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BOONE. WATAUGA COUNTY, N C.; THURSDAY OCTOhEB 19, 1905.
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The roan who bold his
hpads tori high overlooks a
lot of life's nooi thiols.
PROFESSIONAL.
L, D.LOWE,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
. ..... BANNER ELK, N. C.
SUfWVA 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 eoujtB
Special attention riven to real
. estate law and collections.
6-15-;0G-
F. A. LINNEY,
. -ATTORNEY AT LAW,
-: " " BOONE, N.'C.
Will practice in the courts
; of this and surroundingeonn
ties. Promot attention siv
en to the collection of claims
and all other business of n le
galnature. 612 '05.
EDMUND JONES,
LAT YER
v ' LENOIU, N. O-
Will Practice Regularly in
the Court of Watauga,
6.1 '05.
J. C. FLETCHER,
Attorney At Law,
BOONE, N. C.
, Careful attention given to
collections.
E. F. LOVILL,
-ATTORNEY AT LAW,
- -BOOSE, N.C.
- JPcT-Special attention Riven
to all business entrusted to
llis care.&a
1-1 -'04.
E. S. COFFEY
-AT10RhEY Al LAW,-
-BOONE, N. C.
Prompt attention given to
all matters of a lejrnl nature.
0" Abstracting titles and
collection oi claims a special
iv. 1-1 '05.
DR R D JENNINGS,
resident DENTIST,
BANNER ELK. jn. C.
Nothing hat the best material
used find all work done under n
positive guarantee. Persons at a
dintaiice should notify me a few
days in advance when they want
work done. After-March the 1st,
I have arranged to lie at the
Blackburn Hnune in Boone on
each first Monday. Call on ine.
1.23.
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 Spscialist,
BANNER'S ELK. N. L
fto Knite; No Burning Out.
Highest references and endow
ments of prominent persona suc
cessfully treated in Va., Tenn.
and N. C. Remember that there
is no time Too boon to get rid ol
a cancerous growth no matter
how small.- Examination free,
; letters answered promptly, and
latjefactionfeuarantcco.
W ASHINGTON LETTER
Prom oar Regular Corrtsponilent.
The latest suggestion for
helping along thrt halting
work on the Panama canal
is to isHue bonds for the work.
This method of raising mon
ey to th extent of$130,000
000 - is authorized by ,the
Spooner act, in case the Pres
ident considers it advisable.
It is thought that this plan
will be followed rather than
to ask Congress for more
money out of the Treasury.
The ten million dollars first
appropriated by thetfpooner
act is about exhausted and
something must he done at
onee to straighten out the
tangle iu canal affairs, There
is no question thatthe bonds
would sell and the bond issue
plan would practically make
the canal build itself a n d
would stop the drain on the
treasury which otherwise will
involve the expenditure of a
vast amount of the nation's
money.
While actual work on the
canal has been Ingirinir woe
fully, there have been numer
ous complaints from ship
pers that it is almost impos
sible -to get freight across
the Isthmus because the Pan
ama Railway is tied up with
the transportation of canal
supplies. Secretary Taft was
asked about this and said
that it was intended to expe
diatothe moving of freight
as much as possible, but that
much of the fault lay with
the steamship contpanips
which did not make good use
of their opportunities. The
railway is of course the only
short route from the United
States to the west side of
South America, but the stea
mer service is bad and accor
ding to Secretary" Taft t h e
west side steamer will fre
quently .sail for down the
const ports when by waiting
a few hours they might easi
ly make connection with the
steameis froaj New York and
save a delay of eight or ten
days for passengers a n d
freight. .When asked whether
the government would ar
range the running of the
road so that better ronnee
tionN could be made, Secreta
ry Taft replied that the sched
ule matter was entirely with
the s tea m ship co ai pa nies a n d
that, the railway would be. us
ed primarily toexpediate the
work of the canal. In effect,
the freight and passenger
businen would have to lo-jk
out for itself. It was also sag
gested that enormous freight,
rates were charged across
the isthmus, amounting to
as much assixcentsa pound,
The Secretary was asked
what steps' would betaken
to remedy this. He replied
that nothing was eontempla
ted at present, thatthe rates
were n matter that had to be
balanced with the actual run
nlog expenses of the road
and it was, impossible to say
just now whether the exut
ing rates were too high.
