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VOL (J
NOOXE, WATAL'OA COUNTY, X. , riUIHSDA Y, FKHHUAliY I.HH, XO. 10.
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Read
and
Heed
Tlu following letter gives you
an k!ea cf how the Policy Hold
ers cf the
Equitable Life
are satisfied with the result of
their investment.
Gref.xviixk. S. C. Sopt. 4, 1893.
V. J. Koddkv, Rock Hill. S. C,
Dear Sir : In rrply to yours of the
2S;h of July, giving me resuluof my
Tontine l'oliry iu the Equitable,
would say that I am niorethmi pleased
with the result. I have decided to
tnke the ea-h Kiirrcndcr value of my
policy. Let ire know at once what
to do. I have lccii ont of towii for
some time. Very truly.
' L. M. Bollin.
The sootier you secure a policy
the sooner you will derive the
benefit and tiie less it will cost
you. Write for facts and fig
ures to-day. Address
W. J. RODDEY, Manaeer,
For the Carolitu. Rock Hill, i'.. C.
1'IlOlESSiOXAL.
W. 15. COUNCILL, Ju.
ATTorrxsv at La a'.
Boone, N. C.
AV. B. C0UNCILL. M. D.
I'.oone, N. C.
Resident I'liy.-.i-iau. Oihce
on King Street north of Post
Oiliee.
.17 10R SLY . 17 LAW,
M.VHION, x.r
-(')-
Will practi'.-e in the eeiiits ot
Wat j;; 1. Asi'c, Milciit'il, .M.-Dow-?l.i
:iud all iit!i"r c-'uvties in tin
yxt.ciMi list i ict "')irial atten
ti.a -ivva to the eoiieitiou ol
elai-as."
r. J..C 2atlor. Dr. T. C. Plackbiirn.
T:ada, T'na. Zioaville, X. C.
Batlor & Bhcibum,
" f&rCulIs attended fit nil
June 1, '93.
E. F. LOV1LL. J. C. FLKTOHEK.
IflVILl & FLET8HER,
ATTURXhYSAT LAW,
BOONE, N.
&&SeciiI a Mention given
to the roHeiion ofcInims.Sn
L. L. GHEEXEvJeoT,
REAL ESTATE AG'TS.
H00XE, X. C.
Will iv" secial attention
to abstracts of title, the sale
of Ueal Estate iu W. N.
Those he virny farms, timber
and mineial lands for sale,
wid do well to call 011 said Co.
at Uoone.
L. L. GHEES & CO.
Maivh 16, 1 81)3.
NOTICK.
Hotel Property for Snie.
On aeponnt of failing he.ilth
of myself nnd wife, I offer for sale
my hotel propertv in the toui of
Booao, North Carolina, nnd will
sell low for cash and make twins
o suit the buyer, and will take
real or jxm-; onal property in ex
change. Apply soon.
W. L. Bryan.
'XOllCE.
Pr.rtieR putting pnpers in
my hand for -execution will
pleise advance the tees with
the papers and they will re
T cei re prom pt a ttention, other
wise they will be returned
not executed for the want of
lees. D. F. IUlfiD JShff.
, WASHINGTON LET 1 Ell.
J
I
j Chairman Wilson lias sur
prised some peoplo by 111"
adi 01 tress lioli'u displayed
ai piloting Ins tariff lull
through t h e aniendiiient
ro ks. He has run aground
Init once when the House
voted down an amendment
endorsed by the Ways and
Means committee, proposing
lo postpone until next, fail
the time for the free wool
clause of the bill to take cf-
Jfect and ndepted one nink
j i uir th it rla'!.-e go into cfftM-t
iupon the passage of the lull.
: This week the hardest fiejit
jinyr will be done. An at
; tempt will be made to drop
llhesimai bounty, subsfltut
Mi": a tax on sunn r; also to to her thm attended the
drop the bouiitv. l aviuLT sn l -nishes at the public reeep
g:ir fr"e. Attempts will n'so j " i i I'.eld by her when she
j ! ' made to vit irm and ena!
on the dutiable list, and to
make t!ie income tax an
amendment to the tariff bill.
