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Protection
That Protects
When a. man insures liis
life under the old form of
insurance, he is . imply
assured that a certain
sum will be paid to l;i:i
wife, children, or heirs at
his death. Good enough
in its way, hut there is a
much better way. The
Tontine Instalment Pol
icy of the
Equitable
Life
not only insures but pro
tects the benificiary from
loss of the insurance c;s
well. For further par
ticulars, address
W. J. RODDF.Y, Mr.najrtr,
lot tie Carolina Ruck J .'ill, S. C.
inuFi:ssioxAL.
W. B. fOUXCILL. Jk.
Attou.v:y at La .v.
Boone, X. C.
W. B. COUXCILL. M. I).
Boone, X. C.
llesident Physician. OHice
on King Street north of Po 4
Office. '
j. v hobfukw,
AllOltSEY .17 LAW,
MARION. X.C
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Will practice in the courts nl
V;tau J, Ashf, Mltrlt.'ll. MelW
cil mi.l all tlnr count ics in the
western tiistrit-t ft3Serial at ten
tion z.i vm to tin' collection of
claim.-1, 'te
W. J5. ('oiiru'ill a. I). V. C. Klat-kbcrn.
Boon?, 5. C. Zionvillr, X- C
Council! & Blackburn,
Physicians & Surgeons.
&Ca lis attended at all
hour
June 1, '03.
K. F. LOVILL. J. C. FLETCHER.
LOViLL I FLETCHER,
ATlORXhYS AT LAW-,
BOOXE, X. ;.
ffcHTSpecial attention given
to the rolletion otelaiiut.'M
L. L. GKi:i:XE,itC().,
REAL ESTATE AG'TS.
't(JOXE,N.(..
Will giv special attention
to abstracts of title, the sale
of lb l Estate in W. X. C.
Those In ving farms, timber
and mineral hinds for sale,
will do well to cull on sablCo.
ut Boone.
,.v L. L.GRbns &CO.
March 16, 1893.
, NOTICE.
Hotel Property toi Saie.
On account of failing health
of myself and wife, I offer for sale
my hotel propert v in the town ot
Boone, North Carolina, and will
ell low for cash and make terms
to suitthej uver, and will take
real or personal property in ex
change. Apply soon.
W.L.HBYAS.
iXOHCE.
Pa rties putting papers in
my hand for execution will
pleise advance the tees with
the papers and they will re
cei ve prom pt .attention , other
wise they will be returned
not executed for the want of
tees. D. F. Baird Sfiff.
Sa?e
I THE NATION'S THUU'TK TO SENA
TOR VAH'iJ.
Washington. April lG.-Thc
jfiinital cereui'iiiics of tlx late
j Senator Vatfe, of Xort h Car
ol iin. absorbed t he at ten! ion
f the Senate today. The
opening prayer by the blind
ihaplain, Mr. Milbutn, was
devoted entirety to the sub
ject. It was in these ords:
'0 Eternal (Jod, with our
hearts ive eonte to the toot of
Thy Throne, while the funeral
kitell sounds through theeap
ita' announcing the death f
another Senator, while Norm
''arolina mourns the depart
lire from h r of a beloved and
honored sop, ami the nation
'eels the loss. We bless Thee
lor his huge native powers,
skill- .1 in the wide experi mee
of publie affairs, and for hi-i
u.f" ta! humor eni irtiine; and
iilninine all subjects ln'toucli
ed. making him kindly with
his kind, by virtue of which
he shed the influence of a wise
and benificent counsel ami
character on his nativeState
ami b.v virtue of his place in
this Chamber, on the land at
lare. tJr.int to the widow
and childien, under this sure
bereavement, the only com
fort which can come to liu
man hearts at such a time
unshaken faith in Thy Holy
(lospel and the consolation
and sympa'hy of Thy Belov
ed Son. As the part ldy part
of one of our brothers, has
entered on the bonier of the
invisible world, rratit that
we may hear fiom Thy liis:
"Blosetl ate the d.'.id that
die in the Lord; yea. saitll the
spirit, for th-'v rest I'r tn their
labors," we humldy ray,
thrauirh Jesus Christ our
Saviour, amen.''
