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PIIO.FESSIOXAL.
W. B.COUNCILL, Jk.
Attorney at La .v.
Boone, N. C.
W. B. COUNCILS. M. D.
Boone, X. C.
Resident Physician. Office
on King Strict north of Tost
Utilce.
E.F. L0Y1LL
Attoiixei' At t.aw,
Boone X. C.
DR. L. C. REEVES.
Physician AND SrUGEON
Office at Residence.
. Boone, X. C.
L. D. LOWE,
Attornay at Law
-AXD-
KOTARY PUIiLIC,
MANNER'S ELK. X. C.
j. ft. muur.,
DENTIST)
ELK PARK, SOUTH CAROLINA.
Often his professional services
to the pfople ot Mitchell,
ties t&rXo bad mtteuU us
mid all vorkgmir:im wi.
May 1 1 y.
NOTICE.
Hotel Vropet ty for Sale.
On nccowit of failing health
of mvsclf and wife, I offer for sale
niv hotel property in the town of
Boone, North Carolina, anil will
Bell low for cash and inakft terms
to suit tho buyer, and will take
veal (: jtersonnl property in ex
change. Apply soon
W. L. Bryan.
Notice.
For sale. 900 acres of land,
on Ri'h Mountain, Watauga
County, on which is asbestos,
and fine land for sheep ranch.
Sales private. L. D. Lowe &
.1 T Funrerson, Ex'trs. of
Mrs. A. P. QiUown.V, deed.
Banner Elk, Xov. lc '90..
Money to loan.
Persons wishing to boi
row money, who can secure
It tv mortgage on good real
estate, ean be accommodated
bv applying to
J.F. Hpainhour, Boone X. C.
or A.J. Critcher, f Iorton X. C.
4. 24.
NOTICE.
Parties putting papers in
my hand for exeeution will
please advance the fees with
the papers and they will re
cei ve prom pt a tten t ion , other
wise they will be returned
not executed for the want of
fees. D. F. Baird Shff.
MILLINERY.
-0
I would liketo say to my friends
in Wataaga and surrounding
counties, that I have now on hand
pud am receiving every week, a
nice line of
BP RING AXDSLUfMPR
M ILLINEIU AND NOTIONS
When you come to Lenoir, f
would be pleased for you o call
and see me. I solicit your cus
tom. Orders filled promptly by
mail. Most Resp.,
MRS. M. N. HOkTON.
oir,N,C,May2L
1IOOXE, WATAUGA COUX'IT. X.
a uiu roKZR Birr.
0u6 tiam in Whirs thf Money la the
Trwiarjr Wu I'ut I p.
Washington Star.
A pro up of reiitlcnifii wure dis
rusoing tV national pin it ol po
ker nt the City Hall the other
day, piviiifx instances of the big
hands they had stvn or heard ot.
Among them was a one-armed
veteran of the late unple.isiint
ness. "Well, p-ntlenicn." remark
ed the latter, "the biggest hand
ever ilayed in this country; or in
any other, as for that, was one 1
saw played right here in Wash
ington tdiortly after the clow of
the war. The game was played
in the vault of the Treasury.
"At that time I was in com
mand of a manlier of veterans,
not oue of them a complete man
as regards the up ual complement
of arms and legs allotted by na
ture, who had lieen, together
with in, self, selected by the War
Department at the request of the
.Secretary of the Treasury to
guard the Treasury vaults.
"Th; game continued right
through the night until about
o'clock in the morning, whm a
bout the only man pecuniarily a
bletokeepon was a one-legged
fellow from somewhere out West.
There were two others, however,
who, although broke, were very
anxious to continue playing. One
vao one-legged chap from down
East, a.rl the other was a man
from New York, whose, left arm
was missing at the elbow.
Both of these men were, how ev
er, opposed to borrowing, so the
Yankee suggested that each man
should supply himself with a cer
tain amount of Uncle Sam's mill
ions, w hich lay about the vault
securely sealed in packages con
taining from several thousands
to millions of dollars, and play
but one hand.
