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.V. "t.: . V,.' ' ' '. CU).lUailLUL VOL. IX. BOONE, TVATAUGA COUNW, N. C, .'.THURSDAY, . JULY, 22, 1897 NO. 30. WAX AM (Uli 1- 1.1, 0 0 a: WASHINGTON LETTER. From our Begtflar Correipondent "Wobbling William" is the rather uncomplimentary name that has been applied to Mr. McKinley by promi nent members of his party, because of his lightning changes of mind in connec tion with that special mes sage to Congress asking au thority to appoint a currency commission. One day he would tell the prominent members of his party w'ho called to protest against his sending in bis message at this session and ho made up ,.his mind to withhold it until the regular session and make the recommendation in his annual message, but the next day, when the ngtnts of the banking interests put the scrervs to him and reminded him of his campaign promis es and their campaign con tributions, h e would a n nounce t o them that the message should go in. 'Je kept this up for several days, much to the disgust of those who applied the epithet of ' wabbling William" to him and did not finally decide the matter until Secretary Gage, the personal representative of the bankers, had secured the assistance of the rest of the Cabinet to help brace his backbone up. The author ity to appoint a currency commission will not be given to Mr. McKinley at this ses sion of Congress, nor at the next. It is possible that a bill creating such a commis sion may be passed at the next session, but it will not give Mr. McKinley th) choos 'ing of its members. If there is to be such a commission, the silver Democrats will see to it that it shall not be packed in the interest of the single gold standard. Mr. C. E. Somers, who was Sergeant-at-Arrn of rhe Ken tucky Senate at "the time that Governor Bradley or .dered out the militia to pre serve order, and who is con ceded to be good authority on the politics of his State, is now visiting Washington. In reply to questions, he said; "The silver Demociary, which is the regular Democ racy, will win by 25,000 ma jority. Our majority may be much higher for the Demo crats are determined to ad minister a stern rebuke to their enemies within the par ty as well as without. The present state administration has been a rank failure, and the voters will take advant age of the coming election to give it a Fitzsimmons blow. By 1900 there won't be lefi enough of single gold stand ard Democracy in Kentucky to utilize as a historical re ininiscence." The Republican Senators and Representatives have succeeded in convincing Mr. McKinley that something must be done for their. ofHce- seekmg constituents, and lie has promised to shortly is sue au executive order remov ' ing a number of desitable Federal positions from the control of the civil service k lules. .Mr. McKinley was not hard to convince, as hej has been as anxious as any body to let down the bars to the officers, but, havicg always posed as a civil Ser vice reformer, he wanted Con gress to order him to act. There are reasons substan tia too why Congress has not done so, and is not like ly to do so; hence .his agree. ment to act independently. The death of Senator Har ris, of Tnn., whose funeral took place in the Senate Chamber on Saturday, re moved astriking figure from the arena of National poli tics, one whose ideas of per sonal integrity were as old- fashioned and straight-lacpd as his ideas of party fealty, and who didn't have one set of ideas for public use and another set to govern his private actions. During his half century of public life, Isham G. Harris was a cred it to his State and to the Democratic party, and was never guilty of an act that even his most bitter enemies, he had no pergonal ene mies-could cast suspicion up on. Having 6aid that much, it is nepdless to add that Senator Harris died a poor man. The Democratic Senators and Representatives, who are membeni of the Con ference committee on the tariff bill, know no more of what thatxCommittee is do ing than the rankest outsid er does. 