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PROFESSIONAL.
W. B.COUNCILL, Jr.
Attorney at Lay.
Boone, N. C.
W. B. COUNCILL, M. I).
Boone, N. C.
Resident Physician. Office
on King Street north of Post
Office.
DK. L. C. REEVES.
PHYSICIAN AXD SCRGKON-
Office at Residence.
Boone, N. C.
L. I). LOWE,
Attorney at Law
ASD-
XOTARY I'UIIUC,
BANNER'S ELK, N. C.
J. FH9BPIIKW,
AT10HNEYA7 LAW,
UAIUON N.C
-(G)-
Will practice in the courts o
Wn tn uga, Ashe, Mitchell, McDow
ell and nil other counties in the
.pKtern listrirtW" Special nttcn
t-ion given to the collection of
claims."
Dr. J. t" Butler. I)r. T. C. BUckbnrn.
Trail's, Tna. Zionrillo, X. 0.
Butler & Blackburn,
Physicians & Surgeons.
tr Calls attended at all
hours. ."t&ft
June 1, '93.
E. F. UiYUAj. J. C. FLKTCHER.
lOVIU & FLETCHER,
A 71 OHXhYS A T LA If,
BOONE, N. c.
1ST Special attention given
to the rollet ion ol claims
L. L. GREENE, & CO.,
REAL ESTATE AG'TS.
HOONE, N. C
Will give special attention
tl abstracts of title, the sale
of Real Estate in W. N. C.
Those heving farms, timber
and mineral land! for sale,
will do well to call on said Co.
at Boone.
L. L. GHEES & CO.
March 16, 1893.
NOTICE.
Hotel Property for Sale.
On account of failing health
of myself and wife, I oner for Kale
my hotel property in the town ot
Boone, North Carolina, and will
sell low for cash and make terms
o suit the buyer, and will take
real or personal property in ex
change. Apply soon.
W. L. P-RVAfi.
Notice.
For sale. 900 acres of land,
on Rich Mountain, Watauga
County, on which is asbestos,
and fine land for sheep ranch.
Sales private. L D. Lowe &
I. T. Furgerfcon, Ex'trs. of
Mrs. A. P. Calloxva.v, deed.
Banner Elk, Nov. If. '90 .
j. i
X01ICE.
Parties potting papers in
my hand for execution will
pie i se ad ravcef the fees tvi th
the papers and they will re
reive prompt attention, other
wise they will be returned
not executed for the want of
Fees. P. F. Baird1 Shff.
sn'uoTlss2ipuTJO'9T.q
noai joaii 'xrvsi joj
MOOX12, WATAUGA COUNTY,
WASHINGTON LETTER.
from onr JUgtUii Cormpondeot.
President Cleveland never
did h more universally popu
lar thing than when he issu
ed his proclamation calling
an extra session of Congress
to meet August 7, it b e i n g
generally conceded by every
body that the financial situ,
a Hon demands Congressional
legislation, although there is
is difference of opinion. 4a"tt
the exact nature of what that
legislation ought to be. II
is well known that in calling:
the extra session for Aguuust
instead of September as orig
inally intended, the President
deferred to public opinion as
represented by prominent in
dividuals and businessorgan
izations in every section.
They stated to him that in
their judgment an extra ses
sion would have a tendency
of itself to restore publiecon
fidence and improve the fi
nancial situation, and al
though it greatly inconven
ienced hi in personally and
doubtless many of the Sena
tors a nd Represen ta t i ves who
had made their a rr.injretnents
for September heyielded,nnd
a good effect is alrready per
ceptible. Now thnt the extra session
has been ca I leri, the question
naturally arises, what will it
do? Mr. Cleveland stated in
his proclamation that "The
present perilous condition is
largely the resti't of a finan
cial policy which the execu
tive branch of th govern
ment finds embodied in un
wise laws which must, be exe
cuted until repealed by Con
gress." and it would seem
that both House and Senate
being democratic there
should be no difficulty inhav
ing those unwise laws repeal
ed at. the request of a demo
cratic administration, par tic
ularly when the fact is re
membered that the Chicago
platform, Upon which the
democratic party carried the
country bv an overwhelm
ing majority denounced those
laws and demanded their re
peal; bnt there is a difficulty,
and a doubt, although it is
growing less substantial, as
to the repeal of the Sherman
Silver law.
