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VOL.XVI.
BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, N. C, THURSDAY JULY 14, 1904.
NO. 18.
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PROFESSIONAL,
Frank H. Stinson,
SVRVbl'Oi:,
BANNER ELK, N. 0, -tS-FlNE
INS'IRVMENTS.
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
BANNER ELK, N. C.
SaT'Will practice in the courts
of Watauga, Mitchell and adjoining
counties. ., 7 6.'04.
Todd & Ballon.
ATTORNEYS AT LAW.
JEFFERSON, N. C. .
Will practice la all the cooita-
Special attention given to col
tion.
1-64.-
F.A.LINNEY,
ATTORNEY AT LAW-
BOONE, N. C. '
Will practice in the coortR
01 cbiH and surrounding coun
ties. Promut attention giv
en to the collection of claims
and nil other business of a le
gal nature, 612'04.
EDMUND JONES,
LAWYER
-LENOIR, N. C
Will Practice Regularly in
tbe Courts of Watauga,
-1. '03,
J. C FLETCHER,
Attorney At Law,
BOONE, N. C
Careful attention given to
collections. ;
E. F. LOVILL,
ATTORNEY AT LAW -
- BOONE, N. r. -ft3"Speeial.
attention given
all business entrusted to
care.Si
V M-04.
E. S. COFFEY,
ATTORNEY A 2 LAW,-'
'' BOONE, N.C
Prompt attention given to
all mutters of 0 legal nature.
Abstracting titles and
collection of claims a special'
tyr ' ; .v ;'
l-l-04.
DR R D JENNINGS.
s residentuentwt,
BANNER ELK. . C.
Nothing but tbe best material
used and all work done under a
positive guarantee. Persdns at a
distance should notify me a few
days in advance when they want
work done. Alter March the let,
I have arranged to be at tbe
Blackburn House in Boone on
each first Monday. Call on me. .
1-28.
W.ILBOTYKtt,
ATTORNEY AT f?AW,-
Lenoir, N. C.
Practices in the courts of
Caldwell, Watauga, Mitchell,
Ashe and other surrounding
counties.
. Prompt attention given to
nil legal matters entrusted to
his care. . .
Dr. J. ,M. HOGSHEAD,
imi Specialist,
BANKER'S ELK. N. X
NoKniie; No Burning Out.
Highest references and endors
went of prominent persons sue
eessfully treated in Va., Tenn.
m nri v f! RAmeinber that there
is no time too soon to get rid of
how small. Examination free,
lrtters answered promptly, and
fttiafaoUoa guaranteed.
Butler Throws ap Sponge.
Raleigh Post.
An' interesting bit of infor
mation is contained In Mr.
Pence's story from Washing,
ton this morning in which it
is stated that Ex Senator
Marion Butler has resigned
as chairman of the national
Populisteommitteeand gone
ovei bag and baggage to tbe
Republican party. Mr. Rat
ter took this step on the eve
of the assembling of the Pop
ulist convention at Spring
field III. and appoited Mr,
Edmibton, 'of Nebraska to
call the convention to or
der. One time Democrat, then
Populist-Republican fusion-
ist Mr. Butler, farewelll No
flowers. ,
Mr. Butler played hiscards
well arid got all that was
coming to him. He was once
a Democratic member of the
State senate from Sampson
county! The third party or
Peoples party as It was call
ed began to create a disturb
ance in 1892. Shortly after
the State convention that
year, in which Elias Carr
was nominated for governor
as a concession to tbe new
disturbing political element,
Mr. Marion Butler who was
then editing the Caucasian
at Clinton, wrote a strong
editorial advising the mem
bers of the Farmers Alliance
to stand by tbe nominees of
the . Democratic party. In
that editorial be foretold the
dangers that lurked in a third
party scheme and used words
to this effect:
"If you succeed in such a
movement it will be at
he snfferanco of the Republican-party,
and yon will be
at their mercy now and here
after, ' '
Those were truly prophetic
words and people praised
Mr. Butler for uttering them,
But howdid he follow them
up?
