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BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, X. C., THURSDAY MAY 12, 1904.
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" I was very poorly and could
hardly get about the bouse. I was
tired out all the time. Then I tried
Ayer'a Sareaparilla, and it Only
took two bottles to make me feel
perfectly well."-Mra. N. S. Sarin
ney, Princeton, Mo.
Tired when you go to
bed, tired when you get
up. tired all the time.
WhyP Your blood is Im-
?ure, that's the reason,
ou are living on the
border line of nerve ex
haustion. Take Ayer's
Sarsaparilla ana be
quickly cured.
Aik 7bt doctor what he tMnkt of Ayer'a
Brprill. Ha know, all nhouttlil. grand
old fa miljr mMldna. fallow tiU idTlc and
wt will be auiliHtd.
J. 0. ATB Co.. Lowell, Mai).
PROFESSIONAL.
Todd&Ballou.
ATTORNEYS AT LAW.
JEFFERSON, N. C,
Will practice in all the couata-
Special attention given to col
tion,
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F. A. LI NNEY,
.. ATTORNEY AT LAW,-
BOONK, N. C.
Will practice in the courts
of chiu and surroundingcoun
ties. Promut attention Riv
en to the collection of claims
and all other business of a le
gal nature. 812 '04.
EDMUND. JONES,
LAWYER
- -LENOIB, N. C'-
Will Practice Regularly in
. the Courts of Watauga,
6-1. 'Q3,
J. C. FLETCHER,
Attorney At Law,
BOONE, N. C.
Careful attention given to
' collections.
E F. LOVILL,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
v BOOSE, N. C.
r. .WSpecial attention Riven
to all business entrusted to
hscare."8
't 11'04.
E. S. COFFEY,
ATWRNEYA7 LA-
BOONE, N.C.
Prompt attention given to
all matters of a legal nature.
8" Abstracting titles and
collection of claims a special
ty. M'04.
? W. IL BOWER,
-ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Lenoir, N. C.
Practices in the courts of
Caldwell, Watauga, Mitchell,
Ashe and other surrounding
' counties.
Prompt attention given to
y all legal mattpre entrusted to
his care.
i Dr. J. M. HOGSHEAD.
1" 4 Cancer Specialist,
. BANNER'S ELK. N. C
: too Knite No" Burning Out.
i , Highest refereuces and endorn
... x fnents of prominent persons sue
) . fiessfully treated . in . Va., Term.
I " v and N. C. Remember that there
"! ia no time Too soon to get rid ol
'cancerous growth no matter
ZfivDW small. Examination free.
i f?Vf Wtters answered promptly, and
satisfaction aranteoa.
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From our Regular Correspondenta
Gone the Hous and gone
tbeSenHte;
Gone the winter's prime at
traction; Gonethetumult, and I pen it
With nonolittlesatisfaction.
Spooner's chatter, ending
never;
Teller's comment, wise and
witty,
Stewart's drone and Piatt's
palaver,
Gone! skedaddled from t h e
Kcit,v.
Hushed are Bingham' ero
nomics;
Hushed are Payne' remarks
satiric;
Hushed are Bed's ami Can
non's comic;
Huhed are Bomke' Hiberni
an lyric
Champ's vot jterouw i i in -bone.
Kitchen '8 tfpeprh, direct tut
fl'DgHl.
Gronyenor's rnnrinir o
phone,
Also Sulzer's mellow bugle.
Gone! the racket multitudi
noun;
Gorman, Lodge, DeArmond
vanished.
We h:tve listened (very good
in us!)
Till December now, they'rban
jelied.
Gonel I wonder as I pen it
What election day will send
us.
Gone the House and gone the
Senate,
And the void is most tremen
dous
Yes, they are gone. And the
void is more tremendous t Iih n
would be created by such an
exudus from almost any oth
er city. Washington, as a
mntter of fact, is not really
a city, but a magnificent vil
lage. It has no commerce,
no manufactures; it is not on
ly not a prodneer, it is not
even a distributer of any
thing but speecher.
