emocrat.
VOL 4
IiOOXE, WATAUGA COUNTY, X. C, TI I U USD AY, OCTOIIKH, ir, 1891.
NO. iO.
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PIlOlESSfOXAl.
W. B.COUXC1LL, Jn.
Attouxky at La v.
1 to one, N. C.
W. B.COlJNCILL, M. I).
Bonne, X. C.
Resiebnt Physician. OflW
on King Street north of Tost
Office.
E. F. LOVILL
Attohxey At Law,
Boone N. C.
Dlt. L. C. REEVES.
PHYSICIAN AND SrUGKON
Office at Residence.
Booaie, N. C.
L. I). LOWE,
Attorney at Law
-AXD-
NOTA11Y VU11LIC,
BANNER'S ELK. X. C.
J. 0. VILBAtt,
DENTIST,
LLK PAKK, SOUTH CAR0LIX1.
OftVrs his professional wrvi-es
to the peniple ot Mitche-ll,
Watamra titid adjoining coun
ties.KaTAo t.'Jf inntehll used
and .ill rork!n.ir;iiitooL"&i
May I 1 y.
J. P. Murpliew. E. S. Blackburn
Marion, X. C. JwrftVon, Ji.C.
v MORPHEW & BLACK BU11X
Atttouneys at Law.
Will practice in the courts
of Ashe, Watauga and Mitch
ell counties, also in the Fed
ral courts of the Dist.. and
.Supreme Court of the State.
( ollection ot chums solicited.
Aprl, 10.
Notice. .
For sole. 000 acres of laml.
on Uich Mountain, Watauga
County, on which is asbestos,
and fine land for sheep ranch.
Bales private. L. I). Lowe &
J. T. Furgerson, Ex'trs. t
Mrs A. P. Calloway, deed.
Banner Elk, Nov. IE '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. Spainhour, Boone N. C.
or A. J. Critcher, Horton N. C.
4. 24.
KOI ICE.
Parties putting papers in
my hand for execution will
please advance the fees with
the papers and they will re
ceive promptnttention, other
wise they will be returned
not executed for the want of
fees. I). P. Baiud Siiff.
MILLINERY.
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I would like to say to niv friends
. in Wataa and surrounding
counties, that 1 ha ve now ou hand
and am receiving every week, a
nice line of
SPRING ANDSUMMFR
MILLINER I AND NOTIONS
When you .come to Lenoir, I
would be pleased for you to call
and see nie. I solicit your cus
tom. Orders filled promptly -by
mail. Most Ilesp.,
- MRS. M. X. HOItTOX.
luoir. N. C,, May 21.
W A S 1 11 X( STOX LETTE 1 1.
From oar Regular Correspondent
Senator Carlisle isin Wash
ington, and many are the el
forta that hav ebeenmade to
ascertain his favorite, if he
ha any, in the Speakership
race. The Senator smiles
good naturcdly and changes
thftMibject when the conver
sation gets too near to a di
rect question, and tie result
is that his preference is really
unknown, although the
friends of the several candi
dates will confidentially as
sure you that "Carlisle is for
him." It is perfectly evident
however to the disinterested
that ihey base thestatcment
solely on their hopes.
A group of democrats were
discussing the speakership
last night and one of them
who has in the interest of
one of the candidates made
a canvass either by letter or
personally of every demo
cratic Representative of the
Fiftv-second Congress said
of the situation: "There are
a considerable number of
Representatives who are not
pledged to anybody and who
will in all probability enter
the caucus unpledged. My
impression is t hat there will
be no nomination on the
first ballot owingtothelarge
number oi sca ttering votes,
many of them intended to be
complimentary. Mills and
Crisp will lead, but they both
will be considerably short of
t he iif cessary majority. Xow,
the fellow who can guess
where all the complimentary
votes will go, should they all
Ho io .jether on the second or
third ballot, can come very
near to naming the next
speaker of the House. lean
confess I am all at sea. al
though I hope they will come
to my man and nominate
him." Another gentleman
thought that unless either
Mills or Crisp was nomimm
ted by the third or fourth
ballot that they both would
be dropped and one of the
other candidates nominated
with a rush when all the
members get here where they
can confer and compare
votes it may be easier to
foretell the result of the cau
cus than it is now. It can't
be more difficult.
It was predicted last spring
when Mr. Harrison postpon
ed the conference between the
three Canadian officials and
himself and Secretary Blaine,
on reciprocity between this
country ami Canada, until
October 12, that it was ex
tremely doubtful whether the
conference would sverbeheld,
because cf Mr. Harrison's
well-known antagonism to
Canadian reciprocity, and it
now appears that the predic-
ton was well founded. The
proposed conferencehas been
postponed indefinitely, the
reason alleged being the ab
sence of Secretary Blaine.
German day will be cele
brated here to-morrow by a
monster parade and indus
trial display and an out
door picnic. The day is cele
Lrated as the anniversary of
the settlement, more than
two hundred years ago, to
b3 exact. October 0, 1GS3, of
the first dist inctively German
colony established in Ameri
ca, which was staked out on
that day at Gerrnantown,
Pen n.
