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Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1895-01-17
From Sands, N. c.
Editor Democrat:

Editor Democrat:
AS everything has become
quiet and settled down since
the election, we should all, re
gardless Of politics, now in
terest ourselves in the natu-
raj advancement and pros
perity OF Watauga county.
We see evidence on all hands
of the progressive spirit of
our citizens. and it only re-
quIres a united and steady
pull all together to put Wa
tauea far ahead of any of
her sister counties in the line
of progress.
| nture the assertion that
not another county in North
| Carolina has as many neat,
comfortable country homes
as we hayr here in Watauga,
according to the territory EN-
braced. We see, too. in every
nei shborhood, almost, com
Portable and cOmmOdiOns
church and school buildings.
Travel any dlrectiOnyou May
over the county and you will
find in the valleys, in t h
: deep coves and hollows a.
!. mong the mountains, a n d
high up on the mountains, in
the most unexpected places,
neatly painted dwellings, on
prrdurtivp and wal! manag-
l ed, although, III many instau
ces. steep and rough farms
: We see good barns and out
+ houses. and well-brpd Il II d
: well-cared-fOr stock Of every
kind, and plenty TO eat fol
, both man and beast.
We find our people truly al
9 independent people, from thu
I fact that we produce nearly
. all our necessaries and many
+ luXurics here at home, an(
= they areindividuully, and tht
] county is comparatively fre'
t from debt or scriOls incum
? berancp.
t We also note a pronounced
1 disposition among our coun
J try people, not only to make
! their homes comfortable but
TO teantify them. They take
a pride in the atlongemen'
o and appearance OF t h e u
g homes and farms that goes tt
! show that we have a class o
= citizens who ale making 10
themselves and their children
permanent homes from which
: they will not be allured in tn
e fntnre by any temptation
: whatever.
! These facts, coupled witt
:. reputation our mountain
n section has acquired as a re
e sort for health and pleasure
q seekers, leads me to bpIiev
/ that we could do nothing
i that would be a longer ste
o forward, that would NOR
materially advance the eintel
!, ests OF all our people and Civ
! us n greater advantage owe
o other sections and attract til
" attention ofthp outsidr,wo"l
IL more than to conStructgOo
~ ~, public roads. | am persuaC
% ed that this is the one nGce.
t sary move forward that W
n should make at once and i
$ earnest. We already have
;, good start in that direction
= thanks to the Efforts OF som
n of our progressive and enc
e getic citize2s, and from obse
j. walton | am OF the OpiniO
ie that nuin0 tO tho trpoora nj
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1895-01-17

that the deficit is caused by
the new tariff law. That is
Just the talk to suit the dem
ats, who know that as
soon as the Treasury begins
tc realize from the duty on
sugar, which is just begin
ming tC come in largely, md
on the income tax, which will
sooD be coIlrctable, the re-
ceipts of the government will
bp in excess of the expendi-
lures. 1t will be amusing to
see these republicans when
confronted by their present
talk a few months hence.
There is much talk of the
|'attempt that is expected to
be made in the Senate to rem
der the income tax inOpera-
tive 10y dropping the appro-
priatiOn for it's collection.
which is in the urgency ap-
propria ton bill, which has
been passed by the House;
but Senator Cockr-ll, chair
man OF the Senate Appropri-
ation committee, says it Is
nothing but talk and that he
is confident the appr0pria-
ton will be made. Secre.
tary Carlisle is SO confident
that theappropiation will bt
mAne thar hn is now sen.]inI
income Tux blanks to the III
ternal revenue collectors.
Some of the numerous me1
who are always going of
half cooked were probably re
sponsible for t he rumOl
which was current a day Oh
two ago and was widely tele
graphed from Washington
to the effect that the admin
istration had withdrawn th'
demand it had made upor
Spain to cease dlscriminat
ing against American HOuI
shipped to Cuba, under pen
atty Of ha\ ing the sugar o
Cnba and Porto Rico shur
out OF the United Sta tes. Th'
originator OF that rumor 20
bis iacts exactly reversed. Ii
stead vt having withdra W
Its demand upon the Spanisi
government the administra
ton has reiterated it il
stronger language, and ac
rompanied it with q notlc'
that Il prompt reply must b.
given or the President Woul'
without further warming is
sue a proclamation agains
the sugar OF Cuba and Porte
Rico.
1t has been informally de
cided by the Senate Flnanc
committee that no tariff a
mpndments of any sOr
should be taken up at thi
session, and the administra
ton is thrown upon it's owl
resources in dealing with IN
, retaliation and threatene,
retaliatiu of European nd
tons becaltse OF the differer
tial duty on sugar, whlc
: everybody admits ought t.
be repealed.
A Des Mojnps woman VIII
= has been troubled with ire
quent colds, concluded t
fry an old remedy in q ne,
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1895-01-17

