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1SOOXE. WA T A U It A CO U NT Y. TI I U It S I ) A Y . J A X U A 1 1 Y 2G 1911.
NO. LM.
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Th famous Dr. T.vre York, ol
Wilkes, has b-en nlmont forgot
ten He U unkn jwii to tli'n gen
eration, but was a live wire in
public ahiir about '2 yenra njro.
He is brought to mind by nconi
m ii nidation in the Wilkenboro
1'iitriot in which he opoites in
creaiw in tax, the matter of n
road tax or a bond ieue lor
rond being under rontnidf ration.
'Old York," an he Useltornll
liitiiKetf, hmV8 hi motto is, ' No
further taxation f-r any piirp-e
un'ii the count j U out tf debt.
JStatcsvilIf landmark.
A Unliable Ci'iiy'i Medicine
Is valuable bimiv ftirnd. Fob
ey i H ney and Tnrfulfillsthis con
dition exactly. Mrs. Chariot Kline,
N. Sth St.," Easton, states;
'Several mem bent ol my family
have been cured of had con 2 lis and
colds hy the use of fVk-y's Honey
and Tar and 1 a-n never without a
bottle in the house It soothes and
relieves the irritation in the threat
. and loosen up the cold. I h;tvel
wavi found it a reliable cough cure."
M. B, Blackburn.
PROFESSIONAL
NAT T. DULANEY, mTdT,
SPECIALIS T,
Fourth St. Bristol Tenn.-Va.
Eye and Throat Diseases.
Refraction for Glasses.
L, D. LOWE,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
BANNER ELK, N. C.
a7VVill practice in the courts
Watauga. Mitchell and adjoining
Counties. 7 6-' 10
EDMUND JONES
-LAWYER
LKXOIU, n. ;,-
' Will Practice Regularly in
the Courts of 11 ata uga,
6-1 '10.
F. A. LINNEY,
-ATTORN KV AT LAW,
BOONE, N. C.
Will practice in the courts of
the 13th Judicial District in all
matters of a civil nature.
6-11-1910.
J. C. FLETCHER,
Attornsy At Law,
; BOONE, N. C.
(Careful attentiou Riven t
collections.
" W. R LOVILL
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
BOOM. N. C-
kWSpecial attention given
to all busineHP entrusted to
h'.a care.St
7-9-10.
E. S. COFFEY
If
ATWIMEl A 7 LAW,
ftOONE, N. C.
Prompt attention given to
all matters of a legal, nature
W Abstracting titles and
,-. collection ot claims a special
t tv.
1-1 '11
R, Ross Bonelly.
UNDERTAKER & EMBALM ER
SHOUN'S, Tennessee,
Has Varnished and GIehh White
r
Coffins; Black Broad loth and
White Plush Caskets; Blnck and
White Metalic Caskets Robes,
Shoes and Finishings,
Extra large Coffins and Cns
, kets always on hand. 'Phone or
rj.ders given npecial attention.
...fUROSS D0NN2LLY,
BEaRISQOS SEW COlJU.
Neva and Observer llh.
The Ilouie aud S-nate Commit
tent on t 'ou 11 1 les , Ci t io? a nd To w 11 a
met in joint sermon In the Senate
chnmber last night toconsidir
the bill establishing the county
of Avery, ('apt. K. F. Lovill, of
Wntaugrt, and ex-Judge A. C. A
very, of Morg inton, Iroth sp ke
in lnvortf the bill, while Mr.
John Mi-Bee, of Spruce I'im. ap
peared in opposition, though he
made no remark, exivpt to ask
for 11 K)st'oncment.
('apt. Lovill discussed the ne-
rtesity ol the new 00111113 oil ac
count of the geographical sit ill-
tion. He rend troin the published
pt ttform of Mr. Nurinun, the Rep
resentative of Mitchell, who, both
in the primirie-t an 1 111 tin cam
paign that ftdlowd. male the
creation of mi-It county tin sol
issue Cu.pt- L'lyill stated that he
h th irotighly acquainted with
the country, and lhac he knows
the people of the east end are en
titled to the pais ge of the bill.
To require ihem to cross the no
torious Cane Crtn-k Mountain,
which is .r,()00 feet high, would
b- to perpetrate upon t hem an
intolerable nuisam-e. To r-ach
IJukernville, th ounty seat f
Mitchl, tht'v have to g i within
two mid a half miles of tha Yan
cey county line.
The proposed county, as poin
ted out, will contain about 143,-
000 acres ol land, valued for tax
ation at 11,248,000. Its popula
tion will be about 11 000 .lt will
Ik? larger than any of the seven
smallest counties in the State,
and eight will have less property
valuation, while eleven will con
tain l')W!r people. Heargued that
fMiii'lsiair to become a famous
smnwr resort, for one can as
cend half a mile above the dome
of the Ca; itol and only be on a
level with the rivers that fl o w
thrcughjts borders.
