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1..- . ,'. ..-!.; V: 0. VOL. BOONE, TV AT AUG A COUNTY, N. C. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER, 9, 1897 NO. 35. ' ' ' , ' ' ' . ix. . 0 4 -I f To Impeach the Governor. Nefo and Observer. ltiin8ofr.en been asserted that Governor Russell. is a man without a party, but not until this week has it been proved. . WUen he fkst went intobtf flee there wasexceeding great' 'joy among the Republicans. This lasted about threedaya. Then the hungry horde of ofHee-scckertj bejrap to mur I mur at the delay in turning out the Democrats. Three weeks went by and therewa.- a feeling or disappointmenUOtho would make a be iter i i . . i it? i I ... ... -t. ...... unread over the land, When There was.a change in officers some got the pi ice or a board was created who wdnld Rive it to him. In more than one instance members of a board who were found to be oppos ed to the Governor's candi date were asked to resign, Then the howl of disap pointment turned to a growl ing disgust and Republicans w e r e about saving ugly things of the head of their party. Sunday the storm burs. The crew mutinied and now they are threatening politi cal death for the captain of their graft. -Ir "began by, a prominent Republican saying that if Re .had a chance he would 'vote to hrfpeach Govern or Kus- self. Then others took it iTp and repeat it. on their own authority. .Then others tyit oHlOwn wrotejrjter sayirfg they would be'gtad to see lilm brought to task bytjfe own party, as it was the on-' ly way the Republican party could escape the responsibil ity .for his administration.- Others wrote in much the ;ime strain, but the remedy they propose. isdifier,ent. 9ne mau . wants the Republican State executive committee culled together at once,' to declare officially . that- th Governor is not a Republi can and that that-party in nowise responsible for his acts. Amid all the clash there is not a Republican o f au.v prominence, unless he be an effice-holder to raise h i 8 yoice in defense of the chief executive. But Governor Russell is not the only person whose party cries out against him. Senator Butler is in the sami boat and the mutinous crew, the Populist part of it, thirst for his blood. "Trai tor, trader, trickster," they call him. Even his faithfuf hench man, Otbo Wilson turns at last and stings the heel that treads upon him. He holds the Sly Fox responsible for the letter . of Governor Rus sell calling upon him and Maj. Wilson to show cause why they should not be turn ed out of office, and heissny ing some things about hit? Senator that would not do to print. He estimator Thoweve thut some of them may be printed before long, and in his own paper. Thjs would seem to indicate that the "Hayseeder" may soon a gain add somewhat to the gayety of the (situation "I've changed party one?, as a protest against rascali ty, corruption nni under hand dealing," the Gideon added, "and it looks as if Til have to d() so again." "WhereAvill you go?" I ask ed. "Not o the Democratic party I can tell you nor tUe Republican party, either." 'There being none other than the Prohibition aifd Woman Suffrage narties lei t, Ididnotnak Mr.. Wilson to at once make a choice be 4vveen them. Some one remarked Ltliat Democrat than Prohibition ist. , The weather was hot here yesterday, btit it was by no means the only warm thing in town? Col, Henderson on the Financial Qnee- hon. Dear Sir: The volume of greenbacks inustbeincreased according to the vote of in crease in population of the United Staffs ot America. At the 3urrendr oftho re bellion we had a popula tion 34,000,000 people and to-day our population has swelled to the enormous mini berof 75,000,000 souls of the best and most patriotic people knowh,to human his toryand we . haxe'Jess per capita circulation than we had at the, surrender ..I. mvjSelf, was a United States Officer for 4 years un der that matchless and ever to be; :rememberw General, y. S.Gfant'., paxi;ig,that time, jh. c o h s t a?n 1 1 y brbftgfnt. in close proximity with the great masses of the mm beople and I know their wants frl1 crt-n seel hir needs asweunany man in tms doiuani.-! "know whereof I speak and J inak94hideclar ation witho'utfnny'fenr ofsuc cessful cohtradiciion from any liyng man. Aflhe sil ver thit can be'.dugut of the mines oh'Colorado hy otTi er places should be immed iately coined into legal ten-, der silver dollars Jol; the, use of the people rtfc the lawTnll ratio of 16 to I. without the! consent or aid of any other nation on the top side of God's green earth. The greenbacks which was issued under the administra tion ot thi wise and patriot ic and immortal Abe Lincoln! is the very best money ever issued by an,y nation on this earth, or elsewhere, sine the 'world began. It is the sal vation of the laboring class, whose cause I have always championed and for whose interest I toil and write, it is the salt of all human