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W. L. Dougflas $3 & $4 Shoes
All our shoes are equally satisfactory
They jive the beet value for the money.
They equal cue torn ahoet In style and fit.
Tbalr wearing qualities are uiwurpuiicd.
The price are uniform, -rtainped on tole.
Prom $i to S3 eavrd over other makes.
If youi dealer cannut supply you we can. Sold by
Dealers eterj where, Wmitpd, agent to
take exclusive sale for this vicinity.
Viite at once
npnrvrnu mask
I Does This
2 The management of the J
J Equitable Lite Assurance SP
society in the Department of
the Carolinas, wishes to se- 2
core a few Special Resident y
Agents. Thoje who are fitted j
for this work will find this J
in
2 It is howevet, and those
x who succcedbest in it possess
$ character, mathrc judgment, &
2j tact, perseverance, and the I"
g respect of their community.
55 Think this matter over care-
fully. There's an . unusual
2 opening for somebody. If it
S fits you .it will pay you. Fur
ther information on request.
W. J. Roddey, Manner,
s kocx ran. a. k
. PROFESSIONAL. .
W. B. COUNCILLOR.
Attorney at La,v.
Boone, N, C.
W. B. C0UNC1LL. M. D.
Boone, N. C.
Resident Physician. Office
on Kins Street north of Post
Office.
J. P MW
MARION, N. C
-(G)-
Will practice in the court ol
Vatauga, Ashe, Mitchell, McDow
and all ither count hs in the
western district S6arSKi ia utten
tion given to the collection of
Ui.iiin?."
W. B. CounclU M. D. T. C. Blackburn.
Booue, N. C. Ziotmllo, N- C.
Councill & Blackburn,
Ptasicius & Surgeons.
" Calls attended at all
hours."
June 1, '93.
E. F. LOVILL. J. C. FLETCHER.
LOVILL & FLETCHER
ATIURMYSATXjAW,
. BOONE, N. C.
"Special attention given
to the collation of claims."
NOTICE.
Hotel Property for Sale!
On account of failing health
of myBelf and wife, I offer for sale
my hotel property in the town of
Rnnne. North Carolina, and will
ell low for cash and make terms
to suit the buyer, and will take
rertl or personal property m ex
change. Apply soon.
W. L. BltYAN.
FOR DYSPEPSIA,
IadJgnrtton, md Ptotoaeh dlmrrien, tike.
BROWN'S IHOX BITTERS.
AD dealer keep It, SI per bottle. Genuine has
to4e-iaai( mi creased red Uses ou wrapper.
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A Rare OppertMty
BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, N.
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From our Eegular Correspondent.
The rainbow which your
correspondent thought h e
saw through the clouds in
the democratic sky last week
was a mirage. There was a
rift in the clouds and sang
uine democrats thought the
rainbow was just behind and
thet the long storm was
over; that the sun was again
about to shinenpon a united
democracy. But even while
congratulations were being
exchanged the rift was closed
darkness again prevailed.
arid th storm demon was
again supreme in the black
and lowering clouds which
shroud the future of the dem
oc-i-a tic party
Secretary Cnrlijle was nat
urall.v disappointed that for
tv-odd democrats should
have joined with the Repub
licans and Populists to pre
vent his currency reform bill
from reaching a direct vote
in the House after it had
been approved by i demo
cratic cnucu., but he spent
no time in "crying over spi!
ed milk" he isn t that sort
of a democrat. On the con
trarv, he went l ight to work
to ascertain the reason for
llu't democratic opposition
and whether it was possible
f) overcome it. ilis iuvesti
gat ion encouraged him to be
lieve that a, currency bill can
.yet. be passed and he is now
engaged in perfecting it -n
exnect o to submit it to the
House committee in a fe
davs. DUfSiblv during tie
present week. This is a sufti
cient. answer tothenevv batch
of Wall Street rumors con
ccrning Secretary Carlisle's
resignation.
