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ft" "X i r- i )) ctkWyh 'IP ni ir VOL 5 rnu sessional. w. n. councill.Jh. Attokxsy at La .v. Boone, N. C. Y. 15. COUNCILL, M. I). Boone, N 0. Resident Physician. Oflict on Kins Street north of Post Office. F.F. LOVILL Attorxky At T.aw, Boone N. C. DR. L. C. REEVES. Physician axd Sriu;i:oN Office at Residence. Boone, N. C. L. I). LOWE, Attorney at Law -ANI- NOTARY PUIILIV, BANNER'S ELK, N. C. J F.HORPIIEW, ATTORNEY Al LAW, Marion, n. t Will practice in the courts o Watauira. Ashe. Mitchell, MH)ow- 11 and all other counties in the jrefitern iistrict .WTStiecial at lea tion given to the collection of claims."1" NOTICE. Hotel Property for Stile. On nnrniint. nf fftilinor health of myself aud wife, I offer fr sale ray hotel property in the town ol Boone, North Carolina, and will lnw for rash nnd make terms o suit the buyer, and will take real or personal property m ex- cnangre. jippryjoon. W. L. Bryan. Notice. For pale. 900 acres of land, on Rich Mountain, Watauga County, on which is asbestos, and fine land forsheep ranch. Sales private. L. D. Lowe & J. T. Furgerson, Ex'trs. of Mrs. A. P. Calloway, deed Banner Elk. Nov. IP '90 . NOTICE. Parties putting papers in my hand for execution will please advance the fees with the papers and they will re ceive prom pt attention , other wise they will be returned not executed for the want of fees. D. F. BaIrd Shff. tJSIYEBSlTf OF S0BT3 CA0L1N1. Instruction is offered in four general courses of study, six brief courses, t large number of special courses, and in law, medicine and engineering. The Faculty includes twenty teachers. Scholarships and loan funds are available for needy young men of talent and character. The next ses sion begins Sept, 1 . For cat alogue with full information, address President Winscon, Chapel Hill, N. C. Ktlww.riilNttM'-ir-f-ifliijitf rti-ryTidifc n'vt.r i THB KT FneaKEftS OF ELSCTRICITV. for t be Trrtn -nt of CfcrBle, H " m m V ir i, s pool 1. rrlTata, rcauie, rd all rril Mmura. 1 1 JJ HtiHlITrtll lit M cu arranged and taken, ftrud rmr cenu la ituKip fur book on CV 1 ef OU1 or addrau, " ; jDfl. ALBERT r. SNELL 1 CO., k' this Kn.er111t. Tft. i m)fUm. W Mart . Hak. T ph 4 ' BfM . T KB 7 MM Wm. I fcfc I M Mn an Mnttf W fftt ( rath us wards. UtrMMl H MM M rHtl. ft BTtM IfUi kr. IX liOOXE, WATAlUiA COUNTV, WASIUXliTOX LETTER. From our Regular Correspondent. Thin if going to be xilver week in ( )ngres, and con servative democrats will be very inuehdixappiiiiited if the remilt is not a compromise measure that will become a law, and settle, at least for a time, the very troublesome and very important (luestion. It Ims been known evejuince tongrens dime together that President elect Cleveland was veryanxiou for this ('ongi ess to put a stop to the purchase of silver, which he believes to menace the prosperity of the eountry. It was through the rffoitsofhis immediate friends in th1 House that Thursday nnd Friday of this week have been designated for the con sideration of the Andrews bill for the repeal of the sil ver lnw. K is heh'eved that a gnfficient number of demo crats in the House have changed their views on this question to mnkethe passncre of this bill probable by the House, but it is not thought that it can get through the Senate; hence the moemenr to effect a compromise that will be satisfactory to thjsi1 ver men nnd at thesame time will suspend the purchase of silver. Senator Hill, who vo ted for the present silver law, now holds th" same .opinion about th purchnsf. of ail ver that Mr. Cleveland does and is workingto bring about its suspension. This week will determine whether a com pro mise is possible, and if it is not accomplished an extra session early in the spring is believed by Mr. Cleveland's closest friends to be inevita ble. It is probab'.o lhat there will be some tariff legislation at this session after all: The House Ways and Means com mittec favors, and there is very little opposition any where, the repeal of that clause of the McKinley law which raises tl e tariff on lin en goods fifty-per-cent on nnd after January 1. 1894. It is admitted by the republi cans that this clause has fail ed to accomplish what it wis intended to d:) develop the limn industry in the United States. Representative Blount, of Georgia, chairman of the House committee on Foreign Affairs, who voluntarily re tires fiom Congress on the 4, of March, after havingserved continuously therein for twen ty years, was the recipient on Saturday of an unusual and unexpected compliment from his colleagues on the floor of the House. It was while the diplomatic and con sular appropriation bill was under consideration that Mr. Blount was honored by such praise as few men have re ceived, from political associ ates as well as opponents. Among thorie who made speeches in. honor of the re tiring statesman were Repre sentatives Holman of India na; Hitt, of 111.; Bland, of Mo.; O'Neill, of Pa.; Springer, of 111.; and Mc. Creary.ofKy. No greater compliment than that paid by Mr. Hitt, when he said ''lathe consideration ofpubH' quest ions Mr. Blount Inn been a patiiot and not a partisan," has ever been or ever will be paid a legislator. The Hawaiian commission having pi-fwnted the petit inn of the govern