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There Is. noth
ing so bad for a
cough as cough
ing. , It tears the
tendcrmembrane
of the throat and
mmtSft !un. and -the
-IOeerni8cf con-
ffi-mifUm sumption, stop
using tne lamny
j remedy that har
!tfcn i ii r I n
t'SiSX-VlHLi'A t- I J
yof every kind for
over sixty years, iou
can't afford to be with
out It.
loosens the grasp of your
cough. The congestion
of the throat and lungs is
removed: all inflamma
tion is subdued; and the
cough drops away.
Three sizes: the one
dollar size is the cheap
est to keep on hand;
the 50c. size for coughs
you have had for some
time; the 25c. size for
' an ordinary cold.
"Forts you I hut a jtry Th4
eongh. Tb doctor and ftTerybodr
Im tfcrmjrbt I bad true caie of
eoasampUoo. Then I tried Ayer's
r berry raetonl and it only took a
bottle ad ball to cure roe."
J Oct.!
A Wrl
m beet'
J Ireelj
F, MAKIOM MILLS.
OatM,!. Camden, N.T.
saplaint whatever and deetre tbe
fcwteeedieal adTieo writs (be Ooelor
Writ the Doctor. If Tom bare aT
(won.
as e-s sn s
I'ROFESSIQNAL.
J. C. FLETCHER,
Attorney At Law,
BOONE, N. C.
Careful attention Riven to
collections.
EF.LOyiLL,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
, -BOOSE, N.C.
WSpecial attention Riven
to all business entrusted to
liia care."
8-23, 1900.
J. W. TODD. GEO. P. PELL.
TODD & PEIL
AT10RMYS AT LAW,
JEFFERSON, S. C.
- Will practice regularly in the
courts of Watauga. Headquar
teie at CoftVy'B Hotel during
couit "54-99.
E.S. COFFEY,
-ATWRhEYAl LAW,
BOONE, N.C.
Prompt attention given to
all matters of a legal nature.
Abstracting titles and
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ty. 8 231900.
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UOOXE,' WATAUGA, COUNTY, N.,
WASHINGTON-LETTER.
From our Eerular Ooneisondent
"Whatever elne js left un
Jnne hurry with the army
lull." That in the sum and
hi bet a nee of rvhit Mr. Mc
Kinleyay8 to every promi
nent Republican Senator and
Representative, who goes to
the White House. The reas
on he wishes the legislation
for the increase of the army
hurried is, that he has receiv
ed a hint that the deeioion of
the United States Supreme
Court will be agninst the ci n
Htitutionality of tbe Potto
Rico art. which would mean
that the United States would
have to relinguish ownership
of tbe Philippines, and would
consequently have no use for
a large standing army. He
wishes to get the big array
provided for before tbe court
bunds down its decision, and
it will not be surprising if the
Attorney General so manipu
lates the case as- to prevent
its conclusion until after the
end ot this Congress," as Mr.
M Kmley miabt prefer not
having Congress in . session
tihould the decision be a verse.
This storj sounds incredu
lous, but it is being serious
ly talked about in political
circles, and there have been
other cases in which admin-
iterations have been given
advance hints of important
decisions of the Supreme
Court. An member of tbe
court can usually make a
pretty nearly correct guess
of how his colleagues wil
stand upon important decis
ions from their talk in a gen
eral way. to each other
wnetner tne wnoie story is
correct or hot, it is obsolute
U certain that Mr. McKinley
is plain Ij showing his anxiety
of the speedy passage by Con
gress of the Army Bill.
' The Isthmian Canal Com
mission has handed Mr. Mc-
Kinley its preliminary report
As expected it favors, tbe
Nicaragua route for the Ca
nal. The Panama Cora pa
ny s loDDyists are moving
Ilea yen and earth topreven
legislation by Congress, in
favor of tbe Nicaragua Ca
nal.
According to Representa
tive Hull, Chairman of tbe
HouseCommitteeon Military
Affairs, which is now trying
to put together an army bi
that will be supported by a
the Republicans, many c
whom have publicly exprets-
ed widely differing opinions o
what the bill should proyide
for, especially as to the num
ber of men, the volunteers in
the Philippines will not be
brought home until regulars
enimea unaer tne Dili not
. . a
even yet written can be sen
to take their places.
least, that is a fair construe
tion to place upon Mr Hull'
own words' The army now
in the Philippines will have
to be brought home in tbe
summer, that is, those of the
men who do not care to re
enlist. The transports which
go out from thdra should dc
part laden with the troops
who are to replace them.'
Representative Camp Clark
of Missouri, returned to Wash
a
ington feeling is chippy as
usual. He said : "I am not
downcast or discouraged by
he licking we got. The most
nnnlPflxAnt fpntnra is ifc will
ake us six or eight years to
get the Berate. Aa ta the
proposition to reorganize the
Democratic narty. it is a fact
in natural history that the
ail cannot wau the doir:and
the same is true in Dolitica.
he partv does not need re-
organizing to begin witn.
.
t is thoroughly organized,
and even if it were to be re
organized, iL would not be
rom tbe outside. We want
everybody to come in that
eels like helping us. but we
have a perfect organization
of our own." Of the oroba-
ble work of this session of
nomrrpBs Mr. Clark said: "I
think this will be an extreme-
hnv ann. Th irnin
thing the Republicans will do
will be to ratifv the Hat-
Pauncefote treaty and pass
a Nicaragua Canal bill, in nc-
cordance with it, and to pass
Mark Hanna's ship subaidr
bill, n If the Supreme 'Court
derides the Porto Riean act
unconstitutional, then the
ReDnblicans will run races
with us as to which will drop
the Philippines first. But if
it is decided to bo constitu
tional, then this session of
Congress will have to pass
some kind of a bill for the
government and "control of
the islands. This, with the
routine measures and the
new apportionment under
tbe last ceusus will make it
an exceedingly busy session."
The reception of thepropo-
sition advanced bv tho radi
cal Republicans to reducethe
representation of the South-
em states which have restrict
ed negro suffrage, has been
of such general condemna-
tion that it has been aband-
oned for the "present session
and will not figure in the re-
apportionment bill which
will doubtless become a law
in the near future, but some
of its advocates hint theirin-
tention to try to get t be
question before th.9 long ses-
sion of the next Congress.
In the case of Minister Con-
ger, this government is pre-
eenting the extraordinary
spectacle of keeping a man
at his post, which is "suppos-
ed to carry much authority
and riisprefinn and at iha
. . .
same time proposing a
scheme to the non-era. to nh.
solutelj ignore him. Because
Mr. Congrer bas views of his
own. inHtefld nfhaviniradnnt
ed those ith which the Chi-
nese Minister at Washington
bas inoculated the McKinley
administration, a proposi-
tion has been made by this
govemraent to the powers
interested to take the neiro-
tiation for a settlement with
China out of the hands ofltfie
foreign ministers at Pekin,
and make a fresh start
through a commission. The
around for this is the alleged
fea r that the present negotia
C3- - I
tions will tail because the for-
eign ministers at Pekin can
not agree.
When you feel that life is
tardly worth the c andle take
a uohe ot Lnamoeriain s
stomach and liver tablets.
t'hey vrill ceanse your atom-
., l .,.. I ..j
ach, tone up your iyer and
. a . v ,
regulate your bowels making
you feel like a new man. Por
uaie oy oiacKi'urn.
C, vOTUIlSDAY, DEC 6, 1900
I"Floj lol Teuton.
Chadbourne Mawenger.
Tbe time is drawing near
for the' opening of tne fall
and winter terra 'oi public
achools, and tbe matter ot
employing teachers is a sub
Jct that should bo carefully
considered.
Tbe free school system is
hRhlj commendable, if con-
ducted on the right plane.
By it many an intelligent
poor boy and'girl have at
tained a sufficient education
to successfully combat with
the affaiis of daily life. We
i ...
kow 01 mnnv PP"5 today
wno have nttd noeducational
advantages except public
schools, that are making sue
cesses m tbe several voca-
no of
But while the system has
done a power of good, it has
been seriously abused. It is
the misfortune of some dis
"lets ro nave directors or
committeemen, who for the
lack of interest in education,
r an improper conception of
employing teachers, render
the system a failure. School
teaching is a science acquired
by cash, good tutors, hnrd
study and experience. In
8ome pa"8 of our country
the impression prevails that
ny person who can pass an
examination and get a certif
icntc is a duly qualified teach
er. This, of course, is a nec
essary requisite, but it is sim
I it. a i. i ' i
r" J w urou eivp iu peuu
t?go.v. Successive steps are
obtained b persistent study
of educational literature and
actual experience in the
sehool room. The successfu
teacher must keep up with
1 - .at
the times, and to do this he
B flt a large expense, flnan
cially, physically and menta
lj- 'In of the "cheap
John" plan persisted in by
ome committeemen in em
ploying teachers, what en
conrngement is there in thor
ough preparation for the pro
fession? It is simply driving
kood teachers out of the bus
ness and leaving the field to
"school keepers," who can
be hired cheap, and who, by
the way, might be worth the
P"ce of their salary on the
rarm or in a crop of turpen
tine boxes.
I Cheap teachers are the mos
expensive teacher8. A two
I 1.1 I ' 1 A. Ll I
iuuiuub bcuuui, luugui, uy
teacher who is worth a good
salary, is much more beneflc
,al than a six months schoo
taught by a poor teacher
who doesn t earn a small sa
ary
We nre Ii v ing in an enlight-
ened age and if we would
nave onr children, fully pre-
parea ior ineconamonstna
will be ushered in ,hy the
dawn of the twentieth ren
tury, we must see to it that
tbey have the advantages o
ffod schools, for here it
that they are prepared fo
the walks of life. If wewould
ha ye good schools, we mu
have good tearhers, and to
have cood teachers, we must
nav them RHlflrien that will
justify them in preparing for
the dntien of the profession.
It will eurprise you to ex Deri-
f"?S?? t
At- I Lt I t I "
iK uc uwuii auu ioiuuus lime
LinRkflwI1 JflH n-witt. i.iri
Wk.J Tl II WK7 ASC Villi O AJI 1 L IC I
kittle Early Riserg. Moreti and
Farthing. Buchanan aud John
son.
Biakop MoitImm Ertnf eliiti, :
Sensutionalism in the pul
pit got a severe reproof from
Bishop Morr'eon, who held
he Western North Carolina
Conference last week and will
hold the North Carolina Con
erence next week. Iu his ad
dress to the preachers, he
said J
"You can never bring them
about by any sensational
men or sensational methods
of your own. I sneak kindly
and not against evangelism
or evHDgeusr.8, Dut i am nere
Ta
to say that more harm has
come to our church during
he past ten years on account
of pulpit buffoonery and
may say pulpitbullyism than
or any other cause. The
abuse of the ministry to the
delectation of the Godless has
been deeply hurtful. Preach
ers have run after this fad
too much, and have laughed
until they have come to be
teve the -falsehoods tola
about tin ministry to be
ing is dangerous and Itbank
God the thing has about run
its course.
"Neither . can you bring
about these conditions by
your own sensational meth
ods. I have known a preach
er to advertise himself and
have people to come out to
his performances. I . have
know a preacher to advertise
that he would preach on such
sensational subjects as 'Look
ing Glasses,'. .'Hoofs and
iiorns etc. xou wi;i never
get souls saved by such dis
gusting and God forsaken
Bishop Morrison is one
the youngest in point of serv
ice of the Methodist Bishops
but in wise and timely utter
ances, he rings clear eyery
time.
There is much difference
opinion as to what is "sensa
tionalism." Some people call
any minister who gets out o
the ruts a "sensationalist."
