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emocr 6T cObtU VOL 4 rilfrt'lXSlOXAL. W. I?. COUNCIL!,, Jit. Attoiixkv at Lay. Boono, X. C. W. H. COL'XCILL, M. I). Boone, X. C. Resident Physic-inn. Office on Kins Street nort h of Post Oflice. E. F. LOVILL Attokxey At Law, Boone X. C. I)K. L. C. REEVES. Physician and SruoKox Office at Residence. Iloono, X. C. L. D. LOWE, Attorney at Law -AXD- NOTAIIY PUIIIAC, BANNER'S ELK. X. C. J. i. WILBAR-, DENTIST, ELK PARK, NORTH CAK0L1XA. Offers his professional sen-ires to the people ot Mitchell, Watnuirn. and adjoining coun- tios.6JATo la (1 mateial used mid all work guaranteed. May 1 1 y J, F. H05F1IHW, ATTORNEY Al LAW, MAK10X. N. C. -(G)- Will practice in the minis ot Y atauga, Aslie, Aliuiieil, MeUow ell aul all other counties in the western istrict."3rSpecinl at ten tionriven to the collection of claims." Ed III Madron, DENTAL SURGEON, loscoe. North Caixdina. Offers his professional services to the people of this and adjoin ing counties. All work .troniptiv done and satisfaction guaran teed, Oct, 27, 3 mo. NOTICE. Hotel Property for Sale. On account of failing health of myself and wife, I offer for Bale my hotel propei-tv m the town ot Boone, North Carolina, and will sell low for cash and make terms to suit the buyer, and will take real or personal property m ex change. Apply soon. W. L. Wan. Notice. For sale. 900 ncresof land, on Rich Mountain, Watauga County, on which is asbestos, and fine land for sheep ranch. Sales private. L. I). Lowe & J. T. Furjrerson, Ex'trs. of Mrs. A. P. Calloway, deed. Banner Elk, Nov. IP '90.. Honey to loan. Persons wishing to boi row money, who can secure it by mortgage on good real estate, 'an be accommodated by applying to J.F. Spainhour, Boone N. C. or A. J. Critcher, Horton N. C. 4. 24. NO! ICE. Parties putting papers in my hand for execution will please advance the lees 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. Baikd Shff. IIOOXE. WATAUGA WASHINGTON' LETTER From onr EegnUr Correspondent Hon. . lames (. Blaine, the acknowledged dictator of the next republican Presidential nomination, ban solved n rounundrum which for sever al months puzzled the peo ple of this country, by re turning to Washington and resuming his long neglected duties as Secretary of State; but there is another problem which is yet to be solved does he come as a friend or an enemy of Mr. Benjaman Harrison? Some of Mr. Blaine's friends insist that he will again be the nominee of his party and that it is his intention to so shape things luring the next few months as to compel Mr. Hairison to abandon the dearest de sire of his heart bv announc ing that he will not allow his name to go before the nex republican convention; but your correspondent does not ueiieve that Air. uarnson has any idea of surrendering the lend he has already se cured by bar tei of appoint ments for delegates to that convention, and which he hopes to increase by thelarge number of important ap pointincnts now at his dis posa1, which are undoubted ly being delayed for the ex press purpose of obtaining additional Ilan ison dele- gates. Six months ago Mr. Blaine could easilv have car ried our such a plan, but Mi Harrison hasmadesuch good use of the absence of the man from Maine that it will be very difficult if not impossi Die now. uno thing is very certain, if appearances count for anything, and that is, that Mi. Blaine's health will not interfere with his enter ing the field as a candidate. Jut around the corner from Mr. Blaine's house there was Saturday and Sunday domiciled another man from Maine, who less than two years ago was a rival for pop ularity in the republican par ty ot Air. I5iaine. ins name is Thomas B. Reed, more pop larly known during the life of the billion-dollar Con gress as Czar Reed. He did not call to pay his respects either to Mr. Blaine or Mr- Harrison. Senator-elect Palmer, of Il linois, has in a published in terview, given eastern demo crats something to think a- bout. He said: "The fact that the elections next week may change the whole cur rent of speculation, makes it. vain to engage in political prophecy now. I am hopeful, however, of democratic suc cess. It appears to me be yond question that we will carry Iowa and in my opin ion, success in that State puts another Presidential or Vice- Presidential candidate in the field. Gov. Boies is a man of great intellectuality, and hej has made a most excellent governor. 1 he democracy las done and could do a great many more foolish things than to nominate Gov. Boies. He is admirably sit uated from a geographical point of view, and this is an important factor to be ta COUNTY, ken in consideration. He is much better situated than Gov Russell, who I suppose will be n candidate for the Vice-Presidency if he is re elected in Massachusetts. The alleged investigation by Post olhYe inspectors of the charges madeagainstthe employees of the Baltimore post office by Civil Service Commissioner Roosevelt, which is now supposed to be ftoing on, will not be finished until after the elections, and the result of those elec tions will largely determine what, if any action will bt taken on the report by Mr Wanatnaker. What a bloom ing lot of civil service refor mors these administration fellows are any way. It will not be the