have, il indiciously laid out,
would make for Watauga a
most admirable system OF
public roads that would d.
rectly benefit almost every
citizen within our borders,
and also accommodate trav-
el through and from the Go.
to allimportantpoints in the
neishboring counties; an d
it is a fact that only about
two bridges Of any conse-
quencn are badly needed in
the whole county.
Now, when the road ques-
ton is mentioned, everybody
will say: ooh YES, | am in ia.
vor of good roads, we ought
to have them" f." etc. The SEN
timent seems to be general
for Improvement along this
line. but it does seem to me
that we are slow to take de-
cided action on the matter.
The first question that nat
urdlly arises is, can we make
the roads what they should
be under the present general
road laws? | for one, take
the position that the present
Jaw has outiived it's useful
ness, that it is wholely made
quate to the construction OF
the class uf roads demanded
by the times. 1t is true that
il the law WIS strictly enfOrc-
ed. ii every road hand " Il S
worked to the full limit al
lowed. and Overseers Il Il !
other Officers performed their
duties IN ac;O, dance with the
law, we would have much bet
terroads; but | maintain that
it would work. Il great injus,
tice on a large part OF the
people. 1t is lnanifestly un,
just to compel one man who
probably has not one hoo'
of stock, or IL sled, Or a dog
to trot the road: who hasn't t
an acre ot land. and works
for wages to support himself
and family, to do as much or
more on the public roads as
a his neiyhbor, who owns hun
Edreds of acres Of land t h a
will be greatly enhanced in
value by good roads. a n d
who has his teams and drives
over them every day.
) | could point out many otf
er inequalities that make the
law grossly unjust and de
fective, hut | believe that the
! people of Watatga county
= are generally in favor of t
= change in the method Of NAL
; ing and keeping up the pub
hc roads, 50 | propose tina
} the matter be agitated an(
, if the legisla ture does no
: pass a general road law tha
will I'll the bill, let us peti
+ ton for a special act for Wa
a Uauga county, IS other coun
! ties have such laws in opera
] tion that work admirably.
e favor a law to work by pei
: sonal service and taxation
too. that all hands liable t.
a road duty be required to pei
a form so many days (say fou
|, or six) work on the roads
e Thai IA small tax be levje
: and collected ON poll an
+ property to constitute
n road fund. That all ne'
l. roads and amendments b
:, first carefully surveyed an
II located by y competent er
& oinoor and thp means py nan
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1895-01-17
NOTICE.

NOIlCE.
Hotel Property for Sale.
On account of failing health
of myself and wife, | offer for sale
my hotel property in the town Of
Boone, North Carolina, and will
sell low for cash and make terms
to suit the buyer, and will take
real or personal property in en-
change. Apply soon.
w. L. BRYAN.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-12-14
news OF The CHURCHES
Paragraphs Of a Weeks Happenings
in the Religious World.
JIM BURWICK'S MANNERISMS
Explains Why lie So Easily Inriuences
Ills Audiences of RaiirOaders-Drief
Mention OF the Doings OF Min
listers and Their People.

"Jim" Burwick, the freight conduc-
tor-preacher Is addressing large crowds
nightly at the railroad branch OF the
Young Mems Christian association. lie
is q character whose methods might be
watched with profit by anyone interest
ed in the art of getting at an au-
dience. Burwick is not a horrible eX-
ample, but up to six years ago he was
just as vicious and just as rough as
might be expected of any real bad rail-
roader.
Then he was converted, and for the
last few years had been doing power
of good among men of his own vocation
when the international committee OF
the Young Mems Christian association
drafted him as a speaker. Jim Bur-
wick is not an orator. eXhorter, evange-
list or preacher: he dislikes being called
any of these and says he lust talks
to the boys" That's one secret of his
success; he's thoroughly in touch and
sympathy with his hearers. uncon-
sciously uses the vernacular of the rail-
road, gets down to their level and
uses his knowledge of the Bible and
free quotations from it with startling
success.
He's a contradiction of the supposi-
tion that an uneducated pleader Is
obliged to resort to wit and story in
order to WELD his auditory. Burwick
does not attempt any wit or story eN-
cept in such form as Is perfectly ma
tural to a railroader. A great deal of
what he says is in the vernacular and
would be almost Greek to any but q
gathering of men who pull 'er wide
open" or twist a wheel"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-12-14
THE WORLD OF BUSINESS


