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Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1899-06-08
Presidents Come Rather High.

Boston journal.
Presidents "come high, but
we have got to have them"
1t costs US $114,S65 a year
for q Chief Executive.
His salary is $4,000 and
found, as our western neigh
bors say. The Presidents
finding is rather comprehen.
sive, covering about every
possible requirement of a fam
lily. His private secretary, the
clerk, doorkeepers, messen-
gers, and steward, and three
other servants cost us $685..
S65 a year. Then there is a
contingent fund OF $4,000 a
year that the President may
use according to his discre-
ton.
In furniture and repairs to
the White House the sum of
$16, 900 more, to be used by
the discretion of the Presi-
dent, is provided by the ma
tion, and is alwaysexpended.
For fuel alone $4,000 is al
lowed, and for necessary re-
pairs to the greenhouse there
is 81, 900,
Altogether the Presidential
"fndlng" annually amounts
tothe snug sum of S64, ,s65,
nearly $4,000 a YEAR more
than his salary. The two ag-
gregate $114, ,865. This is an
imposing aggregate, but it is
small when compared W i t h
other Presidents. The Presl
dent OF the French republic
receives a salary of $120, 600
a year, $32,48O lor contin-
gent purposes, and a hand
some house, rent free. So We
get our President ra t h e I
cheaply.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1899-06-08
Dewey and the Ladies.


Lcslie's Weekly.
Admiral Dewey, not like
Napoleon, n woman hater, al
though many naval officers
wives are almost convinced
to tie contrary. The admi-
raj does not hesitate. TO saw
that he believes the presence
of a woman interferes with
a mans efficiency rs an Off
Ger in war time. Many off,
GERS wives as soon as they
became convinced that their
husbands would remain an
indefinite period ut Manila,
lost no timein hurrying over
to join them, and some tits
said, even though their hus-
bands cabled NO to their pc
tltions. The admiral did not
look with favor upon their
arrival, for to his mind it
meant impaired efficiency in
some of his best officers. They
came, however, and before
the outbreak of hostilities be
tween the insurgents and A.
mericans dances and yacht
excursions in the bay and up
the Pasig river became quite
frequent. even the admiral
himself giving a large ball on
the Olympia. He however al
ways maintained his posi-
tion, and no woman was al
lowed aboard ship when she
went to sea or during the sub
sequent period when the feet
was in battle array around
Manila bay.
One young lady, engaged
in newspaper work, drew
heavily upon the ships jun.
ior officers who fell victims
to their charms. 1t became
quite d daily practice among
the officers to in turn, take
her driving in the cool OF the
afternoon. AS the principal
drives OF interest lay in close
proximity to the firing lines
the excursion was not with
out the element of danger so
dear to the hearts of both Of
ficers and ventursome wo-
men. The admiral looked on
for some tirue in silence, but
eventually meeting the fair
charmer one day reproached
her for taking such risks,
thinking perhaps, in this way
to stem the practice so rapid
ly becoming popular among
his men. The young ! a d y
promptly replied that she was
not at all afraid of bullets
when protected by one of Dew
ey's officers.
"Well' replied the admiral,
"if you don't object to being
killed, | have nothing to say;
but | cannot spare any of
my men,"
The young lady does not
know yet whether this was a
compliment or a reproach.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1899-06-08

Mr.. ?. Kitcham, of Pike
City, Cal. says: "Durin g
my brothers late illness with
sciatic rheumatism, Chamber
lain's Pain Balm was the on
ly remedy that gave him any
relief" Many Others have
testified to the prompt relief
from pain which this lini-
ment affords. For sale by NJ.
B. Blackburn.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1899-06-08

| was seriously afflicted
with d cough for several years
and last fall had a more Sc
we're cough than ever before.
| have used many remedies
without receiving much re
lief, aud being recommended
to try a bottle of Chamber
lain's Cough Remedy, by n
friend, who, knowing me to
be d poor widow, gave it to
me, | tried it, and with the
Most gratifying results. The
first bottle relieved me very
much and the second bottle
has absolutely cured me. |
have not had as good health
for twenty years. Respectful
ly, Mrs. Mary A. Beard, Clare
mont. Ark. Sold by M. B.
Blackburn.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1899-06-08
The Veterans Of the Sixtiesi