"The novelty of theidea caught
them nt once and in a moment
or two each of the tim e men had
supplied himself with fifteen mill
ion dollars. It, was agreed that
one hundred thousand dollars
should be the ante and five-hundred
thousand the limit. The
New Yorker got the deal, and the
fellow from New England coolly
slapped down his ante of onehun
died thousand dollars.
" When the cards had been dealt,
the New Euglander called for 3,
the Westerner said he was satisfi
ed with what he had, and the man
form New York 'gave himself two
cards. There were three antB of
one hundred thousand dollars
each in v hen the fellow fiom th"
West made his bet of another
hundred thousand. The New Yor
ker dropped in enough to raise
that insignificant sum just doub
le, while the Yankee came in at
the limit.
"There was then something o
ver a cool million in the pot. The
Western chap remarked that he
had them right there, and sug
gested that the limit be dispensed
with The down-easter at first
delnurrcd, but finally agreed.
"The Noosier I remember now
he w as from Iudianna pitched in
a five-million bet, which the fel
low from New York sawf and rais
ed another half million. The New
Englander madehimself solid and
rested. Blood was in the eye of
the Hoosier, so he chipd in five
millions more.
"The New York chap was game
and responded with a raise of a
couple of millions. The Yankee
hesitated right there, but once
more made himself square. The
fellow from Indiana then pitched
in what he had left. The New Yor
ker remarked those were his sen
timents exactly. There was noth
ing left for the Yankee to do but
to stay in to the finish, which he
did. A show of hands followed
for the pot of trty-five millions
of dollars," .
R. II. Wwodeil, Xew aa4
Obtrivrr.
Doom.. Oct. the 10. '01 I seem
to be in another country to
day. Have left all North Car
oliua lwhin l; but i. is only
seemingly so. When I crossed
the Blue Ridge 1 felt as I hough
that ought to be theline, but
it. i.i not, much to the Uneflt
of the OH Xorth Mate. I nev
er knew before what, rich,
mountain land was. I was of
the opinion that it win rich
vallleys among mountains.
So it is on the east side of
the Ridge, but not so over
here in Watauga. The very
spurs and ridges of theinoun
tains are as fertile almost us
the bottom lands. The whole
country, mountain, hill und
dal, is densely wooded. In
many places theivey and lau
rel thicket remind one forci
bly of our eastern swamps.
When cleared, it is productive
in the highest degree. Timo
thy and herd grass grow
breast, high on the slopes and
even to the top of the moun
tain. Without the ue of any
fertilizers Irish potatoes, cub
bage, squash onions and al
most every gaiden truck is
raised anywhere you see fit
to plant. I have seen farms
that raise sixty bush'-ls of
corn to the acre this year,
that have been under eultiva
tion for forty years. The peo
ple here say they can supply
the whole South with hay and
cabbage, if they only had a
railroad on which to ship it.
Really it appears so, for you
can readily see the whole face
of the earth will bring forth
all that can stand upon it.
Just imagine a cabbage field
of several acres, way up on
the slope of a high mountain
with the lipids standing so
thick that it appearsone sol
id cabbage head. A corn field,
the corn standing thicker
than it does on our eastern
bottom lands, while between
each row lies hundreds of
bus'iels of the finest Irish po
tatoes you ever. saw. This,
"mine eyes have beheld and
not another."- Why it is that
a raihoad is not built from
Wilkesboro to Boone, being
only 37 miles, I cannot imag
ine. Winston, Greensboro,
Durham, Raleigh, Fyettville
and Ooldsboro would have
saved enough in the past five
years, on the one article of
hay alone, to have built the
road and equipped it. They
have been payingeighteen to
twenty dollars per ton for
wry inferior hay, while the
very finest ever produced sells
here for four to five dollars.
But I have forgotten that
I was writing f;r the Odd
Fellow's column, and must
leave this, to me, interesting
subject, for some other time.
My reception in Wutauga by
the brethren and the people!
generally, has been of the
most cordial nature. Boone
Lodge , No. 5, gave a picnic
today to which everybody
was invited. ( Considering l he
fact that people are quite
busy here at this Reason, and
that next week is court week
when everybody comes to
town, we had u good attend
ance. Visiting brethren came
from Zionville, Snow and
Montezuma Lodges, and af
ter assembling in the Lodge
C, THURSDAY,
room, th profession was
formed under the marshal
phip of brethren Dr. .1. M.
