Newspapers / Watauga Democrat. / Aug. 19, 1909, edition 1 / Page 1
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'I- lien ri X -7 7 oi, P.OOXK, Vt'ATA A COUNTY, N. (. rill'SDKAY AUGUST I'.mki. NO. W. 6s 71 Ii i ti & w Jf ' ! ' i- dug-Ml and out , . t . i i t ii' fi t I dull t'ilioii, 1 t r i ! ol I nam -1- hi.: Liver TaH.-i'lve leen about old moi ami' 1 . . . -. . . and oil will f.. ; i I : 1 1 i(k- n .nii:i;. Soljl' taU about iM lolks again ..... i I liu li-iuil' irr (i.lti.t , . t irt..i n.1. hi .1 M. II ' -' . V i. r v : 1 n V A 1 I It I l Ui'l'l J I- rot M 11,1.. HA HIHX. COVSCU.LS: HATiDLW IlKAL ESTATE AGENTS, Write us what you v. ant in the wav ol farmim.1 lands in tins' fer til country and we willdoourbest til pll'IISf Villi. i)-H. NAT T. DULANEY, M. D., -SPEC I ALIST, FourthSt. Bristol Tcnn.-Va. Eye and Throat Diseases. Refraction for Glasses. C. M. LEXTZ, M. D., Physician and Surgcwi. liAXXKU LLK, X. i, O flitiM liia in I f. wi i Hi n 1 fc.-i.IT il'lili . . . ,, , to the people ol Manner 1-.11; nnd ,.' . ii I Buriouniluig country. nils, A, , . , , . 1,1 pi ompt-lv attended at all hours. 1 L, i). l.(r Vt ,. vriOItNIiV AT LAW, HANNliK ELK, N. C. i-SWi!l practice in the comts V ataugn, Mitchell and adjoining in tics. 7 6-'l)S DMUXI) JONKS LAW YKK -LHNOIK, N. C, Mil Prai t'nv llosnhirlv in !' Courts ol 'Y:itnuffn, -l 'oS. F. A. L1NNEY, -ATTOUXEY AT LAW, ItOONK. N. C. Will practice in the courts of the l.'Hh Judicial District in nil matters of a civil nature. 6-11 IKON. J. C. FLETCHER, Attorney At Law, BOOXE, N. C. Careful attention piven to olleotions. W.K LOVILL -ATTORNEY AT LAW, UOOSh, N. C. (WSpecial attention Riven i all bnsineHs entrusted to 's care.tisS 7--'08. . S. GUFFEY I (iltS hi Al LAW, iOOXE, N. C. I'romfit attention jriven to ! matters of a legal nature. Abstracting titles and lb'rtion of claims ii special- l-l-'09. R. Ross Donnelly. I.MlE UTA K EU & EM B A 1 ,M Ell SHOUX'S. Tennessee, Ibis Vnrnishel and Glass White f'orliris; l'dack Broad loth und While Flush Caskets; Bbick and WhitH Metulic Caskets llobes, SIiohs und Finishings, Extra large Coffins and Cns kpts always on hand. 'Phone or Wk tiiven special attention. P.. ROSS DQNKEJXY, Be Uoni to t nt Old I'olk. Winston Kttiii1lirau. For several weeks our let tcrs tilings ol long llgO. an I we waul i p,i.lll'lt nuu lina. I 1 Wi,s "P s,r,ot ,;ot ,0" ! Mjio ii it ' I I saw aa old lady, wlio , s eined to lie about HO, coining: i .).... ,. it... ........ ,tn t;.l.. . a unit 11 I'll l He ' i in 1 1 v run u I nu street. Her form wan stoop'd; her huir was as white as the drif ted snow. The step that was once quick and clastic was slow a n d shutlling. She was standing on the very brink of the dark river we on II death. As I stool theiv, with my hat off, a lit tie girl mine tripping aloii : and 1 said: '(V.n you realize that yonder old lady was once a little babe in her mo ther's arms and then a little girl just like von?" She lonkt d at the i old woman for a moment as she shullied along, a staff in her hand and a basket on her arm, and then, gazing up into my face with a bewildered expression on her hvo, she said, "Was sho?'' Friemls, chililren, and older ones too, let me burn this one thought into your very souls Just as sure ns you live, your time is con.ing and whatsoever; . ,, , ! vou sow now von shall reap here - . ,i . ilt... ,.i. i' ii-.M-i.i- -cv inii llllll. IIHIIIHII IHJI m , ll. lllltl , .iim.t vjiim i .-I'.i ii. I .in. a in! v.mp tiiilli'tl t'iui Jiuiim ni.yniv., own ui o i in r, oi e on our iiiim ii- er-iti law,' if yon will, but remem ber that "'with what measure ye mete it shall be measured to you again. A young man was going to the po'ir house with an old man on his hack. The young man became very tired find set down the old man an a stone to take a rest. While resting the old man began to weep bitterly. ''Yon may cry lis much as you i!ease," the young man eaid, 'but to the poorhouse you must go, ior 1 will not be bothered and burden ed with you any lunger." Then the old man said. '1 am not weeping, my sen, because you are taking me to the poorhouse, but besause of my cruelty to your grandfather. Thirty years ago this very day 1 wascarrying him on in.y hak to the poor house and rested h'tn on this very stone. lie begged me to let him stay with me the few days he had to live, promising to rock and nurse Hie the little ones and do anything he could. 