Th9Vat5iaaD3m3jrat!i.irn 1
It. Dw-srrlj, ET.r.
.C. Blier. rMler
Ihiin-dir Eeb. J, 104
i j ia an
fo- the
enquiry
1.. "mo .fl
ti M.if. who lied nid
died in I;cit;.;nor; nianyr r.rs
ngo, 1 he report in now cur
rent that old Stephen owned
a vist nuount ot real estate
in the suburb of theeity and
had given a 99 yen r lease on
it, and at the expiration of
the lease the projierty was to
go to hi heirs. The lease ex
pired last year and enquiry
is now being made for the
heirs. John Mast, who left
Pa. and moved to Randolph
county, is now gaid to be a
brother to Stephen, and that
from him sprang nlltheNfast
family in North Carolina and
Ohio. We append a letter
from D. P. Mast, of Winston,
in regard to the Mastgeneal
gy. Though he does not
know any history of Stephen
hut it is no doubt a correct
history from John Mast, of
Randolph county N. C. up to
the present. AsCnpt. Mast
suggests, the only trouble i
in connecting Stephen with
John. Old Jacob Mast, son
of John Mast, went to Ohio
and started that branch of
the family there. Mr. Mast
writes:
D. .15. Doughekty, Esq.,
MyDearSii;
I ours of the 21st msi. to
hand and contents noted. I
agree with you in not having
any faith in the reported for
tune said to be due the Mast
family, for the reason that
there are too many of us who
would be interested who nev
er have anything like good
luck happening to thera. Of
course I hope something good
may come out of it, and take
great pleasure in giving you
nil the information in my pos
session in regard to our an
cestors. In addition to theinforma-
tion you already have, I have
a letter from Absolurn Mast,
of West Milton, Ohio, writ
ten in 1876, he then being a
r-ry old man, giving me a
history of our fa miljr as far
aw knew it. H's says that bur
ancestors eg me from liano
ver Germ any, and sort led in
Lancaster county, Pa., quite
early in the settlement of this
country that some time be
fore the breaking out of the
Revolutionary war John
Mast emigrated frora Pa.
to this State and settled in
Randolph Co. on the Whar-
rle river where he lived and
had the following children
to wit: John Mast, Joseph
Mast, David Mast and Ja
cob Mast, lour boys, and the
following daughters: Nancy
Curtis, Elizabeth Eller, Cath
erine Sheets, Mary Hoover,
Mollie Wagner, Susan Fonts,
and Hannah Hoover, being)
seven daughters. I have
en their names as he gave
them to me, after they were
married, showing who they
married. This is the family
of John Mast, four boys and
ieven girls, und there can be
no doubt of his being our
great, great grandfather, our
g I e a t grand-father Joseph
Mast being his second son.
John Mast was the grand fa
ther of Absolum Mast who
wrote me the letter, his fath
Vs name being David Mast.
Old Absolum was a firstcous
in of our grandfather's.
$ow as ti the further ques
tion, as lo whether John
Mast was a brother of Ste-
liuht whatever, ltut in all
the Hast family I have never
heard of the nnineof Stephen
among them, nnd I nui afraid
uncle Steve is no akin to u..
If you will notice from o I d
nijJohn to the presnt.they kp
opine lamiiy names very
' ....
(pea; miring them. Howev
er, I once learned from one of
our Northern kin, that, our
ancestor John, had n little
cooluess with a near kinsn.nn
on the division of some prop
erty and that caused him to
leave his old home in Pa.
and seek one in a new coun
try, and it might have been
that the fuss was with his
brother Stephen and there
fore he never honored him bv
naming any of hi boys for
him. Wishing you success in
your undertaking. Iam your
friend truly,
I). P. Mast.
Our Trip to CftldwelL
We, in company with W. L".
Bryan and G. W. Dugger
Esqrs. visited the old Baker
Gold mine on John's River
near the Burke county line;
in Caldwell county.
