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BOOKfi, COUNTY, N. Cm THURSDAY, PJUBUARY 11,1904
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Democrat
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lUL&(uli
Bad Coughs
"l had a bad cough for six
week and could And no relief
until I tried Ayere Cherry Pecto
ral. Only one-fourth of toe bottle
cured me."
L. Han, Nevington, Oat.
' Neglected colds always
lead to something serious.
They run Into chronic
bronchitis, pneumonia,
asthma, or .consumption.
Don't wait, but take
Ayer's Cherry Pectoral
lust as soon as your cough
begins. A few doses will
cure you then.
TtoMriM: 2tc,Mc,8. AH
, C""! wjr fecior. If h n tsk It,
mi,. If h uiU 70 sot
to ok K. tfaw tout tak It H kaowt.
U it with him. W i wtlUoi.
J. 0. ATKB CO, LowOI. Kus.
Any man is liable to make a
mistake, but it is the other fel
low who blunder?.
WONDERFUL NEIiVE.
Is displayed by many a man endu
iring paias of accidental cuts wound
.bruises burns scalps sore feet or stiff
J otnis. juui r.nre's no need tor ft.
' Bucklen s Arnica Salve will kill the
pain and cure the trouble- It's the
best salve on earth for piles too 25c
e if n m - i
,i ot.o 'jtiiacKDurn.s
PROFESSIONAL.
Todd & Ballon.
.ATTORNEYS AT LAW.
JEFFEESON, N. C
' practice in all the coujts
iSpeoial attention given to col
lection. , . 1-64.
F. A.LINNEY,
-ATTORNEY AT LAW,-
BOONE, N. C.
Will practice in the courts
i
,01 tms ana eurrounawgeonn
ties. PrffflffoTSftteOT
en to the collection of claims
and ail other business of a le
jral nature. 0 12 '04
EDMUND JONES,
LAW YER
-LENOIR, N. C -
Will Practice Regularly in
the Courts of Watauga,
v6-l.'o3,
J. C. FLETCHER,
Attorn sy At Law,
BOONE, N. C. "
' Careful attention given to
collections.
EF.LOVILL,
-ATTORNEY AT.LAW,
1 BOONE, N. C.
"Special attention given
to all business entrusted to
h!scare."I
. 1-1 04.
E. S. COFFEY,
-ATlORNEYAl LA Wt
BOONE, N.C. '
Prompt attention given to
all matters of a legal nature.
'Abstracting titles and
collection of claims a special
ty. ; .: . ,
M'04.
Dr.' J. M. HOGSHEAD,
Cancer Specialist,
BANNER'S ELK. N. C
Ao Knit&, No Burning Out,
Highest references and endow
: men ta of prominent persons sac
eessiauy treated m Va., Tenn.
and N. C. Remember tha t there
la no time too soox to get rid ol
a caiicerons jrrowtb no matter
hoir amall. , Examination ; free,
Irttrtj en?weri promrtlv, an
wtifation timrantflod. '
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From our Regular Correspondent.
" The Senate still flounders
in the quagmire of Panama.
The last two, or thre da.ya
hare been spent in a disputa
tion oter Ciilberson'b resoln
tion askinii the President to
send all letters and manu
6'ripts bearing upon tb Pan
a ma treaty. Senators Ledge,
Spooner and Aid rich contend
ed that the resolution was
discourteous and illegal, Smi
ators -Bacon,. Gorman a ml
Tellor insisted that tb So
ate was the judge as to what
It was proper for the Senate
to have in dealing with trej.
ties, and the,? quoted at muh
length, in support of that
view, SenatorKE imunds, Ev
art 8. Blaine, Ingall, andoth
ers equally distinguished who
maintained fl;;iin8t the preb
ident of their time that the
Seuat had a right to demand
an information concerning
treaties and that the Presi
dent bad not the legal right
to refuse. Senator Bacon
tuined the tables completely
by reading from a speech
made by Spooner when Cleve
land was President, supoort
ing the present Democratic
contention and exactly con
trary to the speech he h a d
just made on the floor. This
exposure caused great merri
ment io the gallrifs nnd de
risive laughter on thn Demo
era tic side which Mr. Spoon
eres?nped by retreating to
the smoking room. The Sen
ate finally aeked the Presi
dent to send them any docu
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The ad ministration Sena
tors have suddenly and preni
torily withdrawn the amend
ments to the treaty which
they had adopted for the pur
pose of having it sent back
to Panama to be acted on by
a legislature that can make
some pretense or legality.
