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. j ' ... C- -' ,h i, - ... . v'OL. l'ROWSSIO.AL r rORNtY AT LAW, MNNElt ELK.c. jsarWiil practice In the courts A Watauga, Mitchell and adjoining minties. 7 6.'04 Todd .& Ballou; ATTORNEYS At LAW. JEFFERSON, N. C. Will practice in all the couats Special attention given to real estate law an1 collections. 0-15-'OG- ,J. E. HOBGE& Veterinary Surgeon, ; -SANDS, N. ).. Au.G. lyV EDML'Nil JOtfilS LAW, YE 11 --XENUIK. ;,- iVW Practice Regularly . in the Courts M Whtaags,, 6-1 'oS; , F. A.LINNEY, -ATTOUNEy AT LAW, BOONE, ft. C. Will practice in the courts of the 13 th Judicial District in all iuatters of a cirri nature. B-1 1-1906; j. c. fletchIer" Attorney At Law, BOONE, N. C ' Careful attention piven t dpllectiorfa. E.B. LOVILL -ATTORNEY A t L.-iW, 3Special attention given n all bunioessi entrusted to i ' oare.S jTOl. A, A. hiolsclaW, ATTORNEY AT LAW Mountain City , Tennessee. Will practice in all the. courts of Tennessee. State and Federal. Special attention .triveii to eol- Wlnns and a'il olier matters of a If gal nature. Office north eastoco'tirf fi'ou'ne. Oct, 11, looer, Iv. . L S. COFFEY -AT'lOlMEl A 1 LA H', JOONE. N. C : Prompt rtttPDtion given to all matters of a legal r.nture. Abstracting title's and cblkction 61 claims it special ty. tt'07. R. RofSs Dtfrinally. CNDERTAREIi & EMBALM ER . SIIOUN'g.-'.en'nwtpee, Has Vanished and Glass ..White CofrtaK; Black Broad loth and White I'luHli'CurtliiefB; Binck and White MVtalic Caskets Robes, Shoes and Finmnings, v Extra larjlre Coffins arid Cas fcets always on hand.Thonc o-' ders Ki von npedal attention. R. ROSS DONNELLY. NEW . JEWELER'S SHOR I will be' locateil ii Boone' by June the firefc, 1907 prepared to o all kinds of watch and clock repairing orf short notice. My work is all guaranteed nmd no Work is Chknrpfl frr milcui aM.im. factory to the owner,. ' Bring the ! .Your work'and I wilt give you a! nrHtHcUi88 job. . - .. jJOfflcp upstairs" iir' Critcher H rXH m WfW Eew?!ey.J BOONE WAyiiixafoN leiter. From Oar Regalai Correspoadiint. , At last it has been settled that the battle-ship squadron is to be fcerit to the Pacific Coast, This decision has been annoucned off.l dally by the Nivy Department and it is a little curious to see that ou the very day of the an nouncement in Washington. Sec retary Loeb at Oyster Bay was giving out an authoritative state tneutttiat no srich move was contemplated. Now of course the government would not keep so important a person as Secretary Loeb in ignorance of its inten tions; and there is but one infer ence to be drawn from the Inci dent, uamely, that it was a mis statement that might have been characterized by a shorter, and uglier word. If Secretary Loeb does not look out he , will get himself into the same class with Assistant Secre tary of State Robert Bacon; one time partner in the linn of J. V. Morgan & Co., of New York. As sistant Secretary of State Bticon, is a very Wealthy and fashiona ble young man and is just the sort of an understudy that Sec retary Root wants to take visit ing princes and other notables off his handds:. Dut as a source of misinformation as to the things that are going on in the State Department he has not hereto fore been equalled. Hejt was who gave out th$ famous statement just after the Jamaican earth quake that there was no friction between Admiral Davie and Gov ernor Sweetenham. The same is sues of the papers that printed his statements had all the cor respondence of. Admiral Davis and Governor Sweetenham in an adjoining colurifn. Also the day news was received of the killing of the Japanese seal poachers on the Island of St. Paul, Mr. Bacon announced to all callers that the report was entirely unfounded al though the telegram bearing the inforfuaiioh had juVt been sent (o him b' the Department of CommWce and Labor where the news Was first received. Mr. Ba con a.lf.o announced three days ago that the story of sendingt.be battle ship squadroW to the Pa cific was a complete fabrication. If Secretary Loebe is starting in f of emulate this record,' he" is elect fng to travel in swift company. The journey of the battleships from the Atlantic to the. Pacific will be the greatest havaf move ment ever attempted by this gov eminent and only equalled by the Ill-fated fleet that Russia! sent to Japanese waters two years ago. The English squadron in their war games afbuad the British Isles, sometimeii brings into play more ships, btf t for the size of fh6 ships and the length of the voyfrge.the movement has never been Sur passed. There was actually more sliips in Rogensvinsky's squad ron when he' went from the Bal tic to the Sea of Japan, but the squadron went in two sections, took an inordinately long