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Plenty of Trouble
is caused by atagntion of the liver
and bowels. To get rid of i t nnd
headache and biliousness and the
posion that bringsjaundice.tnkeDr.
'King's' New Lift Pills, the reliable
purifiers that do the work without
grindikg or griping, 35c. at all
druggists.
PRO FESSIONA L.
L, D.LOWE,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
BANNER ELK, N. C.
J Will practice in the courts
Of Watauga, Mitchell and adjoining
Counties. 7 6-'07
Todd & Ballou.
- ATTORNEYS AT LAW.
. JEFFERSON, N. C.
Will practice In all the cotut
Special attention Riven to real
estate law an i collections.
6-15.'07.
J. E. HODGES,
Veterinary Surgeon,
SANDS, N. ().- -
Auff. 6. ly.
EDMUND JONES
LAWYER
LENOIR, N. (5,
Will Practice Regularly in
the Courts di Watauga,
4-1 '07. ,
" F. A. LINNEY, s
ATTORNEY AT LAW,-
boone,,. c.
Will practice in the courtB of
ihe 13th Judicial District in all
.matters of a civil nature.
6-11-1907.
J. C. FLETCHER,
Attorney At Law,
' BOONE, N. C.
Careful nttention given to
collections.
EF.LOVILL
-ATTORNEY AT LAW,
BOONR, N. C.
'Special attention Riven
to all business entrusted to
h!s care."&8
1-1.'04.
A, A. Holsclcw,
ATTORNEY AT LAW
Mountain City, ennrssee.
Will practice In all the courts
of Tennessee, State and Federal.
.Special attention given to col
lec'ions and all oilier matters of
a legal nature.
Office north eastof court house.
Oct. 11, 1007, ly.
E, S. GflFFEY
-AT70RSEY Al LAW,-
BOONE, N. C
Prompt attention given to
all matters of a leifftl nature.
VST Abstracting titles and
collection oi claims a 'special-
. - ..:."-.vl .;
: R, Ross Donnelly.
UNDERTAKER & EM BALM EB
SHOWS.'-'- - - Tennessee, '
Has Varnished and Glass White
Coffins; Black . Broadcloth and
White Plush Caskets; Black and
White Metalic Caskets Robes,
Shoes and Finishing,
Extra large Coffins and Cms
1 ets always on 1iand,Phone o .
'ra given special attention. . , '
a. ROSS DONNELLY.
VOL.
BOONE.
Washington letter.
Front OorRejalar Con pgpot dent.
"With three.exceptions, every
state committee, that has met
has endorsed Mr. Bryan and has
asked its members to urge that
the convention instruct for him.
The exceptions are the State of
Minnesota, in which the friends
of Mr. Bryan expect to tret a ma
jority of the delegates for him;
the State of New York, which
never instructs, and the State of
Pennsylvania, which isdoubtful"
This statement was made by
President Newman, of the Dis
trict of Columbia Democratic As
sociation, and was followed by
a number of other cordial en
dorsements of the great Nebras
kan, voiced by members of Con
ress and others promineut in
the party councils. If the sen tu
ment in Washington is any cri
terion, Mr. Bryan will have an
easy time of it in Denver, for
while there are rumors of booms
for other candidates, no one of
them has, thus far, demonstrated
the slightest vitality, while the
strength of the Peerless Leader
appears to be' growing1 steadily
in all parts of the country.
There is, of course, considera
ble interest ia the effort of Gov
ernor J obnson, who has now for
mally announced his candidacy,
saying that while he had preferr
ed to remain out of the race he
had been forced into it by t h e
Democrats of his State and that
having entered the race he was in
it to. win. "Mr. Bryan has agood
start," Mr. Johnson is quoted as
saying, "but I am a pretty good
runner when I get started and
may be able to close up the gap
and beat him in the home stretch
If I had been free to do as I pleas
ed I would not have entered the
race, but now that I am in it I'm
in it to the finish." The opinion
prevails in Washington that
will not take the Governor long
to reach his finish.
The situation in the Republica n
cam pis becoming somewhat more
interesting. Since Gov. Hughes
has lost ten of the dolegates from
his own State, since Massachu
setshas declared its preference
for Taft, and since four Illinois
districts have refused to instruct
for Joseph G. Cannon, while two
New York districts and one from
Illinois have instructed their del
egates to vote for Taft, the oppo
sition has practically thrown up
its hands so far as nominating
one of its own number Is concern
ed, but has decided to throw, its
paltry strength th to RooRevelt.
