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I $**" "gfixi' P m' rUIiUSKED WI1DNE6DAY8. i . Wik. R. GRAOrORD. {Subscription prico ?1 \>o.r your. CorM.<|n?nder?co on current subjects is '.uviUnl, Vufc wo <ln not atrroo to publish. eoir.iuuuicationH containing more thau K& v.vK :' 'I 11'> vcm m.-ti'ihliiy i.; -fcuirnxl for the views of correHjMvitlonis. . B i As an advertising medium for Char.jlotto, Piiievttto, Fort Mill, ami Rook /.Till business houses ThoTitnos is tnisnr . (CJwed, Rules made known on applica. ,i'(l i Mi,i liiilili:;.!!' . . Local Telephone No. 20. AUGUST 1, 1900. AC ihr National CupUal. ^'Regular oonvspomlouoo. wakhingtuN, July oO, 1900.? o airman Ilichardsou, of the Dem$ ocraiic Congressional tnnipuign committee, returned to the Washington headquarters this week from flr* p. trip to New York and is nowengaged upon tho speech he will uiake aschiirumri of tho committee to notify Colonel Bryan of his nomination, r.t Indianapolis, August 8. t Yir. Richardson reports tho Congressional campaign in New York 1o he entirely satisfactory to tlie Democrats, hut says he will not go 30 far at this time us to claim more thqn a fighting chance for the electoral votes of the Stnte. Information sent to Democratic headquarters from the Middle West is decidedly cheering. Instead of f claiming Illinois iind Indiana to l>e doubtful States, there is now a disposition to put them in the certain Democratic column, and many .believe that the desertion of the Republican party by German voters who can not stand imperialism will also fiivo Wisconsin to the Democrats: Illinois has 21 doctoral votes, Indiana 15, and Wisconsin 12, all of which Mr. Mckinley received in '95. Democrats around houdqnurtors are not roally claiming ns much as tlio news rct-y ceived would justify them in doing, becuse they do not wish to create the impression that they are chasing rainbows. Every day the lirohflllitilitc itinvnnofl 41,r-l- 4l.r, ? ?4 I 4 ^^r,...w.vw ?UVA wuov) VUUb I'll VI IK'Al House will be Democratic and that Uryan and Stevenson will be looted if the Democrats throughout the country keep up their presonfc aggressive attitude. The statement previously made ia this paper, that tho Sonato committee ordered to investigate receipts and expenditures of money in Cuba would not begin work in mt,." - time to make a report before the election, has boon practically eonfirmed by Senator l'latt, of Connecticut!, chairman of tho committees. Directly after Congress adjourned Mr. Piatt said ho would iKi!- ~..ll < cuu me* uouiuiuu'0 logeuier ns soon as n detailed statement of expenditures and receipts which the War fe and Post-Office departments had been ?s!tod to prepare ns a basin for the committee's work was roady.* he says that, the War and Post-Office depcrtmonts are Conducting investigations and that be will not call the committee together until they have finished and iFu rnished him copies of tho result, This is all twaddle. Mr. Piatt "know.5 that the party bosses have ordered the Senatorial investigation held np until there will be no danger of its affecting the election and that everybody elue knows it, too. Although carefully edited by PoMtmnfller-f I nnr vnl Sn.Jll, i...f r . M. ?7brrvii OVTUIV it was made public, the report of Fourth Assistant Postmaster-General Xlri3tow on the stealings of Neely and liatlibone and their pin},' and other crookedness connected with the Cuban postal Rervioe shows that. a disgraceful state of a IT a Irs existed in Cuba, in which rascally* Republican officials showed tlio Cubans that Ihey could outdo tlio Spanish officials in stealing Hf and extravagant expenditure of public (policy Still, thoro are persona who expro..H surprise because Cubans do not recognize American* to be superior to them. Representatives McCnll.of Massachusetts, and Littlofield, (if Maine, bothoi whom voted ngainet their party on tho l'orto liicin tmiif bill, are to be sent into the Middle West to stamp, their respective districts being ovorwholm\ 'ngly Republicnu, in order to try to.keep the large number of He ynblifc.'ins it1 tnut aiK.tiop who t' I :fil uSBv^ v i lHn>ii*ii ni? ?r% |4' 1 thought aa they did about the j Porto llicun tariff in line for MoKin ley. Senator Jones, Chairman of tho Democratic national committee. I stopped in Washington on Lis way to New York, to hold a conference l with a number of prcmiuent Dcm- ! ocrats on the conduct of the cam- j paign, which is to bo at once started anil pushed aggressively until i election day. lit* is fall of onthu- j Biusm over