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''liiiN.-; i: l inn i.ivariahly in Au-vam-!:
Mini a-ivci I iiua.M'.s jiya
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A fe nrt rnll.-ble remcrtr for 1IKADACIIE,
TOOTIIAI'liK and M l UAI.I.IA. A fi'W
drops ptfKd over lh painful surface plves lin
ineitiiite relitf, with terminstion of the attack.
Trine 25r. mid ftoc. per bottle. FUli SALB
BY ALL DliriiiasTS.
Prppared only by tlia KEPHALINE DRUG CO.
Lenoir, North Carotin.
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Mr. A. (i ('i peiiii':!,- North
( atawtia Caldwell t.o. N. C.
t ;i s." ; v. i ite this to .say
that the little bottle oi na'Ui
cil;e called Kcj.h; iiiie is a
j-plendi.i 7 iiiii d. :'or headacfh.'
lay v l ol i;-i.ii!y use ii aini
.-ill sav that il !; in v'sthcn!.;'
M-. WllsO! 1.
I ;1 !l I 1 ill
Kiu!'i
IJIUIll'llj
Ciei-k, Caldwell Co. N. C. says
"1 have ued Kt phidine for
headaehe, tootin.che aicl
liPuraie-ia add have never
failed to be relieved, I have
also used it for Colic in do:e
of (.use and 1 wo dn.ps with
lirent benefit. '
(lan'ield W. T.
Jm.e 2V,. 1889.
l'or the 1 jEMoci'A'i :
A,e,aiu allow me space in
your paper to wri.e soa.e
thin that may be iy;tevst
ing to ils nmny readers.
When i ro:e my other let
ter 1 was at Taco.ua City,
tuul alter n luiiiiiiny tl.e'.eior
about six weeks, i oa;le;ui.ea
to that place, and came lo
(Jarheid a. distance of 4.4 o
liiiles. Tiie reason why i
Jclt, w hat could ;i poor boy
io ihelvV So I set lo work
ou the. 'arm, w Inch Miirs me
much better any way, be
cause 1 wa.v rau.ed a laruier
boy. The Lord bl s and
prosper the larmcr, because
they are the most honest and
independent "people of this
world. When I hist to.: -nienced
work on the soil of
the L'aloiieiu Country, (w hich
is very fertile,) I thought it
was the loneliest country 1
ever saw, couldn't see any
thing but wheat and the blue
sky. And 0 how odd it did
seem to rne not to see a sin
gle silvery stream Uowing
thiough the land, and no
beautiful shade trees under
which to rest this plrysical
man. Herein this country
ihey have to dig wells with
out end, ami many of them
godry. They dig wells for their
stock and for their houses
1 helped dig one and while in
the ground, 1 felt like the boy
that went a sparking and
1 lie pitiless girl slighted him,
si.:
ti pitiful tone, ,:I
EiEPESflLaLjE
UOONi:, VA rAl'(iA ( ()lTTV,X. ('.,
wish I ir.is to home." j nornnt of the value of the CCTiimiSoioners' CCUTt jion. disability.
Fp to this date it has been pieciou-Mnctnl was the old j Fpo application of Gas
so dry and hot th.it thon -fanner, tliat he even then nl- Jllly 1CTD2. j ton Hoi ton Sr. (Col.). The
.-slclsi.r acres o u!.Mt are the dishonest (';M-; Monday, JuS-ls1,theC.m-nother-in-lnw j.f Daniel
1 aii'iK s t lii' 1 1 oil hopes ior - buy t!... niggt of 1 p.iissioners uu. U(run;iIllC 1(, Lit tie was allowed ?1.ht.
a rop islost. V!ii!- writing 5 !'-lhy mimi o! 1 jns n.rjr.uriiment. Thcj month from date.
Newt Banner i-Alu nu of his 11' Dv.e vnlu was as-ci iuin-f. n, ,,.;., ill(..,,l,,.is u. i-.-t.rm-i -
tr.ptoluaho 1..0 miles. II,.
'says tli, people there re-
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mind h:m ol the Jews !oo,i-
(iii;ras eager. y lor ram -s;
I r icy iliil I'M the ronuiw oi ;
Ii 1 . Tlu' dust r.'iiniiis !
me of the fo- that ris.-.- from I
tln Uautifni .stream of Cove1
LjveK, ami we make a -i-.s;
ii 1 1 1 1 i at ; i if i n ! f ivisi 1 1 i.i'iin!
