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the Watauga Democrat
lhursdar August, 8, 18!)T.
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We do not claim to bo one
of the grumbling class that
cannot see any good in oth
?r people but our own sort.
We have pronounced views
on all public mnttrrs, but we
are Iree to accord to every
man his rights op these
things and we do not claim
the right to regulate and
think for others. Wenrelio
eral in our vie.vs both as to
J-eligion and politics. We
confess, however, that we
feel outraged over the pres
political monstrocities that
now confiont us, not that
these obnoxious la.wa were
enacted by the Republican
party in Congress and in our
State Legislature. The Din -gley
tariff i s now a law,
which will tax us higher than
even the old MVKiolev tariff
did on many of the necessnr
lea of life. Financial reform
was the great issue last elec
iion instead of reforming the
currency and banking sys
tern. IVe have a great big
hiirh nrotective tariff law
. tliattha already rich mnyj
grow richer and the poor
man can go to thunder if he
can't get along and pay the
big tariff tax under the op
pression of the single gold
standard law of the Republi
cans. It would ha ye been as
oppressive if enacted by the
Democrats.
While this huge tariff may
bring flush times to the
great business centres of our
country and we are free to say
that we think there will be
more activity, among some
of the manufacturing sec
tions 3f the country, but we
all cannot, be of this class,
other interests should be con
Bidered. Now we come to
our Stat affairs. Auditor
Ayer said in IheMorehead
meeting of sheriffs and State
officers that the last Legisla
ture had appropriated near
ly one million dollars and
that this tax had to be rais
ed from. the people. Treasur
er Worth declared that there
were five million acres of land
in the State not on th.3 tax
boots and declares that a
big deficit in the taxes this
year is certain. More tax,
more tax, is the ereat hue
and cry of the Treaeurer and
Auditor and they say that
.the criminal law passed by
the late Legislature will be
enforced against the failing
tax payer. Then in the face
of these things there are a
tew who are urcinc: us to
rote more tax on ourselves
on the 10th, inst., to be
squandered by a lot of new
inexperienced school author
ities, who have r.o proper or
legal orgrnizi tioii of t h e
school districts. ve beg to
be excused in participating
in the further luxury of taxa
tion. We believe and hope
Watauga will vote the whole
concern down.
The Alaska gold fields are
still attracting creat inter
ests and many venturesome
"people go there to get the
yellow metal. We will not
go, but it we had to mine for
gold we would go over in
Bfarke and Caldwell counties,
pick ue out a favorable spot
and go to digging. Thegold
mining in North Carolina is
of greater importance than
"many think, A-short time
hence there will be hundreds
of miners flocking to West
3forth Carolina attracted
lere by the gold interests.
We mucti rather risk mnking
our fortune in Western North
Carolina digging gold than
to risk it in Alaska.
Ko-'i'o-bae for 'ltty Cunt
Cornttd tobtuwb habit euro, nmkei weak
It is now' certainly., demon
strated that the Republican
party of North Carolina is
incapable o f making laws
and governing the State with
wisdom and economy to the
end that our State mny en
joy the benefits of govern
ment to the full pxtent aim-
ed by the honest and true
men of the State. The two
last Legislatures have signal
ly failed to tidvnnce the in
terest ot the people by any
legislation. The members
composing the Legislature
have for the most part done
nothing b u t to advanced
their own private gains and
that of their friends. The in
terest of the State was al
ways secondary. The last
Legislature is a great huge
monster on the people. The
object seems to have been to
undo everything that had
been done by the Democrats
and try an experiment of
their own at the big expense
of the tax payers. The re
sult is that the State is now
greater in debt and all the
perfect system organized by
theDemocrnts in regard to
the numerous institutions of
the State are nearly all now
disjointed and a general dis
content i s the result. The
new school law is the most
insulting to the majority of
the people of most anything
else, me oiu law require!
negro committeemen lor col
ored schools, now we liav(
them mixed up in most of
the counties with the white
committeemen. Now the n
cro has the same- rightH m
our white schools as white
men. Take the county of
Wilkes where they have negro
committeemen with white
men to look over the schools
and hire teachers. Why not
have left the law as it was
and have each race to look
after their own schools?
