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Democrat. w VOL. XX BOONE. WATAUGA COUNTY, X. C, niUKSOAY MAltCII 23. 1H01. NO. 44. J. 11. IIAHIUX COUXCILL & HARDIN, REAL ESTATE AGENTS, Limestone, Tennessee. Write us what you wn nt in the way ol farming lauds in thin for til country and we will do our best t( iiiftiw v(hi. y-io. SMALiTfaITm FOltSALE. One and one half miles west ol Boone X. C. good location con venient to first rlas school For terms and Particulars, address (j. R. LONG, Williamsburg, Butte, Mont, ' PRUFESSIOSAL. NAT T. DULANEY, M. D., -SPECIALIST -Fourth St. Bristol Tenn.-Va. Eye and Throat Diseases. Refraction for Glasses. L. D.LOWE, ATTORNEY AT LAW, BANNER ELK, N. C. IVi!l practice in the courts of Watauga, Mitchell and adjoining counties. 7 6-'07 EDMUND JONES LAW YElt LKNUIU, N. V, Will Practice Regularly in Che Courts of Watauga, 6-1 o8. F. A. LINNEY, ATTORNEY AT LAW, BOONE, n. c. Will practice in the courts of the 13th Judicial District in all matters of a civil nature. 6-1111)08. J. C. FLETCHER, Attorney At Law, BOONE, N. C. Careful nttentioo given to collections. W. It LOVILL -ATTORNEY AT LAW, BOOSh, A'. C. SSpecial attention given to all busine88 entrusted to his care.S8 7-9-'08 A, A. Holsclaw, ATTORNEY AT LAW Mountain City, lennfssee. Will practice in all the courts of Tennessee, State and Federal. Sjiecial attention given to col lections and all o'her matters of a legal nature. Office north eastof court house. Oct. 11, 1907, ly. E. S. GOFFEY, -ATlORhEx Al LA W,- BOONE, N. C. Prompt attention given to all matters of a legal nature. S&" Abstracting titles and collection oi claims a special ty. 1-1'09. R. Ross Donnelly. UNDERTAKER & EMBALM ER SHOILVS, Tennessee, Has Varnished and Glass White Coffins; Black Broad loth and White Plush Caskets; Bluck and White Metalic Caskets Robes, Shoes and Finishings, Extra large Coffins and Cms kets always on hand. 'Phone or ders given special attention. R. ROSS DONNELLY, j. r. rorxrii.i.. A Great Institution. THK APPALACHIAN TRAINING SCHOOL MAKES REPORT. Beginning Wlih Not hint Bat Grit ;'" the higher grades. The course and Determination to sorcerd, the ; of study is full four years above DoffhprtyBoyi'fitveDonfreat:,lie public school course. With Good In the MounUlns-.Htate Hai' .,1 lireat Plant Worth Economic a 11 1 . 3.,000 Knn Kaleitfh Evening Time. If the Times man were called upon to name the State's most economically managed institu- tion, the one with the greatest future and theonedoingthe most good with the least expenditure, he would not hesitate to name the Appalachian Training School. In saying this there is no exag geration. Only one who knows the mountain section and who knows conditions there can ap preciate the work being done. The school is laboring to equip teachers for service in the moun tains. Manv years ago Snpt. B. B. Douglierty and his brother, D. I). Dougherty, just graduated from the State University and splendidly equipped for service left tin halls ol our great univer sity and buried themselves" as their friends said, in the back wood. Both of them fully real ized that the jiath they were set ting themselves to tread was be set with many difficulties. Nei ther wavered. They saw their du ty ami they did it without ques tion. Their hearts were burning with a desire to help their peo ple, the whole-hearted, simple minded but great people o f the mountains, and without re ward, or hope of reward, other than a consciousness of duty per formed, they pushed forward without shadow of varibleuessor turning. They began humbly and their influence has w idened and widened until the name of the 'Dougherty Boys" is really a household word in a d o z e 11 mountain counties. The people know them and love them. The people have watched the growth of the great training school. Ten years ago the idea began totak form in the minds of the ''Dough erty Boys." Mr. B. B. Dougher ty, superintendent of the school, did manv hard weeks ot manual labor uu the first building. With his owu team he graded the ground and hauled the lumber for the first building. For four years he struggled for a foot hold. Finally the State came to his rescue, six years ago, with an appropriation. Small wonder that Supt. Dougherty loves the school. It is the direct result of his own unselfish labors. What the school is today can best be shown by a few extracts from the biennial report of the officers of the school w hich has just been issued Capt. E. F. Lov ill, ex-Senator from Watauga, is president of the board of trus tees. In his letter to Governor Kitchin transmitting the