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BOONE WAT AUG CO IT NT Y . X. C THURSDAY JANUARY 20. ,1905.
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than n irreut den! of creed.;
OABTOIIIA.
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I'KOFESSIONA (.', ;
L, D.LOWE,
ATTORNEY At LAV, '
BANNER ELk.'N.C.
8-Will practice in the courts
.of Watauga, Mitchell jind aJjoining
counties. .. 'V' 7 6--04
Tald & Bilbu.
ATTORNEYS AT LAW.
JEFFERSON, N. C.
Will practice in all the couuts-
ention. 1-0-4-.
F. A. LINNEY,
ATTORNKY AT LA W,
b'oone, n. c.
Will prurtii-e in thp courts
of thin anl 8tii rouniling'onn
lies. liromut Httpntinn triv
en to thocollection of airus
Oand all other -bosinK8 of a If
gal nature. . 6 12 '04.
EDMUND JONES,
LAWYER
-LEXQM, N. ()-
Will Practice Regularly in
the Courts of Wa ta nga,
05-1. 'oi.
; J. C. FLETCHER,
,i Attorn;y'At Law,
V BOONE, N. C.
f Careful attention piven to
collections. ''"' v
' P V T H17TT.T .
-ATTORNEY AT LA W,-
BOOXE, N. C-
r Mrspecia I attention given
to all business entrusted to
... b!s care.
1.104.
E. S. COFFEY
-ATlOlMEY Al LA-
- COONE, N. C.
Prompt attention given to
all matters of a legal nature.
8GT Abstracting titles and
xolhction of claims a special-
'S . , ; " 1-L U.
tpR R D J ST .-KINGS.
tif 'J UKSIDKKTDRNTIST,
K TtANNER ELK. . C-
Nothhur but the bent material
used nnd oil work done under a
iiositivepnarnntee. PerBons'at a
,r. days in advance when they want
ft work done. Attfir March the 1st,
; . I have arranged. ,to b4 at ; t h e
i!i Blackburn Ho'uxe-in Boone on
W each first Monday. Ca.ll on me.
f . 128.
W. 11 BOWER,
i ATTORNEY AT LAW,
' Lenoir, N, U.
Practices in the conrtP of
I Caldwell, Watanga, Mitchell,
r Abbe and other surrounding
: counties.
j t. . . Prompt attention Riven to
( ; an lejrni matters entrusieaio
: bj.s care.
Dr. J; M. HOGSHEAD,
Cancer Specialist,
BANNER'S ELK. N. C
:fio'Knite Aro Ruining Out.
"HiirheBt references ia ad endors-
. , ji'-Rientsof prominent persona sue;
J 'cessfully treated. 'In ..VA;V- Term".
w M W I l.'nmnmKvm h n f fhr.HA
Tif no time joojsoox ioiret nd ol
; cancerous pr o wth no inatti-r
bo, small hxafmnation tree.
. Jitters annwerdd- promptly, and
satiHfa:tioBto;iranteca.,,, . (
WASHINGTON LETTER
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Prom our ReyaUr Correapondesf.
Tht? PrKidtit's anuoun-'H
inent tbat ht pnW( tt hII
the next ConfiVN in '' special
nedsion, which haw been au
thtiritatively : althouirh not
officially made, 'but) oh-hhuui
ed conftcniation in The. Sen
ate whcrt the old lin3, con
Heryative leudnrw regard fv
ecy proposition ha ring for
itHpurpoHM the cxtcnH.oti of
federal contiol over the rail
roads of the count rv an "so-
-iitiMt ir" and abhorrent
Senator Elkinn. i h iirinim ol
th committee which bus to
deal with thUcl.iH of legist a
tion, and b i l v lo ne
his inline in I lie pntdic press.
uh rhampSon of railway re
forajf, but who is alwuvH to
be found placing obstac in
the path of iny re! reform,
is in open rebellion and plain
ly intimates that the Bpecial
session will accomplish notb
ing. "You may lead a horse
to water, out you can't make
him drink," is his favorite
mode of declaring that not li
ing will be accomplished.
Meanwhile he taotc'stH that
legislation of importancccan
be effected at the regular pes
Bions of Congress and then
wastes all the time of t h e
committee in giing "bear
ings" to th Representatives
of the railroad interests, to
cranks, and, in fact, to any
one who will kill time and bh
cure notice of the committer
and its cnairman in the news
papers.'
There is no doubt in the
minds of those in a position
closelv to observe that the
Republican administration is
in a very deljcatu situation.
