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Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1898-05-19

Atps for Office whose names
may he presented, AMI the
delegates shall vote in t h e
county convention their re.
spective precincts in accord
ance with this vote; that is
to say, each candidate shall
receive in the county convpn-
tion that proportion OF the
vote to which the precinct
may be entitled which he re-
cpived in the precinct meet.
ing. The chairman and sec,
retary of the precinct meet
ing shall certify to the coun.
ty convention the vote recei-
we'd by each candidate at the
precinct meeting.
Z. Each precinct shall be
entitled to east, in the cOun,
~ convention. one vote for
every twenty-five democratic
votes, and one vote for frac-
ton OF thirteen democratic
votes east by the township
at the last proceeding gnber
material election: Provided,
That every voting precinct
shall be entitled to cast at
least one vote, and each pre-
cinct may send as many del.
egates as it may see fit.
8. The chairman of the pre-
cinct committees shall pre-,
side at all precinct meetings.
In their absence any other
member Of said committees
may preside.
COUNTY AND DIST. CONVENTIONS
|. The several county CON
ventiOns shall be entitled to
elect their senatorial, judicial
andcongressional convention
one delegate and one alter
nate for every fifty democrat
ic votes cast at the last pre-
ceding gubernatOrial election
in their respective counties;
and none but delegates or al
ternates 40 elected shall be-
entitled to seats in said con
vention: Provided, That ev-.
cry county shall have at lenst
one vote in each of said con,
ventiOns: Provided, further,
That in all county convent.
ions in which delegates shall
he selected to attend any
State, congressional, judIcia
or other convention, a vote
shall be taken in accordance
with the plan of organization
as to the candidates. The del
egates shall be selected from
the friends and supporters OF
each candidate voted for. in
proportion to the number o.
votes he shall receive in such
convention and no other in.
struction shall be given, Pre-
vided further, That when on.
Iy one candidate is presented
and voted for at such cOun
ty convention it shall be law
full to instruct for such cand
, date.
2. At every county CONVEX
ton (before delegates to tn,
State, congressional, judicial
senatorial or other convent
ion are chosen) there shall bt
, a vote taken for the different
candidates for office W b o 81
na1nes may be presented, ant
the delegates shall vote fol
their respective counties II
accordance with this vote
: that is 70 say, each candidate
shall receive in the State, COZ
gressional. judicial senatori
al or other convention + b
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1898-05-19
DIR. j. NJ. HOGSHEAD,
Cancer Specialist,
BANNERS ELK. N, (,

No Knite; No Bu ming Out.
Highest references and endors-
ments of prominent persons sue
cessfully treated in Va, Tenn.
and n. c. Remember that there
isno time TOO SOON to get rid OF
a cancerOus growth-no matter
how small. Examination free,
letters answered promptly, and
satisfaction guaranteed.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1898-05-19
: Democratic Plan Of Organis alton.
Rules for the Government Of Democrat
ic Primaries and Conventions.


l. The unit of county org
} anizatlon shell be the voting
precincts. In each precinct
there shall be m executive
committee, to consist of five
active democrats, who shall
be elected by the democratic
voters ofthe several precincts
in he meeting first called by
the county executive commit
tee. And said committee 50
elected shall elect one of it's
members "a chairman, who
shall preside at all commit
tee meetings.
2. The chairmpn of the sew
Observation-Disclosures shall
compose the eronnty executive
committee, which shall meet
at the same time and place
as the county convention first
held in each election year.
and elect ~ chairman OF said
county committee. who need
not be a member Of the com
mittoe, and he shall preside
at all meetings OF said com.
mittpe ana shall hold his
place until his successor shall
he elected. A majority Of
said precinct chairrnen in per
son or nv proxy, shall consti
tute quorum. The county
committee shall. likewise, ap-
point a central committee OF
five, who shall act in its stead
when the county committee
is not in session.
3. In case there shall be a
failure ON the part of any
precinct to elect it's executive
committee for the period of
thirty days, the county exc.
cutive committee shall ap.
point said committee from
the Democratic voters of said
precinct.
4. The members ofany pre-
cinct committee shall elect to
any vacancy Occurring in said
committees.
5. The county executive
committee shall call all nee
essary county conventions,
by giving at least ten days
notice by public ADVERTISE
ment in three plblic places in
each precinct, at the court
house door and in'any Demo
cravlc newspaper that may
be published in said county,
requesting all Democrats OF
the county to meet in their
respective precincts on aeon
mon Il a v therein stated,
which said day shall not be
less than three days before
the meeting of the county
conventions, for the purpose
OF electing their delegates to
the county conventions.
Thereupon the meetings so
held shall elect their delegates
to represent the precincts in
the county conventions from
the voters OF the respective
voting precincts, which dele
gates, or such uf them as
shall attepd, shall vote t h
full democratic strength oI
their respective voting pre-
cincts on all questions that
may come before said county
conventions. In case no NEE
ting shall be held in any pre-
cinct in pursuance ofsaid call
or no election shall be made
the precinct executive com
mittee shall appoint such del
egates.
nDyaEAnrI,o
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1898-05-19

