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VOL. XI
WATAUGA COUNTY, N. C THURSDAY, FEBBUAItY,JU899.
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Your heart btrits ever cne bun
ded thousand times each day.
One hundred thousand supplier, of
good or bad blood to your brain.
Which lis it?
If bad, Impure blood, then your
brain aches. You are troubled
with drowsiness yet cannot sleep.
You are as tired in the morning
as at night. You have no nerve
power. Your food does you but
little good.
Stimulants, tonics, headache
will. It makes the liver, kidneyl,
skin and bowels perform their
proper workr" It removes all im
purities from the blood. And it
makes the blood rich in its life
giving properties.
To Hasten
Recovery.
You will be more rapidly cured
if you will take a laxative dose of
Ayer's pills each night. They
arouse the sluggish liver and thus
cure biliousness.
I-
Write to our Doctors.
We have' the exclusive irvleei of
mmd of tho moat eminent jihyfllciitns In
the Unlt4 8mt... Write trocly ull the
particular m joiircmo.
Adurcaa, UK. J. C. AYETt,
PROFESSIONAL.
VV. B.COITNCILL, .lit.
Attounhv at La a.
Boone, N. C.
W. B. C()UN(:ILLTm" IT"
Booiie N. (
Resident Physician Office
V'vKitig Street iiorth of Post
Office.
fc. K. LOVlLL. J. 0. FLICTCHEK.
Wii & FLETOHER.
ATWlMbYtiArLXW,
BOONE, N.
tfiB'Sppri'll attention glvvb
io the rollctiou oichums."
WILLIAM It. LOVILL.
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Sutherlands, N. (
i Practices in the State and
Federal courts.
Dr. J. M. 1100SHEAI),
Cancer Spsciaiist
If
BANNER'S ELIt. . C
ftb Knite; .'o limning Out.
t Highest references and eiidors
OientH of prouiiiiei t persons suc
cessfully treated in Va., Tenn.
and N. C. Kemvndtrr that there
rsm?1ime too boo; to put rid ol
a cancerous rrowth no matter
liow small. lOxatniiiaiion ( free,
letters p.nswnvtl proni))t!y, and
satisfaction p u a ra n t e m i .
NOTICE
. llavitip: qualified as Adminis
tratrix of L. L. (jtepiip, dccciiHed,
late of Watatfjra County, N. C,
this is to lKilily all persons hav
ing claims upainst. the estate of
the deceased to exhibit tlieia to
the u ndersi ried within twelve
.mouths from the date ot this no
tice or it will be plead ,in .bar of
their recovery. All persons iudebt
ed to said estate will please niuke
bnniediate payment. Pte. lo, 1)8
Mattie J. Greene. Arinrx.
NOTICE.
Having, qualified as adininis
trator ol Pinkuy Uuderwood
deceased, oil nelsons having
claims against his estate are no
tified to ipiesent the same (buy
B
H nnwders. cannot curs vou: but
authenticated within 12 months
lrom the date of this notice, pr it
will be plead in bar of thoir recov
e'ry. This Jan. 2, 18'JS).
CJ; CoTTlLLi'Adoi'r'.
WASHINGTON LETTER.
0
Frohi our Regular Correspondent.
Anti-Jmppriiilisti(! s e n t i-
iiu'iit will navH fuil swing in
the SeDittH tli is week, as w,w
l.v evfr.v Senator who oppo.s-
t'H and who lias not already
Hpokf'ii apaiiiHt imperialism,
liasiTn notice of intention
to ni)M;k. The treaty of
Peace will he voted upon
Ftn. Gth, and the cliances fa-
vor its ratniiration, necause
nolhinp; would he trained by
vejctin;;- it. A motion to re
consider would he made by
one of its friends, and it
would require h majority to
table it. That majority its
opponents have not. So, if
it were rejected Feb. Oth, all
Mr. McKinley would have to
do would be to call an extra
session of the Senate, i n
March, when it would be
promptly ratified.
Within the last week, Mr.
