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liOOXK, WATAL'dA COUNTY. Till: irsDAY. AIMUL27. lull.
NO. 42.
FOIEYSOSIKOlAXATiVEi
ro. stoh -n- -Zl j ItHl iiilvpatli. ticrtiiiitui.tran.
BOONE FURNITURE Z r Go I w in own Wotld. II
COMPANY. ,(,""s I" His own. and i h
I is Hi own kinsfolk ke-p Hi in
Go to the P.ooiie Fnrniture,Ht,,n',,'fcro,1,Ml''tl,e ,1,,(,r ''"';
f,m..n.nvfor imvthii.ir voti want ,n"-v l'o r i"'H:Kv at Him '
in the line of House Furnishings, tlinuirb the crick ivr il e lunges. Al pj .uj,,', v a H.orij. , wariio.g .M.iei.mery Act," tin- sadness and glaum lias settled j ncss which goes far to handicap
W e h.ivo a new nn. 1 up-to-date ' ToknovGod rediy, irulv. is jTney wut upstair-, tin diet ''"' ;:ive- tics bill, was n t over the hones of many in thhi ! the enforcement of the prohibi
line of furniture, lied Springs, ,,ie eg!nnieg of a normal life , was mad", and the f ithcr kissed j''"1 11 '" nlione.I i in ring the hit , vi;-i:-ity, lor to ni any it was like ! tion law and if this bill passed
MuttreBsps. Cuiulortw. IUank- ts, ,
ninl rurioiiR other articles tie.d-
el in the ho'iie. P.e Mire and L'ivetory. It was of a mm, a minis.
us a cell an I iM prices In-lore , ter. who 'iv'd in a New Ivig'nn 1
bi, yiuir ui.ewlu-.e. Stor in Batik to.vn. I.e ll'i'f a so-', a'tjt four-'oit
Huil ling. ery rcsp-ctfully, I teen years of ng'oingtosiOioot.
BOONE FURNITURE CO (W nft-rnoon the boy's t. ncher
PROFESSIONAL
Ir. E M. MADRON.
DENTIST. -Sugar
drove. North rarolinn,
-"All work done under guar
an tee, and best inutenal used.
4 13-' 11.
l)r. NAT T. DULANEY.
SPECIALIST
On 1st K it x A I. Me Dili n k and
diseasesoftheEYK, Eah.sosE
and Throat. Eyes examined
for glasses.
At Mt-untain City firt Mon
day in ech month.
86 Fourth St. Bristol, Tenn.
A.TTORNe( AT LAW,
BANNER ELK, N. C.
eVi!l practice in the courts
Watauga, Mitchell and adjoining
Counties. ' 7 6.' 10
, EDMUND JONES
LAWYER
LtiNOlit, N.
W ill Practice Regularly i.
cite Courts ol V.'atuug:i,
5-1 'io
P. A. LINHEY,
- T IHH'X!' V AT !. Vv-
H)!M-:. x. r.
Will practice in tlie conns
,he l;Uh Judicial iMsm.-i in ;i
matters of a civil nature,
d-ll 19U.
f. C.'rLBTUlEir
A.Uorney At Lew,
ONR N. ( .
if'e'liion illVe
U'CTiOlis'
ATTORNEY AT LAW.--.
UOOSh, A'. C.
S"Special attention given
to all buBinens entrusted to
his care.8
7-9-'10
E. S. CfJFFEY,
-ATI OILS El Al LAW-
BOONE, N. C.
Prompt attention given to
all matters)! a legnl iifitnre.
. BS Abstracting titles and
collection ot claims a special
tF.
l-l 'll.
Physicians Advise
the use of a goodlaxative, to keep the bowels open and prevent the poisons of undigested
food from getrjnginto your system.
The latest product of science is VELVO Laxative Liver Syrup, purely vegetable, gentle,
reliable and of a pleasant, aromatic taste. Velvo acts cn t!ie liver, as well as on the
stomach and bowels, and Is of the greatest possible efficacy in constipation, indigestion,
biliousness, sick headache, feverishness, colic.flatulence, etc. Try VP 1
BE
5
A I'l' TDKE OF GOn.
(Pul.LluU I!y lt.-.ii-.t I
Ono of the lest iretnn s of dud I
''f,r saw cam- to ine-m n mmpV
'called at the honv and asked for ,
the father mi l said:
"Is your boy s'ck?''