Senator B ins'im of Xotth
Catolina, then made the for
mal announcement of the
death of his colleague, in
these words:
l'Mu. President: It n my
melancholy duty toannounee
to the Senate the death of
the Hon. Zelmlon Baird
Vance, late Senator from N.
V.. He died on Saturday nijjht
Iastflt4.5 minutes past 10,
at his residence on Massachu
setts avenue, in this city.
Though ids lono- continued
and serious illness oimht to
have prepared all of us for
t'ne sad event, still, beguiled
by his own hopeful and cheer
ful spirit, none of us had even
dreamed that the white hors
es wore coining so rapidly to
his door. His death shock
us to thedepthsof our hearts.
It is a calamity, a sorrow, a
deep publie ami personal b
teaveaient. A groat man has
fallen in our midst a great
natiiot. a irreat statesman.
a great thinker, a gt-ac spea
ker, a great actor has parsed
away from our sight for this
I life. He died at his post of!
,lntu woli hi- Piont.luto !
" -J v. ...
mor on, with his face to the
front couragous, hopeful,
useful, to the last. Suffering
did not break his proud spir
it nor dim his noble intellect
nor shake his fearless forti
tude. Full of years, but still
in the strength of his eminent
faculties, crowned with exal-
ted honors, but still anima-!
ted with yt higher uspira-!
rations and promise ofdoimr
jiiixid, a physical nrivk nndjital of .North 'nrolina, and
Willi llli urn lilt? HI-
ease, he stood firmly in the
line of Ins e,u.r;,les ntid at
(he last moment wrenely
gatheretl his rotxH artiutitl
him and stepped with t h e
dignity of a Senator and the
faith of a Chi 1st ian fro tn
earth into eternity. It looks
us if by some prophetic intu
ition he had returned from
the spring (lowers ami genial
skies of Florida to lay down
ins sword ami shield on the
very altar of his country.
' This is not the time for the
analysis of his character, tor
eulogies of his virtues, for the
history of his illustrious ser
vice. On some fitting day I
shall ask the S"ti ate to do
justice to his honored mem
ory. BiU, sir, 1 should com
mit a verp great wrong not
to say with what unspeaka
ble pain and infinite grid
the death of Senator Vance
smites the people of Xorth
Carolina. For more than 40
years in peace and in war, he
has been the most beloved
and the most honored son of
the great State. From the
overflowing ocean, across the
hills and plains an I valleys
to t h e majestic mountain
tops, he was a familiar and
most dear object to the
hearts and homes of all our
people. Language cannot de
scribe the admiration and
love ami gratitudeof all ages,
of both sexes, of every class,
condition ami race, of the
whole people of Xorth Caro
lina, for this great and good
man. their benefactor and bul
wark in prosperity and ad ver
sity. Standing by his lifeless
form today, it is my sacred
duty, representing a Com
monwealth til" nearly two mill
ion souls to shed upon his
mortal ashes the tears of
then" affection and deepest
sorrow. He seemed, sir, as
if by destiny to hold in his
hands the hearts of the peo
ple and at this moment the
throbbing breasts of thou
sands ate following his silent
march to the tomb. II he had
faults, they ivere bold, brave,
open faults, and are forever
e -lipsed and forgotten in the
splendor of a great and glori
oils life in the magnanimity
ot a noble nature. As I think
of the short interval at which
he followed the beloved Geor
gian from the folding doors
of this chamber to his late
rest, it looks as if two tall
oaks which stood over ami
shaded our hearthstones had
fallen in the early evening af
ter the storm and heat of the
day has passed over and be-
! fore the shades of night and
winter had fallen upon their
autumnal leaves, Colquitt
I"1"1 Vll,1v h"'' du,1i tll,m' tlu
, S t their country ami their
! iVIlovvuifii.
