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Resident Physician. Office j
'cm Kiig Street north of Post !
Office. '
E. F LON ILL
Attoii.vkv At Law,
Boone X. ('.
DR. L.C. UK! A es
i'uvsu iAN AM) Srtu;i:o
Office at Residence.
Boone, X. ('.
L. I). L()YL
Attorney at Law
AND-
xotauy rijtuc,
15AXXERS ELK, X. C.
J. i. VILBAR,
DENTIST,
ILK I'AKK, NOItTH CARCM5A.
Oilers Iris professional services
Jo the. people ot Mitrln'll,
Watauga and adjoining coun
tios.PWJ.Vo hnd wnteinl used
hhd nil Work sun mntoed.".
Mnvlly.
J,F.MRPneV,
ATT0RXEYA1 LAW,
M A 11 ION, X.C
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Will practice in the courts of
Watauga. Ashe, Mitchell, MeDow
"11 and all other coui ties in the
n'vshrn Jistrict SaTSpecial attcn
lion gn en the collection of
claims.'1
Ed EL Madron,
RENTAL SlTIM'iEOX,
' os roe. Xo it h ( n ml inn .
OtTers liis professional services
f ( the people of this and adjoin
ing comities. All work promptly
jone and satisfaction guaran
teed. Oct, 27, a mo.
NOTICE.
Hotel Property for Side.
On account of failing health
of myself and wife, 1 oiTer for sale
my hotel property in the town ot
Boone, North Carolina, and will
cll low for cash and make tonus
o suit the buyer, and will take
real or personal property in ex
change. Apply soon.
W. L. I'kyax.
Xotice.
For wile. 000 n ores of land,
on Rich Mountain, Watauga
County, n which is asbestos,
nnd tine land for sheep in noli.
Sales private. L. R. Lowe &
T. T. Furgerson, Ex'trs. of
Mrs. A. P. Calloway, deed.
.Banner Elk, Nov. IT '00..
. KOIKE.
. Pafties putting papers in
iny hand for execution will
pleise ndvnnce the tees with
the papers and they will re
ceive prom pt a ttontion, other
wise they will he returned
not executed for the want of
fees. D. F. Baiud Shitf.
XOTICE.
. The laws of the State re
quire all weights and meas
ures to he sealed, and I here
by notify the people that I
am prepared to do such work.
Yon will find rue in Boone at
the resideuee of I). B. Dough
erty. - -L IL Cook,
'Standard Keeper.
Washington letter. j
I'rcm our Begular Criff on''ecl.
Re;itv.-i"i:tat ive O 1 of,
Alabama, who is chairman,
if the House omni it ti w hit h
has gone to I loim-st I'iiii f.i
begin its invest igatioti of l ,
murders at that place by 1 1 1 -n
in the employment of tlx1 Pin-1
kei ton, is very much in car-i
nest ii I it Hit getting to the!
bottom of the horrihleaft !
lie could have taken t h e(
committee t o Homestead j
sooner, but he wished togivej
Carnegie's men an opportu-l
nlty to !nr their murdered J
comrades heforc eallingupon j
them for testimony. After J
getting statements from the
workingnion and from Car
negie's representatives the
commit tin- will re t u r u to
Washington where the two
Fink'Mtons have been snm
im.ned, to In put through a
most rigid examination as
to their share and responsi
bility for t I) e Homestead
tragedy. A number of labor
leaders, including Mr. l'ow-
derly, have also been notified
to appear nefore thecommit
tee when it returns to Wash
ington. Congress has made
up its mind, in advance of
any report from the commit
tee, that the Piilkertun meth
od of employing and arming
bodies of men is vicious and
un-American and must go.
Upon being shown that
more money would be needed
during the current fiscal year
than had been appropriated
by the House, thellousec -n-ferrees
agreed to Senate a
mendments to the Pension
Appropriation bill increasing
the total amoiint. curried b.
the bill nearly $12,000,000.
The bill as it now stands ap
propriates ijfUO.TSG.Ji.'O.