The committee on econo
my at the government print?
ing office is at last get ting to
work. Representative Landis
of Indiana has been appoint
ed chairman of a sub com
mittee consisting also of Sen
ator Oormnn and Represent
tative PerkiiiH.of New . Yor
to do the actual work of in
vest iga ting and to report to
the main couimmittee. The
work of . the committee will
not be to look for grifters.
though if any graft, is uncov
ered in the course of the in
vestigation it will be report
ed to the proper authorities,
that is to say the politics and
personality of the grafters
admits of sirh a course. The
real object of the committee,
however, is to put some
check on the publication of
tons and tons of useless doc
uments that are nnnually
turned out from the big print
ery. There is enohgh of this
work if properly checked to
largely reduee the deficit in
the Treasury, hut if there w
a stop put to the gentrous
use of the government pi ess
es by private and serai-pri
vate interests, there is sure
to be a big howl.
The old scheme of a floats
ing museum for the exploita
tion oi United States pro
ducts is' again being revised.
The project is in the hands
of a company and is said to
have met with the approval
of the President, as indeed
anything does meet with his
approval wh'ch looks to the
expansion of the country's
foreign trade. The scheme is
to tit up a vessel as a float
ing museum with samp'es of
American products of all
sorts, to make hei a regular
commercial museum and to
send hpr to visit all the coun
tries of the globe wbsre there
is anv opening for the lines
of American products t h a t
she carries. The scheme looks
well enough on paper, but
there are about seven thou
sand practical difficulties in
putting it into operation.
One of the many troubles is
that the exhibit would only
ije available at the sea ports
r.t the countries visited and
anothei is that a good many
of the exhibits would he out
jf date before she had half
computed her itinerary, Rut
the schema is proceeding and
it is proposed to make a
a world tour of it.', covering
all together about 00.000
miles and winding up at Sua
fruncisco or Portland, Ore
gon.
The Navy Department has
decided to assign three cruis
ers for duty in escorting the
President from New Orleans
to Hampton Roads. They
will be the West Virginia, the
Pennsylvania and the Colo
rado and will make an impo
sing flotilla.
Are You Engaged f
Engaged people should remem
ber that after marriage many quar
rels can be avoided, by kcepingtheir
('igestion in good condition with
Electric Bitters. S A. Brown, of
Bennetsville, S. C. says: 'F o r
years my wife suffered intensely
from dyspepsia, complicated with a
torpid liver, until she lost her
strength and vigor and became a
mere wreck of her former self.
Then she tried Electric Bitters,
which helped her at once and final
ly made her entirey well. She is
now strong and healthy." M. B.
Blackbnrn sells and guarantees
them at 5OC a bottle.
Being president neyer made
a man insane, fcutneing kept
out of the presidential chair
has made uiuny'armi.tn.
Obitunrj.
Effle E Shull was born Au
gust, 1,1891, and departed
this life Sept, 11, 1905, aged
14yearsj 1 month and 10
days.
While Efiio was only per
mitted to brighten the home
of her parents for a few brinf
years, yet the sweetness of
her life arid disposition were
such as to make her loss all
the harder to bear. Efti wag
a girl ol move than ordinary
intelligence. She possessed a
thoughtfulness far beyond
hpr years. While shelovedher
young associates and was ev
er tender and affectionate to
wards them, yet her mind
was so full of noble thoughts
as to make her an interest
ing'companion for o 1 d e r
ones. She had about her that
air of dignity and calm de
meanor that always impress
es one with the idea of thf su
peri or mental qualifications
of the possessor.
Never shall' I forget her as
she delivered that wonderful
recitation, "Resignation" at
an entertainment at the close
of .my .'school last year. Be
fore she was seated tears
were streaming down the
cheeks of more than one. Lit
tle did we then think that so
soon we should be called up
on to resign ourselves to
God's will in removing her
from earth's sorrows to Rod's
paradise.- It is one of the mys
teries of God's providence
why He should call away the
beautiful and tahnted before
the morning sun of lifoshould
kiss away th!1 dews of night.
Rut this consolation re
mains: ileayen opened wide
its gates to receive her s.oul
betore the dark clouds of sin
and temptation had obscnr
ed its glories from her sight.
