North Carolina Newspapers

r , 7 ry' i tomocrat V aL hoi jr - , v - VOL IS UOONI-:, WATAi;(JA COl'XTV, X. (, riini-DAV, FKUIU'AIIV !.". ls:)t, xo. 18. Day After Day, Week p.fier week, year after year, you Uh1 a l.".itcn path, from, our home to you' work and hack again. No hope for the future, nothing ahe:.d but work, work, work, i.i.d a still darker pror pet t for ) our family should you die. A 20-year Toiuine Tc-licy in Use Equitable Life will give you something to live for ; a bright star to look ahead to; an end to toil when you are r.o longer able to follow the leateu path cf drudgery ; an nssuraace tlr.it your wife and children will lie provided for at your4ieath. Isn't it worth con-sid-''m ? For facts and figures address W. J. RODDCt , Onager, Department of the Carolinas, ROCK HILL, 5. C, MOFESSiOXAL. W. M. COl'XCiLL, J . Attorney at Lyv. . Moone, X. C. v. n. cgixcill, m. d. MoO'.lO, X. C. K si i.ral Physician. 0;iivt on King Street north of Post Oiiice. j M. il KiRXEY A'l LAW, M.ViCoX, -X.( -()- Wiil poa t if." in the marts ot Watauga. A.-uo,Miicht'i!,M.dow-li ami .id ot icr fi.iii'ii.'s in the .vnva list rif r i "t iai at fci I i.ti gi .v.i 1 1) t he. el thn.s.'V-a cohort ion o r. J. (' Bulh-r. TiaJ.i, Tt-uii. Dr. T. C. BiacKburn. Zioiivillc, . C. Butler & BlacMmr n, bdrCnHs sit t vu .Vi7 i.t all ilOiUS.'t.f-i. June 1, '93. E. F. LOV1LL. J. V. FLIJTCI1KU. LOVILL & FLETOHEB, A Tl URSh YS A T LA i I ', mooxe, x. ;. S&TSnecial attention vjvt'i) to the roll t ion oirhihn. :.'t KCcaii:KXi:,co., REAL ESTATE ACTS. HOOSL, X. t . Will giv? special attention to abstracts of title, the sale i)f Heal Estate in W. X. C. Those ho ving farms, timber iiinl mineial la inly for sale, w ill do well to call on said Co. lit ISoone. L. L. CREE. k CO. Ylnivh 1G, 189a. xotku:. Hotel Property tor Sale. On account of failing health of myself and wife, I oiler for sale my hotel propeilv in the town ot Hoone, North Carolina, and will sell low for cash and make terms to suit the buyer, and will take real or personal property in ex change. 'Apply soon. W. L. Hit van. NOTICE. Parties putting papers in my hand for execution will pleiso advance the teeti with the papers and they will re rei ve prom pt a t ten tion , other U-isi-thpv will be returned not executed for the want of with his champions discuss cees. D. F. Baird Suff. . the opjer of battle, and A lilrgiv.lii."l sWi cfJolii liu. 1 .1:1 l.'.w .1 ( cl.ui J ! ' ili.liilUiii at d. .Idiii Il. i tai and D i id C. M i( 'ji i.l. i familiarly known in this dn, .Hid general i m as Jack Horton ami Culi MCnn las, were both very lemarkn-' b'.e n.ea in many lesp.cts. an 1 in each- life th-v wen: Vel y pi'P'li Tliey wei-elial l 1 aspirant's f-ir ilie s.i'iie jlit- J I ial lmnois. ();-, i h: or.ini 1 ' z it nn i f Wata'-.ui eoiiiity in IM .'. ne .'1 le. a'l l imii w.i e!p te 1 hy the County i oiirt jt lie lirst sip'i iiY. He may not J have Ifen elected in 1 Sli), lint 'any way !n was tin first slier I i:T of tin ei-unty. I wiitefronij I nieaioiy a i I have no dates j Icl'oie mi as to t lioforeoiny 1 mat ters. j On tli" expiration af h i d r.!!, .lack Morton wasi .' t e to the same (dfiee. Upheld t lie ol'i'-e for two years, and . as a candidate for re elcc t ion. lie was opposed hyColi Mr! 'aulas, tli-'ii a very onn:1. m m, who lived on t in upper Watauadliver. and near the foot of tliefirandfatherinoun tain. My rec(,llccii(n i-i,that !w v,is about 2.) years old at I his time. He was almost an pi tire stranger to a 1 njxe ma jiiity of the peoi!L of Wat-i ansa. The eani)aiun opened on up jei Cove Creek. The contest j .:p;ressivc an 1 iit "roin its very incept ion. Th".v were both stroiio" physically and mentally. Horton was live f,'t H or 10 inches hiuh w i t h a strong:, mucnlar u'atne, and his w holecontour indicated .ti en-; h of purpose an 1 a womletful ili-eice ol couraee. He did not mix well with a crowd; he wnsseeniin' ly very retired, but on npproa cliinp; him one would find him exceedingly pleasant a n d very companionable. He did not seek to ineratiate him self into the affections of the people by pn!averin;or blus ter, but in his quiet and un pretentious