The proposition for such coun
ty was first tprung eight, ytare
ago. It Las Lccn renew
ed ever sine, and iu the smsum
of 1909 it passed the Senate, but
dii-d in the House. Capt. Lovill
closed with a reference to the
move to perpetuate in its cica
tinn the historic name of Avery.
Judge Avery then spoke briefly
in advocacy ol the measure. H"
urged that not only the situa
tion, which he explained in de
tail, entitles tliHin to the county,
but that the resoarces, scenery
and piogivssive peopld renddr it
imperative. He prophesied thai
if set apart, the section will lv
come the Adirondacks of the
South. In proof ol the practical
isolation with respect t'i B iker--ville,
he cited the. experience of
Governor Kitchen, who, iu the
campaign ol two years ano,
made appointments in Wata iga
and in Mitchell, but who, on ac
count of the road across Cane
Cane Creek Mountain, did not
reach Unkersville until late in the
afternoon of the day he was to
speak there at 11 o'clock in th
morning.
The committee on convening
adopted a motion to bevote on
ly an hour to Jjie hearing List
night but to reconvene this af
ternoon il lurther hearing was
desired. At the conclusion ol t tie
remarks of Capt, Lovill an I Judge
Avery, Mr. McBee, a young at
torney friuu Spruce Pine, and nn
aialtnt Republican, it developed,
asked for twenty, minutes in
which to reply bnt he was fissur
ed that he would be h'-ard later.
Incidentally he remark t d that a
postponement for ten days or
t wo weeks was necessary in or-
Ider that the opponents of the
I irfit - 1. J.. . - i . 1. 1...
inn uiav geu uun 11 10 iv iiein. 110
advocates, however. oljected to
this on the ground that the op
position were seeking thus to kill
It by delay, as they haye done
lieretofore.
Tba frafrr-MtMal DiitrirU.
New an Oliarrvr-
A mutter that should of neces
.at ter that shou d of rt 1
..py the attei.tion of the
.t session of ;.be General As,
sity oc
preset
setubly is the einlizin-!, in so lar j
as it in possible, thet-ii Co iii:re8- j
iona' Pis l rit t if the Stutein the
matter ol population, for as the
dint nets are now inad. up there
is agivat ineptality in the ntitn
Iter of HHple represented by the
differeiit memUrs from North
Carolina.
How wide is this ronueot lifT-r
enceenn le seen by xntninini!
the census fi 'Z 11 res'lor I he counties
composing the Third Congress
ional I Strict and those in the
Fifth Cunuressiotial District. In
tlu-nine counties ol tlie Third
District the population is 17S,
805, wnile in the e'ewn counties
of the Fifth District the popula
tion is 3.10,-WO, a difT.T.Mice of
1 r 1 ,0ft I leteiMi these two Con
gressional I) sricts. And while
this is the extreme diff mia yet
there is such a diff'te ice in other
districts also that there is aneed
for a readjustment, so as to bring
the figures nearer together. One
Congressman representing 330,
489 people and another tepres-
enting 178, 80."i people is not a
condition that should continue.
The population of the various
districts is as follows:
First District 193,-2oO
Second District l!).",40."i
Third District 178,805
Fourth District 215 -109
Filth District 3:10.480
Sixth District 201 900
Seventh District 224,948
Eighth'District 220,813
Ninth District..- 249 495
Tenth District 202 22:
An elimination of theso -nry-ing
figures will at onceshow that
there should he changes made,
and that this should be done is 11
matter to which the members of
theG 'neral Assembly shoul I give
their most seriou s attcnt ion. It
is possibla to tnakf such a re-ali-nni"nt
that the Conres-anen
from North Carolina will repre
sent more nearly the snrae num
ber of people an 1 action to do
this should be taken.
Raves TVo Live.
"N'lther mv iter nor mvsell
niij-ht he liyii g today, if it had not
been for D'-. Vinsi N. w Discovery
writes A. D. McDonald of Fayette,
ville, N C. R. F. D. No, S, "for we
both hai' frightful couglis that no
other remedy could help. We were
told mv sister had consumption.
She was very weak and hail nijjht
sweats hut your wondeifii! medicine
completely cu-ed us both. It's the
best I ever used or heard of.' Fi.r
sore luns coughs colds hemorrages
higrippo, asthma, hiy fever, croup,
whooping cutigh, all hroncliial
trotfhles its supreme. Trial hot.
tie free. 50c and f 100. Guaran
teed hv ;dl drut-giM.
