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I; ii if; F ' - i' il- ',.J in i ; "3 ! 1 I S.B it? 1S ;.! iHl ris ii 1 s. . i.- - .: .fj v.. p. 0 v&t&uga Democrat. B C Bkran, EJltor sad Proprietor rHUBSW Jim'. 81, , 1907. V. Th Bm4 Sjalea Stained Again ' Mr: Ewtohj' l am glad to fw a number of the best citizens of our coantyei pressing themselves tta favoring a .better road sys itm lot constructing aud keepinj: bp our pubjic roads. -j'-X I nolo that all your correspon Undents, and many whom I have ., .5 ,v. Jieard express their tteutimentK, ;'. .; ' f$titAy,ieiror a road law that t C '" e"bl aa tp make, improve ments on the roads that will ul timately gii' as a system ol good, permanent highway. ' MV. lluparaan In right in spea ikiug of tli importune of ourvev , ' lug aud looutiug new. foils on the very tost linen possibfcto olv lain, ana x nave always opposeq thexpeuditure of labor or mon ey on any road until it is carelul- lj surveyed iy a competent road ';." , engineer, and located on the best ' Jrjade for a perinaneut improvr V'. njent. . . , . - As Mif. H . K. Farthing puts it, . ' I too tbiuk;the Mecklenburg rdad iaw, aa we dm it a tew year a- ' go, waa a good ayatein, with ; , ( sotiieBmeiidmentajio adapt it Ui our county ' ...... Inmy hnrabtpjudgeirtpnt the , ' tcklenborg road law an applied to Watauga countv wa dplnct Jve because It failed to provide r 4or properly beating the new rondfi, -and then expondiug the a vailable means in making ernia. . . Jieut improvemeut of the most jniportant roadn. Any syatenl' ih . a failure that compels the expen 4 diture of the people's money and - labor to till the rutsund gullieain v , the roada with dirt, to le warih Wtliythe next shower .'that v ; cometf, then fill f t up aain ' with "f t. same wwult, and bo on iudefluite- Now let me Ray that the almost i unanimouseentiment neerriH to he " in lavor of a road tax, and per jnit me to endorse Mr. Tiios. L. ritcher'a plan olasaesHing a tax on property for road purpn8e8 and uIho require each year 4 or 6 days labor by all persons liuble io road duty to be applied in connection with the road fund, in . .making substantial, permanent, improvements 1 o n important. jnain roads, leuding to t he coun. . ty eite from all sections of the county, and to the railroad points in neighboring counties, where our people have their produce to market and buy their necessa nes. I do not think it wise to -x pend tlte tax money or labor on road lepairing, 'only so far as needed to keep the old roads in passable conditions, as is now be. ing done, uiitil they are all prop erly located and graded. In order to aecomplish this object it would be necessary to Jiave enacted a 'road law provi ding for this scheme of gradual improvement of our higbwnys by applying all available means to permanent improvement -as far ' as possible. ' I would, lay or a law creating a road commission to be charged w)th the general control k And supervision of all road im provement, with power to cause surveys to be made to locate all new roads, aud amendments, ac quire the right of way, appoint overseers, appoint places for biidgea, and appropriate the jneaus necessary for the work, al so inspect and supervise and ap , ' jprov all work on their bands. I note that our represent i yes '. ..' . v Jn the legislature, requests th it . :" .our people meet on i the first Mon 4ay hi Feb. to.djarnser plans for1 ' road improvement, and I trust v-j '-' that many citizens will attend , - and express their sentiments on . !. " the subject, and agree on the . '-hub poRnibli law, that we 'may ; ( petition for enactment by. the Jeglslature this winter. - Bespectfuly, .. s : .C.Horton. V.' JCQTICP, . ;QTK K. ::y I.QTIX E.U E. ' , I will sell : tny jentire stock' of .Generr Merchandise and8t0 Better Rot 4 the Slogan. "1 ; tl Vf To-T.kr leffeit ( George p. Mattox, the opera - MB,Ebii"OB: Inoticedan article r Within .the, last few. days the tor held responsible for tle wreck in the Democrat written by Mr. .'