stylo he made friends and drew them around him as with hooks of steel. As a neighbor, he was unsur passed always aboundine- in hospitality. M Cnn!as was at leest six feet in his st ockinu's, with a large, massive frame slightly st ooped, wit li a large head and very bush,, hair whirl) grew ne;i iy lo his eyebrows. His face and eves indicated .strength and determination and also that there p dialed wftbin his Herculean bosom a warm and generous heart full of love and sympathy. His manners were very affa ble and his bearing superb. I have no hesitency in saying that he was by far tlie most astute ele:tioneerer I ever saw. In this respect he was very dissimilar to Jack Hor ton. As soon as he approach ed a crowd of fellow citizens, he at once, without stopping on the outskirts, moved in to the midst of t hem, and be gan shaking the hands of the multitude with the greatest ease and familiarity imngin aole. Jack Horton, on the other hand, lingered on the o u t -skirts in Host consultation t!a lc did with "oiisnmuiatc skiil. Hortoii was vet v ag- gn ssiveinallhispol.tical con it was atl d li.'. As I he and In-ad-d for t he . i!d and lest and a I .ay s il i tinted t he laiepai-tu "pi ugi es-ed, it was Wfoly iioit h-wc:-1. black . iu an I iihvi r gief i. i. ally with iniirli lill'n ul-; Uothilies ii aiv ili'ii inn-a-k I for epi irteis from ! ty that their fiicnds pieveat-j Horton died some H or K) his opponent. If., engaged in ; -d thai fro.u ei.-agiug in ' ears ago at home am! sur-thecontc.-f as th.auhais op- il.-adly stiu-. I'.owie knives t oii!ided by relatives and pohcnl vas trviug lodeia iv ; and pistols fr. on -ntl v gleam-! dends an 1 is now awaiting l.i'n of vi ti d rights. iiieearlv educational ad vantages of ih'se moit le markrdile iiicn wceonly sae'n nslhe coamioii scli.n.J.s of fol ly or fifty ears ago afford e 1. They h id only .i( (iiir e I the rudiments of the I'ng lili liiMiiehes. Horton was not a student of history and c incipient I v w as not a man of extensive and varied iulor aiation, though he was a rea iier of the newspapers and is fail ly well up on the po htie.il st niggles of ids time, lie was now ever, a friend to education, and did much to foster institutions of Iai n iag. and g a ve his children lib era! edu-a t ions. McCanlas on the otherhand was a great student and -round the base if the great mountain that towered far above his humble cottage, he seems to have caught an in spirntiou of the gi and and iieatitiful, and early t urned in to historic and poetic fields, filch as Homer. Virgil, Siiaki speu.e. Pope. Mil lor. and My ron. lb vas I';. niiiiar with t lie great Capt ains of boili ancient and modern times. He studied ( his 'ly the revo lutirais in which Alexander. Hannibal, Ca'sar and Xapo ieon were the great central ligun h. Hort-.n was not an ora tor, but like Mark Anthony, spoke right on dealing in strong invectives and burn ing sarcasm. McCanlas was a s u p e r b orator, dealing blows right and left with tell ing effect on his auditory and occasionally adorning and beautifying his speeches .vitli timely quotation from the poets and historians. Hor ton was a few years the sen ior of McCanlas. He had al rtady seen inuc'i of life, and while lie had made a veiy ac ceptable sheriff, he had be come the devotee and was worshipping at the shrine of Macchus nid in other respects his reputation had become a lit T I - sullied. He had alrea dy acquired the characti r of a siicessful pugilist, and had occasionally engaged in more deadly conllicts, and upon the w hole he was regarded as a very dangerous foe. As I have already said these two men met on Cove Creek, and soon the dance was on. It was soon seen that Horton aid, f :r the first time, met a 'foeman worthy of his steel.' The conflict became warmer and warmer, Horton using Ins battle axe with telling ef fect and at each onset was parried off by the keen Da mascus blade of McCanlas. 1 believe it was at this point, though 1 am not certain as 1 was not present, that while McCanlas was charging Hor ton with complicity in t h e counterfeiting business that he retorted withanoathth.it he (McCanlas had forgotten the time when he had applied to him (Horton) for u tvven- t, -dollar eoui.t.i l.