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VOL XV. BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, N. C, TUUBSDA YMAY 14,. 1903. NC. 11. No Hair? "Mjr hair wu falling out rerj ft and 1 vat greatly alarmed. I then tried Ajrer'i Hair Vigor and my hair atopped falling at once." Mrs. G. A. McVay, Alexandria, O. The trouble is your hair does not have life enough. Act promptly. Save your hair. Feed it with Ayer's Hair Vigor. If the gray hairs are beginning to show, Aycr's Hair Vigor will restore color every time. SIM Mik. AJI nUa. If your drunriet cannot (apply you, end u on dollar and we will iiipiiwa yoa a bottle. It, aure and glr tb nam f rour ueaiwat exitrma office. Addreee. It is said that the gin seng fanners will form a trust. Thla algostote la on wary box ot the genuine Laxative Brotno-Quinioe aMou the reaaedy that cwea) actMia mm tajr - PROFESSIONAL. P. A. LINNEY, ATTORNKy AT LAW,- DOONE, N. C. Will practice in the court of chin and surroundihgconn ties. ,.- Prpmut attention (riv en to the collection, of chums and all other business of n le gal nature. 612 EDMUND JONES, LAWYER -LENOIU, N. 0 Will Practice Regularly in the Courts of Watauga, 10251v. J. C. FLETCHER, Attorney At Law, BOONE, N.C. . Careful attention given to collections. . F.LOVILL, -ATTORNEY AT LAW, . BOOSE, N. C. fSjSpecial attention given to ail business entrusted to Iks care."! 6-23, 1900. i. W. TODD. GEO. P. PELL. TODD & PELL ATJORNETS AT LAW, JEFFERSON, S. C. Will practice regularly in the courts of Watauga. Headquar teia at Coffey's Hotel during court. 5-4-99. E. S. COFFEY, -AT10RNEY Al LAW,- BOONE, N. G. Prompt attention given to all matters of a legal nature. 83 Abstracting titles and collection of claims a special ty. S-23-1900. Dr. J; M. HOGSHEAD, Cancr Specialist! BANNER'S ELK. N. C, NoKniie; No Ruining Out. Highest refereuces and endow ments of prominent persons suc cessfully treated in Va., Term, and N. C. Remember that there is no time too soon to get rid ol a cancerous growthno matter how small. Examination free, letters answered promptly, and satisfaction guaranteed. WASHINGTON LETTER From our Ref alar Com tpondt at. In spite of the fart that the report of General Nelnon A. Miles was made public dnr ing the earlier part of the week, the comments on. its disclosures seems to have grown in direct proportion to the number of days that hate intervened since the War Depattment saw fit to allow its publication. Your corrcspodent called at the Department to see the origi na I document, but was re fused permission, with the assertion that the country was already familiar with nil itsjdetails through its diM seminations in the prens. He found however, that after weeks of suppression, the War Department has given out only parts of the reports. When it is recalled that Gen eral Miles was ordered by ser retary Root and President Roosevelt to proceed to the Philippines and report in wri tingonconditibnsas he found t hem t the present action of Root is indefensible, and, ac cording to the tenets of hon esty held by a number of prominent men who have been questioned on the sub ject, contemptable. H'hatelse can be thought of a Secreta ry who orders the highest Ar my officer to perform inspec tion duty, and then suppress es the report as 'confidential. After that, unable to further ignore the requests for publi cation which came from sour ces he aared not 'refuse, he gives ont a grabled version, prefaced by the statement that Miles' judgments were worthless, practically giving the lie direct to an eye-witness of conditions which grew out of a regime equalled on ly by the cruelties in Cuba, which the Spanish war was waged to redrcsg. Added to this he has instructed subor dinate officers to attack the veracity of the ranking gen eral, and General Chaffee, who could not be called on by the Secretary to add his word to the array of depositions issued contemporaneously with the Miles report in refu tation thereof, sees fit in an mtsrview to declare the find ing of his superior officer as of 'no importance." Natural ly he was prodded by the "power behind the throne," but these attempts to dis credit Gen. Miles in order to bolster a