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f 7 t 'r X moc-ra lb VOL 3 HOOXE, WATAUGA . COUNTY, X. G, THURSDAY, MAY, 1:8 1891. NO. U. TTTTT" . PROFESSIONAL. W. B.COUNC1LL, J it. Attorney at Lay. Boone, N. C. W. B. COUNCILL, M. 1). Boone, N. C. Resident Physician. Office on King Street north of Post Office. E.P. LOVILL Attokxey At T.aw, Boone N. C. DIt. L. C. REEVES. Physician and Surgeon Office at Residence. Boone, N. 0. L. I). LOWE, Attorney at Law -AND- NOTARY PUBLIC, BANNERS ELK. N. C. J. ft. WILBAR, DENTIST, ELK PAKK, NORTH CAROLINA. Offers his professional services to the people ot .Mitchell, Watauga and adjoining coun ties.85ATo bad wnteinl used and all work guaranteed.-" May 1 1 y. J. F. Morphew. Marion, N. C. E. S. Je Blnckbnru oron,N.C. MORPHEW & BLACKBURN Atttorxeys at Law. Will practice in the courts of Ashe, Watauga and Mitch ell counties, also in the Fed m uI courts of the Dist.. and Supreme Court of the State. ( " olfaction ot claims solicited. Aprl, 10. ' Notice. For sale. 900 acres of land, on Rich Mountain, Watauga County, on which ia asbestos, and fine land for sheep ranch. Sales private. L. I. Lowe & T T Fnrirerson. Ex'trs. of Mrs. A. P. Calloway, deed. Banner Elk, Nov. 1? '00-. Money to loan. Persons wishing to bor row money, who can secure it by mortgage on good real estate, can be accommodated by applying to J.F. Spninhour, Boone N. C. or A. J. ditcher, Horton N. C. 4.24. Ml ICE! Whereas certain stock-holders ot the Caldwell and Watauga Turn pike Company to wit: Joel Mast, , 10 shares; Franklin Baird, 5 S. I'.Dula, 2 " George tonley, o Henry Smith, . 2 " W lJJiara Deal, Benj. Couneill, 5 " Wm. Fincannon, 2 " Reubin Mast, 5 " - John Mast, 10 " Noah Mast, 10 " Benj. Green, 6 " Philip Shull, 2 , Alex Green, 4 ', have not claimed their stock-no-, -- tice is hereby given them or heir legal representatives to prsent L. their claims or the stock will be i forfeited In accordance with an act. of the last Legislature I will sell to t he highest bidder for cash at, FattersonN.C.Junelst, 1891, all shares ofsaid stock remaining unclaimed. Hugh Gwyn. April 7th, 1891. President. Notice. The Warrior and World Won der Jack. 14 1-2 hands high, will stand at Cook's Gap. Insurance f 7.00. Perons trading mares out of the county, money is due. T. A. Critchek. WASHINGTON LETTER. From cur Regular Correspondent Mr. Harrison found a nasty mess waiting for him in that nest of crookedness, the Pen sion bureau, when he return ed from his royal excursion. Much against his own incli nation he had kept Commis sioner Raum in office in the face of the crookedness in his business methods, so effec tually shown up by Kepre sentative Cooper, of Indiana, and lie had a right to expeet that no further crookedness would be indulged in. There fore he must have been terri bly shocked when informed that Green B. Raum Jr., as sistant chief clerk, of the Pen sion bureau, and son of Com missioner Raum, was the head of an office-brokerage concern which had been sell ing not only original appoint ments below the classified service, but promotions un der the Civil Service examin ations. A more disgraceful situation has not confronted a President since Gen. Grant, kicked Belknap out of the War Department on account of his wife's engaging in sell ing Indian post trader-ships. nd the most remarkable part of the whole business is the leniency with which Raum juniorhasbeen treated. Three other government employ implicated in the swindle were at once dismissed, but this precious jewel of a re pub Mean administration, was allowed to resign and that wasn't all, the resigna tion was accepted to take ef fect thirty days from date and he was given leave of absence until that time, which was a neat way of pre senting'him with a months salary. It is stated here that Secretary iNooie is responsi ble for the leniency extended to this criminal, although he was out of town when the resignation was accepted What puzzles honest people is why all of the parties con cerned in this steal ha ve not been arrested and brought before a criminal court to answer for their misdeeds. Mr. Harrison, when he thinks about this young man's peculiar transactions, as well as those of his father, probably wishes he had never seen the Raum's and that lie had not been so precipitate in kicking '"Corporal" Tan ner out no one ever accused Tanner of being dishonest. The Raums have certainly tried to make hay while the official nun shines. The old gentleman as soon as he be ca me Commissioner began to look out for the rest of the family. Green B.