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HOOXE. WATAUGA COUNTY, N. C TIIUllSADY JANUARY 7. 1 90S).
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COUSCILL & HARDIN,
REAL ESTATE AGENTS,
Limestone, Ten ncssee.
AVritt ii what .vou want in t lie
way ol I.iriuitiu hinds in this fer
til country nd we will do our best
to pleiise vou. 9-1 0.
m a I j"i T.R M F R S A I.I'.
One and ti,e litilf mile west ol
Boone X. C pond location con
venietit to hrnt i las school For
terni8iui'l Particulars, address
(1. R. LONG, Williamsburg,
Butte, Mont.
lIl(JIi:SSl(AL
NAT T. DULANEY, M. D.,
-SPECIALIST -Fourth
St. Bristol Tenn.-Va.
Eye and Throat Diseases.
Refraction for Glasses.
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
BAN NEK ELK, N. C.
JfSWi'.l practice in the courts
of Watauga, Mitchi'll and adjoining
counties. 7 6.'07
EDMUND JONES
LAWYER
-LION 01 It. N. V,,-
Wili Practice Regularly in
the Courts ot Watauga,
6-1 'oS.
F. A. LINNEY,
A TTUIINIOV AT LAW,
HOOXK, N. C.
Will practice in the courts of
the 13th Judicial District in nil
matt el's of a civil nature.
0-11-1108.
J. C. FLETCHER.
Attorney At Law,
BOONE, X. C.
Careful attention given to
eol lections.
W. R LOVILL
-ATTORNEY AT LAW,
ROOSh, A'. C.
"Special attention given
to all buninesa entrusted to
h's care."srti
7-9-'08.
A, A. Holsclaw,
ATTORNEY AT LAW
Mountain City, Tennessee.
Will practice in all the courts
of Tennessee. State and Federal.
Special attention given to col
lections and all oilier .matters of
a legal nature.
Office north east of court house.
Oct. 11, 1007, ly.
E. S. GflFFEY,
AT101LEr A7 LAW,
J00NE, N. 0.
Prompt attention given to
all matters of a legiil nature.
&& Abstracting titles and
collection ot churns a, special
ty. l-t'09.
R. Ross Donnelly.
UNDERTAKER & EMBALMER
SHOOTS, Tennessee,
Has Varnished and Glass White
Coffins; Black Broad -loth and
White Flush Caskets; Bhick and
White Metalic Caskets Robes,
Shoes and Finishings,
Extra large Coffins and Cas
kets always on hand. 'Phone or
ders given special attention.
R. ROSS DONNELLY.
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WASHINGTON LETTER.
Regular Correondcnc
The most interesting event
that lias occurred since the ad
journment of (uigrs has been
the conviction of labor leaders
for contempt of an injunction
sentence. lVsidei tdompers wan
i-cntenced toserve twelve mouths:
vice president Mitchell nine
months, and Secretary Morri
son six months. Thesentence was
imposed by Judge Wriaht who
was appointed judge of the Su
preme Court of the District of
Columbia by President Roose
velt on the recommendation of
iSeuotor Foraker about three
years ago. Judge WrightV decis
ion was one of unusual length,
occupying seventy type-written
pages and required over t w o
hours in the delivery. Its lan
guage was remarkable in its wry
strong and positivearraignment
of what he called the "vulgar and
arrogant attitude of the deiend
ants and their defiance of t h e
court in which their cause had
been peuding." The decision of
the court is discussed everywhere
and it will doubtless have a de
cided effect upott tht future rela
tions of organized labor. Many
telegrams und letters are pour
ing lu upon the President frotr
labor leaders throughout the
countr' who appear to think
that he can interfere premptori
ly with the action of the court.
Such interference on the part of
the executive is, of course, out of
the question. He can, if he de
sires to do so, exercise his par
doning power, but not until the
sentence has matured and the
condemned are behind the bars.
Inasmuch as Gompers, Mitchell
and Morrison have taken an ap
peal and will probably carry
their case to the Supreme Court
of the United States, President
Roosevelt will have no opportu
nity to act on the case, but it
may come before i'nsident Taft
on a petition for pardon. It can
cot be predicted, of course, what
Judge Taft will do after ho be
comes President Taft, but those
who have heen looking up the de
sisions of Judge Taft while on
the I'nited States Bench, have
found that he sentenced a labor
leader to jail for contempt and
that the man served his sentence.