1 mocked him and turned a deaf ear to his cries and tears and took bim to the poorhouse. It is the thought of my cruelty to my poor old deaf father that makes me weep M3' punishment is just; I must reap us 1 have pown As soon as you are rested let us be going." I realize that, naturally, there is little congeniality between 3'outh and extreme age, especial ly when brought in too constant contact. How we enjoy the com pany of grandma when she lives to herscll and we visit her occa sionally, but when she moves in to our own homes nnd Incomes a member of our family it be comes entirely nnother matter. What if grandmother is some times cross and pettish? Maybe the constant grind on her nerv. ous system years ago caused by the anxiety she felt for your fa t her or mot her, or the hard work and unceasing toil she endured that they might remain in school is what makes her like she is. Can't you bear with her a little while aud try to comfort her and make her leel that she is a joy in stead of a burden to your home? In a little while she willslinaway into the shadows, and you may not think so now but there will be many a. tug at your heart strings as relentless memory te!ls you what you might have done axd boine. Ifpouliave any flowers for grandma. Id her have tliiMii now while she is living an I ltpiil im the neighbors to furnish Unworn lor her oaskot after she is d. ad. . la Memory of Mr. LiirirtU farthiiitf. The iMil.j.vt of this sketch was born near the present village of Zionvide, Oct. :, 1 :0. She was a daughter of the late Dudley and Sarah Farthing of that place. She earlv professed reli-1 pion an I joined the 'aptist church at Bethel, and ever lived u lived a life consistent with her profession. She was married to!J James II. Farthing Pec, -.". T.S, ! and emigrated with her family to Texas about the year ISSO. Moved later to Oklahoma during the early days of its settlement, where they lived until recently, when tliL?y in )ve.l to Stillwater, Ark , where her husband prece ded her about two years to their last great lining. On May 17 of the present year it pleased God that she go an 1 join him. Home-making la this world is an arduous task, built by toil, watered with tears, and the buil der writh s and fades away. She had helped to build several homes with her p it.ient hands but they grew tired, but Jesus said in II is j Father's house are inanv homes ' and he h is gone to prepare a plaee for all who seek a home in His kingdom. D 'ceaso 1 leaves thro:' sons and three daughters in Oklahoma mil Arkansas, and many rela tives in Watauga to whom her unspeakable gain is only their temporal loss. One of her sons is n prominent 1'aptis1; minister of Okla. and Ark She was a patient, good wo man, full ol kindness toward ev eryone she met. She was one of that noble specimens of mothers, sell sacrificing, industrious, fru gal, thrifty, scarcely ever giving thought to her own welfare or pleasure, because her heart was filled with care for her dear ones. One sweet (lower has drooped and faded, One sweet voice has fled, One lair brow the grave has sha ded Fur our sister she is dead. iShe is now where harps are ring- in;; Through the heavenly courts a bove, And her sweet yoice is singing With gl ad spirits hymns of love. FlIlKXl). Washington's Plague Spots lie in the low, marshy bottoms of the Potomac, the breeding ground ground of malaria germs. These germs cause chills, fcyer and ague, biliousness, jaundice, lassitude, weak ness and general debility and bring suffci ing or death to thousands year ly. Hut Electric Hitlers never fail to destroy them and cure malarial troubles. "They are the best all round toujc and cure for malaria 1 evjr used," writes H. M. James, of Loucllen, S. ('. They cine stomach, liver, kidney, and blood troubles and will prevent typhoid. Try them. Guaranteed by a'l druggists. A good conscience fears no wit nesses, but a guilty conscience is solicitous even in solitude. If we do nothing but what is hontet, let all the world know it; but if otherwise, what does it signify to have nobody else know it so long as I know it myself? Miserable is he who slights that witness. Seneca. The Crime of Idleness. Idleness means trouble for any one. It's the same with a lazy liver. It causes constipation, headache, jaun dice, sallow complexion, pimples and blotches, loss of appetite, nau- ' sea, but Dr. King's New Life Pills ! boon banish liver troubles and build I up your health. 