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Watauga Democrat
i-Hobcrt. Rivers,
'Epiyob and PitoFaiKToR.
Thursday; July 17, 1002.
' Just befdre we go to press
. we learn that Judge VV". B.
(Jounojll was ie nominated
by acclamation at the Judi-
- cial convention in Lenoir on
Monday, and that oar talen
ted and popular townsman,
Attorney E. 8. Coffey was
v nominated for flolieitor in
this the 13th district, with-
'outa dissenting voice. We
. are not informed as to any
other proceeding of the con
vention, but the nomination
of Watauga's candidutes for
the high positions of Judcre
nnd Solicitor is enough news
a-for our people from one con
vention. Judge Council! has
already won for biiiseli an
enviable name, and there is
no possible doubt but what
' he will be re-elected by an o
verwhelming majority. Mr.
Coffey enters the campaign
with clean hands and is pos
sessed of fine legal ability,
is a good speaker aud cam
paigner and. while the dis
trict is slightly republican,
his - many friends earnestly
hope for and expect his elect-tion.
The report is now current
r jn some parts of this county
that, owing to t he Constitu-
tionai Amendment, no white
- man who is unable to read
'and write will be allowed to
register prior to theNovem
ber election.; Now, it does
:. seem that any man, possess
. ed of sense even in the very
least degree, ought to know
that this old thread-bare rot
has long since been exploded,
and that the man who is cir-
- culating such reports is only
-doing it for political ends,
. and has no regards whatever
for fhe truth of the statement
. he hasmade. For once and
all, if yon .are white, are lia
ble to a poll tax and have
paid it for last year, you are
entitled to register and vote,
but illiterate negroes, and
whites who failed by over
sight or or otherwise to pay
' their poll taxes, will be disal
lowed the privilege of voting
this year. Only those and
no others.
On last Saturday night
some party or parties, pos-
wssed with a lot of mischief,
took nnto themselves the
task of building heavy fences
acrossbuth highways lead
ing into town from the east.
And Sunday morning the
village had quite a dilapida-
- ted appearance. Barber Fear
son's striped sign poised ma-
jeetieally on top of the frame
. around the .public '-well; the
; pile of lumber in front of the
Democrat office was, a lot 01
it, torn down and piled on
the walk; the chairs, benches,
etc., belonging on the Coffey
hotel porch graced the horse
rackB and fences near by and
many . other signs of mali
cious mischief were yisiible
"on every hand. Who the guil
. ,ty parties were who indulged
in this outlandish pastime
is not yet kirownr, bat if they
can be located the taw touch
. ing each offenses will be ap
lied to them with all thevehe
mence possible.
Mr. Charles C, Latta, one
of Raleigh's most prominent
'business men, was struck .by
1 an electric car in New . York
Inst FrKlay ami it is faired
I 1h injuries 'received will
tttally. ;
, At one time, whn Smul
Tu rner,' can J i la te f or ' J u dge
in tbisdistriet, after he had
been disappointed' in a tempt
ing slice of republican pie he
ge ve vent to his pent up feel
ings in the following soul
stirring paragraph: "The He
publican party virtually says
to me: (), thou moat diminn
tive of the swinish tribe,
thrust thine elongated nasel
propossis deep down into the
bo wels of t his mundane sphere
or shuffle off the mortal coll."
which, according to Turner's
interpretation means ."root
little pig or die."; If there is
anything in the political out
look in Isorth Carolina, this
erudite paraphraser will have
more rootln' to do alter the
Novemberelection. They do
sayi howev r, that he will car
ry a part of the republican
vote in Mitchell county.
The Republican Judicial
Convention held at Blowing
Rork on last Thursday, was,
we lear, fairly well attended,
nnd we suppose quite harmo
nious, as Moses N. Ilarshaw
was nominated for Solictor
on the first ballot, as was
Sara Turner, of Bakersville,
for i,udgre. Mr. Frank A". Liu
ney received tb.9 vote of Alex
ander county for Solicitor,
but on his motion the nomi
nation of Mr. Ilarshaw was
made unanimous. There was
no opposition to.Turner.
The Democratic Convention
ot Caldwell county nominated
VV. C. Newland for the Legis
lature, Charles C. Steehfor
Sheriff, A. H. Cloyd for Clerk,
G. R. Clarke for Treasurer,
and Lawrence Wakefield was
endorsed for the State Sen
ate. This tieket iscomposed
of as good men aa there are
in Caldwell county, and the
election of the same will , be
an easy matter, as the coun
ty is considered safely. Demo
cratic.