- .Jr., was made assistant chief clerk, two .daughters were given clerkships, and John, another son, who does business as pension attorney, was given n chance to eopy the names of all pension applicants who had not employed attorneys which chance has probably been worth big money to him as he proceeded to get out i circular setting forth his fa cilities for putting claims through in a hurry and men tioning incidentally his rela tionship to the Commission er. The Raum's will le a heavy load for Mr. Harrison to carry next year, and it ill not be s t r n n g e if he should toss them all over board. A determined attempt was made to get up an organized reception to welcome .Mr. liar rison back to Washington from his long, free trip, but it was a dismal failure. Nobody would have anything to do with it except a half dozen of his personal friends; not even the members of the republi can state association, all of which are officeholders would take hold of it, so it had to be abandoned, then the state ment was unblushingly made that Mr. Harrison did not wish to be met by a crowd. I lo not wish to imply by the above that Mr. Harrison is disliked here, because he is'nt. The people are n'mply indif- erent towards him, and I be ieve that ftelingis more mar ked among members of his own party than airong dem ocrats The impression amongthose familiar with the inside wor kings of the administration is that Mr. Blaine is engaged in "playing tre possum" on Mr. Harrison just at this time for reasons of his own. Mr. Blaine may have been ill, but these people refuse to be lieve it, ami they stated that when Mr. Blaine left here he would not return until after Mr. Harrison got back, and that he had gone away in a huff. Circumstances seem to favor this view of thecase. Republicans who have talk ed with Harrison since his re turn says he has about as well developed case of the big head as they ever eaw. Representative Cr a i n, o f Texas, is here seeing that the boom of Representative Mil's for the Speakership of the House does not get neglect ed. Ex-Represntative Yoder, of Ohio, says of politics in that State: "It looks to me as if the democrats would unite and re-nominate Gov. Camp bell. One thing I am confi dent of, we will elect the man we nominate. No man can be elected in Ohio on the high tariff issue. McKinley makes that the issue, and he will be defeated. The farmers are tired of high taxes, and can not understand why other necessaries of life cannot be cheapened by being put on the free list as sugar has been." As men get older they think more and more of their pa rents. We have a venerable friend, whose luad is white with the frosts of seventy-five winters, and who tells us t hat his mother, though fifty years in heaven, is present to his mind every day of his life. From facts like these let mothers take comfort. Their work is not in vain. The rough, strong boys who seem to give no heed to counsel now, will be reflective men after a while; and the truths that are sown in their hearts will bear an abundant bar vest in due season. Nash ville Advocate. STOP i.M THISK. Cor. of the Sewt ad Otwrrrr. I have read your editorials on the "currency" with inter est ht)(. instruction, and ven ture to make a suggestion, indirectly connected with the subject, that may arrest some of my ollian.-e friends. It is now the boast of our alliance : leaders that there will soon be "in the field" thirty-five thousand lecturers to repre sent our cause and and pre sent its i.erit to the people. This is quitean array of spea kers, and iieccssai ily involves the outlay of a large sum of money. In addition to the lecturers we are expected to sustain (air press, but leav ing out the amount paid for alliance news-papers, it may cause alliance-men to stop 'nd think when reminded that the thirty-five thousand lecturers will cost the differ ent alliance orders a sum e qual to the value of a large part of the entire cotton crop of the South. Let us makea simple calculation : I am in formed that Mr. Otho Wil son, of your city, receives a bont one thousand dollars a year to lecture; Mr. Ben Ter rel receives a large sum, while sub lecturers get less. It would not be unfair to say that the average pay of these lecturers will be at least six hundred dollars, a year, and this may not include all inci dental expenses. Now, mul tiply thirty-five thousand by six hundred and the result shows that the alliance will pay twenty-one million dol lars in one year to certain gentlemen go about and de liver speeches. No iv, the en tire cotton crop of the South is valued at about three-hun dred million dollars, a n d thus it appears that one-fifteenth of it will actually be given away to our canvass ing agents. Is it dot time to stop and think what our lea ders are doing? This large sum of money is paid by the farmers of the country, and while the contributions o f each to the general fund may seem small the general fund must be growing large,, when only one class of our officials can be paid twenty-one mill ion dollars a year in the na ture of salaries. The privates in the ranks of the alliance might well utilize a rainy day looking into these matters. AlUaNCEMAX. Four car loads ' of Pinker ton thugs have -been shipped into t he coke regions to aid the eoal .barons in subdu ing the strikers. Shame on a State that cannot preserve the pence without the aid of orivate cut-throats and as sassins. Clay Center.Sun. Yes, and shame on a great common people that stupid lv tolerates a system that allows a handful of selfish devils to starve their work ing people into rebellion, and then allow them to employ professional cut-throats to a quell the trouble. The people are the govern ment, and these shameful things will exist iust so long as the people tolerate them; n o 1 o 1 1 gov Nonconforms t On a Buffalo's Hrk. A Nebraska stockman re cently told the story of aiide he once took on the back of a buffalo, near Fort Wallace, Nebraska. Returning from a hunt alone, with the hind quarters of two young bulls over his shoulder, he acci dently ran into the herd a- gain. and sn surrounded be fore he realized his situation. My dodging in and out al most caused a stamp"de,''he continued. "I knew if a panic took place among the beasts I should he tram pled t odea 111. 