. Never within, my. recollec
tion has a speakerlaid down
the gayel in the midst 'of
such enthusiastic eulogy as
that which Mr. Cannon re
ceived oh Thursday. The fer-
Vancy of the salutation from
political opponents will not
be witnessed twice in a gener
atfan. The greeting was a u
nanimous tribute to Mr. Can
non4s utter fairness. He. is
one of the best natured of
men. He is not a s"holrv. He
is not an orator. Hecan hard
ly be called an impressive
speaker in any sense, except
earnestness ma ken a man im
preswive. He is as unpreten
tious and a homely as Lin
coln was, and his undeniable
popularity is attributable to
the piiesnion of similar qua!
itis, 'I know vf in will hp hii-'
8nid John Shnrp WjliiHiiM to
him at the opening of this
Congress . Cannon replied:
"John, I am tintr to be hh
fair as the eXitreneieof Am r
ican politiiH vviil p.-niut."
A r'l'KB THIXO.
It i tlia" nothing in Hiire
except death and taxeH but thut
is not altogether true, Dr King's
New DiBCOveiy for ConwUniption
la a sure cure for atl 'ting and
throat troubles Thounand8 can
teHtify" tofhat. Mrs B Van
Metre of Shejtardtowu W. Va.,
KayK '.I had a Revere case of bron
chili and for a vear tried every
thingl heard of but ot no relief.
One bottle of Dr. IvinjrV New Din
coverv then cured meatiHolutelv."
It's iufalllble fr croup, whoop
iug cough, grip, pneumonia and
consumption. Try it. It's guar
anteed by M. B. Blackburn
Trial bottles free. Reg. sizes 50c
11.00.
The buia of farewells at the
adjournment greetings, haud
shakings,embracings, Bongs,
and agreableconfusion, made
the srene like a class demon
stration on the college cam
pus when school is out.
Invective and the insolence
of repartee were blunted du
ring the last day or two, but
there were some sharp ex
changes, even on the very
last day. . trhen democratic
leader Williams reminded re
minded republican leader
Pavne that the majority
would be held responsible be
fore the country for the need
ed laws it had failed to pass,
Mr. Payne instantly retort
ed that republicans were wiN
linn to assume full respousi
bilit.v for their action. Mr.
Williams as quickly rejoined
"The administration shows
its courage andgenerosity in
being williner to assume a re
sponsibility which it cannot
possibly escape." In the Sen
ate Mr. Gorman declared
that tLe total amount of ap
propriations and obligations
of this session 'amounted to
more than $800,000,000 not
including the Panama ('anal,
and Mr. Culberson announc
ed that the expenditures of
the Roosevelt administra
tion has been $211,000,000
greater than the four years
of the McKinley adminietra
tion and $883,000,000 crea
ter than the Cleveland ad
ministration. Mr, Allison, re
publican, lnd., admitted that
the app-opriaUons of tbisses
sion are $28,000,000 more
than the appropriations by
Congress at the last session.
Mr. Gorman thanked him for
the admission, and said that
the revenue question had
been evaded by the adminis
tration for fear that it would
disturb the political atmos
phere. ''Not political! notpo
litical! but for fear it would
disturb the business atmos
phere!" interposed Mr. Al
dtich. "Exactly so!', retort
ed Senator. Gorman, "the
business atmosphere which
surrounds the effort to elect
Theodore Roosevelt Presi
dent! Wre will see what the
people think about that bus
iness!" Mrs. Roosevelt was in
the executive seat in the gal
lery and she listened intently
and looked smilingly on.
The sensation of the ses
sion, after all was not Cock
ran.s speech, but Kitchin's
sensational attack on the
President. There are two
young brothers KiUhinfrom
Nort h Carolina and theyoung
er (Maude has distinguished
his first Nension by making
very damagingextractsfrom
Grovenr,a letters to Hearst
Journaljin June, 1900 and
from Roosevelt's books.
(trosvMtor declared that
a Startling test.
To save a lite Dr. T. O. Merrit
ol No Melioopany.Pa,, made a
start linsr test resultinc in a won
luful cure, lie writes, "a patient
was attacked with violent hem
orrhages caused by ulceration of
the stomach I had often found
Electric Bitters excellent for acute
stomach and liver troubles so 1
prescribed them. The patient
gained from the first and has not
had hn attack in 14 mos." Elec
trie Bitters are positively guaran
teed for dyspepsia, indigestion,
"onstipation and kidney troubles
Try them. Only 50c at U, D,
Black bam's.