Phillips and Capt. .1. I'. Mc
(Ihee. We were marched from
the Lodge room to the court
house, where a fine audience
of ladies and gentlemen had
assemblfd. Bro. J. F. Spain
hour, D. I)., . M., '.qtoned
the meeting and introduced
your humble scribe, win tried
to entertain them for about
forty i..;nutes, in his humhl;
way, representing the chiims
of our beloved Order. After
he concluded Bro. Spainhour
again arose and gave an ear
nest, practical talk in behalf
of the Order, winding up by
inviting everybody to dinnwr
in the grove near by. We
were then taken to the tables,
where every thing good for
the inner man had been pro
vided. Ample justice being
done in this line, we were te
ken back and dismissed. It
is to be hoped that a good
inipiessica was made for the
Order in this section by what
was said and done to-day I
shall visit. Zionville Lodge,
No VJl,o!i Mondiy night,
nr. i Smnv, No. 131, on Tues
day night next, returning to
i'.ooin; Wednesday evening,
wh.'ii I will wind up the ball
for 1 his county and start back
to Lenoiron Thursday. Meet
ing with Lenoir Thursday
night and instituting a new
Li lgoat Newton on Friday
night, I hope to reach home
by the time your readers
have finished thb uninterest
ing epistle.
You can put it down for
sure that success awaits Odd
Fellowship in the extreme
western port ion of the State.
Fraternally,
B. II. Woodell
To Bo a Good Jfeljrhbor.
To be a really good neigh
bor de.nands the possession
of many excellent qualities
tact, temper, discernment
and consideration of other
people's feelings; and if we
possess all, or some of these
qualities, innumerable and
never-ending are the benefits
we may confer on each lther.
and a great deal of pleasure
will be the result. But, be
cause we are neighbors, we
need not necessarily be
close friends. We may be;
friendly enough to enjoy the
pleasure of doing them little
kindnesses and receiving the
same in return. Being kind
ly disposed to a:l ny no means
implies that our house is to
b open from morning till
night to visitors The typi
cally good natured person,
who is at every one's beck
and call, is likely to be gteat
ly i m pt sed u i ion and to plea se
no one really; one must be
able to sav "No." and de-
dine being made use of by
every one. Ne-v York ledg
er. The Asheville Citizen: The
Mountain Home-Journal de
clares that it is not a repub
lican newspaper, thatitisnot
a democratic newspaper, that
t is not an alliance newspa
per, that it is not a third
party newspaper. In fact, up
to the present moment it is
emphatically the great
"What is it?" Until it proves
itself to be something the
public is entitled to look up
on it us the great 0 of Amer
ican journalism.
OCTOlJElt. 29. 1801.
ltVoa'i Bof Hf area.
i oLtxims, Ohio, Oct. lo.-Jer-ry
Simpson of Kansas, in an
interview as to his impres-sion-
of the jM)litir,i situa
tion in Ohio, said bethought
the People's pary movement
would snow great strength
in the election He said:
"The ticket will receive not
less than 1 ."0,000. Why do
I think so? Well, the fact
that you havethe Australian
ballot law will help the Peo
ple's party very much. It will
do it in this way: Many peo
ple are ashamed to votewith
a new and weak party that
is, they are ashamed to be
known as joining hands with
it, though its principles are
theirs. In the Australian bal
lot system these voters have
the cloak of secrecy thrown
over their actions at the
polls. We will get tratiy votes
of this kind."
A to Oov.Oanipbell's and
Major McKinley's chance for
election, Mr Simpson said:
"Major McKinley is a man
against whom nothing can
be said personally, and he
has apparently the entire
support of his party. In this
he undoubtedly has the ad
vantage to some extent of
Gov. Campbell, but last year
there was a great defection
of farmers and workingmen
from the Republican party
because of thetarif.
"It was a great reaction.
There has been nothing since
then to stop this reaction.
