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Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1894-12-06
Ono Way Of Taking Up Collectiou.

We have acertain parson,'
Dean Hart, of Denver, writes
giving his name, whom we
keep on the frontier. He isa
rough diamond and has a
knack with miners. Not long
ago he went to Il camp called
Rico, borrowed the dance
hall over the saloon for his
services, rounded up his boys
and the hall was flied. After
the sermon came the collec-
tion, a very important Tea
ture. The preacher ran his
eye over his audience, ancises
Ing u certain gambler knn&n
as BILLY the Kid" "BilIy,"
said he, "take up the collec~
|tion." Very much honored,
Billy took MP his big sons
breo hat, and with animlnr-
ltant ain, as was fitting for.
| the occasion, he made his
way to the front and held
his hat for a young man on
the foremost seat to donate.
"rhe young miuer dropped
Ia a quarter Billy looked at
liz; then putting his hand UNI
der his coat tails drew a re.
lvolvtl and said with the ut
most gravity: Yonng man,
take that back; this here's u
3dDllar show. Then. with his
That and revolver moving s.
|runnsj the halI, be aotas ma
Inv iollAtr as there were pet3.
|Iple ia the hill.
~ Pay your suhser'f tioIl.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1894-12-06

ANY one WHO has children
will rpjoire with L. B. Mnl-
fora, OF PlninfieId, N. j. His
little boy, five years Of age,
was sick with Group. For
two days and nights ne tried
various remedies recommend
ed by friends and npighbors
He SAYS: II thought sure |
would lose him. ] had, seen
|Chamt,prlnin's Cough Rem
pdy advertised and thought
1 would try it as a last hope
and arr happy to say tha I
after two doses he slept until
|marning. Igave it to him
neyt day and q cure was Ell
fected. / keep this remedy
| in the house now and assOon
as any of my children show
signs of Group | give it t.
them and that is the last q
lit.1 25 and 30 cent bottles
|f0r sale by w. L. Bryan.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1894-12-06

with Il captain and crew ci
solid democrats on deck, and
a rare collection of Populist
cranks swinging from rum
ming nooses a t the yard
arms.
Let it not be forgotten
that the Industrious and in
tel'igent farmers Of theSouth
have by dint Of improved
machinery, invented by rlev.
er native machinists, succeed
ed in producing cotton at
prices which are much below
the cost Of India and Egyp-
tian cotton; and are sending
| it to Bombay in competition
against the ryots who work
for IL cents Il day. Year by
year the cotton acreage OF
India is lesspned, forced out
of seed by American cOmpe-
tition; and the years are not
far away when the cotton
factories of the Sonth will
send plain and colnred lab.
rlcs to the far East, where
England is losing her hold
of the trade and the conf.
dence OF the people who have
been beggared by the at.
teInpts of England to force
British goods upon them al
the point of the bayonet.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1894-12-06

Morganton Herald: The
death of the venerable DR.. Il.
l.. Abernethy, which is recor.
ded in our news columns to-
dav. is a loss to the whole
State. No man in North Car
Olina has done more for the
cause of education than he.
A friend who writes us 0f his
death truly says: His gener-
osity knew no creed, nor
caste, nor color. His latest
thoughts We're not on his sui
erings, keen as .hey We're, but
on his State. i wish to live
to do good, he said. Look
ing ut hirl through the prism
of tears, ;,s he lies in the ma
jesty OF npath, | who knew
him best, can say that he has
won his wished-for epitaph
THE world is better be.
cause I havelived in it,
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1894-12-06

