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VOL XVII.
BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, X. C, THURSDAY MAHCII 15, 1900
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. .I'ROMSSIOSAL
I IV I AU'U
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
' BANNER ELK, N. C.
' MP Will practice in the courts
of Watauga, Mitchell und adjoining
counties. 7 6.'04
Todd fc Balbu.
ATTORNEYS AT LAW.
: JEFFERSON, N. C
j I Will practice in ull the eoujta-
J Special attention given to ren I
estate law un 1 collections.
6-15-'05-
F. A. LINNEY,
ATTUKXKY AT LAW,
BOONE, N. C.
Will practice in the courts
of thi and surroundingoun
lies. Prompt attention iriv
en to the collection of claims
and all other business of a le
gal nature. 6 12 '05
EDMUND JQNES,
LAV YER
LEN01K.N. C
Will Practice Regularly in
the Courts of n atauga,
6-1 '05.
J.C.FLETCHER.
Attorney, At Law,
BOONE, N. C. -
Careful attention given to
collections.
E F LOVILL,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
IiOONAN.C.
iarS.pec.ial attention Riven
to all business entrusted to
hl care."8
11 '04.
E. S. COFFEY
-ATWHSEY Al LA IV,-
BOONE, xN.C.
Prompt attention given to
all matters of a legal nature
tear Abstracting titles and
collection ot claims a special
ty. 11 '05.
DR. R- D JENNINGS.
RESIDENT UENTlsT,
BANNER ELK. . C.
Nothing but. the best material
Used and all work done under a
positive guarantee. Persons af a
distance should not iiy me a few
dave in advance when they want
work done. After Match the 1st,
I have arranged to be at the
Blackburn House in Boone on
each first Monday. Call on me.
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WJ1.B0WKK,
-ATTORNEY AT LAW,-
Lenoir.N.C.
Practices in the courts o
-Caldwell. Watauga, Mitchell
- Ashe nnd other surrounding
counties.
Prompt attention given to
nil legal matters entrusted to
his care.
Dr. J. M. HOGSHEAD,
Cancer Specalist,
BANNER'S ELK. N. (
Ao Kuite; No Burning Out
Highest references and endors
meats of prominent persons sue
ressfullv treated in Va... Tenn
. and N. C. Remember that there
is no time too soon to get rid ol
a cancerous growth no matter
hoOmall. Examination free,
letters answered promptly, and
atififactlOl uHrantcea.
WASHINGTON LETTER
Proa oar Regular Correspondent.
The. death in committee of
the Payne Philippine Tariff
ill ran be borne ny the eoun
try with cousidernbleeqna
nimitv for two reasons. It
whs an apparent without be
mg an actual step ;n the di
rection of free trade. The ad
Vacates of the measure. Secre
tar.v of ll'ar and th' offl.-ials
of the Insular .Bureau nnf
the Philippine government
laitned that it would not
nirt. eithei the riee, toharro
or sugar industries of the U
niteil States If it was not go
ing to affect the export o'
these crops, all of them.tiy
the way, southern crops. en
)ii j;h to hurt theseindustri"s
at home, it was not likely to
lo tip Filipinos much good.
f it was going .to build up
the islands materially, then
it was going to do so at the
eXK-nse of the United States.
So the hill was obviously not
worth passing or else it was
a iond one to kill.
But the largest interest in
the fight lay in the shadow it
rusts on the progress of th"
Statehood bill. This is and
always been a party meas
ure of the most partizan va
riety. It means if it passes,
not only linking Arizona and
New Mexi"o in distasteful un
ion, but it means- substitu
ting four Democratic Sftia
tors f r eiifh? in th" proba
ble line up the southwest. It
was intimated some time u-
lio. intimated too plainly for
mistake., that the fate of the
tariff bill and the statehood
bill was one 'Since the com
bination of the Senate has
been strong enough to kill
the first measure, it mav be
strong and 'reciprocal en
ough to kill the other. Such
ar outcome could be viewed
by almost anyone with a de
gree of tesignation approach
ing jollity.
Three amendments to the
Hepburn Rate Bill aresehed
llled to be taked to the
measuie in the Senate, Ir is
stronuly protested bv the
covert opponents of the rate
bill that the amendmentsare
nothing serious and that
they Mill not ftffnct the spirit
and mt' nf of the hill lint
the very ini'aii',e of th Sen
ate on amending ihe bill rais
es (he suspicion that there i
a ioker hidileti in one of
them somewhere and that it
will develop when the "judi
cial review' which is being
strongly urged, commences
Senator Dolliver has come
out as a strong advocate of
the niiameneil bill and in the
course of a long speech on
the subject, paid a possitdv
unnecessary tribute to the
industry and executive abili
ty of the Interstate Com
merce Commission, No one
whoohas lived in Washing
ton and watched the Com
mission at close range would
think the subject called for
a very fervid tribute, But if
the Hepburn bill succeeds, hs
is its alleged intent, in inatill
ing a little yitc.lily and ag
gr ssiv ness into thet'o'limis
slon ndtOddv will iradlei
thi tribute even if it as
little premature. ,..
