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VOL. XXIII
IJOONE. WATAUGA COUNTY, TIIUHSDAY. JANUARY 25 1912.
NO. -'0
UJiildren Cry
FOR FLETCHER'S
CASTOR1 A
Furniture
1 laving purchased nil the stork
in the business of th lloone Fur.
nitiireCo., I urn prepared to sell
you anything i" my line at u
very reasonable figure. Dresners,
Bureaus, Chairs, Bed Steads, BhI
Spring, Mattresses, f-tc. (live
inn a call when in nml of any
thing iu t lie line of furniture.
BStore in Watauga County
Bank Building.
ltesictfuliy,
JESSE F. ROBBINS.
PROFESSIONAL
VETERINARY SURGERY.
I have beeu putting much ntudy
on this subject; have received my
diploma, and aiu now well equipped
for the pra't ice of Veteri'-ary Sur
gery In all Ita branches, and am the
only one in t he county. Cull on or
address me at Vilas, '. C. It. F. D. 1.
G.H.HAYES,
Veterinary Surgeon.
5 17-11.
Br. Wl MADRON.
DENTIST. -Sugar
Grove. North Carolina,
WTA11 work doueunderguar
antee, and best material used.
4-1 3-' 11.
Dr. NAT T. DULANEY.
- SPECIALIST -OuIntkbnal
Medicine and
dtaeanenofthfEYE, Eak.nohe
and Throat. Eyes examined
for glasses.
$6 Fourth St. Bristol, Term.
EDMUND JONES
LAW YER
-LENOIR. N. 0,-
Yill Practice Regularly in
the Courts of Watauga,
6.1 'n.
liV II OJ
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
BANNER ELK, N. C.
f3rWill practice in the courts
Watauga, Mitchell and adjoining
Counties. 7-6-' 1 1
F. A. LINNEY,
-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.
W. R LOVILL
ATTORNEY AT LAW,-'
BOOSL, N. C.
"Special attention given
to all business entrusted to
b's care.Tia
7-9-'10.
E, S. COFFEY
-A Tl OIMEf Al LA IV,-
BOONE, N. C.
Prompt attention given to
all matters of a legal nature.
W& Abstracting titles and
collection ot claims a special
ty.
1-1 '11.
Wilson III' mines! tonal j the KIsM
Democrat are mistaken if they
Ihink any candidate lliey choose ,
to nam.' can Selected president
iu HI 12-
Even if you assume that a
sound mid acceptable ; -l.t t f. rui
Will I? adopted, sUifes will h I ill
depend u 'jn thf. candidate pre
nen ted. In the debatable states,
particularly, party ties are nut;
as 8tronsr as lonnerly. I heiv w a .
ar independent class of cili
ena who look b.-jroiil the plat- j ,.cp of llHtanr,8 Btlod fl,r meas.
Ion,, to ti e man. Party promfo.! dvoi.afl8 ,,v tlie democrat
e8 have been broken Ju-t sulli-l, artv J((, ilu)lin.t li(,OWn party
ciently o I ten and redemption ;,w Wns appnreiitlv held out fV
postpone! to a more convenient I . . ffi ie , , .
Heasou, to inn air the laiili o:
many intelligent vot'-rs-
They still pin tlieir faith to the
man rather 1 han to pre-election
party plody- H. What manner of
man is demanded? He is dull who
ha not be n advertpnt to the
political evolution in progress du
rmy; the lawt, two decade?. The
idea has beeu abroad thai, both
legiKlative and admiiiist"ative
officials have been recreant to
their trust, that they have too
often served pelti-di interests
which imposed unreasonable and
iinncessary burdens upon those
who nought no special privilegw.
The Ilepublican party, as aa or
ganization, has been the most
peisitent and notorious friend
ol usurping privileges. Its ac
credited leaders have srood for a
protective tariff and have yield
ed more to insatiate greed. They
encouraged either uctivel throu'
protection or by inaction the
growth of industrial monopolies.
