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r." ' . , . . The Watauga Democrat B. fcrrtj, Editor. B. C. RiTrrs, P.klUher Ihurstlay. May -th, 7Ma3. Capt. Ed war J F. UiIlL This prominent gentleman has received tleappointment of Special Land Examiner ami left on yesterday for.Min nesotn, by way of Washing ton, I). C. A t hia is the fi rt appointment evrr made to an office outside of the State to an j citizen of this whole mountain Paction, we feel al most at proud as if it was a Cabinet position. Copt. Lov- ill has a most honorable ie ord both in war and pf ace, &nd deserves even a much bet tor place thnn he has receiv ed. He entered thCotifeder ate service at the age of nine teen years, as a private, and was Captain of hit Co. before the tnd of the first, year. He took part in nearly all of the srreat battles foucht bv the Army of Northern Virginia. being severely wounded in the battles of Gettysburg, Reams Station and Jones' Farm. In the latter engagement he was pierced through both thighs with a m'nie ball, and as he wad 1 ping borne from the fild by four men, two of them wfere shot dead and the other two wounded. Recovering from his rounds, he was in command of his regiment when it surrendered at Appo mattox. This is a brief re sume of the war record made by our gallant Captain. Capt. Lovill came to Wa tauga in the year 1874, and has therefore mingled with u for the past nineteen years, and we doubt very much if he has a personal en?my in tho county. Since he came among us, he has been the nominee of the democratic party for the Legislature four times, and was success ful in three of the contests. He has made a faithful repre sents ti ve of the . people. He t jok a very active part in the proceedings of the last session of the Legislature, and as a member of the Rail road Com mittee was largely instrumen tal in forcing the Wilmington & Weldon Rail Road Co. to surtender their exemption from taxation, by which the vast sum of eleven millions of dollars worth of property wrs added to the tax list of the State, with three years back taxes on the same, evi dently the most important piece of legislation since the war. Capt. Lovill is a shrewd and nstute politician, a safe and conservative lawyer, a good neighbor and citiien, anil we very much regret his absence from the State. The continued drought in parts of Europe has cut the harvest short and very hard times are anticipated in France, Germany and Eng land. Some of thesesections have had no rain for several weeks. Also in India the wheat crop is estimated to be 35,000,000 bushels short. The American farmers will have to feed these great sec tions to a large extent, and if they can keep out of t h e shackles of the trusts and combines they will.be ena bled to get a handsome price for their farm products. There will doubtless be a geat demand on the crops of the American farmer, perhaps greater than has ever been known. President Cleveland aiunlop Lyman disqualifies him, to do right, and will in the end, no doubt. He has a way of his own, and we are rath er glad he has, but if hi way does not suit his party and people how does he exject to hold the people to his way of thinking, unless it turns out that his way is the bct? If the President dividei his par ty and a great family war irets organized, w hat will le the consequences. The first step the Pienident made bj appointing Judge Grcshain to a Cabinet position, was being overlooked and the peo pie quit saying anything a bout it, but his disposition to retain republicans in office is causing severe criticisms from his hitherto strong sup porters. Our democratic peo ple are restless, they want n change; they want the ol d rad'ed dynasty deposrd all along t'.ie line. This is why they turned out in great force on that memorable day in November and voted; this is whr Grover Cleveland was elected by the greatest ma jority by the democratic hosts, believing at the time this nation would be redeem ed. Now let us look at the matter calmly. Cleveland has uot yet ben in office three months. Look at the great amount of business of great er importance to be looked after; the great financial qut s tion; the treasury of thecoun try depleted and a burden of debt, overhanging the coun try, and a great financial crash ineminent, Had ve not be ter rest easy f r a few more months as regards appoint ments, than to urge so strong ly the leas important duty of "turning the rascal, out." Grover Cleveland will do his whole duty if yoU will give him time. Do not kill him now by over-taxinghim. Our State has no right to com plain. She is "getting there" very well indeed and ought not to complain. Let us all sustain the President in his supreme efforts to carry on the workings of this huge country to the best possible advantage. Postmaster