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J. C. FLETCHER
Attorney At Law,
BOONE, N. C-
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4 collections,
EP.LOVILL,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Speciaf attention Riven
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bis care."t
8-23, 1900.
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AtJORNEYS AT LAW,
JEFFERSON, N. C.
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0OONE,N. C.
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aPon
IJOONEUWATAUGA COUNTY X.
yrrn if
WASHINGTON LETTER,
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Prom our RejuUr Correipondent
V The debute in the SeitMe
on the Ahji.v hill has brought
luirseverujihterestinK points;
have been compelled to ; ac
knowledge .that thesituation
in the Philippines is to dav
worse than it was when Mr.
MeKinley wrote his message
to Congress, and that it is
more likely to grow worse
than better iq the near fu
ture; that in any event .a
larg number of troops, quite
us many, if not more than
are there now, must be kept
on the islam foranindefinire
period. Senator Hoarresum
ed his old position of antugb
nism to the MeKinlejr Philip
pine policy, and urged that
the Filipino leaders, he. given
a hearing at Washington,
and thai the policy of exter
n.ination be abandoned. Sen
ator CHffery den junced the
Army bill because its real
purpose the extermination
of the Filipinos wus masked,
and declared that although
this sort of thing might be
called "benevolent assimila
tion' it was no less tyranny
and simply a supei imposed
.yoke of imperialism. Senator
Teller began his speech by
predicting that 200,000. in
stead of the "100,000 men prj
vided by the bill, would be
needed to carry out the pres
ent policy, and that for n cen
tury to come the islands
wouldjhaye to be heavily gar
risoned. He referred to his
having, t wo .years ago, in a
speech, laughed at the idea
of anything imperialistic be
ing seen under the American
flag, and added impressively:
'I now retract the assertion.'
Wt characterized the actions
of the present Pbihppinecom
mission as gross imperialism
uneqonled anywhere on the
face of the earth, and said:
"Under the law they have a
right to be there, but under
God's law, which is higher,
they have no place there at
all. Their actions are the
worst form of imperialism."
In reply to a question from
Senator Caffrej, Mr. Teller
said: "As Mr. Lincoln an
nounced in regard totheMex
ican war, a war that 11 he did
not believe in, he would vote
for such a force as the govern
ment needed, so I have n o
doubt that as long as our
flag floats from the Philip
pine Archipelago, I will' (re
luctant as I may be) vote to
maintain the army and the
flag there. If that is illogical,
It is illogical because there is
no tetter wa.y out of it." In
closing Mr. Teller fired this
broadside at Mr. McKinley;
"The President has ussured
us that there is no danger of
imperialism, but if imperial
ism can be made worse than
it is now in the Philippines,
you'll have to increase the
ability of. the human mind
for absolutism"
Senator Jones of Ark., has
ofleied a resokrtion provid
ing for an investigation by
the Rename committeeon Mil
tar.r Affair "faf the charges
and crookedness in,u connec
tion with a combine of 'offi
cials to control the Philip
pine output of hemp, 'made
by rfflj: E. L. Hawkes, a-
gans ,Cpl. .Heistand, and
some other prominent offi
cials. In a few remarks on the
necessity of the investigation
Senator Jones .says;; The ex
Army officer, JMaj. Ha wk's,)
nns neen removed rroni tlie
public serviceas the newspn
pers state, aiid asit is stateii
by i me of the Secretaries, on
account of his being guilty bf
some bad conduct. rThe ru
mors are that the other man
was as guilty as he was in
connection with thoseth'ings.
If it is true that the man who
remains in the public service
is equally ns guilty as the
man who was removed, th
faets ought to be known. If
there has been any infamous
conduct of that sort it should
be understood." In a l tter
to Secretary Root, Major
Harks says of his charges
"I will simplj say they are
true, or Adj. Gen. Sorbin, As
distant Secretary Meikeljohn.
Goy. Allen and Judge Boyd
mistatu the facts ah to their
connection with the propos
ed hemp company."
Representative William of
Mississippi, came very near
voicing the sentiments of con
servative members of t h e
House, regardless of politics
when he said, in a short
speech on the resolution of
fered by Representave Olm
sted, of Pav ; providing for
an investigation of the South
em states, which had consti
tutionality or otherwise re
stricted suffrage, with a view
to cutting down their repre
sentations resolution which
seemed to have no other ex
cuse than a desire for a little
notoriety for its author, as
it was promptly disowned by!
the republican leaders which
for a time threatened to
throw the Hou6e into a pro
tracted and bitter political
discussion, but was after
wards quietly sent to its
death: in the : pideon-holes
of the Census Committee:
"There is no man who loyes
American civilization, who is
not glad in his heart that by
b,y Constitutional and legal
methods, analogous to those
adopted in Jlassacbusett,
Rhode Island and other
states, the South has solved
thU troublesome and almost
unsolvable problem."
