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VOLXVII.
BOONE WATAUGA. COUNTY, X. V TIIUIISDAY APlttL 13, 1905.
NO. S
' Poets ore born just, the
toamft'as other unfortunatr.
oAflToniA.
fewnth 1 11 Ktnd Vm Han Always Botg
felgiatu
: MtafBSSIONAL.
L.D.IME,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
BANNER ELK, N. C.
. J Will practice in the courts
M Watauga, Mitchell and adjoining
counties, 7 6.'04
. Told & Ballou.
ATTORNEYS AT LAW.
JEFFERSON, N. C.
Will practice in all the coU.tt
Special attention given to cn.
e ction,
1-G-4-.
F. A. LItf NEY
-attornp:y A;r law,-
boone, n. c.
Will practice in th courts
of chin ami surroundingeonn
ties. Prornnt Attention giv
' en to the collection of claims
and all other business of a le
gal nature. 6 12 '04.
EDMUND JONES,
LAWYER
-LRNOIK, N. O-
Will Practice Regularly in
, the Courts of Watauga,
6-1. ''ox.. , ; . , . -
J. C. FLETCHER,
Attorney At Law,
BOONE, N. C.
Careful attention given to
collections. "
EFLOVILL,
-ATTORNEY AT LAW,
BOOSE, N. C.
BGTSpeeial attention given
to all business entrusted to
his caro."&8
M-'O.
E. S. COFFEY
-ATWllhEY Al LA IV,-
BOONE, N. Gi-
Prompt attention given to
all matters of a legal nature.
VST Abstracting tites and
collection oi claims a special-
tv.
. . 1-1 '05.
DR R. D JENNINGS,
RESIDENT DENT18T,
-BANNER ELK, in. C. :
Nothing but the bent material
used and allvork done ty.der a
positive guarantee, rernons nr a
distance should notityne a few
days in advance when they want
work done. After Match the list,
I have arransed to be at; the
Blackburn House in Boone on
each first Monday. Call on hip.
1.28.
W. II. BOWER,
-ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Lenoir, N. 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,
'Cancer Specialist,
BANNER'S ELK. N. C
;Ao KniteySo Burning Out,
Highest references and endofs
,: -meats of prominent persons sue
cessfully treated , in Va., Tenu.
and N. C. Kemeinber that there
ignatime.Too soon to get rid oi
pancerous growth no matter
hof rsmall ; Examination five,
, letters answewd promptly, and
satisfactiOBfeuaranteea.
WASHINGTON LETT Ell
From jur Reyalar Correspondent.
The cravat proliiptn that
has confronted the Congrewn
of the United Ktates since the
question of secession was diw
posed of will be uppermost
in the deliberations and de
bates of the Fifty nnth Con
gress whii'h, the President
has recently announced, he
will assemble in extranrdina
rVHwsion on Oct. 10, next
If the coring Congress does
its duty it will largely deter
mine for many future decade
the extent to which ih folnr
al government shall uo in its
interpretation of that clause
in the constitution whieh
reads, f'Ttie congress s ti a I I
have power to regulate rom
inefee among the s e v e i a I
States.' Simple as this state
meat may appear it has been
construed with increasing lat
itude until the Anti-Re.uat
Law and the Interstate Com
ineree act have been declared
to c(me within its scope and
the most importantquestion
which the GHxt Congress will
have to decide is whether or
not this clause contains sulti
cient warrant to enable Con
gress to declare what shall
and what shall not be consid
ered a just rate to be charged
by railroads for transporta
tion. The proposition ad van
red by Commissioner of Cor
portions Gar field, that the
federal government has the
power to compel all corpora
tions transacting an inter"
state business to take out a
federal license is also based
on this clause as is the sutue
ofriMal's proposition that the
federal government has t h e
power to regulate the trans
action of insurance business
To those legislators who,
w:th strict regard for their
oath to support the constitn
Hon, adopt n conservative
view regarding its interpret a
tion, the radicalism of t h e
present administration, the
genrul disposition to main
tain that the provisions of
the Constitution must be
broadened in proportion to
the growth and increasing
complexity of then'ition and
the insistence in some quar
ters that a strict interpreta
tion of the constitution is
old fashioned and out of da-te
seems dangerous and abhor
rent. In a policy which would
stretch the constitution be
yond the evident meaning of
its f camera, they can detect
nothing but portents of dis
aster, the small beginning of
what, once adopted will cnan
in time of radical departuie
from the constitution itself
and ultimately the adoption
of eyery form of radicalism
demanded by popular clam
or. In support of this view
they contend that it is mani
fest that the fr.imers of the
constitution, by clause quo
ted, intended only to empow
er the federal government so
toregula te com merce bet ween
the States as to insure the
absence of all discrimination
arid the abolition of those
customs, 'duties and other
for ms of utfibnigo which, on
ring the days of Federation,
contt ibuted so seriously to
ihe ills which attended the
nation in its infancy. If the
'oust itution in its present
form is not suitable to exist
ing conditions, they urge,
then let it be amended, but
under no circumstances per
mit the slightest deviation
from the true intent of the
framers of the instrument.
