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Watauga Democrat Thursday Jan 1905. JJ. C. Short, . . ; It does seem that the ma jority of the bill that have been introduced at the pres ent Legislature is one to draw on the Stat9 Treasury la it posy i bin we have a crowd of spendthrifts down there who have a natural propensi ty for spending, not only their own,, but other peo pies money? That bill that has been introduced tn ap propriate five thousand dol lars for the erection of a inon utfient to Gen. Matt. W. Ran -som, isoneamongmnny that would be very unjust. Not that we have anything to say that would reflect in the least on the name or charac ter of that great soldier and statesman, but we do con tend that it would be very unjust to tax the people, ma ny of whom are po.)r and earn their daily bread by toil, to erect a monument to h wealthy man who left a very handsome, foi tune. No, this is not right when our schools. State institution, etc., are begging and suffer ing for aid. Help the schools' make ample provisions for all the insune of the State; give us. a reformatory for youthful criminals, uud then spend the remainder, if any there be, to the erection of monuments, etc., but not un til all these wants have been supplied should there be one rent appropriated for such purposes. The most important bill, jn our opinion, that has been introduced in the. prejent leg Mature, is one in regard to children working in umnufac taring establishments, intro duced by Mr, Cunningham, ' of Person county. The bill -provides that no wale child under 12 years of age, -and -no female child under 14 years of age shall work in any manufacturing establish ment after April 1, 1905. , Another interesting bill i one introduced by Rpprean tativs Wright, of Rowan, prov'ding that telegraph companies doing business in the State shall transmit and deliver to the addiPsse or sender all messages for which it has accepted pay. oi had payment guaranteed by the sender, and upon failure to promptly transmit or deliv er same it shall be liable to a penalty to the addressee of $200,00 anl to thp sender . $100.00. recoverable in an action in the court of a jus tire ot t ho peace. These are tgood bills aud should pass. Gov. Avcock'e glowing ad ministration has closed. He has mad a record that but - few chief magistrates ever make and he can retire to his home with the satisfaction of , a duty well donn. Every citi zpn of N. 0. let him he Demo- crat or Republican who is ' fair minded enough to lay party prejudice aside will ev . er and always heap praises upon him for his untiring ef forts to promote the best in terests of our beloved State fn such an able manner, Ex Gov. Aycock lias madeadppp and lasting impression upon the minds of our fieople that will bud aud blossom . to his v memory in future years to Millie. 'The nnlhjng lvr is now be ing cussed and dismissed be fore the Legislature. The Watts J'Hw, usit now stands, is a dismal failure, (or rath er the enforcement of it) and if it cannot and will not be enforced by the authorities, It would be far better for the people of IVataugu were it wiped from tbestatute books forever. Of course there aro some. good phases about the law and the officers should in Home way be compelled to enforce it. Distilleries and blind tigers have been run ning right under some of their nospa ever since the law came into iffeet, and jet they have not raised a hand to molest them. Whiskey was never mo-e plentiful iu this sectiou than it has been un der he ll'atts law. Where is the wrong? Gentlemen of the Legislature, locate the wrong uud right it; have the law en forced or repeal it. That is the doctrine. Much is being said in re gard to the overplus of e:ii ployesin the Bouse. What they want with so many mutton heads' hanging .a round in the wuy is more than we can see, not saying any thing about the extra ex pense. Rut of course all the pets posnble must have, a whnek at the pi r It is time to put on the brakes in using the peonies money in such a worthless manner. And it is the duty of the officers of the House to jittenil to this at on e and send some of those e lows home where thev be- ong for they might be of some use there pr paring for another croo for which they are better suited. A man in Yadkincounty by the name of Lee Rail was shot and killed at his home on the night of the 12. A bont 9 o'clock in the niiiht 4 men came to Rail's dDor and battered it down and shot him twice with a shot