Watauga Democrat.
.vjlcbert C. Rivers,
RnfTrtll ANllPnOPRIETOR
Thursday, Oct. 22, 1903.
T).nni Kllr r.ttr.
Mr. Editor: Did you ever
bear of as many anarchists
andsnooksheinsraftern roan.
with the exception of the Czar
of Russia, as are reported to
vbe after our.Terrihle Teddy?
"They recognize him by his
. actions as being of them, and
they are only seeking an in
terview. They know he cares
nothing for the laws of the
land, or he would not be ig
noring tbem whenever it suit
his caprice to do so. The lea
ders of the Republican party
have an elephant on their
" bands in the shape of a vase
lating, row-boy President.
They are satisfied that he
: could not be elected next year
but they are trying to keep
him as quiet as possible for
the "good of the party."
The masses of the Ameri
can people are surely miking
-ip their minds not to sup
port Teddy. His excentrici-
ties and vagaries keep the
American and the o n t s 1 d e
world guessing, and no doubt
they are responsible for the
general distiust that he has
awakened among the busi-
ness interests of the country.
Wall Street is said to be as
: hostile to him as is organiz
ed labor, and the reason for
this is not far to seek. The
President's crusade against
the trusts has been a bluff,
and ic has resulted in noth
ing, except, to disturb busi
nese conditions, as he has ta
ken almost every conceivable
position on the trust ques
tion. He has tried in the most
disgraceful manner to force
artoial unnnlitv nnnn thfl A -
raerican people, and has thus
forced the race question into
the next campaign. No one
will ever relieve he in in dpad
earnest until his daughter
manies a negro, which, of
course she won't.
But, seriously, Ted has vio
lated the law in so raanj
instances, that if he were tri
ed before an impartial jury,
it would keep him in the pen
itentiary from now until the
crack of doom. The leaders
nthiannrtc knew thin, and
are also aware that the peo
pie generally are seeing it,
bence their extreme anxiety
for the future. The cold, sol
id truth is what hurts them;
lies hurt no one but he who
tells them. Theodore Roose
velt has no settled convic
tions upon any question, and
no one. not even himsplf, can
tell in what new form of va
gary it will next manifest it
self. The republican leaders
used to say that if Mr. Bry
an was elected, be would do
such and such thines that
trnnlil rliutnrh tho nonpA nf
the nation. Mr. Roosevelt is
-moling Arnnflr iYa ff
Prpsident the republican pro
phts said Mr. Bryan would
make.
Phantom.
Jim Tillman is n free man;
thef Mends of Gonzales mourn.
Earnest Haywood has been
acquitted and the home of
Skinner, bis victim, is deso
late. The verdicts are being
commented upon in all their
phases by a part of the prpss
of the State, and the general
opinion seems to be that
Haywood, while not guilty
of murder in the first degree,
is beyond question g u i I ty
of manslaughter, . and de
serves the punishment provi
ded by law in such eases. At
is conceded pretty generally
that Tillman is a red handed
murderer and deserves the
punishment provided in such
cases. How this is, we know
not, but the idea occurs to
us that had Tillman and Hay
wood been poor and friend
less instead of rich and influ
ential, the verdicts would
haye been different, even had
they been fortunate enough
to escape mob violence. But
such, it seems, are the ways
of the world, the man who is
backed by a good bank ac
count and friends of influence
nnd power can do almost as
they please, without fear of
punishment, while an enrag
ed populace will often take
the law in their own hands
to meet out speedy justice to
the poor, unfortunate wretch
who is moneyless and friend
less. It feems almost impossi
ble to clear a poor man, and
equally as hard to convict a
rich one, no matter what the
crime.
plerelycure him. He has been
afraid to do hard Work for
some time.
Prof. P. E. Herman's school
at Phillips School house is
progressing nicely. He is as
sistea by Miss Lolu 3reer.
The debating society it one
interesting feature. The sub-
ject for last Friday night was
Resolved, That the S o u t h
was justifiable in secession.
