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Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1889-07-11
:
NORTH CAROLINA GOLD
FIND.

The story OF the discovery
of gold in North Carolina is
somewhat culiouS.
Near the close of the last
c,nlury the child OF a poor
settler, while roaming along
the banks Of a slnall stream,
discovered Il bright yellow
stone, which, with the help OF
his playmates, he picked up
and brought home to his
father. The old man who
had evidently 10 knowledge
OF the appearance of gold in
it's native state, saw nothing
particularly remarkable in
the stone. but not to disap-
point the child hadehim place
itnear the cabin door, which
would serve to keep open
or shut at pleasure. AS the
stone was quite heavy, weigh
| 4
ing nearly Is pounds, it wal
found of considerable uss for
that purpose.
Severllyears elapsed before
any one thought OF the
stones being possibly a min
eral Of any value, although
the owner often showed it,
to his neighbol-s, bidding
them mark it's unusual
weight. Finally, he was in
duced to take it to a gold
smith in the neighboring
town Of Fayetteville. who up
on testing it, at once pro-
|nounced Il to be gold, So
simple, however, and so ig-
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1889-07-11
wish | was to home"

Up to this date it has been
SO dry and hot that thou
Sands OF acres OF wheat are
burned SO that all hopes Tor
d crop islost. While writing
Newt Banner tells lne Of his
trip to Idaho $50 miles. He
says the people there re-
mind him OF the Jews look
ing us eagerly for rain as
shey didsfor the coming sof
Christ. The dust renlnds
me OF the foy that rises from
the beautiful stream OF Cove
Greek, and we make IA g1.ist
mil out OF our eyes to grind
|.lt. L also took Il trip to Ida
no, there being tmee i'll the
crowd, 10 wit: Finly Mast,
who has been in tllls country
Tor some TIME and is dong
We'll; Mlll Mast who lately
married one vi the lair dam
sells oi Tcnnessee, and my
selI. We stayed There ubou!
tliree days, returning with =
l"ais OF wood, a distance OF
aDOut lh.r,y niles. 1t Is a
poor country that can not
aiiuru wood and biackber-
mes. Ihe iuriners are great
y dist outraged about their
"ilritt crop, which, they say,
liits never iiilied III this cuuu-
try and ii it is wholly Il fail
ure, good by JumDo," Tor
many are iii ueDt and EXPECT
tlielr crops 10 pay 1t. Aud
mercy IL would be better ior
tie litbOring man had lie lley
er been born, for he cal not
get employment. Dearread-
er, tits not only here that it
is discouraging, but every
where. The great fire of ST.
attic, the great disaster OF
Pennsylvania, and theyoung
flood Of Watanga are enough
to cause trouble. But let the
people be submissive and say
as did Gen. jackson, God
Knows, and directs always
for the best" "Glpat iaith!"
low l do wish Twas athoIne.
A. M. Mast.
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norant. OF the value of the
precious metal was the old
farmer, that he even then al
lowed the dishonest gold
smith to buy the nugget Of
him for the paltry sum of$4
Its true value was ascertain
ed to be not less thanS4 900,
and the locality in which it
was found soon bec,,lne a
rich field for gold hunters.-
ASheYiNe Journal.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1889-07-11
NOTABLEE EVENTS.

First jury $40.
Pins made 1850.
Needles used 1914.
First cast-iron 1914.
Matches made 1929.
;ournames used 1862.
First newspaper 1494.
Coal used as fuel 1884.
Lead pencils used 1549.
Window glass used 694.
First gold coin B. C. 2O6.
Tobacco introduced 1873.
First steam rail road 1880.
FIRST Postage stamps 1910.
Kerosene introduced 1925.
First Illuminating gas 1882.
Electric light invented 1874.
Iron found in America 1915.
First insurance, marine, 536.
First wheel carriages 1863.
First American express 1921.
Musical notes introduced 13-
3S.
Latin ceased to be spoken
$50.
Bible translated into Saxon
~637.
Gunpowder used by Chinese
so.
Bible translated into Gothic
S72.
Photographs first produced
1902.
Old Testament finished B. G
43O.
Emancipation proclama,
ton 1863.
Paper made by Chinese B
IC. 22O.
Rible translated into En-
glish 1884. q
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reason, disability.
Upon application of Gas
ton Horton Sr. (Col.). The
mother-in-law sof Daniel
Little was allowed $1.per.
month from date.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1889-07-11

Mr.. A. e Corpenirg North
Catawha Caldwell TO. N. {.
says! write this to say
t!.at the little bottle vi metli-
ciGe called Kephaiine is i
splendid remedy hca1uclls
my whole iamily Use il and
ell say that it relieves them. "
NJ. wilson. Lanton, Kings
Creek, Caldwell Go. N. G. says
"l-have used kepl!aline for
headache, toothaclle and
neuralgia add have never
failed to be relihYed, | have
also used it fofGolic in dos e.
Ai one and two drops with
great benefit"
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ADVERTISING RATES.

