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TTrTh TN f TVa Th 1r T1H 0?6"ft JULJLUUJL 0D lb V Oh IDC VOL 4 VHOVIISSIOXAL. IJOOXE, WATALHiA COUNTY, X. C, TIIUILSIJAY, SKI'TKMHEH. 10, 1801. NO. o. W. B.COUNCILL, Jit. Attorney at La v. Boone, N. C. V. B. COUNCILL, M. 1. Boone, N. C. Resident Physician. Office on Kins Street north of Post Office. LF. LOYILL Attohxky At T.aw, Boone N. C. DR. L. C. REEVES. Physician and SrmiKox Office at Residence. Boone, N. C. L. I). LOWE, Attorney at Law -AXIH XOTARY PUHLIC, BANNER'S ELK. X. C. J. Q. 9 I DENTIST, feLK PAKK.XOKTII CAttOMXA. Oilers his professional servii-es to the people ot Mitt-hvU, Wutur.-ra. and adjoining coun ties3'Vt had wateial used and all work guaranteed.-1. Mny 11 y. J. F. Morphsw. Urn-ion, X. C- K. S. BI ukbiH ii JwrrtVon, X.C. MORPI1EW& BLACKBURN AtTTORNEYS AT LAW. Will practice in the courts of Ashe, Watauga and Mitch ell counties, also in the Fed eral courts of the list.. and Supreme Court of the State. olhrtion ot claims solicited. Aprl. 10. Xotke. For sale. 900 acres of land, on Rich Mountain, Watauga County, on which is asbestos, and fine land for sheep ranch. Sales private. L. D. Lowe & J. T. Fumerson, Ex'trs. of Mrs. A. t. Calloway, deed. Ranner Elk, Nov. lc '90.. Money to loan. Persons wishing to boi row money who can secure It by mortgage on good real estate, can be accommodated by applying to J.F. Spainhour, Boone N. C. or A. J. Criteher, Horton N. 0. 4. 24. XOHCE. Parties putting papers in tny hand for execution will please advatice the fees with the papers and they will re eei ve prom pt a ttention , other wise they will be returned not executed for the want of fees. D. F. Baikd Shff. MILLINERY. -0 I would liketo say to my friends in Watauga and snrrouuding counties, that I have now on hand and am receiving every week, a nice line ot SPRING A N D S U M M F It MILLIXER A XD XO TlOXS When you come to Lenoir, I Would be pleased for you to call and see me. I solicit your cus tom. Orders filled promptly by mail. Most llesp., MRS. M. N. HORTON. Unoir. N. C, May 21. WASH INGTON LETTER. From our Regular Correspondent Th Blaine-Harrison busi ness is believed to be Hearing n cricis. and (he picdiction is made by shrewd observers that within the next sixty days one of them will an nounce that he will not rc cept the President nomina tion of his party, if it be ten dered to hi m. Mr. Ilairison is decidedly averse to being that one, and his friend, Sec retary Foster, will visit Bar Harbor within ten days for the purpose of trying to make Mr. Blaine take the position of "loyalty" towards his chief which Russell Harrison's newspapers have assigned to liim, by writing a letter for publication overplus own sig nature stating that he is not willing to become a candi date aud that he is for Har rison. One would suppose from the talk of the personal friends of these two men that the lepublican party was their personal property and that when they had decided what I hey wished to be done that party must slavishly o bey that dt cission. This sort of thing must be aggrava ting to self-respecting repub licans, who must think it is confided in its choice of can didates to two men Representative Herbert, of Alabama, who is understood to be a candidate for the va cancy on the Inter-State Com merce Commission made by the death of Hon. XV. L. Bragg, of Alabama, is in town. Alabama has several other candidates for the ve oaucy, among them Judge Morrill and Col. Shorter. There are also lots of candi dates from other states, in cluding ?x-Senator Reagan and Representative Culbert son, of Texas, and ex-Con-jrressrnan nammond, o f Georgia. The appointment will go, by law to a demo crat. Mr. Wnnnmaker has a grand scheme to get.- some thing for nothing. lie has sent a circular letter to all postmasters at county seats to visit all the postoffiees in their counties, at their own expense, and report their condition to him. That's a case of cheek. There is a well-founded sus picion that the State depart ment is trying to "pull the wool over the eyes" of the colored brother with regard to the vacant position of U. S. Minister to Hayti. Itr is stated semi-offlcially that the department, on account of circumstances which it deems inadvisable co make public will not fill the vacancy for some time to come, but that the position will probably e- ventually go to a colored man. This is expected to qui et the colored voters Until af ter the fall elections, when Mr. Blaine will carry out his intention of selecting a white man for the place, trusting to luck to bamboozle the ne gio voters with other half way promises before the time comes to hold another elec tion. It is not certain, how ever that this plan will sue eeed, as many of the more: intelligent negroes are fully aware of what is going on, and if they ran only oree up-m any one of the many negro candidates for the place, it is possible lor them to comjK;! his appointment before the fall elections ore held. A smile crosses the face of the average naval officer when he heais anyont speak of Secretary Tracy's efforts to have the mechanics in the navy yards appointed on their merits and not on their