"Xo. Why?"
"He was not at school today."
' Is that so?-'
"Xor yest'-rday."
"Yon don't mean it!"
' Xor the day bclore."
"We'll"
"And I Ktipposfd he wa sick."
"Xo. he's not sick."
"Well, I thought I should tell
you.''
And the father said, "Thank
you." find the teacher left.
And th" father sat thinkin.
By and by he heard aclick at the
rate, and knew th't boy wns
coming, so he went to open the
door. And the boy knew as he
looked up that he knew a' out
the three days. And t lie father
said:
"Come into the library, Bhil.
And Phil went, and the door was
shut. And the fat her said: 'Thil,
your teacher has been here this
afternoon. He tills me Mint you!
were not at school today, nor
yesterday nor4 the (Jay be I ore.
Ainl we supposed you were. You
let us think you were. And you
do not know how badly I feel. !
have always trusted you. I have
nhv ays said "I can tr.is1 mv boy
Phil, nml vou've been a livmir
lie fo-thr-e whole Hays.. And I
can't t-ll yon h vv badlv I f"il
about it.'
Well, that was hard on Plyl to
be talked to quiet l.v like, th ir. If
his fusher iia. I spoken to h i tu
roi'gh ly. or
to t:.e ,mio ! ?
ii si inier-. ie.v
had
eied
. it
i ked lion mil
for a co.oideu
oiii! i not- ha v
b" a nearly si haM.
i iiioiaent's pause,
s'.-iii): "Phil, we'll ire'
Th nl
the fath r
get" d iwn and
tiling was tr I:
pr.iv " And
tint! ImMer 'or I'h.l a'i the t une.
He didn't want toprav jastthe-.
, And thev got down. At-1 Me f t -
tner ponreii out i.i.-t tienrt m ier-
-
vrnt i.raveV And the i.ov knew
as he listened how badlv hie fa-
ther (el fr over his conduct. Some -
how he saw himself in the mirror
on his knees as he had mt be
fore, It's queer about the minor
of the knee ioiuts. It does show
so many things. M any folks don't
like it.
And they got up. And the fa
ther's eyes were wet. And Thil's
eyes were no I dry Then the fa
ther said:
"My boy, there's a law of life
Unit where there is si a there is
suffering. You can't detatch
those two things. Where there is
suffering there has been sin some
where. And where there, is sin
theie.will be suffering. You can't
get those two things aDart. Now,
he went on, "vou have done
wrong. And I am in this home
LAXATIVE
LIVER SYRUP
like G oil N in the world. So w-
ill lo t his. Yoii go up to the nt
' tie. I'll ui 'Ve a p. i h't for ou
here We II 'uk- oip' meals to
iyou .it the r.-ju'ar times, anil
star up th-re as l:i in vo'i
h.-ive Imi-ii living lie-thr.-e.hiys
nn, ,im. ..hr'it."
his boy ami leit him alone with
,js thuinilits. Supper tune cam--,
: the father and iiiotla-r sat -l"ve beretofoi-e v.ilu.il their
mIowu to eat. Bat they cou'da't il,lV11 I'essonal property nn I m.nle
lor tlnnkitg about the boy. i1"11'1 "I1"' the same was correct
j The hinger they chewed upon the! 'illt lie nssessor will isit
j foo 1 the big-j-r and dryer it got ''ou. home, inspect your hou - e -
in ti'eir mo itiis. And swallo ving i
it was clear out ol th" question. ,
Then they went into the sitting vour hogs, co vs, sheep and oth-lin distress, and ever ready to
room for the evening. He picked jer iinimals and then place a val-'contributo to the wants ol the
up tl'.D evening paper to read. u "i"t' them. It you have u; needy. S'ie had. loryears, be n n
and plie sat down to see. Well, his 'watch he will have to examine! groat sufferer, and many times
eyes weren't very good. He wore! sp what kind of movements j we thought In r n ardeath'sdoor
glasses. And this evening he did. I it has and how mang jewels it; but the good Lord saw fit to re
nt seem to see distinctly the
glasses seemed binned. It must
have been the ulases of course.
