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NO. 13.
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its County, Slate ami Nation.
Published Kv ry Thursday at
Itooiic, Watauga County, N. C.
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Sept. 21. 'ML
To the Pkmc ( kat:
Will you k'mdy allow me
spare in jourvnlunl le paper.
to comet, and denounce, the
vile l ( port tluit is being circu
la ted on me by some of my
personal enemies: the sub
stance of which, in, that du
ring tne last' campaign 1
bought votes, and otherwise
disposed of my goods in anil
legal way for the purpose of
maAir.g my election certain.
This report is being circula
ted by men who are either
too mean, or too thoughtless
to investigate beiore talking,
and I denounce it as a false
hood, and defy any person to
bring a man in Watauga Co.
that wilt tell me that 1 ever
bought, or offered to buy a
single vote during the ca ra
ping:). I have earned since
the election, that some ofmy
goods were squandered for
the purpose of buying votes,
and other purposes, equally
asotvaind detestable, but this
was done without my knowl
edge or consent indeed, con
trary to my express orders.
How many of my goods were
used in this awless and
abominable way, I can not
say, but have reasons to
believe tZat a considerable a
mount, for this, and other
vie purposes. If any friend
of truth and justice wishes to
know the particulars, I can
furiish them.
If, during a heated, politi
cal campaign, my political
enemies w ere to circulate such
reports on i ne, to defeat my
party ticket, I could look:
with some degree of charity
upon them, and never ask
space in a paper to denounce
them. But almost 12 months
after the election, for men,
who pretend to be blessed
with a reasonable amount of
common sense, and to be liv
ing monuments of honesty,
to thus try to injure me, be
they Democrats or Republi
cans, I can say no more than
to brand them cowardly li
ars. Then, for some Republi
cans to talk about my using
money, when they know, I
never did, (more than to run
a paper at au exjenseof a
bout $400, out of my limited
means,) being induced to do
so by the sweet promises of
ulout 30 01 tht Jr.-idrn;, say-
ing they would pay nie from
five to twent vlive ilu!l;irs,
leach, not more than half of
which has ever Itevn paid. Ill
the lanumige of a ' Wntaugn
Divine," this is uhat I caill
tlie "Quint essence of vile in
gratitude.'' Then, to "rap the stark",
some, of the patriots, who
never did so much for the He
publican party as to go on a
county olliciar bond, tobe
come di.vgustcl own use they
failed to get the position of
a fourth class post master,
and 'cuss in for not having,
for not having some Demo
crat "Wanamakered" (for
great is me of the 'Patri
archs!') and fall into line,
and go to circulating such
stuff, for no other reason un
der the sun, only that I fail
ed to make, a 'stamp-licker'
of some favorite son. This
needs no adjectives to quali
fy it. as nn act of 'pluperfect'
ingratit ude. The kind read
er will please bear in mind
that I do not charge any po
litical party with these vile
i falsehoods, but a few design
ing men, who are not fit to
belong to any party.
To the good people of Wa
tauga, I desire to return my
sincere thanks for the gener
ous support they gave nie
last fall. How well I perform
ed the duties, that they de
manded of me, I leave for the
public to say. I have been
both criticised andcongraiu
la ted for the course I pursu
ed. I am not ashamed ofmy
record, and under the same
circumstances, I should vote
and advocate every measure
that I did, if 1 had my work
to do over again.
No nutter where my lot in
life may be cast; I shall al
ways remember the good peo
pie of Watauga, and look up
on them as being a part of
the best people in the "Old
North State." Resp.
J. A. Crisp.
Federal Interference.
It is apparent that there is
to be a strong effort made
by the Republicans to pass
some such bill as Senator
Sherman introduced at last
session, with the purpose of
controlling the elections at
the South. The provision of
the Constitution that applies
reads as follows:
"The times, places and
manner of holding elections
for Senators and Represen
tatives shall be pescribed in
each State by the Legisla
ture thereof; but the Congress
may at any time by law
make or alter sue; regula
tions, except as to the plans
of choosing Senators."
