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VOL. IX.
BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, N. C, THUKSDAW JANUARY 7. 1897,
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' wt7 AO IIINQTON LETTER
Cv.wi.attf titular Cftrreipondent.
,a .' Confess hot being in nek
' ! flion, the tariff bar on h who
, wfro in and around the Ways
and Mean wnimiftefj room
nt Jj8 CrtplotJ J10 Mr.
awociHtes on t he com mittee
todrty begon the public hear
ioffH upon the newral sched-
; plea of the proponed new
, Dingtey fat iff bill,, were the
; wijiW of ittrartion. The
. riwtedttle upciin Hiieh today'H
y hf?erin?B were "based waathat
embracing spirits, wines and
other bevras. TM Repub-
. lionnn had expected that th
South would be largely repre
sented among those -asking
for favors under this sched
ule, but thev were disappoin
ted. The next 6chedules'to
v be taken up will tie that of
' j. cotton goods followed by
D that on sugar and molasses.
THfrf teems to,b gener-
ai oiHUivnuon ro misunner
' Ptand. Up isMie rainel be
tWeeh "(Jo ngreps iind the Pre
ident by Secretary Olney
,v when he said that the Presi
dent would not obey a joint
jk. resolution even if it paused
over his veto, directing him
t. reognize the independence of
Cuba, because the President
alone hid the right to de
cide such questions. It is not
contended by the Senators
who will oppose Secretary 01
nv'a nositioivthat the Pres
'ideut has uot the right torec
ognizeu new slate without
reference to Congress; on the
contrary they treely concpde
bim that right. They cla;m,
however, that a joint resolu
tion of Congress when it be
comes a law, whether by or
O dinary methods or by being
adopted by a two-thirds vote
over the President's veto, i
just as .binding upon t h
President ns any other law
In other words, that while
the t President may exercise
his discretion as to recogni
tion in the absence of Con
gressbnal action, It is In the
power of two-thii ds of Con
gress to compel him to obey
its behests, in recognizing the
independence of a new stale,
' well as in a ny thing else,
Tbe claim that Congress wish
ed to deny the President's
0 right to act independent o
it in recognizing a uew state
has been put forward to mud
Tdle the question. The quea
J tion will not be settled soon
' anyway, as the Cameron res
oluiion for the recognition o
Cuba hasn't the slightes
a show to set through the
House, and will be fought
stoutly in the Senate.
The announcement
thSt
Representative and Senator
elect Money, of Miss., who is
a member of the House Com
mitten on Foreign 'Affairs
Congressional recess to go
to Cuba for the purpose
making a personal investiga
tion of the situation, hascaus
ed much gossip in Washing-
i ton. While everybody knows
that Mr. Money means wel
these Is a disposition to ro-
Qirret the publicity which has
7 been given to his trip, De
5r c iuse it looks like a reflection
upon our state Department
and its agents in Cuba.
Confidential agents of the
Wanamakerand the rhoate
senatorial booms have been
working on the friends of Mc-
ECinley in order to get him to
throw his influence on their
side. But they have nosu3
ceeded. While there is little
oubt that most of the ong-
inal McKinley r.en would
ratnersee wanaraaKer snt
to the Senate from Pa. than
Quays man Penrose, who, by
the way, is b6ing suoported
I 1.1 XT-i! 1 Ant I I
u.y iue uuuuai a. r. A. Hnn
Choate ele(rted Senator fr m
New York instead of Piatt,
but they cannot see a good
enough chance for either to
win to advise MiKinley to
k I
ake a stand that wouid
make Quay and Piatt the o-
pen enemies of his tiflminis-
tration.