It remains for two republi
cans to break the harmony
which hat characterized the
proceedings of this session of
Congress, by calling each
other such pot names as 'cri
minal' and'pettifogger.' The
men were Hopkins, of III., au
thor of the Committee Reap
portion bill, which takes a-
way one of Maine's represen
tatives and one electoral
vote, and Littlefleld, of Me..
who has made a specialty of
throwing fire brands among
republican combustibles ever
since beenteredComriesswho
is supporting the Burleigh re
apportionment bill which re-
ducesNthe representation of
no state, and which is being
strongly supported in the
Houtmnnn may knock out
the committee bill. Acting
Speaker Dalzell had a hard
time getting Hopkinsand Lit
tlefield to order, while the
House seemed really to enjoy
t he wrangling, the first of the
session. ,
"jThmitnii'a 8orsparil1a never faiUj baa
atood the teat for 30 yart; Quirt Bottler,"
C., ..THUHSDA Y JAN, 17, 1901,
leBrltVi Star In Oklahoma.
; Mr. T. 0! McBride, Who had
the misfortune some time
since to lose a steer myateri
ouslyi has got the following
encouraging news--' from a
friend at Flyn, Oklai The
letter explains itself:
"Dear Sir: Seeing your ad.
in th Watauga Democrat
describing one lost steer, ; red
with white spot in flank, de
horned, will weigh about 600
lt)S.,' bought of A. J. Walters.
I saw .the 'same steer south
east of here about four miles
on section 22 South east qnar
ter. township 16, range 3,
enst, headed for the ('reek na
tion. Either iri that nation
or on the other side you will
find the strayed steer.
"I know this is, without
doubt, your steer, because he
bad the 'white flank and as
dehorned, . there being no de
horned cattle in this country,
and also by the favorance of
Walters' breed of cattle on
Watauga river. Being a very
close guesser at the weight
of cattle, I believe he w i 1 1
weigh 2 lbs. more than the
described steer, and after ex
amining him very closely 1
observed a small, yellow spot
oyer his left eye you did not
name.
"You may think this des
cription rather drawn but,
but I have been careful in de
scribing bim bo as to avoid a
loug trip to see hira. Howev
er, it yoq should deem "it nec
essary to come out, call a t
my office and I will driveyou
in pursuit of him.
"I hope you will not be so
absent minded as to forget
the reward, as I have gone to
a great deal of trouble to
give you this information at
a loss of time and money. As
information was all you de
sired, I have given it to you
long and full and think tbs
reward should be in propor
tion to iniormation. If fuller
information is desired please
forward reward and postage.
Very truly,
J. L. Chance."
Price of fkbool Book.
One of the advantages of
State adoption of public
school books in uniformity
of price all over the State,
and it is but reasonable to
suppose that the price will be
less than under the present
county adoption plan. The
Wilson Times notes that "a
set of school books in South
Carolina costs $5.17, while
in Wilson county the same
set cost $8.78. a difference of
$3.61 saed to the South
Carolina child." The Times
adds: "The present system
was adopted by the fusion,
iste. We trust, the present
Legislatnre will change tb
system so our boys and girls
will be given every advant
age to accelerate theireduca
tion." . IFe think it very like
ly there will be a change from
county adoption to State
adoption of public school
books. Winston Sentinel.
Don't UHeanv ot the counter
leitH of De Witts Witch Harel
Salve. Most ottbern are worth
If 88 or liable In cause injury. The
original DeWitts Witch Hazel
Salve is a certain cure for piles;
eczema, cuttscalds, biirnsrsore8
a-nd tfciu diseases. ', Moretz und
Farthing. , Johi.non and fiuch
anan. . '
An EqtUbl Dirialon of Tax&tlu aa
- Unaolred Problera,
Charlotte Qbserver.
The Raleigh Post estimat
ed that to meet the "una
voidable demands.' upon the
Legislature in connection
with the Fchool fund, a re
formatory and the hospitals
and other charitable institu
tions, there will be required
$500,000 in excess of the ap
propriations of the last Leg
islature. Then there is t h e
present deficit of $100,000,
making $600,000 in all addi
tional, with a code commis
sion and many other objects
for which appropriations will
be asked, left unprovided for.
Where fa the mori?y to come
from? The Post says and
truly, that property subject
to taxation is not assessed
at its "full value in money."
The same thing can be said
of property returned by the
tax-payer himself. But the
remedy? The assessors of otb
er men's property have prop
erty of their own to be assess
ed and hence, naturallj, are
not ambitious to see valua
tion raised. As for the proper
ty returned by the individu
al, there is absolutely no way
to get at its value. He lists
it, swears to its value, and
that is the end of it. One may
talk as one pleases about
trusts, the tariff, the curren
cy qnastion or what not, but
the problem of all problems
is how to get every individu
al and every property on the
tax books for his or its fair
and equal share of taxation.