By other methods their work ol
spoliation upon the people has
grown to such an extent as to
fiurpaes all previous records.
For a while these inequalities
were patiently endured because
they were imposed upon falseaud
niHpo.'iiiig guises. 1 he country
was told that a protective tariff
wnv essential to tli' ir prosperity
and that monopoly cheapened
production. But the scales have
fallen from the eyes of the p-.-o pie
und they now see more clearly
Protests urose, at first faint and
sporadic, but increasing in num
bers and area, until now there is
scarcely a etat where brave men
are nut demanding einaneipat ion
from the exactions f the privi
leged classes and the restoration
of popular government.
It is conceded by disinterested
voters that relief can ou!y come
through the Democratic party.
Our party cau only win through
the accession of independent Re
publican voters in those states
which have since 1806 supported
the presidential nominee ot that
party. As I have stated, plat
form nominees of that party. As
I have stated, platform nomi
nees will not sasisfy or induce
thos voters to support the Dem
ocraic nominee. They must have
faith in the man.
Where is the Democrat to an
swer the requirements? The only
man is Governor Wood row Wil
son, ol New Jersey. He stands
for the removal of the grievous
exactions of the Republican tar
iff. He is against all form of in
dustrial and commercial monop
oly. He is the foe of special privi
lege, regardless of the class or
section making the demand. He
stands four-square for popular
government and is not afraid to
express his faith in the capacity
ofthe people to know and de
mand their rights. He believes in
equality of opportunity tor every
man and every section.
He advocates primaries under
legal regulations lor the nomina
tion of all candidates. If this will
not suffice to secure faithful offi
cials and just laws, he would not
deny to the people the right to
initiate policies and laws and to
Conld Spare a lew.
What thiscouutv needs is few-
:er Doiiticians and mure upright
.... H. lffl wit, ...
, .;.,,. r,.crllr. uit should h.iv l mem-sent. o,v.l
h-nr or favor or without tizuring ;
fur re-elect ion the next time.!
President Taft hn? nil alonWillI meet thee." Miat. could
Miuneti i ill-- i j'lii i mi u 1 1 in in u
inn iked dcjrn-e. To lfjjiii with
lit niiniiiuteil ilpinorrattt to im
i i it.: . .1:1: .: ... n
,mrtnnt w.liou when he
tll)lH ,,t tl,y WP1
liey were liest fitted fur
the p'lhiiions. He has in a uuiii
f i ' : " . ..
the 4J.(Jl)ii rural mail i-nrn-rs
under the merit system and has
ordered that they abstain from
active politics in nominating pri
maries and convention. IPs lat
est is nrjiing congress to allow
him to place the presidential
post master of the first, second
nnd thud chins under civil serv
ice rule, thus barring them from
activity in elections. This is re
garded as a very bail political
move on his part, nnd it is just
now when it is patronage and
support that he most, needs but
it is the proper thing, and Mr
Taft is to be commended for it.
The men who hold the offices
have 110 right to use the same
nnd the monev the office brings
to corrupt the voters of the
country ns has betn the case in
the past.
The Post does not agree with
Mr. Taft in many things, bntthe
country needs more men like him
to fill the offices. The case of
Senator Simmons votingagainst
reciprocity as regard as poor
polities on his part when his con
stituency favored the bill, but
he stoul for whut he thought
was right m the five of probable
defeat in hi return to the senate
auil he deserves a great credit
lor his action. There is but one
rt-ol conclusion, and this returns
us to our first statement, we
need fewer politicians and more
m.'ii to fill our offices without re
gard to their future re election
Salisbury Post.
Where The Locality Does Not
Count.
