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m"""""""""""""""""""""-".".' t '"'. l ..t The WataagaDemourat lhuwlaj :Mfir. 21,1805 We have given our renders ' on this page a loufc sketch of he doings of the. legislature tuken from the News and Ob- server, ami we ask that each of them peruse it carefully, and then hand to some neigh bor who may profit by read ing it. This has been the most remarkabir session of the Legislature since that of 1868-69 While it has soun ded the death knell of the Re publican and "opulist par ties, yet we feel chagrinned and hnmilinted over it. Any citizen ought to be proud of "the law makers of bis State, no matter what party is in power, if their actions justify it, but there is no denying the .fact that all parties of o n r . State feci ashamed and hu initiated over the action of .our late Legislature. All fair minded republicans denounce and. condemn many of the efforts to enact laws made by the Fusion crowd. During the campaign we were told that the Democrats had been very extravugant in various aj propria tions, and some of us believed that it was true. No ticeably the appropriation to fhe State University and the Western Asylum. These ap propriatious have been left the same, and in many other instances an increase has been allowed. The late Leg islature has increased the a- mount of appropriations o ver $100,000 above the last 'Democratic Legislature. The only reduction that has been made was for the s t a t troops, and this seems to ba ve been done for partisan ends. The negro element of the State has been aroused by the success of the Ilepnb lican party, and we may ex pect race troubles in many parts of the State and no doubt we will need the State troops more than ever. We look upon the present as anything but favorable in cur State, but we trust that . i everytning will ne peace ful and quKt. But in read ing the speech of Judge Rus sell to fflarge crowd of ne groes in Wilmington .assem-. . bled there to receive him on his return from Raleigh after the adjournment, shows the temper of both speaker and negroes. Thebrother in black is extensively aroused on pol itics and this arousement gen ernlly leads to violence and hatred to white people. The Legislature tailed to pass the Codecommission bill and our young friond Spen cer Blackburn, of Jefferson, is left out in the cold. Spen cer is young and can wait. It is sad to hear of Capt. Buck Kitchen falling outside of the tusion Breastworks on the penitentiary reorgan ization bill. Buck was to get t'he position of boss, but the bill failed to pass for want of a quorum. Poor old Buck. Ewart and Cox were elect--ed by the LegislatureasJudg es for the new criminal courts but Gov. Carr stopped that Tsnrewd little game by nppoin ting Mears and Jones as the judges. So Ewart and Cox : are not yet presiding and may be never, will be. Nearly all the State Sena tors got a soft easy place by the fusion party, except our own Senator Fa rtliingv Per haps Wiley was Joo modest ;to pnh himself forward. EETltFNCHJIENT AND REFORM. News and Observer. .... The legislature, which would still be in session if the Fa siorrmnjotity had not gone home when the pay stopped. was elected upon the distinct platform of retrenchment and reform. Evtry speaker on the Fusion ticket told the people that the democrats had been ivickedly extravagant, and that, in these" days of four and five cent cotton, every appropriation and all sala ries and fees ought to be cut in proportion to the fall in the price of cotton since the salary or fee was established bylaw. The favorite campaign at gument was along this line: "The farmers get less prices for their prod vets than ever, but the salaries and fees of the State and county officers are at the same figures as when cotton brought tenant! twelve c flits. There ought to Ie a scaling down of salaries and fees just in proportion to the reduction in the price of farm products. The Super intendant of the Penitentia ry and President of the Uni versity get f 2.500 a year. Cotton has gone down" one half. Their salaries ought to be cut just half in two. This ought to be carried out in ev ery institution and depart ment of government. It is nothing but fair that the office-holders should feel the pinch of hard timesas well as the farmers." This was the argument and the pledge of retrenchment and reform was mad on ev ery" stump and in every "Re fawm" paper in the State. The people were suffering from low prices of crops, and and as the Democrats did not