Those who oppose this
view declare, however, that
such a narrow view of the
constitution itself, so dose
an adherence to the doctrine
fh it the rights of the Sover
eign States must not be vio
lated, wili necessarily place
th people at the mercy of
those corporate interests
which by the lavish 'use of
money can nlwajs corrupt a
sufficient number of State
legislatures to prevent the
success of any proposed a-iin-'ridment
to the constitu
tion, however in ritorious,
hich would even tend to cur
tail the liabilities of the li
cense of corporate wealth.
The problem is too deep for
extensive discussion in a news
letter, but the foregoing as
sertions may serve in a mens
ure to indicate to the think
ers of the nation tin gravity
and complexity of the prob
lem with which the next Con
gress will be called upon to
deal.
President Roosevelt, after
consulting with Senators (Jor
man, Spooner, a n il Lodge
hind the members ol.his ca bi
llet, has notified Santo Do
mingo of his assent on be
half of the Umted States to
the arrangement proposed
by President Morales as the
only practicable means of so
preserving existiug condi
tions in that d:straught lie
public as to make possible
the execution of the provis
ions oi the lending treaty in
the event that the treaty is
ratified by the Senate next
autumn. The proposition ol
Santo D nningo was that
President Roosevelt assent
to the appointment of Ameri
can citizens to take chargf
of the Dominican customs
house, collect the' revenues
and pay to t h e Dominican
tfovernuient 4fi percent of
the gross receipts, the remain
ing 155 per cent, less the cost
of collection, be deposited in
some New York bank to
await the action of the Sen
ale, In submitting the forego
ing proposition Prtsidcnt
Morales pointed out that
foreimi powers were unwil
ling to await thp action , of
th? United States Senate in
the absence of some arrange,
ment which insure the contin
nance of existing conditions
and the Dominican President
'h assertion has been prompt
ly verified by the Italian Am
bassador who yesterday call
ed at the State Department
tn learn officially if the repot
ed assent of President Roose
velt was correct a n d who
then stated that in the ab
sence of such assent his coun
try would have felt compell
ed to us force in Santo Do
mingo to protect the rights
of its citizens. While much
hat appeared in the Public
prints regarding the liability
of this country's having to
use force to maintain the Mo
rales administration, there is
really little iiklihood of such
u n -emergency . Al! foreign.
powers havecheerfuily ngveiMl
to the temporary arrange
ment ocopted by Pres. Roose
velt, and in the absence ot in
terference from without Pres
i dent Morales will doubtless
be able to maintain order in
his own country.
The President has called
foi th. resignations of all the
members of the Panama Ca
n a I Commission a n d will
soon issue a statement oft Iv
lines along which reorgnmza
tion will be affected. Tin
President will soon announce
the pfrsr-hnel of the reorgan
ized . Commission, as soon,
probably as he reaches San
Antonio if n o t before He
leaved U'ashiiigton on Mou
day for a six w e e k s trip,
which is to include attenden
ce at t h e reunion of the
Rough' Riders at San Anto
nio, April 7, a nd a. hunting
trip in Colorado of several
weeks (juration.
STARTLING HUT T1ICE.
People the world over were hor
rified on learning of the .hurtling 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. Every one of these casc-s 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
w irded it off by the prompt use of
this remedy. The following is an ins
tance of this sort; 'Too much can
not be said in favor of Chamberlain
's Cough Remedy, and especially
for colds and influenza. I know
that it cured my daughter, Ianra, of
a severe cold, and I believe saved
her life when she whs threatened
with pneumonia" W. D. Wilcox,
Logan, N. Y. Sold by J. M. Morctz
Reports show that 445,000
children died last year in the
United States from theeffects
of food poisons.
