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I VOL. XXIV BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, THURSDAY, JULY 3, 1913 NO. 45. kOFESSIONAL. T. E. Bingham, ' Lawyer X)NE, N.C Trompt attention given to matters o! a legal nature flections a specialty. -Ifflce with Solicitor F. A. Lin- i9. ly. pd. jAiiEs c. cline, Attobxey-At-Law rnr Grove, .... North Caro., 5rWill practice regularly in i courts of Watauga and ad fuing counties. Special atten bn given to the collection of ims. S-27.'13 1 yr. ETERINARY SURGERY. I hare been patting much study this subject; have received niy jploma, and am now well equipped r the practice of Veterinary Sum iry in all Its branches, and am the ily one in the county, all on or ldrens me at Vilas, N. . R. F. D. 1. G. H. HAYES, Veterinary Surgeon. 17'11. Dr. E m. MADRON, - DENTIST. Sugar Grove, North Carolina, tTAH work done under j?uar Intee, and best material used. 13-'ll. E. S. COFFEY, BOONE, N. C ' Prompt attention given to il matters o! a legal nature. VST Abstracting titles and onfiction ot claims a special -.v l-l-'ll. Dr. Nat. T, Dulaney - SPECIALIST - TK, kar; hosk. throat and chbst EYES EXAMINED FOH V GLASSES FOURTH STREET cristol, Tenn.-Va. EDMUND JONES LAWYER -LENOIR. N. 0,- AVI Practice Regularly in he Courts ot Watauga, -1 'ii. L, D.LOWE, iTTORNEY AT LAW, BANNER ELK, N.C. 9 Will practice in the courts . Watauga, Mitchell and adjoining counties. 7-6.' u F. A. LINNEY, -ATTORNEY AT LAW, BOONE, N. C. Will practice Jn the courts of the 18th Judicial District in all matters of a civil nature. 6.11-1911. J. C. FLETCHER, Attorney At Law, BOONE, N. C. Careful attention given to collections. B. F. Lovill. W. R. Lovill Lovill & Lovill Attorneys At Law BOONE,' N. C Special attention given to all business entrusted to their care. , .. .. .. 7.9-'io. EARLY NORTH CAROLINA HISTORY. Tie Tenth of a Series if Historical Articles Writtei by L Lowe, if Banner Elk, Nortl Can. for the Democrat Since writing my last letter I received a letter from a friend n which he made the following remark; "I think you have omit ted a very important chapter or perhaps two. You bav omitted the fact that the territory be tween the Iron Mountain aud the Blue Ridge, after the act ol Cess ion, was left out of any county and belonged to no county from 1792 or 1793 till 1818 or 1822, and was without any local gov ernment till it was annexed to Burke County." In giving the reason why this territory bad not been settled at an earlier date, 1 showed that the State had been paid for more than three hundred thousand acres of land embraced within the boundaries of six grants, but failed to refer to the fact that these grants, or at least soma ol them, especially excepted certain grants within their boundaries; for example, certain grants to Waightstill Avery, Reuben White John Dobson and a few others. Within the past twenty.flye years it has been clearly demon strated that some of the Cath cart grants run along with the Washington County (Tennessee) line, and one of them runs with the Tennessee line fot a distance of fourteen miles. It is quite true that there was no local government, but it was not for the reason that this part Of the territory was not claimed by Burke Connty, but it was be cause the lands had been granted to a few and there were only a limited number of people within the 1 territory to be governed; hence, there was very little atten tion paid to It. Perhaps for a period of fifty years or more after the Cran berry forge,' near the famous Cranberry Iron mines, there wns no road leading from the Cran berry Forge to Valle Crucis, but odIv a bridle-way or trail, and thoseliving east from Cranberry, if they needed three or four hun dred pounds of iron from the forge, wouid take a horse or large ox, crook the long bar9 of iron fasten them to the single-tree and drag them for miles along the mountain trail to the place of de livery. The Cranberry iron was known far and near as being a very soft, tough iron and one of the finest quality, and it would selleactof the Blue Ridge for two or three cents more on the Dound than ordinary iron. The iron ore was mined at the Cran berry mines, hauled a distance of half a mile or more, then melted in a furnace by great heat pro duced from charcoal. After re ducing the ore to a liquid state the operator would raise a gate and permit the desired quantity to pour out into a basin, then the hammerman would