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BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, X. C rnURSDAY JANUARY 19, 1905.
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PROFESSIONAL.
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.ATTORNEY AT LAW,
' BANNER ELK, N. C.
' :-;-e" Will . practice in the courts
. if tVatatiga, Mitchell and adjoining
j counties. 7 6.'04
Todd & Ballou.
ATTORNEYS AT LAW.
I JEFFERSON, N. C.
Will practice in all the coujta-
-Special attention given to col
l7ctton,f 1-6-4-.
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F. A. LINNEY,
! V ATTORNEY AT LAW,-
tftsJk BOONE, N. C.
Ufj&''' Will practice in the courts
'v;( df this and surroundingcoun
ties. Promut attention giv
nll IU Ulr uiim uiiu ui inimo
iand all other business of a le
iOal nature. 6 12'04.
'tf' EDMU ND JONES,
!! LAWYER
-LENOIU, N. C
?5 W'i7 Practice Regularly in
V:- Ithe Courts of Watauga.
16.1. a.
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I J. C. FLETCHER,
Attorney At Law,
BOONE, N. C.
Careful .attention Riven to
;i collections.
E P. L.OVILL,
-ATTORNEY AT LAW,-
-BOONE. N. C
'Special attention given
ito all business entrusted to
h!scare."S4
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E.S.COFFEY,
AT10RNEY Al LA W
BOONE, N. C.
Prompt attention, given to
11 matters of a legal nature.
t&" Abstracting titles and
collection of claims a special-
itr.
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IDR R D. JKN'INGS,
kesldknt dentist,
BANNER liLK; . 0.---
Nothing but the best; material
. used and all'jWjdrk. done under a
positive guarantee;: Persons at a
. distance should, notify me a few
t . days in advance when they want
work done. Alter March the, 1st,
; I have arranged to be at t h e
Blackburn"' House in Boone on
. each first Monday. .Call on me.
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ATTORNEY AT LAW,-
leir, N. C.
Practices n the courts of
Caldwell, Watauga, Mitchell,
Ashe and other surrounding
counties. .
, Prompt ajlteution given to
all legal matters entrusted to
his care.
v$ Dr. J. M. HOGSHEAD,
Cancer Specialist,
BANNER'S ELK. N. C
ho Knile; No Burning Out.
Highest references and endors
raents of prominent persons sue
: cessfully treated: in -Va.t Tenn.
. and N. C. Kemember tnat there
! is no time. too. book to get rid of
, a cancerous growth no , matter
how. small Examination free,
letters answerad promptly, and
yifQtroni,uarantwd.
WASHINGTON LETTER
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From osr Ref alar Correiponlent.
The President has scoicri
one in his effort to brinir Con
gress to term on the subject
of tariff revision and it now
remains to be seen how the
Senate and House leaders will
avoid their 'plain duty' which
has been so forcefully pointed
out to them by the Chief : Ex
ecutive. On the day that (Jon
gress re-convened after the
Christmas holidays, the Frew
ident permitted the announce
inent to be made that he was
"seriously considering" the
advisability of calling Con
gress iu extra session to re
yise the tariff. This informa
tion brought the s t a d p a t
ters to their feet and created
consternation at theCapitol.
Senators and representatives
had returned'to their homes
for the holidays convinced
that the President apprecia
ted the fntilityofaskingthetn
to lower any of the "sacred"
Dingey schedules and were
aghast when they learned
that he was still determined
to force them to show .their
hands on the tariff question.
The leaders went at once to
the rFhite House, singly, in
pairs and in gangs to urge
the President not. to take so
rash a step as to call them
to Washington just at the
beginning of Jhe heated term.
The only coflsola tion they re
ceiyed was an invitation to
a conference to consider the
subject. What the outcome
will be it is impossible to pre
diet but there is no doubt the
President will have to face
some of the wildest members
of Congress and he will do
well if they do not get the bet
ter of him.
When members of Congress
came to Washington thefirst
of December they found the
President convinced that the
promises of lower duties made
during thoeampaign, "for poJ
litical purposes only," should
be kept and that the "top
rails" of the tariff fence also
should be removed. He had
gone so far on this track, in
fact, that his message, as
printed, contninedUhe state
ment, "1 will communicate
with you on the subject of the
tariff later." Thehigh'priests
of. protection immediately be
.sieged'theWhite House and
finally persuaded the Presi
dent to sendjOUt to the press
associations an order to
strkefrom his message the
line quoted. Some of the
newspapers had, however, al
ready'printed the line soothe
President's originaljnten tion
of sending to Congress a spe
cial tariff messtiRe became
known in certain sections.
