ocrat.
VOL (J
ItOOXR
WATAUGA COUNTY, N. ('.. I'lIUItSDAY AHiUST. Hi. LsJH,
NO. 44.
The
Question
of Life Assurance in not "Can
you afford it?" but "Can you
afford to do without it ? "
WoonwABDS, S. C.,Jn1r J, 1893.
Mr.W.J. Ropimv. Rock Hil'l,S, C.
Dear Sir : I have before me
statement of the rarious options of
fered in settlement of my maturing
Tontine policy in the Equitable Lite
Assurance Society. 1 have con
cluded to accept the surplus and
continue the policy. The results are
highly satisfactory and I heartily
commend the Equitable Society and
the Tontine system insurance as
practiced by it, to persons desiring
sale and profitable life insurance.
Yours respectfully, T. S. Bbice.
The above letter is but one
selected from many received
from happy policyholders in the
Equitable Life
It's a word to the wise a con
vincing proof to the doubtful.
For full particulars address
W. J. RODDEY, Manager,
Department of the Carolina,
ROCK HILL, 5. C.
1'llOFESSJOXAL.
W. B. C0UNC1LL, Jit.
Attokn'sy at La ,v.
Boone, X. C.
W. 15. COUNCILL, M. I).
Boone, X. C.
Resident Physician. Office
on King Street north of Tost
Office.
J. F "IIOBPIIKW,
A1WRXEYA7 LA IV,
MARION, N. C
-(o)-
Will practice in the courts ol
Watauga, Ashe, Mitchell, McDow
ell am) nil Uher counties in the
western district J?Spei-i;il atteii
tion given to the collection ol
laiine"&a
W. B. Connclll X. D. T. C. Blackburn.
Boone, N. C. Zion ville, C.
Councill & Blackburn,
Physicians & Surgeons.
S-Ca lis attended at a 11
hours.
June 1, '93.
E. F. LOVILL. J. C. FLETCHEIt.
LdVILL & FLETCHER
ATlURNhYSAT LAW,
rooxE, n.
tiS& Special attention given
to the colletion ofcltiims.'
L. L. GREENE, & CO.,
REAL ESTATE AG'TS.
UOONE, N. C.
Will give special attention
to abstracts of title, the sale
of Real Estate in W. N. C.
Tho.se having farms, timber
and mineral lands for sale,
will do well to call on said Co.
at Boone.
L. L. GREES & CO.
March 16, 1893.
NOTICE.
Hotel Property for Sale.
On account of failing health
of myself and wife, I oner for sale
my hotel property in the town of
Iloone, North Carolina, and will
ell low for cash and make terms
to suit the buyer, and will take
real or personal property in ex-
3hange. Apply soon.
W.-L. JKYAN.
NOlfCE.
Parties putting papers in
my hand for execution will
please advance the tees with
the tapers and they will re
ceive proinptattention, other
wise they will be returned
not executed for the want of
(Ves. I). F. Baikd Shff.
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From oar Eegulir Correspondent.
If a more exasperating con
(lit i oi i of affairs, trom n dem
ocratic point of view, ever ex
isted in Congress than the
present tariff complication it
has been forgotten by the
present generation. The
principal issue in the cam
paign which gave the Demo
cratic party control -jf the
executive a n d legislative
branches of tne government
was tauff reform. Since
Match 4, 1893, we heve had
a tariff reform President, a
tariff reform majority in the
House an1 a majority in the
Senate each member of which
claims to ben tariff reformer,
and each of whom certainly
represents a tariff reform con
stituency. Why then this
difficulty in getting a tariff
reform bill through Congress?
That is a question that
ought to be asked of more
than one of the alleged tariff
reformers of the Senate by
their misrepresented consti
tuents, and probably will be
when some of them try to
get re-elected.