S o he took th in off and '.deane I
them very deliberately and then
found lie had h-en h d Hng tin
paper upside down An 1 she tried
to sew. But the thread broke.
and she couldn't se'in o get tin
j needle threaded ayahi. You could I
ser; they were both bothered.!
IIo.v we do rexealoursidvcsintiit'
details!
By il'id by the clock struck
nine, nnd then ten, their usu il
hour for retiring. But thev m i le
' no move toward r-tiring. STi'e
Laid; Aren't voiiiioing to bed?"
And he said, "I think I'll not go
vt a bit; you go." -Xo, I guess
I'll wait awhile, too." And tbejits true money value. Xo honest
clock struck rlevcti. and t he hamls
workol aroaail toward twelve,
Theu they arose, and locked up,
and w.-nt to bed, but not to
sleep Eii'di one m-nle pretend to j
t o a.ilecp, and e u:!i ori" kne v the
other was it . nA., p,e a ml bv
i
she said C women arc ehv.'n s th
: keener) Why don't you .-ep?"
I And he snid gently, '
:iii know I wasn't
I!
did
le";.;ii:.
j Why don't yc,e sleep?"
j '' ell, i just ca::'t for thinking
of ti e toy up in the attic."
'Th t's the '-other with me he
re l;e I. And the e!oel; in the 'a. 11
strtieic t'.v; lve. ir.d one an 1 t.
r Sti'l no sleep came.
At last he
h-anl. '-Mother, I
can't stun
tbisaav longer: I'm
oin;; no -.tail's wit h
Phil.
nd
h. tok his pillow ii nd wen t soft.-
.Ivout of the room, and up tile
1 attic stiors, and messed I he latch
1
i '
key s it v, so as not ; to awnKe 1 '
1 the bov if h.- were i.s'eeo. imi tin
toed across the nttic !b)or to the
! corner bv the window, and look-
e,;- ih -re Phil lay. wide awake,
w ith something glistening ia his
eves, and what looked like stains'
011 his cheeks. And the father got
down between the sheets with his
boy, and they got their arms a
round each other's necks fort ley
had always been the best of
friends, father and boy, and their
tears got mixed up on each oth
er's cheeks. Then they slept. And
the est night, when sleeping
time came, the father said 'flood
night, mother, I'm goitg up
stairs with Phil." And the sec
ond' night he slept in the attic
with his boy. And the third
night a-'-ain he snid, "Mother,
goodnight. I'm going with the
hovnuain." And the third night
he blept in the place of punish
ment with his son.
You are not surprised to know
that today that boy, a man
grown, is telling the story of Je
sus with tongue and life of flame
111 the heart of China.
Do you know, I think that fa
ther is the best picture of God I
ever saw. 0 d coul 1 not take a
wny sin. It's here. He could not
take a v ay suBering out of kind
ness to nW 11. Tor suffering ia.ner.
Tli'TJ War orTax I.Ntinj. I:i t.-Tlti? Mi-mury nf M . D. C. Puifi Congressman Webb'i Bill.
Uo.ii. ;.. .u n. i gvr. Cliar'.itte Sewn.
Ili" V ;aIi r.v C id Tprse says: n.i S in lay in or ning, April 10, j Congressman Webb baa intro
l..i i( -s in n !i .liss i!i-!.ii tiou the co.uuiun t v aroiin 1 Willow-; duce J a bill in Congress which
ill ai ie from tin- ii.-.v pi n ,,f dale ,-s shocke I !in it became - would stop the shipment of liquor
tax lis tag. Tim li m.t li. .,f known that Mrs. 1). C. Imager ! from wel sections into dry terri-
listing has l.vii very i-'i I i.-.ly
clianire.l ii'iil ih.it too will, o a
t'',;,,!,-'i-'. it is naturally sar
il'"' ' tie tax payers. xp iv
suchtii furniture, go j
w'tn .vo" t your pasture, count
Louiains.
I'- ssildy the people who i latin-
lH'l !l''s b'gislatiou understand it,
i mid are ready tor the change.
but the gp'Ut majority of the
P 'ople know nothing of it and
iit" greatly embarntssed with
sueli radical change without no-
j tico.