War to the knife b.weeti the
President and the majorities
In both houses of Congress is
likely to break out. at any
moment nnd 'if ..it -'does the
majority in the Houss after
the Fifty Miinth Cohgress, i
certain to be Democratic
Meanwhile the 'Democratic
press is contributing its am
pie share to the strained rela
tions between the President
and the Republican lenders
and his impetuous even if sin
cere, efforts to accomplish
legislation , which will pro
mote "the square deal" are
proving and constant thorn
in the sides ol the ponderous
statesman wbo c nstitutethe
conservative pigment in Re
publican party. .
Every oncpan4 a while the
President makes a real break
as in the case of the letter he
sent to Senator Cullon regar
ding thearbitration treaties.
I'he consideration of t h e s e
treaties is executive business
of which the pupbc m suppos
ed to'know nothing and yet,
with a franktvss which prov
ed a shock to the old fogies,
the President not only sent
the letter referred to but took
pains to make it public, fur
nishing it to every; newspa
per man who called at the
White House and asked for
a copy. When Mr.. Roosevelt
makes theRp little slips the a
mount of enjoyment it af
fords the D ni'ti'iai ic Si-na-toiB
is nnlitnited,: aad thy
never fail to rake occasion to
"rub it in" to th-ir R-pnWi-ca
n pollen u as. Therp is s dl
'grave doubt, that - the-orbj-
tration treat Fes can bo rati
flfl .without ameudinenf, de-i
spite the fact that the Presi
ent biis annountvd that he
will wit bd raw lvm if they
are idtetvl. The Democrat ic
Senators not 'only' regard
them as inimical to the intpr
esta of the iSouth, but they
feel that they v ere negotia
ted chflv for political effvl.
during the campaign and jor
the purpose of disproving
that the Preidnr was a
"war-Loid." The pr.Rid nt
now hs a sou red them that
the treaties will not tip peru
mitted to work any harm to
tho Southern States wpiie he
is President and as tbev run
Ave year bissnccessor would
have but one rear in which
fo wo'k mischief under thi"
trovisions; hut the Demo
cratic statemcn insist that
treaties which would b- .sus
ceptible of preservation or
whi' h'would enable an ill-dis
posed PivBident to work inju
ry t any section of the conn
try ought not to be ratified
irrespective of.th promises
or the honesty of a particu
lar Chiel Executive.
Democratic members of the
Senate have adopted a wise,
policy in their agreement not
to filibuster or place obstac
Insin the way of any tanff
hill' which may be introduced
at the special 'session which
the President proposes to
call. They have yielded, per
haps some political advan
tage, but they have mad'' for
the general good of the pub
lic by removing a real or fan
cid obstacle from the Presi
dent's proclaimed wish to
lower the tariff duties, and
the thinking portnn of t h c
American people will doubt
ls recognize ind realize the
the spirit ' jn which nolitical
advantage has th j far been
sacrificed'
D spite th protestn'of Re
publican members of Con
gress from the Northeast,
Secretary of the Treasury
Shaw seems iletermined to
rule that, the Minneapolis
millers may import Canadi
an wheat, mix it with Ameri
can wheat and grind it into
flour for export nnd thtn re
ceive back the duty paid on
such Canadian wheat as they
allege to be in the i xported
flour in the form of "draw
back.' It has len clearly
pointed out to the Secret a i.v
that the law provides that
the amount of the imported
wheat on. which the drawn
bac( is allowed must be "an
parent", but Mr. Shaw mi
Kisis that the proponion of
the Canadian wheat, when
voucher! for by the -miller,
will. 'be "apparent to the
eye 'although not to the eye.'
Of.' course, the reason that
Secretary Shaw indulges in
such a fallacy is that any
other decision by him would
interfere wiib a common and
cherished practice of tbeSteel
Trusi; namely, the ..importa
tion of foreign ore, the blend
iag it with American ore and
tlu n claiming and receiving
the lra whack on the export
ed article, on tl e Trust's as
sertion of the 'proportion of
foreign re contained in th
finished product, tor years-
he farim in .have been told
that liny "iv protei-t'.-.i
,
'.'
lie duty of iJ5 centsjl liushet
on ujieat although, the price
ni '.he Liverpool market has
iUa.s rletentiined 'the price
on" the Liverpool market, has
always rletr-r a lined the" price
of American wheat, N o w.
however.-a Khort crop in this
coutilri has put up t h e
price to the millers and is re
ally affording home benefit
lo the farmers and of couise
the millers protest and tflnd
vu?, way, with the conno
v a nee of the Secretary of the
Treasury, of robbing the far
mers rd tl e erihai.c?d prir
which would, in a measure,
make up ro them for the par
tialossof their crops The
result of this ruling, which i
expect,! daily, will be to com
pel the norrhwesiern farm
ers lo sell i heir wheat, lor I he
same price as the Canadian
fanners about 47 cents a
bushel less than they are
now getting.