At several timesduring the
last week it seemed that the
conference committee was
about to rendi an agtement
that would be acceptable to
both House and Senate. So
promising was the outlook
that the proposed caucus of
the Hons Democrats w a s
postponed indefinitely so as
to leave the House conferees
unhampered. But each time
demands were made by Sen
ators whose votes was neces
sary to get any agreement
through the Senate which
prevented an agreement be
ing reached. After spending
the greater portion of the
week trying to arrange a
sugar schedule that would
be accepted by the House
and the socalled "conserva
tive"' Senators, the conferees
at last succeeded, but no
sooner was the announce
ment made than it was met
by the threat of the two
Democratic Senators from
Louisiana t o vote against
the bill if it we were so re
ported, and in addition they
stated that Senators Allen
and Kyle the populists, who
had voted with the Demo
crats to pass the bill in the
Senate, would join them in
voting against the bill.
There is a general feeling
that this week will settle the
business, not so much from
anything that is actually in
sight as from the belief that
it will simply be impossible
to longer prolong the stiain.
Already Democrats are urg
ing the conferees to agree up
on some sort of a bill, the
oest that they can get, and
let. it go the Senate and eith
er bo accepted or rejected.
So general is the belief in
Congress that this week will
be the last of the session
that a number of prominent
Democrats have made then
arrangements to leave Wash
ington, as adjournment will
speedily follow the disposal
of the tariff. All of the ap
propriation bills, except two,
hnve been disposed of and
those two are in conference
and will be sent to tlif Presi
dent by the middle of the
wink. But among those w ho
have tht'ir doubts about ad
journment this rteek is Secre
tary Lnmont, who remarked,
when Snator Blackburn
told him that the tariff bill
would be put through this
week a n d that Congiess
would adjourn on Saturday.
"I would not want to wager
on that." The Secretary is
right. After what has hap
pened no prudent man would
want to wager on anything
that tins Congress would or
would not no.
"Granny" Blair, who has
kept so quiet since he man
aged to sneak back into pub
lie life by getting elected to
the House that people have
been disposed to forget his
fool acts in the Senate ana
to credit him with at last
having come into possession
of the share of common
sense which naturally be
longs to every man of voting
age. People were wrong. He
is the same old "granny"
Blair, and, now that he has
enlisted under the b anner of
Ida B. Wells, Quixotic charg
es may be expected of him at
least lis often as the moon
changes. His resolution
providing that the Commis
sioner of Lab-r shall investi
gate and report to Congress
the number, date, location
and attendant facts an! cir
cumstances of all alleged as
saults by r.iails upon females
during the past ten years.
for, or on account of which
organized, but unlawful vio
lence has been inflicted or at
tempted to be inflicted; also,
ill lynchings during thesame
period, is on a par with his
silliest acts in the Senate.
Speaking of his resolution,
instructing the House com
mittee on Ways and Means
to report a bill for an income
tax that will produce $100,
000,000 annually, and a bill
placing all sugar on the free
list, Representative Bland
said: "If tariff legislation
is defeated, and it now looks
as though it. might be, the
tariff reformers will take a
new line in the direction of
aiy resolution. I am deter
mined if we cannot have tar
iff ref'U'in that the trusts, at
all events, shall pay into the
Treasury a fair share of their
enormous profits. T hat
would benefit the people in
directly even if they fail to
secure the reduction on the
necessaries of life that they
demand. 1 know that the
bills proposed by my resolu
tion would pass the House
and I believe that they would
net t'linno-Ii the Senate."
Representative Bryan, or
Nebraska, has lormaliy an
nounced his candidacy foi
the United States Senate. II(
will make n rwrsonal canvass
of the State, and expects the
support, ot the populists as
well as the Uemocnus.
An exchange asks, What is
home without, a newspaper?
and then proceec s to unswer
in this fashion: It is a place
where old hats are stuffed in
to broken windows; wife looks
like a bag of wool with a
string tied around the cen
tre; where the husband has a
tobacco juice panorama priii
ted on the bosom ofhisshiit,
and the neglected children
wipe their noses on thir jack
et sleeves.
o i t siox IS UUltkE.
MorjraMoii Ih-r.iM.
Hev. It. L. Put tun. the ae
kno vIh1.-! head of the Pmi
ple's party in Burke, is our
.i c . .!....
II u l mil I ii MM -m.iiiii; iii-hii-
itely that then will be no
"fusion" in Burke this year.
