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HOOXE, WATAUGA COUNTY, N. t, rilUltSDAY JUNK. -8. 1891,
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Facts
and
Figures
The following letter from the
happy holder of a Tontine
Policy, gives a few facts and
figures, in which there is profit
able food for thought :
Con HI. R. C. Pa. JS. not
Mr. W. J. Rni.r, Hinun, llm-k Hnl. k
1kar Km: I am In ftiw ,m of your Iwvnrof
tit 3th tnar, annna'nK rtiroa; for u.M In
parnirnt of Tontine i'lvlrtt-fxl on policy No.
il on my lift la tlx i-4uitaJ,i Llie Amur-
fttH-V Ho-M-tv.
I am pit mmtA with Iba result, on my poiw-r
nil ru rr-aimnuMMl th 4tillAlh to any
arHtlna I.lfa I nwiraiic an a aafa ail rvltaM,
company : imw that nifa Ita riainui inm4lr
aiMl tu T n Ip Ita nonlwla to Ue latter.
Your, vary truly, W.S. Pore
Life insurance under the
Tontine Tlan of the EQUITABLE
LIFE is an investment, not an
expense. The returns mature
during life, as well as after
death. If you are a single man
you owe it to yourself. If you
are are a married man you owe
it to your family. The time to
act is now. Interesting par
ticulars can be had by addressing
W. J. RODDEY, Manager,
Department of tho Carolines,
ROCK HILL, S. C.
PROFESSIONAL.
W. B. C0UNC1LL, Jit.
Attouxf.y at Lay.
Boone, N. C.
W. B. COUNCILL, M.I).
Boone, N. G.
Resident Physician. Office
on King Street north of Post
Office.
j. ilOIIPilKW,
A110RXEYA1 LAW,
MARION, N. C
(6)-
Will practice in the courts ol
Watauga, Ashe, Mitchell, McDow-
dl (Mill till HlitM niuuiit's in me
western district .Special atten
tion given to the collection ol
daunt'.
W. B. Council! M. 1). T. C. Blackburn.
Booue, X. C. ZIoiiTillo, X- C.
Councill & Blackburn,
Physicians & Surgeons.
mCa lis attended at all
June 1, '93.
E. F. LOVILL. J. C. FLETCHER.
10VILL & FLETCHER
ATWRXEYSATLAW,
BOONE, N.
' ESTSpeein In t ten tion g i ven
to the t-olletion otclaim&.'8k
L, L. GREENE, & CO.,
REAL ESTATEAG'TS.
HOOXE, N. C.
Will give special attention
to abstracts of title, the sale
of Real Estate in VV. N. C.
Those lu vini? farms, timber
and miueral lands for Kale,
will do well to call on si' id Co.
at Boone.
L. L. GREES & CO.
March 16, 1893.
NOTICE.
Hotel Property for Saie.
On account of failing health
of myself and wife, I otfer for sale
my hotel property in the town ol
Hoone, North Carolina, and will
low for cash and make terms
to suit the buyer, and will take
real or personal property in ex
change. Apply soon. .
W. L. ltltYAN.
NO 1 ICE.
Parties putting papers in
my hand for execution will
pleise advance the lees with
the piK;rs and they will re
cei ve prom pt attention, other
wise they will be returned
not executed for the want of
fees. D. F. Baihd Suff.
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From oar Regular Correspondent
Secretary Carlisle, in com
mon with many prominent
Democrats, thinks the pas
sage of n bili introduced by
Representative Coombs, of
New York., nod now being
considered by a sub-commit-tee
of the House committee
on Bunking and Currency,
would be a very desirable
thing. The bill provides for
the appointment of a non
partisan currency commis
sion, which snail devote the
rest of this yar to investi
gation and study of the sub
ject and then report to Con
gress a bill for a complete)
banking, coinage and cur
rency system which shall
come nearer to meeting the
demands of the country than
what we have ut present.