For intermediate rates CORES,
pond with tie Editor.
Local notices 5 cents a line.
iiibsclii .tion invariably in Ad-
vANtE and advertisements paya-
l.'e on demand.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1889-07-11
Garfield W. II.
June rs. 1889.

For the DEMoCRAT:.
Again allow ms space in
your paper TO Wri,e some
thing that may be interest
ing to its many readers.
When | wro;rmy other let
ter | was ut Tacoma City,
and alter remaining therefor
about sin Weeks, | ua,le az ,eu
TO that place, aud case to
Garfield u distance of 4t3
miles. Tie reason why |
lett, what could IL poor boy
DO there? So | set to work
OH the iarln, which suits me
much better any way, he
cause 1 was raised u tarmel.
boy. The Lord blts, and
prosper the farmer, because
they are the most honest and
Independent people Of this
world. When ! first co1.-
\ merced work on the soil OF
the Palouse Country, (Which
is very fertile,) Thought it
was the loneliest country |
ever saw, couldn't see, any
thing but wheat and the blue
sky. And 0 how odd il did
seem to me not to see a sin
gle silvery stream flowing
through the land, and no
beautiful shade trees under
which to rest this physical
man. Here in this country
lhey have to dig wells with
ont end, and many OF them
godry They eydigwellsf their
stock and for their houses
! helped dig one and while in
the ground, | feltlike the boy
that went 4 sparkling and
the l,itiless girl slighted him,
he sSid IN i pitiful tone, 4
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1889-07-11

ldriller, tllaU ne even then al
lowed the dishonest gold
smith to buy the nugget Of
him for the paltry sum OF $4
Its true value was ascertain
ed to be notless thanS4, 900,
and the locality in which it
was found soon bec,,lne a
rich field for gold hunters.-
4dsheUNe Journal.
Linville, N. Carolina.
July, 5th, 1899.
| | was at yo1r place yester-
day, AS you know. In com
ing out Of town a most gra-
tiEyipg sight met my eyes.
First. | met "Bob" Bryan
driving five OF his fathers
COWS, as full as they could
hold OF luscious grass, while
their bags were full and even
extended. Then, right behind
them, came nine OF Coffey
Bros. COWS in like condition.
These COWS reminded me of
days OF Aud hngsy1e, when
| helped milk twenty-five
COWS belonging to one dairy.
News comes from CarterCo.
Tenn. TO Ais IN Townsend of
the death OF his son, Column
bus, who died last Sunday,
after a months sickness. He
leaves a wife and a number
of children there, and a large
number OF relatives in this
immediate vicinity. 81
The sound OF tbe hammer
and saw are heard here this
week, us work on tlle hotel
and Loven's store-house has
begun.
Three loads OF actresses,
springs, for headsteads and
blankets for the hotei have
arrived, and James McCamp-
bell, OF Bakersville, is making
the furniture, which will be
ready as soon as the building.
is in condition for it's recep-
ton.
Mr.. Charles Robinson, of
lanccy TO has come here
as overseer on theroads that
the company is constructing.
The Messrs Gibbs, OF Yancey,
are here. SO, you see, we are
drawing q men from all over
the country.
Sickness is beginning to
make it's appearance among
us. Jackson Gragg, he of
Oklahoma fame, was visited
by Dr.. Phipps, OF Watauga,
yesterday, and the Doctor
was wanted at Mr.. Allison
Townsends,' where several
are ailing.
Mr.. A. G. Ricksecker, a mem
hel OF the company, and un-
Gle to Secretary Charles H.
Ricksecker, is here, looking
over his interests for the first
tine.
| saw, at.Foscoe, that DR..
Phlpps is building him an OF
tice, and the frame is up for
a two story house for Burt
Johnson w. HI. Caloway's
new store house, which is 36
x22 feet, two stories high,
is drawing, to a conclusion,
and will be ready for occupa;
cy before long.
By the way, allow me to
suggest that that crossing
at the schoolhotse, is a most
miserable one. Men can get
along possibly;B6t what a.
bout a woman with great
box, little box, band box and
bundle and three bits Of chill
dren !? ! am always looking
out for the women, and res.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1889-07-11
Commissioners Court
July Term.