The next step was to per
suade the President that a
special session could be held
I ate in the fall, say in No vera
ber, at which nil needed chun
ges in the Dingley ratescould
be made. Finally, the leaders
showed their true hands by
deprecating all .chutmes in
the tariff and their efforts to
utilize the press to that end
became known to the Presi
dent during the holiday re
cess, "The only way in which the
President can be prevented
flout ailing Congress in spe
cial session, probably next
Spring, will be by holding up
to him the last adminislra
tion of President Cleveland
as a horrible example and e
ven that will not prevent his
sending to Congress a power
nil appeal for revision next
December if no extraordina
ry session is held.
Another aggravating fnct
whieh has been borne in on
the President of late is that
the Senate leaders have cans'
ed the Statehood bill to be
taken up with no intention
of enacting it but for the sole
purpose of its becoming an
obntacle to other leginlation;
sud; for instance, as meas
ures calculated to give the
government full control of
railway rales, to check the
steady irrowth of the trusts;
to centralize the control ol
public forests under a single
department etc. A little la
ter in the session the plea of
"no time" will be advanced
whenever the President asks
why this that or the other is
not done and so Mr, Roose
velt is fast awakening to the
fact that h i s Republican
friends in Congress are not
in earnest when it comes to
legislation which would prove
of actual seryice to the ma
jority of tbe people and
would favor no special inter
est. Secretary Hay has sent to
the Senate a number of arbi
tration treaties in which he
and the President are deeplv
interested but whirhstund lit
tie chance of ratification, as
negotiated. The Democrat
ic Senators see in these trea
ties a possibility of the South
ern States being compelled
to pay the repudiated State
bonds which weie issued by
carpet-baggers in the recon
struction days, the proceeds
of which went into the hands
of Northerners who came
south to expbit that section
and from which south receiy.
ed no benefit whatever Con
sequently the Democrats in
the Senate have handed to
gether and unless tbe con yen
tions are so amended as ex
pressly to omit from possi
ble arbitration the payment
of these bonds they will nev
er be ratified.
The prosppcts are that the
President and his Secretary
of the JNavy are likely to en
counter insuperable opposi
sion to their nayal program.
They haye asked that new
vessels, which will cost $12,
000,000 be authorized. The
Government has already au
thorized ships which, before
they are completed, will cost
$130,000,000 and there will
be a national deficiency of
$22,000,000 at least this
year. Congress now declares
itself ready to authorize a
few of tbe ships, asked for,
but positively declines toau
tborize an additional expense
for new ships amounting to
nearly $50,000,000. In this
connection, attention is
called to tbe fact the na
yal authorities now
declare that the Oregon is ob
selete. although it is one of
the larirest battleships afluat
being of 13,000 tons burden
Now they demand jjbips of
not less trnn 10 00;Wjns. a I
tb'n'-i 'Jione ol i ! 'ifejfl.n
powers ;except England are
building battleships of suh
gigantic nizv The more con
servative mumbeis of Con
gress insist that at least one
of the new 15.000 ton ships
already authorized hould be
put into commission and
thoroughly tested before any
more are authorized and in
this economical and judicious
policy the Kepuhjicans will re
ceive the full support of the
Democrats in both houses of
Congress.
SAVED FROM TKKRIBLE DEATH
The family of Mrs. M. L. .Bob.
bitt of-Bargenon Tenn, saw her dy
ing and were powerless to save her
The most ski'lful physicians and ey
ery remedy used, failed, while con
sumption wis slowly but surely ta.
king her life. In this terrible hour
Dr. King's New Discovery for con.,
sumption turned despair into joy.
The first bottle brought immediate
relief and its coutinucduse complete
ly cured her. it's the most certain
cure in the world for all throat and
lnng troubles Guaranteed bottles
50c and $1.00 Trial bottles free at
M. B. Blackburn's.
Uncle John Bpntley has
figured it out that 5c cotton
under Cleveland was worth
more to the people than
Roosevelt's 8c cotton. He
figures that the same number
of pounds of Mr. Cleveland's
5. which paid for a sack of
fiour and 20 pounds of ba
con, under Roosevelt's 8c pro
gram will lack 20c of paying
for the fiour and no meat or
sop even short on bread.
