Democrat
VOLXXII1
HOOXE, WATAUGA COUNTY, THURSDAY. AUGUST 6 1912.
NO.
52
onildren Cry
FOR FLETCHER'S
CASTOR1 A
Furniture
Hiving purchased all thestock
in the business of the Dooiie Fur
niture Co., I ntn prepared to sell
you anything in my line at to
very reasonable figure. Dresners,
Bureaus, Chairs, Bed Steads, Bed
Springs, Mattresses, etc. (Jive
inn a rail when in ueedofany
thing in the line of furniture.
tStore in Watauga Couuty
Dank Buildinir.
ResiiectfuUy,
JESSE F. ROBBINS.
PROFESSIONAL
VETERINARY SURGERY.
I have been putting much ntudy
on this subject; have received my
diploma, and am now well equipped
for the practice of Veterinary 8ur
gery iu all Its branches, and a in the
only one iu the county, all on or
, address uie at Vila, N. . K. P. D. 1.
U. H. HAYKS,
Veterinary Surgeon.
5-17--11.
Dr. E M. MADRON.
- DENTIST. -Sugar
Grove. North Carolina,
8 All work done under guar
antee, and best material used.
i-13-'ll.
E. S. COFFEY,
A TlORbEt A 2 LA H',
KOONE, N. C
Prompt attention given to
t!1 matters of a legal mitnre.
.tf-Ahstracting titles and
,vonection ot claims a special
-v.
l-l'll.
Dr. Nat. T. Dua n e.
SPECIALIST
EYK, HABjKOSK. THROAT AMD CHEST
KTKS KXAMI3KD FOR
GLASSES
FOURTH STREET
Eristol, Tenn.-Va.
EDMUND JONES
LAWYER
LENOIR, N. C,-
Will Practice Regularly in
the Courts of Watauga,
5.1 Mi.
l,d.Towb;
1TTORNEY AT LAW,
BANNER ELK, N. C.
9YVi!l practice in the courts
Watauga, Mitchell and adjoining
Counties. 76-Mi
F. A. LINNEY,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
BOONE, N. C.
Will practice in the courts of
the 1 3th 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
:ollection8.
E. P. Lovill. W. R. Lovill.
Lovill & Lovill
Attorneys At Law
-BOONE, N. .
Special attention given to
all business entrusted to
ttieircare. .. .. .. ..
X. T.n.'i n
The Appeal of Democracy To Our
loan Sen.
Bruce Craven in New aud Observer.
1 know an nge1 minister of the
gospel who believes in the Demo
cratic party just as fully a he
believes in anything. He believes
the fun lamentnl truths of the
Christian religion, and trusts his
I church councils to apply them.
Likewise he Mievi-s the fund
mental doctrines of Democracy
and when his national party
convention ppeuks, to him it is
the law. It is a matter of princi
ple, for be has neytr asked any
thing of his party nor received
or expected anything. Policy.the
instigator of most corruption,
has no place with him. He is a
Democrat because he believes in
Democracy mid when his party
defines a platform or nominates
a ticket, he votes lor that plat
form, that ticket, nil of it, not
because he has to do it, but be
cause he lelieves it is riaht to do
it. This man is my answer to the
ranch discussed question, 'What
is a Democrat?"
A j'oung man is always fret;,
and the coming of age of such a
vast multitude ol them within
each four years, inakes any pres
idential election uncertain. He
votes as his father votes, provi
ded t here is no reason to vote
otherwise, but he is wholly free in
his soul to vote as he pleases aud
he generally does so. He is fight
ii'g to get a foothold on the road
to success, and he will bo found
every time with the army that
appeals to him with the most sin
cerity and the best promises of
assistance. He does not ask for
an easy road, but only for a fair
chance; ''Equal rights to all and
special privileges to none; VThe
greatest good to the greatest
number;' "The least possible re
straint consistent with law and
order;' and "A government of
the people, by tie people, and for
the people"
All the parties and most of the
candidates in those days profess
the same thing, so the young
man must study history and hu
man nature, the issues of the
day. and above all the moral h.
bre of the candidate for whom he
votes; Until recent years, our test
was "principles, not men," but
this is no longer pale, for to . the
man is left the carrying out of
the principles, and our test now
i-hould be 'Principles in men,"
or "principles backed up bv men
of principles."