following members were pres
ent :J. d. Finley Chairman.
j. II. Mast and w. w. Pres
nell, and proceeded to busi-
ness.
Minutes Of June term read,
corrected and approved.
Upon application, Milton
Watson, OF Meat Camp town
ship, was released from pay
ing poll-taX for the year 49,
80, and until further orders,
reason, disability.
G. W. Hayes application
for release of poll tax fol the
year 1889, not granted.
Upon application filed with
the Board for aid to Levy
1nplett, of Elk township, it
was ordered that he he allow
ed $1 so per month for four
months from date.
Ordered that the act of H.
l.. Huggins, Countyiailor, be
approved and a claim be is
sued for the same. See act
On file. Amount $1,63.
Upon application filed with
the Board Levy Triplett was
released from paying poll-tax
for the year 1889, reason.
disability.
The application of Sha-
driA Greer, of Elk township,
for release OF poll-tax for 49,
80, not granted.
j. &. Carroll, was released
from working the new road
from Pine Run to Fairyiew
church, provided he makes
up lost time.
Upon the petition and ap-
plication of Thornton Ingle,
OF Blowing Rock, it was or.
dered that the Sheriff issue
license to said Thornton In
gle to sell beer at Blowing
Rock, for - months, com
'nencing July 1st, '89.
Board adjourned til 9 O
clock tomorrow morning.
July the 2nd. The Board,
according to adjournment,
all the members present, pro-
ceeded to business.
The following tax listers
were paid the amounts oppo-
site their names, for listing
taxes for the year 1899, in
their respective townships;
G. j. Cottrell, Blue Ridge, 81,
SO; H. H. Farthing, Beaver
DAMS $7,5U; J. M. Shull.
Watauga, 49, 90; 5. j. Hen
dirk, Elk, $500; John Ward,
Laurel freek, $3.50; Alex Ha
Gaman, cove Greek, S9,O 90
s. H. Banner, Shawnehaw,
$500; W. L. Brayn, Boone,
5000; james H. Taylor,
Meat Camp. $3.50; W. E.
Greene, Stony Fork, $500;
A. f. Davis. Bald Mountain,
$500. 7.
j. NJ. Stokes allowed 81. so
for registering votes in Lau-
rel Greek Township for the
November election 1883.
Ordered that the petition
filed with theboard for amend
ment on tRefoadtroin Shul,s
Mills to the Mitchell Co. line
tob be advertised, to be heard
lat the August term.
Mac Church allowed to list
his taxes in Boone township,
provided he pays Clerks sees
Tor registering same
W. L. Bryan's account not
allowed, for furnishing shoes
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1889-07-11
NOTICE.

100 acres of good, level land,
one Steam Saw Mill, Shingle
Mill and palmer, for sale cheap
For prices applytoA.J Critcher,
Horton, N. G. feb IA 6m.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-10-12
THE RALLOT REFORM.

There have been several instances of
late in which the main features of the
Australian system of secret voting have
been tested, and the results warrant
sanguine anticipations that the reform
will be generally adopted in the states.
There are in some cases minor details
to be relieved, as in Tennessee, where
there is no provision for the illIterate.
In Montana this class were provided by
political friends with card containing
the names of all the candidates they
wanted to vote for. The voter handed
this to the judges, who checked the
names on it. There were some com
plants ofinconvenience in the sparsely
settled districts, but they related
rather TO the registration and arrange
ment of polls than to any feature of the
ballot reform. The Helena Independ-
ent speaks very favorably of the new
plan, and says the voters made quick
work of checking their ballots. In Con-
nectieut, at the recent voting, there
was as near an approach to the Aus
tralian system as could be had in the
face Oh The N6tO VI Tic III uD11Cdii guy
ernor. The chief difference is that the
state does not print the ballot. 1t is
furnished by party workers, but must
be printed on official paper on pre-
scribed and uniform type. The ballots
are all placed in an envelope furnished
BIZ the state, handed to the voter, who
retires to the private booth, and, unob-
served, puts the ticket he wants to vote
in the envelope, seals it and lays it on
the ballot box. If not sealed, or if
printed on unofficial paper, the ballot is
not counted. This still leaves employ
ment for the heelers and workers, but
the voter has the choice Of his ballot,
which is the main thing. This system
cut no figure in voting on prohibition,
but in some towns there were contested
local elections, as in Norwich, which
was carried by the Democrats for the
first time in many years. The
Democrats think there has been CO.
ercion used by employers to control
the votes of their men in the large
manufacturing points. The Norwich
case seems to confirm their SuSpi-
cions. They believe that this mode of
voting would have carried both Indiana
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-10-12
THEY DON'T WANT 1T.

