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1'RUf-LSSIOXAL.
W. R.COl NC1LL, Ju
Attorney at La v.
Iloohe, n. r.
w. p.. cofncill. m. i).
Roolle, N. l
Resident I'll vsitiiin. Oilice
n King Street north ofl-t
Oiiioe.
E.F. LOULL
Attokxi:v At I . aw,
Rootie X. F.
I)K. L. ('. REEVE;'.
I'uvMt iax and Si"itfjr:o.
Cffice at Residence.
Roone, N. ('.
L. I). LOWE,
Altamay at Lnv
-AXP-
XOTMIV PUBLIC,
RAXXER'S ELK, X.
KMi PAUK.NOKTII CAltOMXA.
Oflcrshirt professional services
to the people ot Mitchell,
Wfitii mill ialjoining coiin
tit's.rTAo l iul mutt'inl used
stud .ill vorku;ir;inU-ed.-l
M y 1 1 y.
A'lTUUXLYAl LAW,
MARION,
X. ('
(.)-
Will practice in the cnmts ol
Y1 til MilSl. AslK'.MIlclH'ir, ICUOH-
11 Mini nil oilier com lien iii t;i
Afsicrn hshht vJ" ecial al it ii
tion iiwa tu t l-o cv..le(.iio;; c.
tliiiniH,"-
Ed IE Hrcn,
DENTAL SrUfiKoX,
poscoe, Xovth ).' ;'.' -i.
Off.Ts liis professional hwv:-"
to the people of thin oud adjoin
big counties. All work ai omptjy
lone aii-.l satisfaction guanoi
teed.
Oct, 27, a nit).
XOTICK.
Hotel Properly for Sale.
On nccmnit tf failing liealtli
of myself and wife, 1 oiler for side
my hotel property in the town ol
lioone, North Carolina, and wil!
-lell low for cash and make teiiu.s
to suit -tli buyer, an I will take
real o.' persona! property in ex
change. Apply noon.
W. L. Hkyax.
Xotice.
For sale. 000 aerosol" land,
on Uieh Mountain, Watauga
County, on which isnshestos,
nml lino laud for sheep ranch.
Sales private. L. I). Lowe &
I. T. 1' iirgersou, 1 3x t i h. ol
Mrs. A. P. Callownv, deed.
Runner Elk, Xtiv. it TH)..
xoiifi:.
Prtrties. put ting papers in
tny hand for execution will
jile imp, acl v since the tecs wit h
the papers and they will re
ceive prompt attention, other
wise they will he returned
not executed for the w ant of
fees. D. F. Raikd Siiff.
ftior- B tot h t mffc f iMirt H
(iiMHtivltt.: rt-v,. .i ,i vi-ik i. r i. li.-drr,
jua ti?y u a te'.kc hi iiaxh. tut we inn
f.i. h v mi"'' '' l""n ftum 6 to
V1U a liny in"
id mn
:;l lii LAt;S Atldrei, at oor,
S. IU., IvklLAiU, llUk.
down from overwork or r.r.iehoiii cu:.
Brown's Iron Hitters ftw!
fyatero, aids dig'-stioa. reuiovcs cxiti ti Lo.
uil cure uialn. Ovt Uio genuine.
(.''fj f; ? on. B.'lli '. an rt. 1 tt" pl
- i tJs ..'.ti:t( fli veur ttmt;,ir rc linmienM milr to
WASHINGTON LETT Kit.
V. ta e l.- T.ciular e-poi1..I.
Spe.-iu' r 'n.-: liiio- !fa
.aiii. niei I he hen rah ft!i"
Iloux' liein r ad. , i is e.-
;"t-tei llat the House viil
nl,V It' il'll to eet (o'. ii to th"
i
st'ii; '.is I 'tidiness tif the ws
ision. The lepuhiicaiis are
iu.akiaA n.ii'h of Mr. M it's
j ha via,; declined to serve as
jt hairinaii of the t'oaiinitti'e
joii (.'aaaieit-e, and they have
i made that the bans for .i lt
: of i ii' k and hull stoi -iesaliotif
j hi iiitendin: to antagonize
ion the floor of the House the
i vparat" tariff hills that nray
I je reported from the W ays
land Means t-oinmit tee. Mr.
