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BOONE. WATAUGA COUNTY. N. C THURSDAY, MARCH 17, 1904.
NO. 1.
Health
" For 25 years 1 have never
.missed taking Ayer Sarsaparilla
every spriag. It cleanses my
94, makes me feel strong, and
does me good in every way."
John P. Hodnette, Brooklyn, N.Y.
Pure and rich blood
carries new life to every
part of the body. You
are invigorated, refreshed.
You feel anxious to be
active. You become strong,
steady,courageous. That's
what Ayer's Sarsaparilla
will do for you.
SJ4S a brink Allerafgb4s.
Aik your Sartor what b thliiki of AyWt
aiwiparilla. Hkwnnllboutthligmo4
M family mcdlrlaa. -Uo litoaarioaand
PROFESSIONAL.
Todd & Ballon.
ATTORNEYS AT LAW.
JEFFERSON, N. C.
Will practice in all the couuts
Special attention given to col
e etion. 1-6-4,
.. F. A. LINNEY,
ATTOBNEIT AT LAW,
BOONE, N.C.
Will practice in the courts
of this and surroundingcoun
ties. Promut attention iri v
en to the collection of claims
and all other business' of a le
gal nature. 6 12 '01
EDMUND JONES,
-hAM YER
-LENOIR, N.C
Will Practice Regularly in
the Courts of Watauga,,
J. C. FLETCHER,
Attorns At Law,
BOONE, N. C
Careful attention given to
collections. .
EFLOVILL,
-ATTORNEY AT LAW,-7-Z0aVtf,
N. C
oiwuiai attention Kiven
to all business entrusted to
his care."t
E. S. COFFEY,
-ATWRNEY A 7 LA IV,-
BOONE, N.C.
Prompt attention given to
all matters of a leg-al nature.
1ST Abstracting titles and
collection of claims a special-
ty.
- i 1-104. '.
J. L COTTREll,
Physician & Surgeon
-BOONE, N.C- .
OSLiceat Coffees Hotel.
Often Iiih professional ser
vices to the people of this
and surrounding communi
ties. ; :
, tSiCall8 promptly attend
ed dav or niirht.
Dr. j; M. HOGSHEAD,
Cancer Specialist,
BANNER'S ELK. N. C
ho Knife; No Burning Out.
Highest references and endors
ments of prominent persons suc
cessfully treated in Va Tenn.
and N. C. Remember that there
Is no time too boon to get rid ol
. cancerous growth no matter
ho small. Examination free,
letters, answered promptly, and
satisfaction t,naranted.
WASHINGTON LETTER
From onr tegular Correspondent
Deal Smoot of the alkaline
haretnt Behold the trail not
ol the wood! I send you this
friendly alarum Herd's ho
ping you'll do as you should!
Set grass-widows off with a
pension; send children to gov
eminent schools; Polygamy?
It's the invention of fools!
At any rate, this is the cur
rent opinion in Washington,
There is considerable xeite
meot at the Capitol.' T li
Mormon drama i on. RhmI
Smoot, Senator, sits serene
ly in the center of the stage
Joseph F Smith late Patn
arch and Apo-tl and now
ana now tirst rresilenr of
the "Church of Jesus Chrisr
of Latter Day Sairts," and
nephew of that Jowepli Smith
who found tin "Di iai a u d
Thummim" the stone spec
tacles, on a hillside in west
ern New York is the chief rie
fender of the Mormon Sena
tor. It . will be remembered
that two years ago Pfesi
dent Roosevelt wrote to Re
pnbliean leaders in Utah and
asked tbena not to lend
Smoot to WashinKton a
strange aud unwarrantable
interfeience with the political
affairs of a Stat. They sent
him, notwithstanding, and
here h is on trial fi r b i s
right to his seat, the con ten
tion of the. Gentile women
and other "reformers" who
oppose him being that h was
elected by the church and not
by the State.
Seventeen witnesses have
been brought here from D
tab by government subpoe
na, and four who conld not
be found are being bunted
up. Those present receive sev
en cents a mile for traveling
expenses and $3 a day for
board a nice sura all told.
