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rnoi'ESSlOXAL.
W. B.COUN'CILL,Jn..
Attorney at Lav.
Rootle, X. C.
W. B.COUXCILL. M. I).
Poone, N. C.
Resident Physician. Oflii-n
on King Street north of Post
Oflice.
K.F. LOVILL
Attorney At Law,
Boone N. C.
I)H. L. C. REEVES.
Physician and Srnor.oN
Offxe at Residence.
Poone, X. C.
L. I). LOWE,
Attorney at Law
-ANIV-
notary run LIC,
BANNER'S ELK. X. C.
J. (J. WILBAR,
DENTIST,
SI.K PAKE", SOUTH CAROLINA.
Often liia professional services
to the people ot Mitchell,
Vntfin-'a mid ndioining coun-
ties.fi.Vo lfd wnieinl used
mid all ovk nnarn nfw.TM
May 11 y.
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
mtho N. c
-(o)-
Will practice ii the courts of
Wn rn nrn . A she. Mit rlioll , McDow
ell and nil other counties tn theH
A-ostprn list.net lar Special atten
tion given to tho collection of
laini8."1a
Ed EF. Madrcr,
tEXTAL SURGEON,
fioscoe. North Carolina.
Offers his professional nervines
to the people of th's mu! adjoin
in"-counties. All work promptly
lone and satisfaction guaran
teed. ,
Oct, 27, 3 mo.
NOTICE.
Hotel Property for Fuio.
On account of failing henllh
of myself awl wife, I offer for
my hotel propeitv in the town ot
Boone, North Carolina, and will
ell low for cash ami make- terms
to suit the buyer, ami will take
real or personal property in ex
change. Apply soon.
W. L. PltYAM.
Notice.
For sale. 900 ncrctfof land,
on Rich Mountain, Watauga
County, on which is asbestos,
nnd fine land forsheepraneh.
Sales private. L. IK Lowe &
J. T. Furgerson, Ex'trs. of
Mrs. A; P. Calloway, deed.
Banner Elk, Nov. 1? '90..
NOIRE.
Parties putting papers in
my hand for" execution will
nl'-ise advanca the tees 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. Paiiid Shff.
f ttw.r hit ft ww rn.irt 9j jomw k.
- ., ir kf . n-.wh, but
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TJ f.aii v. rmwi.T umi I
iVii i Ii't'l iHl rKKIS. Mw .
fiROiVH' J.r.GI! BITTERS
Curoa Dyspepsia, In
digestion & Debility.
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From our Eejular Correspondent.
The nnti-llarnsoii repulili
'inn are juoilatit over what
they nay is thM-ertainty that
Mr. Harrison rnnnot henun-
innttNl at Minneapolis. Thy
point e.vultinly t.) thp nrvir
I3 six. hundred miinntructd
dclesat'S, nnd sneer at the
fact that only four States
that the republicans have
any reasonable hope of car
ryingIllinois, Indiana, XV
braska, and S iuth Dakota
have instructed for Hairison
and Konieof them 'o not hes
itate to say that the majori
ty of the rest of the instruct
ed delcjrateH, all from the
South, could easily be taken
away from Mr. Harrison by
cash purchase, if it were nec
essary to do so for to defeat
him.
Quay. Piatt, Peed and a
lart?e number of the most in
fluential republican bosses
met. h e r e to congratulate
themselves on the result de
tailed in the election of dele
gates to the Minneapolis con
vention, and, what is more
important to them, to agree
upon the ticket to be nomi
nated. The meeting was, of
course, a secret one, but it is
whispered that, it was prac
tically agreed to hold out
hopes to Sherman, McKinley,
Alger. Pepew and other dark
horses until the last minute,
in order to Jceep them and
their personal followers from
goinginto the Harrison camp
and that w'len the conven
tion meets Maine and Rusk
are to be spnmgupon it with
a rush and enthusiastically
pushed through before the
friends of other candidates
have an opportunity to pull
their wit together.
Mr. Harrison is reported to
be contemplating a wilhdraw
al in favor, of Senator Cul
loin. In fact it. is said that
he told Senator Cullom tie-
fore the Illinois convention
was held that he would do
so, as soon as it became ap
parent that tie could not be
nominated on the first bal-
M, and that it wns t h a t
promise that caused Cullom
to get the convention to in
struct for Harrison.