time making the-voyage, and was not the equal of the American ffeeVin fighting po'wr at any time.' Tlie q-u'estion of a' route for the Squadron has been discussed by the Naval Board at some length and a decision has been made in favor of Cn'pe' Horn. The, route throiiglrfhe Suez Canal is abojfc 1,000 miles longer than the trip around the' Horn' a'nd besideaSihan to consider lighly the evidences this it would brlrrr.the squad ron almost into Japanese waters and wouM look a little too much tike a studied defiance of tho Ja panese public. Indeed . speaking guardedly, that is what it ia and the Japanese government so un- j derstfltodsf and acqqiesces in the wisdom of the move. It is an indi tfvtitm ft) the people of the" Pooif - WATAUGA. COUNTY, N. G, THUltSDAY ic coast what this government can and will do in the way of pro t'ectinng it interests should it become necessary; and it is an object lesson that the Japauese jingo party can watch from a dis tance and ponder on. For the first time in the history of the Navy, there-has been a "hunger strike." This sounds alr most like Russia where the jail prisoners sometimes indulge in thia sortof a demonstration. But in the present instatice, it is a- thong the cadets of the training ship Enterprise at New London. A lot of cadets went ashore oii liberty and while there they dreWj up a round, robin and Sent it to the commander .onboard com plaining of the fare that w a s served them and of some other minor matters of discipline. There was no notice taken of their pro test and they sent two of their number out to the ship in a small boat to see what was being done. The commandej curtly sent them word that they could stay on shore or come back to the ship just as they had a mind, but the most of them seemed to think that coming back would mean their arrest and nogood done by the strike, so they stayed ori ehcire all night It is fairly pos sible that the Navy . Department may look very unfavorably on this breach of discipline and there may be some vacancies in the academy below the classes re assemble for their winter stud ies The PostofHce Department this week promulgated an order that will be a decided convenience to the i country population. It pro vides simply for the transmission of special delivery letters by pay ing excess postage on them with out the necessity of a regular special delivery stamp. Frequent ly small stores and postolflces, especially in the country, may not, hnvfl linv nf thn rpcnlfitiort blue special stamp on hand. But the new otder provides that if ten cents worth of stamps of any sort in addition to the regular letter fee are put on the envelope and then marked 'special delivery' the letter Will be hnndied jflst as' though it carried the regulat ion blue 6tamp. Those who avafl themselves of this" privilege will have to remember, however, that. t h e' words' "Special Delivery'' must be: written on the envelope otherwise the surplus stamps will be wasted, and the letter handled in the ordinary mail. An appeal was made' to thp War Department this week to send troops from the nearest point in Afusika to the railroad camp near Taldez where two rival rail road outfits are fighting. One of them is a firm by the name of Brunen and the' other is a party in theemfploye of the .Guggenh eima, they of Smelter trust fame; The Guggenheimi' went to cross the line of the Brunen road and they have already had a fight in which two. inch' were' killed and nine seriously bounded. II it were in a civilized community the trouble would be" quickly pu t down, but in the wilds cf Alaska" all the lawlesi impulses of trust training can have full sway and the chances are that the govern ment will have to step in before a stop can be put to the slaughter. : He Fired the Stidtc No trreater mistaKe Can 6e rfiad'e of disease in your syntem. Don't take desperate chanced on ordinary medicines. Use" Hqllter's Rocky Mountain -Tea. -m cents, lea or-f Tablets. M. B. Blackbor-'n tad Blowing Rock Drug Co.' v ,1! gray hairs weie a surn ot wisdom' fewer men would ha V ' thPin . A Scythe ill's Memorial. New York Tribune. When the territory about Wa terloo, iti this &tute, was sparse ly settled the ntincipal Industry was the hewing of timber from the foreHt along the Seneca Ca nal; At a point known as .Log Latidiug, midway between Gene va and Waterloo, the wood chop pers were iont to gather a nd tell their ?tory of early Indian fights, and here young lly man Johuson, a lariner boy, first learned of the, im ending diHaster to the Union if the 8outheni states were allow ed ho withdraw from their early affiliation. It seemed war was im minent and speculation was rile as to the time when the actual hostilities would bein. One day in 18G1 Johnson, who was twenty year-B old, was mow ing a lot on the farm. A neighbor drove np bearing the tidings that the cull to arms had been sound ed ., Without hesitation theyouth walked to the house ; and placed his scythe iuthecrotch ofaj oung Balm in Gilead tree. His mother asked him what the matter was, and he said. 