.Watauga
democrat
VOL. XXIII
Children Cry
FOR FLETCHER'S
CASTOR I A
Furniture
Having purchased all tliestock
in tlie business of the Boone Fur
niture Co., 1 am prepared to cell
you anything in mv line at a
very reasonable figure. DrfPfers,
Bureaus, Chairs, lied Steads, lied
Spring", Mattresses, etc. Give
ine a call when in need of any
thing in the line of furniture.
Store in Watauga County
Bank Buihlinr.
Respectfully,
JESSE F. ROBBINS.
PROFESSIONAL
VETERINARY SURGERY.
I haro been putting much study
on this subject; have received my
diploma, and aiu now well equipped
for the practice of Veteri ary Sur
gery In alllu branches, and am the
only one in tho county. Call on or
addreos me at Vilas, N. C. K. F. D. 1.
Q. H. HAYES,
Veterinary Surgeon.
6-17-'ll.
Dr. E M. MADRON.
- DESTIST. -Sugar
Or.ove. North Carolina,
"AI1 work done under guar
antce, and best material used.
13-'ll.
E. S. COFFEY,
A Tl OUS E l A 7 LA VI',
. BOONE, N. C.
Prompt attention given to
all matters of n legal nature.
ear Abstracting titles and
nonaction of claims a special
tv.
1-1 '11.
Dr. Nat. T. Dulane.
-SPECIALIST
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ktks kxamiskd von
GLAFPKS
FOURTH STREET
Bristol, Tenn.Va-
EDMUND JONES
IjAVi YER
LENOIR. N. C,-
WHI Practice Regularly in
the Courts of Watauga,
6-1 Mi.
L, D.LOWE,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
BANNER ELK, N. C.
l9Wi!l practice in the courts
Watauga, Mitchell and adjoining
counties. 7 6-i i
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 given to
collections.
E. F. Lovill.
W. R. Lovill
Lovill & Lovill
Attorneys At Law
-BOONE, N. C
Special attention given to
.all business entrusted to
Aheircare. .. .'. .. .'.
7-9-'10.
COMPAK.UITi: TALI'S OF LIVES.
KtnteMille landmark.
The Pultiinore Sun mntaq th'
lo'dovvingeeiisiblenn I timely
servations
... . t ituuiai win
glitter of million has been made
ho much of to enhnnre the so.n-
bre effects of the Titanicdisnster,
In n treat human tingedy like
this the pentimenta evoked by
the melting of Cleopatra's peirl
in vinegar should ruive no place.
The men of wealth and promi
nence appear to have behaved
Will, which hhows thnt they were
human, a point often overlooked
in the public estimation of a mill
ionaire. Some even acted t h e
part of heroes, but so also did
many of the poorer ami humhW
passengers. Life is sweet to rich
and poor alike, the former may
have more to make it interesting,
but they are not necessarily hap
pier. Is there not enough patln s
in the abrupt and tragic desti ne-
tion of 1.G00 souls without the
added i-timnlus of the sacrifice
if sheikles?
Then, too, if we st irt to weigh
the relative value of liyeB lost,
some immigrant child saved
from the wreck miy be or beget
a second Lincoln, and so upset
the balance of our worldly wise
scales. la the face of death nil
are equal, and the prominent vic
tims ol the great wreck should
merely serve to remind how vain
and how vulgar it is to get up
mere wealth upon a pedestal to
be worshiped or reviled.
Some of the newspa.iers have
slopped over" to use an inele
gant term bub one that bst ex
presses the meaning in trying
to make heroes, above all other
heroes, of the men of wealth and
prominence who perished by the
wreck of the Titanic. When it
was known that John Jacob As
tor, Major Butt, Mr. Guggen
heim and other promim nt and
wealty men were among the lost,
some, of the papers, in a manner
that portrayed sycophancy aud
toalyism to a high degren. pain
ted pictures showing how these
men of millions stood aside and
perished while humbler and un
known women and children were
saved.The inference from thisser
vile flatten could mean but one
of two things: Either that these
men were believed to be so selfish
thnt thy would save themselves
regard less of others, or that on
account of their wealth and pro
minence they should have been
given preference. Either idea is
an injustice to the men, an injus
tice to humanity. God he prais
ed, however much money and
prominence may count in the re
lations of life, all are equal in
death.
The law of the sea makes it im
perative to save first the women
and children . Posifch n and wealt h
does not count. The law is just
The man who violates that law
becomes an object of contempt
ever after. It were better for
him that he died, This law for
ces many a man to accept what
he would not accept if left to his
own impulses in the laceof death.
Of the prominent and wealthy
men on the Titanic, Major liutfc
and Col. Astor are most mention
ed by the survivors. One state
ment is that Col. Astor asked
permission to go with his wife,
basing his requeston Mrs. Astor's
delicate condition. While Mrs.