Democratic Senators area
so trying to arrange n cur
rencv reform bill that can be
passed, and the Senate Fi
nance committee, profiting
bv the experience of the
House Banking andN Curren
cy committee, which report
ed a bill before ascertaining
the sentiment of a majority
of the House towards it, will
report no bill until it agrees
upon one that is certain to
pass the Senate, if that is
possible.
Certain Senators are want
ing valuable time in trying
to defeat the appropriation
for the collection of the in
come tax. There is no prob
ability of their success, but
even if the appropriation
failed, the tax would still be
collected: the only difference
being that with the appropri
ation made the tax will be
easier collected. The sus
picion is gaining ground that
the real object is not to de
feat this appropriation 'but
to kill time and thus preent
other legislation.
The House Naval Commit
tee has informally agreed
that the building of the three
battleships recommended by
Secretary Herbert shall be
piovided for in the Naval Ap
propriatlon bill shortly to be
reported to the House.
Again pressure is being
brought to bear upon Presi-I
j t. m. ..,.1 r.n,l '
upeeial message to Congress,
urging the necessity for fi
nancial legislation at the
present session, but he ha
riotvet ?onsented to do so,
ecnuse he has not been con
vincfd that it would do any
good.
A number of minor officials
connected with the Land of
lice nin v soon find themselves
dropped from Uncle Sain'
pay i oil, because of their hav
ing engaged in a little scheme
to raise money to pay the ex
penses of a lobby which was
to try to defeat the legisla
tion necessary to carry out
Secret e. ry Sm i th's reco m men-
dation concerning changes in
the Land Office. The Secre
taiy has publicly shown his
diftaproval of the scheme,
which was only lately brou't
to his attention, and intima
ted that he thought .the
good of the service demand
ed the dismissal of those ac
tively engaged in working it
up.
How liUle it takes to build
up a Washington sensation
may be judged from somepeo
p!e seeing, or pretending to
see, in a dinner given to Jo-.
Jefffrson, the actor, by Secre
tary Lamont, a few evenings
ugo, a movement for a non
partisan financial bill in Con
gress, i lie only reason tor
such n belief was the attend
ance at the dinner of a num
ber of prominent republicans
and democrats, including Sec
retnr.v Carlisle, Attorney (ien
eral Olney, Chairman Wilson
Senator Hill and Represent!!
tive Everett among the dem
ocrats, and Ex-Speaker Reed,
Senators Morril Sherman and
Hawle among the repnbli
;ans. It seems a pity to de
stroy such an interesting sto
rv, but it can be stated upon
the very best authority that
the guests a t t his dinner were
as usual in such cases, in vi
ted because they were known
to be personal friends of the
guestyjf honor .Mr. Jeffer
sonand not with any idea
of making the dinner a fac
tor in the Congressional situ
ation.
A Treacher Sues For His Salary
There has been quite a sen
sation m church circles a
mong the colored population
here for some other time
Rev. D. L. Shadd was pastor
of the Baptist church, but
during the year he left the
Baptists and joined the Pies
bvterian church. At the
time he left the Baptist
church his membership owed
him $200 o n back salary.
For this amount Shadd en
tered suit against the church
authorities.
His members claimed that
they were under no obliga
tions to pay him, as he had
deserted them and left them
as it were a flock without a
shepherd. The case was call
ed last. Saturday and the
plaintiff was informed that
he would have to bring suit
against the individual mem
bers of the church. There are
115 defendants in the case,
and the outlook is that the
cost of making suit will be
more than the salary. Mon
toe Enquirer.
News and Obsever: This ia an
era of small men and peanut pol
ities. For proof, npply to Jeter
Pntchard and Mariou Butler.
THURSDAY
.."Principles Still in Obeyance."
News and Observer.
Step by Htep the Boss leads
those who follow him into the
Republican party. Last Au
gust he told the Populists
that it was necessary to ef
feet fusion with the Republi
cans in order to repeal the
election lnw. Later on, the
repeal of the present system
of county government was
given as a reas.m for put-
tirg their ''principles in obey
a nce'J till these things should
be secured. That was in Au
gust, September, October and
November.
