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V1 '\L llx -0 V I i si ill \cL l m ; v? pubushhp wedsepdays. Wm. R rKADFOFD. ffubseript ion prion . . $1 pt r year. ( orre.'pn tdence on eurretit subjects is Invited, but we do not a^iDc t<? publish coniitiuuioaHous eoulujitiiix morn limit JtOn u:?d no nisil?iIity is :n named lor I he \jews of corresp anient s. Ait an advertising medium for t'liarlotte, )'ineville, |?\?rt Mill, ami Hook Hill badness houses The Times is u:ise~ passed. Hates made known on upplicu I ion tot he publisher. Isiciil Telephone No. "J<>, jam; \i:v ?. mm. What You Might Have Done. "Yon might have said kind words today To one whose heart was sad; It takes so little, often: inns. To make tii grieving glad. You might havels'iit wit h loving touch. A lonely one to hie s; Ho much oi love is sometime# tolil It; jaat one s >ft caress. You might have smiled on some woe ehilil Whose glad eyes met vonr own; And thus Iter sun, already bright More brightly might have shown. A*on might have huit a helping hand To oiie v. itli 1'aSteriim feet; *?o luniiv final, heart -sick ones Upon life's way wo moot. You mi^ht have won thus for yourself, Although unconsciously, A wealth of joy?a foretaste of Tho heaven yet to ho. M MtilAKKT A. UlCIIMin. . ' 1 Sumo one has written beintitul!y to the t?oys in Hie following iiiiiiiuer. Here is u whole f-ernion in n few sentences: "()f all the love attains in the wot hi none can surplus t htrue love of the I>ie hoy for his mother. It is pure nnd noble, honorable in the highest decree to both. 1 do not menu merely a dutiful affection. 1 mean a love which makes a boy gallant and courteous to his mother, saying to everybody pla lily that he is fairly in love with her. Next to the love of a husband, nothing so crowns a woman's life with honor an this second love, this devotion of a ton to her. Ami I never vet know n Sum !<? 'inm out btully' who heapm by falling >? love with his mother. Any man limy fall in love with a fresh-fared Kirl, the man who is gallant with the yirl may cruelly neglect the worn and weary wife, lint the boy who is a lover of his mother in Iter middle ujje, is a true knight who will love his wife as much in tho sere-leaved autumn as he did in the daisied spring!ime. -4#^. l>ipptfn.iary Profits of igoo. Last Wednesday the directors of the St 111dispensary made public the annual financial statement of tho disp nsary system. An exact comparison with former years can not be made, as the lineal year 1'.?()() comprised merely the first eleven months, while heretofore the calendar and the tiseal year have been the same. Not including December, the heaviest trade month of the year, tlie sales for l'.Hli) aiununted to $2,481,810.2*-', nearly ?750,000 in excess of the entire year IN00. For the twelve months of l!>00 the inci'PHK * will bit Sl iilHHKlil The State reeeivca 10 per cent not. profit, which amounts to $170,012, IS. Thin will ho prorated ainuiijr the counties of the State for the pub ie schools. The protitH accruing to towns and cities in addition to the State's profit, is ?2'.?\lt)<?.2S. This amount is divided equally between lln> respect ivc towns and counties in which dispensaries are located. The i>nuitl total of profits is 817 1,1or 2f? per cent of the sales. There are ninety-three liquor dispensaries and twenly-thr? e beer dispensaries. Tin* dispensary started in business in 180-1, with $.">0,000 approprinted by the State. This luis been refuiultMl, an equal amount invested in real estato, and a stock of $250,000, paid for, is carried constantly. - AnecdottfB ot den. Forrest. (Now York Sua.) 4,(Jon. Foirest of the Confederate army," said an ? \-C infedernto officer, "was a military Renins of the first rank. Without previous training or any develoj ed taste in that direction he went into the oriny from a place as overseer and attained commanding rank nbso^ b.tely by merit llon^li and tin fcwuth at tirst, he became iu later 1 f<* a courtly U' nth man whom i: whs :i [ ! n.-iuv to meet and to know. I r?*tiioi11ocx* on on** occasion s*.>ui ' time after the war emu ii?o 111> tli?- Potomac with iiini I wanted t ) introduce a youno woman who was* undi r my escort. lie said In* was flattered l>y <lie request,; hut that In* could not meet her unless sin* knew perfectly wli > lie was and that lie was not hold in hi^Ii esteem hy the Northern ]>"o|>le, ejji, (ly on necomil <>f the Port Pillow affair. 