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BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, N. TIIU11SDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1899.
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W ASHINGTON LETTER.
Front our Eegnlar Correspondent
The man who has no weak
ness in yet unknown. Mr. Mc
Kinley 'a nupporters have ta
ken advantage ol Admiral
Dewey's only known weak
ness far for hi' henlth to
shut off the flow of Dewov en
thusiasm, and thus, as they
think, lessen his availability
as an anti-MoKinley candi
date for the republican presi
dential nomination. They do
not wish Dewey to attend
any more big receptions he
cause thej keep him too
prominently before the pub
lic, and, although Mr. Dewey
lookg rnnh better than he
did when he first came to
Washington, and has been
going to the club or the thea
tre in the evening and atten
ding to his private business
in the day time he helped
the committee select a house
which will this week be pur
chased for him, in as nctivea
manner as any other man of
his years could do, he has
been persuaded that h i 8
health is in great dan&erand
that he must absolutely a
void excitement of all kinds
for some months. This was
so grimly impressednponhim
that he cancelled his engage
ments to go to Atlanta and
to Philadelphia, and announ
ced that he would accept no
more invitations until next
Spring. AndtheMcKinleyites
think they have killed the
Dewey boom.
What Arch-Bishop Camp
belle, apostolie delegate to
the Philippines, who has an
nounced his intention to go
to the Philippines to briny a
bout peace, which Gen. Otis
has so signally failed to do,
and Mr. McKinlev said to
each other during the long
conference they held at the
White House, while big poli
ticians were kicking their
heels in the secretary's office
is what all the newspaper
men have been unsuccessful
ly trying to find out. That
they talked of conditions in
the Philippines is all that is
positively known, although
much more has been sent out
by the imaginative news-makers.
The Archbishop seemed
very well pleased when he left
the White House, and said
that he would probably see
Mr. "McKinley again before
he left Washington for Mani
la, which he will do in a lew
dnys. The Archbishop is well
known and popular in Wash
ington, where he once had
charge of a church.
The Washington Post that
has practically been aMcKin
lej since this administration
came into power, sounded a
significant warning when it
said at the close of an edito
rial full of praise to Mr. Mc
Kinley personally: "ThePres
ident must usher in a new
and healthier regime. If he
cares for a political future,
he must replace Jmbecility
with brains and vigor. The
people are worn out with fail
urc, bewilderment and disas
ter. Humanity is demanding
a cessation of the murderous
bungling in Luzon. Good
faith and national honor te
quire the pacification of Cu
ba and the political rehabili
tation of the Cubans. This
tragedy must end and soon.
Existing conditions project
ed into the coming year will
put a conclusive end to Mr.
MKinly's public life,"
Col. N. M. Bell, who was
prominently connected with
the Post Office Department
during the first Cleveland ad
ministration, and who has
hpen in private business at
St. Louis for many years, is
visiting Washington. He says
that people in the East have
no idea of the intensity of the
feeling against trusts in the
West, and Fprediets that
the trust issue will figure
largely in next year's cam
paign. He also thinks that
therein increasing hostility
towaids militaryism, one of
the aliases of imperialism,
and toward that sort of ex
pansion involving the suiren
der of the Monroe doctrine.
Notwithstanding the fail
ure of the Senate at the last
session of (Vmgress.lto act up
on the batch'of Naval' nomi
nations which. 'would have
put Rear Admiral Sampson
ahead of Rear Admiral Schley
andof the pnbliecallingdown
at Minneapolis of Secretary
Long, when he attempted to
glorify Sampson for what
Schley did, it is announced
upon seemingly good author
ity that the attempt tojump
Sampson over Schl.ey's head,
is to be again made by Mr.
McKinley ne soon as Con
gress meets. The nnjust atti
tude of theadministration to
wards Admiral Schley has so
far only added to the gal
lant officer's reputation, and
if it is persisted in. many be
lieve that it will result in giv
Ing Si'hley the second place
on next year's democratic na
tional ticket. Stranger things
than that have happened. It
may be said that Schley is
not a democrat but there is
no reason against it. General
Grant was not a republican
and he was nominated and
elected President by that par
ty. The Army and Navy of
ficer who has enough politi
cal bias in his make up to be
come a member of a political
party, is an exception. As a
rule, officers in neit her branch
of the service vote, even when
they remain in one place long
enough to acquire the right
to do so.