Senator Wollcott agrees
with Senator Vest and others
of his colleagues in believing
that the U. S. (Geological Sur
vey is of very little use aside
from furnishing snug berths
for friends of its Director,
and, as it costs about a mill
ion a ear, he hasintroduced
a resolution authorizing .'in
investigation as to its use
fulness and the necessity for
its continuance. The lobby
ing experience of the Direc
tor .vill make it easy for him
to "hang up" this resolu
tion. For some timo a sub-com-miKee
of the House commit
tee on Manufactures has been
engaged in investigating the
numerous trusts aiid com
bines. Its report to the full
committee, just made, says
that trusts, combinations
and associations are in con
trol of the production. distri
bution and prices of very
many of the articles of most
general consumption; that
prices to the consumers are
increased, while wages of
those employed by the trusts
ire reduced; that all past leg
islation ou the subject is in
sufficient and impracticable,
and recommends as a remedy
the placing of all articles
which are under or in ay come
under the control of a trusts
upon the free list. This rec
ommendation is neither new
nor novel, but it is good,
hard, .hoise sense all the
game." and if carried out
UiMll'l thiottle iH'i'llv cvei i
trust now i'riting in this!
comitiv. i
The linn, World's Fair
rumiiiMTiv piv-emcl Jl i..:p-
plementary report (rntam-:s
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iMi-. h.ii ii i-Miii-. .
making lh.it ?.-,.0(M).:0 ap-: nist ;(. , .,,.,, r I;.V,. ,,.
piopriaMon for th- F.ir. A ,-!,.. iv,,,im of ,.. p ,,i,lican
minority report. sig.v 1-v ; v,ate Kxecitive C.n.nnitt.v.
Represent at 1 Ves Lilt le.olN-Wjp,,.,,,,., ,.,,...
York, and Wheeler, of Ala-1 js nows ,,v V(. (i v .
buna, d.ilares that tli-ev,1(j ti:i ,.riviw wi nut (111p,
position is in no sens,, a gov- j ., statecon vcutlo,, c.n'l-
ei nnient lndi-rtakaig u d
that no money should he ap
propriated thorefnr. exei'i.t
for the expenses ol the na
tional commission. Congres-
sional sentiment is largely i i
favor oitheaja-opriation and
theie is littl" doubt of its be
ing mad".
Senator Mills has gone to
Texas to take the stump a
gainst the third party move
ment which, ill the absenceof
serious oppoi- 't ion. lias been
making considerable 'ing
ress in that State.
As indicated in this f-orrcs-pondcuce
weeks ago the
House com m' t tee which i lives
tigated the PciisionOi'lceiias
riH'oinineudi'd the dismissal
of Commissioner ltauni, frmn
office, on the grounds of his
general unfitness to supervise
and govern a large number
of employes, and because he
has prost:tUted his ofli' e for
private gain and for politi
cal purposes. The commit
tee also ret (nun-ends numer
ous reforms in the business
of the Pension Ollice, includ
ing a reduction in the Attor
ney's fee to $5, without au
thority to stipulate for more.
This report which will be ap
proved by the Houm? makes
pleasant summer reading for
Mr. Harrison, who is solely
responsible for R-ium's con
tinuance in office.
One day's record of the
House, under a suspension of
the rules: Passed, the tin
plate bill, the silver lead ore
bill, the bill amending the
land grant act of 1 800, the
bill giving Utah home rule,
the bill limiting the quantity
of clothing that may be
brought in free of duty by
returning travellers, and the
bill pioviding for the use1 of
automa tic car couplers on all
freight trains,
The House committee on
Rules will report, a special or
der for the consideration of
the free coinage bill on Wed
nesday and the succeeding
legislative day, if it be not
disposed of on the first day.
The bill can be passed under
this order if a majority of the
Hons., so wills.
Asheville ' itizen'. -A C o u
greseional committee h a s
found that the United States
pension office is ''honeycomb
ed by fraud, rnscality, iucom
pe tent methods, prejudice
and malice." The report rec
ommends the removal of
Cotnmissioer Raum, on t h e
ground that he is ''incompe
tent, narrow-minded, malic
ious iu the pursuit of suppos
ed enemies, and because he
has subordinated this great
machine to partisan ends, be
sides taking advantage of
his official position to furth
er his oyvn financial projects.'
And yet Harrison's adminis
tration is free of grave scan
dals, say the republicans.
