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HOOXK, WATAUGA COUNTY, X. C THURSDAY, MARCH. 21). 1891, NO. 1M.
Watauga
) A'lilil fi
The
Wage
Earner
is, without doubt, the greatest
lienificiary of life insurance. It
a (lords him an absolutely safe
means of investing his savings
and a guarantee tint those de
pending on his earnings will
be amply provided for at his
demise. Under the Tontine
policy of the
Equitable Life
he is also provided with a safe
guard against misfortune besides
receiving a much larger amount
of insurance for the same amount
of premiums paid in. It is bet
ter than the savings bank, better
than the building association,
better than government bonds.
Better for the wage earner, ot for
anyone, than any other method
ever originated, tor facts and
figures, address
W. J. RODDEY, Man.
Tot tk Croll, Rock Hill,
I, 5. C. I
PIIOWSSIOXAL.
W-. B.COUVCILL. -Jit
Vttou.v-.v vt Lv v.
Doom. X. C.
W. 15. COUNCIL!,, M. 1).
Moono, X. C.
Resident, Physician. Office
on King Street north of Post
Office.
I'.
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aiioiixly ai law,
IAUN X.C
-(u)-
Will p-aclice hi t'tc courts o!
.Vivtau M. A kIh', Mitchell, M.-I)-i,v-ell
mi I ull ltlu r counties in the
west -i n li-.t rict J-jTSji"i iiil att -m
tion given to tlic collection of
W. B. (Vt-nclil I). T. C. Blackburn.
Boone, X. C Zlourillc, X. C.
Councill & Blackta,
Physicians & Surgeons.
&g-Calls attended at all
June 1, '93. .
E. P. LOVILL J. C. FLETCHEIl.
LOVILL & FLETGHEB,
ATH)RT!A'$.iT LAW,
MMONIS, v. .'.
.':Ti'" ,:; hi i ;l1 tent. i(HI g.'VV.V
to the r tll 'tion ofrl lini -a
L. L. iKI2KXE,ifcCO.,
REAL ESTATEAG'TS.
OOXh, X. ( .
Will giv special n i tenth. n
to abstracts of title. Hie kmI-'
of lU.il Estate in W. N. C.
Thus- he ving farms, timber
and minetnl lands for sale,
will (Id weil to call on said Co.
at Roone.
L. L. GUI E. & CO.
Vl.-m-h 10, 18i3.
XUTiCK.
Hotel I'ntjievty 101 Snie
Ou n'-'Ciniiit of failing health
at myself" a-wi wil-'. I offer lorn li
my hot! property ia the town .!
Hoone. Norrli I'ai ulina. .out ivhl
willow for :tish an-1 uiKe ter.ns:
to suit tin buyer, and ull take'
real o. personal prox-i t. i i "X-
iliang. Applv mo-hi I
so n is. !
Parties putting paers in
my hand for execution will
pie ise ad vance the tees wi th
the fapers ami they will re
ceive prom pt attention, other
wise they will be returned
not executed for the want of
iees. D. F. Bjubd Shff.
V.SiIIX;TOX LETTER.
F.om our Regular Correspondent.
What I'n sident Clev
M and d with the Rland bill
for the coinage ,-jf the seign
j' ragc, now iii his hands?
: riwie is mre anxiety a-
uon Democrats to linv
hit question answered thai,
has lieen observable for a
long time. It involves n
great ileal iiinre than tie
in -ie coinriyp of .r.",00(U)t)()
silver dollars, for which it
provides. It will ilcci d
whether the attempt now
h "it'g made to unite the Deai
ocrats in Congress an 1 th"
administi at ion on a basis o!
I e td y jro'ies-b" by-ir " s
dia'.l ! a I li'ti-"-, r su s-
that wi'l n'.i ' iih'v i
gO illlo i ! o:iu ..
eanijtaigti with - re.isin. .;
nop- ot ri't 4 i - : :.!. i
I he i lo is.- It na v i .i
t itle the fale of t ih- tariff bill,
as there are many Demo
'rats in both HoiiS'-and Si-n-ite
whose constituents are
more directly interested in
the silver than' the tariff. A
number of eastern De.no
cr.i ts 'ho did everything in
their power to prevent Con
giess passing the Wand bill
ate now advising the Presi
dent to sign the bill, or at
least to allow it to become
a law without his signature
if he feels that he ca niiot con-M-ietit
iously sign it, and sil
vet Democrats who have not
been to the White House
sie.ee the big silver fiiih t. at
the extra session have gone
to Mr. Cleveland and urged
as a matter of party policy
that the (till be allowed to
become a law. The silver
Democrats of the west and
south -how numerous they
ttv in ('ongress may be wen
by referring to the vote on
thisuillin both House an!