1 assured him that she was fully apprised of his i\ fiord, und then he went with u.e to meet her, an I she told me later she had never met a more attractive man. "Ikulicr in his career, thai is 11? fore he had learned to spell, he was i.sked hy a youn;* lady to put his autoeraph in her alhuui. lie wrote his name as requested, and under it his title 'Major (ieneral fit' Calvary,* as In' spelled it. The lady called his attention to it in a very delicate way and lie looked at it a moment, and with a full consciousness that lie was lacking in that lv^anl and with a hcanlifnl and scarcely to he expected humility. he sai :: 'Let it stand to showhow ignorant (Jen. Forrest is.* '1'here are not man}'men who would have done that. I imagine, and it was the little things that showed the man's true grontm ss.*' - - Uorruwlnic Papers. The following is clipped from the Yorkvillo Kiiquirer of 1S70, in which it had been repnhlished from the Charl h'.oii Courier. It had a sharp point then that has not. since been appreciably dulled, mid is deserving of public itiun again: "lOver since the pnhlieation of the lirst newspaper the word has been bothered with neighborly people, who borrow the newspapers. and ever since t hat time the victiinu <>r i In'-'" iw.:..I.K. 1 11 f I Y < " been devising means ?>f ridding themselves of the nuisance. The method resort I'd >y ton subscriber of The < 'or.i'ier, we think, is a mxiil one. and em scarcely fail to have a salutary etTeet. For many months our friend was bothered by a borrowing neighbor, ami for many months lie bore his afllietion with ('hri-ti:in fortitude. At length lie bee one desperate, and finally hit upon the following expedient: lie eame to The Courier oliioe and ordered the Daily Courier sent to his neighbor. This was done, ami at. the expiration of a month the neighbor aforesaid called at this ollice, and staled that the paper was being sout to liis house, when he was not a subscriber. He was told that. Mr. (the neighbor from whom lie had been in the habit of borrowing the p iper ? had ordered it sent to him, and that the subscription price would be paid by 11iin (Mr. ). The eyes of that bore were opened, and it,mi ....... I? i ' ' ....... ii.in nun nri'll (I Mt'.'lU V subscriber of The Courier. lie never attain I tor rowed a paper." Serious Ml Last. The nmltor is becoming serious at I at. says the News and Courier. "A lull lias been introduced in Congress by !?epresentntive H. C. j Smith, of Michigan, proposing the payment of a pension to a Miss I'ultie, of New Host on, in that State, for injuiies received t afore she was born. The pension in this eas i< based on the claim that this lady's crippled conditi m is due to the prenatal shock when her mother reerivetl the news that her husband and father had been wounded in battle." < >f course, news of the sickness of a relative or friend in the army, or of a defeat of the army, would have like depresHimj prenatal ctVeets. The next step, it is probable, will be to provide a pension for everybody on the winning side who was born during the war time, or for nine mouths afterwards, REWARD. A reward of $10ti will be given to any party who will give nsinformation necessary to convict the malicious person who attempted to set fire to our mills on th night of Doe. 32, l'.KH). Particulars can be obtained by calling at our ofiled, Fort Mill, ^ Fokt Mtfu. Met. Cwii.' w-\y. I * f x VvITiili.j or ?.R C021PLDZ2ACY. The following article is ot.e of a series that will appear in The Times triviny; a synopsis oT the war locord f of meiuhcrs of the Port Mill Camp of Confederate Veterans. Uncords will he published the order in which they are handed in. I. Robert Anderson* Parks Mi:ukjtt, entered the service of the Confederacy on duly 14. 1801, njjed 1 K years. 