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BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, N. C THURSDAY. MARCH 31,1904.
NO. 3.
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I was very poorly and could
hardly get about the bouse. I waa
tired out all tha timo- Then I tried
Avar's Sarsaparilkv and It only
took two bottle, to make me feel
perfectly well."- Mra. N. S. Swia
ney, Princeton, Mo.
' .Tired when you go to
bed, tired when you get
up, tired all the time,
wjiy ? Your blood is im
pure, that's the reason.
You are living on the
border line of nerve ex
haustion. Take AVer's
Sarsaparilla ana be
rttfirtkltr MiMrl l.VS
dak jm Aoeior what ha tMak f kjr't
BnaiarUla. Ha knawii all abnatthln grand
14 family awlMiia. tuUum aia advlea u4
wa wUl ea MtitlM.
J, O. ath Co., lawall, Mm. v
professional.
Todd & Ballon.
ATTORNEYS AT LAW.
JEFFERSON, N. C.
Will practice in all the couats
Special attention given to col-
t 4 4 J
ction,
1-6-4.
F. A. LINNEY,
-ATTORNEY AT LAW,
BOONE, N. C. s
Will practice in the courts
of chis and surroundingcoun
lira. Promut Attention giv
en to the collection of claims
and ail other business of a le
:a nature. 6-12 '04.
V EDMUND JONES,
S3l LAWYER
Will Practice Regularly in
the Courts of Watauga,
(fl. '03, .
J. C. FLETCHER,
Attorney At Law,
BOONE, N. C.
Careful attention given to
collections.
E P. LOVILL.
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
'BOOSE, N. C-
STSpecial attention given
to all business entrusted to
bis care.TSJ
M'04.
E. S. COFFEY,
-ATWRtiEYAl LAW,-
BOONE, N.C.
Prompt attention given to
all matters of 0 legal nature.
Abstracting titles and
collection of claims a special
ty, 1-1 '04.
J. I. COTTREIL,
Physician & Surgeon
-BOONE, N.C-
Office at Coffef's Hotel.
Offers bis professional ser
vices to the people pi this
and surrounding communi
ties.
tSCalls promptly attend
ed dav or nurbt.
WASHINGTON LETTER
Prom our Regular Cormpoadent.
Work is being crowded a
long inCongressthatitseems
us if adjournment might
possibly come a week or so
before the last of May. The
appropriation billsthat have
not already paused are pans
ing, without such opposition
as will cause inm-h delay
Several bills in the in t rest
of the labor unions ate on
the eulander and some are re
ported from committees. But
there is lit tie probability that
any will pass this year. The
service pensiou bill will now
be withdrawn, for thi sen
sion at least, in view 01 the
action of the CommisHoiier
of Pensions so inteipreting
the law as to grant old age
pensions to veterans of 62
without regard to disability.
The post office nppropria
thn bill has. been before the
House this week, and has a
gain been the storm center.
The minority leader, John
Sharp Williams, Mias.,declar
ed that the post office depart
ment was rotten from tnrrft
to foundation stone and the
republicans were trying to re
organize it as an appropria
tion bill. He said that only
one division of the depart
ment had been investigated.
and thatonly partially. while
other divisions were equally
corrupt. Mr. Payne, the re
publican leader, and Gener
al Grovenor threw snch ex
planations as they conld in
to the discussion, and Mr.
Overstreet, Rep., Ind the
unhappy father of the report
declared that nothing in par
ticutar was the matter and
nobody injured. Mr. Williams
came back with the charge
that public moneys had been
repeatedly diverted to illegal
uses in rontempt of law, that
buildings had been rented, fn
el bought, and clerks appoin
ted and prompted in defiance
of Ciyil Service regulations.
"These oftVials," he dHared
vehemently, "violate the
laws whenever they please
and grant favors to their
friends whenever they please,
and tell you coolly that it
was because jof a. construc
tion put upon the law by
somebody, God knows who.
Joseph L Bristow, Fourth
Assistant Postmaster Genet
al, who has been almost two
months sick and confined to
his been dragged out andgiv
en a roasting in he third de
greeby tbaMCall Couituir-
tee appointed to invfstiHte
him and bis famous report.
He explained that he had
been oisabled fromervi,efor
several weeks and thm h did
not make ard was not re
sponsible for thu repoit ticjt
had lieen Bent to Conmvs.
Dr. JVM. HOGSHEAD,
Cancer Specialist,
BANNER'S ELK. N. C
ftoKnite No Burning Out.
