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VULXVIL BOONE. WATAUGA COUNTY X. C THURSDAY APRIL 27W5.. SO. 4. -;..';.." '.V A toach of spring makes the whole world tired. stasias Kftatue ef Timid VHwhwBagW man I-JIOVESSIOKAL. L.D.1ME, ATTORNEY AT LAW, BANNER ELK, N. C. 19 Will practice in the courts of Watauga, Mitchell and adjoining counties. 7 6.'04 Todd & Ballou. ATTORNEYS AT LAW. JEFFERSON, N. C. Will practice in all the eouats- Special attention given to ool e ction, 1-6-4-. f. a. linnby, attorney' at law,- boone, n. c. Will practice in the courts of chin and tsurroundingcoun ties Prompt attention giv en to the collection of claims and all other business of a .le gal nature. 612 '04. EDMUND JONES, LAWYER LENOIR, N. 0- Will Practice Regularly in the Courts of Watauga, 6-1. '04. J. C. FLETCHER, Attorney At Law, -BOONE, N. G. ' Careful attention given to collections. EFLOVILL, -ATTORNEY AT LAW, BOOW&C. 'Special attention given to all business entrusted to his care." II- '04. E. S. COFFEY -AT70MEY Al LAW,- BOONE, N. G. Prompt attention given to all matters of a legal nature. V& Abstracting titles and collection of claims a special- tr. v 1-1 '05. DR R D JENNINGS, resident dentist, BANNER ELK. JN. C. Nothing but the best material used and all work done under a positive ftuarnntee. Persons at a distance sfiould notify me a few days in advance when they want work done. Alter March tlm 1st, I have arranged to be at the Blackburn Houne in Boone on each first Monday. Call on me. 1.28. w.n. BOWER, ATTORNEY AT LAW,- Lerioir, N. C. Practices in the courts of Caldwell, Watauga, Mitchell, Ashe and other surrounding counties. Prompt attention given to all legal mattere entrusted to his care. Dr. J. M. HOGSHEAD, BANNER'S ELK. N. C fto$ipie 4V0 Buining Out. Highest references and endow ments of prominent persons sue txgsfufly treated inv.Va.i- Tenn. and Ji.'.C.; Remember that there isno time too soon to get rtd ol cancerous growth no ' matter how. small Examination free, etters answered promptly, and tatiifactiODtuarauteod. . 4 WASHINGTON LETTER From our RejaUr Cari-rap on dent. One of the severest tests to which the present ndministru tion has been, or will be, put will be presented when the President returns and receiv es the protests of the trans continental railway compa nies which are up in arm's o ver the destruction of t1)e mo nopoly they -have long en joyed as a rssult of the, roo noDoly of the Panama Rail way Company. So n after the railway was completed its di rectors entered into an agree ment whereby they h o u n d theiBselveH to transact busi ness only with certain steam ship lines, notably the Pacif ic Mail Steamship Company on the west coast and the Panama Steamship Com pa ny on the east coast, which line it controlled. In this way transportation by way of the isthmus was insured from competition and a monopoly created which enabled the transcontinental railroads within the United Slates to maintain the high rates they have always charged, this "conspiracy in restraint of interstate commerce" having been perfected by the late Col lis P. Huntington. As the Panama railroad was with out the United States this government was powrless to prosecute it for maintaining a trust in violation of the Sherman law. Now that th"Paiia'&a r iil road has nafwd t the n-. ship of the U.iited S'.ati-H it is proposed to charge for trans portatiou of freight and pans engersonlv the a-rual cut t)f transportation pins a fair rate of profit whh-h shall be converted into a sinking fund Rut the more important fea tuie of tb.HgovwuinMtt'sown ership promises to be the ac ceptance of freight and pass erigers irom all steamship and tailing. lines which' nov exist or which may be estab I'shed, regardless of what prices they may charge f o r water transportation. This means, of course, - that the ratesbetvrecn American ports and the isthmus will be rgu lated by free and fair compe tition and they will inevita bly be materially lowered fioui the prices maintained when u monopoly existed It is estimated by the railroad