ElGe, we miss you, yet we
know your soul is safe forev
er. No more shall you eyes
be dimmed with tearsoryour
heart strings ache with sor
row.
"Daily the tides of lif gi
ebbing and flowing beside
thee: Thousands of aching
brains while thine is busy no
long'-r; thousands of throb
bing hearts while thine is at
rest forever; thousands of
toiling hands while filing have
ceased from their labors;
thousands of wearvfeet while
thine have completed their
journey,''
W. D. FahthiNo.
Watauga Falls, N. C.
No Unpleasant Effect.
If you ever took DeWitt's Little
Early Risers for biliousness or con
stipation you know what pill picas
tire is. These famous little pills
cleanse the liver and rid the system
cf all b !e without producing un
pleasant effects. Jutice of the Peace
Adam Shook, New Lisbon, Jnd.,
says: "Some three years ago 1 had
a spell of grip and felt outdone and
I happened to get a trial box of De
Witt's Little Early Risers and they
gave me strength and muscle."
They do not gripe or make you feel
sick, Sold by M. B. Blackbvrn.
Attacked By a Mob.
and beaten in a labor riot, Until cov.
eled with sores, a Chicago street
car conductor applied Bucklen's Ar
nica Salve, and wafl soon sound and
well. 'I used it in my familv, writes
G. j. Welch, of Tckonhh, Mich.,
'and find it perfect," Simply great
lor cuts and burns. Only 25c at M.
B, Blackbdm's.
Chit's & Salvo
Fp Plies, Burns,
'Mr. Rockefeller'! doodaess.
Mr. Rockefeller is goodlike
too many of us are good, we
fear. He is punctilious relig
iously. He behaves himself
personally. II is noma lifers
air that it should be and we
;n North Carolina often suf
fer that to coyer a multitude
of sins. A man may be a scoun
drel and yet a beautiful bus
band and father.- He may he
excellent ia church piety and
yet fall far short of Christian
loyeand theU iitfen Rule. 'He
may never commit a person
al wrong, licit her curse, chew,
drink, steal, fight nor beat
his wife and yet be a bad
man.'
Mr. Rockefeller is weak
whre ho many of us are
weak in the enlightenment
of his conscience. We heard
a man say theotherday that
if he were a keeper of a dis
pensary and a drummer of
fered him a hundred dollars
to buy his 'goods he would
tijke it; that he could see
nothing wrong in that. His
trouble is not that he is a
bad man, hut that bis con
science is ignorant dark. So
Mr. Rockefeller sees nothing
wrong in his rebate system,
nothing wrong in purchasing
legislation, nothing wrong in
crushing competition, noth
ing wrong in making 50 per
cent profit in a commodity
necessary to the poor. But
that does not make him a
good man A - negro that
steals a hpn one night a n d
leads the prayer meetmgnext
night may think he is a good
man, but he thinks so be
cans his conscience ia unin
lighK ned.
Oar ministers have a great
task in the present time ol
darkness the task of preach
ing such righteousness that
conscience will be enlighten
ed and men will cease to be
delnden into tin.' notion thai
they are good Christians.
Oh, but you should n o t
judge, nays the render, Yes.
we .should. The same Lord
who said ,,Judg.. not", said
also, 'By their fruits ye shall
know them.' The idea that
lie did not mean for us to
recognize a bad man as bad
is absurd. Riblical Recorder.
Like Finding Money.
Finding health is like finding
money so think those who arc
sick. When you have a cough, cold,
sore throat or chest irritation, better
act promptly like W. C. Barber, of
Sandy Level, Va., He says:4, 1 had
a terrible chest trouble caused by
snoke and coal dust on my lungs,
but after findtng no relief in other
remedies, I was cured by Dr. Kings
New Discovery for Consumption,
Coughs and Colds. Greatest sales of
anv coug'.i or lung med:cine in the
world. M M B Blackburn's. Only
5oe. and $1 guaranteed.
It in just as easy to praise
a neighbor us it is to fi n M
tault with him, but people
Keem to derive less satisfae
Hon from it.
Ntf.MLRet'S AND WORTHLESS.
Everything is in the name when it
comeH to Witcn Ilnzel Salve. E. C.
