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an VOL. XL BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, N. C THURSDAY, MABCH, 30, 1899. NO. 13. .lie A Whlskay Drummer. A whiskey drummer who has sold the liquor for twenty -five years past, Htood in the Globe Hotel the ot ler day and made a speech that ought to make ev ery temperance man shake hands with him. He saiit: '"In this section ot the country the sale of whiskey is decreasing every yen r. We Bell less o 1 i t. wi t h each succeeding year. People have quit drinking. It is no long er considered a good form to swill it. A drunken man is a dis grace. A tippler cannot hold u job anywhere that is respectable and progressive. The railroads won't have him. nei flier will any body else. The sentiment is get ting stronger against it all the time. The teacher, the preacher, and the paper are all creating sentiment, against hard drinking. In twenty years from now the whiskey problem will have solved Itself. Beer, soda water, lemon ade, milk shake, and other light beverages have crowded it out ot the saloon and drug store int the uieahine chest of the doctor." Centralia Courier. Aclse? In constant pain when oni ,your feet; la that dragging, pulling Bensation with you from morn till night 7 Why not put the medicine exactly on the disease ? Why not apply the cure right toi :the spot itself 7 You can do it with Immediately after the Plaster is applied, you feel lits warming, soothing in-SI fluence. Its healing remedies! quickly penetrate down deepl into the' inflamed tissues. Pain is quieted, soreness is re- I lievnd rind st.rfino'th irrmRrtad. I No plaster was ever made like It No plaster ever acted so quickly and thoroughly. No plaster ever bad such complete control over all kinds ot palo. Placed over the chest it is a powerful aid to AVer's Cherry Pectoral; relieving congestion and drawing out all inflammation. tor ui.i rr am puroaiKT. J. 0. ATFR CO.. Lowell. Mui. PROFESSIONAL. B. COUNCILL, Jk. Attorney at Lay. Boone, N. C. W. B. COUNCILL, M. B Boone, N. C. Resident Physician Office on King Street north of Post Office. E. F. LOV1LI,. J. C. FLETCHER. I OViLL & FLETCHER. ATLOlLVhYSATLAW, BOONE, N. C. 8ST Special attention given to the colletion ofclaims." Dr. J. M. HOGSHEAD, Cancer Specialist, BANNER'S ELK. N. C Ao Kniie; No Burning Out. Highest references and endors ments of prominent persons suc cessfully treated in Va., Tenn. and N. C. Remember that there is no time too boon to get rid ol a cancerous growth no matter how small. Examination free, letters answered promptly, and satisfaction guaranteed. 0 W Nek PUBLIC ROAD LAW FOB WATAU GA CODXTY. (Continued from last week.) Sec. 24. That it shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to place and operate any steam saw mill within one hundred and fifty feet ol any public road or turnpike, and it shall be un lawful for any person firm or corporation to erect and op erate any water mill with overshot or undershot wheels within one hundred and fifty feet of any public road or turnpike unless t?uch wheel is protected from wight of pub lie road by proper screen or covering, Provided, that where water mills using such wheels aie now constructed, and aie being operated with in the limits aforesaid, it shall be the duty of the own er thereof to provide screen or covering for such wheels within ninety days after the passage of this act. Anyone violating any of the provis ions of this spclion shall be guilty of a disdemeanor. Sec. 25. The Board o f County Commissioners shnP not establish or order the laying out of any public road or discontinue or alter such road, unless upon petition in writing, and unless it appear to the Board that every per son over whose land the said road may pass shall have had twenty days notice of the intention to file such pe tition, the same shall be filed in the office of the clerk of the Board until the succeeding meeting of the Board and notice thereof be posted dur ing the same period at the court house door at which meeting the Board shall hear the allegations set forth in the petition: and if sufficient reason be shown the Board shall order the laying out, or discontinue o r niter said road as the case may be. Spc. 26. In all applications provided for in the preceding section, the Board of County Commissioners may direct how and by whom the costs shall bo paid: and any person may appeal to the Superior court at term time, and if any person shall appeal from the board on such petition, he shall give bond to the op posing party in a reasonable sum before such Board of Commissioners, and the Sn perior court at term shall hear the whole matter anew, and where any proceeding is instituted to lay out, estab lish, alter or discontinue pub lic roads and the said pro ceeding is carried to the Su perior court in term time by appeal or otherwise, the par ties to said proceeding' shall be entitled to have every is sue of fact joined in said pro ceeding tried in the Superior court in term time by jury, and from the judgment of the Superior courieitherpar ty may appeal to the Su preme court as is provided in other cases of appeil. Sec. 27. All roads and a mendinents thereto shall be laid out by a road surveyor and two freeholders to be appointed by the Board of County Commissioners at the time the order is made for the laying out of said road, and the said Board shall cause the said surveyor and freeholders to be served with a copy of said order within ten days after their appoint