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VOLXVII.
BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, N. C, THURSDAY Al ARCH 30, 1005.
NO. f
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Petroleum wells have been
discovered in Chihuunu, Mex
ico. r
OAOTOXlZA
PROFESSIONAL.
L.D.IME,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
BANNER ELK, N. C.
HT Will practice in the courts
of Watauga, Mitchell and adjoining
counties. y 6O4
Todd 8c Ballou.
ATTOUNEYS AT LAW.
JEFFERSON, N. C. .
Will practice in all the eoujta
Special attention given to col-
ection, l-f4-.
r F. A. LINNEY,
-ATTORNEY AT LAW,
BOONE, N. C.
' WiH practice in the courts
of chin nnd surroundingcoun
ties; - Prdmiit attention giv
en to the collection uf claims
nnd all other business of h le
gal nature. 612 '04
EDMUND JONES,
LAW YER
LENOIR, N. O
Will Practice Regularly in
the Courts of Watauga,
6-1. '01.
J. C. FLETCHER,
Attorney At Law,
BOONE, N.C.
Careful attention given to
collections. . . .
EF. LOYILL,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
WOXE A'. C
CSpecial attention given
to all business entrusted to
bis care.X
1.104.
E. S. COFFEY,
-AT10MEYA1LAW,-
BOONE, N.C
Prompt attention given to
all matters of a legal nature.
IS" Abstracting titles and
collection of claims a, special-
tr.
1.104.
DR. R. D. JENNINGS,
RESIDENT DENTIST,
BANNER ELK. fl. C. -
Nothing but the 1 best material
uned And flU work done under a
posit ire guarantee. Persous at a
dintance should notify me a few
daya in advance when they want
work done. After March the 1st,
i have arranged to be at the
Blackburn Houne in Boone ou
each first Monday. Call on me.
; 1.28.
w.aiiowKit,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,-
Lenolr.H. C.
Practices in the courts of
Caldwell, Watauga, Mitchell,
Ashe and other surrounding
counties.
Prompt attention given to
all legal matters entrusted to
bis care.
Dr. J. M, HOGSHEAD,
Gancer: Specialist,
BANNER'S ELK. N. C
No Kniie; No Burning Out.
HigheetrjBren:pnrl endors
wen tsot prominent persons sue
wasfulltTe'Ated in 1 Vai; Tetw. !
and -K.'lt Remember thaFthere
Iflnetinar.svoo soon tcrget'ridolj
atanoeVoua growth ho''' matter 1
hdwV "small"' lihntdtlhatftjii" 'free,
Wttra answer. promptly) and
WASHINGTON LETTER
Frosa oar &ef ulaf Ccrmaaadent.
All hope of ratifying the
Dominican protocol has been
abandoned by theJPrident
and the Republican leaders
but the Senate has not yet
adjourned since die, remain
ing in session 00 the ground
that there are certain judi
cial nominations whH'h must
be confirmed before final ad
journment can take place. A
few days since Senator Mor
gun of Alabama sprung a
sensation on the Senate by
attempting to k'show thai
William Nelson Cromwell, Hie
lawyer who engineered the
sale of the Panama Canal
property to iheUnited States
and who is suspected by some
Democrats of having incited
the Panama revolution, has
been thedeujwx macbina of
the San Domingo situation.
