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HOOXK. WATAUGA COUNTY, X. ('., IIIUiiSDAY OCT -liKI! 1 1. 1MU,
NO. .12.
Protection
That Protects
When a man insures his
life under the old form of
insurance, he is simply
assured that a certain
sum will be paid to his
w ife, children, or heirs at
his death. Good enough
in its way, but there is a
much better vay. The
Tontine Instalment Pol
icy of the
Equitable
Life
not only insures hut pro
tects the bcuiikiary from
loss uf the iusur.imc as
well. For further par
ticulars, address
W. J. RODDEY, .Mjr.tsriT,
Far the Cirolimi, Roc!. Jii:., ,. C.
I'linrKSSlOXM.
V. B. COUNCIRL, Jr.
Attorney at La.v.
RoOtiC, X. C.
W. 15. COUNCIL!., M. I).
Boone, x. (1.
Resident Physician. Office
on King Street north of Post
Office.
A'llOliSLYAl LAW,
MAIM ()X, X.C
-(G)-
Will practice in the courts ol
WatauiU, Aslie, Mitchell, M.bow
ell aid all )t!ier counties in the
western district 8f" Special atteu
tion given t.) tin collection ol
laim,."e
W. B. Counfill M. II. T. C. Blackburn.
Baouc, X. C. Zionvilli', X. C.
Councill & Blackburn,
Physicians & Surpons.
frg-Calls attended at all
lion
June 1, '03.
E. F. LOVILL. J. C. FLETCHEH.
LflVIL 6 FLETGHEH
ATI URN IAS AT LAW,
BOONE, X. ;.
f&ZT Special attention given
to the eolletion olrlniiri.&&
lTlTg 11 K K X 12, & CO.,
REAL ESTATE AG'TS.
HUOSE, X. t.
Will giv? special iitt(jnti(.n
to abstracts of title, the .sale
of Real Estate in W. X. C.
Those hi.' ving farms, timber
anil mitieial lands for sale,
will do well to call on said Co.
at Boone.
L. L. GULLS k CO.
March 1 G, 1
xotici;.
Hotel Property tor Sale.
On account of failing health
of myself and wife, 1 oner lor sale
my hotel propertv in the town ot
Boone, North Carolina, ami will
3ell low for cash and make terms
to suit the buyer, and will take
real or personal property in ex
change. Apply soon.
W. L. Rryan.
XO'lH L
Parties putting papers in
my hum! for execution will
please advance the tees with
the papi rs and they will re
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Wise uiev win ui' ifiuu'c'i.',..
not executed for the want of
D. F. Baird Shff.
Washington u:tti:k.
Frox our ap;u!r Co-respoclent.
S-tiitor 1 1 : 1 l'i- lioiniiMt inn I
for governor of New York is
st ill the leading topic of con
versation among democrats.
While there are a few who
for Mrsonal reasons do not
like the nomination, your
corricspondent lias not dis
covered a single democrat
who doubts Ids election.
There is something about
the record of the man that
inspires the rank and li!e of
the parly ivith the enthus
iasm that wins. And ibis is
not continent to his own
State, as shown by the fol
low ing comiiiutticnt'on from
the President of a Young
Men's Democratic Huh in In
diana: "Indiana is euthus-ia.-tie
since David 15. Hill was
nonun ited. We feel that the
'faction have come together
in New York, which can only
result in the triumph of our
paity." The opinion of Sen
ator .Mitchell, of Win -oiisin,
now in Wnidiington, is all
ot her indication of the way
the nomination was received
ia other States. He says;
"It is the strongest nomina
tion that could have been!
made and it will have a stim
ulating effect all through the
country. While there are
rumblings of discontent from
some ;)f t tie a iiti-lli'.l factions,
they will come around, and 1
have no doubt he can cany
the State.' Senator Mitch
ell's experience as chairman
of the Democratic Congress
ional campaign committee
during the last campaign
adds weight to his opinion.