'The Republicans in formed tnem as soon as the Conference begun that they wished to fight their differ ences out among themselves without having anybody present, and, of course, the Democrats retired and will remain out of the conference until sent for. The Republi cans evidently regardlJones, of Nevada, as ori9 of themsel ves, as he not only was ask ed to retire, but is taking a very prominent, part in the conference as an abl6 assist ant to Senator Aldrich i n championing the interests of the sugar trust. It is said tie Jtepublicans expect t o reach an agreement by the middle of the week. If they do, the tariff bill will be come a law before the end of the week and Congress will at once ad journ. Congressman Cook, of Hli nois, was found dead in his room at the Cochran Hotel i n . Washington Thursday moining, He died from heart clot. Hob. C. B. Bush, president ol theliilmerCounty ( W. Va.) Court, SHys that he has had three cases of flux in his fam ily, during the past summer, which he cured in Jess than a week with Chamnerlain's Col ic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. Mr. Rush also states, that in some instances there were twenty heraorr hages a day. (ilenvdle. W Va., Pathfinder. This reme dy has been used. in nine epi demics of flux and one of cholera, with perfect success. It can always be depended up on for bowel complaint, even in its most severe forms. Ev ery family should keep it at hand. The 25 and 50 cent bottlej for sale by M. B. Blackburn. Educate Tonr Howele With I'niiraret. Candy Cnthortlr, cure constipation forever. 10c, 35c. If C. C. C. full, clrugKliU refuad money. Pacts About North Carolina. From many sources the following interesting 'facts about North Carolina have been gathered. It will be well to keep these for refer ence: Number of counties, 96. State area, 52,286 squarejvoted tor it. Mr. J. A. Hart miles. Extreme length is 503 miles. Extreme breadth is 187 miles. Number of electoral votes 11. . Length of coastline is 414 miles. Land surface, 48,566 square miles. Water surtace, 3,620 square miles. Area Dismal Swamp, 150, 000 acres. Number of miles of railroad 3,579. Indian population (census of 1890) 1,571. Inland steamboat naviga tion, 900 miles. Total population (census of 1890) 1,617,947, Average mean annual rain fall, 52 inches. White population (census 1890) 1,049,191 Colored population (census 1890) 567,170. Total water power, 3,500, 000 horse power. Western boundary longi tude 81 degrees, 42 minutes, 20 seconds. Average winter tempera ture, 43 degrees Fahrenheit. The highest point is Mitch ell's Peak 6,888 feet. Average area of counties is 507 square miles. - Number of varieties ol min erals discoved 180, Average summer tempera ture, 75 degrees Fahrenheit. Average elevation of State above sea level is 640 feet. A True Gentleman. Church and Home. "I beg your pardon! "and, with a smile and a touch of his hat. Harry Edmond handed to an old man, a gainst whom he had acci dentlv stumbled, the cane which he had knocked from his hand. "I hope I did not hurt you ? We were playing too roughly." "Not a bit. said the old man, "Boys will be boys, and it's best they should be. You didn't, harm me." "I'm glad to hear it ;" and lifting his hat again, Harrj turned to join the play nates with whom he had been frol icking at the same time of the accident. "fVhatdo you raise your hat to that old fellow for?" asked his companion, Charlie Gray. "He is only Old Giles, the huckster." "That makes no differ ence," said Harry. 'The question is not whether he is a gpntleman, but whether I am one; and no true gentle man will be less polite to a man because he wears ashab by cout or hawks vegetables through the streets instead ol sitting in a counting house." Which was right? The Helping Hani. OASTOBXA.. all UgkDtlM km try VnffM. Democrat Not Responsible. The Winston Republican and the Progressive farmer seek to evade responsibility for the passage of the odious machiuery act by saying that Democrats as well as Republicans and Populists, ness, editor of the Slatesville Mascot, who was a member of the House from Iredell, gives the facts as follows, in answer to the publications alluded to above: "As to the second proposi tion, both the members from Iredell and Mr. Watts, of Alexander, together with all other Democrats in the House, with one exception, voted against this measure, as can be seen by the record ed yea and nay vote in the House journal, page 930, now in the Mascot office. It cannot be said that there wasnot a thorough under standing, on the part of the majority members of the House, of the import of sec tious 52 and 53, which makes non-payment of taxes indict able; for, while the House was considering the revenue act, be mattei was discuss ed and section 52 was strick en out, Dut reinstated on another reading by the vote of the majority, element of the House. The bill was then put upon its third and final reading and passed, though every Democrat pres ent, with one exception, vot ed against it. The vote was: Yens 64, nays 27. So that tho Democrats are not re sponsible for the hardships which this law will impose upon the people. They did their duty.. There should have been more of them.'' It is given out that Secre tary Gage, of the United States Treasury Department is preparing a new financial measure to