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Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1894-03-01
PASSING AWAY.
Journal.
Bristol Courier.

Bristol Courier.
Tie fOOl-ki'ler is getting in
his work III yarions waysand
the fools are really getting
uway. The breed is running
out. Take a walk through
d " of the cemetaries th:ouY h
out the country and you ~ill
believe with us that the fools
are resting.place of the man
who blew into empty gun;
the modesty of the girl who
lighted the 6re with kerosene,
and the grasscarpeted mound
of the boy who took the mule
by the tail. The tall monu
nent of the man who didn't
know it was loaded overshad
ows the dugout of him who
jumped from the car to save
a ten-rod walk. Side bv side
lies the ETHEREAL who always
KEEP. the corset laced up to
the last hole, aud the intelli.
gent idiot who rode n bicy-
Gle nine miles In ten minutes.
Here reposes the young doc
tor who took n dose Of b / {
medicine, and the old fool
who married a young wife.
Right oyer yOnder in t b
northeast corner the breezes
sigh through weeping willow
that bends over the lOwly
bed OF the fellow who told his
mother-in-law she lied. Down
there in the potter's field, with
his feet sticking out to t h
blasts Of winter and the rays
|of summers sun, is stretched
|all the earthly remains of thu
misguided regulator who tri
led to lick an editor; while tn,
broken bones Uf the man who
would not pay for his paper
are piled UP in the corner q
the fence. Down by the gait
rpposes the old woman wht
kept baking powder side b.
side with strichninein the cul
board. The fool killer con
tinues to gather them b!
one and by and by we vii
have a pretty decent worl'
to live in.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1894-03-01

Isl 1 a IL
CherokeeS Scout: Hon. Kope
Elias, Of Franklin, was in
town Thursday and Friday
on business. understand
that he told several parties
while here that he would bea
candidate for Congress be-
fore the nominating conven-
|tion. Mr.. Elias has many
friends here who would be-
glad to see him in the halls
lof legislation.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1894-03-01

A postal card bearing this
inscription was sent to Sena-
tor Vance a day or so ago:
Neither shall thy name be
any more called Zebulop,
but Simmons Regulator, aud
| have given unto thee all the
land of Carolina for an ever
lasting possession"
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1894-03-01

made should be good dem,-
Gratis, men who can be de-
pended upon to help the par
ty win future hattles.
Senator Morgan, chairman
0f the Senate committee on
Foreign Relations has. a t the
requisite of the subcommittee,
written the reporl of the
Hawaiian investigation. At
a special meeting OF the com
mittee the report was read
and it was decided to defer
action upon it to IL meeting
| to be held this week. There
port has not been nIaie pub.
lie aud members Of he com
Inittee ,lecliue to discuss it.
Representative Bland, OF
Missouri, has been having a
rrussel with the mo qrorun'
fiend. and his bill for the
coinage Of the seigniofage
is still nHaGsed upon. aUhere
has been Il quoirM on the
floor of the Houseeyery day,
but THOSE opposed tothe bill
have refused to vote and the
II lends Oy the measure have
l,een a lew short ofaquorum.
Notice has been sent to all
abspntees to return at once
and Mr.. Bland is confident
that u quorum in favor OF
the bill will he on hand this
week and that the bill will be
passed without further delay.
1t is thought that the f1libns-
teIing against the bill was
for the purpose of delaying
it in the House untilafter the
tar fl bill gets before the Sen
ate, so as to- prevent its be
ing promptly acted 1por in
the Snnate, as it's passage by
the House has.been conceed.
led by all from the first.
The WolDans SIffragists
are preparing to move on
the South. At their annual
convention, just closed in this
city, Atlanta, &C., was elect
ei az the meeting place ol
next years convention.
The plate printers branch
Of the K. of L., OF this city
ave adopted resolutions
! thanking Representative
Savers ,f Texas. chairman
of the the House committee
on Appropriations. for his
friendship to the interest o1
labor, and requesting all Ia
bor organizations in his dis
tlict to join in the voice thus
raised III appreciation OF hi
services to the working peo
,1ple. Judge Sayers has al
ways been popular in Wash
lington because of his ap
proachabiiity, and the fame
he is making as chairman o
the Appropriations commit
tee, one of the most impor
tant in the House, has no.
swellsd his head even a littl'
lbit.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1894-03-01
Narch 10, 1883.
NOTICE.

