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NOTICE.
Hotel Property tor Sale.
On account of failing health
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NOIICE.
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BOONE, WATAUGA COUXTV,
WASHINGTON LETTER.
' From our Begnlar CormpondenL
Democrats, eren those who
are personally opposed to
some of the changes mode,
are glad that the .Senate Fi
nance commit te has at lost
got the t n tiff bill in a shape
to make its passage by th
Senate certain. It is really
surprising, iu view of the rad
ieal change made by taking
sug-jr.iron ore. coal and lead
ore from the free list and put
ting a duty upon them, that
the Democrats of the Mouse
are not louder iu their ob
jeetions. But they regard
the matter from a common
sense point of view, knowing
that the Democrats of the
Senate Finance committee
yielded nothing that it was
not absolutely necessary to
yield iu order to get the vot
es necessary to puss the bill,
and also that they will have
another chance at the chang
es when the bill goes to con
ference after Its passage by
the Senate
The Republicans of the Fi
nance committee would like
to waste a mouth or so by
keeping the tariff bill in com
mittee, but the Democrats
will not allow any such time.
If they will agree to have the
bill reported in n wek the
Democrats will allow them
that much time; if not the
bill will be reported sooner
without their consent.
Secretary Hebert's answer
to the House resolution ask
ing by whit authority he or
dered Admiral Skerrett to
obey Mr. Blount when he
went to Hawaii as Special
Commissioner, was, in short,
that it came from the Commander-in-Chief
of th. Army
and Navy the President of
the United States; and he
cited seven nreeidents for the
action, dating from 1823 to
1881.
Senator Blanehard assum
ed his new duties today and
Justice White, his predeces
sor, was sworn in as a mem
ber of the Supreme Court. If
Mr. Blanehard makes as
good a reputation in the Sen
ate as he leaves behind him
in the House the people of
Louisiana will doubtless rat
ify the selection of the Gover
nor by keeping him there.
Representative Kilgore, of
Texas, wns not altogether
wrong, although rather too
general, when he said in the
course of the debate on the
District of Columbia appro
priation bill, concerning the
newspapers of Washington:
"The newspapers of Wash
ington have never failed to
advocate any scheme, I don't
rare how infamous it was,
that looked to the expendi
ture of the public money in
the interest of speculators in
and around the city. I never
knew of an instance in which
they did not advocate such
schemes," In reply to a pro
test from Representative
Blair of N. H., Mr. Kilgore
continued: ''Well, I make
the distinct charge that the
newspapers are corrupt and
they advocute every corrupt
sclxnnethat has been intro
duced into Congress to plun
der the Treasury in theinter-
eet of private interests."
X.
Democrats in Congress are
in thorough sympathy with
the Departmental Congres
sion Commission which has
been engaged for ra a n y
months in looking into the
business methods of the Gov
ernment Departments, with
a view to recommending
changes looking to a rnlue
tion of unnecessary red taje
and of unnecessary officials.
Every recommendation of
the Commission has been
promptly acted upon by Con
gress, the last one for abol
ishingthe Bureau of Customs
of the Treasury Department
- -having been pissed by the
House without an hour's dis
cussion. Slowly but surely
leaven of reform is working.
The results of thirty years of
extravagance and favoritism
annot be overthrown iu a
day', or a year, but they will
be overthrown in the end.
This the Democrats ore de
termined upon.
Senator McPerson has this
to say about the charge that
the sugar clause of the revis
ed tariff bill gives the sugar
trust and 'indue advantage:
"As I drew the sugar sched
ule, I ought to know what it
means, and I certainly know
what it was intended to
mean. The entire oiscrimin
ating duty, according to my
calculations, that refined su
gar is accorded by the bill is
sixteen-hundredths of o n e
cent. Now, when you take
into account the bounty
paid by Germany for its ex
ported sugar, and the fa t
that German sugar is ship
ped in bags which are not
dutiable, and which can be
used over and over again, it
will be seen that the Ameri
can refiner is given noadvant
age over his German competi
tors. In truth, the German
exporter has one-hundredth
of a cent per pound advant
age over the American refiner
aft'r he has paid our import
duty. Now, if any one dis
putes these figures of mine,
and can show me where the
American refiner receives any
greater protection than I
have stated, I will see that
thp bill isehanged.