fault o the administration if the mob in the streets of Valparaiso, Chili, which resulted in the death of one and the wound ing of several U. S. sailors, is not used to bolster up the waning republican fortunes in the State Campaigns now rapidly drawing to a close. Ever since the official ac count of the mob's actions was received, the cable has been kept hot with messages between J the State depart ment and Minister Egan,and the official atmosphere of Washington has been full of talk about 'demands for ab ject apology,' 'dignity of the Hag,' 'idemnity for the fain ilies of the killed and wound ed sailors.' etc. And there aie men who talk about en forcing these demands just as if we hail a strong naval force in Chilian waters. We have just two vessels there the Baltimore and the San Francisco, and the Boston, which sailed from Vew York Sadurday will be there in sixty days. Had the new ves sels which spent the summer in the neighborhood of the fashionable summer resorts bevn sent to the South At lantic as Mr. Harrison and Secretary Tracy were urged to do, we might, be in a po sition to talk about enforc ing demands, but as things are at present such talk is arrant nonsense. In spite of all sorts of in timidation and threats the amount of money contribu ted by the republican em ployees of the Government departments has been unus ually small this year, and not half of those entitled to vote in Ohio, New York, Iowa and iVlassaehusettHj will go home to vote. This is sig nificant. These people expect that a democratic President will be elected next year and hev deem it good policy not to take too active a part in oolitics. 'No, sir, I do not need to be- ong to any such alliance. It can do me no good. I need no office. have no axe to grind. Iamget ting to be an old man, and I have seen things like this come up many a time, and 1 have seen them run by men who had noth ing in common with a sure enough farmer. I believe in farmers com Lining, but I do not believe being run by a miserable set of old hacks who wiil fleece the farmers just as the carpet bagger did the negroes at the cloBe of the war. Maj. Drewry, a Virginia farmer on the alliance. N O, THURSDAY, For D-uxxTtie Farmer, iiherllle Citlien. A newspaper having the good of the whole countv sin eerely at heart, and asanun mixed advocate of democra I ic principles, the Citizen feels called upon to stir a few culm deliberate, and unvarnished words to the thoughtful, hon est democratic fanners o Buncombe, and W. X. C. In tha outset the Citizen a. knowledges freely and frank ly, that t'lefarmingelass now have, and have had, during the past twenty-five years, the most unjust and iniqui tons burdens heaped -lpon them. They have been per sistently and unfeelingly rob bed by thegovernment whose duty it was to give them an equal chance with every oth er class, and they have been deceived by the politcians whosoughtand received their votes. As a consequence, the condition of the farmer, as a class, is most deplorable. The grievances are numerous and sore. They have a right to demaud relbf, and in all hon esty and fairness, their de mands should be granted. But who has controlled the govenmen and madethelaws by which the farmer has been robbed ami crushec". down by these burdens too grievous to be borne? This is a most serious ques tion. The farmer has been wronged, deeply wronged and by somebody? Who is that somebody ? It is that aggre gation of individuals compo sing the political party which has had control of the gov ernment and enacted the laws during the generation just be hind us. What party is that? Can any intelligent fanner in Western North Carolina have any doubt as to what political party is responsible for these laws? As a matter of fact, the democratic party has not been responsible for a single nv placed upon the statute books of the United States since the war, except by the consent of the republican par ty. It is also a fact that the democratic party to-day is standing sqarely upon record as favoring every demand the farmers are making for relief, save nndexceptthesub treasury, which would have the government loan the far mer money at two per cent, per annum, when thegovern ment itself can not borrow money at such a rate of inter est. And the government has not a dollar of money, and can not get a dollar of mon ey, unless it oorrows it or taxes the people the farmer included to raise it. The democratic stae plat form in North Carolina last year included every demand of the farmer except the sub treasury scheme. Is there an ntelligent farmer in Western Nort Carolina who thinks that scheme is practical ? Is i th3re an intelligent farmer in Western Norh Carolina who thinks that the federal gov ernment was ever intended to be con verted in to a great loan brokerage establishment? Is there an intelligent farmer who wants the government NOVEMBER. 