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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-02-27
Bills Passed.

The following bills we're passed:
Senate A.
TO amend the act in relation 10 the
public roads Of Amherst county.
Allowing s *. Martin ana l. W.
Mason to erect a wharf.
Authorizing the supervisors OF Bucking-
ham county TO borrow money.
Relating to the publication ana as
tribntion Of the Code Of Virginia.
Mr.. Lovenstein introduced a Dill 10
legalize certain requests Of W. j. Gus
sens.
Mr.. Sands offered a resolution that so
much Of the message Of Governor NC
Kinney as refers TO the violently insane
and their confinement in one Of the asy
lums Of the State be referred TO the
Committee on Public Institutions and
Education, with instructions TO report
as early as possible.
The resolution was agreed 10.
At o'clock the Senate took a recess
until T. NJ.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-02-27

out his oSn assessment and that the
consequence was that. as q rule. they
did not give I'm the full amount Of their
property. and that the only way to cor
rect this state OF affairs was TO have
somebody higher than the county boards
to supervise the whole matter. He said
In his opinion the bill was not drastic
enough.
Senator st. Clair said he had been sur
prised 10 hear on Saturday. that large
tract OF land belonging TO the southwest
DEVELOPMENT Company had not been
taxed. lie had found that the land III
question was assessed in the name OF
certain Philadelphia parties. In reply 10
a question from Senator Fairfax, ne saio
that the amount was only ~ an acre
which was too small. but he ola not see
how this bill would remedy such dlincu-
ties.
He said that he was in sympathy win
the purposes Of the bill. but he did not
believe that what II sought coui- be ac-
complished under its provisions.
Senator Hay also stated that he IA
vored the intent and purpose of the equal
ization idea. but did not believe they
could be attained under this bill. He said
the result would be that the bondholders
and capitalists, which the bill sought 10
reach. would go free and an Increased
tax would be placed on the farmer. re
opposed II also from political stand
point, and pronounced II DANGEROUS
thing TO send men in every part OF the
State with the plenary powers given TINS
board. lie also opposed it on the ground
Of expense.
Senator Stubs said that since the last
General Assembly he had looked INTO
the real and personal tax assessments
OF the State. and tho results were 10
say the least. surprising. 1hat twenty
counties i'm Underwater paid per capita IN
taxes Y.55. while in other parts OF the
state where the land is worth much
more and the population denser. the per
CAPITA was less than 30 cents. something
said he. is manifestly wrong and a
remedy is needed. The finest farming
and grazing lands in the State are as
sessed at the same valuation as the poor
lands OF the Eastern part Of the state
He said that the poor lands In ms coun-
" paid a higher tax than the valuable
lands of Albemarle, and in reply TO a
remark from Senator Morris said that
he was in favor of the bill. because the
rate in his county ought 10 be reduced
ard cited as a reason that the average
Of the assessment Of real estate III the
entire state was A.75 an acre.
The bill was passed by until to-day
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-02-27
Richmond Locomotive and

Richmond Locomotive ana
Machine Works,
Richmond. Va. Feb. 20, 1891.
THE SCRIP OF THIS COMPANY,
i issued for labor December 80. 1875.
and maturing on the 18th OF February,
1894, will he PAID on AND AFTER
THAT DATE, at the ofiice OF the COM
pany. at Its works. Parties giving notice
10 the Treasurer Of the amount OF Scrip
held by them will be paid AT the city
Bank, If they so desire.
W Il. TRIGG,
feo--3t President.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-02-27


ar Kerry then introduced. two bills
go carry into effect the recommendation
that tho levy be increased from 10 TO ~
cents 600 the 500 and the recommendation
chat special road laws be amended 50
OIL. 90 allow the increase.
1he FIRST named Till was passed and
fhc second referred to the committee
on Counties. cities and Towns.
SIR Mlahbachs anti-gambling bill vas
itecn up out of ats order and ordered
g. if. cugrossment. after being so amend
cd as 20 strike out unnecessary ycrbiage.
Tho Special Orders.
SO / o'clock the Harnsberger bill. pro-
Vl.nc "a more effective method OF collect
g.. the oyster revenue. was called and
passed
Ihe second special order the bill 70
make the oyster survey final after four
months. but 10 allow i'm that time the
'.aru1g OF newly discovered oyster rocks
o. areas OF twenty-five acres in bays
and rivers and ten acres In creeks. was
called The compromise amendment. ex~
onptns from the newly discovered areas
ikcn up prior 10 the act OF February
lse. and now IN litigation. was agreed
Co., and the bill rs amended passed.
hep ihe third special order. Mr.. Fair
lfA bin FOR the creation Of Board Of
EQUALIZATION OF Texas. came up. Mr..
watts took the iioor and spoke briefly
I'D favor Of the bill
ne said that the bill was for the pur-
pose or placing all classes OF taxpayers
=" footing with the farmers. who paid
an VnerOus portion Of the tax. and he
'''id not see how "A Legislature repre-
''nuns a farming community could OBJ
s'.l 10 o. That he believed that were
Ut enforced in his part Of the State that
would very largely increase the revenue.
mat the system OF giving out the
printed lots resulted In u man making
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-02-27

Observation-Disclosures EIGr=I=IG=1=
SILKS! SILKS!