Astor had two maids with her
the husband's request, if he made
it, was natural and we have no!
criticism on that account. When
refused he stood aside without
question, but if he made the re
quest it was evidence that he
lb! hnvo
saved himself if he could have
done so. OfMaiorButt all say
j he devoted his time to helping
others. That wae the natural
liOOXK. WATAUGA COUNTY, TIIUHSDAY. MAY 2 1012.
thing. II lit li.nl done o'Vnviu!
I h'H friends wo?dd have been dia-:
ppointed. According to nil nc-
-jrniints , W:ls J4 ..t,.,n,, )imi I
a brave man; and he had the
vontngetlmtho whs a noMier,
tainP(, 1o 1(PpfUm nm1 por
on, , tl. fnp Hnnfrpp .
ftnilinulv to death if need le.
Rut what of the unnamed and '
unknown men-hundredsof them
whometdenth "ith ns much
ennrncens Major Butt or Col.
Astor? These men were not
trnired soldier": the) did n t
have th" position to maintain
that wealth and prominencp
gives; they were not. prominent
enough to attract attention. Is
- .1 1 1.1
ir noi Tnip mnr. tinner tne cirrum
stances they deserves more praise ,
t' at they are more heroes than
the others? Yea vrrily.
Somp writers have ridiculed the
i i .
idea of saving poor lmmisrant
women while Col. Astor. Mr. (Jug
enheim and others worth so
much to the world materially
were allowed to perish. From
the commercial standpoint the
criticism is jnst.bntsupposethat
rule was followed. Fashionable
women aboard that ship, butter
flies of fashion, worth absolutely
nothing to the world as produ
cers in any capacity, were savfd.
If commercial worth and service
counts, the poor immigrant wo
men would have been taken and
the women of fashion left. The
same idea would eliminate the
old people and the children, while
ouly the strong, those able to do
most, would be saved. In short,
the doctrine that some ol the
writers unblushingly p r e a r h
would so change things that we
would revert to the primitive,
heathen idea of killing off those
regarded as ol least seryitie.
Thank God that this i abhor
rent to the true Anglo-S-ixou
blood and true nobility and hu
manity in all lands and nnderall
conditions! And thank God n
gain that all men must meet the
Last Great Enemy on equal foot
mg.
Saved His Mother's Life.
"Four doctors had given me up,"
writes Mrs. Laura Gaines, of Avoca,
La., "and rov children and all my
friends were. looking for me to die,
when my son insisted that I use El
ectric Bi'ters. I did so, and they
have done me a word of good. I
wi 1 always praise them." Elec.
trie Bitters is a priceless blessing to
women troubled with fainting and
dizzy spells backache, headache,
weakness, debility, constipa'ion or
kidney disorders. Use them and
gain new health, strength and vis
or. They're guaranteed to satisfy
or money refunded Only 5c a'
all dealers.
The girl who criticises general
ly excuses herself by claiming that
what she Kavs is true. But even
if it is true, is it necessar ? Never
say a thing that hurts, unless
you are sure that it is going to
help and if the wish to helo is
uppermost in your mind, your
words are not likely to be cut
ting. Sel.
m-mm-
Midnight In The Ozarks.
And vet sleepless Hiram Scran
ton of Clay ( -ity, III., coughed and
cons lied. He was in the mountains
on the advice of five doctors, who
said he hadconsumption, but found
no help in the climate, and starttd
home. Hearing of Dr. King" New
Discovery, he liegan to use it "I
believe it saved my life." he writes
''for it made a new man of ine, so
that I can do good work again."
For all lung diseases, coughs, colds,
da grippe, asthama. croup, whoop-
in? couch, hav fever, hemmorra-
ges, hoarsen i.s or quincy, its tlie
best known remedy. Puce 50c
and ft, 00. Tiial hot t'e free. Guar
anteea oy an dealers.
Th Age ofCbiTalry.
Sa.vn'l l'reis.
A,,,i,, ,he din "votes for wo-
men.'' i lie chmor and the win-
ad-jdmvsm "", e frequently heur
that '"the ageofchivalry isdead.'
"Jvt ns have the sulrage"tliey
say; "woman is no longer defer
red to. What, we want is the
,,allor "ev'r ""nl thegallantry;
iK've "s our T,-ht atvl we wiU
take care of the rest.
And yet the nge of chivalry Is
not dead. Nearly every woman
on the steamship Titanic when
the time came to lilt the lifeboats;
was given the preference to row
to a plane of safety It was a
British chip tilled with English
and Americans. These are the
countries where the window
smashing ami the clamor most
abound, and yet when tlie tu
mult of the shouting die we have
the record of more than 75 ner
1
cent of women pas-engers, first
class, intermediate and eteerage,
rescued by the gallent men or
given places in the lifeboats to
the exclusion of the malepassen
gers, who met death without a
murmur.