lobbies' m, who have already come to Washington with the hope of protecting their cli ents, that the tre competi" tion of steamship coaip.inies and the Panama mil way will result in the lowering of the freight rates between N Y an I San Francisco, via Pan ama from nine dollars a ton the rate nw charged, tofour dollatsa ton. Pasnengei ratus it is claimed, will b lowered from $115 to $65, meals in eluded. Of course the rail toais will slii! command tic situation where time it a fac tor, but with freight which de mauds no haste and with passengers who an- willing it take their ti'ne. the Pan una route will prove the innm unless the railroads I o w e r their tates to nccord with the new water rate. Thecapucit.v of the Panama laiiway will also be limited but it has been decided to douole the track which will somewhat offset the factor. Th railway lobbyists main taiti that it will plunge their clients into .bankruptcy to meet theie tates. They don't say, however, that this would be the case only because of the extent to which the rail road Btock bas been watered. Nevertheless, there will be a strong pressure brought to bear on the President to take some steps which will save the pampered railways from thf f ffets of their competi tion and there is no doubt it will require great m oral strength on the part of the President to resist If the President proves invulnera ble then the lobbyists will turn their ut Minion to Con gress and it is entirely ptiss' tile that in that quarter they may prove successful. If, how ever, the President or Con gress proye true to the inter ests of the people the rail ways will doubtless be. com pel led to materially lower their transcontinental trans portation rates. The people of the U. S. are not the only ones who have suffered from the monopoly of the trans-Isthmian line, as is shown by the protest of seven South American minis ters who have filed a protest with the State Department against the renewal of con tracts, with South American stejimsbip bns which they claiiw have been robbing the people of their respective countries. Apropos the railwav ques tion I'onHiitrahle interest at taehew to the hearings which a re to be given on the sub ject of railway legislation by the Senate committee on inter-state commerce, of which Senator Elkins, of West Vir ginias is chairman. The mem bers of the committeeareSen ators Elkms, Cullom, Al drich, Kean, Doliiver, Fora ker, Clapp, Millard. Tillman. McLaiuin, Carmack, Foster, of Louisiana, and Newlands. The first of the meetings call ed to deal with this subject under authority of a special Senate resolution, will occur next Monday, and it is ex pected that they will be held almost continuously for sev era I month- Of the a b o v e ate.'iiht-rrthip, Senator Aid rich HsiiiliM E Mope Millard-is in Nebraska and Tillman is iM at In- bo ne in South Cam Una. li hough it is h o p e d he will In aide to atten 1 nii'i Senator Millard will proba bly return to Washington lie fere long. 1? in n-'i.tll 'xpei't"d that as a le.-ulr of these hearings r tie . committee will report some foirri of railway legial'i tion to the Senate assooti a,s the tody convenes, altho h se fa'ijiliar wifh ihe atti tij'ite iin.i . ;ni'iations of a ir.a j'liity.of I he committee ex pect that any measure hicb if will prove either insufti ienr. to aecfniili-b ihe'desir ' ,! n"' fm iH ,,,()re iikeiv. will tte so llHvn as to provt ju.cotist.it n 1 ionai when sutitnittetl to the Supreme Cofirt. It will remain there fore lor the real frit lids of the President and of rail way rate reform to amend the bill 011 the floor of the Senate until it assumes a form both prac tical and adequate. The next session of Congress will prove an unusually interesting one. Great interests ol the public will bo at stake, no one of more importance than this one of the railway rate be at stake, no one of more impor tance than this one of rail road rate regulation, and the attitude and yotes of ev ery member of both houses will be, or should bescruti nized closely by their constit uents. MOHK RIOTS. Disturbances