Many misstatements, most
of them deliberately willbil,
have been made concerning
tiie attitude of the adminis
tration towards the candi
dacy of Senator Hill. It is,
of course, too well known to
be discussed that the admin
istration had it made the
choice would not have select
ed Senator Hill as the can
didate, but his unanimous,
nomination furnished strong
proof that the administra
tion did not even attempt to
influence the convention. It
has been charged '.hat the ad
ministration was luke-warm
towards the ticket head d by
Senator Hill uud that it
would do nothing to aid it in
carrying Xw York. I can
state upon high authority
1 hat there is not a ord ol
truth in such charges. The
administration is not luke
warm towards the ticket. On
the contrary, it earnestly de
sires its election, ami will do
all that it may probably do
all that it would have dotpi
had the head of the ticket
been as good a Cleveland
man as Representative Dan.
(jockwood, the nominee for
Lieut. Governor to bring
about the result.
Secretary Shierin, of the
Xational Democratic com
mittee, who is high author
ity on Indiana polities, writes
as follows to the Congress
ional campaign committee:
"The situation in this State
grows better daily. Our peo
ple are making a manly, ng
igressive tight
every w here.
i "
e nave no apologies ro
- i ,
'make, and as the canvass
progi-csj.es we find th-it oni j
"op. not only c.ect to
apoloii-s but ale very well;
satisticd v.il'i the woik t,f
Collles. Oi COUrse,
would rath r have had i'i'",
coal and iron. Iut t hey nr-j
so much freci than t h" Re-,
publican would have them.!
that our M'ople find much to j
commend in the legislation j
as it is."
There are rumois that th"j
trial of ('apt. Henry W. How j
gate, who while disbursing
d rk of the Weather Bureau!
embezzled more than '$.().
00(1. and w ho has been a j
fugitive from justice fur I";
ears, will bring out sensa
tional disclosures connecting
prominent Republicans wit hi
his embezzlement, lie wa
a nested last week in Xe.v
York, where he has lived un
der an ass nued rame for six
years past. It was stated in
Washington at the time of
his escape, which was believ
ed to have been connived at
by officials, that lie would
never be rearrested, because
he knew too much. It is well
known that he might have
been arrested years ago had
any real efforts tieen made to
find him. He has always
been in communication with
people in Washington.
That "it is an ill will that
blows no good"' was called
to mind by a talk with a
South Carolina rice planters,
who saiil: "If the war be
tween Japan and China be
protracted ;t will result in
considerable benefit to ihe
rice planters of the Southern
States, as it will strve t )
dimmish the importation of
rice from China and tend to
raise the price of the home
products. TheSoutheru rice
growers are now in a fairly
prosperous condition, but
this eastern war may make
them still more so by creat
ing a boom in prices. This
years crop is firsrate. both
in quantity and quality."
According to the informa
reccived from the most Trust
worthy sources the Republi
cans, in predicting a break
in the Democrrttic Congress
ional delegation from Tex. is,
are merel, preparing anoth
er disappointment for them
selves. This is the way Dr.
F. D. Thompson, of Fort
Worth, who is at present in
Washington, sums up the
situation in the Lone Star
State: "The Populists are
pretty n'.-tiv in some of the
districts; but they are al
ways a noisy lot, and will
not come any nearer success
t his year than they have in
the past. Populism in Texas
is simply a revival of the old
greenback craze that agita-
it.ed the State some fifteen
years ago, and which succeed
ed in electing one Congress
man Col. (Jeorge W. Jones.
It is a little curious that Col.
Jones is now supporting Rep
resentative Sayersin his race
against a Populist candi
date." Topic: The populist should,
in the language of the writer
of Proveth, "Heir counsel,
receive instruct ions, that you
may be wise in the latter
end." Many then are doing
this very thing. Th-y see
whither they aredrifting and
are comingha-k to their first
love the Democratic party.
I tscioorsare standing wide
i pen to receive the misguided
'and mislead wanderers.
An.'1i"T Er-utiJii-an Ji.iie. Ihr fliij.r. j
N'.'rt s n'!il ( l!.s.-i vi r.
Tier are li.met republi
cans in Nn' l h Carolina. We
state this in black an 1 whi.'e;
hecau" none of th ai ewr
get into otli. Tin honest
ones li t vc no ch nice of pro
motion in that party in X
Can i'ia.
