North Carolina Newspapers

VOL XV; - ; ' J . i ; . i i . BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, N. C THURSDAY JULY 9,. 1003. I . 4 ir f vmw w IH1 falllas out badly.. I purchased a bottle of Ayer's Hair Vigor, and oon my hair stopped coming out." Mias Minnie Hoover, Paris, 111. Perhaps your mother had thin hair, but that is no reason why you must go -through life with half starved hair. If you want long, thick hair, feed it with Ayer's Hair Vigor, and make it rich, dark, and heavy. SMiatortU. All Iraf fills. tf jroor drtipKiBt cannot supply yon, md us ono dollar and we will oxnreaa you a bottle. lie sure and give the name of year earestexiiress office. Address, A number of members of the, party in Washington have approved the action of Iowa democrats in de nouncing the Kansas City national platform. OASTOniA. Been tie f KM YtM Haw Alvraya BottgK ftgnatnt at PROFESSIONAL. F. A, LINNEY, ATTORNEY AT LAW,- BOONE, N. C. Will practice in the courts of chin and surroundingeoun ties. Promot attention giv n to the collection of claims nnd all other business of n le gal nature. 6 12 EDMUND JONES, LAW YER LENOIR, N. O Will Practice Regularly in the Courts of Watauga, 10-25 1 v.' ,V J) J. C. FLETCHER, Attorney AtJLaw, UOONE, N. C.-r Careful attention given to ol lections. E. F. LOVILL, ATTORNEY AT LAW, BOONE, N. C. BSTSpecinl attention given in all business entrusted to U'. caro.Stt . - 8-23, 1901). J. W. TODU. UEO. P., PELL. TODD & PELL. ATTORNEYS Arl LAW, JEFFERSON, N. C. Will practice regularly in the courts of Watauga. Headquar ters at Coffey's Hotel during couit. 5-4-99. E. S. COFFEY J lour Ma -ATWllhEY Al LAW,- BOONE, N.C. Prompt attention given to II matters of a legal nature. 8& Abstracting titles and jollection of claims a special ty. ' : J319Q0. Dr. J. M. HOGSHEAD, Gancr Specialist, BANNER'S ELK. N. C xioKnite; No Ruining Out. Highest references and ondors- uents ol proariiieut persons suc cessfully treated in Va., Tcun. . and X. C. . Remember that thre - id no time too soon to gftfc rid ol a cancerous growth no matter - how small. Exahiiuat.ion .free, letters answered promptly, and patiBfactton gn-irn ntmt. Wild Home in North Carolina. St. Louis Republic. No more historical as well as interesting and curious territory in theUnlted States than 'the long: sand banks which mark the eastern boun dary of North Carolina. They form a vast breakwa ter, within which are the "sounds" through which the (lovernment now proposes to provide nn inland waterway which will end the terrors of Cape Hatteras. On that pai t of ihe banks fuithertothe southward of Cape Ilatteras there are lit tle pontes, the onlj wild hor eea east of the Mississippi river. The ponies have morethan three centuries of history be" hind them. They date back to the time of the knightly Sir Wal ter Raleigh and the days when the Moores of Barbnry were a power. The part of the banks in question is known as Shack elford Batiks,;taking its name from the chief owner. Beginning at Ocracoke In let this stretch of sand reach es to Bogue Inlet, termina ting at Shackelford's Point, in front of the town of Beau lort. Shafkr'lrord's Banks is al most forty miles long, low ly ing, with here and there dunes or sand hills rising to a height of. say, forty feet, tree covered. The trees loaded with vinps and in this mass of nearly subtropical vegetation, much of it evergreen, are the Span ish bayonet, prickly pear or small cactus, and the fan of scrub palmetto. On ShacMford's Banks a lone the little ponies are found in their wild state no where else. ' There are said to be about twelve hundred of them on thfi banks. Inquiry made of resident as to whether the number of ponies had decreased during the last fifty years, brought the response that it had, and that until about 1850 thepo nies had increase. The ponies weigh about SOO pounds and their height is about 13 to 14 hands that is i to 4 feet. Their life is mainly on the banks though in very stormy weather they swim over to the mainland, a distance of from two to five miles. Their food is marsh grass, leaves of scrubby trees and shrubs and