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NOOXK, WATAUGA COUNTY. N. ('., PIIUHSDAY SKITI-IMIiKlMIMU,
NO. 43.
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The
Wage
Earner
is, witliout doubt, thj prcr.tist
bcnificiary of life insurance. It
affords him nn n'jsolutcly safe
rieaiis of investing his savings
and a guarantee tiiat those tie
pending on liis 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 misfortuneliesides
receiving a much larger amount
of insurance forthes:ini"rimou:it
of premiums paid in. It is bet
ter than the savings bank, better
than the building assochtion,
better than government bonds.
Better for the wage earner, ot f jt
anyone, than any other method
ever originated. Tor facts and
figures, address
W. J. RODDEY, Maiu.,...
For the Cirolin, Rock Hill, 5. C.
I'ltOFnSSlOXAL.
Y. H. rOLTXCILL, .ht.
Attounky at Lay.
Boone. N. C.
V. B. C0UNC1LL. M. I).
Boone, X. C.
Resident Physician. Office
on King Street north of Post
Office.
J. F AOSPilBV,
A1WRSEYM LAW,
MAlUOX, N.C
-('))-
Will practice in the courtH ol
Vt.tau-a, Ashe, Mitchell, McDow
ell and nil ther cdiuitics in the
we.sterti district 8fSeriiil atten
ion (riven to the collection ol
laiin."S
W. B. t'onncill M. ). T. C. Slaekbnrc.
Hoonp, X. C. Ziouvillo, X. C.
Council! & Blackburn,
Physicians & Surgeons.
P&Cii lis attended ut nil
June 1, '93.
E. F. LOVILL. J. C. FLETCHF.lt.
LfiViL & FLETCHER
ATlOlLVhYSATLAW,
BOONE, N.
RdrSpeeial attention gi ven
to the coV.etion otcluiw.s."ti
L. L. GREENE, & CO.,
REAL ESTATE AG'TS.
UOOXE, X I.
Will give special ot rent ion
to abstracts of title, the sale
of Real Estate in V. N. V.
Those vina: farms, timber
ami minetal lauds for sale,
will do well to call on si' id Co.
at Boone.
L. L. GREES & CO.
March 16, 1893.
NDTICK.
Hotel Property for S;iie.
On account of failing health
of myself and wife, I offer for sale
rny hotel pi-opertv in the town u!
IJoono, North Carolina., nnd will
ell low for cash and make terms
to suit the buyer, and will take
real or personal property in ex
change. Apply soon.
W. h. Bkyan.
NOTRE.
Parties putting papers in
my hand for execution will
pleiB3 udvnncp the tees with
the pap. rs and they will re
cci ve prom pt a ttention , other
wise they will be returned
not executed for the want of
iejs. D. F. Baird Suff.
wAsmxiiTox i.kttkr
from oar Regular Corrnpomtent. !
Sti ift'iry Carlisle is prob-
inbly doing tlu hanKst work
'ofhisliff whilt tlio l,i-i-v.i,i,.i,t
.ui I most of the other mem-
hers of t lit? Cabinet are
tnjjr tho iMTeaion thev carn-j
eil bv tlieir hai tl work ilni--1
ing the long session of Con
gress. It is the aidir inistra
tion of Hit dp iv tariff law
that is keening Secretarv
t'ailish? in Washington andl00111 among the democrats!
working him so hard. Every
hour brings telegrams stat
ing questions that must be
submitted to the Secretary
before being answered and
evory mail adds its quota.
Few of these complications
are important to the gener
al public, although they ate
important to individuals nud
must be carefully straighten
ed out as 4 he Secretary's de
cision will set a precedent
which may involve the giin
or Ijss of'thousands of dol
lars to the government.
Probably the most import
ant decision that Secretary
Carlisle has made was that
stopping the payment of the
sugar bounty on the day the
new law went into effect re
uardleew of heu the applica
tion for the bounty was made.
This decision principally af
fects the beet sugar makers,
who claim that they febould
he paid the bounty upon all
sugar made before the repeal
of the bounty law went into
effect, and who are making
strong efforts to get Secre
tary Carlisle to change his
interpretation of the law, al
though it also catches this
years crop of maple sugar.