Mills f too rooin ilea.oerat
proved hy lonrand arduo.is
service, to antagonize any
ji'ilicy that may he adopted
hy a deinocratie eaiicus. and
there is litth tloilht that a
caucus will noon he held
for the purpose of outlining
the party policy tlurinij: the
session.
It is prohahle that a joint
caui us of thedeiiiocratieSeii
atois and Representatives
will he held tt) discuss the
Chilian .orrespondence and
Mr. Harrison's message t here
on. 'he message is lengthy
and the correspodence and
a eomiianying document vol
umiiKHi.--, ami Senators and
Members are chary ofcxpivs
sing ti!inions for publication
until they have had an op
portunity to carefully study
and digest them. It is hoped
and believed that Congiess
will act as a ut it when it
does act. Foreigners should
be made to understand that
however much we may differ
on matters of internal gov
ernment we stand shoulder
to shoulder as united Ameri
cans on all matters pertain
iug to the foreign policy of
the United States, and every
body should ad-ipt the mot
to of the renowned patriot,
"My country; may it always
he right, hut right, or wrong,
still my country."
Senator Voorhees and Tur
pie have made their fiht !
eainst the confirmation of
Indue Woods, of Indiana, so
vieoj'nus that even therepub
li"an members of the Senate
Judiciary Committee, before
whi:'h the matter now is, have
agreed to await the arrival
of a number of witnesses, bc
lor disposing of thenomina
tion. Tliecliargi'sinvdve the
judicial integrity of Woods,
as weil as his display of po
litical partisanship in his de
cisions, and the Indiana Sen
ators say they will prove
them by incontrovertible tes
timony. The breath had bar Mv left
th hotly of the late ,Iuthe
liradley, of t h e Snpr are
Court, who heearne sti widelv
known in connection wit 1 the
natorions 8fo 7 decision of
the Factorial Commission,
before republican Senator
and Representatives bewail
r ctmtrol the nomination tit
his successor. The hopusof
Attorney (Jeneral Miller are
again raised, hut it, is not be
lieve i that the new Justice
will he selected outside of the
third distiht, romposed of
the States Pennsylvania, New
' Jeri'-f ai d ! l iwai.'
! Repr il! .1 ' i V' lltei. of ,,. . it i . i .... ,
1 Al ib.iia.:. is in e u it t about 1 me cf I'lieir
hi bill au?-,..i!,;nr National I Tie n-i - a very evident de
b Oil :o 11. ,,1, !ii..(:.v t.ri re.i! ! V'"M on th p.n of leiiain of
esiale. 1 11. i he 111 1. 1.. .1 ' I'.l-'oa i p.!i( I ill the -e-
aiU'n. iii in i.. i i n- I . f. .i . p'li-li mii ;mi i.v to five theor
,lii 11. uise coaoaiHe-oii ban- ""'!. Iii Hi fioai the w-ight
;king and ni! i ei,, y, akin:r; '! carries in I he f'i ipe of ('
f t Ii ' -rotin.: !..-.t it wo'iJd'j -1 i 1 1 . I . I . e 1. :.-r. Th'-rhii-dargi
ly iin 1-1 -e the v dunie ; adelpiii 1 Pi es, f. u-example.
;t fcui-n in in ciivulatioi:, ia-jhas re-n hed t!;e poiat of pro-1
Clea-e I h- value ol leales'atel testinr il il. h-t..isiU'.l int
'and !;,! many peopl , par- t!ie!.os rule of S '-.tat orO.ua v. ;
1 1 it-tj ! . . 1 !y ia tic .s-iiifli an 1 1 '''cliies t !i if it is !ie,-ati.e
: We-t, iiad pr. tilabl - e ii-of hlhi t!iat Piiihl.lel.lii:l -efs!
