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Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1900-09-06
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From our Regular Correspondent


From our Regular Correspondent
lfMr. Mckinley has NO I'M
deratanding with the powers,
operating in China, his ac-
tons are difficult to explain.
Although advised by some Of
the longest headed ren in
his party, including the D. I.
s. minister to China, to take
advantage Of the opportun-s
lity to withdraw our troops
from China, now that the
l'American citizens who were
in peril are safe, and leave
those nations which are hun
Cry for Chinese territory to
settle the squabbh among
themselves. he has declined
to do so. Several days ago,
when it was announced that
all the troops now on the
1waylto China would he sent
TO Manila, it was thought
that he intended to follow
that advice; ut.within forty
eight hours it has been offic-
tally announced that : b e
| troops in China would be kept
there, and since then, the
Significant announcement
Twas made that the troops
which would go to Manila
would not 90 to take the
place of volunteers to be sent
home, hut to reinforce them,
land that no troops are to be
sent home until further no.
tice. Ii that doesn' indicate
an intention on the part CT
Mr.. Mckinley to play a fur,
ther hand in the Chinese
game. what does It Indicate +?
| Now that it has been an-
thentically announced that
ex-senator German. now at
Saratoga, will return t o
Maryland about the middle
OF September and take an ac'
tive part in the campaign un
til election day, those Repub'
|licans who have been active.
ly circulating stories OF his
lukewarmness towards Bry-
an and Stevenson must feel
that they are very clumsy
liars. 1t has never b e e n
doubted in Washington that
Mr.. German would do his full
duty towards the party that
has honOred him in the past
and that is likely to honor
1him in the future.
Evidence continues to lnul
tiply showing that Illinois
will he found in the Demo.
cratic column this year. AT
;. ter expressing his opinion tt
that effect, Mr.. W. H. Broard
OF Chicago, said: There ar
+, a number Of reasons for be-
lievIng this. but / am con
vinced that opposition tt
imperialism will have a agrea
er influence in the undoin,
OF the Republicans than thar
= any OF the other issues. Their
is a big German vote in ILL
nois, especially IN Chicago
and the Germans, almost t.
3 n man, are opposed to tn
: imperialistic policy OF th
eprese administration
d There is also a very factiona
0 fight among Illinois republ
u cans, and althoughit doesn'
" |, come much to the surface
the feeling is so strong tha
n 1t will be impossible for ther
e., ,noEo n prnnrauciv an
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1900-09-06

- S'~J V'y "SsN~A
to have those declarations
become the law OF tie land
by appropriate statutes.
The industrial and educa-
ti0nal progress Of North Car
olina will command my earn.
eat attention and Jealous
services. Its large agricul-
'tural interests will receive
my watchiul caro- and l will
ever strive to foster and pro.
-tect the same from hostile
legislation. I have endeayor-
ed, as best | could, to aid in
the agricultural, industrial
and educational development
and advancement OF our
State. | have endea vored to
aid the public and private
schools as far as I could. ]
believe, with confidence, can
accomplish more in these d.
rectlons in the enlarged field
of high official position, and
aided by my experience and
knowledge D ttract greater at
tention to the resources and
opportunities offered by our
State The general upbuild-
ing Of our Commonwealth
will command at all times
my earnest and loyal endea v
or. | shall strive to protect
our people from the dangers
and disasters of Force Bills
and preserve from Federal
interference our new Consti :
tutional Amendment, t h e
submission and adoption OF
which by such an overwhelm!
ing majority adds new glory
to the ''Old North State"
The earnest solicitations
of my old comrades in arms
have Influenced me no little
to submit my name for your
suffrages. The old Confeder-
ate Veteran realizes that the
young men OF a new genera.
tion will soon have entire
charge OF the old Ship OF
State; a few years more and
the last one of them with a
halo of precious memories
around him, will ha We fought
his last fight and departed
from the scene OF action. But
while he yet lives and linger.
in sweet and sad memories o
the glorious past, he will fee
a brighter satisfaction to b,
again represented in ou1
highest Council by one Of tn
"Boys that wore the Gray
Fellow Democrats: My ser,
ices have been yours in ever,
campaign since l became o
age; services gladly givel
without desire for, or expec
tation of reward, save onl!
the qualification of a deel
and abiding love for my ma
|. tive State, my people, m.
party and its glorious prin
ciples. My only ambition j
| to serve better my nativ
State, to aid more in it's ag
ricultural and industrial up
building and it's educationa
advancement; to promOt
. the welfare and happiness G
, it's people, and should yo1
!. choose me TO serve vouin tn
/ Senate of the United State
my loyalty and devotion t.
g my State in the past, in wa
. and in peace, can give yo1
! assurance that you shal
|. have the same measure L
both in the future.
3 Yours very truly,
), T g CARR
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1900-09-06
STATE NORMA! AND INDUSTRIAL
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Annual expenses $92 to $132.
for non-residents $152. Faculty
Of 30 members. Morethan 400
regular students. Has matric-
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presenting every county In The
State except one. Practice and
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pupils. TO secure boar1 in dormi
tories, all free, tuition applica
tlons should bs made before Aug
1st.
Correspondence invited from
those desiring competent trained
teachers.
For catalogue and other infor
nation address until Aug. 18th
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DEAN OF COLLEGE
CHAS n MnIVER pRE,IfnENT
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1900-09-06
Women as Well as Men
Are Made Miserable by
Kidney Trouble.