One of the men brought is
Critchlow, a lawyer, who, in
Addition to pay asa witness.
has a good retaining fee as
an attorney in the case I
Smoot's examination is held
in an antique committee
room, with a ceiling of grain
ed arches and foliations, wall
ed with -books and docu
ments, and a broad mahog
any table running down the
middle, A t ones nd of the table
sits President Smith, the
head of the chnrch and star
witness, who was an apostle
before rising to his present
dignity- -gray hair, gray
eyes, gray beard, flowing
down both sides of bis coin,
a tall, vigorous and emphat
ic man with urbane manners
and tienevolent fa-e Around
him are his lawyers and he-
hind him Senator Smoot
with a conspicuous black
mustache and dark brown
hair nicely brushed hack
roin a square forhead. At
be other end of the table
sit Senator Burrows, Chair
man, and Senators Hoar.
Beveridg. Railey. Dubois. De
pew. Procter, Foraker and
McComas. The first four ask
ed the witness a good many
questionayehterdny. But be
was chiefly prodded by the
prosecuting lawyer, Faylor.
late Congressman from Ohio,
an alert, cadaverous, hatch-
eMacd man, assisted by ex
Senator John 0. Carlisle, for
the prosecution,
Mr. Smith said in answer
to questions that the Presi
dent of the Mormon church
and all bigh officials are cho
sen by revelation from God
Hnd endowed with the author
ity of the holy precedent. As
to church doctrine, he could
sneak from inspired knowl
edge, but in regard to busi
aes affairs h spoke from
hiw best information and was
s ah jeer to error. Bfing auk
ed if Mr. Smoot, like himself
receives revelations direct
from God, the witness an
swered affirmatively. He ex
pl iind thar there was much
rolerane and latitude allow
ed; n member might dibe
lieveand repudiate, a revela
t on, but if he lived a correct
life he need not be considered
outside of the nail of t h e
church. Very few Mormons
bad more than one wife. He
had often t beard piorainent
Mormons condemn plural
marriages. Senator Bailey
objected to investigation of
the Mormon religion assucb.
holding that the government
had nothing to do with a
man's beliefs.
Utah people affirm that
Mr. Santh is the hther of for
ty-two chidren, and he frank
ly and uuesita singly told the
cnmmitteti.that he bad five
wi ves and eleven children by
them since the publication of
th. government manifesto
forbidding polygamy. When
asked why he violated the
law, he said th.it ratherthun
to desert his wives and aban
don his children he was 'rea
dy to suft-r any punishment
that might be inflicted upon
him.
Senator Hoar asked him if
he had married any women
since the publication of the
manifesto, and he promptly
and franklj replied that he
bad not, and earnestly af
firmed, bringing bis hand vig
orously down upon the ta
ble, that no married Mor
mon had taken an addition
al wife eine the publication
of tbat prohibition. This de
claration he repeated and re
affirmed, in order, he said,
tbat there should lie no fur
ther doubt about it. Poljga
my bad not increased, be de
clared, since the Woodruff
manifesto. But Mormons had
refused to he so unmanly as
to desert their innocent fam
ilies simply for the purpose of
escaping punishment.
President Smith's testimo
ny was a veritable sensa
tion, and the women among
the auditors, two of them
from Utah, leaned Forward
with breathless interest. Tho'
frank and earnest., it should
tie added that the witness
was not vehement or defiant.
His demeanor was that of a
courteous gentleman willing
to give information on a
much mieunderhtood subject.
His dignity was impressive.
When called upon to name
his wiveM and number bis
children and question about
his divorced wife, he dirt' n it
(refuse, but showed much sen-
sa t i veness a nd pi otested, say
ing. that it was very embar
rdseiug and most trying to
have bis family privacy and
domestic affairs intruded on
and it was ejpecially hard to
oh required to give informa
tion conerning the wives
and children of hisnssociates,
the officials of the church.
"For," he sid. standing up
right, and uning an emphat
ic gesture, "if thre is any
thing on earth that 1 detest
ami loathe it is a spy and an
informer." One of the law
yers said, "A Mormon max
im. I believe, is "Mind your
own business." The witness
nodded assent and said "Yes
that's it." He proceeded to
add that thechurcbhad noth
ing to do with the election of
Senator Smoot 'or any civil
officer and the most they hud
done was 1o orally to give
him "leaye of absence" to
come to Washington if he
was elected. They would have
extended the same courtesy
to any other applicant. Ic
Iwomee more obvious day
by day that it is not Senator
Smoot bnt Mormonism on
trial. The question seems to
be whether a member of the
Utah hierarchy can possibly
be a member of Congress
But does it not appear to the
ordinary American that the
admission ol Utah territory
to the uniou bad settled that
question.
