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VOL XIX
BOONE WATAUGA. COUNTY. N. Cm THURSDAY MARCH 12. 1908.
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Watauga
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Suffeiing Dollar Saved.
E. S. Loper, of barilla. N. Y.,
'-.says: am a carpenter and have
j had many severe cuts heuled by Ruck
. , leu's Arnica Salve. It has SHved me
; suffering and dollars. It is by far the
best healing naive I have ever found.
.Heals burns, sores, ulcers, fever
sores, externa, and piles. 25c at all
Druggist,
PROFESSIONAL.
L, D.LOWE
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"ATTORNEY AT LAW,
3ANNER ELK, N. C.
; .f& Will ' practice in the courts
of IVatauga, Mitchell and adjoining
.counties. 7 61'07.
Todd & Ballou.
Attorneys at law.
V trnnnnonxT XT n
Will practice in all the ooujts-
kJLrrviOil aviClli iun pl t a yw -pea 1
J. E. HO DOES.
MeriiiarY Surceon. 1
SANDS. N. (). r -
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Auk. 6.1y.
EDMUND JONES
LAWYER
LKNOIU, N. !,-
Will Practice Regularly in
tbe Courts of Watauga,
A-l '07.
F. A. LINNEY,
-ATTORNEY AT LAW,-
BOONE, N. C.
Will practice in the courts of
the 18th Judicial District in all
matters of a civil nature.
J. q. FLETCHER
Attorney At Law,
BOONE, N.C.
Careful attention piven in
collections.
E. F. LOVILL
ATTORNEY AT LAW;
r-BOOXb, A'. C
iSpecial attention Riven
to all brjeinens entrusted to
1 1.'04.
A, A. Holsclaw,
r-ATTORNEY AT LAW
Mountain City. Tennessee
Will practice In all Hit courts
. of Tennessee, Rfflte and Federal.
.-Specisl attention jriveti to col-
- lections and all oMier matters of
,a,Ifgul nature.
Office north east of court bouse.
Oct. 11, 1907, ly.
E. S. GOFFEY,
AT10RtiEi AT LAWt-
BOONE, N. 0.
Prompt attention given to
all matters of a lejral iiHture.
W3 Abstracting titles and
. collection ot claims a special
ty. M-'07.
R. Ross Donnelly.
CNDERTAKER & EM BALM ER
SHOUN'S..-.. Tennessee,
Has Varnished and Glass White
Coffins; Black Broad i-Ioth and
White Plush Caskets; Btack and
' White Metalic Caskets Robes,
JShoes and Finishings,
Extra large Coffins and Cue
kets always on band.'Phone or
tiers given special attention.
Tbat VTitkei Countjr Letter 1
Mr. Editor: An article entitled
"Observations from the State of
Wilkes," published in the Indus
trial News of the 13th ult., cer
tainly did say a, great man y
things 'defective on the surface,
rotten to the core and a dark-
eyed monster to the pure liber
ties of a great and free people, as
are we Americans, ' even though
you may find us up here in the
mountains of Western North Car
lina holding our grave yards us
sacred spots. And I wonder why
the gentleman who sat down and
wrotn out this sketch, which was
indirectly aimed ar Haekett, did
not say that we were also hold
ing sacred, and very sacred too,
the homes of the aged, the wid
ows and orphans? I guess it was
because he little thinks along
such sacred lines and cares but
little for our moutain homes, ex
cept as a reserve for an indepen
dent aristocracy.such as is found
in parks previously .set .apart for
similar purposes.
Our homes in the mou tains are
just as sacred to us, and by grant
from the State or Government
just as valid as are the titles to
those of Wilkesboro or Greens
boro, notwithstanding the opin
ion of that gentleman who sired
that shrewdly written article a
bove named for, as I see it, the
sole purpose of daggering the
Hon. R. N. Hackett, one of the
Eighth's greatest and best men;
a man of whom we should all be
proud because of his stand in the
protection of our homes, and
having an opinion in this mat
ter and then enough fortitude a
bout him to stand up like a man
and express it, the opposition
notwithstanding, and especially
that of this government runt.
I, in my humble way, amforev
er against this bill or any other
related to it which is an infringe
ment on the rights of the peo
ple's homes of the living or that
of the dead, and I venture the
assertion that 90 per cent of the
Watauga people, irrespective of
party are so. Mr. Man, we want
Mr. Hackett to make the next
race, more so than ever beforp,
on account ol his record, and
please, il you want to see how sa
credwehold our homes in -the
face of title by the condemna
tion clause ol the bill, put up
your champion . for Congress in
the 8th who favors this bill, and
then you will have learned some
thing that will give more light
than you had while writing those
observations from the State of
Wilkes.
When this question of the For
est Reeerye Bill was being con
sidered by the committee, the
Representative from this the
8th Congressional district of N.