Ihe authors of this bill are
C. N. Jordon, U. S. Sub
treasurer ut New York city,
and W. L. Trenho'.m, who
was Controller of Currency
under the first Cleveland ad
ministration, both of whom
have uppearcd before the
committee to argue in favor
i f its being fa voi ably report
ed to the House. In view of
the difference of opinion on
this subject among Demo
crats in Congress, so radical
that it has so far defeated all
attempts at financial legisla
tion, it would seem that this
bill is one upon which men of
opinions could unite, li
could ceita inly do no harm,
and, if the commission was
properly made up, might do
much good.
Senator Harris has to grit
his teeth and bear the unex
pected delay in reaching a fi
lial, vote on the tariff bill as
best he can, being unable to
get and keep forty-three Sen
ators on the fh or continu
ously in order to force things
along faster. The Republi
cans took advantage of this
to stretch the debate on the
wool schedule out of all pi o
porlionsand at this writing
th?y are threatening to liili
buster against tak'ng a vote
upon it until wool is taken
from the free list, and the
charge is mane, but I will not
vouch for its correctness,
that they have been inform
ed by several Democrats of
their willingness, if it can be
done by agreement, instead
of a recorded vote, to help
then: get tt small duty on
wool.
1 he attempt of a local pa
per to get a little notoriety
by insinuating that Repre
sentative Richardson, o f
Tenn., had engaged in real
estate transactions that
were not entirely right and
proper, with Representatives
of a street railway syndicate
that is seeking Congressional
legislation, was a failure even
before Mr. Richardson had
taken the unnecessary trou
ble to make an explanation
to the House. 1 be man or
newspaper which attacks the
integrity of men like Mr.
Richardson must present ab
solute proofs, not vague in
sinuations, before the pub
lic's attention can be secured.
If the evidence taken by the
House committee on Naval
Affairs can be substantiated,
the government should at
once cancel the contract with
the Carnegie companies for
armor plate for our wur ships,
nnd begin suits for the recov
ery of evtry dollar thai- has
been paid to those concerns
for pin ten that are not what
they purport to be. This
would, of course, result in de
laying the completion of
those ships yet to be armor
ed, but it would be better
that they never be complet
ed than that thecrookednoss
which has been testified to
should be allowed to go un
punished. The committee is
still taking testimony. It
will probably be necessary to
remove plates from a num
ber of the ships in older to
ascertain whether witnesses
have told the truth or not,
and that will' consume con
si ierabl time, and uia,ke it
impossible for the committee
to conclude the investiga
tion iu time to report during
the present session of Con
gress.
Every Senator at piesent
in Washington, except Quay,
oPennsylvania, has declar
ed under oath that he neither
speculating in the stock of
the sugar trust. Quay says
he has been speculating in
sugar stock whenever he felt
like it and that he is going
to continue. The evidence
did not surprise arty sensible
pei son, but all the same it
was wise in the investigating
committee to examine all the
Senators beginning w i t h
themselves; it closes the
mouths of the buncombe
speakers and v;i iters who
have been continually ask
ing "why not swear the Sen
ators?" The only features
in the examination of the
Senators that varied from
the stereotyped denial of the
eight leading questions asked
enough to arouse any special
interest were the contusion of
Senator Quay and the state
ment of Senator Ransom,
that he had a day or two be
fi re learned that his son had
dining the month of April
speculated in a Washington
bucket shop to the extent of
$45, and that 20, of it had
been placed upon tne stock
of the sugar trust. It was,
of course, a foolish thing for
young Mr. Ransom to have
done, but the amount invest
ed is of itself sufficient to
clear the youug man of any
suspicion of having acted up
on unv information beyond
his own desire into a specula
tion on inside information he
puts up more than $20. Sen
ator Ransom has never
bought a share of specula
tive stock of any kind since
he became a member of tht
Senate.
tied Scarboro: The quick
est way to dig your financial
grave is to let up on udvei
tismg. It. will dig itself then
you'll dimply sink oit of
sight of everbody but your
creditors and a few old fossils
who love the dead smell of
the past.
