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Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1894-09-27
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From our Regular Correspondent.

20 explain to some interested
party So often that he is
merely an executive officer
charged with the duty OF. en-.
forcing the tariff law as he
understands it, and that he
has no mOIe authority to
change its express provisions
than he has to change any
other law. that he Wouldn't
be human if he was not very,
very tired of The task. Some
of the things he has been ask
ed to do are fairly reasona-
bic, but by far the most OF
them are simply out Of the
domain Of reason. OneSum-
pie OF these requests will do
to show the general rature
of all OF them. The section
OF the new tariff providing
for the free admission OF al
cOhOl used i'm the arts has
been one q! the most trouble.
some to Secretary Can liSle,
largely because Congress neg
le"ted to make any apprO.
priHtion to pay the large
number of inspectors that
will be necessary to make
any regulations adopted by
the Treasury even fairly effec-
tive. A committee represent
ing the manufacturing chem,
lists and druggists, who will
be greatly benefited by the
law, has been in Washington
for some days, and so anX-
ious were it's members to- as
Sist Mr., Carlisle that, they
prop ,sed that the necessary
number of Treasury inspec-
tors should be appointed and
that their salaries would be
paid by those manufacturers
who used the free alcohol;
and they actually seemed t.
he SUI prised when told that
there was one little draw
back % such a scheme-it
would b e unlawful. Secre-
tary rlisle will shortly put
in operation regulations fol-
the enforcement OF this sec
tion of the la ", without the
appointment OF any new in
spectors, depending largely
upon putting the manufac-
turprs under heavy bonds to
make them toe the mark.
The gove1"Went receipts
for the first half of Sept,
have been very satisfactory.
and there is little doubt that
the rec ipts for the entire
month will exceed the eX-
penditnreS. 1t is also NOW
as certain as anything in the
future can be that the new
tariff will produce more than
enough revenue to run the
government.
Senator Faulkner, chair
man OF the Democratic Con-
grpssional Campaign Com
mittee. has Just returned
from New York. He reports
the Democrat tic party in that
State to be in much better
condition that might be sup
posed by chose who depend
upon the metropolitan press
for their information. II e
thinks the denomination Of
Tom Platt in the Republican
State Convention is going to
help the Democrats. OF the
Congressional outlook in the
State he says: I'VE are weak
IN one or two districts, but
a careful survey OF the State
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1894-09-27
NOTICE.
Hotel Property for SAFE.

On account of failing health
ofmyself and wife, offer for sule
my hotel property in the town OF
Boone; North Carolina, and will
sell low for cash and make terms
to suit tho buyer, and will take
real or personal property in eX-
change. Apply soon.
w. L. BRYAN.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1894-09-27
INCIDENTS OF TIE FOREST FIRES.

