WituJi DSmOoUt ! ?;" ' ' "" a "mv 'rentureliind the pursuit of happi
J who claims to lie a Republi-1 ness," with town hogs and
H. Dia;krtj, tJItjr.
R. C. KUrrt, IlIiUer
7liurtLir June, 7, ISU4
r; . ian'i ior iree coinage, ana is
Vhe Hoard of magistrates!'" vor of the income tax
and Hoard of count v rumJ the li- h nabobs to help
mitsioiiers met in joint ses
sion :t the court lions,.
day. The mmual taxes weieMlf"v nian that high tariff,
levied. The i-iitituti..ii;ilit,p ..moneytizing of silver
limit 0G?svnts cn the $100 J v the Repuh.ican Conpre.-s
worth ol profi t v w as levied. in the .war of our Lord 187:1
This will make Mlt. pod tax;1"1'1 the frrent extravagance
2.00. The school tax 0jf the Repntdicnn Congress
cents jr capita. IHrcountv in l,s,!it .v,,J,rs in I,,an-V '."
finances are in a verv hoalthv Notable the big nsion
condition. Our count v fri,u,, t!u' ,M out l,-v
R o a r d f commissioner
ha vedischarged their duty to
they'll ral satisfaction of all
the people. They have les
sened the rounty taxes per
ceptibly and the county af
fairs have been well adminis
tered. A resolution ot thanks
and approval was unaii:
mordy voted the Hoard, an J
earh member of the Hoard
.vas re-elected again for the
next two ears. The Hoard
of education made a report
of the schools, teachers, the
money paid to run the same,
number of scholars, and oth
er matters connected with
the school interest. This re
port was very creditable to
the Hoard ant1 county Sup r
iiiternhint. Prof. Francum
was unanimously re-elected
county Superintendant which
was very creditable to him.
Kind nnd generous feelings
prevailed throughout the
session of the joint Hoards.
Mo politics or prejudice enter
ed into the business of the
Hoard, -all were disposed to
recognize h o nest efficient
work arid to be governed in
their actions by a desire that
our good oM county of Wat
auga shall be honestly and
eeon o m ica I ly admin istered
in all her varied interests.
The people of the county of
what ever shade of political
opinion ought to feci justly
proud (and no doubt they
vlo) of the favorable condi
tion of the county finances
taken into consideration
the unusual hard crises of
the-times. The county has
had for several years one of
the best sheriff's and also ef
ficient Board county com
missioners and with prudence
and economy the people have
managed to pass through
the severe hard times with
out any sacrifice of property
being sold for taxes. Per
haps it would be hard forany
county to he, found that has
fared so well in this respect
as has Watauga. Why do
any of our people clamor for
a different county govern
ment when weaie faring to
weir -under the present sys
tem? Political reasons can
only be urged nnd such rea
son s are i ' o it eco u n t vv h en co m
pared to actual facts exist
ing to the contrary.
lie kind to your neighbor,
loan him your horse plow,
oxen and wagon. If he
won't feed the stock and oth
erwise abuses them, don't
lean him any more, if your
dearest neighbor don't bring
back the borrowed hoe, sin
gletree, axe, mattock, shovel
pi dv, maul, and iron wedge
but keeps them so long that
ho sets up ownership and
claims them as his own by
posession; or loses them then
in that case you need not
keep up such neighborship
with him, a generous and
confiding public will excuse
"OU.'
'wPay your subscription,
from pi inciplennd is hon
et m if, ami says .lie i
': '"agin" high tariff ami is in
j favor rf loth gold and silver
run the exjwnses o this big
Mull-iri"'tr.v. "J?"1'
with his
Mtce iiovernmeiir t nat cer
tain men might rank? a huge
fortune. Thesquandering of
the one-hundred millions left
in the United States Treas
ury by Cleveland, and the
many use'es men employed
by the departments and a
general recklessness a n d
waste of the people's money.