The bill "for the iu-reaseof
torture to Ike stoek in trans
port is ready to be reported
from the committee to the
House. This measure it will
be remembered provides an
extention of from 28 to 80
hours in the time, that cattle
being rdiipped to market may
tie transported in acattlecar
without food, water or rest.
The measure is being urged
by the cattle shippers nnd is
opposed by the Humane So
ciety which declares that the
time in transit should be cut
down instead of being extend
ed. The 28 hour law has
been on the statutebooksfor
twenty years or so. But it is
only within the past two
years that it has been really
enforced. Since then the ship
pers have felt the pmcb and
they are now trying to legal
iznthewiotig they foruierl.t
perpetrated in defiance ol
what they fondly hoped was
a dead law. They have won
over Secretary Wilson to
their hide and he is actually
advocating the extention of
the shipping time. But the
II oma tie society declares that
L8 hears is too long to
starve anything or anj body
and that, the time either
ought to be shortened or the
cars fitted with feeding anil
watering a 1 1 adi men t s, There
are two other ways of meet
ing the dilH-uity without fur
ther torturitigtnecattle. One
is by moving th slaughter
houses closer to the point lot
origin of their living freight.
This would herescsit ate some
initial cxpeu litures on the
part id the Beef Trust, but
that would be quickly made
up. for it is notoriously ehea
er to the transport or dress
ed meai than it. is to ship
live cattle.
And the beef irut makes
enormously on every mile
one of its refrigerator cars
is run. But in this particular
casu the Trust is loath to see
that it cjnld save money by
spending money. The other
method would be to make
compulsory the shipment of
live sto-k at a greater speed
instead, as is now done, of
frequently side tracking the
cattle trains for hours in fa
vor of some freight oi nn in
animate nature. The run of
a cattle train in this way
could heeasd.v increased from
250 to 500 miles per day and
everyone would be better off
for the cattlemen themselves
say that toe steers lose
weight terribly in shipment.
Any of the. plans mentioned
would be cheerfully accepted
by the opponents of the billl
as ground for a compromise.
LJut if the thing is to be fou't
out to a vote tha people who
are interested in seeing hu
manity triumph, can help
the cause n great deal b.p ap
pealing to their members of
Congress anu Senators in per
son or by letter.
Afflicted With Rheumatism.
I was and am yet afflicted with
rheumatism," says Mr. J. C.Bayne
editor of the Herald, Addiugton, I.
T ''but thanks to Chamber lain'
Pain Balm am able once more to at.
tend to business. It is the het of lin
intents ' If troubled w ith rheuma-
llsm ive pa;n Raima trial and you
are certain to be more than pleued
n;. , ',. .. ,. ..
firds. One application relieves the
pain. For sale by all dealers Boone,
and (slowing KocU Uru' Co.
I i Ad Antitoxin for Lai!ns8.
According to the Berlin re
ports, hi leutist of that city
has discovered what has been
l-ceiionsly termed an anti
toxin f (Haziness. Thedoctor
thinks his discovery will be
of importance in the treat
ment of neurasthenia or ner
vous exhaustion and the
convalescence from acute
diseases. His "xperimentsare
described as follows:
A guinea pig waslrawn
backward on a rough carpet
by means of a string, until
it no longer resisted interfer
ence with its motion and was
totallf exhaust d. Stimula
tion was continued by means
of electricity, until thuni
mal was in a state of autoin
toxication. that is to say, a
condition of infection from
the toxin or poison genera '
ted by itself. During the ex
periment, the temperature of
the guinea pig fell very
greatly. When xhaustion
.could be carried no further,
the animal was killed. Im
(ii:nediatHly after death the
toxin (or poison) was obtain
ed from the crusfnd mnscles
of the animal. When dried in
a space exhausted of air, the
toxin was f-und to consist of
yellowish-brown scales thai
were not very stable ami had
to be kept in sealed glass
lubes, (inferably ia liquid
air. 1 he toxin or poison, in
jected into the othr guinea
1'igS produced symptoms of!
exhaustion followed by death
within 24 hours. The saiufc
poison could not.be obtained
from the muscles of the non
exhausted animals.