Miss Nellie Bly,. of the New
York WOrld staff. visited the
burned district in Minnesota
immedla tely after the fire
and 9 ave some pathetic
stories oi what she saw and
beard. We make a few ex-
tracts:
"CEe strange thing about
the Are, which the people
have eighty named IL cyclone
OF hell, is that people died in
the act OF moving. and in
those positions were burned
to II crisp.
On man was found stand
ing mp right in II gutter, with
his foot lifted in the act Oi
stepping Uut when death
cHught Qim, In the same
position hr renamed, Just
like Il stHtn".
Almost everybody, how
ever. was found shielding
their eyes. But the fire twist
ed bodies as it tWistsd iron.
and the cOrpses were ghastly
sights 10 SEE. Everybody
that WIS not burned TO an
absolute crisp was burst
open Ivy thu heat.
Mr.. Blanchard, whose wife
and three children were burn
ed, would not believe the
blackened corpses shown him
were his family, despite the
ring on his wife's hand and
the trinkets on the children,
and the fact that some friends
saw them when they died.
| saw the potato patch to-
day where the people of Mis-
sion Creek lay ON their faces
and were saved. Not one
human lifein the little colony
was lost. The potato patch
SAY cd them all. All the peo-
pie lay flat the earth with
their faces buried, except one
IN IN.
Il tried to look he said. 4
thought the world was com
ing to an END, and | tried to
see it. | saw only night,
blackness, with frightful balls
of fire, and | looked until |
tainted. We had domestic
animals in the pa tch with us.
They were all saved, and.
while we lay there deer came
out of the woods and hud-
died there with us, AS tame
as our COWS When the fire
was over they ran away
Funny things, too, hap
pened there in the face of
that awful death. One man
told me he was in a pond
with Il lot OF people. He was
pouring waterover the heads
tf the women to keep them
from burning. lie saw one
woman's hair catch fire. Be
hind her stood Il man up to
his shoulders in the water.
Throw water o.: that wO.
man, or she'll burn to death,
he cried to the man, and the
man shouted back excite6ly
'Where'il | get the water?'
Another rushed into Hinck
ley Yesterday; his name is
Swedish, and | have forgot
ten it. He was dreadiully ex-
cited, and asked ii SO and 50,
II entioning his own name,
was dead. They told him
no; that SO far they had not
heard so.
Some one told me | was
dead he cried, in great re-
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1894-09-27
North Carolina Politics.


North Carolina Politics
|. North Carolina has taken
mp the gauntlet thrown down
ny Representative w son
that the tariff question WIS
NOT, should NOT, and co1ld
not be settled hy the enact
mcnt OF the Gorman strad-
die, and they are waG;ng a
contest all over the State a.
long the line OF true tariff
reform. 1T il safe to say"
remarked MIR. JoscphuS Dam
iels, ,>chiei clerk of the Interi-
or Department, and one of
the best informed Democrat
ic politicians in North Caro-.
lima, that nuety-nine out of
every hundred Democrats in
North'CarOlina are ia favor
of the Wilson bill. They have
accepted the German bill
with unconcealed disSatisfac-
ton, and as only leading to
a more satisfactory law
one more in keeping wi t h
Democratic policy and pledg-
es." The fourth Democratic
Congressional Convention e.
ven went so far as to pass
resolutions urging the Sen
ate to pass the Wilson bill.
This was before the German
bl,l become a law. Sine then
the condemnation ofthe Sen
ate conservatives has been
universal and severe. Then.
too, there is the silver ques-
ton. The platfnrm adopted
by the State convention ia.
vors the free coinge of silver
at the ratio of 16 to l, and
all the candida tes are stand
ing squarely upon it. There
is probably more talk about
silver coinage in North Caro-
lima than in any other State
in the Union. Both Senators
Ransom and Jnrvi1 are Gus
spoken in their aayorucv Of
free silver Senator Ransom
has been called upon to en-
plain his vote for the rpneol
OF the purchasing clause OF
the SheI man act. lie h IA s
maintained that he voted for
repeal III order to pave the
way for tree coinage, which
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1894-09-27
How
To Invest
Small Amounts.

This is a problem that puzzles
more than one man who saves a
portion of his salary. The fol-
lowing letter gives the result of
an investment in a Tontine
Policy of the
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1894-09-27

