.Democrat
VOL. X.
BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, N. C, THUBSDAY, AUGUST, 4. 1898.
NO. 33.
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A feuiple of R6aablicaa Bait.
Charlotte Obsef ver.
With surpassing impudence
the Republican State conven
O tion arregattd t- Republi-caniem-and
Republicanism
leavened with fermenting rot
tenness of Populism at that
-the exclusive ability to gov
ern North Carolina decently.
In view of this statement, it
' may not be amiss to cast an
0 eye upon one-just one-phase
of Republican rule in North
Carolina, thcimmaculatepen
itentiury management. To
. mentidn it calls up visions of
guards asleep at the posts of
duty, of convicts' escapes be
ing openly winked at, of John
R. Smith's convict strawber-
?ry festivals, of the horrible
scandals that penitentiary
physicians have become in
volved in and all that dark
history which we would like
so much to forget. But this
is not all. The financial
management of the peniten
tiary is being kept secret. I.
Republicanism is the only
means of governing North
Carolina decently, why sup
press the report of the peni
tentiary management? There
appears to be "something
rotten in the State of Den-
q mark" here. The News and
Observer publishes a little in
cident of a meeting of the
Denitentiary board that is
interesting. It says:
I "Sometime after that date
when the Inw requires the
rendering of the annual re
import from the penitentiary
authorities, Mr. Claudius
Dockery, chairman o f the
Denitentiary board, wrote
feomethii.-g and presented it
to the board as the report.
After he had read it, there
Was a profound silence. No
body seemed to know any
thing ubout it. Some mem
ber of the board asked,
"What shall rve do with it?"
Another member remarked,
I am not going to do any
thing with it. I don't under
stand it and I am not goinir
to do anything with a report
$f I do not understand."
Thereupon another mem
berof the board moved to
recommit i t t o Dockery,
which was done, and the so-
called leport has never been
seen since. It i s rumored
that Dockoiy said ho gave it
to Smith, and it is likewise
rumored that Smith 'said at
one time that he carried it to
Goldsboro, and at another
time that he left it in thoi
Treasurer's office.
The question is, in the lan
g u a g e of Tom Watson,
v "Where is it at?"
The Greensboro Telegram,
com tnenting on this disgrace
ful state of affairs, takes the
most charitable view possi
ble. It says:
The last report made by
the State prison authorities
was the one made in Decem
ber, 1896,byHon.A.Leazar,
who was RUDerintendent of
that institution. That re
port showed the penitentiary
as not only self-sustaining,
but with a neat balance in
the treasury. This was ac
complished under the-Demo
craticrule. The superintend
en t was not ashamed t
make this report. Now, un
dtr Rep.-Pop. rule, how is it?
The Governor his swapped
off John R. Smith and allow
ed him to go without making
a report, when the law plain-
ly requires a yearly report to
oe maae ano sworn to oy sue
superintendent.
Well, it makes little differ-L
ence. or the time being the fenough t0 seal the doom of necouia not anoni io con
law requiring a report to be tnat pnrt in North CaroH. nect himself with the Repub
uiaaesnouia Derepeaieu. u
would be a pity to require
John R. to perjure himself,
wnicn, in an piooaoiiuy, oe
would have to do in order to
make a report nt lor decent
and respectable people t o
reau. we nearenouga scan-
dais and disgraces about the grotesque than the declara
present administration with- tion of Temporary Chaii man
out requiring the officers to Blackburn that it had been
make the in out and swear. to
tnem. Amici us noi wun a
a t. a m . . I
sworn report from the peni-
tentiaryl
Well, there is something in
the idea. A published report
would doubtless be such a
disgrace, that it would be a
lot upon the fair name of
the State, wuch is already
blotted enongh.
GEN. SHATTER'S ARM.