Now the legislature is go
ing to repeal theelectionlaw,
and change the present sys
tem of county government,
When that is done, and But
ler elected to the Senate, it
ivas believed by the popu
lists, before theeleetion, that
Fusion would end, and the
priiii-iplea ''held in obeyance"
would come to the diu tace a-
gam.
In his speech in the joint
caucus however Mr. Butler
urged his followers tocontin
ue fusion, saying:
"This victory will be use
less it is followed by another,
for if Demi crats gel contro
they will pass such election
laws as to leave no vestige o
reform. Any man who
opposes this continuance of
fusion, does not do his duty
to his people and the State.
It must be continued to show
the Republicans that the Pop
ulists were not acting selfish
ly when they claimed the long
term in this fight, for next
time the Populists will give it
tb the Republicans."
In the sjtme tonespoke 'Me
too' PritchMi d:
"I agree lullv with Mr. But
ler that it would never do to
stop the co-operation (ight
now, but the thing to do is
to go hand in hand and whip
the Democrats in lbl)G."
Very good for Pritchaid.
iiV nnAwiiinli" fvil'.itj l?J
JJ-J Ml t LIUII 1 I v.o bill. I.V-
pubMwins the victory in '96.
But where do the Populists
come in for free silver, fifty
dollars per capita and other
"reforms."
It begins to look like the
leaders of the Populists have?
held their 'principles in obey
ance' so long that it will take
a search-warrant to fi n d
them.
Like fur Like.
In one of the mission chur
ches recently a good Christ
ian lady saw a rude looking
boy spit on the floor. She
very promptly reproved the
little fellow, and asked him if
he had not been taught bet
ter than that. "This," she
added, "is the Lord's floor,
and above all things you
ought not to spit on the
Lord's floor."
It cut the lad keenly, but
he remained sileut, leaning,
meanwhile, upon the shoul
der of another lad, who,
growing tired, asked him if
he could not find some other
place to lean.
Thp irood ladv. who had
been watching, asked the lad
whom she had rep'-oved if he
could not lean upon a bench
near by and give his friend a
rest.
"Nom'," he replied curtly,
"that's the Lord's bench."
C.
JANUAKY 24, 1895;
SEXATOB BUTLER.
The Popuiist and Republi
can joint caucus yesterday
nfternoon nominated Marion
Butler for the long term as
United States Senator, to
succeed Senator Ransom. He
is the editor of the Caucasian
and Presidentof the National
Farmer's Alliance, and Chair
man of the Stote Executive
Committee of the Populist
party. 1
Mr. Butler is a native of
Sampson county, and was
born in Ma v. 1863. He
graduated from the Uniyer
sity in the classof 1885. Ih
then taught school at Hunt
lev, Sampson county, and af
terwnrds became editor of
Caucasian. He pined the
Farmer's Alliance when it
was organized, and was Pres
ident of the County Alliance
In 1801 he was State Sena-
tor from Sampson, having
been elected as a Democrat.
He was chairman of the com
inittee that framed the Rail
road Commission law which
Mr. Ewart is now trying to
repeal. In August 1891, he
was elected President of the
State Alliance. He w.-is pres
ent as a delegate to the Dem
ocratic State Convention
that, nominated Governor
C.-irr. Shortly thereafter he
joined the new Populist, par
ty and presided over tin Pop
ulist. Convention that nomi
nated Exum for Governor.
In 1891. he was elected
president of the Nntioua
Farmer's Alliance.
He was married in August,
1.891, to Miss Florence Fni-
son, daughter of Capt. E. L
Faison, of Sampson county.
He will be elected by the
combined Populist and Re
publican vote on Tuesday of
next week to a six years
term in the r United States
Senate, beginning on the
fourth of March. He is the
youngest man ever ehcted
from North Carolina'
Senator Jeter rrittiliard,
Jeter C. Pritcbard, of Mad
ison county, was nominated
by the Republican caucus
last night, to fill out Vance's
t'l'in.