The vote in Washington against
woman suffrage is the severest blow that
cause has ever received in any state.
The majority is not as large as in some
other instances, but 1t was taken as the
Judgment of the voters upon an expert
ment The women had been voters in
that territory until supreme court de-
cision found there was technical irregu-
larity in their exercise. 1t is not al
legged that the women took any unfair
advantage of their voting privilege, or
Disseminated ungenerously adversely
to the male element, nor was there de-
moralization to the fair participants in
the ballot. Women are comparatively
few out there, as in most new regions,
and the natural disposition of the men
would be to encourage them and con-
cede to them almost anything they really
wanted. The trouble is the same there
aseIsewhere; the majority of the women
don't want to vote.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-10-12
CURIOUS CONVERSATIONS.

A patient figurer has found that in
IL, OOO, 900 years the sun will be as dense
as the earth.
A citizen of North Hampton, n. H.,
has been Justice of the peace for more
than fiftv years.
According to a paper read at con-
gress at Strasburg, 80 per cent of rail-
way passengers in Prussia travel fourth
class, u per cent third-class, 20.5 second
and only SO first,
Two Indian skeletons, one of them
that of a child, were unearthed in a
gravel pit on a farm near Columbus.
Ind. The grave also contained powder
horns, deer horns and the bones of ami
mails.
Members of the Iowa tribe of Indians
are very well off. They have been re-
duced in number to eighty-three per-
farming land, which they are to sell to
the government-an average OF over
2,4O0 acres each.
Quincy, Mass, celebrated its 250th an
niversary last Sunday. John Hancock,
father of the signer of the Declaration
of Independence, was ordained as pas
tor in 1726, and preached there for eight
CCh JNoAo
In Guelph, Ont. the other day, every
man, woman and child, SO far as could
be aseertained, suffered for about four
hours with headache, and the local ply
sIcians are looking awfully wise and
talking about assures in the earth and
the escape of natural gases.
The Indians Of the Five Nations take
great interest in news from the sur
rounding states, as well as within the
borders of their own nations. Ten
weekly new spapers are published within
the territory. and number of daily
newspapers from the states are taken
by the Indians.
A check for several thousand dollars
sent to Pope Leo XIII. from Newark,
NJ, has been returned through the
regular channels to the Newark bank
on which it was drawn, duly Endorsed
by the pope. The handwriting is neat
and even. The check will be kept as q
souvenir.
In Hamilton, O.. man died a few
DAYS ago who had $500 in money laid
up, and payment of $50 was due to
save his home. His widow took the
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-10-12
SENATE CHANCES.

With the six Republicans and two
Democrats from the four new states,
the senate will have thirty-nine Demo
Gratis and forty-fve Republicans. This
looks like margin that would be pretty
reliable for four years, but changes
have sometimes been rapid in the SEN
ate. In the Forty-fourth congress the
Republicans had thirteen majority in
the senate, and two years later were
down to three, and in two more years
this three gave place to nine majority
for the Democrats. 1t would be pretty
difficult to point out just where there is
any early possibility of wiping out this
coming majority of six. 1t would pre-
sumo a break in some states that have
kept right along sending Republicans
as a sort of moral duty. The Demo-
Gratis have all but one of the senators
from the old South; also, New Jersey,
Indiana, and one from Ohio. Still, it is
the unexpected that happens in politics
as well as in other activities.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-10-12
A CLERICAL CROAK.