The Senate will vote upon
the bill for the coinage of
the seigniorage next Thurs
day. It will certainly pass.
Public opinion is divided as
to whether it will be vetoed,
the majority inclining to the
belief that it will be.
N.-O.-Chronicle: The house
has not done all things wise
ly, nor even well: but the
Democrats have passed
through that body the bill
repealing the Federal election
laws: the new tarift bill, with
the income tax, and the
Bland silver bill. For a time
the appropriation bills mus
have the right of ways and
then vrill come the great
struggle over the repeal of
the ten per cent tax.
A small bottle of camphor
or a little alum and water
will aid in drying up pimples
that have been tampered
with.
A teaspoouful of ammonia
to one teaspoouful of water
will clean jewelry.
C THURSDAY.
BID IF TRIE.
The St. Louis-Democrat
has ii disput'h from Wheel
ing W. Virginia stating that
the po'iee went to work on u
case, and by evening had se
cured the following informa
tion, and had Harry Griffith
under arrest for bigamy.
Griffith met a Miss Peterson,
or Sullivan, Ind., at Craw-fo'-dsville,
Ind about two
years ago. He induced her
to go with him and together
they traveled as man and
wife from town to town, he
painting scenery. A little
overajearngo a child was
born to them. They settled
in M.u tin's Ferry, he spend
ing (he summer and fall
pa in ting scenery for !heojera
house. In December last
Griffith and this young wo
man and their child went to
New York. Griffith installed
his family in Jersey City and
went to North Carolina. On
January 3rd, at Lenoir, N. C.
he was married to Miss Celina
C. Coffey, daughter of a hotel
keeper. With his new wife
and $.10 of her money he went
to Jersey City. Giiffith sent
his first love and baby on to
Martin's Ferry, and with his
new wife came to Wheeling
by easy stages. Here he se
cured her money and watch,
and had her Jraw $ 175 she
had in the bank at Lenoir,
N. C. This he secured about
four weeks ago. Hethenlett
for Martin's Ferry, only two
miles away, saying he had a
big contract, and joined his
first family in their home on
U'alnut street. This morn
ing was the first time his
North Carolina wife has seen
him since. She has been held
at the hotel with a growing
board bill, and her letters
have been unanswered. She
soon became convinced of
Griffith's pern Jy and signed
tht bigamy warrant. Grif
fith's first companion says
they were never married, but
the police thinks she is mere
ly trying to shield him. Both
women ore beauties. No. 1
being pretty, with auburn
hair, and No. 2 a stately
blonde, with faultless form
ixndhicf. -Bakeraville Enter
prise. We Can and Must Get Together en
Home Affaire.
However much Democrats
may differ upon men ant
measures, there is no room
for difference when we con
front the question of Anglo
Saxon supremacy and a clean
administration of our local
affairs. The question i s
greater than Cleveland,
Vance, Ranson or any other
man. The people are not
called upon to decide fur the
United States, but for North
Carolina. We must keep it
before them that the question
which concerns them most is
home affairs. What causa
can be urged why the people
of North Carolina should en
danger their best interests
by division this year? The
rpcord of the Democratic
party in Stat affairs is one
to which we can point with
pride. It has given us a
clean, honest and economi
cal government. What
more could be asked? Web
ster's Weekly.
MARCH, 22. 1894,
TaeTariffBIll.
Washington, March 10.-i
rougn statement oi tne re
sults of the exerts figuring
on the tariff bill is as follows:
The estimated receipts from
customs in the amended tar
iff bill as reported to the full
Senate commit tee on finance,
amount to $165,900,000 in
round figures. From inter
nal revenue, including in
come tax, and the additional
tax of 20 cents a gallon on
whiskey as imposed by the
Senate, the increased tax
over the House rates on do
nifstic cigars and cigarettes,
and the tax on playingcards,
it is estimated the receipts
will amount to $63,000 000.
This $63,000,000 of internal
revenue tax is additional to
the rjvenue derived from
the sources at. present rates,
and will make the entire re
ceipts from internal revenue
as proposed iy the amend
ments in theSeimte bill
000,000. Adding to this a
mount 1161,000,000 now re
ceived from other sources of
internal revenue taxation un
der thepresent law, and $21.
