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BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, N. C, THURSDAY. OCTOBER 8, 3903.
NC. 31.
VOL XV.
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2Vo HJr?
"My hair wu filling out very
fast and I was greatly alarmed. I
then tried Ayer'a Hair Vigor and
mv hair atocoed fallinc at once."
Mra. G. A. McVay, Alexandria, O.
The trouble is your hair
does not have life enough.
Act promptly. Save your
hair. EwJ it with Ayer's
Hair Vigor. If the gray
hairs are beginning to
show, Ayer's Hair Vigor
will restore color every
time. II.NaMlb. AlliraaMl.
If your drogritt cannot inpply yon,
Mod ot on, dollar and will asprM
you a bottla. ttt mro audrl tbo mbi
ot your MarMt xiirau omos. Addreat,
J. C. AV KU CO., Lowell, MaM.
Beware of the woman who
loves money more than she
i loves love
. STOP THE COUGH
WOltK OFF THE COLD,
Laxative Rroino Quinine Tablets
, cure a cold in one day. No cure
i do pay. rnce zoc.
PROFESSIONAL.
F. A. LINNEY,
. ATTORNE5T AT LAW,
BOONE. N. C.
Will practice in the court
, of cniH and surrounaiogcoun
.lifts. Promut attention civ-
. pn tn the collection of claims
v and all otber business of a le
. cfl.1 nature. . b-U
A EDMUND JONES,
LA YER
-LENOIR, N.C
Will Practice Regularly in
i the Courts ot watauga,
6.1. '03,
J. C. FLETCHER,
Attorney At Law,
BOONE, N.C.
1 Careful attention given to
. collections.
EFLOVILL,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,-
-BOOSE, N. C
i WSpecial attention given
i to all business ..entrusted to
$ hlscare."
823, 1900
i. W. TODD.
GEO. P. PELL.
TODD & PELL.
ATTORNEYS Al LAW,
JEFFERSON, S. C.
Will practice regularly in the
courts of Watauga. Headquar
ter, s at CoftVy'B Hotel during
couit. ' 5-4-99.
E. S. COFFEY,
-AT10RNEYA1 LAW,-
BOONE, N. a
Prompt attention given to
all mutters of a legal nature.
tST Abstracting titles and
collection of claims a special
ty
- 5-23-1900.
WASHINGTON LETTER.
Ftom our fief nUr Cormpondent.
A congressional investua
tion of the Postoffice Depart
ment is being freely discuss
ed by those members of Con
gress who have already ar
rived in Washington. This
does not mean that there is
doubt as to the thorough
ness of Fourth Assistant
ant Post master General Bris
tow's investigation, in so far
as it has gone, but thatthere
is grave dissatisfaction be
cause the President did not
authorize Bristow to probe
that portion of the mail ser
vice which is believed to har
bor the greacest fraud, the
railway mail service. One
member of Congress who is
familiar, with postoffice af
fairs, said to your correspon
dent one day recently that in
his judgment the U. S. was
paying, through this service,
tribute to the railroad and
steamship companies atnoun
ting to between f 30,000.000
and 140,000,000 annually,
in the shape of excess tolls
lor the mails. This amount
may be . seriously exagger
ated and yet leave a fraud
of sufficient, proportions to
warrant the most tborougn
investigation. The impres
sion prevails that Bristow
was not allowed to probe
this source of corruption be
cause of the prominence of
the men involved, Including
numerous railway presidents
proprietors of steamship com
panies, members of Congress
and others. To stir up such
a scandal almost on the eve
of a presidential election
would be regarded as bad
politics, and it is presumed
that argument has been suf
ficient to induce. the Presi
dent to curb.Bristow's au
thority to investigate every
section of the postal service."
Be this as it may, there is no
doubt but that the demo
crats in Congress will make
a desperate effort to air the
facts with the hope of sham
ng the republicans into turn
ing Bristow loose in a Held
where the frauds will far out
weigh the comparatively pet
ty peculiarities of Beavers.
Machen and others.
Judge Richards, Represen
ativefrom Alabama, came
o Washington laBt week.
and when seen by your cor-
rerpondeut expressd himself
reely on the raw question,
which he predicts will become
one of the issues in the na
tional campaign. The Judge
says that Mr. Roosevelt hus
precipitated the question by
his conduct toward the ne
gro, and cites as instances,
the invitation of Booker T.
