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BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTS C THURSDAY, DECEMBER U,
I Coughed
"1 hd a most stubborn cough
(or many years. It deprived me.
of sleep and I grew very tbia. I
than tried Ayers Cherry Pectoral,
and u quickly cured."
R. N. Mann, Fall Mills, Teon.
fiixty years of cures
and such testimony as the
above have taught us what
Ayer's Cherry Pectoral
win ao.
; We know it's the great-
est cough remedy ever
made. And you will say j
, too, alter you try it.
There's cure in every drop.
Omit V totai. U he ear tok. it,
th a. ha UTL . If h. ImUm M naf
to fk H. thea eaf take K. H kaov.
Leaf tt with blm. VTe are wllllni.
.. . ; J..UATUOO..Lewell.lUai.
THE WORST FORM,
Multudes are singing the praise of
Kodol, the new discovery that is ma
. king so many sick people well Hnd
weak people fctrong by digesting
what they eat, by cleansing and
sweetening the stomach and by
transforming their 'food into the
kind of pure, rich, red blood that
- stakes vou feel good all over. Mrs.
CranfHl,of Troy, I., T., writes: ' I
for a number of years was troubled
with indigestion and dyspepsia that
grew into the worst form. Finally I
ws induced to try Kodol and after
using four bottles I am entirely cur
ed. I heartily recommend Kodol to
all sufferers from indigestion or dys
pepsia. Take a dose after each
meal. It digests what you eat. T,
f . Coffey and Bro.
PROFESSIONAL
EDMUND JONES,
- -LAW YEIl
. -LENOIR, N. C
, . Will Practice Regularly in
the Courts of Watauga,
iitfn It.
j. C. FLETCHER,
Ahorney At Law,
BOONE, K. C
' Ciafetul attention given to
collections.
NO. 43,
EFLOVILL,
-ATTORNEY AT LAW,-
: BOONE, N. C.
WSpecial attention given
to all business entrusted to
hie care."
8-23, 1900.
J. W. TODD,
GEO. P. PELL.
TODD & PELL
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
JEFFERSON, N. C.
Will practice regularly in the
courts of Watauga. Headquar
ters at Cofiey'B Hotel during
court. 64-99.
, E. S. COFFEY,
--AT0REYA7 LAW,-
BOONE, N. 0.
Prompt attention given to
all matters of a legal nature.
t& Abstracting titles and
collection of claims a special
ty. 23-1900.
Dr. J M. HOGSHEAD,
Cancer Specialistf
BANNER'S ELK. N. C,
Ao Knite; No Burning Out.
Highest refereuces and endors
ments of prominent persons suc
cessfully treated in Va., Tenn.
and N. C. Remember that there
Is no time too soon to get rid oi
a cancerous growth no matter
how small. Examination free,
letters answered promptly, and
atisfaction unrantcod.
8on ttperiracea In Traroliaf and
FifhUor.
Communicated.
From boyhood up to the
time I enlisted I Jalways hnd
a tlesre to learn something
of the United Staten army.
After I enlisted at Indiannpo
li, Ind., on April the 22nd,
1809, then commenced my
military life to lost for thre('
years.
Staying; a ery short time
at Iudi'inapclinl left for Snn
Frnnr-iwo, Ctl., to he assign
ed to some batterry of the
Third artillery. Reporting at
headquarters for doty, 1 was
assigned to battery N, 3rd
rejirnpnt, stationed at Angel
Island, Cal., where I com
menced drilling and getting
ready for th Philippines, for
at that time theOovernment
was sendiug troops there to
make peace with the natives
of that country.
After drilling about one
week us a recruit 1 comment
ed doing duty ns a soldier. In
a short time we moved to Al
etmz Island. Cal., to take
charge of the prison. There
were about 400 prisoners, the
most of them being convicts
from the Philippines. Shortly
an order came for my batte
ry to ffo to Fort Monroe Vn.