malodorous regime renders the administrations open to the serious charge ol fostering a spirit of anarchy in the American armj.at the same time that the Republi can party is posing as the de fender of the military service of the country against at tacks upon its discipline and integrity. Another thing not pointed ont by the daily press, but which has come under the oh 8rvation of yonr correspon dent, is this: The replies ol the bureau chiefs, ot Ordi nance, Engineers, CotnmiHsa ry, etc., inspired by Root, are actually embodied in Miles' report aud given out as a part of it by the Department with this significant except tion; General Hughes, in whose department occurred th worst atrocities as prov ed by courts-martial wascqll ed upon to reply to that portion of the report whirh bore upon his actions. It is notable that Hughes' contri bution is withheld, the ex cuse vouchsafed to your cor respondent being that it was "not gentlemanly" Here we have the spectacle of the com raander of the army, so bit terly aesailed. according to instructions, by a suhordi natewho is confessedly not an "officer and agentleman' that his words are unfit to print. To those who are wil ling to see the force of these facts it is patent that Mr. Root is "hoist with his own petard. ' ' In spite of attempts to gloss things over the Postof fico and other scandals "will not down." Machin is still be ing shielded and all inquiries at the Postofflce Department are met .with the assertion that nothing further will be done until the Presilent is made acquainted with the findings of the investigation as far as it has gone. On ask ing howltbe President was to be informed your correspond ent learned that Secretary ol War Root will be mixed in this matter as he seems to have been in other unsavory affairs which reflects but lit tle credit;Upon his incumben cy. He was in close consul" tation with Postmaster gen eral Payne last Wednesday and left directly for St. Lou is where it is expected that the Postoffice matter will be the chief topic of oonfeience between Mr. Roosevelt and his right-hand man. It ran be understood that a confer ence would have as a prime object the hushing of Repub lican prisma nagement at the capital, at least during the time that Mi. Roosevelt is calling the West's attention to himself and bis party. They realize that there is Home virtue locousisteucy at least. Twoexecutivedepartments and two national govern ments are worried over the dispositions of some $6,000 taken from Charles F. Neeley when he was arrested in con nection with the alleged pos tal irregularities in Cuba. The amount,? 6,234 1 8, to be exact, now rests in the safe of the Postmaster Geneial. Ho w it got there is a long story but it can be briefly stated for your readers in this way: Neeley wusarr sted by the chief of police of Roch ester, New York, and held there awaiting the arrival of postoffice inspectors who were to taka Neeley to the scene of his trial. Neeley holds the receipts of the Roch ester chief for tne money ta ken from him at the time of his arrest. The postoffice in spector receipted to the Roch cater man, and Gen. Wo5fl receipted to the inspector when the money was taken to Cuba to be used as evi dence, lit then wont to Secre tary on a receipt, and he in turn accepled :nefrom Post master General Pa.vne. Nee ley was released from custo dy under Prendeut Palma's amnesty act, and wan not convicted Uj. the Cuban courts of the theft of the mon ey. He called on the Chief of Police for the money and,was referred, through the succes sive steps of the chain to the War Deparment, and no w that the Postoffice Depart ment has the sum it is as sumed that the next demand will be made upon that De partment, The flaw in t h e chain seems to come in the action of General Wood in not turning the sum over to the Cuban treasury as a part of the loot recovered from the postal frauds, but it will be remembered at that time there were trucable to urmy headquarters in Cuba othep irregulatities, whose spec tres are still stalking, and which will receive renewed at tention through these devel opments. The State Depart ment also is entangled be cause the Cuban Government