of strikers are not near ly as grave as un individual disorder of the by stem. Overwork, loss of sleep, nervous tension will be follow ed by utter collapse, unless a relia ble remedy is immediately employ ed. There's nothing so efficient to cure disorders of the Liver or Kid. neys ns Electric Bitters. It's a voti. derful tonic, and effective nervine and the greatest all around medicine for run down systems. It dispels .ei vousness, Rheumatism and Neu ralia nnd expels Malaria germs. (July 50c, arid satisfaction gturan teed bv M. 13. Blackburn. After a girl has had one or two lessons in elocution she is liable to break forth in rec itations on the slightest pro vocation. STARTLING BUT TltUE. 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. Every 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 gi eat many who had ev ery reason to fear pneumonia have warded 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, Laura, of a severe cold, and I believe saved her life when she wps threatened with pneumonia." VV. D. Wilcox, Logan, N. Y. Sold by J. M. Moretz Some people preach "look out for tomorrow." We be lieveit much better to enjoy life while you live tomorrow you may be dud and some other Lllows will enjoy your earned ducats. Ex. TKAGEDY AVERTED, 'Just in the nick of time our little boy was saved ' writes Mrs. vv.Wat kins of PleasantCity, Ohio, "Pneu monif had playtd snd 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's New Discovery for Consumption, and our darling was taved. lie's now sound. :ind well." Eveiybody ought to know, it s the only sure cure for t'oughs, Colds and all Lung diseases. Guar anteed bv M. I. Blackburn. Price 5'c and $1.00. Trial bottles free. Devotion wins a woman; diplomacy retains her affeu tious. PLEASANT A D HARMLESS. Don't drug tne stomach to cure a cough. One Minute (tough 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 C"ugh.One minute Cough Cure relieves a cough in one minute be cause it ads first on the mucous membrane right where the cough troubles inthe throat or deep-seated cn the lungs (Sold by M. B. Blackburn. ' ' Dedicate! Monument at Appomattox. A Lynchburg dispatch of the 19th to the St. Louis Re public says: "There wus a love feast of Virginia aud North Garolina in Appomattox today at the unveiling of the monument marking the last yolley flred by Goi's brigade of North Garolina, and the dedication of lesser monuments mark ing what North Carolinians did on the eventful day of the battle forty years ago. Every speech struck a hijih note of patriotism and joy in a unitetf country and vet erans of the blue and the gray mingled like brethren, "Among the noted Federal soldiers present were (ieneral E. W. Whataker of Washing ton, who was General Cus ter's chief of staff, and-Majnr George H. Amies, of Wash ington, owner of the buttle ground and donor to North Caiolina of the site on which the monuments are erected. "When the monument to North Garolina Confederate dead was dedicated in Hal eigh in May, 1896, there was placed upon it the inscrip tion: " 'First at Bethel. Last at Appomattox.' " Thisalluded to the fact that the Stite oad lost the first Confederate soldier in pitched battle Henry L. Wyatt, in the bat tle of Bethel, Va., in J 11 n e, 1861. and that Ntu-th Garoli na troops 61 ed the last vol ky and made the last stand at Appomattox, "Evidence was brought foi ward late, showing that N. Carolina troops went far thest to the front at Gettys burg nnd Chicama'iga, and that the State furnished more meu than any other to t h e Confederacy. ''Inscriptions on the monn mont fully set forth t h e claims of North Carolina, which has been disputed by Virginians, and for a time the latter were so wrought up that they declared no Vir ginia veteran would attend the dedication." A DESTRUCTIVE KIKE. To draw the lire out of a burn, or heal a cut without leaving a scar, use De Witt's Witch Hazel Salve. A specilic for piles. Get the genuine J. L. Tucker, editor of the Ilarmoniz er, Centre, Ala., writes; ' have us ed DeWitt's Witcli Hazel Salve in my