Watauga Democrat
0. Blnra, EJItor al Proprietor
Thuiuday, Jan. 4, 1006.
Bauer ElkLetter.
Mr. Editor: How many of
.voor readers do you suppose
bad time-and courage to read
Teddv's last message to Con
Kress? It was so long that I
at first thought 1 wouldn't
read It, bat after reading so
many and varied comments
upon it, thought I would
read it through; but I found
nothing but a Jcongloraera-
tion of nothingness fori the
great common people ofjtbe
land. Boiled down to what it
really means, it would run, in
plain Eoglisb, somethinglike
this: "Trust bosses and at
torneys: You have met to
consider thecondition ofjyour
property, and play for the
perpetuitr of our peculiar in
stitutions. You are aware
that there is tremendous un
rest among the common peo
ple who produce our billions
of wealth, and it behoove us
to look with great rare bow
tbej can be deceived and be
kept contented, that we may
prosper off their credulity and
labor. The past has been the
most prosperous year tor us
in the history of financial
trickery, but evidences, are
not lacking that we are in
danger. The agitator is a
broad in the land, and we see
what may be our fate in the
sear future unless we can
make the people believe that
they are to get some relief
from an unconstitutional
protective tariff. Some of our
members have been very
coarse and clumsy in their
L. I 1.1 I 1. -
wurR, huu '.ne pcupiu ir up
coming suspicious that all is
not right. We ranst allay
their snepicions by making
some pretended reforms; they
most have some legislation
on insurance, so as to make
them think they are; the ex
posures of rebates and bribe
ry iu the railroad industries
also require that we make
similar laws regarding them,
or the people will demand a
strict accounting from us,
and that will mean that we
shall not have the opportnni
ty to fleece the fools that we
have had in the past. You
should proceed cautiously in
the work of building up a
large army and navy for our
protection, nnder the guise of
patriotism and peace. You
should destroy the people's
money and issue money to
the banks under the decep
tion of having an elastic cur
rency to move the crops;
make a great show of econo
my by rutting off a fw hun
dred clerks and laborers in
tbe departments; you can put
your heelers back on again
and tbe people will not notice
it; make a bowl about my
greBt pence play at Ports
month and Also the Monroe
doctrine; make some mean
higless statute about tbe a
dulteration of food, some
thing that the courts can
knock out at pleasure, as the
people are getting on to this
method of swindling them,
and it won't hurt anything;
push the building of the Pan
ama canal, as it is furisbing
splendid opportunity for tbe
contractors and others of us
to graft millions from tbe
treasury without being bus
pected, and tbe people must
be bled more cautiously; we
most be careful in using the
public money for our own ben
R an A nf motra anv 0 11 m
VUb nuJ tiw ...unw u mj t-iuiu
y mistakes In tbe future. We
must keep in mind the great
danger of aroncing tbe coin
mon people, the producers,
for if they fver realize tbe
true state of affairs, they
will make tbe laws for us and
control tbe armv and navy
we baye prepared for them.
And then they will make it
possible for us to get some
thing to eat and wear only
when we earn it."
That is tbe way the mes
sage should read or words
to that effect.
Phantom.
A JA AiCAN La d v Spiaki Highly
Op Chamberlain's Couch
Remedy.
Mrs Michael Hart, wife of the
guperintendeut of Cart Sarvice at
Kingttcn. Jamaica. West Indies
Islands, gays that she has for some
years used Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy for coughs, croup and
whooping cough and has found it
very beneficial. She has implicit
confidence in it and womld not be
without a bottle of it in her home.
Sold by all Dealers Boone N.C and
Bowing Rock Drug Co.
Thoyear 1905. with its nu-
merous joys and sorrows has
dropped into the eternal past.
The Ulrt lear Held lor its
much of joy H8 well as sad
ness There was much to make
life'pleasant and then much
that vexed and perplexed. Op
portunities were ours thn
that never will be again, for
once they are gone thev nev
er come hack again. Obi how
we'would like) to go back
and live it over and try to
make a change here and
there; bow we d like to do
some things we left undone.
and undo some things we
did. We sometime thought
the clouds hung mighty dark
over us, but for all we know
thev may have bad "silver
linings" if only we had
looked for them. It is useless
now to worry oyer the mis
takes of the past, but tbe
new year is open beforo us
and let us each one realizing
that we ?hall not pass this
way again; seize every oppor
tunity to do somelittlegood,
and not waste tbe time in
dreaming of great things to
do by and by. for after all
rhe great things of life are on
ly made of (he little thing.
! Menonam.
On the night of December
the 16th. 1905, the Reaper
angel visited the earth and
bore away on the pinions of
love to the home eternal the
loving, fHithful wife ot Mr
Amos Stnnsberry.nnd daugh
ttr of tbe Into Mr. Elijuh Ta-
tura.