SH3IIia KOHI s.MMoaa
een'uoTesSlPui.yo'siq
-noax -J9An j-evBfl. aoj
$8One dorfai pa.rs for the
Democrat one year.
KSIGHTtSINi; SKIES.
StttHvill lindmuik.
The i-eports from all parts
of tht State touching thecon
dilion of political affairs are
rheering. Chairman Sim
mons says the Democratic
party is in better shajM?than
it was at thin tune in
W't have lately met gentle
men from every section of the
Stute mid the news they give
is uniform: the Populist par
ty in not growing, dissatis
fied Democrats arc becoming
better satisfied, and then; is
an awakening all along the
line.
It is a good time now. while
the bl od is cool, lor men to
look at facis as they are and
to c insider the probable ad
vantage of a change of ad
ministration in eithr.r nation
or State. It is quite true
that the national Democrat
ic administration nas not
been able o check the panic,
with its attendant loss iu
values, which began in the
winter of 1890 ?91, and from
the consequence of which,
though it has passed the
acute stage, the country con
tinues to suffer. It needs,
however, to be borne con
stantly in mind that this
panic began under Republi
can administration, that the
Treasury was depleted under
a Repnblican administration
and that the last recommend
a tion to Congress of the last
Republican Secretary of the
Treasury was that authority
be given him to issue gold
bonds. This was not given
and the bonds were not is
sued for the reason that it
was desirec to shoulder this
loud off on the Democratic
party, which had at that
time been voted into power
but had not taken posetsion,
and make it bear the odium
of it. It is line, as we have
said, that the Democratic
party has not been able to
raise prices again. It is also
truj that Congress and the
President have brought dis
appointment to the people
in more matters than one.
But what have they to hope
horn the Republican party
and why should they want it
back in power? Surely we
have had enough of Republi
canism to last a life-time, and
the choice, when we come to
select a governing power,
lies between these two par
tiesthe Democratic and the
Republican. Besides all 1 his,
Congress is still in session;
its work is not yet before the
country; we may In reason
hope that when it is, affairs
will take on a different
aspect.
As to our Stat matteis,
there is no room for argu
ment. The solid white men
of the State, country and
town, the tax-payers, al
ready have them in han1
and there is no reason why
they should surrender con
trol. We could not have bet
ter government in the State
and counties than we now
have, or if we could tho Dem
ocratic party is the one to
make the improvement. Cer
taiidy no other party could
i .n pi ove upon it. The sway
of Republicanism in North
Carolina is not a fragrant
memory; Populism has
brought nothing but trouble
to the States which have toy
ed with it; nnd there is no
ground for the e.eetution
tti.it this combination would
bring us anything but mis
ery. The interest of the people
is plain. They hava but to
meet together this year, as
heretofore, in their primary
and higher conventions, and
nominate for office the men
of their ( h jice, and theri ! '-t
them. The Demoen iir pJi-i
tj' has shown its capacity t')
govern Noil'i ('.irolina ;ii.d
no other party ever has. It
has the confidence of Ihepei
ple becau.se it deserves to
have it, and it has but to
pursue its usual policy of
nominating good and ac
ceptable men for the offices
and the voters will, as here
tofore, do the rest. There is
nothing wiong with the Dem
ocratic party and the people
never yet dislodged from
power a party which meant
to do right and did do right
by them. Let no hiint heart
edness possess any Demo
crat. The Democratic lion
is even now awaking and
stretching himself. In due
time he will pounce upon his
prey.
There is an independance
among the Democratic peo
ple' that is proverbial and is
commendable; if you leave
out party policy. Demo
crats all over the country
speak out in condemnation
against, our Democratic Sen
ators and the President,
realy worse than do the Re
publicans. We are impressed
with this denunciation of
Democratic men in high
places every day when we
read the Wilmington Mes
senger one oi tne nest Dem
ocratic papers published in
the South in our opinion.