Less than a'' month, we
think it was. after that edito
rial appeared Mr, Bntleivwas
chairman of the third party
convention in this city when
the Wnyne county jroat farm
er, Pat Exum was nomina
ted for governor. Then began
in earnest the movement, led
by Mr. Butler, that resulted
in fusion regime in N. C. with
all its objectionable and dis
agreeable features, and by
which Mr Butler served a
term in the U. S. Senate.
Prophetic words? Yea, veri
ly. At the sufferance of the
Republican party Mr. Butler;
was permitted to draw a fat
salary as a leward for pull
ing away from the Democrat
ic party, enough votes to al
so land Mr. Jeter Pritchnrd
in a like comfortable berth.
He worked the scheme with
the smooth tactics of a born
politician. The sufferance of
the Republican party was to
him a most ' refreshing and
pleasing experience. He has
now answered mercy's Geck
ouingcaM slammed the door
of tbe Populist kitchen be
cause he lardpr was empty,
and landed fla Mooted in the
Republican caiiip where the
Rough Rider cowboy is ex
pected to arrive from - the
bunt with bin game in time
for saPper. .
Riser's Ghost After Money. ,
Jersey City Dispatch. .
Convinced that the Jhouse
is haunted and that "Jim
mie" Hope, the aged miser,
whose body was found there
a few weeks ago, has return
ed in the spirit for bis gold.
Robert HurameWay and Ja
cob Enting, after appealing
to the police, have fled in ter
ror with their lurnit ure.from
the tenement at 18 Mercer
street. ; '
Their wives are said to be
on the verge of nervous pros
tiation, and the children are
terrified. Both men are softer
and industrious, and their
strange story told to-day to
Police Csp tain Cody, of tbe
George Street Police Station,
i9 vouched for not o n 1 y by
members of their household,
but by other tenants who
preceded them and who left
for the same reasons'
Mysterious footsteps, un
canny sights and sounds, as
from a human being, the up
setting of furniture and tbe
moving of pictures on t h e
walls are some of the strange
things reported to the police.
Nothing can convinco either
family that these happenings
are caused by any material
agency. The Hutneldays had
lived in tbe house less than a
month, and the Eptings a
bout 10 davs. Tbe Hummel
days say thev had been hav
ing days and nights of ter
ror, but, dreading ridicule
and believing that their sen
ses and imagination were
tricking them, kept their
fears to themselvesy u n t i 1
Mrs. Epting rushed scream
ing into their apartments
and swooned after paying
she had seen tbe ghost of tbe
old miser. .
The story is generally cred
ited in the neighborhood,
thongh Thomas Shea, the
executer of the miser's es
tate, eays that interested
persons are seeking by this
means to obtain the proper
ty at a low figure.
'BRUTALLY TORTURED.
A case came to light that for per
sistent and unmerciful torture has
perhaps never been equaled: Joe
Golobick of Colusa. Calif, writes.
"For 15 yeaas I endured ingnffern
ble pain from rheumatism and noth
ng relieved me though I tried every
thing known, f came rcross Elec
tric Bitters and it's the greatest
medietne on earth for that , trouble.
A few bottles oj it completely relie'v
ed and cured me." Just as good
for liver and kidney troubles and,
general debility. Satisfaction guar
anteed by .M. B. Blacffburn. -
Even a blind mule can feel
with his feet.
our
"Two years ago my bair was
falling out badly. I purchased a
bottle of Ayer's Hair Vigor, and
soon my bair stopped coming out."
Miss Minnie Hoover, Paris, IU.
Perhaps your mother
had thin hair, but that Is
no reason why you must
go through life with half
starved hair. If you want
long, thick hair, feed it
with Ayer's Hair Vigor,
and make it rich, dark,
and heavy.
ft M a Mti. All fciubH. v
If your dnnUt on not (apply yoo,
aead u M dollar sua we win axpraat
70a kotu. b tan and jiy tbt bum
Of JOKt 1 Mt tiTf oflioa. AddrM,
Industrial Edacatlon.
In a recent address before
the students of the Georgia
Institute of Technology, at
Atlanta, Mr. Samuel Spencer
president of the Southern
Railway, made some very
significant statements with
reference to the present indna
trial situation in tbe South.