But I must not trust my-
seit turttier. At the hour ot
9 to-night the committees of
the two houses of Congress,
the entire delegation of the
State of Xorth Carolina and
the speciul committee from
the State, with the family
and friends, will leave the
capital of the star-spangled
republic and bear the re-
' " of Senator Vance
through t histcr Stat of
Virginia to the ut ifnl r-ap-
thence take them to his bury jfrom this city Holiday eve
ing ground on the mountain ning. As yet no more defi
side or-lotding the blue; nite arrangements ha ve bet n
torents of the French lb oad ! eftVted.
and in the siyht of lovely
A-lieville. ami there leave
t hem in t ho .ihade of the ever
gr etis, and in the mirrorand
melody of fl iwing waters to
sleep with his patriotic fa-tli-Ts;antl
as the clouds it
evening hang upon the bos
om of the eternal to.vers of
Black Mountain, so will a
shadow of sorrow test .:; )n
the bosom of his people; but
th" light of his life, Nr-jth the
early days of morning, will
dUpel the gloinii from the
mountain and from their
hearts.
"And now, I can only ven
ture in the name of the
stricken Senate, with gentle
sympathy to semi to the no
ble ami devoted woman, who
for months by day and night
with unwearied vigilance has
stood by him like .mangel of
light and love, our heartfelt
condolence and tenderness,
ami to hold up to his brave
sons the ever-living beacon
of their fathers life, lie ex
pired solaced in the arms and
affections of his wife and
children; and may our Al
mighty Father in hissupreme
and infinite goodness, bestow
upon them his strength and
comfort."
THE DEATH SCENE.
Washixuto.v, April 1-4. All
that was mortal of the illus
trious Zebulon Baird Vance
passed away to-night at 10:
40 o'clock.
Senator Vance rested bet
ter Friday night than during
tin previous four or five
night1. He was sitting up an
10 o'clock Saturday morn
ing cheerfully enjoying his
breakfast and a bottle of
mineral water. His son, Mr.
Charles X. Vance, soon after
left him and went to his du
ties at the capitol.
About noon or a littleen fl
ier unfavorable symptoms
appeared. Mr. Charles Vance
returned from the capitol and
other members of the family
hastened to do what waspos
sible.
At 12:80 or a quarter to 1
p. tn.. the Senator became
unconscious from the apo
plectic stroke which had be
fallen him. He had just be
fore signaled some messages
to his devoted s n.
The great. Sena tor's last end
was peaceful us an infant's.
The terrible pu'ii seemed to
have censed. When uncon
sciousness supervened he pas
setl into a sweet sleep which
ushered his spirit in a few
hours into the eternal sleep.
He died in the bosom of his
family all of his nearest and
dearest being at the time a
roiitid him, expecting mom
entarily the event.
During the evening the
news of his condition was cir
culated through the city.
Senator Ransoji and other
members of the delegation,
Sergoant-at-nrms Bright, Dr.
Sterling Ruffin, his physician,
and other friends and attend
ants have been present since
the stroke fell.
Tile remains of Senator
Vance w ill be embalmed and
taken to Abbeville starting
Within the past week, in
creasing every d i v, the con
viction has steadily deepened
that Senator Vance could
not recover, but it was not
until Friday that many of
his friends felt sun that the
sad event was so near ami
even then it was not surmised
to be at hand. The a p o
plexy had given no sign of
its approach.
There is profound and uni
versal sorrow, for Senator
Vance had a host of ftieuds
as thoroughly devoted to
him as to a brother. It is rec
ognized as Xorth Carolina's
greatest loss in tnatry years.
WASH I XGT0X LETTER.
From our Secular Correspondent.
Speaker Crisp was not and
is not an advocate of count-
mg a quorum, to though it i
wasadvocated by good dom-i
oei-ntu lnna- M.f,., (W
was ever heard of outside of
the town in ivhieh he lives,
but it became his duty as
chairman of t he commit tee on
Rules to obey the caucus res
olution directing that com
mittee to prepare and re
port to the House such a
rule, and, like the good dem
ocrat he is, he obeyed, and
the new rule will be. reported
to the House and probably
adopted this week and when
once adopted he will see that
it is properly carried out and
that members ate not count
ed whether present or not, as
Recti used to do.
