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Bemocrat
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Doolie, N. C.
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!t.6.Ml-iit JMiysicinn. Oilier
oil King Street hoi til of Post
Oilier.
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Attoknky At I -aw,
Hoone X. C.
IIl. L. ('. KKKYKS.
Physician ano Sna;i:ox
Office at Residence.
Doolie, X. C.
L. I). lowl
Aitorii3i at Law
AM-
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J. i. WILBAU,
DENTIST,
fi.k I'vuk, no;;tii c.vhoi.ina.
OnVrsliis professional services
to tin' people of Mitch-ll.
Wntnicn and adjoining coan
ties.IyA"( I, ml m.itci.il usi'il
;wl .ill wui-k "U;tr;iri1 al.
Mnv 1 1 v.
.1. F. 5l!iili. -h. I'. S. II i 1 1 inn
Muriidi, N. C. J'' T (in, N.C.
MOKPIIKW&P.LACKItrUX
Attto::xi:ys at Law.
Will practice in tlit courts
of Ashe, Watauga and Mitch
ell counties, also in t ! - Fcd
ral courts of the Dist '.. i! lid
Supreme Court of the State.
oUcction vt chums solicited.
Aprl, 10.
Xoticc.
For sale. 000 acres of land,
on Hieh Mountain, Watauga
Count v, on which isashestos,
and fine hind forshcep ranch.
Sales private. L. D. Louche
.1. T. Furgerson, Ex'trs. of
Mrs. A. P. Cnllowav. deed.
Hanuer 10 Ik, Nov. 1" ''JO..
Honey to lean.
Persons wishing to hoi
row money, who can secure
it by mortgage on good real
estate, ejui benecommodated
by applying to
J.F. Spainhour, Loone X. C.
or A.J. ditcher, Jlorton X.C.
4. 2-L
XOT1CL!
1 am just receiving n new
stock of goods bought for
cash down and will sell for
strickly pay down, at prices
to live and let live. You will
do well to call and examine
my goods consisting of hoots,
shoes, dry floods, notions,
t(-c. Yours truly,
T. A. Ckitciikk,
Hamboo. X. C.
Sl'TIIERLAM) SEMINARY.
MISS EMMA WJXX,
Graduate Grwmboro Female College
PItlXGIPAL.
Tins Institution of learning is
wtiiutcd in one of the most pictur
esque and hoHpitablo sections of
the State, and rum oppot.unilies
are here offered for a practical,
and cheap eduention. The school
now has an enrollment of over
100 puiiilh. Latin, French, and
all the Lnglisfi brunches taught.
For full vartieulars address the
Principal at
SlTHEUCA.NI), N.C
j Washington li;tti:i:.
i From oar Rct-Iar Cor.oi jo.d'Lt.
The crowning shame of the
i repijhli' an administration
; oecui red. if my iuformniion
be coi ' t and I have rv ry
reason tor believing I ha t it i .
Satuidav afternoon. when .1.
Gould aceomp.mied by his
,son George railed ; 1 1 tli'
White House and delivered
his orders to Mr. Harrison,
j together with his ultimatum
jus to what he would do if t hey
i were not obeyed. From there
;he went to thepot Oilier de
'partment and gave Johnnie
Wanamaker a uracil worse
shaking: up than that ivcn
ihini by Teddy" Roosevelt
some months ao. Mr. Wana
J maker wouht have bleed very
j much to have kicked (ionld
jout of his private office, but
there were re isous, aside
; from (Jcnl I's "puli".with Mr.
j Harrison, why he dared not
j offend the "little wizard"'
! of Wall street, who had ia
ibis inside pocket some pa
! pers wih the Waiiamaker
! autograph thereon.
! (lould told Mr. Harrison
ilbat unless his demands
: wi re met he miht as well
abandon all hope of ,i vindi
cation in (lie shape (if a le-
iiomination, and from the
i t '..ii i i
sm.ie ii)um wore wnea he
clambered into his private
ear. enroute for St. Louis.
Mr. Harrison mu.-t have
promised him somct liii.-.
What (h.cs (lou'd want ? The
saint thiny; he always wauls.
