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BROCKTON. MAIL
V Mt "t-ni-r tie nrrhaM Hi La
Becatrra, w- e:e t..e lre--l iitanura'taxr?o4
dvcr.m.4 in lite worM, :k. Ktir.-iuict
fie value b itanuin the sar.tc and frie fm
the bottom, arht.h proton o agaiiet kigB
prices ead the tiMdleman'e profit.' O-:; shot a
equal custom oik a vie, ei-jr 6:'-.:iI eu4
fearing nnalltir. We tuv tllrm i t etrrry.
at.'iere at Ihwtt price for C:e e.il.ie given Uictt
neotlter mnke. Take mo enh.,tlute. II' youf
deatercaaaotavplr you, we can, bold by
I)el"., who aam will ihortlT tp
sear bear. Ag-mta wanted. Apply at
once.
(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
I 1.: A it. r-3 i
ma ucaiu. vjouu enougu
in its way, but there is a
much better way. The
Tontine Instalment Pol
icy of the
Equitable
Life
not only insures but pro
tects the benificiary from
loss of the insurance as
well. For further par
ticulars, address
W. J. ROODEY, Manager,
Tme tfca Carolliai, Rock Mill, S. C.
I'ROFESSIOSAI.
W. B. C0UNC1LL, Jit.
Attornf.y at Lay.
1 Boone, N. C.
W. B. COUNCILL, M. 1).
Boone, N. C.
Resident Physician. Office
on King Street north of Post
Office.
J. F MOKPIIfcW
A710RXEYA1 LAW,
MARION, N.C
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Will practice in the courts ol
Vatauga, Ashe, Mitch U, MeDow
Darid all ther count i in the
w estern dist rict WSpi ial at ten
tion given to the collation ol
lainnr."
W. B. Conneill M. 1. T. C. Blackburn.
Boone, N. C. Zlonville, If. C.
Councill & Blackburn,
Physicians & Surgeons.
m'CallS attended at all
Aours."t
June 1,M)3,
E. F. LOVILL. J. C. FLETCHEK.
LOVILL & FLETCHER
ATlURShYS AT LAW,
, .. BOONE, N. C.
t Special attention given
to the c.olletion ofclaimtr&
NOTICE.
Hotel Property for Sale.
On account of failing health
of myself and wife, I offer for sale
my hotel property in the town of
Boone, North Carolina, and will
11 low for cash and make terms
to suit the buyer, and will take
retl or personal property in ex
change. Apply soon.
W. L. Bryan.
FOR DYSPEPSIA,
Idi(Hnn, and Stomach dinner, taka
ftHOWil' IHON BITTlCiU.
All dealers keep It, tl per bottle. Genuine Sua
te4e-auu'k tad cfoeae4 fi iiutx on wnpft.
M)ONi: WATAUGA COUXTV, N.
WASIIIN(.T()X LKTTKK
From our Hejular Correipondfnt.
The demon at in Com;res.
hiWf KiiiprisI fVHrybody.
iiwluding thmielveK, durinfr
the pni-t wevk. Instead of
the hickcrinca which were ex
peftH and predicted by din
ocratx nn well us members of
the other parties, they hive
been quietly at work nnd
hav j-tUHlIy suoc-ceded i ii
mappinsoutH partial pro
gramme of legislation whi h
they exet to pass. Thy
held no caucus in th House,
but are ai-ting upon general
consent f tlie party in puh
ing the Kiftbiun free Hhip bill
and the two appropriation
bills ensions and fortiflea
tions-which have been re
ported. The railroad pool
ing bill, now before the
House, isn't regarded as a
political measure.
The democrats of the
Houe committee on Hank
ing and Currency, who were
liopt lesr.1 r at sea during the
last session, have announced
their intention to report a
currency bill before the holi
day recess, and it is an open
secret that, it will lie very
near President C leveland's
message an extension ol na
tional bank currency ami an
authorization of Sfte bank
currency under proper sate
guards. Tin's week the com
mitter will grant hearings to
a n umbei of prominent finan
eier. beginning to-day with,
Secretary Carlisle. The idea
is to gel fbe bill reported be
fore the recess, so that, it can
be fully discussed bvthe pub
lie before the reassembling of
Congress.
le democratic Senators
wisely concluded t o ignore
what they could not agree
upon and instructed the
steering committee to ur
runge an or jerof business to
cover the following; a bank
ruptcy bill; bills for the ad
mission of Arizona and New
Mexico; Nicaragua 0 a n a I
bill, and a bill involving the
interests of Indian Territory,
leaving the question of pre
cedence to the dis-retion of
the steering committee.