If hestill votes for men whose
party advocates such legisla
tion and is doing everything
possible t o prevent such
frauds and bad laws from
being repealed do you believe
he is honest or is lie mista
ken? We think mo.-t of them
are nv'staken for they will of
ten say "how hard are the
times under Democratic rule
and you promised good
times when the Democrats
got into power.' To make
better t imes the many w i ongs
that have been done must be
un lone and times will be no
better until it has been d'ne.
The charge made by the
new spa per correspondents
that certain Senators wire
in the sugar tiust anil had
made big money out o f it
and in consideration of this
big steal they were to vote in
the Senate to protect this
sugar trust. The committee
appointed t o investigate
these and other charges a
giiinst these Senators and
against Secretary Cat lisle
have so far found nothing in
the charges, however further
investigations are to be
made. The offer of the man
Butts to pay certain Sena
tots big money to induce
them to vote against the tar
iff bill did not succeed and
Senators ilntton of Va., and
Kyle of South Dakota are
exonorated bj the commit
tee. The committee further
reports that they have not
found any evidence of actual
money being on hand tojj. ut)Ii,..ins North agree
comply with Rutts's promist
to pay for the votes ttiac he
proposed to buy. We trust
that Senators who are charg
ed with dickering with the
sugar trust will be found to
be fice from any crookedness
and that such charges wdl be
idle rumor unly. We. do not
agree with Senator Hill, how
ever when he declares that
Senators have a right to
deal in sugar trusts, or at
least they do not criminate
themselves in doing so.
When the country people's
hogs and cattle come into
town toeat the fiuegnissnovv
growing at willon the streets
and the marshal with his
vigilant eye espies them and
trant ers them to tliepound
and the owner of said stock
are notified to come and take
the same away and pay cost,
then there isa feelingagainst
the town laws that is close
akin to "cussen" provided
the party ever indulges in
such pass time, but how are
we pojr depressed ones here
to live and enjoy "life, liberty
rattle, ami country hogs and
rattle, besides the sheen up
on ;i thousand hills. o-cupy-ing
the street gardens mid
fields. I'hiitk of it our coun
try men.
The Congress now in ses
sion at Augusta (Jeorgi.i for
the purpose of irganiziiig
means to induce immigra
tion to the South, "failed the
Southern inter-state immi
gration and idustrial Congress-"
Thi Congress is well
represents! as a large delega
tion from all sections are
there. Many of whom are
men of influence. M u c h
speech making and many res
olutions are engaging the
Congress. fJovernor Cair
and Senator Jarvia and oth
ers from North Carolina are
in nttendam-e. We hope
much good may be done for
the South, and if we can
start immigration in this di
rection with capita and en
terprise and such em migrants
are the right type of men we
w ould cordi ily w e I c o in e
them, but if they are of t lie
Jesuite-Anarchist type w e
would ask them to stay u
way. We have lately mingled
considerably with the people
and find the political feeling,
though kept well in the
back ground so far, is very
encouraging to us. We find
all parties 'onservntive ind
serious, we hear no extrava
gant declaration from any
one. All an? anxious for the
tat iff question to be speedily
settled some way. Unless we
are mistaken there will be no
bitter fe-'hng among our peo
ple during the coming cam
paign. The quality of the
candidate w ill be c 1 o s e l y
scrutinized and if he is suc
cessful he must be thegenuiii"
article. The Democrats will
not vote for a candidate un
less he is thesimon-pure-.)tuft'
and advocates the National
Democratic idea and the Re
publicans preach the same
doctrine. Most of the lie
publicans are with the Demo
crats on the income tax, and
many want a lower tariff and
free coinage of silver. These
are the issues and there will
be but a slight difiYienoe in
Watauga, while the National
Republican party holds iO
the high protective tariff idea
and also to the gold stand
ard, as well as opposition to
the coinage of silver. The
with -Mr. Cleveland on silver
question alone.
On Sunday last we yr tend
ed the Three Fork church and
heard an able sermon from
Rev. Sherwood. At Three
Fork you always meet with
a large and 'interesting con
gregation and we always
meet with the kindest" hospi
tality from the good people.
