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The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-02-20
4 MYSTERIOUS PARTY.
|Nr. and Mrs. Frakcr, of AitOOna," Try
to Get Married in Salem.

|'Mr. and Mrs. Frakcr. of Aitoonn," Try
to Get Married in Salem.
a young man, accompanied by two
ladies, one being rather pretty, and
attired in gray dress, and the other
wearing spectaclcs and not as pretty as
her companion, arrived in Salem YES
terday, and the party registered at the
Hotel Lucerne. Miss Matte Nall,
Altoona, Pa" was the first entry on the
the register. The young man wrote
next "Mr. and Mrs. c. w. Frakcr,
Altoona, Pa" and for some reason
scratched out this entry and wrote
below on the next line, sc. w. Frakcr
and wife, Altoona, Pa.
The same evening while Rev. j. S.
Hutchinson was conducting prayer meet
ing at the church, the sexton brought
him note, which read as follows:
"Would like to be married this evening
How soon could you perform the ccre-
mony?"
Mr.. Hutchinson went out into the YES
tibule and there found the party regis-
tered at the hotel as stated above. lie
agreed to perform the ceremony at $50
at the Methodist parsonage but when
the parties presented themselves at
that hour they had no license.
The young man and his sweetheart
went around TO Clerk McCauley's resi-
dence, but he would not Issue a license.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-02-20
REMARKABLE GROWTH
Of Salem, 1.-THE Queen City of
the Southwest" in One Year.

Inc Salem Improvement Company,
the most successful organiZati ton of its
kind in Virginia, had its first sale of lots
December 1, 1850. Since that time tho
growth of Salem has been marvellous.
About 400 houses have been built: ST.
100000 spent in buildings and improve
ments; the population nearly doubled,
and the business of the poStoficc and
telegraph office increased 800 per cent
The iron furnace about to go into blast,
the factories i'll operation and actually
secured will employ several thousand
hands and insure the doubling of the
present population of 1000 in another
year Among the industries recently
secured are a rolling mill from Cincin-
natl the Olean Speed Cart Works from
Olcan, n. y, and wire nail works from
Parkcrsburg, w. Va.
Negotiations are in progress for adj
ditional plants to employ a large num-
Der of hands, and the land companies,
with an aggregate capital stock of
Sf,000,0 900, have voted liberal sums
for new industries. A WOODEN
mill (ncarly completely that will
manufacture its goods into clothing,
Will employ large number OF females.
The carly extension of the Baltimore
and Ohio and the Roanoke and Southern
10 salem Will make it an important rail
way center. and hasten it's growth into
large iron. steel and general manufac-
turing and commercial city. Salem and
Roanoke, now rapidly growing together,
are destined to be the great industrial
center of Virginia.
The proximity Of the great Flat Top
coal fields, the cheapncss of the famous
Pocahontas coal and coke, the abundant
supply of iron ore, timber, and other
raw materials, make Salem an advan-
tageous point for manufactures
salem is the most attractive town in
virginia; and it may we'll be proud of
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-02-20
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y STOLEN MARE.
This Time Clerk VIM. NJ. NIcCaulcy's Iors
is Taken From His Stable.

This Time Clerk VIM. NJ. NIcCaulcy's Horse
is Taken From His Stable.
Still another horse has been stolen.
The stable of Clerk OF tho Court VIM.
NJ. McCauley was entered yesterday
morning some time after half past
o'clock, and n bay mare belonging to
Mr. McCauley's son, Ernest X. McCau-
ley, was stolen thcrefrom.
MIR. McCauley heard a noise in the
stable in the small hours of the X orn-
ing, but as he frequently heard the
same noise he did not investigate.
The cook remembers to have seen n
colored man on the premises as she was
washing dishes after supper, about S
o'clock the previous night, but she did
not mention the fact to any members OF
the family.
The mare is small dark bay, i've
years old, heavy with foal. The front
feet are trife sore from scratches.
She was newly shod in front, but had
worn shoes on the hind feet. There is
faint scar inside the right hind leg.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-02-20
SALEM ADVERTISEMENTS

TliE FLYNN WAGON COMPANY
4 have large stock of wagons, drays
and railroad carts in stock, which they
Oifcr cheap to cash customers. fchl4.3t
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-02-20
That Electric Plant.