The idea which actuates the For-
aker, etal crow! is that if the
Republican party is to be con
demned to another term of Re
publicanism of the brand The)
dore Koosevelt lias been giving
it, it can at least so nr range mat
ters that there will be but four in
stead of eight more years of it.
as they fear there would be wt-re
Mr. Taft noraitiated. Therefore,
they say, "Let us nominate The
odore Roosevelt. He cannot pos
sibly accept another term after
1912, and then we can re
control of the party and give it
another nose of the good ol
fashioned Hanna Republicaism
unniluted with Roosevelt's anti
trust nnd Taft's tariff revision
theories.
'. Tae extent of the President
influence was very clearly demon
onstrated m the Senate last wee'
when the Employer's Liability
bill was passed precisely as it
came from the House. The report
hsd reached the White House
that there was a scheme to kill
this bill in conference and he sug
gested to Senator Dolliver and
others that it might be wiser . to
pass the House bill without a
jueudment and thus avoid the ne
WATAUGA. COUNTY. N. C THUKSPAY APRIL 23. 1 908.
cessity of sending the measure to
conference. This was done, and
now the House will have noop
tion but to sign the bill. The Sen
ate will sign it and it will go to
the President forthesignature in
its present form. .
Considerable importance is at
tached here to the action of t h e
Republican county convention
held at Minneapolis where the an-
ti-Talt faction tried to stampede
the convention for Roosevelt and
Walter A. Heffelfineer. who has
iust been electeda delegate and
who is a close personal friend of
the President, announced that
every real friend of Roosevelt
would vote for Taft and that u
instructions to vote for Roose
velt were adopted he would not
serve as a delegate! That headed
ed off the Roosevelt stampede
and it said at the White House
that as ended this effort to stam
nede the faithful, so will end the
effort to stampede it in the na
tional convention, if one is made.
It is a curious spectacle to see
a' prominent Democratic member
of the House leading the right for
the Roosevelt naval programme,
against many of his colleagues
and a number of Republicans,
and yet that is precisely what
Rep. Htobson, formerly oltheNa
vy, is doing. Mr. Hobson expects
to introduce an amendment to
the naval bill, which will provide
for four battleships. Capt. Hob-
son is convinced too, that hewil
succeed in passing the amend
ment, although the leaders
of both parties say he iscoun
ting withont his host. It is very
doubtful, however, if the Senate
would permit such an appropria
tion to pass even if it was suc
cessful in the House.
He Got What He Needed.
"Nine years ago it looked as
my time had come, "says Mr. Far
thing, of Mill Creek, Ind. Ter.
was so run down that life hung on
a very slender thread. It was then
my drueeist recommended Electric
Bitters. I bought, a bottle and
irot what I needed strenght. I had
one foot in the grave, but Eltric Bit
ters put it back on the tun Hgain
and I've been well ever since." Sol
undt,r guarantee at all druggists, 50c
Several weeks ago a fine dog
belonging to Mr. John Isenhour,
ol No. 4 township, was bitten by
a dog supposed to bo mad, and
as a consequence the animal was
shut up in the stable to await de
velopments. No attention w a
paid to the fact that the d o g
was in a stable with a horse val
ued at $150, Mr. Isenhour think
inir of course he would notice
whether the canine showed signs
of rabies In time to save t h
horse, but to his surprise and
dismaythis morning the dog was
raging and had bitten the horse
on the nose. The dog escaped
from the stable and killed o n
chicken and bit two others in the
barn lot. His master secured
club and struck nt the dog, kill
ing him with a single blow on the
head, Concord Tribune:
Kodol t or Dyspepsia has helped
thousands of people tio have had
stomach trouble. This is what one
man says of it: ' E. C. DeWitt
Co., , Chicago HI. Gentlemen
1807 I had a disease of the stomach
and bowels. I could not digest any
thing I ale and in the spring of 1902
I bough a bottle of Kodol and th
benefit I received from that bott
all the gold in G., could not buy,
still use a little occasionally as I fin
it a fine blood pnnlier and , a good
tonic. May you live long and prosper,
Yours very truly, C. N. 'Come!
Roding, Ga., Aug. vjt 1906."
oAovonxA.
BlfMtan
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GET OFF THE HELL-BOUND TRAIN.
Tom Gray lay down on the banom floor,
Having drunk so much he could drink no more, -
And fell anleep with a troubled brain,
To dream that he rode on the hell hound train. :
The engine with blood was red and damp.