! ph. vine:. wlio are now with i l'"4 'han .- h iseiitil'ed to in
a. ut it. Hes,shi.-p.-.:.-iii!aor:Hse .list .-but ton of tic party
jof the biil to su-p 'ii I the loponv. And.iiotctmteut withj
)i.r cent tax on ihe cic-ul .-jlhis.-if-.rt to 'turit dawn the
if'ng notes of Stale haii'iiugi-"''-" !ead. ,s -,i t!:e party in!
as-oeia i ii 'lis.
Republicans cats s;.a great
deal better than tlemocrats
ii they can, as th-y profe.-sj
to do. se(. when- any one of!
the geiitlt ini'ii who have been (
named as prooat.ie canai
. .
dates ol 1 he tlemoeiat ic par-inre
!tyf ir Presdmt will be spe -
iciallv benefit ted by I. old in lv
the National Convention at j 1 ou lii ion by division i i is
Chicago, instead of at some J ranks and had 1 ad Tsliip.
otln-rcify. Xonetif tliemenij' O.'i' Ihiiig," it sas, "has
b"iv, of Hie NalionalCi ipinir-jh.'.'ii lo.st mc.il finally th 'y
tee. nearlv all of whom Vulir
correspondent talked with
regarded the selection ashav
inir Miiv coiiie ction wit ii any
Pivsideulial candidate. No,
matter what city had been)
seh'i-ied the same cry would
have been raised.
Secretary Foster's iilm'ss
was very convenient, as it
enabled him to get rid, tem
porarily at least, of appear
ing before the 'louse ''om
mittee tm Ways and Means
and answering some ques
tions as to t he condition of
the country's finances. His
place w as taken by Assistant
Secretary Spnulding, w h o
made a statement about on
a par with theslatementsns
ually published by theTrens
ury. He was not subjected
to much questioning, us it is
the Secretary that the mem
bers of the Committee want
to eet a f.
rl here ;!- indieat ions that
all of the Southern Represen
tatives elected as meniliersof
the Farmers' Alliance wil;
soon he gained for the organ
ization t hey represent b y
sucii an albance than by y,o
in:; witlitheirc illeaguesfi-oin
t he nort hwesl into the third
party moveia. nt.
After jloousiiiac s.
News was brought here to
day that Revenue, officers
Pat terson, Walker, McEisay,
Sed.ler, Smit h and Ralna ts.
who went to the "State of
Wilkes" on a raid last week,
met with success ahmii" one
line, but I as! in another. They
destroyed time distilleries
near Roaring River. While
'he officers were lining t ii' : .'
ork ih" itiooiishan-rs pro
ceed d .vii li theirs by -nt ' iim
the I c '-ii,! ts of i he Ik a ses i ode
flier" iv the oiib-ials. .!
of i lie an in Is
li;s ir
neerly S,'V -;etl iVtl'il ins bod
w Idle t he others wt re iiaai.
injured. The o,v hers of the
distilleries also lired upon the
revenue men as they were
leaving. Winston Sentinal.
Mr. .John Wana maker, who
is one of the most suei-'.ssfui
merchants in this country,
never said anything that is
more true, or better based on
business experience than
when he said: "My plan for
fifteen years has been to buy
so much space in a newspap
er and till it wit h what 1
wanted. It always paid me."
Baltimore American.
TltUXt; id t M.li.lU.
ii sown Mate, 1 he Press makes
similar attempt in t he case
of the iw York reoublie-oi
bo-s. Pretending to believe j
that tie dejio-r i-y of Xwvl
Vork has stolen the state ii j
1 msi. i e,. 1 ia - : ejMi'.ni.o's
i 1 1 1 1 1 1
largely n, .'uatne. aui
h:it the party ia 1 1 state
1 has been brought to i;s sad
! ha ve been rousted irom every
hold on power in the state."
au,l it add.: "It: ispertinent
to ask the m:;;i or men who
have a -siiaied to -ad th
e
Sew i'..rk '-i-publicans wheth
er the siiuatiou does not de
mami their retirement and
the bringing of new loaders
to the front."