thuust a long iron bar into the moulten mass, dust and work with it un til it would begin to become more compact and of the shape of a hornet's nest, and this was called a '-loop, when this loop was ready to be turned out on alaree anvil a huge hammer weighing something like aix . hundred pounds would rise, then the ham merman would turn his loop o yer on the anvil and the hammer would begin making its measur ed strokes, thump, thump, thump with the regularity of the vibra tions of the pendulum ot a clock; and the hammerman would tarn his loop over and over, back and forth, using the iron bar as a handle, until he would get the iron rlosn and compact and of the desired length and shape. Ii the operators "received an order D. lor wagon tire tbe iron would be drawn out into long, sleuder bars but if the customers desired a number of plow-shapes the ham merman would shape a plow mould on the euds of a number of the long bars. Millions of pounds of iron were manufactured at tbe old Cran berry Forge by the llardins, Dug gers and others. Millions of feet of the finest aBb poplar, oak and other valuable timbers were burned on the Cran berry lands for the purpose of making coal to operate tbe old Cranberry Forge. After the Cran berry property was purchased by the Cranberry Iron and Coat Co.. it was predicted by a number of the old men who had worked at the old forge, that tbe project would prove to be a failure, that tbe iron ore was in little pock ets and not in sufficient quan tities to justify an outlay of much money; but time has demonstra ted tnat the work ot the old set tlers was too much like the bur rows of the gopher, and that tbe.v were mistaken in their judgment But time had wrought many changes; tbe old forge had ceased to beat its lonesome stroke and scarcely a piece ol the old struc ture is left to mark the spot where once existed what was considered a wonderful industrial plant; and now the ore is mined by the use of air-drill6, the ore is crushed ut the mines and hauled over a rail road, a distance of thirty-four miles with more ease and in Ices time than was required to deliver a single load on an ox wagon on ly half a mile away; and when the ore reaches the furnace it is smel ted with coal and coke instead of charcoal produced from timber, the lumber from which is now worth from tweuty-fiye to one hundred dollars per 1,000 feet in market. Instead of trudging along the mountain trail with a tired horse or hungry ox, drawing from three to four hundred pounds of iron bars and plowshapes to be forged and shaped by the mus cular arm of some country black smith, we find the pig iron from this ore is shipped by the car load to the great eteel plants of tbe north and elsewhere, there to be converted into Bteel from which razors, knives, axes and other implements of the finest finish and quality are made. in working the Cr a n b e r r y mines, like all-other mines, a lot of dead rock fa taken ont and af ter being crushed this is distri buted along tbe railroad for ma king ballast for tbe road, filling in trestles, making side-walks and for such other purposes as ground stone may be useful and couvenient. The mountain trails have been obliterated; a blazed ' tree now and then serves to mark, the course of wbat was once a trod den path, and we have substitu ted turnpikes and other roads in I heir stead. Weare supplanting tbe gentle horse and p-atient ox by horseless vehicles, tmd when we get our mountain streams harnessed to electric plants and begin to flash lights irom the bill-topa, we will realize that we are living in a progressive age. To be continued. . ' i Best Laxative fcr the Aged." Old men and women feel the need of a laxative more than yonng folks, but it must be safe and harm lew and one which will ' not cause pain. Dr King's .New Life Fills are especfally good for the aged, for they act promptly and esily. 