Hon. Wm. S. Helman, of
nd., whose familiar face and
rigid vihws on government e-
conotny nave been missed
rom i ne present nquse nas
een elected a member of tbe
uvxi, iiiiu in HKiitfUHieruniiuu
j. i. i : .J..
han evr to live up to the
reputation he made as the
watch dog of the Treasury"
When the republicans take
the first step towards an in-
roaseofextravngancebythe
introduction f a"new tariff
Jill, at theextra session, that
. . i
will furnish more money to
A 1
e spent, it is the purioe ol
Judge Hellman to make a
speech, in which if he cannot
revent extravagance, he will
at least attempt to make it
leur to the people that itex
ists under present expendit
ures: he will alsoendeavor to
show that the expendituies
of the government should
not exceed ?350,000,000 a
year, and mat u tney were
reduced to that amount the
present tariff would produce
an anurtl surplus of f 100,000
000 which could bo applied
to the reduction oi the bond-
- .1
ed debt.
The Pacific railroad lobby
ists are so uneasy about the
prospect of the funding bill
to come up in the House Jan.
7th that they have followed
T- . A .
uepresentativesoucoi lown
in oroer to talk to them in
favor of the bill during the
recess. Th minonent8ofthe
bill are also active, and the
four days it will be under dis
cii8ion in the House are not
at all likely to be dull.
Ki Gudger made a speech
in Asnevuie Monday nigiu,
aft M
and in giving an account of
his peregrinations through
the State, said that "enough
Populists would loin the ue
publicans tomsurePritchard
election.'' Note, the language
enough Populists would join
the Republicans." lhat is
tnesizeotit. As ropuusts
they can not support Pntch
.If they support him,
thev must -join the RppnWi
cans." Happier language nas
not been use 1. News and Ob
server.
The populists demand, as a
rule, that a member of thfir par
ty be uent to the Penate to suc
ceed Pritchard. All we outsiders
have to do is simply wait and see
hnur fcha pat will inmn' at f. h
last moment. If Butler wants a
Populist Senator, there is every
chance for Pntchard to be laid
onmesnen. xour correspondent
RntW. nowfir.-Kalriffh Corre
ponaent to Mtssenger.
. . r o
Amerietld Saaphir Clrtul
Scum and riffraff are always
undesirable. Therefore, the
Lodge imigra tion bill as a
species of legislation designed
to place a check on th indis-
criminate imitrration to this
countrv seems to be a meas-
ure deserving of full and em
v
ohatissunDiirt in Cotiirress.
Any men sure that seeks to
prevent Europe from dump
ing its outcasts on to this
country will meet with I be
. . i .
approval Ol ail Ami i f iiish
vho are for Ahi'm-hm v l.it
in known as the "toi l..;, t-ie
ment" in politics aiude
cowards of all political par
ties in reirard to DaHsinar leir-
islation heretofore tending to
restrict immigration.
A politician was afraid to
incur the disnleasnre of the
"foreign vote" and in ordT
to curry favor with this ele-
meat, especially if he repre
sented a nooulous district in
u large city, tw would gentr-
ally antagonize any immi-
. .. . ,
graiion law.
Happily, times have chang
ed. . Senator Lodge of Mass.
is a man who has the moral
courage to introduce a bill
which places in educational
test on immigrants coming
to our shores. If Dersons
coming to this country can
' " W
not.show some faint trleam
of intelligence they ought, to
be sent back to the country
they came from.
The Lodge bill is a right
eous measure. So is any bill
that tends to keep out the
vicious, the Danoers. the a
horn nt and the degenerate.
St. Louis Star.
Tears The perspirution of
grief.
Smiles The visible ex pres
sion of unspoken texts.
To Love An irregular verb
never conjugated without an
anxiliarv.
gocietj
"
A tribunal com
posed of friends where one is
condemned only lorconteinpt
of court.
Second Marriage A second
edition with editions from
the note book of experience
but few corrections.
To Live a Holy Life-As
some people would have it
1 To make a hell on earth with
the expectation of a recom-
lne in the hereafter
of a
paradise in Heaven, Ex.