Kidney trouble preys upon the mind, dis
eourages and lessons ambition: beauty, vigof
The age-herald., 1900-10-15
Chinese Problem to Date.

The footing and the butchering by the allies in China, notably by the Russians and Germans, still go on, and the record of the Boxers promises to be outdone. There is no excuse for such barbarism. The Chinese do some fighting behind walls, but in the open field they are no better than so many sheep. The killing of such people is simply murder. It is not warfare, for the Chinese are not warriors They have no army as armies go. They can not fight as fighting is done nowadays. They lack every element that goes to make an army. They are absolutely defenceless
 The withdrawal of the greater part of the American troops from China does not wholly absove us from responsibility for the butcheries that are going on, for we began the business by assisting in opening Pekin and the country to the Cossacks and other butchers. The powers should come together at least to an extent sufficient to stop the indiscriminate killing and footing that is going on.
 The general situation is not clearing up as the esteemed Republican organs would have us believe. Southern China is be- coming restless and disturbed, and one power after another puts obstacles in the way of the settlement of the difficult ques- tions involved. Germany and Russia have no present intention of leaving the coun- try, and no intention at all of leaving it n- tact. Altogether nothing has been accom- plished in China by the administration save the relief of the legationers, and anything beyond that is at present very proble- nautical.
The age-herald., 1900-10-15
HOW TO ExTINGUIsH TRUSTS
the Philadelphia Times.

From the Philadelphia Times.
 If you wish to extinguish the trusts you must take the extinguisher out of the hands of the trusts This was one of MT. Bryan's sentences in his Indianapolis speech. It is but another way of saying
 that the extinguisher must be taken out
 of the hands of the Republican party. The
 trusts control the Republican party, fur
 nish it's campaign funds and in many in
 stances its candidates. To expect these
 candidates. if elected, to extinguish, or
 to try to extinguish the trusts, would
 be as sensible as to expect any man
 with an ordinary. sense of gratitude to
 kill his chief benefactor.
 Republican antitrust law remained
 a dead letter on the Federal statute books
 longer than the present Republican ad-
 mnistraton has been in office. A Repub-
 lcan Attorney General has failed conspic-
 uously to enforce the law for the exting-
 ushment of any trust; he has failed even
 to try to do so with any degree of earn
 estness and sincerity. Worse than all.
 trusts have multiplied at an astonishing
 rate under laws passed by the Legislatures of Republican states. Billions of dollars
  under cover of state laws in competitive, crushing combinations since Mckinley be- came President. The trust evil has grown to astounding proportions under the direct fostering care of Republican legislation
 and Republican official administration This recital shows the absolute futility of expecting any longer that the trust co oltrolled, trust-fostering Republican party will extinguish or even try to extinguish, the trusts. MT. Bryan's declaration that the trust extinguisher must be taken out of the hands of the trusts is merely the teachings of plain common sense If the American people are tired of trust exac- tions, if the young men of the country want a chance for successful career in the future except as the ill-paid servants of the trusts, if the great mass of the American people want something for themselves instead of bringing all their earning above bare subsistence to swell trust coffers, they will vote Mckinley out and Bryan in on election day, and put the trust extingusher in the hands of officials who will use it.
The age-herald., 1900-10-15