Highest refereuces and endors
merits of promineDt persons suc
cessfully treated in . Vs., Tenn.
and N, C. Remember that there
is no time too soon to get rid oi
a cancerous growth no matter
how small. Examination free,
tars answered promptly, m
V
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COLDS CAUbE PNEUMONIA
One of the most remarkable cases
of cold, deep seatrd on the lungs,
causing pneumonia, is that vf Nirn
Gertrude E. r enner, Marion Ind.,
who wasentirelj ri'i .'.l by the une
of One Minute Uotiyh Cure. She
says: "The coughing ami Mrtiiniii
so weakened me that I run down in
weight from 148 to 9a pouuds. I
tried a number of remedies to no a
vai! until I used One Minute Cough
iJure.', Four bottles of this wonder
ful remedy c ired me entirely of the
cough, strengthened my lung and
resored-me to "my normal weight,
healt'jnd strength," 'Sold by M.
HUckbitrn. .
'...
The most of it wa the work
of First Assistant Postmas
ter General Wvnne. At the
same time he ilefnded the re
port in general terms, said
there hiH been improper
clerk-hire allowances in offi
ces, ahd that various meas
nres has been forwarded at
th earnest requent of Con
gressmen.'He hail cited come
cMPfS, an ! saiiin hundred oth
er Himilarcasegfonld be cited.
He was asked whether the re!
port came directly from the
hands ot the Postmaster Gen
eral, or whether some other
official was consulted. He
said he had been told, Ivjt
did not know. He wh asked
by Mr. Rartlftt of Georgia,
whether an.v suggeHtionKhad
come from the president. Be
fore it could be answered, Mr.
Burton, of Ohio, interposed
an objection to "any snch
question being asked," and
it was ruled out by the com
mittee. The American Red Cross So
ciet.v i rent in twain. Defi
nite charges of mismanage
ment were yesterday filed
against Clara Barton and
her coteria of friends by a
large majority of the direc
tors an eminent and Innor
able body of citizens. They
found that not less than
$715,000 have been collect
ed 'and that no part of it was
ever received or disbursed by
the Treasurer and that the
accounts, if accounts were
kept, ha ye never been audit
ed. There have been no pub
lic reports of receipts and ex
penditures. Money paid in
ha been used for anything
that the president wished to
usa.it for, without consults
tion with thedirectors. It is
charged that thj character
of the society has been
grossly and repeatedly viola
ted. Miss. Barton has now
to show why reorganization
should not take place in the
public interest.
The world's Industry" con
tinue to prosper, Congress
has given Ave millon dollars
to St. Louis and "lent" her
flvH millions more; ithassmil
ed productively on proposi
tious to celebrate Forefath
er's day in Maesachusstts,
Lewis & Clark's Day in Port
land, Oregon, and Daniel
Boone's Day. in Louisville,
and Congressmen have gone
to Jamestown. Virginia, to
view the site of the proposed
Pocahontas Exposition in
1906 The utn of $500,000
Iihh been appropriated to the
Portland show, as n starter.
SeiiHtorNewla ud advocates
the establishment of a per
manently vacantzone throu
gh the Mad from the Capitol
to the Washington Monu
in. of. with a width of 800
fent between buildings. On
DO VOT WANT 8TRKNGTHQ?
If you want to increase yourstrength
you must add to and not take from
the physical. In other words, the
food that you eat must be digested,
aiinilated and appropriated by the
nervtH. blood and tissue before be
fore b''in expelled from the intes
fines. Kodol Dvppepsia Cure adds to
tl.ephsiral It gives strength to
and builds up strength 111 the hu
man svstem. It is pleasant to the
tate and palatable and the only
combination of digeHtants that will
digest the foud acid enrble the yn
tern to appropriate r II of its health
and atreneth-gtvi'ie qualities. Sold
.by.M.B,BIcK.fefir.j, . , .
both sid?s of this space pub
lie building may be erected.
The Senator see ma not t:
know what citizens of Wash
ington know perfectly well,
that this central park called
the Mall (generally mispro
nounced Msul) in not fit for
public buildings of uny kind.
Several have bepn ptacei
there, but the number ought
not to be added to, as it re-
iter.tly was in the new Post
O&Ve buildiair, merely be
cause real estate owners want
ed to sell theirilots. In every
freshet or season d flood tied
tbe whole Mall is submerge.
