North Carolina Newspapers

The Watauga Democrat, EhtmtiaT tbti Post ofoe fit, Jjoooe, ,V (.,, its second tfossmajt mutter, -ve v : it', UB8cnirfrroif Uates: , )Vm .veRr.::ui.,:ii..f loo. AiJc;jiwto..;;M,.;..-... .50. ; ' i ,-: - .- - ... -i i . . .ss?" on uppwaiion. . r , LOCAL NEWS. : J IB, I. S. Ra mbo, of M t. -in:.:' , ti-':. t; vn.v, j run... m veiling ner parents iu Boone. ; TP 1 l IIXL VUHIMITiy MttfT. ; uir will he hd at FairView iixt Saturday and Sunday. At?.V. W. U. J4OVIII and 11 ... 1 r Amlpuu'a f Skiillm una, wi uiiiiici laud, wnstn town this week. ' -Cnpt. Loyill, who has tkfHn nFf mi n liiiMinouu triti tr - - - - . . - - --... vi i v MilwHiikft Wis., fpthrnpil T.. ..... .. ..: ' "' v '. . Kv. J. J. Kenn, presiding elder uf this district will fill ION lllf III in AlLUll omit, church tonight. Uev,:X. L. Stanford will, preach iu Methodist ebtfreh fin rt In v in June instead uf tbe 1st an heretofore. ' tf ir t n i... . ui vv u. iim an iruur.io Us to us that he want to hiie a good work band for mi ui lilies iiiwilliir". itwjiv mostly plowing and driving. . We had the pleasure of tuoHtinjr many of our 'dd friends on hst Friday and Saturday, many of whom re membered the Democrat iu ti substantial way. -Dr. W. H. Wakefield, of Charlotte, N. C, will be in Blowing Hook at Blowing Rock Hotel .in Monday J ply 16th for one day only. His x!. .. i: s..J nose anu inroni. . -. . .t . A . I We are informed that An ''nnolar lit tUte moor .ta -eph Cornells who lives on BairdV Creek, this county, leu arroBS a runnine saw, le ceiving wounds from which he cannot recover. --uapt. Bryan pn last vvea nesda.v morning went to his a.iJi i .l..i. . UclUB It II' J IU U BlllTv WUIIf ir 4-tii.riAl itm t Vi fina ivmnnil knnra which he bad brought down ft '.fa ft 1i wu n lour ftnotB. Aire ooesn t jseem to have dulled his ca -':.! f XT : I . The stockholders of tbe i . . " . m TY I. Turnpike Company will hold their - annual meeting in Dnotin V O at O n ' m in U.niur, ii v., Ok i. p. " v. I lU. n...J 1AAA 111 n. 4IUIIO IIJU lllli tVVf.' ill! " J si ns interested are earnestly requested t6 attend as busi ness of much impoitam-e is t o h e' transacted. J. W. Farthint,, lrwidnr. " '" 1l lr Inof Unnlnr inot-ninfr J II llini, uuinioj iimi intipi, Messrs. T. Fin.Coffej, R. Tl'ti vers and Stuart Coffey. left lor Louisville, Ky.f to attend the reunion of Confederate Veteran. They were joined at Lenoir ny Messrs narve !..: ' I II.... J . nnsl Lige Norris. Mr. D. B. Dough erty joined his old warchums from Johnson county, Tenn., and took another route. "v Mr. A. 6. Farthing,- son I nl Dai. Pnlrin I? .1 K f 1 n IT t UI Mil lllll IU I IIIVUIU "I this county, died From mens els in the Philippine Islands, on the 8th inst. He belong - ed to Co. B. 39th Regiment Infantry; he enlisted Sept 2,'99. This death is much re ere t ted as be was one of our firlo-hf-ouf. inr1 mmr nrnmis ingjoung men. We feel that v.dl. ntff.ii iM Hiifh . W C 1 U II AIM U U V K U 1UUV - W M u 1 men bu c Providence orders nil for the best We sy in pa tbize deeply, with his inan.v relativee who hearts tniiKt ache over the lonely grd ve in it strnnge land. ' j. h lii Vinir beni irenenillv re ported over t h county t hat j Hoii. C. B. yco:k would speak here ou the 25th inst. the deinocracv with its then, women and children, came out in numbers to hear bim in spite of the lowering clouds that threatened storms and rain on that morning nnd throughout the entire day. Although the republicans made , strenuous efforts by writing all over the county and otherwise, to keep tbier mn at home, quiteatiumber luriinq outso that there were in all some 700 to 800 peo ple present. Some two hourh before the speaking the people enjoyed a rare treat in tbe way of in spiring and patriotic music rertdered bv the-Morganton bras band. This itself seem ed.to aiouse the enthUHiasm of thoe present and prepar ed them fully foi what was to come, The Band in splendid new uniform acquitted itself creditably indeed Any town I v.ould be protiet of such a band nnd Morganton is to be congratulated upon eing able to furnish such a one, composed of nice splendid gentlemen. There being no house in our village that could hold the crowd at 1 o'chrjt the procession began towards our nw school build ing, nnd in the