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Newspaper
Watauga Democrat
Location
Boone, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1892
Page
4
A Boone based local paper from Watauga County highlighting county and state interests. This Denver area family news aper emphasizes community updates and national matters for residents of Watauga County.
A Georgia congressman and ally details behind the St Louis Third party convention. He says Southern Alliances fought the Peoples party while a plan to break the Democratic Party emerged. The platform called for legal tender notes to pay Union soldiers the difference to gold, per Knights of Labor coverage.
Jerry Simpson criticizes the People’s party while a Henderson County tragedy unfolds as John P. Jones fatally shoots his uncle L B Brookshire in the Flat Rock post office. Brookshire had faced a rape charge previously but was acquitted, fueling a long standing feud culminating in a deadly confrontation.
The North Carolina Democrats denounce a plan to place railroads under federal control as dangerous and revolutionary. They argue a sovereign cannot be sued, leaving citizens without redress for injuries or breaches, and warn the move would threaten constitutional foundations and state liberty. The editorial appeals to farmers to reject the plan.
Fragmentary lines describe a grand but failed ambition to reach celestial pinnacles amid shining constellations of arms and glory. The text laments an inability to achieve lofty goals, ending with garbled phrases and a stray name-like sequence that reads as Wilson.
James McGuire Jr. and William Jarvis clashed at Sheriff Bailey's distillery in Davie county. Jarvis drew a pistol and shot McGuire in the right breast, McGuire grabbed the pistol and fled. McGuire sought medical aid in Advance, with officials deeming his injuries not fatal. McGuire, a university graduate and Davie county treasurer's son, is well known in Winston Salem.
Governor Bob Taylor of Lennensee expresses joy in his post office travels saying he has more fun in a week than in a year in office. He declares satisfaction with leaving politics and remarks on touring the country with favorable reception and quick earnings.
Public notice records a mortgage on land in Cove Creek township Watauga County held by Jonathan Miller's son against Boone Deal hand. Dated 40th year of the 1880s, the document references Register of Deeds and a sale at the courthouse door in Boone to settle the debt with interest.
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