The authorities of Watau
ga have not put any colored
men on the school commit
tee. Many other counties
have them. The new move
has caused the colored peo
ple to complain. Under the
old regulations the colored
men run their own schools
and have succeeded'well and
had advanced their children
with the free money. Now
they are dissatisfied, as well
as the white folks. It iH
claimed by many that the
change in the school law will
retard t h e school interest
very grpatly, the old system
had been made well nigh per
fect and the people were very
well satiffied and our schools
were getting on well, public
interest was more favorable
everv .vear and the interest
increased. Radical inefficien
cy and partisan zeal have
blighted it and many ot . us
think it will be a failure for
the next few years. We fpel
sad over this knowine: we
have the tax to pay any
way. It is poor encoaroge
men to raise the taxes out
of the p K) pie and at the
name time the money to do
no good in educating the
children.
Emulsion
is made up of the most essential
elements that go to nourish
the body. Where the appetite
is varying or lacking:, it in
creases it, and where digestion
it weak, it aids it to perform
its function in a more vigorous
way. It enriches the blcod,
nukes healthy flesh and cures
chronic coughs and colds' by
making it possible fcr the body
to resist disease. Our friends tell
us "IT Works Wonders"
but we never like to over-state
ihe merits of our remedy even
when it has been tested and
tried for ever twenty-f iveyears.
If you wi 1 ask for it, we will
send you a book telling you
more about the subject than we
can put in a few words. .
Go to yccr&ugg for Scott's EmuJ
tioa. TVo nut, 53 cte. and $U0.
SCOTT & BOWNE. K.w York. .
Notice of Land hale.
I will sell on the flist Mon
day in September (the 0th.)
1897 at the court house
door i n B-ione, Watauga
county, N. ft, the following
ti acts of land for taxes. The
costs of said sales are added
to the taxes in each case.
Wm. II. Calloway, Sh'ff.
Aug. 3rd. 1897.
uoone Township.
Lenoir Elizabeth. 150 acres
for the years 1895 tax
and cost $3.77.
Haigler Julius, 50 acres for
yeai 1895, tax and cost 4.30.
Harrison d. p. 25 acres for
year loUb.tax anacostd.UJ.
Bald Mt. TowDship.
nav Thos. sr., 346 acres for
year 189G, tax ardcostG.51.
Blue Ridge Township,
cowlesc. J. 840 acres for
years lauo ao. tax ano
cost 14.o3.
stone s. s. 25 acres for year
1890, tax and ?ost 4.11.
Kelly A. o. 20 acres for year
189G, tax and cost 3.94.
coffey j. c. 140 acres for
year 189G, tax a nd cost 4.18.
Blowing Rofk Township.
ienoir Estate one town lot
for vear 189G, tax and cost
2.92.
coffey J. f. one town lot for
years 1895 '9G. taxes and
:ost 7.17.
Banner u. t. one town lot
for year 189G tux and cost
1.72.
tdinfner J. f. nr. one town
lot for years 1895--'96. tax
and coet
i.97
E'k Township.
. cowlesc. J. 194-7 acres for
for the ye-irs 1895-'9G bal.
tax and cost 29.51.
cowles & calloway 100 acre
for years 189" '96, bal. due
by cowles tax and cost 2.01.
coye creek Township.
Dougherty i. & A. m. 400
acres tor year 189G tax and
cost 8.55,
Lee and Miller 100 acres tor
years jo'j; yo tax- a n u
-V s-k
cost 3.77.
Musgrnve e. d. 1L5o acres
for year 1896, tax and cost
3.40.
nolsclaw b. l's. heirs 25
acres lor the year 1895 tax
and cost 3.93.
Laurel creek Township.
Dougherty e. h.'IOO acres for
the years 1895-'96 bal. tax
and cost 3.27
Miller E. M. 100 acres for
the year 1896 tax and cost
2.45.