Roosevelt as. Vice-Piesident
wus very objectionale to Mc
Kinley ; was humiliated by
the contact. He made lun of
Roosevelt's military strut
ting before the convention in
bis soldier clothes and spoke
of him as a "curious errattic
sort of man.' without judge
ment or a will of his own,
Kitchin qroted from Roose
velt that the Confederate sol
dier was an 'auurchist and
"through the Southern char
acter there runs a streak of
coarse and brutul barbar
ism". Hequoted from "Runch
Life" and "Hunting Trail,'
(pages 14 and 93) In which
Roosevelt approved of lynch
ing for horsestealing "for
stealing a $10 rat-tailed lex
as pony," as Kitchin stated
it. He then quoted Roose
velt's disparagement oi form
er Presidents aud bis denun
ciation of Congress in his Syr
aeuse address as a herd of
cattle! The speech has made
a great sensation here.
There ia to be a "tboiough
investigation of the Post Oi
fice Department. The Presi
dent said so this morning.
Hesavs the Post Office De
partment will make it.
A CUItE FOR PILES.
!,I had a bad case of piles," says
G. F. Carter of Atlanta, Ga,. ''and
consulted a physician who advised
me to try a box of De Witt's Witch
Hazel Salve. "I purchased a box
was entirely cured. It is splendid for
piles, giving relief instantly, and I
heartily recommend it to all suffer
ers." De Witt's ''itch Hazel Salve
is unequalled for its healing quali
ties Eczema and other skin diaeas
es, also sores, cuts, burns, wounds
of every kind arc- quickly cured by
it. Sold by M. B. Blackburn.
Betty Kelly, a negro wo
man 56 yenral old, died in
Salisbury while "shouting"
in a revival at Mt. Zion
church.'the deceased weighed
about, 300. lbs and as she
could not sit comfortably on
a regular seat the congrega
tionbad provided a special
seat for her, The first hymn
sung was, "There's a Jlittle
Wheel a-Turning in Mj
Henrt." Betty Kelly began
to shout before thissongwas
finished. "Dat sho' am a
sweet song! Bless de Lawd!
RIcssdeLawd! I got a little
wheel a-turning in my heart;
yes, I is," she pointed at her
heart all the while and still
shouting moved down the
aisle towards the door of the
church Just as she reached
the steps ehekfell two men
making an ineffectual effort
to prevent her from striking
the floor. Death was instan
taneous. Tarboro Southern
er.
LADIES AND CHILDREN
who cannot stand the shocking
strain of laxative cyrups and cathar
tic pills are espscially fond of Lit
tle E?riy Risers. All persons who
rind it necessary to take a liver med
icint should try these easy pills, and
campare the agreably pleasant and
strengthening effect with the nause
ating and weakening conditions fol
lowing the use of other meuiclnes.
Little Early Risers cure billiournesi
constipation, sick headache, jaun
dice, malaria and liver trouble. Sold
by M. B. Blackburn.
No home built with handa
alone,
3ASoniA,
BatVitU st Tin Vti Vw Haw Always Brgtj
r
Extracts from General GordWn Great
Speech.
Sunny Soutbi
This extract from General
John B. Gordon's great lec
ture on '-The Last Days of
the Confederacy," is charuc
teristicof theeloquence which
has . charmed enthusiastic
multitudes in both sections
of the country; and the tri
bute which the soldier-states
man pays to Genefa! Lee is
in every respect worthy of
his illustrious chieftain:
"There stood Lee-as a
mark of respect to Gront-in
his be6t uniform unbent by
misfortune sustaining by his
example the spirits of his de
feated comrndes and illua
traf 'ng in his calm and lofty
bearing the noble adage
which he afterwards announ
ced that ''human virtue
should be equil to human ca
Inmity.' I had seen him before
in defeat as well as in the
hour of triumph with the ex
ultant shouts of his victori
ous legions ringing in his
ears. I wasfamiliar with the
spirit of self abnegation with
which he had severed his al
legience to the general gov
ernment and resolyed like old
John Adams, that, 'sink or
swim, live or die, survive or
perish,' he would cast his for
tune with those of his peo
ple, I had learned long and
intimate association with
him that unlike Ceasar and
Alexander and Bonaparte,
the goal of his ambition was
not glory, but duty, and du
ty only; that it was true of
him as of few men who haye
ever lived that distance in bis
case did not lend enchant
ment, and that the nearer he
was approarhed the greater
and grander he grew. And
now, self poised and modest,
bearing on his heart a moun
tain load of woe, with the
l:ght of an unclouded con
science upon his majestic
brow, with an inote dignity
and nobility of spirit rarely
equaled and never excelled,
this central figure of the con
federate cause rose in this
hour of snpremest trial to
the acma of the uiorallr sub
lime." Another paragraph Irora
this same address voices Gen
eral Gordon's eloquent trib
ute to the private soldierson
both sides of the struggle!