indus try and should be and must be maintained regardless of all else. ' As the population grows and increase just so should and must the volume of currenjy grow and in crease, so that the wheels of industry may inn without friction and without inter ruption. W. F. Henderson. . The El kin Times mys that while the thriBahera were at work nt J. G. Rayu's, in Knob's town ship, Yadkiu county, a few daya ago. a spark from the engine star fed a fire which consumed a Wout 30 bushels of vheat. Ti e entire crop of several hundred bushels came near being burned. An Object Lesson of Taiue. Yesterday two negro rap- .. . isrs were legally executed one in Green county and one in Vance county. "T4ie case of Dock Black in Green coun. ty," writes a lawyer friend nt Kinston,-" was as outrageous a case as that of Brodlfe m Vance, and in the face of tjh.e fact that the Legislature ut terly ignored Governor Rus sell's rejommendatffti for changes in tbj law to prevent lynching, so ,.as to have speedy trials," " Our news columns tell of the legal execution of these two miserable fellows. Re cently in Western North Car olina a negro who committed this crime was lynched by an indignant community. The people of Vance and. Green were not less indignact, but in both counties the law was permitted to take its course. The Bumcombe negro bad to give give his lue as the pen alty for his crime. The Greene and Vance ' negroes paid the same penalty. In a calm review, how much bet ter it is to let the lu w execute than to trut the execution to outraged neighbors. These two executions prove to us that,, however it may be in Ohioand NewYorkthe people of North t'a'rolinji will not see this crime go unpun; isbed. The only excuse ior. lynching rapists has been the plea that the law's delay pre vented speedy punish then, T Ji excution yesterday shows that this exuse does not exht in North Carolina. .Let us protect tl)e" women of )t)wStAte- at" , all hazards, but let .us-ejhembsr that they nrfcbflst pnjtecte'd whenKn their, a ssailh fits are legally executed .;"Such -penalties in spire respect .for Jiwras vsell as show fo oad men .the sure result of their .crimes.--Nevvs and Obser ver. .-'. . It seems' that poor, iyarrid t-m I , '. V k den t-una is vei to. Do 7 tree. The struggling t patriots hre determined a, n Mtiguine and eich day add victories to their accumulating bright and chivalrous achiev ements. The Cubans easily demon strate their superiority in both arms and humanity and are richly meriting the glor ious success that is crowning their'efforts. This blightened and unhnp py isle, is doubtless destined to become almost a paradise in the very near future. In stead of the clash of arms, will be heard the noise of ma chinery; instead of the wail of help'ess women and children; will bo heard the gladsome notes of peace ana freedom. Cuba with its rich and un limited resource will spring up like magic. Its depleted and devastated fields will wave again in their verdure; and its noble, sacrificing pa triots will cast off the gloom of their wrecked fortunes and march on to wealth, prosper ity and happiness. Cuba's cause is just; God knows it, and He whl provide for her that unalienable and divine right, her sons are so manfully and heroicly fight ing to obtain. Wilmington P'spatch. True to Principles. There is no backward 6tep arfyVhere. Tholnnest Peon sylvania democrats "heartily reaffirm undfeiteratetheprin ciples of the democratic pnr- ty expressed in the. platform adopted by tfle natfonal con vention at Chicago in 1706 and approved by 6,50d;000 tree 'and independent voters" awl congratulates William Bryan "the gbrions chain pion of a righteous cause, for hisTnasterly leadership in support of democratic princi pits. This is the reply democrats everywhere will make to those foolish boltets w h o think, because of bad crops in Europe which afford a tern porary good ptice for wheat. the men who believe in bimet allism will repudiate their con victions. The gold standard has been weighed in the bal ance and found wanting. It has given us seven yars and more of hardship and . want. Onlgo'od crop will not re store the destruction it. h a s wrought. The most significant action of the convention was the tur ning down of W. P. Hanky who was national chairman in 1892, after a warm contest. Mr. Harrity has oeen npopu war leader, but did uot. stand- tiue in, 1896, and rJsJMyn' people repudiate him. f '' The "silver- crazo"Isrt q t dead'siet,. ajid the". Chicago platforJD stands as iba new declaraticfn f indejjndence. Both are, stronger than be- fore Ilanna's trust money asf'exttressed in the Ohicajfo platfor'nY. ' irwW win. in njrfe teet) hundred ton less thV peo ple, prefer" to remain 'Vissyls of Jthe money kings, tariff barons and trusts. News and Observer. Dishonest Tax Itetnrns. If the readers of the 'Topic' will go into the office of the Register ol Deeds and look oyer the tnx books for ihe different