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HOOXK, WATAUGA COUXTV, X. C, riUIKSDAY, DKCT.MIllIi: Ji. i.
V. B.COUXflLL, Jk.
Attohxky at Lay.
Boone, X. C.
W. P. COUXCILL, M. I).
I toonc, X. C.
Resident Physician. Office
on King Street north of Post
Office.
I)U. L. C. REEVES.
Physician and Scuokon
CffiCC at Residence.
BooIlC, X. C.
L. D. LOWE,
Attarnay at Law
-A.vn-
AYJ7.1Ar PUll L1C,
BANNER'S ELK, X.
C.
J. P JI9BPHEW,
A110RSEYA1 LAW,
MAIUOX, N. C
-(D)-
Will nractk-e in the courts o-
Wutaaija, Ashe, Nfitcliell, Mellow -
!1 mid m other counties in t'ie
.vest era iistrict s$Sperial fit ten
tit)n given to the colieetion
claims."
of
r. J..O Butler.
Trade, Tea a.
Or. T. C. riaclbiirn.
ZioaviU, N- C.
Butler & Blackburn,
Pipsizns & Surgeons.
t&r Calls attended at all
hours.ist&
Jane 1, "93.
K F. LOVILL. J. C. FLETCHER.
L9V1LL & FLETGHER,
ATIORSETSAT LAW,
BOONE, N. C.
87" Special attention given
to the collet ion of claims."
L. L. GREENE, & CO.,
REAL ESTATE Alt' T3.
HOOSE, N. L.
Will give special attention
to abstracts of title, the sale
of Heal Estate in W. N. C.
Those he ving farms, timber
and mineral lands for sale,
will do well to call on so id Co.
i i
L. L. GREES & CO.
March 1(5, 1893.
NOTICE.
Hotel Property for Sale.
On account of failing. .health
of mvself and wife, I ort'er for sale
my hotel property in the town ol
lloone. North Carolina, and will
iHl low for cash and make terms
o suit the buyer, und will take
real or jwraonal property in ex
change. Apply soon.
W. L. "ryan.
KOIKE.
Parties putting papers in
my hand for execution will
please advance the tees with
the paperH und they will re
cei ve prom pt a ttention, other
wise they will be returned
not executed for the want of
tees. D. F. Baird Huff.
FOR SALEl
In the town of Boone, acorn
fortable dwelling house with
G rooms and five fire places,
with nine acres of land, good
spring, somen pple, peach and
chestnut trees, situated some
300 yards from Main street.
It is a desirable private resi
dence. The place will be sold
cheap on terms to suit the
purchaser. For further par
ticulars apply to 1. W. Thorn
as, Hibriten, N. 'J., or W. B.
Council!, Boone, N. C.
Washington letter.
From oar fiegnlar Correspondent.
Prehidetit Clevtland was no
more ditu i bed by tin mvm
ing discourtesy of tin Semite
in adopting a rcMohit i in ask
ing for copies of nil State de
partment documents mat ing
to I la wo ii, than he was by
the senseless clamor that fol
lowed the puhlication of Sec
retary iiresham s recommen
dation on the mime subject n
few weeks ago. Before the
resolution was introduced he
had given orders that aP of
the documents In copied for
the purpose of sending them
to Congress with the special
message on the subject ahich
he stated in his annual mes
sage would shortly be sent
in. The message and accom
panying documents are all
cad.y and they will goto the
Senate this week, and some
of those documents wih not
make pleasant reading for re
publicans, either in or out of
Congress, rhey will show a
long series of p'ottingthat i
entirely opposite to w hat has
always been the recognize
foreign policy of the Unitei
States.
