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BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, N. C, THURSDAY, MAY, 1899.
NO. 18.
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Weldon News.
Gen. M. W. Ransom has
sold to the Cumnier Ldinber
Company, of Norfolk, Va.,
the timber from about 2,600
acres of land lying in North
ampton county, for f 40,000
cash. General Ransom also
in large bodies ot timber
ands in Halifax county, but
thin is not included in the
deal. He also has on hand
130,000 worth of cotton,
which is equivolant to so
much cash, as the cotton has
been baled and is ready for
the market.
Gen. Ransom is one of the
few rich men who believes in
in vesting his weafth in lands
thus hearing a large propor
tion of the tbxes of the 8tate
and also giving employment
to a number of people. He
could easily invest in U. S.
bonds and thusavoid paying
taxes, but he loves his native
State too well for that and
delights in farm life. He it
the largest land owner in the
State.
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PROFESSIONAL.
W. B. COUNC1LL, Jb.
Attorney at Lay.
. Boone, N. C.
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WASHINGTON LETTER.
From our Regular Correipondtnt
Major Lee, who has been
the personal representative of
Gen. Miles before the Court
of Inquiry, made a speech
summing up the evidence ta
ken during the inquiry that
nny lawyer might have been
proud of. He showed that ev
ery allegation made by Gen.
Miles has been fully sustain
ed by good evidence, but if
the Algerites are correct in
their outline of the report,
which the court will make in
a few days, probably ,'t h i s
week, the evidence is to be ig
nored; Alger and E a g a n
whitewashed, and Gen. Miles
and the officers who.dared to
tell the truth about the beef
furnished thearmv.censured.
If that sort of a report is sub
mltted, a wave of indigna
tion is likely to sweep over
this country that when com
pared with that which fol
lowed the whitewashing of
Alger by the War Commis
sion, will be a a tornado to
a summer zeph.pr. The peo
ple of this country have deci
ded this case on the evidence,
and if Mr. McKinley is unwise
enough to allow his friend
ship for Algerism and his dis
like for Gen. Miles to cause
him to nse bis official influ
ence to get n report contrary
to the evidence, so mnch the
worse for him. The country
has been, disposed, through
all the dirty mess, to believe
in the personal integrity of
Mr. McTCinley, and that he
was the victim of his. politi
cal obligations to Alger, but
public opinion can not b e
made to stand too great a
strain.
The Republican managers
are trying to get Mr. Hobart
to announce that, owing to
his health, he will not be a
candidate for renomination,
but he has so far declined to
do so, although his health is
in a serious condition. Boss
Piatt and some other N. Y.
Republicans, thinks that Ted
dy Roovelt would be effect u
ally shelved if made the tail
of the McKinley ticket, and
Mr. McKinley, who is a little
bit afraid of Teddy as a rival
for the first place, is said not
to be averse to the idea, pro
vided that Hobart, whom he
really likes, can be persuaded
to voluntarily take himself
out of the way.
Politicians have no difficul
ty in reading the play made
by Gov. Stone, of Pa,, when
he appointed Quay benator
immediately following his ac
quittal by a Philadelphia ju
ry of the charge of conspira
cy to rob the State. Theap
pointment was not made
with any expectation that
theaccom pa nying credentials
would ever be used in wash
ington. Governor Stone and
Mr. Quay both know that
the Senate has repeatedly,
within the last few years, de
nied the right of n Governor
to fill a vacancy in the Sen
ate which the legislature of
the state has failed to fill, af
ter having had an opportuni
ty todopo. Theappomtment
was made for its moral
effect upon tho Republicans
of the Pennsylvania legisla
ture, which is likely to be call
ed in extra tension, nominal
ly for other reasons, but in
reality solely for the purpose
of giving Mr. Quay another
chance for getting himself
reelected.
Admiral S?hley is under-
stood to contemplate asking
an investigation of the im
plied charges and innuendoes
made against him by t h e
Sampson clique in the Navy
Department. If he does, he
will nor ask it of the Navy
Department, but will go di
rect to Congressand ask that
a thorough investigation be
made by a non-partisan com
mittee.
The Hanna-McKinley men
are already beginning to see
that the retirement of Czar
Reed doesn't call for as much
rejoicing on their part, as
they thought it did when it
was first made public. It will
remove a powerful enemy
trom the pathway of the ad
ministration, but there is
danger that the scramble for
the Speakership, which has
already started, may create
a number of smaller enemies
who may be able to do more
damage to the administra
tion plans and politics than
one big enemy like Mr. Reed.