If Messrs. Goinpers, Mitchell aud
Morrison carry out their express
ed determination to refuse to ask
lor pardon, it is believed that
President Talt will act consist
ently aud in a line with the de
cision of Judge Taft.
While it is pretty well under
stood that Congress will donoth
ing more during the short two
'months remaining of this ses
sion, than pass the appropria
tion bills, and that the tariff
question will be put off until the
special session for its considera
tion is convened, it is neverthe
less a fact that this question is
so important that other ques
tions are mlnifieil in comparison.
During the recent tariff discus
sion before the Ways and Means
Committee, the President of the
Harvester trust testified that
eo far as he was concerned, all du
ties on agricultural implements
might be removed. This trust, it
appears, produce more than
half the total supply of agricul
tural implements made in the
United States and has also a
large export trade. It has no
need of protection and notwith
standing the high prices paid to
its employees, it can make and
sell cheaper than any of its com
petitors, here or abroad. The
president of the trust advises a
duty of 20 per cent, on imports
from any country which did not
give the United States the low
est tariff accorded to other coun
t rit s. It is a curious fact that
this great trust, the steel trust,
as represented in Mr. Carnegie'
testimony, and othergreat trusts
opMar to l indifferent o pro
tect imi, while it is the small man
ufacturers who are solicitous for
continued or greater protection.
The tariff investigations have de
vilojied an interesting situation
in this respect. Representatives
of the trusts avow that they can
net along without a protective
tariff but that the smallermanu
facturers would not fair bo well
One automobile manufacturer
asked that the tariff on automo
mobiles should be reduced one
half. Mr I'nv-ie and Mr. iMizell
tried for along time to get his
i-eason for such a unique request,
out the nearest the' could g't
was his answer that it would
contribute to a better feeling all
around to have a lower tariff. It
is evident that the state of tariff
opinion in the country is very
different now from what it was
when the Dingley bill was pass
ed. The President and his friends
in the , rmy and the Navy are
working might and main for the
improved conditions in the mili
tary and naval services of t h e
United States. The President will
not be a tile to persuade much in
the way of legislation duringthe
short two short months remain
ing to him in the White House,
but it is probable, indeed almost
certain, that his successor will
take up the work where he will be
compelled tc leave it off and car
ry out much-needed reforms. The
present Secretary of the Navy,
Mr Newberry, is accomplishing
something without the assist
ance of an act of Congress; and
the Chief of Staff of the Army,
coubtless takes his initiative
from the Commander-in-chief, is
doing all he can to make the
rank of the Army more efficient.
He is encountering opposition,
as might be expected. Many Ar
my officers between the ages of
40 and 50, some of them older
and some of them younger, tire
unfit for service and they are, of
course, recalcitrant against the
recent order for test marches on
foot and on horseback. It is the
object of the President to.elimi
nato these knock-kneed, pot-bellied
old fellows from the Army.
He doubtless remembers the
great mass of flesh that was sent
to command the Army in Cuba,
and who spent hfs time on his
back groaning with heat, gout,
and obesity during the active op
erations that preceded the cap
ture of Sautiago.
Marked For Death
"Three years ago I was marked for
death. A grave yard cough was
tearing my lungs to pieces. Doc'ors
failed to help me, and hope had fled
when my husband got Dr. King's
New Discovery," says Mrs, A. C.
Williams, of BacKy." The first dose
helped me and improvement kept
on until I had gained 5S pounds in
weight and my henlth was fully re
stored ." 'I his medicine holds the
world's healing record for coughs
and colds and lung and throat dis.
eases. It prevents pneumonia. Sold
under guarantee at all druggists.
50c and $ 1. 00. Trial bottle free.
Dr. Emmet C. McKowen, a
wellknown physician of Jackson,
La., has been indicted by the U
nited States grand jury, charged
with sending anonymous lettrs
through the mail. For ten years
or more anon ymous letters threa.
teniug mauy citizens oi Jackson
and dfaling with the private af
fairs of others, including daugh
ters of prominent men, have tieen
received by the patrons of the
Jackson post office. Landmark.
Use Red Band Pure Scotch
Snuff.
Will the X sob stand Pat! !
(Charlotte News.) j
The province of the newspaper
is world-wide and w; see no spec
ial reason for complaining that
the Washington Herald and oth
er equally crrudite and conserva
tive journals should take an oc
casional pass nt the firmament.