The absence of Mr. Cleve
land, who does not expect to
return to Washington '.in til
just before the extra session
meets, and the reticence of
the members of the cabinet,
most of whom expect to take
their vacations between this
time and Aug. 7, indicates
that having done its "futy the
administration now proposes
to keep its hands off and let
Congress do its duty, believ
ing that the business inter
ests of the country will make
its influence sufficiently felt
in Congress to make tho re
peal of- the Sherman law a
certainty. A personal friend
of the President said this
morning' "I do not believe
that Mr. Cleveland will have
another word to say publicly
on this question until he
sends his message ta Con
gress, which if 1 mistake not
will be a convincing docu
ment'. Senator torhees, chairman
of the Senate committee on
Finnnve, who has always vo
ted for th free coinage of sil
ver, is strongly ii favor of
the repeal of the Sherman
law, and expresses the belief
thnt it will be repealed. The
Senator is always n power in
Congress, and his aid will un
questionably be valuable in
the Senate, when? thestrong
est opposition to th repeal
will be met. It seems to !e
settled in the minds of those
who have been studying the
question that the House will
vote for repeal by a majority
of not less than 20, although
it may take good leadership
ami same hard fighting to
get it to a vott.
In view if the probability
of a prolonged fight in which
the whole silver question
would be thoroughly stirred
up, and its probable bad ef
fect upon financial affairs,
the suggestion has been
made that it would bi good
policy for the extra -cession
to pass a resolution authori
zing the President to sus
pend the purclnse of silver
under the Sherman law and
then at once adjourn. It is
claimed by the advocates of
the plan that it would dem
onstrate before the opening
of the regular session of Con
gress whether the purchase
of silver was as largely re
sponsible for the financial
stringency as it is claimed to
bo and would enable Con
gress to legislate upon the
subject with more intelli
gence? On the other hand,
there are numbers of demo
crats who say the party is
pledged to give the country
finunciul and tariff reform
and that the work should be
gin with the extra session
and not nd until it has been
thoroughly completed.
The canvass tor the officers
of the House will necessarily
have to be short. Speaker
Crisp will he re-elected with
out opposition, and clerk
Kerr is so far the only candi
date for his position. In ad
dition to the incumbents S.
S. Yoder. of Ohio; Charles H.
Turner, of New York, and Ly
curgus Dalton, of Iniana
there are a number of gentle
men who would like to be
Sergennt-at-arins, Doorkeep
er and Postmaster, and the
probabilities are that they
will make a very livelj cam
paign with the ehancesslight
ly in favor of the old officials.
Hoaora Won By Girl Students.
The University of S. An
drew's, which one year ago
opened its gates to women,
has now published the re
sults of the first sessional ex
amination in which women
have taken part. As yet the
women stadents are very few
but they have secured the
second place in English liter
ature, the first in Latin, the
first in Roman history, the
fourteenth in Greek, and the
seventh, the cwelftb and the
fifteenth in first mathemat
ics. As the classes consist of
seventy or eighty students
each, the honor of being the
first twelve or sixteen is of
some valne. Ashevilh Citi
zen. OK nTJPEPtlt,
IuauoKi-Ml, mid Stomach diraden, xm
BROW Mil mo BITTBnS.
All duicn keep It il per bottle. Gmntnrli'at
w)-Mk tad onmol Hxt taws on view
N C., TTlUliSDAY,
Wrk for the Eitrt Settioa.
Wilmington MesHvngvr.