Both sides were ably discuss
ed. The decision was given In
favor of the negative.
Hustler.
Gordon Items.
Molasses making and can
dy pullings is the order of
the dav.
Mrs. J. C. Harman went to
Elk P.uk a few days ago vis
iting relatives and friends.
Prof. J. R. Greer visited
heme folks Friday and re
turned to his school Sunday.
He is one of Watauga's ex
cellent teachers.
Dr. T:ppings of Blowing
Rork has been in our com
munity of late doing dntal
work.
Mr. and Mrs Charley Baird,
of St. Jude, passed through
Sunday enroute to Beaver
Dams visiting relatives.
Dr. J. B. Phillips went t o
Sweet Water Sunday to see
his patient Mr. Robert Far
thing, who is dangerously ill
with blood poison. He was
taken sick soon after his re
turn from the Soldiers Reun
inn at Boone.
Mr. W. A. Harman is up a-
gnin and able to stir from his
confinement, caused by a dan
gdrous cancer on his fare, Dr.
Hogshead he thinks will com
Dr. J. V. Jay. a well known
.physician of Barnardville,
Buncombe county, killed his
three little children on t h e
17th int. with a hammer.
Jnv hnn nppn rtrinKino nenv-
r '
ily for some time and h a d
run nn.wife awny from home
; before he committed thp hor
r.hledeed. lie is iu jail, but
we are deriddly of the opin-
inviriii .Hid ir L.vnrn t-non a
xi ' " J
uewuserveu.
OABTOn
but ti Tlw Kind Ym Haw Always BocgK
The Statesville Landmark,
in commenting on the ver
dict of the juries in the Ear
nest Haywood and Jim Till
man murder cases goes at it
thusly:
'Nobody need, be surprised
at the verdict in the Hsy
wood case. It is what was ex
pected, but it really looks as
if Judge Peebles was dispos
ed to "slop over." Under the
evidence and the law Hay
wood was not guilty of mur-
lot in ihu fl hot i1fi(Tiok lia m n t
q - I T7 111 Jt7 Ul O W VA' if,i ' I'V IHHJ
W uic man wno haVe been entitled to an ac
wanted a pound of human quittalf n the jurv founH
flesh. There are manyl)Ut. ,he general public will
Shylocks now, the convales.neyPr believe it.
cent, the consumptive, the( "And Tillman was acqnit
sickly child, the pale young ted also. But the jury in his
woman, all want human flesh mse acted more decently
and they can eet it take! than the Ha vwood iurv. Till
w i
STOP THE COUGH
WORK OFF THE COLD,
Laxatiye BromoQuiDineTablets
cure a cold in one day. No cure
no pay. Price 25c.
Tkere Is Reason in This.
Since we have had high taxes
in Wadesboro township, and in
the town of Wadesboro, it is per
fectly apparent to us that the
Slate Constitution should be
changed as to the manner of lev.
ying poll tax. At present the Con
RtltutioD provides that the poll
tax shall be three times as much
as the property tax on $100
worth of property. There is lev
ied in this county 8G 2-3 cents
on the hundred dollars worth of
property for State, school and
county purposes. In Wadesboro
township wo have a tax of 50
cents on the hundred dollars
worth of property for road pur
poses. The tax in Wabesboro is
$1.25 on property. The t o t a
property tax in the town of
Wadesboro is $2 61 2-3, which
makes the poll tax $7.85. Besides
the poll tax there is a road tax
of $1.50, which makes the total
tax of persons of road age living
in town $9.35.
Now the roint we make is that
it is nothing less than an outrage
to compel a poor man, that is a
man who makes his living by dai
ly manual labor, pay such a tax
as this. The truth is, a man of
this sort aim ply cannot do it and
live and support a family. This
class of labor does not make
more than $12 a month, the
year round, and to tax them al
most one-twelfth of all they make
is the refinement of cruelty.