political "pull." The fact of the matter is that naval offi cers generally take no stock in this alleged reform. One of them said on the subject: "Bah! it is simply nausea ting to sensible people who know anything about the manner in which the best as signments in the navy are made, to be told that the me chanics in the navy are to be appointed solely o n their merits,as developed by com petitive examinations. It is not probuble that such a re form is really intended by the same authorities who. unless they are wofully ignorant, must know that it is the of ficers who know how to in trigue, and above all those who possess that mysterious something known as a politi cal "pull'' that ieceive all of the best assignments in the Navy and not the officers who have made the best rec ords. This is true from the acting Admiral down, and until it is changed I shall be slow to credit the Secretary of the Navy with any sincere reform intentions, no matter what orders he may issue." There never was a time in history of the country when there was greater need for a close study of the issues than now. When demagogues are fanning the fires of prejudice, when fanatics are sowing dis cord among friends and breth eren, when new and untried schemes are offerd to the peo pie as a panacea for every ill, it is time, for cool, clear headed men to look well about them before they act. It under the present system the people are oppressed sure ly they should consider well before they adopt another policy lest agreater evil should overtake then:. While they are attempting to cast out the evil spirit of poverty, let them be careful lest they take into themselves seven devils worse than the first. If prejudice attempt to lead poverty both will inevitably fall into theditch. Read, stud y, reflect. Survey the whole field. Keep posted aud keep cooh and be sure you are right before you go ahead. Morgn uton Uera Id. The idea, of nationalizing the inalitia of the States and placing the whole under the command of the Secretary of War, is a bad one and should be dropped at once. We want no standing army, in this coitntr, nor do we wish to see such a temptation to do evil placed before some future o ver ambitious Secretary of War. IIUIRESWOKTII STIDYI5U. In the I' or um for Septem ber there is a paer by the well known Massachusetts statistician and economic writ e r, Edward Atkinson that deserves attention. It is entitled"! he Government and the Tax-payers." He speaks highly of the book ac count system used in the Treasury Departments. He makes a statement in very clear and simple form that is useful and instructive. He states the account, of the Government with the people in regular book-keeping bal ance sheet, and shows for the fiscal year ending 30th June. 1889 afew months after the Democratic administration of Mr. Cleveland expired, the aoconnt stood thus, in giv ing merely the chief results: All taxes on liquors and tobacco $148,883,788.50. Taxes (duties) on certain classes of foreign importa tions, etc.,$204,851,854.59. Miscellaneous revenues from sales ofjpublic lands, consula r fees, etc., $22,170,538,44. Othar profits, etc., $10,105,- 2G1.79 grand total, $387,- 050,058.29. That is the debt or side cf the Government. The credit side is wha t is paid out. We give the.chief totals: For Congress, Executive De partment, Judiciary, foreign intercourse, custom houses, light houses, mints, lite sa ving service, Department of Agriculture, postal deficien cv, etc.,-$G3005,049.07 Collecting internal revenue) collecting customs, draw backs, etc.,$17,659,015.19. Total cost of civil govern ment, etc., $80,078,061. 20. Next comes army, '$44,435, 270.85; navy, $21,378,809. 31. Allthis for civil, milita ry and naval departments makes a total of $140,478, 144.42. The ..other ; expen ditures'are: For Indians, $0,892,207. 78. Interest on public debt, 41,001,484.29. Arrears of Pensions, $21,442,340.12. AhnualPensions, 00,182, 429.08. Total a:nount$135, 518,471.18. By adding the abovenmount wehave$281, 990,015.00, total expendi tures. Take this frdm the total re ceipts as given above-$387,-050,058.29 and the balance surplus is $105,053,442.09. That was about the sum left as surplus by the Cleveland administration. But note. This surplus has "gone up the flume." It has taken wings. The Republi can spendthrifts made it dis appear very quirt ly. Note farther that while during Cleveland's" administration the pensions the lastyear ag gregated $00,182,420.98, they had grown under Harri son to 30th of June, 1891. quite $120,000,000, and for the current year ending 30th of J une, 1892, will aggrega te, it is believed, fully $150,000, 000. Note again: That while the total expenditures of the lat year of the Cleveland ad mi listration were but $281,-990,015.00-a rate of $503, 999, 231.20 for twr) years, that the last Republi"an Con gress vjted more than a bill ion doll rs a thousand mill ion dollars for the expendi tures of the Harrison Admin istration for two years, be ginning with 1st of July, 1891. That is almost as much for the Hanison gang in two years as Mr. Clcve- aud required to run the Gov eminent for four years. Think of that, yo taxpayers. This