Dr. Kingsberry is an able
writer and is a strong advo
cate of Democratic law as
set forth in the Chicago plat
form, he justly holds Mr.
Cleveland and the Democrat
ic Senate to a strict account
and demands the fulfilment
of all the pledges set forth in
the Chicago platform, Dr.
Kingsberry is severe on the
Senators on a departure
from the platform on many
of the tariff schedules and
very much so on the sugar
schedule ami would rather
see the whole t irilf bill aa
now prevised by the Senate
committee oViiutrd rather
than have it become the law.
This may be an extreme view
under the present combina
tion of circumstances. Con-
sessions had to be on several
schedules before the Senate
could pass a tariff bill, prob
ably it is the best that could
have been done. The exco
riations of the "Messenger"
against the Democratic Sen
ate and against the Presi
dent will be used with effect
against us in the coming
campaign. We endorse the
sentiment of the "Messenger"
but condemn the mode of at-
tact and believe that it is
bad policy under the condi
tions that the Democratic
party is now placed in.
STPay your subscription.
Wta.t li Buck KirUcf Akout After AUf
In his Heefh at the Hali
fax mass meeting. Captain
Din k Kitchiu repudiated all
the Third party platform ex
cept the free coinage of silver
at a tatio of 10 to 1, denoun
cingthe sub-Treasury scheme
government ownership of
rail muds, etc., as bosh nnd
nonsense. And we would like
to ask Captain Kitchin whete
he differs with the Democracy
of North r-;iroli;i, ;;n.l what
!. ' A- ta to gai:i V divi.J
li.:; ti- svi.ilf- r.. .: o; t!e
.-jla le wh -a fvc: y Nort h 'a I -olii
a Peaioei a t in Coum -'ss
has done and is t'o'i.g every
thing in hl.i. power to pro
mote the cause (if silver?
While it is true General Ran
som in the Senate and Mr.
Bonn in the House, following
the national platform and
listening to the appeals of
every chaniuer of commerce
and numerous business inter
est ol the South, voted for
the repeal of the purchasing
clause of the Sherman act,
believing with thousands of
the best men in the South
that this would bring relief,
yet, after its repeal and the
relief failed to materialize at
the first opportunity they
voted foi the Bland seignior
age bill, and after its success
ful passaire used all their per
sonal influence and powers
of pei suasion to induce the
President to sign and make
it a law, thus placing them
selves on record as true
friends of silver. Therefore
with a delegation in the na
tional Congiess, in all things
true to their State's best in
terest, presenting a solid
front for fret coinage ofsilver,
repeal of thelO percent tax,
on State bank issues, income
tax, and a tariff for revenue
only, we fail to see the jus
tice in charging up the pres
ent condition of things to
our North Carolina Democ
racy or in any way holding
it responsible and jeopardiz
ing its success at the polls by
dividing its ranks. And us
we are all of one mind upon
these important questions,
we fail to see any advantage
our people expect to gain by
fighting under separate ban
ners with one purpose to ac
complish, while we have
everything vital to our best
interest, to lose, if by a divi
sion of the white men of the
State the Republicans should
gain the ascendency. Roan
oko Xv s.
Meantime Ransom is saw-
inir wood. If he is savins
anything it is not for publi
cation und is not given out
so us to reach the ears of peo
a 1 1 1 i 1 1 I
pie clown nere. ir. is Deneveu
by not a few that he has Jar
vis hypnotized already, and
iu support of this theory of
mesmerism o f magnetism
Jarvis' acquaintance to Siir-
nions confirmation lsonerecl
turninir out thereby in the
start, from the path ot his
predecessor, i lie agreement
to a truce bet we o them un
til after the election is regard
ed in some quartets te a
point scored for Ransom.
The senior Senator is not go
ing to be made a back num
ber easily, but he has the big
gest and hardest fight of his
life on his hand now nnd
they do say "the old man ii
writing more letters home
1 ban ever lie did before."
Mesaensrer.