pay its present claims and is
~ debt for several thousands. Ruther
tofd and Cleveland must improve in their
uuanoes. 1t is bad for individuals to be
- ~ debt and worse for counties to be una
VIC 70 pay current expenses"
The Charlotte Democrat., 1888-02-24
Aerial ShiDS,

A Pittsburg (Pa.) telegram says: CDR.
Arthur Debausset OF Chicago, President
of the Transcontlnental Aerial Naviga-
ton Company, is in the city placing a
contract for steel to be used in the NAM
moth air ships which he proposes to build.
Each of these ships will be 654 feet long
and 144 feet in diameter. They will be
cone-shaped and made OF steel, or, in
other words, steel balloon. The vessels
will cost $3.50, 1000, and it is the intention
to build several of them. DR.. Debausset
is the inventor of the aeraplane, as he
calls it., He says it is no longer an ex-
pertinent but fact, and that during the
present year he will start on voyage of
discovery to the North Pole and Arctic
regions. The inventor stated further
that he could easily develop speed Of
12O miles per hour. If the first voyage is
successful he will ask Congress to pass a
bill adopting his ships for use along the
coasts for defence and lifesaving purposes.
The Charlotte Democrat., 1888-02-24

a. The temperance people up North
are working vigorously for the repeal of
the Internal Revenue Laws. 1t is thought
that if the immense revenue derived from
the liquor traffic can be pushed aside, it
will not be so difficult to get prohibition.
The Income argument will be out of the
way. If not recognized as an established
industry it will be easier to prohibit it.
The South will rejoice to see the Internal
Revenue Laws abolished, and if it will
hasten prohibition, it will be that much
more desirable to many of us.-Rdteiqh
advocate.
We have always said that the true way
to promote temperance was to repeal the
miserable internal revenue laws and all
LIQUOR license laws. Now let some smart
newspaper statesman prepare to clear his
stomach of "bile" about free drinks and
free chews.
The Charlotte Democrat., 1888-02-24

WATER AND ELECTRICIrY.-The exper-
iment which has recently been made in
this city with regard to the destruction of
microbes in water by electricity appears
from the report given elsewhere to have
been highly successful. We understand
from the report that the experiment con-
cerned itself mainly with the larger ami
malcule and infusoria, some of which are
visible to the eye. But the deduction is
that the same force will destroy the micro,
scopic organisms which, while totally in
visible, are often the causes of terrible ep-
demcs.
II this inference is borne out by further
experiments, the only question left as to
safety in water supply is the expense Of
electrical treatment. Any probable ex-
pense could hardly weigh much against
the vast Importance of securing whole
some water. If electricity can give US
that, as it promises to do, it will count an
other achievement among it's many other
modern wonders Pitts6ur0 Dispatch.
The Charlotte Democrat., 1888-02-24
M A r r | E ID =.

In this city, by Rev. ]. Y. Fair, on the 21st
inst, Mr. Joseph Solomon and Miss Lula Pitcher,
daughter of Mr. George w. Pitcher.
In this county, Long Greek township, on the
18th inst, by Rev. W. M. Kerr, Mr. VIM. E. Nc
CHM and Miss Jennie Lee Moore.
In Lincoln county, by Rev. T. A. Boone, at
Lowesville, on the 18th inst, Mr. Joseph G.
Smith (of the firm of Smith & Durham, Char
lotte0 and Miss Ella Lowe, daughter of Col. D.
A. Lowe.
In Cabarrus county, on Rocky River, Mr. G.
NJ. Hager and Miss Ida McEachern, daughter of
W. s. McEachern, Esq.
In 1redell county, Shiloh township, on the 9th
inst, by Rev. W. M. Hunter, Mr. o. A. Miller
and Miss Ida E. Stewart, daughter of Mr. ]. F.
Stewart.
At Monbo, Catawba county, on the 9Th inst,
by Rev. M. A Abernethy, Mr. James s. Waugh
of Iredell, and Miss Cashie V. Christenbury.
In Catawba county, on the 9th inst, by Rev.
]. L. Murphy, Mr. Andrew M. Wilson and Miss
Pattie N. Reinhardt, daughter of Mr. r. P. Rein
hardt.
Near Shelby, on the 22d inst, Mr. R. B. Bah
bington and Miss Buena V. Biggerstaff, daughter
of Mr. ]. w. Biggerstaff.
At Mountain Island, on the 10th inst, by Rev.
P. ]. Carraway, Mr. Charles A. J. Iceman and
Miss Ella V. Brinkley.
The Charlotte Democrat., 1888-02-24