Tne members of ihe House
of Representatives are to be
chosen by the people ol the
several States; and the elec
tions are to have the same
qualifications requisite for
elwtors of the most numer
ous branch of the State Leg
islature. The Legislature
then is to fix the qualifica-
tions of the voters, and flie
,u unless ui.i.x iilikc icfcuia- taken therefrom, persons who ; country. Our la res ae sufh- provide for the gent -nil wel
tionsas to the time, place were j,ejj hicustodyto await cient to punish very crime. 'fare. Th's bonu. is no part
and ma'mer of holding thej the trial, guaranteed by the Let all our people h ok to 'of the debt, nor does it con
elections. But it does not. Constitution, to every citizi n the better enforceiie t of t he tribute to the general wel
appear that Congiess can 'accused of crime, aud murder 1 iws. and all wronis will be f.ire to lricp it ;i:iv to the
hold such an election. Tne
mi
difference as it ap'nrs to us j
is plain. It may lix the time,
which it lias done, it may
fix the polling plan, awl'
it amy prescribe the tnanc r
I ut the Constitution docs thereby they hive, so far.'
imt saty Congress shall nn ivjescaied airresf and punnish- '
power, to imlil the i lection:
to have oflieinls present toj
count i no vote and on-in re
the result.
The question may le asked
j ''f 1,'L why not ? The reason
is plain. What ever power
i invested in congress in re
gard to the el wt ion of e rc
sentative.v is also invested in
Congress in regard to the
election of Senators, except
as to the place of choosing
the senators, ihe Igisia-jCiiroliur., do issue tin. my the negro to stop. Tin ne
ture cannot be required by proclamation, enjoining aill 'gi'o attacked the Judge, but
Congress to )nw, ait amy i officers, amd espwladly those' thelntterretaliiited by knock
place but the State Capitol, j charged irith theatdministra-j iag him down. The negro
Lean ing out thait difference tion aiud execution ofthelaw1 was then disarmed and ar
ais immaterial, the power of j in the lo-ailaties where the of-(rested. Meanwhile, te blacks
Congress to provhe for the j fences mentioned have been hearing of the arrest, deter
election of Semi tors is thejcoinuiilted.toenergetirally ex j inine7 to rescue the prisoner,
same ais in regard to thejert themselves to arrest aind A few white men ra'lied a
election of Congressmen. oring to justice these offend- round the Judge There was
Would it be consistent es against the stability of a hard fight, in which the ne
with the fr.'ime of our d upex (society. 2'nel.iws must, -ind Igroes were beaten back, and
system of government I'oijsii.ill bemaimtained. The V, j one of the ring leaders arrest
Congress to appoint officials I ecu tive is ready to exercise'ed. The prisoner. were taken
to count the fcaMot caist by
the Legislature and declnre
the action of the Legislature
at an election of Senators?
Hardly. No one will saiy
that. 2 he powar, then, does
not extend to holding the
ehvtion for Semi tors; but w e
have seen that the power in
relation to Congressmen is
the same as in regard to the
Senators. It is neither more
nor less. If, then, Congress
cannot hold the election for
Senators, it cannot hold the
election for Congressmen. It
ca'n regulate both. It has
in fact undertaken to regu
late the manner in choosing
Senators, jtnd it maiy regu
late the umnner of choosing
Representatives. Rut it can
not hold the elwtion. That
must be done in both cases
by tne State officers.
The bill offered by Senator
Sherman proceeds on the as
sumption that Congress may
hold the elwtion for Congress
men, and it provides that the
President may appoint a
board of three men in each
district who will hold their
places for life, and who may
appoint the precinct officers
That also is unwarranted by
the fonstitution. But we
need not go into that now
further than to si.y that
Congress cannot vest the ap
pointment of inferior officers
except in the President, in
the courts of law and in the
heads of the department.
News and Observer.
Proclimation by th Governor.
State of North Carolina,
Executive Department.