berries, particu larly the berries of the holly The woods usually give them good shelter, and hence it is seldom that they seek the shelter of the mainland. They live to quite an age, but the average is about 22 years. Some reach the age of 40 When they want water they bore boles in the sand in low places and secure plenty of ic. These ponies have owners. The "banks" are owned by various persons, largely by grants sold by the State. These people make pens of driftwood and rough logs and poles, and into these Bomc of the pocies and their colts are driven at times and branded. A colt following a branded mare is considered the prop erty of the owner of the mare and he holds it. In cases where there are colts that do not follow the mares, the "penners," that is the men who own and make the pens take them. Such is the unwritten law. The ponies are driven out of the scrub by drivers or herders, and this is a matter of no small difficulty, as the scruh is often so thick as to be a jungle, threaded by thou sands of narrow paths thro' the shining sand, The wind and salt keep down much of the vegetation so that there may bo sepn hickory trees not over three feet in heighth, yet loaded with nuts, and horse chest nut trees equally dwarfed. The colts are covered with hair several inches in length, nature's protection gainst the weather. This looks like felt. ft falls off in large flakes. Most of the colts are of a faded brown color, but some are black. These ponies are known in all parts of the State as "banker" ponies. They do not appear to be sold much outside of North Carolina, as people in other States do not know anything about them. They cross well with hors es. When taken up country and fed upon corn, hay and oats they fill out and darken color somewhat. Their instinct is lemarka bje. They know by means of it the way to get to the main land or islands with the min imum amount of swimming, Tb9 writer has eeen them wade great distances with out getting out of their depth, taking various turns and changes of direction to conform to the shoals, yet they are fearless swimmers. Though an inlet only a bout two miles in width sepa rates Shackelford's Banks from Bogue banks, the ponies never go on the latter banks nor do they cross the Craco- ca Inlet. The ancestors of those bar dj and valuable little horses were the Rarbary horse9that Sir Walter Raleigh sent over with his colonists to Roan oak Island. Sir Walter Ral eigh's colonists, when the re lief from England was so long delayed in reaching them, went with the Indians to the Mainland, but must have left the ponies. The Indians were unused to horses. The Indians were the Hat erasks, who gave their name to the dreaded cape. These sturdy little ponie are therefore a part of the ro rnance that hangs about this quaint part of North Caroli na. There are persons wtio hold that Raleigh's wolonists first landed at Shackelford's, and later went to the Island of Roanoke, where they built their fort, because it was a more defensible place, and they left the 'Miltle Barbnry horses on the banks until bet t.cr times should come. There Will be SOO Lets, Raleigh Post. And they nhnll flee unto the mountains of Hcpsidam. This from Chairman Rol lins of the State Republican Executive Committee discov ers a state of mind that means more troubl" for oth ers than Mr. Rollins com- plaius of as having fallen up on his young shoulders. Mr. Rollins is thus quoted in the Charlotte Observer. "Do yon know that on Ju ly the 1st 500 Republicans in north Rurolina will be out of jobs? They are storekeepers and gaugers. They are now in North Carolina over 500 distilleries, but when the Watts bill goes into effect on fuly 1st, there won't be more than 25 distilleries and all ol these will he in incorporated towns. This means the tnd of the storekeepers and gaug ers who now get $2 n day. "With the simplicity ofchil dren they write confidently to me and ask me to get 'em a job just as if I could reach up a tree and hand out a job to each and nil. I have in my employ the best stenogra pher in the State, Miss Clara Emanuel, but she and sim ply