Ail ofthe.se ehane.es are op
posed by the Ways and
Means committee, and chair
man Wilson is eoniident that
n me of them will be made,
allhonirh several of his col
!enjrns on the committee
are in d'mht as to the suar
clnns' and the income tax
amendment It is uiwhr
siond th at the II 'ymbliean
vote will he cat Solally for
the ineoipe tax amendment,
not lee;iuse they favor it,
!ait because they heli ye its
adopting will weaken the en
tire bill in the Senate. The
republicans in the House are
not. voting on their eonviet
iotis just now, but to develop
democratic dissention.
Senator Morgan hvp ex
Minister Stevens, who nt
last found time between his
ul leyed bad health and lec
ture enrajeinents to appear
before the Sena re c ominittee
on Foreign U(lations and
give his testimony, a most
riiiid cross e.vamination con
crninp: his conduct while
TJ S. Ministerto Hawaii. and
brought out. the acknowledge
merit that Mr. Stevens was
from the first n rabid annex
ationist, and that he wrote
those much talked about let
ters to Mr. Blaine, asking in
structions incase of the over
throw of the queen, with the
full expectation that such an
eyent would take place dur
ing his term of office, just as
Mr. lllount's reporr,( barged
him with having done. Un
der ordinary circumstances
the impudent and insulting
letters written by President
Dole of the piovisional 'gov
ernment N Minister Willis
would arouse great public in
dignation.but what could he
expected when publications
in prominent United States
papers are considered.
Any s ji t of misrepresenta
tion seems to go down with
the anti-administration pa
pers. For instance, Mr
Hasting, who was in charge
of the Hawaiian legislation
here during Minister Thurs
ton's absence, was not invit
ed to the State dinner given
by President and Mrs. Cleve
land to the diplomatic corps,
and straightway the nuti
ad ministration papers made
it the basis tor a lot of silly
stories alleging that the iu-
vital 101 ivas withheld be-
i cause I he administration vvus
i iinli-lnl t. tl
11 111 1 i 11. 11 1 tl II
to the plVSfllt
Hawaiian govrnin nt. An
inquiry iit the State Dcpnrt-
, meat, through which ihese
invitations are always sent,
would Jui vp shown tlu ron-
CoCtOI'K Of tllCSC Stories that
Hastings 1 1 I not fill un offi
cial position which -nt i 1
him to another invitation,
but sensations, 1 it t fncr,;:re
wjiat tlie.-e papers want.
That Mrs. Cleveland ha
not lost any of her immense
popularity with the people
was shown ly the large at
tendance at her first, pnhlie
reeepticn, held at the White
House Saturday afternoon.
Tltete were niore'people who
desired o pay th' ir respect
la .
was a bride, and she neeived
them just as gra aonsly as
she did when the whole tire
some business was an enjoy a
ble novelty to her.
A member of the cabinet
ho was asked what Ids ideas
were of the adverse criticism
publicly m; dby democrats
iu ''ongrcss of the proposed
bond issue said: "I grant, the
ri;iht of free speech which 1
d-'iuaud for my self to every
man, but I must say that
these criticisms would have
come with better grace had
the men w ho indulged i n
1 hem shown any real dispo
sition to prevent the issue of
bonds in the only pract ic.d
manner by providing the
noney that they knew as
well as Seeretat.v Carlisle aid
the Treasury must have if it
would escape defaulting in
the payment of its obliga
tions, in some other way.
The administration did not
wish to issue bonds, and on
ly decided to do so when it
became apparent that ('on
grcss would not afford imme
diate relief, and after becom
ing fully satisfied of its legal
right to do so under the
law of 1875' It is not be
lieved here that either of the
sever-iil resolutions that have
been introduced in the Sen
ate concerning this issue of
bonds will lie passed, or that
the passage of either of them
or of llepresentative Bailey's
resolution by the House
would affect the matter in
either way. The offers for the
$30,000,000 bonds t j be is
ucd hu ve goii" away up in
the hundreds of millions, and
the premium offered will
make the interest equivalent
to 2 1-2 per cent or lower.
Much regret is felt iu t h e
Semite nt Senator Wilthall's
resignation, and the hope is
expressed on all sides t h a t
his health will improve suffi
ciently for him to resume his
seat at the beginning of the
next term, to which he h u s
already been elected.
