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: .' VOL. X. BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, N. C., THUHSDAY, NOVEMBER, 3, 1898. NO. 4G. 1 v.- 4. V- o 'P That Proclamation by Gor. Russell. News and Observer. If the Governor hn desir ed pence, rather than parti pan advantage, hisproclamu tion would havp read some what after this line: THE PROCLAMATION AS IT OU.1HT TO READ Whereas. The people of N. C. are Buffering from the most . rorrn p t go vern men 1 1 heSta te has '. known since 1868-69; and Whereas, every branch of the government is in the negroes or men who do the biddimrof the negroes who elect them; and Whereas, There are over 300 incompetent negro mag istrates in the State; " Whereas, there are more than 900 negro office hold ers in the State, every one elected or appointed since the Democrats were defeated in 1894; Whereas, the President has . filled the post offices of East ern towns with negro officials 'some of whom have signaliz ed their official life by rob bing the mails and stealing . the cash committed to them; Whereas, Many of the of ficials elected since 1896 are . fugitives from justice, and many othprs would be in the penitentiary if partisan judges had not permitted them to plead nolo contend ere; Whereas, Three physicians employed bv the penitentiary have been dismissed for im morality and other peniten tiary officials would be wear ing ttripes if they had their just deserts; . . Whereas, the two (Jenernl Assemblies run by the Fu- . sionists cost. $14,032.70, or 701) bales of cotton, more than th" Legislatures con ducted by the Democrats; Whereas, the expenses of the Stale government have been 1386.784.26 more dur ingthe last three years of Fusion rule thn during th htst three years of Democrat ic rule; Whereas, 3.647 new offices have been created since the Democrats were defeated in 1894; Whereas, The salaries and wages of the penitentiary hHve ohhi Iptf.b 14.08 more for on yenr under Fusion rule than under Democratic rule; Whereas, the public print ing rout $16,150.75 moreun der the threw years of Fusion than unriar the three years of Democratic niii; Whereas, While the Demo era is spoilt ?2,2"6.91 n year for lawyers' ftra which result ed iu defeating the special lax bonds ani putting two great railroad properties on the tax list, this administra tion has spent $7,818.92 in twenty months, from which the State has recaivi no' re turn whatever, Whereas, We have given or traded away the State's right of appeal, and confirm ed the North Carolina Rail road lease, after swearing to fight it to the end; Whereas, After promising reduction of railroad rates, we have violated this as well as other promises; Whereas, When a Republi can official shows himself in competent or dishonest, this administration gives him a better place instead of dis missing him or sending him to the penitentiary; Whereas, it has been de clared by one of our judges that seduction is a smaller crime than rape, and bas men thus encouraged to out rage white women; Whereas, Twenty outrages have been committed or at tempted upon white women in North Carolina within the past three years, and in ev ery instance in a county in which the Republican party is in control; Whereas, Residents of rural districts are afraid to leave their wives and daughters unprotected, and a rain of terror has been caused by the :o rid act of Republican brutes who think they have license because they are in power; Whereas, An organized bu reau is importing negroes rom South Carolina to vote illegally in this election, thus corrupting the ballot, and threatening the public peace; Whereas, Mnny ex-convicts boys under age, and of.her il legal electors, ha ye been reg istered by corrupt registrars and declare their purpose to yote; Whereas, In some counties partisan and corrupt election officers have been appointed, who violate the law and prac tice fraud in order to defeat the will of the people; Whereas, Leaders of the Republican party have ad vised negroes to go to the polls armed with guns, rocks and sticks, and urged negro women to intimidate negro votes; Whereas, white men ''of the baser 6orf have in public speeches advised negro driv ers to put their arms about t he young la d ies when em pit y ?d to drive their father's car riuge; Whereas, Leading negro politicians have forced them selves at places of public amusement into seats reserv ed for the white people; Whereas A United States Senator from North Caroli nathe first in the history of the fetate to hold a seat by corruption and bribery (See Caucasion and Progres fiive Farmer) has, for parti san ends, called upon the ' v President to be in readiness to send Federal troops to North Carolina to overawe the people and control purely local elections, a n offense whicthcan never be forgotten or forgiven by men who love the State or revere the con stitution. Whereas, By reason of these and other crimes and out rages and wrongs, the re spectable people appeal for protection .to their person arid property; and Whereas, The grievous and intolerable burdens under which they suffer have been made known to me by the public press, by numerous letters, by the oral statement of divers citizens of the State and by formal written state ments, by great public meet ings of the leading citizens of the State, by the letters of hundreds of Populists and Republicans, as