! his only deity money. I-vr
1 since .lunq IMS'.), the Western
jl'nion Telegraph Company
hasbeii carry iny,- the (iov-
ernmenl's telegrams without
rendering a bill therei'ore be
cause Mr. (Jould refused to
except t h.e conipcnsa I ion set
for the work by Mr. Waiia
maker. Want number one, is
to be paid for this work at
his own instead of Wanama
kei's price. Want number
two, is to secure a liberal
slice )i the postal subsidy
fund for his Pacific Mail line
which it seems he had heard
was to be left out in the cold
in the ftrand divide. Want
number three, is the increase
of the amounts paid to all of
his recently acquired Wes
tern rail roads for carryinu:
the mails. .Modest isn't he?
I shall watch carefully to see
how many of these wanlsare
supplied by Mr. Harrison's
administration.
Another scandal has beeii
talked around town about
tln new contract for supply
ing the Post Olih ( Depart
ment with postal cards. Py
the way, the new cards, which
are to be furnished in two
sizes and colors, are to have
a design that, w.mld reflect
no credit upon a cross-road
1 ) r i u t e r u o n t h e a d 1 r es s s i h ,
in the upper '-ijrht hand cor
ner of which is to be a por
trait of General Grant. The
new contract has been osten
sibly awarded to Al. Day;
gett, the Broi k'yn politician,
notwithstanding the trouble
the department has had with
him during the last two years
under a similar contract, but
the real contracter is George
E. Lemon, the king of the
pension lobby, who has car-
ried Da tt through all his
troubles with ' anamaker.
Seine say that lrmon is to
furiildi th" postal ranis f a
noticing, tli pri'-e gointr to
ci I 'ain parti -s w ho ar ' rot
tocxamm" too closely inf.,
sone f t he business met hods
of the pencil. n kiicr.
Mr. I'.laine is rohi' kin.: in
th" ulory he obtained bye
intr the bhn'f of tic Italian
Govenituent. bat for sMme
reason he n aises to uiveout
a cojy of the last desp itch
he leeeived froai Ludilii, t h"
Italian prim" minister, an 1
all the informal ion ue hive
had about the despatch, sai -1 '
i to be a straight back-dawn1
on the part of the Italian
Governine.-.t i,ts rorae by
press-eabl' from Lome. It
is said t lut one reason w 'y
( tlii.. despatch is withheld
from the public by Mr. I'.laine1
is that it raised a question
if Veracity between I'.iroa
Fava, the recalled Italia!)
' minister and M r. Pdaine. and ,
j inak'-s it very plain that one'
or the oilier of them lias
I been handling t he t rut h very
c.!reessly. Laron Fava is
' st ill here but he refuses to b"
seen, and Mr. Illaine says
the despatch will not bemad -:
public until alter his reply
; has been pr-pared and sent .
; Meanw hile t he public are wed
satisfied to know that ad
danger of serious compile i
ion wiifl Italy has pas"d.
t Th" on" hnudi-i d f h a uni-
versa rv of I Ii
' 1 1 ' S V S ' i ' ! : I
of (lie Failed Slates is to b
ivl.'bratcd !iei-e this week, acd
great prep.-iration are being
maile for t hree days of enjoy
ment, hot h in teliccf ual and
physical. Most of ihe prom
inent inventors of the ( 'onm
try are expected to lakep.trt
in the program of entertain
ment in some capacity, and
th-'ir pres. Mice alone will at
tract a large crowd.
Mr. Harrison expects 1o
start oil his Pacific slopetrip
next, week, if the eminent Ca
nadians, now being steered
around Washington by Sir
Lilian Faunccfote, who have
come here to talk reciprocity
with Mr. Pdaine in order to
asceitain that gentleman's
position, if he has one on the
qut-stion of reciprocity with
Canada, no not raise some
new internatiaual complica
tion. N'obody seems to want
to go with Mr. Harrison, 'ot
even his wife and children.
Tut' Hillioa Holla; Conn ms.
It will lake all the g,l 1 and sil
ver produced in I he world for
to-if years to pay the appi epila
tions mad" by the billion dollar
congress.
All the wages of r.ll the workers
in every protected American in
dustry for t!ire. years.
All Hie wages of all the work
crs in l,0a," cotton mills for JO
years. V
All tin' wages paid in l.D'.iO
woolen mills for forty years.
All the wages paid in all the
glass industries for 110 years.
Our total wheat crop for IK'.K)
will only pay one third of it. Our
total corn ciop for lS'.iO w ill on
ly pay two-thirds of it.
''(!od help the surplus ?" It is
(iod help the working nmn.--.Ntw
York World. if
The most severe storm ev
er known in Kansas prevail
ed on the 27 nit. Kailroad
cuts were filled with snow
and travel traffic have suspended.
