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mocrat axain VOL. XXIII BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY. THURSDAY. JANUARY H 1012. NO. 4 f-t TT V lie WW air n Children Cry FOR FLETCHER'S CASTORI A Furniture Haying purchased all tbeetock in the business of th Boone Fur niture Co., I am prepared to sell you anything in my line lit a very reasonable figure. Dressers, Bureaus, Chairs, Bet) Steads, B-d Springs, Mattresses, etc Give me a rail when in need of an v- thing in the line of furniture. SStorein Watauga County Bunk Building. Resj-ectfnliy, JESSE F. ROBBINS. PROFESSIONAL VETERINARY SURGERY. I Lave been putting tuuch stndy on this riiibject; have received my diploma, and am now well equipped for the practice of Veterf- ary Sur gery in all Its branches, and am the only one in the county. Call on or addreos me at Vilas, N. C. R. F. D. 1. G. H. HAYES, Veterinary Surgeon. -17-'ll. Dr. E. M. MADRON. - DENTIST. -Sugar (jrove. North Carolina, I" All work done under guar an tee, and best material used. 4-13-' 11. Dr. NAT T. DULANEY. - SPECIALIST -Qu Internal Medicine and diseases of the Eye, Ear, nose and Throat. Eyes examined for glasses. S6 Fourth St. Bristol, Term. EDMUND JONES LAW YEP- LENOIR. N. C,- , Will Practice Regularly in the Courts of Watauga, 6-1 'ii. L, D. LOWE, ATTORNEY AT LAW, BANNER ELK, N.C. IWill practice in the courts Watauga, Mitchell and adjoining Counties. 7-6-' 1 1 . F. A. LINNEYi ATTORNEY AT LAW,- boone, n. c. Will practice in the courts of the 13th Judicial District in al matters of a civil nature. " 6-11-1911; J. C. FLETCHER, Attorney At Law, BOONE, N. C. Careful attention Riven to collections. WRLOVILL -ATTORNEY AT LAW, BOONE, N. C. 'Special attention given to all business entrusted to hts care,"" 7-9-'10. E, S. COFFEY, ATlORIiEl Al LA Wt BOONE, N. G. ( Prompt attention given to all matters of a legal nature. Abstracting titles and collection of claims a special tr 1-1'U. II fr XaJ.t7-1912. Charlotte News. "I roi est inort; rive le roi!" j Last night at 12 o'clock expiied the year of grace nineteen eleven nd the very next instant was born the yen r of grace nineteen hundred twelve. Tbedoubleevent marks the unnual ause in hu manity's heart-tx-ats the occa sion upon which must folks stop a moment or so to review the course of the twelve months, count up gaius und losses, esti mate progress or retrogression. Such pauses are necessary. In the thick of the charge it is im losstble to teil how fir we have come. The best we can do is to keep our finger on the trigger, our elbow toui-hir g that of our neighbor on either side. It is on ly some brief halt, such as that offered by the New Year se.ieon. that we can get our bearings. The News hopes and has no small reason to believe that for most of its family ot readers 1911 has b en a good year and that 1912 will he a better. True, the former will long be. remem bered as the epoch of the water shortage, whiu tank cars car ried the most necessary of fluids all the way from Mount Holly to the corporate limits but looked back upon from this distance the difficulties and annoyances of that period seem smaller and the very substantial achieve ment as solid as ever. On the whole our people have been prosperous during the yen r that is no more. Crops and busi ness alike have furnished grounds for optimism although by no means failing to allow room for greater things during the year which is new...:.. There is every reason to believe that 1912's prosperity will equal that of its predecessor and this in spite of the tact that it will be a presidential year. In forma tion from reliable commercial sources is to the effect that the couutry is in excellent shape to undergo the quadrennial Rtraiu imposed by a national campaign Incidentally from the viewpoint of the gaity of uations this im pending campaign is likely to furnish "livelier entertainment than Hny since '92. The demo cratic donkey, after having ap parently been mashed neai ly out of existence by the republican el ephant, has suddenly turned the tables and is at present perform ing a lively imitation of aScotch hornpipe upon the prostrate form of its ofttime conqueror. Which means that in all human probability the pennant races next fall will have to divided the limelight with this man's chance carrying the middle west and that muns chance of carrying Squedunk for coroner. Nor will North Carolina have to depend upon the national ring alone in the