Washington to the White
House, the appointment o
"Dr." Crnm to be collector
Dr. J. M. HOGSHEAD,
Gancr Specialist,
BANNER'S ELK. N. I
Ap Knite; No Burning Out.
Hip-heat references and endors-
ments of prominent persons sue
Mfiillv treated in Ya.. Tenn.
and N. C. Remember that there
is no time too soon to get rid ol
a cancerous growth no matter
i how small. Examination iree,
i letters answered promptly, and
THE PLBAfcUllE OF BATING.
Persons sufferine from indieestion,
dvHDensifl. or other stomach trou-
ble will And that Kodoi uypepsia
Cure digests what you eat ana
malcen the stomach sweet. This rem
edy is a never failing cure for indi
creation and dvsneDsia and all com
plaints affecting the glands or mem
hrnnp rf the StompCh Of lllfTfiStlVC
tract. When von take Kodol Uys
pepsia Cure everything you
tastes good, ana every cut oi tne
nutriment that your food contains is
assimilated and appropriated by the
blood and tissue. Sold by Black
born,
of the port of Charleston, af
ter he had been twice repudi
ated by a republieancoromit
tee of the Senate, and the ab
olition of the postoffice at In
dinnola. Miss., Judge Rich
ardson does not agree
with Senator Carmack and
otheis who are agitating the
repeal of the rppeal of the
Fourteenth and Filteenth a-
mendments to the constitu
tion. He sees no good to be
(rained by tiiat coursp, and
he asserts that under thecon
stitutionsof Alabama, Mis
sissippiand other Southern
Slates thequpstion of negro
suffrage has been satisfacto
rily settled, the ignorant ne
gro and the ignorant whites
have alike been barred from
votinK. On the other hand,
he does not agree with thosf
who advocate the expulsion
of the negro in the South,
which, even if it were practi
cable, he says, would mean
the destruction of most of
those industries which are
now flourishing in the South.
"The South needs the negro
and there is no place where
be can be contented and do
bo well as in the Sonth," con
clnded the J udge. "There, if
he behaves himself, he gets
along all right and fulfills his
mission, while if he imsbe
haves he gets into trouble, a
condition which prevails ev
ery where, north as well as
south. But the one essential
in the South, where the ne
groep form so large a propor
tion of the population, is to
keep them in subjection to
aw and order.
Ten voung men who have
distinguished themselves at
Amsrican military schools
are. soon to start for the
Philippines where they will en
ter the Philippine constabu-
arv. The Philippinecivilgov
ernment hopes, through its
constabulary, to soon obvi
ate the neceesity of large mil
itary garrisons in the islands
n manv respects the constat)
ularv is similar to themount
....
ed police of Canada which
with a small hut exception
ally effective force, maintain
order throughout the great
Nolhwest Territory. Most ol
the officers of theconstabula
ry have been drawn from mil
itarv channels, many of them
having open volunteer officers
who prpfeired to remain in
thePhilippineswhen the tune
ca me lor their regimen ts to be
mustertd out of the eervice
Bv selecting the. honor men
from the American military
schools, the Philippine gov
ernment believes it will still
further improve the person
nel of the constabulary force
and this also increase its etb
ciencv and dependability.
The rapidly increasing price
of silver is likely to bring a-
bout a curious state of auairs
in the Philippines. When the
Philippine coinage bill was
under consideration in tbe
House last session, the demo
crats aud a tninoriny of the
republicans, passed a substi
tute which trade United
States money legal tender in
the Philippines. Lter, the
Spnute parsed a measure
which provided for the Philip
pine peso and madeitand
U. S; money legal tender. The
House was whipped into lin
during the closing hours of
the session and the Se n a t e
biU became a law. Now, the
price of silver has advanced
jilmost 50 per cent and is quo
ted at 61.58 cents an ounce.
If it reaches 64 cents theppso
will be worth more than their
face value as bullion and will
be promptly melted and sold
as such That would lea ve the
only legal tender money in
the islands, the legal tender
of the U. S as provided by
the minority bill.
