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PUOWSSIONAL.
W. U. COUNC1LL,
Attoiis'sy at La v.
Boone, N.
C.
W. 15. COUNC1LL.
M. I.
r)ii', n. c.
Resident IMiyisiri.ui. Office
on King Street north of Tost
Office.
K.F. L0V1LL
Attokxky At T aw,
Boone N. C.
Dlt. L. T. KLUYLS.
Physician and Siuukox
Office at Residence.
P.oone, N. C.
L. I). LOWE,
Attorney at Law
-AXD-
NOTAllY PUllLW,
BANNER'S ELK. X.
C.
J. (. VILBAR,
DENTIST,
KI.KPAUK, SOUTH CAROLINA.
Oflers his professional services
to the people 01 -mitcihmi,
Watauga and adjoining coun
ties.ev'Wo mateial used
and all work guaranteed. "W
May 1 1 j
ATTORNEY Al LAW,
MAiunx. x. c
-(o)-
Will nrnctice in t be courts ol
Vataura. Ashe, Mitchell, McDow
ell niiil nil other contties in the
jvestern iistriet JwrSpecial ntteti
Hon sriven to the eolleotion of
claims."1
Ed KL Mafrop
DENTAL SURGEON.
loscoe. North Carolina.
Offers Ins professional services
to the people of this and adjoin
intr comities. All work ..romi'tly
lone and satisfaction gtiaran
teed.
Oct, 27, 3 mo.
NOTICE
H otc 1 Property for Sale.
On account of failing health
of myself and wife, I offer for snip
my liotel propertv in the town of
P.ooiip, North Carolina, and will
wll low for cash and make terms
to suit the buyer, and will take
real or personal property in ex
change. Applvsoon.
W. L. TtHYAX.
Notice.
For sale. 000 acres of land,
on Rich. Mount a in , Watauga
County, on which isnsbostos,
find fine land for sheep ranch.
Sales private. L. I). Lowe &
T. T. Fnrtrerson, Ex'trs. of
Mrs. A. P. Calloway, deed.
, Bnnner ElkfNov. If '90..
NOT ICE.
Parties putting papers in
my hand for execution will
ple-ise advance the fees with
the apers and they w ill re
eei ve prom pt a Mention, other
wise they will be returned
not executed for the want of
fees. D. F. IUird Shff.v
Qiln,rfo?..--Y.,ftt eik for w. Kwrfw,
yarn mo ' i n. v-
Mcta vtiaqiikhly how torn frH to
vl a da? t th iirt, an anr ai ym a
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tl.a weik All U t.nil Bl BK for
a oa rwR tummwr at !, fit
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LETTElt.
From oar
Regular orrespoafleni
Republicans are no longei
oing much talking about
the "lo inching House."
Passing two tariff bills-free
wool and live cotton ties and
baguing in one week is leg
islating entirely too fast to
suit thp republicans, a n d
then the subject of this legis
lation is not a pleasant one
tor them to contemplate; it
ior i iieiu hi coMienim if, u
recalls memories of the
clone of '88. which makes
their knees shake at the pro
piK'ts for its duplication next
November.
It has leaked out. thai
prominent republican mem
bers of the Senate Finance
committee wish to dodjrthe
tariff issue by sinotherinsi
these bills in committee, that
is not reporting them back
to the Senate at all they do
not wish to hear, nor to al
low the country to hear the
tariff speech which Senator
Carlisle has prepared, nor
that of Senator Mills, which
was not delivered in t h e
i louse, because the Senator
preferred it to be his maiden
speech iu the Senate.
Another reason for wishing
to smother these bills is that
there are several republican
Senators who are considered
by the republican leaders as
tdiaky on the tariff question.
Democratic Senators have
served notice on the republi
cans that they would resist
the smothering process, and
intended to have a vote and
a discussion, which would
show the country where the
Senate stands, and that may
result in ir aking the dodgers
toe the mark.