Senator Morgan eihioite I
to the Sena te letter from a
Mr, nnd Mrs. Reeder, former
I.V of Alabama, in which they
marged that Cromwell ha d
defeated a ? treaty between
Santo Doroingnindthe Uni
ted States, which baa been
prepared by Mr.EReedernard
tfaatbe bad caused to be sub
stituted the protocol now up
der consideration by the Sen
ate. When the pro posed Reed
en trea ty was read in the Sen
ate it wus found tojjafford ev
ery advantage to the Repub
lie of Santo Domingo and
to "the IWden syndicate"
but uone to thu countiy and
it occasioned much ridicule
at the hands of the Repabli
cans, hut f here are many
Democrats who believe thai
there may be some founda
tion for Mr. Morgan's charg
es at least sufficient to war
rant a very thorough invent'
gation. Senator Morgan has
introduced in the Senate a
resolution instructing the
committee on Foreign Rela
tions to conduct such in vest i
gat'on. by subcommittee or
otherwise, but at p r e s e n t
there seems little likelihood
of its adoption. Meanwhile,
Mr. Cromwell has himself em
phaticall.v denied that he has
now or ever had any.connec
tion whatsoever with Santo-
Domingo or that he would
profit in any respect from
the ratification of the proto
col. There i a mystery in Wasn
ington affecting the propo
ed modification of the tariff
schedule by Consrress at it
next session The mystery at
taches to the promoter if a
report that the Republican
leaders are contemplating
placing a small duty on rof
fee with a view to avoiding
the necessity of revising the
tariff so that it will afford
less piotection and produce
more revenue. It isooviouc
that some method of increns
ing the federal revenues munt
be found as the federal expen
ses have materially increased
and the administration will
be compelled to draw heavily
thin year as it did last, on
the accumulated surplus, but
it is not true that there Iihm
been any thought of pliving
a rJntV on coffee, or teu, us is
reported J This report has
been industriously circula
ted in .Washington for some
days, but for m time no one
of the more reliable newspa
pers could be induced to falh
er it. Finally it was confided
to a firm o newspaper wri
ters whose luisinesa consists
of circulating reports for pay
and then one of the leading
newspapers of th country
disDlaed it prominently in
its columns. The question
naturally arises, who is to
profit by "the circulation of
this report? To whom is it of
sufficient importance to war
rant their paying profession
al newnpnper writers to circu
late it? Is it a sto"k jobbing
deal? Does itlemanate from
German diplomatic circles;
and is it put forth with a
view' to estrang'ng Brazil
from the United Starts for
the benefit of the German
trade? These are some of the
questions that are being ask
ed and to which no satisfac
tory answer is as yet forth
coming. There is no doubt but that
President Roosevelt will urge
the next Congress to revise
the tariff, but there is consid
erable doubt as to: whether
or not the Congress willlheed
bib recommendations. There
are strong indications that
the Senate will be.ready to re
spond to the executive urg-!
ing in fact that body has ul
ready taken the first step by
authorizing its Finance com
mittee to sit during'.recess.
hold hearings and subpoena
witnesses b u t the Senate
can do nothing with regatd
to the tariff until the House
until ths House takes the in
itiative, and that the Speak
r and the littlecoteria wlii h
with him control the lower
chamber persistently refuse
to do. The initiation ol a rev
enue measure is the one pre
rogative granted to the
House by the constitution in
wbioh the Senate does not
share and the members are
very chary of doing anything
which might appear like a
yielding to the S nate on
that point, so that it is en
tirely possible that the Sen
ate's action, looking to a
compliance with the Presi
dent's views, may have a de-
terrent effect upon the House.
The President has, it is
maintained by prominent
members of Congress, exceed
his authority by accepting
the pTvieH of certain promt
ii'tii Hrcliii"!s vho volun
teer to ii i hh an advinory
boa d to indicate where putt
lie buildings ehall he plueed
and tV character of their
conmirtin In the General
Deficiency appropriation hill,
recently puaaed there, ip a pro
vision prohibiting any offi
cial of the government from
accepting the voluntary ser
vices of any one not now em
ployed by the government
and foi bidding anyone so ear
ployed from volunteering to
do work for which be w as not
employed, The penalty for vi
olatiou oi this statute is fine
or imprisonment, or both.
inl removal from office. Of
course it was mere inadver-ten-e
which led the President
to to take the srep he did in
violation ol the law, but it is
entire! v piohahlethat be will
have t retrace hi HtepH and
disband the commit tee whose
services he accepted. It is urg
ei that 1.1m hi w wn a very
necessary one and in the
present instance it is set
forth that the architects se
lected for the advisory board
can well afford to cotitiihute
theirjservices wiUioutJ.remu
neration for the reuson '.that
they represent (architect's
trust nnd that no plans for
public buildings would be ap
proved by them unless such
plans has been prepared in
the office of a member of the
trus. Congress Is sorely op
posed to this trust aud wouid
doubtless make its will felt
when called upon to appro
pi iate funds to carry into ef
fect the recommendation of
the advisory boar 'J.
A CHICAGO ALDERMAN OWES HIS
ELECTION TO CHAMBERLAIN'S
COIJGH KEMEDY
"I can heartily and conscientious.
Iv recommend Chamberlain'sOugh
Remedy for nffections of the throat
and lungs." says Hon. John Shen.
ick, J jo So. Peoria St., Chicago
'Two years ago during a political
campaign, I caught cold after being
overheated, which irritated my
throat and was finally compelled
to stop, as 1 could not speak aloud.
