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TOLXVU.
BOONJE, WATAUGA COUNTY, N. C, THU11SDAY MAY 4, 1905.
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PROFESSIONAL.
L.D.IME,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
BANNER ELK, N. C.
liT Will practice in the courts
of Watauga, Mitchell and adjoining
counties. . . 7 6.'04
Todd & fiallou.
ATTORNEYS AT LAW.
JEFFERSON, N. C.
Will practice in all the coujts.
Special attention given to col
ection, , 1-6-4-.
' F. A. LINNEY,
-ATTORNEY AT LAW,-
BOONE, N. C.
Will practice in the courts
of this and surroundingconn
ties.. Prompt attention giv
en to the collection of claims
and all other business of a le
gal nature. 6 12 '04
EDMUND JONES,
LAT YEE
LENOIR, N. f
Will Practice Regularly in
the Courts of flatauga,
6.1. '04.
J. C. FLETCHER,
Attorney At Law,
BOONE, N. C-
Careful attention given to
collections. -
E- F. LOVILL,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,-
BOOSE, N. C.
'Special attention Riven
to all business entrusted to
his care."a .
11'04.
E. S. COFFEY
-ATWRSEYA7 LAWt-
BOONE, N.C,
Prompt attention given to
, all matters of a legal nature.
tST Abstracting titles and
collection ot claims a special-
tv.
M'05
DB R. D. JENNINGS.
resident dentist,
BANNER ELK. IS. C.
Nothing but. the best material
UHed and all work done under a,
positive guarantee. Fersons at a
. . 1 11 x ? p
distance snouia nomy me a lew
days in advance when they want
work done. .Alter March the let,
I have arranged to be at the
Blackburn House in Boone on
each first Monday. Call on me.
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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 Knite; No Bui Ding Out.
,,. Highest references and endors
ments of prominent persons sue-,
cessfuliy treated, in Va., Term,
vand Ni C. Remember that there
"is no time Top soon to get rid ol
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ttters answewd promptly, and;
ati6factiocguaranteod.
: OCa NATITE HILLS. i
The following beautiful ora
tion was delivered at t h
Commencement exercises last
week b,y Mr. I. 0. (Jreer:
Ladies and Gentlemen: It
has been suggested that I
speak a word this afternoon
in behalf of our 'Native Hills
andJPeople.
The Scottish Highlanders
never grow weary -in giving
toils the most graphic de
scription of their native hills
and people. The travelers in
striking language have told
us of the beauties of Swifzr
land; of the towering Alps
that stand in grand sublimi
ty to the glory of nature.
The rivers and lakes of the
Old and New World have
spread their beau tie before
them, but never have thy
lingered among scene more
fair, more full of rich auA va
ried beauties and grandeur,
nor a people more loyal and
God-like than that of which
shall speak.
I trust that I am not so
selfish that it wili preclude
me from giving to you the
true merits of a people, that
during the sweeping progress
and development of a centu
ry and a quarter have been
regarded as the "Sleeping
Mountaineers" of a mighty
country. To some eytent, we
plead guilty to the "soft, im
peachment" in the line of in
tclleetual development and
progress. But the past has
been written, and 'I cannot
possess that coldness of heart
for my native land to speak
irreverently of those prolific
achievements of our forefath
ers who gained for us these
uative hills and landscapes
this refuge of free principles,
this school for religious liber
ty. free from th demorali
zing influences of corrupt so
ciety. I leave this unpleas
ant task foi the critic a n d
pessimist, und speak with
pride of the natural ability
of our people, their loyalty,
their devotion to Christiani
ty, their happt condition at
present and their hopes for
the future, for which I owe
no apology.
Ever and anon there have
gone forth from our midst
men and women who have
stood like intellectual giants
among their fellow-men who
knows but that for the want
of ah opportunity geniuses
grand and awful have walk"
ed among us and now slum
ber in the dust at our feet
No wonder the poet in speak
ingofthis, was inspired to
say: "Some mute, inglorious
Milton here may rest; a Crom
well, guiltless of his country's
blood." But no longer cun it
be said a genius lives among
U8 uknown for the want of
an opportunity. Fcr out of
our own homes apostles of
education have come forth.