Mr. Patton take the posi
tion that the People's party
is a party .if principles and
that it has not bvn organiz
ed simply for the purpose of
giving a few ambitious men
office 'right away." J-eliev-
insr this, he says he expresses
t he sent iments of a majority
of the Populists in the State
when he (lcelares himself un
alterably opposed to form
ing an alliance with any ot h-
e r political orgamza ion
whose prirciples are not i-
denti"il with those which
the People's part, has pro
mulgated. Mr. Patton at
tended the recent Populist
convention at Raleigh, and
he declares that a resolution
against fusion would have
passed the convention by a
large majority, and he says
that the prevailingsentiment
in his party throughout the
State is in favor of "keeping
m the middle of the road"
and waiting for time to de-
monstrntethe soundness and
thewisdomof the principles
thej profess. In obedience
to this sentiment the Peo
pies' party in Burke has call-
el a county convention to
meet in Morganton on Aug.,
18th to nominate a straight
Peoples' party ticket all the
way up and down. 1 Hey
strenuously oppose fusion in
their Congressional district
and in the State, and if any
of the socalled them off, there
is going to be "music in the
air." In view of the wide
discussion of the fusion idea,
the above may be of interest
as showing which way the
tide is setting in thisqnarter.
What Judge Clarke Says About His
t'op Nomination.
.Judge Clarke was interview
ed by your correspondent and
said that the action of the
Populists in endorsing him
for the position of Associate
Justice was neither sought
nor in any way encouraged
by him; that while he greatly
appreciated the desire of any
body of his fellow citizens f ot
itis election to the position
it must be distinctly und?rl
stood that he is a Democrat
and is not and has not been
a candidate for any nomina
tion except, that of the Demo
cratie party; that if nomina
ted by the Democratic party
at its convention on the 8th
inst., he would be a candi
date, otherwise he would not
be a candidate. Raleigh .spe
cial to Charlotte Observer.
Congressional Executive Committee
At the Wilkesboro Demo
cratic Congressional Con veil
Hon the following District
Executive committee was
chosen :
Alexander J. P.Mathesnn
Ashe G. W. Bower.
Burke S. J. Ervin.
Ca hi well Edmond Jones.
Cleveland J. T. Gardner.
ForsythJ. C. Buxton.
Gaston J. D. Moore.
Mitchell-John F. DavK
Surry Ii. P. Waugh.
Watauga E. S. Coffey.
Wilkes A. M. Yannoy.
I'ruiti Ntitrj SUlktir.
Since the iN'tiitetitiart was
ojiened, January ith, 1870,
10 253 convicts have Uhmi
received. I he greatest mini-1
.
her received ill one year was
CiOi in 188(i. Last vear it
was ."12. During the past
year there were (."l lea t lis,
out of a prison habitation of
ovet 1,400. Of the convicts
received last year, 2S1 were
illiterate, 43 could read, 212
read and write, and only two
had a collegiate education.
Of 1,181 convicts, (ill were
illiterate. Nine hundred and
eighty-seven are from this
State, 07 from South "aro
bna, 47 from Virginia. 17
from (Jeotgia. and lo from
Tennessee. Only 8 are foreign-born.
Of the w hole
u u in tier 1,12." are laborers,
1 teacher, 1 jeweler, 2 farm
ers, 1 merchant. 1 miner, 1
civil engiuee, : dentists. Fif-
t-four tre tin ler 15 years.
335 under 20, 495 under 30,
44 over 50, ( over GO, 3 over
70. There are 11)4 white
males, 7 females; 007 color
ed males, 08 females; Chero
kee Indian. 1, Croatans, 3.
Seven hundred and twenty
eight aresingle, 407 married,
44 widowed, 3 divorced. One
thousand and six are serving
their first term. 144 the sec
ond, 25 the third, 0 the
fourth, and 1 the fifth
Landmark.