Brother M.-Xecly is, we tljiuk,
mi-taken in his iew of this sub-! ill. an 1 from that moment, she
jeut. The fact is that there is but I suffered intensely until about 2
one change from what the lawjo'dok Sunday morning, when
h is been, an I that is in tavor of
the tax-payer. That linage is
J he simple r-ipireuidut til it the
!it-taker will visit t'.ie p.'ople. in
stead of the people iroinir to the
libt taker. The law husalwnvs re-
quired that nrope. ty h,i lists 1 at
; "liltl 'ill be put to any trouble
whatever, as the law siill ie -
q 'I ires him to ftirtdsh a list of his
property i.s liuretoforc. ()( course
wh Teaman dr-sires to conceal
; his property, h is !.. likely to
succeed if the assessor is at his
' "1S"-
"qu'io A. ('. .Jolino:i,
;i a old
iist t.ier, i-avs t.ial llie oaly
change he sees is that the tax as-
.,t.--.)rs 'vill be pat to the trouble
and e.vpeust) i.f making the visits
thii a h ' vis Let'oie.
f iou:se the M cciunery act
-a - molded in this respect for
1
;
o;ii-pi)S' i if i't 1 1 i.i''- on thetaxlnv ixlalivs and friend who often
: b
e.
:opert. that, h . . toioiv
been on or i,ui been un-
i has not
! lerviibifd, hut the honest- tax
1 1'".'''''
shoiiel not
plain at
! this siui-1 t lie ilishjucwi one has
been getting a:i alvautagd that
j he houlJ not Have lia.l. Anv
uld not have had
i .
f rliw kiiel 1 hat is liie-un
; gro"" s,,olJ" le coimeum-
if t t
iciore 11 is tn-'d just bi 2a use
it is a "liiuige. People should sup
port a measure that is honestly
intended as a betterment, till'
the. e has been time to see whetii-
er it is a good or a bad change.
D.) you know that of all the mi
nor ailments colds are by fyr the
most dangi reus? It ia not the cold
itself that you need to fear, but the
serious diseases it often leads to.
Most of these are known as germ
ihseaes. Pneumonia and eonsump.
j tion are a nong them. Why not
take nhambi-i Iain's Cousjh Remedy,
and cure yoi.r cough while you can?
For sale bv all dealers
sin's index fiuger, saying, "There
j is something wrong here." So
! He came d)n in the person ol
His Son. and lay do 11 alongside
of man for three days and three
nights. That's God our God.
And beyond that He comes and
puts His life alongside ot yours
and mine, and makes us hate the
bad and long to be pure. To be
on intimate terms with Ilim,
to live in the atmosphere of His
presence, to spend the day with
Ilim that is the true moral lif-.
S. D. Gordon ia the Soul Wiu-
lm.l pass-.l anay duri.i the pre-
vious ni-ltt. Tiulv a cloud oil
tlie itassii,'' aw.iv of a lister.
'Aunt Mji v" was ti womaa of
sterling1 wotth, and purity of
character. As a neighbor tdie was
'kind and obliging; as a friend,
she was devote 1 anil true. Site
1 wjis ev.-r ready to lend a helping
hand in time of tronle, and to do
a-ivthin.' in her power lor tho-ie
store her, But for the last two or
thrre years her health had im-
proved, and she was able to at-
tend to her household duties,
which she so much enjoyed. On
the morning of the Oth, after
liavhg (hushed her morning's
w irk, she paid a short visit to a
relative near by, and on her re-
! turn home was taken violently
, her suffering ceased and her ji'eti-
tie spirit winged its wav back to
tin; (K'd who gave it.
Her work u; earth is done; the
toil and suffering are at m end,
nnd we feel assured that she now
dwells in the presence of her Sav-
, ior, who redeemed her soul from
dath, and kept her through the
' maav veavs ot her I . !iri9tian ltle
She protessed icligioa and joined
1 the Brushy Fork Baptist church
! abojt .'W years ago. Later s!ie
' moved her membership to Cove
I Creek eharch. and about two
months ego, when the Willow-
i!;iio eliure'h. so near her home.
, w is l cisi it iKed, she wa-i one ol'
j that number, and was the first
jof that baud to pass from th?
.church militant to t'ae church
j ti i.i-:n;'!i;iiii.