Two dollars is as large a poll
tax as any man Bbould pay, and
the Messenger-Intel "gencer is hear
tily in favor of a Constitutional a
mendment that will remedy the
hardship now being endured in
thiH matter by the poor of the
State. Wadesboro Messenger
and Intelligencer.
Use Of Intoxicants.
In sixty years the annual per
capita consumption of whiskey
in the Uuited States has gradu
ally decreased from .two to one
and a fourth gallons. In f o r t v
years the consumption of b e e r
has increased from less than two
to more than seventeen gallons
per capita.
The time was when the people
of France used littled istilled
spirits, confining their use of in
toxicants to light wines. The ex
amples of France as a nation
comDaratively free from drunken
ness was held up as an object les
son in favor of the use of wine.
Even then, when Francehadcom
paratively little drunkenness,
there were those who asserted
that the drinking of wine would
cultivate a taste for intoxicants
that woul i make drunkards of
future generations. That predic
tion seems to have been fulfilled.
Today, according to the writer
of the Journal de Debats, France
holds the first place among the
nations as a consumer of alcohol
ic beverages per head of popula
tion. This is given as follows in
liters, the liter being about equal
to our quart: France, 18.21;
Switzerlnnd,13.50: Belgium, 10.
42; Italy,10 23; Denmark, 10.21;
Germany, 9.25; Holland 6.09;
United States, 5.19; Sweden, 4.97;
Norway, 2.06; Finland, 2, a n d
Canada, 1.94. In Franca the great
er part of this is wine,: but in
1901 the consumption of spirits
was eight and one halt liters per
head of population. The greatest
increase in consumption has been
in the class of distilled spirits:
There has been a great change
in public sentiment a bout the use
of intoxicating drinks. There are
many good men who use. alcohol
fc drinks in moderation and who
believe that such use is in n o
sense injurious. But. many are
coming more and more to believe
in total abstinence as the only
safe cure. In the old times when
there was a decanter on every
sideboard and a morning dram
was deemed the proper thing,
many young men under such sur
roundings grew up without ever
becoming addicted to s t r o n g
drink but many more than now
contracted the habit of drinking
that made shipwreck of their
livew, News and Observer.
6UHS STOVES GLASS HARDWARE !
We hive a very large lot of SHOT (iUNS and loa
d?d Shells which we will sell Very Cheap for.the next
SIXTY DAYS
If you ore needing a Heating or Cooking Stove
it will pay you to see our line before buying, ns we
carry the best line of Stoves in this section....
We also carry at all times and in large quantities
DOORS, GLASS and
MASTIC MIXED PAINTS
, White Lead, Linseed and Lubricating Oils.
1
Can furnish all kind of Heavy and Builder's Hardware,
LONDON STOFFKL HARDWARE CO. j
(WHOLESALE AND RETAIL.)
Mountain Citj, Tenn.
M and Winter Goods Coming In,
We now haye in stovk and
are receiving the best and
most complete line of season
able goods that we have ever
handled, and are almost of
the opinion that, thequality
considered, the best in t h e
county. But anyway,
COME AND SEE.
We are still in the lead on
Shoes, as the popularity of that noted brand ,
; 1
MADE AT NEW
(SOUGHT
Hamilton Brown's Own Make Shoes. .
has Rrown to such an extent that many other makes are
crowded Mout of tne ring"
An ellegant line of ladies' dress goods, underwear, etc.,
in stock. Gents' furnishings of almost every description;
for the tall and winter season. Hats, Caps, etc....................
A IULLSUPPL1 OF GROt ER1ES ALWAYSOti HAND
And, truth to tell, you can find almost; anything you' want
in our well selected stock, and at prices" that wflT shit' you.
Fe are always ready to oav the vY'iiigTietPhiake'l
prices for all kinds of good country produce: fallen us and
we will save you money. ?h. -.i?
Always a pleasure to show goods, whether you buy or noV
Very truly. , -vV
HALL & JONES.
Blowing Rock, Oct. 1 5.
"Old Hickory" Wagons,
A LOVE LETtER.