Sunday morning .about 8
o'clock an accomodation
train on the L. and N. R. R
went trongh a bridge 120
teet high and into the Ca ha ba
river near Brockton, Ala.
ki,. H illt X i.t An.l tn nth
nnA ;,,. JT 0,.mu , u.k.
fi lVJ ti L .itu
ho lnKl!lft0(i Th wm
doe f the work of; tnill.
wreckw(l a rfti havini; been
Mm,iwiwi'
Ti,. ,n fho rSf,.
thrM Wi AtHtn hntt.h
trafn took fire and manv of
kA nt.,tnnaaati.nrnaA
j.- f u
iu ucniiii
Succtss is never blamed
Sudden glory soon goes out.
Spilt wine is worse than water.
t he body is the socket of t h e
souj
!
Teaching others, teaching your
lfh
No glue will hold when thejoint
m8 bad.
L. None can pray well, but he that
live well.
No raillery is worse than that
I 1!L A.
wuicu is true.
iou mar. know a tootisb wo-
I man by her finery .Ex. -1
Sheriff Bo j4 lUid Uilj Birt.
Lenoir Topic.
Sheriff Boyd's horse fell
with him last Sunday morn
ing on the turnpike about
two miles above Patterson.
He and deputy-Sheriff Aber
net hy left Lenoir Ute Satur
day ev-ning going up on Mul
erry on the hunt of Jasper
Crisp who is wanted lor an as
8ault upon an old gentleman
by the name of Ldmundson,
committed some time last
summer. Crisp left the coun-
ry atone, and remained a-
way tin about a week ago.
The Sheriff thought he would
surprise him at his home Sat
urday night but failed to lo-
ate.him, and after spendiug
the night pretty well without
finding him, started home,
cutting across the mountain
to the turnpike to avoid the
frequent crossing of Mulber
ry. Soon after striking the
road, while riding in a brisk
trot his horse blundered and
fell throwing the Sheriff for
ward on his fact and left
arm.He was knocked uncon
scious by the fall and his left
arm was dislocated at the el
bow. Fortuuately it occur
red close to a "house where he
was conveyed and cared foi
till Mr. Aber ne thy could
come to Lenoir for a physi
cian and a carriage to bring
him home. Dr. Kent went to
his assistance, and while he is
pretty badly shaken up he is
not seriously injured, but will
be confined to his room for
several weeks.
Columbia Star. The final
tabulation of the popular
vote by the United-Associate
Presses more thau confirms
the estimates we huve from
time to time published. The
vote cast lacked only 75,000
of reaching the 14,000,000
mark, the increase over the
last proceeding election be
ing 1.813.00U, an enormous
gain. McKinley's plurality
instead of being 1,500,000,
as the goldites long claimed,
was 600,000. Bryan receiv
ed 6,508,000 votes against
4,554,000 for Cleveland in
1892, an increase of 954,000
Palmer and tfuckner were
iriven only 132.000. or one
fiftieth as many as Bryan
and less than one per cent o!
the total vote, proportions
we had the pleasure of pre
dieting before ..the election
Zffectatl Prajtr.
There is an awfal amoun
of so called praver that
is
only from the throat out
ward; it begins nowhere, and
ends in nothing. Such point
less repitions of sterotyped
irases must be as weari
some to God as they are un
profitable to the utterera
There must be pith, point
and purpose as well as faith
in every effectual pi ayer. A
an evangelistic meeting- for
'roughs' ov6r in New York
when the leader called on
some one tj prey, a ' hard
looking man rose in the crowd
and said: "Oh, Lor i, forgive
me for being a bad man: and
please excuse me, Lord from
saying any more now. Amen
He did not need to say any
more; he had told God jus
what be wanted. Rev. Cny
lerin Central Pretbyterian
Major Flager Deal.