Biilious Bill was getting bloat
ed, nnd his tongue was muchly
conted. L'atent "tonics" wonld
not cure him. companies would
not insure him. All his friends
were badly frightened, but their
spirits soon were brightened, lor
Bill said and they believed him,
Early Riser Pills relhved hira.
The famous little pills, "Earlv Hi
sere," cure constipat ion, sick
headache, biliousness, etc., by
their tonic effect on the liver.
They never gripe or sicken, but
impart earh rising energy, Good
tor adults and children. Sold by
'M. B. Black burp.
Like onr brave pioneer who
once gathered about him on
the majestic summit of these
hills his little hand,, taught
them how to wield the toma
hawk and rifle, so these apos
ties of learning gather about
them the seekers of knowl
edge and train tham to meet
life's stem battles. Out from
thesn Kchool rooms and hum
ble homes that nestle among
thse bills and valleys shall
the angel of destiny yet se
lect n modest daughter, who
once bent over the old-fashioned
oven to prepare a com
mon meal for a tired f.ith.T
or brother, or st patiently
at the old fashioned loom,
and wreath about her brow
the laurels of a Harriet Heech
er Stowe or an Ann Judson.
Out from these shall the an
gel of dentin v select a horn
ly lad and about hissunburn
ed brow wreath the laurelsof
a Soft, that he may give to
us in verse thp beauties of
our native highlands; a Ma
cauky. that he may give us
a true history of our high
land people, and dedicate
them to the glories ol genera
tions to come.
But after all, the destinies
of nations are not shaped a I
together by great geniuses.
It was not the Demosthanes,
the Platoes or Pericles, that
made Greece great; it was not
the Wrishingtons orLincolns
that made America great.
They were simply the direct
ing forces like the men who
hold the leyer and valves of
the engine and after all it is
the toiling puffingsteum that
moves the engine. So it -is,
the great, toiling, driving, hon
tat, patriotic multitude that
shapes the character of na
tions. The world has never had
mole typical examples of
such characters than ours,
ll is here the purest and bra
vest Anglo Saxon race have
made their homes. Tnis was
pioved when the dark and
vengeful spirit of slavery
had reached the pointed su
preme peril, and struck at th
lihVof n mighty nation and
at the foundation of Ameri
can society. We see g o i n g
forth to battle noble eons
whose lives had beenas qui
et as these hills on vv h i h
they had played" together.
One filled with love for his
own sunny land went forth
to battle for what he thought
was right, while another hro
ihrfroui the same home
went forth to tight for the
nation's life. When the battle
was on, wo see brothers who
had been taught to pray a
round the same mother's
knee, face each other withthe
valor of n Spartan in that
gigantic rebellion whiledeath
pealed about their beads like
the bnnder on the mountain
tops. These were our futh-
TERRIFIC HACK WITH DOTH.
"Death was fast 'approaching-,"
writes R. F Frcnantlez,;f Tampa.
Fla , describing his fearful race
with death, as a result of liver
trouole and heart disease, which
had roboed me of sleep and of all
interest in life. I had tried many dif
fcrent doctors and seven 1 medi
cines, but got no benefit, until I
began to use E'ecctric Bitters. So
wonderful wan thc-ir effect that in
three days I felt like a new man,
and today I am cured of nil mv
trouble." Guaranteed t M. 13.
Blackburn', rice 50c,
ers, a few of whom are yet
spared to ' walk among us,
whose silvery lovks and bend
ing forms are greater to us
than any marble statue tell
ing of an awful conflict.
When right had conquered
at the awful drama at Appo
mattox and the smoke of the
last battles were yet linger
ing on the mountain tops,
we see them worshiping in
the same church and build
ing up new homes in this,
our Switzerland of America,
where, they could learn of na
ture, and where their chil
dren, instead of being sur
rounded by the damning in
fluences of the modern city,
might have for their school
the great book of nature.
When the day's labor is
ended and the earth is man
tied in darkness, we pee craf
ty satan gathering around
him in the great cities his at
tentiveaudiencesand preach
ing most eloquently that doc
trine which is blighting the
usefulness of the present and
future generations. But a
more beautiful picture is seen
when the queen of night
bursts forth from her crim
son couch and rests upon the
keystone of her mighty arch.