date at the county convea-
ton, and no other instruc-
ton shall be given: Provided
That where only one randi-
date is presented, it shall be
lawful to instruct foI him. At
all State and district conven
tions the delegates from the
different counties may dlsre.
gard the vote of their respec
tive counties rs to any can
didatp: Provided, That a two
thirds majority of all h i S
votes from the county con-
sent thereto.
3. The chairman Tor in his
absence, any member of th
county, senatorial, judicial
or orcongressionalcom tteps)
shall call to Order their res
pective conventions, and hold
craftsmanship thereof U n t il
the convention shall elect its
chairman.
4. The executive commit
tees Of the senatorial, cong
resional and judicial districts
respectively, shall at the call
of their respective chaIrmen,
meet at some time and place
in their respectiue precincts
1ecignated in said call. And
it shall be their duty to ap,
point the time and place for
holding conventions in their
respective districts; and the
chairman OF said respective
committees shall immediate,
!y notify the chairmen of the
different county executive
committees of the said ap,
pointment, and the said coun
ty executive commit tees shall
forthwith call conventions of
their respective counties, in
conformity to said notice, to
send delegates to said respec-
tive district conventions.
The State convention shall
be composed of delegates ap
pointed by the several coun-
ty conventions. Each cOun-
ty shall be entitled to elect
one delegate and one alter
nate for every one hundred
and fifty democratic voters,
and one delegatefor fractions
over seventy five democratic
votes cast therein at the last
preceding gubernatorial elec-
ton; and none out delegates
or alternates so elected shall
he entitled to seats in S a d
convention. Provided That
every county shall have at
least one vote in said conven
ton.
RESOLUTION PASSED BY EXECU'
TIVE COMMITTEE, NOV. 30, '97.
"ResOlved, that in accord,
ance with the resolution here
tofore adopted, all white elec
tors who intend to vote with
US in the next election, an d
who desire the re-establish.
ment of Anglo Saxon suprem
acy and honest government
in North Carolina, are cordi.
ally invited to participate in
all our primaries and conven
tiOns."
GENERAL RULES.
[. At all conventions the
delegates shall be selected as
near as may be, from t h c
friends and supporters of the
candidates voted for.
2. Such deIegates-or alter
mates of absent delega tes-as
may be present at any demo
cratic convention shall be al.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1898-05-19

NO-Io-B Bac for Fifty Cents.
Guaranteed tobacco habit cure. makes weak
men strong, blood pure. 5Oc, u. All druggists
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1898-11-09

Paris. New 4 "A seui-e ficlai cote
issued this evening saye the COVERT
ment has resolved nor TO retaio tie
Marchaud u,iseior At Fa>bcda adding
,ha, ,nis decisipc was arrived at by the
caaine, after exhaustive ezsmin a,icn Of
'b" quse'ioa
L,adan. Nov S-The Daily Csron-
lcl~ this moroiog says: Eve have re-
eeived information frcm reliable
ouuter ci we'll organized plot 10
Paris. in the event OF the !cqc;fy be-
fore rhe court o. cessation proving
favorable 70 D,eyfns t" fcmens ri's-
ous ou,turs: 10 the Ffench capital. TO
:.tempr to overthrow the civil! power
and TO essaasir a,e the leading cham
pions of D7eyius.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1898-11-09
THE BEST FOR YEARS
The State Fair Will be a Success
IN Every Feature

