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Attorney at La y.
Boone, N. C.
W. B. COUXC1LL. M. I).
Boom, N. C.
Resident Physician. OIHce
on King Street north of Post
Office.
K.P. LOVILL
Attch.ney At T..w, .
Boone N. C.
1)11. L. C. RFFYFS.
Physician and SritoKoN
Office at Residence.
Boone, X. C.
L. 1). LONYK,
Attorney at Law
AND
NOTARY PUIILW,
BAXNKR'S ELK. X. C.
J. i. WILBAR,
DENTIST,
ELK PAKK, SOUTH CAUOLIXA.
Offers his professional services
to the people ot Mitchell,
Wntnnga aim jxijouun 'n
f i.s Rfr3rAV hud wnteml w
and nil work uminuit wl.Gi
amy iij
NOTICE.
Hotel Property for Snle.
On necoiiiit of failhar health
of myself and wife, I offer for Halo
tn.v hotel propei tv in the town of
Iloonc, ISortli I'arohnn, ana win
.11 lmv fm-cmkVi mid make terniH
to suit the buyer, and will take
real or personal projwrty in ex
change. Apply noon.
W. L. Huyan.
Notice. "
For solo. 900 acres of land,
on Rich Mountain, Watauga
County, on which is asbestos,
nnd tine land for sheep ranch.
Sales private, j. I). Lowe &
.T. T. Furgerson, Ex'trs. of
Mrs. A. P. Calloway, deed.
Banner Elk, Xov. 1C "JO
Money to loan.
Persons wishing: to boi
row monev, who can secure
it by mortgage on good real
estate, enn be accommodated
bv applying to
J.F. Spninhour, Boohe N. C.
or A. J. Critcher, Horton N. C.
4.24.
mi ice.
Parties putting papers in
my hand for execution will
pleise ndv.ince the fees with
the papers and they will re
ceive prompt attention, other
wise they will be returned
Dot executed for the want of
fees. D. F. Baird Siiff.
MILLINERY.
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I would like to say to my friends
In Wata.iga and surrounding
counties, that J have now on hand
and am receiving every week, a
nice linn of
SPRING ANDSDMMFR
MILLINER 7 A ND NO TTOXS
When you come to Lenoir, I
Would be pleasod for you to call
and see me. I solicit your cus
tom. Orders filled promptly by
mail. Most Ee-sp.,
MRS. M. N. H0UT0X.
Ixnoir. N, C, May 21.
HOONi:, WATAIWA COUNTY,
WASHI.MiTON LETTER.
From our Regular Correspondent
Does Mr. Blaine intend to
resume tho duti( s of Secret a
ry c)f State? This is n qu -s-tion
easier asked than an
swered. If anybody in Wash
ington, from Mr. Harrison
down, knows nnythingof the
teal intentions of Mr. Blaine
the knowledge is so well kept
that it has not leaked out,
nnd it is extremely improba
ble that any such knowledge
exist, (inesses have been
plenty, but facts have not
been behind them. First. Mr.
Maine was to return in Sep
tember, then in October, aud
now the guesscrs say that h
will be here in Xovember. A
personal friend of Mr. Maine's
who is not. in politics, said
yesterday in a guarded sort
of a way which was taken o
imply a great deal: "I have
an idea that after the State
elections are over Mr. Maine
may be decided to ret ire from
the Cabinet and go to South
ern Colifornia or Mexico for
the winter." Although this
gentleman dented havingany
authority from Mr. Maim
for expressing such an idea,
it is nevertheless believed by
those who know therelations
between the two men that he
would never have sai l sin-h
a thing unless he knew that
some such steps was at least
contemplated. Mr. Harrison
is thought to be entirely in
the dark as to Mr. Maine's
future movements. Indeed
it is stated here that he says
that he has had no direct
communication from Mr.
Bin ine for months. 1 1 is tru
ly an odd sort of a situa
tion. Ifpiomises were equal to
good deeds Secretary Foster
would long ago heve been
the possessor of a white robe
and a golden harp. He has
always been a, good promis-
er; therefore it was not sur
prising that he should have
agreed with the Xew York
merchants ns to the existence
of evils in the administration
of the business of the New
York Custom House, and
promises to correct them all.
This promise he relies upon
to moke some votes for Fns
sett, and after the election he
can keep it or not just as he
may feel disposed. Having
done that much for Fassett
he will now proceed to Ohio
to see what promises will do
there for McKinley.
Representative Hunting, of
New York, who is President
of the New York State Pack
ers Association, is in Wash
ington. He is engaged in
gathering facts to be pre
sented to Congress when the
question of repealing the
present tin plate tariff conies
up, as it is certain to do.
Mr. Hunting says he intends
to expose the impostureprac
I iced upon Major McKinley
and Senator Allison, whom
he believes to be honest men
by the members of the forty
firms, alleged to compose the
American Tin-Plate Associa
tion, who told the members
of the Senate and House
Commietees that within one
year they would be manufac
turing all the tin plate con
sumed in the Pnifed States.
He believed these men to have
been actu ated solely by po
litical motives, as not one of
the firm has even attemped
to fulfill Mieir promises. Mr.