1 enlisted at Petersburg, \ a., in Company ]> (C pt. Alston and Limits. Stewart and Alston), Sixth South Carolina regiment. My first duty was to j help huild breast woiks around 1 'etcrsbur^i. where sharpshnoting and shelling wore part i-ulnrly heavy at that time. We had to work ni^lds to keep the enemy t from set in^ us; but one Sunday ni<;bt a storm came up. and- the Yankivs, by the Hashes of li^htnin^. rtc.v us working between the lines and immediately bewail shell iiiLj us. 1 never saw so much tire in my life. There was a constant roar from the batteries on both i......... i/ ij c v i iiniiuvMjHi liuddhson m111-1 myself remained bet wet a the lines, taking refuge in an old tobacco barn, but us tin* shells lagan to fly through the ' roof wo tore up the floor and took refuse underneath until morning, wlicu wo got back to our own regiment. Our next work was further south of Petersburg, where we built Fort Bralton. About September I, 'til. we stormed Fort Harrison, east <1 Kiehinond. and were rejuilseil with heavy loss. This being my first engagement, I beeame lost between the lines, as did James Spratt. lie re-! inained still and I went up and down the liu?s and fired several rounds. 1 eamo aeross a wounded man win# begged me lo lake him out, and I carried him off the lit Id . n my back, but not knowing where my company was, 1 went hack, picked up my gun. started off again and met Win. Henry Aler4 i ..t.: r I II I. Ill> I uumiif I? ?u1v I ml; IUI lilt*. Our next move was by ni??lit to tin* Darbytowu road, and when daylight cniiii1 wo marched in a straight line. It was here that an unexpected shell from the enemy's buttery passed over our regiment from end to end and finally burst, killing hig Henry Merritt. We then forme-1 a line of battle and advanced on the em iny"s works. I saw a shell hurst and knock Henry Patterson up otT the ground. W e ran the enemy out of tin* line. Heine slightly wonmled, 1 was . . ; sent to the brigade hospital. In about two weeks I returned to find . my eonmmnd camped on the Wiliiumslmrg road, where we stayed the icinaining pait of the winter, doing a little fighting and koiuc hard picket duly. Once 1 was dome picket duty between the lines, with orders not to leave my post. I was forgotU*ii ami not relieved and Lieut. Smith reported nil' as a deserter. \\ t' next moved t?? I ioidoimv.lle, drove the Yankees from there and returned the following day. Alcunwhiio the enemy attacked our lines from the dailies river l.? the Chnkuiunniny, bill was repulsed every tune Willi heavy loss. When Wilt. Henry .Merrill saw the negroes coining lie mounted the breastworks and was shortly afterwards killed. We went to Petersburg m Match (id and found tlie enemy shelling the city. We hastened to the front and drove them bark. That night we evacuated Petersburg and crossed the Appomattox river. A great many people who were cut off from town tried to follow us, but were uoi allowed to cross the river. ' We iiiiircehd in a northerly direction that night Next day we Were overtaken by (len. drain's army and had to tight. lie pressed us so hard that we had to leave the roads and go through woods and tields and tight back again. I saw many of Lee's men fall by the way side thoroughly exhausted and l>oguing for water and help. lint wo had to leave them to the inerey of tlio enemy. We marched and fought in this way for ahout two wi-rks and tinaily renoluni Appomattox I'ourt house, v.hero we were sin rounded. We formed a line of h tile ex|h?i lino every moment to he tired upon, but lien. Lee doci ded to surrender. We reniaided there four days and wore then paroled and Juki to walk home, which was a 4outf journey for brokendown soldiers. K. A IV M LUC ITT. V \ -> - ! ? - - - -- " Small Ffrn* t'a> . To work a sinm1 I farm to a profit within easy reach of railroad coinid anient ion is simply a runt tor of some capital, a decided preference for the work, average intelligence, persistent and patient industry and good hea!til, says a writer in a Northern inagaz no. There are thousands of Kinali farms w.tliin a radius of one hundred miles from New York whose owners have abandoned other pursuitsand taken to tilling the land, and who could not be iuduced to go back to their former occupations. The farms for the most part were bought by part payment, the balance remaining on bond and mortgage. Twenty per cent of these farms have been redeemed in 'ivo years, and as a rule the debt was paid by the tin iff. self-sarriiico and co-operative doterminat on of the man and his wife. One typical example comes to mind. It is of a coach painter, lie hud worked ten years at his trade for ?12 a week, and saved $100 a year. In the eleventh venr tli?*r?? \vn?a ? ufi-iL-.. 