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BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, N. C THURSDAY, OCTOHEU 22, 1003.
NO. 33.
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OASTOntA.
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PROFESSIONAL.
f. a. linney, . .
. -attorney; at law,-
. BOONE, N. C.
Will practice in the courts
of this and surroundingeoun
ties. Prompt attention giv-
en to the collection of claims
and all other business of a le
gal nature. 6-12
EDMUND JONES,
LAWYER
LENOIIl, N. 0
Will Practice Regula rly in
the Courts of Watauga,
6-1. 'Q3,
J. C. FLETCHER,
Attorney At Law,
BOONE, N. C. -
Careful attention given to
collections.
E. F. LOVILL,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
BOOSE, N. C.
BST'Special attention given
to all business entrusted to
his care."&a
8-23, 1900.
J. W. TODD.
GEO. P. PELL.
TODD & PILE,
ATJORSEYS Al LAW,
JEFFERSON, N. C.
Will practice regularly in the
courts of Watauga. Headqunr
teis at CoftVy's Ilotel du r i n g
court.
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E. S. COFFEY
-ATTORNEY Al LAW,-
BOONE, N. C.
Prompt attention given to
all matters of a legal nature.
AST Abstracting titles and
collection of claims a, special
ty.
23-1900.
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Cancer Specialist,
BANNER'S ELK. N. C
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WASHINGTON LETTER.
From our Regular Cerref pendent.
Political circles here aredis
cubing the presidential boom
of William R. Ilcjrst, of New
York. For several months be
has been making a special ef
fort to obtain the next demo
cratic nomination for presi
dent. His extensive press bu
renu and experienced agents
are booming his candidacy
in everypart of the country,
but especially in labor circles
and in the South, where the
name ol Hearst is now men
tioned as frequently as Gor
man. Representative Griggs,
of Georgia, who is chairman
of the democratic congress
ional campaign committep,
hfos become an enthusiast ir
supporter of Hearst, as ha
also the secretary of the com
mittee, Mr. Charles Edwards.
Hearst is himself president of
the National Association of
Democratic Clubs. One ol bin
favorite methods is to send
political agents to meetings
of labor organizations and
after working up enthusiasm
in his behalf to have the
same ex pressed in resolutions
which are afterwards distrib
uted in pamphlets. Last An
gust such a meeting was held
here and is now being dis
cribed "a vast anti-trust
mass meeting held under the
auspices of organized labor
at which Mr. Hearst wasnom
i a
mated tor rresiuent tiy accia
mation and amid semes of
enthusiasm." He makes a
great point of his attack up
on the trusts and in a pam
phlet circulate by the Hearst.
League of New York is found
the following summary of bis
qualifications for the office of
Chief Executive: "Rich en
ough tosatisfy honest wealth
that he will be conservator
of legitimate business inter
ests, he is the acknowledged
champion of the masses. Jef
h rsonian enough for the most
exacting democrat; honest
enough tobe beyond thorearh
of corruption; patriotic en
ough to consider thecountry
as a whole. Western enough
to be born in the went and
eastern enough to conduct a
great enterprise in the me
tropolis. Politician enough to
obtain the greatest popular
endorsement at the polls ever
given any one in Now York
state. Young enough to be
progressive yet old enough
to have exceeded Brian's age
when the latter was nomina
ted in 1S9G and Roosevelt's
age when Roosevelt was nom
iuated in 19C0. Philanthrop
ic enough tc endow seats of
learning, sell coal at cost to
the freezing poor and give a
way hot coffee and sandwich
es nightly to New York's
homeless and starving in the
winter." At the coining 6es
nioh of Congress Mr. Hearst
will take his sea tin the House
as the representative of the
eleventh New York district.
He is determined to be a can
didateand some of his wup
porters declarethat if hetloes
not receive the democratic
nomination he will place him
self at trV bend of the inde
pendent labor party.
It is well known that the
republicans are hopelessly di
vided on the question of rui
rency legislation ami it now
seeirs certain that they will
get out of the difficulty by
appointing a joint commit
tee which will examine the
needs of currency legislation
andsubmir recomme,idatioii3
to Congress. Representative
Hill, of Connecticut, the rank
ing member of the last House
Committee tin Ranking and
Currency has discussed the
pbn and declares that many
republicans are in favor of it.
While they do not believe
that Congress is likely to ac
cept the recommendation of
the committee without re
viewing the whole subject,
they point cut that it is bet
ter to have the present differ
enees fought out in commit
tee, than on the floor of the
House, and also that it will
postpone this embarrassing
question until after the presi
dentin campaign. Having
thus postponed tariff revls
ion and financial legislation
the republicans hope to en
ter the campaign without
any tdgns of a lack of harmo
ny in the party. Meanwhile
Secretary Shaw continues to
provide against a money
stringency by depositing trea
snry money in the national
banks and by redeeming gov
eminent bonds before they
are due. In this manner he
has placed oyer twenty two
millions in circulation. The
republicans hope that the
Secretary can thus satisfy
thosepowerful interests which
would atherwise clamor for
currency legislation.