RB There is scarcely one man in a
thousand in North Carolina who under
stands that, in order to get any money
tor school purposes by the Blair educa-
tional bill, No:t tn Carolina must raise bv
taxation as much cash as the Blair bill
will give her. The Blair bill does not re.
lieve as from one cent of taxation, but
tends to impose heavier taxes on us. We
were talking with an educated young man
the other day, who was advocating the
Blair bill under the erroneous impression
that it relieved the white people of the
South from paying taxes for schools. If
the Blair bill should, unfortunately, ever
become law, and when the Secretary of
the Interior at Washington begins to give
orders about schools and school teachers
in North Carolina, then you will hear a
wall from tie conservative people of the
State mot fanatics), and then the negro
will begin to enter complaints at Wash
lngton signifying his dissatisfaction with
the distribution of the School Fund bv
white men, and then begin to look out for
the re:establishment Of the negro Freed
mans Bureau, before which white school
teachers will be arraigued, the same as
was done with white men and women lust
after the close of the war.
The Wilmington Star, referring to the
tax matter, gives these figures OF increased
tax to be raised by North Carolina tax.
payers:
"Here is the increase of the taees that
must be levied under the Blair bill for
North Carolina in order to get the part OF
the funds that under the bill will come
The Charlotte Democrat., 1888-02-24
TO THE CHARLOTTE DEMocR
The Charlotte & Weldon Railroad.
CHARLOTTE. N. c.. Feb. %. ls,

CHARLOTTE, N. c., Feb. %, 1858.
The Chamber of Commerce of this city
have had under consideration the very
great importance of Railroad from the
city of Charlotte to the town of Weldon,
N. G. AT a recent meeting of the Cham
Der the following resolution was unani-
mously adopted:
Resolved, That the Committee on Railroads
of the Chamber of Commerce be instructed to
issue circular letter to the citizens of Mecklen-
burg. Cabarrus, Stanly, Montgomery, Moore,
Chatham, Durham. Wake, Randolph, Warren,
Franklin, Halifax and Northampton, asking
them to have delegates appointed to represent
their respective counties in Railroad meeting to
be held in the city of Charlotte on the 10Th of
March, 1888, and that circular letter be issued
by the Committee explaining the object of the
meeting and calling attention to the different
routes proposed.
The Committee appointed at that meet
ing for the purpose of carrying out the
object Of the resolution, respectfully sub
NIT to you the great advantages OF this line
From Charlotte it will pass through
part of Cabarrus county, through the
center of Stanly county to Troy in Mont
gomerY county; and from this point it
will run in the direction of either Raleigh
or Durham, then on through the county of
center Of Halifax county to Weldon, N. G..
This line will run through territory
entirely unexplored by Railroads, rich in
mineral and agricultural products; short
ening the distance from Charlotte to We'll
don at least seventy-fve miles. The
various counties mentioned in the resolu.
tion are more or less interested in the en-
terprise, as the Road will pass through
some part of them.
The Company will be organized under
Charter obtained in 1878, known as the
"Great Western Air Line Railroad Com
pany," most liberal in its provisions.
The Committee respectfully suggest
that all the counties referred to in this
resolution send delegates to the meeting
to be held here on the 18th March, 1883.
We trust that representative men will be
sent, who will be prepared to give some
estimate OF what aid the cities, towns,
townships and counties will subscribe to
the construction of this important line.
This Company will be under the con-
troll of our own people, and will be free
| and Independent of anv other corporation.
| If sufficient assurance can be had of lib
eral aid by the counties through which 1t
| will run, an organization will be effected
and corps OF Engineers Will be put on
| the route at an early day.
We have assurances of most favorable
connections North, South and West, and
it must ultimately be a grand trunk line
North
The Committee would suggest that a
full delegation be appointed by public
meeting Of your citizens.
The people of the city of Charlotte and
the county of Mecklenburg are deeply in
earnest on this subject, and will do theil
part most literally.
VIM. JOHNSTON,
| j. L. BROWN,
| J. H. MCADEN,
| J. S. SPENCER,
| JNo. WILKES,
WALTER BREM,
J. w. WADswoRTH,
Committee
The Charlotte Democrat., 1888-02-24
Friday, February "a, 1888.