This mine was worked ex
tensively over 40 years ago
and was rich in gold. The
little branch running by the
mine ha been worked out
nve or six time, i tie mine
is in very bad shape now and
from all the investigation we
could make it is worthless. It
has been opperated in such a
way that it won! J take a
great amount of work to
clean uway the old dumps
and clean out theold tunnels
and shafts. However, old
man Brazzel told us there
was a four feet vein of silver
in the shaft. This did not
xcite us silver bullion is now
depreciated so much and be
ing an editor of a country
newspaper we did not want
to be hampered with so much
silver Duiiion so we on our
part concluded to let the
whole matter, gold, silver,
lead, copper, cobalt, soap
stone and hornblendall sleep
down deep in the bowels of
the earth for future genera
tion to dig out as they may
reed it worse than we. Fact
is wa were never very rusljing
o-u the digging process no
way. We will still be con
tent to accept thes precious
metals after coinage.
If old man Brazzel is not
mistaken about this silver
vein here is a good chance
for a free coinage company
to dig it cut and have it
coined into dollars free and
thereby increase thecurrency
as it is so necessary to ha ve
more money. ' We will not
urge any of our free coinage
fri 'nds to undertake this Mr.
Brazzel mny be honestly mis
taken, when he calls slat
son petone, silver ore.
We. were hospitably enter
tained. over nitrht, ttd Hnr.
ing the (1;1V Ht the house of
John Webb Esqr. with Mr.
Courtney his son-in-law who
live together, both of these
gentleman know how to
treat their fellow men and
ipake them feel, when they
lave, tbatthey will stop a
gain when 1 hey go back to
this fine section of Caldwell
county to again enjoy their
social company kind atten
tion and the many good
things to eat. The John's
Hiver sectiou has ffor the
most part pretty little farms
verv productive, nice farm
houses and a very kin1 hos
pitable people.
The lumber business along
the Iiiver is getting to be
LOW PEICES
-0-
ISMYM0T70,-
And good goods with the
hope to serine a good portion of your trade. I hnvedcci
ded to sell strictly PAY-DOWN, and hope my friends nnd
customers, won't ask for credit, iv so doing I can rum a II
niy customers at least 25 er cent, on the dollar.
"MUXf, Y a. I YED IS M0. h Y MA UK."
I will sell you 4he bSi calicoes at 7 to 7! cts. sr yard:
A A A sheeting 7 to 7: wool jeans .'10 to 40ctn.; Alamance
7 to 7 its.; 24 sheet note pmer 4 ct.; 2.1 envelops 4 c;
bottle ink 4 cts ; pins 3 cts a paper, iiood needles 4 cis per
paer, and everything else in proportion. So come and sw
ine. WASTED A 7 OM El HOO doz. eCgs at 1 2 cts i er do...
1,000 pounds yellow butter at 14 cts jer pound. Also
furs, wheat and rye, corn, white beans, etc. etc.. nil at hiL
est market prices. So when
amine my t nek and v price. 1 haven full hue of rami
er's Friend Plow points mid repairs mi hand. A lot nfn.il
und shelf hard-ware in fact a full line of everything kept
in a first class store. I want your trade and will iipprcci
ate it. Yours Anxious to jiletise.
WILL W. H0LSCLAW.
quite a business.- TI13 logs
are cut and floated down the
river.
When the new railroad is
finished it will be ngrat help
to thiection in inanyways.
The dlobesectioViof John's
Hiver is the prettiest part in
our opinion and is a picture
sque little round shaped cove
set in the mountains. In
consequence of ! its round
shape, the-'original settler,
old Daniel Moore 'called it
the "Gohe."
We have good hopes of
Congress. It has voted for
free sugar, free coal, free iron
ore and free woo'! This is v
great move and will bear
good fruit. The "votes on
these questions show the dif
ference between the two old
parties and the policy of the
Democratic party is fixed by
these items. There cannot be
any retreat now from this
advanced position just taken
sooner or later free trade will
corneas natural '.'as falling
off of a log." Let free trade
come and bless all the coun
try. We don't need protec
tion against any countiy.