submit to Con gress next winter. He has written two hundred letters to leading barkers and mer chants, asking suggestions for putting the currency on a sound basis. He also bad a conference with ex-Secre t a r y Carlisle. Prominent features of the proposed plan are the gradual retiring of greenbacks and the substitu tion of National Bank Notes; the empowering of Nationa Banks to issue notes to the full limit instead of ninety percent"; a reduction ju the tax on National Banks from one per cent, to one-fourth of one per cent.; limiting thede nominational bank notes and other paper money to ten dollars, and thesubstitu tion tor silver for a'l below. It is also probable that there will be a provision for branch banks. The suggestion is made that State and munici pal bonds might be issued as a basis of circulation, not ex ceeding fifty per cent, of their value. Already theSeeretary has commenced the with drawal ol greenbacks under the provisions of the present law, and the paper money is greatly increased in thetreas ury, six million dollars being in hand on June the first. Recorder. To Core Con.tlpatlon Forever. Tako Cnscnret! t'suidy Cathartic: lOnorSoo. It C C G. UH lo mi e, dru&itt rUuail wuuuy. For Postmaster at Shelby. Dr. Junius Brutus Fortune is mad. He said todayi "I have heard that Dr. Johu McBrayer has been endorsed by Congressman Linney for postmaster at Shelby. This is a great mistake bene made. He is the most Uni versally hated rqan in Cleve land county. He has no fol lowing in the Republican par ty of the county. If left to the people of Shelby to vote for McBrayer for postmaster or a good negro, the negro would get two votes to Mc Brayer's one, and . Shelby is the last place in the State which wants a negro post master. Nine out of ten Democrats in Shelby are op posed to McBrayer's appoint ment. It is the best thing politically that ever happen ed to them, This appoint ment will give them Cleve land county at the next eke tion by 1,000 majority. Say for me that if Linney had the power to make an appoint ment like this in every coun ty the State would go Demo era tie by 100,000 majority Say further that if tlwRepul licans of Shelby had to vote as to whether McBrayer should go in or at present postmaster remain i n, the latter would oe a sure win ner." Charlotte Observer. Dispensarj Shortage in South Caroli na. Shortage amounting t o $15,000 of monejs due by dispensers to the State, was brough' flight by the dis pensary board of control to day. The books are in sach a state that no report can be made of the shortages, but it is probable that the total sum will be much larger. For the period between March 28, 1895, and November 30, 1896, the shortage is f 12, 170.82. Examination re veals the tact that the bonds given by the dispensers who have fallen behind are in each case worthless, and that no steps have ever been taken to punish any of the offend ers. The showing has creat a sensation.-Columbiu,S. C, Dispatch. The Costs of the Electlou. The Attorney General was today asked by the State Superintendent of public in struction whether the ex pense of holding the election on the question of local caxa tion in aid of public schools shall be paid out o f the school fund or the county fund. From what officials say it will be a very costly election; in other words will cost as much as a renular general election. The legisla ture made provision for the pay of regisir.irs and poll holders. Tne clerk to the State superintendent express es the belief that the election will cost at least 50,000; perhaps more than the a mount which will be voted for schools. Charlotte O b server. I Ki Gudger is in Hashing- ton on the still hunt for something "eq u a 1 ly as good." Mexico, Greece. Shanghai, Vancouvers a 1 1 held by North Catolinians have gone to other States, and North Carolina hnsn't 'tuck a trick" yet.-N. & O. 3 PROFESSIONAL. W, B. COUNCILLOR. Attorney at Li. nr Bbohej N. C; W. B. COUNCILS M. D; Boone; N. C; Resident Physician. Office - on King Street norti of Post Office. E. F. LOVlLti. 3. C. FLETCHER LOViLL & FLETCHER ATlUliNhYSATLAW, BOONE, S&" Special attention tiiveti to the colletion ofclaiws.&i WILLIAM R. LOVfLL; ATTORNEY AT LAW. Sutherlands, N. C; Practices in the State and Federal courts. Dr. J. M. HOGSHEAD, Cancer Specialist, BANNER'S ELK. N. C, fto Knife; No fhirning Out. Highest reffrreuces auiitndorg ments of prominent persons suc cessfully treated in Va., Teiin. and N. C. Remember that there1 is no time too soon to get rid ol a cancerous growth no matter how small. Examination free, letters answered promptly, and satisfaction uiranteod. NOTICE). 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