Miller e. b. 25 acres for the
5 ear 1896 tax and cost 1.54
cl i open burg h. a. 100 acres
for the year 1895 tax and
cost v 2.04
union Mining co. 100 acres
for the year 1896 tax am
cost 8.7L
presnell J. n. 100 acres for
the year 2896 tax and cost
392.
worley s. i. 187 acres for
the vear 1896 tax and cost
G.20.
chase h. 8. 200 acres for the
year 1895 bal. tax and cos
1.83.
Meat camp Township.
cowles c. J. 445 acres for
the years 1895-'96, tax and
co b. ol
calloway's heirs 600 acres
for the year 1890 tax anc
cost 4.00
Mcuride s. s. 8 ncr?s for tu
vears loUu Ub, tax and
cost 1.79
winebarger d. v. 450 acres
for the vear 1890, tax and
cost . 7.3
stanberrv w. e. 40 acres for
the vear 1896 tax and cos
3.95.
North Fork Township.
Elk Knob coppcrco. 128
for the vtar 1896 "tax and
cost 38.18
ehawneehaw Township.
nrever i.e. JUU acres lor
the vear 1895 bal. tax and
cost 4.90.
uolHclaw F. m. 50 acres for
the year 189G tux and cost
3.20.
Strickland d. 50 acres for the
year 1896 tn. and cost 1.72.
Taylor t. h. & J. 330
acres fo the year 1895 tax
and cost ' 5.03.
Banner Mrs nollie 50 acres
for the year 1895 tax and
cost 3.28.
Edarat Your Howell with CitnearcU.
Cnndy Cnthnrtlr, euro cormtlpatlon forever.
10c, 'Ac. 1( l.C.C, f all, drutfiiwui reluoj aumey.
Owing, to the foreign de
mand wheat is two cent
higher with signs of further
advance.
Economy and strength are
combined in H wd'aSiarpaparilla,
Every bottle contains 100 dopes
an 1 will average to lattamontli,
We leurn that, the o I d
Stony Creek furnace with
30,000 ncres-of land located
in Carter Co., Tenn., hasbeen
soli to a Philadelphia party
for a big sum, and great im
provements wih result from
this purchase.
To Cure Constipation Forever.
Take Cuscarets Cantly Cathartic lOo or 250.
It C. 0. 0. fall to cure, druggiata refund muuoy.
T. C. Blackburn, X. D., Boone, N. C.
Dr. T. J. Profltt, Vast, N. C.
Blackburn & Profltt
Associated practicing physsi-
nuifl.
serC'alls promptly attend
ed.
8 5, '97.
REAL ESTATE SALE.
liy virtue ot a power ot sale
contained in a mortgage deed ex
ecuted by Nellie rntcharu to j. n
clarke and :i. c. Mai tin, compos
n; the firm of ii. c. Martin & co.
on Junli, 18U2 and registered
in the riegister's office of watanga
county, n. c, and aligned by u
c. Martin & co. to Harper, nam
bfird & co. in book 'i', page 558,
v:e will on Monday the 6th day of
sept., lbvi, between the hours ol
0, a. in., and 2, p. m., at t h
court house door in noone.tosat
isty a debt of f G0.00, interest and
costs, sell at public auction to the
nghest bidder for cash a tract
of land lying in the county ot wa-
tauga and known and designated
as follows: Adjoining the lauds o
m. L. Mooro. w. i). Clarke, John ox
endine and others, being u port
ol the Robt. Green "Ridge Field
und known as the 'little cove field
tracts, granted to wm. coffey Jan
uary 20. 1842 and dee-led by said
Coffey to imbt. areeu January 2C
1847, atd includes all of Baid
tract not deeded by Robt. Green
to L. story, containing 24 acres
more or less. This July 29, 1897.
H.YKPER, Bernhardt & i;o.
Assignees of 11. C. Martin &
ro.
"WHAT WE DO WE DO WELL."
Sutherland
Seminary.
W. H, JONES, L.B.,Prin.
L.M. FARTHING, A. B., FinsT
AhhIstant.
Fall Term begins Aug. 9, and
continues five months.
Ail expenses $G.OO to $8.00
per month.
Free scholarHhips given under
oertaiu conditions.
For Catalogue and full particu
lars write tbe l'riucipal.