She smiles as she casts her
pale rays into the homes that
are crouched among these
hills, and beholds the angel
of peace in the form of happy
families gathered about the
fireside, the mother with her
knitting, the father with his
stories of prouder days, the
children with slate ami pen
cil gather around the table
to grapple with those little
problems that only sweeten
life's remembrance.
How they long for great
ness as they talk of the vis
ions of long ago; of joy an.l
sorrow strangely mixed; vis
ions ot love'fe first d reams; vis
ions of life's stern battles; vis
ions of lift's checkerd path
way as it winds through flow
ering fields or pain's hot des
ert sands; through the fra
grant spire groves of joy or
over sorrow's mountain
rags. How indelible through
all thechange freighted years
this picture remains on the
canvas of the soul.
I know that such homps
are often criticised by fash
ionable society. But better a
thousand timesthat ever y
young man as he goes out in
to the world had such a vis
ion written upon his soul to
inspire him to higher living
and to guard him from the
temptations that pass by
him on beau tie's curnival.
Better a thousand timesthat
the hum of the old spinning
wheel, like that of Priscillis,
could be hfard m every home
thanifor the gills of the pies
ent generation to be nicked
SAVED HV DYNAMITE,
Sometimes a flaming city is sav
ed b) dynamiting a space that
the fire can't crots. Sometimes a
cough holds on bo long you feel
as if nothing but dynamite would
cure it. Z. 'J'. Gray, of Calhoun,
Ga., writes: "My wife had a very
aggravated cough; which kept her
awake at night. Two phyfcicirns
could not help her; so she took Dr.
King's New Discovery for con
sumption, coughs and colds, whieh
eased hcr-cough, gave her sleep,
and finally cured her," Strictly sci
entific cuie for bronchitis and La
Grippe. At Blackburn's. Price 50
cts. and 1 guaranteed. Trial bottles
toe,
to bleep by the pleasures of
life.
Out from ten thousand un
painted cottages that dot
the land, have stalked forth
the great thought and migh
ty deeds of the past. They
are thesacred shrines of earth
where the camp fires of geni
us have beenjighted in every
uge.
There is a striking picture
in Grecian story of u beauti
ful highland dedicated to the
gods nnd kept sacred from
war, Here the great teachers
and philosophers w o u I i
come to rest and learn of na
ture. The same might be said
of our, own county and ad
joining ones. Standing 1 i k e
colossal stutues of liberty u-
way from the burning sands
and fretting masses of the
busy world, casting t h e 1 r
rock-ribbed peaks G.QCO feet
above the sea. It has been
prese-ved for a noble pur
pose; for here in these balmy
breezes nnd upon these lofty
mountains, where thesetting
sun lingers with unspeakable
glory there is strength f o r
the feeble and health and life
for tteaying. N'Tis here the
pleasure and health seekers
come, and while dashing at
the speed of an eagle's flight,
drawn by gallant steed 5000
feet above the sea, they aie
permitted to look down from
the "Appean way" upon the
most sublime scenery that
God ever fashioned with his
mighty baud. Like Jesus ol
Nazareth, when wearied of
the thronging multitudes
sought the lonely heights of
the mountain where he could
rest and commune with the
Father; the business m a n
a nd seeker of k no ivle lge w hen
weary of the hum lA machine
ry nnd duties of life 0 o in e
hither to our native hills
where they may lest from la
bor and learn fiom the grpat
book of nature. And we 1
they may, for here among
our hills are flowers for the
botanist, rocks for the geolo
gist, landscape for the artist,
sublimity for the poet, inspi
ration; for the orator, rest
for the laboring man, new
life for the old, und a grand
foretaste of that greater life
to come.
Not only are her natural
advantages inspiring and at
tractive, but here under the
shadows of these colossal
mountains in the villages of
the sky, stand her noble in
stitutions, prolific in their
teachinga as the Athens of
old, as pure in spirit as th
silver waters that tuinbl.-'
down tiip mountain sides, an
Athens indeed, where stu
dents shall go forth as teach
ers of morality and in whose
lives the World may find an
Concluded on third page
1IOT WKATUSlt lIM:h.