Speculators hare spun favor
ite theories that in ihis practical
working woild women have lost
their place and forfeited thesweet
courtesy, the undisputed prece
dence which has been the time
honored right of the eternal fem
inine. Acting upon this, some
women have mounted the ros
trums and called for the suffrage
as the oidy safeguard which will
protect her ami vindicate her.
And yet when t he men of the Ti
tanic, with the chivalry of the
"knights of old," were called up
on to stand back and make way
for the women they bowed in an
cient courtesy and saluted the
parting lifeboats with a God's
speed w orthy of lineage. There
was no line of caste; sierage and
saloon passengers observed the
name rules and saw their women
carried to safety thiough the ice
packed waters toward the 'lghts
of the Ca'pathia. The next
shorthaired snffrigjtt" who
tdiouts defiance on the stump and
clings to the ballot as the only
sah guard in a wot M where men
and women are crowding the
decks and calling for life lines,
should remember the picture of
the Titanic. If not, her hearers
should recall it for her.
For, after all, it isn't the vote
a woman needs. It is her own per
sonality, her gentleness. hr 8"X.
Sometimes her very dependence
enhances her very dependence en
hances her charm and increases
her chances in life. Tlie other day
a prominent citizen of Savannah
had a call from a woman who
laid lr fore him a proposition and
insisted that it be considered up
on its cold business merits. The
gentleman considered it a n d
promptly turned it down Then
tlie canvasser made nn appeal to
him asa woman. Ilissympn tires
were touched, his chivalrous na
ture responded and he aoeptel
her proposition without a ques
tion. Better woman's undisputed
sphere than "seek lor rule, su.
premacy and sway."
Kicked By A Mad Horse.
Samuel Birch, of Beetown Wis.,
had a most narrated escape from
losing his leg, as no doctoi could
heal the frightful 8ire thatdeyelop
ed, but at last Bucklen's Arnica
S:ilve cured it completely. Its the
greatest healer of ulcers, burns
boils, eczema, scalds, cut, corns,
old-soi esbruises and piles on earth.
Try it. 25c, at all dealers.
Ambition is a good thing, but
i don't fly higher than you cau
' roost.
Children Cry
FOR FLETCHER'S
OASTO.RIA
What Perots re ttads Of.
Axhevi'le C'ifen.
AH th? orld today mingles
with it notes of mourning the
eans of praise to the gallant
souls who went down with the
Titanic in order that women and
helpless children mhiht lire. We
may in dispa-sionate moments
say that these men. and among '
thcmwehii1 names that rep.P..-,oo.l bush-is of wheat ," mil's,
wnted America's greatest mill- th- com ii Ijir .jie would be
i(imirH. weiezoverncd by a code- ."fijl.."!! . in ' he I'mte 1 Slates
ofclnvalryth.it came down to 1ST. ., or more. It will
us from the iniddl" ages, but we le sufe to say th-it where ,"(00
would say that chivalry is not bushels l wh at is rui.-ed as m j.-li
the ruling sentiment in death, for I more hauling will bo done whu-ii
obed'ence to such an impulse ' would represent uuother $1JJ
could he classed as a cowardice or $'J10, ihe cxt ra out lay cau
thaf feared pnhlic censure. No, !ed by poor roads. This is only
we be'ieve that the suprpme and one item. Good road inereae
nblim" motive that chose death the value i.f the land. 00 an
b"fore life at the cost of the lives acre is put ting it too low but at
of women ami children, w is that ' that it atnannts to HJ00 for a
b and of herr.ism which hi be-n half section then the conveni
the chief characteristic of (he ience and the ability to market
race since the first battle for hu
man rights and freedom. Iook
at the names:
Major Archibald Bnft.
Coi John Jacob Astor.
T. B. Thnver.
Isidore Stronus.
Benjamin GnsTTmheim.
Wilbam T. Krad.
Goorge B. Widmjer.
Henry B. Harris.
Francis M'dlett.
.Tnqnoi-e Futrelle.
Most ol these heroes con' d have
written their personal chei'ts for
millions, while others stood high
in the world of letters. Al were
men who filled lanre an 1 impor
tant places in the commercial
and professional worlds; the
country needed them.
It waj not death alone which
these trreat figures and of f rg of
Iowf r station faced in the icy wa
ters To them thas was the s nall
est part; their agonies were en
dured m the rude parting for all
eternity from wives, daughters
sisters nnd mothers. Separation
in any form from thosj we dear
ly loye tiies and searse men's
souls, but when t es of blood are
severed un ler sucn circumstanc
es as thos which mirkel the
greatest catastrophe in human
history, language is powerless to
adequately deccribe the poigh
nant grief of such a moment.