figuring is our own. and Mr. Atkinson is not responsi ble for it. Mr. Aikinson makes a very interesting showing. He says that the "normal cost of the Government"-by which he means all you will find above summed up under the total of $140,478,144-is more than met by the taxes on li quors and tobacco. The rev enue as above given from these articles was $148-883,- T88. This is interesting. This writer has all along con tendec". for taxing the need less Inxuries and taking the taxes off the household neces saries. It is seen that the luxuiies actually pay more than the "normal cost of the Government." M r. Atkin son gives the "normal cost of the Government" since 1871. He shows that the revenue from liquors and tobacco increase in ratio to population and more, and that on the other hand "the normal expenses of theGov ernment diminish in ratio to population." This is an im portant fact and deserves at tention. If there were no useless ex penditures, no waste, no wild extravagance no abnormal expenses-then - what? Why the cost of our Government would l)e a trifle compared with the great resources and capabilities of the country It is the waste and wicked ex travagance that are burden some and wrong. Think of the pensions runuing up to $150,000,000 in a year, or more than thJ total "normal expenses ot government.. Such is radicalism. The South is plucked and opposed to pay unworthy mendicants who made vandalic war upon it. Shame and out rage. It costs much less to col lect a dollar tax on whiskey and tobacco than to collect a dollar on foreign import a tions. The figures of 1889 are thus given: Internal taxation, 2 88- 100 per cent; customs reve nue, ;$ 14-100 per cent. Mr. Atkins says the bona ty for sugar was rt "tempora rv liberation of the Hadical McKinlev Umg of incnpables and will not be "probably of duration. In '71 it cost every man, woman and child in the Uni ted States $7.39 to support the Government. In nighty- nine it was 4.7o. In seventy one, the average per capita for pensions was 87 cents. In '89 it was l. i or (loui)ie By the end of the present year it will be f-i. tor every man, woman and child. Mi Atkins towards the close says the fundamental principles of taxation shouLI he, "all taxes that the peo ple pay, the Government should recieve." But the peo ple pay hundreds of millions of taxes that go to the man ufacturers and monopolists. Wilmington Messenger. Little drops of printer'sinU: A little t. e displayed, Makes our merchants princes With all their big parade. Little bits of stinginess Discardingprinter's ink " Basts" the man of business; And sees his credit sink. Dallas Review. Senator Morgan of Alabama, out in a very strom letter a- IH ainst the nub-Treasury scheme, ard he ;uiihiuik ch Ids intention to take this Kturnp against it tri Alabama. The short crops in Europe make it almost certain that there will no war there this year, notwithstanding the strained relation between France and Germany. The grain speculators hate already made morej money juggling with the price of wheat than the farmers will make out of their phenomi nal grain crop this year. Sa m Jones is firing ungram- matical broadsidf8 of salva tion slang into the ranks of New York sinners, but no breaks are observable in their lines, although they are con tributing liberally to pay the Rev. Sain, fortheamusement he furnishes them. Some American tourists must have been telling the young Ger man Emperor how it feels to have the wind blowing through his whishers, and wishing to feel fcr himself the Emperor is now en gaged in raising a crop of wms- kers of his own. They have queer ideas over in Australia. The ministerof education has suspended one of the most successful school teachers just beca use she pra y ed for the death of her hus band. If her husband was. anything like the: husbands of some self-supporting wo men we know she wasjustify able in praying for his death, and more deserving of sym pathy than censure. Ex-Senator Blair of education al bill and Chinese ministry noto riety, who objects to dropping in to the open arms of obscurity, has written a letter in which he claims to be the father of recip rocity. He is also modest enough to intimate that he is a much brainier man than Harrison or Blaine, and that the only reason why he has not done better things than eithef Of them is, because he has not been given opportuni ty. If he never had the right be fore, this letter gives Mr. Blair the undisputed right to the con ical headgear which school-boys, in their lovs t fun, call a fool's cap. Bp the way, Blaine and 1 tar rison must have refused Blair anything further in the diplomat ic line, or he would riot have writ ten that letter. It is very depressing to' note that, while Mr. Leazer is engaged in making whole some, conservative addres ses that diavl the people to gether, allay all bitterness and reassure the patriotic people of the State, Col. Polk should import Into North Carolina that bare-legged Blatherskite, Jerry Simpson, who follows up Mr. Leazer with third party speeches idiotic advocacy of fiat rag money and undoes, of at tempt to undo, all the good that Mr. Leazerhasdoneand is doing. Tdpk: