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VOL. XL
BOONE,. WATAUGA COUNTY, N. "C, THU11SDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1899.
NO. 43:
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A lady who has a great
horror of the tobacco habit
got on a car the other day
and Haiti to the passenger
next to her: "Do jou chew to
tmwo, tor?"
"No. madam, I don't" was
the reply, ''but I can get you
a chew if you want one? Ex.
If it vaa only bcftltb, wo
might let it cling.
But it is a cough. One cold
no sooner passes off before
another comes. But if a the
same old cough all the time.
And it's the same! old story,
too. There is first the cold,
then the cough, then pneu
monia or consumption with the
long sickness, and lifo tremb
ling in the balance. .
loosens the grasp of your cough.
The congestion of the throat
and lunjjs is removed; all in
flammation is subdued; the
parts are put perfectly at rest
and the cough drops away. It
jus no diseased tissues on
which to bang.
Dr. Ayer's
Cherry Pectoral
Plaster
draws out Inflammation of the
Jungs.
Hmtnibr we Iwrtr ft Mftllctl tf (Mrt
inent If yon hT mi? oompUlnt whfc
ernr unrt oilro tli bt medlcel uyIc.
Son can poulblr obtain, writ, the
octor frnoly. To will !! ft
liroiUDt reply, without coat.
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C. Reeves
PROFESSIONAL.
W. 13. C0UNC1LL, Jr.
Attorney at Lav.
Boone, N, C.
" W. B. COUNCILL, M. IT
Boone, N. C.
Resident Physician Office
on King Street north of Post
Office.
P. LOVILL. J. C. FLETCHER
I.OVilL & FLETCHER.
ATlOUNhYSATLAW,
BOONE, N. J.
tfS"Specinl attention gi vein
to the colletion oiclaimsr&t
, Dr. J. M. HOGSHEAD,
EANNER'S ELK. N. C
ho Unite: No Burning Out.
Hiehest references and endors-
ments of prominent persons sue-
mm I t fry
cessiuny weatea in va ieim
and N. C. Remember that ther
in no time too boon to tret rid ol
a cancerous growth no matter
how small. Mamination free,
letters answered promptly, and
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WASHINGTON LETTER.
From oar Regular Correspondent
The Dewey fight of the Mc
Kinley ites is fust reaching: an
a ecu to stage. Jt is no longer
a secret that Senator Proc-
or is grooming Dewey for
the presidential nomination
next year, and a statement
made to Vermont friends ihat
'no man hnseeryet refus
ed to the presidency," is sig
nificant, of his belief that he
can jonnt upon Dewey's ac
ceptance, if he can show him
hat he can he nominated.
Said a prominent Republi
can official: "Proctor's atti
tude must be highly enjoya-
detoTom Reed, .whom he
betrayed in 1896. As a re
ward for betraying Reed at a
ime when McKinley's nomi
nation was in doubt, Proc-
or has been pi yen the dispo.
Rition of more patronage tin
der the administration than
any one man, excepting Han
nn, of course, has had; and
now he is showing his grati-
ude." Proctor's political
shrewdness is unquestioned,
and if the democrats can on
ly carry Ohio, he will get nil
the assistance he wishes in
booming Dewey for the repnb
ican nomination next year.
Nothing short of overwhelm
ing republican success in 0
hio, can give Mr. McKinley
a reasonable degree of cer
tainty that he will be nomi
nated, and that seems doubt
ful indeed at this time. A Ver
monter, who claims to know
Senator Procior'splanspays
he has no intention of bring
ing Dewey ont as a candi
date unless he Is certain that
he can be nominated, that he
is only preparing things so
he can use him to supplant
Mr. McKinley, if he thinks it
advisable to do o.
(a). Isaac Hill, who has
been an official of the House
for years, says of the Ohio
campaign, in which he h a s
been participating: "Thedem
ocrals have the best chance
they have had in years to car
rv this fall's election in the
buckeye state. They will poll
the full strength of the party
and capture many votes be
sides, while the disaffection
among the republicans will
keen several thousand of
them from the polls. The Mc
Lean forces are thoroughly
united, and are making the
greatest canvass ever con
ducted by the democrats in
Ohio. 1 am going bock in a
few days to again takeapart
in the campaign."
Admiral Schley's response
to a committee from the Wo
man's National Industrial
League, which called on him
to present a copy of the reso
lution adopted by the League
asking contributions from m
dustrial workers to purchase
a home for him, was worthy
of the man and his record.
He said: "While I feel deeply
touched by ttoedesiie of your
coaimittee, which theresolu--tion
brings to my attention,
and sincerely appreciate the
purpose and wishes yoa so
kindly suggest to- me, I feel
that I ought to abk you to
defer this mattei until the
wants and needs of the cold
winter now coming on, nave
passed, and its demands in
the households ol sotne of the
great army of industrial wor
kers have first been met be
fore any prorision is made
for me. With expressions of
deep gratitude to you, the
matter is left to your consid
eration." '
Representative-Select liob
erts, of Utah, now in the
East, says the fight agaiiiRt
him is largely political and
that he intends to stand up
for his rights all the way
through. He says he waselec
ted as a democrat, not as a
Mormon; that prominent
Mormons were on the stump
against him, and that h'e car
ried a number of non-Mormon
voting districts. He de
nied tbat he came east to a
void a warrant issued for
him in Utah; also that helms
ever violated the anti-polyg-nmy
law. He expresses confi
dence that he will serve his
full time in the House. The
fight against Mr. Roberts
promises to be one of the bit
terest ever made against any
man's retention of his seat in
cither branch of Congress.
There is no limit to t h e
claims that republicans are
willing to make for the ad
ministration, but there is a
limit to the imposition that
can be piacticed upon the in
telligentmen. It is simply n
diculous for the administra
tion to claim credit, as it is
now doing, for the accept
ance by Canada of the tem
porary boundry line between
Alaska and Canada, which
was some time ago agreed
upon by representatives of
the United States and Kng
land, when it is well known
that the Canadian govern
ment was compelled to ac
cept the English government.
It is equally well known why.
England has a troublesome
war on hand with the Trans
vaal republic, in which it
wishes the moral support of
the United States govern
ment, and as a sort of bribe,
it ordered Cunada to accept
the temporary boundry line,
which the Canadian Premiei
had declared he would fight
ruiher than accept. Certain
ly there is nothing in that to
entitle the administration to
any credit. While the nccep
tanee of the boundary line
is advantageous to Ameri
cans, it is after all merely a
postponement of the dispute
to some future time, when
England has4 no war on its
hands.
The administration has an
nounced a strict neutrality
in the war in South Africa,
and it would better live up
to tlmt announcement, us
there is a powerful sentimen
in this country, especially a
mong those of Irish and Ger
man descent against the atti
tude ol England in that war,
and those who entertain the
sentiment will quickly reson
any departure from neutrali
ty by this government.
They are simply perfect' writes
Rout: Moore, ol La Fayette Ind.
of DeWitt's Little Earl.v Risers,
the 'famous little pills for con-
fitimitiou and all fiver ailments
Never gripe, cofley Bros. Phillips
& son, L, c. Reeves.
OABTOITIA.
Benth A It M m Haw Alwayi Bought
OBITUARY, ... :
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James Byrd was born on a
tributary of the beautiful
Watauga, Sept. 24, 1875.
He was baptized into the fel
lowship of theBaptistchurch
on the 2nd Sunday in May,
1898. He was a consistant
member of thechurcatClarks
Creek, of which he remained
a faithful member, until the
ime' of his death, which oc
curred on the 11th inst., at
he age of 24 years and 17
day 3.
It may be truly'said that a
good'young man has tallen.
Oh, how sad, looking 'at it
rom a hnman'standpoint.to
see such a noble young man
cut down in his early man
hood, around whom cluster
ed the love'nnd confidence of
all who knew him.
As a boy, he was kind and
obedient to his parents, to
which his mother bore testi
m'jny amid her sighs and
tears, saying: "My noblest
l)oj is gone." To all his as
sociates in boyhood and man
hood he was ever kind and
orbeanng. but it was as a
christian and member of the
church that his life wasbrigh
test, The writer said to his
pastor as they were riding to
he burial, how much he will
be missed by the church and
he pastor replied, "Ye, and
in the building of the church.'
He was borne from his home
o the top of a beautiful hil!
overlooking the Watauga val
ev, where the funeral servi
cos were conducted by pastor
1 S. Fai thing, and just as
the sun was tinging'the east
em hill tops and sinking be
neath the western horizon,
Bro. Jimmie was lajd to rest
to await the sound of that
trumpet that shall awake the
sleeping dead.
brother Byrd was ordain
ed a deacon of the church,
the duties of which he pei
formed faithfully. May his
neighbors, and especially his
brothers and sisters, emu
late the life of this noble
voting man. Although he su
fered greatly in hisillnesss he
did not complain, and not
ong before his death hepeem
ed to rally from unconscious
ness and said: ' Mother,
must leave you. The Savior
is cotnimr after me. I am
ready, and want to go with
Him." Oh,fathe r, mother,
brothers and sisters how com
forting these words ought to
te to von. May yon all pre
pare to meet death as Jim
mie did. so that your last
end may be like his.
D. C. llARMAN.
Sugar Grove, Oct. 13.
There is always hone while there
is One Minute courh cure. 'An at
tack of pneumonia left my lungs
in bad shape and 1 was near rue
first Htages of consumption. One
Minute courh cure completely
cured me." wiitea Hele.i Mcllen-
ry, Hisniark, X. D. (Jives instant
relief, coffey nros, rhillips &son.
L. c. ivee yes.
Hon. B. B. Munford, wil
be the orator of the day at
the unveiling of the Winnie
Davis monument in Rich
mond, Va., on the 9th of No-
yetnber.
DeWitt's little Earl.v liters per
mauently cure chronic constipa
tion, biliousness, nervousness and
worn-out feeling, cleanse and reg
ulatethe whole system. Small,
pleasant, never gripe or sicken
"famous Httle piPs ' cofley Hros.
I'hillips and son, l, c. iteevea.
' WM Is 4 Democrat!
Senator Gorman was ap
proached the other day and
questioned as to what he
bought of Dewey as a demo
era tic candidate for the pres
idency. He replied by asking
another question, "Is Dewey
a democrat? '
Even Dewey himself would
Imve great difficulty in an
swering that question. Time
was thb term democrat had
a specific meaning, but that
ime is passed and gone. Mr.
Utyan says that to be adem
ocrat is to believe in the free
and unlimited coinage of sil
ver.
Mr. Altu-eld says that to be
a democrat is to believe in
government control of trusts.
Mr. Swansori, of Virginia,
say that to bo a democrat
is to support Qoebeljand the
joebel election law.
And so ou und so on. There
are democrats and demo
crats in t.he.e days, and is
Dewey is called upon to an
swer the question which Mr.
Gorman has propounded, he
will have to add several ad
jectives and qualified sentcn
ces to the famous declara
tion of David B. Hill. In
hese days a man may affii
ate with the democratic par
ty and receive the right hand
of fellowship, even though he
be u republican, or a populist
or a socialist, says the Rich
mond Times.
Iron Nerve
Wns the result of liis snlendli
lienlth. Indomitable will and tre
mendous enenrv are uot foum
where stomach, liver, kidneys,
and bowels are out ol order. If
vnn want these dualities and the
success they bring, use Dr. King's
New Life Pills. Only L'oc at UlacK
burn s.
Dr. Cuvler prettily says: There
is only one cure for indolence ef
fort. The only cure for selfiliness
sacrifice-Tile only cure for timid
ty to plunge into duty before
the shiver comes on. The only
cure for unbelief trust Christ.
Kodol DvsDensia cure is a sci
entifi'! compound huvinirthe en
dorsemen.t of eminent physicians
aud the medical press, lr "digests
whnt vou eat' and nositivly cures
dyspepsia. M.A.ketron, Bloom
ingilale, Tenu. says it curcu aim
of indigestion of ten Years Btaud-
ing CoflVy Hros. l'Uillips i ooii.
L. 0. lleeyes.
In a recent speech Booker
T. Washington, the colored
orator, said that while "the
South had been guilty of ma
ny crimes, but rarely, if ever,
of murdering men because
they sought honest employ
ment." f!hef.ter It. Brown, of Kalama
zoo, Mi?h., says: "Kodol Dts
neimia cure cured me of a severe
case of indigestion; can strongly
recommend it to all dyspeptics.
Digests what you eat without aid
from the stomach and cures dys
pepsia, coffey Hros. rhiilips and
son. L. c. Reeves.
'"All politeness is owing to
liberty. We polish one anoth
er and rub off our corners
and routrh sides by a kind of
amicable collision. To re
strain this is inevitably to
bring rust upon man's under
standing."
E. E. Turner, Comptou, Nfo.,
was cured of piles by DeWitt's
Witch Hazel Salve after suffering
seventeen years und tryinjr over
twenty remedies. Physicians and
surgeons endorse it. coney urcs.'
; Phillips & sou, l. c. weoves.
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Letter From Honolulu, H. I. ' - '
Editor Democi at:
As we are laving oyer at
this place, we will write you
a few lines to let the people
of old Watauga know how
we are getting along.
We are the only boys from
Watauga in the 27th Regi
ment,- although we find that
there are a few in some of the
other s, the 37th Inf. and 11th
Cavalry. .
We enlisted in Greensboro
on July 24, and went from
there to Camp Meade, Penn.,
where our regiment wastnade
up aud drilled, and left there
on Aug. 30, for San Francis
co and stayed there for two
weeks. We left there on Sept.
the 20th, on the TJ. S. trans
port Tacoma, aud arrived
here the 2(.Hh. We suffered
considerably from sea-sickness
the first two days, but
after that had a very nice
trip. Our rations on board
the transport are very bad,
but in camp are good; some
better than we had last year
in the Second North Carolina
Regiment.
This is a very nice island,
and is covered with fine fruit
vegetables. This city has a
bout 3G.000 inhabitants,
principally Chinese, Japan
ees and natives, there being
only about 3,000 whites
here. There are no other
cities or towns on the island,
There is 58 miles of railroad
on the island and tbeengiues
that they use are not much
more than a shoulder load
for a stout roan.
We will probably stay here
two or three more days, as
our ship needs some repairs,
and will arrive at Manila a-
b o u t Nov. 1st. We saw
quite a lot of the returned vol
unteers at San Francisco,
from the Dakotas, Idaho and
Colorado. They give the Phil
ippines a tough name, but
not as bad as the newspapers
give it.
When we left San Francis
co the 2Gth, 30th. 3lst 33rd
and a part of the 37th tegi
meats were there, tbeJ34th
leaving before uh, and the
30th and 11th Cavalry ar
rived hero yesterday on the
Sperman. Some of the otners
are on their way now.
Well, we have seen a good
many different places since
we left home, but none that
suits us like old Watauga,
und wait until we get back
there aud see if we don't stay.
A. W. Smith.
E. L. McGuire.
Co. D. 57th Reg. TJ. S. V. I.
Honolulu, Hawaii, Oct. 2.
'Best on the market for cooghs
and colds and all brouchial trou
bles; for croup it has no equal,'
writes Hery Ii. Whitfordolbouth
Caan, Con., of One Miuute cough
cure, cofiey uroB. Phillips son,
l. c. iteeves.
Bean tiki 8 Vo" Haw Umji Bos-ft
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