Senate .many of whom sup
ported the administration
ig:iitifet their own convic
tions in securing the repeal
of the purchasing clause of
theSheimati silver law, way
I hat the veto of this bill will
be accepted as proof positive
by thousands of their con
stituents c tat President ('leve
I.iU'l i unalterably opposed
to silver, and lhat the result
would certainly be disast
rous in th-- Congressional
elect 'oils flue,' aiein'tel-s of
I he cabii ". S ei et a I i- .-(iresh
man Saul Ii, and Ilerbi-i t
liave adviseii VI i . Cleveland'
to sign the bill. It is believ
ed tint the delegation of
Njw York bankers who are
here asking that the bill be
vetoed are adding to its
chances of becoming a law.
In fact, there has been a
chance in public opinion with
in a week, and a i"ajority
now lielievd that the bill
will becoui" a law, with or
Wifllolli the Presja.-iil s.-ii
attire.
The n-viM'u lai-iff oili n ill
be reported t tiie Selllfe
this week, ami h- -d-ba'e-.vili
bey in Mou-lay . A -nl 2. Thi
is aui henrie and official. No
one can. possibly regret the
unexpected delay in getting
the bill More the Senate
ir ore than the Deinoctati
members of the Finance com
mitteedo. They have work-j
ed until the, are almost in a'
sta-v of exhaust im, but fresh
obstacles have constantly
confronted them, and as they
could not be avoided they
have had to be overcome.
Since the bill has been before
the full committee the lb-pub
licans have taken advantage
of every opportunity to add
to the delay, and owing to
the absence of Senator Vance,
these opp rt unities have
b-en fivqiiHit' The fact
should not be forgotten l y
critically inclined Democrats
that when all ot t he members
o the Finance coiumitteeare
present the Democrats have
only one majority. With
one Democratic absentee the
(imiittee is a tie politically.
l w as t he abseii ofS-uitoi
nt-e t li;i t .Ml - I ' t Ii U-'pllll
li .. HI I II i i) I Ire o
s av -if tin- o . ii;n.i" z of i he
b . ..-imply of ih i. it- -lntii
A. . ' 2nd
Unless, all indications are
at fault the administration
will soon start a programme
that will cause the workimr
democrats to enter the C n
uressional campaign with en
thusiasm. 1 cannot without
violating confidence enter in
t-. the particulars, but if this
programme be carried out
the republicans who still re
main in federal offices, out
s i d e the classified service
would better be looking a
round for new jabs, unless
they have money enough to
spend the suiiimerin idleness.
I'll.'Kse democrats w ho believe
that the offices under a demo
ciatic administration should
be filled by democrats will be
pleased with some things t hat
will occur ui the near future,
unless my information i s
wrong.
Representative Tucker, of
Va., although not yeo forty
one years old. has a right to
feei proud of the part he has
taken in shaping the legisla
tion of the present Congtess.
Although there were several
other bills providing for the
same thing it was his bill for
the r peal of the federal elec
tion laws that was reported,
passed and became a law. An
other compliment has just
been paid the skill of Mr.
Tucker by the House com
mit tee on the electi in of Pres
ideii4;. and Vice President and
Hepr 'sentatives in Conyress.
w Inch selected his joint reso
lution providing 101 a coa
stitutioi ai a.iieiidm -at f. li
the elect ion of Senators by di
rect vote of the people, al
though there were several oth
ers of n similar nature before
the committee, to be favora
bly leported to the House.
The House has been work
ing faithfully on the regular
annual appropriation dims.
and it has been making a
good record, both in quanti
ty ol business done a ml in t he
aim.unt ot money appropria
ted -every appropriation has
been redaced materially.
Moiganton Herald: A gen
tleai iti who has been over a
good deal of the eighth dis-j
Strict lately sas that C'olonel
RomulusZubul m Linney. the
bold bad "Bull of the Drusb-
ies,' has his tail up in curl
papers and is going to run -or
Congress next fall' or know
the reasou w by. I
DEFKlT AKD 1HT0UV.