Jn re than once in thiHilemde
the water of the Potomac has
stood five feet deep on the
site of I he Post Office Depart
ment, uud bonta have been
rowed along Pennsylvania
Avenue from the Tapitol to
Market Space. Goveriwnt
huildings ought always to b
erected on high ground, on
he squares around tbe Capi
tol 01 rhe White House, or
out Sixteenth Street, or on
Judiciary Square. The whole
movement to cover the de
pressed Mall with expensive
goverment palaces has its or
igin and its support in local
speculators in real estate.
MORE RIOTS'
Disturbances of strikes are not
nearly an grave as an individual dis
order of the system, x Overwork,
loss of sleep, nervous tension will
be followed by utter collapse, un
less a reliable remedy is at once em
ployed. Tliere is nothing: so effi
cient to cure disorders of the liver
or kidneys as electric Bitters. It's a
wonderful tonic, and effective.ner.
ine and the greatest all around med
icine tor run down system!. It dis
pels nervousness, rheumatism and
neuralgic, and expels Malaria germs
Only 50c and satisfaction guaran
teed by M. U. Blackburn.
Tbe biirgest sea n-h lint in
the world will be seen at the
World's Fair. It was recent
ly finished in an electric plant
at Lowell, Mass. It weighs
nearly four tons, is of 5.250,
000 candle power and pro
jects a beam of liuht seven
leet in diameter.
HAPPY, HEALTHY CHILDREN.
Any cbild can take Little Early Ri
sers with perfect safety. They are
harmless, never grtpe or sicken and
yet they are so certain in results
that robust constitutions requiting
drastic means aro never disappoint
ed. They cannct fail to perform
their misniou and every one who us
es De Witt's Little Early Risers pre
er them to all other pills. They
cure biliousness. Sold by M. B.
Blackburn.
During courtship a girl
thinks marriaue is a heaven
of rest in which sbe will be
free from all worry and care.
Alter marriage she has an
other think coming.
THE NAME WITCH HAZEL,
I he name of Witch HhzcI is much
abused. E. C. DeWitt & Co.. of Chi
cago. are the inventor of the origi
nal and only genuine Witch Ha Pel
Salve. A certain cure tor cuts, burns,
bruises, eczema, tetter, burns, etc
There are many counterfeits of this
salve, some of which are danger
ous, whi'e thev are all worthless.
In buying DeWitt's Witch Hazel
Salve see that the name E, C. De
Witt & Co., of Chicago, is on the
box and a cure is certain. Sold by
M. B. Blackburn.
When a woman goes to the
races she can't help wonder
ing why the men are so fool-
inti as to bet before the hord
es are nearing home, so they
y.'.i.ti .Y-klJi ope will win.
Russians Unprepared For War.
It is a mistake to suppose
that Rusma really wanted
war with Japan. The Czar
was opposed to it. A strong
peace party at St. Peters
burg, headed by suah. promi
nent far-sighted, patriotic
Russians as ex Minister of Fi
nance White and Prince Es
per L'Uhtomsky, projector of
the Eastern Chinese Railway,
founder of theRiisBO-Chinene
Hank, anil author of '"Rus
sia's Mission in Ania," has
stood out bravely against
the lingoism which hus forc
ed an unprepared nation in
to a mighty conflict, to ap
pease laiKKhupger. Russia
wants an ice port on the Pa
cific; she wants an uninter
rupted Pacifi" coast line; she
wants a new trade; she wants
-eventually, perhaps -Chi
na. But it is not likely that
she really wants these en
ough to fight for them. The
best, ablest men m Russia
knowjthat she is not prppnr
ed for war. The Alexiefh and
the Pobiedonosts have tried
to convince the Czar that u
foreign war would defer u po
lineal and social crisis. The
far seeing counselors and
the rest of the word, can 9ee
that war is likely to precipN
tate such a crisis. With the
Fins smarting under recent
outrages and taking no
pains to conceal the fact
that they are planning a rev
olution; the poles only wait
ing the movement to re
venge themselves for centu
ries of oppession; Siberia cry
ing out for atonomy; a re
volt already broken, out in
Caucaseus; the Jewg . spread
ing and insurrectionary prop
aganda of undying haired;
the fiances disordered; every
university a center of revolu
tion; mil. ions of ignorant
peasasants facing a I most con
stant tainine, because of the
inadequacy of the empire's
economic policy; with the
Balkans almost already a
flame, nndjicurcely a friend
among the nations of the
world, what tun Russia hope
to gain by a mere war if con
quest against a united peo
ple with a superior navy, fl
nancial stability, three time
ha many children in the ele
mentary schools, and the
sympathy of the civilized
world, which believes that
the Land of . the Rising Sun
is fighting Sun and fighting
to uphold territorial a n d
commercial integrities, not
only for itself, but for the
whole world? From the Pro
gress of the world, fn the A
merican Monthly Review of
ReyiewB for March,
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TRAGEDY AVEHTED.