McKinley has been personal
ly harshly criticised in both
House and Senate, and in
eacli body one of his critics
wa n republiea!i. In the
House, Representatives Jer
ry Simpson, and Johnson,
of Ind., jumped on him for
bowing to thepubiicopinion,
right or wrong; and in the
Senate, Senators Gorman
and Hoar gave him fitsfor de
clining to furnish the Senate
with copies of .the instruct
ions given to the Peace Com
missioners.
Senator tiornian has never
posed as an alarmist, but he
never tears to sona k cue
truth because it may be a
larming. Just before the Sen
are passed the regular pen
sion appropriation bill, which
carries S 145,000,000, Mr.
aornian made a speech, call
ing attention to the fact tha
althougb it was estimated
that the war with Spain
would add 50,000 names to
the pension roll, unless our
troops were recalled from the
tropics before the sk'kly sea
son, no provision, whateyer,
bad been made in the bill for
the increase. Mr. Gorman
concluded with this signiti
cant prediction: "Within
three years from this date.
the pension rcYII will amount
to $105,000,000. If you add
to that, the cost of maintain
ing your army (onethousand
dollars a man), th? Am?ri
ean republic will in the year
1900, expend more for its
army and pensioners than
any other nation on ths face
of the earth, That is a tact,
which the American people
will have to face, and they
ought to know now, in ad
vance, what is coming to
them, if the schemes and proj
ects which are being forced
upon us are carried out."
The attempt of the republi
cans to get democratic sup
port for the Hull bill, which
will be voted upon tomorrow,
by amending it so as to make
any inciease of the regular
army above 50.000, discre
tionary with the President,
vvas not a success. It made
no r'pnl change. The demo
crats proved by their votes
for the first appropriation
that they were not afraid to
trust the President, but that
did not chauge the principle
of the party against the con
centration of authority in
the hands. of one man. Such
concentration does no harm
i
as long as the right man ex
ercises the authority, but
who can say when the wrong
man will come along? The
change was not made for ef
fect in the House, where part
nership will put the bill
through, but in the Senate,
where its fate will be very
much in doubt, unless the
support o f Senators, who
are now inclined to oppose it
can be secured. The subter
fuge was so palpable that
Representative Loud, ofCal.,
a republican, made a hot
Hpeecli against it, plainly tell
ing his party associates that
they could not hope to catch
suckers with such a bare
hook.
(Jen. Miles is still piling up
evidence, official and unoffic
ial, that the beef furnished
our soldiers in Cuba and Por
to Rico, was unfit to eat. He
has already about convinced
everybody, except the mem
bers of the administration,
and of the War Investigating
Commission, that His charge
was true, but they seem de
termined lo stick to it that
the beef vvas good.
Secretary Alger put anoth
er slight upon Gen. Miles in
connection with the finding
of the Kagan court-martial.
The army regulations pro
vide that tne nnding ot a
court-martial shall be for
warded to the Secretary of
War through the command
ing general of the army, but
Alger instructed the Judge
Al vacate to ignore Miles and
hand the rinding to him di
rectly, and it was done
While nobody outside the
Uourt and omciais can swear
what the verdict was, every
truly is certain tliat it was
guilty, and that the sentence
was dismissal from the army,
In handling this verdict, Mr,
McKinley would better bt
careful or he will sign his own
political death warrant; the
people have decided that La
gan should be punished, and
if Mr. McKinley exercises his
authority to shield him, he
will find that he may have
the punishment to bear him
self. ,
Senator Butler, in present
ing a resolution of the North
Carolina legislature for the
election of Senators, by vote
of the people, called atten
tion to this being the twenty
fourth legislature to adopt
such a resolution, and said
that a constitutionalamend
ment ought to be at once a
dopted, citing the several ex
isting deadlocks and scand
als in legislatures as an ar
gument in its favor.
Monroe Jonrnal: Another
eminent physician has come
to the front. He sas that
appendicitis, the dreaded dis
ease that so often occurs now,
is produced by the habit men
have of sitting cross-legged.