These things are very gratify
ing to theaverage democrat,
arid If they continue through
the session will put the par
ty in fairly good shape.
It seems almost n pity to
point to the ugly feet of Mr.
Peacock Baboock when he is
exhibiting Kueb a beautiful
tail, embfcllished in illuminat
ed colors with the claims of
what he accomplished in the
l ite campaign as Chairman
of the republican Congress
ional Committee, but the fol
lowing conversation between
two republican Congressmen
is so apt that it must be re
corded: "I would like to
know," said Representative
Hepburn, of Iowa, "just what
good the republican cam
paign committer cMd in the
late election. I would like to
have some one name the dis
trict in which the committee
did anything." "Well," re.
plied Representative Powf.rs,
of Vermout, to whom the re
mark was addressed, 'It
did something in Houk's dis
trict in Tennessee and in Mm
ray's in South Carolina. And
in both districts the republi
can candidates were ln'i'tcn."
'Just "," Hitii) Mr. Hepburn.
"Tin lirst time heard from
flu coii.mittce war Ja letter
saying the committee could i
supply inc w ith campaign lit
erature and that tn.v cheek
for a comfortable sum would
le ari-epta'ile. The next was
a letter aftei the election say
ingthatin consideration of
a Mr. McKee's service as
Secretary of theeommitteehe
ought to he elected clerk of
the next House. When be
time comes toappoint anoth
er committer 1 shall re.;ite
these and a few other facts
and more that the commit
tee be a bolished." Air. Bab
cock has been throwing
stones at the McKinley
boom.
Chairman Hatch, of the
House Committee on Airri
cultnre, was one of the slain,
but his greeting to ex-Speaker
Reed shows that his wit is
still alive "Reed 1 want to
congratulatf you, I have in
part represented the State ot
Missouri in Congress a good
many years, and I thought I
knewsonicthingabout it, but
I am ready to acknowledge
that you know more about
Missouri than I do. I read
thp speech you niade in St.
Louis with great disgust.
You saiil the people of Mis
souri were good people ex
cept that they didn't, have
sense enough to know how
to vote. I'm blessed if you
weren't right."
Delegate Rawlins, of Utah,
has notified Secretary Smith
that if the Government does
not. remove the Ute Indians
from Utah the people will
drive them out by force. He
says he fears that an Indian
war will be the outcome or
the present difficulties, owing
to the depredations of the
Indians, which, he says,
have reached the unbearable
stage
An equity suit has begun
in the Supreme Court of the
District ofColumbiu by H. L.
Preston, a Kansas City news
paper proprietor, through
Ids attorneys, C. L Trevitt,
of Washington, and II. L.
Srrohm, of Kansas City, n
gainst J o h n Wed der burn,
ma ringer ot t he "P-ess Cla ims
Co.," of Washington, and W.
R. Hearst, of the "Examiner
Bureau of Claims,'' for th
cancellation of a contract,
said to have been obtained
by misrepresentation, made
by Preston with the "Press
Claims Co.," in which Pres
ton agreed to take stock in
that company, upon the rep
resentation that it was val
uable, as pay for advertising.
Mr. Preston nsked that the
eompany be compelled to
pay him f 840 in cash for the
advertising ho has done and
to take back its stock which
he doesn't want.
Messenger: We may expect
that, with the new set i n
cha rge in Nor t h Ca rolina t ha t
many new counties will be
created. There are now l)b
and that is some thirty more
than rich and very populous
New York has. It isalreudy
"understood'' that a n f w
county to be jailed "Scot
land" is to be carved out of
Cumberland, Richmond and
Robeson with Laurinburgas
the county seat.
C
niriisDA y
Aj lc(f ri to the St nth.
New York Times.