George l.. Colgate, who has just been
granted franchise for putting in an
electric plant in Salem, is still in Salem
in the interest OF the electric plant COM
pany.
The plant will have an sO-horse power
generator, two 65O-light incandescent
machines, two 50-arc-light machines
and compound condensing engines.
The outfit will be one of the complctest
in the State.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-02-20
Stockholders Meeting.

The stockholders of the Salem Loan
and Trust Company Wednesday elected
the following directors for the ensuing
year:
r. D. Martin, w. Il. Younger, o. l..
Stearnes, ID. Il. Martin, G.. ]. Lyon, l..
c. llansbrough, w. Lee Brand, w. IL.
Snuff and W. NJ Nelson.
The resignation of cashier w. NJ
Barnitz was received, and II. l.. Camp
bell, of the Woodstock, Virginia, Bank,
was elected his successor.
President r. ID. Martins report was
read and adopted.
The banks otficers.for tho next year
will be Maj. r. d. Martin, president;W
L. Younger, vice-prcsident. j. j. Scott
was reelected bookkeeper.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-02-20
SALEM NEWS.

as the young man could not prove he
was twenty-one years old.
They returned to the parsonage, where
they had left Miss Nall, but Mr.. Hutch
ison refused to marry them, but recon-
mended them to try Bristol, and it
seems that they took his advice, for Mr..
Fraker left on the eight o'clock train
going west, and tho two ladies followed
later OH when the 10 o'clock train went
wpSt
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-02-20
NOTICE TO STOCKHOLDERS.

At a meeting Of the board of directors
OF the Salem Improvement Company,
held at the company's office December
30th, 1891, the following order was pass
ed:
Resolved, That the president and
treasurer be authorized to receive stock
OF the Salem Improvement Company at
$50 per share in full payment for all
lots as specified by number on price list
of December 18th and 18th, 1880, and at
the prices named in said price list, re-
naming unsold, in any section cast of
Delaware street and south of the line of
the Roanoke Street Railway Company,
provided that the right to purchase
under the above named terms shall be
availed of between the 18th OF February
and the first of April, 1891, and that a
copy of this resolution shall be mailed
to each stakeholder of record. S. ID.
UNCOMMON, Secretary. fcbl-cod
W ANTED = Two boys to deliver
w THE TIMES in Salem. Apply at
The TIMES Bureau, Hotel Lucernc.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-02-20
a Blue Rain.

The rcal-cstatc men were little
blue yesterday. Things were beginning
to get lively; good many lots were
changing hands, and great many inves-
tors and spectators were visiting
Salem, when it had TO rain
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1891-02-12

OF ten or twelve thousand dol
lars Of our already depleted
treasury, and on the tax-pay
ers of North Carolina. espec-
tally at d time when thereare
so many other dernands up
on OUR treasury for the more
laudable objects Of charity
and education.
Seventh. Whether or not
twelve able, fearless, pureSu-
perior Court judges, who, for
their purityand learning, are
the just pride Of ereople Of
the State, backed BY ninety
six sheriffs and a lnil1iof, and
a half Of people might not be
expected to protect the rights
of all parties in as full and
ample a manner as could a
railroad commission.
Eighth. Whether ornot an
able committee Of your body
whose duty it shall be tolook
after the taxation of rail-
roads, aided by the courts
would accomplish a | ] you
could hope to accomplish
through the operations Of u
railroad commission and at
a very small fraction Of the
cost.
Ninth. And finally a noun
tain man would be much pleas
cd if the members nf the ten
eral Assembly would very sc.
riously cosider whether or
not about nine -tenths of this
railroad commission agita-
tion has not proceeded from.
and been fomented by, about
two hundred men in North
Cnrulinn, who, overpowered
by a sense of patriotism and
love Of country, feel it their
duty to be one Of the rail-
road commission. or atl1ast
to take II clprkship. "Only
this aud nothing more. "
Very respectfully,
ALEXANDER BILL.
Boone, Jan, 25.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1891-02-12
THE CHILD.

Every child has a right
to az cheerfula childhood asst
is in the power of those stan
ding near her to give; and
every child has q right to
something as valuable and
necessary as food for her
bodily growth. and that is
food for herspiritual growth.
None Of the demands for
fashionable or OF political or
Of any other sort OF life
should be allowed tointerfere
with her receipt Of it. This
food4she cannot receive fleft
TO lower onshipthan
that to which she is entitled
10 solitary life with one
teacher, however refined that
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1891-02-12
DEAD AGAIN.
R. Il. P. THE FORCE BILL.