( mii'issiiiier Kami's at
tempt to draw the ntleniion
of the country a way In in his
own shortcomings and mis
management of Mie Pension
buieau. iM Ciiuse a urui who
had been employed by Kepre
sentative Cooper, of Indiana,
had used that gentleman's
signature to obtain informa
tion from the Ptnsiou office,
which he afterwards sold for
his own benefit to pension
attorneys, was a fist failure;
that Mr Cooper knew noth
ing about the transactions
whs fully shown by letters in
Kauri's possession.
The ease with which a real
estate pool has been shuffling
off depreciated ground upon
the government at a fabu
lous juice is creating much
talk. Last year all Wash
ington wondered why a bill
.was smoothly passed loca
ting the postoffice on the
south side of Pennsylvania
Avenue, in the most disrepu
table part of the city. At
least three prices were paid
by Congress for the ground;
and now the engineers are
trying t3 fin 1 a foundation
on the site in a swamp and
under water. A plan has
been devised to line, the. en
tire cellar, covering a square,
with Portland cement, likp
a cistern, and a pumping ap
paratus will be used to keep
it dry. Tha cellar will be
placed on 40 foot piles.
Last week a bill was pre
sented in the Sen.tte to build
a new patent office in the
WASHINGTON
same looality and on, a likeCouricr.
foundation at a cost of
oOO.OOO. To understand the
situation, the rentier must
know that the glory of lVnn
jsylvania Avenue has depart
ed. 1 he low. unhealthiul lo-
'eality. subject to overflow,
lias been abandoned for high
grou.id, hree blocks north,
on Fand (i sheets, where a re
now all the best stores ami
most of the government buil
dings. The Avenue proper-
r ,-" ............ .w.
cy-py to unload their declining
v owners nave lortneii nion-
real estate upon the Govern
rnent. They are assisted by
the largest paper here, which
has 'i plant on the Avenue,
by a syndicate of real estate
agents, who get a goodly
slice in commissions, and it
is surmised that there are
Members and Senators whose
hands are not clean. This
is more than a local scandal.
Every paper in the country
should tal e editorial cogniz
ance of it. and every reader
should cut this article .nit
and send it to his member of
Congress. There ure too ma
ny members of Congress who
vote gregariously, and honee
ignorantlv. There should be
no excuse for ignorance, when"
this bill comes to a vote.
Assistant Secretary Nettle
ton is the guilty man. It is
he who was responsible for
the spending, without legal
authority, of a large sum of
money at Ellis Island, mon
ey t hat was certainly extrav
agantly lavished upon fa-
Tored contractors, and which
later developments may
show to have been dishonest
ly expended. Immigration
affairs have taken outof Xet-
tleton's hands, that is no
enough; every member of thu
House and Senate commit
tees on Immigration," which
are conducting this invesli
g a t i o n, believes that he
should be compelled to re
sign. Superintendent Owen
had nothing to do with spen
ding the money, but the in
vestigation has made hisgen
era! incompetence so plain
that it may be regarded as
certain that he wili have to
retire.
Kepiesentative McCreary
introduced in the House a
bill prepared by Representa
tive Springer, providing for
the holding of an interna
tional momentary Congress,
to endeavor to reach an in
ternational agreement as to
the relation which should be
maintained between gold and
silver and the uniformity in
weight and fineness of coins.
The bill is a long one, and
was prepared by Mr. Spring
er previous to his late ill
ness. Only three democrats En
glish of Xew Jersey, Cobum
of Wisconsin an O'Neil of
Missouii voted against the
bill to put cot toiv ties on the
frae list.
"There is to be an, apart
ment at the World's -Fair
where babies will be checked
and left while mother goes
out-to see the sights. Big
improvemennt that, unless
the mothers should fail to
jotne back," says the Knox
ville Sent'neL Why in the
devil a woman with a baby
should want to see any other
"sights" we cannot under
stand. Can you? Bristol
DlTI.tK DOIlGED
Drnoiut Inr the Urmncrat Wrll
Utubllrn.