fS'''' ~ hiih o'NnN"e et'' ~ -
believed that the papers were
pllrposely destroyed years
ago by hose who shared in
Hcwgate's stealing, ann
since it was learned that
they were miss ny the num-
ber who think that those
shurprs jnclnded officials of
prominence at that time has
largely increased. The Dis
.tricrAttorley expresses con
fideNce that enough Witness
es are still at his disposal to
make a good case against
Howgata, but tbatconfidence
is not shared by the general
pnblic.
Secretary Sayers, Of t h e
House committee on Appro-
printions, has got his COM
mittee ut work, in order that
one or two Of the regular ap.
preparation bills may be .rea-
dy TO report to the House
soon after the reassemhling
tf Congress. Mr.. Sayers links
the pension bill and the forti.
fication bill can be put thro'
the House before the holi-
days.
President Cleveland hasn't
been to the White House for
more than a week, owing to
a painful attack of his old en-
emy, the rheumati.g bnt
it has not prevented his keep
ing at work on his message.
The members of the sub
committee of the House Com
mittee on Judiciary, who are
charged with the duty OF in
(vestigating the serious char
yes made against J Id & e
/ Kicks, will meet at Cleveland,
Ohio, this week. Members OF
the committee who have been
IN Washington expect that
the investigation will be con,
pleted in time fora report to
he made to the Judi:iary Com
mittee at its first meeting af-
ter the opening OF the session
ofCongress.
Col. Simmons, Collector ol
Internal Revenue for I h G
Eastern District Of N. G.,
who is visiting Washington,
says of the Legislature, ol
that State and the coming
election BY it Of two United
Z Srates Spnators-one to fill
the unexpired term Of the late
. Senator Vance, which runs
until March 8, 1897, and the
other to succeed Ransom
whose term expires March 3
1885: "The democrats have
ten Senators out of fifty ant
in TIE House fOrty-fiye mem
bers out Of one hundred an(
Twenty. The remainder 4
pretty evenly divided betweer
/. the republicans and Popu
lists, with a slight proper
ton in favor of the latter.
,Ihavc no doubt that the two
Senators will be elected with
tJ0ut any trouble. Onewil! b
, d republican and onea popu
!, Hist; but ifMarion Butlergoe'
to The Senate, az now Seems
! likely, there will virtually b
1.-two republicans, as ne is q y
1IpubIican / at heart. On tn
,Istnmphe attacked the Spnat'
tanfflhill, and claimed tha
1.-THE McKiuleySbin was prefer
-[ableto it. He is q pretpn
I Zionist and will votewith tn
& lrepubhcans on Organization
LAND an everything plse Th
. Il Il
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1894-12-06
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From our Regular Correspondent.

From our Regular Correspondent.
OF course President Cleve-
lard and Secretary Carlisle
were pleased to haveanbscrip
tiIns for more than three
times the amount of the
bond issue s'ibn.itted in an
swer to the call, bnt they
had both expected quite ms
favorable a showing. lit
should ne etletermined. asnow
seems probable, that the en-
tire issue shall be sold to the
syndicate represented by the
United States Trust Com
pany's bid, which is on a
basis @f2.7-8 per eeflt inter
est onsthe bonds, the record
lior placing bonds at the low
est rate of interest will have
been broken. I e matter
Ewill be settled early this
week. In any event, no mat
ter which oi the bidders get
the bonds, the interest will
not exceed 3 per cent. 1t is
! hopedsthat the gold reserve
fund will he strengthened to
almost the total amount
THAT will be received frOm the
sale Of the bonds, but it will
The several weeks before that
can be definitely kno W n,
Whether democratic mem.
bers uf the House will carry
out their announced inten'
tion of attackiRg this bono
Issue rpmains tO he seen
i They will not, it they follow
the advice'of their more con
servative colleagues who
realize that no possible GOOD
can COME o 1t of such an at
tack.
I Democrats are doing, more
thinking than talking thes'
days, and one Of the results
lis Il proposition that meets
with much favor among th'
.|few democratic Congress
men who have reached Wasl
lington. This proposition j
in the nature Of Il suggestion
to President Cleveland, tina
he omit from his message tt
Congress all financial recon
menda tions, except that ;
monetary commission be au
X Ethorlzed by Congress. to b
appointed by the President
(which shall make a thoiongl
Investigation OF our entir
financial system and i'epor
what ought to be done. Thi
J proposition is in party han
J Imony and il backed by tn
members ut the Cabinet
ISecretary@M and Attol
ney.-tieneral Olney,-a n
come influential Congress
man; hut as President Clevt
land and Secretary Carlisl
have some very decidedidpa
about what our financial sy
fem needs the suggestio
n mayJlot be adopted.
There is d probability TIM
4 Cslpt Howgutes the man wh
deianlted for a large sur
while acting as DisbursIn
Officer Of the Signal Service
some fourteen years ago, an
. who WIS last summer IA
1 ltlown md Drought back t
Washington through the i
ktrumentality d Secretar
Morton may aIter all escs'I
; hIpunishlnent The old indie
! ,1ents against hin are fault
i'll In Il Il \ believe purposel
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1894-12-06
SOUND SENSE AS TO THE SOUTH.
News and Observer.