Uncle John is misfak?n only
in ou9 thing Roosevelt's 8c
cotton has dropped to about
6c H'ilkesboro Chronicle.
CHAMBERLAIN'S COUGJI REMEDY
THE UKST MADE.
"In my opinion Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy is the best made
for eolds," says Mrs. Cora Walker,
of Porterville, Califoruca, There is
no doubt about its being the best.
No other will cure acold so quickly.
No other is so sure a preventive of
pneumonia. No other is so safe
and pleasant to take. These are
good reasons why it should be pre
ferred to any other. The fact is
that few people are satisfied with
any other after having once usedthis
remedy. For sale by J. M. Mo.
retz.
The other day, says the Lew
iston Journal, Mr. and Mis. Dan
iel Iott, of Houlton, drove up to
B plantation and while Mr. Iott
was a short distance in the woods
after partridge, Mrs. Iott, who
waa sitting in the carnage, spied
a lare buck deer at the edge of
the clearing and immediately
brought ber ntle to bear upon
Mr. Deer. He dropped alter recei
ving one cartridge.
A VEKY CLOSE CALL.
'I stuck to my engine, although
every joint ached and every nerve
was racked with pain," writes C.
W.Bellamy a locomotive fireman,
of Burlington Iowa. "I was weak
and pale without any appetite and
all run down. As 1 was about to
give up, I got a bottle of Electric
Bitters and after takine it, I felt as
good as I ever did in my life," Weak
sickly, run down people always
gain new life strength and vigor
from their use. Try them. Satis
faction guaranteed by M. B. Black
burn, Price 50c-
Music hath charms to soothe
the savage breast. But the girl
who does a continuous st unt or
the piano forgets that the neigh
bors are partly civilized.
An agreeable movement of fhe
bowels without an v unpleasant eff
ect i produce"! by Ohamberlain'a
Sumach a"d l):.jyrr 'Tablets, For
' Stossel't Reward.
Asheville Citizen.
It is'a pleasingcin'miHtun-'e
and one highly illustrative of
the American tendency to
give honor where honor is
due, that nearly every papr
in .the country, includim
those of pronounced Japan
ess s mpathies. has sinttled
out General Stossel thebrave
defender or Port Afthur, for
extended eulogies. The opti
mist can take ihfse condi
Mons as fresh evidence that
the world is growing better,
and proof pwsitive that where
merit calls for recognition
prejudice nud personal at
tachments must be relegated
to the rear. One of t hp best
tributes so far paid to the in
trepid Russian cowman. I"ri
that of the In lianapoli Smi
tinel. After outlining the con
ditions which have existed at
Port Aithur for thu past
eleven months, the Sentinel
says:
"After ."elevpn, months of;
brilliant and detertuine de
fense port Arthur has been
surrendered to the Japaneuv
besiegers. A remarkable chap
ter has been written in milita
ry his'orv. Only one other
"iee in h hundred ypurs -that
o! S.unstopul Ins Ins
red so long, und in that case
asm this the Russians were
1 he defenders, opposing the
ombined forces of Englan 1
France, Turkey and Sardi
nia. Prior to that Malta had
iieen held by tbe rViuh a
gainst a strong allied arm
for two years, and (iibinliar
was successfully defended by
the British for four years a
gainst France "and Spain.
HefMes these there h n v e
been many other remarkable
sieges, but tbe tenacity of
purpose and fierceness of at
tack mi 1 defense history docs
not show a parallel lo the
contest just ended.
"(ien. Stossel no doubt had
a thorough knowledge of the
situation and gave up th.
hopeless struggle rather than
call upon bis few remaining
men for farther sacrifices.
Whatever the final result of
the war may be, he has won
a fame that is imperishable."
To gaiu such a prize as
that, and from tbo pen of
one wno has consistently up
held the arms of Japan, it
would 9eem that the priva
tions of the world-famous
siege were well nigh worth en
during. Yet, if all reports ate
to be relied upon, the govern
ment for which Slossel and
his men suffered will court
martial the general for the
surrender of the fortress.