.1astoitt'.0azfettii Jligb Poi'n t, in nlu'rh President;. Spenr lost . T T Sn'tJuM. . An I tinfr ' lia'P.iifortriiia nnrt a numhorof aiaio, HFti. elOlK'll . ..with and n)!ir- knows something tbout the con- "papws bave contained lengtbly , rivl f daughtw of Mr J olm lQRse and tot together or serjamteiy. A-toa tntamm for tV, j.u-i-vi J. . aU ; t... :v .'.u:i, Torlnl. n fiii-mop if Ft n-rl 1 rt r d ! ' " ,r - . ' ::-" ' union oi Hie ynoiic ruaun oi ne'arncico lavui uiu vuv .rnttiuiimi- v " . - county, as he has traveled over uient of a state, reformatory, as, county. Va, the most of them in his surveying , proposed in a bill now before the tours'. I.forone, aminfavorof lgislafure. - ' ' a better road Jaw then yve now ' The Press of thestate has labor have but I do not quite agree ed faithfully, with a few except institution V FOR SALE. (. t have for sale one-half interest in a.steam saw mill and planer, from the desired with bim on all be savs. He is in Tons, for the institution. It is,"ne ouier saw jubi favorof in the firsfplaceatax'nowinthepower of the legisla- j factory to sell separate if d nfatfrenta nn th JilOO vfilim.' ture to rive the neonlfl their rift- inserted tooth 62 inch. I tion ond 10 cents on the poll to ' mands, or listen to the lobbyists ! handle 80016 good stoii on same, l)e applied ton the road f t e r who woutd sidetrack the igguejVauoraaure88meai S the hands subject I o rpad duty, and act contrary to the will of have worked four days on the .of the majority of the people roads each year. I think the What would be the outcome? most of this 'fine article pretty i There remains yet a few days fori It... . 1-1 . - J xl Al . a ' gooa, DUT.tnen ne comes out ana i mm tnen ne issue in n s i favors a general tax of 8 cents . be deoided one way or the other. on the $100 valuation and 25 As the matter stands now, it is cents on the poll and to be tinder left with the members of the Gen the supervision of two .coramis- eral Assembly to Bay what they sionera and a civil, engineer and i will do in this matter, in whose to commence at the -county site settlement rests the fate of tbous and build each way frqm town as . anus oi boys and girls of : orth far as the money will go each rarolina, year until themain leadingrQads The News believes there is not are completed through the coun- sufficient reason for defeating the ty. This plan I do not favor, as j bill. There is no plausible excuse it will take too much money and j tor handing the question over too long a time to get the work : to some legislature of the future done, and further perhaps t h e , to pasfi upon. There is not a man road commissioners would. eon-1m the legislature, in our opinion demn some roads", that a lot of, "bo can advance an argument 1 mi ! j. .' a a .AM people need. .. oi suracienx signincunce lojustuy Now I don't know whether we . .the defeat or delayed considera- can have a better road law than i tion Of 'the bill, the-one we had a few years niro North Carolina needs'thisinsti- known as the Mecklenburg road tution now, and her citizens look law. The law was a good