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BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, X. C, miftlDAY JANUARY 10. 1907.
NO 36.
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PROFESSIONAL.
L.D.IME,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
BANNER ELK, N. C.
MT Will practice in the courts
of Watauga, Mitchell and adjoining
countiea. 7 6.'0.
Todd & Ballon
ATTORNEYS AT LAW.
JEFFERSON, N. C.
WHL practice In all the ooujts
Bpecial attention given to real
eat ate law and collections,
6-15-'0G.
J. E HODGES,
Veterinary Surgeon,
-SANDS, N. C.
Aug. 6. ly.
F. A. LINNEY,
ATTORN E5f AT LAW,-
BOONE, N. C. '
Wilt practice in the court"
of chin nnd mirroundingeoun
ties. Promut attention triv
en to the collection of claims
and all other bosinenn of n le
gal nature. 612'05.
EDMUND JONES,
hV, YER
LENOIR, iN. -
Will Practice Regularly in
the Courts of Watauga,
fi-1 '05.
J. C. FLETCHER,
A a m ' At ST
auui wcy ni Liitw,
BOONE, N. C
'. Careful attention given to
collections.
X F. J.OVILL
ATTORNEY AT LAW
IiOOSh S. V.
A mm J eb
'Special attention given
to all business entrusted to
htacare.M
,11 '04.
A, A. Holsclaw,
ATTORNEY AT LAW -
Mountain tit?, Tennessee.
,Will practice In all the courts
of Tennessee. State and Federal.
Special attention given to col
lections nnd all oMier matters or
a If gal nature.
Office north east of court bouse.
Oct. 11, 1906. lv.
K. MM AD HON, D. V6.
- BALA, X. (.
I am now located here for the
practice of Dentist! y, and am ma.
king Bridge and Crown work, the
"most intricate work "fcnown to the
profession, a specialty.
0My work' is all done under a
positive guarantee no satisfaction,
to pay. Nothing but the liest mate
rial used in the execution of any of
my work.
E. S. GOFFEY
-ATWlLSEi A7 LAWtT
BOONE, N. C
Prompt attention given to
all matters of u lejgal feature.
99 Abstracting title? and.
collection of claims a speciahl
nr.
ATTORNEY AT LAVr(r-
Lenoir. N. C.
Practices in the courts of
Caldwell, Wntungn, Mitchell,
Ashe nnd other surrounding
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counties. .
Prompt attention given to
all legal matters entrusted to;
his care.
CALDWELL LETTER.
Mr. Editor and readers of the
Democrat: I send New Year's
greetings. I wish you all a pros
perous and happy New Year.
We have just passed through a
real cold spell, but the weather is
mild now, and the health of the
people right good.
Christmas was very quiet, and
since the holidays, people have
settled down to business, and
not withstand ingjthe bad roads,
some lumTJer is being hauled, and
new enterprises started up.
The Coffey Wagon Shops and
the Table Factory at the old
plant north of Lenoir, will soon
be in operation, and there is talk
of a cotton factory in the same
locality. Lenoir is spreading out
in every direction, and a lot of
people are moving into town
from the country.
It looks a bit gloomy for the
farming interest, as men say they
cannot get farm help, and so
have to give up their farms, but
I suppose, in most instances, the
farms are either sold or rented.
Our schools are all well patron
ized. Your Prof. B..B. Dougherty
visited this county during the
holidays, and I learn made a
very fine educational address at
Hibriten Academy and remained
over Sunday, and talked well to
the people about Sunday schools.
Watauga county did a hand
some act when she gave us Prof.
Winkler. He is doing a fine work
at Hibriten.
One of our best schools had to
close by reason of the death of
Prof. Victor Beache's wife. He
was haping a fine school and his
wife was assistant, at King's
Creek Academy, and she devel
oped a case of consumption and
died in December. " . '
I am glad Brother J. F. Davis
has returned to "Watauga and
hope he will do a great work for
our Lord. In my humble judg
ment he is a fine gospel preacher.
I regretted to give up my work
at Blowing Rock, but I had
climbed the mountain overall
kinds of roads and through all
kinds of weather for the past S
yearst until it was too wearing
and tearing for me. The people
of Blowing Rock were very kind
to me, and I was loth to leave
them, and I wish to make special
mention of the kindness and
brotherly love shown me by Bro.
Savage, the Episcopal minister
residing at Blowing Rock. He is
a splendid christian gentleman,
ajid I shall be glad to meet him
and show him a kindness at any
time.