ment they rep resent lor annexation to the United States, to Mr. llarri son, through the See. ol State, are now waiting as patiently as they may for an answer. In spite of the mystery wil, which t he oPfici lis of t hfState Department are trying to surround the matter tUere would be litth doubt of the character of the answer were it. not so near the close f Mr. Harrison's term. Hemiqu" tionably favors annexation, but may, so long as it can hardly be consumated under his administration, conclude to leave it lor Mr. Cleveland and the democratic Congress to arrange. That is cert airi ly what he should do. Who Should .Mare the OMrcs. Luuiberton Robcsoniasi. Among the thousands who will ask nlhVe under Cleveland there will b a ,reat many who never did an hoar's work for the Democratic pat ty, or who. ipdeed, know any thing of its principles or poii cies and care leys. Ail they are for is th" oiheea. ,i;!liy of thee will su'vei'd in ob tabling tiieii- wants and ma ny worthy nnd hard working Democrats be pushed aside to make room for them. Thi is not :is it should be by any means, but in the groat mini ber of offices; and the terrific struggle and scramble to get in it cannot be helped in some instances. Sometimes a re cruit from the Republican party will be rewarded for his services and a good solid Democrat set aside. Again a sulker in his tent and a silent looker on, waiting to see which way the cat is go ing to jump, will step into a fat place, while his neighbor, a time worn nnd bai tie-scarred veteran of Democracy, w ill be pushed out of the way. These fellows who scramble into office over the shoulders of more worthy and more ?apable men arewit'iout sen timents of modesty, honor or fair piay, and are on hand nt every prize distribution, begging and fighting for crumbs. From our papers we see a good deal of this cropping out in all parts of the coua try. There is, we are glad to see, a rising sentiment a gainst giving the spoils of the victory t o luke-wnrm, time-serving Democrats in preference to the simon puie, hardworking, unswerving members of the party. The vic tory in November was dis tinctively a Democratic vic tory, and none but unadul terated Democrats should share the emoluments and rewards. A Boy Will Start the Exposition. The little adopted son of Mrs. Palmer will press the button that is to send the electric thrill through the great machinery af the expo sition. The little fellow is a Castilian by birth and the son of an officer in the Span ish army. He was christen ed Murillo Casteler Palmer by the great orator and po et, Emilio Casteler. E X. CM TIIUKSDAY, Spotting Mr. Imont New York Ih-raM. An interesting anecdote is related o "Dan" Lamont in connection with his visit to Lakewood. Comment has al ready be n made upon the abstraction which chara.-ter-ized the probable future nec rctuiy's manner after Inn par ting from Mr. Cleveland at the Mtetion. It low appears that Mr. La-i.otit was a great deal more "rattled" over the sum mons t.)appearat Lakewood than was thought to be pos sible for so cool and experi enced a head. He was a little late for the train tha left New York and didn't have time to purchase a ticket for Lakewood on th New York side of the river. When he got to New Jer sey he rushed to the ticket oPice, and throwing down a ten dollar bill, asked Agent Bird for a Lakewood excur sion ticket. H snatched up the ticket and darted off without wait ing r.!' his change. So absorbed was hein Cab inet uYeaiiiH that he did not hear Ayent Bird's voice shou titt alter him that he had left at veil dollars on thecoun I'M-. C a I i i ti iv an assistant to mind the wimlow, Bird pur sued the Colonel and roughly accosted him, "Here; you!" Said he. "You left yotir change on the win dow. Now, that's a smart trick, bn. you can't play it on me. Don't goto the of fice of the company and say I didn't give you y o u r change." Mi. Lamont thanked him absently and walked toward the parlor car, but the ag't. followed him and called the parlor car conductor's atten tion to the future statesman. ''Keep your eye on that mail," he said to the conOue tor. "1 think he's a crook. Spot him and see where he gots when he gets to Lake wood and report back to me The conductor proceeded to ''spot" his man at once, and kept it up religiously during the trip, eyeing Mr. Lamont so persistently that the lat ter felt nnei'ny under t h e stare. When the train drew in at Lakewood t.heconductor whs about to rush forth to ti?ll the station agent to whadow the supposed malefactor, but almost the first prson who advanced to greet Colonel Lamont was Mr. Cleveland himself. He stretched forth his hand and shook that of his former private secretary withferver, calling him by his christian name. The conductor near ly fell under the train with astonishment, Disliop Ljmau to be Mar led. Columbia. S. C, Feb. 7. The fact has just become known that the Right Rev. Theodore B. Lyman, of the diocese of North Carolina is to be married on Tuer Jay at St. Micmels Church in Chutles ton. The Bishop is 79 years of uge. The lady to whom he will be united is Mrs. Sa rah Robertson. . The Bishop is r.ow in the city nnd will go tb Charleston tomorrow. FKliliUAltY, K , Truth It Stronger Thaa Fiction. Ashkvili.i:, N. C., F our