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FLETCHER, Attorney At Law,. BOONE, N. C ' Carriul attention jfi ven to collections. v . - .... ' LOVILL 4 ATTORNEY AT LAW, -BOOSh. A. ( 8SS"SpeciHl attontion jiivn to all business entruwted to ; h!s care."8 A, A. -Hdlscls.w, . . -ATTORNEY AT LAW . Mountain City, Tennessee. Will practice in all th courtH ; of Twiuenuw. State and Ffderwl. : Special attention uivt'ii to col- . Wl'MiB ttiiu nil UMier muiit ro wi . a V'jral nature. " , .Office north eastof court house. iOct. ll.iy06, ly.. F. Si.MADllOy, D. b. s: ' n j r r ; I m now located here for tht :.V practice of Dentistiy, and am ma- r,.,v; king Iiridge and Crown work, the el most intricate work known to. the profession, a specialty. . titTMy work is all done under a positive guarantee no satisfaction, no pay. Nothing but the best mate rial used in the execution of any of my work. ' t . , E, S. GOFFEY : ATK)llhEi A 2 II',- i:Z?qoNE, N. C Prompt attention given to all matters of a legal nature. ;.. .-.'rtfST Abstracting titles and i edllectiqn ot claims a, special- m: ' - ' " v. 1.1-07. "-L . " ' - ' v ATTORNEY Al LAW, .ilenoir,;Hu'C. - .-r t Practice iii the Vourtu of ' Vi CCaldftell, W a taoM , M it hidl, Ashe an 1 otbr sui roundin; - . ', counties. , , ;v.,:.;.; ,X r Pnmpt ntteption tsjiven to " V y "; alUejca I tna t ter pij trusted to Jus care. V ; WASIIIN GTON LETTER." From Our Regulai Correspondont. Another chapter in the rather stormy history of the Panama Canal cotnmencea with the retire ment of Chairman Shonts from the Panama Canal CommiKsion and his succession by John F. Stevens, now the chief engineer of the canal. Mr. Shonts has jriven up his $30,000 job as the presi dent of the Commission, to ac cept something which is reported to be worth from $60,000 to $100,000. for the management of the New York subsid-, the Belmont-ltyan institution, Which can afford to pay any sum it chooses to get a suitable man. The severane of Mr. Shont's "con nection with the Canal enterprise was not marked by any of the un pleasant accompaniments, such as were made public when Chair man Wallace resigned the 'same position about a year ago. Mr. Shont's letter of resignation was sent to the President and, was ac cepted in an entirely friendly spir it and he .was given .the good wishes of the Administration' in his coming work. ' John ' F. Stevens, the present chief engineer of the canal has succeeded Mr. Shonts as chair man of the Canal Commission'.' It is generally understood. t Hat both the President and Secreta ry Talt consider Mr. Stevens ful ly equipped in every respect 'to carry on the work and an effort will be made in the near future to reduce the number of Canal Com missioners to threepossibly ev en making it a one-man power concern with Mr. "Stevens in en tire charge. Considerable scandal has been created by the publication in Washington of the fact that the Navy has maintained an effect ive lobby here this winter; for the posssage of the personal bill. There are a number of executive orders against government em ployees of any sort lobbying in favor.of a bill which affects their own department, and there is a particular order that any peti tions of naval officers either for or against measures affecting their service shall be transmitted to Congress through the Secreta ry of the Navy. .This procedure has not been followed in the case of the personal bill. It might al so be news to, the War Depart ment to learn that similar lob bies have been maintained this winter in favor of the Artillery Bill and the Mdicai Bill, both of which are now pending for the War Department. In fact, .it is said, in case of the artillery bill that personal requests were cir culated from high officers in the service to all their subordinates asking them to bring whatever pressure they are ableto bear on both senators and representa tives favoring the pussageof this bill. ; , - ' There is a standing rule in. the Treasury Department, one of the most strickly enforced rules in the service by the -way, against any employee of the Treasury ac cepting presents of favor of any sort from the financial institut ions with which the Treasury has to deal. This matter wal brought into prominence this week by the action of Treasurer Treat in de manding the resignation of Sam uel Terry, an'd Edgar Lee of the New York sttb-treasury on ac count of their having accepted presents from Borne of the Nev York banks or trust companies. A good deal of mystery is thrown over the action of the Depart martment in these two cases