fortune to attend Mt Charles
ton the annual reunion of the
men who followed Lee, and
the object of this writing is
not to give a description but
only Il few observations of
the magnificent parade of
these heroic wearers of t h e
gray. The soul il dead to pa
triOtism and all that belongs
to valor, which can look up
on these gray-haired veter.
ans without the profoundest
emotions, for the observer
saw in those men who march
I'd up the streets of battle.
Scared Charleston, the repre-
sentativeso OF the noblest band
Of patriots that ever answer
ed their country's call, and
no braver heroes ever charged
h o s t i e lines or followed
knigh tly plnmes than those
sons of Dixie.
The marks of time are up
on the old Coufederates.
These men were young when,
bidding farewell to dear ones
and the comforts OF home.
they marched away to suffer
the hardships ofcamp and to
brave the dangers OF battle,
but the more than thirty
years has told heavily upon
them. BIt there need be no
surprise in this. Remember
what was endured during
those four terrible yeals of
war. Bear in mind how, M
der the gloom of defat, these
men returned to homes once
bright and prosperous, but
now broken and PROSTATE.
The ashe heap was all that
remained oftheir possessions,
and their. shl ines had b q e n
converted in to sopulchers
with the cry on every side,
"for the touch Of a vanquish-
ed hand and the sound of a
voice that is still" Amid
this desOlation the soldier,
now a peaceful citizen, began
a new battle with poverty
and long has he struggled to
build again his wasted land.
Do not forget these things.
and there is 70 occasion for
wonder when we look upon
the white hair and wrinkled
faces and STOPPING forms OF
these noble men.
But here comes the march
ing columns over which are
unfolded the old, tattered,
bullet-torn battle flags! And
as division after division, and
company aftercompany pass
ed, hats and handkerchiefs
are wildly waved, while the
tens of thousands W h i c b
crowd street and porch and
window, shout and cheer the
grizzled veterans. Where was
there ever gathered such m
interesting and picturesque
company? Among them is
the old bugler sounding MAJ
tial notes upon the brass in
strument that had often urg
ed his comrades into battle
Oyer the belglon blocks &
blind drummer kept step tc
the tap of the old drum he
had carried n. through t h {
bloody campaigns. Hundreds
OF sleeves are empty, fol
j those strong arms have long
since mingled with the dust
OF Virginia or await the res
direction on other fields. The
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1899-06-08
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From our Regular Correspondent

From our Regular Correspondent
After holding it back for
many months, Mr.. Mckinley
has issued HIS much adver-
tised or1er modifying the civ
il service rules. 1t doesn't ap
pear to please anybody over
much. 1t excerts a a total
of somewhere in the neighbor
hood of four thousand pla-
ces from the operation OF the
civil service rule, but as most
of these places are already
filled by republicans, it will
make comparatively little
new patronage for the rppub
licanleaders. Itdoesn't touch
the Government Printing of.
fee. which so many republi-
cans have been trying so
hard to get thrown open to
1
them. So far as the party
workers are concerned, the
order is likely to do more
harm than good to the re-
publican party.
Representative -Dalzell. OF
Pennsylvania. who stands a.
bout as much show as Payne
the New York anti-Platt can
didate, dropped into Wash
ington a dav or two ago and
announced that he was a can
|
dida te for Speaker. He conId
not control three votes in
the Pennsylvania delegation,
counting his own. to save his
neck. Bingham is the dunn
nv candidate of tie Pennsyl
vania delegation, and will re
main such until Quay decides
who shall get the votes.
No surprise was caused in
Washington by Senate r
Platt's fat-footed declara-
ton that Mckinley and Ho-
bart would be re-nominated.
So far as Mckinley is con-
cerned, Platt has been mort
gagged since early in the pres
ent administration: his en-.
dorsement of Hobart means
that if he ever had any idea
Of helping to get Roosevelt
second place on the ticket, it
has been abandoned, b u t
whether because he wasn't
pleased with Roosevelt or
whether the latter was n o t
pleased with the idea of sec
Ond place, Is a matter of con
lecture, but the former is
more likely to be true. The
declaration of Senator Pen
rose, who is Boss Quay's
man and mOuthplecein favor
of .McKinly's denomination
is nothing more than a bid
for administration help for
Quay in his contest to get
get his seat in the Senate,
This was doubtless pleasing
to Mr.. Mckinley, whether he
means to help Quay or not,
as he found QUAY decidedly
"uppish" towards the admin
istration while he was in the
Senate.
The administration W a
very particular to have the
| widest circulation given to
the report OF the Beef Court
of inquiry, but it is now dis
covered that all the $780,,
1000 set aside to pay for the
Inquiry has been used up
and has ordered work stop
: nod IN thp nrintinu of tha tes
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1899-06-08
PROFESSIONAL.