has just claimed the whole sum through its legation at Washington, and this in volves Secretary Hay. Some time ago the Department of Justice was asked for an o pinion as to the final disposi tion of the six thousand dol lars, and Attorney General Knox advised that nothing farther be done until suit be brought to recover the mon ey. Neeley declares his'inten tion of suing, and Mr. Payne will try to'persuade Mr. Hay to persuade Senator Quesa da to persuade his govern ment to bring suit likewise, and there the matter lies, an other tribute to the ineffect iveness of the administra tion. A SURE THING. It is said that there is nothing sure rxcept death and taxes, but that is not entirely true. Dr. King's New Discovery for consumption is a sure cure for all throat and lung troubles, Thousandth can testify to that. Mrs. C. B. Van Metre of Shep erdtown West Va says: "I had a severe case of bronchitis and for a year tried everything I heard of but got no relief. One bottle of Dr. Ktng's New Discovery then cured me absolutely." It's infallible for croup, whooping cough, grip, poeu monia and consumption Try it. It is guaranteed by M. B. Blackburn. Trial bottles free. Regular sizes 50c and 1 1. The man who starts ontto look for trouble will have no trouble in bumping up against it before he gets very fur. A TSARTLING TEST. To save a life, Dr. T. G. Merritt 01 No. Mehoopany, Pa ,made a star tlilng test resulting in a wonderful cure. He writes "a patient was at tatked with violent hemorrhages, caused by ulceration of the stom ach I had often found Electric Bit ters excellent for stomach and liver troubles so I prescribed them. The patient gngined from the first and has not had attack for 14 months.'l Electric Bitters are positively guar anteed for dyspepsia, indigestion, constipation and licer troubles. Trv them. Only 50c at Blackburn's. The woman behind the wash tub is often superior to the one in front of the piano, Ql'ICK ARREST. J. A. Quiledge of Verbena, Ala., was twice in the hospital from a se vers case of piles causing 24 tn mors. After doctors and all reme dies had failed, Bucklen's Arnica Salve quickly arrrested further in flcmation and cured him. It con quers aches and kills pain. 25 c. at Bjackbwy's, New Tork 'a Now Liquor Law. The liquor tux law, pawed three weeks nco by the I, ni. lature of New York, advanc ed the tax on the sale of li quor fifty per cent Tlie new law takes effect on May the 1st nndjt is anticipated will put many saloon keeptrsont of business. Ah it result of the passage of the law, the li quor men have sworn ven geance on the Governor and Mayor of New York City. As tor the np State fanners, the brewers ami saloon keepers will une none or their prod ucts cheese br hops-and will make the consumer Jpny the increased tax necessary to permit tliPin to remain in bun mess. The freelunch institu tion will so on be a relic of the past and the 'speak easy' traffic will be n tact of the neai future. Thissummer will see not a 'collar' but. h 'cuff' on Coney Island beer glasses and the 'growler' will he di minished to microscopic dr mensions. An idea of the pro portionate sum the increas ed tax will bring in may be gathered from the facts thai the country's per capita ex penditure for stimulants in 1902 was f 17.33 for $79, 000,000 inhabitants; the cost at retail of nil alchoholie drinks was $1,100,000,000; the use of alchoholic bever ages per capita was doubled in twenty -jears, and New York with her ,thirsty souls in 3,000,000 keeps up her end with unfailing regulari ty .-Collier's Weekly. The south is not clamoring for Cleveland to become the Demoaratic standard bearer in the presidential campaign ofnevtyear. Editor McKel way and the prominent gen tlemen he met at the South ern Educational Conference to the contray notwithstand ing. A great majority of those that make up the party are against the sheriff, though, perhaps not so bitterly as eight years ago when denun ciation of him in scathing language was common. He is not the man they would prefer, but if he.;should be nominated there is little or no doubt that he would car ry this section. The South' likes or dislikes will not be much considered at