Hunting says he has direct
information to the effect that
Maj. McKinley is deeply mor
tified because the promises
made to him by these men.
which he believed and acted
upon, have not been kept;
and he thinks both McKinley
aiid Allison owe it to the
country to help to undo the
wrong which they were per
suaded by false promises to
do.
Secretary Proctor is ngain
absent from his department,
but come to think about it,
such a common thingis hard
ly worth mentioning.
The administration is cast
ing longing eyes towards the
Sandwich Islands, just as
John Hull has been doing
some time, and it issaid here
that Acting Rear Admiral
Hrown, now in Chilian wa
ters, is under ot ders to pro
ceed, as soon as he is reliev
ed, to Honoiulu to negoti
ate for the control of the Is
laud by the United State.
Admiral Hrown has been se
lected for this task because
of his popularity with the
Queen and the people of the
Hawaiin Islands. It is a dan
gerous business, and may
lead to war with England.
Although Mr. Harrison has
publicly declined to violate
the law by directing that
republican voters in the de
partments be allowed to go
home to vote without hav
ing the time lost deducted
from their pay, it is private
understood that they may
go in fact I hey must go, and
that some way will be found
to prevent their pay being
docked.
The Methodist are having
everything their own way in
Washington since last Wed
nesday when their great Ec
umenical Conference, with
five hund"ed delegates, repre
senting every part of the civ
ilized world, met to consider
matters pertaining to their
church. Socially, the doors
of good Washington are o
pen to the visitors, and re
ligiously, the pulpits of most
ofth) churches, irrespective
of denomination, are open
to them. At first it looked
as though the ever present
'nigger' problem would in
trude its ugly head and make
trouble because some of the
Washington hotel keepers re
fused to entertain negro
preachers; but good sense
prevailed, the darkeys were
comfortably quartered else
where, and the matter was
not allowed to come up in
the conference, although
some of the delegates were
just boiling over about it.
An Alllanceman't Card.
The Montgomery Adver
tiser publishes a card by Mr.
it. II. Hall, a prominent Alli
ancen.an of Elmore county,
Ala., announcing his with
drawal from that organiza
tion and giving his reasons
therefor. Mr. Hall, having
been a member of the Alli
ance, is probably letter in
formed as to the methods
X. C., lilt ilriAY,
and i hjct tn in it
n l-t
than outsiders can i.. but
outsiders have al-o b n ob
serving the dril: rif which he
sjM'aks, and hav rived at
a pi-etty correct uioa
to theultimateobjeci of tl
leadeis:
The following are Mr. II dl's
reasons for the step he I, o
taken:
4 ll
l. ocean so it is advoca
ting the adoption of meas
ures violating fundamental
principles which I have nl
ways and do yet believe to be
just and right.
2. Because in its advoca
cy of these measures it has
become intolerant, denomimt
ting those of its members
who cannot endorse theai as
ludases traitors.
3. Hecnuse its members are
expected to think for them
selves only when in line with
the plans mapped out by a
select few.
4. Hecnuse while declaring
itself to be "the Democratic
party,"' it has nothing but
abuse and calumny for that
party and its leaders, there
by indicating its insincerity
as well as unfriendliness to
the Democracy
f. Hecause by persistently
vilifying and belittling the
Democratic party and insur
iously holding it responsible
for Republican misdeeds, it
has developed its intention
to destroy it by gradually
undermining it in the affec
tionsand confidence of the
people-
6. Hecause its present at
titude is antagonistic to De
mocracy and its principles
with the strongest indica-
t;oi!s of a fixed purpose to
land in the 'third party' in
time for the Federal elections
next year.
7. Hecause the most im
portant of its original prin
ciples are violated and its
purposes and aims so com
pletely subverted that while
declaring itself non-political
it has degenerated into a
mere political machine not
yet attaining to the dignity
of a party.
These are the reasons which
actuate me, honestly enter
tained and honestly express
ed; and I will not go contra
ry to my convictions of what
is right and just, though it
bringdown the maledictions
of the whole brotherhood
upon my defenseless head.
II. H. Hall.
Tar and Feathers in 1189.
In England the penalty of
tar and feathers vyas intro
duced in 1180, when Richard
1. before setting out for the
Holy Land, ordained, in or
der to preserve the discipline
of his fleet, that whosoever
should be convicted of theft
should nrst have his he.id
shaved; that boiling pitch
should then be poured upon
it, and a cushion of feathers
(de la plume d'oreiller) shak
en over it. He was afterward
to be put. onshore at the first
place the ship touched at:
though, after a babtism of
boilingpiteh,the poor wretch,
I fancy, would have little life
in him. In modern times the
practice has found favor with
the populace as a means of
readily executing justice on
an offender whom the law,
perhaps, shows no anxiety to
reach Gentleman's Magazine
(H'TOIir.i:. L'J. Irtll.
