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'Mother
"My pother vat troubled with
consumption for many rears. At
last she was given up fc die. Then
9bt tried Ayer's CnerrV Pectoral,
and was speedily cured' .
. . P. P. Jolly, Avoca, N. Y.
No matter how hard
your cough jor Jio w long
you haye had it. Ayer's
Cheny Pectoral is the
best thing you can tab,
It's too risky to
until you have con.
tion. If you are ecu
today, get a botti
;Cherry Pectoral at oi.cc.
IO
to take ir.hYpTOt iki It IU koowl
LeSTe It with him. We are wllUnr.
. J.O.ATER CO., Lowell. Vat.
.'' It is the unexpected that
U us'iaHy expected to hap
pen.'
H
todol Dyspepsia Curo
DlBt what you eat.
v,..t-' :
'The man who jumps over
- board is usually over bored
'vwith life.'
Z He Kept his Leg
-A Twelve years ago J. W. Sulli
t&n, of Hartford, Conn., scratch
,;.ed his leg with a rusty wire. In
; ; .flamatlon and blood poisoning
set in. For two years he suffered
, ' intensely. Then the best doctors
; urged amputation, but lie writes
- T "I used one bottle nf Electric Bit
ters and 1 1-2 boxes of Buck
Jen's Arnica Salve and ray leg
f jt. was sound and well as ever.
';' for eruptions, saltrheum. ecee
; .maj, tetter, sores and all blood
disorders Electric Bitters has no
equal on earth. Try fhem. m. b.
fcfackburn will guarantee satis
faction or refund money. Only
,60 cents.
PROFESSIONAL,
J. C. FLETCHER,
Attorney At Law,
- BOONE, N.C.
Careful attention given
to
collections.
BF.LOVILL,
-ATTORNEY AT LAW,
BOOSE, N. C,
fl(7Special attention given
to all business entrusted to
h'scare."
6-23, 1900.
. W. TODD. GEO. P. PELL.
TODD & PELL.
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
' JEFFERSON, S. C.
Will practice regularly in the
.courts of .Watauga. Headquar
ters at Coffey's Hotel during'
court. ' . . .5-4-99.
E. S. COFFEY,
-ATlORliEYA 7 LA IV,-
-: BOONE, N. C.
Prompt attention given to
all matters of a legal nature.
fl" Abstracting titles and
collection bf claims a special
ty. - ' ,
23-1000.
Dr. J. M. HOGSHEAD,
Cancer Specialist,
BANNER'S ELK. N. C,
Ao Knife; No Burning Out.
Highest references and endors
ements of prominent persons sue
. cessfully treated ! in Va., Tenn.
and N. C- Remember that there
isno time too soon to get rid olloh Cuban rHprw-itv was thee(1 absolutely a harmless
- . .i. ? . . . .. . remedy to take, -and as It on v
a canceroqs gr o w th n o m after
how .small. Examination free,
letters answered promptly, and.
jjatisfactioB bOHranteca.
BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, N.
1 WASHINGTON LETTER
Prom onr fternlar Co t pnrienft.
After the most, drVmnitic
session of tbe Fifty Seventh'
Congress ' Hnd perhaps of ma
uy prewdingoongresses, the
Cuban reciprocity bill parsed
the Houhp of Representatives
on last Friday by n vote of
Zf TO ois. in1 hill, hi pass-
ed, does not,-, however. tmeet,
with the approval of the a-
vowed friends of Cuba.
llirough tbeetiorrs or tne
democrats, who votwj asoa
man, and with an exhibition
of dim-iplfne such as has been
seldom equalled and with the
help of certain 'republican
who, it is claimed, had f o r
their object the eventual tie
feat of the measure, The bill
was amended in the Commit
tee of tbe Whole so that it
would, on going into opera
tion, remDve the differential
on refined sugar and bo af
ford relief to ' the Ametican
consumer as well as the Cu
ban producer and, at the ex
pense of the American- Sugar
Refining Company, populir-
ly known as the Sugar Trust,
In this forir the bill goes to
the Senate where thp'republi
cons have a majority of near
ly two to one and it reaiains
to be seen whether those re
publicans win were so ready
to afford relief to Cuba at the
expease of the beet sugar in
dustry, will be ready to af
l.i ta a .
iora tnar ruiei when it cur
tails the profits of the Trust.