the outlook, which he! says i6 far brighter thun it was at! this time four years ago. A message from Minister Conger, dated July i, has been received at the State Department. I saying that Pekin was in a shite of ! a unroll y and that tho foreigners who were all cooped lip in the British legatiou and under constant tire were bound to be killed j if help was not at oneo had. This message seems to corroborate the opinion of those who think that the administration lias allowed itself to be completely hoodwinked by tho Chinese minister in Washington. Mr. McKinley has been negotiating with tho government of China and promising to act as a mediator in its behalf, when according to Mr. Conger's dispatches there is no government of China, tho capital being in a state of anarchy. Souio go as far as to ex [ lt'tib uie opinion inai uio imineso minister at Washington, who btil! insists thnt the foreign ministers fit Pekin are safe, hns never received n line from Pekin since tho trouble begun. Polltfctil Pofpimrri. Tho Newberry Hernld's editor keeps up with tho cnini>aign perhaps better than nny other editor in tho State, because he has better opportunities. He says that the report is being systematically circulated that Mr. Gary is gaining great strongth and a strong fol lowing nnd Unit McSweeuoy is losing. This in done by the friends of Mr. Gary for the purpose or discounting Governor MeSweeney. There is no real foundation for it. The situation has not changed materially since the campaign opened. The claims of the friends of Mr. Gary brings to the memory of the Newberry editor that in his county some years ago in tho contest between Tillman and Sheppurd the Shoppnrd supporters hud a comnlete roster of tho vritorH nml <rnvo Tillman ail t ho doubtful voters ami then had him heat by about 100 VCtC3. II is a remarkable campaign that is drawing to a close in North Carolina. To-morrow the people of that State will vote upon a constitutional amendment embodying tho Louisiana method of restricting the suffrage, the practical effect of which is expected to be the elimination of a major part of tho j negro vote. At tho same time State ! officers and members of tho General Assembly will be elected; the i General Assembly to choose the I successor to Hon. Marion Butler 1 in tho United States Sonnto. The Republicans and Populists have i euectcu a fusion of the two parties and are united in opposition to the proposed amendment, which the ! Democrats support. Such, in general, is the situation and the issue. As to the merits of the suffrage amendment, ; it is merely the old question of getting rid of the negro vote and of i safeguarding the unlettered whiio vote. It is a familiar proposition ; iu every Southern State. In North Carolina, however, it is coinplii catod and accentuated by elements ; which make the contest one involv! : ai f?21? -_ ? i * ? ; mg mecivur/.a ion, oru m\siaomty, progress,and fair name of tho State. It is not nn ordinary political content nt all. It is n struggle in which there is arrayed on 0110 side j the intelligence, decency, and responsibility of the State, largely regard 1 of a of party, and on the other the negro and the ignorant j and vicious malcontents of the whites, led and inspired by poli' ticinns who are the legatees of the j enrpot-bagger and the scalawag of other days. If the people of North Carolina iljaift not lost tin* sterling good ' nf-nsc (rum ,vh*ch $hey have sel ? TT* %> sr?'M> syrt - r ?<** -* dooi lu^ed in the past, a landslide may be predicted with confidence for the Democratic ticket and what I ^ i it Btands for. We should regard j any supposition to the contrary as J au insult to tlie intelligence, pa-j liioti&ra and probity of a noigh-1 boriuy commonwealth. Here is Chinese Gordon'sopin- j ion of the Chinese, delivered many ! years uj;o to an Duglish friend and I now put in print because of the ; tM*trvr>lmi? n?