General Bis sell is getting soundly abus ed now-a-days over his ru ling by which republican post masters are retained. To be sure none of us old line demo crats look with much com- p'acency upon the ruling of our Post Master General, for in many instances we see the need of a change. We have some honest, capable post masters who are republicans and do their duty. Of this class we have no fault to find. We here have reference to the small fourth class offi ces. 1 he presidential otnees ought to be changed and so ought the smaller ones when mere is an incompetent per son like some we could name holding over. Aftertherush of business is over in the va rious departments, we have no doubt but matters will be properly arranged and ev erybody will become harmo nious and feel better all along the line. But we acknowl edge that it is somewhat un suited to our taste for us democrats to elect all the of fice holders from President down to constable and then let the republicans hold over and keep us out. It is some what humiliating we confess. The Episcopal Convention of the Stite has neen in ses sion since the 18th. An as sistant Bishop is to be cho- sen. The extreme age of Bish- trorn a continuation of his IalMM, and must le relieved from his excessive labors bv the election of an assistant, Trm raraisffUa, WatriarUa, Eilitor Denwra t: If you will Kindly give ni3 space, I'll give yon a f f wjto le enlarge!, and the .J-. more lines from this part of the ''wild and wooly" est. Farmer areundergood head way with their spring work. This has been an unusually late spring, for I find, as a general ru!, a greater por tion of the Beetling is done by the middle of thin month, but I hardly think it is h n I f through at present. The greater portion of the low lands are not sufficiently dri ed to allow plowing yet, and perhaps it will be some days yet before it enri all be plow ed. Although the weather is; nice and warm at present. and the land drying out very fast, if the usual amount of seeding cau be done, the far mers are anticipating an a bundant yield, but perhaps there will be a little bhortage in the amount of seeding, ow ing to the unusual quantity of rain that has fallen for the past few weeks. But there can be an immense quantity of wheat sown in a very short time. The farming h re hull done with m'.nchinery. The plows are heavy, and cut broad, deep furrows. A hw sulkey plows, with from four to six horses hooked on to t'.iem will cut lots of land in a lew da.s. the seeders are from ten to twelve feet in width. With all tJ,eir im proved implements and plen ty of sunshine, makes farm ing very nice here. There are no rock or roots 'to bother, and as a whole, there is very little about the work here tu make a man "cuss" if he will work nnj where without 'cuss ing," although the most of the men here, and especially the men who work lor wages, seem to be experts in, what they seem to think, the three greatest requiiemeuts of a re g u 1 a r, all-in-all, genuine "gentleman", to wit: smoke, chew ond "cuss," and these three seem to reign supreme with a majority of the peo ple. But, of course, there are some good ieople here, as square up, straight-forward, business men as there will be found anywhere, and occa sionally you will find one who claims to be "on the Lord's side," but I cannot say as to that. But I am of the opin ion that a sinner and achris tian in this country would be h rd to distinguish one from the other. But for fear some one will think the devil has his head-quarters here, I will say it is no altogether as rough as it migh'tb'e, a n d f.c take it all in allj( believe this portion of the United States is as fine a 'farming country as can be-found in Grover's dominion. C. R. Noris. Tbe Great Southern Remedy. People should not be de ceived into paying money for trashv mixtures gotten up to sell. Botanic Blood Balm, (B. B. B.) which has been made in Atlanta for the past fif teen years, never fails to give satisfaction as a :; superior building up tonic and blood purifier. It is made from the prescription of an eminent physician. The bottle islarge and the doses small. See thei'r advertisements and buy that rhich is thoroughly en dorsed by thousands of grate ful patients whoni k has cur ed. A trial bottle will tet-t its merits. " r The Oxford Orphan Asylum m greatly overcrowded, There , are now under it idi.