000.000 from miscellaneous
sources, gives $411,000,000
as the probable net receipts
under the bill as approved by
the Democratic majority of
the Senate finance commit
tee against $385,000,000 de
rived Inst year from thesame
sources of reveuue under the
McKinley act.
Th3 Wilson bill as passed
by the House carried an esti
mated deficit of $73,000,000;
the bill us reported to the fi
nance committee of the Sen
ate carries with it a deficit of
$32,000,000 only, a little
less than half the deficit crea
ted by the House bill. South
em Associated Press.
Vance Can't Talk.
Atlanta Constitution: A
friend of Senator Vance, who
chanced to meet him in Flor
ida, tells a good one as coin
ing from the distinguished
North Carolina Senator.
"1 am pining to go home,"
said the Senator, "and 1
would give anything if I
could stop over in North
Carolina on my way back to
Washington."
"Why in the world don't
you do it?" asked his friend.
"It is impossible," said he.
"I cannot do it. You see if I
were to go back to North Car
olina now some of my Dem
ocratic constituents would
be sure to call on me to make
a speech, and what in the
devil could I say? No, I can
not stop in North Carolina.
I will go back to Washington
and take the night train
through my State. I hope,
however, that the situation
will brighten sufficiently for
me to return before many
months."
We wonder when he can
say anything. We wonder
when the party is going to
walk out of itself.
A man's finances are sup
posed to be in a healthy
state when ho has a corpu
lent pocketbook.
tSFOiie dodat pays for the
Democrat 1 one yzar.
NO. LU
Sitiiiand Wondf.ru in Ireddl a
A number of the colored
people of StatesviJe have be
came impressed with the b'
lief that the end of the wo-Id
is near. Some ot thorn have
seen unusual signs in the
heavens recently and many
other incidents that tend to
confirm this belief. As a re
sult many of them are con
tinuing long tit prayer and
have their lamps trimmed
and burning, awaiting tin?
summon;'. One colored sis
ter, who is very devout on
all occasions, asseverates
that she rose up eail one
morning recently in order to
have a season of prayer he
lore beginning the day's du
ties, and that while rmgnged
in her devotions she distinct
ly heard the word "Prepare."
This she firmly believes was
a warning from the other
world.
Perhaps the co'ojed broth
em are right in getting ti.m
selves in ship-shape. W i t h
hens over in Lir:roii comity
laying eggs with "Prepare
Ye, the End is near" ami
"Hell is near" printed on
them, and a pilgrim down at
Greensboro seeing a scroll
w ith the ten commandments
on it (some skeptics have in
timated that the pilgrim was
drunk but they can't charge
that on the hens) it may be
that "sompin's gwyne ter
happen." States ville Land
mark. Topic: The talente 1 Repre
sentative in Congress from
the eighth district, Hon.
W. H. Bower, has so far
made a fine record and there
is scarcely a doubt but that
he will receive the endorse
ment of the people for i sec
ond term. We are proud of
him and the stand he has
taken in Congress. He may
have opposition, but it will
amount to nothing. Speak
ing of Mr. Bower, a Washing
ton correspondent of the
Winston Sentinel says:
"Mr. Bower has been a
bused on account of trying
too hard to keep from mak
ing mistakes in the recom
mendations for office, but he
has been makingsucha fault
less record here that no one
can down him. It is general
ly admitted here that he has
succeeded in getting more po
sitions for Ins constituents
than any new Congressman
from the South who has had
no Senator or cabinet officer
to pull for them." ;
Well, Hardly.
Winston Republican: Prom
inent Western Republicans
talk hopefully and confident
ly of part. success in the We
tern counties. The Blue
Ridge country is naturally
Republican and all that w
needed to redeem it and keep
it iu line is organization and
htirmonj. Certainly by Jlis
time the "kickers" ought to
be satisfiec that Republican
dissension means Democratic
succes. We must redeem the
8th and 9th districts. Or
ganization, good candidates
and work can accomplish it.
The next fight in this State
is a fight to death. To your
tent 0 Isi-a.l I