Your correspondent had
little chat with Chairman Wi
son concerning the tariff bill
Fie said that the bill wouh
b. reported to thellouselhis
week, probably on Wednes
day, and that he had been a
greeably surprised at the
vcakness of the democrat it
opposition to the bill. The
question of submitting the
bill to y demo -ratic mucus is
still an open one. Personally
Mr. Wilson is indifferent, be
ing perfectly satisfied to leave
it to his democratic collea
gnes to decide whether to
hold a .mucus on the bill or
not. He thinks that the per
manent benefit which the bil
will curry to millions ot oni
people will far outweigh the
hardships that it will tempo
rarily impose on thousands
and that in the end it will be
generally regarded as one of
the best tariff laws evar piae
ed upon our statute books.
He looks for minor changes
in the bill, both in the House
und in the Senate, hut n (t
for any changes in the under
lying principles the welfare
of the masses rather t h a n
that of the favored few.
The internal revenue bill
hes not been entirely com
pleted, but it probably will be
thii week. It has been defi
nitely decided to double the
tax on cifiartttes; to tax
playing enrds, and to t'.ix in-
lieritanees. 1 tie income is
still undecided,' which was
first agreed upon by the com
mitter, will remain in the bill,
theunderstanding being that
those members of liberty to
offer that us a substitute lor
thw corporation income tax
and leae it to a majority of
th House to de :ide which, if
either of them, shrill remain
in the bill. Representative
Bryan, of Nebraska, who is
re?ognized n the leader of
the Democrats on the Ways
and Means committee who
favor the personal income
tax, has not abandoned hope
of winning in the committee.
He daid on thesnbject: "'The
factthut thecorporation tax
'would bear heavily on m.iny
people witli very limited
means, while the individual
tax would be collected from
the wealthy who escape tax
ation in many forms, is hav
ing its influence, jf the tax
is levied on individual incom
es t lie rich will then pa
their proer proportion
which they do no at present
and would not under the cor
poration tax." A compro
mise lias been suggested by
which both corporation and
individual incomes will be
taxed.
The first of the work of the
joint Congressional commit
tee which has for nonths
been investigating the meth
ods of the executive depart
ments of the Government
will be seen when the legisla
tive, executive and judicial
appropriation bill is report
ed to the House. That bill!
wid make some radical
changes in several of the De
partments, all in the interest
e
oi economy and a more
prompt transaction of pub
e business. Among these
changes will be the abolish
ment of the postal note and
of several bureaus of the
Post Office department, the
work of which is int consid
ered necessary. This is onh
thu beginning of the w .rk of
the committee, which has
three experts accountants
aiding it in locating all tin
nrcessary handling of public
accounts aud duplication of
work. Its intention is to put
the government business ud
on the same basis as tln.t of
the railroad or other big pri
vate concern before it gets
through, but it is already
finding it a hard task as the
employees of the useless bu
renin appear to have more
Congressional friends than
any other class of govern
ment employee.
Democrats in the House
are determined that the bill
admitting Utah to state
hood shall be passed, and if
the republicans persist in
filibustering to prevent a
vote upon it, as they did
last week, it will be made a
party question and forced to
a vote under an order from
the committee on Kules.
Fhe Senate will this week
begin the consideration of
the election repeal bill. Sen
ator Hill will lead the demo
cratic forces.
Ntws and Observer: The
dastardly act of throwing a
boiiib into the Fiench Cham
ber of deputies, folk) wing so
closely the attempt to mur
der the Emperor of Germany
and his Chancellor by bombs
sent from France, would in
dicate that there is a section
of very desperate anarchists
it work in France.
Jt is shocking to conteir
late the fiendish nature of
the human being who would
attempt to commit whole
sale murder, as in this in
stance, involving tlie lives of
men, taken haphazard, in a
well-filled chamber of depu
ties. Certainly it. appear as
if the guillotine needs to be
put to swift work, il the vi
llous persons can be unearth
ed.
OffirOne dodat na ys for the
Democrat one year.
EntrrU lament at TwMii g Tf O'pIr.
Editor DciatH rat:
The entertainai'Mit at Twis
t ing Temple school h o u s
Was la-Id on Thursday a n .I
Friday :iiht by Prof. John
Bin.iih.un, of Cove Creek, it
bcin the i-lus: of the public
scho ! at that place. The en
tertainment vv.-is good.