Hotel Property fof SAFE.
On account Of failing health
81 myself and wife, ] offer for sale
my hotel property in the town OF
Boone, North Carolina, and will
sell low Tor cash and make terms
to suit the buyer, and will take
real or PERSONAL property in ex.
.hange. Apply soon.
w, L. BRYAN. +
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1894-03-01
WASHINGTON LETTER.

WASHINGTON LETTER.
From our Regular Correspondent.
For good and sufficient
reasons the tariff bill was
not reported to the Senate
Finance committee last week.
although it could have been
reported. The delay was in
the interest Of demo ,ra tic
harmony, il being thought
best to allow ohjectin5 dem
ocrats to have their say to
the snb,cOnmittpe composed
entirely OF democrats rather
than before che full commit.
tee. The regular meeting ol
the Fillanee committee will
he held tomorrow and the
present intention is to re-
port the revised bill. 1t is
possible every member of the
committee that it will GER
tainl.y be reported this week.
No time wil be h,st by the
democrats m, che Finance
committee after 1t IL reported
in getting it reported to the
Senate. as they have heen
rognizant of every change
made by the subcommittee
In fact the subcommittee
while nOminally IN ,de up OF
only three Senator's has in
reality been the entire demo
cratic membership OF the Fl
nance committee, except Sen.
ator Vance, who is away
.Ick. The members of the
sub committee feel so certain
rhat they have made the last
change in the bill that the le
vi~ed copy has been SEM II
che Government Printing OF.
nee to be put in type.
The best posted democrat,
laugh at the idea OF the fiji
teen democratic Senators
who voted to reject the nom
inatiOn of Peckham being
rlasset as opponents OF thu
administration. One 0f Pres
lident Clevelnnd's most lOya
supporters as vel as hil
warm personal friend putt
lit this way: II am not a bi
sorry tina. Peckham was re
'Ijecteh, and | know the l'pa
sons which governed most o
1.-The democratic voters cas-
|against him. First he oolt
ed, the regular democrats
ticket at the last state elec
lti.n and openly aided in dc
Ifeating it, and, rs thOug'
THAT We're, not enough to ba
him from any fayors at tn
disposal nf the party, n
lnpglpctpd To vote al the rt
cent special Congressiona
election in New York cit.
@hen h knew that extraoI
Idiuarv efforts we're beinI
made to get ont the full pal
ty vote. and when asked
bout it replie lcarelessl,
Il that he forge t all about tn
, election. Now, | don't thin
a mHn who forg.ts when a
Important election Is to b
HELD should have any ofic'
Large or small" That till
opinion is echoed by many
the staunchest friends OF tt
. administration in Congre'
I is certain, and it is general
i believed that II Presider
8 Cleveland will nominate
q ~.~.,d da,v oor.at es,S. %hn VI
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1894-03-01
sewing Wild Oats.

And so in., son, You Just
want to SOW Il Jew wild oats,
and then you intend tOsettle
down and make Il man Of
Yourself. Well, all | have to
say is you had better not
sOW tho ldrge a crop. Wild
oats hre not bringing very
good prices IN the markets
at present. There seems to
he an ovprproductidti Of this
article. and it may cost you
more to reap your harvest
than the crnpis worth. There
are 40 many yOnng men SOW.
ing wild oats these days that
| believe it would pay M'ttei
to SOW something else. A fnw
acres III honesty. truth, So
briefly and virtue properly
cultivated, il seems tO me,
might payprettY well. | know
my son, that it scents ike the
world has placed Il premium
upon dishonest y. lknoG you
ttink ih- dishonest men are
getting An the fat Offices in
our government. IacxpoWl-
edge that things look a little
blne for those who are trying
to do the right thing, but as
sure as there is a God and a
hereafter, honest men will bp
above par in a few years. The
people OF tl,ls great country
are chewing their tobacco
pretty nervously and some
OF these first days they will
pull off their coats, roll ur
their sleeves aud knock things
silly.
But you say nearly all oi
our great ,nen sowed their
wild oats before they did any.
thing in the world, | used to
believe that too, hut after
reading the lives Of ourereat
men, / have changed my opin
lion. Some of them may have
gone one or two rounds. but
they never seeded anything
Hike "A crop. If you willnamt
one truly great man whosoN
ell much wild oats in his
young days, l will not onl,
give you my permission tt
SOW yours, but | will go u
Hong and help you SOW Tor {
week or ten days. Benedic
Arnold, they say, sowed lott
in his young days, and h,
reaped a harvest Of re,nors'
and disgrace. Jes. and Franl
James sowSl very largely
aud they reaped very large
.1ly, too. These men who hole
up stag coaches, robexprus
trains and murder people al
started out Just to SOW a fey
wild oats, and then settl
down for life, but somehow
cr other they forgot to set
tIe. Thntrnan whoinyou rea'
about in the papers gpttin!
drunk and killing his wife
started out just to SOW
tround or two 0fwild oats bu
he went just one round to-
many The man who diedi1
the aims house the other da.
Twas once wort fifty thonsan'
,ldollars, but he thought b
would SOW a few wild oats
: and the shovels OF charit,
-|dug tiis grave.
| tell you, my son, you hnv
no idea how quick aman ca
go TO the'dogs. twill tax
you a lifetime TO be som,
! thing. but you can be mott
ling in ten minutes. States
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1894-03-01
+. r. GREENE, q CO.,
REAL ESTATE ACTS.
2fj0Ajs, M