The LI'T, li..l'.i!-iiui r.f p.iri ofKr.
!..'. I. ( iM'i'iixr I t.n I i.
Mc. F If. L'.i -b ; as
Ml' of ti e State, secured
?v at!' ' ' : i"' lih i's direct tax
!aad !; u.-i a.-hliig! mi and
( till ve i I it to Gov. I'ow ieto
be e,!i;.i. d to those V. ho III"
" i '. i ' d I o ii , libs l ni,e ii
lona.d ii ;n! I Jo ihe ; , vern
or. i1. 'khi !i he t". i J !i at
l ugtli ihe history of the Min
ing f t h" direct J axes, etc.
Th ' i.e " "v ha vir.g b "n ob
taea l. t!i"!ievt qus"t itj'i is.
how la pay ii out to t h p,---s
-n- entit!" I toil. There are
at a. hia;to!! about one
lni'i'ir. d ami fifty books eou
i aiding I he st 'lbs of the tax
receipts hit h from tic re
cord upon a hie!., as a basis,
the money w id have 1 o be
paid out. Properly accredi-.
le i audits of the State will
have to copy this record. In
closing- his report, Mr Ihis-
!!'! sHgg' sts the JMlblieat ;oa
i ihe following stalements
III' I'll ej'est to h" public :
'Th.e bo .ks have not yet
been turned over to f heStatr
for rxajaina I ioa, noi- is the
I'Xtict iiU'iiiier of the hooks
or l h" a mount of v. c;-; to be
!oic y. I aseertaaied. 1 1 is
not possible, as yet. accura
tely to et ima te t hi- leugt h of
t ime w hieh t his work w ill re
quire, but it will probably be
at lees six ty days before t he
pay nc 'Uf of claims can begin.
I 'ut ;l t he copies are received
in ihd. igh, here is no infor
m.ij ion w hat ever h I he Gov
ernor's oilier concerning the
lia::,iS of Ihe persons who
paid the taxes, and the a
mount i ii i. The names and
amounts w ill be sent to th"
fount i-s as soon as practica
ble. Xo interest upon the
taxes were paid to llie Gov
ern .r, and no. i" can be paid
to I he tax-payers- Xo pen
al 1 ies, interest or cost was
refunded, and none can be
paid. If the tax-payer has
lost or mislaid the receipt, it
will not prevent theeollection
of the lax, pro v id "d tlienamei
and amount appear on the
st nb of t he reei ipt book and
the assessment book. If Ihe
person who paid the tax is
dead, the amount can be ie
funded only to the legal rep
resentative, that; is, the ad
ministrator or executor. Xo
widow or heir can collect it
without hdiers of adminis
t ration."
The check for the amauut,
S'oTT.SdO.-f l was yest.erd.iy
deposited ;it tli" Citizens' Xii
t io'i.d il'in'.. All possible fac
ilities u ill be afforded claim
ants in the collection of the
amounts due them. )lsrr-'.
Mobile Ala. Savannah
Ga. and Xoil!,; m i'loiida
have been visiteii by distinc
tive frost which did great
damage to early vegetables
and fruit on tluoth inst.
Capt v. I). Do well Slate
Treasurer of the Farmers Al
liance of Arkansas was bun.
coed out of $0,000 last week,
by three sharpers.
.Daniel barker has been ar
rested in Surry 'Vanity charg
ed with the mm derof revenue
ollieer Darnwel! and lodged
in jail at Greensboro.
If you fsel weak
and all worn out take
BROWN'S IRON EITTLRS
l!i: MMGH UV TI(LPl:iS
Ci-. I' l"ii I i i'.
'.' Fiir.'i l: As you know,
I have retired lo private life,
i' ckiag qu'et ami repose n
lie narrow limits of the fam
ily cio I -. I mingle but little
in society oa account of old
U'.e and extreme decfaes.s. I
am now tic only editor liv
ing who had charge of a pa
per in Tennessee in the year
1S:',0. All lay associate edi
tors h:ie been gathered to
ihr Silent ( ily of thrdead,so
that I frequently feel like one
walking aloih;
"Soil!" b lliijiict ball des"rtf( "
I can but feel the solemnity
of the revert ions now crowd
ing upon my mind reflec
tions whh-li call Usceiiesand
recollections that, no other
refiect ions can inspire, while
I hey teach me tin mutabili
ty of all human connections,
tie.-, ami a.-sociat ions, and the
rapidity with which the liv
ing arehasteningto the great
hereafter.