A notable incident of tbe
debate, which preceded the
amendment of the bill by the
Committee of the Whole, was
the presentation as an a
mend men t, by Mr. Richard
son, of the bill previously of
fered by Representative Bib
cock of Wisconsin and which
had for its purpose thp remo
val or revision of those sec
tions of the Dingley tariff act
jvhich serve to sogreatlvaug
ment the profits of tbe steel
Trust. Although the Houe
had jiiHt over ruled the decis
ion "of the chair and bad de
termined that the sugar a
mendment above referred to
was in order.and by the same
reasoning must have consid
ered the amendment of Mr.
Richardson in order, it per
mitted Mr. Sherman to re
ject it as not germane and so
provvd how thoroughly hol
low and insincere have been
the republican protestations
that they desire an opportu
nity to curtail the profits of
the Steel Trust. Tbe position
taken by the republican lead
er, that the nrnendingof the
Reciprocity bill will insure its
defeat in the Senate, would
imply that the Republicans
will offer a serious affront to
the President in rejecting a
policy he has so strongly ad
vocaled, but thecountry wi'l
withhold its judgment until
the Senate has bad nn oppor
tnnity to demonstrate wheth
er its allegiance to the Sugar
Trust outwighs itsallegwince
to" the President, ami its re
gard for Cubans, and Ameri
can consumers.
The moist remarkable tea
t lire 'of the prolonged debate I
i.peH-nolKpieherirativeMiHiij,.;,stH25CPIIt1,)al Hlould try it
man of Wufh'ngtoTi- w b oi who suspect worms to be' the
paid hm respi vis tcF'the Reed of their ill beaniv-
rules and made the assertion
that in order t(t secure the
passage of any. meagre, no
matter how just he. knew it
to lie, a 'me iii be" of the Houmb
inust "put his manhood in
his pocket and go trotting
down thf little pathway that
leads to the Speaker's room,
where,- Uf comparison, all the
glry that clustered', around
the holy of holies in Sdo
monV temple looks like thir
ty cents." He farther char
acterired tbe rules of the
Hoiiwe hs "unrepu'ilican, un
democratic a rid nil American.
Referring to Gen. Orosvenor.
of Ohio, Mr. Cushmun said
that he had in his campaign
many constituents who held
a s j i
absolutely opposing views,
but. be continued, "I finally
procured the speeches of Oon
gressman (irosvenor, had
them bound together, and I
went through thatenmpaign
without a scratch because I
could always prove or dis
prove anything that ever
came up by the speeches of
the gentleman from Ohio."
Last week the Senate pass
ed a Chinese expulsion bill.
not the measure reported by
the Committee on immigra
tion, but the Geary law, reen
acting it lor another tenr.
The large majority of the
democrats voted for the more
drastie measure but the infiu
ence of the representatives of
large Pacific Coast corpora
tions, who have swarmed the
Senate end of the Capitol of
late, and who hopeund?r the
provisions of 1 1)9 Geary law
to secure labor at lower wa
ges than they would have
had to pay had the new bill
become a law, proved too
strong for the republican Sen
ators. The nctiou of the Sen
ate was a severe disappoint
ment to the Pacci fie ("oast del
egations and one Senator
from that section said to me
yesterday: "If the Sennte
should pass the Cuban recip
rocity biM you might as well
strike my state from the re
publican column and count
it in the democratic list."
Tbe Philippinegovernment
bill is now the regular orier
in the.Senate and it will be
followed by the isthmian ca
nal bill, at least say severa1
members of the republican
steering committee. It is pos
sible however, that the repub
licans do not appreciate the
organired opposition with
which their present bill will
be met. The testimony which
is being presented to the Phil
ippine Committee isconstant
ly tending to prove the cor
rectness of democratic con
tentions as well as to demon
stratetbe nnpnlliiig crueltv
and disregard for the rules of
civilized warfare of which cer
tain American ritizens have
Many wonder win it is that
pin worms and stomach worms
get into little children, or how a
tape worm 300 leet long can get
n and extat and graw inside of a
man. as it sometimes nappens,
They ni ly well wonder, for it is
a great mystery, However, ma
ny know now by experience that
Mother's Worm Syrup wiliid one
ol mte&tiniM worms una greatly
improve 1 be health alter the
worms are ex polled and destroy-
C THURSDAY MAY 1.1902.
been guilty,; ; :'V.;
Corresfiondehts of the dem
ocratic press have been chnr
ged with sending out exag
gerated reports of the Army
transportation service scan
dais and, through the cour
tesj of Representative Rich
ardson, I secured the prooT
sheets'of the documents on
t!it subject submitted to the
House by Secretary Root.