The calling of the extra ses
sion of Congress meets with
great favor. See. (Iresham
says it was needed. So said
the more far-mving newspa
ers. It is p. pity that it was
not even called earlier. That
the Congress must first air
tend to the finances is appa
rent. They ure so distressed
and complicated, and require
such immediate doctoring
that ihey must Hist receive
the undivided attention or
both Houses and both par
ties. High patriotism will dic
tate to all that it is no time
for a display of mere paiti
huuship. It is an occasion-demanding
the greatest wis
dom and broadest possible
patriotism. Men should lift
themselves above the mere
dictates of party, and deal
with the financial question
that concerns all parties a
like and the whole country
in a spirit of broadest na
tionality and most conspicu
ous unselfishness and wis
dom. If this is done it will
be well and nobly done.
The Congress will have to
grapple with questions other
than the finances. The dem
ocratic party must take
hold in "dead earnest" otthe
huge tariff tax question. The
democrat who shirks here
should die t he death of a po
litical dodger and trickster.
No man may ever heroafter
be trusted who fails his par
ty in this crisis and in the
very teeth of solemn pledge
and reiterated assertion that
the vile, unequal, unjust, nn
reasona ble, u ncor.sti tu tiona I
McKinley Republican Tariff
tax shall come down, and
with a vengeance.
The pledge of the democra
cy to the country is a tariff
tax for revenue only. That
and nothing else.
The democracy have sworn
solemnly that no longer sln'J
the country ie handicapped,
burdened, robbed by a mon
strous system of Taxation
that is based upon the ab
surd, unwise, unconstitution
al principle of a tariff for pro
Tfitrriox with only ircidental
revenue. It was sworn that
all this shall, be reversed
that the sound, constitution
al, just, fair tariff is only for
reventk with such incidental
protection as may be deriv
ed from it. This is the pledge
of democracy. Stand by it.
The people demand this of
the democratic Congress nnd
their eyes will be upon every
mother's son of them. If any
democrat hedges, dodges, de
ceives Ihe "Messenger' will
take very great pleasure in
publishing him. Turn on the
light. .
Then there are the rn scaly
thieving pensions, a disgrace
to the county, and especially
to the Ncrth that favored
them these must be red need,
razeed with heroic hand.
There it plenty to Jo, and
if any of the members are
too lazy, or too delicate, or
too iudiiferent todo the need
ed work, they slronld take a
long holiday. Let them dis
appear from Washington. go
to their districts resign at
nee and k-t better men be
JULY 13. 181)3,
elected to do the needed most
urgent work.
Do not forget thit the re
publican Supreme Court de
cided that taxes laid for any
purpose other than for reve-m:e-s
"kouhkry." Tnat is
the very word it used. And
so it is. Hence the renubli-
can tariff is n Itobbvr a n d
nothing else, and the worst
of its kind. It Is an enemy
to the people. ' . -
AXeaorabie Pitjfr.
Messenger.
The prayer of Rey. Dr. Mo
ses J. Hoge, of Richmond, at
the grave of President Davis,
was peculiarly apposite, im
pressive and tasteful. It was
in striking con t rant to the
bombast and infelicities of
Rev. Dr. Mi In urn's -prayer at
the Chicago Show. We would
like to copy all of the prayer
of Dr. Hoge, for it is memor
able. It was reverent, full of
p -ace and reconciliation, but
there was no betrayal of con
science, no confession of sor
row and repentance over sins
committed by the brave men
of the Confederacy who dared
to fight for what they held to
be sacred and righteous and
dear, to their heart of hearts.
Hear the venerable Presbyte
rian divine in tho presence of
the vast assembly who stood
with uncovered bended heads
as he offers up to the Al
migty (iod, most high, 'most
holy, most merciful his sup
plications and prayer hear
this devoted and aged ser
vant of Jehovah saying:
"By Thy help, Lord God of
truth and justice, we will b
faithful to our trust 1 We will
perpetuate the story of all
who, by disinterested service
and heroic sacrifice, strug
gled to maintain the empire
of principle in the world, and
who, with honor stainless
and conscience inviolate, ful
filled their task. Now num
bered with theimmortaldead
they still live enshrined in
tho souls of those who love
them all the more for what
they suff 'led and who cher
ish their memories with tin
dying devotion."