News and Observer.
One great trouble with
Southern farmers who have
not travelled far from home,
says Mr. G. Wilflrd Pearson,
writing to the New York Sun,
is that they fancy their con-
dltion far worse than it is,
and hplieve that the farmers
OF the West and East are bet
teroff inevery respect. There
could not he Il greater mis-
take, Tor any traveller who
has kept his eyes open when
visiting the different sections
OF the country will have no.
ticed the prosperous appear
ance OF Southern farmers
homes and lands, as compar.
ed with the squalid condi-
tion of the llard-working far
mars OF the far West or in
parts OF Maine, New Hamp-
shire a nd Vermont. Few
wpll.informed men would not
| prefer an Investment in Il cot
ton plantation, even at the
present low price of that sta
pie. to an ownership in a po-
tatO farm in Maine or q hay
farm in New Hampshire. De-
spite the hard times in the
South, the farmerskeep their
sons and daughters at home,
where there is plenty to eat
for nll. but in the long seutled
New England States most of
the farmers sons and daugh.
ters who stay at home dur
ling seed time and harvest
must seek work in the stiff.
ing factories, and live in the
vile novels of the tnanufac.
turing towns, in order to
earn enough to keep themsel-
yes from the almshouses.
Farming In the -denseiy set.
tied State Of Massachusetts
brings smaller returns upon
the money invested than in
the comparatively sparsely
settled State of Arkansas,
land under the best condi'
tions in New England the fal
merS' lot is worse than that
ofthe negro lahorer in the
lcotton belt, whose large fam
lily of children will, in the cot
ton-picking season, bring ir
more money than i~ earneC
by the average family .
!, Ne W England agriculture
districts.
4 he remedy for hard timos
lin the Southern cotton bell
is said to be diversified crops
and breeding ofhogs and cal
tie far home consumption
this advice is as old AS tn,
time Of George Washington
!, and has been tried with un
varying failures from tha'
day to this, the fact beins
that most Of the cotton bel
Isnot fit for hogs Or cattle
nor the many varieties Q
vegetable products which ar
!, suggested BY theoretical far
! lners who write essays ol
J Five Gent Cotton Means th
Bankruptcy Of the south
The South needs no outsid
| advice from men ignorant q
} her climate and people. Sh
/ has plenty Of good agricuI
4 -turaI Journals, and thous
ands Of wise and practica
men ii banking, merchandis
! pling, ano political walks :
!. life who know how to kee
1.-THE sunny South head to th
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1894-12-06
Equitable Life.
IfNIoN, S. C., DEC. 2o, I8ez

UNION, 5, C., Dec. 20, 1892.
w. ]. RoDDEy, Esq, Agent.
DEAR SIR Your favor enclosing
check OF the Equitable Life Assur-
ancc Society in settlement of my
policy, No. 2oe,3Io, came duly to
hand. The settlement is a liberal
one, exceeding my expectations, and
I am pleased with it.
Yours truly, WILLIAM MUNRO.
THERE'S no form Of investment
to-day that offers such absolute
security and such liberal divi-
dends as theRroper form Of life
assurance. IT'S a matter on
which every man should be
posted. We send you figures
and particulars without Charge.
w. J. RODDEY, Manager,
Department OF tho Carolinas,
ROCK HILL. S. G.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1894-12-06

For rheumatism | have
found nothing equal to Cham
berlain's Pain Balm. 1t re-
lieves the pain as soon as ap-
piled. j. w. Young, West
Liberty, w. Va. The prompt
relief it affords is alone worth
many times the cost, fifty
cents. Its continued use will
effect a permanent cure. For
sale by W. T.. Bryan
The herald., 1894-11-19
THE DIAMOND TRADE.
Premier Rh odes Believes in Retaliation
Against tho United States.

