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rV"' :':':"r:YA'7 V Al If" TS .47 Y ."5 .sCfc . -3 WATAUGA COUNTY, N. C TIIUItSDAY ' "'' - SEl'TEMUEU 1-, NO. 25. J ' ' V k?v W " 1 II ft II :A kri : .VUL.AV1. . BOONE. , -W' . (, r VllOFESSlGSAl. RrankH. Stinscn, SVRVEYOli, BANNER ELK, N. C, tiarFlXL JSWRUMbNTS. 1, D.LOWE ATTORNEY AT LAW, BANNER ELK, N.C - ftaVVill practice in the' court Of Watauga, Mitchell and adjoining counties. y 6 '04 ToM & Ballou. -ATTORNEYS AT LAW. JEFFERSON, N C. . Will practice In all the courts; Sieial ttttsation given to col .tion. l-04.i ; l. . . : A F. A. LINNEY, -ATTORNKY AT LAVr BOONE, 1. C. Will practu-e in thp courts , of chin nni surronndingcoun itiea. Promut attention giv- pn to thp collection of clainiR . 6nd all other bueiuppn of a lo feal nature. 6 12 '04 EDMUND JONES, ' LAWYER LENOIR, N. Will Practice Regularly ih the Lourm of natauga, 6-1. 'o3l J. C. FLETCHER, -Attorney At Law, --BOONE, N.C. Careful attention. jim to collections. T EFLOVILL, -ATTORNEY AT LA W, 'B0(ME,N.C. - i"Special attention given to all business entrusted to h'a care."i -1 . V': M "04. . E. S. COFFEY, . TlOIitiEY AT LA IV, fiOONE, N. C v Prompt attention given to all matters of a lejrnl nnture. t& Abstracting tit Jes and collection of claims a special ty. ' ' ' ' ' i " M'04. DK U 1) JENNINGS, RESIDKNTDICtfTMT, BANNER ELK. N . C.- Nothing but the host matprial lined and all work done under a 7ositivc guarantee. l'erfonH at a flistance should notity me a few dayu in advance when they want work done. Alter March the 1st I have arranged to be at t h e Iilackbnrn Hotine iii Boone on each flrnt Monday. Call on me. '' .1-28. V.H.B0WEK( ATTO RN E Y AT LAW, Lenoir, N.C. Practices in the courts of THhlwell, Watauga, Mitchell, Ashe nnd othpf enrrounding counties. . - Prompt attention given to 'll Jegal mat terseut rusted to his care. . - Du. J. M. HOdSHEAD, Canes Specialist, BANNER'S ELK. N. C Ao Knite; No Burning Out. - Highest references and endors foentu of prominent persons uc eodsfnlly treated in Vtt., Tenn. 6nd N. C. ilemeiuber that there notime too soox to get rid ol and proierly of NoithCar : ft anerrns frrowtb no matter . . (oASTOniA, Lr:va-.i.H. J'.xiii'uf atio f-f.v. n,n-: ; . .. i, lip U4 twtejjUwit BcH W.tntH' t: :?w!. f-i nil- xlj?- J- 's. V. ' t ' ' 1 '"'f PMi-4 t-tv Olcnn on Negro Edncation, Extracts from R. R. (Jlenn's Ra ei(fh Speech as repdrted by t!i Raleigh Time. ifS, eoneation is a good thing for everybody, but should be dispensed discrete ly.. Every person should not be educated alike their re spectivestalionsinlifeshoul be considered. Yes, you can educate even a dog and be will be the bet ter for it. "Put you cannot-teach . a hottnd puppy to set birds. 1 bdiee in education, an I stnni flat-footed on the ed ncational plank of the Demo cratic platform adopted by the Democratic State conven tion at Greensboro But I have a rght to mv view as to the character o education that should be fur nished respectively to t h u nite children and the negro children of North Carolina. I have said that you can not teach a hound puppy to set birds' Neither do 1 believe that negro should beueducflted In to thinking himself as good as of a little better ' than & white man. The enme character of edu cation is not good for him, as o general rule that is good for the majority of white children. Lot ns not teach him . to think he should become a greater hwyet tif .doctaf, or other Vprofesslofial" rtiatl, when there is no field for such r talent if he had it. Practi- filly leach him to do well some good mechanical work that he is fitted by naturp and environment to perform succesafullj, and thereby fit him to moke n good living for himself and family. The'eddieated" negrotbnt struts abontour streets with a Prince Albert coat'and silk hat and eye-glasses, for a brief season, and then lands where he has to swap the cos tumeforone of stripes, is Ti )ig failure and the system of so.called education which e received (imbibing false ideas of lfin importance and opportunities) is largely, chit? y responsible for tbebiilqre. yl believe also in practical ed uea tion for a great rrany white boys and girl. The onorednnd honorable trades should by no means be turned over to the ne groes. "No labor, when honestly done, is lowering to the true manhood of the whitest man in N.C". 