Lenoir and community have
just passsd through a great Sen
sation. Lawrence Nelson, son of
Rev. J. H. Nelson, of this county,
who had been missing from Le
noir about three months, was
found in a piece of woods about
two miles from town and about
one mile from where I live on the
11th of last month. The body
was found by a Mr. Stine who
was rabbit hunting. It was bad
ly decayed, but was identified by
the clothing, a crippled foot and
a letter in the pocket of the cloth
ing. There was a bullet hole thro'
the collar of the coat and thro'
the bones of the neck, and it ap
peared that the ball had entered
the back of the neck. The prelim
inary trial lasted two days and
there were about 50 witnesses.
A Greer girl gave the most dam
aging testimony against Ken
dall and Vickers, the men charg
ed with the crime. She said she
was present when Kendall gave
a woman named Maggie Lewis
f 5 to get Nelson off into a cer
tain piece of woods; that Nelson
must take back something. The
Greer girl said she went with the
Lewis woman to Nelson and a
greed where he and another man
would meet them. About half an
hour before sunset, Nelson and
the other young man came to
the place where the girjs were in
waiting, and when it was getting
dark, Kendall and Vickers came,
and Kendall asked Nelson what
he was doing there and Vickers
drew a pistol and called Nelson
an ugly name, and at that the
girls ran (the young man who
came with Nelson having left
when he saw Kendall and Vick
ers coming) and had not gotten
many yards away, when they
heard a pistol shot, and did not
see any of the men again that
night.
Kendall and Vickers never got
to their boarding house that
night (25th of Sept.) until some
time in the night, so the proprie
tors of the boarding house testi
fied. The Greer girl was asked
if Bhe lost anything that night
at or near the rjlace of meeting,
and she said she lost a ribbon
off her hair, and then'a piece of
ribbon which-had been found
near the place of meet ing, was
shown her, and she said she be
lieved it was hers.
The Lewis woman was not put
on the stand, as the prosecution
or the Statebelieved the evi
dence was sufficient to bind to
court without her.
Kendall went on the stand and
swore that he had never been in
that particular piece of woods in
his life, and knew nothing what
ever of the killing of Nelson.
Both men were committed to
jail without bond to await the
February term of court.
I. W. Thomas.
Lenoir, Jan. 3, 1907.
Cured of Lung Trouble.
"It is now eleven years since I
had a narrow escape from consump
tion,-' writes C. 0. Floyd, a lead
ing business man in Kershaw, S. C.
'I had run down in weight to 125
pounds, and coughing was constant
both by day and by night. Finally
I began taking Dr. King's New
Discovery, and continued this for a
bout six months, when my cough
and lung trouble were entirely gone
and I was restored to my normal
weight, .1 70 pounds." Thousands of
persons are healed every year. Guar
anteed by ull druggists. 50c and $1 .
Ti ial bottles free.
Snake in Hone's eye.
Dr. Murray, a veterinary sur
geon of Perry, O. T alter exam
inlnu the eye of a horse belong
ing to a reservation farmer nro
pd George Blair, cot into the eye
ball and after fishing a short
time brought out a wriggling,
twisting snake of a white color
and perfectly developed head,
says the Cincinnati Commer
ciiil. The doctor snys he got there
through the blood when young
and would have continued grow
ing until the horse wuh blind or
dead. Such canes are mentioned
in the horse doctor books, but
are exceedingly rare. The horse's
eje sight is apparently as good
as ever since the operation?"
Wise Counsel From the South.
"I want to give some valuable ad
vice to those' who suffer with lame
back and kidney trouble," says' J.
R. BUnkenship, of Beck, Tenn, I
have proved to an absolute certain
ty that Electric Bitters will posi
tively cure this distressing condi
tion. The first bottle gave me great
relief and after taking a few more
bottles, I was completely cured; so
completely that it became a pleasure
to recommend this gieat remedy."
Sold under guarantee by all drug,
gist. Price 50.
Time never hangs heavily on the
hands of a clock.
TO CURB. A COLD In. ONE DAY.
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tab
lets. .All druggists refund the mon
ey if it fails to cure. E. W. Grove's
signature is on each box. 2C,c.
The Nelver Moaument,
(Charlotte News.
The NewB.has before cqm mend
ed the action of those who were
engineering the work of securing
funds lor the erection of a monu
ment to the memory of the late
Dr. Mcjv;r. one of the foremost
educators of North Carolina,
founder of tho Greensboro State
Normal, and pionetr in general,
in the work of education. It is
right and fitting that the good
that this man has done for the
State should be remembered in
this manner and we are glad to
note the enthusiasm of the peo
ple of the state in the work.