While many pe pl may not
look upon Mr. Simmons ns a
statesman, the man who goes 1111
auin t him be convinced that he
is a politician. Durh i hi Herald.
Solves 11 Deep. Mystery.
"I usunt l.t tli ink inii tn tbt h it
, , . ' . r u in
turn of mv heurt, wrote L. H o" -
tier of Lewisburg W, Vi. "for the
wonderful benefit I got from Elec
tric Hitters, in curing me of both
a severe case of stomach trouble and
of rheumatism, from which 1 h id
been an almost helpless sufferer for
ten years. It -suited my case as
thou'o made just for nie " For
derpesia', indigestion, j uindice and
to rid the system of kidnev poisons
that cause rheumatism, hlectiic'
Hitters has no equal Try them I
Every bottle is guaranteed to satis
f)'. 50c at all druggist.
Chlldron Cry
FOR FLETCHER'S
CAST.ORIA
A SCHOOL BOI SE A DAT
Charlotte Olwrrver.
No and ngaiu it is profitable
1 tak? )f wh-t ,w An order of P,ttnQHter Gvwr.
accom,,iH,jinot fo.the pupp.'al Hitchcock, which went into ef
of I(.ni oiirveM OHr fec on Jan. 1, 1911, has toru
HvUwvt,uwnU but n, illwnti ve i
to yet greater endeavors Mater-'and
(in! for such st mk taking is to !
tound ubnn latitly in State - iintendent
ol Klucati n J. Y.
J.yiier'n r-cent biennial lepott,
HUt III HO pari ol lilt IKS Uim-lll ,
wi'l lie hit livelhr sutisfiution
t'mn in the reconl that htr the
hist two nrs North Carolina
has noiii.ta tied its boast of "a
si'liool hous.' a day." In detail
Mr. Joynt r's figures are 725 new
buildings 504 'yhite mid 161
c I red erected at n cost ol mot e
than $50U,000. The people of'
North Carulina wnuld have tolte
very cold blooded to repress a
f-eling of intense gratification
over this advance. There is pos
sibly 110 other line of progress
w bich will mean quite so much
to the happiness and prosperity
of the coming generation as this
educational onsweep.
School houses without pupils
are of very little significance and
it is necessary to examineunot ti
er portion of the nport before
the exa't situation catt be grasp,
ed. "The increase in the school
census during the years 1900
1910 was 19,452-13,102 white
and 0,290 colored. The increase
in the scho il enrollment was 22,.
(138 and the total increase iu dai
ly attendance was 22,347. This
shows that the increase in enr 11
nientund avetage daily att n
dance is more than keeping p ice
w i t h the scho d popul ttiou."
Siitiua the to apparently unre
lated items of new school build
ings and increased average at
tendance, it will be found that
both are primarily due to the
same cause tlie tact that North
Carolinians are nine to theneces
sity ol rdttcntion ol all sorts ns
never before, and what this spirit
has accoaiplised in the past tie--cade
is in no way comparable
with what it bids fair to work iu
the years that nre ahead.
How to S op Him.
er 1iu'es whs uotorous
I.
fo 1 i.is long win 'tod hps. Onon"
occasion he had been spouting
forth bin concluding argument
for six hours, and the end was
nowhere in sight, when Judge
Dal a rd beckoned his brother
Johunnd whispered: 'Can't .yon
t'p him Jack?" 4'H stop him iu
two minutes," John Ralhird re
plied, eonfi lently. And he wrote
1 and passml to Liwyer Liwlms
tlie following note: "My dear
Colonel, as soon as you finish
your niauniflcent, argument I
woul I like you to join. in at the
Revere House in a hum per of rive
o'd Itourboii." Lawyer La vless,
halting in the mid it of an imp is
hioned period, put on his glasses
and read the no e that ha I been
h i tided htm, then h rem vel his
trl a.-ses aidui, and, taking uph'M
hat and bag, said: 'An I now,
mny it pha e the court an I gen
tlemen of the jury, I leave the
case with x on." A minute la'er
i he wa proeeedii g iii stately fasli
. . .. . , , T.
ion in the direction of the Rever
House bar. Argonaut.
Foley Kill ney Itlls
' Are tonic in action, quick in re
sults. A SjM-ci.i! nteihc'ne for all
kidney and bladder disorders. M n
V. Abbott, Wolfeborii, II. N., says.
I was iifllicltd with a bad case of
lI.eumatiNin, due to uric acid that
HI v k'dneys failed l clear out of
my blood. I was so lame in my
feet, i lints, ard back that it was
Ugou. for mtt to s;ep I esiii
j Folev's K'dnev pills for three days
' . I.m. T '.l,li. ti iTt.t iii.iiifl mni'i
a'lont and tVie pains were all goic .