Whereas, information has
been received by this depart
ment that recently, in cer
tain counties of this State, e
vil minded and lawless men,
havebandfcd themselves to
gether, and under the cover
er of darkness and disguise,
have terrorized and assault -
ed the officers of thel.iw 7n-n
! kei open - prisons, violently
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ed them.
And whereas, the erj!etrai j
tni ofcrimessocowvad them,
selvs thait their iiiitucs audi
present whereabouts have!
; not Uvn discoverd, and,
uieiit.
And uhcrens, the growing
n c ueucy oi tnesecrum s ami
the apparent immunity from days ago a St. Lewis negro
punishment of their jmm -petm j named Slick came to town,
tors has caused giave appre-and Saturday afternoon in a
(tensions among the ilitelli ! quarrel with a white main at
g"Ut and virtuous citizens of) tanked him with a knife. The
j the Staite, and halve brought
great scandle and disgrace
upon our community.
Now, therefore, I, Daniel
Fowle, (Jovernor of North
ali the power conferred upon j
him, including the offering of
rewords and the employment
of special agencies, to pre
serve the peace of society and
protect the good name of the
people of the state.
While it is a cau.se for pro
found sorrow t hat these erils
shouW have any existence
within our borders, there is
some consolation found in
the fact that they are confin
ed to very few and restricted
localaties. Ihe great body
of the people are sober, indus
trious n::id lawabiding. They
have ever been remarkably
distinguished among the
States of tje Union for rever
ence for the law and steady
support of its m'nisters. To
this people I appeal to aid
me, am their other servants
in suppress'ugthe evils refei r
ed to. A sound public sen ti-
menf,makingitself heard and
fealt fearlessly on aU proper
occasion., will not only en
courage those who aire charg
ed with the difficult, and of
ten dangerous duty of execu
ting the laws, but will soon
so impress the criminads
themselves, t hat they w ill not
dare attempt to accomplish
their wicked and dangerous
purposes.
Done at our city of Raleigh
the 17th day of September,
A. D., 1HS9. and in the 11 Uh
year of American Independ
ence by the Governor.
Daniel (J. Fowle
S. F. Teefair Private Sec.
Our excellenttiovernor has
taken proper steps, we think,
to put down Lynch law in
our State. The recent lynch
ing of two men in Morgan
ton, 1ms caused the people
to sjeak out in strong lan
guage. Lynching has bwome
too common all over the
laud. When iwkless men
take the law in their own
1 bands they inaugurate a law
le.vs spirit, and camse men to
(disregard the laws of the
'
legal lly punished.
WAU IN ILLINOIS.
A BLOODY FIGHT BETWEEN'
WHITE AXB BLACK
Chicago, Sept. 10. A dis-j
patch tat w ivneeville, III. says: j
a race war between the
1 whites and blacks own mil
, here satuii lav mr nr. A tew
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; latter escaped after receiving
two wounds, and then Slick
jdnshetfdown the street slash
ingot everyone. Judge Darns
i of the county court, ordered
o the county jail, aud tne
sheriff amd his deputies were
ordered by the Judge to
guard the building. The ne
groes quickly organized, amd
made an attack on the jail.
The sheriff wais ordered to
tire on them, but refused and
the negroes forced their way
into the jail and rescued the
prsoner. Judge Barnes or
ganized the wn'tes amd at
tacked tne blacks at t he jail.
There was a bloody fight, in
i which
pistols, clubs and
knives were used. Judg Barns
was cut and shot, but his
wounds are not fatal. Dr.
John La ruby and three other
white men, were seriously
hurt. Two nrgt)es were shot
and haill a hundred heads
were broken. The whites won
and the ringleaders were a
gain put in jail, and a heavy
guard placed around the bail
ding. The riot has caused
grea t exci temen t. Observer.
In the past two years the
government has bought
1200,000,000 of bonds at a
cost of $231, 533,366. It
lms bought, 80,000,000 of
bonds that are not payable
'or nearly twenty years yet
and has paid f 103,000,000
for fhem, making a bonus of
$23,000,000 given to the
bondholders by the people
to retire bonds not due until
1007, and beat ring only 4
percent interest. Money is
worth to the people 8 ier
cent, but to catll in 4 jer cent
bond. we have given away
$23,000,000 in two years.