Tin withdrawal is said to
have been at the President's
bphest behest, first, to hup
ry up matters in accordance
with the rush program, and.
second, to forestall amend
ments which the Panamaians
themselves might den re to
add, in their own interest.
General Reyes, the Colom
bian minister, expects to sail
for home to-day. The Presi
dency has been offered hioi.
His policy is to restrain the
war feeling there
Oj Wednesday there was a
strange sight in Washington;
a squadron of United State
cavalry glittered and chtter
ed down the u venue, to es
cort the new S!ieretary of
War, Taftfrora the depot to
b4 hotel. Has itcometothis,
that a citizen when called to
the cabinet must have a mil
itary escort? When did such
a parade ever before t u k e
place?
The administration hbsdis
tingnished itself by doing an
other extraorrtinary and un
heard of thing: on the retire
ment of Secretary Root it has
published at government ex
pense a biogiaphy of him of
a thousand pages, pointing
in pictorial detail- his hero
ism in directing u flairs in Cu
ba, the Philippines and Pan
ama. Are Hay, Hitchcock,
Moody, Wood, Fuston," and
the rent to have thousand-
page (auto?)biographies at
the expense of the peopl?
And what is the matter' with
the thiilliug caieer of Hades-roaring
Jake Smith? Are
annual histories ol stnnuos
ities to be the thing hereaf
ter?
If all the biPs before Con
A . . t .
Kress ro erecr monuments in
inis city to lamousj men are
enacted into law a sum a-
grgating a million dollars
will be appropriated and
statues will beerected o Bar
on Steuben, Count Pulaski,
Fredrick th Great. Gfneral
Grant, General Sheridan, Gen
era! McClellan, G-neral Har
rison, Alexander Hamdlon,
Wm. McKinley, Pierre L'En
fant, the rivil engineer who
laid out Washington, and
'LongMlow. It is Baid that
they will he placed on horse
back, even the poet, because
he rode Pegasus so graceful
ly and well. The city will pos
sess twenty or thirty of these
galloping heroesthe largest
bronze cavalry squadron of
any city in the world. A pro
position to give George III
standing room on the corner
opposite Frederick the Greut
is now in order.
General Sickles nominated
Gen. John C. Black for the
Democratic presidential cun
diilate.
Senator Simmons of North
Carolina made yesterday the
nrst Democratic sp-ccn in
n r .
support of thePanama trea
ty. He said, "Mu-h in the
President's conduct I disap
prove of; much I regard as
improvident and unwise; as
rash and dangerous to the
peace and welfare of thecrjun
try; as contrary to the tra
ditional policy of this gov
ernment in its dealings with
o t h e r nati ms, especially
those of this hemisphere and
as not calculated to advance
us'in the affection an! es
teem of mankind," hut he
should probably vote for the
treaty, unless, perhaps, and
if, etc., etc.
The talk of the day is the
vigorous and brilliant and
maiden speech of Senator
Stone, Ex-Governor of Mis
souii, in denunciatbn of the
President's conpuct concern
ng the Panama Canal. He
said he had justified seces
sion and rebellion and taken
active part in the dismember
ment of a sister republic; and
added. "1 am willing to be
lieve it is due more to impul
siveneKS, a no to that volcan
ic, irrepressible love he has
for things eruptive, tragical,
lurid and sensational, than
to any other cause. I take
no pride in seeing my . conn
try strut before the world
like a swaggering bully on
the stage'
Chairman Hem men way, of
the Appropriation Commit
tee, has allowed f U5.000for
"mileage" for the present ses
sion of CongresKS, although
the members . were here in
Washington when it began.
This pays the representatives
forty cents a mile, and al
though the members h ti d
free passes in their pockets,
and although they did not
travel a rod. Is this what
might be calM boodle? a
graft? rukernft? . Wha t mm t
of public scandal sliuil it be
named?
In Congress: Grant memo
rial bridge across the Poto
mac a Jt horiz". S e y e r a I
bjnze statins in Washing
tin provided" lor. Inquiry in
to a number of carriage and
coachmen illegally employed
by officials and uaid for b.v
government. MI .passed to
allow Porto Ricansand Filipi
uos to be naturalized. Discus
sion of Lungley and flying
machines. Three appropria
tion bills passed the House.
