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VOL XV.
BOONfi, WATAUGA COUNTY, X. C ;TIIUIIS.DAY, FEKBUAKY IB, 1904.
NO. 49.
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Up.
My Hair
'M had s very severe sickness
that took eft ail my hair. 1 pur
chased a bol.lo or Ayer'a Hair
Vigor and it brought all my bair
back again."
W. D. Qulnj, Marseilles, 111.
One thing is certain,
Ayer's Hair Vigor makes
the hair grow. This is
because it is a hair food.
It feeds the hsir and the
hair grows, that's all there
is to it. It stops falling
of the hair, too, and al
ways restores . color to
gray hair.
. ti e t fern, aii fantih.
It your drncL-ht ennnot stimily yoa,
end us one dollar and we will express
yon bottlo. lie sure ami rive the name
ol your nonnwt i-xiryinTi'e. Addrera.
J. C. A VKH CO., Ixwell. Mass.
It is better to be on time
. by a waterbury watch than
half an hour late by a tour
,i''en jeweled movement.
iw '; Kodol Dyspepsia Curo
ngeats what you eats '
A disastrous hurricane ha
- s swept over tbe Fiji Islands,
carrying destruction in i t s
v ; tmth.
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vruvussiosal:
:Todd & Ballou.
ATTORNEYS AT LAW.
JEFFERSON, N. C.
yWjll practice iu all the coujts-
Speoial attention givtn to col-
e cttgn,
1-6-4.
..Pe.'A,. LINNEY,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
- BOONE, N. C.
Will practice in the courts
of chin and surroundingcoun
ties. Promut attention civ-
en to the collection of claims
V and all other busings of a le
gal nature. 6 12 '04.
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-7 i EDMUND JONES,
. LAWYER
-LENOIK.N.C
Will Practice Regularly in
the Courts of W atauga,
6.1. '03;
' J. C, FLETCHER,
- . , Attorney At Law,
; .. BOONE, N. C.
Careful attention given to
collections.'
EFLOVILL,
: -ATTORNEY AT LAW,
-BOOSE, N. C.
ISsTSpecial attention given
to all business entrusted , to
h's care."8
1-1 '04.
E. S. COFFEY
-ATlOItSETAl LAW,
- BOONE, N. C.
c Prompt attention given to
all matters of a legal rmture.
VST Abstracting titles and
collection of claims a special
ty. l-l'O-t,
Dr. J. M. HOGSHEAD;
f; Cancer Specialist,
BANNER'S ELK. N. C
' froKniie', No Burning Out.
: Highest refereuces and endors
'" meats of prominent persons suc
cessfully treated J n Va., Tenn.
' and N. C. Remember that there
yjLf'i. is ho time Too soon to get rid oi
tAa cancerous growth no matter
letters e.nijvvrTed promptly, and
tatiHiatiOE i.ursntecE
WASHINGTON LETTER.
Prom onr Regular Corre:po ndent.
.
Governor Tuff, , r:urned
fnim. lhe Philippines to be
Swietnrv of War, is a god
snd to Washington rorrs
pondpnts. It isn't every pub
lie man who is m aco ssible
It is not always fasy to get
a frank expression of opin
ion from Senetar.v Hiich
roek, attorney Geneial Knox
or Postmaster Gen. Payne;
Iroui Senators Lodge, IVver
Idge.or B.iilHy..Si)iiie of jhem
are always in too inneli hur
ry and some of them have a
stand o5 manner iutimidat
ing to an interviewer. The
new Senetnrv is easily neees
sihle, frankly renpnnive, and
his head has not undercon
any materialenlargptnent on
account of accumulating hon
ors.
I found hi in at his denfc yes
terday, and had a good talk
with him. "They, spy you are
in favor of independence for
the Filipinos," said your "or
respondent.
''Protection, protect ion,"
they are not fll for indepen
dence at present, hp replied.
H-was reminded that nnti
imperialists insist that self-
government is a natural
right, like personal freedom,
and that any people, fur in
stance the Kaffirs and Hot
tentots of Soutl) Africa know
their own wants and can
govern themselves better
than even the wisest nation
can govern them.
