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VOL XXII
HOOXK, WArAL(iACOUXTY,TIlUHSOAY. .JULY 21. 1010.
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PROFESSIONAL
Dli. OSCAR L. MOORE.
DENTIST.
I will lie at lilottiiii! Bock from
sie first to tht? fiflettith of each
iionth prepared to do nil kinds
f IkmCd work.
Office Near Watauga Hotel.
o.-t. 21, 1 y.
NAT T. DULANEY, M. D.,
-S FECIAL IS T,
FourthSt. Bristol Tenn.-Va.
Eye and Throat Diseases.
Refraction for Glasses.
L, I). 1.0 WE.
. r I'OltNE Y AT LAW,
BANNER ELK, N. C.
J Will practice in the courts
Wat.iuge, Mitchell and adjoining
c unities. 7 6O9
EDMUND JONES
LAW YE It
-LIOXOIU. N.
ti ill Prnrtvv Hegularly ;
tic (,oirts ot Watauga,
. -09
F. A. LINNEY,
PTOHNKY AT LAW,-
BtlOJiK, N.
vV ill practice in the courts of
(he 13th Judicial District in all
matters of a civil nature.
'M 1-1909.
J. C. FLETCHER,
Attorney At Law,
UUONE, X.
Hipfal attetition given to
-tiovis.
W. H LOVILL
T rOKNCY AT LAW--HOOXh,
A', t.
;VSpwirtl attention iven
ill hufiinesi entrusted to
7-9-'09.
E. S. GilFFEY,
- i i lOR.Ei .17 UH -
WOONE, N.C.
'i -mipt rtttpntion given to
t ::iatters f it legal nature.
ij-y Abstracting titles and
: ' ctioji of vLi'mis a sficcial
v
l '09.
I ' CI
I . I li ti I AK Till iV f.UDl,Jil.n
SUOUX'S. Tennessee,
I I is Vartiished and (ilas White
'' .ili. is; Black Hroa.d loth ami
Viiiie l'lush Caskets; Black and
White Metal ic C a s k e t b Kobes,
Shoes and Finishings,
Extra large Coffins nnd Cas
ets always on hand. Thone or
h.rs giveti special attention.
" WOSS DONNELLY.
Why AbuseYour Watch
Ynu do not run your boggy, sewing
machine or other machinery tilt it
tqii ak8 and grinds and cuts itxelt to
pieces. You clean and oil it often. You
should be a careful with your watah j
It it. small and cannot squeak loud
when it is dry and needs oiling. You
ma not know it till the watch is
completely ruined ami stops. Bring
your watch to me 1 wilt how you
nd explain the exact condition,
Tuke proper care ot your watch and
r " ill la-t yon a life time. Consult
'! J)i.-eases.
Vours Verv Trnlv,
S. M. GBKEXK, Jeweler,
.Eioaville, N C.RFD
Blue
Monroe Journal.
S mi" tim ag theelitor of Tin,
lournid had the plertsurerf o,iv-;
ing his r ndors some first hand
of servnt'nms on Hyde county,
and ns they seemed to have b'-cn
very much enioved by many
renders, dualities some pira -
srrnpns srleamel from a trip to
the other extreme of the S'ne
and in n section po totally nis -
similar es to seem to Mong a'-
most to ntiother h'Mnisnhero.
would prove equally intr restaur,
F. B nod W." 0r The
I Ins t'tp..VP!rimiinr nt tl-ethrtv- j moins from the valleys. A 'J- well as happiness. Asa dissetn
inir f ow n of r.lkin. in Surry, ex-1 yeir old steer, latsrely making : inator of germs he is said to he
tended tlnonirh Alleghany, Ashe.
Watnna and Wilkea
The traveler left the rnilrond
at Klkin ami with driver nnd
good tenm went to Sparta,
thence to fTerson, thence to
P.oone. and l ack to the railroad
nt Wilkeshoro, at which point
the steam horse makes his forth
eret proirres towards the moun
tains of f hnt section. There was
a trio of 1 HO miles, twice ncross
the l'.lue llidrre. which took just
an even week o' laborious travel
over the roueli li'ie known as
the T. 11. and W. "four bulla
and a wauin' The time required
to make that distance would
have been more than enough to
mal e two visits from Monroe to
New York.
The three little conntv seat
villages ol Spar' a, Jefferson and
Pioone nestle in the fastnesses of
the hills, far from the stir of tlie
fat moving world, but they w ill
one day be the capitals of three
of North Carolina's finest coun
ties. Travelling from eonntyseat
V) county seat along the most
public roads, one probably sees
conditions better than the aver
age, but judging from what can
be seen along this route, there is
little to justify the adverse opin
ions olten i -x pressed regarding
the country and the people f
this i-ectioii. Of course the isola
tion is a f arful d awhack, and
there is but rw pardon there
ti asportation. (Jive this sec
tion even moderate facilities, and
county road improvement, and
it will be a credit to the State.