One would be impressed when
viewing the large assembly
that everybody from several
miles around had put in their
appearance, but we went by
Mount Vernon church a n d
there was a considerable
crowd just broke up from
Sunday school we felt amazed
to see so inunj good looking
healthy young people who
attend the churches and Sun
day school. Stopingat Esq.
T. L. Cri tcher f?r dinner we
were told that the number of
children of the school age
numbered 101 scholars a
long the Hlue Ridge in a
small area composing the
school district. Two fnmi-li.:-
in this district ha ve 24-
'ihihheli. Ne;ir Uq. Critcll
ers the good Hip. have
reeted an uuusu.illy large
! frame tor church. Tl i "ip
ami one of the best we i..ive
! ever s en in thecoiintv. being
put up by . I. I.. Kim-aid f r.c
! among the iMut carpenter in '
j the county. It would i a I
! commendable thing lor rhej
: outside public t'j help womej
' o'l thisexcellentchureh le-use!
located on the Hlue Ridge in
I'ook's (tap, on a Itrautiful
loentlon. The hoiie will :
'cost a considerable sum and!
be thankfullv received bv the
committee. We visi'"d our
good triend Adam ditcher
wh-.i is still selling goods
farming etc., he is a thrifty
citizen. He being a widoAer
and going it alone reminded
us of our ow ii like condition
and wondered how long be
fore a change would coa e
over our dreams. Let no
good woman t-ke alarir ;;tj
any suggestion hen1 mace, j
The th'st way to avoid km1')!
(hs'Mses, hair falling out, a i i
premature h;d iu-s is to us the:
ie.t preventive known for th..; '
purpose Hnh's Hair Renew er.
From Vilnt, N. i
Editor Domocr.it. j
As other parties have liee:i
expressing their opinions in
regard to the political situa-1
tion at this time, and o fet
ing the names of theirfrh udsj
as standard bearers in the1
coming campaign, will yoi:;
kindly allow me to mak a
few suggest i ns through V ur
paper to the Democrat Sep r.'
ty of Watauga county ? In
the first pla-?e, we must s'h ct '
goon men to run lor t.M' var
ious oilices. M-n who have
show n true f alt r to t he pi :u
ciples of deiiio; i ,v' ; men
who have voted the stiaigV
ticket from President dowi.
to constable; men who cat
look the issues straight n.
the face, and defend our time
honored principles. With
such men as these tor our
leaders these will be no dim'
cult.v in our winning the
light in the coming election.
And as other men have of
leied the n unes of some of
tlieir friends as suitable per
sons for office, I will suggest
the names of some other men
for the consideration of the
Democratic party.
Dr. J H. Pii'iiips having
faithfully sta ved us one term
in the Legislature, I think
now we might run him sue
cessfully for State Senator.
Mr. James W. II o r t o n
would make us a good treas
urer. Shepherd f. Dagger
would make us an excellent
representative I do not think
we could place our b inner in
safer hands, and in this opin
ion, 1 am seconded by -
goodly numberof Democrats.
Notwithstanding I have
that confidence in the wisdom
of the Democratic party to
feel assured that every true
Democrat can and will sup
port the ticket whbh may be
put in the field by the party.
J. W. lioLscr.Aw .
Notice of VpplkatiOiiS
A petition of many persons
in 1he county of Watauga
and of the townships of Wat
auga, Laurel ('reek unci
Sha wnehaw having beer,
tiled before the Hoard of Co..
Commissioners to reestab
lish the township lines in the
said townships to run as fol
lows, to wit: Regaining at
the Hanging Rock (lap,
thence to run a straight line
to theWhite Rock, thence to
t he high part of Bishop
Mountain, thence to the old
Cranberry Road at the top
of the Valley Mountain,
thence to tha low Gap -of the
Long Mountain, thence to
the Blankinsh p place, then
to the top of the Ridgeat the
old Ridge road thence to the
South pinicals of the Beech
Mountain. Said petition
will be heard at the July
meeting of the said Hoard of
County Commissioners.
Petitioners.