Til-' latest Xorth Carolina
Republican of!i -e-bol ler t
ste.d ail the money he could
find is Rutledge Pillage
Hughes of (iranville county.
Ililtled-.e was chief clerk in
t lie oiriee of Register of Deed.-
ia (!r invil!" lb" was also
Chairm.-riot th- Repul.ii.-a i. ;
u.s.rer r. is i o ,),,.,
tec. u iem .i r. S t wa::'et
a prominee.t and i r 1 1 i i . t j t i
lie, mb'iic.i a f r o in Oranvilli
county to pi e.-i:!e ovi r t ii .
con vent io:i 'hat- renominat
ed l.iia, he si-l-cUd Hat ledge
Pillage Hughes. The s a i d
Hughes was a model Republi
can presiding officer and pre
sided to Settle s satisfaction.
He was a shining mark in Re
publican circles.
Rutledge did not confine
himself to managing tli" Re
publican party. He engineer
ed fusion between his party
and the Populists. He was
as big a man it. (iranville
county as S. Oiho Wilson
in W ake.
P.ut Rutledge Pillage is no
more a leader. He has ab
sconded, run away, scooted,
left the country, and taken
w ith him all the money in the
Register o i Deeds' offi;:e in
Oxford
The Republicans in (Iran
ville are thus bereft when
their need was the sorest of
their most brilliant, high and
trusted lender.
And what is more this is
not the first rime that Rut
ledge Pillage has played in
the role of a defaulter. While
United States District Mar
sha! in Virginia several years
ago he made way w i t h the
funds in his hands, "t is said,
and was removed from the
othee. It was then that he
left that State and came to
Xorth Carolina to repeat his
little game.
He has gone to join the. si
lent majority of the South
ern Republicans who h a v e
been trusted with money be
longing to the people.
How Mauy Will Be As Brave
15 'I Rand is not the only
honest Populist in Wake Co.
who is disgusted with fusion.
I'iVd-y respectable and patri
otic farmer in theeounty who
wants "reform more than of
fice" is disgusted. Some of
them hesitate to make pub
lic their disgust because they
hate to becalled inconsistent,
But. as Bill Rand sees, the
only consistant course for a
man who loves 'lome a n d
good government is to repu
diate the 'sell-ou.' Mr. Rand
repudiated fusion, not only
because it is "an abandon
ment of principle" but also
to his mind "it is a total dis
regard of ordinary political
decency."
We appeal to evry Popu-
jiist who in 1S92 svas"promp
ted to forsake party alliiia
tions, break away from ra igh
bors and friends, and seek
earnestly to establisn thej
pritiiiph s of P-i ;! V ;mi'v" '
to be as Ina v an 1 n imv as
Mr. Kami, and r-j a -V 'I-
"s.-H-MUt." wb'ill .is Hr.c!-
d. as Mr. R md pot it.
I ly for the sak nt pntUag mh-Ii :i flop doodle as Pc;,--I
fe'v traitors of ins own :u- s ,,
ty a" I of the Icon. mean pari !,...;,, to look like .. ?. r
ty in othee."' jpntchrird docsn? c.i-ry 0.H
The Democrats -vi!! give a t. Mmb-im cohm'. Repid !'
warm welcome o the old lenns in las po ket.
fa mil v table to all who sho-.v
thei- disgust, and come !ai k'
home.
Tryin;,' To Defeat It -yaii.
The anti-silver wing of tic
?'"hraska D-'iuocrats. wh"n
I r v saw 1 1 1 c wMe on t -n u m -:
1mT(,() ,y Hn..u tonvs.
h,,,;,,. xu S: ate eonvntion '
jand nominited a ticket of j lias been some anxiety, li
j th.'ir own. Thnt'sabonr the:t!iese ret.orts are to be acrep
I best wax we know to keep jt.ed the situation generallly
the Republican party in f - tw -
er in this country. Tin r.
was a fair fight between the
Bryan and the nnti -Bryan
forces. Dry. mi won by a big
majority. The minority, in
stead of submitting, rushed
off, ldred a hall, and set up
in business for themselves.