Tuis great cli inge in condition I
uwj to Foley Kidney Pills aud tee-1
omend them to any one suffering
as I have." M. D, Rlack.Vurii. 1
Caai.f e ia Keritrr4 Sail Thai la I a-(polar.
tvtlilurr 1'ot.t
the postal department to pieces !
the post master; and postal
M - lerks are Rll.-d ith rosterna-
S-jtion. I he order mukes a com -
i ll-te revolution in the bundling
' registered mail, the registered
iiaiiiurn iiitaiucu,uu
letters are Kent along iu the
mail unprotected. A record is
kept ol the letters the same as
heretofore, but 111 handling them
the envelops often become torn
and the enclosures could easily
lie extracted. There is really no
way to trace the loss to any let
ter should the contents beetoleti.
Registered packages are sent 11-
long pretty much the same nsthe!
ordinary mail, no record even as
to the number of the package be
insr kept. The postalclerks' books
show so many packages sent by
the mail and nothing else. A
worthless package could be sub- j
stituted by a valuable one and it
would be'iaipossible to trace it
to the guilty party. Tlie present
method of handliug the rtgister
ed mail is entirely unsafe and is
little or no better than sending
money or valuables along in the
ordinary mail. In fact, as it ap
pears, the sender is practically
wasting the amount of extra
postage.
This condition of affairs in the
matter of registered mail is not
generally known by the public,
and the Post came upon it inci
dentally. It is stated that every man in
the postal service would like to.
ret out ol the business, and ma
ny if they had some other em
ployment would do so at once.
Death In Roaring Fire
may not result from the woik of
tire bugs, but often severe bur.is
are caused that inako a quick need
for Hucklen's Arnica Salve, the
Quickest, surest cure for burns,
wounds, bruises, boils, sores. It
subdues bill imation. It kills pain.
It soothes and heals. Drives off
.'kin eruptions, nil ers 1 f pile-. On
ly 2yC at all druggists.
John Wagoner, was paiizht.
Thursday night by the revenue
officers, opT'rntinjr an il ict distil,
e y near his home in 1? isin Creek
section of walnut yrove township.
thera wus a warrent outfor Wnir
oiier for an ol I offens- and when :
theom'jeis went to arrest him;
they found him operating a new !
plant, and hard at it. There J
were five or six oth-rs at thdis
tilery when the olfic-rs arrived,
rai her nnexp ctedly, nn I n tn;gh
ty scatteration resulted. Those
who were corralled were libened
however, f r Wng uierclaima 1 1 ) (
!; the o vner and operatar ol ti e
plant. He was makinir by the
n w ol I fashio ied doubling pro
cess an I lie remarked 'o the offi
cers, t 'lat if he had been left alone
t.uiliourjl mger he would have
had some ot the l st ever tate l.
Wagoner was brought toW'ilke-.
boro a id in def.uilt of a bdn 1
was place J iu jail. a'ilkes Palri
Fot.
Old Soldier Tortured.
'For yei.rs 1 huffertd unspeakable
t'irtuie from indi)isiion. iti'-stipat
ation ami liver tiubh ," wrote A. K
Smith, a w ar veti rau t Iv ic . P.i.(
'but Dr. King's New Life Pills fix.
id u;e all iij.ht. Tbty'te siu.jl;
gnat.' Try them for any stone
ach. liver or k-diiev trouble. O11K
25c a all druggists.
Children Cry
FOR FLETCHER'S
CASTOR I A
T Aa 014 Sua.
We've walked the ways of life,
"
l Ve kepT voi
P.ut you've I
oia stioe,
nd smooth together.
you under foot 'tis true.
U-en hntiett leather.
You.ve
not refused to take the
dust.
Your shining surface soiling;
You've leeti 11 friend that 1 could
trust,
Iu pleasure or iu toiliusr.
ou've hot ne the blunt of many
a blow
Itv foes for me intended;
You've never kicked a fallen foe,
Though me you've olt dt fend.
You pinched me some when j-ou
werene.
F.re we had learned each otlier,
Rut now you fit my foot, o 1 d
shoe,
As brother unto brother.
Rut now you'r wrinkled, old and
gray,
Too shabby to be mended;
I'll fiing you out beside the way
That by your help I've wended.
And then I wonder if some day.
When 1 am old and faded.
Like you 1 II thus be thrown away
Hy these whom 1 have aided.
Then let it be beside the route
Of some divine endeavor,
O'er which the feet that wore me
out
l'ass on and up loreter.
Youth's Companion.
For either acute or chronic kidney
disorders, for annoying and painful
urinary irregulars take Foley Kid
ney Pills An honest and effective
medicine for k'dnev and bladder
disorders. M. 15. Blackburn.
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