The rip of a mhmhmiu Mtate
is bat a siL'lit vneve trmu U-ii.g
more d oiTi'ii- tli.ui t !. jmiI-mh
if S n.tiii.i in tie I'lu.hl. A.v r"n
Sars.q.n ill. i i ; .- ! viod
fi'iid, CX'l ilii p; etiin Mll-starif-s.
and Mippli- tie le.
lutMt ( hit-, b e it I t it. an i
Mteit Ii.
We are proaiii d that the
tariff bill will te dispo-'.I of
bythe20th at the futth-r-est.
The State hank tax is
now being discu-d in the
House with some prospects
of passing in a fw days.
Best EWorld
Th Judgement en Mood's Fro
nouncdM by tqulro Fogg.
T!i fiilr.wiiij WntlmrnlJl eimri fr.-m T. M.
W-'. K iu i f !! k i.:wn Ci- rtiThi-ut Ko
t; rii'i;: ..:;c J..-:. ui l ir
lir i j-.i:itjr. Kli vor jt h. ",!,! In-. eki 111
eoiiPilrt'i, ,f nil rn,i h i-u.-r: .
-C. .. i,-c I fc t .... l.iv.-,i. I
It t. '. I rtt r !! in '.!! Kl k. r'.'. lil t!l
'ii'.crif VI I h.! a 1'-.:! c. r r Thr k 'p wli'.ch
If ft riiy v'fPi I,' tty hil li;" 1 1. i.l very
tlil..j c i.l I f-. i aiii ft 1X5 ttiwf. l.i rr lull
of tie i-.t. .ir I ht. n I tii- i i.od i
Srspjil1:. Th? f.:,t . 1 took
Klr-.tio a Pocidsd ChaiT3
fcr Hr Xiorwt. Wha I h.g.in t!.a f rsl
!'.us ijtiwii. i J Vm U.'-.e t!i MoouU l)uttl
!..: I nvi istr'l i.-jr w! "M trj pumls. I
o-.v .ill l'..l tn l!iv;-j iri-.jvirilla Mil I Rhlly
ri".i3!mn,l U t 'l si.arf rt." 1. M. Fo)0,
.!.. : e o! the i'i .ux. ?'ar;': urj. Kcr.:nckjr.
Hood's PiliS cure It-. rr Ills. funiUjntlon,
blUuutucsi. Jaundice, lick headac'.ic-. Inillgi-stlua.
H3W TO SAVE irlOitf
EY. ()
0a oft lie gr:it secrets in tnn
kiug money is to know lucv to
save it. Tie piiacijial v ay to save
inonifV is to buy tluit wliifh yon
consume from the party who will
sell yiai ihe HIST nit ill' for tin
LliAST money In order to tind
the ahuvf naaie l ai ty it is very
esseiiti.-d that you call and ex
nniine my immense stock 'oi
GENERAL MERCHAN
DISE Which is almost complete in ev
cry depart men t, consisting oi
Dry tioods. Notions, Hoots and
Shoes, Hard-ware, tin-ware.
Groceries. Saddles. Quens
w are, Drugs, Fruits, Nnts.
lite, Etc., too nunii rous to men
tion. I have just received the nicest
aud most complete line of
DRY G03DS
That has ever been exhibited ti
the citizens of Hoone am sur
roundings, consisting of
Calicoes of all htvlesand shades
Fancy nnd plain Lawns, (luil
lies, Sattines, Ginghams, Nan
sooks, '.hambrnys. ns'imeo s.
Henrietas, IHei-cliing. Damask
drapery, Sheeting, I'lalds, cot
tonadea, jeans etc. wliich will
lie sold ut reduced pi ices forcash
or its equivolent. meeting and (h
fying all
KEANoN AI? E COMPETITION
eSTA'. Ii. My entire stock
ofGemrnl MvicJih ndi.se will
be sold ut reduced prices ior
( ASH or its equivoIent.W&
In order to make room for
new stock, I am offering my en
tire lob of
READY-MADE CLOTHING
A7 COST.