I then applied for a transier
to a battery stationed at
San Francisco. In a few days
1 was transferred and doing
duty wth my new battery. .
In June 1900, the war broke
out in China and most all na
tions began to send troops
theie. Shortly afterwards an
an order caroe out for a ba
tallian of the 3rd artillery to
procede at once to China, and
on the 29th day ol July 1900
we set sail for CbiLa on the
United States transport Han
cock, the fastest vessel in the
service. We landed in China
on August 22, 1 902, and pro
ceeded to Tien Tsin, where we
took up camp, ffe were too
late to have any fighting.
The City of Tien Tsin had
been taken b the Americans
ana and other nations. There
was some fighting but we
were not luckey enough to
get "mixed up" with the Box
ers.
The supply of food and oth
er accommodations was Hm
ited'at this time in China, so
we had to undergo mga n y
hadships, sleeping on the
ground and eating but little.
Here in TieuTin were armies
of all nations almost, begin
ning with the English. Rms
sians, Germans, French, A us
trians, Itallians and Japan
ees, belonging to England, al
bo a regiment of Cbinene and
one from the East India Is
lands, ruled by the English
government.
The war being over wp left
Nov. 6, 1900, for the Philip
pine Islands via. Nagasaki,
WILL INVESTIGATE.
A remarkable case came to
light at Elizabeth W. Va. An
old man there by the name of G.
W. Roberts had long suffered with
incurable cancer. Everybody be
lieved his case hopeless until he us
ed Electric Bitters and applied
Bucklen's Arnica Slte. The treat
went cured him completely. Now
everybody who knows of ;t is in
vestigating Electric Bitters. It ex
erts a mighty power to expell bill,
iousnegs. Kidney and liver trouble
and it's a wonderful tonic for run
down systems. Don't fail to try it
Only 50c. Satfafartion guaranteed
by MB. Blackburn.
Japan. In theCbina Sea, we
weie caught in a utorm that
lasted 48 hturs, stopped- at
Nagasaki three days to coal
our ship and undergo re
pair?. No one was allowed to
sro ashore but I being anx
ions to see the city and its
people, I jumped over board
at night and swnm ashore, a
distance of about three quar
tra of mile. Landing all wet
I went to theatorennJ pur
chased a drv suit for 80 cts.
Then after havinga bathand
supper I took, a trip around
the city in a ricknshaw, at
last wont to aleep in Japan
ens hotel. The next day I vis
ited the park and other pin
cca of interest, then returned
to the transport to procede
to Manila, wiure wo arrived
Nov. 21, 1900, there to meet
anotherace ot people.
Leaving Manila we went to
Santa Rosa, a small town
some 55 miles distant. At
this place everything wasqui
eet here until the insurgents
recruited their forces, then
nty comoany began to srout
the country over. My first
experience in actual warhoe
was about eight miles from
here one night, when the in
surgents fired on our ramps.
In Ihss than fifteen tninneswe
had driven them away with
out any loss on our side. The
next morning we found two,
Filipinos.-the.y hnd fniled to
rarry off in their excitement.
I was on various scouting ex
pedition. As a scout in Ba
tnngas Province from JjMay
27, to July 4. 1901, includ
ing three da.va engagement
at Talumpac. Junel819and
20, 1901. During these three'
dns we had very little to
eat, in fact nothing but mer
gency rations, and one has
to be very hungry before he
can eat such rations. I would
accept a green ear of corn
first. We were exposed to ma
ny hardships, sleeping on the
ground, in therninwith noth
ingliut a pomrho for protec
tion and marching on an nv
erage of twenty miles a day.
But, nevertheless, 1 was bles
ned with good health and
strength enough to go thro'
with it all while there were
others who contracted dis
ease and had to be sent home
while many others died from
the effects.