Win give specia! attention
to abstracts of title, the sale
ri Real Estate in w. N. &.
Those having farms, timber
and mineral lands for sale,
will do well to call on sridCo.
mt Boone.
Z. L. GREEN 4 co.
March 18, 1893.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-03-03
ORDINANCE. NO. 81.
Petit Larceny and Kindred Offences.

Sec. l. BE 1t ordained by the Mayor and
Board OF Aldermen of the town of Macon
that If any person shall fel0niously take
steal ana carry away any personal property
oil another OF the value of less than twenty
hve dollars In said town he shall be deemed
guilty OF petit larceny, AMI upOn convic-
ton thereof before the Mayor OF said town,
shall be punished as hereinafter provided,
Sec. =. BE it further ordained that any
person who shall feloniously take steal and
carry away any dog, the property of an
other shall be guilty of petit larceny.
sec. 3. BE 1t further ordained that if any
person shall sever from the soil Of another
any produce growing thereon OF shall sever
from any building. gate. fence, railing or
0theT Improvement or enclosure any post
thereof OF less value than twenty five dol.
lars and snail take and convert the same to
MS W use with intent to steal the same
be snail be deemed guilty OF petit larceny.
zee. 4. be 1t further ordained that il any
person shall without the consent of the
owner or agent take aud carry away any
horse, mare, gelding, mule, Jack ais. iennet,
sheep. COW. bull or cali, dog. hog or poultry
or other animal or live stock, when such
taking away does not amount to larceny
shall upon conviction suffer the punish.
ment hereinafter provided.
Sec. b. BE it further ordained that if any
person shall milk the COW Of another know.
iugly without his or her consent or shall
keep confined by any means any milk COW
or the calf of any such COW not his owr
with the intent to procure milk from such
cow without the consent OF the owner,
shall be punished as hereinafter provided
And any proof that any one penned Of
confined any COW or her calf not his owr
shall be deemed prima facie evidence or in,
tent to procure milk In violation of tbi,
ordinance.
See. 9. BE it further ordained that an,
tenant in common or personal property or
who is any manner interested In any sucl
property In which any other person has M
interest who shall sell, give away, conceaI
or in any manner convert or dispose O
the same with intent to defraud his co
tenant or other person Interested in sucl
property, when the value so..taken and con
yerted docs not exceed twenty five dollars
shall be punished as hereinafter provided
Sec. /. BE it further ordained that an,
person violating any Of the provisions O
this ordinance shall be punished by fine
not exceeding one hundred dollars or i'm
nrisonment for thirty days or by both sucl
nne and Imprisonment at the discretion Of
the Mayor Of said town.
Sec. 8. BE 1t further ordained that the
occasion being urgent this ordinance taxi
effect and be in force from and after IL
passage.
Approved this Feb. O.. 1894.
r. HAU ENSTEIN,
Mayor,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-03-03

A new section added TO the pension
law has for its object the prevention
OF unworthy persons from participat.
ing ia the benefits of q fund mcnt for
veterans aud their widows who are in
actual want, or who. from bodily in.
irmities, are unable to earn q living.
The section reads as follows:
duplication to the pension com.
missioner shall be made and signed in
duplicate, one copy to be sent to the
commissioner and the other filed and
retained in the Office of the chancery
clerk. 1t shall be the duty of said
clerk at each term of the circuit court
to deliver oil applications which have
been allowed to the grand jury, who
shall carefully examine the same and
inquire into the merits of each in
which q pension has been allowed and
ascertain if the allowance has been
properly made. II, in the opinion OF
said Jury, ally pension has been i'm.
properly allowed, they shall repor,
the same, through the district attor
ncy, 10 pension commissioner, who
shall drop the name SO reported f.on
the pension roll. After such applica
tons have been examined by tn,
grand jury they shall be returned t
the %chancery clerk. who shall safcl,
keep the same. The circuit judg,
shall specially charge the jury rs I,
this ACT"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-03-03