great political show. Lo cally we are going to elect a gov ernor and srate officers as well pull off one of the most peppery senatorial primaries are ever heary of. Yesl If business bucks politics on even terms for the next twelve months it will be some bucking make no mistake on that point. A great man once said that he never stood np belore an au dience of children without a sense of awe arising from the thought that he might be addressing soma lad or lass unnoticed in the crowed who would one day do great things. The first day of January evokes somewhat the same feeling. Will 1912 be look ed back upon, ages hence, as the birth year of some world com pelling genius or as the histor ical tag of some epoch making event? Not until a portion at least of the ages mentioned has A Terrible Iadiclmtot The Vlncinian. Senator Borah nt thedininT of the New York Young Republican Club brought an awful indict - ment against the people of the United States, This is it: We are even now, in our youth, themoet lawb-89 of any of the great civili sed nations. There is no coun try of first importance where thre is so little respect for law because it is the law." This indictment wns presented in the presence of the Prenident, who is quoted by the New York American as having said a few years ago that "our administra tion of the criminal law is a dis grace to civilization," and who said, in following Senator Borahs sjeeeb, "I Wlieve it is true that we do not hold the law as sacred as we should." No better substantiation of the truth can be given than in the American's succinct comment upon the situation. "In view of the 8,975 deaths from murder ous assault and of the meeting out of capital punishment to but 1(H) of those 8.975 slaj-ere; in con sideration of the extensive and; awful crimes to which the McNam aras have just pleaded guilty; in the light of all tlw prosecutions now on against big .and little business meu for ersistent and audacious infractions of the anti trust law, who can say, with hon esty that the indictment drawn by Senator Borah is not a true bill? Two remedies appear upon the surface. The one is a sweeping reform in tbe criminal procedure of the courts, whereby techincal ities and legal delays may not void the operation of the law and the infliction of penalties. The other is that representative men of wealth and influence should not consider themselves beyond the pale of the law's operation and should not be so considered by the courts. When the fact that the law seems unable to raiih influential persons is con sidered it is but natural that a wid spread disgust with the inequalities and injustice of the law should result.. A Fathers Vengeance would have fallen-on any one who attacter the son of Peter Bondy, of South Rockwood, Mich., but he was powerless before attacks of Kidney trouble. "Doctors could not help him." he wrote, "so at we gave him Electric Bitters and he improved wonderfully from taking six bottles. Its the best Kidney medicine I ever saw,' Backache, Tired feeling, Nervous ness, Loss of Appetite, warn of Kid ney trouble that may end in dropsy diahets or Brights disease Beware: TakJ Electric Bitters and be safe. Every bottle guaranteed. 50c at all Druggists. elaspud can any answer be at temped save the counter-quary "Quien sabe?"? It is The News' great pleasure to wish for every whose eye shall rest upon these remarks the hap piest, most prosperous of New Years. Nor would we have it overlooked that in presenting this seasonal greeting we have not so much as a single time referred to the subject of good resolutions so prolific of fruit ful meditation at such a time as this. Not because the. subject is trite have we avoided it but rath er out of tender defeience to the feelings of that enormous army of good resolvers whose endur ance in anticipation is splendid during the closing days ol tbe old year but who saw new light before the doorbells have ceased heralding New Year callers. Tk Soot of Miosten. Mr Woodrow Wrton, who is . a (Minister's son, has been asked ! by Rev. Dr. Christian F. Reisner . ''Why does the world generally charge that mim-ters sons go wronit?" Mr. Wilson responds "Because it does not know the fact," Dr. Reisner says it is because the newspapers never publish the usual but always tlv unusual; theMore a minister's son going to the bad id heralded and lew like him ectablisn the rule. Dr. Reisner finds in 'who's who" one name in twelve to be that of aminiters