Wil aiiiigton Messenger.
Tl eie is -1 way that
"'"' -
eti. nglit unto some mei, but,
jit will lead to d.-f.-at. TIi-i In iL, ,, shod be (hi.-fly
,is another way. rugged soaie:(.)nH..,i ,,, state i-su. s-t.
ttuai ami n.-.igv.i ai.our w it n ;
some iblli nil irs and dangers;
oui ii ma i-au ' victory.
We a iv persuade I of Mime-
things.
1. Veiy aiaeli in Xnrth Cir
oliii.i w ill depend Upon the
character ,.f the men selected!.,,, aeeut of their steward
lor office. We positively be
lieve that there is a consider
able and growing element in
the democratic party that
will repudiate men ol doubt
ful characters and u p o n
wh'iai is resting suspicion
that is damaging. The men
nominated for office must be
like t'a'-wir's w ile 'abovesiis
piciou."' If there is a taint
upon them they will lose ma
ny i vote. If the political
wire pullers ami machine ma
chine manipulators do not
know this niU'.-h, they are re
ally ignorant of whatthepeo
pie are thinking and saying.
Men who are honest, reliable,
intelligent, faithful, with po
liti'-al principles and with fi
delity to those principles,
with clean hands and pure
records, who aregenuinedem
ocrats and stand upon t h e
Chicago platform of 1892,
unyieldingly and b o 1 d I y
and squarely these are the
men to select. Men w ho com
maud the confidence of t h e
oest men in thecoinmuuities,
and who are known to have
integrity and honor, person
al and political, and who can
not be bought or silenced ly
the persuasions of office or
the allurements of patron
agethew are the kind of
candidates to be presented
for the support of good citi
zens, demccra ts a nd pa triots.
The opposite, of these will be
sera thed by the thousands.
Mark what is said.
2. X.u th Carolina must be
eoatrolled by the democrats.
The progress of theState, the
matntenence of education the
safety ot the negro counties.
the pet petuity of the grand
principles of the party that
have been the main stay of
the country for nearly a cen
tury, and the hope ofthe peo
pie for deliverance when pjss-
ng through Hery trials, and
spoliation and persecution
were the order of each pass
ing day, depend upon demo
cratic supremacy we think.
8. To control XorthCaroli
na democra ts must not desert
the old flag. Democratic prin
ciplen are old and tried; not
new and experiment.il. The
doctrine of State Rights, the
rule of the people, a constit u
ional government with limi
tations, equality before the
law, the imperial administi a
tionofla equal taxes and
burdens, a free ballot, a fair
count, personal security in
life, property, liberty, include
ing soul liberty, asevereecon
omy in public expenditures,
honesty a .i d responsibility
and fidelity in public officials
uf all grades, low tuxes and
the money of the Constitu
tionthese are democratic
fundamentals with every gen
uine. simon-pure, JefTersoni-
an, Jacksouian,. Jefferson Da
visonian disciple. So if demo-'
ciut8 are to control they
j inii't st and firmly and resol v
Jedly by the party and the law
: of th, party.
l if ,inmI,i,. ih,. St .te'iain A.UIndn-intntheKt.Lnif
,I1;1(ters t hat concern t he -wo al years ago. It wasn't one
,,,. (f x,.t frnl.iia i!itlieirof vour fin de sieclo afiairs of
; ,lOIIM,s ic mat ters and policy.
jf Vderal politics should be
j discussed it should lie dotiu
i.,-ti.o',. iw .j ii,n c...
I III'. Ill" I l I w (- l t U(,. V-ll
gress. They will have (ogive
i i.:., .....i ti. i, ,..w-
sav if thev like tin ivcord
made. The Democratic law
at Chicago shi-iiid be th:' rule
by which to make ti e mem
bers of the Fifty third on
gress Senators and Il.-pre-se'itatives
Mia.ire. Na aian
has a right to expect the peo
pie to pronounce favorably
upon his tecoid if lie has not
faithfully maintained in let
ter and spirit, the law of the
old party or t'leCotistit ution
ami the Fnioii as laid down
at Chicago by its ivprcsenta
lives delegates in National
Convention assembled iir92.