In my extremity friend advised
me to use Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy. I took two doses that af
ternoon and could not believe my
senses when I found the next morn
ing the inflammation had largely
subsided. I tooK several doses that
day, kept right on talking through
the campaign, and 1 thank this med
icine that I won my seat in the
Council." This remedy is for sale
by J. M. MoreU,
IV'o man's grit sometimes
asserts itself. In Charlotte, a
few days ago. a negro boy
killed nnothei'Sin the yard of
a neighbor nnd -was making
bis escape when a Mrs. Car
ter picked up an empty re vol
vet and held him at bay un
til the police arrived.
STARTLING BUT TKUE.
People the world over were hor
rified on learning of the burning of
a Chicago theater in which nearly
six hundred people lost their lives,
yet more than five times this num
ber or over 3,000 people died from
pneumonia in Chicago during the
same year, with scarcely a passing
notice, bvery one of these cases of
pneumonia resulted from a cold and
could have been prevented by the
timely use of Chamberlain s Cough
Remedy. A gieat many who had ev
ery reason to fear pneumonia have
wirded it off by the prompt use of
this remedy. 1 he following is an ins
tance of this sort: '"Too much can
not be said in favor of Chamberlain
' Cough Remedy, and especially
for colds and influenza. I know
that it cured my daughter, Laura, of
a severe cold, and I believe saved
her life when she wxs threatened
with pneumonia " VV. D. Wilcox,
Ltn, N. Y.SoId by J. M. Mretz
When President Roosevelt
w is inaugurated he vvre a
Mimll opal ring once ownd
by Almiliaiii Lincoln. He
should hiv" worn a more
lucky gem. Opals are said to
tiring bad luck to the wearer.
TKAGEDY AVERTED,
'Just in the nick of time our little
boy was saved'' writes Mrs. w,Wat
kins of PleasantCity, Ohio, "Pneu
moni had played sad havoc with
him and a terrible cough set in be
sides. Doctors treated him. but he
grew worse every day. At length
we tried Dr. King'n New Discovery
for Consumption, and our darling
was saved. He's now 6ound, and
well." Everybodj' ought to know,
it's the only sure cure for Coughs,
Colds nnd all Lung diseases. Guar
anteed by M. H. Blackburn. Price
50c and $1.00. Trial bottles free.
During the past week twen
ty million eggs have been
bought on the Now iorkmnr
ket. The American hen seems
to bi doing ti?r duly.
I
TUB WAB
Russia has recalled ber sec
ond Pacific squadron, com
manded by Vice Admiral Ro
jest vensky, which substanti
ates the report ,;that Russia
now leans towards peace.
The St. Petersburg papers
witb-oue or two exceptions,
ure uow advocating a conclu
sioii'.of hostilities, and popu
lar sentiment has veered stro
ngly in that direction.
At thejtussian Einbassay In
London it iwas said, that it
was "probably the Emperor
influenced by public snti
men t, in igb t co risen 1 1 o peace
negotiations."
Iu Berlin the belief, thai
peae is' not far distant, is
gaining ground.
A German correspondent
who has made inquiry into
the situation, S;iysj that in
the present temper of theRn
sian people further mobiliza
tion is O'jt of the question.
The London; Times states
that Japan has twice pro
posed peace, but Russia, be
lieving the Mikudo's f u n d s
were being exhausted, deci
ded to continue the war.
General Kuropatkiu reports
the Japanese ara being con
tinually reinforced.
General Kaulbars, who had
26.000 prisoners takeu, bare
ly escaped capture himself by
General Kuroki.
Reports say that when Gen
eral Rennenkampff qave. the
order to retreat from Tsink
hichen hKtroops kissed th
blood stained earth and sul
lenley obeyed.
At Nieucbwang Russians,
half starved and beuging for
mercy, are surrendering and
the question of transporting
the prisoners has become a
serious questions.
While the Russia'i council
of war is understood to have
decided to continue the war,
the most important obstacle
developed is t he decision of
The French bankers to defer
the floating of the new Run
sian loan.
Jhese bankers nrehelieved
to fear the Russian leverses
will seriously depreciate the
value 01 tfusssiati securities,
and that the Czar's govern
ment has reached the limit of
its resources.
It is possible that in this
serionsjand new development
Russia will find an excuse for
entertaining peace propos
als.