Cbti w - ~ |.|f. ...
The opinion Of the Ruh.
mono D,sptch or ,he fni1Jr
movement OF North Carolina
Republicans and Popnlists is
published elsewhere this NOR
ming. The Dispatch looks IT
the matter as it is will be view
ed in the country at large
when it says: 1--WE accept this
fusion movement on the part
OF the North Carolina Repub-
leans as indicating that the
Republican party in t h a t
State is too weak to stand
alone
The Republican party be-
ing too weak to stand alone,
as the Dispatch rightly puts
it, is not strengthenig itself
by leaning upon such Il bro
ken reed as the Popnlist par
tv in this State is.
a well known divine a few
weeks ago, lectured at a WpS-
tern North Carolina sunmer
resort on biz travels in the
East. Riding along a dusty
road in Palestine one day, he
felt hand upon his shoul-
der, and looking around ba-
held, rs he thought, a man
OF unusual sta ture. The same
hand that had touched his
shoulder was stretched out
and it's owner begged for mor
ey. The tra weller was herr
fed to behold, at a second
glance, that he saw not or
man but two. They were lc,
ers. The arms of one of them
had fallen off. The other had
lost all but the stumps ofhis
legs. They had held a con-
vention and decided to carry
on a Joint existence by fusion
or cooperation. The legless
man mounted upon the shoul
ders OF the armless man. The
latter did the walking; t b g
former the stretching out of
the hand and the begging.
IL not this a perfect picture
of the fusion OF the Replbli-
cans and Populist parties in
North Carolina? These two
political lepers, too impo-
tent, divided, to accomplish
aught, have decided to fuse
or "co-operate," and 0 ne
mounted upon the shoulders
of the other. arc oeseech.nG
the GOO people Of the State
Tor offices.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1894-09-27

Morning Orpgonian: At the
school meeting held at Wal
laba City, Wash, to decide
for or against a special tax,
ii ballot was cast by an en-
tbnsiastic Populist which
reads as follows:
"Repudiate all bonds, NOR
tgages, and taxis, ana make
the bullets file by.god. Yours
for Washington, I he best
State tn the Union-taxis,
NOT
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1894-09-27

Winston Republican: Mr..
S. P. Cromer, living near Wal
NIT Cove, Stokes county,
found at the root of Il tobac-
co plant he was cultivating
the other day a British gold
coin valued at $40. The sup
position is that it was hid or
lost by some member of Corn
wallis army on Their march
from Guili0r Battle Ground
up through the wilderness of
Stokes. crossing the Dan riv-
er not far from Hairston's
Ford.
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1894-06-19

J. w. Adderton, o. Charlotte, was in
town TODAY.
G. Z. Webb this morning returned
from Winston.
II. f. Lyon returned this morning
from an extended trip.
Mrs. G.. A Coggeshall and daughter, of
Oxford, are at the Carolina.
A. w. Chandler and wife, of Winston,
were at the Carolina last night.
Prof. c. w. Toms left this morning for
the Tcachers' Assembly at Morchead
City.
The city is rather quiet today, the eN-
G lrs;on having taken away good sized
batch of the population.
Fannie Barbcc, the woman who was
put in iail a few DAYS ago for keeping a
disorderly house in Hayti, was turned
out this morning
On next Thursday the Sunday school
of the PRESBYTERIAN church will have lis
annual excursion, going TO SkyIano
Springs, Va The excursion and picnic
are only for the Sunday school and it:
friends.
Rev. Or !. \. and Mrs. Cunningham
were passengers on the noon train OF
|their way to Raleigh from the COnven
"a SnPipfI Z
which has just closed its annual meetin!
at Greensboro. This week the Woman
Missionary society of the North Carolin'
conference meets in Raleigh. The pros
poets are for large attendance and a
enjoyable session.
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1894-06-19
ROXBORO NOTES.
Base 1aII on the Boards-HotcI ACcommo-
cations OF the Place.
Special Correspondence to THE GLOBE