Hist! Art thou dead again? I'm
hanged, unmourned,
Hast touched that bourne whence
no bill e'er returned?
Again exanimated, art once more
Stranded upon theunpassed Leth
e's shore?
Are thine nine feline lives worn
out? Or turks
Somewhere concealed in thy mys-
terious works
The immortal spark? Speak up,
. O bilious bill
Art dead sweet William, or art
living still?
In sad September twas given out
That thou had surely climbed the
aerial spout!
And when the Silver Bill hove in
to view
The people said that was the
death OF you'll
Again your obsequies have been
proclaimed,
Again with execrations has been
named
The spotwhere thou'rt tolie, thy
wry neck wrung,
Unpassed, unwept, unhonored
and unsung!
Peace to thine ashes-if thy vita
fires
Have ceased to live in them Ter
thousand pyres
lleaped high with homes would
but as nothing be
To the disasters that might fol
low theel
Peace to thy gray-haired blgots
whose dull eyes
Desired to zee a nation sacrifice
And may all partisans forever
cease
Forgetting that their n ativ'
lands at peace.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1891-02-12
THAT BAYONET BILL.

The New York Herald patri-
otically declares that "when
the Republican party, mad
dened by desperat tion, try to
create a race war by wich the
interests OF the whole people
would be endangered, ii is
the duty Of all patriotic Rep
resentatives to stem the tide
of wild fanaticism, and the
duty OF a patriotic people to
uphold them in that course.
We don't want the bloody
scenes DEMONSTRATION days
repeated. We now have peace
within our borders. The
whites of the south are
developing their resources.
The negroes are being slowly
prepared for the duties Of cit
izenship. Every thing is nov
ing along serenely, and the
promises of the futureis hfigh
ter than ever before. Wehave
no wish to change that con.
dition OF affairs FOR chaos. AZ
we would not for a moment
tolerate the intervention of
federal troops in New York,
so we declare that troops
shall not be sent to Rich.
mond or Charleston: We can
take care ,,f our own State
affairs, and stand ready to-
tell Mr.. Harrison or any
other President to keep his
hands off. THERE'S no renson
why South Carolina should
be treated otherwise than
| New York is treated.
Therefore democratic SEN
ators and a few among the
Republicans are trying t<,
render the passage If thin
Ibill impossible. II they fail,
after having done their ut.
most, they will still hnve tlie'
Il - .<<s = - 4 4 2><> 4 IL - - <1< ~
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1891-02-12

Abraham Lincon once
dreamed that he was pass
ing, on some public occasion,
between ranks OF the people.
when he heard one man say
to another, as lie pointed
him out, He's a common
looking fellow, isn't he?"
"Well my FRIEND" replied
Lincon, turning to the
man whose remark lie had
overheard, "God likes us
common looking fellows, or
else he wouldn't have made
so many Of US. The wit and
wisdom OF this dream
thought are good enough for
any waking moment. Yes,
God evidently likes common
looking fellows, and he has
evidently, given the work OF
the world into the hands of
common men. The "genius'
was always rare, and he is
growing rarer. The men'oi
genius have never done the
worlds work, or fought its
battles, or carried on it's re-
forms. A Napoleon without
his army, a Gladstone
without his constituency,
would be far more helpless
than the /" common fellows
without their leaders. This
is just the thought needed to
lift the comnon-placenes
and to raise the common
task to the pinnacle to sub.
limiiy .-Golden Rule.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1891-02-12

teacher may be; to exile from
the daily life. and thoughts
OF her father and mother; or
if her mother sees her only in
the hours Of fatigue from
pleasure, and never for any
length Of time when her facul-
ties are brightest at their
best and her own higher ma
ture ready to impart it's
strength to her child.-Har-
per'S Bazaar.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1891-02-12
ATTENTION. /

Ny duties conflne me closely to
Carolina, and / would exchange,
on favorable terms, $40, 900 oi
stock in q phosphate company
in Florida, my late residence, for
q suitable farm in the mountains
ALEX. @. HoLLADAY,
Raleigh NC
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1891-02-12
Notice.