The executive committeeof
the American Federation of
Labor has met and adjourned
without taking action regard
inar the President's announc
ed open door for non-union
labor policy oi the William
Miller case. This closes one
ohaseof the situation until
November, when the Federa
tion will meet in Boston, but
there is considerable interest
iu the President's decision re
garding Miller which it is ex
pected. will be ann o u n c e d
from the White House in the
near future.
DISTRESS AFTER EATING CCRED.
Judge W. t. Holland, of Greens-
burg, La., who is well and tavora
blyknown, says: :two years ago
I suffered greatly from indigestion.
After eating, great distress would in
variably result, lasting tor an nour
nr on. anrl mv nitrhts are restless. I
concluded to try Kodol Dyspepsia
Cure and it cured me enuny. now
mv uleen is refreshing and diges-
tion perfect, Sold by Blackburn.
Some farmers in thecounty
will mnke.fully f 100 an acre
on tobacco, in spite of the
low prices, though many
have barely made exppnses.
The man who made 1,500
pounds of tobacco to theaere
will have to get only 62-3 cts.
a pound to get$100.-Lum
berton Argus.
Broke Into His House.
S. TOuinn of Cavendish, Vt..
was robbed of his cusaomary health
by invasion of ehronic constipation.
But when Dr. King'f New Life
Pille broke into bia house, his trou
ble was arrested and now he s en
lirplv cured. Thev are e-uatanteed
to cure. 25c. at M. B. Blackburn's.
Whipping the overloadel
team is a poor way of trying
to overcome the faults of u
bad road.
A PURGATIVE PLEASURE.
Tf vou ever took De Witt's Little
Early Risers for billiousness or con
ttinnrinn vou know what rjurea
tiwft nleasnre i. These famous little
pills cleanse the liver and rid the
system of all bile without producing
unpleasant effects. They do not
crrirxv sicken or weaken, but give
tone and strength to thetissues and
organs involved. W. II, Howell of
Houston. Texas, savs: 'Nobettei
pill can be usfd than Little Early
Uiscrs lor conMii;u iju, '
ache, etc. Sold by Bhckbusu.
THE GENUINE VS. COUNTERFEITS,
The genuine i9 always better than
-- ...... ., , ..
a counterfeit, but the trutn oi mis
statement is never more forcibly re
alized or more thoroughly appi ecia
ted than when you compare t n e
gennine DeWitt Witch Hazel
Salve with many counterfeits and
worthless substiutes that are on tne
market. W . S. Ledbcttcr. of Shreve
port. La., says: "After using numer
ous other remedies without benefit
one box of De Witt's Witch Hazel
Salve cured me." For blind, bleed
ing, itching and protruding piles no
remedy is oqual to De Witt's Witch
Hozel Salve. Sold by Wackburn.
Truth may be stranger
than fiction, but the average
liar makes a desperate pffort
to supply contrary proof.
Little ftariy nisei s t
The i&cr. z SIlllo pills.
The Habit of Bern Unfair to the
Honth.
Asheville Citizen.
It is a matter of regret that
prejudice, whether well or
basely founded, is so bard to
live down.
While the South is aslawa
biding and as loyal as any
other part of the Union, ai.d
that fact has been readily ad
ruitted of late years in t h e
Nor them press, and by the
leading public men of that
section, there still bobs up
scattpring traces of the bit
ter prejudices of a generation
ago.
A bublic speaker in those
dajs was never so sure that
he was on safe ground, as
when engagediu casting slurs
at the South. Thefashionhns
changed, on the whole, we are
lad to note, but the old hub
it was too well grounded in
some quarters to prevent an
occasional exhibition of itself
even now.
The revival of the anti-
lyncbing talk, although ari
sing from the uulawful execu
tion of persons in Indiana,
Delaware and other Northern
States, afforded, fresh oppor
tunitips to some lor further
denunciation of tbe South.
Listen at thiSself righteous
outburst from Chief Justice
Lore, of Delaware, in a recent
charge to a grand jury:
"We have heard of lynch
ing as a punishment for horse
stealing'in tbe South and
West, and for homicides,
rape and other crimes else
wbtre, but we flattered our
selves tbar suh scenes could
not occur in ourcommunity,
composed as it is largely of
that good old English atock
whose obedience to law has
been one of the secrets of our
civilization and of the safety
of our people."