A Newton special of Decern
ber the 26th, to theCharlotte
Observer says:
'Maj. 8. M. Finger died
his morning at 7 o'clock a nd
he burial services will beheld
tomorrow at the German Re
brraed church, of which he
was a laitniui, consistent
and valuable member. He
ad been ill for only a f e w
days, but last evening about
o'clock suddenly took much
worse, from which time the
worst was feared by friends
Rnd the attending physician-
He never rallied during the
night. Maj. Finger was n
worthy member of the Mason
i fraternity, a Christian, on 1
educated gentleman and a
valuable citizen. His death
has vast a gloom over this
town wherejhe will be greatly
misssed."
To the above the States-
ville Landmark adds: "Ma-
or Finger .was for eight years
Superintendant of Public In
structions, having been first
ehcted to that offico in '84.
He was born in Lincoln coun
ty inJ1837 and;graduated at
Bowdoine" College, Me., In
1861. He served in the Con-
ederate array. He was by
professiou u teacher and was
or many years connected
with Catawba College at New
ton. He had served his coun
ry in both branches of the
Legislature, and was lor a
number of years chairman of
he board of directors of the
State Hospital. His wife sur
vives him. Theyhad no chil
dren."
Hauls Taylor la Spain.
That was a piece of diplo
matic dynamite with which
the Australian Ambassador
the Duke of Tetuan, Spain's
Minister of Foreign Affairs,
and her Royal Highness, the
Queen Regent of Spain, were
foolin' with, as purl rayed in
the New York Journal, by Mr
James Cieelman, its Madrid
corresDondeut. whicu we
Drint to da.v. and it is no
wonder it came near explo
ding when it. came in contact
with that brave native Caro
linian Hanni Taylor, Amer
icas Ambassador to Spain.
If it had gone on n little fur
ther and tJoalv exploded as
was planed by the Austrian
Ambassador and the Spanish
Minister of Foreign Affairs,
the Duke of Tetuan, the ex
plosion would have shaken
more than one.
Minister Taylors indigna
tion, and prompt action in
calling the whole shooting
match down, is but in keep
ing with the spirit of a brave
American, especially a brave
and patriotic Carolinian.
It is said that Senator Pritch
ard is straininsr every nerve to
get at least on 3 loot off the St.
Louis platform number 1 and on
to the St. Louis platform num
ber 2. It's 16 to 1 that he will
hare a loot on each platform by
the time tbe voting begins in the
Legislature for Senator. Obser
ver. The fanner is now in a better
condition as a whole than any.
body else. They have enough to
live upon. In the cities there is
actual hunger among the very
poor and many others are lorcml
to the most rigid economy. Pro
gressive Farmer. -
Bilious
Headache
"I tried a good many remedlas
for sick headache and bllionanaea,
with which 1 waa troubled for a
long time, but It waa not unui
line, bt
takiug
-
fo
Cathartic Fill J
that I received anything like per
manent benefit A aingle box of
these pills did the-work for ma.
find I am now free from head-
arhes, and a well man." vnuL
IIvTciuNos, East Auburn, 11a.
Medal
And Diploma
At World's Fair.
W.L Douglas
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W. L. Douglas $3 & $4 Shoes
All our ahoea are equally satisfactory
Thajr flvt tlM bst vilu lor tli turn.
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PROFESSIONAL.
W. B. UOUNCILL, Jr.
Attorney at Lay.
Boone, N. C.
W. B. COUNCILU U- B.
Boone, N. C.
Resident Physician. Office
on King Street north of Post
Office.
T. C. BLACKBURN, M. D.
BOONE, N. C.
Office at tho residence of
M. It. Blackburn.
t&'Cfills Promptly Attended
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MARION, -- N.C
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Vatauga, Ashe, Mitchell, McDowrl
and all other couatios in the
western district iWSprrfal atten
Mon given 'to the coltoction &
laimp."W
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ATlOLltlhYSATUW,
BOONE, N. 0.
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to the colletion ofclaims.i&k
WILLIAM R. LOVrLL.
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Sutherland, N. 0.
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Federal courts.
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Cancer Specialist,
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