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UOOXK. WATAUGA COUNTY. X. C, .TIIUSDliAY MAY 0 loot).
so. no.
J. T. fOlNCII.h. J. II. HAKIUX
COUNCILL & HARDIN,
REAL ESTATE AGENTS,
Limestone, Tennessee.
Write us what you want in tlie
way ol fanning lands in thin fer
til country find we will do our best
to phase you. 9-10.
kMAUTfARM FOrXvIeT
One ami cue hall miles west ol
Boone N. C good l(x-uti'n con
vetiieiit to first class school For
terms and I'nrticulnrH, address
0. R. LONG, Williamsburg,
Butte, Mont.
I'I10FIJSS1(KAL.
NAT T. DULANEY, M. D.,
-SPECIALIST -Fourth
St Bristol Tcnn.-Va.
Eye and Throat Diseases.
Refraction for Glasses.
L.I).I.(MVE.
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
BANNER ELK, N. C.
aJ"VVi!l practice in the courts.
Watauga, Mitchell and adjoining
ounties. 7 6-'07
EDMUND JONES
LAWYER
LKXOlIt. N. :,-
Will Practice Regularly in
the Courts of Watauga,
6-1 '08.
F. A. LINNEY,
-ATTORNEY AT LAW,
rooni;, N. c.
Will practice in the courts of
the 13th Judicial District in all
matters of a civil nature.
6-11 11)08.
J. C. FLETCHER,
. Attorney At Law,
BOONE, N. C.
Careful attention given i
jollections.
W. R LOVILL
-ATTORNEY AT LAW,
BOOSh, N. C.
Special attention given
to all business entrusted to
b'8 care."&l
7-9-'08.
A, A. Holsclaw,
ATTORNEY AT LAW
Mountain City, fennpssie.
Will practice in all the courts
of Tennessee. State and Federal.
Special attention given to col
lections and all oMier matters of
a legal nature.
Office north east of court house
Oct. 11,1907, ly.
E. S. G0FFEY
-ATlORhEi A7 LAW,
BOONE, N. C.
Prompt attention given to
all matters of a legal nature.
S" Abstracting titles and
collection ot claims a special
tv. 1-1 '09.
R. Ross Donnelly.
UNDERTAKER & EMBALM ER
SHOUN'S. Tennessee,
Has Varnished and Glass White
Coffins; Black Broad loth and
White Plush Caskets; Bhck and
White MetaUc Caskets Robes,
Shoes and Finishings,
Extra large Coffins and Cns
kets always on hand. 'Phone or
ders given special attention.
R. ROSS DONNELLY.
OLD IUfKoY CHIPS.
Washington Parngrapher.
Eight car loads of blind tigers
were captured in at wo days' raid
in Mobile, Ahi., and there must
be a couple of train loads left.
The theory might now be ad
vanced without li-ar of success
ful contradiction that the back
bone of winter is broken.
The oynter's work is nearly
done, his annual course is almost
run; when May conies in he hides
his head and lies down in h i s
oyster bed.
What is fame? They have found
a man in Los Angeles who never
heard of Roosevelt.
Will it be so charged by the
Senate that it will be ridiculous
to call it the "Payne tariff bill?"
Mrs Eil ward Carmack, w ife of
the murdered ex-Senator, having
been left practically without an'
means ol support, is propossd
for the position of postmistress
at Columbia, Tenn. We hope she
will receive the appointment.
With all the mock modesty of
a practiced old politician, Senor
Diaz announces that lie ''is in
the hands of his Iriend," so far
as election to the Presidency of
Mexico is concent d-
The grand old governor of the
grand.old State of Texas h a s
handed the grand old legisla-
tue a grand old lemon that
ought to hold the grand o 1 d
Houston Post for a little while.
Another thing that prompts
us to think that Cuba is impro
ving, is the fact that one of the
recently convicted revolutionists
whs a sergeant. As a rule those
tropical warriors are nil gener
als. No one will have to pay an in
come tax if the price of bread
goes much higher.