All told, Ihe bonus is $31,
000,000. We had thought
it was better to spend this
$31,000,000 on the eduea
tion of the poor, rather than
give it to the rich bondhol
ders who do not need it. We
do not believe that Congress
has a right under the Consti
tution to give this bonus to
the bondhobcTS. Congress
is invested with Doner to
lay taxes to paiy debts and
----- n j -
bondholders, he News ;vA
Observer is tlnaltenihlv op
pose.! to f-rch methods.
.1 letter has been receive I
at Ilnleigh. fiom Hon. Jeff
erson Davis, in which he as
serts posntively, that, hi
health iK'rmitting, he will (
present at tliecentetlpial cere
monies ait Fayettville in No
vember. Expected to Let Stan icd But lidr'J.
Last Siuing nn old in:ot
who hailed from Indiana)::'!
eared in tne Brushy mou
tains in Wilkes professing to
want to buy nronertv nn 1
settle. He cared less for the
hind than for the improve
ments; he wanted a comfort
able home. Haingingaround
the neighborhood of J H.
Ojmbs, Ksq. He became en
gaged to n maiden lady of
abought 40. tuid they weifl
to have been married last.
n eek. He went back to In
diana on n trip to settle
up Ins business and and a
few weeks ago for his bride.
A day or two before t he. mar
rmge was to have taken
place he caiused her to be pre
seated with a marriage con
tract the terms of which stip
ula ted that she was riot to
elaaim any part in his estate
after his death. Thereupon
she kicked aud kicked hard.
The old man insisted and
she said if those were the con
ditions he could call off his
dogs. Persuaision was of no
avail and the result of it oH
wai- tmt the mountain nnn'd
tin fw the Indiana man
overboard. The old man
started back to India
last week (he is sa'd to look
all of 80 years) and a citizen
of north Iredell at whose
house he stopped for dinner
on his way to States ville to
taike the train, navs hp lni.-.
ed very much "cut up."
L,admnrk.
Notice of Incorporation I
I hereby irive notice, arem-dincr
to law, that under, and by vir
tue, oi section bi of the Code of
North Carolina, mid nets mncn.
dutory thereto, I have thia dnv
(juiv incorporated
THE ARLINGTON mAfPAW
The business proponed is to con
duct, transact, and carry on, in
uu uru iicnes, tne busmen of
building, buying. selHnr. lensin--.
renting, equ pphig, furnishir:-'.
managing aud c-onductinglioteis.
cottaiges, residences and oth r
nuuauigsto build equip aul: u;i
livery stables, buy, sell, and !mU
real and nersonnl nrnnertv f v-
erv description, whatsoever, in-
clu'ling stock and bonds and'et ti
er evidences of indebtedness, iu
cliidiiisr its own stocks and I Utility
subscribe to the capital stock -f
corporations, loa-i and boi r i.v
money, mortgage pledge and hy.
notliecaite anv of its urniu i ti-
(iuarauitee tlie faithful perfor
in in ice oi contracts and obliga
tions of every description, what
soever by whosoever made. I:;
sue bonus of indemnity and sure
tyship. Grant indemnit'i'H mnLc
absti-JK-ts of I itle aud guaranty.
i ue tit ic to property. Lwiors
notes, drafts, checks and bills of
exchange. Form partnerships
with individuals and with e r
poi ationrffor doing any busii.i ss
mentioned in these articles :
Triuisaet ti general nurcantilo
business and etc.
The place of business for sail
Company, shall be conduced in
the town. of H owing Ifcvk, Wa
tauga Cpunty, or elsewhere.
The duration of the corporate
existence kIu.H be for the e;i jl
of thirty years.
Theowners of stock in this cor
poration shall not be individual
ly liable for iiny contract indebt
edness for lhibility of any kind
whatsoever of said corporation
Joeli. Todd f' : .C.
t. 17th. V.i-.. '