Then hear him lifting his
heart filleif with gratitude
and adoring love totheKing
of kings ;8 he reters to the
noble dead and hushandless
wife and devoted daughters:
"Accept our thanks, g r a -cious
r'athcr, thnt we have
accomplished the office ofgiv
ing our bvlofed and honored
chief his appropriate resting
place iinorig those whoshar
ed with liiai Ihe Toys of victo
ry and the sadness of defeat,
and who followed the banner,
now forever furled, with a for
titude which no reverse could
shake, and which no disaster
could daunt.
"Here on this imperial hill
we have laid him down be
side the river whose water?
sing their perjwtualrequium,
and amid the flowers which
sj)eak of the resurrction of
the just and of the land where
death never withers affec
tions, which bloom in beauty
and fragrance evermore.
"Ve look up from- the open
grave to the open heavens,
where Thou dost live and
reign, and where all who have
died in the true faith do live
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and reign with Thee in glory
everlasting.
"In this, the hour of their
freshly-a wakened sorrow, 0,
Father, most tender and lov
ing, in tho plentitude of Thy
compassion remember and
comfort thine handmaiden
and all dear to her. Thou
husband of too widow and
father of t'ie fatherless, be
Thou their strength, their
song and their salvation."
Preferred Them XJicd.
Yunkec Blade.
Many interesting stories'
have been told about the fa
vorite son of the South, Hen
ry W. Grady. One that was
heard a few evenings ago at
an lissembhige. htrgele made
up (;f Presbyterian clergy
men, shows that his colored
coachman, who had not ap-jH-ared
prominently bei'ore
the American public, was weii
worthy to be in the service of
snch a master.
Rev. Dr. Henry M, Field"
was the relater of this inci
dent. Dr. Field was visiting
Atlanta, and of course, met
Mr. Grady. Mr. Grady plac
ed his caniage at Mr. Field's
disposal, and after driving
about the city, on being left
at Mr. Grady's office, the Dr.
rewarded the coachman with
a big silver dollar. Later in
fhe day Mr. Grady remarked
to Dr. Fields that his coach
man had to'd him of the'
trip, and at the same time'
had said that a certain Bap-
rise ciercrvnian wnorn ne rrart
driven about the city ashort!
time before as Mr. Grady's
guest had at the end of the"
ride rewarded him with his
blessing, saying that hecoulkli
kive turn no other reward.
Mr. Grady asked him which
he preferred, the dollar or
the blessing, and the coach
man, scratching his head, re
plied that both were good,
and that he thought he pre-
ferred them mixed. Andth9re
are others of us, I think, con
eluded Dr. Field,- who prefer
them mixed.
Tf ka Our Own Medicine.
Springfield Republican.
Southern newspapers cart
not be blamed for ringing the
changes on the recent dis
graceful ut breaks of raotf
law in northern States. They
are turning against the peo
ple' of Michigan and Illinois1
all tho severe things .vhich
nort'ln rn people have said a
bout smithern lynching and
nothing can be said in reply,
ThtMrmhis that the northerners-
are by long odds
the worst offenders. Their
outbreaks of brutality direct
ed against a defenseless pris
oner Jn the hands of the law'
are without shadow of justi
fication, and if the southern
ers can sting the people of
Michigan and Illinois into suf
ficient indignation to make
them punish the crowds of
ruffians Llmt have digraced
them ihey will do the whole
country a .jervice.
It is interesting to know
ihat a sister of the great Car
lisle lives in Ontario, Canada.
She was born in Scotland ire
1812, and was J arret Carlisle.
She m irried Robert Hanning.
Her father was Jas. Carlisle,
of whom the great son wrote,
He was the remarkablest
tn-au 1 ever kew. Ex.-