And in this humhl tribute to
departed greatness we would a
gain revere the memory of that
band of heroes who stool ktn e
deep in the icy waters, the ship
slowly settling to her everlast
ing doom, playing that hymn
which has for longyears brought
the gleam ol hope to the glazing
eye in death ' Nearer, Mv God.
to Thee." Their sacrifice has
been rightly termed a sacrament
and somehow we belieye that in
all the years to come h 11 m a 11 j
hearts will beat quicker, and of- j
f: r a silent prayer for the ill us-j
trious departed, when and wher
ever the strains of that glorious
old hymn reach the human ear.
J. W. Jordan, a well known den
tist of llopkinsvilUv Ky., recently
had an opeiation for his kitbics
kidney trouble, but he says: "The
first real relief I got was after ta
king Foley Kidney Fdls. They
eased the pain in my back and ac
complished more good than any
thing I had tried. I glad. y recall
mend them.'' For Hale by all deal
1 rs.
He who lends money without
epurity borrows tnuble.
Mrs. Rose A. Freeman, Clifford
Va., says they have long used Fo
lly's Remedies and want to say ; 1
good word for them. She write: .
"Foley Kidney Pills clued 'my hu-
band of a lnng standing kidney ;
trouble, after ne had taken, otliei.,
medicines without relief. We vouh
not be vv ithout Foley & C;s. medi-j
cities in our house in our house for '
many times their cost.' For sale b ',
a'.l dealers.
FOLEY'S 0lIN0lAXffi?x
fOi Stomach TrouBsK and Constipation
NO. 3!)
Vulue of fiood Kod
The Vuhit ol good loads In
comes c id-nt hen we look at
the financial sHcol the problem.
The rt ist of haul ng on, ton one
mile is nil eii its ia Germany ain!
twenty-five cents in the I'nKed
States, the diiTerei ce Is largely
one of road Ix-d. If we iiin?7
these figures to hauling, say
at any time ho that advantage
can be taken of I he highest prt-
inn. 1 tit- mini in uniii llilllit-3
the va! ue of good ro ids aiid hu
gets them. He paves the side
walks and streets. He knows
that they will increase his busi
ness, his comforts an I social ad
vantagesbat no more so than
in the country for the farmer.
Farm Home.
Never Out Of Work.
The busiest little things ever
'made are Dr. Kings New Life Pills.
Every pill is a sugar-coated globule
of health, that changes weaknessin
to strength, langour into energy,
braii f.ig into mental power; curing
Constipation, Headache, Chills,
Dyspepsia, Mdaiia. O'dy 25c at
all dealers.
All things are for the hest-and
evervone imagines he's the best.
Poor appetite is a sure sigt of im.
paired digestion. A few does of
Chamberlain's Stomach and Lirer
Tablets will strengthen your dii.es
tion and improve your appetite.
Thousands have been benefitted by
taking these Tablets. Sold by alll
dealers.
CURED A BAD SPAVIN.
Mr. B. H. Irey, Marion, N.C., wrikM t
" My horse had a vcrv had crsc of spavin
nnd nothing did any ;ood until 1 tried your
Mustang L,u anient. 1 rubbtd the suuvm
H .Mjut-ntly wilhi tin; liniment and soon saw
en improvement. 1 did this three or four
tiniM a day and my lior?-e was completely
cured. It fs sure to cure if properly urcd."
FOR HORNET STINGS.
! Mr. S. J. Huchnn, Newbera, N.C writes;
l hart ns"d Mpxionn Mniiiiir .l.i.ii-
I nienl for difiVtvnt ailments find have found
lit nn cxctHent lv.iitiunt. A i one tiii.c my
m-mMvas h.t )v siun hv hornets out yrur
Imam .it q v'Ay to nd lt r. 1 haw rur.m-
lut.iutdiL Ui oiiicis huiulietioi Unics."
! 25c. 50c. Lottie at Druz AGen'IStore
CURES SWINNEY.
Mr. R. S. Shelton, Hill, N.C, wriUt:
"I used Mexican Mustang Liniment on
a very valuable horse for swinney and it
cured it. 1 always keep itiu mystable and
think it the best hniuu-n t for ru bs and galls"
it contains no alcohol and so cannot
sting in caes of upon wounds or burns,
Soothes and cools at once Just try it
For BURNS and BRUISES.
Mr. W. V. CUflon. Raleih. N. C Htl
"I Itepn a bottle of Jfnicnn Multtnr
Lin'ncnt in rn v house contintmlly fir icen
eral use. H is the iint jt thing in the world
for Cuts, Burns and Bruises."
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