The management Of the State fair is Crea1i:
eccouresed II the list Of entries rs The. tour
j.. frau .ii sect o.s OF the Stn;e ruc on
r.any sec:lons hitherto ."known as *
h!;ols
Tb. 6ue ar, display will be unpse.!' tull
l.ne . ulr,y show will be full as "s'"i.
Auou, sC0 nirds a,e already or be ground,
shown L.. one exb,bi,o". Ho:ses ffom tsr
Wo,dhuru Stcck tsrm, Pend e'oo, ere resd,
for saow spd training as itotte:s
There are already 20 entries ~ >'ug hAr-
ness h, rses snd IS mares tie sr'n~ 'iag.
Upon the whole, the show OF horse f'sh VIII
prove aa Interesting feature. Euq Htles 'o'
race horse acco1 moda,lGns continue 70
come -,
me c.:te show will be good. Ia tact all
classes of exhibits ere coming III for Entry
In addition TO the Clelnson College "nd
Winthrop College stu'ents. rates have ten
qigeo TO laGuce The COED ucati"p"' scneoi at
n,p.feld 20 attend the Fair. All goes to
shoe thata State Fair is educational IN its
tendenc,es
The grounds are helng put IN Il g. class
order. Ali oul the II ain building, Including
teuces stalls e,c have BEEN treated TO lio-
eral suupy OF whitewasb, while the na'n
building 10 beng painted.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1898-11-09
The Maria Teresa Lost.
Special to The State.

Charleston. Nov. 5.-Tne raised
Spanish cruiser, Maria Teresa. Ger
vera's flagship, which was raised BY
Lieut. Hobson. was lost in gale Tues
day afternoon off the Bahamas and
about 25 miles this side of Waiting isl
and. She left Guantanamo bay last
Saturday afternoon at 6 O'Clock for
Norfolk iu tow Of two Cbapmau-Mer
rits wreoking tugs. the I. J Merritt
and Vulcan. Last night about 6 80
the l J. Merritt arrived at the quaraa-
tine station here with the crew of the
Maria Teresa aboard. aud about 2
o'clock this afternoon she steamed into
the dock Of the Coal Consumers Go I,
to coal for her further trip to Norfolk.
The news Of the loss Of the Maria
Teresa had reached the city before the
tug arrived at she wharf and many
spectators gathered to see the storm
tossed crew and sug 1t was learned
of the seamen that the trip or the
Maria Teresa was without incident
until Tuesday morning. when the gale
struck them. Under the directions of
Capt. Ira Harris every effort was made to
keep the Maria Teresa above water. but
owing to her tatsie-scarred condition, it
was soon seen that she was doomed Capt.
Harris, whose conduct throughout was
characterized by the utmost cooIness
and courage, then ordered the crew to
save themselves, and about 2 O'Clock
10 the. afternoon the last bcatload of
them were transferred to the deck Of
the I. J. Merit: aud the Maria Teresa
was abandoned. Every man vas saved.
1l2 10 all. Capt. Harris being the last
to leave the sinking warsbip with the
loss of all bis money aod clothing.
His conduct is spoken of With the
highest admiration by the officers and
sailors. None of the sailors were
more tiaa partially cloth ed when they
arrived 10 the city this morning and
many of them we're without caps and
shoes They were given leave of ab
sence until 4 O'Clock and many Of
them caue ashore to purchase necessary
articles of clothing The work Of
rescue was very much facilitated by
the good work Of Capt. Jobo Critten-
den and crew of the tug |. J. Merritt,
whc received great praise from the
crew of the Maria Teresa for their COD
duct 10 che emergency.
The tug and captain and crew OF the
Maria Teresa will continue their voyage
to Norfolk tonight.
j. H. Moore.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1898-11-09