promise to cut down every body and everything, thepeo fle. in their depression, vot ed with the party that prom is ed to slush right and left. . The Legisluture has adjourn ed and the people will look to see whether the promises made were fulfilled. They were promised lower taxes. In stead of decreasing the taxes this Legislature increased the rate from cents, levied by the "extravagant Demo crats," to 45 cents on ev ery $100 worth of property This is the increase in the tax on personal and real property, but the Legisla ture did not stop with this increase, but hunted up new ways to raise revenue in or der to meet the new expendi- turescreated. They baveeven gone to the widows, who take boarders to support their children, and taxed them 50 cents on every bed. The coun tiy doctors, who practice largely among the poor and neither get or expect reward, are compelled to pay ten dol lars a year for the privilege. They are required to pay the same that is demanded of the richest city doctors. These are some of the ways the pledges to taxation were ful filled, i How did they curry out their promises to cut down appropriations, salaries and fees to the basis of five cent cotton? . 1. By establishing two new criminal circuits, which are not needed and were not wan ted except by office.' seekers. The cost ot these new c i-r euits cannot be ascertained in advance. Smith, of Gates, estimates thnt theyi. would COHt 1104,000. '.. K: 2. By electing three in :e w magistrates, in' every twn- BIIIJJ III lilt OlMir, UUHJIie Ui whom is needed or desii-.d hv.. .'the people. There are 1 ,107 townships 'in .the tftate. It will rout $7.50, at a low cal cnlHtioi to furnish each new magistrate the Code," Laws, docket books, etc. This will give 2,501 new magistrates, At $7 50 each, theextHMiseto the State will be $26,932.50, This is an utterly useless ex pense and was made purely for partisan ends. . 3. Fusion candidate for the Legislature were encour aged, immediately atter tle election, to contest the seats of the memliers elected, and us a result of this advice, there were inorecontests this Tear than ever before. The Legislature this ye.ir appro priated" 3,262.37for thisun neressary fx pense. In addi tion to this expenditure, un usual expense was incurred to investigate alleged elec tion frauds in Eastern coun ties, . 4. Aeommitteeofthreewns authorized t sit during rv cess and examine ii'to the case of Mrs. Puttie D. B. Ar rington, who alleges that the lawyers and the Judges have injured and defrauded her. There is no limit it. the Sill to the expense this commit tee may incur. They are au thorized to employ necessa ry clerical help, send for pel sons and papers, requite at tendance of witnesses, etc. This is a wholely indefensible expenditure. If the legisla ture should employ this meth od of determining the rights of litigants, it would involve an expense of a hundred mill ion dollars' a year. It is a bad precedent, and could not have passed any Legislature that hud an ounce of wisdom. If Mrs. Arriagton has been wronged, the conrtsare open to her. If the Judges are cor rupt, they shoild bei in peach ed. But to authorize a com mittee of incompetent Fusion ists, with no limit on the ex pense, to investigate and re port to the SnpremeCourt.is a piece of folly never equall ed, and is, besides being ex pensive, an unjust reflection upon the bar and bench of the State. 6. The Legislators brought their sons, nephews, telatives and other dependents to Ral eigh and quartered them on the Treasury to such an ex tent that the expense of this Legislature has cost the State about five thousand dollars more than the last one which we declared then to have been too expensive. 7. There ere .various other ways in which ne and un wise departures in squander ing public money were inau gurated to which we shall hereafter allude. Are you all tired out, do you have that tired feeling or sii'k headache? You can be relieved of all these by taking Hood's SarsaparilLi. No bod j is better pleased than we are that our incap able f possum hunting Legis lature hhs adjourned neer to meet again, to afflict and disgrace the State. Of course we do not mean that all the members were a set ot pig mies and rascals, for there were honorable men of all parties in the crowd, who could not help bad legisla tion. It is very evident, how ever, that a number ''of. the members were ignorant raw material and could be shap ed to suit the leaders in all their partisan movements. There is hope of the country however, when the honest1 men of all parties condemn such legislAtioll. .' Inmaa' in i ApprpriuVum by i lie hte Lis'ainn. j Raleigh Asylum increase j 8.029,41.' Morgauton As.v ! lam increase $8,000.