There is a gathering uf re-I'tlhiic.-uix
ilt Wrinhtsville. ;it
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ed. but t hat it is his hope
hi 1 his ambition to be its
iioinHnvfor'iowruor. Eaves
has all along declared t h a t
1 I I'rre .VI in !i I I hi :i yt:i!n i nn.
Vl.,.til, ih.Miegrorshave
(.:ltIHMV), jf vvIli n,H .,.
ti-Eaves faction hascontend
ed that t he negro must be
eliminated in this campaign
and no State ticket put up.
T! ere are signs of a sharp
republican pincl and split.
AVn s nnd Observer.
Wiat a turnip? Mr. -I. S.
Ross, of Ayden, ham'ed us a
turnip last Saturday that
takes t he cake for a large tur
nip. It weighs sf Ven pounds
and a naif and iscalled a pur
ple strap leal. It created a
bit of exeitetn Mit o-i account
of its size, says tie(!ivenvillc
Reflector.
Pc I'lc-iN rnrty I'Ut to in.
The following is the plat
form of the people's party as
adopted at Omaha:
(a) We demand free and
unlimited coinage of nlver
ami gold at the piesent legal
ratio of l(i to 1.
(b) We demand that the
amount of the circulating
medium be speedily increase
to not less than .."0 per cap
ita. (c) We demand a graduat
ed income tax.
(d) We believe that t h e
money ol the country ehouhl
be kept as milch as possible
iu Uie hands of the people,
ami hence we demand that
all State and National reve
nues shall be limited to the
necessary expense of thegov
eruuient economically a ti d
honestly administered.
(e) Wo demand that postal
savings banks bo established
by (loyenriuent for safe de
posit, of earnings of the peo
ple and to faciliateexcliange.
Transpot tation being the
means of ( xchange and pub
lic necessity, 1 1:''?!:-, ,-. amelit
should o.vn and op 'ia'.e rail
roads in the int. rest of the
people.
(f.) Telegraph, te!ep':one
like the post oiTee sysf; ;::,
being a necessity for trans
mission of news, should ':e
owned and operated by t ho
(Jovernmeiit in the interest
of the people. The land, in
cluding all National services
of wealth is the heritage of
the people, and should not
be monopolized for specula
tive purposes, and alien ow
neiship of land should be
prohibited and all land now
he'd by railroads ai.d otuer
corporations in excess of their
actual n'ecdo, and all lauds
now owned by aliens should
be reclaimed by the Govern
ment and hold for irctuul set
tlers nK
IVci ': I ailj i-r l'puli'ira . i
Lam:tti; ii.i.i:. X.C. ..July
I - .--f Si'KM '. I The I ' p,-s
p. ii t ( ou vt-nt inn of ' . r 1
Congo s-im.al di-!ii. t i.mJ
lieje til.!, IV. Neail'. ,1 ! I ' n ; 1 j -,
. '
t'es ipletlitei',. '1 hei h.i i-i
maii, E. N. Riibeson. of Bl.i-, Cul. MeRrayi r ,:. . uan in
den. talleii the n jing (o Sainly Run creek, levelaud
ord-rat 'JT, o'cl k- f- .-ounty, Dec. U, l-S.'tt. lie
It r hi angling i; at il 1 o'clock. ; was cdm ate. I in t n comuioii
p. in., ihe convention ad-. schools of Slelby and vicini
joiii tie. until -I u'y L'.'ird wil h-1 ty, finishing with a two term
out making' any noaiina-course at Catanha College,
1 1 ions.
At ." o'clock the mir.oiity
of lh" con v..;t ion met and
; iioininated Frank D. koonci.
of Oushnv. for Congress ami study of law under Lee ic
Andrew J. Perry, of P.la.h-n. . Durham and attended I'ear
for el. cior. They were noin ' son's law s' hool. He was
inatc d by a lising vote. jut 1 admit ted to the bar in the
nine white men and t wo no- iyear 1S7.'j.
groes voting. The delegates j Col. Me Braver was elected
from Cumberland, Sampson .s a member of the legishi-
! and Duplin counties took no
part in the nominations, j i 1 1 1K70, and served one term.
Koouee and Pet ry arerepub-j He was prominently men
lieaus or antidemocratic. ! tioned as a candidate for
and those who knowsay that .j Congress in after tht
a majority of the eleven uu-it ; r-dist riot ing, and came with-
who voted are strong repub
licans.