-it bill to';' Im b M. Caal i repl.cd that I ed in tie- sua tight. Ttie 1 ite 1 . ; Jos nil Doi.on toll in.- ibat I while he Was a candidate for ' the S. na'.t. Soda Mill, hot li at n:et in met ine.n a: net Old the v w i r e to ii'e eelh s acli o:;e began his speech would lay his weapon on i ii i.' a neighboring st timp and ie!i ai:t!y open the t acket. He fart her said I hat he was con staiuly t xp -ciiiig dull a g; their discussion that one or the other woilid be killed The contest continued until t he people had deposited ! heir b.dio!.-:, -..hen it was nseer fained that I Ik beardless youth had won his spins. Horton and McCanlas were novv iaveterateenemies. Th 'y !at ron became candidates for the same ollieeag ain. The coldest was again bitter but McCanlas was again the vie tor. As I have already sta ted, Horton was very gener ous and kind to his friends, but woe be to the man who crossed his pathway and iu th? crossing threw down the glove. He followed him with the ferocity with which the blood hound pursues t h e bleeding, stricken deer and never let up until in the twi light the stars appeared. Horton continued in his d votion to Macchus and fre quently engaged in deadly broils and was feared and shunned by the law-abiding citizens, especially when in toxicated. It is proper to state here that in his sober moments he was gentle as a lamb and pleasant and affa ble to all with whom he came in cont tct. Horton at the close of the war was chosen by the County Court, sheriff of the county. The war hail left in its wake bands who were setting at defiance the regularly constituted author if ies of the country. In this emerg-'noj it became necessa ry to select a bold and fear less spirit in order to success fully grapple with the bands ot banditts then infesting the borders of Watauga. The members of the lourt knew of none that were bolder ami more fearless thai. Jack Hor ton and they selected him and well did he meet their ex pectations. He soon restor ed law and order and brought the violators of law to the bur of ihe court when they were tried and punished. He held the office until 1871 when he found that his es tate had been wrecked by the results of the war and he then ivti'-ed to private life, where he spent the remainder of his days in trying to build up his wasted fortune. McCanlas for a few years after his promotion was ex ceedingly popular. Hut he became the devotee of wine and women and plunged into the deepest vortex of dissi pation and debauchery and finally on or about the ninth day of Feb., 18o9 fled the sitate and carried with him b":i!i!ifiil mountain giilj hmi !i'li I wonand ruin. ': . i iii i r . i 1 m inigie m.isr oiti,,- great trump which will awake him! from his slumber and hasten him away to th judgment. On th" other hand M-' 'a-ila ended hi a lif- in a deadly ;if- Fray about the common -nient of th" late war ia the State of Kansas a a 1 without a moment u a i niag went in I o tin iiukno.vu beyond, and was buried amid .-(rang -s and in a str ing land and he too is awaiting to h sir the a wfal ti uaip winch is o bid way to the great asiz's. Moth these extraordinary men by nature possessed warm and generous hearts and had it not beer, for had associates they no doubt would have been ornaments to society. As it was they possessed very many excel : lent tiai's of ei::.:-;M-ter so ;:e of which 1 have iy 'ore ', seated. Thes . i;i"a a . i-y dis: imhar iu n. !;, i In fact the only striking sim ilarity that they ha din com man was their lofty and dar ing courage and this they posseseed in a higher Jdegree than any two men whom I i t i i r i . over Knew. n:ie liorton had a strong natural intel lect yet I think that McCan las possessed a. much more brilliant mind. I am '.dear ly of tin opinion that McCan las' intellectual parts tower ed far above the ordinaiy mind and if he had properly directed it he would have li teen oi very" brilliant man. Dr. Jj I. Mott said to me a few days ago that he knew McCanins, having frequently met him in Lenoir,- and that he believed that he was nat urally the brightest man