Ex Governor Thompson of
South Carolina, who hasjust
returned from Europe, said
he was approached by a na
tive in a village in Switzer
land who said to him; "Ex
cuse me, sir, but will yo'igrat
ify my curiosity by telling
me what it was theGovernor
of North Carolina said to the
Governor of SouthCaroliur?'
Asked what reply he made,
Gov. Thompsou said. "Why,
simply repeated the historic
remark, and gave a practical
demonstration of what fol
lowed it,. but it beats me to
know how that fellow ever
heard the story of the two
governors."
There is always hope while there
is One Minute cough cure. 'An at
tack of pneumonia left my lungs
in bad shape and 1 was near the
first stages of consumption. One
Miuute cough cure .completely
cured me." writes Helen Mcllen
ry, Bismark, N. I). Gives instant
relief, coffey Bros, Phillips & son.
L. c. Iteeycs.
Wiley A, Barman on the Amendment
Editor Democi at:
My attention has been call
ed to an editorial in your pa
per that says: "The propos
ed constitutional amendment
will not disfranchise any
white man, be he e?er so illit
erate."
Now, I wish to call atten
tion to the fact that Sec. 4
savs: "Every person present
ing himself for registration
shall be able to read any
section of the Constitution in
the English language." If
Sec. 4 does not mean any
thing, why is it in there? Do
not put such stuff in print to
mislead the people. It is full
of deception. There never has
been in the history of the
State of North Carolina such
an infamous crime commit
ted by any Legislature.
Sec. 4 qualifies every man
for registration. If you can't
read and write, sir, you can't
vote. Some ignorant white
men will vote for the propos
ed amendment under the im
pression that the 5th section
oJ it will protect them from
disfranchisement. This bogus
section is a snnre and a fraud
upon them. After 1908 every
white man in the State who
cannot read and write will be
disfranchised under section
5. This I Bay without the
fear of successful contradic
tion.JWas it for the good of
State that this infernal thing
was set up in Raleigh? Was
it to free the people from ne
gro domination. No. If it is
adopted it will intrench the
democratic party in unlimit
power.
Is the grandfather clause
to the amendment unconsti
tutional? Here is what the
15th amendment to the Con
stitution of theUnited States
says: "The right of the citi
zen of the United States to
vote shall not be denied or
abridged by tho U. S. or by
any State on account of race
color or former condition of
servitude." Hence it is plain
to any man that the grand fa
ther clause of thenmendment
is unconstitutional.
Again, our Legislature that
passed the constitutional a
rnendraent recognized the
fuct that it would be a diffi
cult measure to pass; that it
could not rely upon the white
mpn of the State, who are in
vast majority, to give it the
rquired vote is proved by the
passage of our election law
that placed all the election
machinery of the State in the
handh of five men appointed
by a biased Legislature.
In conclusion I will say that
I am not in favor of the Con
stitutional amendment, how
ever I am no office seeker, nei
ther am I an aspirant for
the office of brandy gauger.
W. A. Hakm'a n.
It will not be a surprise to
any who are at all familiar
with the good qualities of
Chamberlain's Cough Retr.e
edy, to know that the people
everywhere take pleasure in
relating their experience in
the use of that splendid, med
icine and in telling of the
benefit they have received
from it, of bad colds it has
cured, of threatened attacks
of pneumonia it has averted,
and of the children it-has sav
ed from attacks ofproup and
whooping cough. It is a go id
grand medicine, For sale by
dealers. - i
H. W. flrady on tho Whiskey Traffic
To night ft enters an hum
ble home to strike the roses
from a woman's cheek and
tomorrow it challenges this
republic in the halls of Con
gress. .
To-day it strikes a" crust
from the lips of a starving
child; and tomorrow levies
tribute from thegovernment
itself.
There is no cottage humble
enough to escape it, no pal
ace strong enough to keep it
out.
It defies the law when it
cannot coerce suffrage.
It is flexible to cajole, but
merciless in victory.
It is the moral enemy of
peace and order, the despair
of men of men and terror of
women, the cloud thnt shad
ows the face of children, the
demon that has dug more
graves and sent more souls
nnshrived to judgment than
all the pestilences that have
wasted.life since God sent the
plague to Egypt, and all the
wars since Joshua stood be
yond Jericho.