beautifrl pine grove fronting it, the speak ing wa8ha$. The speaking was opened by Hon. W. C Fields, our present Senator, whoin we all know and in whose order, firmness, kind nes, honor and Integrity we nil have confi dence. For some Hire he held the attention of the en tire crowd while he told ot the condition of the eastern part of onr State aiid the ne ttessitj', justness and equity of white government and white supremacy, and the adoption of the Constitution al Amendment, and how, up on its adoption, the colored race in the State would event nally be benefitted by its causing them to acquire prop erty and education so as to fit them properly as qualified electois. Uy common con sent it was his greatest effort in our county. Then came Mr. Snra. Pat terson who is the Democrat ic candidate for Commission er of Agriculture and the rep resentative of the interestsof the farmers of our State. He told in a simple, plain and practical manner the work ings of the Commission end how the farmers are protect ed by it. hen he had fin ished it was amid wild cheers and applause that Hon. C. B. Aycock appeared before the people. That peerless man, invincible democrat, match less orator and christian gen tleman held bis entire and ience spell-bound for an hour and a half and Mt every one sorrv that he had stopped. No greater speech was ever heard in cur county. In his graphic way he told of the indignities and insults of the white people and espec tally the white ladies of Wil raington and other sections bl Eastern North Carolina, of the necessity of white su preinacjf and the adoption of the Constitutional Amend- ukui m uur oiaw, ir u.r DearaDie conamon. o i me east, and of Jthe'flnal .-bene firlai tesnlt ; to : the colored race. v 1 1 'was no tincom mon thing during his masterly . ef. fort to see men, both old and young; brush nwuy.na invol untary tea r that t bey might Iwtter behold the strung and honetrt fur of firmness and kirtdnss, - ies(dution a n d yielding of thi(8paklBrv , y 1 All were fully convinced, of the wisdom of theconvention which nominated him, SoRje said he was the peer of onr beloved and lamented Vance, others said he surpassed Bry an, even '. republicans say it was thi best speech they ever beard. :' Much good was affected nnd he will be our next Gov ernor. :': .' THE ECLIPSE. Communicated. - The total solar eclipse Mon day was an interesting phe nomenon. Scholars from the north, west, and even from Europe came to North Caro lina to observeit. Although thy con foretell eclipses cen turies' in advance, true to a second, astronomers do not understand all their phases. From Monday's observa tions, they bope to enrich thfeir science. Another total eclipse of the sun will not oc cur in this country for eigh teen years!' A nola reel ipse as is gener ally known, is caused by the moon passing between the earth and the sun. That is, the earth, moon, and sun en ters'thft same straight line. As the moon is smaller than the earth its Shadow cannot enshroud the entire earth, so the region in which theeelipse is total can not exceed 180 miles nnd is usually much less. As, however, the earth is revolving during the dura tion of theeelipse, the shad ow travels over a latge sur face of territory. If the moon were smaller. or more distant nnd therefore more apparently smaller, she would be seen as a dark body passing ucross the suu, shut ting off but a portion of its light. If, on the other hand, the moon were larger, or nearer and therefore appar ently larger, the sun and the bright corona around it also would be hidden. It (s re markable that the distance of the sun and moon is so proportioned to their size that usually the moon ap peals to fit exactly oyer the face of the sun. All unenlightened nations have had strangeconceptions of eclipses. It is said that when, during solar eclipses, tbe black disc of the moon begins slowly t o advance over the sun, the Hindoos be lieve that some terrific mons ter is gradually devouringit. Thereupon they beat gongs and fill the air with screams of terror and shouts of ven geance. For a time their ef forts seem futile and the eclipse progresses, at length, the uproar reaches the mons ter; be appears to pause, and gradually disgorges the fiery mouthful. When the 6un is quite elear