Washington, July 25.-Ru
mors of various kinds have
been in circulation as to dis
position of Gen. Shafter's ar
mv. but the Wai Department
- t I
iouasyetinthematter.Asuf
uas uui cuuirj u diiv ujuuiub
hcient force is to be kept at
Santiago to maintain the po
sition the United Slates has
taken and to preserve order,
While there is yellow fever in
fectionin the army no at
tempt will be maoe to onng
.... i
the troops to the United Sta-
. s.
tes. The War uepartmen
it may be stated, is now
i i- .a i.
uenumg every euornuwa-ure
for General Shatter s army
an amnle sunnlv of nntri-
tious food and also will see
, , T
fhaf tha snMiaPu hnvo i rpst,
and careful attention SO thev
may cet in the very best con-
ThmH na ennia a
now maklnfr a careful exam-
inntionof the armv with a
view of advising the Depart- Richmond Pearson, theCon
ment as to the best methods greBsraan from the ninth dis-
of restoring thesick to health
and preventing any further
inmuH .F rl iuanoo It. ia nrtt
holipved nt the Denartment
that anv Iarce number of
troops will bo necessary at
Knntiflim niter the Snanish
nriannra hnvft hepn denort-
r- " - - -1
ed.
Raleigh Post: Commission
er John R. Smith and chair
man of the executive commit
- gnum -
inienl.
tee Julius t'aesur L
yiitiu.. . iu okuvu, -
tursi Jj ineui, K'v"
-pmnary poer.u e.umujr
as many ferti izer inspectors
UB lljr UialiCCUilicvwnn.jr
at $75 per month each "and
expenses," is a glorious thing
for the boys. Rally round
the flag, and hasten to the
headquarters, all ye who
hungered for pie and mourn
ed because ye have found it
not. The millennium dawns
at last. All whom Collector
Duncan and Marshal Dock
ervond tho Governor have
not as yet provided lor.iet
v i.i
them come forward, uaii on
or write at oncetoCol. Julius
Caesar-fce is the "Big lugin"
oi the pie-distributing pair.
O
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B-uitW
iam.,
i Tin Kiad Yn Hm Alwan Boarht
THE REPUBLICAN HI ATE COXYM-
Charlotte Observer
A statement or the person
net and a rcnort of the nro
ceedin?8 of tne Republican
state convention, held Wed
LmHm if ranH hv vrv vot
jn lne State, ought to be
na he convention was
P ' nftHP(i a,nnRt Mf.l,,sivelv
0fnfiirroe8 ano whit office-
t,,,.,, umi ua onh nf it
orator8 aU( the effrontery of
its nintform were sufficient to
Lurn uny ordinary stomach.
Tbere could be nothing more
8QOWn that Reoublicans a
,
lone are com Detent, to trovern
orth Carolina, rnless it be
the absurd declaration of
Permanent Chairman Lin-
ney whose weakness is hy
perbole that President lie
Kinley is the equal of Wash
ingtan, Jefferson and Mon
roe. The train of scandal,
incompetency and extra va
gance which began at the be
ginning of the present admin
iBtration and Las followed it
down to this day, is the an
ewer to Blackburn, ard the
fact that tne convention en-
J I I L ! .-..Sri, 4-1-1 A I
iiuiDcu ib viiuviiw w v
perfect hopelessness of tM
nepuoncan party oi worm
Carolina. It is bad enough
to have made such a record
as it has since Russell took
I . . . - .1
office; it is infamous to boast
om, oucu a ooast is prooi
oi a moral perversion ior
i r
11 1 r . "4! n
wmcn mere is no cure.
resolutions: we nereu.y
I im tnnnrl fho orlminiut rf inn
w.u..rc. ..v..
oi uih oiateuecauae, uiuj,
the finances have been wisely,
, ... . . .
economically a n a nonesuy
administered: second, the
laws have been amy, miriy
I. m ! t
and impartially administer-
I - rut J l f
i ... ....
ea.' 1 Dis wnsreao o '.ore
the convention, and was pre
sumably, written by Mr.
trict-a man well born, well
reareu, wen euuraw. """
W UBB UP OUl.im.IUUB ll a i c
been good. If he could bring
himself to father such n sen
tence as that, it is hardly to
be wondered at that he got
endorsement for it from
the
gang 01 sieepy neKroe8
. i . , .uj
wnue omce-uo.ueia ueiu.e
4-n mi. .1 i. ..i .J i.
mm. limit ue tuuiu uhhk
himBelf to it shows what Re-
Pub,?An,8m w,,l;i?forT
0 .whdm Btf?8th,n 18 h
, j hfce ecle(Ji
We endorse the Dingley
tariff billf8aysthis platform
fn made
necessary by
. OTnpniitrPH
incident to the war -when
all the world know6 that the
Dingley tariff bill wa& framed
and enacted into law neiore
there was any war or any
prospect o f war. Nothing
could be more uncandid than
this, nor anything more un
worthy than a phrasefollow
m-in ti'h irh ia Bnncrht'. tft
...,.... ,.