We are able to stand on our
own merits. Let the income
tax gently come in place of
high tariff and give us all an
equal chance, in the nici of
life and we will get; there. - It
is cowardly for . ,he Amen
can people to cry for protec
tion against foreign countries
IW, us have free trade as
soon as possibleafter paying
i off the Hepul)li?na 4iebts:
Corbet t and ifitchell had
theii fight at Jacksonville
Florida, on t'.ie tWenty-fiftli.
The Governor ot Florida was
foiled and no interference to
prevent the fight, was made
by the authorities. The fight
was for ?20,000a shte. Great
preparations.-were mude for
the fight and great crowds,
reaching into the r thousands
were present, but al' seen ed
to be greatly disappointed
at the result. Mitchell made
a huge failureand was Knock
ed out in the Third round by
Corbetl who did not receive
h scratch or other punish
ment, realy there was not
but one fighter jn the l ing,
and that was Corbett t.'or
betf is still the champion, of
the world and ft will be along
time, pei haps, before the belt
is taken away from him.
above honest declaration, I
in need of goods mil mid ex
Erom lo!, N. C.
Editor Imocrut:
I feel sure that every one
who has eer spent any tim
in Globe, will be glad to hear
the tidings from this phut-.
As is always the case, every
thing goes along in a quiei
manner.
The people are pious, gen
erous and kind. We have no
doctors or lawyers, but we
have .preachers, merchants
and mechanics. No factories
or foundaru'H have been built,
but a church, an academy
and a flour mill stand in their
place. Good farms, god hous
es, good neighbors, all com
bined, certainly make Globe
a very pleasant place for the
present population.
There are now some pros
pects for a railroad.. If il
comes the people will gladly
neir,)me the first visit of the
iron horse. Should it fail to
com, all is right. Globe will
still be a quiet, peaceful com
munity. A number nf Watauga men
have been over in the !as
few days. SIk riff Baird pa
ed on his way to Morganton.
and stopped with Mr. Billx
Moore; K.sq. Bryan shopped
to see us. and left his little
son in school, as he vein
t (.oiletsville 011 a iniiiera'
hunt. Mr. Gen; Caudle caim
over to see the place wilh th
view of buying land.
We are always glad to nee
Watauga m"ii. and 1 f-rlsafc
in saying th.it they are wo'.
otiiein Globe. In fact, Globe
has heretofore beeir parli.u
to Watauga preacher., hav
itiir kept them pastor of .h'eir
churches for many years.
Of course, one iti my plac
would not fail to mention tin
school, which, tit- present, if
right good. Six young niei
discussed n question befor?
the public; on last Frida
night. The debate was fan'
ly good, and the andien t
was large.
The boys have rebuilt th.
sidewalks, and cleaned off
the campus, whic h adds to
the a ppea ra nee of the acade
my grounds. Our school rep
resents three counties.
B. B. DOUGHEHTY.
J n 29,11)4.
To grow old gracefully, cut
in list lire temiteraMy, calmly,
methodically; be interested iti all
Mint is going on in the world, be
elteertul, happj , and contented,
and.rabeve all, keep ti Mood
pureand. vigorous by ihe us ol
Ayer's Sarsaparilla. Ik sure to
get Avtr's.
.4. .
Mr. Oo. W. Tmr
Simply Awful
Worst Case of Scrofula th
Doctors Ever Saw
CtmfUttlt Curtd hf HOOD'S
S.t K i.if.l It I LL.t.
"When I u 4 or S yrvt old 1 hit a srrof
nUous sore on tis middle Knurr of my left hand,
M.- pit M 1x1 th t th do -tors rut tb
tnwt n. nd l'r too o(! mr tho hall mj
tuuxt Then V.i'' M-rj I r k mit on lay una,
un wit nn i" wi a i-t iar i Kin iw,
nr.irly lr.ta:i g lii si-"(t of on eyr. ai
on try n;M ami. 1K lori ihl it tb
Worst Case of Scrofula
-nt iw. It ..li.iT mi
y-.ar .-. I lfir.i i to t '.e H.r SrparUU.