VYes. I know," hesaid.'the
nnti imperialists are all at
sea about that. Tha English
and German can teach thesa v
ages that civilization is both
profitable and agreeable."
"Then you bold, of course,
that' Daniel Webster was
wrong in opposing theT Mexi
can War, a war ol conquest.
He was nicknamed 'the Mex
lean' for it by those who knew
that California was a valu
able asset, and instated that
we hod a right to steal it."
"Yes, WebHter was mista
ken in somp things that he
said," rejoined the Secretary.
Your persevering correspond
ent produced some memoran
da ' Froud's Declaration
that a free country cannot
govern subject provinces;"
Lincoln's that "no man was
ever good enough to govrn
another man without that
man's consent"; and sundry
moral from the Declaration
of Independence. Tbe Serreta
ry said, "I cannot enter on
on 9 polemical discussion con
cernirtg the proper ban of
government ana the princi
ples which should control a
nation; even if you and 1
could settle it," be continued
frith a laugh. ,'l have hardly
time to go into it."
Your correspondent explain
SAVED FTOM TERR IDLE DIJATH.
The family of Mrs. M. L, Bobbitt
of Cargetown, Term., saw her dy
in? and were powt rless to save her
The most skilfull physicians and
every remedy used, failed, whdecon
sumption was -slowly but surely ta
king her life. . In tins terrible hour
Dr. King's New Discovery for Con
gumption turned despair into joy.
The hrst bottle brought immediate
relief and its continued use complete
ly cured her. It's the most certain
cure in the world for all throat and
lunj; troubles.. Guaranteed bottles
50c. and l. Trial bottles free at
M 11 Blackburn's ' '
ed that his reason for bring
ing up sueh questions was
that Governor Taft hud . op
posed thp acquisition of thn
Philippines iu the beginning'
"But now," said the Swre
tary, "we face thestatns quo
tht prevailing conditions,
and it is only wiihthpm that
I cap deal. I have disengage
mvself from. merchants, prp
inotors and editors in the
Philippir.eswho believed that
affairs thjre should be admin
istered primarily for tbe prof
it of the Americans, and now
1 coaie home nnil find myself
confronted with the nnti
imperialists. Is. this fair?"
Your correspondent inquir
ed how far the hosMlity of
these promoters went in op
position to his humane shib
boleth, "The Philipine for
the Filipinos." ,
"They delay the triumph of
prosperity and justice in the
Philippines," he answered.
"They. want to get rich immft
diately.. Some of them insist
that, as the archipelago be
longs to the. Americans, the
feelings, ambitions, and wish
es nf the natives should not
be at all regarded or respect
ed. .They despise them, and
frequently insult and nbnse
them. ' Unless their rancor
can be allaved and the hostil
ity of commercial adventur
ers in the United States di
minished, the solution of the
problem will lona bedelaved.
The doctrine which we have
announced anl striven to re
alize is McKinley's; it in
volves a.high moral princi
ple which this nation is bound
to enforce in spite of all .ob
staclesEvery law and every
measure must be construed
in the light of it. If it will
help the Filipinos, it must be
adopted and executed; if it
tends to the injury or the Fil
ipino, it must be discarded
and defeated, homsoever
dse it profits. You hwvp call
ed this a humane policy. It
is much more than that. It
is a commercially wis policy.
We a ill never get much prof
it out of those rich deppnden
cies unless we make ourselves
the, friends of their people
and abide by their princi
ples of justice. Avarice with
out justice will be our ruin,
and if we are not just, our
administration in those is
lands will be a failure. But I
do not expect this. I expect
that, under Governos Luke
Wright all schemes for loot
will be abandoned aud jus
tice will be so. firmly estab
lished and dispensed that the
po nie will unanimously re
quest -our continued protec
tion and prefer our govern
ment to their own.
"Yt u ask about sanitarv
conditions; lama living tea
timonial to the healthfiilnoss
of the Philippines." With a
comprehensive gesture h" dis
JUST ONE MINUTE.
One MinutH Cough Cure gives re
lief in one minute, because it kills
the microhe.which tickles the mu
cus membrane, can Ring the cough
aud at the same time clears t he
phlegm, draws the inflamation and
heals and soothes the affected parts.