and it is specifically stated that no-1 thing was found yrong m the ac counts of either of these two em. nloves." but thev have violated : ;pne of the cardinal rules of t he ' . . . Treasury Department and they! were made to suffer for it immedi-' lately. .,; ,." ".': '" There was received at the head quarters of the Secret Service in the Treasury Department this week a big roll of counterfit bills whose disappearance has kept the officrs of the Planter's Bank fn Richmond in a state of semi panic since 1901. There wawpass ed in that year a law against the retention by banks throughout the United States of any counter feit money. Prior to that time banks had been in the habit of keeping specimen counterfeits for the instruction of their emyloy es. When the law was passed all of the banks were compelled to turn in these counterfeits to the Treasury Department, and a large collection of very fine, but spurious bills were sent by the Planter's Bank of Richmond. They never reached the Treasury Department, however, and it was only last week in cleaning out an old safe in the Richmond bank that the missing bills were dis covered. They have been sent on to the Treasury Department and a number of them will be preser ved in the extensive collection of the Spcret Service because they dre.said, to be some of the finest specimens of such work in exis tence. They are the creation of "Baldy" Smith a member of the famous Brock away gang and a one time employee of the A mericari Bank Nota Company. He wus making some plates of bank bills aud took the precau tion of making duplicate plates for his own use in denominations of $10, $50 and $100. The notes, it is said, are so good that it is difficult even for bank experts to pick any flaw in them. , There will be a River and Har bor Bill passed at. the present session, it having been favoraoty reported to the IIouso this, week from the Committee on Rivers and Harbors. Its aggregate a mount is considerably in excess of any similar bill heretofore pass ed. The total is $83,466,137. Of this amount over $34,500,000 will be available between July 1st 1008, while the remainder ,$48, 834,526 is, authorized in contin uing existing contracts with no time limit as to its expenditure. Wie Counsel From the South. I want to give some valuable ad vice to those who suffer With lame back and kidney trouhle," 'says J. H. Blankenship, of Beck, Tcnn, 'I have proved to arj absolute certain ty that lilectric Bitters 'will ..posi tively cure this distressing condi tion. TJie first bottle gave me great relief and after taking a few more bottles, I wns completely cured; so completely that it became a pleasure to recommend this great remedy." Sold under guarantee by all drug gist. Price 50. The editor of & paper at Tren ton, Missouri, is uow hidden in a swnmp on the Grand River bot tom, in consequence ol the way he mixed up his ipports of a cat tloshow and a concert.' His paper wnid: "The concert given lant night by sixteen of Trenton'B most beautiful yotiujj ladies was highly appreciated. They Bung in a chutmiii;r manner, winning the plaudits olr.tlie entire andience, who pronounces t hem the finest breed of shorthorns in the coun try. A few of them are of a rich brown color, but the . majority are spotted brown and white. Severn! of the heifer8(flre ablc. bodied.-tiirlit limbed animals and promise to prove good p roperty. -Ex. ' v.- . . ;.. : ''.. ' MAS STOOD THE TEST 2$ YEARS, The old original Grove's Tasteless Chill I onic.v You know what you are takmif. It is iron and quinine j in h ' jasietces form. No cure, no pay e,oc. - Life ou Mout Diane. (New York Sun.) Life in the observatory on the summit of Mont Blanc is ever frostier than on an arctic expedi tion. The observatory was found ed by Pieere Janssen, the French scientist, in 1893 and since the first ascent of the mountain in 1786, a temperature above freez ing was never recorded until last j year, when for a few miuutes a temperature of 2 degrees centi grade, or about 36 degrees Fahr-! euheit, was observed. j The observatory is generally occupied from about the begin ning of June to the end of Sep tember. These are the utmost lim its at woich men could live there. The work is both astronomical and meteorological. Last year important observa tions were mado on Venice and Jupiter. Janssen himself, though 69 and lame, used it when itf was first erected to study the effect of the atmosphere upon the solar spectrum. One of the greatest draw backs to the work is the stream of tour, ists in July and August, who ex pect to