-lterj 232 children, while its . ' jcommodations ar only in tended for 200. This year n than uinety applicants for admission hav been re jected. The building ought .vnjerasks 'hy it is that no wealthy North Carolinian give while ulire, or bequeath money to such an insti'u tion? The cold weather during May has injured all growing crops. Reports from Raleigh say that cotton is dying ou many farms. On the 18th and 19th there was frost. Then cold rain and chilly weather, so much so that fires were necessary to keep the people comfortable. NOTICE. IH virtue of a deed of trust ex ecuted to me by A. D.t'owles.and wife, Amelia forties, on the 8th day of SejiteinU'r, 18M8; and in oUdience to a. decree of the Su perior Court of Ashe ccuutv niaile ut spring term, 1NIK1, 1 wiil sell to the highest bidder the lands belojging to the said A. I). I'owles in the 'counties of Ashe, Wilkes and Watnuga, at the following times and places in said counties: At the court house in Jefferson, X. ('.. on Monday, Jun. the uth, 18D3, the f illowiiigtrtH'tsuf land lying in Ashe county: lot tract known as the Wilev l'resnell lands ou (lap creek, a I joining Jacob Setzcr, (.'.J. Cowles ana others, contaiuiuing oU a cres. 2nd tract the Lark in Phillips laud, ou l ine awn mp, adjoining c. J. Cowles and William Phillips ontaining M acres. 5lrd tract known as the Ho kins land adjoinining Calvin Cowles, Jacob Setzer and others, containing loO acres. 4th tract on the South Cork of New River, at the mouth of cranberry creek, adjoining Jas Scott, Jacob Setzer and othirs, containing some 30 or 40 acres. 5th tract the lands purchased from C. M. Hunt, near Pkillps' jap on the Blue Itirige. At tne court nouse noor in Wilkesboro, X. C, on Wednesday June 7th, I WW. thf following lands ting in the county ot Wilkes: 1st tract on th waters afljew is' Fork, adjoining the old Mar tin Lipp tract and he Joel ter guson tract and others, csntain ing 42 acres. 2nd tract on the South side of the Blue Ki'lge, adjoining J. C Harton, chap Green and others containing 2" acres. t 3rd tract on Meadow Branch, waters of Lewis Fork, adjoint np c. J. cowles. A. m. church and oth ers. containing 50 acres. 4th tract m the south sid of the rune mage, adjoining wm. Blackburn, Joseph callow ay and others, containing 2o0 acres. 5th tract the jordon church landy, on the waters of Lewis' Fork, adjoining the lands of c. J cowles and others, containing 1 00 acres. 6th tract on the nine nidge. near Phillips' cap, adjoining the lands of c. N. limit, Edmund Black burn and others, containing 200 acres. At ,tie court, house in Boone, N. c. on saturdav. June the loth, 1803, the following lands lying m the county of V atuuga: 1st tract known nH the nark nidge tract on, Beech Mountain, containing 100 acres. 2nd tract km wn as the Lam bert lands, on Grassy creek, ad joining George Phillips and oth ers, containing 2) acres. 3rd tract in the Depp nun of the ulu ? nidge, containing 30 a 4th tract on Elk creek (Hog Ik), known as the Carrol lands, containing 50 acres. Said lands to be sold to satisfy various outstanding claims against the said A. P. cowles and secured bv said deed o trust. TKKMSOFSALB. One-fourth cash on day ol sale and the balance on a credit of three month, purchaser giving bond with approved security Thiis April the 24th. 1893. .W. H. GENTRY, Trustee BROfN'S IRON BITTER Cure Dyspepsia, In dignation ft Debil it j. c- -- c 5 c c t U I If I 1 1 ll I " -(-. SAY I Tills IS XO HUM l'UGTO DUAW TRADE! IMEANBlJOEr. 1 mm umv until the first day of Apiil I will sell my Htock o CLOTHING AND OVERCOATS At percent above COST ! If yon Oon't think I mean it come and look through my STOCK It wont cost you one cent if yoa dont purchase. I have a large aoek and want to get rid of it before upring. -o- CALL AND LOOK! -o- I would call your attention to the big- cut in prices in my other lires. -o Respectfully, W. L BUY AiY OOOO OS CO CO CO CO CUTTING AFFAIR Ar BLOWING ROCK ! III ordr to make room for our large and completestrck -OF- SPUING AND SUM MER GOODS WE ARE MAKISG A BIG CUT IN PEICES For the next SIXTY DAYS. Many Goods Will be Sold for Less than GOSTOF Manufacture, Cull early to Feo'm we can showjren Letter than ne can tell you. Very Respectfully, II. r:tARTl.JtCo. mowing Rock. March 1st 'v3, .VI LOOK OUT! :: I ha ve just received a nice line of Dresg Goods content ing of White nd Hlack Km - broided Skirting. , A big lot of. Whit Goods, Worsted mid etc. A nie line of ladies Trimmed a n d Untrimrued ilATS Alw) Trimmings. Tip and KlmvH-M for lUh. A nir line of ladies and Gent's 8hoin. Big lot of Tin-ware Glass-ware a u 1 Qu'eus-war- A god line of Notions. A lig lot of Jeans and (!t tonades. Just couio In 500 galti of Croekery wat'ft. ' We are Ageat for Helton Woollen Milla. A big lot of 'loth now on hand. J list received a nice lot of "SUGAR: lirown and Granulated, ond Coffee. A big lot tf Hoea, Nails, Horse fdioeg, 4 Ox shoes etc. No gooda sold on time, un less secured by mortgage. Recollect that I will nell on good goods and will not misrepresent m v wares. Come and see my stock whether you buy or not. - Most Respectlullr, sC. D. TAYLOR. April 27, 93.
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