New York, Dec. l3.-There was an ex-
tensive covering of short contracts at
the stock exchange today particularly
in the industrials. Leather preferred
was the special feature of the trading
and jumped SIS per cent. to 6S. The rise
in this speciality had but little innuence
on the other industrials, which ruled
throughout. Sugar sold up from 1915
to 103 eX-dividend of 3 per cent. Chi
cago Gas was stronger and moved up to
e9la on the dismissal of the Levin re-
ceivership application by Judge Horton
of Chicago. The railway list was firmer
and there was some good buying of the
lower priced issues for investment ac-
count. On this buying Lake Shore rose
to 151R. New York Central to 1909.
Michigan Central to 102. The arthra-
cite coaiers We're lower for Reading and
Jersey Central the refusal of the Della
ware and Hudson to agree to the method
of restricting the output for January
having led to selling for 10Th accounts.
Pacific Mail sold up to 327s on the an
nouncement that the Panama directors
had authorized President Simmons 10
sign the agreement with the steamship
company. Speculation closed quiet. Net
changes show gains of ia per cent. in
the railway list and b@5k per cent. in
the industrials. Ttoal sales were 1S6, IN
shares.
The range of today's prices for the ac-
tive stocks of the New York stock mar
ket are given below. The quotations are
furnished The Tribune by Win Linn, Allen
& Co., stock brokers, 4l2 Spruce street.
Scranton
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-12-14
New York Produce Market.

New York, Dec. 13.-Flour-Quiet, prices
about steady. Wheat-Weak. fairly ac-
tive; No. 2 red store and elevator. 694c (;
anoat, 705sc. T. o. b., 70Ec.; No. / north
ern, G7Rc.: options closed easy at Aaiac.
decline; No. 9 red January, G6lsc.; March,
6Sc.: April, 6s7sc.; May, 67hc.; July, 67s5c.
December. G57sc. Corn-Dull, easier; No. 2
at 3iisc. elevator: 351sc. afoat; options
were fairly active and 1s&ssc. lower: De-
cember. 34hc.; January, 3ic.; May. 343sc. /;
June. 35c.: July 35iac. Oats-Quiet, steady
options dull, easier; December, 22ssc.
December. 225sc.; January, 227sc. May.
22ssc; spot prices. No. 2 at 22Aa225sc. :;
No. white. 2i1ac.: No. 2 Chicago, 23sta
237sc.; No. 3 white, 23hc.; mixed western,
23a4c.: white do. 2ia2sc.; white state ,24a
2Sc Provisions-Quiet, firm at unchange'.
prices. Lard-Quiet, firmer; western
steam, $3.50 asked; city. $5.Oja510: Decem-
ber, $3.50 nominal; refined, quiet; cSnti-
nent, Sc; South America. $780, compound.
$4ssa5. Pork-Quiet. easy; mess, sga9.5O.
Butter-Light receipts, fancy strong:
state dairy, Babe; do. creamery, 1ea26c.
western dairy. 1lal9c.; do. creamery. 1sa
&c; do. June. 1Ga23c. do. factory, Ssa9c.
Elgins, &c; imitation creamery. 15a22c.
rolls, 11a18c. Cheese-Firm, fair demand,
unchanged. Eggs-Quiet fancy steady;
state and Pennsylvania, 24a2Sc.; southern
21a23c.; Ice house. 17a2Oc.; do. per case.
$3.75a4.50; western fresh, 21a2lc. y do. per
case, $S.75al.25; lined, 17alT1ac.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-12-14
Or. DAVID KENNEDYS
FAV0RITE REMEDY

which explained the case of a lady who
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who had been cured by it's use. NV
husband purchased a bottle, and |
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I felt its good effects, and by the time
the first bottle was used was abb, to
be about the house and prepare the
mtals which / had been unable to do
Tor the year previous. The headaches
and backaches that for years had been
so frequent and which nearly drove
mo crazy, had entirely disappeared. l
sleep now all through the night, where
formerly never could sleep more than
two out Of the twenty-four hours oh,
low ! wish / could speak personally
with every woman who Is in any way
troubled with the illness common to
our sex, for would advise them to use
at once DR.. David Kennedy's Favorite
Kennedy and be cured, for my case was
abandoned by the physicians
DIR. David Kennedy's Favorite Rem
edy is never-failing specific for such
diseases as rheumatism, dyspepsia,
liver, kidney and blader troubles,
Bright's disease and diabetes. In the
above named diseases It has made
cures bordering on the marvellous. and
has never failed where the patient has
been within the reach Of medicine. For
the sickness SO common to females.
DIR. Kennedy has received thousands
of letters similar to Mrs. Ackerly's from
grateful women all over the country
who have found benefit and cure from
Its use.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-12-14
CHURCH NEWS NOTES,