1 '. "I ha 1 rather see my daughter .vhom I love with all my heart become the wife of an honest, capabln in dustrious mechanic, ten thou sand times father than that she should throw hpr life a way oft frame dude.wbose on ly claim 4o consideration ts that he wears tight pants. "fashionable'clothes smokes cigarettes, twirls a cane, and never did an honest day .8 work in his life." The negroes m N. C. piy only 7 percent., while the white people of the Siatppay 92 per cent., of the poll tax they puy;(telativel.) in tax es to support schools for them' That would be too herd on them. They are weak and we ore strong. They need our help, and it would be un:ianly in us to deny them any assist ance at all. ' But it costs less to sup port negro teachers, the ne gro, schools car. he run cheap er, and 1 do n tfivor givina them proportionally os much (onethird. there being negro to two white persons in N. C.) as is given to white (schools. After stating that he was in thorough accord with the Greensboro platform, Cap tain Glenn stated that stand upon the Democratic platform p a 8 8 e d by th Greensboro convention flat footed, but I have a right to say what you have a right to know, that I do not be lieve you ought to educate a negro like a white man." Explaining that he did not mean"to imply that the ne gro's education should come ohly Irorn the taies that ...he himself pays, Mr. Glenn con tended for more induatria education for the negro and ittleof other learning beyond reading, writing and arith met ie. The npgro. said he, was meant to be a 'hewer of wood and a drawer of water." and education In Latin" and Greek only serves to render him dis satisfied with'the work he is fitted to do and to give him ambitions which be cannot attan, Teach the neg"o how to work, to be honest, to be a letter servant, and you do him a better service than. ..by instructing turn ift tlje higher studies of the schools and colleges. Unduly raise the negro's aspiration? and you are apt to make him idle, to put himintohabitsof vagran cy into the jails and pnilen ial'y A SWEET BREATH is a never failing nign of a healthy stomach Whc;i the breath is bad tho stomach is out of order. ' There is no remedy in the world to equal Kodi) Dyspepsia sure for curing m digestion dyspepsia and all stomach disorders. Mrs. Mary 8. D'ick. of White Plains Kv., wriiesj "I have Keen a dyspeptic for years? tried all kinds of remedies but continued to grow worse. By t.ie use of Ko- dol I began to improye at once and after takulg a fiw bottles am fully restoree in weight, health, strength and ean eat what I like." Kodol digests what you cat and mokes the stomach sweet Sold by M. B. Black burn. Silver City New Mexico was almost entirely swept away by a flood on the 22nd of August.' ' END OP J1ITTEK FIGHT. . "Two physicians had a long and stubborn Rght with an abcessonmy right Itrng" writes J. F, Hugeesof Dfi'Pont Uar r,and gave me up for lost. Everybody thought my time had come. As a last resort I tried Dr, King's New Piseovery for con-rumption-. The benefit I received was-striking', and I wasonniy feet in a few d;iys. Now I've entirely regained my health." . It conquers all coughs, coUs, throat and lung troubles. Guaranteed by M ), Blackburn, prire oc, and Ji.oo. Trial bottles free, . Centre Of Chain Of Forts Taken. Russia's vast naval losses in the present war cannot be better shown than by thefol lowing table which gives a list of the vessels destroyed or damaged by the Japanese and the dales upon which the disasters were wrought. Japan's comparatively tri fling naval losses are also given. Mere in the table: Feb 8.Cnreviteh, battle ship; torpedoed. Feb 8 Poltn, battleship; torpedoed; repaired. Feb.. 8 Boyarin, protected cruiser: torpedoed; repaired: later sunk. .Feb. 8 Pullada, cruiserj torpedoed; repiired. Feb. 8 Noyik, crnisei ; tor pedfvd; repaired; again in jured. Feb. 7 Variag. crninr; prae tically destroyed at Chemul po. Feb. .11 Yenisei, torpedo transport; blown up laying mines. Mar. 9 Retvizm, battleship damaged in night attackj re paired. Mar. ,11 Be8oschtaden, tor pedo boat destroyer; sunk. Mar. 13 Retvia in, battle ship; hit by shell. 