FOB AN IMI'AIHKD Al'i'IiTITIi.
Loss of appetite always results
from faulty digestion. All that is
needed is a tew doses of Chamber
lain's Stomach id Livur Tablets.
They will invigorate the stomach,
strengthen the digestion and give
you an appetite like a wolf. These
Tablets alwo act as a gentle laxative.
For sale by J. M. M'-retz,
J. W. Aycock of Goklshoro
h a s heen appointed State
Bank Examiner to succeed J.
O. Ellington resigned.
TRAGEDY AVKllTED,
Must in t(ie nick of time our little
boy was saved'' writes Mrs. w.Wat
kins of PleasantCil.V, Ohio, "I'neu
moni? had playtd sad havoc with
him and a terrible cough set in be
sides. Doctors treated him. but he
grew worse eery day. At length
we tried Dr. King's New Discovery
for Consumption, and our darling
was saved. lie's now sound, ami
well." Everybody ought to know,
it's the only sure cure for Coughs,
Colds and all Lung diseases. Guar
anteed bv M. H. Blackburn. Price
50c and $1.00. Trial bottles free.
One hundred thousand men
took part in the celebration
in Lakio, of the capture ol
Mukden on the 3rd,
PLEASANT A D HARMLESS.
Doti't drug tne stomach to cure a
cough. One Minute Cough Cure cuts
the mucus, draws the inflammation
out of the throat, lungs and bron
chial tubes, heals, soothes and cures.
A quick cure for Croup and Whoop
ing Cough. One minute Cough Cure
relieves a cough in one minute be
cause it acts first on the mucous
membrane right where the cough
troubles inthe throat or deep-seated
cn the lungs Sold by M. 13.
Blackburn.
The Country Editor.
A newspaper is the reflex of
the people themselves, or at
least' of a ' considerable sec
tion who have substantially
a common point of view,
says the Trenton, New Jer
Hey Gazette, ssoon thioK to
raise "a. crop by removingthe
surface soil as to ruti n news
paper not rooted somewhere
in the appreciation of the
many. .
An editor is a sort of ba
rometer, and realizes the dif
ference between bright skies
and thickening weather, for
popular opinion lias many
ways of making itself instant
ly Mf. Yet certain principles
are eternal nnd as Jren from
deviation as the north star.
Truth, courage, persever
ance, ara cardinal necessities,
and thecheerful temperament
one of thefoundation stones.
Preaching.. the simple life is
not essential in deuling with
co u n t ry ed i t o r s. M os t o f t h e m
hth familiarly acquainted
with it.
A few conventions and ex
cursions, wheiv they work
while others sleep, are their
annual recreation. It is line
that they learn to like t. h e
perpetual tod, recurving as
promptly and peremptorially J
as a swing of, the peudulem,
and the labor we delight in in
a high reward.
If '.may be doubted, says
the St. Loui (iloboD-'mo-craf,
if the'coutilry editor is
valued to the full extent of
the part be sustains in the
town or. hamlet where he ap
pliesall his energy and grows
gray in the round of duties
that lie chases, rr chase him,
fifty-two tunes a year.
What fears, unknown and
uncompreheiided, he has per
formed in getting out !he pa
per under difficulties; what
budding talent he has diVov
ered and afforded a chance;
what disa pp.: in t meats he has
met amj philosophically char
ged off to profit and loss.
Through it all he n e v e r
loses th" sweetness and liyht
that are inborn in the art
preservative and an unpur
chasable press. Nothing is
said of his Achievement! in
the science of government,
for tiiat would need another
chapter and might be mis
construed, for the counti
etlitor here referred to is con
sideied without regard to
party ties.
The general type is t h e
theme, and and no worthier
is found in a surveyof advuu
cing civilization.
M'UIE Hlo'l's.
Disturbances of strikers arc not near
ly as grave as an individual disorder
of the system. Overwork, Ions c?f
sleep, nervous tension will be follow
ed bv utter collapse, unless a relia
ble remedy is immediately employ,
ed. There's nothing so efficient o
cure disorders of the Liver or Kid.
neys as Electric Dilters. It s a won
derful tonic, and effective nervine
and the greatest all around medicine
for run down sv stems. It dispell
Nervousness, Rheumatism nnd NcUi
ralgia nnd expels Malaria geims.
