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AV ABLE SHYER ARGUMENT.
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(Continued from last week.)
Attain 'Cms' points uh to the
condition of Mexico na a nilvr r
atamUrd country; Nj thing
could be more importune for
him than a cornpni-itmn with
Mpxico. The Mexican Minis
ter at Washington in. a re
wot,; paper published in th
jhojvm, says that Mexico
waV never in all 'of its history
in a more prosperous condi
tion than now; that they
have not felt the panicnt all;
that it recent progress has
been phenominal and wonder
ful. So says the President of
the Mexican Central railroad.
Hea.vg the railroads are all
plying dividend a. s u r e
sign of the prosperity of the
eoDle
So we see that 'CivisVMex
lean racket won't work. The
shoe is on the other foot. But
here is a proposition that
cannot be denied. Every coun
try that has adopted a' single
gold standard, ha for years
been passing through a n
od of doep depression, mark
ed by falling prices, sociaUm
rest, industrial disturbances,
emphasized by violent pan
ics. This condition did not
fxist prior to 1873, bat be
gan immediately thereafter,
and with occasional tempo
rary rallies, has lasted until
'this day.
But fhey tell us thn t we ca n
wot resume the free coinage
without! he agreement and co
operation of the other great
nations. Did our fathers con
salt England when they made
on first coinaire laws? We
pnsume not. They establish
ed an American standard of
silver and gold, thesilver dnl
lar being the unit of value.
Why consult England now ?
She has been a gold standard
country for over eighty years
ard in all that time, up to
1873. she was not able to
1 if credit or deprive silver of
its money qualities equal, and
sometimes superior to gold.
This is a great country, and
fully able to dictate to the
world in many tilings. It is
vast in extent and vast in
population, with an internal
commerce of perhaps five
thousand millions of dollars
annually, and if our govern
ment would decree that sil
ver should have free and un
limited coinage at our mints,
and should be a legal tender
for all debts both public and
private, the different; in the
bullion value of the two met
als tUuild disappear like mist
before the rising sun. The
reason for this assertion, is
plain. The chief function of
silver in all ages has been for
use as a money metal, while
this function attached to it
;whs always and undernll cir
cumstances, equal or above
gold in value, at its ratio.
Take away this function and
of course yon destroy its val
ue to a great extent; restore
to it its righttul power, and
of course you destroy its val
'.ue t a great extent, restore
to it its rightful power, and
you restore its value.
This is the mission of the
democratic party. Just in
the ratio that it has repeal
ed the p?rnHous legislation
of the republican ; party the
country has shown signs of
recovery. The blight of the
McKinley tariff law. has been
removed, (faring the continu
a nee of which the wages of la
borof wages of labor -went
steadily lower and lower, not
one single advanceofanycou
sequence during fair years.
Now look what the Wilson
bill has done for the laboring
man in less than one year.
Over three hundred thousand
men have had their wages
raised from ten to forty per
cent. They said it would ut
terly ruin the laboring peo
ple. Look at the result. Thjey
said that the fires would go
out in the furnaces, and des
olation wi.uld brood like a
destroying angel over the en
tire land. But instead, we
the most remarkable ac
tivity in all branches of man
ufature. The free coinage
of silver will send prosperity
hack also among the farmers
and producers; raise the pri
ces of cotton, wheat, tobacco
and stock, and aft and irtiv
ity would quiver all through
the entire land.
The democratic party i s
pledged to this by all of its
tradition and all of its utter
ances. Let us no falter be
cause of different views held
by men in hiu.1i places, gtick
to the old landmarks. Let
our conventions declare for
free coinage in no uncertain
sounds. Nomina te candid ales
who will carry out the will of
the people. Then put ear to
the ground and listen ro the
trampling of the legions; put
your finger on. the.; public
pulse and observe the heart
beats of the mighty host of
the common people. The
great West and North-west,
as well as the great Central
agricultural States, are wait
mg to fall into the democrat
ic column, if they will make
their platforms according to
democratic principles.
