Watauga, Democrat.
.5 HOOXK, WATAl'(J A COUNTY, N. (.'., rillll'SDAY, .JULY 1U NO. 4H.
VOL
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W. B.COt'XCILL, Jn.
Attorney at Lav.
llOolie, X. ('.
W. B.COUXCIIX. M. I).
BoO!ie, X. C
Resident Physician. Office
on King Street north of Post
Office.
DR. L.C REEVES.
PHYSICIAN AND SlHUKON
Cfficc at Residence.
Boone, X. C.
L. I). LOWE,
Aitay at Law
AM)
MfTMir ruiiLic,
BANNER'S ELK, X. C
"jTififoaPiiBW,
AllORSEY Al LAW,
M A It ION, N
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"Will practice in the court -Wataiua,
Ash.-, Mitchell, Mellow
ill and nil other comities in the
.vent era H.striiM 6fS.' i il nttcn
I Ion il v.-i: to the collection of
claims."
Er. J. ( Sutler. r. f . C. Blackburn.
T.ade, Tita. ZlOiirillc, X- C.
Butlo: & Blackburn,
Physicians & Sargsans,
v2TC;il!s attended at
i).'i;.s."t-l
.J mil' 1, iM.
U. K. l.oVIU.. J. c: IMjIOTCHICU.
LOVILl & FLET3HER,
BOONE, X. C.
P'$Sltt hi attention given
to the eolletion otd;iim.s."M
L.L. GllKtiNE, A: CO.,
REAL ESTATE AG'TS.
HOQSEs N. i.
' Will givi special attention
to abstracts of title, the sain
of Ileal Estate in W. N. C.
Those he ving farms, timber
and niitieinl lands for sale,
will do well to call on said Co.
fit Boone.
' L. L. GHEES & CO.
March 1G, 1893.
NOTICE,
off Vvopevty for Sale.
. On account of failing- health
of myself and wifo, I offer for wale
my Hotel property in the town of
I'.ooiie, North Carolina, and will
ll low for cash and make terms
o. suit the buyer, and will take
real or personal property hi ex
change. Apply noon.
W. L. lbtY.x.
Notice.
For nale. 900 ncresof hind,
on Rich Mountain, Watauga
Cotintv, on which is asbestos,
nnd fine land for sheep ranch.
Sales private. U D. Lowe &
T. T. Fufgerson, Ex'tfs. of
Mrs. A. P. Calloway, deed.
Banner Elk, Nov. IP. TO.
NOTICE.
Parties putting papers in
my hand for execution will
pie ise advance the toes with
the pa iters and they will i-e-cei
vo prompt attention other
wise they will be returned
not executed for the want of
fees. I). F. Baird Shkf.
BROWN1 S IRON BITTERS
cures Dyspepsia, In
digestion & Debility.
Why Iks Hoaih .p ror.
Wilmington Messenger.
Many of the jiew-p;ierare
endeavoring to mIiow why it
H the Smith is oor. The an
swer in not far to go it sevin
to uv We would biiefly state:
the raue of Southern povei
ty to be then-:
1. The great war, its losses,
it devastations. It bankrupt
the rieh South, deprived it of
tens of thousand of best rit
zens, and robbed it of its en
tire bapisof credit. TheSouth
had tosfai t afresh in the bus
inesH of life. Every f liing wan
a waste and poverty stalked
abroad.
ii. Then came the snvag",
oppressive, ruinous Recon
struction Era, with all of its
stealing, mount a in debts fool
ish, sectional legislation.
.. The high tariff tax laws
of the republican party that
made the rich Xortli richer,
and robbed th poor for the
henellt of the Plutocracy? The
Money L'evil has had a vast
deal to do with the poverty
a nil prostration of t h e
South.