From September 26 to October 26.
this year. the market was unchanged,
middliog being quoted for a straight
mouth at 4a cents. Factors were gen.
orally hopeful that this was the lowest
point that would be reached. There
was good demand almost continuously
at Liverpool. and the market belc
steadily until last week, when weak
ness, which bad been apparent for a
few days, eliminated 10 the decline,
which, 90 Saturday. brought she price
dowo to a cents, at which it has slcce
remained The immediate cause Of the
further drop Is said to have been sn
estimate by Mr.. Neill that the present
crop would be oue of 12 100000 bales.
Mr.. Neill has been mere fortunate ID
bis estimates toan many others who
have essayed to predict past crops, and
considerable reliance is put upon anT
statements made. or alleged to bave
been aade. By bin. There is 90
reasonable doubt, auy way. it is stated,
chat the crop is another great one and
il Mr.. Neili made the estimate referred
to j; evidently fourd ready believers
abroad.
TIE outlook sppears to tave 90 sill
very linipg anywhere Especially is
this trrv of tie territory Immediately
about Columbia Reports frcm an area
Of seventy to one huadred aies, as we'll
az he co,,oa being received. show that
:he quality Of the crop was materially
;ojared ty The s;o:n and bad weather,
so that considerable of it will only grade
as ordinary or good ordinary aud bring
from IS to 8 Z s ceots pcu"d. il
the pse:ep. quotations ccntioue There
is absolutely oo;hiog 10 II for the plant
ers q, such returns, acd the prospect
for them is fer srou agreeable, so far
as their co,tco crop Is concerned
Wits an enocmous crop this year
comirg on ,op of the previous two large
crops. The outlook for prices eao1her
scasoo, unI.ss there IS sure decrease
in ;he producfioc, is something shat is
reaty quire painful for cotton meu to
consider Tie log prices nsy work
ou' ao salvation Of the planters by
forcing a reduction IL the acreage, but
such has DOT yet beeo the result Of low
prices ip the past, although at DO t'ne
has there baeu such poor returns 10 the
growers as n,w -Colum bia Record
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1898-11-09

Where ever the soldiers go, .
says the Philadelphia Record. ty-
pho;d fever appears to follow like a
shadow of doom. Typhoid kills ten
victims where yellow fever does
one but we have become so accus.
toned TO its ravage, and to the nm
sanitary conditions which promote
it's spread, that we blindly submit as
to an unavoidable evil To be sub.
dued the scourge only needs to be
fought with the weapons which
science has put in oer hands There
is no such percentage of deaths from
typhoid fever in the armies of Ger
many aud France as in our army. and
no such ravage in the cities of Eng
land. Germany and France as in this
city"
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1898-11-09
Robbed the Grave.

startling incident of which Mr.. john
Oliver Q; Philadelphia, was the subject. is mar
rated by him as follows: Il was in most
dreadful condition NJ. skin was almost ye!-
low, eyes sunken. tongue coated, pain con'inn
ally in back and sides, no appe'ite-gtadualiy
growing We ker day by day. Three shys
clans had given me up Fortunately. friend
advised trying Electric BitterS,' aid 20 my
great JOY and surprise, the first bottle made a
decided Improvement l continued their use
for three weeks, and am now a well naE. l
know they saved ny life, and robbed tho grave
of another victim" No one should fail to
try them. Only so cents per bottle at J. +
". DeLorme's Drug Store
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1898-11-09
Decided Tendency to Confuse
the Peace Situation.