The need ol the hour in the
pulpit is for men who preach
the gospel in vigorous and
attractive manner that a
tracts tne attention oi men
and women. The ablest theo
logian living is lacking in the
first essential of ministeria
usefulness if he is dull, dry
and uninteresting. S o m
evangelists have though
bufjoonerv and sensations
ism was putting life and fresh
nensinto their sermons just
as Rev. Dry as Dust fears
to give utterance to a vigor
ous and striking statemen
because it sounds "sensation
al." It is the mean between
these extremes that is needed
in the pulpit preachers who
can wake up the people with
out bringing the gospel down
to the level is a show.
Banker Ronti a Bobt.tr.
J. R. Garrison, Cannier of the
Bank of Thornville, Ohio, had
oeen roooea oi neaicn dv a ser
ious lung trouble until be tried
Dr. King's New Discovery Joi
consumption.- Tlien he wrote
"it is tne best medicine I ever
used (or a severe cold or a bad
rose ot lung trouble. I alwav
keep a bottle on hand." Don
suffer with coughs, colds, or any
tnroat, chest or lung troub
whea you can be cured so eaHil
Only 50c. and f 1. Trial bottles
free at Blackburn's.
The Salt river excursionists
bad nothing to do with the high
er price imposed bj ths salt
trust. Courier.
OABTi
BlfUtua
NO. 45.
Let us enter into an agree-'
ment, you and 1. Let us
make the compact this very
minute. Let us not wait un
it New-Year's day to begin
You know how the stiff bind
ing of our New-Year's book
keeps the leaves we turn fly
ing back into the old position
again. He want to get ocr
compact, or "new leaf," into v
he rat of habit before 1902
opens. Then we can tbe eae
ier and better observe it. I
hink I heard you agree to
the proposition, which is
bat for one year we will not
in the presence of our family,
especially the children, or in
the presence of any one,
whether friend, .acquaint
ance or stranger, say aught
of the drudgery of the farm
er, the hard life he leads, and
the poor business it is. We
will not bemoan the hard life
we lead. We will not de
nounce the farming class ai
a set of fools. We will earn
estly endeavor, so far as in
us lies, to perceive tbe bean .
ties about us. We will, by
every means in our power,
beautify our premises. We
will study to reduce our ex
penses, not by denying our
selves the comforts of life,
but by studying our business
earnestly, endeavoring at all
times to reduce the cost of
production to the lowest pos
sible point compatible with
the best product we can pro
duce. We will strive to in
create the fertility of onr
farms, the excellence of our
products and the quality of
the live stock on our farms.
IFe promise all this, knowing
that by so doing we will con
tribute to the welfare of our
selves, our family and man
kind. I know that several
thousand have entered into
this compact with me, and I
know that we will earnestly
endeavor to keep it. We do
this because we know we will
be far better and happier if
we do. Farm and Fireside.
Wliat'i loir Pace Worth!
Sometimes a fortune, but nev
er, if you have sallow complex
ion, a jaundiced look, moth
patches and blotches on the skin,
all signs of Hver trouble. But
Dk. King's New Life Pills give
clear skin, rosy checks, rich com
plexion Only 253. at Black
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n mwiuii tt twit im tk Wtotit
SUUkmtary.
There Is a 4toan prtvtUIaf la tMa
country most ttngarous bscsnstj m 4sosp
tlve. Many sudden deaths are caused by
It heart disease, pneumonia, heart faOure
or apoplexy are often the rerak oi kidney
disease. If kidney trouble Is allowed to a
vance tho kidney-poisoned blood will attack
the vital organs, or tho kidneys themselves
break down and wast away eeJlbycelL
Then tho richness of tho blood-Mha albumen
leaks out and the sufferer has Brtrht'f
Disease, tho worst form of kidney trouble.
Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root tho new dis- -covery
Is the true specific for ktdaey. bkdder
and urinary troubles. It his cured thousands -of
apparently hopeless cases, after all Other
efforts have failed. At A-urtsUmfifry-aat
and dollar sizes. A sample bottle sent free
by mall, also a book telling abotet Swamp
Root and Its wonderful cures. Address
Dr. Kilmer & Co., BinghamtorvN.' Y. and
mention this paper. , - .
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