SILKS! SllkS!I
This season promises to
bring a great demand for
silk Fabrics, and there is an
abundance of designs to|
meet all tastes; such as Taf-
feta, Glace with Dresden
China figures, Colored Satin
Duchess with Chintz figures.
For Evening and Dinner
Costumes we are showing
the newest fabrics in the
latest designs. Such as Crys-
feline Marguerite Crepes
and all the novelties i'm
ported for this season.
For Street and Visiting
Gowns you should inspect
our new weaves in Satin
Duchess, Satin Rhadmes,
Cotteline Asmueretz, Satin
Crystalline and Bengalines-
from 75c. to $3.50 per yard.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-02-27
Iniure Certain Cities.

Senator Little said he was eiau tnd'
the Committee on Roads ana the rihanee
Committee had decided TO meet ,ose'hei
as suggested by himself on friuay
He said that it did seem ~ nm. M
from what he had just heard, thas ~. ~
effect was to depreciate the value ol 'he
States holdings in the Richmond:
ericksburg and Potomac roau' anu W -"
jure certain cities in the State; that VI.
gentlemen advocating the Dill VIII no,
tell who Is behind this scheme. ana asneu
II this is line TO connect with me bai,
tiInore and Ohio. if the same kind o'
freight arrangement would not exist d.
now exists with the present line
Said he, why should they not come py
the way of Fredericksburg. unless they
desire to divert the trade from that city
south to Richmond, or north 10 WASH.
ington? 1t seems to me that tney snouic
be anxious to come unless that were tnsi'
purpose. He made o. strong statement ~
regard TO the business interests Or freq
ericksburg. and stated that II TINS roao
belted that city it would seriously anec'
their trade. He asked the committee &c
demand that the road come by rreo'
ericksburg. and asked that several gen,
tlemen from that city be heard. he sa'o
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1894-10-25
What Rrck Thinks.

Buck Kitchen says that ey-
Ierybody down east knows
that Failvlpth is not fl to
be Supreme Court Justice
and that on a recent trip to
the west he learned that Fur
ches WAS even less fit. Buck
yoH know, is a priest, and
APOSTLE OF populisin. and his
opinions shonld have weight
IS y the party.-CoDc0Id
StaDlard.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1894-10-25
ANN0IrNCEMENT,

/ hereby announce myself an
Independent Anti administration
Democratic candidate for Solici.
tor in the 10th Judicial District.
j. r.. SPAI1AouRr
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1894-10-25
TELLING A PERSONS AGE.

There was once Il wise king
who was very curious. He
professpd a desire to know
everything. and WAS contin-
ually asking questions. In
deed his thirst for knowledge
carried him SO far that ne
wanted to know the age Of
every person he met. Bnt
being a king, he was exceed
ingly polite, and would re-
sort to strategy to gain his
end. One day there came to
the court a gray haired pro.
fessOr, who amused the king
greatly. BE told the mon
arch Il number of things he
never heard before. and the
king Mas delighted. Bnt Gn-
| ally he came 70 the point
where the ruler wanted to
know the age OF the pr0FeS.
sor, so he thought of Il math
IemAt tical problem.
"Ahem!' said the king. 81
have an interesting sum fol
You; it is q trial in mental
arithmetic. Think OF the
number of the month of your
uirth."
Now, tine professor was
sixty years old, and mad
been born two days before
Christmas, so he thought of
twelve, December being the
twelfth month.
"Yes," said the professor.
Multiply it by two" con-
tinued the king.
yes"
add s."
Yes" answered the pro-
lessor, doing SO.
Now multiply that by
So"
Yes"
"Add your age"
Yes"
Subtract 365."
Yes"
".And now" said the king,
might | ask what the result
is?'
Twelve hundred and six
ty,' replied the professor,
wondel'ingly.
"Thank you was the kings
response.
80 YOU were born in De-
cember, sixty Years ago,
eh?"
"Why. how in the world
do you know" cried the pro-
fessOr.
Why" retorted the king,
from your answer ,26O.
The month of yuurbirth was
the twelfth, and t he last two
figures give your age
"Ha, ha, hal" laughed the
professor. Capital i d e Il.
I'll try it on the next person
| meet. It's such a polite
way of finding out peoples
ages. y Selected.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1894-10-25
tariff have thefaintest gliIn-
mer OF intelligence" if they
believe what they say.