Let us follow' the example
of North Carolina's great a
postle of liberty and equali
ty, that great tribune of the
people, Zebulon Baird Vance,
who stood faithful among the
failhless, and who, with bur
nished armor and glittering
ammeter, stood within the
very portals of p3ver. and
with his latest breath, fought
the good tight for the rights
of trie people.
Boone, July 16. '95.
Kenneth Bazernoor had the
good fortune to receive a
small bottle of Chamberlains
Colc, Cholera and Diarrhoea
Remedy when three" members
ot his "family were sick with
disentery. This one small
bottle cured them all and he
had some left which'he gave
to Geo. W. Baker, a promi
nent merchant of the place,
Lewiston, N. C, and it cured
him of the same complaint.
When troubled with dysente
ry, diarrhoea, colic or chol
era morbus, give this reme
dy a trial and you will be
more than pleased with the
result. The praise that nat
urally follows its introduc
tion and ue has made it
very popular. 25 and 50 cent
bottles for sale by all drug
gists.
The railroads in North Car
olina pay taxes on f 24,500,-000.
Children Cry for
Pitcher's Castorla.
The Slraan of the Deelaratfai fit 4
peadenea U Haiti Carallaa.
Jhe three signers of the De
claration of Independence
from North Carolina were
William Hooper, a lawyer, of
Wilmington; Joseph Hughes,
of Edenton, a merchant and
imporrerj'and John Penn, a
lawyer, of Granville.
Until 1893, there was not
a picture of either of these il
lustrious men in North Caro
lina.'purypnth had no means
of knowing what ''manner of
men" they were, and history,
in regard to the n, was so si
lent that their names were
fast sinking into forgetful
ness. -Judge Schenck became
much interrested in burnish
ing up their biographies and
familiarizing the people of the
State, with their liyes, and
showing their connection
with the grandest and no
ble t act of mankind, not ex
cepting the Magna Carta
which the English barons ex
torted from the King of Eng
land. Hewashnxious him
self to see what character
God had written in their fa
cfs,Hnd whether their coun
tenances beamed with the
consciousness of superiority
and greatness.
The first inquiry of candor
and innocence in regard tci
great men is "who does he
look like ?"
With these desires burning
in his heart, Judge Schenck
visited Independence Hall in
Philadelphia in December '93
where he found the fine por
traits of Hooer and Hewes,
painted in oil, life size, bust
pictures. In this quaint old
hall so dear and sacred to
every American citizen ot in
telligence there is a gallery
where the poi traits of t h e
signers were col'ected. Judge
Schenck at once had cabinet
photos of Hooper and Hewes
made and after framing them
handsomely they were placed
in the mnseum of the Guil
ford Battle Ground Compa
ny. Diligent search was made in
every direction for some pic
cure of John Penn, but no
traceofanyconhi.be found,
though he was a wealthy gen
tlemi'n, and in colonial times
it was one of the first duties
of those :ho were able to
have a picture of ih tinsel ves
painted to be handed" down
with their estates to their
posterity.
The search had to be nban
doned, but a strict watchout
for information or discovery
was kept rip and now that
dilligence is rewarded.
The ' Spirit of 76" a mag
azine published under the au
spices of the Sous ot the Rev
olution, in its June number,
published an engraving con
taining a group of the sign
ers of the declaration, and n
mong them is John Pen.n, a
clear cut face, distinctively
marked and from which an
oil portrait can be easily
painted.
The collection was made by
John Lyth, No 11, Nev
Chambers st re at, New York
city, an artist and engraver.
He has the group on card
boara forsale. JudgeSchenck
wa8soniewhat dubious about
the authenticity of the pic
ture, but utter considerable
correspondence w 1 1 h Mr.
Lyth he is satisfied that it is
genuine. Mr. Lyth procured
it from a book published in
New York in 1840, which con
tained biographies of the
signers. Penn's picture was
a wood cut, one well execu
ted. JudgeSchenck will now fall
back on his patriotic' o I d
friend and co adjutor, David
L. Clarke to have an oil por
trait oL ljenn made. Mr.