First, at 10, a. in., the m
tire Si hijol was coupled off in
order by ih - teacher, the peoihavior and manner in which
p!c who were present fell in lin
ami the pro.'cssion consistcv
Oi Hear wo nun llV'l people
which was led by Mr. E. I)
Miller and his little son wit!
the fife and drum. The musi
was excellent and not a
cord made in all th" march
Tlw march was conduct
iV iv-'T. J . II. .n orris am
from t hence aindingand in;
king many o -ainnui curves
ihru:gh the fjehhsnf .!. ( Xor
ri Mid .Mr. Bryan. Then tin-
procession again marched to
the school house. The inusii
continued until all were seat
ed. Then the public debati
which had been announced
for some timecanie off. With
Win. Moretz as chairman tin
following question was de
hated by Mr. M. II. Xorris
on the affirmative, and J. II.
Xorris, Esq. on the negative,
"Resolved That the scenes o
nature prove more clearly
the existence ot a Mipreuie
Being than the Bible." . The
di-cussion was very interest
itig on both sides. The dis
cussion, however, was rend
ered in favor of the negative.
Musi'; after each speech by
the rife and drum, and violin
and banjo alternately. Ad
journ ment until G p. m.
after which t hp people reas
seinhled, tilling the house to
aliiust ovei flowing. First
was a re address on Education
by Mr. M. H. Xorris, teacher
of Elk Knob Academy. The
address was good, and our
people would do well to take
his advice and educate them
selves and children more
thoroughly. Our county is
looking to the boys of to
(lav for its support. But if
they are not educated it will
surely be a failure. Next
came the recitations, dia
ogues, comic speeches etc
The titles of all would be too
tedious to mention. But we
can say lor all, that not a
failure was made. The fol
lowing are a few of the pieces
which were acted, ' Guintown
Woman's Association" a dia
logue, with Miss Mollie Tug
man chairman "United at
last" S. A Morris and Miss
Minnie Tugman "A rumpus
in the shoemaker's shop"
N. O. Coffey, Mies Lou a Mor
etz and Win Blackburn. "A
political speech" comic
"Clem Johnson." which caus
ed roars of laughter, and
'Jeff and Tommy goin to
the ball," a negro dialogue
acted by some of the boys,
disguised" as negros. All
were excellently acted, and
many other good ones too
tedious to meiuion. Good
music was furnished by mes
srs Wiley and J out. Norm on
violin and banjo. Last, but
not least was a talk by the
teacher. He spoke with elc
guence, advising the people
in general, and especially
school committeemen. They
should, as he said, :. Vtr
oaful in the selection of
tejehers. Many of our pub
lit schools a re ma Jc worthless
on account of -heap and in
coi.ip tent teachers being em
ployed. If this was looked
after more carf fully our pub
lic schools would be much im
proved. The public Nchool
at Twisting Temple has b -o.i
a nurivM this tear. 1 he J..-
the scholars acted on the
stage proved this. The dis
trict talks of enlarging the
house and employing Prof.
Bingham for a term of six
months next year. May
their ideas be carried out
and their example follow, d
by other districts, andlct all
have a school of at least five
or six months each year is
the earliest desire of
A Fi?i!-:i.
st AT2-T a:. k Tax eIFe a l.
Provision of a Mrri' Att'ccd Upon
in Sub-CommiUr. .
Washington. D.-c 8 The
following is theoutlineof the
report made ty the sab com
mittee on banking and cur
rency this morning for a bill
to repeal the ten per cent tax
on State minks:
S'ction 1. The tax of 10
per cent, against State band-
notes u.sed as currency in re
pealed.