In answer to a war alarm of
Capt. Hobson, Andy Carnegie
gives out a peace flareback.
Senator Paiiey ougkt to be
chairman of the civil service ex
aminers of t l.e Supreme Court.
Those Senators and Represen
tatives who were thinking about
voting against an income tax,
have been hearing from their
constituents," and found that
they had a few more thinks com
ing to them.
The kind of an income tax that
we nied in this country is o n e
guaranteed to keep the Treasu
ry a few laps ahead of the out
go. We had Buzzard's Bay, Oyeter
Bay and now Beverly Bay. Ap
parently our Presidents like to
affect bays for their summer res
idences. Not all the horrible things you
hear are true. For instance mar
ried men will be pleased to learn
that the reported forthcoming
fashion prescribing a 500-but-ton-up
the back gown for wo
men is based on nothing of truth.
"Man is 90 per cent, water,'
says a scientist. Georgia and Al
abama must be responsible for
pulling the average up so high.
V hat do you suppose old Ab
dul ITamid would give to be a
ble to sally forth and thorough
ly enjoy a bang-up gameol base
ball? "Peaca. 'possum and Prosper
ity is the slogan for thenextfour
years," say ihe Jackson, Miss.,
News. Some Punk.
A Tennessee minister declares
that "Sunday gossip is as bad
as Sunday baseball.'' Yes; and
Sunday baseball may not be that
bad.
Baseball and fishing at t h e
same time is like being killed
with too much joy.
Juggling with the wheat pit is
funuy enough until it comes to
juggling with the price of bread,
tlien some one may get hurt.
Turkey is the country where
all the va.ious brands of trouble
are made.
rncleSam hollers when they
hit li i 111 in tin bread-basket.
l inle Jot' Cannon lias npp 1
rently come to the conclusion
flint it ii 1 t tuui I ilu tt 1 fi i. il 11 mil.
i,.i-iti,0,w.Mi..nill,w,n.
I n- ,ill In. !nm I I .1 i IT. ...... , . I , !
II t II II I nr i line V n itiiiviiaii v.
is from Lincoln.
Nevada, in refusing to succeed
South Dakota as a divorce Mec
ca, hits trial marriage a cruel
blow.
Thp ia nmnv n. freetrader!
, , I
who.efu.es tolet his, ight hand
know what his left hand is doing !
. . f. n
... tanff atla.rs.
Late reports from smuggling ,
headquarters indicate that a lit:-,
tie more activity upon the part
oi .ew l oi k uiisiom oiiHi.ua ,
would materiallv reduce the ue- i
ti.it.
'Going to work.'
n t in t li t t utr
by Millet, has just sold for ri0,-j
000. It would be worth a good
deal to get a picture of some men
going to w ork.
Swept Over Nirgara..
This terrible calamity often hap
pens because a careless boatman ig
nores the river's warning growing
ripples and faste. current. Nature's
warnings are kind. That du! pain
or ache in the hack warns 30U the
Kidneys need attention if you weulil
escape fatal maladies Dropsy, Di
abetes pr Bl ight's disease. Take E
lic'ric Hitters at once ank bcc Hack
ache fly and all your best feelings
return. After a long suffering from
weak kidneys ami lame back, one
$1.00 bottle whaliy cured ine,"
wjitesj. H. Blankenship, of Belk,
Tenu. Only 50c. at all druggists.
In l'.)00 we had only thirty lo
cal tax districts in North Caroli
na, now we have seven hundred 1
and fifty-six in the State in ninety-one
of the ninety-eight coun
ties, No State in the Union has
made greater progress along this
line than North Carolina within
the same period of time. It is sig
nificant of the awakening of the
public conscience upon a great
public, question The public reali
zes its obligation to childhood,
the world over, as it has never
done before, and it is a source f
pride and cause for joy that.
State is awake to her dut
the children as n-n'er before in its
history. Catawba County News.
Words To Freeze The Soul.
