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BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, N. C, THURSDAY JULY 9. 1908.
NO. 8.
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PROFESSIONAL.
L, D.LOWE,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
BANNER ELK, N. C
Will practice in the courts
of Watauga, Mitchell and adjoinin
counties.
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7 6.'07.
Todd & Ballou,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
JEFFERSON, N. C.
Will practice in all the-courts-
Special attention given to real
estate law and collections.
6-15-'07
EDMUND JONES
LAWYER
LENOIR, N. (J,
Will I'mctice lieguiany in
the Courts of Watauga,
6-1 'o7,
fTa. LINNEY,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
BOONE, N. C,
Will practice in the courts of
the 13th Judicial District ;in all
matters of a civil nature
6-11-1907.
J. C. FLETCHER,
Attorney At Law,
- BOONE, N. C.
Careful attention given
collections. '
E.P. LOVILL
-ATTORNEY AT LAW,
: BOO$ti,N.C.
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8Special attention given
to nil hnsinoss fifitrnsted to
his care."TS
M.'04.
A, A. Holsclaw,
ATTORNEY AT LAW
Mountain City, Tennessee
Will practice in all the courts
of Teunessee, State and Federal.
Special attention given to col
lections and all oher matters of
a legal nature.
Office north east ot court house,
Oct. 11, 1907, ly. .
E, S. COFFEY,
ATlOIMEf Al LA IV,
n)ONE. N f!.
Prompt attention given to
all matters of a legal nature.
m Abstracting titles ana
COlwcuon 01 ciuuus b.ivvmi-
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1-V07.
TO THE PUBLIC.
I have the best eauinned watch
renair shop in the State. Mv ma-
fcenai la all first-class, b ine ft. ft.
Watches especially adjusted and
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hv rrm No matter what von want
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1 have it no guess, no ooicn.
Your watch is cleaned andre-
paired wiui ine nero sum Known
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TWm N r.
J W.BRYAN
Graduate Wach-maker& Jeweler,
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Hi IIUOO UUIIIICIIJl
UNDERTAKER & EMBALM ER
RHOTTN'a Tennessee.
Hbr Varnished and Glass White
' Coffins; Black Broadcloth and
Whit Plush Caskets: Blsck and
. White Metalic Caskets Robes,
Shoes and Finishings,
Extra large Coffins and Cits
kets always on hand. 'Phone or
vderB given special attention.
, R. ROSS DONNELLY.
II rifl Ol or todfe680"'
pipiiAtiauofUMibcart Digests whatmi
PARTY PLATFORM.
Charlotte News...
The platform adopted at the
coveution, pledges the parry to a
continuation of the great work it
has undertaken duringyeapa8t,
The Democratic nartv has be-
come famous in North Carolina
for its contribution to the old
soldier, and since it has been in
authority it has each year in
creased appropriations to the
aid of the men who fought in the
war, until todar most of their
wants are provided for. The plat
form promises that' this' same
care shall be taken of the vet
erans so long as the party
holds sway,
The insane, blind, deaf and
dumb and other classes of those
upon whom affliction has fallen,
are also liberallv provided for.
During the past year the facili.
J ties for caring for the insane have
been greatly extended, and to
this end the last legislature set
aside a large sum of money to
prpsecute the work. The present
institutions for thecareof the in
willbe enlarged, and new
Domes are to be bunt for tne in
digent and the epileptics and oth
er classes of the belpleHS. The
platform pledges continued and
extended care of these unfortu
nate classes.
Since the party assumed con
trol of the state a state reforraa-
tory na8 )een provided for, and
we rejoice to note that this new
institution is coming on well
The helpless and the afflicted will
not suffer at the hands of the
dominant party, and the plat
form just adopted places the par
tv on record clearly on these
poiuts,
If North
Carolina has made
more rapid strides in populared-
ucation than any state in the un
ion and this fact cannot be gain
said the fact is due to the untir
ing efforts of such leaders as C
B. Aycock and others,
Since the party came into pow
er an average of almost one new
Hchool house has been built dai
ly in this state; terms of schoo
have bwn lengthened; teachers
salaries increased; hundreds o!
new libraries established and in
other ways the great cause o
education has flourished under
the party rule. The platform just
adopted pledges the party to
continued activity in education
alwork
, ' ' . . . t
hag voted out wniskey by local
0X)t0 ana in the small remnant
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where it was still lawlul to ens
pense intoxicants the majority
has stopped the traffic, and after
January the first it will be un
lawful to deal in spirituous li
quors in any part of the Btate.