,~ The new Railroad now on hand, /,
,oDdipg from Charlotte via Albemarle,
Nov and Durham, to Weldon, is meeting
,b much favor along the line. 1t is said
wv, the Road will shorten the liue be.
IAN Charlotte and Northern markets
'. niles. We refer the public to the Cir.
~, Of Committee of the Chamber oi
commerce of Charlotte, published in
another column.
There will be no location of the Road
.,nI it is ascertained what the people
.Ioug the proposed line will do in the way
Il material aid.
The Charlotte Democrat., 1888-02-24

80 oYirginians are all the time prais-
ing her prominent men and statesmen,
with few exceptions; Virginians patro-
nize Virginia Schools and Colleges; but
North Carolinians, how do many of them
act? They abuse all their public men,
and then patrouize Virginia Schools and
Colleges, while they have within the bor-
ders of their own State as good Colleges
and Sch ools as any 10 the country. The
University of North Carolina is as we'll
equipped and has as able Faculty as the
Virginia Uniyersity-snd then there is
Wake Forest, Davidson and Trinity Col
leges, affording every necessary facility
for an education. Why will not our peo-
pie exercise or have some State pride, and
send their boys to some one of their State
institutions. The morality and good con.
duct of the young men at Chapel Hill will
bear comparison with that of any of the
Denominational Colleges in this State or
elsewhere. Eye witnesses know that.
Parents who educate their children out.
side of the State are putting them to a
great disadvantage in a business or pro.
| fessional life hereafter, provided they live
in North Carolina, because their acquaint-
ances and college associates would be
limited,
The Charlotte Democrat., 1888-02-24
The National Democratic Convention to
Meet July Sd.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 22.-The Democrat
ic National Committee met in Wizards
Hall to-day for the purpose Of fixing upon
the time and place of the meeting of the
next Democratic National Convention.
Chairman Barnum called the Committee
to order promptly at noon, and the call of
the roll showed every State and Territory
but one was represented. New York
State was not represented, and the vacan-
cy occasioned by the death of Hubert
Thompson was soon filled by the selection
of VIM. Steinway of New York City, to
fill the vacancy. Forty seven delegates
for their proxies were now in attendance.
Mr. Steinway soon afterwards put in an
appearance, and the Committee at once
proceeded to determine the date of the
meeting of the National Committee. After
q considerable discussion the roll was
called and the ballot showed q considera-
BILE majority in favor OF late convention.
July Sd was the date determined upon by
a vote of % to 20.
After deciding the question of date Of
holding the Convention, the committee, at
2:l5 p. m, took recess for half an hour.
After recess, on motion of Mr. Dawson
of South Carolina, members of the press
and invited guests of the Committee were
admitted to the hall. Chairman Barnum
announced that the Committee would lis
ten to the claims of gentlemen represent
ing the different cities desirous of securing
the Convention. Speeches were made in
favor of Chicago, st. Louis, Cincinnati,
San Francisco and other places.
The 1st and I'd ballots resulted in Is
votes for Chicago. IA for St. Louis, Is for
San Francisco, for New York and l for
Cincinnati. The 9th showed loss of one
to Chicago, went to San Francisco, max
ing the vote for that city l9, and on the
10th and last ballot the vote stood, Chica-
go Is, ST. Louis IA, and San Francisco H..
The Committee at quarter past six, ad-
journed till 10 a. m. tomorrow.
At the hour of going to press the place
of holding the Convention had not been
decided. Appearances point to San Fran.
cisco or Chicago, most likely the former.
The Charlotte Democrat., 1888-02-24