5, 1891. to do any more for him than to relieve him of the weights that have borne him down, and give him fair chance with every other mm and ev ery other class in the race of life? The Citizen thinks not. And now this serious ques tion is propounded to every farmer. Do yon want to de stroy the democratic party, which lies fought to save you from the wrongs which the republican party has been hea ping upon you for the past twenty-five years, and create a third party, simply because the democratic party will not say it endorses thesub-treas ury scheme? It favorsevery other demand. Will the farmers think seri ously and honestly of these things? If so, the Citizen is certain that their conclusion will be right. The News and Observer has the following: The Financial Chron icle says that the farm products will i on this year as follows: Corn two thousand sixty millions of bushels as against one thou sand, four hundred and eighty nine millions last year, a gain of nearly six hundred millions of bushels. Wheat six hundred mill ions of bushels ns nguinst four hundred millions last year again of two huudred millions of bush els, bring the largest crop ever made in this country. Every thing else is in the same propor tion. The result will necessarily be to throw a large surplus on the market, and there would be correspondingly low prices were it not that the crops in Europe have tailed. Thisgivtsns a fine market tor our food products. It is to be observed that those men who complain that agricul ture has not advanced like man ufacturing has in this country are not wise counsellors, lhe truth is our farm crops are in ex cess of our home demands, and we have to look abroad for a mar ket. When there is a failure of crops abroad, our surplus finds ready sale; but when there is on ly a small foreign demand, our surplus products beardown prices The political situation in North Carolina is such as to require the exercise of pru dence and caution. The News and Observer has been a faith full watchman and has warn ed the people of the move ment that has been in prog ress to prejudice the Demo cratic people against theDem ocratic party and to lead thetn off into a third organi zation, in opposition to Dem ocracy. This project having een made known and being recognized by leading Alli ancemeu in different parts of the State, it only reinainsfor them to exert their influence as Alliancemen among their neighbors to check the drift and to defeat the plans of those who would divide the people and disintegrate the Jemocratic party united we stand divided we fall. News and Observer. Rich men have a good deal of fun in making their wills; but the heirs have a good hal more in breaking them. And its wonderful how many heirs a man had that he nev er heard of. They nop up be hind every stone wall, all cocked and primed, to prove that tbe old fellow who did not leave them anything, was a stark, staring maniac,-New lork Herald. NO. 13, THE THIRD PABTT. Wllmlartoa Xewmg-er. It is announced from Ral eigh that the farmers'allianoe men the leaders, so called, we suppose, mean to put a third party in the field in N. C. in 1892. This is said to be determined upon. By whom, we have not learned; If this policy is pursued it, will be ruinous, and to no class more than to thegreat farm ing class. If we were to be asked which class would suffer most in case of the perpetuity of the republican party and its com ing into control in national affairs, we would without hes i tancy -the la rmer. If we w ere to say which class would feel it most in case of a return to power in North Carolina of the old radical gang that bankrupted North Carolina and were guilty of so many monstrous outrages upon the people, we would be forced to say the farmer. All along since the third par'y scheme was set afoot by the republican tricksters in the north west the Messen' gerhaa sought to prevent it in North Carolina by appeal ing to the reason of our read ors. it is as plain as the sun at noonday that if the demo cratic vote is divided that the radicals will carry North Carolina. There are 175,000 democrat ic voters in North Carolina, bufi not more than 145,000 fan be counted on to vote, if so many. Thenlliance claim1 90,000 members, we believe. Of these we may well believe that 50,000 will not follow the northwestern third party started in the interest of the republican party. The game is to divide and capture the South. The radicals have 110,000 negro and 20,000 white votes total 130,000. They can ''whoop up their crowd" in twenty-four hours. The whites can not do it in two months hard work. The republicanscan count on 125- 000 votes if they are anima ted and cheered by the inspi ration of hope. Let them see a good chance of victory and a grab at the spoils and they will rally as one man. The democrats with a vote of some 145,000 will be divi ded. There will be say 40. 000 third party men. Add the 50,000 alliancemen who will not follow the leadership of the Polk set into disrupting the old party to the demo crats, and we have a total of 100,000 democrats. The re publicans can have a plain, clean unmistakble walk-over. Less than a hundred years ago England was so infested with robbers of the road that highwaymen abounded, and everybody who traveled re alized that they were at the mercy of the next foot pad they might meet.Itisgettinar almost as bad as that in this country. Not a week passes but the telegraph brings an account of some railroad train held up, and either ex press messengers or the pas sengers despoiled. It is an odd development. Mr. Gat ling ought to invent some light ordiancefor trams to carry that would sweep the robbers away with the force of a cyclone. News and Obser ver.