;rndu.i"r I lounj t i t ttie iri cr bfffliv
r.irs t j h-sl. I l't till I hid tnwi tea
I ..!'. w,n rf-Kar-! Ji- t thliii ( ithat a
r t'.tn I r' lor ti t Invr tn-i-ia! A tk
mr I p rroif V 't. n ijf t'l niuii I. t or
tiie 4 ' I b id nn (e. I
Work all tho Time.
r nrr. I TV.I4 i wr. I knoT not
h:it to .iy lirous t :.ii niti n-j grat
l!m to llnor. S T. iparii: for mr prrfwl
t.i'r." (;:. r. W. Ti kk, Fariurr. tiat
iv, 9rjii:ii mu T. y. v.
KOOO'J PtLB wkra. Wul atd
dlaiUoa nu Iim :h ttofparh. Trr turn.
NvjT.t..
By :Mith(ni'y o' a power of
sale coiitniiieil in a teitnin
mt-rfgaire tleci? cvecnied lo
nif by J. C. Triplet! ;ihtl uiiV
Martha, and datid May 1th
l!SW0. to Mi-ure IheMim of
$100.00 " ih interest which
is t!ue am unpaid i u j)! m !'
for eauh at public outcry ai
t he coin t house tloor in tlu
town of Booilf'ori the first
Moudav in Feb., 1M01. it b.'
Ilig t heT-th 1 lay of said aiottt U.
I he follow iag tlescribed tract
or parcel of land to wit: Two
tracts of land on the waters
:f .Joe's Fork, Blue It i it g e
township Watauga county,
adj lining the lands of Joel
Triplett mid others. First
tract containing iSO a ere
the other 35 acres, both of
which are fully set out by
metes ami bounds in above
depcrihed mortgage which is
recorded in book '('' pages
15M and 159 of thepublic rec
ords of Batanga county and
referred fir fuller tlescription.
Said 05 acres of land will be
sold to satisfy said debt with
interest and cost. Jan 1 '94.
A. F. IloUCK. Moitgagee.
Si'aixiiour & Coffey Atty's.
Ash3vi!i3 Feniala Co!!eE
HH-cial Attractions: Matcfiless
ilitaate. Wonderful health record.
Delightful homelife. Well ordered
course ofinstructions. Thorough
ly equipp-xl g3'mnasiums. Music
snider the celebrated Crof. Ora
''Hi (German). Art under Miss
illy the (Paris). House in seven
teres of wooded lawn inthehenri
f a l-:iutiful city. Roomstineh
inished. Steam heatingand san
itary plumlnng throughout. The
eh urges as low as a fine school
can make thoni. Senl for cata
logne. Address
Rev. JaMts Atkixs.
Asheville, n. c.
Commsrciai Collapr.JITr:
'CtKipilBtttBuu,it$CotlqtwthiWorldm
Awmr44 HIckM 1m Ralr, IimNIh Or
WILBUR ft. SMITH, kCXINOTON, KV.
5 DOLLARS
to PER DAY
0 Easily Made.
We wont many men, woim.n, boyt, and girl to
work fur at a few hours daily, r'ght in and arounj
their own komea. Tlie butane la ttiry, plraaant,
trlalr honorable, and paya belter Hihb anyotlicr
Ckferad agentl. You hare a clear Arid aad no
ooinprtttlun. Experlenet and rnrrlnl ability
neorwnrr. Ko capital required. Wa equip yo
wi:h erarytlilng that you need, treat you well,
and help you to earn ten time ordinary wages.
Women do as well as men, and boys and gtrlr
make goal pay. Any one, anywhere, ran do the
work. All succeed who follow oar plain and sim
ple direction. Karncat work will surely bring
y a great deal of money. Krerythiag is new
and la great demanl. Write for our pamphlet
circular, and reori'e full information. No harm
Oone If you eoadade not to go a with the
business.
Ceorce Stinscn &Co.(
Box 468,
PORTLAND. MAINE.
WAN I " I -1 " "
A leiiietly fordtseaand tie
bilify, especially fr tliowdit
cases which physician have
pronounced incuralle.