meat and the said surveyor and freeholders ho shall act as his assistant's in mak ing the survey and making the grade for said road, shall within thirty days after no tice of their appointment, un less hindered by sickness, bad weather, or other unavoid able circumstances, meet up on the line designated in the order, and after beingsworn, proceed to lay out and grade said road to the greatest ad vantage to the public and in habitants of the neighbor hood, and with as little prej udice as may be to lands and inclosnres, and the said sur veyor and freeholders shall on oatn ascertain and assess su-;h damage as private per sons may sustain and in as sessing such damages they shall take into consideration any advantage which may accrue to the owners of the land over which said road may pass, and nil damages by them assessed shall be deemed a county charge: Pro vided, that where da mages is claimed and thesurveyorand freeholders shall be interest ed or of kin, a Justice of the Penca ol the township, and two freeholders not of kin, shall make said assessment, Provided, further that i n aying out said road thesaid surveyor shall not make his grade steeper than one foot in ten in any case, and then not exceeding a distance of fifty yards in one place, and after the surveyor and free holders shall have completed their survey, and ascertain ed and mnde their assess ments of damage to the dif ferent land owners, they shall within ten days make a re port of their proceedings to the Board tf County Com missioners and said report shall specify the grade on each particular part ol road, the approximate distance of thegiade, and the amount of damages, and for whose benefit the same was assess ed, which report shall be filed with the Clerk cf the Board. and if no exceptions are filed to .said report withing ten days, the same shall be con firmed by said Board. The said road surveyor shall be allowed two dollars per day for his services, and the free holders one dollar per day each for their services, but if exceptions to thereport shall be filed, the said board shall hear the same at their next meeting, and if said excep tions shall raise the point as to the location and grade, the said Board shall order another sui vey of said road if sufficient cause be shown, and if said second survey shall be ascertained by said Board to be more practicable and useful to the public and inhabitants of the neighbor hood, the same shall be a- dopted and the county shall pay the costs, otherwise the party to whose instance said suryey is made shall be ad justed to pay the costs of said second Burvery, rrovia ed uo second survey shall be ordered until the person ask ing it gives, good bond to pay costs in case such sur vey is not a i opted. Sec. 28. Whenever any road has been laid out and established i n accordance with the preceeding section, it shall be the duty of the Board of County Commis sioners to appoint one or more overseers with a suffic ient number of hands to con struct and open said road on the grade and it shall be the duty of said Board to cause a copy of the orders of ap pointment to be served on such overseer within twenty days of hisappointment.and said orders shall designate the boundary from which said hands shall be taken, or or shall embody the names of the bands liable to work on said roads, Provided, that no hand shall ba required to work outside of his own town ship except on a bridge over a stream dividing one town ship from another, or where he may be required to do so by special act of the Legisla ture and in no case shall he be required to work more than four days in one year. Sec. 29. Whenever any per son desires to change a road from one part of his land to another part, heshalllay out thesameand after putting it on as good grade, and in such good condition as high ways are directed to be, shall apply to a Justice of the Peace who thereupon shall notify the overseer of the road, and summons two free holders to meet on the prem ises at a given day: and the said freeholders, being duly sworn, shall with the Justice view and examine carefully the road which is proposed in place of the other and all matters and facts tending to show whether the change should b e allowed. They shall report in writing sub scribed by them, theresultof their consideration to the next meetinc of the Board of Supervisors, which may con firm or reject their report, Provided, that such Justice and freeholders shall be dis interested in the land and not of kin to the applicant, and said grade not steeper or heavier than the original road was. Sec. 30. The Board of Su pervisors of the township within ten days after the ad journment of t h e Board, shall if convenient serve each oversepr with a cop of the order appointing him over seer, and if not convenientor said overseer refuses to ac cept said appointment, the said Board shall within ten days deliver two copies of said order to the township constable to the sheriff of the cojnty or his deputy, who shall serve each overseer with a copy of the order, or leave the same at his usual habita tion: and the other copy shall be returned at the next meeting of the Board of Su pervisors with the date of re ception by him, and if either the board or constable or other officer shall wilfully fail to perform any duty enjoin ed by this section, he shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. Sec. 31. When n n over seer shall not be able to per sonally notify the hands three days before the