25c. Recommended by all dealers. BLOWING ROCK BREEZES. Major aud Mrs. Scbenck, of Lawndale, near Shelby, are here with their elegant machine driv eu by a colored chauffeur who knots his business. Tbe Major is a prosperous manufacturer of the Old North State, and the ge nial couple have. many friends who bid them welcome, Tbey have a cottage here, a lovely tne embowered place next the Presbyteria church. It is report ed that the Major is here for a short while, only, but that bis son, Mr. John Scbenck aud fam ily will be up for tbe season. Miss Elizabeth Mordecai has just returned from quite an ex tended visit to relatives down State, among them ber parents at Durham, ber father, Mr. Sam uel Mordecai, ProlesBor of Law at Trinity College. Mr. Norman Cordon and little son Norman, Jr., have arrived for the season and will at' once set to work repairiug their new place, the Waller cottage, which they have bought for a perma nent home, Mrs. Cordon's moth er and Bister. Mrs. Uaughton and daughter, of Washington N. C. to reside with them (or a year. Mrs. Miller, sister of Mrs, Lind say Patterson, of Winston-Salem, is at the Watauga Inn-twith her charming little family, the Misses Margaret, Catheriue and Antoinette, who with their col ored maid occupy a cottage on the grounds of that well-known hostlery which might be called Maple-shade Inn, as it has about it a beautiful grove of maples with a pretty green lawn under them, where the visitors from the city delight toloungeand en joy the cool shade and refresh ing breezes of that justly popu lar resort; It is reported that the Green Park Hotel, the nearest to the famous rock from which the vil lage takes its name, has opened with a goodly number of guests with many more to follow, the preseut management with Major Cobb, of Raleigh, at the bead, "drawing like a magnet", as tbe Major, with his State-wide and wider reputation as a botelist, is doing all he can to bring to Green Park the success it deseryos and tjb e continued popularity to which it is entitled through the devoted interest of the Harpers. Near the Green Park is a little resting place that has become very popular among the visitors who like a quiet place, near the fine views and on the highway to the. village, beside being at tbe very terminus of the Civic League Path. This is the Iugle House, kept bv Mrs. John Ingle, a moth erly matron who makos one feel at home and gives you the very best of table viands that the sea son can afford served in good old fashioned quality and quan tity "as mother used to do " This bouse, has already quite a number of guests but can take more without crowding, having beside the home place a modern looking annex.. The Skylaiid Iustitute is to take a few boarders for the sum mer months. Apply to Mrs. E. C. Prudden, who owns the proper ty, and has one among tbe most delightful places on tbe moun tains, the house conveniently lo cated and tbe views entrancing. Skyland Inn, kept by Mrs. E R. Stewart, justly deserves its popularity, being well known for its excellent table and comforta hie rooms, Mrs. Stewart a grad uate in hotel management, hav ing St. Hubert's Inn at Newton in the winter and skylaqd during the summer season, her house al ways full of contented guests who Some Political Straws. Proye your Democracy by o ting right on the tariff. Time enough to distribute offi ces alter the Underwood law has become a law. L'ncle Sam will soon know all tbe contiactors who are abusing tbeir poor horses by having them worked while lame. Then, watch out! Teddy, not content with hav. ing "swiped toionei uryan initiative, referendum and recall, will doubtless soon appropriate bis grape juice also. Tbe iniquitous lobbyists whom President V ilson is holding op to public ridicule and contempt, virtually plead guilty by crying "vou are another!" Sam Jones used to say: "It is the hit dog that hollers," and Sam was light Having failed to get up an old- time tariff reform panic, for the purpose of intimidating Demp cratic Senators, Wall Street and the Interests have determined to have one of an altogether new and original brand. They call it a "Silent Panic." but even if it were as noisy as Colouel Rooe yelt himself, our Senators would still stand to their guns. American financiers have re cently loaned Presideat Huerta of Mexico, one hundred millions of dollars, of which seventy-five millions is allotted for govern ment needs, and twenty-five mill ions for railroad bonds. Amen can financiers can generally see an inch or two beyond their no' ses, and unless quiet) ana goou order are soon restored to our Bister republic, the United States will be forced to intervene for tbe protection of our own citi zens whose money is invested there. The day will soon come when we shall own all the coun try north of the Panama Canal, anyway, so what's thedifference? The railroads have discovered that they were mistaken ;when they thought they bad pulled the wool over the eyes of Governor Craig. The extra session w