Statksvillk, X. C, Apiil
1). At th- joint discussion
between Kobbins and Butler
here today 2.0(H) or .'1000
jMHtple were present a ml gave
both speakers a patient and
courteous hearing. Alliance
men from Catawba, Rowan
and other adjoining counties
were p rese n t i n 1 a rge n u i n be rs
and were liberal in applause
for Mr. Butler, but the rad;-
cals and the negroes present
also manifested theirdelight.
Maj. Robbins made an able
and convincing argument
igainst the sui-trea.sury
plan, the government owner
ship of railways, and was es
pecially strong against the
plan to pay the federal sol
diers over again as demand
ii .i ft.
eu ny tne fsr iyuis conten
tion. He denounced thecou
spiracy of Polk, Butler and
others to lead the alliance
democrats into thethirdpar
tj. He nade an eloquent
plea for democratic suprem
ely and unity which was ap
plauded by all.
Mr. Butler started out by
saying that he was not go
ing to makean alliance speech
but wis simply going to re
ply to Mr. Robbins. He de
nounced the two old partie
with great impartiality, de
nounced Cleveland, denounc
ed 1 1 i 1 1 . and, though he was
asked the question three or
four times if he would sup
port the nominee of the Chi
cago convention, he dodgec
it every time. The first thru
the question was put he an
swered it by asking if Rob
bins would vote for the nom
inee if the convention adopt
ed the St. Louisdemandsain
nominated a man in sympa
thy with them. Robbins re
plied that 'ie would for the
reason that he had no idea
that the Chicago convention
would do such a thin. But
ler's answer was, that if the
Chicago convention adopts
the North Carolina platform
he would support the nomi
nee. Upon being pressed for
an answer, he said that if a
mnjoiity of the people in the
next state convention said
that he ought to vote that
way he would do so. The
speech of Robbins was con
vincing and, among the in
telligent alliancemen, will do
much good,
Wnynesville Cour'wr. The
other day a colored individ
ual named Jasper, a r m e d
with a coffee-pot filled with
powder, was pouring a stream
along the floor showing a
child how the blasting funny
business wasdone. Hesprink
led a little of the harmless
looking stuff too near the
fire, and when he recovered
from his surprise and the
smoke had cleared away, he
took an inventory and found
the coffee-pot had beeivblown
to atoms, a good part of his
hair was missing and he was
extremely thankful to find
evi n a part of himself pres
ent. The-child wasstiffloieht
ly instructed in the busincKS
and will be certain to retain
the lesson.
A 'she panther would mourn
i i o re o ver a 1 ost mate t h a n
stwne women. Bristol Cou
rier. I
North C&iollna Politic.
Uai.kicii, X. C. April i.
There is no denying the fact
that political matters ar
th leading topic in North
a roli ti a at this time. But
at no time in the historv of
the State has there been so
much uncertainty.
The republicans, whoclahn
a "fighting chance," are very
quiet. They don't seem to
e sure about a "fighting
ha nee," even, this year.
Side from a few jersonal
encounters between alleged
bosses and a numberof "cus
sing bees" that some moreof
the alleged losses have ta
ken part in, there has been
nothing to disturb the usual
tranquil flow of party spirits
in the State.
True, they have started
two. or three campaign or
gans in the western part of
the State, but the tone of
these are very much like the
appearance of a dog whose
master is engaged in eating
fried chicken they appear to
be waiting for the bones.
The republican oigans say
to their people, "Let's wait
an J see how many mistakes
the democrats will nir.ke and
t hen keep an eye on the third
p irtyites all the while."
The democrats are going
ahead without knowing what
to do. Perhaps the general
feeling can tie defined in this
way: "We are all right if the
third party don't get us, we
are all right if we get it."
So tar as 1 know only six
counties o u t of ninety-six
have declared for ihe third
nartv. There have ben some
little mass meetings in a
number of counties. There
are men in every county, in
both parties, who are ready-
to bolt; but it is probable
that there will he some kind
of a compromise in the State
before the convention meets
on the 8th of May. Atlanta
Journal.