The deadlock in the Sev
enth Congrpflsional.districtot
North Carolina was broken
on the 11th and Mr. Robert
N. Page, of Montgomery, was
declared the nominee on the
1,208th ballot. While the
contest was long and vigor
ous, there were no hard feel
ings engendered among the
aspiiants and the nomina-
tfon of Mr. Page was heartily
endorsed by the entire con
vention.
When the Confederate de
serters of Western North Car
ojina all get on the Federal
pension rolls under the work
ing oi-benator rntchard s
'deserter bill" there will be
distributed annually among
men of this class near a mill
ion dollars aa a reward for
the crime of desertion, which,
under martial law, was pun
ishable by death. ' ' -
Democratic Ticket Suggested.
Editor Democrat:
. Will fou. allow me space in
your paper to suggest a conn
ty ticket? If so, I wish to pre
6ent to the voters of thecoun
ty the names of the following
gentlemen who would make
us a good, clean ticket, and
i think with them in the field
we can make a snccessf fight r
For Clerk, J.ibn H. Bingham.
Representative, E. F. Lovill.
Sheriff, Lather Thomas.
Treasurer, A. J. Moretz,
Reg. of Deeds, RkM, Walters,
Surveyor, Thoa, L. Critcher,
Commissioners:
A. W. Benh, Smith lluga
man and W. F. Sherwood,
VoTHlt.
Amantba,N, C.
The Proof Itai Hand.
News nnd Observer. ' 5 ,
Te Vrn nklin Ti mes copies
theNewsand 0bBerver8i'tute
ment thnt a republican lead-,
er" in Franklin 'county ap
proached a - Demo?rat and !
urged him to run for the leg
inlature as an . independent,
promising him that he would
be "cared for"' whether 'elect
ed or not. The promise of be
ing ''rared for" meant a Fed
eral office. The Times, add
this: :" , ' .
"The editor- of the ; Times
has in his possession the
name of. the Democrat 'ap
pioached.'hnd also the name
of the "Republican leader"
who offered the bribe." :
. The whole plan of-the Re
publican campaign in Ease
ern North Carolina depends
upon the ability to buy men
with office. In udditiorrtothe
Franklin county offer, anoth
or gentleman was offered the
post office in his town if he
would organize, the county
with the view of ecufing the
election of a legislator who
would vote for Pritchard. He
had followed Lee Jfour years
and, though not rich in this
.world's goods, he never gave
the offer any more attention
than a contemptuous refusal
to sell bis birthright for a
mess of pottngp. Verj few
men who wore the gray have
been open to proponitioue of
the sort that Pritchard
makes his etock in trade in
politics, lie bought every
populist who voted for him
in!897 with an office. ' He
has bonght influential sup
port since then with office,
aud he evidently thinks it
will work again. But the men
who have real influence in
North Carolina will not sell
it for office, and the Rppubli
canj might as well keep their
negroes in onice and not
hawk the offices about offer
inir them to men of influence.
The man who is traitor cu
ough to sell out for office can
not deliver anj votes. r
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Date of 8, 8. Conference Changed.
On account of the Teach
ers Institute at Boone and n
conflict in the tim, our Sun
day school Conference, pub
lished to be held at Hopewell,
on July the 26th, will oe post
poned until Saturday, the
2nd day of August. The pro
gram heretofore published
will remain the same except
as to dute.
B. F. Hargett.
Boone, July 15th.
Just a Word Please.
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Want Yovrlrade, and
Ih re ure borne Fnccs lor
You to Consider,
0
Eight pounds Arbin-kel's cof
fee for one dollar
Ten pounds of pood soda for
20 cents.
Good shoes fiom $1.25 to
$3.50. . ; ,
Bacon. 12 cts. per pound.
Nice dress shirts from 25 to
75 cents eacb.
Best linen collars from 1
to 25 cents each. ..
Lamps, 20 to 30 cts. each.
Men's bleached drawers 45
cents per pain
One lb box of soap 5 cents.
Oat meal, three boxes for 25c.
Nice butter dishes, 10c. each.
Sole leather, 38 cts. per lb.,
and other articles too Jledi-
oti8 to mention at correspon
dingly fow prices. Remember
tlu'se are strictly
CASH PBICES
tsri take In exchange for
sroods. Roots, Herbs, and
Good Country Produce,"
Call and go away pleased.
