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IIOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, N. C, THURSDAY, JULY, 1.
vol- :i
rilOMXSlOXAL.
W. B.COUNC1LL, Jn.
Attouxkv at La. v.
Boone, X. C.
W. D.COIINC1LL. M. 1.
Poone, X. C.
Resident Physician. OMiee
i m King Street north of Post
Office.
E.F. LOVILL
AttohSky AtI'AWj
Roone X. C.
Pit. L. C. REEVES.
Physician and Surgeon
Office at Residente.
lloone, N. C.
L. I). LOWE,
Attorney at Law
AXD-
XOTARY PUllIACs
P.ANNER'S ELK. X. C.
HI WIL1SAB,
DENTIST,
VAX PAUK, XORTU CAROLINA.
Oilers his professional services
to the people ot Mitchell,
Wntnmra and adjoining coun
ti,.s.ffrATo lad iihitei.il used
awl all woik !nnr;nteedn&
May 1 1 y.
J. F. Morphew. E. S. Slacklml'n
HiiHfii, N . C. JpcrlToii,X.C.
MORPI1 EW & BLACKBURN
Atttouxeys at Law.
Will practice in the courts
of Ashe. Watauga anl Mitch
oil counties, also in the. Fed
Mai courts of the Dist- and
Supreme Court of the State.
(ollcvtion of claims foliated.
Aprl, U
S'otkv.
For sale. 000 nerrsof land,
on Rich Mountain, Watauga
County, on which is asbestos,
and tine land for sheep ranch.
Sale? private. L. I). Lowe &
.1. T. Furgerson, Ex'trs. of
Mrs. A. P. Calloway, deed.
Banner Elk, Nov. If '1)0..
Money to loan.
Persons wishing to boi
row money, who can secure
it. bv mortgage on good real
estate, '-an be accommodated
bv applying to
J.F. Spainhour, Boone N. C.
or A. J . Critcher, Ilorton X. C.
4. 24.
NOTICE.
Parties putting papers in
lny hand for execution will
please advance the fees with
the papers and they will re
wive prompt attention, other
wise they will be returned
not executed for the want of
fees. D. F. BAinb SnTF.
MILLINERY.
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I would like tot-ay to my friend
In Watajga and surrouuding
Counties, that I have now on hand
and am receiving every week, a
nice Hue ot
S 1 Ii I N 0 A D S U M M F R
MILLINER J ANIJNOTIOSS
When you come to Le noir, I
ttduld be pleas- or you to call
and see me. I solicit your cus
tom. Orders filled promptly by
mail. Most Repp.,
MRS. M. X. HORTOX.
LeuoinN. C, Mav21.
WASH IXGTON LETTER.
From our Eegnlar Correspondent
A groat big scandal, involv
ing llnough more than one
of its members, the adminis
tration, may be the outcom
of the Itata business. It is
whispered i n inside circles
here that the opinions of cer
tain people the matter is en
tirny too serious to Use
names Upon no better basis
than rumor have been influ
enced both for and against
the Chilian insurgents by the
receipt of large sums of mon
ey, which has. according to
the atovy, been furnished by
certnin parties in Xew York
who nre heavily interested in
Chilian commerce, and whose
business rivalry is thought
by many to be ntthe bottom
of all the trouble in that un
fortunate country. Certain
it is that Balmaceda and the
insurgents are both represen
ted in Washington by shrewd
agents and lawyers, the lat
ter Americans, utid the ap
pearances indicate that both
sides nre well supplied with
money and that at least one
side has paid big money for
the right to use the news col
umns of certain news-papers.
The administration officially
recognizes t h e Balmaceda
government but Senor Mont
the representotive hereof the
Chilian insurgents, or, as he
says, "the only constitution
al government of Chili', ap
pears to be confident that
the Itata will be released by
the courts and that the insur
gents will soon be recognized
by this Government.