This moral consummation was
hronrrht about under the rule 01
tha nur, nnii rn tha nnrHmmcft
of morality and good govern
merit the party is pledged
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me party gave uiesuiujwuiie
annrprn;iev.
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i lhe t ave the state re,
' duced passenger rates.
11 18 DBUumg everjr eueinjf w
wards a reduction of freight
rates, and it is only a matter of
time until the large roads opera
ting in this state will be foned
to put North Carolina on a par
ity with ber sister states in the
matter of freight charges. The
platform pledges the party to
lurtner service in mis respect.
'1 hese are.a lew 01 tne services
rendered by the democratic par
ty in North Caroliua. Is it strange
when viewing the work already
accomplished, that Democracy
stands more firmly fixed to-day
than ever before? Is it strange
that the treat maiority of citi-
lens are lined up with that par-
ty which U the friend of the old
soldier; the helpless and afflicted;
the friend ol education; of public
morality; with that pttrty which
is ever watchful of the interest of
the peoplo?
The work commenced while it
has been carried to that extent
where its helpful influences are
:elt extensively, has not reached
its fruition and to Ihe further
ance of this work the party plat-
!orm pledges the united efforts of
Democracy.
The platform is clear and em
phatic on all issupf- and is fully
dt'serving of the loyal support of
every true Democrat of the state.
Nature has provided the 6tomach
with certain natural fluids known
as the digestive juices, and it is
through these juices that the food
we eat is acted upon in such a way
as to produce the rich, red blood
that flows through the veins of our
body and thereby makes us strong,
healthy and robust and it is the
weakening of these digestive juices
that destroys health. It is our own
ault if we destroy our own health,
and yet it is so easy tor any one to
put the stomach out of order. When
ou need to take something take
it promptly, but take something you
know is reliable something like
Kodol For Dyspepsia and Indiges.
tion. Kodol is pleasant to take, it
is reliable and is guaranteed to give
relief. It is sold by J. M, Hodges.
The Government fish car went
to Edgemont last Friday with
63 fish cans, each can contain
incr 600 rainbow trout. These
37,800 flnh were placed in the
waters of Johns River and Wil
son Creek. In a few years this
ought to make fishing in these
streams interesting and it will, if
the saw dust doesn't drive tben
out. Lenoir News.
Thinks It Saved his Life.
Lester M. Nelson, of Naples
Maine, says in a recent letter:
have used Dr. King's New Discov
ery manv vewrs, for coughs and
colds, and 1 think it saved my life
I have found it a reliable remedy
for throat and lung complaints, and
would no more be without a bottle
than 1 would he without food." For
nearly forty years New Discovery
has stood at the head of throat and
lung remedies. As a preventative of
pneumona, and healer of weak
luners it has no equal. Sold under
rruaranttfe at all drugeists. ooc
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and $i.oo. Trail bottle free.
"rimes are hard to be sure;
but what's the use of climbing up
on a dry goods box and day af
tor day proclaiming'to the world
this old, threadbare, stereotyped
assertion. We sometimes think
that times ought to be still more
stringent with some of these
fellows. Did it ever occur to you
that the genuine hustlerrarely
if ever, complains of hard times
-Ex.
A Grand Family Medicine.
"It g'Ves me pleasure to speak
good wotd for Electric Bitters,1
writes Mr. Frank Conlan of No
436 Houston St., New York. "It'
a grand family medicine for dys.
pepsia and, liver complications:
while for lame back and weak kid
neys it cannot be too highly recom
mended." Electric Bitters regulate
the digestive functions, purify th
blood, and impart renew vigor and
vitality to the weak and debilitated
of both sexes. Sold under guarantee
at all druggists, 50c.
DeWitt's Kidney and Bladder
Pills are prompt and thorough an
will in a very shoit time stiengthen
the weakened kidneys and alia
troubles arising from inflammation
of the bladJer. They are recom.
mended everywhere. Sold byj. M.
Hodges, .
Uncle Toby's Lecture on the Country
fcaltor.
(Home and Farm.)
The country editor is an ani
mal common to all parts of the
nited States, portions of Eu
rope, Asia end Madagascar. He
is a biped, quadruped, centpede,
and every other kind of a "ped"
known to natural historv. If he
didn't have so many hands and
egs he couldn't perortn the du
ties of a country editor. Your
ncle Toby was once a country
editor. But he had a strong con
stituion and recovered. In a ma-
oity of cases the patient does
not recover. The disease 1a uot
contageous; you have to run af
ter it to get it. After that it has
got you. As a rule the country
editor is not ornamental, but he
is useful. Everybody uses him.