the selection of candidates. The party in that State is judged by what it does. not by what it promises to do, as is the case in all other countries.
 State after State is falling into line. South Carolina was long leader In politl- cal thought and action. and she is today resumlng her primaey. It will not be long before the entire convention system will be done away with. The politicians are fighting for it's retention. but in the end direct action will be demanded and secured by the people. Direct action in law mak- ing will follow to some extent, and the Democratic party Is pledged to uphold the latter whenever it is practicable The Democratic party should everywhere stand for the abolition of system that is capa- ble of Goodwater gatherings in any State and at any time. A national primary may not be held in 1904, but one certainly will be held in l90S for the people are becoming very tired of indirect action, and represen- tative bodies that represent politicians only
The age-herald., 1900-10-15
All Conventions Condemned.

When the State Executive Committee condemned the Goodwater Convention it really condemned, without intending to do so, the entire system of which it was a part The Goodwater Convention was chiefly the work and contrivance of poli- ticians who were looking out for them selves, without much regard to what the people wished or needed, and all conven- tions are conducted on that basis as a rule. There may be now and then one that is strictly representative, but it is ex- ceptional and does not modify the general nature of these devices. They are as a rule rotten, and are fast passing away.
 The people believe in direct action They prefer to speak and act fer themselves, without the intervention of professional middlemen or politicians; and in South Carolina the convention system has been altogether abolished Not a vestige re- mains, from its humbug platforms up to
The age-herald., 1900-10-15
THE SELECTION OF THE sELECTORS

From the New York Sun.
 The canvass of the ballots for admission to the Hall of Fame is disclosing some ex- traordinary things.
 What, for example, is to be thought of the literary discrimination of a president of one of the foremost universities in the land who withheld his vote from Nathaniel flaw thorne while giving it to Noah Webster, the dictionary maker?
 It is true that an ex-Presdent of the United States took the same hebetudlnous view of the comparative merits of Haw- thorne and Noah Webster. It is probable that the Hon. Grover Cleveland feels a deeper sense of personal obligation to the Photographer than to the man of imagin- alton. But that circumstance does not ren- der less astonishing the vote of President Arthur T. Hadley of Yale.
 Still more surprising is the fact that among the chosen arbiters of Fame there should have been two jurists, Chief Justice Bloomfield of South Dakota and Chief Jus tice Nichols of Louisiana, who refused as a matter of principle to vote for Hawthorne, Emerson, Irving, Longfellow or any other author, apparently on the theory that no d-d literary fellsf is entitled to grateful or reverential remembrance.
 Interest in the completion of the list by the judges is temporarily obscured by won der as to the method pursued in selecting the judges themselves.
The age-herald., 1900-10-15
Women Who Vote.

Women voted for Presidential electors in Colorado. Utah and Washington in 1896, and next month the women of Idaho will joy like privilege. making four States in which women will participate in the Presi- dential election. The list will doubtless be stil further enlarged in 1904, as none of the States that have tried it seem in cin to go back to manhood suff age alone Womanhood suffrage Is popular in the States that have it. At times in these far western States the woman vote has not been large, and it may not be large this year. But it is constant restraining in- fence that makes for better things The parties and the politicians are afraid of the woman vote, and they carefully refrain from doing anything that will call it out in force. It leads to better legislation and bet ter government, for the party that offends it a body is doomed
 But when no question is before the people of living interest to the women of a given State, the politicians simply court the man vote in former days; for they have found that in quiet times when women are not aroused by some issue that particularly appeals to them, they follow as a rule their male friends. The wife votes as her husband does, the sister as her brother, the daugh- ter as her father, and the disconnected girl as her best male friend advises In na- ii nal elections his is the rule. But in State, and particularly in local, elections the wo- man vote is perpetual warning to the cor rupt and demoralizing clements of society. It is avalanche of white papers that may overwhelm them in a single day at the polls. No one ever yet rallied the women in favor of corruption or social disorder, and no one ever will. The woman vote Is power for good wherever 1t has been tried CacaSt it Is a restraining influence. and cast it makes for the elevation of all things
The age-herald., 1900-10-15
RAsHlY BRAVE EMPEROR
From the New York World.