law if i to the present legiKlature to sup ply this need. Will they do their dutyi Charlotte News, it had been earned out right. In the township where, I then lived we had better roads then we ever had liefore or since and with a small expense to the county. The last one or two years there were no claims, of any note came against the county. JJow I wi81 to say thaf I am required thro' your paper to ask all citizens of the county, tax payers and road hauds too to meet in the .court house on the 4th of Feb. 1907, it being the first Monday, and shape up some kind' of a road law that would be satisfactory .to the people and write .to the repre sentatives while they are in Ral eigh and let it become a lAw; also discuss a fish law while together. Sol think I have said enough and j)erhaps too much, and' I will stop. Hoping to see many citizens on the day specified and hear them discuss these two very in portant questions. 1 am very truly. ;C. J. Cottkell. We take it for granted hat as the Jamehtown Exposition has received consideration to the tune of $20,000 at the hands of the legislature, and . the pension of $100 per month granted by the same body to Mrs. Stonewall Jackson, hasbeen-refused by that noble lady, that the reformatory and other State institutions, as well as the free schools of North Carolina, will fare well bef ore that body adjourns. It does seem to us that the Jamestown appropri ation should have been held up until the reformatory question and and the public institntjonspf the State had been bountifully provided for. These .are crving Charles Collins, a negro who owned six acres of land on yhich was his home, ajlog cabin, very near the home of Vanderbilt, has at last sold it.to Mr. Vanderbilt for $2,000. It is not known why he soW it for that amount when a lew -years ago, he refused to t$ke !$8jC0O for it. For fifteen years the owner of the Biltmore House has wanted to get possess essiousof this plot. ' Thousands of 'souvier postal cards have been sold, which had thereon a pic ture of the cabin and tlie word ing, "The cabin that Vanderbilt can't buy. W. P. Fife, well remembered in North Carolina as the Drummer Evangelist, died suddenly in St. Louid Mo., on the 21st. Heleaves a daughter and son. On account of a serious throat trouble Mr. Fife gave, up preaching some years ago, and invested in oil wells," mining ventures. etc.,'often saying that what he made out of it hcpntencledir give to mission on the dark continent". A wreck occured on the Sea board Air Line railroad at Boy kins, Va., on the 25th inst. when a fast freight from Portsmouth Va. to Hamlet, N. C, went thro' an open switch and collided with freight cars standing on the switch. ; The -fireman was killed and the engineeer and breakman seriously hurt. W. L. HENS0IJ. . AFTER YOU ' " ": ' '' HAVE SUFFERED FROM EYE ACHES For awhile you will appreciate the 'immense relief that comT from the wearing oi properly jit ted gfm-ses.- AI1 thebiirning8efisntion censes, tnd all the aches and pains'! Ami wh-re discomfort lonuerlv was is now absolute pyeromlort This change can be brought about in u very phort time, jn. deed and we are ready to under take if 'at any time yon say. No charge lor anything hut the glasses. " LFRED W. DULA. ' Jeweler and Optician, ' . Lenoih, N C right man. I want to change iny business is my. reason for Apply by Feb. 15. Terms to suit purchaser.! " - ' W. F, BlIEpwooi) Araantha, Jan. 7, 1907. -: , v. 1 BIG SALE OF CLOTHING iSTOOO Worth of Clothing At Practically Your Own Price- ' In order to move stock and get ready for Bring Bus ' iness we will until MARCH 1st, 1007, Bell ' Glofiiing At Actual Cost And some for a reasonable discount less. arOUR STOCJC MUST GO, SO IF YOU WANT A BARGAIN COME AND GET IT. " Y'ours for Busmess, r - '.