Among other things he con
tended that thegreatest need
of this section now is the
establishment of more, and
better industrial schools and
the further extension of tech
nical education as a means
of preparing the young men
of tbe South for industrial
pursuits,
However it may be it seems
to us that tbe suggestion of
Mr. Spencer is worthy of sen
ous consideration to say the
least. The great need of the
south at the present time is
more efficient workmen.
There is now a great indus
trial awakening in this sec
tion and the necessity for
trained men who know how
to do things wns never so
pressing. As It is. it is neces
sary for a great many of
them to go to northern tech
nological schools in order to
receive proper training. If
thHneed of technical educa
tion could be adequately sup
plied by southern schools, it
would encourage the young
men of this section to secure
such training and would aid
in the further development
of our industrial life. It cer
tainly seems to us that-this
is a matter that should re
ceive more consideration at
the hands of those interested
in the educational welfare of
this section and in the distri
bution of public frauds for
educational purposes.
M. B. BLACKBURN
asks the readers of this paper who
are suffering with indigestion ordys
pep8ia to call on him at once and
et a bottle oiKodol Dyspepsia cure
if vou knew the value of this reme
dy as we know it, you would not
suuer anotner aa y. A.oaoi uyspep ;
Hia cure is 11 thorough dieestant and
tissue-building tonic as well. It is
endorsed person ally by hundreds of
people whom it has enred of indi
gestion, dyspepsia, palpitation of
the heart and stomach troubles gen
erilly. Kodol Dyspepsia cure di
gests what you eat. It is pleasant,
palatrble and strengthening.
Waxhaw Enterprise: A lit
tie four year old boy in this
community stepped up to a
minister one day and asked
him for a chew of tobacco.
"Whatl you don't chew to
bacco, do you, my little man?
asked the preacher in aston
ishment. "Yes, and cuss too,
was the quick and emphatic
response.
The pill that, will, will fill the bill,
Without a gripe.
To cleanse the liver without a quiver
Take one at night. '
De Witt's littl Early Risers are
small, easy to take easy and gentle
in effect yet they are so certain in
results that no one who uses them
is disappointed. For quick , relief
from billiousness, sick headache tor
pid liyer, jaundice, dizziness and all
tfDubles arising from an inactive
sluggish liver, Early Risers are un
exualad. Sold by M. B. Bluckburn
' Harper's weekly, indepen
dent, continues to give con
clusive facts and figures in
support of its belief that the
democrats are going to car
ry the country this year.
V For files, Burn, fores
Adr&ntagxs of Free Rural Delivery,
VThis is the greatest thing
1 have ever seen," remarked
one to us the other day as we
passed a mail box on a rural
free delivery route. Aud truly
it is a great thing. The
people in the country now
have tbe mail advantages of
a town or a city at no effort
or expense except the pur
chase. for $2.00 of a mail
box that will last a genera
tion. ,
The system is completely
revolutionizing the mailing
interests of the country, Be
sides the three routes that
now go out from Scotland
Neck, one comes out from
Hobgood to within a short
distanco of Scotland Neck;
and men who live almost in
sight of Scotland Neck now
have The Commonwealth
sent to them at Hobgood be
cause the mail-carrier will
bring the paper to their own
doors on Thursday morning
whereas they formerly did
not get it until they came
to town, which was so m
times as late as Saturday e
vening. "
It may be somewhat costly
to the government but noth
ing has ever been done which
has put such a valued, and
desirable convenience right
at the doors of the people of
the country. And the patron
age of the system is growing.
At almost every farm home
you can see the mall box.
All this means an advanced
step in intelligence. Some
country people now can af
ford to read a daily paper,
whereas, before the free rural
delivery was opened they
read no paper at all.
The system ought to be so
encouraged that it will be
made a part of the conveni
ence of every community.
Scotland Neck Commons
wealth. President Boomclt.
1858-born October 27, In
New York city.
1880-Graduated at Har
vard university.
1882 83 84 Served in New
York legislature.
1884 Chairman New York
delegation to Republican Na
tional Convention.
1886-Dofented as Repub
lican candidate for mayor of
New York.
1 889-5-UnJted States civ
il service commission.