Special Correspondence TO THE GLOBE
RoXBoKo, June lS.-Lynchburg and
Roxboro will play match game Of
baseball AZ the park here next Saturday.
Tae Ro1boro team is TO play South BOs-
ton, Va on the 29ih and 30tb, and Hous-
ton, Va July t
In order to correct an erroneous i'm
preston that seems TO be in minds OF
some Of Durham's citizens, in regard TO
The fare that our hotels give the travel
ing public, your correspondent wants 10
assure all who may have occasion TO
visit our town, that our hotels will COM
pare very favorably with those of much
larger towns in this state and Virginia.
A travelling man, VINO had occasion TO be
here few days ago, having come up
from your city, remarked as he alghted
from the cars that lie wished TO be shown
to some place where he could get some
thing TO eat, as he had been informed
starve here He was promptly carried
to the Williams house, where be was
very much pleased, and on leaving our
town he sal he had never found better
fare anywhere or had ever been better
treated This is not intended as an ad-
vertisement for our hotels, but is simply
to relate the facts as they exist.
Mr. George Tweedy and Miss Ossie
| Hendricks, of Campbell county, Va
were married at the Winstead house here
: last Friday night They took the early
| train Saturday morning for tLeir home
at BrOokneaI. ROXbOro is a favorit'
place for runaway marriages from Nir
gnia.
RoXboIo circuit Sunday school &C II
ference couvents in the Methods
church in RoXbOrO the 30th inst. Fi>
Sunday schools will be represented.
1t seems that the two Mormon elder
who have been operating in this count
for some time, have left this part of tn
country, as nothing is now heard [
them.
The Prcsbyterians had an ice creal
supper last Friday night at the Phone
warehouse, for tAe benefit Of their ne
church, which is now under construction
4 nice sum was realized.
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1894-06-19
STOLE 4 ~"


Lemuel >tnudwick, Negro Boy, Is Put in
Jail for His Fun.
Lemue Strudwick, negro boy about
ia years of age was arrested this after
noon for stealing from J. w. Hutchins
the butcher, So bill The bill was stolen
on the 9th, instant Iutchins had just
been paid $50 and put it away in the
stall, going out for moment When he
returned he found s. of the amount
gone But TWO persons were in The stall,
Lemuel and a negro named Jack Will
liams. Suspicion rested on Williams and
he was DISCHARGED Evidence gathered
since that time pointed to S:rudwick as
the guilty party, and this morning he
confessed.
The bill was changed at Lewis kOotz 5
/ store at Redmond's grove. After he La
confessed Strnlwick offered TO work the
amount ont, bul it was Thought best to
| let the law take its course.
He was arrested and committed to jai
this afternoon He was tried before :
! Justice Of The peace.
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1894-06-19
MUSIC OVER The WIRE !.
Concert Over Long Distance
Telephone.
T\IOl'E + ENTERTAINMENT.
rr.ulpu by II Large Crowd at Each
End Of the Wire.

The h"'"''" y N'"''"'' Assem-" "''" a.
>"'''
r.p,rnau Orchestra and the Durham
rnu uuartctte Furnish the Programme.
.,..,,inq Spaod & Thomas drng
.;,,.a with crowd ,n., had
-. lo.r ,hc t4lenhonic corcer1
e., nnrh.n nrch.o,,o r.rae,ed
,,.,i.o ,Io,,i, :, fr,,., ~
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1894-06-19
BIT HIS WRIST.


Emma Smith Bit ii Plug out OF jim
Gains Wrist.
A woman was brought here this morn
ing from Lebanon township and placed
in the county Jail She is supposed to
be insane Her name is Emma Smith
No one knows where she lives or where
she came from. Jim Cain, who lives in
Lebanon township, went out in his front
yard yesterday and pointed out to Emma
the way to some point for which she had
inquired. Suddenly without warning
she sprang at him and bit him severely on
the wrist A piece Of flesh was bitten
from the wrist as neatly as if SHrgeOn
had cut it out.
Emma is probably crazy. She WAS ar
rested in Lebanon township last evening
and this morning De2"ly Sam johnson
brought her here.
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1894-06-19
4 Household Treasure.

DIV. Fuller, Of Canajoharie, y. y, says
that he always keeps DR.. King New Dis
covery in the house and his family has al
wavs found the very best results follow its
use that he would not he without it, if pro
cnrable G. A. Dykeman, druggist, Catskill
\. Y. says that DR.. Kings New Discovery
is undoub,edlv the best cough remedy; that
he has used it in hi, family for eight years
and it ha, never failed TO do all that j,
claimed for it. Why not try remedy =
long tried and tested? Trial bottles free al
K. Blachnall x Sons drug store. Regular
size 5uc and SlOO
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1894-06-19
HE IS COMING.