Sutherland. N. C,
AN OPEN LETTER
TO OUR FRIENDS
AND FOUMERCUSTOMERS
And Trade' Generally.
We are pleaspd to announce to
you that we have opened up a
nice line cf
GENERAL MERCHANDISE
at our old stand, and here are a
few ot our cash prices:
Standard Sheeting 6 oz. q cts
" Plaidn, 6 "
White Extra C. Sngar 18 lb 1.00
Granulated ,; 16 "1.00
Arbuckles roosted Coffee 0 " 1.00
Good green " 7 1.00
We have a good stock of fitroes
of ull kinds also' Leather.
HARDWARE
such as:
Nails,
House and-Mule Shoes,
Axes,
Mattocks,
Hoes,
Harrow teete
Iron stands
. & LASTS.
We will offer no inducements
to anyone to bay on a credit.
We buy and pell strictly on a
pa down system and will not l
omtlersold by any one. tall and
see us.
Verv Resp't.
IV. F. Shecrwood & Co.,
Ainautha, N. C.
THE VIRGINIA FIRE AND f.4
Paid in lossea in last ten years,
raid in losses last yeat over.i...........i....i;.......aou,uuu,uu.
, tin tea on unexposed f rattle
roof. 2ents per du.v, or 75cents per month, or $9,00 per
year.-forf 1,000 iujurance payable in easy installments. r;
The names of a few of our
County policy holders: v
Dr. L c Rfevs,
ano f Hardin,
n f vanuov,
win Holsi-law,
j b jolinsoii,
i). FBaiid,
s n Bingham
J c Horton,
coffey Bros,
j pcouncill,
B F Baird,
w b council),
capt e f Lovill and J a Edmisten.
LEE F MILLER, Agt. J F HARDIN, Local Agt.
Elizauethton, Tenn. Boone, N. C. ;
OH! LADIES!
Make your breath Sweet by using
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ASK TOUR DEALER FOR IT, PLEASE,'
60 YIARS
RXPERIENCI.
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Hew Tear's Greet
ing to my Friends!
The old year of 1896 was
full of hope and promise bur
the poor old creature could
not live long enough to 6ee
those hopes realized, -so she
turned over the job to this
bran new youngstpr, 1897,
with the hope that he would
push things lively, and faith I
he is doinj; that very thing!
Wh the little rascal is shov-
inir new eooda into my o'our
faster than I can put them
on the shelves, and then be
fore I can look around the
little fellow is gone and I can
hear him out in the .middle
of the street singing out "Oh
Yes! J. B. Clarke has now
and always keeps
GROCERIES
AND.
NOTIONS.
. Such an
Coffee,
SUGAR,
Cheese,
CltACKEftS,
Cakes,
Canned-Beef,
Potted-Ham,
Salmons. "
Sardines,
Butternuts,
English walnuts, soft shell
ed almonds, peanuts, raisins,
figs, canned fiuits, shoe dress
ing, inks, plain and fancy can
dU's, fancy airJ laundry
Soap?!,
Tobaoco,
Snuff,
Cigars,
Cigarettes, .
Matches,
Horse and Cattle Powders,
and many other articles ktoo
tedious to mention. -
N. B. ify goods are marked
at rash prices, and will not un
der any circumutancos, be sold
on time. .
.Very Respectfully,
J. B, CLARKE,
Jan 14th 1897.
1 rJ
lAKIrct INdUKAiiU
over..;.... 2,000,00000..;,
farm houses,' with shingle
most prouiiuent Watauga.
b j council, jr,
Mrs r l councill.
councill, Taylor & co,
w n Norn's,
J csbulll,
l w Farthing,
WA8TED-AN IDEA55SS5KS
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ttC, for their $100 prUeoirw?
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lor some months wa? undrr the
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felt great relief, and have con
tinued using tt steadily up to the
present time, with good results."
'I am certain your treatment
has been the meuns of restoring
my neaitn. i nave added fifteen
pounds to ni weight and am
still gaining, have a good ap-0
petite and sleep well. In fact. I
can conscientiously say I am a
walking advertisement for your
treatment."
J. Fallon, 154 South Grand St
Chicago, 111
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