The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-05-22
THE QUEEN CITY'S PROGRESS.
A Glorious Future for Charlotte and a
Fortune in DIlYOrth.
CAPITALISTS FROM EVERY SECTION.
The frat Days Great Sale Baseball Game
Chamber Of Commerce Meetlng-ihe LIMO
Hail-storm-Jackson's Home.

CHARLOTTE. N. c., May 21.-ISpecal. ! eS-
terday was indeed a grand day in the hiSe',S
of Charlotte. and she fully entitled hersen ~
The name Queen City Of the old North o'a'e
II she had not worn it before Herstree's were
literally swarminc with people; people on
business and pleasure bent ana oe.'ei
pleased crowd never visited strange c"y'
Everybody talks about themagnltcent streets
and residences and Diworth the beautiful
comes in for full share. Everybody seems
10 be happy. and good humor prevails. There
Is one feature of this.gathering that has caused
,arnark more than once from those VINO are
familiar with such assemblages, and that ls
the entire absence OF gamblers.
NO LOTTERY.
Tbara are none of those slick, trim-looking
sports here that are seen IN all similar b9
I'M other States They perhaps, thougnI
this atmosphere was either 10 honest Ior tI9li
hind or the laws on this subject too unwhole-
some. There never has been lana SAFE, III
nv experience, where there was such an eh-
tire absence of the gambling spirit, ne az
nitv and absolute openness and honesty IN
the conduct Of every detail should teach
a lesson TO those companies who resort
10 lottery schemes and even more ques-
tionable methods of getting up DoOm. III
this sale the purest business methoaS WEI
adopted. and the company are perfectly
satisfied with their results There mas Dcen
no boom here. but there will be one now.
boom that needs no booming, one that IS car
ried bv IFS own weight and one that predicts
a glorious future for Charlotte and fortune
for the SIX wise men who had the nerve 10 es-
tablish Dilworth and back u WIN thelI
money. Never was there case mole clearly
proven than that honesty IS the best policy
THE VISITORS.
o-c ebo,,y tbof Tho crOxrd IL
made up of men of capital from all parts OF
the country. South Dakota. Boston. New
York Philadelphia and many other points
north and west had buyers here.
The result of the DilwOrth sale speaks vol
umes for the newspapers. DIX OF the ieadhg
papers of the South had their CORES pondents
here for three weeks writing up Charlotte as
she really exists-an honest and fair eXposl-
ton of her material wealth and industrial ad-
yantages. The aid of ford posters and clrcu-
lars and such stuff were almost entirely
tabooed ,hndl Dilworth is, consider, the best
sale for the interest Of the seller. the buyer
and the city III which 1t occurred that has
ever transpired IN the South.
From the opening of the first bid yesterday
down to the last lot sold there was an absolute
lack Of any of the high excitement attending
all similar sales. and yet a perfect confidence
was manifested on the the part Of the bidders.
CONDITIONS OF TIE SALE.
The well-understood policy Of the company
that no unusual eageTness was desired no fancy
prices wanted. / think, tended to give The mat
ter that staid business condition that it pos
sessed. The restrictions governing the sale
insure the immediate bulldlngup of DllwOrths
magnificent broad boulevard with handsome
residences The provisions are that no house
shall be built within twenty-five feet of
that thoroughfare or TO cost less than
two thousand dollars, and as an
inducement to build ten per cent. of the pur-
chase money will be refunded TO whoever
erects house on his lot by January. 1892. A
number of persons bought with the expressed
intention of building, and by the beginning
of another year Dilworth will be residential
portion of Charlotte. The sales yesterday
were conducted by the Akers Brothers, Pete
and Ned from Knoxville. The terms of the
sale were read bv b. NJ Blackburn, the ire
pressble as well as impossible big little man
of the Atlanta Constitution.
FIRST DAYS WORK.
The first days sale was carried through the
bulk of the day and a handsome lunch served
in Floral Hall on the grounds free 10 all
About one hundred lots were sold and they
aggregated the handsome sum of $4,000.
The sale was closed when the buyers were
still eager for the lots. as the managers, know
ing that they had two more days TO sell in,
thought it best 20 close the first days sale be
fore the crowd were tired out. The attendance
to-day was not as large as on the first
day, but was composed of a new element and
more bidders Prices were better and bidding
more spirited than on the fist day. Fifty lots
were sold aggregating $4,000, which indi-
Gates that the company will recover more
than the amount spent on improvements and
have the bulk of their lands left for future
profit.
BASEBALL.
The second of the series of match games
of ball between Winston and Columbia to-day
was again in favor of Winston by score Of
nine to five.
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
At meeting of the Chamber of Commerce
last night a &C mmittee appointed TO canvass
the city for an advertising fund reported
$4,000 subscribed. The -Four C's added a
like amount and now Charlotte has 1900
with which to make known her unparalleled
advantages TO the outside world. Now does
anybody believe that tins is not live, pro-
gressiYestown. aye "a city worthyiof the proud
name before referred TO: Charlotte, Queen
of the Old North State2
THE HAIL STORM.
A Monroe special to the Chronicle tells
some astonishing results fthe late hail storm
on fish in Goose creek. This creek has its
origin in Mecklenburg county and flows
through the red soil of Union into Rocking
ham river. Its average width III this county
is about twenty feet
AS IN most streams OF this size, the silver
scaled suckers, fish about fifteen inches long
aboundlduring the first two Tor three weeks in
May. There were great many of them in
the water this year till the recent hail storm
came.
There was great deal of rain and the hail
stones We're as large as guinea egg some of
them larger. The water became very muddy
and the fish had TO poke their heads Quito get
q little fresh air. and many were killed by the
hall-stones striking them on the head
j. I. Helms says that he found oyera bushel
of dead fish along the creek where it passes
through his plantation.
Manoah Helms, who lives near the creek
found over two hundred dead fish the next
morning in the edge of the water and some
of them out on the bank These two men are
among the most truthful and honest in the
country, and their word cannot be doubted.
The dead fish nearly all had a slight scar on
the top of the head, showing where the hail
hit them. Some of them had one eye
knocked out, while others had lost both eyes.
For the past day or.two a number of the
living fish in the water have appeared TO be
crippled. Some of them were caught. and it
was found on investigation that few were
swollen on the head and others had an eye
knocked out.
sroNEwALL JACKsoN's HOME.
Mrs. Jackson has had picture taken Of the
old Stonewal Jackson home, where she and
her illustrious husband lived at the beginning
of the war wood cut will be mazda from