I know from the number of
years I have lived, that I
have already ascended the
rugged hill of life's wea
risome journey. I am decen
diiig. rapidly, on the other
side, and soon, m the course
of nature, must pass down
on the opposite side of the
lane from whence I started. I
hope when the time comes
for me to join my comrades
of the lang ago that 1 will
have so lived that I shall be
able to grasp a bright horo
scope and, with the eye of
faith, look into the vast fu
ture and see that, all will be
well with me; th it when my
eyes look upon the sun for
the last time, arid the night
of darkness comes on, thot. I
will be blessed with a Chris
tian's hope and a Christian's
faith, and be enabled togath
er the drapery of my couch a
bout me and liedown to pleas
ant dreams.
The future of our country
is all wrapt in Ihe greatest
mystery. For more lhan a
quarter of a century our na
t ioi has been toppling on the
fiery verge of ruin. Financial
bankruptcy looks gloomily
out from the haggard faces
of impoverished thousandsof
old men in the South; gaunt
famine holds its ghostly rev
id ry amidst the haunts of
starving thousands.
The intellectual gin n shave
passed away; it is a. day of
small men very small men
ia 1 1 i 1 1 ollicial positions. The
drunken dow n sits w h e l e
Webster and Pell sat tower
ing in all the august glory of
thought; the scheming plat
form builder spits his poison
venom where the thrilling el
oquence of Clay and Calhoun
electrified all hearts; the whi
ning harlequin, carpet bagger
apes the matchless splendor
of Haskell and Gentry. For
many years the South sat
like a chained martyr at the
stake with slaves and gibbets
and bayonets and kindling
fires all around, powerless to
drive back the consuming
(lames, and seriously contem
plating what would be the fi
ned end. Andnmidstthislong
sui'f.'i ing, this vast, bound
less woe, the bloated bond
holders, the bloodhounds of
cupidity and anarchy, were
heard howling all over Wall
Street and fattening upon
the luxury and s p I n d o r
meanly pitched from a gal
lant but over-powered m-o-plo
in the South, (hit the m0
pie can ami will restore the
country. Already the nigh
point to the grandest upri
sing of tie people hiuce thti
memorable canvass of 1M10.
The people are moving. Soon
every mountain will semi
forth its torrent, every valley
its flood; and Jo! the ava
lanche of the pcop'.Rwillcoind
come from Main's rocky
shores to California's golden
strand, tome more terri
ble than an army with ban
ners, detci mined, through
the ballot-box, io wrest the
administration of thegovern
meat trom the hands of the
spoilers and take it back to
the grass-grown path, where
where our four-fathers left
the imprint of their footsteps.
Come, to pour their roused
Ihunders around the crum
bling pillars of liberty's teni-'
pie, and drive off the vandal
and vampires who for many
years have been sucking the
life's blood of the nation, to
scourge them with scorpion
lash of indignation and the
history of their rule will be
i eniembered a s containing
the saddest page in the book
of Time, (iod of Nations,
speed the day for justice nntl
humanity's sake!
Pardon nie; I have beerl
communing with the spirits
of the mighty dead. May
God b'essyou. Your old friend1
W. W. Gates.
The esteemed New York
Ve.s.s, a leading Republican
organ, tickles itself in its lit
tle ribs and laughs a sweet,
low, happy little laugh every
time one of the astute Demo
cratic Senator says that
Grover Cleveland won't do
for '02. If it don't stop that
sort of thing the country will
begin to think that G. C. is
the man the Ilebuplieans are
afraid of. The fact of the mat
ter is that the big politicians
have never loved Mr.- Cleve
land very much, because he
had a way of treating Sena
torsand Governors and Gen
erals just like they were plain;
every day folks. lut there
nie a lot of common honie-spun-people
around in the
backwoods and by-ways and
hedges who still think Cleve
land is the next biggest man
to Harnum and old John
Kobinson, .and it will be hard
to keep them from taking off
the roof when some-body
calls his name at the next
Democratic convention. Mor
gnnton llcvnhl.
The spirit of insubordina
tion that prevails in so many
families is alarming. The
boys and girls who grow up
without parental reverence
will by and by despise all
rightfully constituted au
thority in Church and State,
and sooner or later will put
off the law of God. The lank
individualism of our modern
life is the legitimate outcome
of the unsurpassed stubborn
ness and disobedience that
are tolerated, if not encour
aged, in ourchildren. Adw
eate.