Premier Rhodes Believes in Retaliation
Against the United States.
LONDON, Nov. 1S.-Regarding the dia-
mond trade Premier Cecil Rhodes OF
Cape Colony, who amassed such large
fortune as director of various diamond
mines at Kimberly tbat he obtained the
designation of "The Diamond King"
said in an interview:
"We went to Chicago and spent $l0.-
900 at the worlds fair. The only thing l
made in return was a prohibitive duty.
America has usually taken one-third Of
the export of cut diamonds, but during
the lAst few years of the depression in
the United States the GALES have bee n
much reduced. We find that when one
part of the world is depressed that
trade with the others is improved.
The output of diamonds is regulated.
We could mine three times the quantity
OF diamonds produced, but we could not
use them, and there is no advantage in
producing beyond certain amount.
II am q free trader, but If country
persistently shuts out the products of
another country, | believe the country
Disseminated against is perfectly jusli.
fed in shutting out the products of the
country which first imposes the dis
eliminating duties"
The herald., 1894-11-19

House of New York arrived in town
today. He is Fitzsimmous' counsel. He
told reporter it would take expert
testimony to get at the exact cause OF
Riordan'e death. He felt sure Fitzsim-
mons would be indicted and tried for
manslaughter. but would be acquitted.
WAS RIoRDAN DEADp
INDIANAPOLIS. Nov. lS.-The Sentinel
tomorrow morning will pu blish an inter-
view with DIR. Ii. S. Tanner. a physician,
who has given much study to psycho-
logical subjects, in which the declaration
is made that Con Riordan was probably
killed by the physicians who made the
autopsy. DIR. Tanner makes the asser-
tion that they violated the law of New
York in holding an autopsy in less
than II houre after the supposed
death and without the consent
of relatives of the deceased. The doctor
is Of the opinion that Riordan was in
state of suspended animation at the
time of the autopsy. He condemns the
physicians for not making all the sp-
proved scientific tests of the death be-
fore applying the seal pei. The suspen-
sion OF respiration, he asserts, was the
only indication OF death and this the
doctor holde is by no means positive.
CoRBETT's GENEROSITY.
CHICAGO, Nov. Is. - Corbett tele-
grsphed Bob Fitzsimmons tonight Of
fering Long Bob financial aid if he
needed it in his present trouble, and
giving the Australian permission to
draw down half his forfeit money. the
amount to be refunded when Fitzsim-
mons is free from legal complications.
The herald., 1894-11-19
INTERNATIONAL GAMES.
A le-Harvard Team Willing to Com
pete With British Athletes,

A Yale-Harvard Team willing to Com
pete With British Athletes.
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. Nov. Is. The in
terview with prominent Oxford athletes,
cabled the Associated Press from Lon.
don. in which the idea was suggested
that if Yale, or a team made up from
Yale and Harvard, should challenge an
Oxford Cam bridge team to an interna-
tional athletic contest, the Englishmen
would very likely send team to this
country next year, has aroused great in.
terest among the college athletes. Cap.
tain Norman Bingham, jr., of the Hsr-
vard-N Haven team, wss seen by an
Associated Press reporter. and said
Harvard certainly favors the idea OF
a Joint Harvard ale track and athletic
team meeting joint team from Oxford
and Cambridge, end would undoubtedly
agree to a competition on either side Of
the water this spring. | should like to
see a representative team picked at
large from the colleges, from the choice
OF it's members, resting on the results of
the intercollegiate games st New York.
OF course, Yale being the winner last
spring, is the one to make the fret sd-
vances to Harvard or to the other coll
leges. feel cure that Harvard will do
everything abe can to further the plan.
Nothing official. however, has yet been
done. Several Harvard graduates have
been working in the interest OF the
scheme, but they have arrived at no
definite decision as yet. 1t lies with
Yale to take the initiative and Harvard
will follow her lead"
The herald., 1894-11-19
Assignee's Notice of Sale.