One Minute Cough Cure strength
ens trie lungs, wurds off pneumonia,
and is harmless nnd and neyer fail
ing cure in all curable cages' fo
coughs, colds and croup. One Min
ute Cough Cure is pta.ant to take,
liarmk'Ht and good alike try fr.g
and old. Held bv M. !1. V.htd.'.,
played his three h,u n d red
pounds of avoirdupois.j'Ma
nila is the healthiest city in
all the tropics. An American
who respects the 'aws of hv
ttiene, docs not ; persist , in
hard labor too many hours
in a day, lets hot liquors a
lone, exer iscs enough to
keep his liver active, and gen
era 1 1, y takes care of himself,
may live there as comforta
bly as here. The dealh rate
of Manila has. been reduced
tine-quarter under American
occupation. It has not yet a
sewerage system, but there
are laws for the disposal of
tbe garbage which are rigiil.v
enforced, insanitary quar
tera are burned or otherwise
destroyed, the medical meth
ods of civilized nations an
being introduced, and we nr
justified iu hinh expectations
of future improvement. Be
tween forty and fifty per-ent
of all the deutlis in the Phil
ippine Islands are ol babes
under one .Near old. This re
su'ts from profound ignor
ance or obstetrical expedi
cuts. The poor people do not
know-how to manage, a nd
thp way infants dieand moth
prs suffer is very pathetic
But I look confidentially for
constant nnd rapid better
ment. "No, the Americans in the
Philippines are not suffering
what can properly be called
hard times. But thev are ac
tive and ambitious and they
want to get rich quick and
come home. I nippose they
make less money than they
did. when the army there was
five times as large as it i"
now. Some of them are mere
adventurers and camp-followers;
-ome of the worst al
low themselves tobe support
pd from the mpagre earnings
of the native women, : Of
course such . people will al
ways be malcontents and
marplots. There is a great
chance for enterprising men
to muke money there with
out looting the islands or de
spoiling the natives in any
way. What is sorely needed
there neded more than any
other thing is an influx of
American capital to develop
the vast resources of the ar
chipelago by I e g 1 1 i hi a t e
means, nnd of the right sort
of Ameiican men, honest,
courteous nnd just, to show
by t be example of their lives
and beha vior how men should
liye to enjoy free government."
what's in a NAME?
Everything is in the name when it
conies to Witch Hazel Silve. E. C.
DeWilt & Co., of Chicago, discov.
ered some years ago how to make
h salve from Witch Hazel that is
a specific for piles. For blind, blee
ding, itching and protruding piles,
eczema, cuts, burns bruises and nil
skin diseases De Witt's Salve has no
equ.'d.-This has given rise to iiumer
ous worthless counterfeiters, Ask
for De Witt's the genuine. Soldbv
M. B. Blackburn.
When a man ingoing down
hill he can get plenty of help
without calling ior it.
WONDERFUL NeBVE.
Is displayed by many a man endu
ring pains of accidental cuts wounds
bruines burns scalps sore feet or stiff
joints. But there's no need for it
Bucklen s Arnica Salve will kill the
naio and cure the trouble. It's the
bps ifllvr on earth for ;iles too Joe
at M.B lUatklui . .
. Hit ttreatest Temptation.
The president of a St. Lou
is bank was entertaining half
a dozn ol his friends 'at din
ner, among them two clergy
men. Their talk had turned
on business honesty and the
temptation that every busi
ness man met to strain his
conscience.
"Tiie strongest temptation
I ever had." said the host,
"came to iiiHwhen.I was a
clerk in the bank where I first
began business. The bank
people had the most supreme
confidence in the cashier's iu
tegrity and honest v, and one
dav, when a disapeaied with
out a word lo any one, the;
whole place was thrown into
consternation. Invest iga I ion
wqs at once made of his ac
counts, and though the
hooks were found to be cor
rect. a sum in cash. aggrga
ting something oyer $100,-
000 was missing from t li e
safe.
"Three days later the even
ing payers flared out with
Ihe story of the suicide of 1 he
missing cashier, which occur
red during the day in an ob
scure boarding house.
'I had a room on the
ground, thor of a small board
ing house which looked out
on the street, and was sepa
rated from the sidewalk by
about-four feet of archway
leading to the basement. It
was summer time, bn 1 kept
the two windows half open
from the top for tentilution.