1. io .. I I.I ^ Vi and lit* had to face tin* prospect of being out of work for some time, by no choice of his own. He went down into Jersey, bought ten acres of land at ?100 an acre, paying ?500 cash and giving his bond foi the remainder. With the balance tie bought a horse and cow, a second-mind wagon, ami settled liimself to earn a new living, trie unci his wife, with a five-yoar-oid child, lived for two years in a shanty. lint tins man had the tenacity of a bulldog, the seitrelianee of a drummer, and the patience of a trained nurse. When lie had been 011 Ins place eight years I paid him a visit. His wile met meat the depot, three miles from her home, with a twu-seuted rig mid a lively team. I found the couple living 111 a new cottage that had been tail It by day labor and winch 111c owner uad painted liimself. It was a very tasteful structuio and was already prettily shadi d by the trees that ne had s> t out. In reply to my questions, he said that tie calculated to make ulioui $1,MK) a year clear. ! le had bought tlie adjoining twenty urn b on ea.-y terms and had put most of it into l*ood ^rowin^ siiupc. A * I . * i i HE OLD KEL 0 Aw v a we again Til T tom khs foll '1 l'atkonaoe in so licit a co j their trade l> j we are in . meet all le<; competition, $ on time wiikr t desire sucii at we have ol supply of nk 4 ORLEANS MOLA: wishing voy prosperous ni t. 15. 1 t V $ ' 0 THE OLD REL J # ?> o ^ o % - > *<<>.*? 1 I I ? , ? ^ ." '.I R. F. GRIER, * DEALER IK MATS, SHOES, PANTS, DRY OOODS, NOTIONS, DRESS GOODS, HARDWARE, TINWARE, GLASSWARE, GROCERIES, ETC., I AND THE BEST LINE OF POCKET AND TABLE CUTLERY IN TOWN. R?w Rinrht Hprp nv.r.\ 13U1 U Ami you will find nt the City Market during the holidays the finest Meats, Oysters, Ilo^head Cheese, Liverelle. mixed and all pork Sausage as low as the lowest. We solved you through the summer and took no advantage of our monopoly and only ask a share of your patronage dining the winter. [ SMYTHE & SON. |. J. U. Tray wick & Co., DEALERS IN FINE LIQUORS \ \T i "v liri vr iTi r? J. V A> 1J ?V I IliC>, , No. 42 East Trade St. CHARLOTTE, - - - N. C. 1_ NOTICE OF REMOVAL, ETC. To my Friends and t he Public: I lmve moved my livery and feed stable to the stable lately occupied by Thos. Hougland, where I will be glad to see you all and serve you as in the past. I have received si commission as Notary Public and am prepared touttest deeds, mortgug -s, etc., and perform marrriage ceremonies. JOHN SV. McELHANEY. I | i fr t I * X ? i IABLE STOKE."* ~ i [ANIC OUR CUS-X , 'IlEIR LIBERAL? 1 I 1 THJS PAST AND NTINUANCK OF? A I THE FUTURE. I . s ' 1 A POSITION To J IITIMATE CASH $ OR WILL SEEL* 4 E OUII FRIENDS 'COMMODATION. T \ HAND A RIO? AV CROP NEW + i ?, A HAPPY AND ? 5W YEAR, i * 'ELK. i ji ? f t I.1BLK STORE"! J * * ( v T t | 1 * I I. ii O f> C > O ^ ' i i i . iJitiiTjjffli THE FORT MILL DRUG - STORE I OPPOSITE THE SAVINGS HANK, Is the plnce nt which you can always find everything usually kept at a first-class npothecnry shop. 1 am running a drug store, in every sense of the word. I can prescribe for you. fill prescriptions, and sell you drills. I li ai'n l.o.I - 1 ?u< v n?u jriiio *ji rA(]t*riflH'H (111(1 inn thoroughly acquainted with the drug business. A full line of the best? 1 CIGAR^, CIGARETTES, AND SMOKING and CHEWING TOBACCO. Eveytijixo in STATIONERY. T. U. MKUIIUI, M. D. ^ ^ ^ Co ? > n ivinf It's a Waste of Words to argue with tr ' i?trons of the Model Steam Laundry. Charlotto. N. C. ? ?they know full well that washing iiid ironing of everything cleansible iu the lino of wearing apparrel is done properly by us. What we want is for v-ou to know it. Hence this advertise- 9 inent. Will yon favor \iv with a trial irder? "We will 1h? happy to call for md to deliver anything you may want laundered. We make a specialty of laundering window curtains. I Ed. L. ricELH^NAY, Agent, '[ , Fort Hill, S. C. W. IT. IlOOVEK, I LIQUOR DEALER, CfllRLOTTK, N. C. We loijk especially after the shipping trafe and below quote very close figures. Will be glad to have your aiders. Terms cash with order. Corn, per gallon, in Jug (boxed), 5? 5?, $4-75 $> All fir t*class goods at $1.75 and $2 VERY < LD. Ryes rom $1.60 to $2, $1 50 and &3 50 pi r |t at Ion. Gins f om $1 60 to $2, and $2 50. Jenulnr Imported "Plih Gin" at $3 per K?i>< ?* Apple Brandy, $2.25 per gallon. Peach Brandy $2 50 per gallon. ^ No ch| rge foi Jug and box on shove, md no - lisrgo.it these prices for keg ivhen v. Anted In such quantities. Let u<^^L-e your orders and ub!ige? H. HOOVER.