Yours Very. Truly, ,
lacHAROM. GUBEN.,
Spring M cdlcine
' There 16 no other season wbon good
modlelne U 'so irn'ich needod an ia U16
Bpriiig. ' " ' '
The blood U impure, Weak '.and
Impovortshod a condition indicated
by pimple and other eruption on the
faoe and body, by deficient Tiiollty,
Iobi ot appetite, lack ot strchgth, mid
Want of animation. : " ' w.
Hood's Sandparilla
and Pills :
Make the blood pure, vigorous and
rich, creato appetite, glye ..vitality,
strength And animation, and cure
all eruptions. Uave the whole family
begin to take them today. '
H Hood's SarsuparlUa nas been used In
our family tor iome time, and always with
Rood results. Last spring I was all run
down and got a bottle ot it, and as usual
received Break benoflt." . Miss Bevlah
Botci, Stowe, Vt.
Mood's 8arsaparllla promises te
cure and keeps the promise
Do You Trade?
If so, call at my store at
Sugar Grove and I can intr
est you in .prices,' and will
give you as good goods and
as lew prices as can be found
in the county.............
Old Credit Played Out
With the becinninir of the
New Year I emphatically a-
nannonea the credit svsteni,
and under no circumstaucce
will Miis rpsolution be viola
ted, and 1 do trust my pat
rons will not ask me for in
dulgence, foi I can not grant
it.
I have a neat stork, nnd
canaveyou some money if
yoil will bi ing me your trade.
8A1I kinds of country pro
duce taken in exchange for
goooda.
J.R. PHILLIPS.
We are also caryinc a nice
line of poods at IV a t a u ga
Falls, nnd are prepared to
serve the people there with
jETOod goods at low prum
(fiye us a call when you need
any dry goods, groceries,
Hardware, tinware, etc., or
any other artlcJp kept in a
good.couutry store.
Youns TnuLY,
pillLLlPSbttOS.
1 902. ,
HERE I AMv
WtTil BARG1NS FOR YOU!
I have just received a splen
did lot of Spring and Sum
mer dress and bhirt waist
goods in the latest broad
stripes. New calicos at 5
to G trts per yard. A beauti
ful line of loop nnd othrin
sertions; tinsel gimp trim
ming, and anything else
you want in this line; nice
lot of solid and fancy hos
iery lor ladies' .
Ladies' fine shoes atv $1.50
per pair and up' men's at
$1.50 and up. A hadsome
line of children's shoes and
slippers I will send out by
mail . '
-AT COST.
A lot of men's and ladies'
shoes in odd lots and num
bers. They are good goods,
and each pair is a bargain.
Also some summer dress
goods in remnants.
Nice cashmere 22 cts. up to
45 cts. All Bargains. Do
mpstir, Plaid?, Jeans etc.,
always in stock at the low
st pi ires."
HARDWARE: I have the
best assormentinthecounty,
both shelf and heavy. Plow
repairs, single and double
shovel plows, hoes, nails,
horse shoes, axesV mattocks,
etc. always on hand.
IIATSS1 HATS! HATSf
A nice and attractive line for
both men mid ladies. - A full
line of notions of nil kinds
constantly on hand. A few
suits for ran aud boys going
at a bargain.
D0"I waut all kinds of conn
try prodnce,-nnd an unlimit
ed amount of roots nnd
hf'i bs for which 1 n ill pay the
highfst market prre.
CALL AND SEE ME.
Yorns anxious to please,
WILL W. HOLSCLAW
IENpRTH
State Gonial And
LITtRAltVr CLASICAL, ' SCIENTIFIC, CO M M E R A C, N-
rcs:oenis 01, me , oittie ipioo. . t acuity or. 33 memDers. practice ana -
Observation School connected .With the. College. Correspondence in-
vitcd from those desiring competent teacher and Stenographer, Td '
secure board in the dormitories' all free, tuiticn applications should be
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rauac ociorejuiy 15m
v tor catalogue and other information address - .. -..
PRESIDENT CHARLES D.
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y am also prepared to examine your eyes scientifically
AND FIT GLASSES THERETO r-f
A DEAUTIFUL LINE OF JEWELRY THAT I AM SELL-1
ING UNDER A POSITIVE GUARANTEE. , y, f
Coirip and se me. Very Truly, , ; ' . i
Bhiwintt Rock.N. 0. ; :
' DaTenport.Collego . -
Has a location unequalled for beauty, mountain scenery'
licalthfulntios of climate, in a town of cultured, Christian
people. '
But these are .not all its advantages it has an able fucul
ty and thorough course in Licerature, MuBic, Art, Elocu
tion and Business. . " .,
A Normal Course will be provided for young ladles who
wish, to prepare for teaching. . , - .
