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Boone, X. C.
Kesident Physician. Oflice
on King Street north of Post
Ollice.
E.F. LOYILL
Attokney At Law,
Boone X. C.
DIl. L. C. BEEVES.
PHYSICIAN AND SlKUKON
Office at Residence.
1500110, X. C.
L. I). LOWK,
Attomsy at Law
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XOTAIIV PUBLIC,
li ANXKIt S ELK. X.
C.
S A Willi
J. 1 11 tJU'K
DENTIST,
KI.K l'AKK, SOUTH CAHOLISA.
Oilers his professional services
t.) til.' people t Mit tu II,
Wotniiiiiv iml adjoining coiin
ties.iWAo Lad mat vial used
ami all Yorkx!Mr;niUwlr&
M.iy 1 1 y.
J, V. fiOBFDEW,
ATTOllXhYAl LAW,
MAU10N,
X.C.
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Will practice in the courts ot
Wat mii-;ii,. she, Mitchell,. McDow
ell nnd all other coin tics in the
western Jistrict SdTSpmal atten
tion .iveii to the collection of
diiiniK."
Ed 10. Madron,
DKNTALSUIKJKOX.
loscoe. Xortli Candiua.
Offers his professional services
to the people of this nnd adjoin
ins counties. All woi k prompt ly
done and satisfaction gunran
teed. Oet, 27, mo.
N( (TICK.
Hotel Property for Sale.
On account of failing health
of myself and w ife, I offer for sale
my hotel pro wit v in the town ot
lioone, North Carolina, and will
sell low for cash and inafce terms
to suit the buyer, and will take
real or jMTSoual property in ex
change. Apply soon.
W. L. ItlfVAN.
Sotke.
For tale. 900 acres of hind,
on Kich Mountain, Wiitauga
County, on which is ashestos,
nnd line land for sheep ranch.
Sales private. L. I). Lowp iV:
J. T. Furiierson, Ex tis. of
Airs. A. I. ( alloway, dml.
Ihinner Flk, Xiv. 1? 'S)0..
Money to loan.
Persons wishing to bor
row money, who can secure
it by morigage on good real
estsite, can beuccomniodated
by applying to -J.F.
Spa inhour, Boone X. 0.
or A. J. d itcher, Hoi ton X. U.
4. 24.
- KOIKE.
Parties putting papers in
my hand for execution will
ple ise advance the fees with
the papei-8 and they will re
ceive prom pt attention, other
wise they will he returned
not executed for the want of
fees. D. F. Baiud Shff.
WASHINGTON" LETTEU
From oui Regular Correspondent.
Tht jealousy between Mr.
Harrison a ii 1 Secret a rv
M. ..11.11 n.,iur- M.1 .1.1.
times. The latest statement
by the friends of Mr. Bluiri"
is, that if Mr. Harrison had
hHn content to wait48hours
for the arrival of Mr. Blaine,
instead of himself hurriedly
prepaiing the demand made
of the Chilian junta, the ad
ministration would not to
djiy he in its present awk
ward predicament. They eon
tend that Mr. Blaine would
have drawn up thedocutnent
f that the Chilians would
hiive louud it impossible to
have answered in themanner
they did that of Mr. Harri
son, and charge that Mr.
Harrison's reason for hurry
ing the matter was that he
thought to obtain some pop
ularity by posing jis t h e
champion nf American inter
ests abroad which might oth
erwise have gone to his Sec
retary of SUite.
Speculation as to the out
come of the Chilian difficulty
is the principal occupation of
a good many people, in Wash
iugton sit this time, and not
a few of them, including ul
the officers in t he Xavy, where
promotion is slow in time of
pence, are heartily wishing
for war, notwit htdnndingour
poorly prepared condition for
wir, even with a weak power
like t hili. Secretary Tracy
numirs mat tne men or our
new vessels are properly pre
pared to fight and that some
thing is lacking in either the
equipment or armement of
every one of them; besides,
we w ould find it very difficult
to maintain a fleet in Chilian
waters without a single coal
ing station in that section of
the world. However, it is not
probable, although possible,
that we shall go to war with
Chili. Senor Montt, tlr Chil
ian Minister here, is confident
that an agreement mutually
satisfactory will be reached
after his government has fin
ished the investigation it is
making into the fight of the
mo'), but advices from Chili
do not indicate that suvh an
opinion is entertained there.