Upon this decision will de
pend whether about $500,
000 remains in the Treasury
or is paid out to the sugar
people.
Speaking of sugar, there is
a belief here Ihn I a clause in
the new tariff bill opens n
way to keep the sugar trust
from raising the price of su
gar to an outrageous figure.
The bill provides for a 40
percent advalorem duty up
on raw sugar and an addi
tional one eight of a cent a
pound on all sugar above
number 10 Dutch standard
in color and upon all sug-ir
that has been discolored in
plain English, upon refined
sugar. But in the next para
graph it is provided that the
duty upon all sugar after be
ing refined when "tinctured
colored or in any way adul
terated" thai! oe 35 percent
advalorem. Under this last
paragraph it is believed that
refined sugar can be brought
in, its it would be easy to col
or it in some harmless man
ner. 11 this shall turn out to
be conect it would compel
the sugar ti list to keep its
prices within bounds for tear
of the foreign competition.
Of course i t will depend
largely upon the construc
tion put on the labt named
paragraph by the customs
officials of the Treasury de
partment. The difference
was int?nded to be .made
solely for the benefit of con
fectioners w ho desired to use
foreign refined sugar, and the
officials may interpret it to
mean that only sugar for the
Use of confectioner rati bei
j Tin- departments ;: all
j,'l',s,,,l f " day, (ngicss ha v-1 3. w rot.-1 h'toi w im: to (Ion.
I !,t 1 ''" ' ,st se-sion in. id .'jtleo'-ge ;il. ot T.irhoro.
tli" 1st Mmiu'.iv 'ii S'ii.'ui-,coiiri'itii .ir his nomination
n '' '1 h l.-t y. to be .
seek-'kuowu iis l ibor Day. The!
l;,v VV'1S "l-'brat.-.l l.v 1 1
oi'-Hiiza t ions w n s-li ail t i.k
part in a liislnvt parinl.
Lots of tomfoolery is Lo -
ingsentout of Washmglon
'concerning the tillegel dis-
who compose the Congres
sional campaign committee.
There is no discord in the
committee, which is doing all
that it rt'os expected to do
in the campaign. Secretary
Gardner, who is constantly
at the committee headquar
ters, said Ahen asked what
he thought of the outl:ok:
''It all depends upon the tar
iff bill. Nearly every Con
gressional district in the U-
! '"ted Mates is interested m
so,1,(i wav or nnotlir in this
t a r i ff bill. A par igrnph
which will please the peop'ein
one district will not please
those adjoining districts.
What will suit the voters of
an eastern state will not be
satisfactory on the Pacific
coast. So you can see how
difficult it is to fore cast re
suits until we know more of
how the tariff bill is being re
ceived by the rank and tile of
the voters. We do not ex
pert to retain our present
large majority in the House,
but we do expect to elect a
majority of its members."
It has just leaked out that
ex-Speakhi- Reed, before leav
ing Washington, certified, in
accordance with the ohi line
revived during tin last ses
sion, the number of days he
h a d been absent without
leave and not on account of
sickness, had it signed by
Speaker Crisp nnd collected
the money due him from the
Sergeiit-at-Arms. The joke
is that Mr. Reed had at every
opportunity ridiculed the re
viva! of the old rule, docking
members for being absent
without leave, and intimated
that he would not obe .
Whether it was because the
Sergeant-nt-Arms would not
pay him without it that .Mr.
Reed prepared that certifi
cate or because he thought
the plurality ol97l, by which
he was last elected, too small
to be monkeyed with, is not
known, but probably both
had something to do with it.
At any rate he made out the
certificate and lie will not be
allowed to forget it at the
next session.
Chairman Wilson leaves for
Europe this week. He goes
in seaih of health, and will
only remain four or five
w eeks. If strong enough he
will take an active part in
the campaign in his district
when he returns.
Landmark: Mr. Henry C.
Cow lea, of Statesville, one of
the most prominent Republi
cans in the State, passed
through this morning re
turning from the Raleigh
convention, a n d appeared
uiU' h disgruntled at the re
sult. He remarked to a gen
tleman on the platform that
the Democrats would carry
the State this fall by 50.000
majority.