-'y ' -MOUNTAIN CITT OLOTH1KG CO.- Mountain City, Tenn, Jan. 8, 1907. r :,;V S. t NOTICE..'7 North Caifiia, Wiitaujfii Coiioty. ToG, U. Cwuich )pu will take notice thnt gn the, 7th day of . Mjv 1906 nt ihe court houie door of V i taua cotirvty. North Carbliii;!. V". II. Baird. VEx S ierif of V. Mtaugii county, hold to the highest bidtkr vour entire interest in the fulowirii described aml adj'uninu; the lands of 1. vv. Auams. (Jeorge Black burn and J, I. Willson mul others, cnntaininu 9 acres. Said lands were sold fof taxes due for th& year 1004, titled in Ihe name of G. H. t. hmch. The amount oi taxes due and paid by' the undersigned Ijeinjr $3.50. The time for the redemption of said lands being May1 7th .9. 7- Said IhikU lying in Bald Mountain towi. "Jiip. in said com.ty and State. This Jan. 23,1907, J..T. Ray, Purchaser . . TO CURB A COLD Ifi ONE DAY. ,Tak Laxative )ro wo Quinins Ti;b Jets. All drui- ti rt fluid the mon r . t a r-i It y 11 it ttii!i 10 a re, i . wrove sj si iutiir i on c.' li box. c. ' W. E. Justice of Henderson county and W. E. Ball of Ashe vjlle were selling Bibles in Jama cia when the earth quake struck that island. They have returned needs, absolute necessities, while, to N. C, and say that they were the other is only a scheme to ad-; the only ones who escaped from vertise to the world the products the house they were in,' 5f other of our state, while the great mass! personsJ)eing killed under the es of the people of North Caroli-, same roof. na will not be able to, see the building erected .with their mpn- scantily clothed and could not stand the severe cold, On the 25th inst. Jepardy Hale, asred 50 . - a t . ..... c ' ' vy, wmcn isaoomeciro ran into to death at the Imill of G. H. the hands of some wrecking con-! Wither near Hayneeville, Va. On cern after the big"show is over at : the body of the . dead man f450 asmau percent 01 the. original m casn were found, but he was cost. The North Carolina exhib its at the Louesiona Purchase Exposition we know were nicely cared for without a "State build ing," and we are constrained to believe that they would have far ed just as f well at. Jamestown without this appropriation. But of course the other needs will .be provided for. . . '. HOui8Tera Reeky Mountain Tea Kutjs!& - -X Buy UUtit fcr Bwy Popl. - E-f-n GoUit Btk aU KMwd Vlf. I ifrU'.tl for C-mtJpnHon, InHlfWlloo. ") !-.ii'n.-r Tiw:hli, l'lin-iln. Fm. Imoof .1 Bstt P.-uevh, M.itynh Powh. H".i tAP'' r-i ka?H. n h Rn U? Mnrtntftln Tw m lab -t i nr., .rt entn a h.i. ((oniiln" mt.J by ...vi-.a r-M"i Oohi..st, Mr)iou, W. COUOcN NUBCSTS FOR SALLOW FECPLE Sm tw Tin Kind Yw !lw Hhwyi BmtU Jas!H. Cairie, editor of the Ashhville Citizen was married -to Miss Nora Conway of Terra Haut Ind., oh the 22nd. Swnth - TM KM Ym Haw Unit BwgM V mm " -trtfw Tbo TreaHuret of Oreiige coun 'y, Mr.Cli. Parish died last v. eek of typhoin fever, N'fl.E. North Curolinn. Wntmiiyn coun tv.Tn the hi'trsof Jnnifs Jackson tleccnsed: Yon will tnk. notii-P that 011 the 7rh dav ol Mav 19U at the urt house door ol Wa taiiira cunt.v. N. C. W. B. Buird, ex-Sliwiff of Watauga cmiutv. sold totln hitlifst bidder vfiiir Htitir inteiesr, "in the filliwnir 'li'M't i (h(1 lands nit lirttwi in North Foik trmiNliipnVfltHuira coun. ty, ron tainig 24 h rres, am naiil lands um sold for thn taxe lor theyeurs 1902 3und 4 listwi in th irniiH nl JnnifH J.if-ksoh'H heirs aforesaid. Tin' amount ol taxfs dm mid paid lv thenndfr- smneJ Hinu $4.70. The time for the redemption of s'lM lutujs tie insr May 7, 1907. This Jan. 23, 1U07, .1 T Rw.Pnrchaspr. FOR LOWEST PRICES ON.