*r?nmntr af ift? nemK-i* ! i/" V41V-tions: "They do not fear death,; ; and I havo soon Chinamen stand : up bravely sometimes and t'y like j sheep afterwords. But what Euro-1 I pcauB have to consider is tho aw-! ful consequences of a general movement, when we least expect, it, in tho vast inert mass of hun-! | ; dreds of million men to overwhelm j i ' the 'foreign devils' whom they hate like poison; and tho danger of, such an outburst becomes greater every year, for the Chinese are continually harassed by the European states with demands for compensations, in some ens"S very just, in others quite frivolous; and, as they 1 ( liiii tlioii1 r,nl\7 lvnnt.u ..P j ing tho aggressions i3 to organize ; an army with improved weupons* , you may depend upon it that they will buy guns and rrJes and ships, and with the aid of Europeans, who will always bo found ready to drill and organize them, some lino* day you will luivo to face a formi- I dablo army. Of one thing be quite j sure. Tho days when you could j march up to Chinese troops in po sition, or in defense of a position, j and sweep them away like Hies,! will soon be over. No more military promenades by a few hundred lhitish and French troops through the country driving t housands of Chinesebforo them. Never trust a mandarin, great or small. ; I was only to glad when 1 left their j service. With all their hideous ; superstitions, their vices, and their | iffuorance. the CI 1 inpho nre f.?r tnn good for their nobles?or whatever you like to cull the rulers of the people. The govern merit of France, Russia, and England have treated them most scundously for the last ' 10 years." Tho State ticket contains the names of candidates for just 10 j offices, for which thero are just 20 1 candidates. Separate tickets are ! to ho provided for congressmen, J solicitors, and county officers. The voter 13 required simply to run a i line through the names of the can- 1 .1 r-_ ?I ? ' * i mumes lor wuom ue noes noi wish ' to vote. Efforts will be made by the Slate I committee to bavo the results at every precinct in the State reported by wiie to the State chairman on j ; the night of the election, so that by the following morning the result of the first primary will be known as far as possible. Every i county in the State will do well in this matter to follow the lead rof; liichlaud. This county has made provision for messengers from eac h I county precinct, who will start for the county sent with the returns | as soon us the count has been completed. By 11 o'clock tho result in the entire county will therefore i bo known. It is very essential i that these returns bo sent in, for ; ... . . Me public interest in tlie result is j always great, and a little manage- j meat in each county can easily : avoid the delays that, have hereto-, 10ro been experienced in getting j tno returns to Columbia, where I they can be tabulated.?The State, j A great deal of undno pronii- J nence has been given the Charlotte ! Observer's action in bolting the National Democratic platform and ' its nominee. From the trend of, events for the past live years it will be seen that the Observer has hiiowu a decided partiality for Re- i publicanium, growing stronger and j moro bold ae the tiino foritscnpitlation d?w nigh. It will bo remembered that Mr. D. A. Tompkins, j controlling owner of the Observer, has through bis high-sounding Southern Spinners'Association left no stono unturned to put n solid gold rim around the policy of imperialism and pngnr coat it for the 1 Southern cotton mill men to swallow, !Tom Charlotte, ho has busied )<;.-elf advert '?ug bis noo.enity, the Spinners' Association, by frequent press dispatches giving out long-wincied resolutions against Democratic policies. Having fought Democracy before the platform v. as fornix!, we can not attach any importance to his action now in fighting the party, and can not eeo that his influence against the ticket dow will accomplish more than it has ^ ia influencing imperialistic sentiment by the subterfuge of n broad pretence based upon a pitifully narrow actuality. The fuel that he himself declares that he does not represent the people of hia State, county, and city ought to pet at ropt the nervous alarm and solicitude felt by our Republican contemporaries for the faithful few when tho panicky rush sots in from the hades of Democracy for tho peaceful bosom of Mnrkuf Ilanna, wh< re benevolent assiinila tion ami protection await nil wlic trupt in liim and tho Republican party and God/'?Anderson Intelligencer. From a betting standpoint, sas) n New York press dispatch, tin campaign can bo said to be fairlj under way here, so far as tho Pros ideniial contest it? concerned. Already n considerable number <?i wagers have been tnndo nn?l man} i f them above the thousand dollaj mark. The odds are with fev exceptions in favor of McKinlej end Roosevelt to a alight degree but Bryan and Stevenson aduiiren ore taking nearly all beta that an offered where the odds are 100 tc SO. The betting on New Yorl state in particular ia quite brisk with the odds slightly in favor o; the Republicans. Of Interest to Local Militiamen. Tbo following item, taken frou The