Boss Hanna is not in any
doubt about the success in
naming the next speaker, but
he 6 growing very much 8-
fraid of the sore spots that
will be left among the disap
pointed, when his choice be
comes known. A prominent
Republican Senator, discuss
ing this matter with a friend,
said: "1 shall miss my guess
if Hanna and McKinley do
not both bitterly regret the
retirement of Reed before the
new Speaker has fairly got
used to the position." Mr
Payne, of New York, not
withstanding the under
standing that Mr. Sherman,
of the same state was to be
the Eastern candidate f o r
Speaker, has shied his castor
in the ring and declared hi in
self a candidate. There will
be lots of fun, and possibly
some good political capital
for the democrats in the com
ing fight over the Speaker
ship.
Owing to a call of the Ger
man Ambassador at t h e
State Department, Captain
Coghlan, of the Raleigh, has
received a strong official hint
not to repeat the story he
told at the New York ban
auet about the way in which
Admiral Dewey humbled the
German Naval Commander
in Manila Bay. last year,
when the Germans tried to
get a little uppish. It is de
nied that the Herman Am
bassador made any com
plaint about. Capt.Coghlan's
story out ot course, every
body knows that it is a part
of diplomacy to deny any
thing and everything when it
is deemed necessary to do so.
' I was reading an advertise'
ment of Chamberlain's Colic,
Cholera and Diarrhoea rein
ed v in the Worcbester Enter
prise recently, which leads me
to write this. 1 can trutniui
ly say I never used any rem
edy. equal to it for colic and
diarrhoea. I have neverhad
to use more than one or two
doses to cure the wor6t case
with myself or children. W.
A. Stroud, Popom jke City,
Md. For sale by M. B. Bluck-
burn.
It b Nothing 8hrt of Bevolotioa.
News and Observer.
Two weeks ago when this
paper (a few days after the
Supreme Court in the Day de
cision decided virtually that
the legislature hid no right
to control the State institu
tions) said that all the other
ex-Fusion officers would
bring contests for their old
places, some of the Fusion of
fleers, who have since resort
ed in i evolutionary proceed
ings in order to save their
" oaiil thia na nan in a a
j,MC7j nam iuio pivpvi VfUU
misrepresenting the Fusion
ists by saying that the Bjard
of Agriculture was contem
plating revolutionary pro
ceedings to bold their jobs.
Yesterday they took action
verifying our prediction.
Whnn the legislature was
in session there was strong
sentiment in favor of immedi
ately removing John R.
Smith, whose inefficiency was
pronounced, but upon an ex
amination of the law it w a s
decided that Mr. Smith could
not be legally removed until
June 15, and no attempt was
made to remove him. The
same was true of the Secreta
ry and other officers of t h e
Board. The Legislature then
elected Mr. Samuel L. Patter
son, of Caldwell, Commission
or of Agriculture and fifteen
new members of the Board of
Agriculture. The Fusion mem
bers were not removed. Short
ly after the legislature ad
journed the twenty members
met in Raleigh, held a.harmo
nious session, unanimously
elected Col. John S. Cunning-
bam Chairman, and T. K.
Bruner Secretary, appointed
committees, and the next is
sue of the Bulletin, the offi
cial organ of the Board of
Agriculture, recognized the
legality of the proceedings
and printed the committees
and other matters relative to
the meeting. There was no
suggestion then of a contest
or of ground for a contest.
Yesterday afternoon as the
members arrived, Secretary
Ramsey in person delivered
to each member a notifica
tion that the old members of
the board repudiated thenew
members, had expunged the
proceedings of the last meet
ing, and would go it alone.
Why. this change of front?
The Supreme court's decision
in the Day case. That is the
cause of all the litigation and
revolution that has come to
the surface.
Jf the action of the old
board was taken with the be
lief, in good taith, that the
Supreme court would sustain
it in the position assumed,
then it is the most scathing
possible comment npon the
decision in the Day case and
a pertinent instance of what
must follow from that inroad
upon a dignified public polfcy.
Whether in that belief or
not, it is most open, shame
less and arrogant grab for
place that has disgraced even
a Fusion administration.
That the parties to it believe
however, that they have a
shred ot law to snstaiu them
or that they are persuaded
that the Supreme court will
follow them thus far into the
sordid mire of partisanship
is extremely improbable.
Doubtless the most that they
hope to gain by the unprece
dented course of yesterday is
to keep themselves in place
until the next term of the Su
preme court, and thereby
play fast and loose with the
department funds, for that
much longer, after the ap
proved Fusion method. Then
if the court decides against
them, and the court will really
have to draw the line some
where, the dog will have pro
longed his day that much.