Attorney General johnson has sent
Auditor Stone a communication in
which he saws: III am constantly in
receipt of letters from tax assessors
lnquiring as 10 the state of the law OIL
the subject of tho exemption Of cotton
from taxation. Section 37i4 of the
code of 1891, paragraph j has been a.
mended so as to read that there shall
be exempt from taxation nil farm pro.
ducts raised in the State" The Sec
tion as it stood paragraph y read rs
follows: IAN farm products raised in
the State, in the hands of the pro.
duccrs.' Under the amendatoiy act Of
Feb. z, 1894, all cotton and farm pro.
ducts are exempted from taxation
without any qualification whatever. I
suggest that you issue n circular notice
of this change in the law, to the tax
assessors o! tho State at ycnr carly
convenience
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-03-03
ORDINANCE NO. So,
To Prevent the Disturbing Of Public Worship
and Peace Of Fan lilies.


Sec. |. Be it Ordained by the Mayor and
Board OF Aldermen of the Town of Macon
thatli any person shall wlllfully disturb any
Congregation Of persons lawfully assembled
for religious worship lie may be immedi-
ately arrested by any Office or private per.
son present without warrant and taken be-
lore the Mayor and on conviction shall be
punished as hereinafter provided.
See, =. BE it further ordained that any per.
son who willfully disturbs any family or per-
son by an explosion Of gunpowder or other
explosive substance or by any loud I'M.
usual noise or by any tumultuous or often.
siye condnct shall, on conviction before
the Mayor be punished rs hereinafter pro-
yided.
Sec.3. BE it further ordained that any per.
sob who in said Town enters the dwelling
mouse OF another or the yard or curt.lege
lhcreoi OF III the streets or payementS or
amy other place near such premises and in
presence or hearing of the family Ofthe pos.
SCISSOR or occupant thereof. or any member
thereof or of any female, make use of
abusive, prOfane, vul ar or indecent Ian
guage, or is guilty of any indecent exposure
OF his or her person at such place shall upon
conviction thereof before the Mayor be Jun.
ished as hereafter provided.
Sec 4 he 1t further ordained, that ar.v per-
son violating any of the provisions of this
Ordinance shall be punished by fine not
exceeding one hundred dollars or by i'm
prisonment not exceeding thirty days or
by both such fine and Imprisonment mt the
discretion of the Mayor.
See. .. BE it further Ordained, that the
occasion being urgent this Ordinance take
effect from and after its passage,
Approved Feb. 6, 1894,
II. HAUENSTEIN,
Mayor.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-03-03

Six years ago 10 day 7, +, Powell
pat a half page al in the Star. 1t is
there to-day. Six years ago +. T., Pow.
ell was in q wooden building with
clerk. To-day he is in the largest
brick store in town with six clerks. In
the last six years we have published
100000 copies OF The Star, and not an
issue was ever published without an
I'D of some kind for Tom Powell. II is
safe TO say that he has had at least five
locals each issue. Thus the store has
been mentioned at least one and q half
million times in the Star. II il any.
thing strange that his business has
grown! Suppose he had done like
some others who do not believe in adj.
ycriising. II is pretty safe to say that
lie and Bob Patty would still be in the
old wooden building, and doubtless
both of them as gray as rats. fighting
flies off themselves in the absence OF
any customers to wait npon. We sim.
ply mention Tom Powell as an illustra.
ton that judicious advertising PAYS,
not to boast of his business Baird
Star.
The Rob Patty mentioned above is
n brother of DR.. Patty of Bigbee Val.
lie. He lived there several years and
on one occasion went oyer 10 Pickens
yillo with some friends and chartered
a circus aud ran il awhile. On an.
other occasion when he reached
Stringfellow's ferry, he made his horse
jump Off the ferry boat into the river
which was very high and about three
miles wide. lie didn't know how ,c
swim a stroke. but he held on to The
saddle and his good horse brough,
him out oil right, but scyera. miles
down the river.
His many friends in the county vii
be glad to hear he Is doing well.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-03-03
Two Lives Saved.