Gcl eraI Gordon to Lecture at E"rling-
ton July q.
General John b. Gordon is coming TO
Burlington. He will be there on the
evening of July 6 and will deliver his
famous lecture on the Last Days OF the
Conftdrracv." He will lecture i'll the
Burlington opera house. This lecture
was delivered at the commencement OF
tine state normal and industrial school at
Greensboro a few weeks ago and only
praise has been heard of the effort. Inc
editor of THE GLOBE has heard the lcCt-
urc and knows whereof he speaks when
he saws that it is one OF the most enter
taing and eloquent productions ever heard
on the lecture platform in this section
1t presents phase of the closing days OF
the struggle that is shown nowhere else
The lecture abounds in persona! eNperl
cnccs and "reminiscences.
The Burlington people will be enter
timed and instructed by this lecture.
The prices for the lecture will be oV
- and % cents. No doubt crowd VII
be made up to go from Durham TO hea
this famous old soldier.
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1894-06-19

WIRES ARE DOWN.

The Globes Special TeIegraphic Report
Could Not BE Transmitted To-day.
The wires between Washington and
New York are all down this afternoon
and no tcle2rams could be received from
the north. THE GLOBE regrets very
much the absence Of its telegraphic re-
port, but it is unavoidable
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1894-06-19

Sometime ago The GLOBE stated that
q test line would be built TO show the
public the workings Of the new magnetic
telephone that is to be used in the anti
monopoly exchange. The line has been
put up at the Durham fertilizer factory
and in day or two will be open to the
public so that all may test the new anti
monopoly phones.
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1894-06-19
OFF TO CHASE CITY.


Durham Goes There To-day.
The largest excursion that ever lett
Durham rolled out from the Richmond
and Danyille depot this morning for
Chase City, Va. Ten long coaches were
filled with happy young folks and scarcely
less pleased older people, all bound for
days outing in the pleasant little Nir-
ginia town.
This excursion was run by the First
and Second Baptist Sunday schools Of
worked up the affair and had made 1t q
great success.
The following are the committees in
charge:
Committee on Arrangements-Mess
| NJ. Reams, w. \. Slater, +. E Thomp-
son, J. NJ. Wyatt, II l. Rogers and c. +.
Howerton,
Committee on observation-disclosures.
c. p. Howerton, +. E. Thompson, r.
| Hibberd, J. NJ Wyatt and j. II. Berry.
| Committee on Table-Mesdsmes w.
4. Albright, \. d. Markham, 4. NJ. Rigs.
bee, w II. Rogers, w A. Slater, c. II.
Norton, J. r. Day, Robert Holloway, X.
T. Howerton, w. X. Styron, G. NJ. Y.
! Follett, ). T. Watts, G.. J. Dowell, NJ. l..
Virgins Misses Mary Geer and Nirgie
TingeD.
Committee on Music-Messrs. J. NJ
Whitted and II H. Barbee; Mesdames
J. NJ Whitted and II. II. Markham
Misses Lula Durham and Katie High
smith.
| Marshals-Messrs. w. W. Cheek, K.
Rogers, T. + Cheek, G. f. Christian, J
J. Ward, =. w. Vaughan, c. III. Norton
IL. II. Markham, Howard FOushee, ). 1
Morgan, +. l.. Morgan, ID. {. Mangum
J. F. Maddry, l. w. Highsmith, /. }
Whitaker and J. V Rigsbee.
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1894-06-19
TO MEET HERE.
TemocrAtic Executive Committee to Meet
June 30.
ROXBORo, n. G. June Is, '94

ROXBoRo, N. G., June IS, '94
The members Of the democratic exec
utive committee for the Fifth judicial
district are requested to meet in the city
of Durham, n c., on June 80 at $50
o'clock M, for the purpose Of fixing a
time and place for holding tne next ju-
dicial convention, and for the transac-
ton of any other business that may come
before the commute
J > MERRITT,
Chairman.
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1894-06-19
The Ladies'.