C, was the only Southern Repre
sentative present, and he, to his
credit, against it. This interest
taken by him alone ought toand
will, when milking time conies,
mean a great deal, and I would
not be surprised if there are those
within the bounds of the : good
old 8th who envy or covet these
laurels, and yet raise a voice d
gainst the Hon. R N. Hackett.
That towering giant in oratory
and one of North Carolina's grea
test legal lights and most pro
found thinkers, the Hon. R. 1. Lin
ney, he whom some of the advo
cates of the bill reported to have
lost his mind, but he still tiveth
and is heacd from.
May such advocates of the peo
pies' rights as the Hons. R. N
Hackett and R. Z. Linney long
live and stand, not for selfish in
terests alone, but for that of their
constituents in -the broadest
sense, even though critics arise
who would take from us that
which (our homes) they caunot
and would not if they could ie-
Urtj and that which dpeth them
no good but maketh us poor in
deed. We who have not the bulk
of our effects in this life therein
invested cn never show thegrat
itude properly due Mr. Hackett
for hislabors in this matter.
I wonder if that gentleman who
wrote the article mentioned will
stand off and fail to answer to
his name when called up yonder
(if called at all) as hehedid when
he struck, as he thought, the
most fatal blow at Hackett just
because he did in this matter
what he thought to be right, and
just what a great majority of the
true thinking citizenship will
readily endorse when Hackett's
ticket are presented at the polls
in the coming ele t ion from 1 ,000
to 2,000 at least more than in
th,e. last election.
Very respectfully,
John H. Bingham.
Araantha, N. C.
At, times when you don't feel just
right; when you have a bad Mom
ash, take something right away that
will assist digestion; not something
that will stimulate for a ttme but
something that will positively do
the very work that the stomach per
torms under ordinary and normal
conditions, something that will
make the food digest. To do this
you must tne a natural d'gestant
like Kobo'i for.Dyspcp&yi. .Co.dol is
a scientific prepara'K.n of vegetable
preparation of vegetable acids with
natural digHt"nts and contains the
same juices t- 0e found in a healthy
stomach. Each dose will digest more
than 3,000 strains of good food. It is
sure to afford prompt relief; It di.
gests what you eat and. is pleasait
to take. Sold by J, M, Hodges.
Wilkesboro Hustler: A fatal
tragedy occurred between Pur
lear and Champion postpffiees,
Tuesday evening about 8 miles
from this place, in .wyich Lindsay
Huffman was shot through the
body and died early next morn
ing. Lindsay and a brother nam
ed Carl, and a cousin whose nam a
we did not learn, were at the
home of Mrs. Martha Foster
when it seems that Lindsay and
his cousin after scuffling had
some .words and Lindsay drew
his pistol. WhiK' the t wo were try
ing to take the weapon from him
Lindsay was fatally shot, or shot
himsel in trying to hold to it. It
It se -ms to have been accidental,
and no inquest was held.
The Jumping Off Place,
"Consumption hud me in it's
grasp; and I hud almost reached the
jumping off place when I was ad.
vised to try Dr. King's New Dis
covery; and J want to say right now,
it saved my life. Improvim-nt began
with tbe first bottle, and after taking
one doaen bottles ,1 was a well and
happy man again," savs George
Moore, of Grimesland, N. C. As a
remedy for coughs and colds and
healer of weak. Hore lungs and for
presenting pneumonia New Disco
vary ia supreme. 50c and fi.oo it all
druggist. Trial bottle free.
A Wahsington doc tor has given
a very simple teat to insure one
that life is entirely extinct in a
body supposed to be dead If,
after an attack of acute indiges
tion you are dead, slap your-self
violently on the lower back. If a
red mark appears you'e not .
Bert Barber, of Elton. Wis., says :
"I have only taken four doses of
your Kidney and Bladder Pills and
they have done for. me more than
any other medicine has ever done. I
am still taking the pills n I want a
perfect cure." Mr. Barber rtfers to
De Witt's Kidney and Bladder Pills.
They are sold by J, M. Hodges.
m mi km Haw Km lotft
Iha Propose Prohibition lav.
WHAT IT WILL IJO.
It .will abolish every licensed
whiskey and brdndy distillery in
the State.
It will abolish every saloon and
dispensary in the State.
It will stop the wine traffic with
in the State. For wine can he
sold only at the place of manu
facture in quantities of two uud
' and one half gallons or more and
not shipped anywhere in the
State.
It will stop the sale of all those
chemical mixtures by whatever
name known that will produce
intoxication.
It will place under the most
stringent and binding regula
tions phannasists ami physi
cians, who. may handle intoxica
ting liquors for medical purposes
only.
It will allow the officers of any
county or town to regulate or
prohibit the sale of intoxicating
liquors by pharmacists in the
drug stores. '
WHAT IT WILL NOT DO.