''Your son has consumption. His
case is hopeless." These appalling
were spoken to George E. Bh-vins
fi le'ding merchant at Springfield.
N. C., by two expert doctors one
a lung specialist, Then was shown
the wonderful power of Dr. King's
New Discovery. "After three weei s
use," writes Mr. Dlevins. "he was
as well as ever. I would not take all
the money in the world loi what it
did for my boy." Infallible for
coughs and colds, its the safest, sur
est cure of desperate lung diseases
on earth. Joc. and $ 1.00, Guarantee
satisfaction. Trial bottles free at all
druggists.
Mr. Thos. B. Lenoir had a tus
sle with a big 'Bull' snake out on
Hibrilen recently. Hissnakeship
was a monster for this part of
the country, being about? feet
long, and nearly 11s large, air.
Lenoir says, ns a man's leg-j (,iistern Europe in modern times.
When first discovered he w as j ,.llt jeil0U8y uf a young and in
coiled under a ledge of rock and j (tnoniiOI1t power at the gateway
showed fight at once, being of the j u the B1.,ck 8t.a, making effect
constrictor family, he tried to j jve the rule of the last remnant
wrap himself around Mr. Lenoir. ' () (ie Mussulman power in E11
Fortunately the gentleman had hardly be to the taste
I n n a va in hiu Im nfl which ivn s too
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much for the snake. ihe Lenoir
News.
WAdvertiHeintheDeoracrat-W
Abtliil Hamid, Deponed ftuliau.
Charlotte Vwh.
With a lust for blood equalling
that of Cnesj.r Borgia, and yet
with a hearing, suave as gentle,
man of tl.e court, it-lent less, but
polished, smooth remorseless,
cold-blooded and vet affable and
diplomatic-such is A b il u I
IIa,!litl Defender of the Faithful
",1 ,r UU of tllC
Turkish Empire.
It as (il.idstone who referred
'I'... I V. I 1 1 1 . i
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.o iuuf imeras .uHiui uw.ufter the Young Turk party first
Dan,:ied. ' Few names ussocia- 'allowed its strength. Austria ul
ted with the vacillating fortunes j so ha u Bli 0,lJcr title)UIlil Kus.
Near Eastern emnires stan.l nut '.;. j . .. ,
prominently man mat OI;thp Dardenelles Tim It iliii
A1)(lul Hanjj(1 Wkh but three Jn .mS wHI L X
executions Hamid h is exnerien P' ' V1 Vf u , - ,
, "uol'H Jianuii n.vs expeiien- good neighbors with the Turk.
c,,, a loIlg(.r reign th;m nnv njk,r ,fe &
of Europe, and during the terri-! ti()ll tlerefore liesill iu ut(.nti
ble stretch of his bloody reign !aitv fur settin" the "re it now
unrest and open revolt h a v e ;eis l,v the y.ars. Not oneol them
ni.irKeii me assage 01 troUDl-;ut
I years. .Many times has t li
If.-)., .f 4-1, A C . .14-.... I A I .
,.,u. oeen in i n e ;
' I I OtOI.IU .1(1,1 . I. ,.f 1
I lit ill l-P". I Mil tilt' lllllll 111 '
t'.ie chaos of open rehellion.be
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has always come forth morepow
erfullv ensconced on the throne.
In danger at all times from ene
mies, his life has been spared, as
if hedged about by some strange
Divinity.
With a record of murder and
bloodshed as black asthatof Le
opold in Africa. Humid now faces
what to the world interprits ab
solute overthrow. It was on yes
IcMay that he was deposed, am
it was on ye-trday that his
brother, Melimed Beschnd Effen
di, lavoied by the Young Turks,
was proclaimed Sultan. Disuatch
es of the early morning announce
the withdrawal ot the deposed
Sultan from the Turkish capital.