The pleasant effect and perfect safety
with which ladies may use the California
liquid laxative, Syrup of Figs, under all
conditions, makes it their favorite remedy
To get the true and genuine article, look
for the name of the California Fig Syrup
90 printed near the bottom Of the pack
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1894-06-19
4 Good Appetite

Always accompanies good health, and an
absence OF appetite Is an indication Of
something wrong. The universal tesii,
mony given by those who have used
Hoods Sarsaparilla, as TO its merits in
restoring the appetite, and as purifier
of the blood, constitutes the strongest
recommendation that can be urged for
any medicine.
Hoods Pills cure all liver Ills, bilious
ness, jaundice, indigestion, sick headache
% cents.
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1894-06-19
Rusbee Leaves the Town.

Larkin Busbec, white, was before the
mayor This morning. His wife swore
out peace warrant against him, and the
evidence was that he had beaten her and
her four children. He has been before
he mayor several times before and is a
worthless sort OF fellow He has failed
TO provide for his family for sometime
now, not even supporting them when he
was at work. SO the mayor ordered him
to leave and leave at once He Init the
grit" at a pretty rapid rate when he was
told to 90, and the city is rid of him
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1894-06-19

1t is important to keep the liver and
kidneys in good condition. Hood : Sar'
saparilla is the remedy for invigorating
these organ.
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1894-06-19

5. II. Clifford, New Cassel, Wis, was
troubled with Neuralgia and rheumatism,
his Stomach was disordered his Liver was
affected to an alarming degree, appetite fell
away, and he was terribly reduced in flesh
and strength. Three bottles of Electric
Bitters cured him.
Edward Shepherd, Harrisburg, ILL.,, had a
running sore on his leg of eight years stand
ING. Used three bottles of Electric Bitters
and seven boxes of Bucklen's Arnica Salve,
and his leg is sound and well. John Speak
er, Catawba, O., had five large Fever sores
on his leg, doctors said he was lncnrable
One bottle Elecric Bittcrs and one box
Bucklen's Arnica Salve cured him entirely.
Sold at K. Blacknall u Sons drug store.
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1894-06-19

Fresh butter from the Occonechee farm
ALWAYS on hand al the Racket grocery.
Call phone No. %. Very respectfully,
w. II. PROCTOR.
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1894-06-19
Telephone Concert Monday Night

On Monday evening at .
o'clock a free telephone con-
cert will be given by the
management Of the new long
distance telephone line. A
band will be stationed in the
exchange at Raleigh and the
music will be transmitted
over the wires to the public
station at Sneed K Thomas
drug store. An elaborate
musical programme has been
arranged. Orange phos-
pilates will be dispensed free
to the ladies by Sneed &
Thomas. The concert is
free, and the public are in
!yited
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1894-06-19
New Offices of the X. X ID.
J > MERRITT,
Chairman.

Quite transformation is being
wrought in the Richmond and DanVille
depot on Peabody street, The offices of
the agent and his assistants have been
situated in the east end of the building,
the farthest point from Main street.
They will soon be moved to the west
end which is now being fitted up for oc.
cupancy.
\ pub ic office with nice desks and
counters is being fitted up, and the agent,
Captain White, will have private office
of his own adjoining the public office.
Next to the private office Of the agent,
will be situated storage room for
blanks, record and railway supplies.
The offices are in natural woods and
will be very neat.
This is quite an Improvement over the
present offices, and the 4. & ID. is TO be
commended for its enterprise.
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1894-06-19

Try Campbells Horse Foot Remedy
The greatest thing on the earth for the
feet of horses. Used by all the promi-
nent veterinary surgeons in the country
Call on Sneed & Thomas tor valuable
treatise on the diseases Of horses feet.