have everythingshownto them regardless pf the loss of time to the men of science. One of these, W.' de Fauvielle in a recent account of the work on the mountain top dwells on the courage that it takes to spend weeks and months amid the mo notony of the snbwfields and gla ciers. The mental depression is all the harder to fight on account of the physical conditions, to which it is very difficult to become ac customed. ' " . At that elevation human beings are tortured by an unceasing thirst., due to the rapid evapora tion of moisture from the body. On the other hand, the appetite almost entirely disappears. At first all the system can stand is a few glasses of warm tea dil ly, with plenty of sugar and pul verized milk in it. Recourse to al-' cohol is absomtelyTorbidden, as spirits of all kinds are found to be exceedingly harmful. When the men begin to get ac climated, a diet principally made up of meat is found to be best. The meat is carried up from Chanfpunix and frozen in order to insure its preservation. It is stored in the cellar of the observatory, whore the tempera ture ranges from 12 to 15 degrees Fahrenheit. Canned or (reserved meat is uever used. It is found to be too trying to the digestive powers in that region. : The meat is for the most part boiled. Green vegetables are eat en with it toprevent scurvy and similar disorders. Tje process of cooking is f a r more tedious than at ordinary levels. As water boils far'bolow 212 degrees, it takes four or five times as much boiling to render the food fit to be eaten as it does in ordinary places. Tho scientific men who spend their summers at the observato ry have to live in arctic clothing. They spend day and night in an atmosphere at freezing point. It is true that the building is warm ed with flre9 of coal and wood. But it is only warmed at 32 de grees Fahrenheit. The moisture" from the breath of the inhabi tants condense on the walls in a thin coating of ice, aud icicles de pend from the ceilings, beams and lintels. When it gets a little too warm the ice melts and there is a veritable rain fall in every room. .The observers gradually learn to be comfortable at 32 degrees. They take off their gloves to han dle the more delicate instruments. They sleep in bags and keep their health. When, they go homo for the winter they don't feel the cold. Their scientific work is, be- I sides,- generally; recognized as compensating for all they endure ! i to accom it. Dodging Taxe. Not. expected to list their prop' ertv at full value, it has alway been a temptation to men to list B it far below a just valuation for taxation. But the late Ilussel sage appears to naveout-neroa- ed Herod in this respect'. The At lanta. Constitution Says: "Thelitte Russel Sago was in the habit of paying taxes on a buut $2,000,000 of property, or 2 per cent, of what he was really worth, not according to general report, but as was shown by the returns made as the result nf the administration upon his estate in the New York Probate Court. 'Under this assessment Mrs. Sago will have to pay some$i800,- 000 in taxes as against about one-twenty-fifth of the amount or some $32,000, paid by her 1ms band. 'Now here is ponitive evidence of the fact that there has been some hiding out of taxable prop ertyevidence which affords cir cumstantial proof that there is plenty of similar evasion of the tax laws on the part of the other large property ownersi For it is well known that many multi millionaries who are giving in a bout the same amount of proper ty as did Russel Sage are worth any where from five to fifty times that amount." There are plenty of people not millionaires who dodge their just taxes, but it is an outrage that the law ought to take hold of to remedy that the mass of the peo ple of small means should hava to bear the burden of taxation, when enormously rich men beat the devil around the bush. In this connection it is a pleasure to know, as recently appeared in the press, that North Carolina's Mr. Geo. W, Vanderbilt was not try ing to evade the law by having one residence in New York and another in North Carolina. Char lotte News. A Western Wonder. There's a hill at Bowie, Texas, that's twice as big as last year. This wonder is W. L. Li ill, who from a weight of 90 pounds has grown to over, 180. He says; 'I suffered with a terrible cough, and doctors gave me up to die of consumption I was reduced to 90 pounds, when I began taking Dr, King's flew Dis covery fur consumption, Coughs aud Colds, pnd now, after taking 12 bottles, I have more than doub led in weight and am completely cured." Only sure Cough and cold cure. Guaranteed by nil druggists. 