The regular duties of a coun
try editor are to gather news
rom all over the county, and all
other counties where his subscri
bers have relatives living, write
editorials, obituaries and ac
counts of weddings, to st type,
make up ''forms," do job work,
print, fold and mail the pnperst
solicit "'ads" and "locals, smoke
a cob pipe, swear at the "devil,"
and throw the "shool ing stick"
at the cat. He is also expected
to atteud all political meetings,
church socials, bane ball games
and lunerala, especially the fu
nerals of Mb delinquent subscri
bera.
In addition to the above du
ties he must cut and carry in his
own stove wood, hoe in the gar
den, feed thepigs,sweepthefloor,
put up ash-hoppers, stick peas,
patch the roof, repair the fence,
put new hinges on the gate, and
get up at the dead hour of mid
night and go after paregoric tor
the baby. It is also his duty to
get in debt as much as possible
to every merchant in town as
this will induce them to "take
more space" in his paper.
In the midst of all these duties
the editor is expected to have a
good time, wear a ginger-cake
smile, a brass finger ring, and at
least one "galhiB."
Country editors are usually
married men ahd have from sev
en to fourteen ehildren. Nothing
less than this would hold him to
his job, not even a mortgage. A
family ol that size holds him
down so he can't fly too high.
Then it furnishes him a job at
home. I never knew a country ed
itor out of a job. I mean one
with a large fainly.
If your Uncle Tobey was nine
feet seven inchea high, iour feet
wide, and t wo leetand seven inch
es thick, had a good income, was
a good poker player, and had no
poor relation, he would like to
be a country editor for about
six months. He would be big en
ough then to tell the truth and
not get hurt. He could also
make his delinqnent subscribers
pay up, hire some one to do the
"cnores" and keep a barrel of
paregoric in the house "on tap"
all the time.
A country editor of light weight
can' afford to tell the truth. If
he did, he'd get the 'stuffln' lick
ed out of him every day. If the
bride is hump-shouldered, freck
led, cross-eyed, and has a wart
on her nose, the editor is expect
ed to sny she is ''beautiful and
accomplished." II a candidate
has a record that ought to put
him in the penitentiary the edi
tor is expected to reler to him as
being "upright, bonestand capa
ble." JIf a merchant puts sand in
his sugar the editor is supposed
to advertise it as "pure goods at
a remarkably low price."
Country editors will probably
all go to heaven. The lies they
tell here don't count, if they did
not lie they would get killed, and
hat would be the fame cpjy.
rnitting suicide. Of the two evils
they choose the least. Then they
have the "devil" here apart of
the time, and a devil of a time
all the time.
The country editor usually
lives to a good old age. He has
n't time to die. Besides he wants
to live lopg enough to collect
what is coming to him from bis
delinquent Mub.criliers. He nev
fr expects to meet them after
death. They will all go to the
othea place.
Your Uncle Tobey has a soft
place in his heart for all country
editors. They may do wrong
sometimes, but they nearly al
ways have sufficient provocation.
I knew a country editor to get
in debt to everybody in the coun
ty that would trust him. He
was a young man and hud no
family, and started to run off
without paying. His creditors
caught him, brought bim back
and wiped out all accounts that
were against bim. But they made
bim run the the paper. That was
punishment enough. Hut he had
the fun of going in debt again.
A country editor, who paid his
debts promptly would not be
considered an honest man. Peo
ple would think he stole the mon
ey, or won it playing poker. They
would know he never got it on
subscription, or for advertising.
Them was a time when an edi
tor could ride on the railroad
ears, without paying for it. But
it didn't do him much good. He
never had clothes fit to wear a
way from home Even that little
boon is denied him now.
The hardest piece of sledding
for the country editor is to get
his paper, his "ready prints,"
from the express office. They al
ways come C. 0. D. and he scarce
ly has the C. 0. D. to pay with
The agent is heartless and the
'ready print" houses are a ruth
less corporation which is not try
ing to get to heaven. Sometimes
it takes several days to raise the
proper amount of cash, the pa
per is late coming out and the
air is made blue with the cuss
words of subscribers who are
four years and three months be
hind in the payment of their
subscriptions.
This is all I know about the
country editor.
. Stomach troubles are very com
mon in the summer time and you
snould not only be very careful a
bout what you eat just now, but
more than this, you should be care,
ful not to allow your stomach to
become disordered, and when the
stomach goes wrong take Kodol.