Or, to be more pointed, we see no
impropriety in our present de
termination to mildly chastise,
with tht; Herald, one of the crea
tures of space namely the moon.
Astronomical proguoticators
have a hunch that the moon is
growing peevish over the rou
tine of t.x .tence, and is contem
plating a change of base, which
will end, we are informed by the
high browed seers, in a mad
plunge into the boundless and
unfathomed precincts of infini
tude. Tired of the same old trail
the moon proposes to venture
farther in pasture? green; togodi
rect ions not gone before to see
a few of I he sights space offers
iu other words to quit her tire
some waltz around dear old
earth, and sow a wild oat or
two, lor variety's sake.
Curiosity is one ol the beset
ting sins of femininity, ho the
philosopheis and poets agree,
and, as for us, accepting in good
faith the undenied charge, we
marvel at the conservatism and
patience displayed by good Lu
na through the past several mill
ions of years. In fact, we do not
feel inclined to chastise in tones
unduly harsh the perfectly natu
ral and ever-to-be expected cra
ving displayed in her latest
whim.
There are times, though, when
we are of the opinion it is wisest
to squelch certain inclinations,
to put the iron heel on the neck
of longings; that is, where oth
ers are concerned in the out
come. Hence we venture the hope
that the moon will bear quietly
the pangs incident upon pursu
ance of the sn me old stale and
boring promenade..
We really think it is up to the
moon to stand pat Tnere s no
use upsetting the general order
of things iust to appease a mild
curiosity to see what's on the
other side, even if the desire is
one of the weaknesses of her sex.
They of the high brows and long
hair do tell ua that the sad sea
waves are directed by the moons
unseen, though all powerful influ
ence, and goodness knows we
have no desire to see the salty
deep reign on us. In such a bale
ful event things nautical as well
as agricultural and otherwise
would undoubtedly go to the
bow-wows, and as for us person
ally, we are in no mood to expe
rience the thrills such acata
clasm would start going.
For these and other reasons, as
the lion of the dry goods box
would say, we think it is up to
the moon to calm her perturbed
breast, to forget all her wild vag
aries and to resign her restless
self to stay on the job. By the
faithful discharge ol dutj she has
won tor herself many admirers,
and we see no special reason for
shaking all of her friends for a
mere will-o-the-vvisp fancy. We
see trouble ahead, too, for good
Luna, if this side-stepping expe
dition is taken. The netherial
blue is chuck full of orbs and orb
lets and the astronomers tell us
some of them, if lined up in an
avoirdupois contest, would make
the world look like thirty cents.
If the moon goes straying about
among these big lights of the
heavens in the n.le of t he vag
raut she is likely to come to
grief to be laid up with a black
eye. We should regret to hear ol
such mishap befalling the moon,
for, as for ourselves personally,
we are fond of the moon, aud ev
en though the Ban! of Avon and
many ot the great poets have
cast aspersions upon her, we have
stood ever ready to defend her. 1
In fact., we look for insomnia du
ring the entire sojourn of the
moon on this proposed devil-may-care
meander.
Besides, if Luna takes a sneak
the coos of a cooing universe
will be sent off into space aim
lessly. There will be no silent wit
ness to prove that the vows
sworn in the name of this repre
sentative of constancy are true.
There will be no orb of sufficient
mellowness aud bigness to swear
by; no reflections in the placid
lake no ligtit to stand asexcuse
where light is necessary iu the
mind of the chaperone.
The poet would hae nothing
to start his lyre lying with. The
langorous lover would have no
one to tell it all to. The dyspep
tic canine, suffering from insom
nia brought on by excessive mas
ticatlon of pilfered ham, would
have no ear into which he might
pour all the howls his wretched
system holds.
As a matter of fact, come to
think about this thing seriously,
we believe it is the duty of t h e
moon to stick to the old route,
come what may.
Medicine That Is Medicine.
"I have suffered a good deal with
malaria and stomach complaints
hut 1 have now found a remedy that
keeps me well, and that remedy is
Electric Bitters; a medicine that is
medicine for stomach and liver trou
bles, and for run down conditions."
says W. C. Kiestler of I lalliday' Ark
Electric bitters purify and enrich the
blood tone up the nerves, and impart
vigor and energy to the weak, Your
money will be refunded if it fails to
help you. 5oc at all druggists.
"How much," asked the bride
groom, addressing the Atchison
clergyman who had just married
them.