W. b. COUNCILL, NJ. D.
Boone, N. G.
Resident Physician Office
on King Street north ofPost
Office.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1899-06-08

1t is a practically settled
fact that Ashevllle will soon
have an ostrich farm to add
to her large and vared list OF
attractions and Industries. A
Y. Pearson, who was at one
time a resident of Asheville,
lie having recovered n s
health at the Winyah santa
rum, and who has Of. La t e
years conducted an ostrich
farm in California, will estab
lish a branch farm near this
city.-Gazptte.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1899-06-08
look as though that conven-
ton was correct.

look as though that conven-
ton was correct.
Secretary Alger has p e n
putting his foot in it again.
Several davs ago he caused
the order to be issued by the
War Department, instruct
lug the Military authorities
in Cuba to give clearances to
Cuban vessels under the Gu
ban flag, and at the s a IN e
time stating that the vessels
flying the Cuban flag would
not be under American pro-
lection. As there is no Cuban
government, there can be no
recognized Cuban flag: hence
the OF der strikes the average
man as ludicrous. Somebody
called Mr.. McKinley's atten-
ton to the ORDER and he di-
rected that it be referred to
the Attorney General for an
opinion. This opinion, 1t is
expected, will knock the Or
der out. 1t might answer for
Cuban vessels to gofrom one
Cuban port to another, un.
der such a clearance, but in
any port outside of Cuba,
the masters of such vessels
would be at anybody's mer.
cy; they would have no Con,
snl to appeal to in case of un
just treatment OF any sort,
and no standing ir any court
of Admiralty. Al ger s special
ty appears to oe doing t h e
wrong thing.
The Dewey home fund is
not growing as fast az it
might. 1t did not reach the
$4,000 mark until o.day.
Unless it gets a move on, ii
will not be bigenough to buy
a Washington house by the
time Dewey ge,s home.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-06-09

alone, her husband joining in the
chase, the same negro, with remark
able nerve, entered the Ward home
again and made the second attempt at
assault. This time he tore h clothes
from Mrs. Ward, blu she managed TO
secure her pistol and shot h negro
four times. Mrs. Ward says she saw
the negro f~V several times while run
ming from the houses Bloodhounds
from OpellKa have been t~elegraphed
for. 1t not already dead from the
wounds it is expected the negro will
be lynched."
This is very d-iscouraging reading.
With such scoundrels and beasts to be
roaming around hunting victims where
is there safety for women or even for
men? Country life has become one of
constant peril. No mans home is safe
when he is separated from other homes,
and desperadoes and lustful rapists
prowl to raven and destroy.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-06-09
TNaygyWoMe~,s
ErutlIuQe
[LE7rER TO xzs. no. z6,zssI

l-EAA ~ 49, ~ NJ <OslOOl
"DEAR MRS. p!SKHAM-I have many,
many thanks to give YOU for what YOU
Vegetable Co,D~cund Eas done for me.
Af4ec first ccGIaernenv ! was sick for
nine years :. 4 r.oia?sus Of the womb,
had pain = ? sl!s. :. snail of back.
q great de- OF h~caA+,..., p~alpitation
of heart and leu~corrhea. l felt so
weak and tired that / could not do my
work. / became pregnant again and
took your Compound all through, and
now have q sweet baby girl. never
before had such IN easy time during
labor, and I feel It was due to Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. I
am now able to do my work and feel
better than 1 have for years. cannot
thank You enough Mrs. Ed. Ell
LNGER. DEvISE, TEX.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-06-09
vsoLEnCE AND OUTRAGE.