sou; they are 18 times as many as the sons of othT professional men. Among men who made their mark in English history un in vestigator found 1,270 sons of minsters, 510 sons of lawyers and 3,50 sons of doctors. Ol the 99 foriegn tnemlers the French Academy of Science one in every eight is a minster's son, and of the English Academy of Science one in every six was reared in a rlergh al home. The French sci entist, De Candolle, says that "the sons of clergical families have actually surpassed during 200 years in their contributions to the roll of eminent scientists the similar contributions of any other class of families." Why do not more minsters' sons enter the minstsy? Mr. Don C. Seitz, a newspajier man whose father was a minster, reples: "Be cause their build and breeding is apt to promote a wideambition. and Mr. Bradford Merrill says: "Because the pursuit of wealth is the on pursuit in which most men of todoy engage most of the time; The tuiustry is a very poor ly paid profession. The families of clergymen have a tough time of it. Not only are minister's stipends small but their congregations are critical. Perhaps the preachers them selves inwardly revolt at being held to high and impossie stand ings. Their sons distinguish them selves in other fMds. Only a few go wrong. The influences of their homes fall away from thenv, and when the breach is made it is made violently, That is why such a case is apt to excite attention. New York World. Saved Many From Death. W. L. Mock, of Mock, Ark., be lieves he has saved many lives in his 25 years experience in the drug bus. ness. "What I always like to do," he writes, 4 'is to recommend Dr. Kings New Discoyery for weak, sore lungs, hard colds, hoarseness, obstinate coughs, la grippe, croup( asthama or other bronchial affec tion, for I feel sure that a number of my neighbors are alive and well today because they took my advice to use it. I honestly believe its the best throat and lung medicine that's made' Easy to proye he's right. Get a trial bottle free, or regular 50c or $1,00 bottle. Guaranteed by all Druggists. "I am so glad we don't live in China," said little Oswald. "It must be awfully tiresome to have it dark all day and the sun shin ing at night." "I wouldn't let a doctor cut my foot off," said H. D. Ely, Ban tam, Ohio, "although a horrible ul cer had been the plngue'of my life for lour years. Instead I used Buck- lens Arnica Salve, and my foot was soon completely cured." Heals Burns, Boils, Sores, Bruises, Ec zema, Pimples, Corns. Surest Pile cure 25c at all druggists. It takes a lot of faith to be lieve that p ople are better than they are. f on Stomach Tbouoh and JPHJWS11 The New ao4 the Old in tbe New Tear. trpHE NEW YEAR will be like J. all years to the most ol us. Temptation, burden and joy may assume new forms, but we f-lnill meet them with the same spirit bring to their solution the sam mind, and fail if we fail at nil, be cause of the same weikness. On" thing we all must do: we must live our own life; we cannot es cape from ourselves. Friends may come and ro, but each soul remains hut in U hind the im- passible walls of it sown personal ality. Our new task is therefore the same as the old task. We must live each with himself; in the language of Emer9on, tuking himself for better or worse. If we c.in find rootage for our soul beside the rivers of God. if we fan organize and control our in ner forces so as to bring to bear upon each task atid 1 ach tempta t ion the entire resources of our we shall have a happy new year. If we cannot do this we shall have a sad new year. We must conquor or be conquored by the world. There is no such thing as quarter to be asked or given. The ship can sail the sea only so lo long as she keeps the water outside -herself. And men can overcome the world only by shut ting the world outside. The one problem of chiel import for us to learn is how to possess our own souls. The battle of life is always fought within the man's own spirit. Sin in the world is as harmless to the Christian as the shadow of a cloud. It is sin en shrined in the temple of the spir it that brmgeth forth death The Christian Herald. Grafted B one to Spine. New York Tribune. An operation which in all prob ability will obviate the sad ne cessity of strapping any more "Smiling Joe9" to the board, as shown in the thousands of pic tures spread broadcast over tho country duringthelast few years In she interest of the Sea Breeze