1 suddenly determined on a bold stroke, and edging up close iO a shaggy young bull grabbed him by the long hair of bis fore sholders and jump ed on his back. The bellow that came from the fellow's throat made me wish that I had not decided on such a riskv push tor liberty. The hcllotv was taken up by the rest of the herd, and soon we were flying alongata terrible rate of speed over gulches, up hill and down. 1 was blinded by the sand and dust thrown up by the h jofs of the herd, but with closed eyes I hung on like grim death. For half an hour the animals kept up a terrific pace, and during that time my legs were al most crushed out of my boots by the flying crowd. 1 began to think mv time had come. I was so weak I could scarce ly keep my seat, and was a- bouttolet myself fall from the back of my bufalo when I succeeded in scrupingsomeof the sand out-of my eyes. I saw then that we were run ning parallel with the rail road track; and as the bank was high and steep the ani mals had not ventured to climb the incline. The beast I waa riding was nearest the track, and I knew if I reach ed the top of the embank ment I should be safe. I pull ed myself together the best I could and prepared for a spring. I got my feet on his back and jumped for the em bankment. I leaped just at the right time, for the move ment of theyoungbull'sbody sent me flying half way up the bank where I was safe in tho sand. For five weeks af terwards I was confined to mv bed. "-Ex. The True View.. Marriage, affecting as it does all relations, is under the jurisdiction of the State. It is recognized as a civil con tract. But it is none the less divine and religious. What ever may be the law of the State, the law of God is su preme and binding on the conscience. 1 (ejecting the Catholic doctrine of sacra ment, we have gone to the other extreme and allowed marriage to fall to the level of a contract. The civil view has assumed the prominence to the detriment of good mor als. A civil contract may be disannulled by civil authori ty, and hence divorces have become alarmingly common. The present drift will not be stopped until marriage is lif ted to a higher level its own true level of a divine institu tion, under thesanetionsand obligations of thelawoLiod, United Pwsbs terian. TEE KOLllItKS'.HOlI. OpentJ at RalWrh By Got, Bolt and Uttae.i. ItAi.Kimt, N. C, May 13. The exercise here Monday in honor of Confederate Memorial day and of the oM-ning of the Soldiers' Home were unusually interest ng. n.iHimHH MiinuxjH'nded. The ineinorinl exercises were held at Metropolian hall, where General William B. Cox dell vereil an ad dress uhmi the life and military services of General Stephen I). Uamseiir. The widow and daugh tcr of General 'ftaniseur ainl his sister, Mrs. David Shenck, were present, and a portrait ot the gallant officer was on the stage. At the conclusion of these cere monies a procession was formed in which were military from Hal eigh and Oxford, and moved to the Soldiers' Home. Then Mr. F. II. Busbee introduced Governor Holt, who officially opened the Home. Governor Holt's speech conclu ded as follows: "We do no violence to the re stored union of these States w hen we honor the soldier of the Con federacy. He followed the stan dard of his State. Today the standard ot the union is thestan dard of the state; and the stars and stripeB can be borne in no safer hands than in his loyal grasp. "Welcome, proud citizens, to your home, and when thestraug er pausing at your t hreshold asks you of your fertile fields, say: "I was a soldier of the Confederacy. I followed where duty c a 1 1 e d." Welcome, thrice welcome, honor ed guests, and from the hem of your garments may the virtue of patriotism and devotion to your state go forth into the lives of all our people." At the conclusion of this ad dress the state flag was hoisted. The procession then made its way t o t h e Confederate cemetery, where the graves were decorated. Fali-chlld on Silrer. Providence, R. I., May 13. Ex-Secretary Fairchild spoke upon silver and currency. Af ter discussing the function of currency and pointing out the importance to the busi ness world of maintaining a gold basis, the ex-Secretary said: "My proposition is that the Secretary of the Treas ury should be allowed to buy silver bullion to an unlimited extent; then to issue wlver certificates, but to have a safety valve which would step the process when . the business of the country dem onstrated that the issue of silver had gone far enough. The maximum of silver, be yond the outstanding certifi cates, might be held by the Treasury. The Alliance (Talahassee, Fla.,): The object of the Alli ance is to elevate and im prove the farmer morally, socially and financially. What farmer should obstruct or impede it? Where is the farmer who does not desire the full and complete con summation of these laudable purposes? Is it reasonable and natural that the farmer should join in with our ene mies and seek to keep him self and his fellows bound down in chains or industrial servitude, and to remain the hewers of wood and the draw ers of water for e t e r n i t yl Such is not the prompting of reason. . . ' - , .