It is rather an odd coinci
dent that Secretary Porter,
the defender of the extrava
gance of the billion dollar
Congress, and who has been
preeminent in his party as a
spoilsman, shoulJ have reach
ed the same conclusion that
the late lion. Samuel J. Ran
dall, who as chairman of the
Committee o n Appropria
tions of the House of Repre
sentatives made a reputa
tion for honesty and econo
my in publicexpendituresnev
er surpassed, did as to the
advisability of abolishing five
out of the six Auditor's offi
ces of the Treasury depart
ment, because of the tiseless
nes of the work done in those
offices, which consists almost
entirely of duplicating the
work done in the offices of the
Comptrollers of the Treasu
ry. Mr. Randall oncb drew
up a bill to abolish these and
some other useleps bureaus
of the Treasury department,
but he found it impossible to
secure support for it in Con
gress, because it meant a re
duction in the number of
clerks em ployed, which meant
in u c h less patronage for
the Congressmen. It would
be an easy matter, were Con,
gress so disposed, to save
near ly 2,000,000 per year
in this one department, by ta
king up and earryingoutMr.
Randall'soriginal idea, which
for some reason Mr. Eoster
has seen fit to endorse.
There has been a hitch in
making public the schedule
for the subsidized lines of
steamships, which was prom
ised for last week by Mr. Wan
amaker. It is still in the
hands of Mr. Harrison, who
took It for revision before lea
ving Washington, and tho?e
who ought to know say that
the trouble has been that all
the conferences between Mr.
Harrison and Mr. Wanama
ker have been taken up by
the hitter's trying to make
plain to the former just what
his connection had been with
the wrecked Keystone Bonk,
ol Philadelphia; and they say
that Mr. Harrison has sub
jected Mr. Waiiamaker to a
much more rigid cross-examination
than the committee
in Philadelphia did. The re
publicans claim in public that
Mr. Wana maker's several ex
planations have completely
exonorated him; but among
themselves they are riot so
sure apout it, ar.d many of
them predict that it is going
to give the party lots of trou
ble, particularly in Pennsyl
vania. It is certainly an af
fair to 'be deeply regretted,
not only by Mr. Wanama
ker's personal and political
friends, but by the publi3 at
large.
Prof. Dyrenforth of the Ag
ricultural department is on
his way to the most arid sec
tion of western Kansas, f car
ry ing with him the balloons,
kites, dynamite bombs, etc,
with which he expects to ob
tain by explosion in the air
a copious fall of rain in that
region, w here rain is un
known. He has an nppropri
ation of $ 9,000 to spend in
experimenting.
Fourth Auditor Lynch, the
negro who with Ex-Senator
Bruce wu given office in ex
change for a Harrison dele
gation from Mississippi, has
just returned fromthatState
and reports that the contract
has been complied with, and
that not only Mississippi but
the entire South will stnd a
solid Harrison delegation to
the republican convention,
which cannot be broken. He
forgot to add! Unless some
other candidate is disposed
to open a barrel, in which
case the Southern delegation
can be stamped just as they
have been in all previous re
publican national conven
tions. Another negro, Fred Doug
lass, will soon be out of a job,
as it is semiofficially announ
ced that he will not go back
to Hay ti, as minister. He
brought with him a reciproc
ity treaty with Hayti which
he negotiated, buttheadmin
istration for some reason does
not seem proud of it.
Gealogit-al Surrey in Ashe Etc.
The State geologist Prof.
Holmes, was in Jefferson on
Monday and informs us that
the work of the geological
survey in the county is being
pushed vjgorouslv, Mr.H.B.
C. Xitze, Mr. WAY. Ashe dur
ing the past two weeks have
been engaged in tracing the
ore beds iu the Western and
Xorthern portions of the
county, and in locating the
timber belts.
On the 9th int) near Clif
ton X.C. Gus. M. Donnelly,
of Tenn. and Miss Flora V.
Latham, of this county, were
united in holy bonds of mat
rimony. J. Z. Xeal. J. P.
Mrs G. W. Bowers who
has been lingering so long,
died Sunday nigbt. the 12th
inst. at about half after elev-
;en o'clock. Ashe Reporter.
lion. Jrffrrioit DavU Bud.