Transportation stands at the
beginning of all improvement
there. Schools and churches
cannot solve the problem, be
cause the young people will not
stay in any s ction, however
otherwise attractive, which never
hears the shriek of a locomotive.
The people are simply locked in
their mountains, ami travel hard
enough ami difficult as it is in
the summer, becomes practically
impossible during the long and
severe winter. The people are
kecnlv alie to the situation and
look forward hopefully to the
da' when the grandeur of the e
counties will be opened to the
world by quick and easy travel.
From Elkin to the foot of the
monntaai the State is using a
number of convicts in grading a
road which it is hoped will event
ually reach Sparta, and possibly
J fferson, though Ashe and Wa
tauga are more longingly look
ing toward Wilkeshoro and Le
noir for railroad connection. Till
either steam or electric cars go
over the mountains, progress is
nt a standstill; while once given
these fac ilities, the threecountios
of Ashe, Alleghany and Watau
ga will develop like magic. The
arable land is fertile and very
little of the most rugged moun
tains but what will be the finest
grazing lands to be found. A
rich soil will make a fine people
anywhere under a liberal form of
government nnd transportation
facilities. These people have the
soil ami the climate, and just as
soon as they become able to
inurket their products, their
count it will indeed be a favored
on", 'flip mountains are clothed
with tlit1 fluent tirnWr and the
pa tutv lands are curpettd it ti
the finest grasses, while t lie vnl-
leys nml meadows nie cither
growing i he finest corn, wheat,
: rye an 1 buckwheat or an- cover -
jed km deep with timothy, red
: top and clover.
j The moiiitain farmer, prases-
'ed of mountain pasture mid cul -
j tivated mead v, has a cinch,
: III- tine cattle, mostly Hereford
and Dii'-hnms, wax fat nnd prow
! on Line rra-s pasture in summer
t
j and are fed in winter from the
I his own living, weighing 800 nnd
selling nt the pasture gate for
four cents per pound gro-s, is no j afoot an eternal quiets to the
mean basis of prosperity. All j fly. Mis days are numbered,
through these counties are the The mosquito has long since
finest of farms of high value, and bean tabooed. The house rat is
land that sells now from $2." to On the anxious seat ami a ver
5100 per acie w ill have nu im- diet of guilty is mometarily ex-
mense value when opened to the
outside world. It will one day
be the blue grass section of North
Carolina. The people who are
fooling themselves w ith the"poor
mountain whites" stories so of
ten heard wi 1 find their mistake,
Such a soil and climate don't
make the "poor white" kind ol
folks. In all this trip not one
p -rson was seen under the influ
ence of drink and fewer oaths
were heard than one would In ar
in a large ho. el lobv in one hour.
Churches are thick and there are
fifty preachers in V ataugacoun
ty alone. On Saturday noon the
traveller found himself at a huge
white church house on the road
side and a meeting was in prog
ress. (Jood teams were hitched
in the yard and the church was
filled with well dressed, intelli
gent people. It was a Primitive
Baptist church
The county superintendent of
Watauga said that his schools
UKver fell hort ol four months,
and at Lloone loO teachers were
taking the summer cotnse in t he
Appalachian Training School, a
fine new institution established
by the State. At "Meat Camp"
a famous rendezvous ol Daniel
Boone, the nijiht was spent in
the home ol a farmer who has re
fusal $7 000 for his farm, and
lying about were souvenirs that
the owner had brought from the
Jamestown and St. Louis expo
sitions. At anuther home in
which l he night was spent there
were pictures on every wall, car
pets on the floor, sets of Irving,
Shakespeare and other worthies
on t he shelves. While this gives
the bright side, the dark side is
there of course, but it is chiefly
in the loidiness and inaccessibili
ty. And unless these are cleared
the country must go back in
stead ol forward. As drainage
is 1 he problem of Hyde, trans
portation is the problem of Alle
gh'.ny, Ashe nnd Watauga.
Nothing has been said of the
marvelous beauty and pietur
esqueiiess of the eouutry. From
the time one ascends the moun
tain at Iloariug Gap and views
the expanse ot hill and valley b"
low, with grand old Pilot against
the sky line 00 miles away, until
he comes down the mountaiit
again towards Wilkeshoro, there
is one succession of grandeurand
beauty in rushing streams, vel
vet valleys and mountain
heights.
When the stomach fails to per
form its (unctions, the bowels be
come deranged, the liver and 'he
kidneys congested causing iiumet-
otis diseases. The stomach and liv- j
er must be restored to a healthy
condition and Chamberlain's Stom-
ach and Liver Tablets can be de.j
pended upon to do it. Easy to take
?nd most effective,
druggists.
Sold by all j
j Anti-llnokworm i ljslum.