SAVED FTOM TBttHlBLE DATII.
The family of Mrs. M. L, Bobbitt
f Bargetown, Tenn., saw her dy
ing and were powerless to save her.
The most sk ilf uli physicians and
every remedy used, failed, while con
sumption was slowly but surely ta
king her life. In this terrible hour
Dr. King' Now Discovery for Con
Numptio'i turned despair into j y
The first bottle brought immediati
relief and its continued use complete
ly cured her. It s the most certain
cure in the world for all throat and
lung troubles. Guaranteed bottles
50c. and $ 1. Trial bottles free at
M B Blackburn's
Tom Reed said that hop
ping women'' defeated Har
rison after the passage of the
McKinlev bill, The women
know about household ex
pensesand thev are feeling
now the increased cost of
iving nud how much harder
it is to make both ends meet
on a small income. The part)
that is claimiugcreiit for the
high prices had better look
out next fall. Incidentally
and locally, The News hears
that sjmeof the good women
are making the present gas
situation in Charlotte a sub
ject of prayer. That is a
winning also to be heeded.
CbarJot renews.
A VERT CLOCK CALL.
'I stuck to my engine, although
every j iut ached and every nerve
was racked with pain" writes C.W.
Bellamy a locomotive fireman of
Burlington Iowa. 'I was w eak and
pale without any appetite and all
run down As I was about to give
up I got a bottle of Electric Hitters
and after taking it I felt us well as
ever did in my life.' Weak fickly
run down people always' gain new
life strength and vigcrfrom theiruse
Trv them. Satisfaction guaranteed
by M. B. Blackburn.
"De moral poverty of hu
man nature," said Uncle Eben
''is shown by ae number of
lolsk dis . season dat is
gwinter have to git nlong
wid deir las' season's New
Year's resolutions made
over," Washington Star."
- JUST ONE MINUTE.
One Minute Cough Cure gives re
lief in one minute, because it kills
the microbe.which tickles the mu
cus membrane, causing the cough
and at the same time clears t he
phlegm, draws the inflamation and
heals and soothes the affected parts.
One Minute Cough Cure' strength
ens the lungs, wprds off pneumonia,
and is harmless and and never fail
ing cure in all curable cases fo
coughs, colds and croup. One Min
ute Cough l ure is pleanant to take,
harmless and good alike to young
and old. Sold by M. B. Blackburn.
'Don't yon know that you
conldbuya fine house with
what you spend for luxuri"n?
"Yes," auswred the eny go
ing man, "but my tantew ure
not so luxurious as to make
me want a fine house."
Washington Star.
O jflL 0 r "o IT XAi "
T he Prtcions Pair Concotcd TheWhols
' Scheme
Charlotte News.
The kinship between the re
constu-tion era in the Old
North State and the Russell
Butler era is strikingly dem
onstrated hy the decision of
the Supreme Court yesterday
m the case of South Dakota
against North Carolina.
And then Marion Butler n
rose and Daniel Russell who
received the loan or Mie fee
of one hundred dollars from
Mis Ddt-by of Wilmington
to aid her in the flight
against thu hungry politi
cians whose appetites were
stronger than any instincts
of gallantry the result of Bus
sell's eloquent plen for Miss
D,irl)v bein the. promise of
the appointment ot Mrs. Bus
fell until the publication of
that ' lend" or "send" letter
sent him home utterly dis
credited by honorable men of
all parties 01 of none.
Well the Slate of North Cur
olina honored Russell with
the .JovernorshiD and Butler
with the Senatorship and
they displayed the Hume, kind
of gratitude that Russell re
cently put in evidn ;e in the
case ot Miss D rby while the
State held its nose. They
put their h 'mor.-tble h ji i to
gather, and condudei that
there was a fee for them in
the bus of th? State of some
q-iarter or half a million dol
lars. If they had owned any
of th'ss bon is there would
htive been a differejicti. But
there is suspicion enough to
an egg sacking dog this pre
cious pair connected the
whole scheme. S uth D.ikotn
wis chosen the most disrepu
table commonwealth conyen
ient to carry out their
Wkmjs. N t every State
Uiiiv-'r-ufv' w j jr-tlMVtf- wetto
ted 527.0JO on condition
that a suit involving a qu ir
ter of a million doll'ti sshuld
b.! brought ug.iinst a sister
State. Bat. South D.ikotn
has made u name lor bersef
for facilitating legalized adul
tery. A large part of her in
come is derived from the di
vorce fees. So South Dakota
the adventuress brings suit
against North Carolina be
longing to the aristocracy of
States the original thirteen.