It will not prohibit the farmer
from making cider from fruits
grown on his own land and sell
ing the same at home or in his
market town,
.It will nqt stop the manufactu
rer, from making his wine a pd
shipping it'outside of the State.
It will not stop the sale of those
medical preparations and essen
ces that may have alchohol in
them to preserve them or to
hold the medicinal agents in so
lution, such as camphor, vanilla,
etc.
It will not repeal existing pro
hibition laws.
It will not prohibit the sale of
wine to ministers or church offi
cials for sacramental purposes. '
If this law fails to be ratified
by the people at t he polls on May
26t, 1908, it will not effect the
present status of any existing
prohibition law in the State. In
other words, the dry territory
will not be changed.
We are sure when you have
studied this law you will agree
with us that it is fair.
Under' the law, Greensboro's
voting wet would not rnnke it
,wet, and Salisbury's voting dry
would not make it dry. Under
local option Greensboro has vo
ted dry, and as a locality, she
must remain so until the locali
ty as such votes wet, while Salis
bury has voted the other way.
This vote on "the manufacture
and sale of intoxicating liquors''
in North Carolina is quite a dif
ferent thing from local option.
Again, this law is right. (For
the influence of liquor isnever lo
cal. Salisbury orWilmington cit
izens, while controlling the sale
of the traffic, the influence is felt
for hundreds of miles around.
Every citizen in the State has a
right to self-protection against
the influence of this traffic, now
centered at a few points, and the
only way of protection is the ab
oliton of the' traffic thronghout
the State. Lenoir Topic.
Neighborhood Favorite.
.Mrs.-E. D. Charles,' of Harbor
Maine, speaking of. Electric Bitters,
says: 'It is a neighborhood favorite
here with us." It deserve to be a
favorite everywherc.lt gives quick
relief in dynpepia( liver complaint,
kidney derangement, malnutrition,
nervousness, weakness and general
debility. Its action on the blood, as
athrough purifier makes it especially
usefel as a spring medicine. This
grand alterative tonic is sold under
guarantee at all druggists. 5UC.
Fauiensuallv comestoan artist
after he is dead and doesn't need
the money. '
The Candidates.
(Greensboro Record.)
As the years roll by and the
people read more newspapers,
there is Ihhs talk ahead ol time
about the elections. Time was
wIjhii the candidate lor all offii-es
were out a year ahead. This in
not the case now, though itisoff
pet by candidates for the big
offices Governor, U. S. Senator
and others who loom up two
years ahead. And so it is that'
candidates lor the local office
are slow in coining out. In this
county one hears precious little
talk, this may be accounted lot
on the ground chut the people
refused to get excited so soon,
prefering to cross the bridge when
they get to it.
However, "lest we forjret," it is
not amiss to give the nanii-u of
those mentioned for the higher
State offices:
FtrY Governor there are Ashley
Home, ot Clayton; Locke Craig
of Asheville, and W. W. Kitchin,
ol Roxboro. The name of Col.
William T. Dortch.ol Goldslioro.
has been mentioned, but Col.
Dorteh has not uuuounced his
candidacy.
Superintendent of Public In
struction J. Y. Joyner hasno op
position nor hus Insurance Com
missioner James R. Young. !
For treasurer, Mr. B. R. Lac.v,
t he pa-sent i ticn mtieut, is opposed
by Mr. W. R. Odell, ol Concord.
Auditor R. F Dixon also has
opposition in the person of Mr.
Frank D. Hackett, of Wilkeslwro.
Secretary of State J. Bryan
Grimes, is opposed by Gen. W. P.
Roberts, ol Gatesville.
For Commissioner of Labor
and Priming t here are u number.
Mr. M. L. Shipnian who has been
doing the work ol the Commis
sioner, is a candidate, and so are
Messrs. W. W. Wilson, Raleigh;
W. W. Haywood, Charlotte; L.
E. Powers, Kutherlordton; .1. B.
Slterrill, Concord; T. G. Cobb,
Morganton.
Another office that isn't go ing
begging is 1 he office ol Commis
sioner of Agriculture. For this
there are no less than six asnir
ants, these being Major W. A.
Graham, Lincoln; Col. Iv F. Mc
Rap, Robeson , C. C. Moore. Char
lotte; E. L. Daughtridge, Edge,
combe; T. B. Parker, Baleigh; R.
W. Scott, Aluman-v.
There are four names mention
ed for Attorney General. Mr. Hay
den Clement, the present, usist.
ant. is a candidate mid tbeseotli
ers have either announced them
selves or their friends have. Mr.
John E. Woodard. Wilson, Spea
ker E. .1 Justice.Greensboro, and
ex-Judg B. B. Wiuborn, Murines
boro. . ,
There may be other name men
tioned, but these are all that we
are aware of. There are enough,
however, to make the convention
as entertaining as a fiddler's con
test.' The convention will probably
be held about the middle of J une.