Wherever there are people suffer
ing from kidney and bladder ail
meats, from backache, rheumatism
and urinary irregularities, Foley
Kidney Pd's will help them. Bel
videre, 111. E- A. Kelly, an ex
engineer, says: "Three years ago
my kidneys became so bad that I
was compelled to giye up my en
gine unci quit. There was a severe
aching paia over the hips, fo'lowed
by an inflamatiou of the bladder,
and always a thick sediment. Fo.
ley Kidney Pills made me a sound
and well man. I can not say too
much in their praise." For sale at
nil dealers.
vote upon them and to recall
the faithless officials who violate
tlieir trust, expecting only mem
bers of the judicary.
He has shown his faith by his
works. The people trust him. IIj
is no mere preacher of political
moralities. Neither is he a blus
terer or blunderer in execution.
No coterie of plausible privilege
could swerve him or upset his eq
uitable balance, and no array of
demagogues could induce him to
assail unjustly vested rights and
property honesty acquired un
der the law.
In my opinion the Democrats
of North Carolina believe in and
will support Governor Wilson,
and iie will be our nominee and
the next president. Hon. John
II. Small, iu North Carolina Dem
ocrat.
Fen Bachachc Kidncvsano Blaocui
TRYSTING PLACE OF TIME.
liultiiuore American;
Whm God gave command merit
to make the ark hp lirerted that:
end with the spreading wmgs uf
ch. rubim. and declared. "There:
better symbolize the po'iit at pass of all high nnd holy things, ' killed by the accidental discharge
which the years tm t, where the'an l that lar-ofT divine event to-' 1 f his own gun. uther Catav
oldyeur, bent with the weight, ward which the whole creation ban, it appears, were al.-o cnga
of sins nnd the burden of its sor 'moves and turns. Iged in luiutiag na thit Jay, and
rov8, und bringing iilong with The M!s toll as the hidnna j it is probable that nsidents nf
it the s!n avisof its huccessi s and , huh ol prayer is broken in upou ' otlu counties inav have iguored
the fruits of its labors, bows be-'aud tnn crash of cannon and tl.e divinei -oiipua 'd to "!!etuem
fore the Ancient of Days, while, the sound ol pistol shots awaken her tl..' Sabbath Day and keep it
the tender New Yar fashions ' the world at pause to the factjholy." But only on .-'abb ith
forth in the Hi st hours of a re-1 thai a new year has nrrmd. No Ideietrator met death. Was it
turning January, with its h imp-! one can, no one seeks to pierce I judgement or an accident that
er upon its back ready to garner ; the veil and see beyond. Put ev- j might have happened 0:1 any
where thy ages ol the past have ' eryone feels the vigor of a new j other day? It is well to remein
sowed. The passing year and j impulse ami the thrill f a fresh j b fore ne pa-s judgement, that
the incoming year await the destiny. The annals of time will ! tie.,; se on whom the tower at Si
blessiug of Almighty (Jod. One j be much the same, The scroll i loam fell were not Mniicrs above
enhs'-for absolution from errors i will lie written over with fresh I all ".tier siui.er. but as a matter
and wrongs .'in 1 yet it is not re-j
sponsible for thes
Time 19 it-i
self holy, and tlw sins o! the.y'ar
are those that that have been
brought into it by man. Yet
the old year does expiratory
sacrifice in terrn9 of lepenfnnce
anil fresh resolutions with which
the New Year is ushered in.
'There will I rivet with thee," is
the covenant promise of (Jod.
The trysting place of time is at
the junction of the yeais. It
ihen the heart is mellowed by re
diction and the life chastened by
regrets. Resolutions spring
fort't nnd despite the lightness
wi'h which fuey are oftiaies treat
ed, enduring pledges to the fu
ture nre made that that mark
epochs in the live-' of individuals.
The trysting plae of time is also
the trysting place of the rtevine.
The mercy seat is shadowed by
the wings of angles when the old
year bows before the Eternal and
the New Year steps lorth to en
ter upon its untried labors.
So it is with all hfe. Time gar
ners iu the field of theyears. Who
can say what ara its sheaves.
Bread howu upon the waters
comes back after maav years.
Hewhogoeth lorth to sow with
weeping returns again rejoicing.