25c, at all dealers, i'ip:lia' l.atrt Ai hu vene nl. Atlanta .loiiriuil. It is cnliivlv natural tli.it we 1hmiM ult over the suecs j hirh t h Wright l.r.utifi m have larhieve.l with iheirhoavii'i- tiian- 1 air Jiving iiiacliine. whio.'i indivd has worked woudcis, but when , t comes down to Iho praoli.al sneoess of the various tyi-s ofj ! ,lir (,r:llt lf evi.Ieat that oui.t j Zepili. with his dirigible l.al- !n, has come nearest to solv- t?i I. ing the problem of navigaliii. the uir. hi Saturday he made a flight nuu.irea imiu iwvih y nnies ffoni Freidei ichsatan t Frank lord, and then descended easily and gracefully within a compar atively small inclosure. around which a hundred thousand peo ple had assembled to watch the termination ol the flight. Whin not so long as one of his previous flights, this was conce ded to be the most successful ov er lii-dle. 1 le maintained an av ernge speed ol twenty-one miles an hour and had his balloon un der perfect control throughout the trip. Attention has already been call ed to the fact that in Germany and in I'miieenirangeiiientshave been made tor regu'ar service of airships, lie-inning this fall. Those start ing from Paris are to make flights in four different di rect ions, cam ing u limited am ount of freight and pass ngers, and thoee in Germany are on an even more ambitious plan. As a u engine of war the airship of the Zeppelin type has been brought by Germany to a high degree of perfection, lf there was any way of making it contribute to the death-dealing art of war, Germany was sure to find it- The perfection to which it has been brought is startling. It can car ry enough ammunition to anni hilate an army, and if it were us ed in war the effect would be to make future wars impossible. Tlcy beconi" the greatest lac tors in securing universal peace 'Twas a Gloiious " ictoi v. Thci e's rejoicing in Fedora, Tenn. A man's life has been saved, and now Dr. King's New Discovery is the talk of the town for curing (' V Pepper of deadly lung hemorrhag es. ''I could not work nor get a bout,,' he writes, ''and the doctor did me no good, hut after using Dr. King's New Discovery for three weeks, I feel like a new man.'' I' or weak, sore or diseased lungs, coughs and colds, hemorrhages, bay fever, la grippe, asthma, or any bronchial affection it stands unrivaled, pi icc 50c. and $1. Trial bottles free. Sold lid guaranteed by all druggists. Mr. U. L. Davis, superintend ent of the North Carolina Anti Saloon league, delivered a lecture at the Methodist church Wednes day pertaining to enforcement of the liquor laws. A somewhat sensational statement was made when Mr. Davis who has been in Ashe county, stated that the sheriff of Ashe told him that two men over on the Wilkes side of the line had been selling liquor in Ashe and that he had sent pa pers to SherilTUrown of thiscouu ty, lor their arrest but that the sheriff would nettirn these papers "not to be found," the positive inference being that the sheriff of this county well knew the par ties but lor policy or politics re fused to do his sworn duty to the law. North Wilkesboro I lust Icr. In buying a cough medicine, don't be afraid to get Cliamherl-ain's Cough Remedy. There is no danger from it, and releif is sure to follow. Es- jsi-cially recommended for coughs, -colds and whooping cough Sold by J. M. Hodjes. Aycr's Hair Vigor Ingredients: uiui"". .n. om. sd.n (moc. CrttiMiwm. KC. Akvhtfl. lrr. IVrlMM. Anything injurious here? Anything of merit here? Will it stop falling liar? Will it destroy d.uulrufi i Does not Color the fHair IT". I -.HI Olilrst l.ivlii I In nir. The big trees of California are the oldest living things in the world. Fstimatos made from cross sections of some of those i which have fallen show that the mature trees are more than 1,000 years old. There are trees still flourishing vigorously in tlieCul-est attention to the careful re 11 veras grove which were pretty j pairing and adjusting of watches well irrown at a time which an-! brought to me and have bousrht te.lantsthepvrami.ls of Egypt. ! ""iw otlu-r than the best mater .... ' 111 h Mv charges nre never exces lhey were centuries old w hen I iv, , , y t() cum. )he Koine was founded, and when rost 0j t he work; neither do un Columbus stin ted 011 his voyage i necessary work nor charge for of discovery they were hoary work I do not execute. Don't with a,ve. ' wait until your watch reluses to ' " ' . ... . , run belli. e having it cleani d, ad t o.npared with these giant so ! l)sUt, Jl(, UvslU quoias eyery other living thing j j iY in the world is a creature of to- ; (li-adiialeWiiteh-iuakerAi .lewek dav: there are only a. lew eviden- ces of man's handiwork still in existence some of the ruins of ancient Greece and Assyria -thai were constructed an eary date. In one portion of the grove there are ten trees each of which has a diameter of moie than! t 'venty-llve feet, ami more than seventy with a diam- ter of from j lil'teeri to twenty-five feet. The! bark is fi 0111 six inches to two feet in thickniss, and the trees are so hardy that forest fires produce almost, no