, Charlojt New.
( A we progiess. theoriis as
wi 11 as individual nnd iiwet
arc relegated. It wns once con
si iered fatal to give a patient
'suffering with typhoid water or
ice. To-day they nre strength -
j cnetl by it. ()i,Ce the house fly
was considered one of the harm-
, less liandi nps to human happi-
ness n thing to lie tolerated as
limn endures boils or heat. But
t he scrutinizing sleu! h of medical
hue found tin festive Jlv to he a
i ...
; formidable enemy to health, as
without an equal, Consequent-
. ly a well organized movement is
.peete l.
All of which may be introduced
as a sort of preamble to a little
dissertation on the esteemed
hook worm. Dispatches of last
wt ek state that already agents
have been appointed to handle
the Rockefeller anti-hookworm
funds in this State, and that an
i nergetic enmpaign Is forthwith
planned. Success to it. Thehook
worm is no friend of ours, and
not one drop of brine will we
spare if all of his race, kindred
audisblottel from the face o;
the earth. Not necessarily a fat
al menace, is the hookworm, but
more distinctly a nuisance, an
annoyance and a purloiuer of
vitality and strength. In other
words, he is a sort of forerunner
ofo her maladies. After putting
the human anatomy in a dilapi
dated condition, stolen the sap
of life, reduced the combative
force, u nd accomplished and all
round state of physical weakness
he gracefully steps aside to the
vaiious end sundry germs of
other diseases, to enter the weak
ened body and accomplish the
end.
For these reasons alone it is
highly imperative that the hook
worm be put on theshelf. Then,
too, he is said to be responsible
for the general laziness which be
sets mankind. What marvels
we shall behold in that glorious
era, not far distant, when the
hookworm shall be no more.
There will be no louny.it g in the
shade; no whill'ng ol dry goods
boxes; no yawning horde to dot
the street; no disposition to stay
I abed late; no sleeping in church
I but imagination fails to pin sue
the trend
Suffice it to say that the re
moval of the hookworm is neon
summation altogether to be
sought alter and one which will
work revolutions in this vale of
tea is-
All fr.iinrtli 1,1 II.ikm nil,, ueel.' !
his scalp.
Those Pics of Boyhood,
How delicious were the pics of
boyhood. No pies now ever taste
so good. hat' . changed? ' The
pies? No. Lssvou. You've - lost
the ttrong, built hy. stomach. .,' tlte
vigorous li er, the active kidneys,
the regular bowels of boyhood.
Your digestion is poor and you
Illume the food. What's needed?
A complete t ning up by Electlic
Bitters of all organs of digcslson
Stomach, Liver, Kidney, bowels
tiy them. They 1 restore your boy
hood appetite and appreciation of
food and fairly saturate your body
with new health, strength and vi
or. 50c at all druggists.
Salisbury Post: All that needs
lie said in placing the biggest
u:iu iii North Carolina in nomi-1
ration tor its biggest office cuu
1 be said iu lf minutes.
1'bc Australian It a 1 lot .
Arhex ille I'iiiri'ii.
It is alinot six veais siio o TUe
Citizen first ndvoeatod the V ut -Italian
liallot fr North Caroli
na, and while it has seen a hill
lookin to that end smothered:
; to death in the committee room,
(the yawning grave of so many j
tin ttsuivs that made for the pub-
lie good ) it lielievt s that the day !
is not tar distant when this al-j
nit orfict (rin nl ballot will
he established in the !! North
State. Men of all patties who
'have stinted the quest ion do not
hesitate to endorse the Australi
an ballot, for it is, wit hout doubt
the nearest expression of the
people's will that can be cited.
The most appealing point of
the Austinlian ballot is its fair
ness. It is fair to the candidate
as well as to the voter. The
chance-; of graft, corruption and
bribery are reduced a thousand
fold, while the vote seller, the
Benedict. Arnold ot politics, finds
no field for his nefarious trade.
The Australian ballot, if adopted
in North Carolina, would do
awav with meaningless primaries
in that the voter would cast his
ballot direcily for the candidate
who would be really elected by
the pogular vote. And it is this
expression ol the vote that is
sought, in all elect ions.
We have said that the Aus
tralian ballot is fair, and it is so
because of its secrecy. Alter the
ballot is once placed in the hands
of the voter, and he can get only
one, nobody but his (iod and
himself knows he voted unless he
chooses to tell, and even that
action, taken within earshot of
the election olficcrs, would dis
qualify him.
It is natural that the old fash
ioned political boss und ward
heeler should not look with favor
on tne Australian ballot, since
it robs these worthies ol much ot
their power. But we a re not now
living in an age when such agen
cies of these shall control man
kind. This a day when the peo
ple are moving for greater free
dom, and North Carolina will
have sounded a. call that will
teach from mountain to seashore
when she adopts the Australian
ballot for the whole state.