Following is a part of a letter
sent ottt by Mrs. F.C. Abbott, of
this city, recently printed in the
News. The letter is in the form of
an appeal to the people, especial
ly the ladies, lor funds for the pur
pose of erecting a monument.
The appeal is a strong one, and
we trust ourj)eople will respond
as heartily as the good people
are all over tin state. This, in
part, is the letter xol Mrs. Ab
bott: It is not now many months
hince Dr. Charles D- Mclver died.
It is the purpose of those who
loved bim and wish his name to
be remembered in Notth Caroli
na to erect ti statue in his mem
ory and they sre calling upon all
the ii iends of educatfou in the
stnte to help them. Of course the
school he established is the best
possible memorial of this great
man, but frail human nature is
so prone to receive the benefits
which great men have given and
to forget the givpr, that we
should have some monument of
the man himself other than the
school he founded.
The statue will not only hon
or him and show something ol
the love we all must bear bim,
but will bo constantly teuching
the great story of his lile tothe
young men and women who pass
that way. We grow like the char
acters that we contemplate and
what a splendid thing it will be
lor our youth if we can lead them
to contemplate the high ideas,
the strong faith in those ideals
and the lofty steadfast purpose
f o accomplish them that Dr. Mc-Irerl.ad."
How to Cuie Chilblains.
"To enjoy freedonOrom c h i 1
bains," writes John Kemp, East
Otisfidd Me.,' I apply Bucklen's
Arnica salve. Ilave also used it for
salt rheum wih excellent results ''
Guaranteed to cure fever sores indo
lent ulcers piles, burns, wounds,
frost bites and skin diseases. 25c at
all druggists.
What this particular section of
the country needs is people who
will stick to the farm after they
have found they do not have to.
Durham Herald.
This is not only tru of Dur
ham but of other counties in the
state as well. Right kere in Row.
an men who u few years ago
were farming on rented land an i
mortgaging their crops before
thpy were made in order co pro
vide their families with the needs
ol life now own their farms and
have money laid by, . And yet,
strange as it may seem, many of
our farms ore being deserted.
Salisbury Post.
The Right Name.
Mr. August Sharpe, the popular
overseer of the poor, at Fort Madi
son, la , says: "Dr King's New
Life Pills are rightly named , they
act more agreeably, do more good
and make one feel better than any
other laxative. Guaranteed to cure
billiousr.ess and constipation. e, cts.
at all druggists.
A comfortablefeeling about
stealing an umbrella is maybe it
was one of your own that was
stolen from you.
Ri store Tka Ancient Lanaaurk.
(News and Observer.)
The tendency is marked in North
Carolina to let the good old cus
tom of the fathers go into disuse.
Iu the realm of social pleasures,
I the new generation has almost
lost the zest and chivalry atten-'
' dant upon the tournament. Once
people were good spellers and;
the cutting up and down and the
Spelling Bae gave pleasure and
instruction. With their departure :
come poorer spellers and too lit
tle attention is given to spelling.
This paper has started the New
Year with an agitation for a re
turn of the old time tournament
and the old time spelling bee.
Nothing has taken their place so
valuable or diverting or that
gave such social enjoyment. Why
not have a tournament social at
the next State Fair and make it
the crowning event of the annual
gathering? It would be a splendid
idea, too, to get up a spelling bee
with one entry from each county
and give an hundred dollars to
the best speller. And' why hot
have the fiddling contest, with a
splendid prize to the best fiddler in
North Carolina.
The year 1907 ought to be
marked by a return tq the an
cient landmarks those that af
ford innocent pleasures as well as
those that are elevating and up
lifting. The time was when the
departure of the Old Year was a
solemn religious festival and
watch night services were held in
many churches. Why has this
means of grace been -neglected?
The merchant takes an inventory
of his stock at the close of each
year to see how he stands financ
ially. Why shouldn't men review
the year to see how they stand
before their Maker and make sol
emn resolves to better living for
the New Year? While most of the
churches have given up this whole
some service, it is gratifying to
know that it is still observed by a
few as the following from theTar
boro Southerner shows:
"Midnight services to see the
Old Year out and the New one in
were held in the Ediscopal church
IteV. F. H. Harding conducting
them. They were solemn and im
pressive till the bells and whistles
rang out the end of 190G, then
there were disapasons in both
voice and music greeting 1907."