Mr. Smith's Utah wives tel
egraph their enthusiastic ap
proval of his course and his
testimony.
MORE RIOTS-
Disturbances of strikes are not
nearly grave as an individual djt
order of the system. Overwork,
OB8 of sleep, nervous tension will
be followed by utter collapse, un
less a reliable remedy is at onc em
ployed. There is nothing; so effi
cient to cure disorders of the liver
or kidneys as electnc Bitters. It's a
wonderful tome, and effective ner
ine and the greatest all around med
icine tor run down systems. It dis
pels nervousness, rheumatism and
neuralgif , and expels Malaria germs
UnJy 50c. and satisfaction guaran
teed by M. B. Blackburn.
Miss Pearl, Clarke arrived
in Lenoir last Saturday and
Mrs. 8. M. Clirke arrived yes
terdtiy. They have returned
from States ville where tbey
closed tb ir boarding house
owing to the condition of Mr.
Clarke's health. Mr. S. M.
Clarke has gone on a'.visit to
his brotherJDr. Boone Clarke
at Clulf Port, Miss. Lenoir
News.
THE NAME WITCH HAZEL,
The name of Witch Hazel is much
abused. E. C. DeWitt &Co.. of Chi
cago, are the inventor of the origi
nal and only genuine witch Ha?el
Salve. A certain cure tor cats, burns,
bruises, eczema, tetter, burns, etc
There are many counterfeits of this
salve, some of which are danger
ous, whi'e tbey are all worthless.
In buying De Witt's Witch Hazel
Salve see that the name E, C. De-
W itt & Co., of Chicago, is on the
box and a cure is certain. Sold by
M. B. Blackburn.
Better the service without
the sentiment than the eenti
tnent without the service.
HAPPY, HEALTHY CHILDREN.
Auy child can take Little Early Ri
sers with perfect safety. They are
harmless, never ertpe or sicken and
yet . they arc so certain in results
that robust constitutions reauitin?
drastic means aro never disappoint
ed. 1 ney cannct fail to perform
their mission nd every one who us
es De Witt's Little Early Eiwrs pre
ler them to all other pills. They
cure biliousness. Sold by M. B.
Blackburn,
Divorce While Ton Wait
News and Observer.
Di vorce proceed 1 ngs i n !
C. are too often conduced
like a slot machine you drop
a nickel in the slot and out
comes what you want. There
is little formality in the trial,
little investigation, the'hear
ing is-only from tliep,uty
applying for the divorce and
the whole procedure is often
travesty upon just i'e, Iu a
certain county in North Car
oliua iu December this win
ter saw a divorce granted
inside of five minutes. The
judge seemed to have no ;ow
er to stop the mill, the Legis
la t lire haying let down the
bars to su-h an extent as to
make it easier in some cases
to get a divorcein North Car
oliua than in South Dakota.
The Greensboro Record has
r h i 8 editorial paragraph
showing how divorces are
ground out while you wait:
"Suneiior Court has a di
vone for desert every after
noon. When the' time for ad
journment approaches bOim
attorney racks in a case, the
jury is sworn, tb.6 woman or
man mostly a woman tells
her tale of woe, the bands
are broken inside of five min
utes and court takes a reces
until next morning. Such is
law, though desert of this
kind no doubt leaves a bad
taste inlthe mouth."
The R word is tight in say
ing that such things "leaves
bad taste in the mouth."
They are a reproach to t h e
Stice, a disgrace to our civil
ization and threatens the
safety of our homes. Is there
not virtue enough in North
Carolina to elect, Legislators
who will repeal the bad laws
and not at every session let
the gap down a littl loeiV
This is a mutter thst calls
for the concerted action of
ministers and all otheis who
believe' that the safety .of si
ciety depends on the presrva
tion of the home.
DO YOT WANT BTRBNGTHQ?
If you'want toincreise yourstrength
you must add to and not take from
the physical. In other words, the
food that you eat mnst be digested.
assimilated and appropriated by the
nerves, blood and tissue before be
fore being expelled from the intes.
tines. Kodol Dyspepsia Cure adds to
the physical It gives strength to
and builds up strength in the hu
man system. It is pleasant to the
taste and palatable and the only
combination of digeHtants that will
digest the food and enrble the sys
tern to appropriate HI of its health
and strength-giving qualities. Sold
by M. B, Blackburn! '
This is from the Clarkton
Ex press:. "It's rath era
queer time of the year lor
strawberries bur in this de
lightful climate of ours we
raise them any tune. Misw
Empie Brosn ol Western
Prong sent us a nice box of
I hein yesterday." Our friepii
of ExpresHs should consider
himself very ioitnnate while
living in a land like this.