mer OF intelligence" if they
believe what they say.
The working democrats in
the House will shed no tears
over the retirement of Bourke
}CQckran, the most dashing
orator in that body. While
no one doubts or denies Mr..
Cockran's great ability asan
orator, his tendency to be
erra tic made him more dan
gerous to his own party than
to the opposition. No one
could ever tell what he would
do next, whether opposed Or
favor a party measure. He
would remain away from
Washington for extended
periods while important leg
islation vas pending; wonld
return unexpectedly and
without consulting the men
who were managing demo-
cratic interests on the floor
would proceed to pour out
one Of those foods Of ora
tory, which be seemed to
keep always on top. and 1t
was Just as likely to- be op-
posed to the program that
had been marked out by the
democratic managers as in
its favor, in fact, more likely.
as Mr.. Cochran appears to
take a special delight in OPP
posing his party's program.
M. Cochran has IA rich wife
and is said to aspire to a
seat in the. Senate. Maybe
he'll get it, some day, bat he
wouldn't if it depended upon
votes OF de,oocratic members
of the present House.
Commissioner LOchran is
proud of his administration
of the business of the Zen
sion Office and welcomes the
publication of facts abo1t,
that office, but he has this to
say about a Statelnentlateiy
given wide circulation by As
sistant Secretary Mckee, OF
the republican campaign
committee: Mr.. Secretary
Mckee is either imposed on
by somebody or is circula.
tion palpable fa}sehoods. He
says that there were $4,000
notices prepared to be sent
TO odd soldiers, asking them
to show cause why their pen
sions should not be dropped
or reduced; that these We're
all ready to be sent, but it
was determined to withhold
them till after elections. 1t
is not suggested how such a
alut of notices could haveac-
cumnlated before there was
any purpose to withhold
them. The whole story isl
too pnlpabll untrue to de
ceivr anyone who willconsid-
pr it d moment. No notices
will he withheld" Secretary
Smith says, 1T is merely d
campaign lie."
The news received by the
Democratic campaign com
continues to he en-
.ourag'ig, and the belief
that the democrats will re-
tain control OF the House is
irl and cannot be shaken
by republican bluffiDg or
Yopulists clailns.
What Brck Thinks.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1894-10-25
THE VOICE or MANUFACTURES,

There Is indeed q great in
dustrial revolt against Nc
kihleyism. This is p | a i n
enough now. The manufac-
lures themselves by the score
are speaking out plainly.
The Senate Committee of Fl
nance sent ont hundreds of
inquiries TO manufacturers
rein tive to prOtectionists fal-
iacieS and the Radical free
trade spoOk, and in answer
they make very short, but
very pointed, direct, peril
nent tariff speerhps. I h q
.Philadelph IL Record is print
ing these LITTLE sppeches--the
brief answers of lnanufactur-
ers by the score. They tell
the same pleasant story. The
Rec0ld says that these de-
rlarations o! the great cap
tainS OF Industry. the employ
ers OF labor and capital, are
worth volumes 0f Protection
lists fallacips and bowls OF ca
lamity. They show that the
mnnufactur@rs are no longer
haunted by the goblin of
Free Trade. Ii the cOnsnm-
ers OF the country had re-
mained profoundly silent the
demands of the manufacture
ers, especially in the great
metal and wood industries,
for the removal of the restric
tons on their trade would
have impelled Congress to re-
form tie tariff in their inter
est. "
These replies-counted bv
fifties-are really excellent
campaign lightning. They
strike in the right place.
They show that the intelli-
gent, wide-awake, progress
sive American manufuctur-
erS are alive 20 their own in
rsrests ami wish to get rid of
the protection shackleS and
tear down the Chinese Wall
Republican shut-out and
shut-in arrangement. The
Recolu well puts it:
at must be said that in
the great body OF American
manufacturers there are com
PAL atively few OF such men
who convict themselves ofin-
consistency and stupidity by
claiming high protection at
home Tor products which sue
cessfully compete in the open
markets of the world. AS the
liberal manufacturers tell
them in these replies, instead
of reducing they will be o5lig-
ed to raise wages in order to
secure the greatest possible
efficiency of production. With
the widening of markets in
the industrial epoch which
the new tariff has ush cred in
the workingmen will demand
and receive u larger share OF
the profits nf theirlnbor. In
these replies of the manufac-
turers who declare that they |
want no duty to. protect |
them the Professional Pro
tectlonlsts can witness how |
grea t is the industrial revolt |
against their narrow and lib |
eraI theories of trade
Tariff reform, tax re,1uc-
ton should be pressed until
American industries are freed |
from burdens that oppress
and retard, and the people
at large are relieved still
,. ore of tIp huUp wpiuht Ofl
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1894-10-25
L. L. GREENE, q CO.,
REAL ESTATE ACTS.
- ROONE, NJ C.
PROFESSIONAL.