Mr. Butler's statement of
his position at Srntesville is
important. It shows very
clearly the importance of
having a State convention
in full harmony and sympa
thy with Ihe National De
mocracy. Mr. Rutler does
not stand alone. He repre
sents thousands of people
who claim to be "Jeffersoni
an Democrats," and who
comfort theuiselves with re
lating constantly that they
are better democrats than
other people.
His position is and theirs
doubtless wilP be also; that
unless the State couvention
particularly endorses the Na
tional Democratic candidate
and resolves to support him,
these "Jeffersonian" Demo
crats need not vote for him
but will be at liberty to vote
for tha t. candk', te whota'ads
upon the.St. Louis demands.
Under the circumstances
the necessity of having a con
vention in harmony with the
National Democratic party
is apparent.' What Mr, But
ler will do with his conference
of the 17th of May , the mem
bers' of which are to be in
structed not to back down
from the St,'Louis feiviiands,
is not apparent. News aud
Observer. ,
BThe Democrat twelve
months for one dcllar.
Draiix-rttir SUtr lieailMf Com f.
TlicKcssioti of the rorimi'tp
in 'his city ettT lay wnsl.tri
attended, the proceedings haniK
hiotis.'and tin-most exit-lien; f--
iug prevailed. The oniy tu ti. i,
taken by the committee whk t
adoption of the following rt.-;!u-tion:
'That thp democratic exe. u
tive committee for this St:it
hereby endorses and app'owh
the letter of Kl.t'lmmlxTBSmilli.
chairman of this committt-e, ty
Mr. J. C. Flington, dated Mnr.-h
L'0, 1892, a setting forth tie
projMT and true test as to. who
shall he entitled to participate u
the township meetings and c on
volitions of the dpinocratle part;
ofAorth tarohna. Aud we Lear
tily commend the manly uti. r
unces of that letter to thedotnu -
racv of the State."
That part oft he letter on vh.rh
the resolution wuh passed to eu.
ihasized most, read as follows:
The requisite that n citizen
must vote for the candidate he
has been instrumental iu naming
is no new one, and is essential to
the perscrvation of the integrity
of the party. I should smv, there
fore, that only those who ure
democrats nnd intend to support
the democratic nominee cn n have
a voice in naming delegates to
the various democratic conven
tions" This is nothing more than old
democratic honesty, and is ieant
to preserve that honor, und there
by the integrity of the democrat
ic party. It prescribes ro ner
taste, but simply asserts that
those who do not intend to vote
for the nominees of democratic
conventions will not be qiidih'ed
to participate undelegates In s ich
conventions. No one who w ants
to be politically honest should
object to snch precaution. It has
always been taken and should be.
Raleigh Chronicle. U
Shaver, of the Chat nnooga
News, is noticing things a
gain: "Tammany, it iesaid:
is winking tne otti'T eye at
your-Uncle (5 rover."
It seems that courts are so
buPt that a mail can lnw as
long as lie has a dollar. Bris
tol Courier.
It is as bad taste to -Matter
a man to his face as it is to
slander to his back. -Bristol
Courier.
David B. Hill is a very fine
illustration ol that touching
little rhyme: Man's a Vapor,
full of woes, nuts a capes,
down he goes! Bristol Cou
rier. ' ,' NOTICE.
Iiy virtue of a decree of t he Su
u rior Court of Wtf tuugaco.ml v
made at full term,' ,1891. I ns
commissioner appointed at said
term will sell lor casli-.nt t lie
court house door in . Boone on
the 2uo day of May, 18'.)'2, it be
ing Monday of Spring Term of
said court,' to the highest : bidder
a certain tract or parcel of: laud
lying hi Laurel Creek township,
said county, adjoining the lands
of Isaac Eggars and others 1 o
satisfy three bills of cost against
J. E. Luusford, wherein tl-.eSta.te
is plaintiff and J. E. and Eliza
beth Lunstprd. defendants, which
said land mortgaged by the
said J. E. and" Elizabeth Luus
ford for the personal appearance
of said J. E. Luusford at Fall
Term 1889. For a liiore partic
ular description of-the? land see
mortgage on file in :tW- Clerk's
office. This the 8th day of Match
1892. D. F. BAinn, Com,
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