Especially shonld he nppr
Hate the ladies who send
him nice boxer, of strawber
lies at this "queer time of
.year" The Journal's time
may come some day fur mii-I
luxuries lut jiit now old
field peas and hotr jowl are
the finest dinrn-s we , fpjy.
Hard to beat Duplin Jour
nal. .. , - ; -:
t HEALTH
"I dent think w eenld km
km without Ttwarord'a BlMk- .
Draught. W ha used It in U
family former two yean with tlx
beat of nralU. I b not had
doctor in th hoUM for that Itnctb
oftim. It lit dootor la lUalfud
alwaja ready to make a peraoa wn
aadtaapp"WAMWHAIA,toh.
Because this great 'inMieia
. relieves stomach painiYfreei the ''
conitipated boweli and inrigor- ,
atea the torpid liver ao4 weak
ened kidnays ,. ViY
Ko Doctor
is necessary In the home whan '
, Thsdford's Black-Draught is '
kept Families living in the
country, miles from any physi- '
eiaa, have been kept in health
for yetrt with this medieinsas "
ttteu enty doctor. Thadford'a .'
Black -Draught eons bilious
w. dyapawia, colds, chills and
fever, bad blood, headaches,
diarrhoea, constipation, colio
and almost every other ailment
because th9 itomach, bowels .
Jw nd kidneys so Marly con- '
tool the health. , s
THCDFORD'3
The e irly Republican conven
tion is notice to poll tax fellows
that they can just, stenjip to tho
candidate and set their reciot.
Be sure and call on him before
the first of May. All you have to
do is just to tell him you intend
to vote lor him provided you
can get jour receipt: he'll fix the
rent, Ion t it a pretty arranse-
mentfthougb? Eerybohy will
be in favor of the Republican can
didate till he seta his poll tax
pail. Wilkesboro Chronicle,
colds Cause pneumonia.
One of the most 'remarkable cases
of cold, deep seated on the lungs,
causing pneumonia,' is that of Mrs.
Gertrude E." Fenner, Marion, Ind.,
who wasentirelj cured by the use
of One Minute Cough Cure. She
says: "The coughing and straining
so weakened me that I ran down in
weight from 148 to 9a pouuds. . I
tried a number of remedies to no a
vail until I used One Minute Cough
Jure. Four bottle of this wonder
ful remedy c ired me entirely of the
cough, strengthened my lungs and
resored me to my normal weight,
health and strength." Sold by M.
B. Blackburn.
The Winston Salem alder,
men have voted to buy a $2-
000 lot, corner of Cherry and
Third Street, on which to
erect thn Carnegie library.
A man only finds life whete
he loses self.
DO YOU GET UP
WITH A LAME BACK?
Kidney Trouble Xakea Ton Miserable.
A 1m a art snsniriAli svUa J sL
"wi wsiv ieaui uiv nowr
papers it gure to know of the wonderful
as x a Mlfaa 1 aaai. fl
j vuiga iiismjbj j a
cat triumoh of tha nina.
teenth century; la
covered after years of
clentlfto raaearch by
Dr. irilfnii fka Ami.
nent kidney and blad-
wonderfully aucesasful In promptly curing
lame back, kidney, bladder, urie add treu
klaa ani Rrlvhi'a nlauu aklk I. . .
form of kidney trouble.
Dr. Kilmer a Swamp.Root la not reo
liver or bladder trouble it will be found
Just the remedy you need. It has been tasted
In ao many ways. In hospital work, in private
rjraf 1m. arann tha katntiMM Iaa K
phase relief and has proved so successful la
every case that a special arrangement has
been made by which all readers of this paper
who have not already tried It, may have a
sample bottle sent d ee by mall, also a bock
telling more about Swamp-Root and how to
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iiuu uiii u uv oy kuuioj or DiaaaerirouDle.
When writing mention reading thia genaroue
send your address to
fr. Kilmer fcCo.,Blng
hamton, N. Y. The
.mkhm. .m j -mi, any MataMaplMS
aollar sixes are sold by all good druggist
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