Republicans admit t h a t
Mr. Blaine would like very
much to get Minister Egan
out of Chili, being fully satis
fied that he made a mistake
in sending him there, but
they say he will not be recall
ed while t he relati on1 between
the two countries are in such
a strained condition as at
present, unless it shall be de
termined by the administra
tion to break off all diplo
matic relation with Chili, and
that will not be done unless
it becomes absolutely neces
sary in order to maintain
the position Jissumed by the
administration in its origi
nal demand upon Chili.
.lust a little more than 4
500, 000 of the matured
per cent bonds sue now out
standing, and not far from
ten per cent of them are in the
hands of the U. S. Treasurer
to, secure parts of thecircula
ticin of less than dozen na
tional banks. These banks
have been requested to have
these boi.ds extended at two
per ctttit, which would make
will persist in saying does' toM,. to meet thenpprop, j.
not exist, crops out at nlltiMi of Jhe Jnlhon dollar
thftn ' available as security
(for their circulation, nnd'
.which would also please Se-
! ri tary I'nstor, inasmuch as
; it would'nicon fsevt rnl huii-
i i.i ii ii !p'i,l ' oiil.icin fs or party
died thousand dollars mote. . . ,, ., '
Congres
Tin- Xaval Court of
r.v into the loss'of tin
Inqui
U. S.
Disp-itch has been holding
daily sittings here for nearly
ii week, but theamount of ae
trial information it has brou
ght out might easily have
been developed in a sittingof
one hour. Briefly stated the
testimony of those on the
boat is all to the effe.-t that
the vessel was lost because
Lieut. Xoel, Mio executive of
ficer, changed the sailing or
ders of the commander, Lieu
tenant Cowles, after he had
retired, sin 1 that the change
was justifiable because ji light
which should have s h o w n
white, from a lighthouse, ap
peared to bored which indi
cated that it was aboard of
it ceitain lightship. The most
amusing incident connected
with inquiry was when a
batch of sailors, who had t;er
ved on the Despatch, were
brought before the court and
afler having the sworn state
ment of the Commander read
to them, were asked if that
satement was correct. Of
course 'iveryhody knew wlmt
the answer would be. These
men are still in the navy, and
none of them would be fool
ish enough to contradict any
statement madeby an officer,
even if they knew to a cer
tainty that the statement
was incorrect, which, please
understand, it is not my in
tention to even intimate, not
having any better source of
information than the testi
mony before the court. It is
only the absurdity of expect
ing enlisted men to disagree
with their Commander, to
which attention is called ty
the incident.
Secretary Foster was the
only member of the cabinet
that went on the stump du
ring the State campaigns just
closed.
Since Secretary Blaine's re
turn, Secretory Tracy is no
longer known nr, brevet 'Sec
retary of State.
Bill Nye, in speaking of mar
riagesays: ''Marriage, if not
ciirriea to an excess, is a tvise
provision ami sacred obligii
tion. Marry your opposite
as far as possible, especially
hh regards Hex. You will nev
er regret it. If possib'e mar
ry above your stiition. Both
of you should do this. It is
sure to advance your race.
Don't marry ji foreigner un
less you want to very much
indeed. Do n o t encourage
long engagements. Itis bet
ter to get weary of fooling a-
round and do it before hand.
Courtship, however, isa most
delightful industry and if pos
sible, should not rashly be
broken in upon by marriage.
Some people seem to be ad mi
rably fitted for suitors, but
fail in other occupations, and
this is very fortunate indeed.
No suitor can be sure of a re
manent situation. The sup
ply exceeds the demand."
Ex.
The !!!. (Ion.