towiuhips, they ill lie amazed at some of the val uations put upon stock. Looking over one of thoe books the other day, we found that one man had re turned a number of cattle several ot them miiK cows- atone dollar a head. Now, there isn't a man in Caldwell county that, doesirt know that it would ne impossible to find that number in the county, of the worst that could be found, of ho little value. The same man is said to have several hun dred dollais worth of sol vent credits; yet lu listed less than 50. As these lists are all sworn to, what must be the charac ter of a man who will make such returns? And is it pos sible that, there is no remedy for sm:h fraud and injustice? It seems to us that eau-h glaring disregard for the truth is a proper matter for the next grand jury to exam ine into, and see if there is not some way to be found to punish the offender. Topic. To Core Constipation ore ,.-. Tke Oiocarets C'utiuv Cathariic. 10s nrtSc. 11 C C C. iiti 10 cur-, riramiHU. rtfuuu uiuuey.. bought the lasfelectiori. Thpiigli to know bov tosrtd fw ri unn isntMn (lemocratic prtyinvitQth(T the money."- . .' . assistance of pafTiot-5 ttic.arr -The Tax la tr. RppOSr Sncnis&t, t the creed of the-party jU(w Starpuck. by re- The School Supervisors. Superintendent oP Public Instruction, C. H. Mebane, issued the following to the county supervisors: "I wish to call the atten tion of you and your, county board of education tosection 25554 of the school law of 18 97. 'l find that the printer omitted a very important part of this section, as foW lows: "No order gsven by a school committee of iify dis trict (township) fqr maps, charts, globes, o r other school apparatus, shall be valid unless the same be en dorsed by the chairjnan of the board of commissioners (which now means chairman county board of education) and approved uy the county hoard of education." 1 call upon you in" the name of the children in yotir county to put a stop to the squander ing ol the school fund, ii it has been in your county. Be ware ot vouchers that are presented to you' fjr school supplies, i nese words 'school supplies' on some of these vouchers I have seen , .i . . simply mean fw.oU lor a school charj. Now; can you exp' ct for people tft be vvill-J ing to.pay axes to support public schoolswheii Hunion e.y'is fquandered'in this w.ny?j Ulfivedin a can nryy here I had to nay taes to be' wast ed in IJiis wrfy'when theeVc- TiorrcaBioro vore on sorrow taxes, r'wooJJlakethesJuip a n'l ca n u ss t fg . eflu u fU . -i "ii -..f..-'sJ gainsc scnooui uniuwcouja ifindrr,th;it bad; li8ei fliiest. gave hisnpiniou con cerniirt the tax law passed by tin.' last'Iegislature, in his charge to the grand, inr We gathered from hisexplan ation the following points, which we believe to be cor rdCtiolutioii : 1st. All taxes become due the first Monday in Septem ber. 2nd. The sheriff is requir ed to be in his office in Wilkes lioio during the month of September for the purpose of receiving taxes. 3rd. During the month of October the sheriff must spend one day at least at some stated place m each township, alter giving 15 days notice, for the purpose of receiving taxes. 4th. After ttie" first day of November the sheriff can levy upon property for taxes. Cth. All persons who fail to pay tin ir taxes on or be fore the first day of Novem ber, are liable to indictment, and it. is the duty of thesher iff to report all such delin quents to the judge at the next term of the court, the judge must report to the so licitor, the solicitor to the! grand jury, and the grand jury must present bills, and if found guilty such delin quents are Ihble to a fine of $500 and imprisonment. From this explanation it will be seen, that if auy one fails to pay his or her taxes by the 1st of Noveu.ber, he or she will be indicted tor misdemeanor under the new law. It would be well to re meniberbw: Chronicle. ir. James lerrell,'of Kurnt Jlouse VV. Vqm haR discorded) nil other diarrhoea medicines k and now handles only Chain berlain s colic, cholera nni diarrhopn remedy. He has used it in his family and sold it to his customers for years, , and has no hesitation in say ing that it A the best remedy for colic and diarrhoea, ho has ever known. It not only given relief, but effects a per manent cure. It is also pleas ant nnd sufe to take, making it ap ideal remedy for bowel ?omplair.ts. toTsaleby M. B. illackburn. PROFESSIONAL. W.B.C01JNC1LL, Jr. Attorney at La ft Boone, N. C. W. B. C0UNCILL, M.D. Boone, N. C. Resident Physician dffice on King Street north of Post Office. E. l LOVlLL. ,T. C. FLETCHER I.OViLL & FLETCHER AT1UUMYSATLAW, BOONE, N. &&8pecinln Mention given to the collation pfclaitns.ls&i T. C, Elackburn, 91. D., Boone, X. C. ' . - Dr. T. J. Pi oHtt, Mast, N. 0. Blackburn & Profitt tAsflQcigteil practicing physi cians. - , . .'ISTCalls promptlv attend ed. ' ..y 8 5, '97. WILLIAM R I.OVILL. 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