of the great drag ons mouth, they raise a shout of joy, and are fully confident that tfiey have relieved the sun from his awful peril. Shober Rogers. Deer field, N. C, A St. Ijouis undertaker ad vertisestbat he can furnish anything requisite for a first class funeral. He is evident ly u doctor as well as an un dertake ' ... ' ; I The partial eclipse of' the sun on Monday morning made all ; . wh(i : witnessed ; it feel VBt.raniiIHmaI!.;vHWhy is tt that we; recognize so readily the power of Omnip otence in the great forces oH nature, n nd fail to see it in ever; thing a round us. The same hand that blotsoutthe sun. paints the blush on the cheeks of the rose, and the amethystine blue in the liquid depths of the baby's eyes. What a wonderful, beautiful, divinely governed world, this., in which we live. Many of us go through life so intent on the matter-of-fact rnlile,that we fad to appreciate tbe mys teriously beautiful around us. rr Biz fmn I mi a vlrthn fin epala in IU ont form. I could et noUUnv but milk tout, and at timet my stomach would Dot retain and digest even that Laat March I began taking CASCARETS and linos the I bare steadily Improved, until I am as wall as I srer was In my life." uAyio u, murfht, Newark, O. Pleasant. Palatable, Potent, Tatte Good, De flood, Never Woken. Weaken, or Gripe. IDo, kctQe. ... CURE CONSTIPATION. ... wit 111 f iif , CM, Hind, Swr tie. til I0-T0-BAC XrrStt!- FOR SALE. My farm containing seven ty acres lying on the Rich Mountain 2 miles North west of Boone, twenty acres of which is in a high state of cultivation, flood log barn, comfortable frame dwelling with three rooms and a fine young Orchard. For further particulars addess or call on me at Boone, N C. Apr. 23. John S. Culler. For Sixty Days Only. For the next sixty days we will sell tbegrea test bargains in merchandise ever offered to the trade in Watauga. Lis ten to some of our prices: SHOES: 1,000 pairs of best material from 25o. to $3.00. per pair. Best quality bootH going at from $1. to $2. to close out stock. GR0CE1ES: Arbuokle's cof fee 12 ccts. per lb; good irreen coffee 10 lbs. for $ 1.00; 18 lbs nice sugar for $1.00; 10 lbs. soda 25 cts; and oth er groceries at correspond ingly low figures. DRESS GOODS: 1 he largest and most com plete stock in the county. Silks, cashmeres, worsteds, etc. ttc. Best outings at 8; waterproofs double width as sorted colors at 40 cts. per yard, and, in fact, our prices on anything in this line can not be duplicated in the coun ty, CLOTHING: A handsome stock at pop ular prices. We also have a full stock of bolt goods for making men's and boy's cloth ing. DOMESTIC: IVe bought alargestock be fore the advance, and are en abled to offer AA sheeting to our trade at 5 cts. per vd when it will cost you 7 at any other store. -Z?e8t soleleather at 27cts. per pound. Notions in endless yariety, at almost your own prices. Hats and caps that must be sold regardless of price. WHighest price paid for country produce, and young stock taken in exchange for goods. ISTNone of these bargains offered. on time." v -V ery truly :. E.F.8lJ. I1 BINGHAM. IWIPIlfl II CATMAHTIO Amntha,- Feb. 14. WATAUGA ACADEMY. 853 FOR YOUNG WOMEN AND VOUNO MEN."0 ; , D. D. DOUGHERTY, A; B j-;:p?r- . ' ; $ Bl B. DO0G HERTY, B- 8.; Ph. B.i Principal, ' v CSTFALL TERM OPENfi AUUU8T 1 900"CX 1 'Three courses offered: Common i School Course; Acaderaio triven in Music. Art and business: Snecial attention will h w w M. ... vit, vv nivfii hi )uimic ot-uuui iui;utrH. oluupihs inorougnty tiriu ed in Debate nnd Declamation. Board $6 per month1. Sp'len did opportunities for students to board themselves. - ; eKJ"TUITION FROM $ 1 . TO $3. PER MONTH.