Life, theconsciousappropriation
of the gifts of time, is ma le upof
triumphs and disappointments.'
of losses and gains. Born upon
the swilt flood-tide of the years,
man goeth to his long home.
The years come and go. Some
take thought of their past hours
to ask them what report they
bore to heaven. Oihers do not.
Some so number their days a9to
apply tlieir hearts unto wisdom.
Others are like the foolish, who
go blindly on and are punished.
What could the world do, what
would the lives of men be with
out pauses for contemplation
and reflection, for the humilia
tion ol the soul before its Maker
and the assertion ol the eternal
principle of new life and love that
is suggested by the incoming of
a new year. The mercy seat of
God is established at every point
in time where there is a fresh ex
perience, and, those who have
learned to cast tlieir cares upon
Him find in I lira a present help
iu time of trouble. Time become
mighty evangel when the years
are meeting at the mystical tick
of the clock at midnight. The
soul ol all seno'is persons are
moved with reflection upon the
ternity of time and the insignifi
cance of mortality. At such a mo
ment one finds surging through
his soul the tide of the years,
and the aged feel as did Teuuy
son when he wrote Crossing the
Bar. The trysting place of God is
with man whenever the mortal
I approaches the mercy seat, but
at, no time more symbolically
than when at the passing of the
year the soul of the Individual
conceivestheriehnessand breadth
of lire o .iied up in the promise! i TERRIBLE WAKXISG.
of his Maker. Then he Ma that jT'p Sunday was ju-t
il... I..it,ilitim,,int thi ill. right for rabbit hunting and Ihe
imt the most Hubst iimiiil part of
lllun' "U1 e ri'UMZ""
tim" tKvdt? from cycle to cycle
he, too, move toward the com-
human endeavers, with new im- j
pulses toward the ideals ol life;
civilization will sing its majestic
measurs to a nobler movement
of melody; the world will march
over the bleak plains of an un
known year; the muses wiil rest
beside the wav of life to cheer the
pilgrim with t!.ir inspirations
and industry wjli set its maidens
at the loom to work the wonder
ful weave that some time will be
reversed so that mankind may
may know what pattetn he has
wrought, in the dark of his cloud
eo years
He who lingers at the trysting
p lace of time to catch the first
moments ol the new year and fix
them in firm resolves to live bet
ter and to make life richer with
good will find that God has es
tablished there the place of his
pledges, aud he will find the
stiength of the holy ol holies, im
parted to him and eomo forth
grit about with that strength
that no numan purpose can im
part, ihus inav the old vear
pass with its follies and faults,
and thus may the new take by
the hands the faltering and dis
couraged ones and lead confi
dently up the higher ascents of
being.
A Fathers Vengeance
would have fallen on any one who
attained the son of Peter Boady, of
South Rockwood, M''-'h.. but he
was powerless before attacks of
Kidney trouble. "Doctors could
not help him," he wrote, "so at
we gave him Electric Bitters and
ho improved wonderfully from
taking six bottles. Its the best
Kidney medicine 1 ever saw.'
Backache, lired feeling, Nervous.
ness, Loss of Appetite, warn of Kid 1
ney trouble that may end in dropsy
diahets or Bi'iffhts disease Beware;
Take EK-ctric Bitters and be safe.
Every bottle guaranteed. 50c at a!'.
Druggists.
Nearly every Bible oi today has
a concordance at the back. The j
first concordance was prepared
by French Monks iu the year
1247.,
Saved Many From Death.
W. L. Mock, of Mock, Ark., be
lieves be has saved many lives in his
25 years experience in the drug bus
ness. '-W hat I always like to do,'
he writes, ''is to recommend Dr.