From the New York World.
 At Hamburg, Germany, the cornerstone of a Museum of Roman Antiquities Is shortly to be laid A feature of the eere- monies is to be a procession through the streets of Roman triumph with all fhe participants in historic costumes of the Caesarean period And Kaiser Wilhelm has volunteered to appear as an old Roman Emperor.
 Here indeed is heroism of the highest or der. MT Roosevelt's intrepid dash up San June,s gory hill was not so finely daring as this.
 The old Romans owed very little to their tailors. They dressed in loose garments with many entrances and exits. One of their ruling ideas evidently was that men s clothes should reveal rather than conceal their shapes. Especially were they de- signed to make a complete exposure of their legs.
 Alas for the effects of twenty centuries of civilizati the lower limbs of the mod ern man are not his strongest point. Legs are large as those of Pompey's day are only found now on grand square pianos and prize-fghters. That explains why so many men will not play golf nor ride bicycles-they lack the courage of their calves.
 Kaiser Wilhelm will do a rashly brave thing by exposing his untrousered legs to his subjects and inviting comparison be- tween them and the massive pillars that bore up the Romans of old In spite of the penalties for lese- ajeste they may laugh at them. And when monarch is laughed at by his lieges his throne is in peril.
The age-herald., 1900-10-15
OARS NO USES WORkIN'

By J. l.. Burke. Oars no usen dis nigger workiD very hard When he's got hunny in de white folks yard: When de possum's fat and meller, and de tater's in de row, And de yaller-legged bullet iz a-roost'n down low.
 hush yer fuss, my hunny,
 Can't ye nebber see
 De fall times gbben
 For de nigger's jubilee? Oars no usen dis nigger Twin very poor While hiz wife totes de keys to de white folks door; When de corn iz in de pastur, and de rab- bits in de grass, And de big killin' hogs iZ a-runnin' on de mas.
 hush yer fuss, my hunny,
 Cant ye nebber see
 De fall times gibben
 For de nigger's jubilee? Oars no use'n dis nigger sweat'n in de col Wid a razor in hiz pocket and a silver half a dollar: And lection time a-comin', and de candidate afoat, And payin' cash and Ticker for de hes' nig- ger vote.
 O hush yer fuss, my hurny,
 Can't ye nebber sec
 De fall times gibben For de nigger's jubilee? Oars no usen dis nigger striken ob a lick And gittin mighty tired, and feelin' sorter sick. When de pumkin's ripe and yaller, and de shote's fat and slow, And de white folks a-seepin till de early chicken-crow.
 0 hush yer fuss, my hunny, Cant ye nebber see De fall times gibben For de nigger's jubilee? Guntersville, Ala, October 13, 1900
The age-herald., 1900-10-15
DEMOCRACY AT WEST POINT

From Grams Magazine.
 A recent examination of the records of nearly 400 cadets for the past ten years shows that outside the sons Of army officers of which there were 65, TAO were sons of farmers, 115 sons of merchants 100 sons of lawyers. 37 sons of manufacturers, g sons of mechanics, 20 sons of insurance agents, 19 sons of real estate agents, IA sons of clergy men, 1S sons of editors, bankers and book keepers, 10 of druggists g of drummers, of school teachers and of dentists. Among the others almost every calling is repre- scented by the fathers of one or more.
The age-herald., 1900-10-15
A MEAN MAN

From the Indianapolis Sun.
 The man, mean at heart paused before street vender, struck a tragic attitude, and said:
 Thus do I behold you! In your veins courses the same blood as that which flowed through the veins of Leonidas, the gallant Spartan who defended the pass at Ther- mopylae; the same blood as that which re- pulsed the millions of the Persian Xerxes the same blood as that which made the Greek kingdom the center of war, art beau ty and learning! Illustrious descendant of these noble ancestors, give me bag of pop- cornr'
 And without one solitary change of facial expression the vender handed out the bag
The age-herald., 1900-10-15
Ipterco,,erj,te Athletes

New York, October 4,-The executive and advisory committee of the Intercollegiate associatio of amateur athletics of America held a joint meeting at the Fifth Avenue Hotel today.
 The following records were allowed, and standard record medal awarded in each case, the records having been made at the present games:
 A. Plaw, University of California, 16- pound hammer( 154 feet 41a inches: r. Beck. Yale, 16-pound shot bag, A feet inches Alex Grant, University of Pennsylvania two mile run, 9:51 3-5
The age-herald., 1900-10-15