19 officers and men killed. Mar. 11 Diana, protected; hit by shell; 80 of crew killed; repaired. Mar. 10 Skori. torpedo boat destroyer; blown up by floating mino,' only 4 of crew of 55 saved. Apr. 13 Petrovalosk bat uesnip; fuhk with all on board, including Makaraff and 750 men. Apr. 3 Pobleda, battleship; seriously damaged. Apr. 13 Bayan, cruiser; se riously damaged. Apr. 13 Strnshni, torpedo boat destroyer; sunk. Juqe Iy PrTesiviet, cruiser torpedoed at Port Arthur. Aug 10 Czarevitch rebuilt ottlephip; badly damaged at Port Arthur, Aug, 10 Askold, cruiser; riddled at Port Arthur. Aug. 10 Novik, crtiiner se riously damaged off Port Ar tbur. Aug. JO Rychhentilui, tor pedo tont destroyer; damag ed; captured at Ciie Foo. Aug. 10 Grozovoi, torpedo boat des'royer; dismantled at Shanghai. June 29 Bogatyr, cruiser. ran on rucks; .Vladivoetock harbor. Aug. 14 Burik, cruiser,' sunk in battle by AdmiralUriu;G3 killed; 500 wounded. Aug. 14 Gromboi, cruiser; damaged in battle, Aug, 14 Rossia, cruiseij itmagedm battle; 135 men killed; 307 wounded on Groin boi and Rossia. Aug. 18 Otvnj ini.gobbotit Hunk by mine near. Port Ar hur, Aug. 2 The Noviki sun in battle. These ships had a tofaf yal ue of over $70,000,000. . Japanese Ifaraf Losses. ' Ilatsns, battleship. Nyuko, cruiser. ; 'Yoshino, crniser. Torpedo Boat. No .48. '. 'AH above nunk by mine ex cc pt the Yost i no, wbirh hh rammed by the Kasnga. The Japanese .-ire, tsiiid to have 'ijainml ,lifl.4 i!ai:i?i j:e, re- Tha Mow liny the tudlnir Man. Charity and Children. . It has been said before, hirW it is pleasant to say nsriin. ilia tlie plow boy is the len ding figure in this blessed government. Wealth and lux ury are well nigh fatal to the youth who would aspire to high srntion'in American pol itica. To be born with a sil ver spoon in the mouth in a calamity rather than a hi -ss mg. Unlike any other coun try in the world, the AmerU ci,n people go to the fields and shops and tanneries for their presidents. Fnglanl is ruled by its royalty the U li ted States bv their plow boys. In England the aspiring youth depends upon his ax. cent. There tha family makes the man, h"re the man ran kes" the family. This pr;at and re freshing truth is strikingly il lustrated in the nominees of the two great parties for Pres ident and Vice Pres'dent. Mr. Roosevelt, is the one ex ception to the usual rule b country boys being railed to the -Presidential chair; but Mr. Roosevelt is a "plain A raerican without any frills a bout him. Judge Parker was born on a farm near Cortland, New York, where lie learned the necessity of honest laborHe was too poor to go to col lege. His father's necessities compelled him to help the lamily with bis own earn mgs; so he began business for himself with such advanta ges ns the village stbaol aiuJ the Cortland academy could furnish. Senator Fuirbanks, the R pnbliean nominee for Vice President, was born in a log ?nmn on nis latner s larm in i . i i Union county, Ohio. Here he spent his bovhood, learning the largo lessons that have fitted him . for the exalted station he has filled so well He kn'nv nothing of the so cial fooleries that belong to dudes, but he was an expert at pulling fodder and rolling ogs. At college he cooked his own meals and did odd jobs at carpentering to increase his slender Gnaneial resourc es, lie walked right past those who sneered at nim.and bis country called biiij into high service. Henry G. U.ivi found him self in bis early 'teen a bread winner for