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Ii()ONl-: WATAICA COrNTV, N. ('., TIiriJSDAY, FKIU'rAKY. - 1MU.
NO. 31.
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Gensral Merchandise,
We have now
complete' lino of
We ve now, jon hand a
GENERAL MEItCHAIi
DISE.
COXSISTLNC. or.
Dry (Joods.
Xotions,
(iioceries,
Shoes,
lints,
Hardware.
Tinware,
Cdnsswaro,
Crockery.
Medicines.
of w hich we
ire ottci in:
ut i
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m u-VV i
J
We also till
in exchange
for ".oods,
IWhoat
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I I!vo,
I Oats.
('hicke:i;
,'-etc,
1VN TS A CALL.
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W. P. COUNTILL. .Ju.
Attorney at Lav.
Poo:i' X,
C.
W. P. COCXC1LL. M. D.
Poou: X. C
"Resident Physician
(VHce
on Kin.
Office.
treet north 01 Post
K . F. LOVILL
Attohxkv At T..v.y,
Po no X. C.
DM. L. C 11FFVFS. "
Pnv:--TC!AV Avn Sr'ca.ox
OHke at Residence.
Poono. X. C.
L. D. LOWE.
AN!-
xotary rvnur.
PAXXLTCS FLK. X. C.
j. (. mum,
DENTIST,
ELK l'AltK, 01?TII CAROLIXA.
( UVt-M lex iii-iifi'ssiorii'l si'i vices
to
W
Hie pennle of M itcliell, I
soul niPoiiniKf eeini-!
ries.n--' o i.;it llh'iTi'in 1 issi'ii
nn1 .ill work "iKinintecil"?
llV I I V I
1 '-i
I
J. F. Morpb'TV
Hariini, C.
E. S.Bl uliliiiniJ
Je or on, X.C. I
M 0 1 1 P II L W & 1 5 L A C K B U 1 1 X
Atttouxkvs at Law.
Will practice in the courts
e' Ashe. Watauga and Mitch
ell counties, also in the Fed
eral courts of the Dist.. and
SupremeCcwirt of the State.j,,., .,n(1 I11;1(1V m, aIiv
( olh'ction ot cLiims solicited. ve.ri-UsliavelKH'iievtii-oss-
Aprl, 10.
Sot ice.
lor sale. 000 acres of land.
on Hich Mountain, Watauga ;
County, on which, isusbestos, I Porter's funeral, a.nd it is ex
niid tiii-land for sheep ra nch ! ((.t((1 tjiat ('on-n.ss will ad
Sales private. IU- vPtt ;. I11Mrk" of resneet.
J. 1. I-urgersou, ItXtrs. of ' ...
Mrs. A. P. Calloway, deed. Ho will bo buried with .ml.
Panner Elk, Nov. 15. "JO.
WASHINGTON IJCTTKU.
From oar Ejular Corresponoul.
Mr. Cleveland's letter a
gainst tin' fie-' iin.l uiiliuiit"d
independent coil age of silver
lid 1 1 I create tlieei-it( lilrllt
ill Congress that tin sensa
tional newspapers h i ve said
I it did. In the tin t place the
views expressed by Mr. Cleve
ilalld are precisely those held
by him mnl publicly express
ed just before his inaugura
tion ns president in 1SS., so
that a reiteration of them j
was no surprise to those ae-i
quainted with the man. or,M,toff. th" "VV ' "'
course th.M-oanMliiferences of
opinion miih,,,-democrats in j
t. - ' ,, . i -!
l Uliirxi : HI I lie ISII Mil OI
ha vine,- taken this time to re
iterate them, hut Mr. Cleve
land's friends point to the
fact that he did not do so
until asked to take part in I
the anti-silver meeting in i
-... V..1.V- Tiw... o.,,. n..,4-i
. ' 1 t ' ' I l t I I' il lt I I I 4 t l
if ho had not irivon hisonion-!
ion in answer to that invita-
tion ho would ha vc been open i
I to tho charge of cowardice.
and everybody knows that
mere is ioiiiiu;r approacn
incowariliceiaurovert levo-
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I I I 1 1 1 .1 Mill Ii 1 1 I I,
Many eminent democratic
Senators and I'opreseiita
tives ia theirdisatipointmont
at w-eine- t he last hope of the
pasageof the free coinage
bill bv the House at this ss-
! sion vanish, as it did wi
i tl, i.Ml.lir.-! f-.in if ?f 1". M-n. 1
Maud's letter, said, unon the
'' ".. I . . . .. -
)f tho moment, thin-s
spur c
w hich n p o n c o o 1 seen n d
jthcaigts they will probably
regrei. .Mr. 1 levelana nuiy
or may not be tho nominee
of the democratic party next
year, but it does not appear
probable to an unprejudiced
mind that his expressing ,i
personal opinion, which he
was well known tohold. eigh
teen mouths before t ho moot
ing of the national conven
tion of the party would .ab
solutely eliminate him from
the Presidential field. "Suc
cessful politics" said a demo
cratic 'Senator to-day are al
... I -t!