"Just in the nick of time our lit
tie boy was saved,'' writes Mrs. M
Watkins of Pleasant City, Ohio,
''Pneumonia had played sad havoc
with him and a terrible cough had
set in besides. Doctors treated him,
but he grew worse every day. At
length we tried Dr. King's New Dis
coyery for consumption, and ourdar
ling was saved. He s now sound
and well." Everybody ought to
know, it's the only sure cure for
coughs, colda and all throat and
lung diseases. Guaranteed by M. B,
B Blackburn. Price 50c ond ft 00,
Trial bottles free.
Rome is to be electrically
lichted with power frrm the
Mar more FuIIh, seventy miles
away.
HEALTH
"I don't think wa eoald key
fcoaM without Thedford'i BlMk
Dimujht. Wo htva ned It in tti
family (ororar two jraara with tha
bait ol reaulU. I hara not had a
doctor in the honaa (or that ln jth .
ot tlma. It It a doctor In Itaalt and
olwayi ready to maka a psnon wall
and rappT.'WAMKS HALL, Jaok
aooTilla, 111.
Because this great medicine
relieve! stomach paint, frees tha
constipated bowel and invigor
ates the torpid liver and weak
ened kidneys
Ho Doctor
is necetiary In the home whera
Thedford'i Black-Draught is
kept. Families living in the
country, miles from any physi
cian, have been kept in health
for ;cara with this medicine aa
their only doctor. Thedford's
Black -Draught cures bilious
ness, dyspepsia, colds, chills and
fever, bad blood, headaches, '
diarrhoea, constipation, colio
and almost every other ailment
because the stomach, bowels
liver and kidneys so nearly con
trol the health.
THEDFORD'S
BLACff-
iAUGHT
"You are sweet enough to
eat," said the yery young
man who imngiued he bad
the love market cornered,
"Thanks," rejoined the mat
ter of fact maid. "There's a
small restaurant around tbe
corner." -Chicago News.
White Co. Favorite: There
18 no sense in a man who sym
pathizes with Japan ignoring
the superior strength ot tbe
Russian army. Itisa physical
impossibility for Japan to.
whip Russia on la nd. She may
win some victories, doubtless
will, but in the end Russia is
bound to triumph.
Nothing has ever equalled it
Nothing caa ever surpasi it.
Dr. King's
flew Discovery
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A Perfect For All Throat and
Cure : Lung Troubles.
Money back If It faila. Trial Bottle fraa.
L. E. Dnvis of Wilkes Co.,
has been appointed a deputy
"ollector of internal revenue
to fill the vacancy caused by
the removal of T, S. Brjan.
Thousand! Rave Kidney Trotalf
tad Don't Know It.
How To rind Oat
Fill a bottle or common (las with yftt
water and let It stand twenty-four hours;
aedlmeat or asp
tlln( indicate aaj
unhealthy condt-'
tion of tha kid- '
. it tk
oj u 11 piauie) 1
your linen It
evidence ef kid-,
ney trouble; too
frequent desire to
pass it or paln.la ,
the back te also'
convincing proof that the kidneys aai baveV 1
der are out of order.
WkattoSe, ! '
There Is comfort In tha knowMft s
often expressed, that Dr. Kilmer' Swamp.
Root, the peat kidney remedy fulfill ever ' '
wish In curing rheumatism, pain la the ,
back, kidneys, liver, bladder and every part
of the urinary passage. It corroci Inability
to hold',water and scalding pain In paaiiaf
It, or bad effects following use of liquet;" '
wine or beer, and overcome that unpleaaanl . .
necessity of being compelled to ge often '
during the day, and to get up many times
during the night. The mUd and tha extra.) '
ordinary effect of Swamp goot la too
realized. It stands the highest for Ita won
derful eurea of the moat distressing cases.
If you need a medicine you should have the ' ,
best. Sold by drugglste In 50c andfl. ilsetV' -
You may have a sample bottle ef lata
wonderful discovery
and a book that tells a
more about It, both tentE
absolutely free by mall.
,HAaa I ). K Imtf Mm ma
uo., Dingnamion, n. 1 . wnen wining mm
tion reeding this generous ofler to thUjpats)1
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