"By theii work)
know them."' Ix.
ve shal
The republicans in this dis
trict are laying low and urg
ing forward the third party
fellow.i. It h is In t-ii sounded
down the line that the repub
lican Congressional conven
tion must be held very late
Andnieansthat.it may not
be held at all. Tt depends on
the progress of the radical
annex, known as the third or
Prof. Rattan's party. If this
so-called party gives assur
ance of accomplishing enough
to elect a republican then
they will put out a Ucket. If
not, the convention will nev-
cr meet. The republicansex -
peet mucii irom in'- Tiuro
party, and are mad because
the third party is not the
Alliance. Wilkeeborof ;(
ieJe. 1 r .1 . 1
IIAl'HXES' :'..
As S;cn in tli? Great Tohawo Titii.
A correspondent wants to' it, there is a profit of si.; per
know: "What it; happiness'.'" cent. TiieseadvoiatosshouM
Why, that's ea s y enough, jalso attempt to dissipaiei'aa
Happiness i s a large and
tempting gaub of laugh and
smiles and giggle. It is the
home-string of jocularity an I
Hie fifth wheel of succes. Hap
piness is not the itch, a car
buncle or an in-growing foe
nail. Happiness isaripeand
wormless peach. It is a ten
dollar bill and a bank ac
count. It is the i e crea in of
emptynoss. It is that which
comes w ithout thought, with
out work, with ut waiting
for it. In fact, happiness is
not in this old mud-daubed
world it. is, they tell us. be
yond the jasper walls of the
New Jerusalem. The fact of
the business is, that lauall
pox is catching but. happi
ness is not. Yo'i never saw
a happy man in your life.
There was iu what seenie 1 Lis
happiness an alloy a clog
on the w heel a fly in his milk
a cavity iu Ids tooth a
hole in his pockc t n:;d a dime
lost. We ne or saw bat one
happy man, and Ids wife pre
seated him with twins and ho
died. Happiness is not ; f
this world-take the right
hand door as you go in the
next and ynU j may find it.-
fh?jh.iTv (,lohe.
( i'l. Urtiliia M lt;a)rr DeaJ.
A telegram to Th Citizen
this m-n i.ihg from C. E.
l'riek. of Shelby, states that
t'ol. RcuIh-ii M. Braver M'c !
i ! I that I 1. M'f Tu '-da v
illg at. 7:-'
Newton. X.C. He went to
Texas when' he spent one
year in teaching. Returning
!o this State he began tho
tare I'r )m Cleveland county
, mfour voti sof l iangnomina-
leu. ne was e;eoi.eo as in
elector on the Cleveland tick
c( at this convention and.
made an able canvass.
Col. MrBrayer moved to
Asheville in 1889, and was
for some time chairman of
the deiuocraticexeculiveconi
mittef of the Ninth congres
sional dit riot.
In 1 877 Col. Mel 'rayer mar
ried Miss Mary E. Fulenwider
II 1 A 1
of ?holbv. . His wife and six:'
,.,,;,',,,.,.; thrceboysand three'
girls, survive
("it hen.
h'uu. Asheville
Tarboro Sout lierner:-Tnwi
who believe in the Govern
ment ownership of rail roads
should explain why it is ;hat
tiie railroad from (!o!dsboro
lo Morehead dos not pay
and never has paid. T h e y
should at-o explain how it is
that the Xorl h Carolina road
wdiilo op rated by the State
which owns it never- paid, but
now while ope;-;. ltd !' pri
ate oariies who have leased
fears vl ieh peolo naluvally
have that negroes will man
all trains. On the railway
, postal service in Eu- South
the clerks are negroes, at
least they are around Ii i'
If Harrison will persist iua-.a
king them postmasters and
collectors South, can a rea
sonable man donb" that he
will make them caidui tors.
. ( 'astonia Gazette: T h h
mayor of Asheville was plac
undei arrest the other
day . for fast driving on the
streets. A dispatch to the
Charlotte Observer says the
mayor had a fine korse whose
speed lie wished to try. To
this end he ordered the po
liceman to clear South Main
Street. The mayor then put
his driver in the bugg and
had him drive through the
street. The gait at which
the horse was driven was so
plainly in violation of the
law that Thos. A. Jor.es, law
Iyer j swueoutn warrant for
'Iurtyor BMnton's arrest. The
.Tair has caused a sensation
as SU)., a tnmJ? hng proba-
hiv never before been known
thei'e