The climate of the Philip
pines is hot and unhealthy,
especially during the rainj
the rainy seaHon. which com
mences the latter part of
June and lasts until about
Janunry. The.PhilippineHare
possessed of many craters, a
mong the tin m hers there the
most active is Mayan, a moun
tain with an elevation of a
bout 7,000 feet. Mayan is the
only yolcnno tht I was able
to visit. She has frequent e
ruptions, and about one huri
Take two cups of hot wa
ter half an hour before each
meal and just before going
to bed, also a drink ofwnte
hot orrobj, about two hours
after each meal. Take lotn of
outdoor exercine walk, ride,
drive. Make a regular habit
of. this and in many cases
"hronic constipation may be
cured without the use of any
medicine. Whan a purgative
is required take aomethmg
mild and gentle likeChamber
lam's Stomach and Liver
Tablets. For Pale by Blackburn.
dfed persons perished in one
which occurred in 1881.
There is another one called
Albny. which is a burning
mountain on the South end
of Luzon, the largest of the
islands. The Island of Minda
nao has three active volca
nos, the Island of Negros one
and several are on Fuego.
Fuego derives its name from
fire.
Here is the funny part of
my enmpnign. A Sargeant
by the name of Lewis was or
dered to pick out ten men
and go to capture a band of
Ladrones that was going a
round through trie -country
stealing and killing the peo
ple. So we marched to t h e
point where they were sup
posed to be. Not finding them
there, the Iriendly natives di
rected us ontoanother place,
called Lnbo. and on arriving
we found the LondroneB but
they fled and our shots took
no effect on them So while
hunting'for them we ran a-
vroHs a drove of enrabos, or
whtl would call water bnf-
falos. One of them wanted to
fight uh, and, i unread of get
ting out of the wny, as the
rest of the soldiers did, I fir
ed on him, th: shofg o i n g
through his head but too
low to kill liim, and serving
only to increase his rage. Ue
came at me to kill, me walk
ing backwards and shooting
at the same time, the shots
missing his head J and going
into his body. So finally, as
he was pressing me pretty
closely I fired the last 6lntit
pausing through the animals
brain killing it instantly. The
boys then got the laugh on
me ann atterwards I was call
ed "The ooraboo killer.''
The happiest day of mj
life was when I was discharg
ed at Manila on April 21.
1902, for at that time the A
viatic cholera was raging and
people were dying iy thehun
preds daily. I went to t h e
special rolice'Jorce to assist
the Board of Health in keep
ihg it down, which was my
first experience in that line.
A great number of Ameri
cans died cf the disease. In
June the;cholera almost sub
sided and the specials were
called in. Then I was deter
mined to go home and, boar
ding a transport I sailed for
my native land, arriving in
San Francisco July the 23rd,
1902.
Any American wanting to
go to Manila can do so and
be perfectly safe ut almost a
ntown or city throughout
the archipeligo.
N. It. Walters,
American and ex-Soldier.
COUNTY EXHIBIT,
(continued from lost week.)
J L Glenn list taker 11 85,
E orean list taker tfOo, Thos
Farthing lint taker 11 95, w
R Brown list tnW 20 15, J w
Hayes list taker 6 95, m b
Blackburn facding)iurorg915
Mcoook ' graTlfi jur 370
T f coney '
"Last winter an infant
child of mine hid croup in a
violent form," says Elder J.
W. Rogers, a Christian Evan
gelist, of FiUey, Vlo. "I gave
her a fuw doses of Chamber
Iain's Cough Remedy and in
a short time all danger was
nafit and thfi rhild reeovered.
This remedy not. only cures
croup, out when given as
dent as the first symptoms
BOonar, will prevent the at
tack. It contains no opium
or other harmful substance
and may be given as confi
adnllv to an infant as to an
appet. Forsale by Blackburn,
XdaeateTonr flowed With Ciurarata.