Charlotte Observer: How
far the people of China are
still sunk in superstition is
shown by an accident report
ed by our secretary of lega
tion as having taken place in
Canton. A native soothsay
er, it appears, proclaimed
that the plague which h.-ts
been causing so great mor
tality in that region would
qbate after the "spring sols
tice. The natives there upon
resolved to hoax and placate
the gods of sickness at the
same time; so they resorted
to the expedient of extem
porizing a New Year's daj ,
and held an elaborate cele-
biation on May 5th, with
the purpose of accelerating
the movements of the earth
and the solar system geneial
I.V.
Prominent People.
The Pope's annual income
is l,430,O00.
Wauamnkers life is insur
ed for $ 1.505,000.
Queen Victoria speaks ten
languages fluently.
William Walter Poelps left
100.000 to Yale College.
Mr. Gladstonc'seyeis worse
ami another opeiati.m will
be necessary.
Wilhn in D. lb) wells, t he nov
.list, has declared himself in
favor of woman suffrage.
Senator John Sherman, of
Olr'o, has kept, all his letters
since he was fifteen years old.
Senatar Hawley has been
thirty-six years in active
newspaper service at Hart
ford, Conn.
Thcfavorite amusement, of
Theodore Havemeyer, the N.
Y. multi-millionaire, is play
ing the violin.
The late President Carnot,
of France, was a lover of A
m erica n horses, and purchas
ed many in this country.
ted One dotlai ;iys tor tha
Ihnwcrat oi.e ce,-r.
Seter Spoke But larriel.
Charlotte News.
It is not often that youug
folks fall in love with each
oher and never talk about
jit. It is not often either thac
iuettimr married is robbed of
the sublime pleasure of court
ship, and should never be,
fait Proyidenee township fur
nishes a case out of the usu
al order.
Mr. Duncan Gordon nyoung
white man, lived in that town
ship, and did all he could to
prosper and be happy. The
only social drawback he had
was an extreme bashfulness
w hich he seemed powerless to
overcome. But in going n-
bout in the neighborhood, he
saw Miss Bettie Cooper, an
attractive but bashful young
lady. Duncan fell in I o v e.
He fell in deep, too. He told
his heartaches to an old ne
gro woman who communica
ted them to Bettie, and re
ported her answer to Dun
can. Thus the thing went on.
Finally the old colored wo
man planned a runaway for
the couple. They met in the
night und skipped to South
Carolina by the light of the
rnoou. A squire at Gulp's
postoftJce married them, and
they re t",'.: rned how They
were both so scared t h a t
they did not speak on their
way to or from Gulp's, but
after their return home they
made up. They are getting
along nicely now. They can
both talk and always could,
but owing to their bashful
ness never spoke to each oth
er prior to their marriage cer
emony.
Sermon By a Rnra UoosUr.
Young man, dost thou go
abroad in this the land at
night and rush the growler,
and perambulate with the
feminities? Dost thou whoop
'em up with the boys and fig
ure for substance of the jack
pot, and buck thy shekels a-
gainst the ever slippery ti
ger? Art thou a guzzler of
beer and player of cards?
Dost thou suck a ten cent ci
gar and hast thou lost thy
grip on the ways that are
rigid und wisdom which is
good in the world ? Verily,
verily, I say unto thfe, if so,
thou art in a bad roiv o f
stumps; thou dost not know
thy nti me is pants. Thy heels
wiil fly up ere long and thou
wilt fall into the soup. Keep
thy eye on the gun and mon
key, not with intoxicating
juice of the jug. Steer widely
of the aces, and in the ripen
ed years of thy life thy pock
et book will be full of collat
tends of the earth, w bile
those who mind not these
commandments are partak
ing of the lunch which is free.
Winchester Democrat.
Morganton Herald: De
mocracy triumphed last
week in Tennessee and this
week in Alabama. In both
States there was fusion and
in the latter there was plenty
of boodle in the pockets of
the fusion leaders. But just
the same, Democracy tri
uuiplied, just as it is going
to triumph in November in
every Southern State.
ANN'Ol'SCElttES T.
T hereby announce myself an
Iinlepen.'fent Anti -villain ration
FV;i!Op;-."1i'- cnii'lHnt.e lor .-'oiiei
tor in tie lditi .l!ii-i;il District,
J. F- N ,u :H')i"i!