AlliaiHeiii. n wear no paity
collars. If t!iev want to take
part in pa. t.v can. uses, or
ftrt ,(l ()( j)h ni(iU
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.I - DIIVIMIIKIIIK Illf'V It. 'I I" I. fl luil-
oi-ratrandoxons a I),.,no-
. , . . , .
rm t, hut not in Incapacity,
us il Miemlii'l' nf ilwt llli'iiwu
j of , :.. p i,,: '
or an Alliance People's Par
ty man. He may go into
c.iucus, or conference or con
vention of his party, as a
partisan ar.d act as such,
but he cannot do so as an
Allianceman or as represen
tative of the Order. He has
no right to speak ha the Al
liance, in such a body. In
deed the Alliance itself could
not elect and send him into
such a meeting without vio
lating oil" of its fundamen
tal principles, lie can speak
only as ji part isati in such a
body and for his party. He
c;;!i have no authority to
speak for tin? Alliance, no
mailer what his position olli
ciall., may be. Protfies.s'm'
'tinner.
Alliance Affair.
Mr. Marion Butler, editor
of the Clinton Cauejisian and
president the Xorth Caro
lina State Alliance, arrived
in the city yesterday even
ing, accompanied by Mr. S.
Oiho Wilson, of Kaleigh, rep
resentative of the Alliance
State Business Agency. They
registered at The Orton last
night and will leave this
morning for Maxton, where
Mr. Butler goes to deliver an
address and organize an Alli
ance bureau for this (the
Sixth) Congressional dis
trict. Messrs Butler nnd Wilson
came to Wilmington on the
Wilmington and Weldon rail
road from Warsaw, where a
bureau w as organized for t in
Third Congressional District,
with Senator (J. W. Wilson,
of Moore county, as presi
dent. The president of -i bu
reau is also ex-officio the let
tmer in his district.
Mr. Bull"!- was seen at The
Orton by a Messenger repor
ter last night and he stated
that bureaus have now been
organized in every Congres
sional district in the State,
with the exception of the
Sixth district which will be
organized today. The organ
ization of these bureaus, he
explains, is to systematize
the work of the Alliance
throughout the State. There
Jire State bureaus and coun
ty bureaus and with the dis
trict bureaus, President But
ler says it places him in el
bow touch with the Farmers'
Alliance throughout Xorth
Carolina.
At Warsaw yesterday Pres
ident Butler had a conference
with the leading Alliancemen
of t hatsection.and lastnight
he held a conference at The
Orton w ith Alliance men from
this and other counties who
are now visiting the city.
President. Butler states that
there arc now 2,351 sub-Alliances
in Xorth Carolina, with
a membership of over 100,
000. Wilminr ton .tfessen-ger.
Mr CWrl4 0.l..i..n.
Youk, Nov. I. Fx -
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!ux;s. of V, ,ur,c rv.Vyor.e
! has a right to put hi. own
fit i itkli.i J-i t V ..I....1 I f..l
""rln" no" "',01! th.'n'hult.
nnd I nm hot urinous to no
t,.u,k, mv i(()H ,,lt u s,.ms
to iiic some t lungs ought to
bo no longer doubtful. Any
man who still thinks that
tariff reform is i si tiled ami
obsolete isue, or that the
importune" of sound and safe
money is a question upon
which people can be blinded,
is either willfully wrong or
dangerously dull. It seems
la me that Democrats ought
to be satislied that.a staunch
adherence to the principles
of their paity does not re
quire a base oft hose who show
an iueliuat ion to help us. I
very much regret the defeat
of Governor Campbell. He
has be n a brave and honest
oftirial. This and the snlen-
did canvass he made entitled
him to sii'-eehs. While the
election of Flower, Bussell
ami Boies ought to cause re
joicing ji noiig .Democrats,
they should not forget th rt
with these things conies an
obligation fo be true to the
people, honest in the advo
cacy of our principles and de
cent in all things.
