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W. Il.COUXCILL, .lit.
Attoknky at La..
lloono, N. I'.
W. Il.COUXCILL, M. D.
Iloone, X. V.
Resident Physician. Office
on King Street north of Post
Office.
E.E. L0V1LL
Attorney At Law,
Boone X. C.
Dlt. L. C. REEVES.
Physician and Sckueon
Office at Residence.
Boone, X. ('.
L. 1). LOWE,
Attornsy at Law
AM)
NOTARY rilllUC,
RAXXER'S ELK. X. C.
J. i. W11BAB
DENTIST,
ELK PARK, XORTH CAROLINA.
Otters his professional services
to the people ot Mitchell,
Wntmi'i'd iiikI sitljoiiiiii j; coun
ties.EA'o had mnteinl used
nud ,11 work gunrnnteed.&ti
May 1 1 v.
J. F. JIor)htM . E. S. BUoklnmi
Marion, X. C. J i ll on, '.('.
M0KPI1HW& BLACKBURN
Atttouneys at Law.
Will practice in tin courts
of Ashe. Watan.ua and .Mitch
ell counties, also in the Fed
rul courts of the Bist.. ami
Supreme Court of the State.
( ollection ot claims solid tvd.
Apr!, 10.
Notice.
For sale. UOt) aerosol' land,
on Rich Mountain, Watauga
County, on which isnsbexios,
and fine land for sheep ranch.
Sales private. L. 1). Lowe
J. T. Furixerson, Ex'trs. of
Mrs. A. P. Cnllowav, deed.
Banner Elk, Xov. lc "JO..
Money to loan.
Persons wishing to hoi
row money, who can secure
it by mortgage on good real
estate, '-an beaccotnmodated
by applying to
,LF. Spainhour, Boone X. C.
or A. J. Cri teller, Itorton X. C.
4. 24.
NO'JICE.
Parties putting papers in
my hand for execution will
plea se a d vn nee the fees with
the papers and they will re
ceive prompt attention, other
wise they will be returned
not executed for the want of
fees. D. F. Raird Siiff.
MILLINERY.
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t would liketosajtomy fiicudH
1 ji Wnta.iga oik! stirroinilinr
counties, that I have now on hand
and am recti ying every week, a
nice line of
8 V R f N 0 A I) S U M M F K
MILLINER 1 AND NOTIONS
When 3'ou ooir.e to Lenoir, I
would be pleased for von to call
and see me. I solicit your cus
tom. Orders tilled promptly by
mail. Most Itesp.,
MRS. M.N. IIOKTOX.
Leuoir. X.f..Mav2f.
WASHINGTON LETTER.1
From onr Efgular Correspondent j
Tln inciting of ih, Eci
tive Coianiittee of the Xa-j
tional Association of Pcino-i
rat ie clubs to he held in New j
York city to-morrow is the;
most important meeting ev-j
er held by that committee, j
The Secretary will present
reports from nearly every;
.state in the Union showing
that the Association has far
outgrown the most sanguine
idea of its originators, uud
plans will bediscusssed where
by the association can ren
der the greatest service to
the party in those States
holding elections this year.
All talk about theeouunitteo
entering into personal poli
tics either to favovor oppose,
any of the gentlemen named;
for the democratic nomina
tion r.exl. year is bosh. A
inongits members are fiicnds
of several of the candidates!,
and even allowing that it
were possible to use the com
mittee as an auxiliary to
somebody's boom, which it
is not, no one candidate con
trols a majority of it.
It is difficult to keep polit
ical secrets in Washington,
therefore it isn't surprising
that the fact should have
leaked out that candidate
McKinley wrote to Sscretury
Eosfer imploring his aid to
raise money for his cam
paign. In this letter McKin
ley was particularly hitter
against the P;ttsburg glass
manufacturers, who he said,
had promised to contribute
$2r.O00, but had only given
fl.300. Mr. Foster's own
tongue gave this away. In
spite of the statement of
Chairman Clarkson that the
repuMicnu unlr.iml commit
tee would take no part in any
of the State campaigns this
year, it is known here that it
has already sent a largo a
tnount of money to Ohio,
and that it is now engaged
in raising more, intended for
the same destination. Re
publicans, near to the com
mittee have boasted, also
that they would buy up the
People's party of Ohio, as
they knew many of its leaders
to be for sale.