While it is true that this ac
tion is only taken, "with a
iew of observing ancient cus
toms," the fact that such an
action should Oe entertained
for an instant places theHus
8ian ministerial st iff in an
extremely bud light.
WONDERFUL NEUVK.
Is displayed by many a man en
duiing pains of accidental cuts,
wounds, bruises, burm, scalds, sore
feet or stiff joints. But there's no
need for it. Hucklen's Arnica Salve
will kill the pain and cure the trou
ble, It's the best salve on earth for
piles, too, 25c at M. B. Blackburn's
' Probably more young people
would embark on the sea ot mat
riuiony if sleni parmts would
raise the blockade
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This great ttock medicine' I m
money saver for stock raisers. It
is a medicine, not' a cheap food or
condition powder. Though put up
in coarser form than Thedford't
Black-Draught, renowned for the
cure of the digestion troubles ol
persons, it has the same qualitiet
of invigorating digestion, stirring
tip the torpid liver and loosening
the constipated bowels for all stout
and poultry. . It is carefully pre
pared and its action is so healthful
that stock grow and thrive with an
occasional dose in their food. It
Cures hog cholera and makes hogs
grow fat. It cures chicken cholera
and roup and makes hens lay. It
cures constipation, distemper and
colds in horses, murrain in cattle,
and makes a draught animal do
more work for the food connimed.
It gives animals and fowls of all
kinds new life. Every farmer and
raiser should certainly give it a
trial.
It costs 25c. a can and saves tea
times its price in profit.
PmiBURa, Kai., March 23, MOi.
I htva been nnlnr vonr Blick-Drmrti'
Block and Poultry Medicine on my
tock for tome time. I hare used all
kinds of etock food but I faave found
that yours is the best for my purpose.
J. B. HASSON.
Ski
Some of a Teat's Wastes.
New York Wurlh.
Men killed in the wars ..f
the world in 1904 make up a
waste of 400,000 lives, ac
cording to the Chicago 'J'l 'b.
une's statistical estimate.
Russia's contribution i u
money alone to the war wast
of the year was $304,000,
000. Waste by fire in the United
States and Canada amount
ed to $255,000,000. IVelead
theworlnin the production
of great nshp heaps where
homes and business blocks
have previously stood,
defalcations, embezzlements
forgijries and bank wreckings
in this country in 1904 led to
the waste of $4,742,507,
Waste of life bj violent can
ses other than war such as
tbe Slocum horror, various,
r ailroad accidents explosions
etc,, approximated 20,000.
There weiw more than 7,500
homicides in thu TJ. S. a n d
87 UnehingB.
The amount of human ac
tivity in the aggregate that
goes for nothing and worse
than nothing is astonishing.
He who attends strictly to his
own business has uo time to
waste on yisionury schemes for
saving tin.1 country.
Over-Work Weakens
Your Kidneys
Unhealthy Kidneys Make Impure Blood
All the blood In your body passes through:
your kidneys once every three minutes. ' )
ine Kidneys are your,
blood purifiers, they (IK
ter out the waste or
Impurities In the blood.'
If they are sick or out
of order, they (all to do
their work.
Pains, achesandrheu
matism come from e
cess of urlo acid In tha
blood, due to nerlected
kidney trouble.
Kidney trouble causes quick or unsteady
heart beats, and makes one feel as 'Hough
they had heart trouble, because the heart it
ever-working In pumping thick, kldneyj
pohoped blood through veins and arteries. '
It used to be considered that only urinary,
troubles were to be traced to the kidneys
but now modern science proves that nearly
all constitutional diseases have their beglnJ
nlng In kidney trouble. j
If you are sick you can make no mlstakei ;
by first doctoring your kidneys. The mil
and the extraordinary effect of Dr. Kilmer'
Swamp-Root, the great kidney remedy ul
soon realized. 'It stands the highest for Its
wondertui cures ot the most distressing c
and Is sold on Its merits
by all druggists In fifty--
cent and one-dollar sis-1
es. You may have a
sample bottle by mail
Ho ef Inn tint '
free, also pamphlet telling you how to flo4
out If you have kidney or bladder trouble
Mention this paper when writing Dr. KUmef
& Co., Binghamton, N. Y.
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