day ap pointed for working the road, he shall leave at the house of each hand a written sum mons specifying th6 day and hour which they are requir ed to attend, the place of the road to be worked, and the kind of tools to be brought or used, and the said written notice left as aforesaid shall be deemed sufficient uoticeto the hands required to be no tified, and all penalties or fines recovered by an over seer Sec. 32. If any person be settled upon or (is) cultivat ing any land to which there is leading no public road, and it shall appear necessary, reasonable and just that such person should have a private way to a public road over the lands of other persons, he mny file petition before the board of supervisors of the township, praying for a cart way to be kept open across such other person's lands, leading to some public road, bridge, or public landing; and upon his making it ap pear to the board that the adverse party has had ten days notice of his intention, the board shall hear the al legations of the petitioner and the objections of the ad verse party or parties, and if sufficient reasons be shown, shall order the constable to summon a jury of three free holders to yiew the premises, and lay off a cartway not less than fourteen feet wid and assess the damages, the owner of such land may sus tain thereby; which with the expense of making the way, shall be paid by the petition er, and the way shall be kept open for the free passage of all persons on foot or horse back, enrts and wagons, Pro vided, that if the notice afore sa id shall not have been giv en, the boaid shall cause such petition to be filed with their chairman until their next meeting, when they shall proceed to hear and de termine the same, and the pe titioner or the adverse party may appeal from the orde'r of the supervisors to the board of county commission ers of the county, and from the order of the board of commissioners to the Super ior court at term, when the issues of fact shall be tried by a jury, and from the judg ment of the Superior court to the Supreme court, as in other crfsps of appeal, and all costs accumulated aftpr the order of the board of super visors shall be paid by either party as the court may di rect. Sec. 33. Cartways laid off according to the provisions of this Chapter mny bechang ed or discontinued upon ap plication by any person con cerned, under the same rules and proceedings as they were first laid off, and upon such terms as to the board of su pervisors may seem equit able and just, and any per son through whose lands a cartway may pass may erect gates across the same; and if any person shall leave open, break down or otherwise in jure such gates he shall for feit and pay for every -such offence, ten dollors to the per son erecting the same or his assigns to the land; and if the offence shall be wilfully and wantonly done, he shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. See. 34. The board of su pervisors in each township is authorized to order the lay ing out of any and all neces sary roads to and from any church or other place of pub lic in their said townships; to discontinue such roads when they may be found useless, and to alter the same so as to make them more useful, and the right of way herein provided for, shall terminate whenever the church or oth er place o f worship shall cease to be used as such Pro vided this section shall not be constructed so as to apply to public roads. Sec. 35. The said board of supervisors shall not order the laying out of any road or discontinue or alter the same except upon petition in writing, nor shall they hear any such petition, unless it shall be made to appear that every persou over whose lands the said road may pass, shall have bad ten days notice of the intention to file such petition by personal service of notice in writing, or if the owner be unknown, or there be no owner, agent or attorney of such owner resident in this State, then by notice thereof posted up at the court house door of the county in which the town ship is situate, and two pub lic places in the township for the space of ten days; and upon the hearing of the peti tion, if sufficient cause be shown the said board of su pervisors, shall order the lay ing out, shall discontinue or alter the said road as the case maj be, and from their determination any party dis satisfied may appeal as pro vided in this Chapter, in the section directing the laying out of cartways. Sec. 36. All roads provid ed in the two preceding sec tions shall be laid out to the greatest advantage of the in habitants, and with as little prejudice as may be to lands and inclo8ures, within twenty days from the notification of their appointment by three disinterested freeholders, to be appointed by the said Board of Supervisors: and such damage as any individ ual may sustain shall be as certained by the said free holders and a report thereof with the proceedings had by them shall be made to the said board of supervisors and all damages assessed by the freeholders shall be paid by the petitioners, and until paid, there shall be no con firmation of the report of the freeholders and such laying out shall be of no effect. Sec. 37. The following per sons shall be exempt from working o n public roads, namely: members of the board of supervisors of pub lic roads. (Continued on 4th page.) CASTOR I A For Infants and Children. Till Kind You Han Alwajs Bc:&M Bears the Signature of
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