"My countrymen, I must
be pardoned for saying that
when I recall the uncompro
mising spirit the unbought
and poorly paid patriotism
of those grand men, the A
merican volunteers, who had
no hopes of personal honors
no stripes on their coats nor
stars on their collars who
wore the knapsacks trudged
in the- mud leaving the im
print of their, feet in their
own blood on Virginia's
snows when 1 recall thoBe
men who stood in the fore
front of the battle, fired the
muskets won the victories
and made the generals, I
would gladly write their
names in characters of blaz
ing stars that could never
grow dim.,..i.My brother A
mericans all the ages have
cluimed chivalry and cour
age; but 1 stand hcrejtonight
with the fear of God upon
I ine measuring my every word
lund throw down the chul
lenge to all history: 1 chal
lenge the proud phalanxes pi
Cyrus and Alexander, the
Tenth Legion of Calsar the
Old Guard of Napolean or
the heroic .Highlanders .of
Scotland to furnish a. par
allel to that heroism dera
tion and self-sdrrifice exhibi
ted by those American boys
in blue and gray from 1861
to!8G5',.
rev OM'im im r
iUCK -
DffAUH?
STOCK and
POULTRY
MEDICINE
Stock and poultry tare tew
troubles which are not bowel and '
liver irregularities. Black
Draught Stock and Poultry Medi
cino is a bowel and liver remedy
for stock. It puts the organs of
digestion in a perfect condition.
Prominent American breeders and
farmers keep their herds and flocks
healthy by giving them an occa
sional dose of Black-Draught Stock
and Poultry Medicine In their
food. Any stock raiser may bay ft
25-cent half-ponnd air-tight can
of this medicine from his dealer,
and keen his stock in vigorous
M health for weeks. Dealers gener-
1 ally keep uinck-uraagbi btock ana
li Poultry Medicine. If yours does
can to tbo manufacturers. The
Chattanooga Medicine Co., Chat- LI
tanooga, lenn.
RocuaXLl, Oi., In. HATVk
Blaek-Draniht 8 tool nd Poallrf
Medlolntlt thbaItrTrtUd. Oar
took wm looking bad whan jro Mat
dm th mtdloln ud now thr are
totting ao fin. Thr art lookiaf M
pel otna. better.
8. P. BBOCKIWQTON.
35
The Utah Republican State!
Convention last week was al
so a Mormon convention and
strongly endorsed President
Roosevelt. It is of interest to
note that Senator Smoot had
the convention well ia hand
-Ex.
QUICK ARREST.
J. A. Gullege of Verbena, A1a
wns twice in the hoHpital from a
severe case ot piles causing 24
tumors. Alter doctors and all
remedies failed, Bucklen's Ariiica
salve arrested further inflamma-'
tiou and cured him. It conquers
aches and kills pain. 25c, at
M. B. Blackburn's. "
The commissioners of Hen!
derson county have decided
tD build a 40,000 court
houe.
Women as Well as Med
Are Made Miserable by
Kidney Trouble.
Kidney (rouble preys upon the mind, dux
courages and lessens ambition; beauty, vigor
ana cneenuinesa toon
disappear when the kid
neys are out of order'
or diseased.
Kidney trouble hu
become so prevalent1
that II Is not uncommon
for a child to be bant
afflicted with weak kid
neys. If the child urin
ates loo often. If the
urine scalds the flesh or If, when the child
reaches an age when it should be able to
control the passage, It Is yet afflicted WjtK
bed-welttnr, depend upon It. the causa of
the difficulty is kidney trouble, andthe-firat
step should be towards the treatment of
these Important organs. This unpleasant
trouble Is due to a diseased condition of thd
kidneys and Madder and not to a habit a
most people suppose.
Wtfrnen as well as men are made mis
erable with kidney . and bladder trouble
and both need, the same great remedy.
The mild and the Immediate effect o)
Swamp-Root is soon realized. It la aokl
by druggists, in fifty
cent and. one dollars
sizes. YoumivhavaaE 'v' 1!i
samDle bottle fct matt-ffll,L
free, also pamphlet tell- scan i i
Ing all about It, Including many ot .the
thousands of testimonial letters received
from sufferers cured. In writing Dr. KUnW
& Co., B'.nghamton, N. Y., f aurejaWi
melton mi psperi
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