Home for Tubercular Chidren, at Coney Island, was performed at Roosevelt Hoapita yesterday afternoon by Dr Fred H. Albee, proprietor of orthopedy at Cor nell University Medical School. It was the doctor's sixteenth op eration since he tiest invented the process atd put ic in use last March. In a yeneral way the op eration consists in clipping a piece of bone from the patient's leg and grafting it to some wea kened part ot the Spine. The patient on the table was a little boy suffering from tubercu losis of the spine, or Pott's dis ease, which, if it does not reult fatallv, is the most prolific cause of hunch back. An incision of the surgeon's knife bareed several of the dorsal vertebrae already af fected by the tubercular process, and a hammer and chisel made them ready to receive the thin strip ol bone that was to 'give thm their needed strength. An other incision laid bare the tibia around that point commonly known as the skin, and the chis ei was again called upon service to chip off the 8trenghtening piece. This was slipped in among the tissues parted by the first in- ciion ana cue eagrs 01 tne; V.I 1 J . wounds were drawn together. I pack my troubles in as little compass as I can for myself, and never let them annoy others. 1 Southey. j When she had passed, it seem-' ml like the le-ising of exquisite' music Longfellow. Children Cry FOR FLETCHER'S CASTORI A Kdinoit oi the Motor Track. Hickory Democrat; The editor of the Baltimore Manufactures Record, has recent ly had an interne with Thom as A. Edison, in which he spoke of the enormous posnibilit is in the future for the motor truck. Sevdiitv-five per cent of all rail ro:td freight is hauled to and from depots in horse-drawn ye hieles. The motor truck, pro- j pHel nith the storage battery takes up half the spare, carries twice the load and moves at j double the speed. In view of the possibility that the motor truck may be made at the Pied mont Wagon and Manufactur ing Co's. plant in Hickory. Mr, ! Edison's statements are of un- usual Interest. He said: "The storage battery, as now developed, solves the problem of city hauiing and will eventually, as power plants spread through the country, be availablefor motor-truck work everywhere. "Tie- motor truck occupies one hall the space of a horse-drawn vehicle and carries double the load at twice the speed. Fifteen years ago a team could make six trips a day, say from Claf lin's store to the depot. So great is ths conjestion of traffic that now a wagon can make only two trips a day against the six form erly mae. The cost of hauling merchandise to the depot is equal to the railroad freight from the to Chimgo, Seveuty-flve per cent of all the freight moved by oil the railroads is handled by ve hicles. The importance of re ducing the cost of vehicle haulage is therefore, by reason of the ex orbitant cost at present, greater than the importance of reducing rail road freight rates. Hence, the motor truck, carrying doub le the load at twice the spead and occupying half the space of a wagon, is one of the revolution izing forces which has come into the world lor the advancemeno of all civilization." CURED A BAD SPAVIN. Mr. B. H. Ivey, Marion, N.C., write, x "My horse had a very bad case of spavin M ana nothing ma any good untu l tried your Must art j? Liniment. I rubbed the spavin frequently with the liniment and soon saw aa improvement. I did this three or four times a day and my horse was completely cured. It is sure to cure if properly used." mm FOPv HORNET STINGS. I N.C write: tj Mnstnng Lini- f'l Mr. S. J. Hudton, Newborn, 11 1 haye ustd Mexican Mtistnne mentfor different ailments mid have fountt it an excellent liniment. At one time my mare was badly stung by hornets but your liniment quickly cured her. I have recom mended it to other hundreds of times." 25c 50c. $1 bottle at Drua & Gen'I Store CURES SWINNEY. Mr. R. S. Shelton, Hill, N.C, write t " I used Mexican Mustang Liniment on a very valuable horse for iwinney and it cured it. I always keep it in my stable and think it the best liniment forrubsand galls" It contains no alcohol end ao cannot Bting incases of open vrounda or bono. Soothes and cools at once. Just try it. 1 For BURNS and BRUISES. Mr. W. V. Clifton. RaUigh, N. C, writes 1 " I keep a bottle of Mexican Mnstanjr I kmrnieut in my house continually lor ren- l oral use. It is the finest thine in the world lor Cuts, Burns and Bruises." 2 5c, 50c. $ 1 a bott U at Dni St Go Stora I