report of the school he says: You will observe that the school property has cost $24,410. Of this amount the people have giv en $7,629 53. We have tive build ings. One large brick building, containing 9 rooms; two dormi tories for girls, one containing 44 room; the other 13 rooms; one boarding hall for boys 32 rooms, aud Watauga Academy 11 rooms. The farms contain 200 acres; the campus, including the Stan bury property, 1 3 acres. The water is brought from never-failing springs above habita tion, providing water for the en tire school town. The attendance at present is 22") We are astonished ourselves at the growth of the school. The school has drawn patrouage from 25 counties. Ten teachers are employed in the school, arid matrons have charge of the boarding houses. Over one hundred students are . . ...... over ? ju er cnum lor u wioie year on our students. I, as chairman of the executive committee, have given much time and often 1 have Iwn at consid- j era hie expense, wonting L 1 jooi Also it should l for the school. Also it should lie known ,iut i ji Dougherty collected from the people $7,020.53 with out, charging the institution one cent, always travelingat hisown expense. Nor has any member of the board of trustees received anythmg tor their services, mtr labors are labors of love for our A . 11V 1 1 J neiovcu si aie. e nave ..ecu u,.,u, for our efforts in the realization of the vast amount of good our institution has done, is doing, and will continue to do wv pray, lor all time to come, to our mou 11 tain country. 1 respectfully submit that im institution in North Carolina has accomplished so much on so lit tle. The great desire of the trustees is to own a farm large enough to produce hay and other pro ducts for the institution that we may lie able to help poor b.ys by giving them work on the farm, we should have an experi ment station or teHt farm con nected with the institution. We are proloundly thankful for the aid we have received, and we trust in the future the school will receiye favorable consideration Irom this state. Superintendent Dougherty, in his report says: We believe the business has been managed as economically as any business could be. The state has now spent $15,790,47 on the plant The people have spent $7,(29. 53, making $24. 410,00. This is aside from many local favors. The institution owns a farm of 200 acres having an orchard ol 200 apple trees, gardens, small meadow, grazing lands for 15 cattle, and 100 acres of wood land The campus contuins V, acres. Upon this are three buildings: Watauga Academy, containing 4 recitation rooms, book store and printing office. In this buil ding the advanced grades are taught. The enrollment last year was 337. We have in school now o ver 200. The enrollment this year will be above 400. I think they must have taugh 1(5,000 students, as number taught two schools. As to our needs, they are many- We should finish painting, and furnish the boarding hall for boys; we should get better desks and blackboards, and spend money on the campus, beautify ing and building sidewalks. Owing to the growing condi tion of the school, it is almost a necessity that waterworks and sewerage system should be in stalled. All together this institution has made as fine a showing as any institution iu North Caro lina, public or private. I do not lielieveourplantcould be duplicated for $35,000. The state spends only $10 per capita on our students. Furthermore, the Bchool has had a healthy and an uplifting influence for public school ed ucation throughout this mountain country. It reach - es al classes of people, rich and poor. Tbat the spending of money on such an institution is wise, no thoughtful, observing M'ron will any longer doubt. There is a kind ol double influence about this wea k mat reaches, directly or in directly, every home and almost every child. Prolon Increased. It is generally understood that the legislature which has jnstad journed made no change in t h e laws pensioning Confederate sol pieis. We heard quite a number of ?oplu yesterday express them "Ives on this question, and it was not complimentary to the ineuilters of the legislature- Le noir News. The Legislature increased the general pension appropriation Irom $400,000 per annum to $450,000 and it also passed an nct authorizing county commis- iHionPrs to incr,.aHe the pension nct in ench POmity 2 rents on the ' $100 valuation and Gcen ts on the poll. It h estimated, we believe, that this will add $100 005 to the pension fund. Petitions were presented asking the legislature to abolish the property qualifica tion and