az Maj. J. q. Winder, Superinter d ent
of the Seaboard Airline Railroad sy stem,
running from Weldon via Raleigh. Ham
let, and Charlotte, to Rutherfordton, un-
derstands how to promote settlements of
families along the line of his Road. A
circular says:
GAIL male heads of families will be
transported over roads at a rate of one
cent per mile for one year from the date
of actual settlement, and the immediate
members of their families (not including
servants) will be furnished tickets at two
cents per mile during said period. Also a
reduction of one-hali from the regular
rates of the road upon which the settler
is located will be allowed by the agent, at
their nearest station, on freight of whatso-
ever kind received by them during the
first year of their residence, provided it
be for their own use and not for sale or
transfer to Others"
The Charlotte Democrat., 1888-02-24

gB- A letter in the Shelby Aurora
from Alvarado, Texas, signed J. r. Bell,
speaks OF that section thus:
cit is almost impossible for poor man
to buy land here and ever pay for it. 1t
is worth from 500 to $25 per acre-that
is, land that is worth living on. l hope
the people will not pay any attention to
the circulars that will pour into different
States, giving such fowery news; their
intentions are to get their money on the
railroads and their labor for nothing after
they get here. This country is now over
run by emigration. There is not one
third Of the people here that can have
milk cow without keeping it tied up by
the head and feeding it the year round.
NV advice would be to those that have
nothing but to break up and move, for them
to first go aud look at the country that
they want to move to. If they will do
that there will not be one out of every
ten that will move, and if you are not
able to do that you had better not under
take anything of the kind. People as a
general thing when they are doing we'll
want to do better and when they break
up and move to a place unknown, they
hardly ever do anything at all. If you
could see the people here moving from
one place to another in the fall it would
satisfy almost a blind man as to that fact.
Also in California you can see big, stout
men weeping on account of starvation
staring them in the face because they can
not get any work to do whereby they
may make support, therefore they and
their children have to go hungry and
cold"
Wonder if any North Carolinian, with
common sense, wants to go to Texas or
California. The poor fool negroes are
still going to Kansas, where they will
soon die and never be able to cast another
Republican vote,
The Charlotte Democrat., 1888-02-24
w The town authorities of Wilson

@ The town authorities of Wilson
ought to be ashamed of themselves. The
newspapers of that town have to pay Ii
cense tax of ST. per month. This does not
speak we'll for progressive town like we
look upon Wilson as being. The idea
of taxing what does as much for the
advancement of town as do newspapers.
They will want to tax the town pump for
giving water next Green0iHe Reflector.
"Wilson stands not alone in licensing or tax
ing newspapers. The Wilmington press is sub.
jected to even a greater, but likewise unjust tax
The newspaper does great deal of work with.
out pay or hope of pay for the community in
which it is published, and it would seem that
the paper from all privilege taxes."- Whining
ton MessenQer.
The Charlotte Democrat., 1888-02-24

w- The deliberations of the South
Carolina Legislature are conducted with
all the dignity of the British House Of
Lords. The two presiding officers are at
tired in handsome gowns of the finest blue
and royal purple silk velvet, the clerks
wear long robes of silk and the sergeants.
alarms open and close the daily sessions
with the ancient mace and sword OF state,
relics of colonial days.-Eacha'age.
1t was hoped that the war had knocked
all such foolish and useless notions out OF
the heads of our neighbors, aud that decent
men, in ordinary dress, could sit in their
as well as practice law in
their Courts.
The Charlotte Democrat., 1888-02-24

az Is is current report among Mr.
Blaine's intimate friends and neighbors
that letters have been received from him
to the effect that his formal withdrawal
from the Presidential candidacy is on. ac-
count OF Mrs Blaine and their son, EN-
mons. 1t is stated that Mrs Blaine has
never recovered from the terrible sorrow
into which she was plunged during the
last campaign by the scandalous stories
which were told. and that she made spe-
cial request o: her husband not to accept
another nomination, as she feared she
could not pass through another such Or
deal-N y E:cDreSs
The Charlotte Democrat., 1888-02-24

THE LONGEVITY OF BIRDs.-The hu-
man race is not the only one that has
the privilege OF furnishing centenarians.
There are several birds that have the pre-
tension to easily reach the age that Mr.
Chevreul has obtained. Among the can
didates for the prize oflongevity, says The
Eleveur, must be cited the eagle. the
swan, and the raven, which live for over q
century. The parroquet, as we'll as the
heron, is content to become a sexagena-
rian. The sparrow-hawk lives to the age
of 40, which is the age likewise reached
by the duck and pelican. The peafowl
lives to be 25. the pigeon 90, the crane
"a, the linnet 25. the goldfnch Is, the
lark Is, the black k-headed warbler Is, the
blsckbird IL, the canary-bird "a, the
pheasant Is, the thrush 10, the domestic
cock 10, the red throat IL, and the wren
3.-Scientitc american.
The Charlotte Democrat., 1888-02-24
CHARLOTTE MARKET, Feb. %, 1888.