can't keep up with the corresponnence with these fel lows who have nothing to do after the 1st of July.' Angels and minister of grace, defend us. Five hun dred lean and hungry. Cassi- uses pulled loose from the pie counter at one and the firs fell swing of the Watts bill. There is no doubt of weeping and wailing niid gnashing of teeth. One thousand dollars a day saved to the govern mentwe wish we would say truthfully to the taxpayers - or 365,00O a year. NIGHT WAS HER TORTURE. "I would cough nearly all night long" writes Mrs. Charles Apple. gate; of Alexandria. Inptana, '"and could hardly get any sleep. I had consumption mo had that if I walked a block I would cough fritcftilly and spit blood, but when all other medicine had failed, three tl bottles of Dr. King s New Discoerv whol ly cured me and I guined 5S pounds It is absolutely guaran teed to cure coughs, coS, la grip, tronchitiH and all throat and lung troubles Price ;oc. and $i. Trial bottles free at Hlackburn's. In ranking up his pension list for Spanish war veterans Commissioner IVara should not overlook those heroic volunteers who took the postoflice payroll by storm. Washington Post. FREE TO OUR READERS. Iiotanic itlood Bulm for Ihe Blood. If you suffer from ulcers, eczema, scrofula, blood poison, cancer, cat ing so.es, itching skin, pimples, boils, bone pair.s, swellings, rbeum; tism, catarrh, or any blood or skin disease, we advise you to take Bo tanic Wood Balm (B. B. B.) Espcc ially recommended for old, 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, $i per large botlte. Sample sent free by writing Mood JJalm Co., Atlanta, Ga. Describe trouble and free medical advice sent m seal ed letter. Medicine sent at once, pre paid. Honesty is undoubtedly the best policy, nut a good mnnv men nomehow fail to keep their premiums paid up. OABTOnZA. Bin tl sits Kiu You Ha Ala Sura.'.tir Deeadeaciof Lying. Chicago Tribune. The magazines have given us articles on the decadence ot everything in uature and art wit the exception of ly ing. It usel to be that lying was a fine art. The man who could lie judiciously and prop erly was entitled f a high seat ut tho feast an 1 the en comiums of his fellow-men. In the good old times it was recognized that to lie re quited tact and discretion, to say nothing of considera hie intelligence and a sturdy mmiory. The man who could start out with one in lerefcting lie and then contin ue through a sequence of lies, each of which supported and lent verisimilitude to the in trodm-lory lie was given the credit it deserved. But to day, how has the lie fallen; how has the fib faded. Where do we get our lies? The butcherboy tells us how he forgot to bring the roast; the grocerboy answers he had to wait until the farmer brought the fresh eggs; the paperhanger comes arouud two days after he was to be gin work and puts up a weak fabrication concerning ill ness; the iceman tells us flim sy things about meltage and leakage milkman gives us blowhole statements about pasturization and pastur ing; the office boy continues to lose grandmothers during the baseball season; the cook I rics to make us believe that we eat all the sugar- -and so it goes How paltry, how cheap, how artificial the lies are nowadays! Lving is no longer h fine art. it has become a trade. Is it any wonder the peo ple show a lack of interest in the truth. Formerly it had the charm of contrast. BHUTALI.Y TOKTl'KED, A case came to light that for per sistent and unmerciful orture has perhaps never been equalled, Joe Golobick of Colusa, Calif , writes: "For fifteen years 1 eodored insuf ferable pain from rheumatism and nothing relieved me though I tried eAerything known. I came across Electric titters, aid it's the best meeicino on eurth l..r that troubles A few bottles of itcomplctelv reliev ed and cured me,." Tost as good for liver and kidney troubles and gtn real debility. Only 50c. Satisfaction guaranteed by M. B. Blackburn. The brown, hand spanked, barefooted, hard fisted coun try makes a much better fight in the battle of life than the pampered, high collared and crease trousered youth of our cities, whose