For sale. 900 acres Of land,
on Rich Mountain, Watauga
County, on which il asbestos,
and fine land forsheepranch,
Sales private. &. .. Lowe 4
]. T. Furgerson, Ex'trs. 81
Mrs. a. r. Galloway, decd,
Banner Elk Nov. 10 '90.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1891-02-12

as it may seem Senators,
Evarts and Hitchcock ofNew
York voted against it.
Brother johnny Wanama-
ker will have to get himself a
new hobby. His postal tele-
graph scheme, in spite Of the
amount ofGovernment mon
ey he spent,in disqualification
OF his views thereon, is as
dead as a door nail. The
House committee on Post
Offices will not even report it.
Representative McCreary,
who is regarded as one OF
the most conservative men
in the House paid his respects
to Car Reed on Saturday in
a manner that was quiet but
severe. His committee
Foreign Misunderstanding been
refused a day for the consid-
GRAFTON OF it's bills, he said:
"Never pefore in my exper-
fence on the committee on
Foreign Affairs, has that
committee been refused a
day for the consideration of
bills reported by it. The re-
fusal to give this committee
a day is but another error in
the comedy Of errors which
has marked the Fiftyfirst
Congress-"
1t seems that the rrpubli-
can Senators will never finish
making personal explana-
tions of their course regard
the Force bill. Saturday
Senators Blair and Teller
had their turns. Next.
Secretary Windom's funer-
al occurred here today. All
of the Government depart
ments, the local Offices and
the public schools wereclosed.
There wascOn si q era b | g
growing among that large
class who make it q point to
attend every pro IN inen t
funeral they possibly can.
because admission to the
Church was by ticket, and
the tickets were only furnish.
ed to prominent people, The
remaining members of the
cabinet acted as honorary
pall-bearers
The resolution to discharge
the House Coinage commit
tee from futher considera-
tion OF the free coinage bill is
liz BILE to make the largest
sort Of rumpnsin the House
at any time, if that commit.
tee persists in it's present Of
forts to kill the bill by delay,
How not to investigate the
silver pools seems to be the
real object Of the House
committee, which is ostensi.
by engaged in investigation
If this committee slurs over
Its work the democrats in
the next House will try theil
hands at probing it to the
bottom.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1891-02-12
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From our Regular Correspondent

Mr.. Harrison has as hard
a task before him in the Sc
lection OF a successor to the
late Secretary of the Treasu-
ry as his worst enemy could
possibly have set for him; it
is a task too in which the
country at large is more dir
ectly interested in than any
thing he has yet undertaken.
1t will be very difficultto find
a man willing to accept the
place who possesses the abili-
ty combined with the conser-
vatism OF the dead Secretary;
and what will add no little
to Mr.. Harrison's trouble is
the fact that all the promi-
nent republicans in both
House and Senate who have
been recently repudiated by
their constituents will be, in
fact are already clamoring
for the place for themselves.
Whoever he selects he Is
bound to make new enemies
in his party, and being a
candidate for a re-nomlna-
ton that is just what he can
not afford to do. Besides
this, the man selected will
have to be satisfactory to
the business men OF the coun-
try, or ~ financial panic may
be precipitated,
So far the men who are
mentioned for the vacancy
are just those who should
not be selected. Represen-
tative Mckinley can, it is
thought. have the place if he
wantsit, but he has high
lprotection on the brain to
40 great an extent that his
appointment would be a very
great mistake, and one that
would be certain to bring
trouble. Senator Spooner is
talked Of, but he is a lawyer
and lacks the financial ex-
pel'ience and executive abili-
ty which is absolutely neces-
sary. The Others may be
punched in one bad, very bad
lot, which includes Senator
Ingalls,, ex-Gov.cC a Ii c o
Charley") Foster, Represen.
tative Cannon and that ex-
boss, particularly known for
ways that are devious, Ste
phen B. Elkins.
1t has been a long time dy-
ling and numerous false re-
ports OF it's death have been
given out, but this time the
Force bill really sdead, dead
beyond all hopes OF even q
partial resurrection, owing
to the action of twelve re-
publican Senators in deci.
ding that they will not vote
for it. It is hard for such
radicals as Senators Hoar,
Aldrich, Edmunds an d
Spooner to give up the idea
of intimidating the South,
Ibut even they acknowledge
that the thing is dead and
that no further attempt will
be made to revive it. In
consequence, the Legitimate
1 business of the session-tht
annual appropriation bills
lis fairly hummiug in both
House and Senate.
The Senate by . party
/ vote refused to amend the
apportionment bill, granting
what was 81 clearly theright
Of Arkansas, Minnesota ani
New York-0ne additiOna
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1891-02-12
A Few Propositions for the Considsra.
tion Of the Gene. al Assembly of'91.
Cor. News and Observer.