This he sajs restricts the ac
tion of the digestive appar
atus, and especially the low
er intpstine, causing stagna
tion and the stretchingofthe
opening of the appendix. As
proof he cites the fact that
women seldom ha ve the' dis
ease.' .
OBITUARY.
.Che subject of .this sketch
was born in 1823 in Cock
county, Tenn., and was mar
ried to J . Calton Coffey in the
year 1846. She professed
faith in Christ at the early
age of 1 G; joined the Baptist
church and was baptized in
the limpid waters of Pigeon
river, and lived a consistent
christian . life for 00 long
years. She was the mother
of 3 sons and 4 daughters,
nil of whom are married and
have large families. She was
the mother, grandmother,
and greatgrandniother of a-
bout 82 children. Aunt Nan
cy, as we called her, was
stricken with paralysis on
Jan. (S'th, 1809,anddied Jan.
14th, 1809, at 11:10-a. m.
Sh" bore up under thestrong
u.'iisp ot tne larai disease
without a murmuring word.
About four weeks before her
death she converged freely
with her friends and her aged
uisband upon the subject of
religion, telling them tliat
lcr stay here was to be short.
but assuring them that she
was ready and willing to de
part. She told her many
riends that she was going
home to glory, where sick
ness and death and pain are
not known, where Christ with
His own sot hand would
wipe all tears away.
Thus another fireside i s
made lonely by the rude
hand of death, another seat
is vacant in thechurch house.
Sons and daughters can no
more meet mother here on
earth, no more will they bask
in her smiles; no mother to
speak words of comfort, no
mother to fan the fever, heat
ed krow; she has crossed the
river. A word to the aged
husband and weeping friends;
cast all your troubleHon Him
who is able ard willing to
bear them all for us, for He
has said in His word, "Come
unto me all ye that labor
and are heavy laden and I
will giye you resf." Blessed
thought that wehaveafriend
that will help us to bear our
sorrows and burdens.
Wm. Flrou.
A Useful Invention.
Mr. J. II. Horton, formerly of
this county, but now of North
Wilke.sboro. has invented and
patented a Station and Wr, re
house Truck, that is said to be a
great success, find one that is
calculated to bring in quite a lot
of revenue to the inventor. The
Raleigh Post of recent dale had
a lengthy article (illustrated) on
the many uses and advantages
of the Truck, showing its very
great superiority over any that
has ever yet been brought to use.
The Tost says in part; "It is a
great time und labor saver tor
which tho entire business world is
Kecking." The truck is far use in
depot s, stores, a nd othe r business
houses where heavy boxes and
barrels are to be handled, It is
said that a boy 11 years old can
load a sugar barrel weighing 3.j5
pounds with this new invention.
Mr. Horton is to be congratula
ted on his inventive talent, and
we hope that his sales may reach
iully up to his expectations.
Henderson Gold Leaf: Let
us have the tax receipt le
quisite as one of the qualifi
cations to voting oy a i
means. It is u righteous and
a just law and would vastly
increase the revenues.
letter from Taylorsvlllc, N. C
Editor Democrat.
Thinking a few hnes from
this place would be of some
interest, I will endeavor to
give a few items.
The weather has been very
disagreeable here since Christ
nras and the roads are in a
yery bad condition.
Court has been in session
this week. It was attended
very largely on Monday and
Tuesday, and the usual crowd
of horse traders were here.
The school is makinggreat
progress at this place. There
are about 225 enrolled at
present, and t no number in
creases almost every day.
The classes are all arianged
now, am' the students are all
at work. Prol. White, the
President of the College, is
an energetic man, and works
for the interest of his school.
Girls and boys who want to
get an education would do
well to attend this school.
Taylorsville is situated on
one of the spurs of the Bru
shy mountains. On a cleat
day you can see the Grand
father mountain from sever
al places in town.