This desire to purge the
party would be very com
mendable if it came at a time
w heu'thecoiTUpt leaders were
at the height of their power,
hut unfortunately i t does
l.ot. While Piatt had the
whole of New York in his
grasp, and was using hi
power for Iih own benefit and
that of his friends and inei
d aitallyfoi tint of his party
the Press and the tit her or
gans had no word of remon
strance; and it was substan
tially the same in the case of
0 my. The effort to unload
t hese objectionable and ob
noxious leaders because they
have ceased to profit the pal
ly by their iniquities, does
not argue any growth of po
litical moraiiiy. F indicates
only partisan seiJislui'.'ss.
Detroit Free Fres
,J, Sloat. Fnssett. the defea
ted candidate for (ioveinor
of New York, said to a M'o7.
reporter: "When Mr. Cleve
land made his speech at the
''oooer I'nion, it changed 10-!
00!) voles. Mr. Cleveland did j
more to defeat me t ban any !
other And Mr. Cleve
land is lease 1 bv the rcpubli-l
cans moie than any oilier!
"i.aa u i ne. as a president ial j
i v-s h;iit v. Mtmtnomerv'.
ilrrsihl. ' ' ' j
E lison is coaling to Xoiihj
;i roiina again a ml will ma ke j
his headquarters at ''har-l
lotte After what he said a-j
bout this State's mining in-j
terests we should think hej
would like tt stay out, of the
SiaP1. He said this was a
State of "samples'' and t hat
not hing was found in quan
tities. As the State did not
tumble to pieces af'er lie gat,
off his witticism, he perhaps j
thinks there i s something
here after all and returns toj
see what he ran pick up.-Newsi
and Observer. I
THE MIAMMi At V.
It Snj,,.n ii.e Plsrl, f iUf t:rcr i
111 l.aruins.
t- 4
Immi Am.'i icnn Democracy
'ea-es to iiie in t helowit los
., , . . Al '
Mb e taxation on t I" p"Op e
. ' 1
it will be meatiinal 'ss. Fverv
dollar t.f ta v that fit
,nl"
i ne n oerai ireasurviromanv
nource whatever is a t o War
taken f.;omthe ..anangs nf;Filir i:x,.e-,tive Commil ttto
the productive labor of the
ivnmri- mi,! i ben tliixu til v.
cs are taritf taxes, levied to
protect exchange, they rob
the earner of three dollars for
every dollar hat goe.s intti
the treasury.
Opposed to al! nnnecssary
taxation as r diherv from the
earner, demo, rats oppose mi!
necessary tar ff ta x a t i o ti
most because it robs the ear
ner most.
From the v ry first thedein
0 -rat ic pa i ty has maintained
1 he sue rcdmvs of tV right of
the earner t his earning0
and has denied the right of
government 1 o takofroin him
any pai t of t mm not abso
lutely necessary for economi
cal governni' nt. It stands
for this prill pie because it
stands for ind vidual liberty;
for when gov rnuient c n n
take away ear dugs forother
purposes than those tif keep
ing the pen cp and administer
ing just ice the people are
slaves. A slave is an earntr
wdiose earnings a re legally ta
ken from hi n for the benefit
of others, and the purpose of
a tariff made high enough to
slop trade is to make slaves
ot the earners of thectiuntry.
This is ps effects as well as
its purpose.
The fight the democratic
party has been making for
the lowest possible tariff tax
;ition is a fight for freedom,
it is a tight that can not
be abandoned. Democrats
will never face the tear on it
Refore they would do so they
would sacrifice every demo
crat now holding office, and
if to get the offices again
they were obliged to aban
don this light they would a
bandon the offices instead.