Mrs. Jefferson Oavis, who is
still in New York, on alurday'
definitely decided the mooted
quest ion as to11ieNrmanent rest
ing place of her distinguished
husband, ami dispatched her an
swer to I lie citizens of Richmond,
Ya., announcing her selection of
the former Capital of Ihe Conled-
eracy us the nlaee. Her letterdis-
cusses nil the questions nt issue,
ami gives her reason for the se
lcetioirot Richmond. It is as fol
lows: "To the Veterans and people of
the Southern Slules: A Her much
anxious thmiht I have finally de
cided to yive to Virginia the care
of my husband's mortal body,
and feel that my reason should
he made public, ns lie was in ma
ny senses the pvojert v of the
whole country, lmitledialcly af
ter the death of ex-President Jef
ferson Davis Louisiana expn ssed
her desire l& keep his hallowed re
mains for all time, hut she claim
ed only the right to guard him
until some permanent phicecduld
he selected for his rest. The mil
itary organization ot Xew Or
leans bore him with final grief
and splendid pageanttothe tomb
of the Army of Aorthern Virginia
where theV have guarded him bv
night and day for eighteen
months, and the gratitude ot my
children and myself is too great
tor words. I asked a year for con
sideration and consultation with
my family. Eighteen months
have nearly expired, and I feel
that the matter should he decided
and set at rest. now.
After referring to the clahns of
vni ious allier States she says. '
'Virginia asked for his honored
remains because the most strenu
ous efforts of his life lind been
made upon her soil a lid in defense
of Richmond at the Capitol of the
Confederate States. At short in
tervals through the last eighteen
mouths she has renewed her ten
der insistence that he should rest
among the heroic dead of fill the
States Who fell in defense of the
Confederacy. She Urged the fact
that he did not, in the fullness of
his tame, belong exclusively to
any p(art of the country; Every
hillside about Richmond will tell
ot the valorous resistance which
he initiated and directed with
tireless vigilance as Chief Magis
trate; and there he received gen
erous and Unwavering support in
the hardest hour of otif Unfortu
nate country's defeat.
"All these claims have touched
my heart and contended together
for the mastery. It has been hard
to give up the hope of dwelling
near my husband's resting place
in Mississippi, where 1113' home
and interest are, but unfortun
ately, Ilea roir is on the coast of
the Mexican Gulf and on a jK'nin
sula very little over a mile wide,
anu vue nan mile 01 siiailow wa
ter in trout, covered with sub
merged stumps of large trees,
shows that the sea has been
steadily encroaching on shore for
many years. I feel therefore that
as the monument is for all time,
it would not be wise to place it
there, and I submit to the person
al sacrifice with the hope lhat
the Sta tes of the Confederacy will
relinquish their cherished plans
for the sake of gratify ing the ma
jority of the veterans who have
written countless letters to me
from each of the before mention
ed States to urge Richmond as
t he proper place for the grave of
him who loved them all and la
bored for their glory with all his
might during the heat ani bur
then of the day granted tj him
here. Your countrywoman,
"Vahtxa Jefferson Davis.
'Xew York II tel, July 11, 1891
Cow le Erw a M"namrnt to thr
Mau wbo Saved 111 Life
The public is familiar with
the fact that during the war
John Allen Smith, of Cabar
rus, a private in tin lirstrcg
iment of North Carolina cav
alry, saved the life of Col. W.
H. H. Cowles, now Congress
man from the eight district.
Ever since. Col. Cowles has
held Smith in grateful re
membrance and time and a
ga'ai sent him some Mlbstan-
tial token of his gratitude.
(Two years ago last January
rMiin u (lien .urn as me lasi
service which hecould render
him Col. Cowles is having a
monument, ereted to his
memoty. The monument
which will be a very hand
some one when finished, is be
ing put Up at the marble
yard of Mr. C. B. Webb, of
this place; It, will be about
nine feet, high and on one
side off he shaft is cut a sa
bre resting in its scabbard.
It is the work of Mr. T. J.
Rabe and is as perfect a re
presentation as could possi
bly be made. On the front
of the base isthisinscriptian,
"John Allen Smith; born A-
pril 5, lfS3.". died January
19, 1889;" On the front, is,
"A Soldier of the first Regi
ment North Carolina Caval
ry in the War for Southern
Independence) 1801-95,"
and on the back, "Brave
Comrade Rest in peace."