The officers of the new organization
of Sunday school primary teachers are:
President. Miss Della =. Evans, of Ply
mouth Congregational Mission school;
vice presidents. Mrs. A. NJ. Barclay. of
the Second Presbyterian school, and
Miss S. c. Krigbaum. of the Penn Ave-
rue Baptist school; secretary and treas
ury, Mrs. j. ID. Clark, of the First Pres
byterian school. The first meeting will
be held Thursday night in the Sunday
school room of the First Presbyterian
church. The organization followed the
meeting of Sunday school workers,
which was addressed Thursday night
In the Penn Avenue Baptist church by
Mrs. J. w. Barns, superintendent of
the primary department of the Penn
sylvania Sabbath School association. of
which John Wannamaker is president
Rev. ID. j. Williams was acquitted
Thursday night at Jermyn of the
charges preferred against him by a
certain division of his old congrega-
ton. The investigation was conducted
by officers of the Abingdon Baptist as
socation.
The Christian convention in progress
In the Gospel tabernacle on Adams ave-
nue., Green Ridge has been well attend
ed. Rev. Mr.. Scoville preached SER
mon Wednesday morning; in the after
noon Miss Bonstein gave a Bible read
ing and Miss Louise Shepherd, of New
York city, an address on Holy Spirit
as the Dew," and in the evening after
praise service Miss Shepherd made
another address. There were three ses-
sions Thursday. Rev. Mr.. Scoville maxi
Ing an address in the morning and Rev.
Mr.. Farr, of New York city, in the
evening.
The lecture of Rev. DR.. Charles H.
Parkhurst in the rockingham theater
Tuesday night is being eagerly antici-
pated. His subject will be his dearest
one, Pure Civil Government" The
sale of seats began yesterday morning
at the theater box office. Probably no
good seats can be obtained after Mon
day.
Among those who attended this
weeks meeting of Methodist ministers
IN the study of Rev. DR.. w. II. Pearce,
In Elm Park church. We're: Revs. DR.,
Pearce, Dr. J. G. Eckman, DIR. Floyd,
Richard Horns, Rev. John Davy, Ed
gar, DIR. l.. w. Peck, DR.. J. L. Price,
). Dawson. Dorsey and Doty.
CALVARY REFORMED CHURCH
Corner Monroe avenue and Gibson street.
Rev. w. H. Stubbleb!ne pastor. Prea CHI
1ng 1880 a. m.and 7.30 p. m.; Sunday school.
1l.45 a. m.; Young Peoples Christian En-
deavor, $50 p. m. Morning subject, "Thc
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-12-14
Toledo Grain Market,

Toledo, o., Dec. 13.-Close. Wheat-Re-
ceipts, $500 buhsels; shipments, 1860 bush
els; easy; No red cash, G5a.c.; May. Csc.
No. 3 do. cash, 6ic. COrn-Rece!pts, 65,.lS
bushels; shipments, $4,000 bushels quiet;
No. 2 mixed cah 27iac.; No. 3 do. 26lsc.
No. yellow, CSC; No. 3 white. 26iac. oats
Receipts, 1000 bushels: shipments. none
nothing doing. Rye-Dull; No cash, SSc.
No. 3. 35c. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES, 1851 bags
No. 2 shipments, 500 bags; dull; Decem-
ber $40; March, &.47ia.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-12-14

When 1t first strikes the ear, the
phrase worthless solid gold sounds like
a paradox, but. coming down to solid
fact, it Is full of incontrovertible mean
ing.3 The phrase, solid gold. in this
country, is used without any reference
to fineness or purity and any metal that
w assay to or 8 karats is described
as solid gold. although commercially
such metal has little or no value. When
Turnquest, the Jeweler, 2O5 Washington
avenue, tells you that anything is solid
gold it is not less than IA karats, in
fineness, and is guaranteed to be just
that fine, under the severest test. Isn't
there a good deal of satisfaction in
wearing Watches. Jewelry. etc, that
you know to be made from gold that
is really what 1t pretends to be. the
most valuable of all metals in general
Use. 80
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-12-14
CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE PRICES.
Chicago Live Stock,

Union Stock Yards, Ills, Dec. 1S-Cat-
tle-Receipts, $500 head; market steady
common to extra steers, $3a5.50: stockers
and feeders, $2.25a2.65 cows and bulls,
$1.5Oa35O; calves, s2.5oa6; Texans, $2.7oa3.6'
Hogs-Receipts, 5000 head: market firm
and cents higher; heavy packing and
shipping lots, $3.i5a360; common to choice
mixed $3.35a360; choice assorted. 3.i5a3.55
light, So. iOa355; pigs, s2.40a3.55. Sheep
Receipts, 5000 head; market for choice
firm; common and medium were heavy;
inferior to choice, $l.75a325; lambs, SSa4.4o.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-12-14