Having compelled the De
pal tnient of Justice to begin
legal proceedings against tlu
sugar trust, the House will
now do the same for the Na
tional Cordage company, the
trust which controls binding
twine, by adopting a resolu
tion offered by Representa
tive Seott, of Illinois, the
same gentleman who intro
duced the sugar trust resolu
tion, which the House pisse.
last week. Io may be that
the Sherm in anti-trust law,
which was enacted by the
billion dollar. Congress, is en
t i r e 1 y worthless, as was
charged by democrats when
it was passed there are rea
sons for believing that it was
intended to be but that
makes the House all the more
anxious -to see it put to a
practical test. If it Jails, the
i House will pass d bill that
will not fail, and leave there-
spousibility for its becoming
a law with the trust-loving
republican majority in the
Senate and the republican
President.
Representative Paifey, who
in member of the House sul
committe engaged ia inves
tigating the affairsof th" Yel
lowstone Park Association,
thinks Mr. Rihs II HarriMin
may find himself in a very
unpleasant position before
flie investigation is over, ow
ing to his readiness to loan
his "influence."'
The House coimumittee on
Post Offices has agreed to
report favorably a lull ap
propriating .5100,000 for the
extension of free mail deliv
cry in agricultural districts.
and providing for the issue
of fractional postal notes.
gain the old cry is raised
that Secretary Noble has in-
foi-uied Mr. Harrison that
Rau:n must go, or he would
leave the Cabinet. This may
ormav not be true, but. if
the charge be true that Raum
wrote, without Noble's know
edge, the letter decling to fur
nish the Pension Office inves
tigating committee with the
papers relating to the dis
charge of certain special pen
sion examiners, and Noble
says he did, it would certain-
y be boat what any self-re-
sptcting man would do nn-
er similar circumstances.
The committee through the
ch a i r in a n, Representative
Wheeler, asked for these pa
pers and Mr. - Rauai wrote a
letter stating that he was di
rected bv Secretary Noble to
decline furnishing them. Now,
Secretary Nobli says he knew
nothing about such a request
being made, and that, the
committee can have the pa
pers or any others Oil file
that they may wish to see.
It was well for Secretary No
hie that he took so sensible
a view of the request, as thr
committee had determined
to take heroic measures by
reporting a resolution con
cerning the refused to the
House, which might have re
sulted in impeachment pro
ceedings against the Secreta
ry of the Interior. '
The thousands of pamph
let, copies of Henry tb-orge's
"Free Trade or Protection,"
which was recently published
i-i the Congressional Record,
that are being distributed
throughout the country, at-
being sent out by individual
Representatives, and uot by
the Democratic Congression
al campaign committee.
The silver democrats in the
House expect to be able to
secure the signatures of a ma
jority cf the democrats to a
oetition asking that a new
date beset to vote upon the
free coinage bill and that a
rule against fillibustering lie
reported, indeed they claim
to have a sufficient numbei
of signers.
Gen. Vance's Speech.
People who have heard
General Robert B. -Vance in
n 1 a ny ca :n ia igns dee a re t h a t
his speech befoie the Demo
cratic convention in the court
house on Saturday was bet
ter than all previous, efforts.
The old wheel-horse of De-
I mocracy, "Our Iloln was as
happy is he could be he was
to a crowd ol men whom he
ki ew personally to be insym
pathv with him in his enun-
ciuticn of Democratic truths,
and he "fired the woods.'
Standing there under the
large od painting of himself
whn h hang in t It e court
li o u so, (Jetjeral Vance de
clared that he was as tni"
an alliancenian as evei lived
and he was proud of I he fact.
Put he was also glad to know
that when he entered th
council chandler of t ha h great
organization, be w a s tol l
that must leave ail
politics, and he and every
other member is free to vote
according tohisown political
convictions.
"You ask me if lama Dem
ocrat," continued (Jen. Vance,
".-Mid I answeryes yes." und
his form brcame erect and
proud, and hi eyes gavuout
theoldrlaeh that lias brought
dismay to his opponents ma
ny a time and often. "You
ask me if I urn a third party-1
ite this thing born at St.