Owing to the recent visit
to the White House of sever
al cranks one of -whom had
to be disarmed by the watch
men, there has been a renew
al of the (Jiscussion of fur
nishing the President with a
military guard. It is believed
that the members of thePres
ident's cabinet will advocate
somesuch measure during the
next session ol longress, as
the present secret nervine men
are detailed by the Treasury
Department, without specific
authority and are regarded
as a kind of makeshift. It. is
pointed out that the insuffici
ency of the President's guard
has been demonstrated by
the fact that thelatestarm?
lunatic arrested had on the
previous day shaken hands
with President Roosevelt us
the latter came out of the
church. It has also been lia
covered that t. h e publicity
given any such incident at
the White House always
brings other crazy men in
search oi the President, am
Secretary Loeb has now is
sued orders that henceforth
nil such incidents are to be
withheld from the public.
Last week marked the end
of the postal investigations
by the Washington grand ju
ry. dust before adjourning it
brought thirteen new indict
ments against ten men who
stand accused of defrauding
the government. The most re
rnarkableol the new indict
merits was that of .lames N.
Tyner who was until recently
Assistant Attorney General
for the Post Office and dur
ing Grant's administration
Postmaster General. This
makes in all thirty persons
who must stand trial for de-
fraudi")g t h e government
through the Post Olli
pnrtment. Among them is a
former Postmaster General,
an ex -congress man and a
state S-n a tor fro m Nw York ,
a mayor of Pennsylvania,
and six urominent postal of
ficials. Machen has fourteen
in lictments and Beavers six;
many or the others have sev
eral. Fourth Assistant Bris
tow ia finishing his report
and intends to present it on
Oct. 20. It is reported that
Representative Overstreet ol
Indiana, will be named chair
man of the House committee
of post offices and post roads;
and this seems to indicate
that the republicans expect
that politics will play an im
portant part in this commit
tee during the coming ses
sion and that it will require
some one well versed in par
ty politics to control the pro
pose i congressional investi
gation of the Post Office De
part men t. Mr. Overstreet is
secretary of the national re
publican congressional com
mittee and is regarded as a
skillful politician und party
manager. The republicansdo
not attempt to conceal the
fact thut they expect thedem
ocrats to make political cap
ital out ol the po-tal scan-
ials.
THE GENUINE VS. COUNTERFEITS,
The genuine is always better than
a counterfeit, but the truth of this
statement is never more forcibly re
ahzed or more thoroughly apprpcia
ted than when you compare the
genuine DeV itfs itch Haze
Salve with many counterfeits and
worthless sul.liutcs that are en the
market. W. S. Lcclbcttcr, ofSIireve
port. La., says: "After using numcr
ous other remedied without benefit
one box of J)e Witt's Witch Ha.el
Salve cured me." For blind, bleed
ing, itching and protruding piles no
remedy is oqual to Dc Witt's Witch
IIozcl Salve. Sold by Plackburn.
Hobson City in Alabama,
is inhabited wholly by ne
grocs, and its municipal af
fairs are condu"ted entirely
by them. Under the new State
Constitution nearly all of
them are disfranchised, there
beng only about twenty vo
ters left in the town. There
are about that many offices
to be filled and nearly evtfry
voter can have one. Ex.
A PURGATIVE PlUASURE.
If you ever took .Dc Witt's Little
Early Risers for billiousnpsH or con
s-tipation you know what a purga
live pleasure is. These famous little
pills clcr.nse the liver and nd the
system of all bile without producing
unpleasant effects. They o not
gripe, sicken or weaken, but give
tone and strength, to thctisMies and
orsans involved. W. II. Howell of
Houston, Texas, says: ''No better
pill can be usfd than Little Early
Risers for constipation , sick head
ache, etc. Sold by lihckbutn.
Leslie's Weekly, discussing tin
tendency to p;iy the preachers
larger salaties, talks sen.se when
it suys that "the tendency can go
a long way upward before t h e
ministry as a profession will be in
danger of sUflcringfrom overplus
of worldly goods and chattels.
As a matter ot fact, if the aver
age salary paid to the ministers
throughout the country were in
creased at once by fifty per cent.
it would he an act of common jun
tice nud of fair dealing to a class
ol men to whom thecountry owes
far more for light and leadership
than money itself can repay."
A philosopher is very oftfn a
man who preaches what other
people should practice.
The Master of Tour Trade;
The following is an extract
from an addnm delivered by
Mr. Victors. Bryant at the
unveil'ng of a monument to
the late Prof. L. Shurley, at
Pleasant Valley, N. C, a few
weeks ago:
"A favoriteexpression with
our teacher was: 'Whatever
is worth doing at all is worth
doing well.' And does not the
observation of each one of
us, deaionstrate that he was
correct? Look around about
you wherever you live or
may go. Is not success perch
cd upon the banner of those
who can and will do things?
"The lady who mnkec the
purest and cleanest butter,
sells hers with less trouble
and for more money. One
good svoinan goes to tie;'
neighboring city, rings the
door bell of half a dozen hou
ses, sells her entire product
in those homes at t h i r t y
five cents a pound the year
round, and a dozen more run
after her to buy. Another car
l ies hers to to town rings a
hundred doorbells and vis
its a dozeen stores, finds few t
or no purchasers, and returns
home with the product un
sold. You may call one good
luck, the other bail; you may
not understand the cause,
but knowing how to do things
well makes the difference.