While our new war ships
are giving their officois a
chance to do the agreeable
to the belles of the fashiona
ble seaside resorts in this
country, that gallant old
seaman, liear Admiral Me
Cann, the commander of the
South Atlantic Squadron, is
in "Washington worrying be
cause He has no flagship, the
Pensacola, which he had used
until recently as such, being
now on her way to Mare Is
land Navy Yard, where it is
expected she will be condemn
ed. The other vessels in the
South Atlantic are the Essex
and the Tallapoosa, the lat
ter, according to a recent pri
vate letter from a naval olfi
cer, being in such a bad con
dition that she will -have to
be condemned and sold where
she is. This state of affairs
isn't creditable to those re
sponsibl" for it; but as long
as social influence is the pow
er that control the Navy de
partment there is little prob
ability of a change for the
In'tter.
"It is iut as well" said a
iVunsylvania democrat, "to
accept with a grain of allow
ance all thosto.-i.'stoldabout
.... . -.if
what 'Juav is going to do for
.. i. ,f i,., .
or against this or that l'res-
., ,. , ,. , , m
idential vrulidate. Mr. (Jnay
has the light of his life on his
hands in order to keep con
trol of the republican machine
in IVuisvlvaiiia. If he wins,
then it. wiil bo time enough
for him to at tempt to iniln-i
ence national polities, but if
he loses, as I now think he
will, there will bo none so
humble as to do the ex-bos-
reverence."
Col. Conger, the man who
maybe said to hae origi
nated the present Maine
boom, by stating upon au
thority t h a t Mr. Llaine
would accept the nomination,
if it came to him without ef
fort on his part is said to
have told several friends here
of the ditiiculty he had in
pievailing upon Mr. Maine
to see the matter as he did.
lie says that after ho had
successfully combatted all
the arguments advanced by
Mr. Maine against accepting
the nomination that he hail
to go through thesaniething
with Mrs. Maine, who finally
gave her consent although
she at llrst said that Mr.
Llaine should never again be
come a candidate. This may
be entirely so but if it is ihen
Col. Conger is not the shrewd
politician that he has been
generally credited with being
or he would never have re
peated it.
Mr. William Dickson the
District of Columbia member
of the National Democratic
Committee, has inaugurated
a movement which iscnthusi
astii'aliV emiois 1 by every
body here, to get theXation
al Committee to vote in fa
vor of Washington as the
plaee for holding the nation
al convention next year, and
many wwll informed demo
crats have expressed tbeopin
ion that t h e convention
would either bo held in Wash
ington or in Baltimore.
Commissioner of pensions
Katun did not attend the (la.
Ileencanipinent. at Detroit,
and the fact has been the ba
sis ot mai y comments, and
has revived the story that
he had promised to resign be
fore Congress meets. lie has
been making more explana
tions that do not explain,
relative to the charges of
negligent and careless work
in his office.
Fxhiljitiou of tliu Holy tout.
Trkvks, Aug. 7. (J rent in
terest is manilesred in the
Catholic world regarding the
exhibition of the holy coat,
said to be the seamless coat
worn by our Savior, which is
to take place in thehist orical
old cathedral of Saint Peter
and Saint Helen in this an
cient city. Arrangements
have been made by railroads
to carry vast cumbeis, and
preparations on an ampletlu ackno. lodged leader of
scale are completed or under j the one idea faction and has
wav for theentertainmct of
the crowds that will come to
gaze upon this mol sacred
relic of the luauy deposited
ia the Tievcs cathedral.
Clrvvlan ' SJrvnittl;.
I);d you av that Clove
land uas loirggroi:nd? In
Xorth Carolina this may he'
;-o owing to the antagonism i
'oflhe a bailee, but not. in
"laiiv other ta es. For m-
.