Mrs. Phoebe Thomas, OF Junction
City, I'll, was told by her doctors she
had Consumption aud that there was
no hope o riier, but two bottles Of DR..
Kings New Discovery completely
cured her aud she says 1t saved her
life. Mrs. Tbos, Eggera, 1S9 Florida
81 San Francisco, suffered from a
dreadful cold, approaching Consump'
lion. iried without result everything
elsc Then bought one bottle Of Or
'Kirg's New Discovery aud in two
weeks was cured 10 is NATURAL,
5lhniiktni. II Is such r%esults, OF which
}tlekc arc eanspics, that prove iht
wHtsderfnl nlcaoy Of this medicine I,
Coughs aud Caias. Free trial bUiiii
VI ]. +. JOpet Drug Store.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-03-03
TIE DELINQUENT.

My time Is out know, It's true;
The year is past-tho pay is due,
And conscience says: Renew! Renew
They say they're needing funds,
For that's the way the notice runs,
And every mail brings lots of duns.
Ii all the subscribers were like me,
Where'd the half starved printers be!
Why, ruined, sure, Ills plain to see.
I'm dreadful 'shamed to be so slow;
A year behind! how comes ii so?
A snail could beat my pace, | know !
Two cents a weck-and yet, not paid
Not as much as my old blue hen laid
IN eggs one week in quiet shade.
Two cents a week Its monstrous low
And more's the shame that Pm so SLOW
It's late;but, greenbacks, travoI,-GO
Farmers Advocate
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-03-03
Lagrippe, Indigestion, Headache.
Sweetwater Tenn, June 23. y

Sweetwater. Tenn. June 23, '98
take great pleasure in sa, ing that
Kings Royal Germctaer is esteemed
a great blessing by myself aud family.
Ny wife for many years suffered great
ly from indigestion ami sick headache.
Germctuar has never failed to give
her relief. Since beginning lis use sue
is almost entirely free from the fear
tul suffering so long endured. Ny
little son had Latrrippc, was greatly
Frustrated. aud continued to decline
until we gave him Germctucr. He
began to improve at once. and soon
rcgained his health. | eau and do
chterful!y recommend II as a sale and
sure family remedy.
1T, BARROW.
Pastor First Baptist Church.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-03-03

Kate Fitlls in her Washington
describes Tie speech baking of th'
Congressman as 'howling'. She says
'geucraily you can't hear n word, 1T
matter how loud the howl, because Of
the racket. Pound his gavel as the
speaker may, nobody heeds. II a bore
has the floor, both Democrats and Re-
publicaus laugh and talk, read papers
walk about. clap their hands for
pages, who skip here and there like
insects on the surface OF water aud
deport.thcmselycs with an absence OF
dignity that leaves q most unpleasant
impression on spectators. Aud on top
of this hubbub they smoke! What al
example tor the legislators of our
country to be setting. If congress
its own laws under its own
no c why shouli any OF It's laws lie
respected by any body any where.
OF Speaker Reed, on the last day OF
he tariff discussion she says that he
received the greatest demonstration
Of personal popularity yer witnessed
the House.
Don't ask me about the rights and
wrongs of the tariff for | don't know
ret where | am at" is her concluding
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-03-03

II is the duty of all parents to instiIl
into their children's mind the love OF
reading instructive literature. No one
who knows how to read can honestly
put up an excuse that lie has not
received an education. Magazines of
high standing furnish a liberal cduca.
ton in themselves. Persons who have
10 stand back or escape through a side
door when a topic is discussed with
whic!. they are unfamiliar, have them.
selves TO blame and 800 late" thcy rca.
lie that the most precious moments
of their lives have been FILTERED away
in accomplishing nothing"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-03-03
Saturday Mob 8, 1894.
Senator M'Laurin at Jackson,

Jackson, Miss. Feb. Ex-senator Me
Laurin spent Yesterday IN Jackson
lie lett for Yazoo City this morning
but will return tonight. spend n day
with his family in Brandon aud leave
for Washington Wednesday. From
mn interview with the senator II seems
that pcrkham's age was the chief carsc
OF his vote against his confirmation.
The senator iavors 81 cent tariff per
pound on sugar, and thinks the tariff
hin will be SO amended and pass. lie
thinks the president is loyal Demo-
rrat, a true patriot, upright aud just.
and a great statesman.
And Senator McLaurir saws that
President Cleveland is a loyal Demo-
,rat. We'll, that sounds rs much out
OF place to us as il some Washington
CITY, scribbicr would tell Mississippians
that Senator McLaurin is Q loyal Dem.
ocrat. Both Of them may have done
some things that did not meet with
the endorsement OF all Democrats,
but no true Democrat would say that,
on that account. they were not loyal
TO their party. Prejudice and partisan
spirit lead men TO speak and act very
foolish.y sometimes,