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m,, u-i..rt mie m in...,,,.; H,(lof ,lis f;ltlll,,.-H
ri own, io wit; iiuly ;,iiM
wlso ii.is iiciwi in tliia country :
for sometime ami is lioiiiLi'
uril;u!i Aiast who lately
iiiumed one of the lair dam
M'i;, oi 'i eiUM'.-see, ami utv
sen. e staved mere aboii"
i tliieeOitys, lctui iiii, uiih
iojijis of wood, a instance ol
.iIjUUI lii r.y leu. 1 1 is a
j.or country timi can not
.iiiviid uooii aiiii liacKl-r-
i n o. Tie iiirmei s are rcat-
. ii.s oura 'ed about t lair
iiii.al flop, which, they say,
: liii.-i aevt r liiaed la tins colla-
i
: try ami if it :.- whuhy a hji
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line, oou ij .Miii.oo, nr;
auoiy ait' in oeul aiu.1 expeci
i ilieir ciops to jj.ay ii. Am.i
inu icy ; i. wou.d iie better lor
!tlic liitjoiiiii' man had ne ne
jcr L'eeii Liora, for he can not
,-t t ciaployuK in. i)eai-re;id-cr,
it is not only here' that it
is
where. The great lire of S..i-
attle, the great disaster of ready as soou as the building
Pennsylvania, and theyoung j is in condition for its rerep
ilood of Watauga areenougli j tion.
to cause trouble. Hutletthe Air. Charles llobinson, of
people be submhsiveand say j Yancey Co , 1ms come here
as did Gen. Jackson, "God ! as overseer on theroadsthat
knows, and directs always! the comnnnv is construct in."-.
lor thebest." '-GreatfaUh!"
ho'.v I do wish rtthoine
A. M. Mast,
m v.- v
X0UT1I CAHOLINA COLD
1'TM).
The story oi" the discovery
of gold in North Carolina is
somewhat cm ious.
Near the close of the last
e 7;lury the child of a poor
settler, while roaming along
the banks of a sinaii stream,
disc(vered a bright yellow
stone, which, with th-1 he!: of
his phaymiites, he picked up
and brought home to jis)ver his interests fortiielirst
lather. The old man wholiine.
h.-id evidently 1.0 knowledge
of the appearance of gold in
it s native state,saw nothing
particularly remarkable in
tin; stone, but not to disap
point ( hechild hade him place
it near the cabij door, which
it would serve to keep open
or shut at pleasure. As the
stone was quite heavy, weigh
ing nearly 15 pounds, it wa.i
found of considerable usu for
tvat purpose.
Several years elapsed before
any one thought of the
stone's being possibly a min
eral of any value, although
the owner often showed it,
to l.i.s neighbors, bidding
I hem
.,, ..u :. - ...... a
mark its unusual
weight. Finally, he was in-
a j . 4.. a. . i4. 4. '.i
duced to tfdve it to a gold- j tion of permanent foot-logs j V. L. Bryan's account not j Emancipation proclama
smith iu tlie neighboring j let there be two p!.i( ed side ; allow ed, for furnishino-shoes i tion 1863-
town ot L ayettevihe. whoup -
(ou itoLiUg it, at once pro -
nouueed it to be gold. So
;npie, However, and so ig-
' i iM.no. .. ,., vi.ooo
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was it iiiii i ;-oou iitcaiU'' a
.
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j.niMi,., ... i aioiaia.
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our it (nvn a inosr ra-i
: if.vii?t5si-it met
m V eves.
-
Mi-t.
I met "Hob" Hran
cows, as full as thev could!
h i'd of luscious fiiass, while,
th;'ir ba,s were ami even '
,
! extended. Then, i ijiht behind
rheni, came nine of ColYev
I'.ro'n. cows in like condition,
i uese cows reinnaii'ti me oi
,as o, A,:M kwzvi, wh...:(
d millv twoitv-fivej
cows uc!ois;.i,in to one dairy.
News co uies from Carter Co.
Teiin.,to All's uiTownseii'l of
the death of his son. Colnm-
ite.s, who died la.t Sunday,
! '''' t mon I h s.;ickii('..s.
lie
!'" ::Vi im'mWri
nuiiileroi veh lives t .us
.j Hjl . .
imn.eoiate lelUlt.V.
Tle soun
oi' the hammerl
aini sa w ni
learu Here tins
week, as work on the hotel
and I. oven's storehouse has
begun.
Thiee loads of unit tresses,
springs, for beadsieads and
blankets for the holei have
arrived, and JainesMrCamp-b-'ll.
of Hnkersville, is making
the furniture, which will be
The Messrs Gibbs, of Y.'ineey,
iire here. .So, you see, we are
j drawing men from all over
I he country.
Sickness is beginning to
make its appearance among
us. Jackson Gragg, he at
Oklahoma hi me, was visited
by Dr. l'hipps, of Watauga,
yesterday, ami the Doctor
was Winded at Mr. Allison
Townsends,' where several
are .-riling.