signed would likerespectfully
to submit through your col
umns a few propositions for
the consideration of our law.
makers now in session, in ref
erence to the proposed Rail.
road commission.
First. That North Carroll
na stands fourth among the
States OF the Union in the
number ofmiles Of railroad
built in 1890.
Second. That there are still
acres OF the finest territory
in North Carolina, which have
no railroad facilities, whose
vast timber, mineral and ag-
ricultural wealth, would be
multiplied many times by the
advent Of railroad colnmuni-
cation, where cities would be
built up. mines opened, facto
l'ies erected and many indus
tries started up, and all
things quickehed into activi-
ty, and the taxable property
Of the State augmented by
many millions of dollars.
Third. Whether it might
not turn out, that a Railroad
Commission, clothed with
large dictatorial power would
not have Il direct tendency
to cast a chill over the happy
state of affairs now existing
in the matter OF railrod bull
ding, drive capital from the
State, stop or delay the bull
ding Of roads already propcs
ed, prevent the inauguration
of new enterprises, thereby
blasting the hopes Of many
fair sections of North Carroll
ma, whose citizens have long
waited and hoped for rail
road advantages. "Hnd we
not better bear the ills we
have than fly to others we
know not Of"
Fourth. That if you estab-
lish a railroad commission,iS
there any possibilitysor even
probability, Of it's being able
to control, the railroads in
the matter Transportation of
rates? Are not all the old
railroads projected by their
chartersin thelrightto cllalge
rates far above anything
thought of at the present
day? Would it not be utter
ly impossible for your COM
mission to dictate rates to
any railroad (new or old) be
tween points only one of the
terminus Of which is in this
State. Manifestly all such
matters would be held by the
courts to come under the
head ofinter-State commerce,
and your commission would
very soon hearthe command
as did the waves of the sea
Thus lar shalt thou come
and no farther"
/ Fifth. And would it not be
likely to transpire thatyoul
Icommission could not opel,
ate on any Of the oldroads Al
all oron any otherroad where
the place Of consignment
or delivery was in another
State? And would not tn,
consequences be that you
commission would belestrict
led to the local trafic Of q few
new, short, poor and strug
|gling roads? You would b.
able to cage the whelps, Will
|theold lions would roam un
lmolested through the forest
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1891-02-12
=. Morrhsw. +. s. Blackburn.
Marion, n. 9. 10 srsoh' No.
MORPHEW & BLACKBURN
ArTroRNEYs AT Law.

ATTTORNEYS AT Law.
Will practice in the courts
Of Ashe, Watauga and Mitch
ell counties, also in the Fed.
eral courts OF the Dist. and
Supreme Court Of the State.
Collection ofclaims solicited.
April, 10.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1891-02-12
J. Q. WIBAR,
DENTIST,

ELK PARK, NORTH CAROLINA.
Offers his professional services Z,
to the people Of Mitchell,
Watauga and adjoining coun..
ties. ~ No lad Q1uteial used
and all work gudhanteed. Na
May | | y.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-09-18
A Communication from Laverue.

~ -
Editor UN1oN:-The work OF threshing
progresses in our part OF the kingdom.
Granger and Robinson have swept our
creek from this point to the mouth OF
creek. Now we find Zach Holmes with
steamer separating the wheat from the
chaff from this point westward, both
machines have given the best OF salts
faction. The wheat is running about
ten to thirteen bushels per acre, with a
few exceptions beyond this. The TWEEN
ty to twenty-five bushels per acre of our
imagination all disappears through the
hall bushel OF these threshers. hope,
however, If this meets the eye OF the
proprletors Of the machines they will
not think I am accusing them OF carry
ing q half bushel of too great proper
tions (Oh, no!). In this connection let
me give a point on the benefit OF irriga-
ton. In a conversation with a gentle
man from that favored valley, Rapid
crack, in regard to his crops he said his
wheat crop was a sad failure atthe same
time looking sad. He said further he
had been hailed out. ! began to feel.
sorryf for Inn too, and inquired if he
thoughthe would be able to get enough
to pay for ~threshing. Yes, he thoughtit
would still yield about twelve bushels
acrp but had expected forty. I
sighed and thought Of my good crop.
ten bushcas per acre. Also thought Of