They want the offices merely
as a means to an end-! he
end of embodying t heir prin
ciples in the laws ami poli
cies of the federal govern
ment. It seems possible that in
t he immediate fntuie thedem
o'Tntio party, through inter
nal treachery, will heeotne
more seriously involved than
it has been for m my years.
Rut under all circumstai'.ct s
its way lies forward, and the
w ay to get forwaid is to light
forward.- t Louis Republic.
The coinage of the new-de-s
gu hah" dollars has been
Hii.pendeif indefinitely at the
Philadelphia mint by orders
from the Treasury Depart
ment'. The suspension was
due, Col. Rosbysheli, the su
perintetident, sail, to the
fact that the Treasuty now
has a supply of half dollars
on hand sufficient tt) supply
the demaml for coin of this
value. "The demand is for
quarters and dimes," said he,
"and we shall go on coining
them as rapidly as we have
been doing since the the new
year opened. There is noth
ing the matter with the tie
sign; the coins are all right.
-PhilfAdelphid Dispatch.
NO.
AX Al'I'LAL
)h"hf of I'oard of
AgricuL
till-.. I! llwi.r!. VI' f .. t -
' ' ..i, ... ., villi, i Wl
i j s)..
.p. ,, ,' . . .
' 1 he I.oumI tif Agriculture
i . .,..,' i
has uaderliikeu to make jm
exhibit of the rcsourctMof tho
State. il Nnilli C.ni.li..-! uf
I the Columbian Exposition.
.... .m.,.. .,,:., i.i i.
a mi lias or oititiH 1 1 i.o iiii.ia
airy out thi.s purpose. This
I . " ...
i.oiuinilt-e
ippeals to the
citizens of the Stae to give
them a cordial supfiort, and
to aid than in furnishing ,m
exhibit that will be illustra
tiveofthe State's resources
of every kind.
U'e e .nfidently expect that
North Carolina will he able
to sustain herself in high com
petition with the rest of the
world.
Every country in the world
ami evei y State in the Union
is expected tt) participate at
this display of the world's re
sources and progress in every
department of human effort.
It will give some ideu of the
extent of this Exposition
when it is remembered that
7o0 acres, more than a great
plantation, i s embraced in
the grounds, and that 150
acres w ill hecoveied with the
necessary buildings. These
buildings will be filled with
every conceivable product of
nature and art, and North
Carolina can and will re
spond to what is expected of
her.
In order that our State
may take her proper place nt
this great Exposition, the
Riartl intends to make col
lections in the lollowing de
parhnentsi
Agriculture Foods and
food products, etc. Horticul
ture Fruits, wines, ami gar
den products, etc. Livestock
Domestic and wild animals.
Mines, Mining and Metallur
gyMinerals, building and
monumental stones. Fores
try Timbers and other for
estry products. Fine Arts '
Painting, decoration, etc.
Ethnology- Indian relics, and
spfci mens illustrating the pro
gross of labor and invention.
Liberal Arts Education, en
gineering, etc. Manufactures!
Fish and Fisheries Fish pro
ducts a n tl appluinces for
catching fish.
Al! correspondence to be
sent to T. K. liruuer, Com
missioner in charge of exhib
its and Sevetary tif thaCom
mitteeat Raleigh, N. C.
W. F. (iiitEK.. Ch'm
J. F. Payne,
A. Lkazak,
W. E. Stevens,
S. L. Patterson,
Committee.
Thc: Will He a Third Paity.
Cuigrossman Jerry Simp
son, being asked what the
prospect was for the Third
party people, sa;d that the
meeting "would be held the
22nd of February at St. Lou
is. At that meeting methods
and plans, would be discussed,
but no nominations made.
An address, however, would
be issued, and at a subse
quent tlate a national con
dition would assemble, and
he thought the Third party
would certai.dy nominate a
presidential ticket. He fur
ther expressed the belief that
his party woodd carry a nura
her of States, including Kan
Biis, Nebraska, Minnesota
and the two Dakotas, and
s'lake things up considerably
in several of the Southern
States. Landmark.