Outride of the Fedr d office
holders these bolters repre
sent very few people, ami
they at heart are for Bryan.
They ought tr speak out re
pudiate the 1). )lters and elect
Bryan to the Senate even if
they have to lose their
"bread and batter." An!
they wouldn't lose it. Tin
patronage-mongers l n .Ne
braska are determined to de
feat Bryan because he is too
big and too brave u wear
their voke.
Fusion Won't Fns.
Mr. F. Victor Barrier, who
was the Populist nominee for
cotton-weigher in Cabarrus
comity k: 1892. is now a resi
dent of Salisbury, and in a
recent card, published in the
Salisbury Herald, savs; "1
suppose sou would like to
know my views and where 1
stand politically. I would
say that while there are some
things in the Populist plat
form that I approve of (and
1 will say right here that for
two years I have been with
them) since they have mi.Yed
up so svith the Republicans
one can haroiy tell one from
the other, and as there has
never been a drop of Republi
can blood in me 1 cannot do
anything to enhance Republi
canisn.."
That's the way that hon
est men who went into the
Populist party for a good
purpose are talking in Sep
tember. In October, five .thousand
of theai will talk the same
way.
In November thev will
erosvd around the polls to
vote against the "sell-out."
Can't Support A Flop-Hoodie.
In Little-Ivey, Madison
county, resides an old fash-
ioned "mossy-hack" Republi
can, bearing the name of II .
A. Hoieombe. He lives in a
county which has never elect
ed a Democrat and he is
proud of it. He says he is
still a Republican of the true
blue order, but in an inter
view with the Asheville Ciii-
, zeu Mr. tioicomne says tie
j will have no part nor lotwitn
j J, J, J ,,.,,
, ntj,,,, . ;ii! js n.t wilting to
IV n.-puUii-MnU-u .'own at
the In hcf of a f-'-.V d'--i.'l;l!g
political ho--s and snt.i-.r
The Sitaatioa Promising.
Wadiington v'tnr.
Daring the past dayortwo
lie Denio.Tiitic Congresio?.
al committei' has hen receiv-
jug reports as to the coudi-
t ion of t he c i mnah-n f r o m
certain sec-ti-ns' in the eomi-
t rv concerning which there
ii i very promi-mo;. ''hairman
Ki'ysoji of th Ya. Ie-ic -cct
State com nit tee cubed at
(headquarters this morning.
He reported that the situa
tion in Virginia was fa vera -bletothe
democrats in ev
cry district, as there was but
one district, he said, where
he believed thcra was the
least danger of the Demo
ci ats suffering defeat, and he
thought even there be would
win. The thing the Demo
crats were afraid of Virginia,
he said, was that the ;reat
mass of voters wor'd be ap
athetic It turns out, howev
er, th ot a deep interest ir-th"-campaign
is shosvn, and that
more activity lias been man
ifested at this stag: of th
canvass than for a number i .
years.
A letter received from Chair
man Wall of the Democratic
committee of Wisconsin, says
that the situation there is
very satisfactory, and that
t he Democrats will hold their
own at the election.
Biblical Recorder: To those
who deceive themselves, de
spite Soiomoivs words, that
money begets happiness, late
occurrences in the families of
the Ooulds, Astors and Van
derbilts ought to be enlight
ening. The face ti nt occur
rence in these familie-i are
made the subject of of end
less rumor and speculation is
sufficient, though there were
no evil to them. The Goulds
are troubled with adventur
esses, and one of them had
to pay quite a sum to get rid
of one not long ago; but
their troubles do not com
pare with those of the weal
thier Asler and Yanderbilt
families, the peace of both of
which lias been threatened
with a divorce suit and pub
lic scandal.
Clear conscience tosvard God
and man is the only ground
of happiness; and they l v
few who keep their consciences
clear, but the number of the
happy is not greater. There
is desperate appearances of
joy and hilarity about peo-
pie who do not seem tu have
consciences; but they have,
and they never know a hap
py moment. The man who
sacrifices conscier.ee foi mon
ey or preferment, thinking
the latter will secure the ease
of mind which all men seek,
will regret tliettMisaeiionun
til it has been required.
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