S'nte of yesterday, will b< read with interest by the memberi of the local military company "Yesterday most of the qunrter master's ordnance and other sup plies furnished the State by tin | United Slates government in ac I cord an co with the notitioabons re cently received arrived in the city The supplies arc now being hauler to the Stale armory. As soon r.i all of it can 1)0 resorted nr.d nr ranged the adjutant general vil begin the issue of supplies to tlx several companies in the State He promises to send a sullied >n amount of the uniforms, etc.. tc exist ing unnniformed companies t: uniform and fully equipeach com pauy to the full strength of 6( men. All recently admitted com panics thus far given no supplies will bo equipped for fiO men each.' The Times is requested to stat< that a meeting of the Fort AIi 1 camp of Confederate veterans wil be held in the park Saturday after noon at 1 o'clock for the purpo ( of electing a delegate to represent the interests of the camp in tlx selection of the county board ol pension CotiltnisgionecR. TURNIP SEEP. TURNIP SEED. TURNIP SEED Ton Varieties, Good and Fresh TURNIP SEED TURNIP SEED. TURNIP SEED, W. C. AUDREY & CO. ! HA Nil RttfW 11EITM1AIT, HOOK HILL, 8, 0. or.POT STREET. r~ fill OLD 811 I j GREAT SLUT! . o? Ono hundred and fifty pairs of ] Low-out Shoos These Shoos are worth from ?1 tc > i to you at 50 cents, 75 cents, and ?1, o about HALF the WHOLESALE < choice, aa they will not last long. i Everybody can afford to buy a ] . ; your heavy shoes and buy a pair of S ! . | ing this hot weather. r o? ; ,, Miscellaneous > We have just received another lc , 10, and 12 1-2 cents. Also a lot of L f Boy's and Childrens1 OVEEALI Mens' Light SUMMER SUITS 1 ? i : T. B. BELR. 3 Wo arc headquarters for FUR^ and BUGGIES. R. E CRIER, 1 % J ! DEALER IN l! > ! n I1AT5, StIOES, h ' ' u PANTS, DRY UO'JDS, J ^ ! f NOTIONS, DRESS GOODS, " HARDWARE, J v TINWARE, 1 1 GLASSWARE, GROCERIES, ETC., , i AND THE i i r, BEST LINE OP , POCKET AND TABLE CUTLERY IN TOWN. t W TT TTnnVWI? I a a a a ax W ' ?a * ' 1 I LIQUOR DEALER, CCIULOTTK, N. C. We look especially after the shlp ping tradi aod below quote very close j figuics. \s 111 bj glad to have your orders. Turin; cat h with order. ( Corn, per j<al<o??, t>? jug (boxed), ^ Si.50, $1 75 and $3. j All ~ > ? * .... *k-VIM9B pXUU.I Ul 4>]>75 flllli ' VKRY OLD. 1 Ryes from $1.60 to $3, $3 50 arftl A $3 50 P^t" Rft'lon. Gins frotn $1 60 to $2, and $3 50. Genuine Imported ,.cIaIi Gin" at $3 pet gallon* Apple lirar.dy, 5.2.35 per gallon. Recch Drsndy $2 50 per gillon. No ctiorge for jug and b >x oj? above, and no churyent these p.-lce* for k;g when WHntrd us ??ch quantities. f Let us I ave your odor* and ob'ige, W. U. HOOVER. . ? - 1 All STOP." ' ?? I1TER SALE. li'idii's", Misses', and Childrens* Mast bs Sold. i ?2 a pair, bat wo now offer tliom r rather we are Belling them at COST. Como at once nnil got L^air at these pricfee, bo lay asii.o Uppers and be comfortable clur > Bargains. >t of WHITE LAWNS, at 7 1-2, iodioa' Nice UNDERVESTS. jS at 25 cents per pair. from 31.50 to $2. n V PROPRIETOR OLD RELIABLE STORE." IITURE, STOVES, WAGONS, ?resh Meat Fresh Ice. Yes; Ira O. Sniytke & Son will keep anstautly on hand a supply of Meat* ud lea. Comparatively speaking, wo avo been unavoidably oat of the busiest for two months, but wo hope to bo bio in the future, by closeattoution to J ashless and fair dealing with our pa- M rAiti! fA r.I. : 1 1 ^ ?r M iv? wiin doc 11 mear. m~ nil Ice in season, and merit a liberal ^ hare of the public patronage. Orders for Sunday Ice received Satnrlay, and Ice delivered from 7 to 9 a. in. inudays. Call up No. '27 any time you g loed Beef or Ice. lRil (i. S51YTBE & SON. Spratt Machine Oo. Brick, Lumber, Lethe, Lime, Shinties, Building Supplies, and House -ittin&a of all kinds. Contractors and bulldei s. E?tlnntes on all work furnished promptly* - ? ? Cwpv K O J ^ The Center of Attraction j 'or tho.ie who am especially particular ibout the laundering of their Summer rarmeats is the lanndry. Kveryono nows oxcept those who haven't tried >ur \voik, how clean; properly starched aid iroued every article proves itself to ?e after it has been through our hands, t' yon don't know us, let's get acpiainted. 9 j .?! i-tiKMu mma ana corn Tort of body, >o Hnro that your laundry goes t?> tho J9 .lolul .Slciun latnudry. Charlotte. N. C. fcd. L. flcLLIiANAY, Agent, Fort Mil, S. C. The Arlington Hotel. J CHARLOTTE, X. C. . icjt Lighted nod Ventilated Mote 1 In the Cit>. A A Ct wtd * ' r?. r?. UWJ3,