If any one dreams that crimes among
negroes in the south is on the decrease
let him wake up and read the papers.
1t is said in condemnation of ~lynchings
that they do not deter criminals. But
how can one know that? BUT for the
prompt action of Judge Lynch they
might be five-fold as many as they
now are or have been. If the recent
fresh outbreak Of rapes continue there
ris no saying what will be the output.
We cop this weeks record in part
only:
Mrs. r. H.. Hubbard was murdered
by negroes last Monday in Alabama.
Mr.. Hubbard was seriously wounded.
An aged man and wife were murdered
by negroes in Texas.
On the 9Th instant (Monday) Mrs.
Vicey Edgerton, living near Bailey,
Ga. was outraged by a negro. He has
been captured and in Jail.
Then on Monday it was telegraphed
from Columbus, Ga, as follows:
IAN unknown negro made an at
tempt yesterday to assault Mrs. David
Ward, who lives three miles west OF
Glraro. MRS. Ward defended herself
with a pistol and sent two bullets af-
ter the frightened wretch. While a
posse was securing the woods today to
find the negro. leaving Mrs. Ward
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-06-09

How TO Prevent the Horrible Crimes
Committsd by that Raee-An Address
bv Judge Speer.

~ y ~
bv Judge Speer.
Macon, Ga, June The b~accalau-
r te address delivered to the law class
OF Mercer university this morning by
Judge Emory Speer was remarkable
in he selection of the question dealt
with before such an audience. Judge
Speer devoted his whole time for half
an hour TO a denunciation of the views
and the attitude OF the white people OF
the south, and especially OF this state,
toward the negro as a result OF the
commission Of the many awful crimes
against white women.
The speaker said that the ~unish-
ment of the criminal must be kept
within the bounds of civilization and
within the pale of the law and the
courts. The contrary course, he said.
is debassing and effective only in delay
ing final correction and prevention. In
emphatic one and gesture Judge
Speer said:
Il solemnly assert before this dis
tinguished audience with a full knowl-
edge of the import Of what | say, that
the crimes that have so infiamed the
white people OF this country against
the negro race are foreign to these
people, whom l have known and loved
since my childhood and whom ! will
know and love until my eyes are closed
in death. The negroes themselves
must assist the whites in hunting down
and arresting the outcasts in order that
they may remove the onus of the
charge that they are in sympathy. The
~constabulary force of the state in the
co ntry districts should be made eff
cient.
THE judges OF the superior courts
must be selected from the highest in
telfigence and moral character OF the
state. Rewards should be promptly
offered, and above all things that Sec
ton of the code which provides against
any expression of opinion by a judge
in charging in criminal cases and which
expression constitutes an error OF
which the supreme court must grant a
new trial, should be repealed"
In conclusion Judge Speer said that
tn cunning of the law represented by
the young men just graduated must
find a way to remove the only cloud
that now obscures the sunlight Of hap
piness and prosperity in which the
state would otherwise be bathed.
The board of trustees Of Mercer uni
versity this morning conferred the de-
gree of Ii. D., on Judge Emory Speer.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-06-09
KEFLECIlONS In HONORING
GREAT MEN.

The north keeps days for public OBJ
servance, and certain states have spe-
cial days that belong to them. The
Messenger has urged that the Goth
day Of May be observed generally in
North Carolina in honor of the patriots
who signed the Mecklenburg Declara-
ton of independence on hat day in
1770, at Charlottetown. If our people
were more regardful of the memories
of the greatest of North Carolinians
it would have a day for commemor-
ating. We may celebrate the 4th Of
July, if we will, of the 22nd Of Febru-
airy, the birth day of Washington, or
the birthday of h peerless Robert Ed
ward Lee, 18th Of January, but North
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-06-09

Report by Secretary Of state Board Of
Healeh-A serious outbreak I'm Norshs
eastern Counties Next Winter Feared.
North Carolinians I'm Cuba-Re.tr.in>
Ing Order Against Corporatfon Come
mission.
Messenger Bureau,