In his report to the State
Allianee. Secretary Ba r n e s
said: The condition of the or
tier from last August ha sheen
A t ft
sreatiuy progressive an over
the State, with the exception
of a few counties where parti
san politics has been the ru
ling spirit nnd has been car
ried into the Alliance--in these
there has been a backward
movement. This was the of
ficial report of t he secretary
of the order, and is stated (lis
passionately as a fact. It
proves what the Chmnielehas
always contended, viz: that
the alliance would be strong
-ind useful just so long as it
refrained from partisan poli
tics, but win n il becjtme a, po
litical party or secured the
organization of a political
party, as has been attempt
ed by some in the organiniza
tion of the People's party, it
would sound its death knell.
leitfh t liroiiicler
AMES OWXKRPHIP.
There can be no objection
to foreigners who buy small
quantities of hind with the
expectation of b e c o m i u g
good and loy.-d citizens. But
foreign capitalists must be
held in check.
In America aliens own a
bout l.",2,000.000 acres of
our land in fee simple. They
own other mortgaged indebt
edness of our people to theex
tent of three billions of dol
lars. At least, the incomeof
this land c.jinnot be less than
,000,000; the interest on
the other indebted news aggre
gate $1 ."0,000,000, making
in all SlGG.OOO.OdO, ami all
this must be paid in gold.
The gold productions of our
mines for 1800 was $32,845-
000, or .ifl32.155,000 less
than enough to pay our in
terest account.
If nothing else was wrong
this would eventually ruin
what ought to be the best
country on earth. Progress
ive Farmer.
j A aruiv.l of IM.hiJ.
! Xasiiviu.k.Ti nn., Nov. :i
jdeotgiaiu. Ala., has within
! 1 1,,t I'st sixty days b, m the
. . , . ...
rvtiient.i series til norrihie
.murders, the first being the
killing of Joseph L. Toni t, a
prominent merchant, w h o
was shot down in his store
by negroes. This crime was
followed in ji short time by
the murder of ji man named
Dunn. Last night the seiiet
of crimes was capped by the
brutal murder of Jonah Shep
pard and wife, a couple of
highly esteemed people resid
ing two miles from town.
The murdered people were
quite old, having a number
of children, a'l of whom have
attained their majority. The
bodies of the murdered coup
le were horribly butchered,
the crime having apparently
been committed with nn axe.
The trunks and drawers in
the house were pillaged. The
axe was fou.-.d in the front
yard thirty yards from the
house with blood on it. Seventy-five
dollars were found
the murderers did not get.
T'io people jire in a state of
frenzy and ji largo force of
men have been patrolling in
search of the murders. In
formation of the crime lias
bH'ii trlegra plied to the Gov
ernor nnd he has offered a
large reward for the capture
of the perpetrators.
Wit anil Wisdom.
Riches for the most part
Jire hurtful to those who pos
sess them.
The married man ismaking
fairly good progress when he
is able to hold his own.
Man's love for his sweet
heart is often two-thirds jeal
ousy of some other- fellow.
Whenever you find a man
who says that honesty does
not pay, it is a sign that he
has never tried it.
The author who wrote the
lines -'There is beauty in eld
Jige," probably never tack
led iin over-nursed egg.
Tommy "What part of
speech is 'woman?" Papa
''Woman is no part of speech
at all, my son. She is all of
it."
The man who will complain
that a twenty-mimrteserinon
is too long, will sit hnlf-n-dny
watching a couple or chess
players make two moves.
Proof positive "I tell you
Harris, 1 am getting old."
Nonsense, old chap, non
sense! Why you arenotrnore
than two years tnder than I
am.
Grandpa ''I om surprised
that it did not rain last night,
as my corns .oched like the
mischief." lorn nr. v B u t
Grandpa, you can't expect
that the weather will be al
ways regulating itself by your
corns.
If a man spends the money
he ought to save to pay his
debts, when he knows very
veil he can only pay hisdebts
by saving, he may give what
he buys right nnd left with
an open hand, and it 'sill be
to his own shame.
An old woman asked a sail
or where her cow hud gone.
The sailor replied "Gone to
the devil, for what I know."
"Well, as you iire going that
way," said the old woman,
"I just wish you would let
down the bars."