Kings New Discoyery for weak,
sore lungs, hai d colds, hoarseness,
obstinate coughs, la grippe, croup,
nsthama or other bronchial affec
tion, for I feel sure that a number
of my neighbors are alive and well
trA iti hur'Jii.ii tl-.fi- t.?,L- 1Y1 llilvif-.' I
to use it. I honestly believe its the
best throat and lung medicine that's1
made." Easy to proye he's right
Gvt a trial hottle free, or 1 egnbir 50c
,r fe I Vi,ttl. i iiiyril ;i t.-ei 1 hvp.li
! oru"gwisu. j
"
fIYS Olmi0lffi(ailu i
roa stomach trouble ana (.--'patiom
Cut avUi in in who Yielded to
temi.t Jtiun and ui i.t hunt 'iiir on
th Lord's '.'us, commonly called
Scndav. wa.i sud ieiil v cuM.-d to
account when ho un ii'iuitlv
ol 'precaution ic would be well,
also, to r-''fairt
iroiu trespassing
on the Lord-. Dav. Meantime
as Caiuwlu seems to be con
spicuous in ofieiiJing on this par
ticular day the Landmark makes
bol l to suggest to Dr. Banks of
the Hickory Democrat, the he ex
hurt his fellow citizens to a better
observance of the Sabbath.
Statesville Landmark.
'Best On E;a th.
This is the verdict ol K. H, Hvv
ell, Tracy, ()., who bought Foley's
Honey and Tar Compound for his
wife,'' Her ease wn- the worst I ev
it s:nv, and looked hi -' a sure else
of consumption . 1 1 1 r longs were
sore and she couched almost inces
santly and her voice was hoarse and
weak, t'ole) 's Honey and Tar Com
pound brought relief at once and
less than three bottles effected a
complete cure. For sale by all deal
ers.
'Every girl should be able to
boil eggs.'' Dr. W iley. Ability
to bo'.i eggs '.d common e:iough;
the real ability lies 111 getting
the egus. Columbia Slate.
St.
CURED A BAD SPAVIN,
Mr. B. H. Uey, Marlon, N.C., writ! :
ei ami ruining inu .my
fj Maiiins T.inii-K-.L.
: d 1 nt.lltrut! yevr
5 fr-.-T.u-iitiv vvilh l
V'tlrm-nt iiii.l soon fiiv;
times a r!iy mi it my horse Tvas coirDlcUly
in iinnrovffinLiit. ln:d Hits tJ.'t-..'C oi ii i:
cured. it ts sure to cure it im ic:i uim.
r2 Mr. S.J. Huuton, Ni-wb-r.i; N.U -.rito:
"I hv.TO t:sod M.-x;c:i.t Mvshr,;: l.'.r.- f j
Tf mcntJor di lb-rent aii:iie::ts m.d ll.- fmit'd M
ft: it an cxv.vll.-nt lmimi m. At .:. tlnv iry r
E: it an cxv.vu.-nt Mmmni.
; li;.i'.n -tit quu'u'.v r .nvvl l.
1 ir.-iru w:s n ict:v saimi if,
9 1;1 vt.i.r
I ii .ve rtvom-1
mciiuJU a t ) ciners inriuivus :'i u'nv.
25c.50c.$labctilocl Dron &.CenIStc.rasK
. n 71 m ' : ' .W
, .T kJ-.I
CURES SWINNEY.
Mr. R. S. Shelton, Hill, N.C., write: i
"I used Mexican Muslanp I-??tiincnt on !
a very vuln.iblc horse for swinney and it
cured" it. I always keep it in my stable and
thinkitthebjst hnimeut forrubsaud calls"
It contains no akuhol and so cannot
sting tn cases of open wounds or ourns.
boothes ana coois at once just i- it.
For BURNS and ERUI5ES.
Mr. W. V. Clifton, Raleigh. N. C. write.:
PS I KCPT. O. 11,11 LIC Ul UlSAlt. u iio,ii
S - .?... 1.... .:.,llv- tnr r-n. 1
eral use. it :.J x ic- unt-t iiin, in iuc w,,.ili i
for Cuts, Hums aud 13rmses.
25c. 50c. $ 1 a bottle at Orua i Gen'. Stores J
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