Sir Thomas failed to lift the cup
 Defended by New York;
 But grosser weight he's hoisted up,
 For he's lifted" Chicago's pork.
 It is curious that Sir Thomas Lipton's second challenge for the Americas Cup is coincident with the news that he has made a corner in American pork.
 In an interview cabled from London and published on another page this morning Sir Thomas plucky yachtsman, tells of the new challenger he will build and hopefully dis cusses his chances of winning the prize next time.
 Another despatch conveys the statement of Sir Thomas, head of the big provisions company, that he controls practically all the pork in the United States today. He adds that he has no desire to make an inordinate profit on his pork, and, in fact let some go the other day to save a few threatened failures"
 This must be reassuring to Chicago spectators caught short of the com- modity, and, in fact, the price yesterday was unchanged, being nominally $16 a bar rel for october delivery. This sS.50 higher than it two weeks ago. Those who can wait for their pork can buy it In Chicago to be delivered in November or January for about $l15O which is just what it commanded a fortnight ago.
 Thus it appears that it is only in con- tracts which must be filled within the next twenty days-"October pork'-that there IS anything like squeeze. Owing to the rise in all commodities and the export demand for provisions caused, by military needs, pork as long ago as last spring reached nearly $14 barrel, so that Sir Thomas ''corner'' seems to be a mild one and not to be compared with a real Chicago corner, like that of thirteen years ago, for in stance, when pork rose from less than SIP in January to $24 in May, and fell to s1i in few days.
The age-herald., 1900-10-15

these prayers were always said just after the cook had served breakfast, and by the time the prayers were over breakfast was always cold Tben MT. Hodge to console her for this would lay the family Bible oil her plate and recommend that she read a chapter instead of eating the cold chops. Mrs. Hodge is certainly entitled to di- vorce. No one should be forced to say prayers on an empty stomach
The age-herald., 1900-10-15
Colt

From the Boston Journal. s,
 T tell you, golf is going to besthe saliva ton of the nation. It is going to make athletic men and women out of our puny offsprings, and lengthe our days by de- cades"
 But our ancestors didn't go in for golf"
 And where ere they now? Dead! All deadr' -57.,,-s l. :.
The age-herald., 1900-10-15
sOLILOQUIES OF AN OLD MAID

A newly married man looks about as brave as a sheep-killing dog.
 A mans happiest moments are when he is kicking at something his wife has done.
 The biggest bore a woman has to endure Is the escort who tries to explain every thing in the play.
 Men kiss the baby for its mothers sake.
 The paramount question with some men Is how to make glass of beer and sand wich answer for a square meal. t-
 The biggest rogue is easily deceived by A little rogue.
The age-herald., 1900-10-15
OUR HORSES AND MULES ABROAD

From the Chicago Record.
 During the year ended June 30, 1900, we sent to Africa 1O,2 ,220 horses and 43.34O mules. Most. of them were used in the British army.
The age-herald., 1900-10-15
Enur States Will Decide Ii.

The doubtful states are Delaware, llli- nols Indiana, Kansas, New York, oho,, South Dakota and West Virginia. These states cast 12l votes, and no one knows how any one of them will go
The age-herald., 1900-10-15
USED IT BEFORE BOILING

From the Pittsburg Dispatch.
 The ar rnouncement that the man who jumped into the Monongahela river last week now has typhoid fever is calculated to confirm suspicious as to the deieterious effects of the river water.
The age-herald., 1900-10-15

Young Vanderbilt carries a full dinner pail whether his colleagues do or not
The age-herald., 1900-10-15

If Dom Pauls old hat box Is worth $125, his new one must be a bonanza.
The age-herald., 1900-10-15

This is not a landslide year. Every foot of ground has to be fought for.
The age-herald., 1900-10-15

General Apathy will be routed in Indiana when the slush fund is distributed
The age-herald., 1900-10-15

Grover Cleveland is in the open now, very near the Republican camp.
The age-herald., 1900-10-15

Medley expects his case to be mol pressed after the election is over.
The age-herald., 1900-10-15

Nothing less than Marconfs telegraph system can carry relief to Peary, and then  nothing more substantial than election news could be sent him.