Paris, Nov The French papers
derive their news Of the york of the
peace commissioners from Spanish
sources, and, therefore, the morning
papers here today are interesting as
indicating the atmosphere in Spanish
quarters and the trend of French views
and tendencies 1t must be recalled
that the Spaniards have utterly accepted
the refusal Of the United States gov
erpuept to assume any of the Spanish
debt. aud the Cuban question has been
set away to await its place iu the final
treaty. provided differences on the
question Of tie Philippine islands shall
not prevent the making OF any treaty
As The whole is composed Of its par'a,
SO must toe Philippine question be
mutually agreed 90 or uooe of these
questions previously agreed on will find
place 10 the treaty.
This is all the provision or proVls
ioral understanding existent In view
Of the facts then. the Paris press to day
has indicated taodency TO confuse
the situation.
The Matin. 10 reviewing it sa5s:
.'Is is we'll understood tha: the cess'oo
of Puerto Rico vas tantapount TO the
payment Of q war Indemnity in cash.
ard entirely freed Spain from any sub
sequsut repetition 90 the subject y
Turning back to Cuba, the Masin
remarks: "Tbe Spspiards declined to
coucur iu separating that deSt from
the pledge. the mortgage from the loan'
and as it vas im possible to reach ao
understanding. they ask that at least
the order of the protocol be inverted
aud that the question of The Philip
pines be previously discussed. that
question possibly Offering the Amerl
caus an opportunity for tepdering soue
CON npepsatioo for the enormous sacri-
fees they have forced upon the coo
quered. The Americans finally acoed
ed to the change. and only asked the
Spaniards to accept Professionally the
clauses relating to the Cuban debt.
with the reservation that the accep.
auce could be Withdrawn il GO agree
mens was reached as to the Philip
pines "
Referring to yesterdays meeting,
the Matin says: The Spa:isrds
said shey would make their answer
knowu Friday, but it is easy to foTesee
what it will be-a refusal precise and
Informal The Spanish peuipo'enfia'ies
have made up their minds, il the. even
of the United States advertiug to the
Philippine proposal. to deciioe signing
the act of peace, TO break of the neeo
siatloDs aua to call upon the civi'lzeo
satlcus to witness tie abuse of force f(
which they will be subjected and The
Violation OF 'he provisions set forth ii
the Washington protocol
The Gaulois remarks "Tbe Span
iards will never agree to sbandoo 'bt
archipelago without compensation. aoo
we believe the Americans intend t'
,hsuggesrat they will assume TIT
Philippine debt. We hope the nego
tiations will rot be broken of. bu
Spain, it is given out as certain. woul'
sase such course rather than submi
>, h,n;,;ot;oo +arme - SA
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1898-11-09
The Pooling Decision.
From the Milwaukee Sentinel

Fsom the Milwaukee Sentinel
Presumably the railway managers
vii! seek way to evade the rule laid
down by the court, out uuder the co.,
clusion that che semi-poel!c character
of the busioens makes i. jostly subject
to government regulation, the escape
will DOT be found 10 consolidation OF
lines Which has been SO often predicted.
Mean awhile it will be proper for the
professional agitators to nake nem
orapdum OF this case in which the courts
failed to decide in favor of the great
com binati,Ds Of capita! wien large 10
terests were at stake,
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1898-11-09
Lower Than in Years.
Cotton at its Lowest Point
Since the Civil War

Cotton is to day probably lower
than it has been any time since the
civil war In the memory of none of
the present trade has the quotations
for the great staple been as low in
the past thirty years as it now is
Since the opening of the cotton year
on September l. it has declined
from l8 cents for middling, to
4 5 8 cents, at which it is quoted, a
drop of ] cent, or $3.50 on 400
pound bale.
While there have been greater
drops than this in a similar space
of time, such decline with prices
30 low as they have been is a seri-
Gus blow to the farmers of the South,
depending on cotton as their great
money crop. The decline has
brought cotton to the lowest point
in its history in decades and given
the market feeling of gloom which
hardly describes the sentiments of
the unfortunate producers. How they
can possibly derive any profit from
the present prices it is hard to see
As matter of fact, they probably
are not getting out of their cotton
what it cost them to produce it, no
matter how economically they ran
their farms. 1t is blue year for the
cotton grower
The following table of quotations
on November |, for the last ten
years, will give some idea of the
present unfortunate state of the mar
ket. The first column gives the quo
lation for spot middling ct Columbia,
the second that for middIing at Liv-
erpool, the third and fourth columns
the quotations for January and March
delivery at New York
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1898-11-09

From one Of the pages Of this weeks
American Wool and Cotton Reporter
we extract 9 moral, which may be ex-
pressed in statistics Under the heading
New Mil" We 6od II items-ail
sou,bero Under the beading "En.
lareemenfs and Improvement" We 6ud
II item:-9 sou,oero, 9 New England
And under the heading "Shutting
Dowa,,' we 6ud uertion of ii mills
ail New England