An imp, for fut-1 was shoveling bones,
And the furnace roared with a thousand groans.
The boiler was filled with lager beer,
And the devil hirasell was the engiueer. ' ;
The passengers made such a motley crew
Church-member, Atheist. Gentile and Jew,
Rich men in broadcloth and beggars in rag's,
Handsome voung ladies and withered old hugs,
Yellow and black mpn,.red and white,
Chaiued all together a horribla sight. .
Faster and faster t he engine flew,
Wilder and w ilder the country grew.
Louder and louder the thunder crashed,
Brighter and brighter the lightning flashed.
Hotter and hotter the air became,
Till the clothes were burned from each quiv'ring frame, 1
And in the distance was heard such a yell
"Hal hal croaked the devil, "we're nearing hell!"
And, oh! how the passengers shrifked with pain,
And begged the devil to stop the train.
And he caiwrcd about and danced with glee, '
And laughed and joked at their agony,
"My faithful friends, you have done my work,
And the devil can never a pay-day shirk.
You have bullied the weak and robbed the poor,
And the hungry brother have turned from your door;
You have gathered up gd where the canker rusts,
And given free vent to your hellish lusts; . '
You're drunk, rioted, aud murdered, and lied,
'And mocked at God in your hell-horn pride.
You've paid lull fare, so I'll carry yon through, !,
For it's only right that you get your due;
For every laborer ia worth bis hire,
So I'll land yon safe in my lake ol fire,
Where my fiery imps will torment von forever i
And all in vain youwill sigh foraSavior."
. Then Tom awoke with an awlul cry.
His clothes soaked wet. and his hair standing high,
And be prayed as he never nrared before
To be saved from hell and the devil's power,
And crying and praylug were not in vain,
For he never more rode on the liell-bouud train.
Author Unknown.
Panama's Fanny San.
(New York Sun.)
TheJaimacan is at once the
most amusing and the most ag
gravating individual on the Isth
mus. In dress he apes at one time
the peacock, and at another he
would put a ragged crow to
shame,
In language he oscillates be
tween "Rasselas" and "Mother
Goose" and in his speech he mix
es the aoeent of the Iiondon cock
ney, and an almost uninteligible
jargon peculiarly its on. Bom
bastically standing upon h i s
rights as a "British hobject" he
has, on the other hand, says the
Rdhemian, the stamina and en
durance of a jelly-fish, and when
he "gets 'urn fevah" he literally
wills.
He uses ''require" for "need"
says "back ahead" and if vigor
ously and profanely reproved
querulously objects with ''Now
raon, you an not privileged to
talk to me like that."
'He comes in hordes to the post
office for mail as often as he sees
a boat In the offing, and as beiTOV2.evei7'?n,cordffpa'
seems to go through the world
with a multiplicity of names he is
not discouraged if informed there
is no letter for. "John White
head," but irrepressible, asks il
there is anythinfl for "James Al
len." He is generally peacable, and
his most violent combats, like
those of our professional pu
gilists, are generally vocal. Like
all negroes, he is fond of music,
and his-epecialty is hymns, which
he sings lustily, together with
such favorites of the hour as "Af
ter the ball,", '.Two little girls in
blue" and other favorites of the
northern music halls of twenty
years ago. . '
He also delights in accordions
of doleful sound, which he plays,
followed byhisadmiringcompat
riots, walking down tin street.
The following copy of an adver
t'sement couched in typically el
aborate Jamaican English would j
seem to indicate that he does not 1
entirely despise the cup t h a
cheera the inebriates. ,
Come to a hole in the wall just
yer streets between eixth endise
enth streets, where you can get
at Conventional prices: Milk and
Beans to start the day with and
cool drinks or hot heads during
the day, with night Caps an
Mosquito bars at night.
s The kidners are delicate nnd pn
sitjve organs and are very likely at
any time to get out of order. Dc
Witt's Kidney and bladder Pills are
prompt and thorough and will in
very short time strengthen t h
weakened kidneys and allay troub.
les arising from inflammation of the
the bladder, Sold by J. M. Hod
ges. s
"The Bar."
The saloon is sometimes called
a bar. That's true. '
A bar to heaven, a door to hell,
Whoever named it named it well.