50 cts, and ti Trial bottles free. 'The Professor r r (From Argonout.) A stately and venerable pro fessor one morning, being unable to attend to his class on account of a cold, wrote on the black board: "Dr. Dash, through indisposit ion is unable to attend to his classes today." ' The students eraced one letter in this notice, making it read: "Dr. Dash through indisposit ion, is unable to attend to his las ses to-day." But it happened a few minutes later that the professor returned f,hnt bp bnrl fnrrmftM, A. ! .w.p,. mid a roar of laughter he detect- ed the change in his notice, and approacning tDe biackDOara, oll. flrocart na in Kla calmly erased one letter in Ms turn: , Now the notice read: "Dr. Dash, through indisposit ion is unable to attend to his asses today.' , . i ijetite, improves digestion, induces rereshing sleep, i v e renewed health and strength, ThaVs what fin- a t if if IloJlister's Rocsy .Mountain lea uoeR. 35 cenis, i ca or i niei. m. B ISiackbui n, Blowjtig Rock Drug' iii. , . 1W I il x I fQ jilSl Ask your doctor the medical name for 1 cold on the cheat. He will say,"Broncbltla.?: Ask him if It is ever serious. Lastly, ask, him if , he pre scribes Ayer's Cherry Pec toral for . this disease. Keep in close touch with your family physician. ,; ; W pmbm o fowl , J from our 4II W r rem t OMult jrow doctor Chen you tell your doctor about the bad taste In your mouth, lota of appetite for breakfast, and frequent headaches, and when he sees your coated tongue, be will say, "You are bilious." Ayer's Pills work veil in such cases. 7 M4, ljr tha J. 0. Aju Co., &owU, 1 BANK STATEMENT. : Following is the report of the condition of the Watauga County Bank at Boone, N. 0., in the Statu of North Carolina, at the close of business Nov. 12, 1906: KESOURCES. . Loans and discounts $26,716.10. Overdrafts unsecured J7M Overdrafts unsecured, 475.1. Wanking house : " i - 1,21141. Furniture and fixtures 400.09. Due from banks and ban- ', keig ' 6,988.03 Gold coin, 690.00 Silver coin, including all minor coin currency, ' '51 1.04, Nationul bank notea and . '. other U. S. Notes 1,749.00, Total .....f39.Oi4.36., LIABILITIES ; , ' ' Capital stock f 10,000,00, Undivided profits, less . current expenses and ' taxes paid 3539,0 Bills payable ' 3,546.00, Time certificates of deposit included jn bills payable Deposits subject to checK 23,600.51, Cashier's ck's outstanding 328 75 - Total....... ..f39,0'43& State of North Carolina Watauga county, ss: I, E. S. Coffey, Cashier of the above named bank, do sot. Umuly swear that the above state ment is true to the best of my knowl edge and belief. ; E. S. Coffey, Cashier. Correct Attest. W. 0. Coffey, S, L. Mast.Directors. . Subscribed and worn to before me, this 22nd day of Nov. 1906. J, M. May, Register of Deeds. A GUARANTEED CUKE FOB PILES, Itching, Blnd,Bleeding, Protruding Piles Druggists are authorized to re fund money if P AZO OINTMENT tails to cure in 6 to I4 days. 5oc Most of the old saws have lost their teeth. , DO YOU, GET TJP WITH A "LAMB BACK! r v -- . . . Uiz:j Trouble Makes Yon Miserable, Almost everybody who reads. Ui news, papers is sure to know of thc',ionderfnl cures made' hr Dr. 1 Kilmer's . Swnip. I Root, the great kid. I ney, liver and blad. Uer remedy. It is the crest nwd. I ical triumph of tlit I nineteenth century I diacoveredafteryeari of scientific research uy ur. Kimier, ,we eminent kidney and bladder specialist, and is wonderfully successful iu promptly curing lame back. ' uric add, catarrh of the bladder and Right's Disease, wliicU la ,tUe Wt form of kidney trouble. Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root is not rec. SSSZ found just the remedy you na. ji lias bwn tested in so many ways, in hospital k 81ld in private'pr.cUce, and by proved so successful in every case thats, special arrangement lias been madefy which all readers of this paper, who have not already tried it, way have a sample bottle lent free by mail, also a book tell. In? mora about Swamp-Root, and how to I fiivloutif youhavekidueyor bladderro. ' jfelxy Vhcn writing mention reading tbJf generous oner in umijiwuciiyviy & Co., . Binehnmton, 1 N. Y. The regular S"?-"1.'1 oae uuimr size uulici ai . ni by an good droggW Dontmaka ny mistake, nut rememoer me uawa, Swamp-Root, Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root, u Alters i. in imt i m JO I anu me adurew, ninguaimun, ., every bottle. . . .. . ; . 1
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