i 1 1 show them what's wbat. Consolation for tbe malafac tors of great wealth who (, have interprited tbe Underwood bill as meaning tbe death blo(w to their ill-gotten gains: "Povierty with contentment is great &ain; for we brought nothing into this world and it is cei tain that.1 we can carry nothing out." . a 1 invariably return each ye sir a regularly as tbe birds return af ter a wiuter in tbe far Soutlji, The Blowing Rock Hotel, 'dear old Blowing Rock," as it was lovingly termed by its manj- pa trons in the "good old eur!umei times" of auld long syne,' when such talented managers n the Messrs, King aud Gray p nd Jus. P. Tajlor, Esq., drew about them the nobility of tbe State, this ho tel under the present manage ment, with Mrs. Enrma Taylor, wife of the late lamented Jas. P. Taylor as owner and Mr. George Moore as Mauager, and its beau tiful Situation and convenient location half way between tbe village and the Green Park, this hotel after a few needed repairs and added attractions should be crowded not alone in mid sum mer, as it is each year, but du ring the whole season. Indeed the time is not far distant when this old and well-known resort will be obliged to add several more ho tels and a dozen more boarding houses. A regular line of automobiles is being run between Lenoir and this village, as many as three a day being seen no here, tbe old time surry quite unpopular these days because 01 the length of time it takes to "snail it" op J the mountain. STATE 1X8 CEKEIiL NEWS. Dr, A. A. Kent of Ienoir has tbe been elected a member of State Board of Health. Forty five of tbe sixty three ap pi leant! for licence to praticeden tistry passed tbe examination at New Bern. Governor Craig baa appointed Ion. Charles II. Duls, of Clark. son fc Duls, of Charlotte, Judge of tbe new 14th District. Tbe State Bar Association will meet in Asheyille July 24. Ex Governor Thomas J. Jar vis will make tbe principal address. "1 bate to be a kicker, For it does not make for peace-.Butthe wheel that does tbe squeaking is the wheel that gets the grease." The Press Association of the State will meet in Asheville July 23-24. An attractive program has been arranged for this meet ing. His supposed that Ex-PreBi- dentTeft will preside oyer tbe great gathering of Confederate and Union veterans at the Get tysburg celebration. Even ayerage humanity is bet ter and wiser than any select com pany which pharisaically stands aloof from common folks and thinks itself above them. Judge Henry C. Jones, 94 years old, and said to be last survivor of the Confederate Congress died on tbe 21st, at his borne in Flor ence 8. C. Rev. Z. Paris, a Methodist Min Uter of the Western North Caro lina Confereuce bas been elected field Secretary of the Odd Fellows home at Goldsboro. , Another son has been born to tbe King and Queen of Spain. They have been married; seven years and six children have been born to them. Five of tbe six children are liying. Last Sunday night a fearful el ectrical storm passed oyer Fay ettevilleand community, burning a factory entailing a loss of $26,000, besides burning a tene ment house and with it a negro woman. Governor Locke Craig recently appointed Walter D. Siler, of SI ler City, Solicitor for the district created by tbe last Legislature, comprising the counties qf Ear nett, Wayne, Johnston, Chatham and Lee. : y W. W. Cooper pf Marion, com mitted suicide in the Long Sani torium,' by cutting his throat. Qe was uuder treatment but bad improved to much that he was to before been discharged on tbe day her .killed bimself. It is now understood that Goy. Craig has1 agreed to furnish fifty State conwiets to aid in construe ing tbe, Hwrassee Valley rail road from Andnewa, N. C. to Hi- awasseGa- ia electric line 35 miles lo ug And will be broad guage. , V Guaranteed .Eczema Remedy. The constant1; itching, bnrning, redness, rash and disagreeable ef. fects of eczema, fitter, saltrheum, itch, piles and irritating skin ernp. Hons can be readily cured and the skin made clear and smooth with Dr Hobsori's Eczema Ointment. Mr. J. C. Eveland, of Bath, 111., says: "I had eczema twenty.flye years and had tried everything. AH failed. When I foond Dr.. Hobsou's Eczema Ointment t found a cure." This ointment is a formula of a phy sician and has been in use for years not an experiment. That is why we can guarantee it. AH druggists or by mail. Price 50c. 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