There is always a demand for
the best, and the best is the
product of right thinkingand
intelligent effort. The man
with the largest watermelon,
the best bale of jot ton, the
finest colt, will find the read
iest market and the highest
price,
"Miss Stevenson, a grand
daughter of a South Caroli
na judge, pursued her stud
ies, finished a collegiate
course and looked around for
something to do. A friend in
a Massachusetts town s u g
gested that she open a ba
kery there and make good
bread. She accepted the sug
gestion, made It a study,
mastered it, and now sells
her bread for twice as much
moner per ounce, and 'more
ounces than anyone else, and
it is shipped over the world
for consumption. She h a s
learned to do one thing as
well or better than anyone
else, und her fortune is se
cure. "Why is it that one minis
tn1 finds an empty church,
fills it to overflowing, builds
another and fills that while an
other minister with equal or
greater opportunity finds a
crowded c h n r c h, gradual v
empties the pews and leaves
for-anot her field, and finally
quits the ministr? Why is it
that onephysici.tfi i brought
from Europe to America to
treat the daughter of Mr. Ar
rriMiif. -mil nniil 9i0.7 OOO furl
one Opel atioil, 'While hundred
of others would not be ner-
OI OHl'.i n ihh ue pi i
lllitted to enter his d. OT fnc
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Of any Charge hV IS It that
L.,.n i.w.int,..!. i.f mit ri..fou-
nw,.,.- .. " -
sioil call command their tell,
t wenty or five hundred thiai
stMiil dollars a year, while oth
ers s'audnhoilta poln-ecoiirt Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root the new dis
anxioilSto appear at a 11 V 1 covery is the true specific for kidney, bladder
1 ' ' and urinary troubles. It has cured thousands
price? 1 lie answer lies HI 1 1)' of apparently hopeless cases, after all other
,. ..ii ... i t i . efforts have failed. At druggists In fifty-cent
motto ot our blessed temdu r and doUar sizes. A sample bottle sent fre
who ties buried here, 'learn In by mail, also a book telling about Swamp.
Root and lis wonderful cures. Address
do somerhlflg Well.' Olb- u.- Dr. Kilmer ft Co., Binghamton, N. Y. and!
tutliici thv li.itid ;;lld kl.ov mention this paper.
how to do something. One fa
master of his work. The otb,
er is not the master of uny
thing. .
Mrs. Fred Unrath,
President Country Clnb, Bcntoa
Uarbor, Alrh.
"After my first baby was born I did not
eem to regain my strength although the
doctor gave me a tonic which he consid
ered very superior, but instead of getting
bitter I grew weaker every day. My hus
band Insisted that I take Wine of Cardui
(or a week and see what it would do for
me. I did take the medicine and was vet
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grateful to lirsd ir.y
slowlv returning. In
strength ana heali
slowly returning, lit two weeks I was out
of bed and In a month I was able to take
up my usual duties. I am very enthuil.
astic in lb praise."
Wine of Car Jul reinforces the organs
of generation for the ordeal of preg
nancy and childbirth. It prevents imb
enrriago. No woman who takes Wine
of Oardui need fear the coining of her
child, if Mrs. Unrath baa taken
Wine of Cardui before her baby came
8'no "would not have been weakenod as
she was. Ilcr rapid recovery should
commo'id this prtat remedy to every
Wine of Cardui
regulates the menstrual flow.
ftSjsHtTn
Purnsville Eagle: Is the rat
tie snake a coward? A large
rat was placed in the box
with the one at the photo
gallery a few days ago and
his snakeship showed every
symptom rif cowardice. The
rodent appeared to be per
fr-ctly at ease, .showing no
fear, and rnvasionslly ha
would nibble at the snake's
rattles as if to challenge him
for a battle. It is believed
the rat would eventually kill
ed the snake if they bad not
been separated.
DISTRESS AI'TER RATING CURED,
Judge W. t. Holland, of Greens
burg, La., who is well and favora
blyknown, says: ':two years ago
I suffered greatly from indigestion,
After eating, gie.it distress would in
variably 'lesult, la. ling for an hour
or so, and my nights are restless. I
concluded to try Kodol Dyspepsia
Cure and it cured me ent'niy. Now
my (deep is refreshing and diges.
tion perfect, Sola by Blackburn.
A in an has a lot more
friends on his pay day than
he has on theirs. New York
Press.
The Eminent Kidney
and Bladder Specialist
"IT'
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j His Laboratory.
Thsr9 Is a d!seas PrevalllnS W
country most dangerous because so decep
I tlve. Many sudden deaths are caused by
' It heart disease, pneumonia, heart failuro
j Cr apoplexy are often the result of kidney
disease. If kidney trouble Is allowed to ad-
j vance the kidney-poisoned blood will attack
i the vital organs, or the kidneys themselves
break down and waste away cell by tell.
Then the richness of the blood the albumen
leaks out and the sufferer has Bright'
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