CIUMBEJILAIN g COUGH REMEDY
THE WEST MADE.
'n my opinion Chamberlain's
C'Hign Remedy H.the best made
for colds " says Mrs. Cora Walker,
of I'oi terville, California, There is
no doubt uboiit its being the best
No other will cur acold so quickly,
Xo other is so surca preventive of
pneulnonta. No otr.er is so safe
and pleasant to take. These are
good reasons why it should be pre
ferred to any other. The fact is
iht few people are satisfied with
ar. V other after having once nsedthia
remedy v For sale by J. M. Mo.
retz. '
At AsheAille on the 10th
0 A. Whitaker of Paragon,
fnd, a .student' of liiuham
Military Academy committed
snicid. by hanging . biaislf
It is thought that the act
was due to homesickness.
SAVED FROM TKKK1KI.E DA'llI
The family of Mrs. M. h. Bob
bitt of Hargpi ton Tenn, saw her liv
ing and were poVerless to save her
The most ski'lfnl physicians and ev
ery remedy used, failed, while con
sumption wis slowly but surelv ta
king her life. In this terrible hour
Dr. King s New Discovery for con
sumption turned despair into j v.
The first bottle brought immediate
relief and its coutinucd use 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.
At Wadesboro on the 2,
John L. Gregory shot his
wife through the head with a
shotgun blowing the top tl
her head off while she was
sleeping. Gregory was insane
it is thought.
A VEKY CLOSE CALL.
el stuck to my engine, although
every pint ached and every nerve
was racked with pain,1' writes C.
W.Bellamy a locomotive fireman,
of Burlington Iowa. "I was weak
and pale without any appetite and
all run clown. As 1 was about to
give up, I got a bottle of Electric
Bitters and after takin? 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 la. 15. Black
burn,' Trice 50c-
Sugar is advancing sharp
ly, Perhaps the sugar trust
has a reason, but it is u o t
obvious,
WONDERFUL NERVE.
Is displayed by many a man cn
dmint; pains of accidental cuts
wounds, bruises, burns, Scalds. Koie
feet or stiff joints. B"t there's no
need for it. Bucklen's Arnica Salve1
wilUkjll t.he.pain a'd cure the tnu
Me',' If I tie tit-st .ilve on earth for
ri,"-Vvni2'i'-' :'1 . i' D'nckburn'a
, ;." Draw Laaks. "
The Commoner.' ;
A wife's '-'religion h not a
husband's passport.
Men' who wait ior reforms
never lead processions.
Stygian, contractors are
never hort on pavingjna
terial. .
I I'm wish: we were young
enough to wish we were older.
G.md ideis and envy do
nof snrout lrom the same
oil.
Scandal's tongue will with
er when ears a re turned awn v.
The oiler, a man gets th
better he could skate when a
boy.
The man who is afraid of
falling uevercliaibs very high.
The Mian who hunts for
trouble never has to follow a
long trail.
Too many ppople blame he
redity for their personal ac
quisitions. The best way lo solve the
laboi problem is to do your
wboleduty.
It is a golden rule that
woiks both ways with satis
factory results.
When a man is starving it
is 1 poor rj.tip to talk to hia;
about his soul. '
Th; work done tomorrow
does not pay the grocery bills
of yesterday.
The cloak of religion is
transparent wh'-n used by a
sinner as a disgnis ?.
The dollar ; ou give does
more good than the millions
von widi you could give.
Some men who wntnld not
steal a pockeib-jok do not
h'R;tale to st.-al a .-tate.
Those who bo it, much of
th' ir aii'-pstry are n.'t keep
ing up the average of poster
ity. A great nany thing. pr-j-
udicial to the people at-edon--1
in the name of party harmo
ny Th'-re are Christians who
think they haV.'dollrttlleir full
duty when they pay the pn-a
cher.
The man who does his du
ty has precious little time to
criticise t ie work others are
doing.
We have out doubts about
the Christianity that has to
get into a man's h e a r t
through a bullethole.
Billiard players put chalk
on the cue to keep it from
slipping. Soma aieu need
chalk on their consciences.
A great many people hav
a habit of expressing surjiriwe
at the exposureof corruption
that 'hey were, cognizant of
all the time.