Mr. A.C. Kieksecker, a mem
ber of the company, and un-
cleto Secretary Chailes H.'Danis,' 7,"i0; J. M. Shall
Iticksecker, is here, loo'iim
1 I saw, at-Foscoe, that Dr.
j phipps is building him an of -
lice, and the frame is up for
a two story house for Burl
Johnson W. II. Caloway's
new store house, which is ,G
x22 feet, two stories high,
is drawing ton conclusion,
and will be ready for occujK'i
cv before lonir.
By the way, allow me to
suggest that tvat crossing
at the school hofcse, isaniot
miserable one. Men can get
along possibly; but w hat a
bout a woman with great
box, little box, band box and
bundle iiml three bits of chil-
dren ? I am always looking!
1 l i- 1
; out tor the women, and res-
i pectfully refer the construe -
i . . . . ,
jby side to W. II. C.iloway,
j Harrison Aitlntlge, A. 15.,
Burt and Ate Johnson, and
otn?rs. J. S. W
THURSDAY, .JULY
,..t . J. r;4.p...v,Chnir..um.
' J. II. Mat ami W. IV.IW
1
; mil, and prun ed d to busi-
mess.
Mum .iv of . nm trria ri. .
, ..OI1,M.1(,(i iH,(1 , ,1M.OVl ,,.
I'tiiin aim hatiiiu. M ton 1
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hy, ioIi-tnx for the year 18
80, ;i n.l until further orders,
reason, disability.
(. . Hayes application
for release of poll tax foi the
,,. ismo ,w,f .,..u.ti..i
J " H "i ll'fl, 1 Ullllll.
I'pon application filed with
the I'oard for aid to Levy
i 7-.j,li1,1 f Kik township, it
(..i,.,i.l il,,f 1,1 H-.
oi-' wi-,-(-ti i iiiii nt I". Hl.( Ml
moni lis from date.
Ordered that the act of H.
L. II auxins, County jailor, be!
approved ami a claim be is
sued for the same. See act
on ;ile. Amount Sl.!
lT--.u npplii-atimi !IW ivitli
v.,',. , f,,,.,, i,., ,,-.n i., v
i eiMsei I li 0111 p.i.x ii i, poll-t iix
... a -i n
lortne year lrs'J, re; 1 son.
disability.
The ii, plica tion of Sha
dri(ti Greer, of VJk townszip,
for release of poll-tax for 18
8(,), not granted.
J. C. t arroll, was iileased
from w orking the new road
from Dine Hun to Fail view
church, provided he makes
up lost time.
Fpor the petition and ap
plication of Thornton Ingle,
of Mowing Rock, it was or
dered that tli" Sheriff issue
license to said Thornton In
gle to sell beer at Blowing
Rock, for 12 months, com
mencing July 1st, '80.
Hoard adjourned til 0 o'
clock tomorrow morning.
July the 2nd. The Hoard,
according to adjournment,
all the members present, pro
ceeded to business.
The following tax listers
were paid the a mounts oppo
site their names, for listing
taxes for the year 1889, in
their respective townships:
C. J . 6'uttrell, Hlue Ridge, $7,
oO; II. 11. Farthing, Heaver
Watauga. 0,00; S. J. Hen-di-ix,
IClk. !j7.,00; John Ward,
Laurel rreek,$7,o0; AlexIIa
LU'nnian. Co ve Creek, 0,00
- Hanner, Shawnehaw,
P?G00; W. L. Hrayn, Boone,
j 9,00; James If. Taylor.
Meat Camp, 7,.r0; W. E.
Greene, Stony Fork, $0,00;
A. F. Davis. Bald Mountain,
0,00:
J- Stokes allowed $l.o0
j for registering votes in Lau-
rel fVeck Township for the
November election 1888.
Ordered chat the petition
! h'led withtheboardforameml
ment on the road from Sh ill's
Mills to the Mitchell Co. line
to be advertised, to be heard!
U tll(J August term.
. uiu .v ",,.",T1:
f . ... i -1 . - n . i i
, uio tuAm in imu e lun n ii ,
! ni.rtH,ui h i.wi-'o ?Jj
'. tor registerino- same
1 ... rr " .
! to a i rlsoner and iailwithl
! a bucket.
YvMI. Ran-iin released from
) m()iith fu.. ,()n.i.,n(1 sta1 .sman orwiirricir
poii tax for the year 1889,
11, 1kv).
John Sevier.
It-vi'iitly tli? ri'inains of
(Jov. John ScvifM- vt-:v if-
hnovrd fioin North Alabama
jand ri'iiitcrcd at Knoxville,
1 r.ii i i '
i.im iiiuiMvas louaii in nw
jil in w
save ni'jiiMerinjr;
hsIh-m. n liWli lu.inr .vifofnlk
. ' . ,........ t7
tfatheied ami dcjiosited in
an eh-n-ant colfin were trans
ft red to Knoxville ami there
buried in the presence of 20,
000 people. Cerea ionics be
fitting the occasion were held
and (Jov. Taylor made an
appropriate and eloquent,
speech recounting the ad
vancements of the deceased.