1 think it will be more prD
n oil need in its results this
year than it was last year.
On the whole, I think Gov.
Campbell's chances areslight
1y better than Major McKin
ley's, but it is going to be
very close.
"It was a mistake for he
People's party to go into
politics in Ohio this year,
and I told them so nt fiinein
natti. They should havethor
oughly organized the Alli
ance first. To begin nn at
tack with raw recruits is to
invite defeat always.'
Retiir. ing Home from the Anny.
A two-horse wagon con:
taining ten persons passed
t h r ou gh Sa 1 i s bu ry y es terd ay ,
and one of them told quite
an interest ing story. The peo
ple in the wagon were W. M.
Uanady, his wife, mother-in-law
and seven children, their
destination being Americns,
Ga., the native home of the
man. Twenty-eight years a
go Mr. Gunady enlisted in the
Confederate army and went
to Virginia, sei ving until the
conflict ended. A''er the war
he married near Madison
Court House, Va., remaining
there ever since. He always
had a desire to return to his
home, but never could save
enough money from his wages
as a laborer to pay expenses
of the trip, and hnsjest man
aged to get enough together
by the sale of personaleffecta
and economy to purchase his
team. This being done the
dreams of almost h life time
were realized and the family
started out to make the trip
1,200 uiles over land by
wagon. Mr. Canady has in
herited some la nd in Georgia
and will make that State his
home now. Salisbury Her
ald. KOR DVSPKPSI A, .
Indigestion, uid Stomach disor ters; ue8
. BROWN'S IRON B1TTHR8.
All dcalera keep it, II per bottle. Genuine hai
trade-mark and craned red lint ub wrapper-
NO. i24
Hamptoa Out of Poll tiff
Baltimore, Oct. 21.-l!x-United
States Senator nnl
General Wade Hampton i
visiting in this city; He sayg
he is out of politics and in
tends, for the future, to re
main in the background. The
Farmers' alliance, he said, is"
rapidly disintegrating in the:
south, and within the next
four years will completely
disappear, to live only in the?
memory of those who have
been beneflfl by the up
heaval. "This a ill be the case not
only in South Carolina, but
throughout the whole South.
1 he people are rapidly awa
kening to the absurdity of
the demands that the organ
ization has promulgated, and
are gradually dropping off
and forswearing all allegi
ance to the alliance. In my
own State the governor, who
was elected by the sentiment
that secured my defeat for
re-election to the Senate, has
already broken away, in a
great measure, from the alli
ance measures, and is cater
ing, in his administration of
the affairs of the State, to
the conservative and better
thinking element.
"The uprising was founded
on demagogy and fanaticism,
and therefore cannot have
long existence. More over,
the history of this country
has shown that no secret pd
litical organization can live
long or retain any lasting
hold on the public. We are
too conservative a people,
and too fair-minded in our
judgment of right and wrorfg
in popular government to
peimitany sway by secret
societies. In my opinion it is
folly for any one in this coun
try to enter into a contro
versy with a farmers' alli
ance adherent on the sub
treasury plan. The measure
is so palpably wrong on its
face as to make it absurd to
all who have the prosperity
and welfare of the coun try at
heart. It can never become
a law until passed by Con
gress, and its absurdity will
prevent this, no maitter how
much demagogues may urge
its enactment. This feature
of the alliance has never beern
fully accepted in the South,
and I have too much confi
dence in our people to think
it ever will be."
rolk i Not the Arliancc.
The editor is an out-and-out
Allianceman himself, but
does not regard Colonel Polk
as the Alliance itself; there
fore when this paper presumes
to criticise the political bear
ings of the colonel proper or
any of his emissaries, it
should not be regarded a
aimed at the order in any
sense. Xo offense whatever
is designed or intended for"
that body as a whole, when
Polk is justly held up as a
fixed mark for the lash of
censure, Caswell News.
Bristol Courier: "Do not
swear. There is no occasion:
to swear outside of a print
ing office. II. is useful in proof
reading and indispensible in
getting forms to press, and
has been known to assist in
looking over the paper when
it is printed, but otherwise it
is a very disgusting habit'