wavs practical, and i wnen
1
the convention meets its
members shall be of theopin
ion that Mr. Cleveland is the
strongest man lie will receive
tho nomination, otherwise
not: .and tho rank and file of
the party, who want thoin.au
nominated that can wi", not
. 1 1 . ;
any pamciuar man, win ran-j
I v the choice of (he convi
' i
I ion , W Hoover lie may t;e. A
V(l;, ,. .,, ., ,alf is ,- good
i.ji . ; .,u ... 11 I.,,,,, W.M1 , .. ,,,
...l,,,,. .).,,.:
I"' L 111'" ill-ill 1 11.., 1
.. , v ti .; 1
co nl rout us. X o t hing is to be
gained, but much can be lost,
j,y being precipitate.
Washington, where both
men had many warm friends,
was greatly shocked by the
deaths of Admiral Porteraud
(ion. Sherman, one on Fri
dn vaml the other on Sntur-
ed by iill ceasses. Hy order
ol Mr. Harrison Jill of the de
partinents will be chsed to-
morrow,
the d;i v of Admiral
tary honors at Arlington I
.v.n.t.iy. inn s,!.Mt,,
bvliimM-lfnotlongngo. Will
itll
t he de,-t li of those two men
til" last of the great Union
commanders of the civil war
I... ... I 1
I.uth of tin-Ill di-s the high-
....f .....a. :,. ti...:.. . .. ... ...i ; ....
,., . , IV
ii iii i in hi i in- .'f i'- -.i
. , . , ...
miraioMnenavy, am, !;
oral of t lie armv.
mm t -i
I ho enemies of CIVlI sel-Vl'-ei
!
fu-m nsJinw n. ii lie tin.:
present Commissioner, eamej
verv near succeeding in a
":,,,K.M.H"' '' " ' '""'
ii ...i i-ti .ii
the ohject of which was tni
"MmmM"! . ''' -.
::',i;, !,l,n,nn fr h
clerks. 1 no movement, fail-
: ..it., i : i
' ' "u.1 i ' n 1 1 1 1 . n.M.,.-
plain talk about tho mannei
in which tho 00 m m i ssi o 11
works that could not have
been pleasing to th cominis
si mers.
Tiu'ic .-ire certain in liea
tious of tiie near approach
of the-junketing season coni
inir in siht. Mr. Harrison is
preparing to make a thirty!
day tour of the Pacific coast J
in tlioprivatocurol'th" would j
be Presidential candidate ol
the Farmers Alliance, Sen.
a tor Stanford, and tho Sen
ate, has by resolution auth
orised two committees Va
val affairs, and Canadian I lo
in t ions to travel .around at
(loveiiinn-nr. o.Ypeus" next
sueimor. S.'iiator Plumbstir-
i red 110 Cue bile of souk? of til
f'!1' m!' " ,M ". Z. '
, ,.
atter com
! !li,n"' U"
the i onmiitoe in California
last fall and felt inclined toj
present il vv ith a map so t ha t
it could lind.out where Cana-;
da was. j
The Interior department
was closed at noon to-day in
I respect to the memory of ex
;Secictary A. II. II. Stuart
whoso funeral took place at
Staunton, Virginia.
Mr. Harrison has not .yet
demanded the resignation of
Pension Commissioner Ilaum
notwithstanding his unlit
ness for the odico, which was
full v proven, inspire of the
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CHOI ll ll-l: ir H UN'- din I'll
'
lw. llf.A ..'111. .1.1 llllll
I IK 1 1 1 1 1 111 1 I Lt I" CI J H HI llllll.
by the late investigation.
The Senate has succeeded
in tangling up the copyright
bill so badly that it will not
et straightened out .it this
session.
Senator ori
Kes. who has
been quite ill is slowly
: ,
. . . I
c
nif 1 1011 remains unclia"-
! (ret
XooueaiM). arsnow to a 11-i
t icipiite .111 extra
: . .
.Congress -this spring, a -
1 A.
T l l ll 1 i 1 i'l Vll TW.'I II t 1 IWll.
i iiuoii n ui e 1 1 - "-'"ni
Ther
0 is a rumor
i,..f
the republicans of the Senate!
... 1. 4i. -
ill i" going 10 iry 10 rusii im
Force bill through during the
closing hours of the session,
but I don't think there is
anything in it.