The pressure, political and
otherwise, which has been
brought to bear upon Serre
tary Tracy for the dissolu
tion of the squadron of evo
lution and the sending of the
vessels composing it to vari
ous paints where they are
needed has at last been suc
cessful in spite of thu strong
'pull of Comodore Walker.
The Boston and the Atlanta
will in the near future go to
the Pacific; one of the three
vessels left the Chicago, the
Xewark, and the Bennington
will go to the South Atlan
tic squadron, and the other
two will join the Xoith At
lantic squadron. It has been
along fight and a very bitter
one, and the wounds left are
likely to cause tiouble in the
Xavy for years to come.
Pension Commissioner Kaum
is again catching it on all
sides, and it seems hard to
understand how he can pos
sibly retain his position this
time. There is direct issue
between him and Secretary
Xoble, who has declined to
dismiss the three Pension Of
fic-e em pi oy ( es who m a d e a fti
davit to being approached
bv young Raum with anolfei
of promotion if they would
mi v the m ice S30. As the
removal of these three men
was demanded by Raum it is
thought the refusal of Secre
tary Xoble to remove them
leaves Raum no other course
but to resign. There are al
so uglv stoiies about a W ai
claim pending before the
Treasury department, in
which Raum is interested,
which it is said have been
placed in Mr. Harrison's
hands. Gen. Raum hasgone
to Illinois on a two week's
leave of absence, and there
ur many who believe that
his resignation is already in
Mr. Harrison's hands and
that it will take effect at the
expiration of that time. He
said just before he left town
that he had not resigned and
would not resign while nndei
fire, but Tanner talked that
way too.
Mr. Harrison has decided
not to make any of the im
portant appointments which
lie has been supposed to have
under recent consideration
until after the fall election
He proposes using them as
prizes to encourage t he re
publicans to work. His pri
vate news from Iowa, Ohio,
Massachusetts, Pennsylva
nia and Xew York has not.
been of an encouraging na
ture of late.
The bend in the Catawba
River known as the Horse
Shoe bend is about eleven
miles around, but at its clos
est points the river banks
come within two miles of
themselves. It is now plan
ned to cut a channel through
at thjs point and give in two
miles, nine miles fall. The
cost of this canal would not
be very great. The old river
would then have enough pow
er to turn the machinery o
New England. Ex.
North C-riiUnj', takne.
Sew (4 Obirvrr.
V spec ial correspondent to
the State Chronicle reports
'ol Polk's spm-li at Newton
as foil r.vs:
After reviewing the causes
of tin' present condition of the
country, lie spoke freely a-
bout the third party. Ilea as
anxious that th press report
it accurately, and here is what
he said (verbatim):
"Now they say I am going
into the third party. The
third part., oh! that is tkk-
lish ground aint it? (From
the crowd: ' That is danger
ous won't do.") They charge
that I am helping the third
party up in your country
(Turning to Judge Weaver;
that I am aiding the Demo
cratic party and helping to
ruin the Republican party.
When I come down here they
say I am going to tear the
Democratic party all to piec
es and help the Republican
party; and that I will abso
lutely put our countrv back
under negro rule. That is
what they charge. I say to
the Republicans here to-day
and to the Democrats here
to-day that if the leaders of
these two old pnrtieshad not-
betrayed their promises, had
not violated their pledges,
had not deceived us before,
there would have been no
question about a third par
ty. When have the lenders of
the Democratic party bet ray
ed their promises, violated
their pledges, and deceived
the people of North Carolina?
Why general asssertions and
no particular sta tement?This
is only carrying out the plan
inaugurated by "Old Fogy",
the colonel's private secreta
ry, two years ago; to abuse
the leading Southern states
menin general terms without
quoting a single fact to sus
tain the false allegations.
Eds. News and Observer.
"If there is a third party
in this country the bosses of
the two old political parties
are responsible for it. Will
there be one? It is with the
bosses of the two old politi
cal parties to say. Onething
t will say. and tfmt is this:
Our people want relief; they
need relief, they ought to
have it; they must have it,
and if it is necessary to get
it we shall wipe the two old
parties out of existance with
no more hesitation than a
wave of the hand. There is
where we stand, gentlemen of
the press; publish it to the
world. If there js a third par
ty in the Southern country it
will be due to the domineer
ing insolence an 1 proseriptive
policy of the so-called bosses
of the two old parties in the
South. I hope the press un
derstands me."
Who are the bosses of the
Democratic party in North
Carolina? Why not name
them?
Where are to be found evi
dences of this domineering in
8olence and proseriptive poli
cy of the so-called bosses of
the Democratic party in the
State?
Are they to be found in the
acts of the hist legislature,
nine-tenths tf the members
being farmers? Are they to
be found in the proceedings
;f the last State Convention
that without hesitation or
discussion or objection em
bodied in its platform every
plank of the Alliance plat
form that was presented to
it? ;
When Col. Polk arraigns
the leaders of the North Car
olina democracy ha their
domineering insolence a n d
proseriptive policy, he fails
to make any specification, be
cause the allegation can not
be sustained by a single fact.