effect on them. Indeed, they are almost indes t met ible except by man, and if saved from the ravages of the lumberman then is no reason to doubt that they will live for many cent uries to come. Hut the necessity for such pro tection is revealed in the state ment that each of these big tree?; contains as imirh Inn. boras is or dinarily g r o w 11 on fifteen or t wi nty acres of 1 iniber laud. The grove was in the possession of a Minnesota, lumber concern oper--. ating mills on the Pacific Coast and the Government obtained possession by trading an equal amount of ol her tiinbersiluated on the forest reserves. Huston Globe. "ThTllrro in Mack. The world is full of heroes in ey cry rank of life just as utiollish and as brayc as the men whose names a re 011 every bodys tongue. The adesboro Anson ia 11 says editorially "The colored man, frank For est, who saved Col. Myer's life at the Hlalock ferry last week, oti't to have a Carnegia medal if the supply is not exhausted, lie did nil he could, even at the risk of his own life, to save the lives of ( (near and Hurley Tomlinson and then walked up the river three miles lor a boat and succeeded in saving the life ol a white man whom he did not know and had probably never seen. Few men, white or colored, would h a v e ventured into Pee Dee river nt such a time and after just seeing three men drowned." It is pleasant to print this statement and pleasant to see the heroism of this colored man noted and commended in his home paper. He deserves a Car negie medal and his name will be brought before the proper com mittee for consideration in their awards. News and observer. If a girl really means what yhe says she looks it. The best complexions do not at tiact tl.e moot attention. Ask your doctor. Ask your doctor. Ask your doctor. Ask your doctor. iT. !. Watch Repairing. Al ore good watches are ruined inthe haitdsol inexperienced work men than in suiv other wav. A watch is ioo oostlv an article to eJ,t.rl,st1 u. "'" 'me bo may claim the title of Watchmaker. Paring 111 v munv years of busl ni'ss 1 linvi- iiKviivm (riven thp olo Ili3 Charlotte Observer. I'llE ..AUG EST AND H E S T NEWSPAPER IN N.C. Lny Ihiy in the Year S. ;i )'') r. The Observer consists of 10 to t pages daily and 20 to 33 pages Sua day. It bundles mole news matter, local, State, national and foreign than any otber N01 th Caralina news paper. THE SUNDAY OliSERVEh. is iincNcclled as a news medium and is also tilled wi'h cM'cllcnt matter of a miscellaneous nature. SEMI WEEKLY OltSERVEIt. .issues Tui'-davs and Fiid.iys, ;it $1. per year, is ibe largest paper for the money in this section. It consists of o to 10 pages, and prints all the news f ibe week local, State, na. timia and fc reign. Ai rcss, THE OHSERVER CO ( 'll A II l.n'I'I'K C. CASTOR I A For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Signature) of Gambling has taught many a young man how hecouldu't niakii money. The has-been is entitled to a lot more sympathy than the nov-er-was. The Cause of Many Sudden Deaths. There is a iIikp.isp prevailing in tin's country ma;;! d;ii!;;Tiu:i bccmineso (lei p. Tr r'h i A pi'.Gb aths are enured t,ri Oil '"J tfoMV- i'as0' I'"r"ionia, Heart lailurc 01 n' plrxy nre often the result cf kid ney disease. II kidney trmiLlc JJ allowed tonilvnnc tin knliivy-poiscti. cd Mooil will at tack the vital orfjaiiH, causing c.itaiTh ol the bladder, brick-dust or sediment in the urine, bead nclic, back nclic, lame back, dizziness, sleejilesEiiesii, nervous ness, or the kidneys themselves break Uown and waste nway cell by cell. Madder troubles almost always result from a derangement of the kidneys and better lien lth in that crpan is obtained quickest by a proper treHtmeiit of the kid' ncys. Swamp-Root corrects inability to liold urine and scalding j ainini assinj;it, and overcomes that nnj feasant necessity of being compelled to go often through the day, ami to get up many times during the night. The mild and immediate eflect of Swamp-Root, the great kidney remedy is soon realized. It r lands the highest be cause of its remarkable health restoring properties. A trial will convince anyone. !"wamp-Root is pleasant to take and is sold by all druggists in fifty-cent anrl one-dollar size tiottles. You may have a sample bnlt! and a bock that tells all about it, both sent free by mail. Address Dr. Kilni.-r & Co., Binghamton, N. Y When wriiin mention reading this gen erous otTir in this paper. Don't make any mistake, but remember the name, Swam-koot, and don't let a dealer sell you something in placeof Swamp-Root if you do you will be disappointed,
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