' FALL TERM OPENS SEPTEMBER 3, igioi. '
' Ftr catalogue and further particulars, write
. Rev. It. C.CRAVEN, President..
' , '' : Lenoiu, vN;.0.
MERCHANT AIID TRADER'S BANK
MOUNTAIN CITTElNNESEliJ. ;
AUTHORIZED CAPITAL .,,S50,,000. 00
OFFICERS: J. Walter Weight, President, W. P. Dvit
oan, Vice President, I. S. Ramboj Cashier,
. i R. Ft McDade. Aes't. Cashier. '
Stock-holding Directobs: J. Walter Wright, I. S3. Ram-
bo, VV. P. Dungan, and E. E. Hunter;
Non Stock-Holding Directors: Dr. J. Q. Butler, J. N
WTiLLs, It. E. Donnelly, and Dr. I. C. Butler.
Accounts of Firms, Comoratiohs, and Individuals
Sclicited. ;
This Will Be of
I now have one of the moat complete stocks of GEN-
ERAL MERCHANDISE to be found in this par of. the
county and my
; PRICES ARE ALWAYS RIGHT. . , A - I
My line of Ladies' Dress Goods is very nandsome!ii
fact it is quite hara to beat. A beautiful line of all woof
fabrics, and at prices to suit, you,
: Lawns worth 7 rents at 5 cents per yard, Percale 7 lo
10 cenls per j ard.
lam offering special bargains in Rpady made Clothing
03" Boys' suits for $1; Mens' suits $4. to $10.
tfSTGood stock of groceries alwaj s on hand. 20 lbs,
of sugar for $1; 12 pounds coffee for $1.
86TI buy country produce of all kinds.
fe?Birch oil $1. OCT per pound. Yours trul,
Tofld,N.C.,July3. H. C MILLER
Kodol Dyspepsia Guro
Digeets what you oat
Don't Jump atthaMoon
-AndGL'l FOOLED
It doesn't take a man with
two cood eyesto see that
my prices are the lowpst
yet, but even the blind has
discovered it
I have a beautiful line ot
Dry G oo s, Groceries, Hals
Shoes and Gent's Furnish
Goods. And boys, it it takes
low prices to carry a man
over I am going to be.,
f,In The Swim" Too.
My stuff is BRAN NEW and
strictly up to date, and if
You will exnminemy prices
I nm sure I-will get jour
trade .......,..::.
REMEMBER I have been in
the produce business for a
long time nnd am in shape
to pay rou top prices for
it. Chickens, eggs and but
ter. ..-.... ...v,
SAME AS CASH TO M E
BDon't wait until yotr
nre dead old to find these
things out.
W.L.SMI,
Silverstoffe. Juno 9.
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:CARQLINA
Iridristriall GoIjf6Sjr
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DR- aWABY,' v
DRUGGIST. AND OPTICIAN
. BLOWING ROCK, Nt C " ,.
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Inbw havo in stock a splendid
Hue of staple.drngs, patent raed-,
irinesa, toilet' articles confetion.V
etc., etc.
n - G. VV. BABY. . : ;
Interest To You,
Ctodcl Dyspepsia Cure
DIgMts what yott. eat.
UNIVERSITY
OF
5j,orth carolina
The head
Of the State Educational System
Academic Department, Law, Medi'
cine, Pharmacy
One hundred nnd eight scholar
ships. Free tuition to teachers and
minister's sons; Loans to the needy.
563 studenta. 54 Instructors
New Dormitories. Water Works,
Central Heating System. .
Fall term begins Septembej! 8,
1903'. ' -s "
Address ,
F. P..VENABLE, Pres.,
- Chapell Hill.N.G.
Trinity Gollege.
PURHAM, N. C .
Offers 125 grndrrate and under
graduate courses of study.
New library facilities, laborato
ry equipments arid gynuasium.
Numlwr of uttfdenta doubled in 8
years.: Istrvte number of nebolar ,
Bhips awarded annually. Lomia
made to worthy t adrit. Expttf
sea vrery moderate.
For Catalog je add'ressB, -.. ..
1). W. NRWSON, wtraf.
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