And the Supreme Court .five
justiivs guessing one way
and four guessing the othei
decide that the mortgage
must be forcloscd.
VVe have stated the case as
we seo if VVe suppose no ad
vocate of repudiation coubi
strtte it more fairly lor hi
nide. Hut having said this,
lei 04 say that he()id North
State should be mindful of
her honor, however dishonor
able may have been her re
cent an I unpiitnotie sons If
the Supreme Court has deci
ded that these bonds ought
to he paid, let them he paid
to the last dollar.. TheSrutes
credit will be all the better
for having mt 'this obliga
tion in full. And we trust
that tiie leMson has been learn
ed lor one generation that
Ruwlism and ButWisnf is
rather expensive, to say 'both
ing of )he ruin and misrule
that it involved. It is a good
time for Hti.vbody who wtie
misled ly those patriots to
f.,, iy tvftr tbrMi fiPiitnt-f' to
them nud all they reptesent
edinpolitics forever TheDem
O' ratic paity is the only 000
which ran be trusted in this
commonwealth until at least
a new generation atises with
new traditions. With t h i 8
stench in the nostrils of de
cent men, it would seem to be
a good time for decent Repub
licans to bury theii old cloths
and put. on u decent Demo-,
era tic suit.
Oraqoinaw
)le
Chicago, Iu... Oct,, 8, 1902.
I suffered with falling and con
gestion of the womb, with seren
pains through the groins. I suf
fered terribly at the tima of men
struation, had blinding headaches
and rushing of blood to the brain.
What to try 1 knew not, tor .it
eoemed that I had tried all ana
failnd, but 1 had never tried Wine
of Cardui, that blessed remedy for'
lick women. I found it pleasant
to take and soon knew that I had
the right medicine. New blood
leemedto course through my veins
and after using eleven bottles I
was a well woman.
Mrs. Bush is now in perfect
health because she took Wine of
Cardui for menstrual disorders,
bearing down pains and blinding
headaches when all other remedies
failed to bring her reflof. Any
sufferer may secure health by tak
ing Wine of Cardui in her horns, f.
The first bottle convinces the pa
tient she is on tha road to health.
Tor ' advice b eases requiring
special directions, address, giving
symptoms, "The Ladies' Advisory
Department," The Chattanooga
Medicine Co., Chattanooga, Tena.
Dirty streeH and dirty politiis1
are twin sisters.
WHAT-'fl IN A NAME?
Everything is in the name when it
emies to Witch Hazel Silve. E. C.
tfe-Wiu.& ;Co., of Chicago, discov.p
cred some years ago- howXo ma k
a salve from Witch Hazel that-
a e pacific for piles. For blind, bleo.
ding, itching and protruding piles,
eczema, cuts, burns bruises and all
skin diseases Dp Witt's Salve has no
equal. This has given rise to numer
ous worthless counterfeiters, A?lc
for De Witt's tfie genuine. Sold by '
M. B. Blackburn.
"ue really emaut man.
said Uncle Eben, "is de one
dat has sense enouzh to
ksow dat he is liable to be
fooled de same as not body
else." Washington Star.
The Eminent Kidney
and Bladder Specialist
Iks Dbcorertr tf twaat-Xoet at Wot tp
jus Mssratory.
There la a disease n-evalllnr In M
country most dangerous because ao decej
tlve. Many sudden deaths are caused by
It heart disease, pneumonia, heart failure
or apoplexy are often, the result of kidney
disease. If kidney trouble la allowed to ad
vance tna Kidney-poisoned blood will attack
the vital organs, or the kidneys themselves;
break down and waste away cell by call.
Then the richness of the blood the albumen
leaks out and the aufferer has Bright',
Disease, the worst form of kidney trouble.
Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root the new dls
eovery Is the true specific for kidney, bladder
and urinary troubles. It has cured thousands;
of apparently hopeless cases, after all other
efforts have failed. At drugtfats In fifty-cent
and dollar sizes. A sampla bottle sent frao
by mall, also a book telling about Swamp
Root and Its wonderful cures. Address
Dr. Kilmer & Co., Blnghamton, N. Y. ad
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