Space will not permit exten
sive quotation but perhaps
the following will suffice: In
refitting the transport Han
cock the Union Iron Works
of San Francisco furnished
the following items as shown
by their itemized bill: One
small brass bed, $44; fourpil
lows, $1640; three b-th cur
a ins. $62 70; 235 yards car
pet, $471.59; one chair $46;
three chairs $132 00; skirt
around commander's bed
$0.35. These ate but a few
items. It is not surprising
that Lieut. Col. Chamber
lain says of the above, "The
following extracts appear to
substantiate the charges of
extravagance."
"A neighbor ran in with a
bottle of Chamberlain's Colic
Cholera and Diarrhoea Rme
dy when my son was suffer
ingwith severe tramps and
was given up as beyond hope
by my physician, who stands
high in bis profession. After
administering three doses of
it, my son regained conscious
ness and recovered entirely
within 24 hours.," says Mrs.
Mary Haller, of Mt. Crawford
Va. This remedy is for sale
by M. 13. Blackburn.
A curious fact of human
nature, says the Christian
Advocate, is that people wi!'
often smile at the smartness
of .a smart saying, and as
they smile they submit to be
led, when had they not been
captured by the smartness
they could not have been con
vinced by the assertion or
argument which it purported
to offer. This tempts lawyers
politicians and often preach
ert., to seek smartness rather
than Biibstnno. But sooner
or later such lose their pow
er. solidity and smartness
may unite, but as a rule,
when they do, common sense
and moral courage holds the
rudder.
A VALUABLE MEDICINE.
"I have not the slightest
hesitancy in recommending
Chamberlain's Cough Reme
dy to all who are suffering
trom coughs or colds," says
Chas. M.Crnmera well known
watch mnker at Colombo,
Ceylon, "ft has been some
two years since the City Lbs
pensary first called my atten
tion to this valuable medi
cine and I have repeatedly us
ed it and it has always been
beneficial. It has cured me
quickly of all chest colds. It
is especially effective for chil
ilien and seldom takes more
than one bottlp to cure them
of hoarsness. I have persua
ded many-to try this valua
ble medit me, ind they a re a II
as well pleaded as myself over
the result, -r or salediy M B.
Blackburn.
Mrs. Dixon, the mother of
the celebrated Dixm family
died in Shelby 'on the night
of the 18th u!t. Each mem
ber of I he family has become
famous. She leaves an aged
husband Rev. Thos. DiXon.
Haw Are Tnr KMaey f
pr. 6obbi' BptracusPllNonronllklclnPTllln. Smw
9 tow A4.- Mlwi Um, Rn.Clmwca a N, 9.
' , " A Dastardly Xisrepresentttlont '
Editor Democi.it: ; j
I have always tried to a
void publicity, and especially j
a controversy, but I must
say n'few things at thp risk'
of being called a';'crank" or;
an 'old hgy." y j
I notice in t be Raleigh Post
a communication from the
city of Greensboro, with a
scary head, in which our be
nighted, dark and God-forsu
ken inountain country has
been vividly pictured by an
eminent Presby terian divine
before a missionary confer
ence in Grewnsboro last week.
This geutleinan claims to
have been a missionary in
the mountains of Western
North Carolina forsometime
past. The ignorance and su
perstition of tbe people, to
get her with their prejudice
against the ministry, and the
influence of the liquor traffic,
were held up before that
great audience. While he told
his graphic .story in such elo
quent language, the people
were aroused to such sytnpa
thy and pity that they went
forward and guve tbe preach
er one thousand dollars to
support him in carrying back
to the dark mountain re
gion the true light, ft must
have been an inspiring seen
as the true hero laid himself
upon the altar, which subjec
ted him to thrt indignities
and personal danger of this
great work.
Now, permit me to say that
this misiepresentntion of the
real con Jitions of our coun
try have gone on long en
ough, nnd it is time to call a
holt and demand eome facts
and figures. We have heard
this old song at tbe mission
ary nieetings for the lust 20
years.
We do not. deny that there
are destitutions in our moun
tnin country, but not one
half so much us it is often
conceded to be. But we do
deny that our people are ig
norant nnd superstitious,
much less discourteous or
dangerous to any stranger
who may travel among thorn.
I have lived in the east,
south and west and I say em
phatically, without the fear
or success u controuietion.
that the people in tbe moun
tains of Western North Caro
lina will compare equally in
education, morals and relig
ion with any section ol the
State. True, we are isolated
from the mad rush of the
maniacturing, commercial
world, bnt we are not asleep.