Section 2. Except as bch w
provided, no State bank
notes shall be used as cur
rency outside of the State ol
their issue, except subject to
a penalty of 10 percent, each
time paid out. (It is not. ex
pected that this penalty
would be generally collected.
any more than is the tax im
posed by our present law;
but rather that, as fast as
the prohibited notes came in
to the hands of responsible
parties outside cf the Slate
)f their issut, the penalty on
laying them out wii! cause
them to lie promptly n turn
ed for redemption an'.! thus
effectively kept, wis bin the
State of their issue.)
Section 3. State bank
note may be paid out and
used as cm rency (outside of
of the-Stat? of thwir issue) on
ompliauce with the follow
ing:
(A) Bank notes to be-fur
nished, and the issue to beieg-
istered by the Comptroller of
the Currency; and to be of
sharply distinctive design so
is to i-how (1) t hat they are
St.at bank notes, (2) the
date of their issue, and (')
under which section of Mils
act they are issued.
(M,) Banks issuing such
notes to be subject to in
spection by the Comptroller
f the Currency, but the
.omptrjller t ) have no gen
eral supervision of t he affairs
of the banks.
(C) Outstanding notes of
each bank to be limited to
75 per cent of paid up and
unimpaired capital.
(D) State bank notes to be
made bj States of issue first
ien on all assets of issuing
)ink, and a liability against
stockholders to an amountl
equal to their stock in addi
tion to it.
(E) An assessment of one
half of 1 per cent to be paid
on taking out circulation,
i"i aisv :. --ii .?.-. i. i-i
Olltsl.ii.d.:. . l .-.i:- I'll
year.ro !ng a, aiel vi'-' -ever
necessary, to keep, a
guarantee fund of at least .1
ler cent of outstanding cir
culation for ultimate redemp
tion of notes, and to meet cx-
JM-Iises.
Section 1 State bank notes
may also be paid out ami
used as currency (outside of
the State o; their issue, on
compliance wiJi the provis
ions of section three, and on
deposit wit'i the Comptroller
(as security for ultimate re
demption of notes) of United
States, State, and municipal
securities to the amount of
par oi notes t be issued, the
character oi securities per
mitted to be strictly prescrib
ed in tlrs bill;
The report says that in
connection with the forego
ing outline of the biU to be
presented, these points may
!e noted :
(1,) The unconstitutional
use of the taxing power vfor"
purposes other than revenue)
isabandoned.
(2) The Federal interven
tion provided is based upon
the admitted constitutional
rig'it to regulate commerce
between the States.
(3) The details of the Fed
eral duties prescribed are
confined as nearly as may !.?
to ndniiniefTi'tive functions,
non" of which 'materially in
terferes with tiid elasticity of
the currency or with the or
ganization of business of the
banks, whnh would be pro
vided for by State laws.
News and Observer: An ef
fort is being made to have
the date at which the tariff
bill will go into operation
postponed to Jily but Mr.
Wilson, who is in charge of
the bill, says that the date
was fixed after consultation
sith many large merchants
.;ih! manufacturers-. He adds
that the committee has no
other desire than lo speed
legislation and smooth the
transition. Thirty o d d
years of protection have
taught a few hundred thous
and people that tariff laws
are made for their sole bene
fit, and that the other seven
ty millions have no rights
which law-makers should re
spect. A tax on them of $25
oi even $100, says Mr. Wil
son, "seems a matter too
t r l v i a 1 to complain of; it
helps the business of the few.'
XoWjihat the tariff is to be
reformed there should b nc
delay in Congress about it;
no unnecessary speeches by
the democrats; but let the
measure be hastened thro',
so that business can adjust
itself speedily to the change.
The better preparation for the
hair has ever been invented than
Ayer's Hair Vigor. It restores
tlie original color to faded and
gray hair, and imparts that nat
ural plows and freshuess, every
one so much admires. Its repu
tation is world-wide.
The lattst news from Kope
Elias is that h will be drop
ped and that Melvin E. Car
ter, of Ashevilio will be ap
pointed Collector. It is fur
ther stated that Mr. Carter
will retain the most if not all
the appointees of Eliae.