4. Then there is I he wicked
and uuioi tunatedeinoentiza
tiot: of silver in 1873.
o. Now comes t he other n
gents of injury. First in the
long continued policy of grow
ing one market erop and l)iiy
ing eveiy tiling. Th: South
has elm g to cotton and to
oaceo and boti.ilit hay and
eorn and .vhen. anil bapon
tad lard and vegetables ami
I: nits. It has acted like an
overgrown simpleton in thin
matter. It has played the
part of a gambler, riskingall
on one doubtful card. The
I world is over-stocked with
Cotton and ntill the South
has tried to overdo the biisi
ness of cotton production,
and has made a splendid suc
cess. It has liter tliy, in tV
language of the Scriptures of
Inspiration, been a lit wer of
j wood and a drawer of water
ifor the rich, dominant, pro
gressive North. So long us
!the fooMshness is persisted in
there will be a scarcity of
money in the South.
We have" been long writing
in this strain. Tweothei day
it New York paper said very
much this, as if it was a new
discovery, and the Southern
press take it up and enforce
it us if n "brand new thing."
We could reproduce a doz
en articles on t his line which
we have written in the last
decade. The South buys all
ii uses of the Xortli its uten
sils, its machinery, its furni
ture, i is musical instruments,
its medicines, nil that is made
in workshops all that is pro
duced in loon: or upon anvil
and even in the fieldsAll the
money made in faim pro
ducts must go North to pay
for .nerchaiidise and so on.
This fact led the New York
paper to say the cause of a
money famine in the South
is that the South has so lit
tle to sell. It says it "needs
more shops and more p a y
rolls." It tells this painful
truth, that '"if a milion gold
dollars were taken into the
South at any time, andeown
right, and left, they would all
start for the North in a week
or two."
Where is the cure? Not in
simply making more cotton
and tobn'io? It i" in diver
sifying the crops in multi
plying the smaller Industries
in railing hII consumed j-,y
home in manufacturing ev
erything used in the South'
in keeping the money home.
But there is sill another
factor of recti nrat ion, inde
pendence arid safety not to
be overlooked in this hurt icd
review if causes. It is this:
The South tniist.be more in
dtlst Hon.. Fact. There must
be less idling. Mm must woi k
more. Ijet Us illustrate. We
ine one used of m'time!
In the great war between
the States the South had up
on an average 400,000 of its
chief white laborers and man
agers in the armies. The ne
groes, the white hois and
old men'at home ui'lde am
ple supplies for those nt home
and fed their own armies, al
so often the Yankee armies,
and that too after large sec
tions had been overrun nnd
ravaged by ruthlessinvnacr:.
Now if this could be done in
l?01-05, and in great abun
dance, why it m with peace
for twenty-eight years, and
all the men at home, the
South can not. raise all it con
Millies all it eats, wears, etc?
The one answer is it does
not try to do it ii dors not
work enough to do it. More
industry more wed directed
industry is what is chiefly
needed. Think on these things
Juau, the IV inn la I'ttpe.
One ol the most curious of
the mediaeval legen Is is that
which purports to give the
history ol Joan (s nnenuthor
itieK give her name as Agnes
and others as Gilbert!), the
"Female pope." That sti 'h a
person noverexisted and that
the story is a fiction invent
ed by the reformers in order
toloer the Catholic church
in the eyes of the common
people there is not the least
doubt, 'yet the narrati-e,
from the standpoint of this
department being a purvey
or or curious and out of the
way information, is very in
teresting. Joan is said to have been
of English descent, but born
in Ingelheim or Mainz, Ger
many. She fell in ljve with
a young Benedictine monk
named Fulda, and in order
to bo near him dressed in
male uttire and was admit
ted to the monastery where
where her loVer was cloister
ed. Together Joan and Ful
da studied both in Athens
and in Borne, and in the lat
ter place, her sex being un
suspected, Joan was made a
profesHor. When Leo IV died
the cardinals, by general con
sent, elect d the '-professor"
to the pontifical chair. Oth
er authorities say that uhe
succeeded Adrian II, who di
ed in the vear 872. Her sex
is said to have been discov
ered when, acting as pope,
she was leading a procession
to the I ju tern u palace. Im
mediately upon discovery she
was stoned to deat h. llcjii:b
lie.
Many Persons broken
down from overwork or household cares,
lirown's Iron Hitters Rebuilds the
yatem, aids digestion, rwnove excess of bile,
suxl earea miliaria. iet Ue genuine.