A InVr rmni Juice Counrr.
.l'.dg.-Comior,if iUon, N.
under 1 1 - date id Sept.
I !' As aate .1 u.s'.iet by I h1
l'"t.!i.-t :
; M v li: i; Sue You w "II re -
. m.-iain-r t I ioiiv week" n-.,,
l eojii.t r.-. 4 ii h von in regard
1 to t jM-
in-, i: .iii. f. i, ...
j ro pursue to avoid w h a t 1
.''i"i . ...ii. l ii., mi
j learn; d was tile purpose ofj
tin- lVop.-"s parly to place)
my name on their ticket fir
AsMH.ite. Justice. Ithcu.-tn-j
ted to von that I h.id done!
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and hoiihi do what I could j -v"f ; artditu :--to
pr.-veiit it. What has. . nice i Having never been a canli
occurred Ji cnMic.-ti-.il witli' l'te befo;e you. I now
the matter was correct ly st i-i ",,r'"'M' "'.Vself with hesita
ted in an editorial in t !i e! ' '"
XKWS AND OilSICUVEK ..ii thej I offer uiys-'if for a sen t in
.'iO'h uilhuo. Should h:ivetlj United S;ates Senate
silb.:,i'led m purposed act. "Hide varan! by th deal h of
to on had you b e e n
at
home, and was suipiised to
learn that you were not
aware of m. reply to Mr. But
ler until the JUst nit. You
construed aright my letter
to Mr. Butler, and say you
thin k a construction nu
t nought of by myself could
be justified and would prob
ibly be generally drawn. In
that letter I republished and
I thought emphasized my
first protest. It seems now
tlmt neither the Populists or
the Ih publicans so construe
it, and by their course force
me, after using other means,
as yon are awnie, tb use
stronger terms than I first
thought suitable toward
those offering to vote for me
for n highly honorable posi
tion. My strong attachment
to the principles of the Demo
cratic party and belief that
its continued control of the
administration of! he govern
ment is essential to the wel
fare of the State and Xation
and my determination that
my name shall not be Used
to jeopardize its success im
pels me to repeat that I not
only will not consent, to the
use of my name in opposition
to its nominees, but; to de
clare positively and without
the slightest reservation,
that if my wihes shall con
tinue to be disregarded and
I should ne elected, I would
not accept the office, qualify
or serve. I am not willing to
place this action upon oppo
sition to the principle of a
non-partisan judiciary, but
upon the true reason that I
legard the nominees of my
own party us in every way
fit and proper persons for the
positions, and th.it I shall
give them my loyal and cor
dial support, and that 1 re
gard the success of the party
and th'i enforcement of its
principles as essential to the
welfare of t!)M State and na
tion. I wish to sny, for reasons
apparent to all that I re
gard Judge Burwell in every
respect entitled to the sup
port of all good citizens. He
is learned in law, of marked
purity of life and character
and by temperament a n d
training free from partisan
bias.
I most sincerely trust that
this declaration may relieve
me from further embarrass
ment and the necessity of fur
jther ! I e.xp.issing upon the
! kindr.cMs f m .V fii.-nd.
j wish to t 1i.miL .vimi l-.r u,ur
loyal ftv it.
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jn iiitiin.itu association -i
; mn' than twenty years a!id ,
-sf ! iift li.-os t;( .vtn.ii-' ItiT
N''iaiit smse ot ol,li::titn
i u liicli I shall I'vec n (fit.! in ' -
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II. (i. Co.N.v.it
AXSOl'StTWEnT.
To Hie Dvmorutir I'coph
Senator Van.i
In doii!
this, I to not an'.igonize ei
ther of the present Senators-,
but aspire to an office that
neither of them seeks.
The two great questions in
volved in the Chicago plat
form were Tariff Refonn and
Financial Reform. The Tariff
bill just passed does not ful
ly meet expectations, and 1
favor such modifications of
it as will deprive every trust
and combine of an advan
tage it allows.