We gife below a lew of the
the many letter which we
have received, and which we
publish with the consent of
the writers w ho are convinc
ed that such a remedy : e
have described has been found
in Compound Oxygen Treat
meLt ot Drs. StarWry lu
len. "My daughter whs cured of
Asthma by one treatment otrom
pound Uxyeii, uf;er Miff.iii g
for fifteen years. Kl. h. wii.i.is,
Tvl.-r, Texas.
"I used your eoinHund Oxy
g n a Unit 11 yt nr and u hull ji-
I ncjiU-ctMl to tell you ot
j the great U-nefit 1 received from
its use. 1 have not Ixcu truul
11 with tata 1 ill mih-v.F. SV.
I Kvps, Syrncusv University Sy-
rc. s -, is. 1 .
Send for book of two liut:thd
a:es for ftiithei iiiftiruiMtit.ii.tfi4
tin.taii.ilx, etc. A h'Xik sent tree,
lbane "1'ieat in lit s i.l out hy ex
prt-sstw H' uw-tt ill home, (vifitv
i'o-iit.iiei.t ailmiiiistt here.
jrs, Slaikey k Fslen,
1 i;i Arth St. l'ulUd. lUl.i, r.
120 Sutter St. San Fr. 1 ri.ro, Ca!.
I'lense iiieutioii this paper.
NoTin:.
15y virtue of an order of the Su
)"tfi)r tout t tie lll.tleiietl ai
eoiimiissioat r, will exposelorsale
at publie out-cry nt the iiurt
house do-tr in the town of Boone,
N. 011 the "th t li v of Marih,
1XU4. it lieiiif; the first Monday
in said inoiith, the tnict of land
in Sliawneeliaw township owned
!y the heirs of Parte Shoemaker,
ilctl., adjoining the Ian jn of H. n.
(Jaultney, M.C.t hafx-l, K V. i.aird
and others, containing. 75 acres
of excellent and vahiaf.lelancl, tid
erahle dwelling and improve
ments. Tonus of Hide one-fourth
on day dar ol sale, one-fonith in
two years and hula nee in three
years with interest ftjoni tiny of
sale. PoHKKse.ion gfrtnben sal?
is confirmed, but the title? reserv
ed until full payment of iu rchase
money is mnde. This Jan. 15, '9-1.
It. L. Lowi;, Commissioner.
The Rutherford College
Burke County, N. C,
Will open it Fall Term,
Aug. 3, 'J3, under very prom
ising prosiiectK. If is ten miles
west of Hk-kory, N. t'., near
the Doted Connelly Spring,
whose waiters lire Is ing ship
ped to Europe almost every
day. Boanl, including ty
expense, Is from f 5. tof J. per
uiont h. Tuit ion rungc U m
to 4. per mouth. No
healthier, happier 11 nd more
moral pla e nin tie fonml in
America. A complete busi
ness course r.ttut he . Adi'it-ss
Ill. II. L AltHIKTHV.PIt:sll r XT,
Kiithci fortlt'ollegn
AmfiTiiN.- mm i
V."- wish tocaflattciiMoii iuour
iiue of second-hand
Euggiss, Carts, wafers,
Hawks, Har.-.ess Etc.
They mv tdmost goud as new,
iml Hrsous w ishing to buy c-n
-ciiif burgains bv cdiingou u.
We hu ve u big lot of X E W
UUGOIES, WAGON'S. CARTS,
HAH-!? e
on hand, which w ill be old on
reasonable terms. If we havenot
got what jou want, we will
take pleasure in getting any
thing for you in our line. We buy
direct from manufacturers and
can, therefore, give you very
close prices.
We have a full line of new Har
ness Collars, bridles, etc. ev
erything in the harness line. Can
ttPnt th V.fl.l rn
"Wewill take in exchange,
horses, mules, and also good bee
cattle. Give us a call.
tiENKEL, CRAIG & CO.
Lenoir iN.C.
row nrspxpsiA,
Inattejtion, and Stomach diaorden, tarn
UROWaTM 1HOJI DITTEIiS.
All dealers keep It 11 per bottle. Grnnine
Kle-iaark andcAnscd red lines on siappst