Mr. ClrTrland Promisrsi.
Southern women are cele
brated for the demand they
make on the services of nun;
but it is rvldom that one car
ries her troubles to the white
house and appeals to the)
chivalry of the president.
Mr. Cleveland has become
noted for withstanding the
assaults of senators, represen
tatives, politicians and ward
bummers, nnd refusing to
meddle in their bdialf with
he mrir.h'M' ol his official
household. He is not a man ;
of weak nerve or faltering
backbone, but he went down
like a lily of the valley be
fore the Mm, recently, when
brought face to face with
Mrs. F'llewellyn Smith.
Mrs. Smith is a Virginian,
and has all the quiet dignity
which belongs to the south
ern women of the old school.
Though compelled to work
for a living for over fifteen
years, she possesses that
hauteur, yet gentleness w hich
characterizes the historic wo
men of the old South.
Once hostess of t southern
manor, she been me nu inhered
nmongthe impoverished at
the close of the civil strife.
She struggled on until she
determined that the govern
ment must ptovide.for her.
inasmnJi as it. had been the
cause of her financial down
fail. She sought President Grant
one day and. in her quiet and
courtly manner, asked to be
given a place in one of the
departments. She made her
request in a way that preclu
ded the possibility of a deny
al. and was sent to the wai
department with a note to
Secretary of War Bellnap to
make a place, if he hadn't
one, for Mrs. Smith. She has
been there ever since.
During that time her eyes
have grown weak and her
hand faltering.
Secretary La input found
her almost incapacitated for
her duties. In as quiet a way
as possible lie made known
that she had better resign
j and lead a retired life. Mrs.
Saiith, however, had no idea
of quitting her post.
M out of her con tern pora r ies
having gone, she decided to
appeal to the president to
interest himself in her behalf.
Nev 'i- doubting her right,
is she had donf under Grant,
she called at the white house
in expert h e of li o u r s. Of
course, Hie met with the usu
al answer that, the president
could not see her.
Determir.ed not to tie baf
fled in her efforts, shs learned
that she could see him on his
reception day. Mrs. Smith
went to the white house a
gain. She waited vo be the
last in line in order not to be
hurried w hen her turn should
come.
Finally it did.
When Mr. Cleveland obser
ved a woman with whitehair
and black bombazineapproa
ching he at once thought of
the long line of women w hy
had preceded her, all uskingj
for executive clemency for fa-
ther sisler, son or brother.
t in reaching the president,
Mrs. Sui ill' said in tier sweet
way that at once attracted
the Htteni ion oi i'm big man;
'I have called liefore, but
you declined to se me. That
was more than Mr. Grant ev
er did, and he was a republi
can." ''The president niniled nt
the rt ference, but be remark-j
ed politely :
"I did not hear of it or"
"Well, I am glad o hear
that; I ditl not suppose that
you did,"
"What can I do for you.
madam?" said the President,
growing a little irritated at
the quiet 'yet oppressive re
buke. Mrs. ?;mith then told her
mission, sh? had been ap
pointed by the enemy a n d
now her friends were going
to discharge her.
"I have nothing to do with
tint madam. Mr. Lamont
is the one for you see."
"Do you know Mr. Lamont?
she usked in all simpleness.
"Certainly," with a smile.
"And are you acquainted
with Senator Daniel too?"
"Hiave that honor also."
"Well, then you must see
them and tell them what 1
want. I am too old, Mr.
Cleveland, to ask such favors
of these young men. so you
must attend to it tor me."
"But. madam''
"Never mind, you will do
this I know, will you not,
and tell them not to increase
my duties. They are light,
but heavy enough for a wo
man reared as I was. I may
depend on you," she a a i d
with condescension as she
started onward, 'may Inot?'
'Oh yes, certainly, of course,'
said Mr. 'Cleveland, alirost
breathless with surprise.
True to his word the next
day the president made a per
sonal appeal to his secretary
of war, and Mrs. Smith still
reigns qaeen of the confeder
ate record department
8onie tfactS.