Everything taken into the stomach
should be digested fully within a cer
tain time. When you feel that your
stomach is not in good order, that
the food you have eaten is not being
digested, take a good, natural di
gestant that will do the work the di
gestive juices are not doing. The
best remedy known today for all
stomach troubles is Kodol, which
is guarateed to. give prompt relief,
It is a natural digestant; it digests
what you eaf it ise.iy to take anil
is sold here by J. M. Hodges.
"How did you get through the
summer?" Inquired Yorick
Ilanmi. "I hire out on a farm
nea r n li tera ry colony , " an s we 1 ed
Hamlet Fatt, "and make good
money talking dialect for novel-
Washington lleiald.
The Family
Phys ician
The best medicines In the
world cannot take the place of
the family physjeian. Consult
him early when taken ill. If
the trouble is with your
throat, bronchial tubes, or
lungs, ask him about taking
Ayer's Cherry Pectoral. Then
take it or not, as he says.;
W. pakUifc war SmlH
W. buiali alnfc.l
no our mtitiam
W nrf jrw w
onsuit jour
tfootov
tiers
Bilious attacks, slck-hesdches, Indies
tion, constipation, dizzy spells these
are some of the results of an inactive
liver. Ask your doctor if bo endorse
Ayer's Pills in these cases. Tbe dot
is small, one pill at bedtime.
E--Mad bj Um J. 0. Ay, 04 IWU,
BANK REPORT.
Following is h re nor t of the con
dition of the bank of Blowing Rock
at Blowing Rock 111 the state of
North Carolina, at the close of busi
uess Feb, 14th. 1908:
resources:
Loans and discounts $U.4o4.4.
Overdrafts secured
Overdrafts unsecured
Ranking house
Furniture and fixtures
Due from b'ks and b'krs
104.12.
ai8.35.
1 ,000.00,
, 53-53.
Gold coin
63J-5
Silver coin, including all mi
nor coin currency 721.81,
Rational Bank notes and Qth
er U. S, Notes,
32S 00,
Total , ......17,331.28.
LIABILITIES
Capital stock 5 000,00.
Undivided profits less cur
rent expenses and taxe p'd 112.33,
Time certificates of deposit 3,951.20,
Deposits subject to check S.173 96.
Cashier'schecksoutstandiu' 90 10,
Certified checks - 3. 69.
Total fi7,33I.aS.
State of North Carolina, Watauga
county, ss: I, G. M. Sudderthj
Cashier of the above named bank,
do solemnly swear that the above
statement is true to the best of my
knowledge end belief
G. M. Suddehth, Cashier.
Correct Ayesti 0. J. Parlier, W.
L llolshouser, J. B. Clarke, Dired
tor.
Subscribed and sworn to before
me this 2Sth day of Feb., 1908:
J. B. Clauk, Notary Public.
Jobs Cabiu township claims thfl
prize on "multiplying and replen
ishirjg." A cow up there recently
gave birth to four well developed
calves, two males, end two
females. Wilkesboro Chronicle,
Some men wenr good cloths
becuuse they can't aford not to.
The Cause of Many
Sudden Deaths
There Is a disease prevailing in this
country most dangerous because so uecep-
-ill II 11111 . iti1'.,i,u
deaths ore caused
by it heart din.
ease, pneumonia,
heart failure or
apoplexy are often
tl result of kid'
tiey disease. If
kidney trouble is
allowed toadvancf
the kidney -poison-ed-blood
will at
tack the vital organs, causing catarrh of
the bladder, or the kidneys themselves
break down and waste away cell by cell.
Bladder troubles almost always result
from a. derangement of the kidneys and '
a cure is obtained ouickest by a propet1
treatment of the kidrievs. If you are feel
ing badly yon Con make no mistake by
taking Pr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root, the
great kidney, liver and bladder remedy.
It corrects inability to hold urine and
Scalding pain in pulsing it, nud over
comes that unpleasant necessity of being
compelled to go ' 'en through the da-j
and to get up many times during the
night. The mild and the extraordinary
effect of Swamp-Root is soon realized.
It stands the highest for its wonderful
cures of the mmt distressing cases.
Swamp-Root is pleasant to take aud ia
sold by all druggists in fifty-eeut and
one-dollar size bottles. You Inay have .
sample bottle of this wonderful new dis
covery aud a book that tells all about it,
both sent free by mail. Address, Dr. Kilt
mer & Co., llingl iraton, N. Y. When
writing mcntiou reading this generous
oiler in this paper. Don't make any
mistake, but rememberthe itaine.Svramp
Root, Dr. Kilmer's Swamn-Root. and the
address, Eiugharuton, N. Y., on vert "
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