The Cotton market Semains steady at
10 cents for best grades. Receipts light
on account of bad weather.
Flour, from country mills, 81 to 1925
per sack
Corn and Corn Meal 10 cents per
bushel; Peas 65 to rs; Oats SIS.
Sweet Potatoes so cents per bushel;
Irish Potatoes 81; Onions Is to 81.
Western Bacon Sides, from stores, 81 to
81 cents per pound.
Fresh country Butter 20 cents per
pound; Chickens 22 to 25 cents each;
Eggs IL to IL cents per dozen.
The Charlotte Democrat., 1888-02-24

.B An old printer said the other day
that 1t was bad sign when newspaper
begsn to brsg of being the best aud hav-
ing the largest circulation-that hundreds
OF newspapers had died in North Carolina,
and every one of them had, at some time,
boasted of having the largest circulation, J,
and being in a fourishing condition.
Another bad sign is, to see business men
advertise that they are selling out at cost.
The Charlotte Democrat., 1888-02-24

Minister to Liberia. WASHINGTON,
Feb. 21.-Rev. J. G. Price, colored, presi-
dent of Livingston College, Salisbury,
n. c., has received letter from Secretary
Bayard informing him that the President
has appointed him Minister resident and
consul general of the United States in Lii
IBERIA. Price has not yet decided whether
he will accept the offer or not.
Price is coal black negro. and is the best
ever appointed to Liberia
The Charlotte Democrat., 1888-02-24

WHERE THE TROUBLE L1Es.-The losses
in farming do not come SO often from
lack of knowledge as from failure to prac-
tice what is known to be the approved
method Every farmer knows why it
pays to sprinkle little plaster over the
manure in his stables every day, yet few
of dry earth in the hen-house, but how
many fail to provide it? Every farmer
knows that the iertilizing matter in the
liquid excrements of the animals is already
dissolved and ready for plant food, ard
yet how many stand by and see it soak
into the ground under the stable all the
time, burying dollar after dollar as winter
wears away?
The Charlotte Democrat., 1888-02-24

SALISBURY, N. c., Feb. e1.-The grand
jury has returned a true bill for murder
in the first degree against Will Keen for
numbering John Murphy. The trial will
begin Monday next.
The STATE BOARD OF PHARMACY.-
The State Board of Pharmacy met in this
city for the examination of candidates to
practice pharmacy. The following named
gentlemen passed a successful examina-
.tion: G Hefin of Wilson, Chas S Jor.
dan, Asheville; Chas Kingsmore, Char
lotte; B W Hunter, Raleigh. The Board
was composed of the following members:
E M Nadal, president; II r Horne and
VIM Simpson, secretary.--RdLeiqh o.
serUer.
sB A school-teacher named Walter
Pearson has disappeared from the town of
Winder, in Moore county, in very mys-
terious manner. He was teaching, and
left a note on his desk saying be was
called away and would not return.
Several physicians of Durham county
have been presented by the grand Jury
for prescribing whiskey in Durham, where
prohibition prevails. 1t is charged that
they prescribed liquor when it was not
needed by persons who applied for it,
Raleigh cor. Richmond Dispatch.
w Col. James H. Rufin died at his
home at Demopolis, Ala, last week. Col.
Rufin was a brother of Chief Justice
Rufin of North Carolina. At one time
he represented Caswell county in the
Legislature. He was about 90 years old.
The Charlotte Democrat., 1888-02-24

~ There was great deal of good
farming last year, because the people
worked as they never before worked-the
result was good crops. Mr. T. W. Mann
Of the Mint Hill neighborhood, this coun-
~ ipforms us that he worked one mule
and made ten bales cotton, 225 bushels
corO IA gallons syrup, and some wheat,
oats and potatoes.