that lie had ever seen. He also spoke of his splendid presence and lofty bearing. Mut women and wine with their long train of concomi tants dim mod liix Intellectual star, and away to the north west on the virgin soil of Kansas it went ('own in blood and carnage long be fore be reached the meridian of life. Mat it is useless for me to speculate on the pos sibilities and probabilities that might have been in re serve for thiswonderr.il man. Sntliee it to say that he lis tened to bewitching voice ol t he siren and she allured him into devious paths and by her many blandishments led him upon the rock upon which he and thousands more have been wieoked and lost. There are many other things that I might write concerning these dead heroes some of which would be fav orable and others not so fav orable but I will here let the curtain fall. II. MlXGHAM. I5ristolUourie.i: The ground hog tells the a true story. It wasn't long after he got skittish ot his shadow that the heavens grew dark and began to weep as it were. Yon may not believe in signs, but you will have to ad mit that the groundhog sign is proverbial for its cerrectnoss. Let us hope, however, that 1 h i Weather -viil at least parlially do i:y its never-f.iiUng eornel ncss before the six weeks scamper by. R ' MSU TE? CI OI DS. Chii-.ig.i Tribute. Out i..ond Porest Park and t'uhonnc Place, in the pretty suburban town of Wells, eight uiih west of St." Louis. lives theUev. Israel II. Hicks, the world renowned weather prophet, ky View, his cozy nut unpretentious cottage, is situated on tile crest of a high knob, nt tin; end of the electric road. n:.d commands a view of the h.i rounding country within radius of several mile. n cither direction. It is but one story high, with a gabled roof, in the enter of which is a pecti!; 'r protuberance, cle a led eight or ten feet above tie com, perfectly square, wit!' two windows on each side and surmounted by il railing. This is tin storm prophet'.) observatory. It looks as if it had been built in the attic and jter ards forced up titrough ihe root. Here it is that the storm prophet, as tronomer, editor and minis ter studies and works and i a! --ulates, a nd it is fro a' ; . tO-M'-v.;;;;;.. Ml!.' "i.OU.s... o. . l-ili" '! at SlVr.s' 'Medic, ; iioi j S.i:.. t.f cveio::"s. 1 oraodoes i . i : t;e ii'-;i:!ii'MS ar at; Irendrd tin ' lira! phenon:- '!: 'MMiiate. j'is n. recast seldom fail of verilh at ion, and when he issues a speciat warning the accuracy of his predictions in the past caus es the residents ot the threat ened locality to heed his dan ger signal. In 1892 92 per cent, of his predictions prov ed correct. Col. !. U. Hicks was born at Mris; ol, Tenn.. Decern beiy 1841, ni.d is consequently forty-nine years of age. At t. he close of the war hp attend ed Andrew College two years. He was ordained to the min istry by Misho' Doggett at Moid water, M sissippi, i u 1871 and removed to St. Louis, Mo., the same year. He remained with the Meth odist Church until nine years ago, when he affiliated him self with the Congregationa lists He wedded Miss Lal iian Hornsby a little over two years igo, his first, wife having died several years be fore. Miss Hornsby was a, teacher in one of his Sunday school classes. Six years a go he resigned from the min istry and .accepted the editor ship of Word and Works'. and from his salary, earning on his stock, and the i: eom. from briefs of his we;.ii '.a charts he earns a good aim ; al income. His home bfe has the charm of perfect contentment and happiness. His cottage is? comforlablo and even luxu riously furnished, his income ample, his wife young, beau tiful ami devoted, his busi ness prosperous, and good health fills his cup of joy to overflowing. '01i SALE! " In the town of Home, a cottr fortable dwelling house with G rooms and rive fire places, with nine acres of land, good spring, some apple, peach and chestnut trees, situated some 300 yards from Main street , I t is a desirable privat - n i- id,jneo. I he place win lie so a., oheap on terms to suit the. ' purchaser. For I'm titer par i tici.l.irs apply to I. W. Thorn jns, Hiiii'itenX. C, or V. P ConneiU, Doom-, .