Some men drop a dime in
the contribution box Sun
day and imagine ihey hae
bought Miough Chri.siianit.v
to last them the vKt of 1. h e
week.
t,m vcu T.tJUiin;T an d conu-a- fTSSSp.Root , no, rec'
Tlos ' ommendcdforeverythlngbutlfyouhavekld-
. ... ! noy, liver or bladder trouble it will be found
"Chamberlain S Stom.icli :itiI Li ; just Uie remedy you need. It has been tested
ver Tablets are the htst Ihciif for , In so many ways, In hospital work, In private
stomach troubles and constii)atioii I ! practice, among the helpless too poor to pur
, , . ., T t, ; . 1 1 , . ! chase relief and has proved so successful ir
have ever sold aavs J. It (,u Iman : every caM that a w arraneemerrl k
a druggist of I'ottervi;!, Mich been made by which all readers of this paper
' I he v a e easy to take nnd lib av.1 who have not already tried it, may have a
Fifs:itiifactini 1 tell inv in-tn;
mers to tiy them and if ;it:.fi.c
; toty to come hack 11 il yet 1 heir tr.ou
j cv but have never b.id a corii ! li'il"
i'r sale bv J. M. Morttz. " -
Cf.J.I n..MMM.S t.m
luuua vui w
, DlgOStt What YOU eata ;
Thedford'i Black-Draucht cotnd
nearer regulating the entire system
and keeping the oody in health than
any other medicine made. It ii
alwayi ready in any emergency to
treat ailments that are frequent in
any family, mch aa indigestion,
biliousnesa. coldi, dlanhcea, and
Etomoch aches.
Thedford's Black-Dranght is the
standard, never-failing remedy for
stomach, towel, Ijvcr and kidney
troubles. It is a cure for the domes
tio ills which so frequently summon
the doctor. It is as good for children
as it is for grown persons. A dose of
this medicine every day will boon
euro the most obstinate case of dys
pepsia cr constipation, and when
ta&en as directed brings quick relief.
Dantiliii, Izx., Pee. ), lpoo.
mkbilMji. r. 1 . n . . . -
tl family doctor lor flv yen and w waul
FJ TUl nthAr. WhAn anf rtt nm f oaI IiaiIIv wa
m take a dose and ar all light In twoWe
W h mn. we liave apeut lota of money for
oocwr cuia, out get along juat a well
WHU Black-Draught. BA n. XDWl.
HAak your 'dealer for a package of
fPfii..4fa-.ta nu..i..n....ni,i 1 tt v .
., - . .
aooi cot keep It aond XiC. to The Cbatta-
y aud a package will be mailed to too.
A Paris plr sic'an lias discver
ed that laughing w ill cure dyK.
pepsin. But what dyspeptic "cm a
work liiintj- ll f u t o a laughiug
mood?
Tc-MC TO TITK SYSTEM.
For liver trouhles and constipation
there is r.othing better than Dc
Witt's Little Early Uisers, the fa
mous l:ttle fills. They don't weak
en the stomach, Their action upon '
the svntem is mild, pleaH.int and
hiirmo.s, Uob Moore ot LaFay
ette Ind. says "No u,e talking Do
Witt's Little Early Risers do their
work. All other -pills I have used
,'iipe and make me sick at the
stomach and never cured me, ' De
Witt's Little Early Risers proved
to he the long sought relief. They
are simply perfect." Persoustr.iv
tcin; find I i l tic Early Risers thu
most relLlf!. remedy to carry with
Ihem. Sold bv M. H. Bluckbnrn.
Senator Bate, o! Trnnessce, is
opposing statehood for Okla.
houia. Senator Bate should re
member. when congress tiied to
slam the. door ol statehood in
Tennessee's luce, and how the
old state of ''Franklin" orgunU.
ed a provisional state govern
nieut and forced congressional re
cognition of her inherent right
of full lacal sell-go yernment
Constitution.
When you have a whole
lot of money you can ride in
a street car and be respected
for it.
DfDYoFGirljp
WITH A LAME BACK ?
Kidney Trouble Hakes You Miserable.
Almost everybody who reads the news
papers Is sure to know of the wonderful
cures made by Dr.
Kilmer's Swamp-Root,
the great kidney, liver
and bladder remedy.
1 . . .1 . ..
11 is me great meat
r5 cal triumph of the nlne-
li'M tnnth rntnr. Al
j 1 un
covered after years of
oUntlft. vMHAU 1...
I w-. wining !WKUVU VV
rQs Dr. Kilmer, the eml-
II- -HSJ- nem Rl(lney " bUd
wmm-- oer specialist, and Is
wonderfully successful In promptly curing
lame back, kidney, bladder, uric acid trou
bles end Bright 's Disease, which is the worst
cample bottle sent tree by mail,-also a book .
fndosut)f you have kidneyor bladder trouble.
11! -1 ... C- B . ... I . .
When writing mention reading this generous
offer in this paper and fyfC
send your address to
Dr. Kilmer 4tCo,Clng-
pamton, N. Y. The
regu!ar i(ty
collar sUea are sold by alfgood druggls, ,
H .Thedford'i BlackDmncrht eames I II 1 . ' t
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