- - ;" .
in vp ii ta miiiiiiiiihi in I lull mill
' Huul,lBU ija,KJ " " c
elory tor the euccess of the
war thus far.
But, as men do not gather
grapes of thorns, nor figs' of
thistles, neither do thej get
candor and strnight-for-
ward dealing, any more than
good government from South
ern Republicanism.
Away with itl A man
might believe in every tenet
of the Republican party, and
yet if he were well regulated
an1 meant well by his people
lKUU lmi iy
Qaon account of the con-
Menceless association into
wuiuu u wuum uu..B mm.
Batter Not CommualcaUTe.
News and Observer.
Senator Butler came u p
from his home at Elliott yes
terday afternoon and began
operations very shortly af
ter his arrival. The amiable
and pions Mr. Stowd waiting
for the train to take him out
and when the Senator laid
the Congressman by the arm
for a minute's conversation
there was one of those sharp
contrasts l n which recent
North Carolina politics has
so abounded. The Congress
man is as soon and guileless
as any little lamb; the Sena
tor is not as open and guile
less as any little lamb.
The Senator repaired to
the office of his newspaper
and turned in a batch of
warm stuff for that lamp to
fh f t nnf1 hpn wptir tn
make rt tour 0f the Capitol
in tow of Dr. Thomson, and
incidentally to advise as to
the lay of the land.
Mr. Butler was seen later
. j . hotel The pointbiank
txiA t ft.' U KIVI T w w
nnpHn wnR nnt to him.
ii ,
n0 vou favor fusion with
I V
the Republican party in this
- , . . , , .
I .. .. ... .
enouirh. but the Senator is
not good at answering qnes
tions He replied: "1 prefer
not to answer that now;
have virtually answered it in
an editorial in the Caucasian
which appears tomorrow."
The Senator also preferred
not to giye the nature of his
answer in the Caucasian. He
could not undertake to say
either whether there would be
L ion between P opulistsand
Republicans in the counties
and Congressional districts
crenerallv. How should he
know? He really could not
tell whnt "the people" would
do. They managed t h e i
own affairs. In some places
he Baidj Democrats and Pop
u"
.. t . t . A
I " "
to the Judges to be elected
this fall Mr. Butler wasequa
ly in the dark. He
Iv fiay that gene,
could on
Bay that generally , the
Populists favored a nonpar
tisan Judiciary. He decla
ed that thev were willing to
vote for fearless, able and
impartial men like Judge
Hoke regardless of party
As to the recent talk of the
Wegtern
Union Telegraph
and Pullman Car Companies
in denying the jurisdiction o
the railroad commission the
Senator paused in his wal
up and down the room long
enough to utter the one word
"rot," whiqh he du with em
ipnasis
I
and evident satisfac
tion. Then he hurried away
to keep an urgent appoint
raent.
,b.o:
i Tha Kind Ym Haw AN
OABTOXIXA.
BMitf A Tin Kind Yw Hm Alwjs Bought
A Protest and Suggestion.
Do wecorreetly understand
he Washington Post to pro
pose that the name of the
Maria Teresa, if she can be
rerover-ed and rebuilt, shall
be the Maine! The Post
says :
"All see a certain poetlclus
tice in the fact that the Viz-
caya and the Oquendo, the
two Spanish ships whirl) lay
in Havana harbor gloating
over the wreck of the Maine,
have been utterly destroyed.
But the Spanish flagship is
lmost certain to be saved,
and it is the universal senti
ment that she should replace
the lost Maine in the United
States navy. Although de
nominated as a cruiser, the
nfanta Marin Terejo. is prac
ically a battleship of the sec
ond-class."
IVe beg to enter a modest
protest. The Maria Teresa
was a Spanish ship, of for
eign make, sent to our shores
to make trouble for us. We
can properly take her into
the navy, but she should be
given a name that will forev
er mark h?r as, in a way, not
of our inner circle, while at
theenme tune recalling the
victory in which she was won.