the con vention. We may be depend ed on to deliver our goods as the management of the national Democracy may di rect. Winston Sentinel. MADE YOUNG AGAIN- "One of Dr. King's New Life Pills each night for two weeks has put me in my teens again" writes D. II. Turner of Dempsysown, Pa. They r the best in the world for In er, stomach and bowels Purely veg etable. Nevei gripe. Only 25c. at Blackbnrn'u. FREE 10 OUR READERS. Botanic Klood Balm for the Blood. If you suffer from ulcers, eczema, scrofula, blood poison, cancer, eat ing so. c s, itching tkin, pimples, bojls, bone pair.s, swellings, rheuma tism, catarrh, or any blood or skin disease, we advise you to take Bo tanic Blood Balm (B. B. B.) Espec ially recommended for okl,' obsti nate, deep seated cases cures where all else fails, heals every sore, makes the blood pure and r ch, gives the skin the rich glow of health. Drug gists, $1 per large bottle. Sample sent free by writing Blood Balm j Co., Atlanta, Ga. Describe trouble : and free medical advice sent in se:d-! ed letter. Medicine scit at once, pre Mrs. Laura. S. Webb, l f VlM-Preatdmt Wemnn Pone 1 crtMleCtabttof Northern Obi. I ertrtie Ctabtt of Northern 4 "I dreaded the change of lift which wu fait approaching, I noticed WlM of Cardui, and decided to try bot tle. I experienced tome relief the first month, 10 I kept on taking It for three months and now I menstruate with no pain and I shall Uke It oft and on now until I have passed the climax." Fetnalo weakness, disordered menses, falling cf the womb and ovarian troubles do not wear off. They follow a woman to the change of lifo. Do not wait but take Wine of Cardui now and avoid the trou ble. Wine of Cardui never fails to benefit a suffering woman of any aije. Wine cf Ca ?.-? r lieved Mrs. Webb when &Lo t,s iu dan ger. When you come to the change of life Mrs. Welch's letter will mean more to you than it does now. But you may now jfoii the suffering she endured, ffruggista sell $1 bottles of Wine ft Cardui. F.orCAR0UL Gastouia Gazette: The Ma con Telegraph is of the opin ion that Booker Washington has very largely developed that faculty of the negro. well known among the South ern people of being able to 'pull a white man's leg'" It seems even so. Just as the ge nial old time negro has a nick of learning the ways of Brer Uabbit, Brer Possum, the mule and the coon dog, just so be has a nack of un derstanding the ways of Mr. White Man. There are many of the.old-time darkies who know very well how, to say "Master" and "Yes, sah" and "Dat's so" and how to bow with a ge St here defer ence. Booker in a somewhat more advanced Ptnge seems equally a skilled in the fine art of managing sotrso white folks. CASTOR I A For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Signature of Cd&tfM&Stt Gelletin stiffened jellies con tain 05 percent water. Women as Wei! as Men Are Made Miserable by Kidney Trouble. Kidney trouble preys upon the mind, dis courages and lessens ambition; beauty, vigor ana cneenumess soon disappear when the kid neys are out of order or diseased. Kidney trouble has become so prevalent that it Is not uncommon for a child to be born afflicted with weak kid neys. If the child urin- ItM Inn nfl.n II K urine scalds the flesh or if, when the child reaches an age when it should be able to control tne passage, it yet afflicted with bed-wetting, depend upon It. the cause of the difficulty is kidney trouble, and the first step should be towards the treatment of these Important organs. Thla unpleasant trouble Is due to a diseased condition of the kidneys and bladder and not to a habit as most people suppose. Women as well as men are made mis erable with kidney and bladder trouble; and both need the same great remedy. The mild and the immediate effect of bwamp-Koot is soon realized. by druggists, In fifty- cent and one dollar 1 sizes. You may have a samnle bottle bv mall free, also oamrjhlet tell. Ing all about it, including many of the thousands of testimonial letters received from sufferers cured. In writing Dr. Kilmer & Co.. Binghamton, N. Y., be auro acd. tp' jjtion this paper. It Is sold ana oM Bmm.ImI
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