Bristol Courier: The pres
ent age seems to be develop
ing more tit les t ha n men . The
co in in )nest u ; ist n rt, w ho nev
er saw the war, is often term
ed "Col." or "Lieut.," with
out any thought of what it
means. Then there is 'Prof,'
belonging tr every individual
who ever taught a dog to
walk on his hind legs or did
a trick o legerdemain for a
strolling latent medicine
vender.
lias. SI. Bom;' Spmh.
W. W. Scott. Ir., who is
now in Wiishiiigton, ami who
heard th- Hon. W. H. Bow
er'. ?.-! i'f f.peech, delivered in
the lowir House of Congress
on the 17th inst.. writes ihe
following comments on the
masterly speech of our gal
lant and big-briined Con
gressman to the Lenoir Top
ic: "W.daesd.iv night Hon. W.
H. I'ov. er made his first, set
pe;vh iil t ll.' House Oil til"
subject of the (ai i.f bef ire a
brilliant audience. We all
know w hat an eloquent pa
ker an I trong deb itor our
popular Con rresitinii is and
we also know the general o
pinion that mi -h me'i have
their whim clipped when the :
e,?in.j 10 i on.' i 1 ss. lviiiapi
Mr. B:)W-r Irid thought of
thin. At any r ite he started
out by modestly disclaiming
th-..' assumption of knowing
11 1 all, but mapped out h i s
speech iu such a p 1 a i 11 ,
straight forward and skillful
manner t hat he secured t he
univided attention of hishear
er.; at once and their interest
in him was unflagging thro'
the hour that he spoke. IF
is a handsome, fine-looking
man and hisgraccful, unstud
ied attitudes are in hisf ivor.
He pitched his voice to the
right cadence ami it filled th .'
auditorium with a comforta
ble resonence. He had caie
fully prepared-himself a nd
tieated his subject in su -h a
manner as to impress upon
his hearers that his original
ity of thought and of hand
ling his subject, his depth of
research and wide reading .1
lone made him woithy to oc
cupy a seat iu that body
which should be composed oi
the ablest men or the coun
try. His convincing, logica1
argument, the felicity of his
illustration, his appropriate
use of the di oil and inevita
ble anecdote won for him fre
quent applause and caused
the North Carolinians, who
were numerous in the galler
ies, to beam with pleasure
upon him and to claim him
for their representative with
pride. He had the good for
tune, not always enjoyed by
speakers at night session, to
be intermitted with captious
interrogations by members
on the lepubliean side and
showed himself capable and
quick to take care of himself
iu such encounters by Ins rea
dy answer und disconcerted
sallies of wit that sent his
questioners back to their
sats in confusion to the ac
companiment of rounds of ap
plause from thegalleries. Mr.
Bo.wer was allotted only -lo
minutes but. he was allowed
an additional 15 minutes by
unanimous ot sent of t h e
House. At the conclusion of
his speech Mr. Bow er was con
gra tula ted by his colleagues
upon his able speech and was
called out into th lobby,
where he held a levee before
the crowd of North Carolini
nians w ho came to offer their
congratulations. I was in a
gallery wit h .1 udge Avery a n 1
the Judge wus delighted with
the speech, which hepronounc
ed as "strong" and full of
the right ring unequivocally
supporting the Wilson bill.
One of the main threads of
Mr. Bower's argument was
that the lletnoi 1 at ic tariff
theory isasfar removed from
free tradeas lioui prom-lion.
We have sef tied it that the
main sou n-e from uhiih we
are to .leiive our revenues is
a tariff. That settles fr.v
trade. We have a tariff 'id
we have it for one purpose,
and for one purpose only,
namely revenue. That set
tles protection. In laying a
tariff we have, or should
have, only one ohj.'ct in iew
revenue.''
Coloui-' Joiuili:lll iSnrt jn.
Col. Jonathan llortou, of
Watauga county, who was
visiting in the city last week,
is SS y -ars old and is so fat
as we know, rhe only son of a
revolutionary soldier in this
section of the State, il.s
grandfalher was a soldi-r in
the war of Independence and
the sword he carried is now
ill the possession of Col. J. C.
Horton, of Caldwell count.v.
It is n short slender blade
with a buckhorn handle.