Antitoxin corresponding to
the toxin thus procured is
produced very much like
that of dypthrria by inject
ing the toxin into the eireiilu
tion of hoises. When dried in
a va' iinm thereshltingscalea
unlike those of the toxin
ate permanent. In fact the
substance retains its activi
ty even after months. It is
readily takn up by thestom
ach, but is generally injected
under the skin by ths uid of
hypodermic syringe.
Small animals into which
the toxin was injected, re
mailed in a perfectly normal
condition when treated with
the antitoxin, but su'cnmb
tojthe poisou when the auti
toxin was not administered.
The intioduetion of the anti
toxin did not produce any
disturbance whatsoever; on
ihe contrary, it was followed
by increased vigor un.l ener
Alwayi Keep Chanibeilain'sCough
Remedy in His House.
"We would not be without Cham
berlain's Cough Remedy. It is kept
on hand continually in our home,
says W. W. Kearney, editor of the
Independent, Lowry City, Mo.
That is just what every family
should do, When kept at hand rea.
dy for instant use, a cold may be
checked at the outset and cured in
much less time than after it has be
come settled in the system. This
tcmedy is also without a peer for
croup in children, and will prevent
the attack when given as soon as
the child becomes hoarse, or even af
ter the croupy cough appeirs, which
can only be dene when the remedy
is Kept at hand. For sale by all deal
cis ill Boone, and Blowing Rock
Dreg Co.
, lie who seeks temptation
is either a fool or otherwise
...
lncrenee of Diroro'8
The Sccretary.'of the State
of Massachusetts is nuthan
ty for the statement that di
vorces are on t he increase in
that common wealth. In ILm
nepin county, Minn., las
year theie was one divorci
f.ireveiy eight marriages. L
other . words, one eighth o
the newly found homes wer
broken up by recourse to th'
divorce court,
The Springfield Republica:
in rommentijig on tins note.
that this im rease n divorcer
is not so much due to grow
ing immorality or brutality
ns it is due to a growth ot ili.
I ike to restraint. Laws am
conventions',a re hostile to in
dividual happiness is the pro
' ' '
dart oi' selti-dincHs. Slf grati
ficotion can not be indulged
when there is any 01 hers
People find the ret ponsibili
ty irksome and through sheer
selfishness dmke it off. TlJe
tendency to reworMo the di
vorce court fot relief from
the marital th whn"it is
found to conflict wit ti the per
sonal ease, comfort or pleas
ure if, a man or a woman,
without regard tot be rights
of children, whn there urn
any, is the greatest'evil of
the practice. The next evil is
Ihe demoralizing effect, so
light a legard lor the mai
riage relation has upon s x'ie
tv. If the family is a sacred
institution, and its preserva
tion a necessity to the moral
an 1 material growth of the
race, ant it is all that, then
the increase of the divorce
practice is striking at the
veij foundation stones of so
ciei.v. Seattle Post-In ti-Ilig-encer.
Ductoih Are Puzz'cd.
Tin- remarkable recoveryl Ken
neth Uclvcr, of Vanceboro, Me,
is the Hiihjt'ct of much interest to
the medical Iruternitj' und a wide
circle of friends. Me says of h i s
cise: ''(),viiig to severe bdlamma
tion of . the throat-.and conges
tion of the lungs, three doctors
gave im up to die, when, as a
last resort, I was induced to try
Dr. King's New Discovery and I
am happy 'to say. it saved my
life." Cures the worst couyhs and
colds, bronchitis, tiaisiliTis, weak
lungs, hoarseness and la grippe.
Guaranteed by nil druggis s. T0c
and $1. Trial bottles free.
.
The Iowa Senate has knock
ed out (Jovernor ('ummius'
primary election bill, whh-h
was one of the main pros
of his campaign lor renomi
nation, but the low. i idea i
still alive ajid kicking. St.
Louis Uepllidii!.
A Scientific Wonder.
The cures that st niiJ t its
credit muke IJucKl n' Arnica
Salve a scientific, wonder. It cur
ed E. K.Mulford, lecturer lor the
Patrons olltusbandiy. W nynes
horo. Pa., of a distressing case
of piles It heals the worst burns,
SOtes, boils, ulcers, cuts, wounds, I a cure is obtained quickest ; by a proper
l.ill.h.in-.,.,! U.,lti-Uiitii. Onlv!te,!m?.ntoIt,,kh!l,eJ "jotmrc fecl-
2ic. at ull druggists.