Senator Faulkner, of West
Virginia, says that his twelve
hours' speech against the
Force bill nas a mere bag
ateile, which djd not exhaust
him a bit. The only way to
account for this is to remem
ber thit ho has gone through
still more terrible strains. He I
has been umpire at a base .ute to tree trade than these
ball game and once acted asjlast words of thodying Sena-
1 i. .1 .1 1. t ... a 1 ..... o .1
judge at a baby show.-( oinct. I
SAM JoNtS r.XI'l..ll.
Tho following: letter fr
",,m
Sau, 1. Joaesexpl.iitis itself:
i'ii.ti iviiii.' i'.k .'.,, n
.... ' '.' ..... '
on ,.,...,,,,,,,. in.-.,..
I I ( 1 1 111 till' ( I lltt 1 t 11 Hill I if
l.' i: .... i ' ... : i .. : mm
,., ,
i'iin.- in mi
.j uitlij wo,1oSi,v
iv . . ,i
I irst, I am not on th
' war
lht ,1It nm Ml with
, .. ,, . ... .
won ami nil maiiKiiHi. .ee- ti-.-.a- .i... i ,... i lw.vv
ii t' I 1 ll ' I'-olK.liod in. IT i e on knew,
oiu v. t m null- iiei-snnl an... . . ......
. . . ' 1 ..
siun I made to said mayor,
was when I arraigned the
ci t v "-nvi'ii ii i til 1 1 fin t lii Iiinli.
i - i-i"
hand-,1 lawlessness prevail-
inur. and the sworn officers
whose ,luty it was to stop it
I asked if i ho mayor w is in
tlw audience, ami if so, is he
sober to-day? I was asking
fl)Hllr0,.m.uioll Hoandhis
neighbors can
t(ll you why
tho question was so insult
ing. I would knowingly and
wilfully wound the feelings of
my wife and innocent chil
dren. Had I been put on no
tice that such was tho case.
I would have made amends
honorably, or I would have
taken the caning without re
sistance. I lis remedy is in tho forma
tion 01 Ins 1 1 10. ami not (-fin
ing preachers. If the city of
Palestine had been conscious
that I had insulted women
and children, they would
have run me out of town, in
stead of demanding the said
mayor's resignation in order
to protect the city from dis-
1 irace.
i I nm sorry of the occurence.
1 1 didn't like to have a fellow
s-t in on me wit h a cane with
out ;i moment's notice and if
you will experience it once
you. won't like it cither, Mr.
Lditor. I shall continue to
: ,,.. 1h(l
wrong and
stand up to the right, any
where ami everwhere. and
when t hey think, to cane me
is t lie best way out, I will
give them tin? best Iv'egot in
my shop every t ime. Yours
out of the ring and free of
disfigures. Sam P. Joxks.
The1 Coinage Bill to be Ilepo-tod.
Wasiiinutox, February 18.
The House coinage com
mittee to-day adopted a res
olution to close the hearings
at 12 o'clock Friday, and
vote on tho silver bill in com
mittee at 1 o'clock that day.
The resolution was adopted
after a long wrangle by un-
got-hniimous consent, the silver
.,, f,o-m.i,r to it as the
I i f ci 1 1 11 1 I ill i tlirtL-n MllrtkJ.
M,.v.-
! tions. If the programme here
...11:.. , 1 : : 1 i. : t. . . - i
is carried 0111, n v.m
session (,r;mKoit iin))ossu)io to pass
that bill the second time. II
the President declines to up-
1 1 nil
piovo 01 disapprove iv. 1 no
I"";'0'! of1,ti,e lwoon 10
o clock rridav ind noon
March 1th, is just one hour
less than the period of ten
days, exclusive of Sunday,
throughout which the Presi
dent is permitted to retain
the bill befe.ro returning if to
Ci ngress.. Ohsvr vor.
Among .Mr. 'Jmm's last
ords were: " I he lloatmg
woi
tonnage of the United States
engaged in coastwise com
merce and on our lakes and
rivers is very far in excess of
any other nation." Could
there bo a more eloquenttrib
toi Courier Journal.
A TKIM'TETo (JEN. MIEKHW.
i A l the I'rooklyn Academv
of .Mnl.- Sin..!;. v. Dr. Tab
ok.l!if(;1!mof(;.n.
r .. 1
,'iiil Mierm.-in: " 1 lie centurv
s()1,l lo snr.
.... . .
.leli.ler mto the eternities
I 4i iw. l..... :., i
tiiiiu iin- inn- u ini iiii jii.-i
'pa seed awav from us. Frank,
r I , i ...::.. it.... ....
j 111 MI' M , I 'I 111 1. 1 11 , I 11. 1 II I . l.l-
itriot, William T. Sherman. I
.UiaTl eve:, lelt TIIO lloait.V
Si ip of his Hfrlit hand and
had tlio friendship of his i eat
bij heart. I have no part in
the question which is bein;
agitated as to whether he
was aCatholioor I'rotostant.