Nathan llortou, Col. Jona
than's father, went into the
same war and was on guard
at the hanging of Major An
dre, tic; British sn,on which
occasion he carried an old
single-barrel short gun that is
now in the possession of Mr.
Larkin Horton, of Caldwell
county, and relic hunters
have ofter endeavored to ob
tain it, but in vain. Nathan
Horton often represented
this county in the General
Assembly in the early days
of her history, and Jonathan
Horton also represented Ashe
and Watauga counties in the
General Assembly for a num
ber of years, as they were
successively formed from the
territory of Wilkes, the mo
ther county.
Although near sixty years
of age at the beginning of
the late war, he made up a
company pud entered the
Confederate ranks, and went
through the seven days' bat
tle around Richmond and
wan actively engaged in oth
er hard battles, until failing
health forced him to come
home. A'.- Wilke.sboro Xews.
There is no disguising tin
fact that a powerful effort
will be made to defeat the
Democracy at the next elec
tion. The final effort of ex
piring Populism will be made
to carry the State, but the
result will be as it was at the
last election. There w as nev
er any real cause for defection
from the State Democracy,
nid -many of the best men
who left it two years ago are
with it now and to stay.
State politics ayd national
politics aie two different
things, and many who did
not realize as much in the
heat of the late campaign
have more carefully consider
ed their duty as citizens sita e
casting their ballots. The
friends of reform.can only de
stroy the possibility of re
form by breaking ranks with
the Democracy. Clinton
Democrat.
FOR DTSPinnA,
Indlewtlfwi. and Stomach dirflTS. tak
BROWN'S IRON BITTERS.
All dealers kern it tl per bottle. Genuine haa
trade mark mi& croascd red line on wrafpei.
A DUiaoud Fotud.
This section has long been
known as a rich gold region,
but the keynote of Its still
greater fame in the mineral
line has perh aps been struck
in the finding nt King's
Mountain, several d.nys ago
of a diamond, such as is
picked upon ti e e-j-tat dia
mond fields in South America
ind elsewhere. The story of
the find is us follows:
A negro man who lives near
King's Mountain, started to
the sp ii g lor some water. In
wa liv.ng along by the branch
he saw something glistening
near the water edg. i
picked it up, and thinking it
rather a pretty stone, gave
it to a Mr. Carpenter, who
lives near him. 1 he latter
thought it was a diamond,
but to be sure, sent it on to
Tifmnv. He was surprised
to re -eive .$11 for the stone,
and a letter stating that Tif
fany's expert, Mr. George F
Kunz, would be sent thereat
once to examine th" stones
in the locality where the dia
mond was found. Mr. Kunz
is one of the leadit g erperts
of thecountry. II is visit and
opinion are anxiously waited
for. Another stone was found
a day or so after the first
one,- bnf it was smaller.
The nation may yet b star
tied by the discovery of dia
mond fields in Nn-flf Caroli-
na. Charlotte Observer.
She Tended Still.
For many years Eph Hon
eycutt, ot Mission, Stanley
county, has conducted a
brandy distillery, and had us
reputation throughout that
country for making the best
brandy to be had, says the
Charlotte News. The distil
lery was always conducted in
an orderly way, which is
not the case with all of them.
The other day a revenue
officer went down to the still
to mark up the brandy, and
lo, and behold! a woman waa
attending to things. The
officer inquired of the woman
as to Honeycutt's where
abouts. "He's not here; does not
stay here," replied the wo
man. "We1!, who runs the still?"
"Why, I do, of coures. I
have been attending to it for
these many days, and can
mak'e just as good brandy as
Eph Honeyciitt can."
"Well, who are you, and
who does this distillery be
K'ug to.'-' asked the officer in
astonishment.
'The whole thing, including
myself, belongs to Eph Hon
eycutt, for I um his wife. I
attend to things for him, be
cause he has the farm and
other matters to look after."
And then she went around
to "chunk" up the fire and
squeeztd the flannel strainer
in the "doubling keg"tosee
if the "singling" werestronp
enough.
Rabbi Farher, of Macon,
Ga.", is in trouble. He is un
der arrest for forgery and
swindling and milling a
young girl and , deceiving
three others w ith promises of
marriage. Two had bought
their t roussea ux .-Messenger.
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