Candy Cthrtlf, sure conntlpatlon forever
J0.a Hft(. C,fU, ilrngeiHwref ucd noes;
D H Mast
J c Ray
J n Adams
A j penley 1
J n Phillips '
John sherrill trav
3 90
3 80
3 30
4 50
3 50
415
5 40
4 4q
4 95
4 90
4 80
4 90
5 60
5 40
5 20
3 60
4 80
grand
1
5 30
6 10
4 70
3 90
3 80
3 90
110
210
2 10
210
2 10
210
110
2 10
2 10
210
1 10
110
1 10
1 10
4 60
4 50
3 50
4 20
3 80
4 50
tn xes
w n
it a Gragg
nc Bine-lmm
G ii stone
W L Coffey
J H Norris
n l wagner
J d cook
J 0 J Lew in
J A woodie
T h Taylor
JVMastin
s l Marshall
J c M H'etz
J b Norris
c D Mast
it H cattle
w B Dil ven port
J h Johnson
J s Lewis
A watson
J H Norris
A k Hatten
w 11 Mast
G c Greene
n 6 Hampton
Alfred watson
J f Gragg
J D Thompson
u o Hodges
J L winkler
J B Blair
E F Arnold
j b cannon
David Younse
j Hampton
it A Thomas
WHCalawavex shff
overpaid bv shff 40 21.
calaway ex shff land sold for
tnxes 15 36, F Moretz state
vs a crowder 1 50, pp Moretz
st vs A crowder 1 50, f Mor
etz st vb A crowder 1 05 J m
Moretz st vs A crowder 3 32,
jonas snider state vs s Triv
ett 1 85. E N Miller st vs sam
Trivett 1 05 j c Turnmir9 st
V8 8Tnv:'f 1 85, H h Jones st
vs s Tri .(!' t 1 7P.NP. nvv at
Jvsjcap Andrews 1 85. l a Wil
son st vs m a Main 3 20 chas
Greer st vj M A Main 3 20, j
M vnnnoy st vs ma Main 320
j Q Miller st vs ceo Trivett
3 20, wm Elrod st vs cap An
diews 1 85. f c sanders state
vs cap Andrews .60, p vr aus
tin t vs cap andrews .70, w
D Adams st vs w w Rogers
2 05, a k nation day juror
2 1 0, e N Miller day jur 210,
wm Elrod grand juror 3 60,
j l wagner day juror 3 10, t
f church travis 6 20, Thom
as wheeler st vs jimEller230
joe Guy st vs M Guy 2 42, L
Mcoaire styvs m Guy 1 97, J 11
Bingham" c s c whole and har
fpes 39 58, jonas winebarger
D s w and b fees 1 50. M n liar
shaw bol'w'and h fees 2 15. j
w nayes d s w and h fees .65,
L D Tester D s w and h fees
.30, w n B iird shff w and half
tees 1 55. w n calaway ex shff
w nnd h fees .((), c c Carroll d
s w and h fees :45, g w m-
Guire j p .80. Ervin Green D s
w and h foes 1 10. j w Miller
D s w and h fees 1 85.
Aug 4 1902.
W L HolHhouser fur blasting1
.......! no r-r i
h fees 2 70, J n Binghamju d
w and h fees 10 2, J CRay w
and h fees 1 87, w b Baird
nhff w and h fees .95, jh John
son w and h fees .45:
sept 1, 1902.
Roby Moretz agent jor Elva
church 615, John Duy agent
foroo, crit and robs Trip
let! 9 15, w l Holshonser agt
for r oxendine 4 65, l Nor
man a pauper 015, J iHayes
agt for Fannie Earp 6 15 n d
comns agt forx Horn 4 55, w
walker agt for Millie walker
3 15, Ervin Horton a pauper
4 65, jb winkler a pauper
6 15, m 0 church agt for Jas
Hughs 6 15An calaway a pan
per 6 15, o ru pert agt for H
nishman 4 65, R L profit agt
for Frank nodges 4 65, walk
er & McNeill agt f u s Carroll
7 65, T a critcher agent fot h
Ti iplett 6 10. g w Greer agt
for s u Black 6 15, h w Green
agt for c Miller 3 15, L L crit
cher ngt lor D Hodges 315,0
w Bobbins agt for.Jjas Rob
bins 7 65, g w (Rohhins agt
for c Bobbins 7 0o,
(;uu on 3rd jntge.)