The young man of this year,
seeking his first party allegiance
will not be led by any platitude
or blare of trumpets, nor yet by
the time honored prejudices and
biases. He will instead look for a
man who voices h's own inartic
ulate, heart felt devotion to the
principles of a fair deal and an
honest fighting chance. The du
ty of Democracy, therefore, is to
place their standards in the
hands of men whose sincerity and
unselfish devotion to principles is
unquestionably superior to their
scramble for offlre, men who-e
chief aim is to do something for
the people rather than to in
duce the people to do something
for them. Whether the young
man ever hears or knows t h e
words,, his demand of his party
is!
"God give us men. The time de
mands Strong minds, great, hearts, true
faith and willing hands;
Men whom the lust of office does
not kill;
Men whom the spoils ot office
can notjbuy;
Men who possess opinions and a
will;
Men who have honor; men who
Mill not lie;
Men who can stand before a dem
agogue
An pam bis treaehorous flatter
ies without winkingl
Tall men, sun-crowned, who live
above the fog
In public duty and in p r i v a te
thinking."
A Hew Wrta or Freedom.
New York World.
The nomination of Gov. Woo l
row Wilson for President means
anew Democracy. It means a
I new epoch in American self-gov
ernmeuu
The Deimtcratic party has at
last bn.ken its shackle. I has
em-incinAtcd itself. It has reh.i
bilitated itself in powerand prin
ciple. It bus turned its face to
the l ining ol the sun. to re-establish
the taith of tlieAmerican peo
pie in their own institutions.
Woodrow Wilson will lie the
next President of the U S. But
he will be more than that. He
will be the first President of the
dated States in a generation to
go into office owing favors to no
body except the American peo
ple and under obligations to
nothing except the general wel
fare. No political boss brou't about
Ids nomination. No political ma
chine carried hisj candidacy
to ictory.. No coterie of Wall
street financiers provided the
money to finance his campaign.
He has no debt to pay to cor
rupt politics or to corrupt busi
ness. He was nominated by the
irresistible force of public opin
ion, and by that alone. Hestnnds
before the country a free man.
The American jieople have set
out to regain possession of their
government, and Woodrow Wil
son was nominated for Presi
dent because he embodies the is
eue. The bosses and the pluto
crats who tried to prevent his
nomination were beaten by . the
power of the people, and thepow
er that nominate! him is the
power that will elect him.
With Woodrow Wilson as the
Democratic candidate for Provi
dent it makes no difference what
Mr. Roosevelt does. It makes no
difference how many third par
ties he organize. Progressive, Re
publicans and progressive Demo
crats now have a candidate of
their own. The contest between
Mr. Roosevelt and Mr. Taft is
now a contest for the control of
the Repulican organization, and
nothing more. .The menace of a
third party no longer hangs o
ver the country. The menace of
personal government no longer
threatens American institutions.
The United States is not to be
Mexicanized. It is to be re-Americanized.
It is because Gov. Wilson re
presents this vital principle that
The world so persiseently urged
his nomination. It is because
Gov. Wilaon represents this prin
ciple that the opposition within
the party was torced to surren
der. It is because Gov. Wilson
represents this principle that he
will be triumphantly elected in
November. Such a man is imper
ntively needed, and the Ameri
can people, true to their tradi
tions in every crisis, have again
found him.
Governor Wilson's nomination
means that the i ule of the boss
is oer. It means that the part
nership between corrupt policies
and corrupt business in national
politics is forcibly dissolved. It
means that the old regime of
protection to Privilege and Plu
tocracy is on the scaffold, It
means that the old gods are
dead.
The United States is back to
the benediction pronounced by
Abraham Lincoln on the battle
field of Gettysburg "that the
nation under God, shall have a
new birth of ireedom, and thnt
government ol the people by the
people and for the people shall
not perish from the earth.
Children Cry
FOR FLETCHER'S
CASTORIA
Taft i Dilemma
Anliuville Citizen.
It is an unusual, and, to nil
Democrats, an inspiring night to
see the Democrats and insurgent
Republicans of the senate com
bining forces to "dehorn" the
Payne-Aid rich monstrosity. The
passing ol the LaPollette wool
tariff revision bill, nnd the pros
pective passage of the (.ugar bill,
with its sweeping reductions in
tl.e tnrifl on that commodity
mark the resumption of that
coalition of prognssive forces
which was formerly rich iu pro
mise for the masses, Reduced
schedules on wool and woolen
cloihingand on sugar get near
to those commodities of life w hich
humanity cannot do without, and
the result of present congression
al tacties will be watched with in
tense interest throughout the
country.