I know whereol I speak, when
I say that the worst igno
renes, superstition arid wick
edness I have ever seen are in
tbe cities ami along the pub
lic highways of the very sec
tions from which comes that
thousand dollars for moun
tain missionary work.
Our people are b tippy and
contented. We have some as
The Uv it Time.
The best time to.cure a conp;h
or cold is when you are flist af
fected. pleasant and sure rem'
dy for boi-p throut, weak lungs,
bronchial soreness. coujihinr etc.
is Goochre Mexican Syrup for
colus aiiu
oiiHtinilftion ne Wise,
... ,.
in time and keep u bottle in your
medicine chest, always Iinm! v for
Hmmediiite use. retiifmheriiii-1 lie
o d a. moo. Rt ti i in time
saves nine. It is a true lung ton
ic uud sell for only 23 cents.
NO,
STOPS PAIN
Athens, Tana., Jan. ST, tM.
Erer ilnc tho firat DDaraiie of mr
mensea ther tvere very irregular and 1
nnerea with great pala in my nips,
bock, stomach and lpga, with terrible
bearing down pains in the abdomen.
During the past month I have been
taking Win of Cardui and Thedforri'a
taking Win of Cardui and Tnodford'i
Black-Drauirh L end I naaaed the month.
ly period without pain for tho first time
la years. .rjfm Dn.
What is Ilia worth to a woAian suffoN
Ing like Nannie Dcvls Suffered?. Yet
there are women In thousands of hemes
to-day who are bearing those terrible
menstrual pains in silence. It you are
one of these wo want to My that this
same
i7insefii?5ui
will bring you permanent relief. Con
sole yourself with the knowledge that
1,000,000 women have been completely
curod by Wine ol Cartful. Yese worn
en suffered from fGucrrr?n. ''regular
menses, headache, 'uicncxhe, and
bearing down pains. Wine of Cardui
will stop all these aches and pains
for you. Purchase a $1.00 bottle of
Wine of Cardui to-day and take it In
tho privacy of your home.
For adrtoa and litoraiuro, nddiru, giving nymn
toins, "The Ijvlir.' Auvlnory Dt-parlment,"
The Chattanooga Medicine Co., C'iuUtanooga,
Tenn.
good schools as there are in
Ihe State, and we are striv
ing to make them better. Wo
have as good legal talent a
can be found anywhere. Soma
of tbe brightest lights irj
church and state are here in
this mountain country. We
have as bright and intelli
gent young men and women
as live on God's green earth.
I am not a native of this
section, but I cannot allow
snch erroneous statements
to be made upon a people I
represent and let them go un
challenged.
B. F. Habgeti.
SHOT IN HIS LEG.
fcor all kinds of sores, burns,
bruiHea or other wounds DeWitts1
Witch Hazel Salve is a surecjre.
Skin diseases yield to it at once.
Never fails in cases of piles; cool
ing nnd healrag. None genuine
but De Witt's beware of counter
feits, I suffered for many years
from a ore caused by a gunshot)
wound in m.v left leg, says A. F,
Fuller, English, Ind. "It would
not heal und gave me much
trouble. I used all kinds of rem
ediew to no purpose until I used
DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve. A
few boxes completely cured me.''
1. J. Uoney & Uro.
It takes more thiitj aden
tist to kill the nerve of soma
people
The Eminent kidney
and Bladder Specialist;
The Discoverer of Swamp-Root at Work la
Els Laboratory.
There is a disease prevailing In thW
country most dangerous because so decep
tive. Many sudden deaths are caused by
it heart disease, pneumonia, heart failure)
or apoplexy are often the result of kidneV
disease. If kldnev trouble is allowed to ad
vance the kidney-poisoned blood will attack
the vital organs, or the kidneys themselves
break down and waste away cell by cell. .
Then the richness of the blood the albumen
leaks out and the sufferer has Bright'
Disease, the worst form of kidney trouble.
Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root the new dls-
sooryn"uospeciiiciorKianey,loiadr
nu miliar y iruuDics. II nas curea UiOUSanaS
0f apparently hornless cases, XrtoiW
efforts have failed. At drurcrists In fiftv-cent
anl dollar tues. Asample bottle sent frow
. 'wmj o sw
Root and Us wonderful cures. Address
Dr. Kilmer & Co., Blnghamtoa, Y, a4
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