Cor. News and Observer.
The United Slates have at
tempted to sustain the value
of silver and have failed. 1'he
Sherman act of 1800, and
monetary conference of 1893
wer:; some of the meansused.
The mo:iet a ry conference, t he
only measure which, under
the existing conditions could
restore silver to its full use
fulness as currency, failed be
cause .:ne;i will not look fur
ther t!i hi their iiniuediatein
teresi. I !i id Irjped, perhaps
on itjstilticient information,
that the necessities of Eng
lish t i.nle in ladia, and with
the South American Repub
lics, air! (xeiniany's coloni
zing schemes in Africa, might
cause these powers to th'nk
soberly about the convenien
ces of an international ratio
between gold and silver. With
that established, tha finan
cial problem of the United
States would have been to a
great degree solved. But the
Englishman, filled with exal
ted ideas of other ni'Mi's du
ties, tekes only a commer
cial view ofjhis own when his
pocket is interested. He is
not unlike other people, how
ever in this regard. Mr. (5 lad
stone frankly confessed in
parliament last winter that
the policy of England on the
currency question was dicta
ted by the fact that it was
the ricditorof thenorhl; that
the single standard made the
debts due it mote valuable;
no his government ineaflt to
maintain it. But this declar
nt ion won followed by "the
disasters in AusttnliannJ th
cOnplaiiits of merchant a 1 '.
manufacturers in t h e India
trade. It was to lie hop-'
that thes events had ir '
lied his views. They did not,
on the contrary with a hold
ings that Bismarck mighten
vy, he, in spite ofeverything,
keeps his position ns dicta
tor of the world'a policy in
this regard by the Napoleon
ic stroke of the other day.
The United States cannot
sustain silver, without the
uid of other commercial pow
ers. The Shu-man act dem
on stra tes this. The other com
mercial powers will not nil
t hem. The Monetary Confer
ence, and events since, have
demonstrated this. It follows
thai the United States must,
for the present, conform its
self to thesinglestocdard. or
meet financial disaster. Sil
ver's usefulness, for the pres
ent, is to be found in its in
tiinsie qualites. It cannot
stand wiih gold. This is the
condition. It. is by no man-iifi-of
means so promising as
many theories, but it hold
us, in its relentless clutch,
and wo must deal tfitlt it.
The volume ofcurrericy isnot
sufficient. This, also, is aeon
dition. After viewing the
subject in every light it seems
this condition is fully nnd
more practically met by the
suggestiou of Mr. Belvin iii
your columns, with this a
mendaient, that silver bull
ion may be substituted for
th bonds, at the option of
the bank. Mary suggestions
maybe made upon the de
tails of the legislation neces
sary to per feet the National
i'atdch'g system, but lack of
space forbids. The plan of
Mr. Ayer, in present condi
tion, would be moie effective
than Mr. Gladstone's in up
holding the commercial su
premacy of Great Britain.
The only solution to' the pro b
lem presented to the world
in the scarcity of goldisinin
ternatioiuil agreement, with
silver placed upon a o I i d
stable foundation as rho re
sult. The course of cvtr r
wili force the world, in re.
great time, to this eoiv-U:-sion.
though it now remevi
to accept, it at Mie suTr"
tit if of the United States.
Orer Eatlnff.
A (m'ysician lately said:
"Mo-t persons eat four times
as ni.icli as they should. '
The proportion seemed pret
ty large, but an eminent Brit
ish physician of a former gen
eration said almost thesame
thing 'that one-fourth of
what we eat goes to sustain
life, while three-fourths go to
imperil it. Another physi
cian writing remarked that
the most people dig their
own graves with their teeth.
The foundation dt the habit
of overrating- is apt to be
laid in childhood and youth,
since the stomach then see in 1
almost able to bear any
thing. There would belittle
danger of eating too much if
the food were always plain
and simple in that ease the
natural apitetite would be a
safe and sufficient guide.. The
trouble is that the natural
appetite is tod often spoiled
by cakes, . p.es, condiments
and highly seasoned food