While "reporting that, be i.
out of immediated Mirer (J-n
eral Kuropatkiu says hois in
ignorance of r b-whereabout h
of General Ka am urn's Ja
panese tioopsand another
section f the enemy's army
The Russian Commander
in Chief assumes full responsi
bility for hi:' disastei, hut in
limates the situation might
have been different if two of
bis officers bad obeyed or
ders.
The Japanese, accrrding
to advices from Tai pass, do
not seem to bea vailing them
sehes of the advantage gain
CO Ht .VlUKOen. tllCir SlOW pro 1
.... I . . . 1
gress, however, being at.rib-
Utable to a probable great
" .'
turning movement.
Mil Ourr riffWiM in t i r p.
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p'lrtjlieilf at o asbingtori su r more about it. bQthaemi T V- '
U w.l I . .If.il, ."""""r1"!";'""'.'.'! Tn 1 1
th- Ifti'MMlAnri fn irwin i' n' v Co.. Binfehamtoni'N.V:. WiNtrhw.rH-aJii
sort of yK-tory im-r iW
punese in the present disor
ganized condition of , their
forces. Ex.
CUBES
THIS body gets its life horn
1 food properly digested.
iieaitny aigeauon meani pan
blood for the body, but stomach
troubles arise from c&retegsneM
in eating and stomach disorders
upset the entire system. Improp
erly masticated food sours on the
stomach, causing distressing
pains, belching and nausea.
When over-eating is persisted in
the stomach becomes weakened
and worn out and dyspepsia
claims the victim. -
Thedford's Black-Draught
cares dyspepsia. It frees the
stomach and bowels of congested
matter and crives tho stomach
new life. The stomach is quickly
invigorated and the natural
stimulation results in a good
appetite, with the power to Quo
nuirhlv diccRt food.
You can build up your stomach
with this mild and natural
remedy. Try Thedford's Black-
Draught today. You ean buy a
package from your dealer for
25c. If he docs not keep it, send
the money to The Chattanooga
Medioine Co., Chattanooga,
Tcnn.. and a package will M
mailed you.
THEDFORD'S
mrir.rauiTiiHT
What we commonly call
man the eating, drinking,
planting, counting man
docs not, as we know him,
does not represnt himself,
but misrepresents himself,
dim we do not respect, but
th Soul, whose orgnn he is,
wouid be let it appear thro'
his action, would make our
knees bend. Emerson,
a debtkuctive fire.
To draw the fire out of a burn, or
heal a cut without leaving a scar,
use De Witt's Witch Hazel Salve. A
specific for piles. Get the genuine-J.
!j. Tucker, editor of the Hnrmoniz.
er, Centre, Ala., writes: 'I have us.
ed DeWitt's Witch liazel Salve in
my family for Piles, cuts and horns.
It is the best salve on the market.
Everv family should keep it oa
hand!" Sold by M. R. Blackburn.
Every day the farmers ol
the south bold their cottotf
and adhere to their short
plant ingdeteruiiriat job. they
add thousands and thou
sands 01 dollars to the value
of the cotton crop. Atlauta
Constitution.
Even the inatiimonial knot
apt tn ivwiw untied.
Thousands Have Sidney Trotft$)
and Don't Know it
How To Find Oat.
Fill a bottle or common glass with ftp
water and let it stand twenty-four hours; a
sediment or Mm
tllng Indicates as
unhealthy cond
tion of th'
neys; If It staJnj
your Hnea tt to
evidence of kid
ney trouble; to
frequent data-eta
pass it or pain ta
the back Is aU
convincing proof that the kidneys and bUV
der are out of order.
What to Do.
There is comfort In the knowledge aa
often expressed, that Dr. Kilmer's jSwampt
Root, the great kidney remedy fulfills wf
wish in curing rheumatism, paia taiba
back, kidneys, liver, bladder and every past
of the urinary passage. It correcUJnabtMgt
to hold water and scalding pain in pjialaf
It, or bad effects following use of Uq&oa
wine or beer, and overconWthat unslastM
necessity of being compeHsd to go ofteej
during the day, and to get up many tlmau
during the night. The mild snd the SKtt
uuaiui
ordinary effect of Swamp-Root Is see
KKMSMSSI
If you need a medicine you should EavaAa
twMt. SnIH hv HmexrUt In IVU an1 tl '
You may have sampla bottle of 5
wonderful discover
iir- this generous ollor in Ut;4'i'l?"-