"Well," the parson replied, "the
law allows me $2.50."
Thereupon the groom produc
ed a hall dollar and said: "Here
is fifty cents; that will make it
$3 00." Kansas City Journal.
Would Mortgage the Farm.
A farmer on Rural Route 2,
Empire, Ga.. W. A. Floyd byname
says: "Bucklen's Arnica Salve cur
ed the two worst sores I ever saw:
one on my hand and one on my leg.
It is worth more than its weight in
gold. I would not be without it if I
had to mortgage the farm to get it."
Only 2C. at all druggis ts.
There is a prospect that t he
new order placing fourth-class
postmasttrs in certain States
under the civMl service law may
be extended by President-elect
Talt to the South and Southern
Republicans show evidences ol
displeasure in consequence Some
hungry Democrats, it Is learned,
may get reliel. We submit that
such conduct evidences anything
but a Christian spirit. Char
lotte Observer.
This Is Worth Reading.
Leo F. Zelinckitof 8 Gibson St ,
Buffalo, N. , says;' I cured the
most annoying cold sore I ever had,
with Bcklen's Arnica Salve. lap
plied this salve ones a day for two
days when every trace of the sore
was gone," Heals all sores. Sold
under guaraetee at all druggists
25c.
President Roosevelt has ap
plied to the Belgian government,
through the American legation,
for a hunting permit in Belgian
territory in Africa. This will be
granted. It will cover 1909 and
include both bigand small game.
Exchange,
Our New
Hair Vigor
Ayer's Hair Vigor was good,
the best that was made. But
Ayer's Hair Vigor, new Im
proved formula, Is better. It
is the one great specific for fall
ing hair. Anew preparation in
every way. New bottle. New
contents. Ask your druggist to
show it to you, "the new kind."
Dot nrl chart lit cear of tht kah.
A
Formal wltfc ch bMti
Shaw It to jroar
tiers
aoator
Aik him absat It,
As we now make our new Hair Vigor it
does not have the slightest effect upon
the color of the hair. You may use it
freely and for any length of time with
oat fear of changing the color. Stops
falling hair. Cures dandruff.
Ifaaa ky to . O. Ajar Ca,, IwaU, H
Watch Repairing.
More good watches are ruined
inthe handsel inexperienced work
men than in anv other way. A
watch is too costly an article to
entrust to any fine who may
claim the title of Watchmaker.
Durfng my manv years of busi
uess I have always giyen the clo
sest attention to the careful re-
E airing and adjusting of watches
rought to me and have bought
none other than the best, mater
ial. My charges are never exces
sive; only enough to cover the
cost ol the work; neither do un
necessary work nor charge for
work I do not execute. Don't
wait until your watch reluses to
run before having it cleamd, ad
justed and freshly oiled.
J. W. BRYAN,
Graduate Wach-maker& Jeweler,
The Charlotte Observer.
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Chaulotte JN. C.
Women as Well as Men Are Made
Miserable bj Kidney and
Bladder Trouble.
Kidney trouble preys ttjxni the mind,
discourages and lesscnsamuition ; beauty.
vigor aim cheerful
ness soon disappear
when the kidney s are
out of order or dis
eased. Kidney trouble has
become so prevalent
that it is not unconi-
y 111011 for a child to be
born afflicted with
weak kidneys. If the
child urinntestoonflen, if the urine scalds
the flesh, or if, when the child reaches an
age when it should be able to control the
passage, it is yet afflicted with bed-wet-ting,
depend upon it, thecause of the diffi
culty is kidney trouble, and the first
step should he towards the treatment of
these iniiortaiit organs. This unpleasant
'rouble is due to a diseased condition of
the kidneys and bladder and not to a
hubit as most people suppose.
Women as well as men are made miser
able with kidney and bladder trouble,
and both need the same great remedy.
The mild and the imuieilmti effect of
Swamp-Root is soon realized. It is sold
by druggists, in fifty
cent and one-dollar
size bottles. You may J
have a sample bottle
by mail frie, also a
Bim of Swana-Rod.
pamphlet te'iling all about Swamp-Root,
including many of tht thousands of testi
monial letters received from sufferers
cured. In writing Dr. Kilmer & Co.,
Binghamton, N. Y., be sure and mention
this paper. Don't make any mistake,
but remember the name, Swamp-Root,
Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root, and the ad
dress, Binghamton. N. Y., on every
VHtle.
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