well as thous ands of Democrats; Now, therefore, I, Danny Dlowhnrd, Governor ol the State of North Carolina, in pursuance of theconstitution andlaw8of said State, and by virtue of authority vest ed in me by said constitution and laws, do issue this, my proclamation, commanding nil the corrupt and vicious men, guilty of the actsenum crated above to immediately desist from all unlawful prac tices and all turbulent con duct except such as will help the Republicans carry this election. And I do further enjoin up on all judges and civil magis trates and all other officers of the taw to use their best efforts to apprehend and bring to speedy trial all Dem ocrats who are trying to pre ent the frauds contemplat ed by our registrars and poll- holders. And I further com mand and require that all persons who have entered this State from other States, except the horde of negroes imported from South Caro lina to help elect the Repub lican ticket, instantly to dis perse and leave this State upon pain of being arrested and dealt with according to law. Done at our city o! Raleigh, this 261 h day of October, in the year or our .Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight, and in the one hundred and twenty-third year of our American Inde pendence. DANNY BL0WIIARI), By the Governor. Governor. Rev. Decayed Baylus, Private Secretary. But Two Parties. The events of the past few day p show that old paity lines have been wijwd out and that today there are really but two parties contending for the master in North Carolina. The White Man's party or the negro party will wiu on the 8th of -November. All the Democrats except five renegades who had sold out for office; all the Populists except the office-holders and a few others who have believed the lies of their salary -drawing leaders; and all the decent white Republicans who know the true situation have forgotten past differences and all the respectable members of the other parties who can rise above prejudice all these forces are banded together to restore White Supremacy and decency (they are one and inseparable) in North Carolina. Opposed to them are the var ious classes that compose the ne gro party. They embrace 130, 000 negroes, pap-sucking and prejudice-guided men who were Ponulidts two and four rears ago, McKinley office-holders and their Republican henchmen, and such other scalawags add trait ors to their race who expect to get office or pay in return for sel ing their birth-right. The forces are drawn up ready to contend at the ballot box for supremacy. North Carolina can not be half white and half black. November 8th will tell whether the negro shall continue to rule the State or whether the white man shall be entrusted with the reins of government. That is the true issue. "He that dallies is a dastard." For Political Pm poses. News and Observer. Chairman Simmons was seen at Democratic Head quarters late last night and shown the telegram from Washinghton about Senator Pritchard's letter to the President asking for troops, to be went to North Carolina. Chairman Simmons said when Senator Pritchard wrote his letter no disturb- ance had occurred l n the State, and it is therefore evi dent this whole thing was gotten up by Pritchard and Russell for base political pur poses. Seeing the State was ost to them by the coming together of the white men of the State to overthrow ne gro rule, they had in their panic recourse to this desper ate scheme in the vain hope of intimidating the white peo pie to quietly submit to ne- groism and the most infam ous government that ever cursed this o r any other State in the Union-a govern ment which is disgracing the State, destroying its credit, crippling its business and re pelling immigration and cap itnl." Continuing, Chairman Sim mons said: "There has been no trouble in the State ex cept the Ashepole incident, and that occurred Saturday night after Senator Pritch ard wrote his letter, and the fact that in that disturbance three white men had been shot down by negroes in the night time while guarding the property and liyes of the people of that town, shows conclusively that thenegroes were the aggressors." "It is," he said, "a clear at tempt to bulldoze the white people of the State and to bolster up the negroes in their insufferable insolence and aggressiveness. It is all right, he eaid, ''in the opin ion of Pritchard and Rut-sell, for the negroes not only to call on their race to band to gether against the white men but force them by threats and force to vote the Repub lican ticket, but it is wrong in their opinion for white men to appeal to white men to stand together to over throw negroism and protect their wives and daughters from insult and outrages and secure good, decent and competent government for the State." The chairman, while indig nant at the reflection upon the State, expressed the con fidence that no power orcom bination. could defeat the white people. 1 hey are aroused as never before, and as determined. Success wil crown their efforts in this great contest. 