The name Santiago will do.
As for the battleship or
cruiser thaj receives the name
Maine let her be American
rom keel to the top of h r
military mast s built o f
American stock. Asheville
itizen.
Threatening: to Take Molt Down.
11 ncUUiO 1.11(1 U U 11 J CD
and hot stun still jrrow
out of the Republican con ven
tion here, when Linney's ap
pointee's to office nominated
him. We get it reliably that
chairman Holton, of the Rep.
Ex. Com., said iust after the
State convention that
Marsh Mott didn t draw in
his horns, make sufficient np
pologies to Linney and "the
powers that be," and give
Linney his heartiest support
his (Mot t's) name would be
taken down and some other
name put in its place. Holton
says the Linney officeholders
held a proper convention and
the kickers amount to noth
me, und that the state con
vention put Linney in a s
chairman a s endorsemen
of his nomination and the
methods used to secure it
and also for the purpose
humiliating Mott. tie says
they are going to teach
these obstreperous fellows
that they must bow to "the
powers that be."
'Holton says they've got
Mott in a hole and he'll have
to do their bidding or stay
in the hole.
We shall see what we sha
see. Chronicle.
A subscriber at Henrietta
N. C, writes us a lengthy le
ter. closinir with th? follow
ing:
Me and my wife raised ten
children and all is alive and
all is married and about 80
grandchildren and I thin
that you could afford to give
an oia man your pur - fe
Right aeain soon and 1 will
answer it. I havt something
to tell .vou next rime.saysan
eiclninge.
News and Observer: The
political skies brieh ten daily.
fhe Republican Stateconvett
Ion helping along. Its tna
nipulation by office-holders,
its applause of White's vic
ious speech, and its endorse
ment of all the villainies Un
der Repiblban rule gave
cause for pause to white men
of all parties. The truth
about the mismanagement
of county affairs, the eleva-
ion ot the negro over the
white man, the growing as
surance and impudence of he
gro officials are turning the
stomachs o f honest white
men. One speaker i n the
meeting of the Wake county
Democratic executive com
mittee said he knew Ave white
lepubllcans in one township
who would vote for white su
premacy this year.
i Ji.'ui.ui.Mn-m
MONTHLY
SUFFERINQ.
JVmm-U of
woman ajta
troablad at
monthly inter
vali with paint
in the bead,
back, breasts,
ehoulaer.,tidet
hipi and limbs.
But they need
not suffer.
These pains are symptoms of
dacfferous derangements thst
can do corrected. The men
atraal function should operate
painlessly.
mm
makea menstruation painless,
and regular. It pats the deli
cate menstrual organs in condU
tion to do their Work properly.
And that stops all this pain.
Why will any woman surfer
month after month when Wine
of CardnlwlU relieve her. M
Costs $1.00 at the drug store.
Why don't you get a bottle
tor advice, io cases requiring
special directions, address, giv
ing symptoms, "The Ladies'
Advisory Department," The
Chattanooga Medicine Co.,
Chattanooga, Ten a.
Mm anm lewis.
4 rOMtHis. Tnas. sets I
"lass trssblsS st mtirtMi Insnrslt
lit hot btsa Mtttslr
Kk to IMs sslnt In
! S. wise
t Csiaa.."
PROFESSIONAL.
W. B. COUNCILL, Jr.
Attornfa at LAV.
Boone, N. C.V
W. B. COUNCILL, M. D.
Boone, N. C.
Resident Physician Office
on King Street north of Post
Office.
E. F. LOVILIi. J. C FLETCHER.
I.OViLL & FLETCHER
ATlOUNhYS AT LAW,
BOONE, N. C.
Special attention stivett
to the collet ion of claims."
WILLIAM It. LOVILL.
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Sutherlands, N. C.
Practices in the State and
Federal courts.
Dr. J. M. HOGSHEAD,
Cancer Specialist,
BANNER'S ELK. N. C.
No Knife; No Burning Out.
Highest reffereuces audendors
ments of prominent persons suc
f.. II .. ..-.in .,! it Va Tu.m
- la - d N. c. Remember that there
is no time too boos to get rid ol
a cancerous jrrowth no matter
how small. 1-xamination free,
letters e.iisweml promptly, aai
ititilaetion uarauteea.