Louis and I answer you a
thousand times no. This
tiling that wants thegovern-
ment to bu y all the railroads
and incease what is now the
largest pension list, in t li e
world. I w as in Congress for
twdve years, audi was al
ways the friend of the soldier,
but 1 tell you men and breth
ren, I do not wantthisthing.
Why, the stench attached to
this Third party business is
so awful that the man in the
moon has to hold his nose
when moving over the eoun
tiy w here the Third party is
known. e will not have it,
we must not have it. The
D;anis-rati'i party must work
shoulder to shoulder a n d
keep North Carolina in the
ranks and under good Demo
cratic government.
1 he crowd would scarcely
iet. the speaker stop. While
he was delivering his speech
he whs interrupted at fre
quent inteivals bv deafening
cheers, showing that he hat
lost none of his old timepow-
I A ' t 1
er to maue me unternneu
h o w 1 themselves hoarse.
Asheville Citizen.
V Woi 'a3 in the While Htfaso.
Most people remember Mrs.
Victoria Wood ti nil, vh;, many
years ago, was a canddiate for
the presidency oi the U. S. The
same woman, w ho has since mar
ri.'d John biddulpli .Martin, has
just arrived from England,
where nhe has been living for
some t ime, and both she and her
husband are members of the
royal commission of t he World's
Fair. Mrs. Martin, it seems., still
believes that the people will yet
place her in the White House ns
the President of the U. S. to suc
e(Hd the present incumbent. Ip
speaking of la r purpose in com
ing back to the United States,
Mrs. Martin said:
"Yes, our plans are thoroughly-matured.
1 have come back
to ask my people to put me in
the While House. Not that I
care for the position. I only care
for it so far as it will give me
the power to inaugurate a sys
em of education which will awa
ken the poople to the responsibil
ity of creating a race of gods in
stead of the inferior human be
ings who cumber the face of the
earth to-daw'
It will ffppenr that Mrs. Wood
hull has a great, deal of faith with
out any foundation to rest upon.
But, it Mrs. Martin can improve
the race as she thinks she can,
"creating a race of goos instead
fit the inferior human beings who
cumber the face of the earth to
day," she ought to have the job.
'Greensboro Watehman,
Of all ll..' clllogi.' ill llt-r;u
t are t here m none more lieanti-
fult!i;.n thefollowii,-ii.on tie,,..;,
It
" ,:" ,r,i h-. M,,,;r
lOli 'lie ii 1 ,11 eiiMiii'-ni wtiii"i- . - , 1 ....
. ... .' .. r.iofthi diand (entral I hea-
;lll, I 'hi. 111 1 1 11 II. J I III, 11 Mi I is sal J t . , 1 . , , . ... ,
, , . iter in Philadelphia on ed-
t have Im-oii extempore; '
-when the future histo. mi, ; t,f ,;lst wetk-
comes to fnrvev the thara. ter of , U the fire broke out he
t A I ... . ..1 i .......
Lee he will lind it raising like a
Inure inoiiiil ain n!ove he umbi-
I. ding plain of humanity, ami he
will have to lift his eyes high to-
ward h"r.ep tO CUtill its 8.MI-
mit. lie possessed every vi.tii'1
of the oilu r great coiiiinanderii
without tlu ir vices. lie was n foe
without hate, a friend without
treachery, n soldier without cru-
My iind u victim without nur
niui ing. lie-was a public otfieer
without taults. a private citizen
without vices, a neighbor with
out reproach, a christian wih
otit hypo- iicy, and a man with
out gui!1. lie was t i sar with
out his ambition, Fredrick with
out his tyranny, Napoleon with
out his selfishness and Washing
ton without his reward. lie was
obedient 1o authority a a ser
vant and royal in authority as a
trucking. He was gentle, as a
woman in life, pure and modest
as a virgin in t'loug'it. wtitchful
as a Roman vestal in duty, sub
missive to law as Socrates tnd
grand in battle as Achilles "
The national convention
will have a total of 89S, and
art1 necessary to a choice.