The i;.-v. Madison C. Prai
im. of tin Rlo'imingdale
chtinli. Boulevard and West
Sixty ciiihl h street, 'm a pre
bnl to his senium last even
ing s -iid:
"Having iccent'y rpent a
few weeks in the SoUth I h-el
it r be my duty publicly to
admit that I had. until I en
larged my iutormation by
personal obseivation, an en
ti.elv croiieous idea of t h e
South, ami I take this means
publicly to apologize for these
unclnntable thoughts. My
lectures were nn American
lines; and my pleas lor i:;ten
ser Americanism and more
enthusiastic loyalty to Amer
ican ideas, as laid down by
the founder of our Republic,
met everywhere with the hear
t it St response .
"If the toxin of w ar should
be sounded, a foreign foe in
vade our shores, or un insur
rectionary bony arise m our
midst, a million men, heavily
hi med, would come from the
South and rally around the
ring of the Union.
"Why, the South is the on
ly true American part of our
nation to-day! Rebel? That
word must henceforth not be
spoken. I believe the South
today grasps the hand of the
North Inn fellowship which
has in it no misgivings of de
ceit. "The public men of the
South are not, as with us.
'professional 'oreigners' who
have made public office a pub
lie steal. The Southern men
in public office are patriotic
and conscientiously Ameri
can, and p?rsonally the em
bodiment of integrity.
"But. you say, they do not
believe in nepro domination.
Neither d we m the North.
Enfranchising all The negroes
immediately alter their eman
r.ipation was practically one
of the greaest mistakes ever
made iy any free Govern
meat. In many counties and
States the colored voters are
in the majority, and a major
ity rule would take the gov
ernment. Negro domination
would mean white damna
tion. "The solid South is broken
and will break moreand more
if It 1, let alone. But let the
next Congress agitate a force
bill, and self-defense will sol
idify the South again.
"A Suffrage limited to an
educational qualification is
the only solution of the ne
gro problem. Bat il'iteracy
is not confined to the South.
Our northern cities atethrrm
ged with foreigners nnd im
becile in their ignorance ntid
degraded in their morals as
were the rabble hordes that
wreckod the republics of an
tiquity. Universal suffrage is
the menace to free institu
tions." "It is a pleasure to sell
Chamberlain's Cough Rem
edy," ays St'ckney & Dent
ler, druggists, Republic, Ohio,
"Because a customer after
once using it, is almost cer
tain to call for it when again
in nerd of such a medicine.
We sell more of it than ofun.
other eomrh medicine w e
handle, and it alwavs gives
satisfaction." For coughs,
colds ami croup, it is with
out an equal. For sale by
W. L. Bryan.
1):ckmhi:i: 1:0, ks:m.
Sr. Jarl.-If'il'Ua.
News and Okrt'er.
We have olrcatlv printed
the telegraphic summary of
M;. Carlisle's ilnanci il plan
A correspondent, who evi
dently overlooked it. writes
.-iinl requests us to print the
vaitlincs of the plan. We are
iil.nl to see so mui-ll interest
manifested upon thisimp i t
question, and are jrlad to
comply with our correspond
ent's request.
In substaiv-e, Mr. Carlisle'
plan, as endorsed by the
President, provides for the
creation of national bank is
sues up to 7o per cent, of
paid-in capital, sr-curcd, firvf .
by a deposit of I. -gal t -mi -r
notes, (inc'r.dan; Treasury
notes of lh';J.) or .'?.) pi i
cent; second, by a safety land
of 5 per cent, a ml, third, by
a first lien on all theassets of
t he banks ami the personal
liability of stockholders. The
notes are to be of denomina
tions of not less h-,i'i $10.
and those of failed banks are
to be redeemed by the United
States government. The tax
on State bank issues is to be
repealed in the case of banks
fulfilling all the above condi
tions, under State law, ex
cept the 5 per cent, sufety
fund.
The operation of this
scheme may be provisionally
estimated as follows: The
present bank capital isf 950,
000,000. If this were in-rvas
ed to $1,000,000,000, notes
could be issued to theamount
of 1700,000,000. The pres
ent National (tank issues to
be withdrawn are in round
numbers, f 207,000.000. The
legal tender notes to be de
posited would be $22o. 000.
000. Deducting the sum of
these, $ 4:12.000,000, fr nil
the $7."0.000,000, authoriz
ed, we have. 1 net increase of
possible circulation of .fill 8.
000,000. But while this in
crease would be possible, it
would take place o.ily if the
demand of business should
make the issues profitable,
notwithstanding the per
cent to -To per cent of idle de
posit required by the law.