There are five churches,
Baptist, Methodist, Presby
terian, Associate Reform
and Lutheran. The moral
influence of tbe town is un
surpassed. The health of the commun
ity is especially good and na
ture has endowed this place
with everything conducive to
the healt h and happiness of
mankind. ,
P. E. H HUMAN.
Our law makers are a t
work pretty hard in Raleigh
A good deal ci tune is con
sumtd in discussing the es
tublisbment of dispensaries
in various parts of the State
and the sentiment seems
right much divided as f.e ad
visibility of chartering these
establishments. A great ma
ny bills are being introduced
daily and laws are amended
a nd'repea led , a nd if this t hi ng
keeps on it will be "agin'1 the
law for a man to kiss his own
wife after tbe legislature ad
journs. Lenoir News.
Asheyille Citizen: Collector
Harkius receive.! a letter
from an aspirant totheollice
of deputy collector, which
created considerable amuse
ment. The writer .notified
the collector that a certain
deputy on the force was ill
and that there was a proba
bility of his dying, in view
of this probability be offered
himself as ready to take the
sick man's position when
death created the vacancy
A substitute for gold is
now being made which con
tains 94 parts copper to six
parts antimuiiy. When the
antimony is added to the
melted copper a small n-
mount of magnesium and
corbonate of lime are also
added to make the alloy
more dense. It c a n b
wrouirht and polished to
look very much like gold at
a cost of 24 cents a pound.
t.
Y ILMIXGTOX 18 BOOH t O
have a large silk factory. It
will be established by Ash
ley and Bailey of New Jersey.
CABVOXIIA.
ft. ti a The Kind You Have Urn $vi$i
Resolutions of Respeof. M
Whereas, God in his provh
dence has taken from oilc
Sunday schooK q u r ; Jittlb
friend and member,, Lydia
Fletcher, who departed this
life pndi crossed the -stprrny
River of Death Jan. 15, 1899,
aged 14 years Therefore be it
Resolved, That while wej
humbly bow to the Divine
will of our Heavenly Father
who knows all things, and
who does everything for tbe
best, it was with great sor
row that we as a Sunday
school gave her up. ; (i
Resolved second, That Vfl
offer our tender By m pa thy tot
the sorrowing family and we
trust that little Lydia will be
a guiding star to lead them
and each one of us to a home
of the Saints in Glory.
Resolved 3rd, That wounds
are inflicted on our memory
when we look about us and
see the vacant scat oriceoccu
pied by, our little friend and
student.
Resolved 4th, That a copy
of this be given the bereaved
parents, also a copy be re
served in our school as a
monument of recollection; al-.
so that a copy be sent, the,
North Carolina Ad yocatc and
Watauga Democrat with re
quest to publish same.
N. L. Mast,
Addik Mast.
J. B. Houton,
Mag (he Combs,
Maggie Horton,
Committee.
Editor Robinson, of the
Daily Durham Sun, whom,
Prof. Britton, of Wilson, is
suing for $5,000 damages on
a charge of malicious libel
has been placed under a $5,-
000 bond for his appearance
at Wilson court, where the
case is io be tried. It is,
thought that this will be one
of the most interesting news
paper asos ever tried i ri
North Carolina.
President McKinley falls
back on his favorite plan qf
a commission to unload the.
Philippine problem and its.
varied bungles and blunders
and divest the responsibility
for what was the President's.
line of action. The commis
sion is intended, no doubt, to
stop congressional .-debate,
which the court circle is be
ginning to call treasonable,
but it W3n't. Pittsburg
Post.
Miss Sallie W. Stockard, of
Alamance county, is a candi
date for the position of State,
Librarian. Miss Stockard is
a graduate of Guilford Col
lege, and has the honor ot
being the first lady to grad
ante as A. B. in our State
University. It seems to us
that the position of Librar
ian co aid be filled nicely by a
lady, and if this one should
get' the position it would
only be right.
Bob Johnston, of Alexan-,
der county, attempted to
commit suicide Tuesday by
shooting himself. Dr. A.
Campbell extracted the ball,
which lodged near the shoul-,
der blade. Johnston is in
poor health and for some-,
time, it is said, had threaten
ed to take his life. Ex.
OASTOniA.
Bmw th Th8 KM I Haw Always Bostft
Sigutnr
of