It is understood that from
the States that have already
held conventions, Cleveland
will have 300 delegates. In
thirteen other Stain it is ex
pected that he will get 200;
in this batch only Texas and
West Virginia of the South
ern States appear. That will
leave Cleveland to get still
about 100 delegates from the
South. There are besides
Iowa, Connecticut and New
Jersey to be heard from. The
probabilities seem to be thai
the old tickets will again lie
presented, Cleveland against
Harrison. News and Obser
ver. With Quay sulking in hi
tent in Pennsylvania, Fora
ker brandishing an anti Har
rison knife in Ohio, Dudley
smarting because he received
no substantial benefits for
debauching Indiana in 1888
and Alger watching for an
opportunity to get even for
exposure of Iris war record,
it may be safely asserted that
Harrison's dreams are any
thing but pleasant at pres
ent. In the Colorado repub
lican convention, out ol over
(500 delegates only two could
be found who favored a reso
lution endorsing Harrison.
State Chronicle.
An Ohio woman who has
recently taken up a Dakota
claim, and incidenta'ly inter
ested a large number of Da
kota bachelors, rashly tells
a friend oi her first western
proposal. It was an elderly,
wealthy and influential citi-
who stalked in to theladay'sl
little kitchen ot.e morning
without the lormality f an
introduction, a n d blurted:
"Say, miss, you don't want
to git married, do you?"
"No, sir, I don't--emphatically.
'No 'fense, I hope mum.'
"None at all, sir. Good uior
ning." That is the way they
do things in South Dakota.
Ex
DiJ U Have hi Wife.
Thomas Loreil a, the dead
gymnast, met hisdejth in u
attp ,nr,t t() MV, tlfi
lie of his wife at the burning
1 a .1.1: t
easily iiiaoe iiim escape ji win
the dining room and reached
the street in safety,
He sup-
posed that his wife had pre
ceded hi.n and was safe. Not
finding her in the street he re
turned to the alleyway lead
ing into the rear of the thea
tre. It was filled with smoke
and the flames were begin
ning to break out of the roof
of the theatre. Turning toa
friend he said: "I'll see if she
is safe if it .osts me my life."
Without heeding theremon
strances of those standing a-
bout him, he plunged into
the dark, smoke-filled alley,
and disappeared from view;
He was true to his word a
bout seeking his wife, though
he met his death on the way,
and lies buried beneath the
ruins wdl 'her. Ex.
The Elizabeth City Econo
mist says: "The great divis
ion between the democratic
and republican pa 1 ties is a
tariff for protection, on the
republican side, and a tariff
for revenue, on the democrat
ic Ride. The democratic par
ty is doing all it can to re
duce the-tariff on articles that
farmers are interested in and
yet some of the farmers are
trying to injure the democrat
ic party and benefit the re
publican party. The tariff
has been re. 1 need on sugar,
oh cotton ties and bagging,
and it is now contemplated
to take the firiff off of barb
ed w ire, ail done by demo
crats against the votes of the
republicans, and yet the
Third party peoph split up
on the Democratic party and
couple it. with the infamous
Republican p a r t y in their
c.;rH"S and denunciations."
Ivnoii Topic: Mr. C. C.
Wright, ol Wilkes; having
been elected a member of the
Wilkes delegation to t h e
democratic State con yen tion,
resigned as a delegate to But
lei's convention and J. W.
Felts was elected in his place
at a called V.ieeting of the
county Alliance.
The Virgin!. Kcp.iblii'na Couvntfon
Roanokk, Va", Ma. (. It
was .'i o'clock this mai aing
before the Republican State
Convention adjourned. A big
fight was made on the ques
tion of instructing the dele
gates to Minneapolis to vote
for Harrison. Mahone and
Lungston opposed this and
a while it looked as though
a dead lock would ensue. The
vote was finally taken and
Mahone won by a vote of
to 1.73& Mahone sta
ted that if the delegate s were
instructed to vote for Harri
son he would not obey the
instructions. T h c conven
tion then adjourned sine die.
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bo ran td and ntt. n wb.
tit aitiftt!nit orntv!umaljl which jm turn am ilit nMt.
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