Would not intrest you if you're a
looking for a guaranteed salve for
sores burns or piles. Utto Dodd, of
Ponder, Mo., writes. "I suffered
with an ugl v sore for a year, but a
box of Bucklen's Arnica Salve cur
ed me, It's the best salve on earth.
25c. at M. B. Blackburn's.
Broke Into Hii House.
S. LeQuinn .of Cavendish, Vt..
was robbed of his cusaoraary health
by invasion of ehronic cpnstipation.
Bnt when Dr; King'f New Life
Pills broke into hia house, his trou
ble was arrested and now he's en
tirely cured, They are guatanteed
to cure. 25c. at M. B.; Blackburn's,
A Gallon of VTTRX LTNBXED OIXi DlssA
. A mm
Qrxiar
r
B fallonf of the TTCT BVt PlIXV
Scott's Emulsion.
Scott's Emulsion is flesh
man's jury stayed out about
a day and professed at least
and blood, bone and muscle.!10 be considering th case.
It feeds the nerves, strengthens i'1,1' Haywood jury hurried
the digestive organs and they
feed the whole body.
hack so promptly ns to cause
one to wonder if they didn't
hflP their minds mnile nn
.... ..... . - . - 1
ror nearly tniny years from jh heginnning."
Scott's Emulsion has been the -- - -
' great giver of human flesh.
We will send you a couple of
ounces free.
8COTT A BOWNE. Chemist.
409-415 Pearl Street, New York.
50c. aa4 1 1. 00 ; all druggist
OASTOItlA.
Swnth t I1" KM w Ha Almfl Bought
Biguta
ct yocrmint blTL Ig JIM MOS1 CTTtABLl Ol&a
Pubi WkiTi Lkas and la abhoHjtili mot Poi
aoHova. HAMiAml'Aiirrianuuieof thBi8T0
Filirr MATniALa-aneh aa all good jpalatera oae.
ftnd la ground TU1CK.VUY race So tremble to
talx. any bor can do it. It la the COmmo RiMHa
f Bourn Paikt. NoMxrapeUrtewbamad
tin mm. an la
wot to Ohior, Burns, hn ot Oeow
g. mwiwAR PAirrr co st. irais,iio.
CAPITAL PAID IN $800,000.
FOR SALE bl.-
BliYAN LUMBER C OiMPAN.
Mountain City, Tennessee. .
Blowing Rock Drug Go.
DRUGGISTS AND OPTICIANS
BLOWING ROCK, N. C
We now have in stocK a splendid
line of staple drags, patent med
icinesa, toilet articles confetions,
etc., etc.
We are also prepared to examine your eyes scientifically
AND FIT GLASSES THERETO
A BEAUTIFUL LINE OF JEWELRY THAT WE ARE SELL
ING UNDER A POSITIVE GUARANTEE.
Come and se us. Very Truly,
BLOWING ROCK DRUG COMPANY.
Dr. G. W. RABY. Manager.
OLD AND GUARANTIED BY
W.L. HOLSHOUSER,
Blowing Rock. N. C
MERCHANT ANDTRADER'S BANK
MOUNTAIN CI1 TENNESSEE.
AUTHORIZED CAPITAL $50,000.00.
OFFICERS: J. W alter Wright, President, W. P. Dun
can, Vice President, I. S. Rambo, Cashier,
R. F. McDade. Aes't. Cashier.-Stock-holding
Directors:. J. Walter Wright, I. S. Ram
bo, W. P. Dungan, and E. E. Hunter.
Non Stock-Holding Directors: Dr. J. Q. Butler, J. N.
Wills, R. E. Donnelly, and Dr. J. C. Butler.
Accounts of Firmi, Cowomtiobs, and Individuals
bcJicited.
To boast ol one'HhonP8ty does
not alwnys piov- it.
To Cure a Cold in One Day
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine TaUett. m
Corea Grip
la TwoDtyi.
OA
box, 2
evgy
,25c.