Only 50c, and satisfaction guaran
teed bv M. 13. illacLburn.
Oil is liable to advance as
the foreign mission board
h a s decided to tou' li Mr.
Roekateller ior $l(M),00.
If it is a liilioiii attack take Cham
berlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets
ai.d a quick cure is certain. For pale
by J. M, Moietz.
Theclford'B BlncMDnraght comes
ij nearer reguiaiinn v.e entire pyBwm
t and keeping the body in health thaa
ti any other medicine znade. . It is
always ready in any emergency to
treat ailments that are frequent in
any family, such s Indigestion.
biliorwiu'SB, colth), diarrheca, and
stomach acnes.
Thetlford's Diack-Draugbt Is tte
standnrd, newr-failing remedy for
stomach, bowd, liver and kidney
troubles. It is a cure for the domes
tic ills which bo frequently summon
thq doctor. It is as good (or children
as it is for grown persons. A dose of
this medicine every day will soon
euro (ho most obstinate case of dys
pepsia or constipation, and when
lakda as directed brings quick relief.
DAjrm.ti, III., Do. JJ, 1KB.
Tbodford'i li!nck-Drsnht ku bam oar
funtlly doctor tot Sf Jtnr ku1 wo wnnt
bo othar. When n, of a fMl bully w
Uko a itnio and art all right tn twclv
Itoura. Wo hava smut lata of tu'onar for
li oootor bills, but get along Jmt M veil
I yUlh lllaok-Draaitht. lR H BADEtt.
Ask your dealer for a package ol
TliodforU Black-Draught and il he
docs not keep It aend2Sc. to Tha Cbatta-'
novga Medicine Co.,01itUuooga,Tenn.
and ft paclcago will be mailed to you.
Ili'len Uonld. says a ex
idiane, receives about o 11 &
hundred letters 0 du.y asking
for uii;s '.hu:h make h wpek
l.v total of about. iuO.OOO.
She is aski-d to buy vessels!
for old &a captalnw, to raise
aiortjraues on western farms;
to train the voice of e'nbrio
L'uttis on thf prairies, to ed
ufote yoiin tnpn for the min
istry, to contribute td iddit-n'
aid socipty fairs, in country'
villaoos. to endow nil sorts
of institutions. Herself, nstri
kinul.v unextravajrant wb
tnaii in nnttcrs of drss and
all xpendil tin'H, she is asked
by prospertiv brides to nW
vide .sums ranging as hiffh am
2,000 for thHr tnodpt trna
peaux. Parents write her pih
thusiastic ltfers desrribihsf
tiiprharrns of young fined
Miller (Jould Smiths or Jones,
and saying how giatefully ft
riuclfMiH of these y oung ladies
faturp doweries will be reeeiy
ed. In one banner week the
begging public including, of
course, the respectable beg
gars for worthy i-harilies us
well an thf mere prpyers on
unsophisticated kindnpss, on
iv asked forfl 500 000..
DO YOUGET UP
WITH A LAME BACK ?
1
n:du;y Trouble Makes You MlsercMc
Almost everybody who reads the news
papers is sure to know of tha wonderful
, cures made by Dr. '
It Kilmer's Swamp-Root,
I the great kidney, liver
li and bladder remedy.
j- 11 is ino great mem
cal triumph of the nine
jijfj teenth century; dis
-T. " nent kidney and blad
' der specialist, and la
wonderfully successful in promptly curing
lams back, kidney, bladder, uric acid trou
bles and Brlght's Disease, which is the worst
form of kidney trouble.
Dr. Kilmer's Swamp.Root Is not rec
ommenced for everything but If you have kid-
ncy, livur or bladder trouble It will be found
Just the remedy you need. It has been tested
in so many ways, in hospital work. In private '
practice, among the helpless too poor to pur
chase relief and has proved so successful la
every case that a special arrangement has
been made by which all readers of this paper V
who have not already tried It, may have a
sample bottle sent free by mall, also a book ,
tilling more about Swamp-Root and how to
find out if you have kidney or bladder trouble. ' .
When writing mention reading this generout
offer in this paper and
tp.wi vnur address to .
Dr. Kilmer 8c Co..Bing-1 "fTH-ijiif !! !
hamton, N. Y. ThoiS.J
regular fifty cent and K tatu ' .
ioliar sixes are sold by all good druggist,
0no Minute GoushCuro
For CouqIis, Colds and Crovpe '
M
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