Harke is a noble old Roman
n i over three score and ten
but full of firo and enthusi
asm yet. He Is one of t h e
founders and builders of the
Guilford Battle Ground Com
pany, whose brush und easel
have marked every step of
its history.
It may not De generally
known that the mortal re
mains of Hooper and Penn
have now been removed to
Guilford Battle Ground. The
resting place of Hughes has
bden lost in the changes and
convulsions ot time. Ex.
WISE WORDS.
Ram's Horn.
An acorn is bigger than a
saw log.
The wounds made by a
friend never Val.
Thoinsgrow fast while a
lazv.inan sleeps.
Behind the shadow there
is always light.
Half-hearted service is the
coward's tribute.
The more we bve the more
we can see to love.
Some people have more rep
utation than character.
The man who has gold for
his master wears iron fetters.
To-moriow is the fool's
seed time. To-day is the time
to doi'
All other eyes are full of
beams to the man who has a
mote in his own eye.
A mistake is sure to attract
attention where a virtue
would be overlooked.
The poorest man is not the
one who has the least, but
the one who wants the most.
Tnere is more help in an
ounce of encouragement than
there is in a ton of good ad
vice. A happy heart is worth
more anywhere than a pedi
gree running back totheMay
flower.
The fellow who is doing
nothing himself is sure to
complain that nobody eise is
doing euough.
The only reason why we do
not see the face of truth ev
erywhere is because we live
too low down.
Eloquence may sometimes
provoke righteous indigna
nation, but it can not pro
duce righteousnes of lifes.
Judge Ewart had the edi
tor of the A8heville Citizen
arrested for contempt cf
court, because he criticised
the judge's decision in remov
iug the Summer case to Hen
dersonvill.e Jndge Ewart is
one of the fusion judges and
has u circuit in the courts of
which only critriinal cases are
tried.
XI SELF DEFENSE,
An item in the nature of a mod
est garden note that recently ap
peared in this paper has caused
the vitriolic jealousy of the Ral
eigh "XewH and. Observer" and
the Watauga Democratf'to up- j
cork itself and come down on our
devoted head like the wolf on the
fold. J With ill-disguised envy the
Raleigh sheet admits that this
editor "has learned a thing or
two" "has not tended his little
patch and played farmer all these
many vears for nothing," while
the Boone Soomer with lofty air
and supercilious sneer alludes to
our innocent Edenic industry es
the "truck business" and calls
our modest garden note a "crop
bulletin."
We know it's our vineless pcta
to that stirs your gull, but the
vineloBs potato is a living, grow
ing, reality with roots to it, and
it's here to stay. And more than
that now curb your ineflwtual
ragewe have the "white black
birry," as genuine a blackberry
as ever was, only it remains
white until it ripens into a gol
den lump of luscious wine-sacks,
an aureate aggregation of hon
eyed cells bursting with ambrosi
al fullness, the very nectared de
lerium of liquified sweetness and
light. It's no joke. Tne vineless
potato is here, the white black
berry is here. .
Iryou are left, say so like men
and make our arrangements for
seed. Don't sit in the seat of the
scornful. It farmer Daniels will
now go too and lenm a thing or
two he may possibly effect an ex
change of advertising space next
spring for potato slips, vineless
potato slips, to take the place of
the potatoless vines. As to ob
server Dougherty up in the head
quarters of winterdom, he will
have enough to do to hold down
that Dragmatical weather bu
reau ot his every spring and sum
mer and keep it from bursting
stays and frost-biting this land
of the potato and the vine the
white blackberry vine. If he does
not, then only moonshine will be
his portion the rest of his dayp;
he'll not know the fine Falerniau
flavor of the goldeu life of our
white blackberry.
Though the scorner may swer
at and the witling defame tliein,
there's nothing the mutter with
our potatoes and . blackberries.