He is a native of Tennesse;
served his time as in appren
tice in a printing office; work
ed at the case in Bnkersville.
N- C; became a revenue offi
cer; read law arid wus admit
ted to the bar; has served in
the r.egiidatnre; was the Re
publican candidate for Gov
ernor in 1888, and for Con
gress in 1890, both times be
feated. He is about thirty-seven
years old, Is a strong and
aggressive Republican par
tisan, and had the active as
sistance of Butler in the 2on-
test.-Aeir.s- and Observer.
Morgauton Herald : ThR
inonazite business is creating
considerable stir now, and
especially in our county.
Burkp is the center o f the
monazite district, and most
of the buyers make Morgan-
ton headquarters. Gentle
men from Dresdon, Quebec,
New York and many other
cities have been here lately
prospect ingnnd buying. This
bids fair to be u source of
revenue tor those of our peo
ple who own ironarite.
NO. 12.
A Daniel Come to Judgment,
onesville Virginian '
Party gods diques and
'arnily rings have become so
burdensome on the two old
parties that principles are
lost sight of. And Purely if -
ever there was a time in the
history of a country when
sign-boards of political h.-ir-
otry werf an. offence to com
mon decericy, or a people on
he face of the earth who
could rightfully becaltedlaek
eys or grooms of vultures,
that time is now and that peo
pie the inhabitants ' of this
country. Surely from the bow
els of perfidy the birth of a
monumental incubus has a
bout finished its expectora
tions, and the ashes of Hen
ry VIII turned green with en-
vy, while the shades of Jef
ferson, Sumner, - Clay ana
Lincoln shudder with horror
at the decadence of Ameri
can principles. Where are the
patriots of old? Thegold-god
has emaculated them a 1 1.
Where are the rail-splitters,
the canal-drivers, the sons of
the poor and the toiling at
Washington? Echo answers
where! The country ia regal
ed day after day with the wind
bags of oratory, and the bal
loon nations of gold gamb
lers and bank shylocks, while
the wail of poverty echoes
throughout the country. And
where standeth the tune ser
ving press call free during all
this? It only serves the be
hests of rings and cliques.
e editors c f the laud who
dare stand up and say they
a re free to write their honest
thoughts are few. As for the
'Virginian' and her household
she expressly reserves to her
self from the beginning of
this new year the privilege of
saying and thinking as she
likes.
Snaps from the Messenger.
Sarah Iiamliardt hai made In
acting in twenty -seven years over
one million ol dollars. '
Seventy-five lowans have just
settled in Arkansas, and fitty
eight Belgians have gone to far
ming in Mississippi.
Lawyer McClure, of N. Y., re
ports that Jay Gould's aggrega
ted wealth is 180,934,580.79 less
some dftbts.
So the Soiiee U af- U'gorheads
over the cu reify q io.-'aon :vul
can do nothing. Then Congress
should go home and "rst from
its labors."
' Quay is helping Hill rigt
income tax. The N, Y. World bus
written Up Quay's rascalities, and
has shown how he is a heavy de
faulter to Pennsylvania,
Corbett says he wants to fight
Fitzsimmousjust for the pleas
ure of licking him. The negro
Jnckson challenges Corbett. but
the latter pays no attention to
it.
Philadelphia, like larger New
York, is an expensive city to live
in. The estimates ror tne munic
ipal government for 1895 are
$33,000,000. That is. a grrat
sum for a city lor one year of
?oine 1,200,000 inabitants.
We failed to note the fact at
the oroner time that the Gaato-
nia Gazette had passed its 15th
mile-board, aud is now beginning
its 16th year of uBemiutss. May
15 vr ars more of prosperity be
all Jtted to this newsy little, jour
nal, and a long lite to i'.h hnst
ling editor. . .
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