ALL IVOEfJ
Wino of Cardui It Che guardian
of a woman's health and happi
ness from youth to old ago. It
holps her safoly Into womanhood.
It sustains hor during the triali
of pregnancy, childbirth and
motherhood, making labor easy
and provontW flooding and mls-
I carringo. It gently leads her:
through the frS Period
known as the change
WlHE"CARDU!i
cures loucorrhoea, falling of the
womb, and menstrual irregularity
hi every form. It is valuable In
every trying period of a woman's
lifo. It reinforces the nervous
system, acts directly on the geni
tnl organs and is the finest tonio
for women known, Ask your
druggist for a 1 1.00 bottle ol
Wino of Cardui.
BatesTtlle, Ala., JtilT 11, M00.
I am vsirs Wine of Cardnl and Thod-
fnrd'a Tllnrt-Drani-ht and I feel like a
dilferect woman airaadv. Bereral la
dies taors kenp the medleinei in their
homes al) the time. I hare three (irla
and they are using it with me.
Hra. KATK BBOWDBB.
Tnr sdvlra nnd litnutnre, atMrm. BtTlnc
jmiilonii, "Tlie UdlM' ArtvlKirr Derrt
nient", 'Ihe Chttaoooa lleatdD Comoenr,
Cbaltaaoaga, Tena.
material 26 97, M A Teagliel kidney trouble.
keepingVonnty home 23T5"
n N colvard ser as road juror
2 1.5, Joseph Johnson ser as
road juror 2 15, J uningham
A street car runs twice as
fast when a man is trying to
catch It, as it does when he is
riding in it.
There is a difference in be
ing Outspoken aud out talk
ed. Over-Work Weakens
Your Kidneys
tinhealtby Kidneys Make Impure Bloo&
All the blood In your body passes through
your kidneys once every three minutes.
ine Kidneys axe your
blood purifiers, they fil
ter out the wasta or
Impurities In the blood.
If they are sick or out
of order, they fall to do
their work.
Pains, aches and rhett
matism come from ex
cess of uric acid in tht
blood, due to neglected
stationary and recording ju
rors 4 55, J w Miller feeding
county prisoner 38 05. c d
Taylor fur blasting material
1190, Taylor & Mast brrial
expenses for county pauper
8 38, j m May making proof
sheets of taxes 28 65, sMDug
ger ser as road surveyor 6 15
w N Thomas ser as tax lister
t xo, b cnurcn srate vs d b
Kidney trouble causes aulck or unsteady
heart beats, and makes one feel as bough
they had heart trouble, because the heart la
over-working In pumping thick, kidney
poisoned blood through veins and arteries. '
It used to be considered that only urinary
troubles were to be traced to the kidneys,
but now modern science proves that nearly
all constitutional diseases have their begin
nlrig In kidney trouble.
' If you are sick you can make no mistake
by first doctoring your kidneys. The mild
and the extraordinary effect of Dr. Klimer'J
Swamp-Root, the great kidney remedy Is
soon realized. It stands the highest for KS
wonaonui cures ci me most distressing
and Is sold on Its merits
by all druggists In fifty-
cent and one-dollar slz-1
es. You may have a
sample DOttie Dy mall Honeof Swaae-Seea
POtter 1 90, M M.lin 1st VH D B ' free, also pamphlet telling you how to find
Potter 1 80 I) It vrnmiPr w A- 'W'J k.-0'd.dS'. t0,
1, , n " mention mis paper wnen writing ut. ruuHsv
U WPS 3 3 1, i W Mlllf r J) S W & & Co.. Blnghamton, N. Y.
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