"On the night of the sui
cide when 1 returned to my
room I stumble 1 uvera pack
age that was lying on the
floor. I oyened it and, lound
a letter from the cashier who
fvid killed himself that after
noon, in which I was inform
ed that he had stolen the
money I would find enclosed,
amounting to over $100,
000. and had no use for it,
as he was going to kill jiim
self. "Gentlemen," continued the
host, "l can feel the perspira
tion ooze out ol me, even af
for all these years, when I
think of ho I felt at that
moment. I not only wanted
money, but I needed it badly
and here it was in such an
amount as I might not have
after years of struggle, and
no one on earth to know bow
1 got it, or, in fact, to know
thai I had it at all.
At last I pulled myself to
ge'thet. chucked the package
in a small handbag and went
on a run to the president's
house. He ba?i just got home
from the bank, and I bolted
right in oh him with bag
in hand. I could hardl.v tell
him what I liad come for,
but I in inaged it somehow,
and when my st jry was r ol J
1 was in sub a ttatp - of col
lapse, he made me stay at bis
ho nfe till morning.
"I have experienced temp
tations since then, as eyery
business man must and does,
but never one like that, with
my fortune in my hands rea
dy made and nothing to do
exceof to take it, I lelieve I
could do it again, but I r.111
very sure I don't want to try
it." - -'
oAatPontA.
DragpgKiQ
2825 KeoW St.,
Chicago, Ii.i... Oct,, 2, 1902.
I suffered with fulling and con
trwtion of tbo womb, with severe
pains through the groins. I suf
fered terribly at the time of uien
struution, had blinding headaches
and rushing or blood to trie Drain.
What to try 1 knew not, for it
goftied that I had tried all and
failed, but 1 had never tried Wine
of Curdui. that blessed remedy for
sick women. I found it pleasant Pi
to take and soon knew tbat I had f
the riifht modicine. Now blood
soonied to course through my veins
and after using eleven bottles I
was a well woman.
Mrs. Bush is now in perfect
health because sho took Tine of
Cardui for menstrual disorders,
bearing down pains and blinding
headache when all other remedies
failed lo bring her relief. Any
sufferer may secure health by tak
ing Wine of Cardui in her borne.
Tbo first bottle convinces tbe py
1 tient cho is on the road to health.
For advice In ca'es requiring
special directions, address, giving
symptoms, "The Ladies' Advisory
Department," The Chattanooga
Medicine Co., Chattanooga, Tenn.
"tt ' Star " - '"
St. Peier and ike Broser.
This is going the rounds,
says the NVw York Press: A
br oker from the financial vor
tex sought admission. at ,th
pearly gates. ' Who ar vou7'
said St. Peter. "I am a Wall
street broker." What do yon
want?" "I want to get in."
"What have you done that
entitles vou to admission?"
"Well, I saw a decrepit wo
man on Broadway the other
day and gave her twocents."
"Gabriel, is that on the rec
ords?" "Yes, St. Peter, it la
marked down to his credit."
"What else ha ye you done?''
"Well, I crossed the Hrook
lyn bridge the other night
and met a newsboy half fro-i
zen to doth and gave h i in
one cent." "G ibriel, is that
on tha records?" '-Yea, St.
Peter." " What else have yon
done? ' "Well. I cnr.'t rernem
ber anything else just now."
"Gabriel, what do you think
we ought it) do with this fel
low?" "Oh. give him back his
three cents and tell him to
go to hell." .
It is a poor way to save
money by eating so much
free lunch that it makes yon
sick.
Thousand Have Kidney Trouble
and Don't Enow it.
. How To Find Oat.
Fill a bottle or common glass with youfl
water and let It stand twenty-four hours; a'
sediment or set
inng indicates an
unhealthy condi
tion of the kid
neys; If It stains
your linen It Is
evidence of kid
ney trouble; tod
frequent desire t
Gff jJ pass It or pain In ,
convincing proof that the kidneys and blad
der are out of order. -
"What to Do.
There Is comfort In the knowledge so
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wine or beer, and overcomes that unpleasant
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during the day, and to get up many times!
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