I hoard his confession of fa ith
on a memorable occasion
and under peculiar circum
stances. In New York at the
Now Knland dinner, tlireo
years ago. I sat with him for
four hours he on one side
ami tho immortal Henry W.
(!rad on the other. When
in conversation, he ex pressed
to mo his respect for the reli
gion embraced by his wife
and his own faith in (iodand
his confidence in the future.
Simple as a child, brave as a
lion, sympathetic iis .1 vo-
"j man, firm as a rock, wrath
ful its ;i tempest when arous
ed against a groat wrong,
lovely ana Juno morning n
niong his friends.
(rover Cleveland is the ner
viest, man on tho continent,
lust fit this juncture when a
presidential nomination, moil
ning certain election, is with
in his grasp, but when throe
fourths of the country seems
to be rising up and demand
ing the free coinage of silver,
instead of falling into thecur
rent or reinniningsilent upon
the subject he writes a letter
in which he plants himself in
tho most equivocal manner
against thr- doctrine of free
coinage. They say this let
ter is going to cost him the
nominal ion. He doesn't ?are.
They said his tariff message
would defeat li i ri 1 in 1SSS. It
did, but hodidn't: care. Hois
no trimmer .and he never con
coals his opinions because
they may happen not to
strike the public right. The
Landmark has been rather
on the free coinage 'lay' of
late. It is like the farmer in
llaleigh who said ho was in
favor of a railroad commis
sion "not that I know any
thing about it,'? ho added,
''but it is-something new.''
Free coinage is "something
new" and the order has pass
ed down tho line that the al
liance must bo in favor of it
and the iilli.-pice hasfallen in
to line and the Landmark
with it. Put we have groat
respect for a irnn who has
the courage to speak his
mind, especially when the
tide- seems to run against
him, and our .admiration for
Cleveland was never as strong
as it is now.Lnnrfin.irk.
If Dr. Harrison wants a
Liomj secretarvof the troas
, 1 -Ji, , ,-.
111 y way uoesn 1 lie iaieioii-
gressnmn Laugst on ? Lang-
ston in a seat that, belongs to
him would bo interesting
Courier Journal.
FcrMalaria, Liver Trou
ble, or Indigestlon,use
BROWN'S IRON BITTERS
j OdtU knl l.mls.
' The question of the rela
' tion of ministers with women,
j which is sometiuiesspokeu of
! as complicated and delicate,
is in fact entirely simple. A
j man is, we may hope, a gen
i tleiiiau before ho becomes a
: minister, and his conduct to
Iwiird women should be that
j which is expected from any
gentleman.
( 'onsidering t he close rehi
tionships with families into
which pastors are brought,
clerical scandles are, after all
is said, extraordinarily rare.
The same thing is true with
regard to doctors, and the
fact'speaks well for our chiv
alry and our civilization. Of
course, clerical s c a n d a 1
should never occur. They are
absolutely and invariable
without excuse.
The very fact that the door
of the home is opened so frank
ly and so trustingly to the
pastor should make him the
most scrupulous of ail made
visitors. A minister has no
more right to kiss a woman
or a girl because he is her
minister, than a lawyer be
cause he is her lawyer, or a
butcher because he is her
b u t c h e r. "Indiscretions,"
"imprudences" are as' offen
sive in him as in other men;
and there is nothingto debar
him fi 0111 the privilege that
other men enjoy of being
kicked out of doors if they
are guilty of impertinence
or familiarity.
One thing more. The period
has passed, if it everexisted,,
when ministers could afford
to bo deadheads, beggars,
sponges. Tho pastor must bo
independent and self respec
ting. Don't ask for free pas
ses or ministerial discounts.
It is better to get along with
less than to be a. public pen
sioner. Examiner.
A great impetus has boon
given to the movement in
favor of tho popular election
of United States Senators by
the recent action of the Re
publicans in stealing both
sonatorships in Montana and
one in New Hampshire, The
Legislatures of Ohio and Illi
nois have passed resolutions
in favor of an amendment to
t h 0 f e'd er a 1 eon s t i t u t i on w h i el 1
will take senatorial elections
from the Legislatures and
give them to the people.
Other States wiJl follow suit.
Quite a number of the mem
bers of the present Congress
have, declared in favor of the
proposed reform. I'ress and
Carolinian.
Senator Vance was inter
viewed upon the recent utter
ance of President Cleveland
against the free coinage of
silver, and said:
"Mr. Cleveland's position
on the silver question is not
a common difference, but a
defiance of his party. His
whole attitude on this sub
ject is one of defiance almost
insult to the democratic par
ty. It is now a question wheth
er the democratic party will
sacrifice its principles or give
up Mr. Cleveland. Under the
circumstances I prefer my
party to Mr. Cleveland.