Will give special attention
to abstracts OF title. the sale
of Real Estate in W. N. G.
Those hp wing farms. timber
and mineral Iands for sale,
will do well to cali on said 20.
at Boone.
L. L. GREEN 4 co.
March 16, 1893.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1894-10-25
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From our Regular Correspondent.

From our Regular Correspondent.
President Cleveland has is.
sued no order, written no LET.
ter, nor said anything that
could he construed into even
the wish that federal officials
should not take part in the
pending political campaign.
This settlement is positively
made on the best authority,
notwithstanding contrary
statements which have EN-
andted from usually well-;n-
formed sources during the
last few days. 1t is not known
now these statements ol'igi-
mated. but it is probable that
! the cause was "A miscOncep-
tion Of the term "perni:ions
political activity" on the
part CT somebody. The Pres.
idpnt would consider it per
nicious politica: activity" for
a federal official to try to
control II primary election or
II nomination convention,
but he does not consider it
"pernicious political activ-
ity' for an official to speak
for and aid his party after
the nominations have been
made. On the contrary, |
happen to know, that he con-
siders such aid highly com
mendalle, provided always
that it can ssbe rendered by
the official without neglect of
any of his official duties. At
this time a number OF Otfi-
ciais prominently connected
with tbe administration are
on the stump in various
states and members OF the
Cabinet will make speeches
before the close OF the cam
paign.
The republicans are howl
ing mad beca use the Treas
nry department authorized
the proceedings against Mr..
Norton for having violated
the allen labor contract law
by importing an English
cOnchman under contract.
The fact that Mr.. Morton is
the republican canoidate for
Governor of New York cut
no figures in the matter with
the Treasury officials. The
facts, obtained from the man
imported under -. contract,
were reported to the depart
lnent by a special migration
and the department
the man deported
and that proceedings be be-
gun against Mr.. Morton,
just as it would have done
had he been the candidate of
the democrats. Ii he has vio-
la ted the law, as it isclaimed !
he has. he will have to pay
the penalty, otherwise not.
That is all there is about it.
The !. Washington Post,
which IL certainly neither a
democratic nor a tariff re-
forsn paper, bears testimony
to the good effect OF the Hew
tariff lew in the following
strong language, on it's pdi-
boral page: "The effect OF the
rev tariff law will unques-
.ionably be beneficial. The
Treasury will be rehabilitat-
ID, popular confidence re-
stored and capital lured
rom its hiding into useful
I'D u.h.,fa.n,na act;v;t,, Er
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1894-10-25
Do Not Be Deceived.

n Fote iOT any OJner DuU
The Democratic nominees for
the State Senate, the legisla-
tnre and forCongress and the
Supreme Court Judges, Su-
perlor Court Judge, Sheriff,
Clerk of Court, Register of
Deeds, Surveyor, Coroner,
and all, means that you are
willing that the North shall
rule the South; that the
North shall enforce it's bayo-
net ruiz; chat it shall force it's
gold standard policy upon
us; that it shall deprive us
OF the advantages Of the free
coinage of silver as a money
OF the country, that the pro-
Gncts OF the farms Of TIE
South shall be and remain 4
subordinate adjunct Of the
whlms to add to the wealth
of the people OF The North
II yon vote Tor ANYTHING else
You vote TO give to the
North all these advantages;
and TO bring back and pro-
long all the nisery and mis-
fortune that has been your
lot ever since the Republican
party has been in control of
the government. 1t means
that your crops will contin-
ue to be worthless; that YOU
will have no money; that
your bones and farms will
have no value; that they will
not be worth as much money
as they were when the war
ended and that ultimately
you will be deprived Of your
equal rights in the admins
tra,iOn ol the affairs OF the
government and that posi-
bly, even ) our rights as citf1
zens will be abridged and
your homes taken from you
without adequate pay for
them. Think of these things
kind friends before you vote
for a Populist or a Republl-
can or either one who has
used.-P1ess andCarolinian.
A New York dispatch says:
The Tuckaslege Timber Com
pany has been Incorporated,
with a capital Of 5000, 600
for the purpose OF purchas-
ing timber and timber lands
and manufacturing lumber.
This corporation has acquir-
ed about rs, 900 acres OF tim
Der land near Asheville, Wes-
tern North Can olina, on the
line OF the Southern railroad.
and not far from the estate
of Mr.. George Vanderbilt.
These lands are very heavily
timbered with hard woods
and poplar.
State Auditor Furman
says that the number of pen
sioners in North Carolina
this year will probably be
about 5000, an increase Of
nearly 200 over last year.
The pension warrants will be'
issued in December.
Several North CarolinIans
nave been affected by the re-
organization OF the Treasury
Department. The salary Of
Mr.. q. w, Sanderlin, DEPUTY
third auditor, has been M
to $4,000. MIR. G D.
Ellsworth, was transferred
70 the third auditors Office
and, made assistant chief of
The division Of accounts. Mr.,
W. W. Scott has been trans
erred to the Office of auditor
or + fha Sfu 70 damn rftnopf NJ
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1894-10-25