That is the way the 'Messen
ger7' regards it. The great
doctrine of Democracy, form
ulated in one brief sentence
is "Equal rights to all men
and special privileges to
none." That cuts off digs
up the dry roots of till class
legislation, including high
tariffs that rob, paternalism
and all wild-cat, iinposible
theories and legislation. II e
find we cannot say to-day all
we purposed, so we will con
clude to morrow.
t.ood Advice to a tart.
George W. Cliilds once said
to a girl from the West, who
went to him with letters and
tlie hope of snffieient intlu
euce to do -omething in the
arable field ;f j ia urdism :
"Little woman, if you can do
something, go ahead and do
it. The world is hungry for
something new. It is an om
nivorous creature, but it
wants a change constantly.
Keep as quiet as you can.
Keep out of men's way as
much as you can, for it is
trespassing on private prop
erty. Keep yourself in good
health, good spirits and
good clothes, and don't try
to be a good fellow or one of
the boys. Save half of your
earnings. (Jo to church. 15e
agreeable, but reserved, and
if some honorable man offers
you his name and protection,
give it all up, marry him,
and devote your energies to
home-making. The business
world is no place for a wo
man. It is a rough place,
and people have to get rough
to succeed in it. I know bun
dreds of gentlewomen in bus
iness, but they always seem
to me like going fishing in a
dress suit rad white gloves.
Exquisite fabrics are not in
teii'lec for rough and ready
wear."
The Courier .Journal says:
"The National Democratic
platform is the chart for the
President to consult. Pro
ken pledges alw ays bring bro
ken hopes. Now,asever, the
question is, shall the people
govern or is this a nation of
special privileges, impregna
bly entrenched and strong
enough to ride rough-shod
over I be man v who taxes and
work for a living? Answer.1
Grover Cleveland, which
X Dl EI. WITH CUBS.
"The most remarkable duel
j I ever witnessed," huh! Will-
is fJlobe Democrat man, 'wtm
laway out in Montana 8?ver-
honor, nor was it n glove ion
test for points; it was simply
an attempt toctecidewho w-ttj
able to give and take the
most punishment. Two bur
ly fellows in our prospecting
party had a difference which
they wanted to settle by
shooting each other, and it
wtv- only by disarming them
both that we saed their bul
lets. Thi uieti were very sur
ly aftei being deprived of
Iheirsix-shooters and for seV
eral hours did not speak.
Then they approached each
other and conversed with a
calmness that some of t h e
party mistook for n burial of
the hatchet, and the wag of
the crowd funded over his
plug and invited them to
'chew the pipe of peace.' A
few minutes afterward each
man lounged off into the ad
joining timber, going in op
posite directions Feeling
nervous, I struck out after
them. I lost the track ofthe
man 1 was following, and de
.paired of finding him until I
heard a thud, like a man's
skull being battered. I fol
lowed up the sound and was
so-ill the spectator of a bru
tal duel on the old Indian
plan. The men had drawn
lots for the first blow, and
the loser had stood hia
ground while his adversary
tried to fell him with some
thing very like a. club. Aa
provided in the code the men
took turns in giving and re
ceiving blows, and when I got
up each had two, if not thro-?
chances to brain the nt'e.-; .
Each had his face eovi :v i
with blood and was L;g;i
ning to be feeble. 1 stood ior
i moment overcome with
horror, and then drawing' my
revolver came forward and
compelled the combatants to
quit. Neither suffered per
inanentl. from his punish
ment, and the exponents of
oi.e of the most beutnl duel
ing codes ever heard of lived
to become fairly fiiendlj with
each other.''
Messenger: We like in the
pulling, wavering, uncertain
political utterances of these
perplexing times to read
plain, direct, positive declar
ations of Democratic fealty.
We have seen so many news
paper at tempts to make de
sertion and hedging appear
asloyalty and determination
that to read the following
from Gov. Turney when ask
ed to make a statement on
the silver question is positive
ly very refreshing indeed. He
gave this in response:
"My statement is the na
tional platform. I have not
changed from itone inch, nor
a half an inch, nor a quarter
of an inch, nor even one
hair's breadth. I have not
departed from it all. 1 hare
said this to whoever put the
question to me. The plat
form adopted by the last na
tional Democratic con veil
ii mi is my political religion.
I think, however, lhat this is
not the m o s t important
thing in a candidacy for a
j Governor of Tennessee."