a widowed moth er with five children He hir ed hin.self to n neighhorinz farmer near Woodstock, Ma ryland, where he was bcrn, and toiled from sun to sun. His only school was the mea gift training of a country school. VAt nineteen years of age he obtained a position as brakesman on tin BnlM-. more & Ohio R -iilroad; from brakesman he was promoted to conductor and five ycnr o1 his life were spent in rail ' road serviee. His talent and energy brought him rapid promotion. He soon went in to bunine.sn for himself ni:d nmnn8"d a collossal fortnn. I! is not n man of I ir,re rul ture bat he has great hud inmti B"tis" und tremendoiiH executive power. Tlam. with t he execution of Mr. U u-v li. ail the caidi- can peftplo, are men who iri their .youth went barefooted and hught for , bread in d hand-to-hand struggle. Ic is an inspiration to American youth that these are the1 bovs who win the highest honors in tin world. It is nd credit to n man to lie born great, but It is a real honor to nehieve greatness and compel the admiration and respect of mankind. The siekly voung gentlemen who learn how to bow in a ball room and perform all sorts of social antics are not In the same class at all with ihef-llows who are wrest ling with oxen or handling ; the maul and wedge. jTry kMm 23 South Tcorla St.. CnicAOO, III., Oct. 7, 10ft). Eight months ago I wa o HI that I tu compelled t lis or sit dowa ccwly au the time. Mr Gtoaach vas so weak and upeet that I could keep nothing oa it and I Tomlted frenucnur. I Qould not urinate without preat pain and I ooujhod to muoh tbst my thi.t una lunrs wore nw ad soro. The doctors pro- ciherj said it ras consumption. It mattered little to rue what they called It and I had no de sire to live. Asiiiter viiilUd m from St. LoqIb and askod me U I had r.vT tried Wine of Cardul. I told h ;r I bad not and sha bought a bottle. I bolieva that itsavedmylifo. I beiicvsTrisny wotuon could savs much suffer ing if they but knew of its value. - Dont yon wont freedom from pin? Take Wine of Cardul and make one supremo effort to bo well. Ton do not need to b a W(Mik, helpless sufferer. Ton can have womo4b health and do a woman's work In llfo. Why. not secure a bottle of Wine of Cardul from your druggist te diyr - ; ' The campaign is open and . politicians have not only be gan to abuse each other; but in some sections they are be ginning to do some genuine" , fighting. Tuylorstille Scout1 A smile may cost nothing, but the saloon keeriergts a good pi ice for his. Many a woman prefers to walk because she has a grace ul carriage. Women as Well as Mert Are Made Miserable by Kidney Trouble. Kidney trouble preys upon the mini, dis courages and lessens mbl;ion; beauty, vigor una cneeriuiness soon1 disappear when tha kid neys are out of order' or diseased. ' Kidney trouble has become ao . prevalent that It Is not uncommon fnv ft rhiA ty kM ' 1? afflicted with weak kid neys. If tha child urln . ates too often. If tha 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 with. the difficufiy la kidney trouble, and tha Aral Deo-weuing, acpeno upon It. the cause of step should be towards the treatment af these Important oreana. Thia unDleaaanl trouble Is due to a diseased condition of tha kidneys and bladder and not to a habit as most people suppose. Women- as well as men ara mad ml.' erabio with kidney and bladder trouble.- ana com ntea uie same great remedy. The mild and the immediate effect of awampKooi u soon realized. It la sold by druggists, in fifty- $qC. cent and no dollar fttTZKS it and no dollar ttrfpST? ss. You may have a :t';!"' nple bottle by mail -gy,. sizes. samp iroo. aiso parr.pmcl j. Boa t Swwip-awtv ing all about It. including many of thr thousand of testimonial letters reentvedr f'om fuffcrers eurad. In writing Dr. Kilmer' &. Co., Biiighamton, N. . Y.. be sura am f b if i i .0 li 1 i if 'V 5 U: --s Mv. ;renr-t ".e A mates .jffbest I 'la in
Watauga Democrat (Boone, N.C.)
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