No figure is more prominent
in earlv leiinessee history
ever achieved tre iter success
under such adverse circum
stances. The hero of thirty
nine battles he never lost one.
niscourni'e and skill won
the battle of Kinu's Moun
tain ; his ingenuity andceas
"Hivit.v foil.l- dm llldi-
i i n
(-oucci ve-J ; 1 1 f I successtullv ac-
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coiiiplished the destruction
of .-ill their anmnit ion stored
at Chicamauga and furnished
by the. British ami prevented
an attack upon Washington.
We behave John Sevier ac
complished more, all things
considered with the means
and forces ata's command
than any other i foldier in
American history, and it
was fitting the legislature
should have his remains
transfered to the state he
loved so well. Now let a
suitable monument point
out to tht! world the last
resting place of a hero, who
deserves to rank with Ceas
ar or Bona parte as a. soldier,
or Washington as a patri
ot. Bolivnv Ii 11 He tin.
NOTABLE EVENTS.
First jury 970.
Dins made 1450.
Needles used 15 14.
First cast-iron 1544.
Matches made 1829.
.surnames used 1102.
First newspaper 1494.
Coal used as fuel 1534.
Lead pencils used 1549.
Window glass used 094.
First gold coin B. C. 200.
Tobacco introduced 157u.
First steam rail road 1830.
First Postage stamps 1810.
Kerosene introduced 1820.
First illuminating giis 1782.
Electric light invented 1874.
Iron found in America 1815.
First insurance, marine, 530.
First wheel carriages 1559.
First American expn sslS21.
Musical notes introduced 1.3
38. Latin ceased to be spoken
580.
Bible translated into Saxon
037.
Gunpowder used by Chinese
80.
Iiible translated intoGothie
872.
Photographs first produced
1802.
Old Testament finished B. C.
Paper made by Chinese B.
IC. 220.
Kil)le 1 1'anslatetf into En-
Jiin 15o4.
N()L
E. F. LOYILL ifcSON.
Attoknlts at Law
Boone, N. ('.
July 4t H9-1 y.
II. K. BOYER.
Attorney at Law.
Sparta, N. C.
June 0. 88. 1 v.
SCOTTiS ERVIN,
Attorneys at Law,
Lenoir, X. C.
YY. C. NEWLAND,
Attorney at Law,
Lenoir, N.C.
June 27. 88 lv.
' J.F. SPA1NII0UB
Attorney at Law.
Boone, N. C.
Special attention given to
the collection of claims.
July 4th 89-1 y.
M. M. PARKS,
Attorney at Law
Jefferson, N. C.
June 0. 88. iy.
T. B. FINLEY,
ATTORSSI-AT-LAW,
Wilkcsbiuo, Xorth Carolina.
YV. B. COUNCIL!,, Jit.
Attorney at La.
July 4th 891y. Boone, N. C
W. B. COUNCILL, M. D.
Boone, N. C.
Resident Physician. Office
on King Street north of Post
Office.
June 12 88. ly.
I)iCL.l:7rrLTYES.
Physician and Surgeon
Office at Coffey's Hotel,
Boone, N. C
July 4. 89.
Cove Creek Academy.
W. M. FRAN CUM, Principal.
Next term begins Aug. 5, '89
Board, everything included,
six dollars per month.
Tuition from 75cts, to $2
per month. For Further pa r
tieuhws, address the Princi
pal, Amantha, N. C.
WATAUGA HOTEL,
BLOWINU HOCK, North Carolina,
Tliefiinious Summer Ik'soit, of
of the Mounliiiiis. Miigiiih'eiont
scenery, icc-col.t water, nnd the
best table in the Stntft will bo o
len June 1st with Miss Bettie
Willi iras as house-keener and L.
S. Williams an clerk, both of Char
lotte.
NOTICE.
100 acres of good, level land,
one Steam Saw Mill, Shingle
Mill and plainer, for sale cheap
For prices a ppl v to A . J. Critcher,
llorton. X. C. ' febl4 6m.
XOTI-'EI
Is hereby given to Thomas Brew
er that u certain tract of land,
lying in Beaver Dam township..
Wat Auga county, was sold for
taxes for the year 1887 by J. L.
Ilay&j Shff., on the third day of
Sr p. 1888 to the cha'.rman of "the
boai d of county commissioners.
The certificate of purchase hav
ing bctn dgued to H. 0. Johnson
and unless redemption is made
by the third day of S?pt. 1889,
the undersigned will take a deed
for said laiids. This July 1 1S3&.
H. C. Johnson.