DeWjtt & Co., of Chicago, discover
ed a few years ago how to make a
salve from Witch Hazel that is a
specific for piles. For blind, bleed
ing, itching and protruding piles, crj
zema, cuts, burns, bruises and all
skin diseases DeWitt's Salve has no
equal This has given raise to nu
merous worthless counterfeits Ask
ff.r DeWiuV tb.- rcri-inc S ld bv
I M. B. Blackburn.
Why Refer
to Doctors
Because we make medicines
for them. We give them the
formula for Ayer't Cherry
Pectoral) and they prescribe It
for coughs, colds, bronchitis,
consumption. They trust it.
Then you can afford to trust
it. Sold for over 60 years.
" Arer'i Charry Ptrl l ft tented? Uut
houlrt lie In ever, home I dht ud a grout
deal uf It for hard cough, and cold,, and I
know vhat a iplendld mediclua it la. I can
not recommend It too liluhli." MaBK K.
Cohbn, Hyda Park, Una.
by J. 0. Ayr Co.. Lowell, Mm,
Buumaoiurora ox
J SARSAPARILLA
PVQ. FIU-S
WO Hair viQOff.
Aver's Pills
aid the Cherry
Pectoral In breaking up a col
d.
A man isn't necessarily a
high liver just heause he oc
cupies the attic room in a
boarding house.
Best for Children.
Mothers, be careful of the health of
your children. Look out for coldsj
coughs, croup pud whooping cough.
Stop them in time One Minute'
Cough Cure is the best -remedy.
Harmless and pleasant. Contains no
opium A. L. Spafford, postmaster"
at Chester, Mich., says: "Our little
girl was unconscious during a sudJ
den a sudden and terrible attack o
croup, Three doses half an hour a
part One Minute Coilgh Cure spec
dily cured her." gold by M. B,
Blackburn.
Cobwebs are useful in ad
vertising a store that dottf
not advertiFe.
DO YOU GST UP
WITH A LAMB BACK?
Kidney Trouble MakcS You Miserable,
Almost everybody who reads the news
papers Is sure to know of tlie wonderful
cures made by Dr.
1 Kilmer's
Root, the gr
iii'v, liver ui
Kilmers bwmmv
L'rcat kid-
and blud-
P der remedy.
5 It is the irrent Hied-
11 ical triumph of the
!l nineteenth ceutury ;
; JisSaV- by L)r- Kilmer' t!ie
bladder specialist, and is wonderfully
successful in promptly curing lame buck,
uric acid, catarrh of the bladder and
Uriel's Disease, which is theworst
form of kidney trouMe.
Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root id not rec
ommended for everything but if vou have
kidney, liver or bladder trouble It will bo'
found just the remedy you need. It lins
been tested in so many ways, in hospital
work and in private practice, and has
proved so successful in every case that a
Special arrangement has been made by
which all readers of this paper, who have
Hot already tried it, may have a sample
bottle sent free by mail, Hlsoa book tclU
in more about Swamp-Root, and how to
fiudout if you have kidney or bladder trou
ble. When writing mention reading this
generous offer in this paper and send your
address to Dr. Kilmer
& Co.. Biiiiihamton. i
K. Y. The regular
fiftv-ccnt and one- iSS-
dollar size ImttleS are Horn of Swamp-Booh
sold by all good druggists. Don't make
any mistake, but remember thp name,
Swamp-Root, Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root,
and the address, Binghamlou, K. Y., Oil
every bottle.
First Call for Taxes.
1 wilt be at the, following pla
ces on the days named during
the month of October for' tlie
purposo of collecting the taxes
lor the year 1905:
Shawiitehaw; L. M. Banner's store
Oct. 3.
Riwh Ml.; Loggy flnp, 4
Liiurcl Creek; voting place ' fj.
Beaverdnm; Fnrthingstore' G.
Cove Creek; MqhCh store, ' 7.
North Fork; Thoma,?8torc 10,
Meat Camp; Vaunoy Btore Hi
Buhl Mt.; voting plnce ' 12.
Stony Fork; Ilendrix store' 13.
Elk, Cox'h store 14.
Blue Rijge; Story's store 16,
Blowing Rock, ' 17.
Shull's Mills 18.
Boone 19.
These taxes are now due; and
1 pxpect eanie paid not later thar
Jan. 6, 1906. So meet me and
st-t tie same at once.
Respectfully. r '
JOI1X W. HODGES', Shff.
This Sept. .10, 1905. ;
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