1895-97 President board of
police commissioners New
York,
1897 98 Assistoiit secre
tory of navy.
' 1898 Lieutenant colonel
and colonel of the First Vol
unteers cavalry "Rough Rid
ers" regiment in a r with
Spain
1899 Elosted governor of
New York.
1901 September 14, suc
ceeded to the presidency on
death of Willinm McKlnloy.
1904 Nominated foi pres
ident by Republican Nation
al Convention.
, A Bourborn county negro
went to sleep iq a barnThurs
day night with his feet a
gainst the side. In the night
a mule kicked him on the
head and the concussion
broke his nnk I. Kentucky
Exchange. , ...
HEALTH
"I Aoa think w mJ4 kM
Mut wUkoai TiMdford'a BUeif
milt. W, Mr, ih1 U Id tM
lit for over two raart with tha
ootor In tha honaa for thai lonath
1 01 raaiia.
1 Malta. I km rtn4 hid a,
l&a Hoi
o lime.
It (a AnMn In MmM and
iwajt raadt to naka pmoa wall
Became this great msdicbis
raliees stomach paias.fhRS the
constipated bowels and Invigor
ates tbe torpid liver and weak .
ened kidneys
No Doctor
U neooBsary in the home where
Thedford's Black-Draught is
kept. Families living in the
oountrr, miles from any physi
cian, have been kopt in health
for roars with this medicine as
the& oaly doctor. Thedford's
Black-Draught cum. bilioua
neea, dnpepaia, colds, chills and
fever, bad blood, neadaohes,
diaphoa, constipation, olio
and aunott every other ailment
because the stomach, bowels
liTrr and kidneys so nearly coav
trol the health. .
.The Convention at Greens
boro was the very essence of
Democracy. The nomina
tions voiced the sentiment
of a majority of. the delf
gates. There was no cut aud
dried program no pre-arrang
ed platforms; no concerted
action matured a month ago
t he nominations embrace er
ery calling, and represent ev
ery section of the State. Of
course some persons failed to'
receiye the nominations tbey
Bought. That was to be ex
pected and equally of course
each defatted candidate will
support his successful rival
and the rest of the party tick
et. That is the course honor
able men pursue. If you don't
propose to be bound by tbe
convention's actions then
youshonid stay out of it
Bolting has never stood high
in North Carolina. There is
a taint about it that doesn't
smell good to our honest
noses. Windsor Ledger.
NO PITY SHOWN,
1 For years fate was after me
continuously," writes F. A Gullego
Verbena, Ala. WI had a terrible case
of piles cavging 24 tumors. When
all failed Bucklen's Arnica salve "
cured. Equally good for burns and
all aches and pains. Only 25c at
M. B. Blackburn's
Thousands llavw Sidney Tttottt
Hi pon't Know IU
How To rind Oat.
Fill a bottle or common glass with yoof
water and let It stand twenty-four hours;
aedlmeat or ass,
tllng Indloates aa
unhealthy condta
tion of the kid
ney 1; If it stains
your linen It Is
evidence of kid
ney trouble: too
frequent desire W
pass It or pain ta
the back is alad
convincing proof that the kidneys and blada
der are out of order.
Wfcal to So.
There Is comfort in tha knowledge St
often expressed, that Dr. Kilmer's Swampa
Root, the great kidney remedy fulfills every
with In curing rheumatism, pain la th
back, kidneys, liver, bladder and every part
of the urinary passage. It corrects Inability
to bold water and scalding pain la passing
It, or bad effects following use of liqueri
wine or beer, and overcomes that unpleasant
necessity of being compelled to ge ofte
during the day, and to get up many timed
during tha night. Tha mild and the extra
ordinary effect of Swamp-Root la sooa
realized, it stands tha highest for Its worn
dcrful cures of tha most dUtresstng casta,'
If you need a medicine you should have thef
I bait. Sold by druggists InSOo. andjl. sUea.'
T You mav have a aamnU tvrffla tA thai
wondertul discovery
and a book that talis
more about it, both sent 1
absolutely free by mail. .
address vr, K timer 1
Co., Blnehamton. N. Y. When writing 1
tion reading this generous offer ta this sapst1
THEDFORD'S
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