clothes are always dusted with a whisk broom instead of a shingle. Let the town in a n out of a job try a year on the farm. Plowing behind a mule will take the kink out of his topknot, the frog out of bin throat, the gas off his stomach, the wenkriesH out rtl his legs and will give bin. an appetite, nn honest living and a sight of hen yen. Ex Buy and Try a Box Tonight. While you think of it, go buy and try a box of Cascarets Candy Ca thartic, ideal laxative, tonight. You'll never regret it. Genuine tablets stamped C. C. C. Never sold in ! bulk. All druggists, 10c. Mrs. Laura. S. Webb, VlccPrcfittlrat Womiui'i ! eratlo Cluba ot Nonliern OUla. "I dreaded the change ol life whkh wu lut epproaching. I noticed Wine of Cardjl, and derided to try bot., tic. I experienced aorne relief the first month, 10 I kept on taking It for three month and now I menstruate with no pcln and I shall take it off and on now until I have pasied the climax." Female weakness, disordered menses, falling of the womb and ovarian troubles do not wear off. They follow a woman to thecliange of life. Do net wait luf tai;c Wine of Cardui Bow and avoid the trou ble. Wino of Con'.ui never fail to benefit a suffering woman of auy am). Wino of Cardui relieved Mrs. Webb when bIw was in dan cer. When you come to the change of life Mra. Webb's letter will mean more to you than, it does now. But you may now oid tho suffering she endured, ffrupgiats sell 81 bottles of Wino ff Cardui. OFiyfi; The Jefferson Recorder wise ly says: "Good roads are nec essary to thrift and prog ress. The people who desire, the improvement Jand. pros perity of a community make a great mistake by neglect ing the public highways. This is among the first im provements we should make, tor nil others are so largely depended upon the road's conditior.a. The public high ways have been neglected, they have already cost too much. In their present, condi tion they are a drain on the resources of the country, and the community dependent up on bad roads are paying dearly for the dependence. It is now time to about face in this matter and build roads real roads, such as will last and he a blessing -instead of a hindrance. DON J-T" TOBACCO SPIT I and SMOKE Your Lifcawayl You can k cured or any lurtii 01 tobacco using easily, be mad.- well, stroni', m.ierir-lic, full of new life and vip.or liy takiuh' KO-iO-BAO, .bt makes weak mm strong. Many Kin ten pounds in li-i day.-,, fj'er SOO,000 curtii. All iliu.;tfi'lM Curs tinrnmeM. Boole tet mid mlvice i XKH. Aifciss STERLING REMEDY Co., Chicago or New York. 437 Let him who would move the world get a move on him self first. DO YOU GET UP WITH A LAME BACK ? Kidney Trouble Makes Vou Miserable. Almost everybody who reads tha news papers Is sura to know of the wonderful cures made by Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root, the great kidney, liver I and bladder remedy. 1 j. 11 is xne great, mean T-Hl r.al Irlmnnh nl thm nfn- .win.. i.iiiuijr, covered after years of ,YJ Urt iwavtaieiw looiwil VJ Qsa Dr Kilmer, tha eml- neni Kinney ana Diad der specialist, and Is wonderfully successful In Promptly curing lime back, kidney, bladder, uric acid trou bles and Bribt's Disease, hlch Is tha worsl form of kidney trouble. Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root Is not rec- ! ommended f or everything but If you have kid ney, liver or bladder trouble It will be found Just the remedy you need. It has been tested In so many ways, In hospital work, In private practice, among the helpless too poor to pur chase reHef and has proved so successful Ir. every case that a special arrangement has been made by which all readers of this paper who have not already tried It, rmy have ft sample bottle sent free by mail, also a book I telling more about Swamp-Root and how to find out if you have kidney or bladder trouble. When writing mention reading this generous offer in this paper and send your address to. Dr. Kilmer 8c Co.,Bing- hamton, N. Y. Tha . regular fifty cent and iiWtx sizes aro sold by all good drugg?st& II H H ' J V J I 1 Ml I 11 1 n 1 iii TO kjll iC- 2 Bqnllnn Iwa.