Christian Gladiator" evening subject.
"rhe Secret of Successful Life" Strang-
ers welcome.
Rev. f. NJ. Davenport. of the First
Methodist Episcopal church. Yonkers,
N. Y, will occupy the pulpit both morn
ing and evening tomorrow in the Elm
Park church.
A quorum was not present at Mon
days gathering of the Presbyterian
cleric in the Study of Rev. DR.. s. c.
Logan at his home on Quincy avenue.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-12-14
WOMAN TO WOMEN
She Best Und erstan ds Her Needs.

The Evening Journal Of Jersey City,
N. j., recently published the folloinwg
interesting statement from Mrs II.
Ackerly, of 262 Varick street, that city:
Last May had no hopes of ever get
ting well again. In fact expected to die
AT almost any time. was so very sick.
Sometime before that was taker to
hospital to be operated upon for n
cancer Of the womb, but they found
that my heart and kidneys were SO
badly affected that hey decided not to
perform the operation. ] was brought
back home and my attending physician
gave me but little encouragement, ana
! remained In this deplorable condition
ior about eight months more, when one
day read an article on
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-12-14
Oil Market,

Oil City, Pa, Dec. l3.-Oil opened ans
lowest, Sl.50; highest and closed, Sl52
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-12-14
See Ackerman's silverware.
SiIycrMnrc Sale.

Ackerman jeweler. 224 Wyoming ave-
nue., has the largest assortment of
quadruple plate silverware in the city.
Nothing you can think Of wanting.
Values extraOrdinary
The herald., 1895-07-04
A Residence That Now Resem-
bleS a ShambleS
j. SELJAN'S DISAPPEARANCE
Was Probably Killed for One thousand
Dollars
The Body Not Vet Found and Believed to
~ Have Been Gut Up and Sent Away
In Trunks
Associated Press Special wire.

Associated Press Special Wire.
OMAHA, July 3. Five badly fright
ened individuals occupying murderers'
cells at the police station. residence re-
sem bling in many respects slaughter
house, and th > unaccountable absence OF
John Seljan are the features of a pecu-
liar.y mysterious tragedy which is en-
gaging all Omaha police and detectives
tonight. seran is the supposed victim,
while Mr.. and Mrs. Mote Mikan, Anton
Ruckovitz John Uban and John Drub-
nitz are the prisoners. Robbery is the
presumed objecr of the crime, but the
feature most confusing to the police is
the unexplained absence of the corpse.
"A boarding house at 1905 Pierce street
is the scene OF the crime. A hasty exam
iaation of the bedroom in which the man
is supposed to have been murdered
showed unmistakable signs of bloody
conflict. A great pool of blood was locat-
ed near the head Of the bed and the bed
clothes we're saturated in several places
with blood. Bloody footprints were found
on the bed quilt and pillow. The door
casing, wall anu floor were stained In
several places with blood. A razor, a
pocket knife and an iron crowpar about
two and half feet-long were found in the
bedroom. which from appearances were
used as weapons in the struggle.
The strange demeanor of the inmates
of the house was such as to prompt the
detectives to place them under arrest.
Several of the persons had blood on their
clothes. All those concerned are Poles.
The missing man received $1,000
from the old country. To obtain this
money the crime, it is thought, was COM
mitted. The police are of the opinion
that after the murder was committed the
clothes of the murdered man, which were
found OH the river bank, we're placed
there for the purpose Of leaving the i'm
preston that the man had committed su-
cide by drowning himself in the river.
The immediate discovery of the clothes
and the early appearance of the police at
the cottage prevented the murderers from
carrying out the further arrangements of
removing the tell-tale blood. the blooo
stains having bloodied the bed clothes.
The body. it is believed, was removed
night judging from the fresh wagon
wheel tracks directly in front of the
house, which indicate that a wagon had
| been backed up to the sidewalk in front.
| The condition of the blood on the floor
| indicates that the. killing could not have
been done much later than midnight.
| The fact that Seljan's clothing was soaked
with blood is taken to indicate that he
was killed soon after he returned home
| last night, and before he had updressed.
| Several of the residents of the neighbor-
| hood say that Seljan had great deal OF
money yesterday, and that he said he
| had Just received a large amount from
the old country.
Tonight the police are trying to find
the body. Two trunks were taken from