Persons afflicted with pilesshould
be careful at this season ol t h e
year, Hot weather and b .1 d
drinking water contribute to the
conditions which make piles
more painful and dangerous De
Witt's Witch Hazel Salve .stops
the pain, draws out. the Horeness
and cures. Get the genuine, bear
ing the name ol E. (', DeWitt fc
Co.
The Gov. has appointed
W. T. Brown, of Winston, a
director of the North Caroli
na Hailroad to hucce?d. Geo.
J iVH, resigned,
Take
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AT HO MC
Are you a wffertr?
Has your doctor been tin
cessful?
Wouldn't you prefer to tMt
yourself AT HOME?
Nearly 1500,000 tromen turn
bought Wine of Cardui from
their druggists and have cured
themselves at home, of inch
troubles as periodical, bearing
down and ovarian pains, leucor
rhcra, barrenness, nenronsneu,
dkr.iness, nausea and despond
ency, caused by female weakness.
These are not easy uses,
Wine of Cardui cores whan Uw
doctor can't.
Wine of Cardui doe not Irri
tate t'ic organs. There is no pain
in the treatment. It is a soothing
tonio cf healing herbs, free from
strong and droatio drugs. It is
successful because it cures ia a
natural way.
Wiuo of Cafdui can be bought
from your druggist at 11.00 a
bottle and you can begin thll
treatment today. Will yoa try it?
I A addreM, ilTtnf yBiRlomi.The LIUs'
1 1 licdidu Co., CutuuMOst, fni
Iu every well regulated
packing house there is a
trained-ox called Judas, who
leads the other cattle r to
slaughter. There are so me
men who may be likened. to
the Judas'ox, who, injthe
language of the street, give
their fellow beings a "bum
steer' andjlead them to de
stnrtion. Ex.
STRICTLY CENU1NE.
Most of the patent medicine tes
timonials are nrobably genuine.
The following notice recentlv a p.
pea red In 1 he Atchison, Kansas,
Globe: "Joe Tack, u well known
engineer running on the Missou
ri Pacific betweeu Wichita nnd
Kiowa, lutely appeared m a big
win.-, iv 1 1 ii 11 in.'iuie, huu wnen ne
was in his office today, we asked
him about it He said he had a
teniilic puiu iu his stomach, aud
thought he had enncer. His drug
pint recommended Kodol and he
says it cured him. He recomruen
ded it to others who were also
cured,'' Kodol Dyspepsia. Cure
digests what you eat and cures
all stomach troubles. Just as
surely as the sun shinpg your
stomnch can be brought back to
its originally pure condition and
lire sweetened by this lasting and
truly the greatest digestant ever
known Sol J by M. B. Blackurn.
The exportation j of cattle
from Mexico to Cuba is in-
erpns'ng.
Thousands Have Kidney Trouble
and Don't Enow it.
How To Find Oat.
Fill a bottle or common glass with focf
water and let It stand twenty-four hours; A
sediment or set
tling indicates an
unhealthy oondfr
tlon of the hid
neys; If It staina
your linen It ft
evidence of
ney trouble; to4
frequent desire t4
pass It or pain 14
the back is aU5
convincing proof that ths kidneys and blat
der are out of order.
What to Do.
There is comfort In the knowledge M
often expressed, that Dr. Kilmer's jwam$i
Kool, the great kidney remedy lulftia
wisn in curing rheumatism, pain In
back, kidneys, liver, bladder and arery I
of the urinary passage. It corrects InibilllJ
10 noia water ana scaiaing pain in pf TVTjg
it, or bad effects following use of l)quQr
wine or beer, and overcomethat unpf&sant
necessity of being compeHid to go 6fte
during the day, and to get up many tlmaft
during the night. The mild and the eortn
ordinary effect of Swamp-Root b aoo
realized. It stands the highest lor to wo
derful cures of the most distressing OK.
If you need a medicine you should Eava A
best. Sold by druggists In 50c and$t. aim.
You may have a sample botue of th4
wonderful discovery
and a book that tellsg
more about it, both sent!
absolutely free by mall,-
address Dr. Kilmer tt
Co.. Binrhamtbn, hLY. When writing m3, ;
Hon reading this generous offer la
ntxmttK !! it.