The whole community was
I shocked and saddened by the
news of her idea th. Often did
we hear tbe remark made:
"Wejhaye lose one of o u r
very best neighbor, and ber
children one of tbe kindest of
mothers."
In early life Mrs. Htansber
r.v gave her heart to God and
joined the Baptist church at
South Fork, in wbirb connec
tion she lived and died a eon
sistantnndan honest mem
her If she had an enemy, wo
know not who it was. To
know ber was to bve her. A
grief-stricken husband with
hve children survive ber.
What is sadder t h a n a
crowd ol little children weep
ing around thecHvket that
contains all that is mortal of
tbeir mother? Maythestrong
loving hand of our Father
bear up the heart broken huu
band and children, and may
they make an undivided fam
ily around God's throne in
Heaven.
MAggie Taylor.
OAMVOAXA.
r
fw Tear Beverie.
It was the 81st day of LV
cembr,never mind whstyear.
The house was still and quiet
and I sat in my easy chair be
foje a blazing wood fire.
Without, thewind whistled
and howled and moaned
within, all was bright and co
zy and warm.
As the hands of the clock
pointed nearly to 12, the fire
low. 1 fell into ndoze and this
is what I saw: A great pile of
fragments, little odds and
ends of things; rose before
my astonished gaie.'tbe pile
appearing to grow larger and
larger. There I recognized a
broken resolution or two,
here an unfinished duty, there
again a wasted minute and a
neglected moment ("the frag
ments of an hour let go"),
while here and there, in wild
confusion, I noticed, staring
at me reproachfully, a hasty
word, an ungoverned temper,
an unloving thought, a lost
opportunity, a broKen prom
iee, an unsubdued passion,
an unconquered habit, an un
read Bible, a neglected prat
er, an unhallowed Sabbath,
an unfrequented church, an
unaided charity. And as I
gazed the pile grew higher
and higher, a vast column.
until it swayed and.rocked to
and fro, and then, toppling,
fell with a great crash and
disappeared I
I awoke with a start, jbst
in time to brush the c o a re
from the hearth where a bur
ning "stick of wool, breaking,
had thrown them, and to
count the strokes of the old
clock on the Htairs "o n e,
two, three, four, five, six,, sev
en, eight, nine, ten, eleven,
twelve I"
Twelve hours gone! Twelve
months gonel gone, forever
Kone! but gone with the
past repented of, and, there
fore, forgiven, and the future
before me! Aud the bells in
the town rang out on tbe
clear, cold air, a joyous, glad
some tune rang out the old,
rang in the new the glad
new yeir with 'ts hopes, its
joys, its beginnings all oer
again, its fresh starts, i t s
turned leaf," itedean, white
page, its new resolutions, its
God given strength to begin
anew and to start aright,
and, by the help of the Holy
Spirit, in the name and for
the sake'iifjonr blessed Lord,
aud Master., to have a clean
ncord to show when the New
Year becomes tbe Old Year!
William R. Savage.
Blowing Rock, N. C.
For any disease of the skin there
is nothing better than Chrmberlain's
Salve. It relieves the itching and
burning sensation instantly and Boon
effects a cure. Sold by all Dealers
Boone and Blowing Rock Drug Co
The Henkel Live Stork Co.
Statesyille, for whom Mr. W.
D. Clarke is doing business,
made him a present of five
ten dollar gold coins Christ
mas morning.
CASTOR I A
For Infanta and Children.
Till Kind Yea Hare Always Bought
CQeautifyinr methods that injure
the SKin and health are dangerous.
Be beautiful without discomfort by
taring Holltster's Roc icy Mountain
Tea. Sunshiny faces lollow its use.
35 cents. M. B. BlacKborn, Blow
ing Rock Drug Co.
TO CURB A COLD In ONE DAY
Take Laxative Rromo Quinine Tab
lets. All druggists refund the mon
ty if It fails to cure. E. W. Grove's
signature is on each box. 25c.
niu tb-
knell. We bope and believe
there were none in our midst
who found no joy iu the bless
ed season.
On Christmas night there
was a Christmas tree in the
court house for tbe whole
community, which was well
loaded with presents, beauti
fully decorated and lighted
Before the presents were dis
tributed Rev. J. H. Rrendall
delivered an unusually inter
esting address on the origin
of Christmas and the Christ
mas tree, which was very
mu''b enjoyed. Following him
in short, spicy speeches came
Capt. Lovill, Mr. F. A. Lin
ny and Mr. W, It. Lovill,
And the splendid music, botb
instrurmntal and vocal, by
the bands and un-ier the su
pervision ol Miss Sallie Sienk
necht. our highly accomplish
ed music teacher, was flue in
tbe snperlatie degree, and
reflected much credit on ber
untiring efforts.
Misses Alma Mor-tz and
Lucile Winkler bad appropri
ate recitations that were so
well rendered they fairly
brought down tbe bouse in
round after round of ap
plause. The c-owd was large,
and so quiet and well behav
ed that every word of t h e
speakers could be plainly
heard over the room. In fact
in credit to our town and
community we must eay we
have never seen bo quiet a
Christmas.