Napoleon's (bit
Was of !'ie tit!chp.ior;.'V, nev
sa - lie ki'.d, tiiL- k i 1 . c I i.iat
you
bad
iitv.i iii '.s!. wi'.cn ou have a
cold, cough or lung disease- Sup
pose troches, coii'.i syrups, cod liv
er oil or doctors have all failed, dont
lose heart or hope. Take Dr. King's
New Discovery. Satisfaction is
guaranteed when used for any
tin oat or lung trouble. It has
saved thousands of sufferers. It
masters stubborn colds, obstinate
j coughs, hemorrhages, bigrip. croup,
j asthma, hav fever and whooping
cough and it is the most safe and
certain remedy for all bronchial af
fections. 5ocandl. Trial bottle
free at all druggists.
OR. BELL'S ANTI-PAIN
For Internal and External Pains
Meeker Just one year ago to
day I led my wife to the altar.
Flecker You did, eh?
Meeker Yes; and then and
there niy leadership ended.
At our store you will rind the
most up-to-date line of Furni
tu re, Dressers, Sideboards, Bed
steads, Tables, etc., eyer shown
in the county. We also carry a
full line of Coffins and Caskets in
mahogany, gloss-white, white
and black plush and plushette,
of all sizes. Call and see ourline
Best attention given to phone i
orders. 1 ours to piease,
! Boone Furniture Store,
(At MoretK Old Stand
NO.
iivNk Rt i o;;t.
Following is a it poi t of the con
dilion of the I'. ink .f ',t ing pock
at I'pMVing P ck in the slate of
Ninth Cii.lma, a the il'st of busi.
ness J uiic )i, lot':
in mm in
L".uis and dioju:its
Ovt'ldufis iinst'tiil't'd
io.317.58
26.79
1,000.00.
banking house
1'iu iiilMi e and fi Mures
Due from b'ks and b'kis
Cash i'.uiis
(old
I3
1,935
50.00
l,-3,OOf
S;iT coin, inc'tiiling all mi
nor i em cm veie' v,
Nation1! bank notes and
other l S. notes
Total.
20,769.18
i.iAitti.iTii:s
Capital stock 10 300,00.
Undivided profits, less curient
expenses and taxes paid '63,41
Time certificates of deposit 6,185,66
Deposits subject to cheek 9,120.81
Due to b'ks and b'krs 1 000. oOi
Total $26,769 8Ss
State of North Carolina, Watauga
county,.!: I, (J. M. Suddenly
Cashier of the above named bank,
do solemnly swear that the nbove
stateiiiei t i true to the best of my
knowledge 1 nd belief
(i. M. St iui:in ft. Cashier.
Correct Attest: C. J. Purlier,
L, Ilolshouser, f. B. Clarke, Di
rectors. Subscribed and sworn to before
me this Sth day of July,' 1910:
J. B. Ci.aukk. Notary Public
TllEORTIi CA tin LIN A
College of Agriculture
And Mechanic Arts.
The State's college lor training
industrial workers. Courses ia
Agriculture, Horticulture, Ani
mul Husbandry and Dairying;
in Civil, Fhctricul and Mechani
cal Engineering; in Cotton Mill
ing and Dyeing; in Industrial
Cheinrstry; and in Agricultural
teaching.
Entrance examinations ateach
county seat on the 1 1th of July,
D. H. HILL, President,
West Raleigh, N. (;.
Prajfd Too Plainly, Sued for Libel.
Dr. Ii. B Fisher, pastor of the
Neoga, III., Presbyteiian church,
is defendant in a suit for libel
brought by Jacob Sttohl for $0
000 because the preacher prayed
"a most" too plainly forStrohl'a
wellore. "0 Lord," prayed the
minister, right in church, ''0
Lord, make Brother Strohl a
better man; cause him to pay hia
debts and have him cease back
biting.'' Other defects in the
character of the brother were
touched upon, startling both
Strohl and the congregation.
The Cause of Many
Sudden Deaths.
There is a disease prevailing in this
country most dangerous because so decep
tive. Many sudden
deaths tire caused
by it heart dis
ease, pneumonia,
heart failure ot
fl fopleiy are often
the result of kid
ney (Urease. Ii
kidney trouble ii
allowed toadvance
the k id ney-poison-ed
blood" will at
tack the vital orpans, causing catarrh ol
the bladder, brick-dust or sediment in
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 resnll
from a derangement of the kidneys and
better health in that organ is obtained
quickest by a proper treatment of the kid
neys. 5wamp-Root corrects inability to
hold urine and scalding pain in passing it,
and overcomes that unpleasant 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 kidney 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 it
sold by all dmggists 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,
Pr. Kilmer & Co., Binghamton, K. 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 Swatrip-Root
if you do you will be disappointed.