It comos to ruin, and it
shall profit mainly by the ru
in of yourVms and mine.
It comes to mislead human
souls and to crush human
hearts under its rumbling
wheels.
It comes to bring gray hair
ed mothers down in shame
and sorrow to their graves.
It coires to change the
wife's love into despair and
her pride into shame.
It comes to still the laugh
ter on the lips- of little chil
dren. It comes to stifle nil themu
sic of the home and Jfill it
with silence and desolation.
It comes to ruin your body
and mind, to wreck your
home, and it knows it must
measure its prosperity by
the swiftness and certointy
which it wrecks this world.
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Used by British Soldiers in Africa.
Capt. C. G. Dennisonis well
known all over Africa ascom
mander of the forces that cap
tured the famous rebel Gali
she. Under date of Nov. 4th,
'97, fiom Vryborg, Beehuan
aland, he writes: "Beforestar
ting on the last campaign I
bought a quantity of Cham
herlnin's Colic, Cholera and
Diarrhoea Remedy which 1
used myBplf when troubled
with bowel complaint, and
had it given to my men and
in every case it proved most
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low so soft as a promise; no
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sured interest in Christ. C.
Spurgeon.
E. E. Turner, Compton, Mo.,
was cured of piles by DeVVitt's
Witch Hazel Salve after suffering
seventeen years and trying over
twenty remedies. Physicians and
surgeons endorse it. coffey urcs.'
Phillips A son, L. c. Reeves.
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There are 1.400 millionairs
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Chicago, 220 in Philadelphia
190 in Boston, 80 in Cincin
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Baltimore, 30 in New Orleans
20 in Louisville and 10 in
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Tonight
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Biliousness, Sick Headache, Heart
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gestive organs will be regulated and
you will be bright, active and read
lor any kind of work. This has
been the experience . of others; it
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sold by all medicine dealers. 25 eta.
When a man ia' calm in a
shipwreck it does not necesa
rily follow that he is brave.
He may be sei s'ck. Detroit
Journal.
De Witt's little Early Risers per
nmnently rure chronic constipa
tion, biliousness, nervousness and
worn-out feeling, cleanse and reg
ulatethe whole system. Small,
pleasant, never gripe or sicken
"famous little pil's cofley Bros.
Phillips and son, L. c. iteeved.
One man in Illinois raised
600,000,000 bushels of corn
this year, and his crop aver
aged 100 bushels to the acre.
'Best on the market for coughs
and colds and all bronchial trou
bles; for croup it has no equal,'
writes Hery li. Whitfordolbouta
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The gold mine operatives
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some pnying in advance for
the racket down there. Their
stocks have already deprecla
ted $250,000,000.
Thev are simply perfect' writes
Robt: Moore, ot La Fayette Ind.
of DeVVitt's Little Early Risers,
the 'famous little pills for con
stipation and all liver ailments.
Never gripe, cofley Bros. Phillips
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No hero expects the people
to pat him on the shoulder
for his acts. Heroism isspon
taneous, and he who stops
to count the reward loses
both the opportunity and
the glory .St. Louis Repub
lic. Chester II. Brown, of Kalama
zoo, Mi:h., says: "Kodol Dys
pepsia cure cured me of a severe
case of indigestion: can strongly
recommend it to all dyspeptics.'
Digests what you eat without aid
from the stomach and cures dys
pepsia, coffey Bros. Phillips and
son. L. c. Reeves.
Occasionally a bright man
who drinks gets a job, but
you soon hear that he has
lost it. The boczers cannot
long keep responsible posi
tions. No man who drinks
can hope to advance. There
is no doubt of this. It is a
wonder that bo many men
monkey with the buzzsaw.
Ex.
Kodol Dyspepsia cure ia a sci
entific compound having the en
dorsement of eminent physicians
and the medical press. It 'digests
what you eat' and positivly cures
dvspepsia. M.A.Ketron, Bloom
ingdale, Tenn. says it cured him,
of indigestion ot ten years stand
ing. Coffey Bros. Phillips Son.
L. C. Reeves.
Moses was in the dark
whpn the light wsnt out. .
That's where the merchant ia .
who never advertises. And
it's where the buyer is who -never
reads advertisements.
When you buy a thing ; tell y
your merchant where, you
saw his advertisement. Ex.: -
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