A bar to manliness and wealth
Adoor to want and broken health
A bartohonor.nride and fahie:
Adoor to sin ana grief and shame
A bar to hope, a bar to prayer,
A door of darkness and depair,
A bar to honored, useful lite;
A door to brawling senseles strife
A bar to all that's true and bra ve,
A bar to joys that home imparts,
A door to tears and aching hearts:
A bar to honored, useful life; ..
Whoever named it named it well.
Christian Standard.
; A Twenty year Sentence.
"1 have just completed a twenty
year health sentence, imposed by
Bucklen's Arnica Salve, which cur.
ed me of bleeding piles just twenty
years ago;" writes O. S, Wolever,
of LeKaysville, N. Y. Bucklen's
Arnica Salve heals the worst sores,
boils, burns, wounds and cuts in the
shortest time 25c. at all druggists.
Says the States ville landmark.
It is sent abroad uuder a Spen
cer date line that Capt. D. N. Ben
nett a well known citizen of Nor
wood, Stanley county, caught a
fish in the Yadkin River, near
Norwood, a few nights ago, that
weighed 34 pounds. The fish was
or German carpvariety. When
1 eaned, a full grown duck, which i
.ad evidently just been swallow
ed alive, was found in the fish's
stomach. Very fair fish story.
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NO. . 49.
Not a drop
of Alcohol
Doctors prescribe very little, if
ny, alcohol these days. They
prefer strong tonics nd altera
tives. This Is all in keeping
with modern medical science
It explains why Ayer's bar
saparilla ia now made entirely
free from alcohol. Ask your
doctor. Follow his advice.
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yers
from anr mtdiolnM
W. arc ,n la
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dootor
Unless there la daily action of the bow
els, poisonoua products are absorbed,
causing headache, biliousness, nausea,
dyspepsia. We wish you would ask your
doctor aoout correcting your consttpanot,
by tiling laxative doses of Ayer's Pills.
X4e by Um i. 0. Arr Co., MwtU, i
NOTICE.
Notice is herebv given that the
firm ol Williams Bros, bos this
day been dissolved by mutual
consent. R. L. & B. M. Williams
will collect all debts and assume
theDavmentof all outstanding
debts. This April 4, 1908.
J. A. WILLIAMS.
TO THE PUBLIC.
I have the best equipped watch
repair shop in the State. My ma
terial is all first-class. Fine R. R.
Watches especially adjusted and
all defects corrected. A guarantee
f;oes with every watch repaired
lyrae No matter what yon want
I have it no guess, no ootcn.
Your watch is cleaned and re
paired with the best skill known
to the trade. See Couneill house,
Boone, N. C.
J.W.BRYAN,
Q raduate Wnch-maker & Jeweler,
SPECIAL.
Do you want your watch re
paired?
If so, bring it to me and I will
do you a good, honest job at a
reasonable price. I keep on hand
a good supply of material for re
pairing. Mainsprings guaranteed
12 months. All work guaranteed
to give satisfaction. I am loca
ted at R. M. Green's store.
SILAS M, GREENE.
3-5.
Many a woman who can swim
is unable to get in.
De Witts Little Early Risers, the)
famous little liver pills. Sold by J,
Al. Hodges.
..... '
It's harder to remember some
thiags than it is not to forget
others.
The Cause of Many .
Sudden Deaths
There is a disease prevailing in this 1
country most daiiKcrous because so decep-'"
tire, ainiiysuilclett
deaths are caused
by it heart di- :
ease, pneumonia,
heart fuilure or
p apoplexy are often
I tle result of tid
I iiey disease. If
I kidney trouble ia
a11nu'r1 fnA.lvmwf
thekidney-noison- '
ed blood will at
tack tbe vital organs, causing cutarrh 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 '
cure is obtained onickest by a proper
treatment of the kidneys. If you are feel
lug badly you can make no mistake by ,
taking Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root, the
great kidney, liver and bladder renuidy. ,
K corrects inability to hold urine and
scalding nain in passing it, and over-
Monies that unpleasant necessity of being -
compel lea logo rten uuougu tue uay,
and to get up muny 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 most distressing cases.
Swamp-Root is pleasant to take and is
old by all druggists in fifty-cent and
one-dollar size bottles. You may have s
sample bottle of this wonderful new die-!'
covery aud a book that tells all about it. :
both sent free by mail. Address, Dr. Kil
mer Si Co., Bingb vraton, N. Y. Wliea
writing mention reading this grtieroot
offer in this paper., lion't uiake any
mistake, but rementlierthe name, Swamp-
Root, Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root, and tas
address, Eiughamton, N. Y., ou every
i toys, .
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