Messenger Bureau,
Raleigh, n. c., June Z.
DR.. Richard II. Lewis. secretary OF
the state board Of health, today com
pleted his special report on smallpox.
The first case occurred at Wilmington
January 1. 1898, and from that time
up TO May 1st there were GIG cases in
h state. There were seventeen deaths.
The death rate among whites was 5
per cent. which is quite large consid-
ering that the epidemic is OF so light
rate Is Ia per cent. The greater num-
Der of cases originated in Virginia and
South Carolina; and the disease is
lar worse in the rural sections of
northeastern North Carolina. The con-
dition OF that part of the state is be-
yond description.
DR.. Joshua Tayloe is appointed a
smallpox inspector and is now in Cur
rituck county. He has been in Gates.
In the latter county no less h thir-
ty families are infected. The county
refuses to have a superintendent of
health. The people infected are doing
nothing. They refuse to permit disin-
fection or the destruction Of infected
clothing. As a result, DIR. Lewis looks
Tor a PAD epidemic when cold weather
comes. The carelessness of the people
there is laying up the seeds of this
dreadful disease. To show the ignor-
ance Of people regarding smallpox
they are saying that the disease is NOT
smallpox.
The state today chartered the Ke-
Evansville Telephone Company, with
! right to extend lines in Duplin county
The p~enitentiary superintendent, Cap
tain w. II. Day, has appointed DR..
anne Mckee physician, though DR.. J.
r. Rogers term does not expire until
September LIST. DIR. Rogers will insti-
tute suit, of course.
! Captain J.. T. Gardner, of Shelby,
: commanding a company of h First
regiment, will return to Cuba in Au-
gust or September. He says there are
scores of North Carolinians scattered
owe the island.
On motion of Mrs. Virginia B. Mat
thews, OF New York, who owns S242, O00
OF bonds Of the Carolina Central rail
way, Judge Simonton issues an order
restraining the corporation commission
from enforcing it's order making ten
and not fifteen tons the minimum car
load of commercial fertilizers.
Today was commencement day at the
Agricultural and Mechanical college
here. The following graduated: w. D.
Alexander, Jr., I. w. Barber, j. H.
Birdsong, F. M. Foy, Kimbrough Jones,
Jr., A. S. Lyon, G. l.. Mann, o. w. My
ers, E. L. Parker, E. G. Person, F. E.
Sloan, Mark Squires, A. P. Steele, w
A. Syme, Hugh Ware, Claude B. Will
1iamS
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-06-09

Washington, June 6.-The weekly
summary OF crop conditions issued by
the weather bureau today says in part:
In New England, New Jersey. Colorado
New Mexico and over the greater part
of the southern states. drought gener-
ally prevails, while the states or the
Missouri, the upper Mississippi n the
Ohio valleys have suffered from exces-
sive rains and local storms in some
sections. In the principal corn states,
the conditions have been more favor
able for this staple thaQ In the pre-
ceeding week. although mas
been extensively retarded as a result
Of excessive rains in the Missouri, CEN
trail Mississippi and Ohio valleys, and
planting delayed in portions of illinois
Iowa and North Dakota In Nebraska,
Kansas, Oklahoma, Kentucky. Tonnes
see and over the greater part OF TIE
middle Atlantic states, corn is gerser-
ally in a promising condition and is
well cultivated, but over the greater
part OF the southern states. 1t is suffer
ing for rain.
The harvesting OF winter wheat Is
quite generally in progress In the
southern states, some having been cut
as far north as Tennessee and Arkan-
sas, the yields being generally light;
harvesting will begin in the central
Mississippi and lower Ohio valleys dur
ing the coming week. The reports
show no improvement OF the crop in
Missouri, but the effects Of the wealth
er of the past week have been as a rule
favorable in the Ohio valley and mid
die Atlantic states.
Dat harvest continues in the southern
states and light yields are generally
indicated. In Illinois and Iowa, the
crop is making too rank growth. Some
seeding remains to be done in the Red
River of the North valley.
In the Carolinas and Georgia, the
condition Of cotton is very favorable,
the crop being well cultivated and it's
growth satisfactory, but in the last
named state it would be improved by
general rains. In the central portion
of the cotton belt the early planted
is making fair growth, but rain is
greatly needed, especially for germina-
ton Of the late planted. In Texas cot
ton is generally doing well but would
be improved by rains In the central and
southern portions.
The generous rains of the past week
in Ohio valley, Maryland and Virginia,
have afforded excellent opportunity for
transplanting tobacco, which work has
been rapidly pushed. The crop is
greatly improved in Florida, and it's
condition in North Carolina is quite
satisfactory. In South Carolina, tobac-
co is suffering from drought and in
sects, and the latter are also causing
injury in portions Of Virginia and Ten
nessee.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-06-09

Washington, June 6.-The gunboat
Machias with the tugs Potomac and
Piscataqua will leave New York In q
few days with the new drydock in
tended for the naval station at Pensa-
cola, Fla, In tow.
The Detroit sailed today from Grey
town for Key West. From that port
ste will come straight to Washington
she brings the remains of the late DAN
lei MacAuley. who died In Nicaragua,
about two years ago.
The Vixen has already arrived at
Bluefelds to take the place OF the De-
troit on that post.