years ago Anion M. Austin, of Ynncy county, killed Hen ry Ledford of the same coun ty. Austin was brought to Asheville and confined in jail here nearly a year before, hi trial occurred, resulting in his conviction and sentence to the penitentiary for tn a ti -slaughter. He left a wifeand seven children who had mov ed here during his con fine men t. Alter sen invr tome time in the "pen" Austin attempted to escape and was shot twice m the head and once in the back, from the rffects of which wounds, became near d,ing. News reached his wife here of the shooting and that her husband hud been killed. Time passed and as no news came from Austin his wife, or widow, as nhe supposed, hon oral the Hiit o? E. W. Mor gan, and on Oct. 4th, 1891, they were married in Ashe ville. The couple lived happily until some time last year, when Mrs. Morgan received a letter from her husband No. 1. She left No. 2 immediate ly an 3 has not lived with him since. Austin has just arrived lie'-e having been pardoned from the penitentiary by the Gov ernor on account of ill health resulting from his wounds. One bullet remains in Aus tin's head and causes faint ing fits. Austin has seen two of his children but doesn't seem to care to see his wife, who fears he will harm her, or the oilier man in the cape. The Gutter,"!' Oath 'IV king1. Winston Sentinel. The theme of Rev. L. G. Broughton's discourse Sun day night wafl "The vain use of God," the second of a series on the Ten Command ments. His text was the sec ond Commandment. In the course of his sermon he made an attack upon the courts of justice because of their practice of using th" Holy Scriptures upon which to administer oaths to wit nesses, "harging t h a t this custom was in direct viola tion of the teaching of the text.. The great masses (f hu manity, he said, have no re gard for the onth, and the legal professions he believed was trickery and chicanery in swerving the witness fiom the testimony given under this oath. Dr. Broughton said when a man registered he was sworn to support the consti tution and obey the laws of his country. Theconstitution affirms that every native born and naturalised citizen not otherwise disabled shall be allowed the exercise of his franchise, yet some under this oath consider it the highest act of citizenship to cheat his fellowman out of his yote. He said that while the Democratic party wn defrauding the negro out of his vote in the South, the Republican party was up North grinding down wage workers and compelling them to vote as their employers dictated or not at all, and NO. the Peoples' party is moving about organizing secret po litical societies. The Hor that l'ulli l.e Ho ait Hare the fodder. Austin, (Ja , Chronicle. Senator Vance, of North Carolina, has stated the doc trine, to the vietoiy belongs the spoils, in aqu.nnt, home ly way which is peculiarly his own, but which goes home to the understanding of all his hearers, and finds hearty endorsement.. ''The horse that pulled the plow must have the fodder," wasthe ex pressive language in which he clothed the fair illiar doc trine, and though Senator Vance is being criticised by some of the ultra civil ser vice people, and called the spoils Senator, he has said nothing which is not good politics, and politics which no party is strong enough to disregard. Mark you. be did not say the horse that did not pull the plow shall be turned out to starve, or shall not have fodder. He only said what the horse who did pull the plow deserved. He leaves the other horses to look out for themselves. He is arguing the cnsn of the horse who worked, and who worked where he ought to have wor ked. He belibves, just as the most of other people believe; that the best things Bhould come to those who carried the day, and snatched victo ry from the entrenched foe. He does not say pnt them all to th.'sword and no quarter; he only says look out for our own men first, ind then be generous to the enemy; Don't leave these sleek, fat fellows who have had their noses in the crib for years iri possession of all the best pla ces, and divide up their leav ings among horhea who pull ed the plow. Look out for the faithful fellows first, and then discuss the fate of these o t h e r fellows afterwards. They are iiiar.y of them, no doubt worthy of consider -tion, bifi there is nothing ei ther in practical politics or fair dealing, which entitles them to the first considera tion. Senator Vance is right. "The horse that pulled the plow ought to have the fodder." Esat on Boys. North Carolina Teacher. At a recent board school examination for girls, one of the tasks was an essay on boys, and this was one of the compositions, jaat as it was handed in by a girl of 12: "The boy is not an animal, yet they can be heard at ft considerable distance. When a boy hollers he opens his big mouth like frogs, but girla hold their toung til they aref spoke to and then they an swer respectable and tell just how it was. A boy thinks himself clever because he can wade where it is deep, but God made the dry land for every living thing, nd rist ed on the seventh day. When the hoy grows up he is called a husband, the grew up girl is a widow and keeps house." BSTPay your subscriptionr
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