His exit was made under thecov
er of darkness and his only fol
lower were eleven women of his
once glorious and populous ha
rem. What pitiful retrenchment
has taken place in that harem
which was once the brag of the
Eas'ern world. "How the niigh
tv have fallen." He who cracked
the whip over a servile and tt r-
rorized populace for thirty and
three years, whose very presence
suggested terror and in whose
wake followed the stark w h i t e
God; he who presided over one
of the most extensive harems
sine: the days of King Solomon,
now must quit the capital as a
'f inhejiight.
.eauwhileV those whom for
ine b is favored are making the
best of the situation. Just now
at least, it would seem that the
Young Turks tire in the ascend
ancy, and that for this tact A
merica and England are thank
ful The young Turks represent
the party of progress and waging
a warfare for return to strict al
legience to the Constitution, their
supremacy must mark the open-
in": of a new era in the
N e a r
East. But crisis in Turkey, as
iu South American republics,
come in close succession, and the
v etor of to. ;iv is oltentmies
the vanqished ot tomorrow.
The Wall Street Journal dis
cusses the probable development
should the Young Turks come
out of the present embroglio vic
torious: i'ubiie sentiment in America
and England," says the Jour
nal, "undoubtly will be in favor
of an autonimous Turkey, under
the conduct of the Young Turk
Dart y, which has ta en the most
;rmitahle development of south
i- . . i !..,.:..
01 tiermauy , .usi 1 ui, iiurBii, ui
.nyofthe Balkan staffs. For
many veins there has been au ex -
' pectation of the end, and a pre-
pa ration for the scramble for the'
Sick Man's estate, and it is hard
to relinquish lively Iiojh'h on'
which years of diplomacy have
been bused. Germany certainly
beli'-ves ihe has some right to
succession if only to protect her
railroad interests in Asia Minor
,.r sympathy with the Young
lurk party is not supposed to
be strong, and indeed the Bal
kan situation became acute large
ly on (h-manv's instigation soou
na,,l,'ul UF" uwrlBruu8U
has
some interest or nt hop
e!ad u,1()U(,h the stock nmrUl,t
, ..
of Ktl.01K. r(lfl,cc COIl!iJenct. iu
.
i j c .lining luiK pansys auuiiy
4 I - !' I. . I
to iTstoieoriJtT, the situation is
still a delicate one."
Up Ueforc the Bur.
N. II. Bn.wn. an attorney at I'itts
field, N't. , writes: -'We have used
Dr. King's New I.ife Bids for years
ami liml them such a good family
medicine we would not he without
them." For Chills, Constipation,
Biliousness or sick headache they
, ! work wondeis. 2c. at all druuists.
1 1 J
riavh Light to Mars.
Clharlott- Chronicle.
In .luly the planet Mars will be
within .'I."), (ii)0 ,000 miles ol the
earth, or 5,000,000 miles nearer
than ever before. Dr. Bickering,
llarvards prolessorof astronom
v, thinks thut he can be
able to send out a signal that will
attract the attention of the
people of Mars, taking it for
granted that Mars is inhabited
dy a race of intelligent human
beings. His plan provides for a
".series of mirrors occupying about
a onarter ofan acre ;n extent they
f().millo- a .great search light He
thin,.s th Ie(IeL.tion from these
; milTors would reach Mars and
the ray could beshort iudots an J
dashes like a telegraph code. It
is all th-oretical and would be
an interesting experiment but
for one thing, I'rolessor Bicker
ing figures that his flash light
plant would cost 110,000,000.
i, is to be imagined that he won id
nave some difficulty iu floating
that amount of stock.
Says the Charlotte Observer:
"Judge Councill received last
night a long distance telephone
message from Mrs. Councill at
Hickory, apprising him of the
critical illness of his sister, Mrs.
M. F. Boyden at Boone. His
brother, Dr. J. B. Councill, of
Salisbury, left yesterday tor her
bedside. Judge Councill who judg
ingfrom the information at hand,
, entertained doubts ol Mrs. Boy-
Hen s recovery, mane arrange
. . .
incuts at once to proceed to
Boone. ''-M'tunately, as it hap
pened, the business of Superior
Court had been practically wound
up in the afternoon. Mrs. Boy
den's many friends in the State
will hope forencouraging tidings.