It is stated in various quarters
that President Taft is greatly
troubled by the situation now
confr uting him, by reason ol
the senate's nctioa on the wool
tariff bill, Having no longer the
absence of a report from the tnr
ifl commission to fall back on, he
must, in case of agreement be
tween the two houses, flatly veto
the LaFollette measure, or sign
it without apology. Politically
"peaking, President Taft may be
said to be'between tbedeviland
the deep pea." He is wise enough
to know that should be veto the
wool bill, he will bn overriding
the popular demand, aud in case
he signs it the president is well
aware that he will draw upon his
puzzled head the undying opposi
tion ol the lawless combines that
profit by the exorbitant tariff
schedules. It being generally ac
cepted that the trusts make and
unmake presidents, it would not
be surprising if Mr. Tatt should
close his ears to the underground
rumbling that throw his lot in
with the privileged interests
which his party has so long serv
ed. But were the president actu
ated by conscientious motives
by a desire to honestly serve the
masses that cry for relief, he
would sign without hesitation a
measure putting the pruning
knife to a tariff schedule whih the
president himself once referred to
as needing revision.
Man Coughs and Breaks Ribs.
After a frightful eoughing spell a
man In Neenah, Wis., felt terrible
pains in his side and his doctor found
two ribs had been broken. What
agony Dr. King's New Discovery
would have saved him. A few tea
spoonful ends a late cough, while
persistent use routs obstinate coughs
expels stubborn colds or neals weak
sore lungs. "I feel sure its a God.
send to humanity," writes Mrs. Ef
fie Morton, Columbia, Mo. 'for I
believe I would have consumption
today, if I had not used this great
remedy," Its guaranteed tosatisfy
and ycu can get a free trial boMle
or 50 eent or $1.00 size at all drug
gists. People who are thrifty are apt
to git a reputatiou for being
stingy,
They Put an End to It.
Charles Sable, 30 Cook St. Roch
ester, TM. Y. says he recommends
Foley Kidney Pills at every oppor
tunity beeause they gaye h i m
prompt relief from a bad case of
kidney trouble that had long both
ered him. Such a recommendation
cominir from Mr. Sable, is direct
nnd convincing evidence of the
rreat enrativc qualities of Fo'ey
Kidney Pills. For sale by all deal
ers. Many a gill strives to muke a
name for herself rather than at
tempt to make a loal of bread.
A sprained ankle may as a rule
be cured in from three to four days
by applying Chamberlain's Lini
ment and observing the directions
with each bottle. For sale by all
dealers.
Where Politic! Reform Xait Begla. j RcMbllrant Come To Wilsoi.
Prorcmive Farmer. Islington Iitcli.
Where the National Govern-j The democratic prendenti(4
tne;it touches a man once the af- campaign is rapidly getting un
fair ol bis county and township der way, arid though the actual
touch him a dozen times. They speaking I as not started yet the
are things from which he cannor preliminary work is being clear
eseapfc 'Hid they deal with the ed upti?ii everything will soon
fundamentals of life. Good goy. be in reHines lor the real start,
eminent will never lm had so One ol the mot striking and er
long ns the people sp-nd all their cnuragi-ig features of the enrn-f-nthuninsin
on Presidential and j pa ign is the way the republicans
Senatorial and Gutiernatorinl 'are Hocking to the standard of
candidates aud remain indiffer
ent to the men who hand'e their
county finances and wholool: af
ter such vital thinks as their nei
ghboihooJ school, the local
roads, the prepervation of local
aealth and the maintenance of
order in their i in mediate commu
nities. These are not lit tie jobs,
und it is not beneath the dignity
of any man to give ol the best of
Iiis ability to the doing of any
one ol them. They are entirely
too important matters to be en
trusted to men who have kept
their intellects dormant for so
long that the moss has grown
over them or who wh-h simp
ly for the petty graft they make
possible. Yet, such men as t hese
are all too frequently chosen.