- Ftrtitiire Carpets Hating anTRuga AND EVRYTHIXO IN THE FURNITURE ;;UNEJ CALL ON- The Mountain City 'teitw Co, Famiiure Coffins and Caskets. Opposite (ourt Bouse, : ' '' MoufTtainCitY Fumilnre Company. Mountain Citj, Teunessee. Oct. 17, : .i . 'v ''Hi ft f NOTICE. North Carolina Watauga Connty, To W ill Gentry, you will take notice thnt on the 7th day of May 1906 at the court house door of Watauga f-nnty, N. C. W.H. B iird. Ex Slier iff of Watauga county sold to the highest bidder your entire interest in the following debcrihe' 1 n n d s situateil in Laurell t reek townnhip Watanga county N. C. near John Ward' store containing 14 a c r r r. more or lew. Said lands were sold for taxes for the year 1904 listed in the name of Wiley Genti v. The a mount of taxes heing $i.jo The time fur, the ledtmDi ion of K.iiil being Mjy 7th 1907, This Jan. 23. J. T. Ray, Purchaser. R. Ross Donnelly. . UNDERTAKER & EM BAI 4M ER ' SHOUN'S...... Tennessee, Has Varnished and Glass White Coffins; Bluck Broad loth and White riiiMh Canket s; Bhck pnd White iletalic Casket s Robes, Shoes and FiiribhingH, - Extra larpe -Coffins and Cas kets always on hand. Thone o .dJrs Riven sperial attenrion. R. ROSS DONNELLY. Londoir Stoffel Karrlware Gomoiinv : MOUN IAIN ClTf, TENNESSEE, HEADQUARTERS for Steal Rnnwrn, Conkxox and Heat nn Stoves, tb- liivcKest umi tHwt.liue.evofin Moon tain City. J " ' ; W also rnrrr n larire nhn. wpII ussortpd stewk of V'i,ndowii, Dotirs, MASTIC PAINT and all kinij of buildiiik Hm? ware. . . -. Ask to set onr line of 'Harness,-' Bridle, Collars, Snddltj &Etc. . Kemernbep. we carr.y a BIO stock of Fertilizer and high grnde field Sped, - If .voti ate interested in any of the above articles or anj-jw -thing in fh HARDWakE line, write or call on us lor' pines. LONDON STOFFEL HARDWARE CO. ,( W HOLES ALE AVp .RETAIL.) . P. S. We make a special effort to keep what the peopls want. . '. ". W 1 1 IED, MARRIED, MARRIED, MARRIED" 500 (iirls io Wotaoga County.-- - The cause of such is Beauty, and there is no irl that can look beautiful unless she be well dressed she cannot be well dressed nn ess she wears "SOUTHERN GiRL'VTRIMiiED iuj5." All the GOO girls who had them on and if you want !to .'get war, ned you had better buy one. For sale bv M. B. Blackburn and Vook Bros, Boone; H. C. Vliiier, Blowiing Rock; Taylor & Mart ; imciB; jonn ward, wataupra Falls: A. J. Pa vne, Sugar OroTe; L. W. Farthtipr, Sweet Water; nagaman & Co., Reese; W K Sherwood, Araantha; N. L. ilast, Mast; and many other mir chhtits iu the county. They all sell them and if ybo fail to find tbt man and the hat blau,e yonrseli. Remember the name. "Soutbiri Girl." MERCHANT AKDTRADER BANK MOUNTAIN mXTENNEHSEE. f;RIZEl CAPital::....:;..:..Mw. v' iALTER Wright,' President, W. P. Dun gan, Vice President, 1. S. Rambo, Cashier, Stock-ho d.n Dikectobs: J. Walter WRiGiir, I. S. w'it RWUMEl,BftJ' S. Donnelly. H. T. D ler B.R.' ulroTn f W,T 8,DJlh'' J'C' Nhnnrit,p:MMinri DinETTORs: J. G. Bntler, T. H. Bolb- mt M Pr u-tN Wn.S:.V0,e J- B' D. Robinson, H4 a. w ins, M. L. V iUon, W. H. H'JIson. J Accounts ofFirm CoipomthLS, and Individuals . oclicited, ir.i4 i To Cure a Gold in Ono i9 - -- y vw uuimo Tatleta.
Watauga Democrat (Boone, N.C.)
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