Her Inmie i.s left deso'ate, end
will never be the sami to her ma-
went therp, seekin;
nn 1 iriendly counsel
vote i husbiin 1 (.lie
her ael vice
To her le
iiiht of this
the sun has
world has gane o it.
sot to rise no more on this life
"l.'ncle Dave" and "Aaat Mary"
i were simply devoted toeacu otli
; er. Her last thoughts were for
I 1 iiii t
ins comiorr, wmie sue was ais
j whole delight- Nothing can ever
fill the vacant place in the heart
of him who had so long walked
by her side. Sad indeed is he who
Ims been b"i'e!t of the dearest i f
earth's treasures. All hearts go
out in sympathy to the so'Viy
bereaved husbaiH in this h i s
greatest of earthly trials, and to
the two sisters and broth -r win
are left behind to mourn hersud
den departure. She was in her
r7th year.
Weep not, dear fiiends, for
while she can never come back to
us, we can go to her for if we are
faithful to Him in whom she
trusted. We will sadly miss her
pleasant face and kindly greet
ing, as we uo through this life,
but let us strive to be ready
when the summons comes to us,
and take comfort in the assur
ance that she is happy in that
home above, and will ever be
looking this way, waiting for her
loedonesto join her on that
happy shore where pain a u d
death can never come.
A Friend.
When yoa have rheumatism in
your feet or instep apply Chamber
lain's Liniment and you will get
ejuick relief. It costs but a quarter.
'Why suger? For sale by all dealers.
lory.
1 1 is the "acroMs the line" buni-
this bindiance would be remo-
Ved.
But will it pass? The High
Point Enterprise think9 f.ucb a
law would be in direct opposition
to the rub s governing interstate
commerce. Then why not change
those rules? It should not be the
purpose of one law to make in
operative anoCher? The "laws
governing interstate commerce"
which permit the flooding of dry
teiritory with liquor, arpin open
hostility to the expressed wish of
the majority of voters in the dry
territory who voted for prohibi
tion, and this, too, in a demo
cracy where majority rule ia the
cardinal principle of government
Is there not something radi
cally wrong when federal la-va
render largely (utile state laws?
The Webb bill would permit
dry sections to enforce their laws,
but it will hardly pass lor Uncle
Sam is in the liquor business him
self, granting federal license to
practically all applicants, no
matter whether they tesi-'e inpio
hibition or wet territory.
Still this does not make his
rules "regulating interstate com
merce" either just or fair.
Warning to railroad Men.
Look out for severe and even dan
gerous kidney and bladder troubles
resulting from years of railroading.
Geo. E. Bell, 639 Third St., Fort
Wavne. Ind., was many years aeon
duc'or on the Nickel Plate. He says:
Twenty years of railroading left
my kidneys in a terrible condition.
TVere was a continual pain across .
my back and hips and my kidneys
t;av": me much distress, and the ac
tion of mv bladder was freqeentnnd
most painful, 1 got a supply of Fo
ley Kidney Tills and the first bot
tle made a wonderful improvement
a ad four bottles cured me complete
ly. Since being ciued I have recom
mer.led Foley Kidney Pills to ma-
ny c f my
raiboad friends." M B
Ulnckbnrn.
How it does jolt a man when
his long-Kiiffering wife fails to no
tice one of his unusually bright
remarks.
A Fierce Night Alarm
is the hoarse, startling cough of a
child, suddenly attacted by croup.
Often it aroused Lewis Chamblin of
Manchester, 0., It. II. No. 2 for
their four children were greatly
Subject to croup. "Sometimes in
seyere attacks," he wrote "'we were
afraid they would die, but since we
proved what a certain remedy Dr.
K'cgs New Discovery, is, we have
foar. We rely 011 it for croup and
for coughs, colds or any throat or
lung trouble." So da thousands of
others. So m a y you. Asthma,
Hay Fever, LaGrippe, Whooping
Cough, Hemorrhages fly before it.
50c and $1,00 Trial bottle free.
Sold by all drug-gist.
People who are never in a hur
ry to begin, believe in the the
ory hat it is neyer too late to
mend.
Has Millions Of Friends.
How would you like to number
your friends by millions as Buck
len's Arnica Salve does? Its as
tounding cures in the past forty
years made them. Its the best
Salye in the woild or sores, ulsers,
eczema, burns, boils, scalds, cuts,
corns, soie eyes, sprains, swellings,
bruises, cold sores. Has no equal
piles. 25c at all druggists.
rOLEYSKlDNEYPlIlS
Te Backache Kidnev an Buowq