( Eas Item Hospital increase 13, 50().i Deaf rind: Dumb at iMorgnnton increase 21, 500. r Penitent iary increase ; $24,000. Normal and . In dustial school 23.50'U A. and M. College at Raleigh $30 000. Colored Nor nr a I schools $5,000; making it to tal increase $133,528. The following is amount of decrease. Soldiers Home de crease $2,000. Oxfoid Asy lum decrease $3,000. State (iuard decrease $20,000. . These flgutes showan in crease of $108,529 over' our lat Democratic Legislature, It is proper for us to note that heretofore the appro priation made of $10,000 to the State University for re. pairs has been left oft by the late Legislature as there was no further need of it as all the repairs were complet ed. So ihere will tie $10,000 save 1 in this itam, whieh will make our increase of taxes by this great reform Legisla ture onlv $98,528, now add the amount for the Confeder ate to the above which is $10,000 and we still have the $108,528.- We have gaimd all this by having a fusion Legislature to make our laws How many more of the kind do we need? Especially when cotton is 4 cents and horses and mules onlv worth about half wht they formerely bronuht and can't be sold at that. Dr. John A. 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Hood' Ptllsavt lly, yet preapUr aad cteuUi, oa the IWef aad bwwels. at. MONEY LOAN ED. LOCAL REPRESENTATIVES WANTED. Our system affords an opportu nity to borrow on either person al or real estate feecurity; The plan is superior to I5uil(Jipf? and Lqan Associations, rheamonnt borrowed may be returned in monthly payments without bo qub, with interest at, 5 per cent, per annum, it affords absolute m enritv to inventors, with a rona. onabie guarantee of an annual dividend of from 8 to 10 percent. we desire to secure the services of energetic representative men in every community to act as Local (secretaries. 1 ne position will be sufficiently remunerative to am ply compensate for servicesi If you possess the above qualifies, tions write for particulars. Full information regarding our sys tem of making loans as well ns investments'and ngeucies Hill be furnished bv ad)re8sinp S. 8. Robertson, President. 122 Wul nnt Street, Pliiladelphia. ' Jau. 10, '&5. 5 Bulk khI iM tmtMor to jwcJratf md. 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Cigars. Cigarettes Ma U lies, many other thkigk too tedi- ous to mention iu n . b,jsmall:Hd' TkWI alst keep n good line of Doiuestie Med Li ties.' As I am . willing to "tot" fair with my neighbors I on ly ask fojr Htvl xpeci' a part of yonr tradet .: , When you are at the1 Rock' Come to ste my &o ds and yon will ne ver repret it. Very Respettf'ully, Y ur Old 'RifiND. J. II. (ihfftffjfilA Blowifjg P.oek, Feb. 6. vil NOTICE OF PL' BL1 CAT 10 X. North Carolina, Watauga coun ty, in the Superior. E. It. Miller vs. J. Jr. oteelman.- . ; The defendant in the above en1 titM action having been sum moned to appear at Watawrn Superior court and put in th sheriff's hands for service and he making his return aslollows viz. "Dilligentsenreh madeJ. F. Steel man not found in my county." Now, therefore, by virtue of an order for publication the defend ant in above entitled action will take notice that he is to appear at Watauga Superior court, the name N-ing the 29th of April. '95 atid H.imver eouiplnintof jlaintiff where said plaintiff claims of de fendant the Hiirn ot $180.00 with interetit ut t)alance of purchased money on a tract, of land pur chased of plaintiff rind lying in Afhe county. Herein take notice nnd tail not. This March 21 ,'95. E.B.MHLEU Prfff,: ' KHOJVj S'n k - - ..... 2 If wm DAVIS, HILL AND CO., A8HMG10N,D.V. Do feu Went Money? "Honey Sayed ls 7 : Money Made." o.. Owing to a recent .thauge in our business, that is, from the "Old Time" credit svs tern to a . ,, CASH BASIS We are qble to offer y o u A R RUCKLE'S Ct'FFEE . at.24 et per lb.; Good green -offee at. 20 cts. er lb ; Extra 'C'Bjgar at 16 ft, to the dollar; good, heavy, domestic at 7 cts per yard. We have lust received fMl cases of geiit's mid Mie's shoes, and will elj thei iat priceM o suit the buyer. Cull and see us and we tviVl save you money, ' JOHNSON EDMIHTE.N A CO Itlowikg Rock, Dec 12, 1894, " x-, BY IHBLATION ! .1529 Arch St, Phlladelpbli,' P. . For Consumption". 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