'Mother, Lincoln needs men. i am going to war." "What, Hyman? You, my eon. going to enlist7" "Yes, but do notfear any harm will come to me The war will be over in a month. The Southern ers cannot face the troops ol the North for more thau that time. W hen I return 1 will mow the rest ot the lot. Lpave my scythe in the tree until 1 return." Ilis reiriment marched to the front to t he stirring martini mu sic, and was often in the fighting line; The mother, true to the words ol her boy. left the scythe os it had been placed. Johnson carrie home a year later on a lur lougb, and laughed atjthe nlmost forgotten incident of the imple njentnnd its position. lie inspired hope iri the hearts of those who thought of nothing else than his safe return by say ing: "I will yet be back to mow that lot." Soon after returning he was captured in a skirmish and be came a prisoner, escape was im possible. Disease laid hold upon him and he :died surrounded by enemies. He was buried iri aii unknown grave with hundreds of his comrades. Meanwhile he tree grew apace and the blade became partially imbedded in the trunk of the tree The handle rotted away, but the steef rehiained Aixe'd in t h e wood. , A general proclamation a s issued from, the White' House declaring rnie day should be set opart as a timo for memory of those who' had fallen' while de-j fending their country.. It was the first Memorial Day. Word of the proclamation was carried to Mrs. Johnson, but she had no grave to decorate. She fain would strew a few flowers" upOn the spot where in her boy lay, but . its' location Hi'ud't ever remain a niystery. Kneeling in the garden, she offer ed a snort prayer. Then she pluck ed a few lillies from the plot she tended daily, and . making a wreatlrf she bore it to the tree which gave such a grim reminder of her sacrifice td her country. With a caress she reached up and hiing the wreath upon the scythd' point.. Memorial Day ha s long become an established anniversary. Many years have passad since Mrs. J" ohn" son was laid to resV in the village cemetery. The old home 08 it stoo'd in tlie day of the Civil War, is "exactly as it wai.then, but is occupied by another fa!mily Thomas Buck and those .gather leaaooutms irrep.aee ten or me niackburr1n,ll'I'!bAingR.ck Dru hnvmr.f th$7thfer w scoTedVo :;:'". , ed about his frreplace'tell of the JULY 18,1907. of eager listeners each year. Of the Johnson family a broth er's widow aud her children are left. Every year, carly( in the moniirig of Memorial Day, the remnant of the family gathers beneath the scythe and places thereupon a wreath of evergreen and a tiny Americau flag. Within a few feet modern iriethods have constructed a trolly line. Hun dreds carried by the cars craze upon the tree, the scythe, the wreath and the flog and ask to be told the story of the brave youtig soldier. Remarkable Retjcue. That truth is stranger than fiction has oncJ more been demonstrated in the little town of Fedora, Tenn., the residence of C. V . Peppsr, lie writes "1 was in bed, entirely disabled with hemorrhages of the lungs and throat. Doctors failed to help me, and all hope had fled when I began taking Dr. King's New Discovery. .Then instant relief came. The coughing Soon ceased; the bleeding diminish ed rapidly, and in three weeks I was able to go to work," Guaranteed for coughs and celds. 50c. and $1 at all Druggists. Trial Bottle free; From Governor Hoke Smith's inaugural address he would seem to lo the most available candi ¬ date the South has offered f o r the Presidency. There was never before such an outpouring of the people in Georgia as upon the oc casiou of his inauguration, for the voters evidently have im- plicit confidence that he will do what he promises. The Magic No. 3. Number three ts a wonderful mas cot for Geo. H. Pariisj of Cedar Grove. Mc,, according to a letter which reads: After suffering much with liver and kidney trouble and becoming greatly discouraged by the failure to flud relief, I tried Electric Bitters, and as a result I am a well man to-day. ' The first botts! relieved and tlirce bottles com pleted the cure" Guarcntced best remedy fsr stomach, liver and kid ney troubles, For sale by all drug gist. 50c. "Wave the big dub and holler like a Camanchc; but don't hit the octopus. He's our pal. Don't hurt him. That is a play not a duel.", So Buys Root to Teddy. And Teddy plays and hollers, while John Temp'e Graves and the