gun. No cause for the dped known more than a drunkeu spree. SPED f! LIFE if That's what a prominent druggist said of Scott's Emulsion a short time ago. As a rule we don't use or refer to testimonials in addressing the public, but. the above remark and similar expressions are made so often in connec tion with Scott's Emulsion that they are worthy of occasional note. From infancy to old age Scott's Emulsion offers a reliable means of remedying im proper and weak develop ment, restoring lost. flesh and vitality, and repairing waste. The action of Scott's Emulsion is :no more of a secret than the composition of the Emul sion itself. What it does it does through nourish mentthe kind of nourish ment that cannot be ob tained in . ordinary food. No system is. too '.veal; or delicate to retain Scott's Emulsion and gather pod from it. V w'.V ttrd you a t.",r.i'i! ip;ctw iuti ' lrm ti '. 1 v th ' wrapper -( . if I. ..it ' 1.,-a Uvjii fou SCOTT & ECVaiE 409 Teiil SUH.Y. Is it possible that a man has been sent to the Legisla- lure to represent an. intelli gent constituency who hasno more sense than to Relieve tnnt la mines live in the La pi l L 1 J! l a ' . . ioi iMiiKiuiK, ar.u mai me State keeps a bar room for the benefit of the members? And yet it seems that this s the existing circumstances, if a recent Raleigh dispatch is to be believed. Such u man hasir t sense enough .to ram sand in a crawfish hole, much less to make laws. The people who sent him there are to be pitied. It is hoped tbat State Treasurer Lacy will meet with the same ool comfort from this legislature that he did with the last in regard to being reimbursed for $374 84, the amount Maj. W. H Martin; swiped' while assis ting him. It will I),' remem bered that Treasur Worth parted with a much larger sum in the same way and be has never asked to be reim bursed. Now th thir.g to do, is to let Mr. Lacy 'go awu.v back and sit down.' Maine and New ha nip-hire pay their Governors $2,000 each while thp rich littlestate of Vermont only thinks her governor worth $1,500 and yet some discord is being raised over our Governor's salary. IV e contend that $4,000 is a plenty anil tlit re s no scarcity of men that would be glad to fill the place at that. We trust the Legis lature win give us a rest on salary raiding and take some thing up that is more impor tanr. The Russian government has decider! thar. prestige a broad as wvll as the situa tion at home, makes the con tiniiari n of the war essen tial until peace with dignity can be attained. However, confusion seems to prevail in regard to developing the in terior sit nation immediately. The Russian are surrounded by embarrassing circuinstan ;e8. and thr might not find the place wher they could slide out in u very digmfbd manner. If. A. Riuirof Winston h.,8 been appointed a member of the Unitel Slates Assay Com mission. The U. S. Assay Commission is composed of ten financiers from various parts of the ronntry to look after the mints to vote their condition and see that a sts are as thev should be. Mr. Blair is the first North C.iroliniun ever appointed to this poniion. We note from the States ville Landmark that J. C Summers & (o., wholesale li quor dealers, who did busi ness in Stntesvile for years, but are now doing business in Salisbury, have brought suit against the Ricnmond Distilling Co., of Columbia. S.C.for $20,000 for muni, their trade mark, "Poplar Log" m the sale and umufac tureof whiskey. The apanes( will open the doors ot all Manchuria, now under her ntutrol, to tb e trade of th" world. This is a good iliifiii, and will raie Japan to a greater height in th estiui.irion of this roun try than ever before, us Rus sia had rii'l ?. hmuI this country up fro n Japaii and othrc uutii'S ri'iyinlless o! the treiitW obligation to keep an "pea iloor. OAHKSTAEXEltr. Following in abatement of the condition ot the Merchant and Tradei Bank at Mountain Hey, Teon , at the, close of busines-i on Dec. 81et, 1904: A88ETT8: Loans and Discouats $60020 59. Office Furniture - - - 736.8 Expensed Paid - . f 2,742 64, Cash In Vault and due from Banks, 40,1 98.65. 103 704;20. LIADILITIE8. Capital Sroek - . f 1 0,000 00. Surplus and Undivi- vided Profits. ? 