No previotir attempt to
wuge war with ('hina would
involve so much of effort and
expense ns such an attempt
at. this lime. Detroit Jour
ual.
' "Hear'ng alone is building
on the sand. Ile.w inj; nnd do
irur is IniildiniJ 011 the it-i-k."
OASVOnZA.
i Barilla f IM MM IW H3W AlW3"S
Bn tli ) Toil Kit AIW3S BOCJRI
Ask Your
OwnDoctorl
If he tells you to take Ayer's
Cherry Pectoral for your
severe cough or bronchial
trouble, then take it. If he has
anything better, then take that.
But we know what he will say;
for doctors have used this
cough medicine over 60 years.
"I tiRv uaed Ayari Clurrr Pctorl for
tiMd co'nla, bil rnuiiha. mnl IhHiifiim. It hu
dona me RrMit pixx), kiiU I btilicre It la. tlie
bent coupli marttelno In the world for all
throut unit lung trublo - Eu O.BTVABT,
Altmiij. Oregon.
A UwlobrJ.O.
A aB
manufMtiuan of
. A r na.. LowalL Maaa
SARSAPAWLU.
OA JLi&0 HAWViGOS. I
Koeo the bowels ooen with one of
Keep the bowels ooen with one
A un.'n ull.la hnHtllYI lust rtl
Ayer's r Ills at bodtlme, Just one.
Every dollar a man bor
rows is a step towards the
ill will of his friends
BANK STATEMENT.
Fol lowing is the report of the
condition of tliu WatUi ga County
Rank at IJoone N. (1., in the Statu
of Nort'n Ciiio'.inii, ut the close of
business ?an.. 29, 1906:
UESOCUCHS.
Loans unil discounts $24,795.81
Oveni rafts unsecured 43-53-
15.111 king house 800.00.
Fun itui e and fixtures 400.00.
Due h um luinkb und ban-
kt'is 8,800.11,
Cash items 1 1 1.05.
(Jold coin, 42-50.
Silver coin, including al
minor coin currency, 812.58a '
National hank notes and
oilier U. S. Notes 5 780.00.
rot al .141,585.58.
1,1 ABILITIES
Capital stock f 10,000.00,
Undivided profns less
current expenses and '
taxes paid 830 19.
Hill payable 2,490.00.
Deports Miihject to checK 27,776 64
Cashier'n c'ks outstanding 488 75,
Total $4'.SS5.5S.
Stale of North Carolina, Watauga
county, ss: I, E. S. Coffey, Cashief
of the above named bank, Jo tol
emnl v swear that the above state
mant is true to the best of my knowl
edge and belief.
E S. Coffey, Cashier.
Correct Attest. V. C. Coffey, ty,"
L. Hryan, N. L. Mast, Directors.
Subscribed and sworn to before
me, this 61 h day of Feb. 1906.
Thos. liingham, C. S. C.
There's noihing so mean
ingless as the kiss one ho
man bestows upon another
unless if i the expensive
smil" t.f a hotel clerk.
The Cause of Many
Sudden Deaths.
There 13 a (Unease prevailing in thia
c juutry most da-.igurous because fo dece tv.
live. .Many sudden
deaths arc cnised
I b bv it lieart iliiu
ease, pneumonia,
heart failure or
apoplexy are often
the result of kid
ney disease. If
kidney trouble is
allowed toadvauce
the kidney-poison
ed blood' will at
tack the vital organs, causing catarrh of
IrN.
the Madder, or the kidneys themselves
break down and waste away cell by eel!.
Bladder troubles almost alwavs result
from :i derniiRciiieut of the kidneys on.i
11 11 11 vv.
inir ti.-ull v von r.-iti make no liiiKtake bv ,
taking I)r. Kilmer's Swamp-Root, tbo
great kidney, liver and bladder remedy.
It corrects inability to hold urine and
scalding pain in passing it, and over- .
comes that unpleasant necessity of being
comiellel to go often through the day,
and to get up many times during th
ni;;ht. The mild mid the extraordinary
efieet of Swamp-Root is soon realized.
It stands the highest for its vroiiderful
cures of the most distressing cases.
Swamp-Hoot is pleasant to take and is
sold by nil druggists in fifty-cent and
one-dollar size bottles. You may have
sample bottle of this wonderful new dis
covery and a book that tells all about it, '.
both sent free by mail. Address, Dr. Kil-.
tncr& Co., Bingbamton, K. Y. When
writing mention reading this generous
offer in this paper. liou't make any
mistake, but remember the name, Swamp
Root, Or. Kilmer's Swamp-Root, and th
address, Biiigliainton, N. Y., 04 every',
bottle. .
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