This is the best known preparation
that is offered to the people to day
for dyspepsia or indigestion or any
stomach trouble. Kodol digests aU
foods. It is pleasant to take. It i
sold here by J. M. Hodges.
''He has achieved success wlio
has lived well, laughed much and
often; who has gained thnresp-ct
of intelligent menjnnd the love of
little children: who has filled his
nich and accomplished his task;
who has left the world better
than he found it whether by an
improved poppy, a pet feet poem,
or rescued soul; who has never
lacked appreciation of earth's
beauty or failed to express it;
who has always looked for the
best in others and giving the best
he had; whose life was an inspi
ration; whose memory a bene
diction.
Bucklen's Arnica Salve Wins.
Tom Moore, of Rural Route l,
Cochran, Ga writes: ' 1 had a bad
sore come on the instep of my foot
and could rind nothing that wmld
lieal it until I applied Bucklen's Ar-
nicsoMve.ws.im.nnau W a aV
cent box won the day for me by
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affecting a perfect cure. Sold un-
tier guarantee at all druggist.
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Ksiire lour
Dandruff
Why? Because It is annoying,
untidy. And mostly, because
it almost invariably leads to
baldnc.71. Cure it, and save
your hair. Get more, too, at
the same time. All easily done
with Ayer's Hair Vigor, new
improved formula. Stop this
formation of dandruff
Dan nut thanft the color of the hair.
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Jormuui with M4 bottl
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Shorn It la jof
doctor
A$t hTnTibMl it,
tbra ae M k My
yers
The new Ayer's H sir Vigor will crtlnly
do this work, because, first of all, It de
stroys the germs which are the original
cause of dandruff. Hiving given tbiaaid,
nature completes the cure. The tcalp is
restored to a perfectly healthy condition.
iui Ijttut. 0. Jr 0o UrwtU. Htm.
Says the Lenoir News: 'The far.
mere of Caldwell are all wearing :
smiling laces. The best fruit
crop for years is just coming in,
a good wheat crop has been har.
vested and the corn crop looks
well and has been well cultivated,
These conditions are epough to
produce the smile? that won't
come off and everybody should
rejoice with the farmera.
Kennedy's
Laxative
Cough Syrup
COJTTAIIfS HONEY ASH TAR
Relieves Colds by working thsm out of
tha system through a oopious and hsalthy
action of the bowsls.
Relieves Coughs by cleansing tha
mucous membranes of tha throat, abaai
and bronchial tubes.
"As pleasant to the taste
as Mtpla Sugar"
Children Like It
For BACKACHE-WEAK KIDNEYS Try
DtWitti Kldoij ud piaddar Pilli-Siri 101 St
A Republican Kiver (Kans.)
farmer, who nanged himself last
week pinned thi following notice
to his coat tail:'For forty years
I have been raising more corn to
feed more hogs to get more mon
ey to buy more land4 until I own
more land than one ought to
own, so I quit thejob I am not
crazy, but just tired of life and
want rest and peace and sleep.
If you want to make your wile
mad, just push back I rom the
dinner table nnd ank her whnt
she in going to have for supper.
DO YOU GET UP
WITH A I,AMJ5 BACK?
Kidney Trouble Hakes You Miserable,
Almost everybody who reads the newt
papers is sure to kuow of the wonderful
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cures made by Dr.
1 Kilmer's Swamp
I Root, the exeat kid-
L ney, liver and blad
der remedy.
It is tbe great sued
leal triumph of tba
il nineteenth century
U (Uncovered after years
g of scientific research
Djr vt. Kiiuier, uit
eminent kidney and
bladder specialist, and is Wonderfully
successful in promptly curing lame back,
uric acid, catarrh of the bladder ana
Bright' Disease, which . Is the worst
form of kidney trouble.
Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root is not rec
ommended for every tiling but if yon bava
kidney, liver or bladder trouble it will b
found' just the remedy you need, ll bat
been tested in so many ways, in hospital
work and in private practice, and has
proved so successful iu every case that a
special arrangement has been made by
which all readers of this paper, who lisva
not already tried it, may have a sample
bottle sent free by mail, also a book tell
Ing more about Swamp-Root, and howt
lirdout if you ha vekidney or bladder trou.
ble. When writing mention reading tbi
generous oiler in mis paper ana aeua youi
1 address to Dr. Kilmer
& Co., Iiinchnmton, 1
N. Y. The regular I
fifty-cent ana one-
- ; aouar iize doiuci arc
.old by all good druggists. Don't maka
I any mistake, but remember the name,
; Swamp-Root, Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root,
al)d the addas, BiMghomton, N. y,
j very bottle. ' v
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