1 Snre Sign of Croup. Hoarseness in a child tha is subiett to croup is a sure indication of the approach o the disease. If Chamberlain's cough remedy is given as soon as the child becomes hoarse, o r even after the croupy cough has appeared it will prevent the attack Many mothers w ho hat croupy children always keep this remedy at band and find that it saves them much trouble and worry. It can always be depended upon and is pleasant to take. For sale by all druggists. RINGS LIKE A BELL Mat. Guthrie, Populist Candidate for Vorernor in 1806, l3nonnce Fed eral Interference-Will Preside 0 ?er White Man's Coimution. fron. F. M. Simmons. Chm. Raleigh, N. C. Dear Sir: Your invitation endering to me the honor of presiding over the "White Man's Convention" nt Golds- hero, on the 28th inst., has been received, and under the circumstances. 1 accept the same with pleasure. Up to the present time I lave not taken any active part in this campaign, and my intention was to refrain rom doing so. until I read to-day's dispatches from Washington to the effect that the President and his Cabinet are being importun ed by men in high official po sition to send Federal soldiers to North Carolina to interfere with our local affairs, and to uphold by the aid of Federal bayonets those who would perpetuate, if they could, the present disgraceful condition of our local State govern ment. The time was, thirty years ago, at the end of the civil war, when such things had to be tolerated, but no true hearted Southern man, who lived through the Recon struction period, can wish to see a repetition o f those dark and stormy days, when civil law was dominated -by military strength to uphold partisan local government. It is high time now for all true North Carolinians to a rouse themselves from their lethargy, and come together as one man, with one mind, determined that our Anglo Saxon civilization shall be preserved. The true white men of North Carolina, who love our State, should come together regardless of past party affil iations, and go to the polls on the 8th day of November, with the fixed resolution that the present condition of pub lic affairs in our State shall be changed, so that men whose chief business in life has been demonstrated to be that of trading on party fealty as the means of get ting for themselves personal gain, shall be. driven from power and place, and that those who succeed them shull be worthy and compe tent to guide the future des tiny of our good old State. Yours truly, WM. A. GUTHRIE. Durham, N. C, Oct. 25, '98 From New Zealand. Recfton, New Zealand, Nov 23rd, 189G. I am very pleas ed to state that since I took the agency of Chamberlain's medicines the sale has been very large, more especially of the cough remedy. In two years I have sold more of this particular remedy than of nll other makes for the previouj five years. As to its efficacy, I have been in formed by scores of persons of the good results they have received from it, and know its value from the iirve of it in my houeelnld. It is so pleas ant to take that we have to nlaco the bottle beyond the reach of the children. E. J. Scantlebuuy. For sale by all druggists. There is no lie too big for Radicals to tell. One of them in Watauga, says the Demo crab, tells the people that White, the Republican candi date for Congress in the Sec ond district is a white man. They hope to win this cam paign by presuming that the people are a II fools and idiots. News and Observer. The Best Plaster. A piece of flannel dampen ed with Chamberlain's pain balm and bound on to the af fee ted parts is superior to any plaster. When troubled with a pain in the chest or side, or a larno back, give it a trial. You are certain to be more than pleased with the prompt relief which it af fords. Pain balm is also a certain cure tor rheumatism. For sale by all druggists. Landmark: B. M. Bridges, a young republican of (Screens boro, has taken the stump in opposition to the Republi can nominees tor clerk, sheriff and treasurer in Guilford, FOR JJttB-mrma of til tha pain andstck nasi from which wornea suffer la caused by weakness or dcan gtmcnt tn the organs of meaetruatlofi. Nearly always iiJi when a vrom&n U not vj!l ttaao organs are effected. .3ut wbon they am atrwtg and tvtaUr woman-Is ory seldom Hdu la nature's provision for fho legis- trtion ( the jnonsirval fotictloa. It euros ail "fctnalo troebta. " U Is equally eifectWa lor th pA to her toons, tha young wlie wtth do m9tto and ir.&'.ercal cares, and the woman app'oacMng the rmrlod known as tbe " Ch&rur of Life.'" Tfcey all need It Yboy are all PerjtMoo in cases .rsguMnff tpantil Mnw. aaaxott, ff'vin" tyriitrms, The ChJtUivJOGH Msdldne Co.. Chua- TH08. J. COOPER. Tupaio. Mlssjtirt! ' My elder tsifbrsd trots very Irttgulsr and Caul Jlr.:ul Bisnitriistio'i and doctors not -reilav liar. Kins ! Cardul Sntlruly curnd ber rnri slM raj PROFESSIONAL. W. 13. COUNC1LL, Jr. Attorney at La Boone, N. C. t W. B. COUNCILL, M. D. Boone, N. C. Resident Physician Office on King Street north of Post Office. E. F. LOVILL. J. C. FLETCHER. l OViLL & FLETCHER. ATIOUM'A'SATLAW, BOONE, N. C. S3 Special attention given to the colletwn ot claims. WILLIAM R. LOVILL. ATTORNEY AT LAW. Sutherlands, N. C. Practices in the State and Federal courts. Du. J. M. HOGSHEAD, Cancer Specialist, ExNNER'S ELK. N. C Ao Knile; No Burning Out. Highest relTereuces andendors mont8 of prominent persons suc cessfully treated iu Va Teim. and N. C. Remember that there is no time too boon to Ret rid ol a cancerous growth no matter how itnall. Examination free, Iftftrs aiiswcrvd promptly, and HUtisfattion UHrauttva. women Ill 1 .'; , .v. (:.
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