!ain e, th IJaliinioreMiu im -
terviewed the members of the Tin-life history of i'olnii.-j
Maryland Slate Convent ion j bus, beginning with u model j
of the democracy. Here is I of the house in which lie '.vast
how -hey voted the other! hoi n. and closing wit h a he- J
day: "Cleveland Go; (Jorman isiadl-' of the casket or urn in!
;;': party's nomination 0; de
clined to answer ."; Hid li;
Whitney 1 ; Cleveland and (lor
man 1; Cleveland and Camp
bell 1; undecided 1."
Xow in 'lorinan'sow n state
Cleveland lead him by five.
Wo are surprised to see our
excelhnt friend. Col. Julian
S. Carr, preferring such a pol
ilician of (ba nian's grade to
the great Statesman, Cleve
land, and that he has forgot
ten that on two occasions. in
December and .January last,
Mr. Cleveland vigorously de
nounced the Force bill. Hill
is just as much committed;-!;-iinst
the free and unlimited
coinage of silver as Mr. Clove
land is committed. Mr. Clove
land to-day is stronger in ev
ery Northern Stale among
democrats than any other
man. And, this is the reason
why the republicans are so
anxious to choke him off and
get Hill, (Joiinau or some
other political manipulator
and machine operator nomi
nated. In the South Mr. Cleveland
is, we must believe, tin? pre
ference of an overwhelming
majority of all Democrats
not in the Alliance. Unless
statema mdiip of a high order,
and political principles of a
to.-.ted quality, and bravery
of purpose, and openness of
declaration, and fidelity to
duty are a discount, he mi st
have a very strong following
from the South in the Na
tional Convention, unless it
be determined to ignoro the
Middle and Xew England
States, and depend for suc
cess upon the South and
West. In that case the Alli
ance may name the candi.
date, and it. may be some fel
low a million Democrats in
the South will not touch for
any consideration.
CACSK3 I B i Til JSTII I U nP AliT'f .
Si'kim;i-ii:lD, Ohio Chair
man Oreber Calvin, of the
Clark county prohibition
Central Committee, and one
other member, A. L. Stager,
have resigned. The party is
spl ' in the county, and as
Caivin is one of the most
prominent Prohibitionists in
Ohio, the split will probably
extend over the State. The
trouble grows out oi a fight
in the State Convention over
the onesided platform. The
letter of resignation charges
the Prohibition party with
being an annex of the Peo
ple's Party, and that it en
dorses measures revolution
ary and positively detrimen
tal to the best interests of
the whole people. Calvin is
ia large following
Tin: Thiiri Party move
ment will never become popu
lar because it smacks too
much of a crowd.
FAIT AHOIT 11 1 mn s
The purpose of the Latin-
A met jean depart i. nut .f the
World's i'.ur is to pc sent,
by a series of obj.H -t-lessons.
1 1 aat inor-t interest mg epo i
. . -,,,. ,-
history trom i to 1..-,
I.,., r... . .,. . , .
i - ". 1 Ins w nl siiiiud":
"'"'''h his du1 no.v n sts. It
will inciiide all relies of Co
lumbus that exist in pi iv ite
and public collect ions in "n
i'4pc and America, so far as
they can be obtained; a com
plete collection of hi por
traits, ami a complete ro lec
tion of jdl the pictures of my
artistic or histoi i'-al vah e ia
which he appears as a figure.
It w'll also in-!ud.' the o igi
uals or duplicates of the
books and maps which lie
studied and had in li i pos
session. The story of the discoNery.
This will include a large pict
ure of every place ident tied
w i t h t he v ova go o f Col u n T us,
and photograph in an eniarg
ed scale, of the present ap
pearance of every place to ich
ed by him; maps and charts
show ing his voyages and the
g r o w t h of geographical
krow lodge from 14(.)2 to ."