F,e (iB?e of Mirer The lae i
SHU the Ta-ilT
rr.ira a Hjwxth iir Ma. Kocer (J.
ftllliia (be Ohio (
In one Congress a Demo
cat ic Hnnse passed a free
coinage bill, and in another
Congress a Republican Senate
p.if.ii'd it. To- lay in many
stitcH the Republican par
. i' strongly demanding it,
nini in many others the demo-rats
are doing the name
thing. Hut whatever in a y
be the views of frends or foes
ns to its propriety, it must
be apparent, toevery one who
has carefully examined the
subject that openingthemin
ts to the free coinage of sil
ver will not dispel the cloud
that is darkening the land.
I't us not be deceived by su-
pcificicial appearances. It is
not fhe scarcity of money in
the countiy. It is the scar
city of money in the pockets
of the people whoearn it that
produces the distress. If our
circulation were to-day doub
le w'uit it is, and it was nil in
the pockets of a h u n d r e d
thousand people, our condi-
dition wouM not only not be
bettered, but it would be de
cidedly worse than it is. It is
not the small circulation, it is
the small distribution that
plagin.s us.
The amount of circulation
per head is shown by taking
the whole amount of money
in tho country and dividing
it by the whole number of
people. That shows that each
person has in his pocket 23.
1)6, but. millions have none;
other millions have not half
of it. A few hundred thou
sand in fact have a lion's
sha re. The absurdity of deter
mining the prosperity of the
country by such figuring is
too patent to deceive any
one.
The amount of money re
quired to do the business of
a people does not depend up
on the number of their heads
but the amount of their busi
ness, and the facilities they
haveforconducting it. Where
there are no banks or clear
ing houses, and credit is lim
ited, money instead of the
check must, go from hand to
hand as commodities change
owners. The highest prosper
ity this country has ever
known was from 1850 to 18
Gl. The national wealth in-
creased 126 per, cent, in ten
years. Farms morethan dou
bled in their value, and every
branch of industry was in the
highest prosperity, and yet
at no time during that peri
od did the percapita circula
tion exceed $18.33. and that
was $5 per head less than it
is to-day; for the whole de
cade the average circulation
was under $16 per head, or
$8 less than our present per
capita circulation. Between
1870 and 1880 it. was over
$22 per head, and that was
the darkest period financially
ever experienced iu our histo
ry, and now with nearly $24
per head we would gladly ex
change our present condition
for that of 1850, when we,
had less than $12 per head.
What, then, is the scourge1
that is tormenting the land
an! driving contentment out
of so many homes ? 1 1, is ex
cessive taxation, indirect,
concealed, hypocritical, ex-!
NO. 11.
haustive and blighting taxa
tion. It is that tnxntiontha',
comes over the wall like a
thtef in the night, that muf
fles its f.-ct and nhtyps its
hand with softest kid, that
conceals its features with the
smack of patriotism; that
tells you that it is making
you rich, when it is robbing
the mouth of labor of the
bread it has earned: that
I taxation that like a vampire
fans your cheeks with cool
ing airs and soothes you to
sleep, and whileyou areslum
bering buries hs beakiayour
veins a n d draws your life
away; that taxation that by
jugglery decreases the prices
of what you have to sell and
increases the prices of what
you huv to buy; that taxa
tion which passes by accumu
lated wealth, and lays all its
remorseless exactions? upon
articles which me,;, women
and children are compelled
to buy in order to live; that
taxation that concentrates
and increases the power of
wealth, reduces the wages of
labor, shuts the laborer out
o f employment, paralyzed
production, restricts con
sumption and plunges the
country into the depths of
distress this is the cause of
all our troubles, and to this
we should direct all our
thoughts nnd use all the
power with which we are iu-
vested to remove it.
THEIR OLD WAY.
Progressive Farmer.
The News and Observer did
not comply with the request
of Col. Polk last week, to pub
lish his statement in reply to
charges made by that paper,
ami we Were informed on the
next day that the editor said
it was impossible to make
room for it. This informal
tion was obtained through A
reliable gentleman, and wo'
could readily see at a casual
glance at thecolumns of that
paper that morning why it
was that they could not make
room for Col. Polk's state
ment. They had only a lit
tle over two columns of their
space in thatmornimr's issue
devoted t o misrepresenta
tions and vinncations of t'oi.
Polk. We saw at once that
there was no room for a
truthful statement from Col.
Pol k , of con rse. Th a t pa per
however, did publish it oil
Wednesday morning, and its
readers will remember the
prejudice and unmanlv criti
cisms made by that paper.
i he Aews and Ubserver says
that Col. Polk ''will have to
answer before another court
martial but of a different
character," and we desire to
mtorm that paper that Col.
Polk is not the onlv one who
stands before the bar of pub-
i: vf . i
in; upniHMi. jjs me amcws ami
Observer will soon find out.
It was sincerely honed bv
many leading Democrats of
this city that the News aud
Obsever would so far chano-o
its course as to show at least
a spirit of fairness and man
liness now that it has been
utterly overwhelmed in all its
bitter and futile attempts to
uesmucn trie character or one
of our leading citizens; but
we q gain say to that paper
that the friends of truth nnrl
justice and honor cannot and
will not endorse and sustain
a course of conduct so utter
ly at variance with every con
ception of true manhood.
We pledge our readers that
hereafter ive will devote less
space to these small matters
Progressive farmer.