There are t housands of neighbor
hoods and hundreds of counties
in the South which are suffering
from the domination of what a
north-western exchange aptly
calls, "the the lit tle local Joe Can
nons and Dill Lorimers." And it
is just as much a necessity to get
-id of these local stand patters
and boodlers ns it is to get rid ol
these little local standpatters
a nd boodlers as it is to get rid ol
tne big national ones if we are to
have really good government
and a really progressive country.
Don't neglect your local off!
ciuls or the administration of
your local affairs. They are real
ly of more importance to you
than are the supposedly big mat
ters of national politicy, und you
can have a great deal more to do
with determining whether or not
they are carried on as they
should be. More than this, the in
dividual is very likely to be a
great deal like the neighborhood
in which he grows up. The little
local boss or political heelers
grows into county boss or ma
nipulator and he into the State
boss or "jack potter." If you
waut clean politics aud efficient
in State and nation, see to it
first of all that you have clean
politics and efficient government
in your township aud county.
Then the men who grow up in
your neighbourhood and your j
county can safely be trusted
when they are sent out into the
larger field of State and Nation
al politics. The man who care
lessly sits by and allows his coun
ty taxes to be squandered or his
schools to be run by incompe
tents has uo right to be shed
ding tears over the decadence of
the United States or the dema
gogisiu of presidential candi
dates. Progressive Farmer.
When Buying, Buy Only the Best
Costs no More but gives the best
results. II. L, Blomquist, Esdaile,
Wis., says his wife considers Foley
Honey and Tar Compound the best
cough cure on the market. 'She
has tried various kinds but Foley's
gives the best result of all." For
sale by all dealers.
Do not lose faith in humanity;
there are overlninety million peo
pie in America who never played
3-ou a single nasty trick.
Mrs. Lela Love, wife of Wiley
Love a farmer living near Covena
Ga., says; ''I have taken Foley
Kidney Pills and lind them to be all
you claim for them. They gave
me almost instant relief when my
kidneys were sluggish and inactive.
I can cheerfully recommend them to
all sufferers from kidney troubles."
For sale by all dealers,
Wilson and Marshall. The Gov
ernor has received letters pit ig
iug support from more than 2.
000 leaders of the G. 0. P., not
to mention uncounted thousands
from more obscure members of
the party. Recently the contents
of about oOO that Mr. Wilson
has answered personally were
made known; in uo case was the
identity of the writer divulged
but the original) are all on file
in the gpvernoi's office. It is
said that twenty-five per cent of
his correspondence consists of
these unsolicted pledges of sup
port Irora members of the oppo
sition. "1 haye been a republican ami
never voted for any other party,"
wrote the president of a college
in Pennsylvania, "but I so thor
oughly believe in you that I in
tend to give you my vote and
my influence."
The president of a Brooklyn
bank wrote:
"Your candidacy appeals to
the people of the whole coun
try." This came from the president
of a national batik in Maine:
"Together with many former
republicans from among the most
representative meu of our good
state, I shall support you."
From the head of a trust com
pany in Chicago:
"1 sball be happy to aid you
in any way within my power."
A leading republican lawyer ol
North Dakota:
You may count on the support
of not only the democratic party
in this state, but of a very large
progressive Republican vote.
Washington dispatches tell us
that Congress was forced to ad
journ the other day on account
of the absentees. Now isn't that
a pretty kettle of fish? In view
of the fact that these congress
men get $7,500 per year, their
time is supposed to be worth
something to the country and
they are supposed to be found
at their post of duty. However,
we know that many of them
haye run around over the coun.
try attending to their own per
sonal affairs, but we haye so far
to bear of a single one of them
being "docked" for non-attendance.
We believe we are safe
in saying that if those who neg
lect their duty and drtiW their
pay just the same had a man
hired and he were to engage in
a like manner, then the man
would lose his job, or lie "docked"
This rule should apply in the a
bove case. The Morganton Mes
senger. Helped to Keep Down Expenses,
Mrs. J. E. Henry, Akron, Mich.,
tells how she did so: "l was both
ered with my kidiicyt and had to go
nearly double. I tried a sample ot
Foley Kidney Pills and they did
me so much good that 1 bought a
bottle, and feel that they saved me
a b'g doctor's bill." For sale by all
denlers.
A narrow minded man will ad
mit that others have a ri;ht to
their opinions if they are the
same as his.
Children Cry
FOR FLETCHER'S
CASTORIA
FOlEYSORlNOlAXAim
For Syomach Touav.i ond CoNTirA-rna