It is to be apprehended that
by the time this is accomp
lished the millennium will be
at hand and then there will
be no taxation, otherwise it
would not be the millennium.
Boji aid Their Mother.
Some one has written beau
tifully to the boys in the fol
lowing manner. Here is a
whole sermon in a few sen
tences I
"Of all the love affairs in
the world none can surpass
tho true love of the big boy
for bis mother. It is pure
and noble, honorable to the
highest degree to both. I do
not mean merely a dutiful
affection. I mean a lovo
which makes a boy gallant
and courteous to his mother,
saying to everybody plainly
that bes fairly in love with
her. Next to the love of a
husband, nothing so crowns
a woman's life with honor as
this second love, this devo
tion of a son to her. And I
never ret knew a boy to 'turn
out' badly who began by
falling in love with his moth
er. Anj man may fall in love
with a fresh-faced girl, the
man who is gallant with the
girfmay cruelly neglect the
worn and weary wife. Rat
the boy who is a lover of his
mother in her middle age, is
a true knight who will love
his wife as muoh in the sere
leaved lutumn as he did in
the daisied springtime. Ex
change.
When you need a soothing and
healing antiseptic application for
any purpose, use tue original
DeWitts Witch Hazel Salve, a
well known cure for oilesahdekin
disease. It heals sorps without j
leaving scars. Beware ol 'eoun- j
terfeitti. Vforetz uud Farthitif? !
Tohiisoi) aud Buchanan,
NO J 50.
PMk. M m a mm . -. . ...
an baagiwn in soma A HIM Ml
. British Diffloaltias. , :
Baltimore Sun. . ' ' - i '
This is midsummer irf 8outh
Africa and grass is abundant,
which facilitates the movements
of the guerrillas. The latter ttt
iigauj, wnne tne ungrtsn requir
es some transportation And am
L 11. m a - ' -
uuu ot uuci i j iu tuui. riguu ana
left. Heavy rains aid to the dif
ficulties. Count Sternberg, an
eminent German officer who serv
ed with the Boers, somewhat
consoles the British for . their
failures. He declares that undef
similar circumstances no Conti
nental army of equal size could
have done better than did the
English army. The Boer, he de
clared. IH n tinlnno onomv nf ta
Kina never Detore known, and
never to be encountered again.
t , M . i
His wonderful eyesight, his fa
miharity with his country, his
readiness to meet an y emergen
cy, his slight wants and, above
fill Vlia fnnariotam oil 4Viim n
" iuiihiiviuuj) uil iuiiu eg
combination not to be found else
where and one almost invincible
when the terrane is ns favorable
tor fighting as is the scene of the
war in South Africa. Only tho
inability of the Boers to take the
offensive, because of their lack o
milifntV OrtllActJan t i A AimnXrAl,
kept them. Count Sternberg
thinks, from driving the English
out oi South Africa in the early
days of the war. The count do
tends the English system orsecur
ity and information and the
scouting work. The character of
the country, its enormous dis
tanccs and the insufficient water
supply, he contends, make it lin
do more than t he English did
and he lajs stress upon the ease
With which Rmnll lmtrinta onnld
completely Ioho themselves in the
veldt. Only whose regiments
can scout properly in South Af
nca.
Now is the time when croup
and lung troubles proye rapidly
fatal. The only harmless remedy
that produces immediate result
is One Minute Cough Cure. It is
very pleasant to take and can be
relied upon to quickly cure
coughs, colds and all lung dis
eases. It will, prevent consump
tion. Moretz aud Farthing. John
son and Buchanan.
Governor-elect Yates, of Il
linois surprised his State by
announcing that there would
be no inaugural ball; this ac
tion is owing to the fact
that he is a strict observer of
the laws of the Methodist
church and proposes to pat
em his administration strict
ly after Bible tenets.
The Eminent Kidney
and Bladder Specialist
tkm SiacOYtrtT tt SwUftt-RMt tt Wt at
EU LOaratarr. : 4 i , ,.
There Is a disease prevailing In this)
country most dangerous because so decep
tive. Many sudden deaths ere caused by
or apoplexy are often the result ol kidney
disease. II kidney trouble Is allowed to ad-
vsnce the ktdney-polsoned blood win attack
the vital ornns. or the kidneys themseivea
break down and waste away cell by celt,
Then the richness of tite bloooXhe albumea
..IjSAlrei Atift rA ik DaJALi.'
wvi swv ui. uatvivs umm eu igue V
Disease, the worst form of kidney trouble.
Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root the Sew dis
covery is the true soeciflc for kldoev. bladder ,
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.t- ! . aa .a
ve eatvpeuoutij UVimgn UMOSi WW VUK
fforutuvftfailod. At druggists In finyent
and dollar sties. A sample bottle wsm Utn
Root and Us wondjrful cures, Adi-css
Dr. Kilmer U Co., BinghamUo, U. W ani
tacatioa vbis papor. ' ; : " - "
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