- . For othei information write to, or call on "the Principals, at Boone N.C. : . i ..i.i:.. i 1 i..:..L..u o..j a. i '. YOUR TRADE PLEASE. . : - o . ; . k gj The year Eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, with all its, pleasures and happiness; all its sorrows and misfor. tunes is gone, and the year nineteen hundred has ta ken its place, and Providence has permitted me to re-; main at ray 0 L D S T A N D with a nice, clean line of GrENER ALMERCHANDI8E Which will be my pleasure to sell to ray customers at the very lowest possible prices. M.r experience has taught me that it is the best policy to keep fully abreast with the times and sell for CASH at a very small profit. I am very thankful to my friends and customers 'or their patronage in the past'und it will be pleasure to please them in the futuie. Verr Truly, Jan. It. For the Information of the People of Watinfc-a f oonty. We find according to the record kept by W. C. Coffey, Chin. Bd. Co. Corns.,, from a calculation made by him and John W. Hodges, ex-Register of Deeds, that the audited county indebtedness on the 5th of Sept. 1S9, was f 2, 783.57, and from that time up to Dec. 5th '98 there had been an additional audited amount of $410.00, making a total audited debt up to Dec. 5th '98 $3,223.57. This amount does not include the court costs of Nov. term of the Superior court of '98, which amount was at least $450.00. We now fiud the audited county indebtsdness ii I to nnd including the Mayl meeting of 1900, to be $1.- 329.35 of which amount $463.60 is road indebtedness. This 29th day of May 1900. J. M. May, Reg. of Deeds. J. H. Bingham, c. s. c. W. W. Presnell, d. c. Love is the wondrous an gel of life'that rolls away all the stones of sorrow and suf fering from the pathway of duty. - "After sufleriiifr from tiibs for fifteen years, I wascured by using two boxes of DeWitt'a Witch Ha zel Salve," writes W. J. Baxter. North Brook, N.C It heals ev ervthiner. Beware of counterfeits. coffey Bros. Phillips & son. NOTICE. J. W. Bryan, Watch Maker and Jeweler, has moved from the hotel to the Green house, just beyond Blackburns store and all persons wanting their watches, clocks or sewing ma chines repaired would do well to call on him. All wotk sent by mail will receive special at tention, and all work guar anteed. Yours truly. J. W. BRYAN. NOTICE By virtue of a decree of the Superior Court ol Watauga county, N C, approved May 12, 1900, 1 will, on Monday, June 25th 1900, at thecourt house door in Boone in said connty, proceed to sell to the highest bidder for cash in hann a certain tract of land on Cove (-reek, adjoining the lands of N. L. Aiast, 3. S. Mc Bride, E. F. Bingham, et al. it being the land allotted to Hillip Holsclaw (now Hug gins) in the division of the lands of B. L.Jffolsclaw.decl and containing 22 acres more or less. Sale to be between the hours of 12 iri. and 3 p. m. v. J. P.Taylor, Guardian. E. F;Lovill, AJty. ' ,Wli7W.-. Jlliritu, bitlin 11 111 UK3 . M. D. DLACKBUOJ, NOTICE. A t a sale of rea 1 esta te ma de for taxes in thecounty of Wa taugn, Mate or worth Carol! na bv W.H.CalawaTKhrff of said county, on the 6th day oi &ept. juyu, the undersign ed purt-habed the following da scribed property to wit: One town lor in the town of lilow intr Rock, listed in the noma of Joseph Chamberlain, tax-. es tor the year 1897; I also . niirphnoorl Uf oairtoola nnnlnf I'M. ....wv.. M V in, U DUIV VllVi W W . in said town listed in the name of Jesse Harris; taxes for the year 1898; I also pur chased at said sale a lot in said town listed in the name" of Jane Harris, taxes for the year 1898; I also purchased a tract of land at said sale listed as the nronertv of C. J. Cowles. Ivincr in Boone town- ship on thp head waters of ft I r m m urusny rorn of uove Creek, containing 45 ncres, taxes for the year 1897; I also purchas ed at said sale a tract of land of 50 acres listed in the name of Jonathan Adams in said county, taxes for the years 1897 and 1898f I also nur- ehnsed a tract of land at said sale listed in the name of No ah Webster of 100 acres in Blue Ridire townshin. tnxps for the years 1896-W98. Time of redemption will ex pire on Sept. 6, 1900, nnd if this property is not redeem ed as the law directs, I will tbke sheriff s deeds for same. April 24, 1900. E. B. Miller, Purchaser. Hew Goods. (0) W nre putting in by far the largest line we have ever carried and vve are prepar ed to take ca'r3 of our cus tomers than ever before. Spring and snmmei goods arriving daily. Dry Goods fc Notions. We are now shelving the largest and most up-to date line of Dry Goods and No tions in town. FIRST COME first SERVED. KJfirOLLEUT WE 1JOPI T BUY THEM TO KEEP. Don,t forget we can saveyon money in every article in the 'mercantile line. IfiTGood country produce taken in exchanue for iroods. - We are ns ever. ' " Yours to please, - . . . -v , ...... -.w-