20. How the discovery became
known. A collection of orig
inal or reprints of books ecu
corning the New World, be
ginning with the publication
in Latin of the letter of Co
lumbus to Rafael Sanchez,
describing his first voyage,
and includin?; the various
publications that were irnde
concerning the discovery, as
far as 1520, with maps and
charts showing the growth
of geographical knov, ledge.
The condition of Ameri a
at the time of the discovery.
Shown by genuine archaeolo
gical and ethnological collec
tions and also by copies of
pictures used to illustrate
books concerning the new
work at that period. These
show the ideas that were
conveyed to the people of Eu
rope as to thoeonditiou of the
inhabitants of the Xew World
by early writers.
i'low thect niinent waschris
toned; the origin of the word
American, and how it became
attached to the continent.
The negroes at I'niontown,
Peun., a r t; determined to
force their children into white
public schools. This may
prove harmful in mare ways
than one. They have good
schools separate for their
own children provided for by
the public. They say that
nothing shall stop them as
the law allows it. A dispatch
ot the oOtli u!t, said:
"A large portion of the
white population of the town
is tiim-h excited over the mat
tor and declare that if the
blacks are to go to the white
schools they will u(t send
their children. The colore!
j population of this place is
i t:o..,, 1,,, .i... I "
inn,) intt i it iniiMiiiu.
That race question is per
plexing all around the circle
except in Maine where whites
i and negroes are "ha'l fellows
Uell met."
NO. L
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vace aki ri:mgio.
Rev. R. A. Young. D. D., of
Tenn., is traveling in EuroM
and met Senator Vance, lie
thus reports the meeting in
the Nashville Chri-'iau Advo
ale:
We are e upforlubly tpiar
t. red in Loudon at an inn
where we haw stopped twice
beforo. At the table adjoin
ing ours we have the compa
uv of a friend of my boyhood
Zeh Vance, of Xoitli Caro
lina, lie and I parted at
Washington College fort y
five years ago. With no in
troduction or hesitation we
shook hands instantly. We
are both getting old, tleshy
and gray.
In the evening he sent up
the follow ing card:
Di:au Yorxo If not toe
late w hen you come in, let me
kn w, and meet me in the la
dies' draw ing room for a talk.
Vance.
We did not talk aboutour
sehes, but the boys we knew
long ago of their history's
success, defeats, death. Then
we spoke of the changes in re
liyious history and worship.
At the close of the conversa
tion he looked me earnestly
in the face and said: "Young
you have read the history of
the church and have now seen
modern Christianity in all its
phases. Is not our good old
country meeting-house wor
ship the pin est and best?'
To which I replied, with em
phasis, "It is." And then I
delivered my mind on every
species of Ritualism. This is?
the gmn and cause of all the
evils that have crept into ottf
beautiful and holy religion.
IfORTlfCAKOLINAllSS IX WAR.
We heard (Jen. Hood, of
Texas, say in his Y'arborough
House speech that if he had
to give the bouquet to the
State that deserved best ill
the war he would give it to
Xorth Carolina, den. Wade
Hampton told Senator
Vance, as the Senator told
us, more than fifteen years
ago, that somehow the best
troops h e saw in the war
were from Xorth Carolina.
Oen. D. H. Hill, another
South Carolinian, had some
such opinion, perhaps. Gen.
A. P. Hill told Mr. Wa'lace,
of Petersburg, Va., that he
would ratner command
North Coroliniaus than any
other troops because the
were as bravo as any others,
were more submissive to au
thority, and were, therefore,
better soldiers. We heard Mr.
Wallace tell this in his owri
house, addressing Rev. Dr.
Prichard and this writer. Mr.
Wallace was a near relative
of the General, who was din
ing with him when he gave
h i s opinion. Wilmington
Messenger.
Xixe Speeches. That's how
many Zeb Yace is looked for
in Ohio campaign. Vance will
give Dome facts that will o
pen those Buckeye people's
eyes as well as his jokes will
open their mouths And they
will doubtless exclaim. O-heigh-O!
(inzettef.
F o r Ma 1 a r i a, Li v e r T r o u-
ble,or Indigestion, use
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