A tew months more of office
a iittlo more milage and per
diem theee under cover of a
decision ot the Supreme court
that giver an ouor of sanctity
to a Fusion tenure of office,
are at the root of the matter.
If it be true as stated in a
Washington dispatch print
ed in the news columns of to
day's paper, that the Demo
crats are to be given about
half the census supervisor's
places, we may expect a howl
to go up from the Republi
cans. There will be nine su
pervisors in North Carolina
and these places puy very
good salaries, while the po
sition of enumerator, which
onlj lasts a month, is not to
be sneezed at by a fellow who
is on the lookout for pie. If
the Democrats are to have a
divide ofthese places in N.C
we assume that they will be
given four supervisors and
the Republicans five. We do
not desire to raise any false
hopes, however, and we take
this occasion to say that if
any Democrat expects to ask
for the place of supervisor he
need not bank to uiucb on
getting it. There are too
many demand on Senator
Pritcbard for pie which he
cannot meet for him toillow
these nice places to go out
side the party il he can help
it. Landmark.
A Richmond dispatch of the
19th to the Baltimore Sun
says: A bronze statue is
to be placed oyer the grave
of Hon. Jefferson Davis, in
Hollywood Cemetery, here.
Mrs. Dayis is having the stat
ue built in New York.
It will be slightly over life
size and a faithful likeness of
the deceased chieftain. It will
show him as he was during
the war and will represent
him in the clothes he wore
when he was captured. It has
been so frequently falsely eta
ted that Mr. Davis was cap
tured while fleeing in female
attire that Mrs. Davis deci
ded in rearing the monument
to show her husband ds he
really appeared when taken
prisoner by th Northern sol
diers. The monument will be
exceedingly handsome both
in workmanship and finish.
Rheumatism Cored.
Mv wife has used Chamber
lains Pain Balm for rheuma
tism with great relief, and I
can recommend it as ij splen
did liniment for rheumatism
and other household use for
which we have found it valu
able. W. J. Ctjyler, Red
Creek, N. Y.
Mr. Cuyler is . one of the
leading merchaitrs of this vil
lage and one of the most
prominent men in this vicin
ity. W. G. Phippin, Editor
Red Creek Hernld. For sale
by M. B. Blackburn.
Day Deciiioi a 8arpriu.
News and Observer.
Representative LockeCraig
of Asheville, is in Raleigh on
legal business.
Mr. Craig says the lawyers
of his section were not expec
ting such an opinion from
the court in the Day case.
They do not understand how
any of the judges conld have
continued to concur in the
opinion of the court after
they had read Judge Clark's
dissenting opinion. If the o
pinion of the conrt be the law
of the land, except that pro
mulgated by the Supreme
court. Instead of being a re
public with three co-ordinate
departments of government
the State has become an oli
garchy in which the oligarchs
have supreme power. Judge
Clark's opinon is a great de
fense of the rights of the peo
pie to govern themselves as
contemplatei by the f miners
of theffovernment.und places
him along tho great jodges
that have adorned the his
tory ol English jurisprudence.
He completely annihilated
every position taken by the
court. Our people, of course
are interested in the Bun
combe county clerkship, but
rather expect this case to go
as the Day case went.
Mr. Craig said:
"The araendraeut in our
county will add strength to
the Democratic party. I have
tulked with a great many
people and have not found a
single Democrat who is not
enthusiastically for it. lhave
talked with some Republicans
who fare for it and under
stand that some of the lead
ing Republicans of the West.,
will support it. The plan of
the Republican leaders will be
to deceie the people with the
idea that the amendment will
disfranchise the illiterate
white people. As aoon as" our
people come to know that no
white man will be disfranchis
ed they are all for the amend
ment and would all vote for "
it if influenced by party pre
judice. The election of our
municipal ticket is assured.
The opposition will' hardly
make a serious fight. Here
tofore the elections in Ashe-,
villa have been very close,
and have sometimes gone a
gainst the Democrats. .Under
our present election law
which prevents the colizina
tion of negroes, the Republi-'
cans seem to have surrender:
ed. "The evidence "in the
Pearson-Crawford contest is
about closed. Pearson has'
made no showin&.of any mer
it in his contest. The 'inves
tigation shows that our elec
tion was fair, and that Craw
ford is beyond Question end-
tied to retain bis seat .
'In August, 1900, the 9th
district will give ajarge ma
jority for tne amendment."
Mr. John P. B66ker, o
Rlacksburg, editor of the 1
Cherokee Investigator, was
badly hurt in Charlotte'some
days. ago while attempting
to board a moving train. flisfji.
leg was so badly, crushed. .
that it had to be amputated.
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