In this connection it is not
proper to state that thedein
ocrats of the House was not
driven into taking this ac
tion, which so many demo
crats of prominence person
ally opposed, by the republi
cans us they are claiming. It
was the refusal of the repub
licans to vote that kept the
House tied, except during
the short intervals when
there w as a democratic quo
rum piesent, for almost a
month, thus tnakingconspic
uous the necessity for count
ing a quorum or allowing the
business of the House to.be
dictated by the republicans;
but after all it was not the
republicans who forced the
democratic caucus to d o
what should not have tt-eu
necesf i.ry, but which was ab
solutely necessary. It was
the inability of the democrat
ic leaders to keep a demo
cratic quorum on the floor
of the House that did the
business. T h e y concluded
that they hail tried and fail
ed so often to keep a demo
cratic quorum that it would
be a good idea to make the
republicans help by counting
them when they' refused to
vote, and at the same time,
thank HPhven, they are go
ing to make the nbsent.ee
come to time or forfeit his
pay while absent withord
leave, except when sick and
unable to attend to his du
ties. Senator White, of Califor
nia, joes not " believe that
more than five Senators will
vote against the ratification
of the new Chinese treaty. It
is expected that a ote will
Wi reached some time this
week, although there his
been no formal agreement to
t hut effect.
There was not much sur
prise h,.t when the jury
brought in a verdict for .1,"),
0UO in favor of Miss Pollard
in her breach of promise case
against Representative Breck
inridge, of Kentucky. It was
generally expected. Col. IWk
inridge says the verdict will
have no effect upon his eandi
d icylor Congress and that
he intends rerurtung to Ken
tucky and making a personal
'T.nvass of his entire district.
There is a general feeiing of
relief here that the trial is at
last :ver.
The general debate on the
tariff bill will by agreement
close next Monday. Then
the Senate will begin thecon
siderationof the bill by items,
ti process which promise to
belong and tedious. Sena
tor Smith, of Xew Jersey, de
livered a tariff speech today
somewhat in line with that
delivered by Senatc-r Hill a
week ag-, Uii. not so radical.
The fe
ir o; me o-'ieat
A tin
biliis only in the opposition
l';U'"'"'; h"-' ti.ifc exht a-
oeee vi ai:c
i or v, no si;
i at j;e 'in
cus held p. c'- i ; i r ','n
porting til b.ll that ii; .v
reserved the right to propose
amendments on the floor of
the Senate will succeed in get
ting some amendments adopt
ed, with the aid of republican
votes, but they have no
doubts about the final pas
sage of the bill; nor do they
believe that a single demo-
icratie vote will be cast a-
gainst it when the final vote
is take.n T h e newspaper
talk which has grown out of
ti "fake" interview with Sena
tor Murphy, of N'ew York,
about the bill not being vot
ed upon before the Congres
sional election is simply rot.
Senator Murphy never said
such a thing, nor thought it.
The bill is going to be pushed
to a vote ;it this session of
Congress, and it is going to
be passed. These two tilings
can be relied upon.
Senator Morgan's report
on the new Xicarcgua Canal
bill is strong and convincing,
concluding thus: "The plan
and certain effect of this bill
if it becomes a law will be to
put into active busine? em
ployment 1100,000,000 bor
rowed from our own people
without risk to the govern
ment. It would furnish good
and wholesome employment
to 50,000 Americans, who
are marching on the high
way s, begging for work and
often lood.
Senator Vance, of Xorth
Carolina, whose health has
been bad for a long time,
died suddenly from a stroke
of apoplexy, Saturday night,
at his residence in th's city.
Senator Vance was a univer
sal favorite and regrets are
heard on all sides.
Senator Pugh, of Alabama
thinks in view of late Euro
pean news that President
Cleveland is not a bail sort
of a prophet. He says:
President Cleveland told me
the other day that he believ
ed silver wculd be remonetis
ed in 1896, and that this
country and England will by
that time be on a basis of bi
metallism." It ha been no
secret among the President's
friends that he believes Eng
land will soon have to get
!hvn from thehigh horsesht
has b,v:i sitting ar-wn i,i deal
ing with silver. H isi-c auto
of that behei that has ::dvk
ed a policy of delay on the
part of this country.