It may he said, beyond all
reasonable doubt, that such
issues would be entirely safe.
Those of National Banks
would be guaranteed by the
United Stales Government.
Those of State Banks would
be secured more than suffi
ciently by the HO percent re
serve and the first lien on as
sets. Richmond Dispatch: Tie
Confederate w h o possesses
.1 parole issued at Appomat
tox has a thingwhich money
cannot buy; a thingwhich he
wants handed down to his
latest posterity. And the
Federal soldiers hold Appo
mattox ns dear. There, in
deed, were the vf ry noblest
qualities of both armies man
ifested. There the American
soldier displayed himself to
the best advantage. Yes, we
say if the government is to
make any further purchases
of fields let it consider the
claims of Appomattox, and
by so doing it will secure a
national park which will be
worth having ami perpetuate
th name in association with
the spot to which P. truly belongs.
no. a
Mr. Cerly.lt! tm Wall Street-
Mr. Carlisle is the first Secreta
ry ol the Treasury since the war
i who has tritd to act inil'icdciit
j ly of Wall Htrect. He lr.a Dri-par
tl a good scheme offinnnoe with
our consulting Wall utrect. If his
banking mheuie loiiie! n law,
the gov rnnipiit will not have to
pay the fn-igU 011 gold from San
i Vanciseo to New York, or from
New York to San Francisco, to
suit the bankers whenever they
wish to have it transferred. Evert
now, although th bonds of the
(lovermnent have Li m sold'ordy
acouphfof weeks, the gold r
serve has ngoln leeti depleted.
The Republic of France is about
to issue $40,000,000 n bonds
e:ily in January, nnd the gold
g-imblfi-are again at work ex-
j n ; 1 - r i 1 1 ; lnun 1 he Treasury in or
!l"t- to invest in Fivuch 'londst!..'
U.iue geld that !h".v p..' in the
Treasury com pi.; i wo 1 s ago,
in excha !!.:'; for V litcj Stages
bond.
A greenback or aShcnnannotfl
is almost us scarce throughout
the country as hen's teeth. Tbej
are all owned and carefully hoar
led by bankers, and with them
the gold can le withdrawn from
the Treasary whenever the gold
gamblers desire. The Carlisle ban
king scheme will stop all of this.
It would make the Treasury. De
partment merely an arm of the
government, and not the great
est bonk of issue in the world, as
it is at the present time. It would
dissolve the partnershipthathas
so long existed between theTien
Bury Department and Wall street
and only give the Treanllrj- such
power over the currency a4 to
'guarantee its rfifety. Scarcely
any Aniei lean citizen would be
willing to let the government's
notes go to protest. Every citi
zen) desires the government to
pay its debts. Just as long as
the present eoadhionsexisst Wall
street can compel the govern
meat to issue bonds, but with the
Carlisle scheme a law the Treasu
ry w ill be independent. It remains
to bo seen whether Southern and
Western Democrats are going to
place themselves in a position to
h held reponsible by the people
f the country tor further issue of
bonds. St. Louis Republic.
Swallowed a Pound of Cotton.
Two days ago a cottori
planter came into Raleigh,
bringing a couple of bales of
cotton with him.
He traveled through mud
and rain, and when he reach
ed Raleigh he was damp,
chilly and uncomfortable, but
he proceeded to go around
among the buyers, was final
ly4 offered five cent for his
cotton and drove off to the:
platf irm, He returned with
his certificate of weights, se
cured his check and went n ml
.lnnv liis money. By thif
time, he was very damp and
chilly.,., so he concluded to
take jus' n litlle of the ''ar
dent " jle went ton saloon,
called for a "short." He
poured it o".t, took it up,
when n by star.rft.-r said,
"Give 'tis a toast V
All right, said tho farmer,
and raising the iihiss to his
lips, he said :
"Here goes a pound of cot
ton." News-Observer.
For rheumatism I have
tound nothingequal toCha,ui
lerlain's Pain Balm. It re
lieves the pain assoon as ap
plied. J. W. Young, West
Liberty. W. Va. The prompt
relief it affords is alone worth
many times the cast, fifty
cents. Its continued us will
effect a mm-ttanent cure. For
sale by W. L. Bryan.