family for piles, cuts and hums. It is the best salve on the markt t. Every familv should keep if on hand'." Sold by M. 15. Blackburn. ''When tired, go h o in e. Whn you want consi-lation, go horsi. VVhen von vvjiur to show others that yon haw reformed, go home and I 1 ,x our family get n--qn.mii' d with the fart, Vhen U)U want to show your.'if ;t the bent, go home and do the tict there. .When ,mmj iVd like til ing extra liberal, go Inane and practi'-e un .our ii and clnMrtu first. When you whnl to hIiiiip with more brill iuney than iihu il. go home and hgh' I lie M ole Immd; hold Home i he b" --t pl.n e of all if we would ;.ut nifike it so." If it is a bili'-ns attack take Clm berlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets and a quick cuie is cci uin. For hale by J. M, Motetz.. Tbia great atock medicine ! a money aaver for stock raiaera. It la a medicine, not a cheap food or condition powder. Though put op In coarser form than Thedford's Black-Draught, renowned for the cure of the digestion troubles of persons, it baa the same qualities of invigorating digestion, stirring up the torpid liver and loosening the constipated bowels for all stocx and poultry. It is carefully pre nored and its action is so healthful that stock grow and thrive with an occasional dose in their food. U cures hog cholera and makes hoga 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 consumed. It gives animals and fowls of all kinds new life. Everv farmer and II raiser should certamly give it a trial. It costs 25c. a can and saves ten times its price in profit.' ' Fittsbttho, Ras March J5, 1901. I hsve beon using your Black-Draught biock ana roujtry jnaicina on my lock fur sums time. I bar used U kinds of stock food but 1 har found Uiot yours is the best for my pnrpoaa, J. D. EASfiOK. Gov. Glenn, while nt Appo mattox, was presented wjth a gun by a negro man who picked it uo many years ago. lie went through tho crowd hunt ing for the Governor un til he found him, He alone knows why he wanted to give it. to the Governor of North Carolina. FOR AN IMPAIKKD APPKTtTB. Loss of appetite always results from faulty digestion. AH that 19 needed is a lew doses of Chamber Iain's Stomach and Liver Tablets. They will invigorate the stomach, Ht;engthn the digestion and give you an appetite like a wolf. These Tablets alno act as a gentle laxative. For sale by J. M. Moretz. People wh'j live in air cas ties aie beldam bothered with dralts. IT saved His LEG. I. A. Dariforth of LaGrange, Ga.f Buffered for ix months with a fright ful running sore on his leg; but writes that Bucklen's Arnica Salve wholly cured it in five days. For Ul ' cers, Wounds, Piles, it's the best salve in the world. Cure guaranteed. Only 25ctB. Sold by M. B. Black, burn. , Lots of, men regard relig ion as the moth balls of the nxt life, Over-Work Weakens Your Kidneys Unhealthy Kidneys Make Impure BlootU All the blood in your body passes through' your kidneys once every three njinutes. y i ne Kidneys are your blood purifiers, they flk ter out the waste or Impurities In the blood. If they are sick or eut of order, they fall to d4 their work. j Pains, achesandrheu matism come from ex cess of uric acid in the blood, due to neglected kidney trouble. ( j Kidney trouble causes quick or unsteady heart beats, and makes one feel as 'hough they had heart trouble, because the heart it over-working In pumping thick, kidney poisoned blood through veins and arteries. t 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 befW nine In kidney trouble. ' . If you are sick you can make no mistake by first doctoring your kidneys. The anlld and the extraordinary effect of Dr. Kilmer'! Swamp-Root, the great kidney remedy to' soon realized. It stands the highest for Its wonderful cures of the most distressing c by all druggists in fifty- cent and one-dollar alz-1 es. You may have a am. . t ku J . - free, aiso pamphlet telling you how, to Ha4 ' out If you have kidney cr bladder 'trouble.. Mention this paper, when writing Dr. KilHkst it C., toghimton, N. Y . , . " . sr -re : ! 1