TN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF LOS ANGE-
i les county, state of California. In the mat
ter of Frederick Dallmer, insolvent. Case No
21.642.
Notice is hereby given that pursuant to an
order of the superior couit OF Los Angeles
county, state of California, made November
9th, l S94 in the matter of Frederick Dallmer
insolvent, Lucien d. c. Gray, assignee of said
insolvent will sell at pub ic auction, for cash,
gold coin of the United States, on the lst day
OF December, 1894, at ] 2 o'clock m, at the
court house door, at Temple street entrance,
the TO lowing real estate, situate in the city of
Los Angeles county OF Los Angeles, state OF
California, and more particularly described as
follows, to-wit: Lot No thirteen u3), block
A, OF the Eort Hill tract
LUCIEN d c. GRAY,
Assignee OF said Frederick Dallner, insov-
ent. 12-l
The herald., 1894-11-19
ssyre's Sentence Approved.

WASHINGTON, Nov. IS. Secretary Her
bert has approved the sentence Of the
court martial in the case of David B.
Ssyre, clerk to Paymaster j. L. Nc
Cam, who WAS convicted at Norfolk OF
smbezzling s19l7 from the government.
Sayre will be confined for two years in
the Boston naval prison with loss OF
all pay save $40 per month and Sl25
upon the termination of the sentence,
and then to be dishonorably discharged
from the service. Several nice points of
law were raised in this city by the de.
fendant's attorney, such ae that pay
clerk is not subject to court martial and
that the psy master and not the clerk
was responsible to the government, but
these points were decided against the
defense.
The herald., 1894-11-19

tions. In that contingency, Cogswel's
chances for being promoted to the head
of the committee would be excellent.
II Mr.. Reed becomes speaker OF the
house, the Republican membership OF
the COMMITTEES on rules will probably
be composed of himself and the chair
man of the appropriations and ways
and means committee. He pursued this
plan in the Fifty.first congress and
there lie reason to believe that he would
revive il rather than initiate Mr.. Crisp's
policy of distributing the honors.
The herald., 1894-11-19
RIORDAN's FUNERAL.
The Dead Pueinst Given a Christian
Burial.

The Dead Pugillst Given Christian
Burial.
SYRACUSE, N. Y, Nov. 18.-The fun
eral of Con Riordsn, who died Saturday
morning after being knocked out by
Bob Fitzsimmons on Friday night at the
Grand Opera house in this city, was held
today at the undertaking rooms Of Jas.
Mullen & Son. 1t w8s attended by the
members of the Fitzsimmons Variety
COMPANY and a large number of sporting
men. The services were conducted by
Rev. A, S. Durston, secretary Of the \,
NJ. @. A.
The pallbearers were Fitzsimmons,
Joe Duniee, Yank Sullivan, Dick Whit.
Edward Forrest and Captain Giori, nal :
agel OF the Fltzsimmou c.lLHanv. At
the conclusion of the services the body
was taken to the vault at lakewood.
Lawyer Emanuel Friend OF Friend &
The herald., 1894-11-19
A Horrible Death.

CHESTER, Pa, Nov. 1S.-Charles Smith
of Kentucky, the property man for the
South Before the War company, which
played here last night, met with hor-
rible death this morning. The company
was ouartered in car on the track OF
the Baltimore and Ohio railroad. Smith
was smoking on the rear platform, when
another train backed on the siding
and, with bump. knocked Smith over
the rear OF the car. Before reaching the
ground he was caught between the two
cars and crushed to death.
The herald., 1894-11-19
Beat a Bicycle.