Thanking my friends and cus
tomers for the liberal patronage
t hey have given me in the past
and soliciting a continuation of
the same so long aa I merit it, I
am Respectfully,
M. B. BLACKBU11N.
Boone, April, 12, 1894.
&80in do dm pms for the
Democrat one yen r.
ma
WAXTKD!
A iin''i ;'i t'-'iis' ai: ! d
luhty, ip- i.illy for thoMMli
f.-iNS which ph s: i;in lia ve
protioUlie d IIM Ur.ibit
I We give Mow a lew of tliP
' tl.e iminy letters which wp
j lia ve received, and which we
; publish with the consent of
the writers who are convin'
s that u h a remedy ns we
luivedew ribed lias leeii found
; in Compound Oxvgcn Tn at
aier.t of Drs. Stuikey t Pa-
letl.
"My dauliter wns hum of
A Mli ii i a by one t n atinciit tu rn
'Miund Oxyiieti, lifter slC. lii jj
for rift ecu years. ti. 11. nil l. is,
TvI.t, Texa.
"I usiil your coniK)uiid Osy
gen alHiut a eur and a half a-
gO. I llH;Iected to tell VOU Of
1 1 lie gn at U iie.1t I received fi.m
:itsus'. I have not Iw'en troub-
Itdwith rata i ill since.K. .
Itevels. Syracuse Cniwisity Sy-
rhCllse, N. Y.
j Send for book of two hundred
i pages for fnt tlieriiifonnation.tes
i tin.onifds, rtc A book sent tree,
i Home Treatment writ out by ex
jiress r V used at home. Office
Treatment administered here.
Dfs, Sfarkey & Palen,
ViM Arch St. I'hlladrlphia, I'a.
120 Matter St. San Frm f Ieco, Cat.
I'll ase mention this taper.
ATTENTION, BUYERS !
We wish tocallntfen'imi toonr
line of WH-ond-Iinnd
Euggics, Carts, wagons,
Hacks, Harr.ess Etc.
They are almost good as new,
aud ! sons wishing to buy can
secure bargains by calling on ub.
We have n hig lot of NKW
l5l U(iIi:s, WAGONS. CARTS,
IIAHNKSl! &e
on hand, which will he sold on
reasonable terms. If we liavctiot
got w hat on w ant, we will
take pleasure in getting any
thing for you in our line. We buy
direct from manufacturers and
can, therefoi-e, give you very
close prices.
We have p. full line of new liar
ness Collars, bridles, etc. ev
ervtliing in the harness line. Cat)
beat the world on prices.
We will take in exchange,
homes, males, and also good lc
cattle. Give us a call.
11LNKEL, CRAIG ii).
.Lenoir A. C.
LOOK & LIVE!!
. V
AFTER APRIL Till-: 1ST '94,
10 per cent, cut on prices.
SPOT ( ASH "or MART Ell,
NEVER TEN DAYS.
hrok over our ht and com
pare our prices with tin seguing
on time. '-.Mojin saved is mon-
. . . if
e name.
We ill Ki ll yr,n 4 1.2 pounds
fjood '.. e for I. uo. 1C, puunds.
extra 't:' sugar Ior $1.00, best
calico ( to 7 1 2 ts jm-j yard, cot
eon check, 27 inches wide, 7 cts.
er yard, and ladies' and gentb'
hats cheaper than thev have ev.
er been sold before.
We are hint receivimr a fjll lin
of ladies' dress goods at prices to
suit the buvers.
WE MEAN WHAT WE SAT.
Cull and see us and we causave
you money. Rkhp.
JOHNSON KWIISTKN &C0.
Blowing Rock, March 5.
Why folks drink linuor. when
they can get good water; xhf
ttiey wasti m t ne hraiich, wliea
tinware is so cheap; why thej
make out on not enough dishes,
when crockery is in reach: why
shingles rot, when paint is low,
why they borrow, w hen they can
use their own tools, why they
skim over the ground when avery
plow can b? had, w hy they break
themselves (town cooking over
a hot hie, while stoves tire so
cheap, are coiiiimlrunisthat can
not be s'dve 1 by N. M. Allen.