We would like to ask Judge
Lore when he last heard of
lynching for horse-stealing
111 the South? rne worn
"South" was no doubt used
br the Judge merely to su
gar-coat his remarks with a
little prejudice so they would
"go" down a little easier.
And as for his claim, by in
ference, that the blood of his
people is better than that
which flowed in the veins of
the Old Chivelri'; Sonth, or
elsewhere in the Union, for
that matter, we challenge
him for the proof 1
Delawar and Maryland wer?
largely settled by the "good
old English stock" thatcame
over about the the time of
"Bloody Marj" whose inhu-
man treatrnput of her victims
constitutes on of the dark
est pages of English histo
ry.
In their dealings with the
Indians and all who interfer
ed with their plans or disa
greed with their ideas, polit
ical or religions, these early
settlers were guilty of as cm
el and inhuman treatment as
was ever practiced by an)'
people anyrvherp.
This seems rather an unfit
ting time tor public officials
of Delaware to refer to t h e
splNrigliteousness of the peo
pie of that State, reeking as
it is, with moral debasement
from vote-bribing to ddicks
spoils system and every form
ofpolitirnl corruption th:l
the iniquity f man cr devil
could devise.
Now as to his own contrib
utory negligence in the Geo.
White lynching, Judge Lore
gets this true summary from
the Times Dispatch.
"In hammering the mob
fot its terrible work in t b e
burning of George White, the
Chief Justice failed to note
the conspicuous fact that the
mob executed its purpose ba
cause the Chiwf Justice, .char
ged with the duty of adminis
tering the lavs himself delay
ed the prompt administrai
tion of justice. If he bad pose
poned the trial of the nwgro
who was put to death bj the
mob, the mob, would not
have executd its dire ven
geance,;'
If Chief Justice Lore would
pay more attention to theex
pedition of the law inhisown
state, and less giving free ad
vice to other sections, the
the cause of truth and justice
. 1.
in Delaware mignc soon uo
on as good a footing as elsewhere.
Miss Ida. M. Snyder
TtHwnr at Um
Brookljra Kaa Art Ctah.
" II women would pay iMra attMtiM to
their health wc woula hav rmt hawy
wives, mother end daughter, mi V titty
would observe result they woald IkM
that the doctor' prescription do no
Derform the many cure they an afeoj
credit lor. ' x '
" In consulting with my drufjlst M ad-
uluit McFlrcc'i Win ol CardulHd Thcd.
ford' Black-Draught, and so I took It and
havt every reason to thank him for a new
life opened up to me with restored health,
and It only took three months to cur tne."
Wine of Cardui is a regulator of the
menstrual function and i a most as
tonishing tonic for women. It cures
ularand painful menstruation, fallin
01 ine woini. wmres ana nooaing. 11
is helpful when approaching woman
hood, during pregnancy, after child-
birth and in change of life. It fre-
nupntlv brinira a. dp&r baliv to home
tiat have been barren for year. All
druggists have 11.00 bottle of Wine
Jim Tillman, tbe slayer of
Editor Gonzale is now on tri
al at Lpxington,S. C, ana it
is hard to surmise how long
the trial will continue, as
hundreds of witnesses have
been summoned.
Women as Well as Man
Are Made Miserable by
Kidney Trouble.
Kidney trouble preys upon (he mind, dis
courages and lessens ambition; beauty, vigor
ana cneenuiness ioon
disappear when the kid
neys are out of order
or diseased.
Kidney trouble has
become to prevalent
that It Is not uncommon
for a child to be born
afflicted with weak kid
neys. If the child urin
ates too often. II thai
urine scalds the flesh or if. when the child
reaches an age when It should be able ta
control the passage, It Is 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. This unpleasant
trouble is due to a diseased condition of the
kidneys and bladder and not to 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
Swamp-Root is soon realized. It Is sold
by druggist. In fifty
cent and one dollar
sizes. You may have a
sample bottle by mail
frM alut nmnhlet tell
ing all aooui it. inciuaing mwaj i
thousands of testimonial letters received
from sufferers cured. In writing Dr. Kilmer
& Co.. B.nghamton. N. Y., be surt and)
mention this paper.
... tatiBtaction uaraniecu.
III,
v.