The passing of the Old Year
ought to be a time for reflection
and for good resolutions. What
place more appropriate for this
than the holy temples? The
preachers can invoke no service
so impressive nnd no influence so
helpful as to restore the old cus
tom of watching the Old Year
out and the New Year in.
The term printer's devil as ap
plied to the boy who does the
choring aronud a printing office
has a peculiar romantic history.
In early days uriiitirg was styl
ed the "black art'' and printers
were supposed 'to be in leiigue
with Katun. But it was in I he
time of Adus Minutius in Venice
that the matter took a serious
turn. Thin was the famous print
er who first published the Greek
and Roman classics. He took in
to his employ a negro boy who
was homeless on the streets of
Venice. The people supposed, the
the story goes, the boy was an
imp from Satan and he ansisted
in printing. Mobs collected a
bont the office and were about to
wreck it, when the boy was
brought forward and exhibited,
showed that the boy was flesh
and blood, but he was still culled
the -priuter's devil" and eyery
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have endorsed Ayer's Cherry
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weak lungs, bronchitis, con
sumption. You can trust a
medicine the best doctors ap
prove. Then trust this the next
time you have a hard cough.
" I had an awful aoorb for over a jtnr. an
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BASIC STATE1EHT.
Following is the report of the
condition of the Watauga County
Bank at Boone, N, C, in the State
of North Carolina, at the close of
business Nov. 13, 1906: ,
KBSOURCBS, "
Loans and discounts $26,716.10.
Overdrafts unsecured 273.46.
Overdrafts unsecured, 4753i -
Hanking house
Furniture and fixtures
Due from banks and ban
kets Gold coin,
Silver coin, including all ,
minor coin currency.
National bank notes and
other U. S. Notes
1,311.41. ,
400.00.
6,988.03
690.00
511.04.
Total f 39.014.36..
LIABILITIES
Capita stock 110,000.00,
Undivided profits, less
current expenses and
taxes paid 3'539..
Bills payable 3,546,00.
Time certificates of deposit
included in bills payable
Deposits subject to checK 23,600.51, '
Cashier's ck's outstanding 328 75.
Total I39.014.36.
State of North Carolina, Watauga
couftty, ss: 1, E. S. Coffey, Cashier.;
of the above named bank, do sol
emnly swear that the above state
ment is true to the best of .my knowl
edge and toelief .
E. S. Coffey, Cashier.
Correct Attest. W. 0. Coffey, S.
L. Mast, Directors.
Subscribed and sworn to before
me, this 22nd day of Nov. 1906.
J. M. May, Register of Deeds.
A GUARANTEED CUKE FOlt PILES.
Itching, Blind, Bleeding Protruding
Piles Druggists are authorized to re
fund money if PAZO OINTMENT
tails to cure in 6 to I4 days, 83c.
The Ecuadorian government
announced the defeat of the reb
els. Women as Well as Geo An fcfj
miserable kj Kitiej d
Bladder Ho.
Kidney trouble preys upon the mind,
discourages and lessensammtion; beauty.
vigor ana cneenui-
tfl-i ei ness soon disappear
when the kidneys are
out 0 order or dis
eased. rt il"afiJ Kidney trouble haa
become so prevalent
that it is not uncom
mon for a child to be
born afflicted with
eak kidneys. If the
child urinates toooften, if the urine tctlda
the flesh, or if, whetr-the child reaches an
age when it should be able to control the
passage, it is yet afflicted with bed-wet- .
ting, depend upon it, the cause of the diffi
culty is kidney trouble, and the first
step should be towards the treatment of
these important organs. This unpleasant .
rouble is due to a diseased condition of
the kidneys and bladder and not to a
habit as most people suppose.
Women as well as men are made miser
able with kidney and. bladder trouble,
and both need the same Brest remedy.
The mild and
the immediate effect of
Swamp-Reot is soon realized.
It is sold
by druggistsvin fifty
cent snd one-dollar
size bottles. You may
have a sample bottle
; SrnphiyteuinJ.'Si boSwaSot,
, mciuuiiiK tamnjoi iucuwuiihuhrw
monial le
monial letters received from sufferers
cured. In writing Dr. Kilmer & Co.,
Binghamton, N. Y., be sure and mention
this paper. Don t make any mistake.
i " remember the name, bwamp-Rooj,
dress, Bingbamtou, N. Y.oa evsry
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