And when did Co;. Polk begin
to think and speak of the lea
ding Democrats of X. C. a8
political bosses? The Demo
cratic people of this State
ought te resent theinsult im
pliexl in these unfenuiileel as
sertions, made entire ly with
t lie purpese te cast uamerit-
ed odium on her public men.
Eds. News and Observer.
Alter discussing th3 princi
ple's of the Sub-Treaury plan,
he saiel: "You hear a great
eleal about the third party
tearing the Democratic party
into pieces. I want to say to
you that if the Democratic
party of the South is to be
conrolleel in its policy and
characterize! in its conduct
by the conduct of the men
n ho are presuming and assu
ming to speak for it, may God
have mercy on the Democrat
ic party.
Do these men knotv what
Democrae'y is? They tell you
that they- are straight out
Jeffersonian Democrats, old,
simon-pure, orthordox Jeffer
sonians. They elo not know
that the platform upon which
the Alliance stand to-day is
the quint-essence ef .Jefferso
nian Democracy and Abra
ham Lincoln Republicanism
mixed? What does J. C.Cal
houn say about the matter?
Listen te) what Calhoun said
about this question when
they were discussing the na
lieuial bunking law: "Why
should the peop'e be charged
with interest on the credit of
the government when that
credit can be extended te
them without interest?" We
intend to repeat that ques
tion, and repeat and repe-at
and keep it ringing hi the
ears of the American people
until we get the answer te it.
I advise some of them to read
what Jeffersem said about if.
And dee's Col. Polk sup
pose that the meaning of Cal
houn was that fie govern
ment slie.ulel lend money tei
the people without inteiest?
If the propeisition was mtto
lend money without intvrvst,
was it to lend monev tit all?
It was not that the genvrn
me-nt .should lend money, but
that instead of issuing inte?i
est bearing bemels, it should
issue paper currency bearing
ne interest. Eds. N. & O.
"Who has started thethird
party in the South? Where
is the first' man. North or
South, who has ever heard
L. L. Polk declare in a speech
anywhere (yet they charge
me w l t h such statements)
that he was ever fer or a
gainst a third party? I am
president of the National Al
liance, and we are waiting an
til the meeting of the next
National Congress and then
decide ou what we shall do.
I am their pierident and will
oUy their instructions. One
thing I will say, I nm stand
ing upon fieOcala platforui
flat-footed, ami I intend td
stand by it just so long as it
is claimed to be the Alliance"
phtform."
That is just abut the sizej
of it. Col. Polk anel his Re
publican .lahawker allies
from Kansas anel elsewhere
go over the State finishing
Up the work of "Old Fogy";
slandering the leading men
of North Carolina, and seek
ing to make them odioiis
with the purpose of getting
the peeple in such u frame of
mind that they can be led
gradually into the third par
ty. Col. Polk did not deny
more than a year ago that
he favored starting a third
party and breaking up the"
Democratic party; and h e
does not deny it now. It was
too soon for him to avow it
then. It is too sejem for hint
to avow it now. He says he
will tell all about it afterCorl
gress meets. I n the raeau
time he is trying to move th'
people up to it. If it looks
then as if he can make him
self a Mahone with success he"
will cross the Rubicon. If he
finds that the people are not
sustaining him he will not
try to play the r ole of a Cae
sar. We bid him reflect ori
the fate of Mahone, detested
and spurned as a traitdr td
the people of his native State";
Eds. News and Observer.
In Man's Attire.
About a week ago Mrs. Dr.
Mary Walker, who wears
men clothes went to New
Hampshire and visited the
house of Mr. Warden whose'
daughter was so cruelly mur
dered by a fellow who had a
br utal passion. When it wa?
discovered that she was C
woman in man's apparel the
community became greatly
excited. She was arrested de
spite her avowel that she was
the original and only genuine"
Dr. Mary. At last after rt
week's detention she convinc
ed the authorities that her'
story was true, and she was
released.,
A local paper say
Sheriff Cornirig after a fur
ther invetigatiem" of the evi
dence bearing on her identi
ty, went to Sheriff Foster's
house, where the doctor has
been well enreel for during
her enforced visit. After lis
tening for a time to her sense
less tiade, irf which she sajef
that never in America err Eu
rope had she suffered sych in
eh'gmties as had been heaped
upon her irithatclassu'town
the offk'er, in language very
emphatic anel plain charac
terized her performance as
an outrage, for whie-h she
should be punished. He gave
her much wholesome advice'
and told her if she would
leave the State by the first
train she might go. She exV
pressed contempt for. Xew
Hampshire, it? people and
its laws, tint declareel she"
was ready to depart. It was
expected tha t she would take
the 8.12 evening train for
Boston, but at the last mo--meat
it was- found that
Charlie Sing, the Chinese
laundryman, had failed to
have her linen ready. She re
mained ut Hanover last
night, the guest of Judge and
Mrs. S. W. Cobb.-Ex,