nension all (Confederate 8fli,3iers We think the Iegisla- tare as wise in relusing to do this. It would ha ve placed on the pension roll numerous men who are wealthy or independent ly well-to-do. who do not need the pension, and would as a re sult have reduced the amount paid to thoe who need the mon ey. The state is not able to pay liberal pensions to all Confeder ates and it is not wise to do some thing in n gush of sentiment that would give to those who do not need while depriving the needy -Undur the law a veteran who owns $5fVr, worth of property cannot draw a pension. States ville Landmark. The Secret Of Long Ltfe. A French scientist has discovered one secret of long life. His me'.hod deals with the houd. Rjt bntf g millions of Americans had proved Electric Bitters prolonged life anil makes it worth living. It purifies, enriches and vitalizes the blood, re. builds wasted nerve cells, imparts life and tone to the entire system It's a god-send to weak, sick andde hjlitated people. ''Kidney trouble had blighted mv life for months," writes W. M. Sherman, of (Jurhig Me., but Electric Bitters cured me entirely," Only 50c. at all drug gists. The prfze recently offered by Moore & Coffey and won by Win borne Card well, is making rapid strides in improvement. The prize, which, by the way, is noth iug less than a tine blooded mare with the modern attachments of spavin, stringhalt, scratches etc. has reached the convalescent point where she can stand alone by leaning against the fense. It is claimed that this wonderful re juvenation of horse flesh is dueto application of pure apple vine gar purchased from N. B. Smith ey. They say Card well is proud of his prize and is often seen hold ing up the mare wiih one hand and feeding her grass with the other. Wilkesboro Chron icle. Revolts At Cold Steel. "Your only hope," said three doc tors to Mrs. M. E. Fisher, Detroit Mich, suffering from severe rectal trouble, lies in an operation, "-"then I used Dr. King's New Lift Pills," she writes, ''till wholly cured." They prevent Appendicitis, cure Constipation, and Headache. 25c. at all druggists. A large number of people are naming their names William 1 Howard Tuft nowadays. This is nil right, of course, even if the I pr. sent-day supply of adult Gro- , ver Clevelands is not everything it might be. At the White Honw. Mrs. Talt has the reputation of living 1111 excellent house keep er, but little of this kind of work will fall to her lot as mistress ot the White Hon'. A steward is provided at ?l,No a year to look after such matters. It is his duty to hire all serv ants, to give orders to the house keccr and to do all the market ing. He is provided with a gov ernment Dayton wugoain which to do his shopping. He ic a sworn gov 1 anient offi cial who under the terms of a bond of $20,Oi 10 given before he enters upon his duties is person ally responsible for all govern ment property used iu the White House. This includes table linen, plate glass, furniture, carpets and ornaments. When the first ladv of theland-f wishes any repairs or changes made she has simply to call up on the engineer officer oi the ar my who is detailed 111 the dual capacity of superintendent of public buildings and grounds aud master of ceremonies at the White House. He is allowed $35- 000 a year for the care and re- j furnishing ol the mansion and an ! equal amount for repairs, $(5,000 j lor fuel, $9,000 for greeuehouses 1 and $4,000 for care of White I House grounds. All food bills, including those for the four State dinners given each year for the entertai timeut of distinguished foreigners in Washington must be paid out of the President's own private funds. The four state banquets usually cost about $1,000 each. The floral decorations for t h e White House, however, come from 'he government greenhouse. The music, too, i fne being fur nished by the famous Marine Band ut Washington. Iu the basement of the White House the new mistress will find two modern kitchens, a large laundry room and a wonderful pantry containing an electric dish heater with a capacity of 3, 000 dishes and plates. At the statf dinners, over which she pre sides, the viands, prepared in her two kitchens by one of the best caters iu the country, will be ser ved on a $30,000 service of Wedge wood china, besides the new glass ware bought under the Roose velt regime and the historic sil ver plate collected by W h i t e House matrons ever since Ad ams' lime. Technical Times. Of the ' ,318 acts passed by the recent General Assembly it issta ted that only 73 have general or State wide application. This