On the tariff, and on most
subjects, I stand with o u r
Democratic President n n d
give him a cordial nnd zeal
ous support. I regretnot to
be able to agree with him in
his financial policy. Finan
cial reform is of the nioM
pressing importance, and I
favor imne'ui.ite action in re
gard to t hat matter.
To many the result of the
first regular session of our
Democratic Congress has
been something of a disap
pointment. Disappointments
come to all parlies. The Re
publican party is at present
disappointed at the repeal of
the McKinley tariff law; at
the enact men', of an income
tax; at the repeal of the
placing aiu- elections u'.'d
tin. Mi,!:'rvisi.i; of Fed-a-;
'i'i
Mats!):! Is; ni the con! i.med
supremacy ot the Democrats
in the Southern States an !
t heir full accession to power
at Washington, ami at the
complete l.iil ire of Republi
can plans and purport's.
Our disappointments are
tint teuipory in their nature.
They should make us only
the more determined to pr 'ss
onward until the principles
of the democratic party are
fully carried into operation
to the lasting benefit and
advantage of the people, and
1 he glory of our country. In
this cause I have already
spent many years of my life,
and I shall esteem it a privil
ege to continue my work in
the new field and high sta
tion to which 1 aspire. I
therefore solicit your favor
and support, trusting that
you may esteem me worthy
to represent you in the Sen
ate Chamber, nnd I beg my
friends, wherever they may
be, who favor my election, to
be active in nrg'ng it.
S. A. Ashe.
Raleigh, N.C. Au a 24, 04.
CPay your subscription.
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.lied :
! 'vayuanl tiling sinilco .i.tcv
clandi stin,' friejifi-
v, i '
sprnnjMip between the ,i
and there have been twil: .
fefe teles under trystiaj
trees. A the solicitation .
wily Repub'icanism. Popu
lisia in her muslin gown ha-
lately stroll''.! into darue
glades and staved out hit
at night. At first she loy
mooiihine best, then stai
light came to be enough,
but now when thick ch id.
bedim night's candles tl
companionship is m o s
agreeable. Wayward .'.to
1 aft: -ctioi.n tele 1-ans h-'f ui'l-1
head upon tin breast of a
ceptivi Dan. whose arm ei -circles
her lender vait
whose lips tow.h it rs. an .
whisper soft. seductive word
in to her ear. Dan's arm ncv
er tires and Mary is so happy
that she is not couscnan of
the faot that she is ben;
squeeze! to death. iet. t
only a masher ani hedoesi.
mean to marry. He in !
ing a good time now and no
body blames him. H"i
what the giddy creature in
his embrace? She has tie. '
caught under eircuir.staw -that
compromise her charai
ter and people are t.iiHug ( r
her conduct. Theri wili be
a tale of woe directly whet.
Dan lets go. There is goie;
1o be breach of pr'nnise aftr
awhile, a Breckenridg ca:e
politically speaking. See ii
there isn't.
What Congrets Has Done.
The little book entitled.
"What Congress Has Done,"
with its contents ol blank pa
ges, created considerable a
musement at the time it ws
published. Mr. Hall, of Mi::
sotu. has turned it to g'i. .
jiccouM'. by pipaisl.i
simile of the vohi;
i t.iaj
'and '.ppe;r 'ii::o wi-.h sixt-
j paj.ve.-i
printed report hi-; ' :,
i in 1 bv 1 a fif!'. in .'. iu"I; r .
swors the coaiiiidi nn; '"V ii.a'
Congress Has Done," with
this summary at the en se:
It has mude till mo y e
qually taxable.
It has restored eonlhieu
i:i our t a.i icncy and finance;'.
It 1ms g ven to all our pec
pi the opportunity of Iivhir,
cheaper and better.
It has shadowed the pro
tective trusts of McKinley
ism. It has placed the burden of
taxation upon the rich man's
surplus as well as upon every
man's needs.
It has restored the freedom
of elections.
It b is placed the transac
tions of the government and
its ni-.thotis of accounting up
on a business basis.
It has greatly reduced the
expenditures of the govern
ment. For one solid year it has
maintained an unrelenting
fight against the trusts and
monopolies wlucl. protection
had created. "
"It has fought the good
fight, it has finished t h r
course, it has kept the faith.