other political urchins wildly applaud. Is itacoriiedy or a trag edy? , "I ha ye fi.cd tlie walking-stick I've carried over 40 years oh accouifl of a sore that resisted every kind of treatment untiltl tried Bucklen's Arnica Salve; that has healed the sore and made me a happy man," writes John Garrett; of North Mills N. C. Guaranteed for Piles, Hums, etc., by all druggists, 25c. Wilkesboro Chronicle: On Tees day night ol last week, between 9 and 10 o'clock, a phenomenon ot nature not frequently seen, wus dispbtyed. It was a plainly definec' r inbov iu the uorth west.' Itwa8ju9t after a thuti dtr shower had passedover, and the full moon was somo to hours high. The bow was plainly defined and every color r fleet ad, but; it was Bolter,' mellower ond more Weird than when reflected from the bright sun. It was 0 sight but seldom seen and abun dantly proved Solomon's words, that the heavens declare the glo ry of God v You can't tall a woman's age after she takes Holhster's Rocky Mountain Tea. Her complexion is tine. She is round, plump, and hand some; in fact she is young again. 35 cents, Tea or Tablet? M. B, NO. 11. When the Hair Falls Stop It! And why not?. Fall ing hair is a disease, a regular disease; and Ayer'sHair Vigor, as made from our new; im proved formula, quickly and completely destroys that dis ease. The hair stops falling out, grows more rapidly, and all dandruff disappears. Doei ttn thnnrr roor of iht hair. PorauUi with eh bottle 9 Show it to font lik himboat It, then do u ho MTU The little book in each package gives th formula of our new Hair Vigor, tells why each ingredient is used, and ex plains many other interesting things After reading you will know why this neW hair preparation does Its work so well. . -Kail by tho t. C. Aye? Co., LowtU, 1 It 8eema that Bending all out battle ships to the Pacific would be intended to force Congress to1 vote eeough money to build an otlv.r fleet lor the Atlantic. Women as Well as Ren Are miserable by Kidney and .. Bladder Trooble. : Kidney trouble preya upon the mind,' fliscouragesandlesseiisambition; beauty, vigor ana cueertul nesa toon disappeaa, yhen the kidneys arg out of order or dis eased, j Kidney trouble had become so prevalent that it h not niiconi-, 111011 fur a child to be born afflicted with, weak kidneya. If th4 cbUd urinates too often, If the urine scald tbe flesh, or if, when the child reaches an age when it should be able to control th passage, it is yet afflicted with bed-wet ting, depend uj-ion it, thecause of the diffi culty is kidney trouble, and the first step should be toward the treatment of tuec important organs. This unpleasant; 'rouble is due to a diseased coudition of the kidneys and bladder and not to if habit as nioBt people suppose. ' , , Women as well as men are made miser able with kidney and bladder trouble, and both need the same gTeat remedyj The mild and the immediate effect oj Swamn-Root is soon realized. It is sola by druggists, In lifty Ceut and one-dollar! size bottles. You may have a sample bottle hv mnil free. Also a Had of SwiBP-iooS, oamphlet telling all about Swamp-RootI lnclmling innny of the thousands of test)-, monial letters received tkm sufferera cured. In writing Dr. Kilmer & Co.K Bingbamton, N. Y., be aurc and meution this paper. Don't make any mistake,; bnt remember the name, Swamp-Root Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root,1 and the ad7 dress, Binghamtou, U. Y., on every fettle I'here is no insult to a girl wh wants ts be called pretty to equal at the one of saying she has rei sweet nature. John D. Rockeleller does no$! talk like a .man who exacts the trusts to be busted, for he declaf.' ed in Chicnco that, the present trust prosperity will continue. W bae U manyaetuu phototrrapha ot ootton fields on which no ftntlllzur wera uiod and pictures of Adds od whloh "other makes" of fortiliienj Wer nntA. Kcnults ot thnne orops wcro dismal fillun-o There are muoh . "brihwr proports" shoal for lbs progreaHlvo farmers of .tlie SoutD. Two and thm bttU i to the acre are oolf ordloarj yield where ., Virginia-Carolina Fwtilizers are used with prrper cultivation. Make your cotton uiotura early, and tbueotcape th 00U weerllnl other deraairlnf lnsvcta. You can enslly do Uils. on well as increase tbe number of boUandtlielrlze)on rourplanta by pleotlruliy using virwmifi-aro-lina Fertllirers. This method will' tremendously "IncroaM your yields per aura." Don't be f wiled Into buy 1d substitute. .- , Vlrtinle-Carenaa Cbomkol Ce. ' Riehmond. Va, ' Norfolk. Va. Durluini. K.G. Cberleiton, 8. C. Baltimore. Atlanta. Go. Sevan nab. hu Memphla, Ttann. Montvnmnr enrevepors, j 1 jLiers - u' ! i 4 .1 n. 1," i w. i
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