The monument will be fin
ished in a few days and will
beshippsd to Cabarrus, where
it will be placed over the
grave of Smith under the di
rection of the President of
the Cabarrus County Veter
ans' Association States
ville Landmark.
The Alliance and I'emocrncy
Washington, July lO.-Hon.
William C. Oats, of Alabama,
m an interview to-night de
nies the authenticity of the
reported interview with him
some weeks ago in which he
was quoted as saying that
the democracy must bea t t he
alliance out of existence. As
an agricultural organization
he Miinks the alliance a good
thing. lie favors all the de
mands of the alliance except
the sub-treasury and land
loan bills, and the govern
ment ownership of railroads,
but condemns the alliance
methods tocontrol thedemc
cratic party in theSouthand
commit it to the support of
these three objectionable
measures. He says that the
complaint of the farmers are
just, but some of the reme
dies proposed by the alliance
are infinitely worse than the
disease that the democratic
party favors the reduction
of taxes, more extended mar
kets for agricultural products
and a great volume of sound
money.
He adds that if the demo
crats gets control of the gov
ernment the farmers will find
in these measures the relief
they seek and are entitled to,
He strongly condemns all se
cret methods in politics, de
nounce the three measures
named as -most radical, pa
ternal and centralizing of any
ever advocated by any party
in the United States. Hecalfs
on the alliance leaders to fur
nish a bill of particulars as to
their democracy, and favors
making a test of opinion in
every convention by a resolu
tiou against these 1 three meas
ures. He thinks with the de
mocracy united victory is
CI.
jsuie in 1892.
no. ro.
Afrlrulturf Will Adtanrf.
While our county generally
is grow ing in population and
wealth, it is an abnormal
condition of affairs that ag
riculture, which has always
biMMi recognized as the basis
of prosperity and wealth,
should send up its wail of de
pression. The situation af
fords an interesting proMotu
whether the farmers general
ly are suffering more than
men in other occupations.
Merchants complain of short
profits and unremunerative
business, and published re
ports show their failures.
But in the cultivation of
the soil, and care of livestock,
probably no occupation re
quires more varied knowl
edge than farming. With
such intelligence and occupa
tion there will be luxury and
elegance. The tiller of the
soil will be not only the "hon
est farmer" but the intelli
gent gentleman. He will dig
nify and be honored by the
labor with head and hand
which will give him health
and wealth. There are far
mers of this kind now, and
their numbers will increase!
Such improved conditions
come of steady growth, they
are not made to order. But
it is safe to say that among;
the evolutions of the future,
the developments in agricuh
ture and the condition bf
the farmer will be no less, at
least, than those of any oth
er industry.
The law enacted by Con
gress and some state legisla
tures, within a few years, to
protect the public against
the monoply and extortion
of powerful trusts and com
binations of wealth, and the
manufacture and sale of spu
rious and adulterated food4
will require amendments, and
the vigilant power of the
governments must be exerted
for their enforcemeut.
In many states legislation
is needed to reduce taxes by
reduction of salaries paid
state and county officers!
While public officers should
be well paid in order to se
cure the best service, there is
no good reason why they
should be paid salaries which
amount, in two or four yea rs)
to more money than the av
erage farmer can make in a
life time. Then, with read
justed tax laws the now bur-1
densome taxes under which
farmers labor will bereducedi
-Ex.
The decision of Mrs. Davis
that the remains or Presi
dent Davis should find inter
ment at Richmond will, we
think, give general satisfac
tion in North Carolina.
Mr. Da vis belonged to the
whole South, and had ceased
to have local citizenship.
It was while he wasatllieh-
that he was in the largest
measure in the eye of the
Southern people, and that
city will live in history as the
capital of the fallen Confed
eracy of which he was theun
ly President. It iseouliarly
fitting then that the remains!
of Mi. Da vis should rest where
the Lost Country had its
seat of government, and as
in life they were ass ciated
so in death they shall still be
together. News and Obser
ver. .