Was it not ad it should
have been? It steins to ns
that the eacerul quiet that
surronnded ns on Christmas
liiy wuh a OL e mblem of tbe
'pence' and "good will" her
allied iy tliee augeln on that
tl"gMci day so fur back in
the iiivsiic past, when h Sav
ior wuh given to the world.
Impoverished noil, like impov
erished blood, needs a projter
fertilizer. A oheinwt by nnnlyz
ing the noil tan toll you what
fertilizer to use for different
products.
If your blood is impovcriHlied
your doctor will tell you what
you need to fertilize it and give
it the rich, red corpuscles that
arc lucking in it. It mnv 1 vou
need n tonic, but more likely you
need a concentrated fat food,
and fut is the element lacking
in your system.
There is 110 fat food that is
so easily digested and assimi
lated us
Scott's Emulsion
of Cod Liver Oil
It will nourish and strengthen
the body when milk and cream
fail to do it. Scott's Emulsion
is always the same;, always
palatable and always beneficial
where the body is wasting from
any cause, either in children
or adults.
Wt will tend you a umple Ave.
Be snro that this pie
tore in the form of a
label in on the wrapper
of every bottle of Einol-1
sion 70a bay. !
scon i BOWRE
CHEMISTS
m tail St., lew Ton
B0p. and $1.00.
All Druggiata.
in ognii
Since the Democrat greet
ed its readers last, the joyous
Christmas tide has come and
gone. We say joyous, and it
was to many, yes, to a great
majority; while to others per
haps, it was as a funeral
lnpmlsiieil Soil
Tcia Laxative Dromo Quinine t.vw a -
Winter Is Approaching,
OVERCOATS. LADIES'WRAPS,
AND UNDER-WEAR WILL BE
In DEMAND
OUR STOCK IS COMPLETE
AND PRICES. RIGHT.. ....
(JIVE US A TRIAL, FOR WE
BELIEVE THAT WE CAN
PLEASE YOU........ .-. .....
Our goods are all of I he latest styles, and our texture
cannot b surpassed. We also carry a spiendid line of
Shoes, Hats, etc. The goods'.were bought right and are
being sold the same way. ' '
Yours for Bnsinetfs,
MOUNTAIN CITY CLOTH
ING COMPANY. ,
Mountain City, Tenn., Nov. 1,
HARDWARE
Mountain Cit.y, Tenn.
jj"'" ' ' '
MERCHANT AND TRADER'S BANK
MOUNTAIN CITY, TENNESSEE. ' "
AUTHORIZED CAPITAL $50,000.00.
OFFJtEIW: J. Walter Wright, Pi eirient, W. p, Dun-
GAN, Vii Freniovnt,
R. T. McDade.
Stofk-holding Directors: ..
bo, vv. r. dun'oan. and K. E. Hunter.
Non Ptor k-Holdlntr Dire tors: Dr.. J. Butler. J. N
. n ills, it E. Donnelly, mid Dr j. P. Hutler.
Accounts of Firms. ( oipomtioLs, and Individuals
Solicited,
FUM'TURE AND
The Mountain City PurniturcjCo. '
HAS XHE I MOST COMPLETE LINE OF1URNITURE,
V':-" HOUSE FURNISHINGS,
Coffins and Caskets.
W PRICES THE LOWEST.-Wi
WCall nnd see as when in torn.
Mountain City Furnitnre Company.
f Mountain City, Tennessee.
Opposite Wright and Hulcher Dros.
Jim. 1,1905.
Henkel ke Stock Company,
We hav established in Uoom hii agency for the
H ENKtUL LIVESTOCK I OMPANY
And will keep on hand theeelebrat J. I. Nisaon and Stndi
buker Wagone, Bubcoek, Rock Hill and other etandnl
Buggies; surries, hacks in lact we can funiinh ycui f
thing yon want that goes on wheels
HARNESS.
SADDLES,
WHIPS,
RRTMES .
Etc., Always on hand. Call on
need in our line, and we are sure to do Bome bnaineBC
Verv trnlv.
uoone, N.C, Manh'16. ,
To Cure a Cold in CW iw
Steel Ranges;; Copking
nd HEATING. STOVER
"Mastic Mixed Paints,
0'ln, Glass, Windows and
Doors. A Big 8tk of Shot
Guns, Loaded Shells and all
kinds of Ammunition.
Any thing you want in the
General Hardware line enn
always be found in our store,
and at reasonable priirs.
CALL AND SEE US
LONDON STOFFEL HARDWARE CO.
( Vt HOLEsALE AND RETAIL. )
I. S. JUMBO, Cashier,
AhN't. Cutshier.
Walter Wrkjut. l. S. Ham-
FURNISHINGS.
BLANKETS,
ua for anything you
COFFEY & CKITC BEK
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