gives some id a of the enormous amount of time consumed by the Legislature in passing local or private acts, while many things of general interest to all tliepeo pie do not-receive proper con sideratiou. It is to be ngretted that the proposed constitutional amendment, designed to relieve the Legislature oi much of this locul bu-iness, tailed to pass. Landmark. Sometimes we hear people talk as if oppertunity were so rare that by dropping ash epa minute we might miss it for ever. In stead, life is all opportunity. There is not a moment that does not bring us some change to be improved; but sometime-, as we strain our eyi s for the great op portunity, we miss the countless little ones all the time passing, The Younng Evangelist. Branch up! It's only a matter ot time until you will beselecting a straw lid. Some people make a specialty of giving advise they wnow will 'not be heeded. Without Alcohol Strnr; Tonic Ti'tioul Alcohol A Bodv Builder Tilhoui Alcohol Blood Purifier Without Alcohol A Client Altcrst;ve Without Alcohol A Doctor's Medicine Tiihout Alcohol Aver's Sarsa i-i"a 'ST'tt.OL-t A'coho! A Wo pubua?t our forniui V. banish Klrhol y ff otn our medicin yers V.' urpe you to COi tuit your doctor Ayer's Pills re liver pills. They act directly on the liver, make more bile aecretcd. This is why they are so valu able in constipaTion, biliousness, dys pepsia, sick-headache. Ask your doctor it be knows a better laxative pill. M.d by IU 3. C. lf Co., LowtlL, MaM. Watch Repairing. More good watches are ruined inthe hiiudsof inexperienced worn men than in anv other way. A watch i.- too costly an article to entrust to any fine who ma' claim the title of Watchmaker. Durfng my manv years of busi ness I have always given the clo sest attention to the careful re pairing and adjusting of watches brought to me and have bought none other than the best mater al. My charges are never exces sive: oulv enough to cover the I cost ol the work; neither do un , necessary work nor charge for I work I do not execute. Don't I wait until your watch relus.es to ! run before having it cleaned, ad justed and fieshly oiled. J. W. BRYAN, GraduateW atch-maker & Jeweler The Charlotte Observer. THE LARGEST AND BES T NEWSPAPER IN N: C. Lveiy Day in the Year $8. a Year. The Ohserver consists of 10 to I? pages daily and 20 to 32 pages Sun day. It handles moie news matter, local, State, national and foreign than any other North Caraljna news paper. THE SUNDAY OBSERVER, is unexcelled as a news medium and is also tilled with excellent matter of a miscellaneous nature. SEMI-WEEKLY OBSERVER, issues Tuesdays and Fridays, at $1. per year, is the largest paper for the money in this section. It consists of S to 10 pages, and prints all the news if the week local, State, na tions and fcreign. Ac ress. THE OBSERVER CO. ClIARLOTTK N. C. Man wants but little here below, but he wants what he wants when he wants it. The Cause of Many Sudden Deaths. T1lirf ie a rlicpnef. nrpvailitior Im tlWa - - I ... .uiq country most dan jjerous because so decep tive, manysuuuen deaths are caused by it heart dis ease, pneumonia, heart failure 01 apoplexy are often the result of kid ney disease. If kidney trouble is allowed to advance the k idney-poi sen- H Mrwl n-ill at. tack the vital organs, causing catarrh of tne Dlaaaer, Dnck-dust or sediment la the urine, head ache, back ache, lame back, dizziness, sleeplessness, nervous ness, or the kidneys themselves break down and waste away cell by cell. Bladder troubles almost always result from a derangement of the kidneys and better health in that organ is obtained quickest by a proper treatment of the kid neys. Swamp-Root corrects inability to hold urine and scalding pain in passing it, and overcomes that nnplcasant necessity of being compelled, to go often through the day, and to get up many times during the night. The mild and immediate effect of Swamp-Root, the great kidnev remedy is soon realized. It stands the highest be. cause of its remarkable health restoring properties. A trial will convince anyone. Swamp-Root is pleasant to take and is sold by all druggists in fifty-cent and one-dollar size bottles. You may have a sample bottle and a book that tells all about it, both sent free by mail. Address, Dr. Kilmer & Co., Binghamton, N. Y. When writing mention reading this gen erous offer in this paper. Don't make any mistake, but remember the name. Swamp-Root, and don't let a dealer sell you something in place of Swamp-Root- if you do you will be disappointed.
Watauga Democrat (Boone, N.C.)
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