9,44 9 87. Deposits, - - $84,251.83. $103,704 20. I: S. RAM BO, Cashier. , The largest contract ever placed in N. C, has been a worded to D. A. (iillespid & Co. large contractors of New York City, to build a large dam and canal at the "nar" rows of the Yadkin rivernear Salisbury for tb Whitney Reduction Company of N.YSf. It will take two years to com plerethe job. The Whitney compuny w ill then be in shape to furnish ample electric pow er to all towns and cities with in a radius of eighty miles of that place. On last Tbursday George P. Overton of Ashe county aiea at me buliliera home in r i i i a ii ti ua e oi lansr rrono e. nc was 64 years old and served in Co. G 47th North Carolina regiment. He had been un inmate of the home for three years, A prominent tarmej of Snr ry county by the name of Inman was found duad tb.' other day with one hand on a jug. It seenu3 that he bad oen ro in stih nouse wneiv be got the jug filled and died before he reached home from an OVt-niosr' 1 t l.e (iniNuU. A vnai boien ct 'Muar Ft. n ilaNatia iioand for New Yoik struck lire Llaiid bar in a densfogon the 12h. and; reuiaina stuck fast. Doubt-i less sugar will take a i ish "if the ooat never landH," . ABSptUTELV HARMI.EHS. The fault of givint? children mcd icme confaining injurious suhstiin. ce is sometimes more disastrous than tie disease from which the are sufftring. Every mother should know that Chamberlain's Couyh Remjedy is perfectly sale for child ren to take. It contains riolhin.' haimful and for coughs mlds and croup is unsurpassed ror :mi .v J. M , Morc'z. Dr. A.G, Cair of Durham one tf the tfMt known phisi- cia'JS of th" sate romtniMeil sui. ide lust Friday by shoot ing himself through 'b- hnni with a pitol. It -vhs il:;- to broken down h'-nli ii HAS STOOD THE TKST. 2j YEARS, The oU original Gnovt-V Tsisteless Chill Tonic. You know what vou iiie takinjf. It is inn and .quinine III a tasteless iorm n nire. net n.-iv. I 5C)C. . .k4 CO YEARS' .EXPERIENCE Ocsions ' rrr v coptbioht Ac. Anron t(1!n ikdrh and deiaintlon mat qnlcklr aacertnln our opinion free wfactlim aa InvMitlmi ta prnhablf patentable Communlcn. tloiMttrlctlroonOdciitlaL HANDBOOK on Paunta tout free. Ol-lml aironcr tor aecunncpatenta. Piitwita Ukn Uiroogh Munn A Co. rooalra tpttiM nuctc. wit ootu onarva, lajna Scientific JlKterica A hiindaomely ninatratMl woekljr. J.firwwt "ir enlaUon o( any artonUHa JonrnaL- 1 rnt. $3 a Pari four montba, $L Sold bjtll tw1i-ilera. f pa To Cure a Cold in One Day . Sevta VS&a bexe soM in post 12 Grass seed, ' ;JRASS8EED TO SOW. GRASS SEED THAT WILLG.R0W AND MAKE HAY TO MOW. We baye just received ti carload of GRASS SEED the largest shipment eyer brought to Mouutain City coiisittinur Clover, f imo tbv, Red Top, Orchard Grass and Blu Grass. '''': sit you are looking for bargains in seed come early h price's re SDRJ toad vatu'P later iu the BeaBon. We have a complete line ot all kinds of PLO VS AND PLOW REPAIRS and all kinds of Farming UtensilH. It will be money Bayed for you, ii you w ill-call on us lor . . -y Anything in the Hardware Line, LONDON STOFFKL HARDWARE CO. (hbolesale and retail.; Mountain Citj, Tenn. FlRNiTCRE AIM) FlflMSIII.(JS. HAS THE MOST COMPLETE Coffins and Caskets. "PRICES THE LOWEST "Wh ttSTn'l and see us when in town. wl J I Ml 141 II Oppt.Rite Wright and Htilcher Rros. -Jan. l,1905. The. People's Furniture Company, ,:: J OtfFOSITE TIIE COURT HOUSE MOUNTAIN CITY, TENNESSEE. Furniture, Carpets, und tfunui Kcbes, x luiuie rrauies unu net ur Mats made to order. ,jSiyft ii6 a call. People's Furniture Ccmpany. , J AMES I WAGNER, Manager : Mountain City. Tenn., Dec. 1. 1904. MERCHANT AND MUU.N TALN (TIT. TENNESSEE. ' AUTHORIZED (CAPITAL.......... $5;.ono no. OFFICER: .1. Walter WmuriT, I'.esiuei.t. W. V Dun oan, Vien PiesKMit. I. S Ramb , Cashier. ' vStock-holding Directors: J. Till VV I HrrvriAitf Nun St'M'k-Holdliitf Directors: 1'r J. t. Rutltr. .1 N: V ills, R E Donnelly . ami Dr. J. c. inni E't. Accounts of Firm". foipmatioLS, mid Individuals ., . Aie inrtn n iitK Hmt stand !th tet ol tiine TlievMe Lotni for their wet .nhs of Idiie and dniabilitv. Thue is no doubt it out ihe T HE FAR R A If you lifni llipii fwiei tone aii'eet i Triint r' vi ii will ronvinceo. Why not write u.dny Iffm-eynu torget l v ill, le phcHd to qiictj yt u lowot turns. 'C. T. MoaispD, WhuLsuIe uu tR tail. . Hickoky, N. C. Booths. Tcfc SUmailirfL - This signatore, Grass Seed 1 LINE OF I URNITURE; : '' Vf' HOUSE FURNISHINGS, il V V I II l i I Mountain City, Teunessee. " I Mattings, Coffins, Cuskets and TRADER'S BANK Walter Riuur. I. IS. Ram .in. I IT1 I.' Ijirvm.. 'vjj gtioil uualitiesol N 1) 0 R(J A S CtrMCrip bTwolMyv, on every XjT Riiv Fiifrifnrp. frirrr rw 33
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