Press and Carolinlan: Mr..
Marion Butler can now peace
fully and softly slide or'crawl
into his little hole. Mr.. Well
born knocks every argument
he makes in asking for his
resignation as a candidate
for Judge, into q wrecked
mass Of busted corumdrums
worse than those of the end
men Of a fake minstrel show.
Mr.. Wellborn will continue
to run as a Populist candi-
date for non. partisan Judge
of the 9th j Judicial district
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1894-10-25

Chronicle: As much us the
|rep-pop-licans profess tolove
silver. they are awfuliy mad
because Secretary Garlic is
having somauy silvprdollars
coined in 1894. You see it
takes the wind OUT Of their
thnnder
The record-union., 1894-04-24
Foop FOR TIE ARMY.
SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

G. H. Meiss and Miss Minnie Meiss
have gone to Mount Shasta.
C. A. Yoerk, wife and daughter Louisa
left yesterday for San Francisco.
Mr.. and Mrs. James McLachlan OF
Pasadena are at the Golden Eagle.
Mrs. John Leininger is here from
Nord, Butte County, visiting friends.
c. w. Davis and Miss S. Davis of Osh-
kosh, Wis, are stopping at the Golden
Eagle.
Misses Lulu and Jessie Marsh of Ne
vada City are the guests OF Miss Lulu
Mason.
Mr.. and Mrs. Max Hornlein have re-
turned from San Francisco, where they
have been attending the Mldwinter Fair.
Ii. M. Gillig was in the city yesterday
looking after his Sacramento interests.
he also made an inspection Of the Crocke er
property. He was the guest of E. A.
| Crouch.
Miss Mary Gilman Dunn has gone as a
delegate from Fair Oaks Post to the
Grand Convention of the Women's Re-
lief Corps. During her absence she will
visit the Midwinter Fair.
Alexander Ilsohn of Diamond Springs,
Ell Dorado County, passed through the
city yesterday on his way to San Fran
cisco to attend the fair, and to represent
Diamond Spring Lodge, No. 0, [. o. O..
f., at the session of the Grand Lodge.
which convenes in May.
4 delightful picnic was given at Folsom
by the Amor Club on Saturday. They
started at { o'clock A. NJ. and returned at
$3.50 in the evening. Among those pres
ent were Minnie Murray, Miss Snow,
Misses Carrie and Lulu Lothhammer,
Carrie and Alice Bowman, Miss Belle
Sullivan. Miss Bowman, Miss Sachs,
James Snow. Leslie Snow, Stephen and
Lew Ehret, Thomas Scott, Gus Durer and
George Smith.
| Arrivals at the Golden Eagle Hotel yes
terday: j. NJ. Wells, S. f. Loughbrough,
+. Q. Carmach. Ii. G. Taft, ST. Louis; c..
| W. Davis, Miss 5. Davis, Oshkosh, Wis;
Sam Leon, New York; S. Meyers, Man
ager Conreid Ferenczy Company;
James McLachlan and wife, Pasadena;
| b. L. L. Barnes, Syracuse, n. y. III. D..
Hull and wife. Troy, n. Y: Max
Martens, Grass Valley; II. j. Knicker-
booker, Chicago; Ralph Dewey, Paris; NJ.
+ Wright, Ripon; L. J. Gates, z. Noble, D..
Hamberger, II. G.. Marshall, George B.
Smith, j. b. Tibbits and wife, I. w.
Read. A. c.. Smith. Z. n. Neuval, San
| Francisco.