The Charlotte Democrat., 1888-09-21

AAuSs O0 Pdiu. AuSEe Is NO escaping either
death or taxes-so prepare to pay Sheriff Cooper
W When all four Cotton Factories get in
operation in this City, the demand for cotton for
their use alone should be sufficient to keep up
the price TO right figure. and largely increase
the demand; and the cotton for Factory use here
at home need not be put ur in Jute bagging.
w The DEMOCRAT is chock full of impor-
tant advertisements this week Read them.
4 nicely gotten up book, Sketches of
Prominent Living North Carolinlans," by Jerome
Dowd. is for sale at Ross Il Adams Book Store.
1t is interesting if not valuable. Buy one.
w Mayor Fowler of Wilmington, had
young man arrested for falsely reporting that
there was case of yellow fever in that city.
The Mayor did right People should be more
careful when talking about such serious matters.
E The health of Charlotte is now, and has
been during the year, very good-as good as any
town in the State. Our sanitary Police
man has done good work, as good as some citi-
zens would let him do, and upon the whole the
city is in first rate condition. Making people
clean up is good thing.
a. Thursday of this week was the first per-
fectly clear day we have had in the last three or
four weeks. A months sunshine now will bring
out the cotton crop wonderfully.
GB Agents of the Alliance are buying Cotton
in this market this season. Glad of it. Hope
they may be able to advance the price of cotton
and keep it up We need some Independent
buyers in this market-at least more than we
had last year. The Alliance Office is upstairs in
the building on the corner of Trade and College
streets, next to the Democrat Office building.
tB The ISLANDER Law" passed by recent
session OF our Legislature causes great many
difficulties and suits. some of them quite frivol-
Gus. But a rather serious case was tried here
by Squire Maxwell last week. The parties were
from Msllard Greek township Miss Emma
Harrison indicted Mr. A. N. Hinson, Miss Mollie
Hinson and Miss Rhena Sutton, for slandering
her, the two latter young women having re-
ported acts which they swOre they saw. After
long investigation, A. N. Hinson, and Misses
Hinson and Sutton were bound over to the
Criminal Court in bond of 800 each, which
bond was readily given.
T The Wilmington authorities have stopped
all opening or excavating of the streets during
this season. No sewers are to be opened, or gas
or water pipes laid, or ditching of any sort DONE
until further orders. The authorities are very
pre- perly taking measures to prevent the spread
of disease. It is very dangerous thing to open
bitches, sewer or gas mains. just after SO much
wet weather. Better wait until after some heavy
frosts.
az The recent attempts to burn some old
buildings near the Richmond 8 Danville Pas
senger Depot, have been traced to a negro boy
II years old. No doubt there were other negro
boys with the little scoundrel. The city is full
of idle negro boys from 10 to 1S years old, who
are fast treading their way to the gallows or the
Penitentiary. Every one of them should be ar
rested as vagrants and bound out
W The three new Cotton Factories being
erected in Charlotte will be in working order
it is said, by the latter part of the year. The
gentlemen engaged in this good work deserve
much credit
e The Charlotte Observer has been trans
ferred by COL G. R. Jones to the Charlotte OBJ.
server Publishing Co.," with Mr. G. F. King
manager. The Company propose to make it a
first class evening paper. 1t is conducted by
practical printers, and we wish them much
success.
"a Mr. L. A. Coulter, the new State Secre-
tary of the Young Mems Christian Association
arrived in Charlotte last week. He was given q
handsome Reception by the ladies at the Associa-
tion building on Tuesday evening.
a. A merchant who advertised in the
DEMOCRAT Ph@ton for sale, sent us word last
week that he had sold the Pheton in conse
quence of the advertisement, and to please STOP
it. Another gentleman told US that he found q
lost dog by advertising it in the DEMOCRAT. Il
is said that in old times adog went straight home
as soon as he heard he was advertised in the
DEMOCRAT. But such things (not the dogs
going home) have been of no unusual occurrence
with US during the past thirty years. 1t pays tc
advertise in any paper.
"a very serious affray occurred in Cleal
Greek township on Sunday afternoon last, be
tween W. s. Flow, Republican candidate fol
Constable, and M. A. Dulin, Republican candi
date for Sheriff. The two men had been on un.
friendly terms for some time, and meeting eacl
other on Sunday, Flow attacked Dulin by strik
ing him. Dulin got Flow down and was pum
melting him, when the latter drew pistol ant
fired two shots into Dulin. It is stated tina
Dulin was not anticipating any serious trouble
with Flow. Mr. Dulin was quite SERIOUSLY
wounded, both shots lodging in his back, from
which place they were cut out. Flow runaway
after the shooting.
a. A meeting of the Southern Plaid Manu-
facturer's Association was held in this city OF
Tuesday and Wednesday last, The condition o
the manufacturing interests was discussed, ant
measures adopted to keep work going as long a
the demand for goods would justify. A larg
number of Mills were represented. Mr. r. 2
Dicks, of the Naomi Mills, is President of tn
Association, and Mr. ]. II. Ferree is Secretary.