The leaves of the vineless crop
are now richly purple with a
promise of an abundant harvest
of tubers, while our bl lckbr.rry
boughs, drooping and swaying
in the sun-light 'neath their rich
ly yellow fruit-burden, are gold
bsaringJiiiBtitutions thai throw
all the weight of their example
and influence against 6 to 1.
What re:k we if you do swoop
down like the wolf on the fold, so
long as the cohorts of our gar
nen are thus gleaming wit purple
and gold lGastonin Gazette.
My boy was taken with a
disease resembling bloody
flux. The first thing f thought
of was Chamberlain's Colic,
Cholera and Diorrhoea Kenn
edy. Two doses of it settled
the matter ami cured h i in
sound and well. I heartily
recommend this remedy to
all persons'suffering from a
like complaint. I will answer
any inquiries regarding it
when stamp is inclosed. I re
fer to any county official as
to my reliability. W. Uoaeh
J. P., Frimroy, Campbell Co
Teun. For sale by ail drug
gists. Allen Advance: What this coun
try wants is a bichloride of
squareness spirted into the veins
of halt the population that will
make them pay their debts like
men, instead of sneaking around
the corners to avoid meeting
their creditors.
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W. L. Douglas $3 & KStca
All our ihoet are equally satisfactory ,
Tf fy th hmt vita for tb hit. .
WOCKTOIUUM. .
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if your dealer cannot supply youwt u Sold by
roa i to S t Mvrd avir other i
Dealers everywhere, WantN, treat to
tike exclusive -gale for tbli vfalafljr
Write at oaec.
Docs This
HitYois?
The management of Iho
Equitable Life Assurer.
SodetV in tin" TVnnrl-mpfit nf ?
the Carolina, wishes se- ?
9 cure a few Special Resident
J Agents. Those who are fitted
9 for this work will find this
5 A Barn AnnArfnnUTr
x Ufa aw, however, and those 2
S who succeed best in it possess j?
z character, mature judgment,
x tact, perseverance, and the Z
x respect of their community, x
x Think this matter over care
x fully. There's an unusual
x opening for somebody. If it
x fits you, it will pay you. Fur- x
Z ther information on request, x
I W. J. Roddey, Manager,
X Rock Hill, S.C '
PROFESSIONAL.
VV. B. COUNCILL, Jit.
Attorn f.y at La it.
Boone, N. C.
W. B. COUNCILL, M. I).
Boone, N. C.
Resident Physician. Office
on King Street north of Post
Office.
J. F HOltPIIIsW.
A110RNEY Al LAW
MARION, '-- v.
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Will practice in the courts c
Vatnuga, Asho, Mitch II, McDowl
nnds.1l Hlier counties in the
western district l"Spicial atten
Mori given to the collection o
laime."
W. B. Coimclll M. 0. T. C. Blackburn.
Boone, N . C. Zionrillc, C.
Counill & Blackburn,
Physicias & Siiraans.
oarCalls cttended at all
hour8.JG3&
June 1, '93.
E. F. LOV1LL. .1. C. PLKTCHEK
LflVILL & FETGHEB.
ATTUriXbYSAT-LAW,
nooxi;. n. '
t&Swcjn I tteirth: r i:
to the rolletion ofchiim-
OJ'.umt'Mlala'B By? anl Skin Clak--' -In
a certain cure for Chroaic Poro b; -Granulated
Eye Lids. Bore Kittles. Faea,
Eczema, Tetter, Salt Rheum and &ald Head,
25 cents per box. For sale by druggists.
TO EOXaBOWNXBS.
For putting a hone in a fine henUtiy con-
ditioo try Dr. Cady1! Condition Towdera.
They tone up the system, aid digestion, cure
Ices of appetite, reliere constipation, correct
tew life to an ok' or orer worked horse. 25
cents per packagr. r or sale by druggist.
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FOR OlIPEPfTA,
IadlKwrion, and Stomach dlirrtlm, take -BROVKK
IRON BITTKKS.
All dealen k-i: 1 1t, fl per bottle. OcouiiMbae
teda-mask "1 created red Unesoa wrai
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