Encouraging report s come from
many sections of the county con
cerning the phobability of a large
fruit crop. In the mountain
scect ion especially it is believed
that the frost and freezes have
done but little damage to the
earlier Irtiit blooms, while the
a pple bio soms are practical y un
hurt. The trees, however, are
not yet ufe, for frosts have and
may again, came as late as the !
,. ' , ... T J
nrst uay 01 .Ma v. in au event
j of .hat kind, it is nnposs.me to,
estimate the resulting damage. -'
Tatriot.
Does Not
Hair
Aycr's Hair Viccr, as now
made from our new improved
f jrmula, does not stain or color
ithe hair even to the slightest
degree. Gray hair, white hair,
blonde hair is net made r.
I s!,ade darker. But it certainly
does step falling hair. No
question about thst.
r"l thine the cr.hr nf lite hair.
A
81.0W it to your
yers s
a prior
k bia ah)nt it.
Indeed, we telieve i! will Stop every ease
of falling hair unless there is some viry
unusual complication, something grea;iy
iTccting the general health. Then you
should consultyour physician. Also ask
him about the new Ayer's Hair Vigor.
Hade by the J. C. Aor Co.. LowoU, Sui.
Watch Repairing.
More good watches nre ruined
int lie ha nds ol inexperienced work
men than in anv other way. A
watch is too costly an article to
entrust to any one who may
claim the title of Watchmaker.
During my manv years of bust
ness 1 have always giyen 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. Mv charges are never exces
sive: only enough to cover the
cost of the work; neither do un
necessary work nor charge for
work I do not execute. Don't
wait until your watch reluses to
run betore having it cleaned, ad
justed and freshly oiled.
.1. W. BRYAN,
G rad ua t e W a tch-maker i J eweler
The Charlotte Observer.
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NEWSPAPER IN N. C.
hvciy Day in the Year $S. a
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The Observer consists of 10 to I?
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than any other North Caralina new a
paper.
Til E SUNDAY OBSERVER,
is unexcelled as a news medium and
is also tilled with excellent matter
of a miscellaneous nature.
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issues Tuesdays and Fridays,"at $!.
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money in this section. It consists of
S to 10 pages, and prints all the
news f the week local, State, na.
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Ac ress,
THE OBSERVER CO.
Charlotte N. C.
Eight negro prisoners escaped
from the Lumberton jail recent
ly.
Thousands Have Kidney
Trouble and Never Suspect it
How To Find Out.
Fill a bottle or common irli'ss with yonr
water and let it stand twenty-four hours ;
aseilmientorset
tUnj;iiiilicatcsaii unhealthy con
dition of the V.id
neys; if it stnina
your linen it ia
evidence of kid
ney trouble ; too
frequent desire
to puss it or ain
in the back ia
also convincing proof that the kidueya
and bladder are out of order.
V.'hat To Do.
There is comfort iu the knowledge ao
often expressed, that Dr. Kilmer'a
Swamp-Root, the f;reat kidney renuuy,
fulfills every wish in curing rheumatism,
pain in the buck, kidneys, liver, bladder
and every part of the urinary passage.
It corrects inability to hold water
and scalding pain iu passing it, or bad
effects following use of liquor, wine or
beer, and overcomes that unpleasant ne
cessity of lieiug compelled to go often
during the day, and to get up many
times during the night. The mild and
the extraordinary effect of Swamp-Root
is soou realized. It stands the highest
for its wonderful cures of the most dis
tressing cases. If you need a medicine
you should have the best. Sold by drug,
gists in fifty-cent and one-dollar ssos.
You may have a sample nouie anu, a
book that tells all
about it, tioth sent free
hv mail. Address Dr.
Kilmer & Co., Bine-
ike any mistake, but remember the.
Address. BTbamCK '