Bishop WALKER, of the North Da-
kota diocese, is termed by the Fargo Re-
publican, published at his residence,
the champion eroaker of North Da
kota.' This is said in view of his re-
ported speech in the general convention
OF his church at New York the other day,
in which he pictured the situation in his
district in somewhat lugubrious colors.
1t was not happy conceit, and was the
more surprising from the fact that the
dignified and eminent prelate has been
noted for his general conservatism and
the earneStneSS of his devotion to his
work. Possibly something East had in
duced dyspeptic mood, or he thought
to mitigate impressions of moderate
churchly achievement by magnifying
the obstacles in the way. He over
looked the fact that publicity was GER
tain to be given to all his utteranceS,
and they would be eagerly diffused by
those who are suffering from the
greater attractions of the North
west. His state has some of the
experiences of most new states, and has
had q partial failure of the chief crop in
some localities, made more severe by
too much reliance upon single peer
less staple. But the objection raised
by the bishop as the chief drawback is
so nearly fanciful that, taken as cri-
terion, it is safe, reliable country. His
trouble is with the blizzard ard an oeca-
siOnal cold wave, with the thermometer
20 to 10 below zero. If the bishop were
of the tenderfoot class it would not be
surprising that he should take this view.
The fact is that billiards are very rare
in the bishops diocese. A resident
there for five years saw but one storm
that would compare with a New York
blizzard. The losses of life from freez-
ing cold or storms the past ten years
would hardly outnumber the fingers.
When crops are good the people of
North Dakota can laugh at billiards.
and any sort of weather. They have
had booming times in the past and may
expect them in the future, when the
croakers will be laughed at.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-10-12
CLIPPED BITS OF WIT.

We don't see why, if Pity is achin' to
love, Pity don't love.-Harper's Bazaar:
The woman who cuts her hair short
rarely applies the same process to her
speech. -Terre Haute Express.
1t is the man continually cramped who
finds difficulty in keeping his head above
Water.-TeXas SiftingS.
Namma-What did you do at the
cooking school to-day? Laura-Oh, we
roasted the girls who weren't there
Terre Haute Express.
Some of the daily papers have been
commenting on the appearance in active
life of lady burglars. This is no novelty,
however. Only few years ago almost
every lady you met regularly held up
train.-BaltimOre American.
= Smith-The City of Paris, [ hear, con-
sumes more coal than any other ship.
Jones-That's mistake.
Smith-What ship beats it, then?
Observation-Disclosures Weekly.
THAT man has had the entree to
many of our best houses"
"What, that Misunderstanding Great
urel Who is hep"
Jimmy Faith, the burglar. Mum
sey's Weekly.
''Been saving wood" inquired the
caller.
'Worse than that" painted the bank
president, wiping the PRESENTATION from
his brow and throwing himself. eX-
hausted. into a chair. Il have been
talking to lady depositor. Whewp'-
Chicago Tribune.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-10-12
TELEGRAPHlC TICKS.

Fritz Emmett has made an offer of $780,
600 for the Baltimore Academy of Music.
The offer is under consideration by the pres
enJ owners.
A call has been issued by Luke Dillon NJ.
Seaman, DIR. McCahey, P. Stanton and J.
Casey for convention Of the Clan ma Gael,
to be held in Chicago in November.
Donald Morrison, who was convicted of
manslaughter for the killing of Constable
Warren in 1888, was yesterday sentenced at
penitentiary.
In an interview Louis Sloss. Of San Fran
cisco, vice president of the Alaska CONNER
cial company. says: Our lease expires May
l next, but if the present state OF affairs con-
tinues the company will not want to renew
it,
While hoisting timbers to the top of new
factory at Auburn, n. Y, yesterday. the ap-
paratus broke and fell to the ground. carry
ing three men with it One, David Forrest.
carpenter, was injured internally, perhaps
fatally.
Tammany Hail offered to make ex-Presi-
dent Grover Cleveland its candidate for con-
gress in the Ninth district Of New York to
succeed the late 5: S. Cox, but Mr..
Cleveland declined the honor. Amos J.
Cummings is now slated for the position.
At least 50O,0o0 pounds of tobacco IN
Fleming county. Kentucky. has been entirely
destroyed by the frosts of the last three
nights The state auditors report places the
average crop vi tAe CouHIs at 4soOu.uUO
pounds, and this year the crop was a little
above that figure.
William Moore. q negro train hand on the
Savannah, Florida & Western road, was
taken from the train at Jesup by posse Of
citizens yesterday and lynched. While pass
ing that place wednesday he had some words
with a citizen, and as the train pulled out he
threw a stone, which struck bystander.
In the case of William Wallace w. The
Chicago Board of Trade, on an appeal from
the decision Of Judge Shepard. who refused
to make permanent the injunction restrain
ing the board of trade from delivering to
the plaintiffs large quantities of green
October pork, the appellate court this morn
ing upheld the decision of the lower court
Once more Mr.. Wallace was defeated.