SAN JOSE. Nov. Is. Jack Prince, the
professional bicyclist, was beaten today
in race against two horses for the dis
tance OF % miles, the horses to relay
every mile, flying start. The race wss
for 5000 a side. and Prince had to ride
aagsinst Our Boy and Wilems. In the
nineteenth mile Our Boy left the bicy-
clist 200 yards behind, and he could not
overtake Willems in the twentieth, and
the horses won with ease. Time, 55
minutes 80 seconds.
The herald., 1894-11-19
Notice to Creditors.
r OF WILLIAM HUNTER, DE-

L>STATE OF WILLIAM HUNTER, DE-
IL ceased.
Notice is hereby given by the undersigned
Jesse d. Hunter, administrator OF the estate o
William Hunter, deceased. to the creditors of,
deceased, TO exhibit the same with the neces-
sary vouchers, within ten months after the
first publication OF this notice, to the said ad-
minister al the Office OF Lee & Scott, room Oh
Phillips block, in the city of Los Angeles,
county of Los Angeles, state OF California, the
same being the place for the transaction OF
business OF said es ate.
Dated October g, 1894.
JESSE d. HUNTER,
Adm nistrator Of the estate OF William hunter
deceased.
LEE d SCOTT. ll-25
The herald., 1894-11-19
WAITE AND BREOKINRIDGE

Each Worthy Is Going on n Lecturing z
Tour.
DENVER, Nov. 18.-Governor Waite has
decided to 90 upon the lecture platform.
He will make short tour in the west
before his term expires, delivering his
first lecture at st. Louis, November 10
or 20, and going from there to Chicago.
After his term expires, he will lecture in
the east.
LEXINGTON, KY, Nov. 1S.-C. d. Hess,
in an interview tonight, said that the
report that he had contracted with Col.
W. @. ?. Breckinridge for a lecture tour
was true, and that the colonel would be-
gin at once. His first subject will be !:
Ten Years Among Tariff Reformers.
The herald., 1894-11-19
DEMOCRATIC PLANS.

mental Tariff Bills.
WASHINGTON. Nov. 1S.-Democratic
ienators who are at present in the city
decline, without exception, to discuss
che probable plans of the Democratic
leaders in the senate with reference to
the supplemental tariff bills at the
forthcoming short session OF congress.
The majority of them content them.
selves with saying they have had no op-
portunity for a party conference and
they do not wish at this time to express
personal opinions.
The herald., 1894-11-19
Carnage In Africa.

PARIS, Nov. 18-A dispatch from
Grand Bassam. Upper Guinea, states
that the French have captured the
stronghold Of the Akapleae natives with
out loss. Some OF the Aksplass warriors
apparently killed Is negroes at Krin-
jsbo. A French force attacked the ma
tives and killed many OF them. The
French lost one killed and many
wounded. A French expedition was
then cent against the natives. and the
above dispatch shows that their mission
has been successful.
The herald., 1894-11-19
Bay District Isaces.

Following are the entries and weights
for the San Francisco races today, fur
nished by the Los Angeles Turf club,
l15la South Spring street, where book
is made daily on the above events
First race. three fourths mile, maidens-tS).
Little Bob, Coquet.e, Beatrice, 9l Gou Colt,
Wag 104; Muia Colt. Llnvile, Shirdy, 1O7.
Second race, about three fourths mile, sell
ing-tl6). Navy Blue, 81; solitsrio, 80; Ex-
pertinent Coli, 81; Chemuck, 94 Sir Richard,
%: Johnny Payne, 81; Mustesa, Obee, Queen
Ber, Sir Reginlld %; fasha, Docksla Ter, EN-
press of NorfolE, 1872; George L., 104; Hunts
man, l05; Bernardo l07
Third race one mile, se.ling-t7l. Major Nc
Laughlin, 50; Captain kess, SO: tllrtela. 81;
Oakland, lo2; Kappy Day, lO4; Cricnton,
Metal, 109
Fourth race, ive-eighths OF mile 2.year-
olds-U1l. Terranova, 90; Pat Murphy, Belle
of Stonewall, s.. Cecilia fil,y, Hanford, El Tira-
no, sea Spray, l03; Mainstay, LOG; Gree 10Y;
Playful, Is; Lssak, 123.
Fifth isce. one mile. selling-QD. Buckley,
II; Mowitza. Gladiator, 81; 1riy, 30; Goiu
Dust, 9l; Jennie Desne, Seaside, "a; Rice,
Mary, 95; Braw Scot, 1o1; Rear Guard, 102.